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| US11862922B2 |
Light emitting sealed body and light source device
A light emitting sealed body includes: a housing which stores a discharge gas and is provided with a first opening to which first light is incident along a first optical axis and a second opening from which second light is emitted along a second optical axis; a first window portion which hermetically seals the first opening; a second window portion which hermetically seals the second opening; and a first electrode and a second electrode. The housing is formed of a light shielding material which does not transmit the first light and the second light. An internal space is defined by the housing, the first window portion, and the second window portion and the internal space is filled with the discharge gas. The first opening and the second opening are disposed so that the first optical axis and the second optical axis intersect each other. |
| US11862920B2 |
Contact loading assembly for electrical connector assembling machine
An electrical connector assembling machine includes a connector strip feed unit including a feeding device configured to index the connector strip through a feed track in successive feed strokes and a contact loading assembly loading contacts into the connector strip. The contact loading assembly includes a wire distribution unit and a wire feed unit having a feeding device configured to simultaneously index wires through feed tracks in successive feed strokes. The wire feed unit includes a wire guide assembly guiding the wires through the wire feed unit. The contact loading assembly includes a contact forming unit and a contact loading device loading the contacts made from the wires into the connector strip as the connector strip is advanced through the electrical connector assembling machine. |
| US11862919B2 |
Two stage shear permitting terminal extrusion
A system for separating terminals (e.g., electrical terminals) from a terminal strip includes a shear tool movably mounted to a frame for selectively shearing the terminal from the terminal strip. A primary shear depressor is provided for driving the shear tool from an initial position to an intermediate position during which the terminal is sheared from the terminal strip. A secondary shear depressor is movably mounted to the primary shear depressor for driving the shear tool from the intermediate position after the terminal has been sheared from the terminal strip, to a final position. |
| US11862915B2 |
Joined conductor, conductor joining device, method for manufacturing joined conductor, and conductor joining method
[Object]The present invention provides a joined conductor and a method for manufacturing a joined conductor that can improve electrical conductivity between conductors.[Solution]In a joined conductor 100 including a joining portion 110 in which a plurality of conductors exposed portions 220 arranged along a longitudinal direction X are fused and joined, the joining portion 110 is configured to have a substantially rectangular shape in an orthogonal cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction X, and among a pair of side surfaces in width direction 120 and a pair of side surfaces in up-down direction 130 configured such that a first surface 121 and a second surface 122 that face each other in the orthogonal cross section, and a horn 131 and a horn 132 are paired, on each of the first surface 121 and the second surface 122 of the pair of side surfaces in width direction 120 that are at least one pair, a corrugated portion 140 that has a corrugated shape and in which a ridge 141 protruding outward and a valley 142 recessed inward are alternately continuously provided along the longitudinal direction X is formed. |
| US11862910B2 |
Plug structure and electronic device
A plug structure and an electronic device are provided. The plug structure includes a plug body and a plug. The plug body has an accommodating groove configured to accommodate the plug. The plug includes a rotating shaft and a plurality of pins. The rotating shaft is slidably arranged in the accommodating groove and is rotatable to at least a first position and a second position. When the rotating shaft is rotated to the first position, the plurality of pins is accommodated in the accommodating groove. When the rotating shaft is rotated from the first position to the second position, the plurality of pins protrudes out of the plug body from the accommodating groove. The plug structure and the electronic device are small in size and can be easily stored and carried around. |
| US11862903B2 |
Device charger
A device charger is provided. The device charger includes: a faceplate having an electrical outlet-sized aperture therethrough, the faceplate comprising an electrical circuit; a first body extending from a rear side of the faceplate, the first body comprising an AC-to-DC power supply; a second body extending from the rear side of the faceplate, the first body and the second body including respective electrical contacts located to electrically contact one or more respective electrical outlet terminals, the respective electrical contacts configured to provide alternating current from the terminals to an AC input of the power supply at least partially via the electrical circuit of the faceplate; and at least one electrical connector, located at a front side of the faceplate, connected to a DC output of the power supply, the at least one electrical connector for providing DC power to an external device connected thereto. |
| US11862901B2 |
Interposer
An interposer for a test system includes coaxial cables, each of which is configured to transport a first portion of current originating from a current source, and printed circuit boards (PCBs), each of which is connected to a set of the coaxial cables in order to receive the first portion of the current from each coaxial cable in the set and to transport a second portion of the current. A spring leaf assembly includes spring leaves, each of which is connected to a PCB in order to transport a third portion of the current obtained from the PCB to a device interface board (DIB) that connects to devices under test (DUTs) to be tested by the test system. The coaxial cables on each PCB are arranged in parallel, the PCBs are arranged in parallel, and the spring leaves on each PCB are arranged in parallel. |
| US11862887B2 |
Laterally removable pin cover to protect socket connector pins
A socket used to connect a processor assembly to a PCB is protected during handling and/or processor installation using a laterally removable pin cover. To install the processor assembly, the processor assembly is paced in a cover removal position. While the processor assembly is in the cover removal position, the laterally removable pin cover is laterally removed from the socket. The processor assembly may then be placed into the installed position without ever exposing the connector pins on the socket. |
| US11862886B2 |
Connector clip
A connector clip is disclosed. The connector clip includes a base, a cover, a hinge coupling the cover and the base, and a fastener. The base has a first base side joined to a second base side via a connecting base side. The cover has a first cover side joined to a second cover side via a connecting cover side. The fastener holds the first base side and the first cover side in a fixed position when the connector clip is in a closed configuration in which the connecting base side is parallel to the connecting cover side. An internal cable opening is formed in part by the connecting base side and the connecting cover side when the connector clip is in the closed configuration. The connector clip secures a cable passing through the internal cable opening and connected to a board in its place in the closed configuration. |
| US11862884B2 |
Surgical instrument with electrical connection
A surgical instrument including a housing, an elongated portion, and a loading unit is disclosed. The elongated portion extends distally from the housing, defines a longitudinal axis, and includes an electrical contact. The loading unit is configured to releasably engage the elongated portion. The loading unit includes an electronic component, a proximal portion including an electrical contact in electrical communication with the electronic component, and an end effector coupled to the proximal portion and configured to manipulate tissue. Engagement between the elongated portion and the loading unit causes the electrical contact of the elongated portion to engage the electrical contact of the loading unit thereby electrically connecting the elongated portion and the loading unit. |
| US11862881B2 |
Electrical connector having metallic shell with locking arms and actuating arms for operating the locking arms
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a slot; plural contacts secured in the insulative housing and exposed to the slot; and a metallic shell mounted to the insulative housing and having a top plate, a bottom plate, and a connecting part connected to the top plate at an upper end thereof and connected to the bottom plate at a lower end thereof, wherein the top plate has a pair of actuating arms and the connecting part has a pair of locking arms, and the top plate is movable about the upper end of the connecting part to actuate the pair of locking arms by the pair of actuating arms. |
| US11862878B2 |
Antenna, array antenna, radio communication module, and radio communication device
An antenna includes a radiation conductor, a ground conductor, first-fourth feeding lines, a first feeding circuit, and a second feeding circuit. The first feeding line to the fourth feeding line are configured to be electromagnetically connected to the radiation conductor. The first feeding circuit is configured to feed reversed-phased signals, which have mutually opposite phases, to the first feeding line and the third feeding line. The second feeding circuit is configured to feed reversed-phased signals, which have mutually opposite phases, to the second feeding line and the fourth feeding line. The radiation conductor is configured to be excited in a first direction due to the feed from the first feeding line and the third feeding line. The radiation conductor is configured to be excited in a second direction due to the feed from the second feeding line and the fourth feeding line. |
| US11862877B2 |
Antenna, board and communication device
An antenna includes antenna elements provided one by one on the respective sides of a substantially rectangular conductor plate. Each of the antenna elements includes a feeding wire and a split ring conductor having a shape in which a ring is partially cut by a split part. The feeding wire is electrically connected to the split ring conductor and extends in a direction across a region formed inside the split ring conductor. Two antenna elements provided on two arbitrary sides facing each other of the conductor plate among the four antenna elements are each supplied with power through the feeding wire included in each antenna element so as to have substantially the same direction of an electric field in a polarization direction. |
| US11862873B2 |
Antenna device
An antenna device includes a first conductor corresponding to communication in a first frequency band, a ground conductor that faces the first conductor, and a second conductor that is disposed between the first conductor and the ground conductor, faces the first conductor and the ground conductor, and has a power supply point. The second conductor is disposed so as to face one end side of the first conductor in an upper-lower direction of the first conductor. The first conductor has a slot disposed at a position facing the other end side opposite to the second conductor, the slot corresponding to communication in a second frequency band that is different from the first frequency band. |
| US11862868B2 |
Multi-feed antenna
The disclosure provides a multi-feed antenna including a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer, four supporting conductor structures and four feeding conductor lines. The second conductor layer has a first center position and is spaced apart from the first conductor layer at a first interval. The four electrically connected sections respectively extend from different side edges of the second conductor layer toward the first center position, so that the second conductor layer forms four mutually connected radiating conductor plates. The four feeding conductor lines are all located between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. The four feeding conductor lines and the four supporting conductor structures form an interleaved annular arrangement. The four feeding conductor lines excite the second conductor layer to generate at least four resonant modes. The at least four resonant modes cover at least one identical first communication band. |
| US11862867B2 |
Antenna device and communication terminal apparatus
An antenna device includes first and second radiating elements, a first coil coupled to the first radiating element or a feeding circuit, a second coil coupled to the second radiating element and coupled to the first coil via an electromagnetic field, and an inductor. The first and second radiating elements are coupled to each other via an electric field. The harmonic resonant frequency of a resonance circuit defined by a transformer defined by the first coil and the second coil, the inductor, and the second radiating element exists within a communication frequency range. The harmonic resonant frequency is a (2n+1)th harmonic frequency, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 1. |
| US11862863B2 |
Calibration method and apparatus
Examples disclosed herein relate to an antenna calibration method for a beam steering radar. A first set of input voltages is determined for a plurality of phase shifters coupled to a plurality of antenna elements in an antenna array in the beam steering radar, the voltages to control phases of signals for transmission by the antenna array. A first set of input voltages is applied to the antenna array. Radiating signals resulting from the first set of input voltages are measured. Voltage and phase values for the plurality of phase shifters are iteratively optimized to determine voltage and phase value pairs that result in a desired gain for the antenna array. The voltage and phase value pairs are stored in a look-up-table in the beam steering radar. |
| US11862860B2 |
Systems and methods for improving wireless mesh networks
A radio module for a wireless communication node comprises (i) a phased antenna array comprising a first set of antenna elements having a first polarization and a second set of antenna elements having a second polarization, (ii) a radio frequency (RF) module comprising a plurality of RF chains that are configured to feed the first and second sets of antenna elements in the phased antenna array, and (iii) a control unit that is configured to control an activation state of each antenna element in the phased antenna array. The radio module further comprises at least one beam narrowing module that is configured to (i) receive signals emitted by any active antenna element in the phased antenna array and (ii) consolidate the received signals into a respective narrow beam composite signal. |
| US11862859B2 |
Antenna device
An antenna device includes: a pair of first elements that are arranged on a first plane; and a pair of second elements that are arranged on a second plane parallel to the first plane such that a polarized wave direction of the pair of second elements is orthogonal to that of the pair of first elements. Each element of the pair of first elements and the pair of second elements includes a portion that acts as a self-similarity antenna or an antenna that acts based on similar operating principle to the self-similarity antenna. In one embodiment, each element of the pair of first elements and the pair of second elements includes two arms that extend in a direction away from each other from a proximal end portion to which a feed point is connectable. |
| US11862858B2 |
Polarization direction measuring device, method of acquiring intensity ratio tables, polarization direction measuring method, and computer-readable storage medium
A device for measuring a polarization direction of a linearly polarized received wave with circularly polarized antennas includes an intensity ratio providing unit that provides, to the antennas, intensity ratios different depending on an arrival direction for the received wave; a storage unit that stores a first table in which an intensity ratio of a vertically polarized component of the received wave between two of the antennas is associated with the arrival direction and a second table in which an intensity ratio of a horizontally polarized component of the received wave between the two antennas is associated with the arrival direction; a detector that acquires an intensity ratio of the received wave; an acquiring unit that acquires the arrival direction; and an arithmetic unit that calculates the polarization direction of the received wave based on the acquired intensity ratio and the intensity ratios of the vertically and horizontally polarized components. |
| US11862857B2 |
Multi-band antenna system
An antenna system includes: a first patch antenna element that is electrically conductive; a first energy coupler configured to convey first energy to, or receive the first energy from, the first patch antenna element, the first energy being in a first frequency band; a second patch antenna element at least partially overlapping the first patch antenna element, the second patch antenna element comprising a plurality of physically separate portions that are each electrically conductive; and a second energy coupler connected to a first subset of the plurality of physically separate portions, the first subset comprising less than all of the plurality of physically separate portions, the second energy coupler configured to convey second energy to, or receive the second energy from, the first subset, the second energy being in a second frequency band that is higher than the first frequency band. |
| US11862855B2 |
Antenna module and semiconductor device package
The present disclosure provides an antenna module including a substrate, a first antenna disposed on the substrate and a second antenna disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first antenna. The first antenna is configured to have a first operating frequency and the second antenna is configured to have a second operating frequency different from the first operating frequency. The antenna module further includes an element configured to focus an electromagnetic wave transmitted or received by the first antenna and the second antenna. A semiconductor device package is also disclosed. |
| US11862850B2 |
Wireless communication device
A wireless communication device includes an antenna, a communication module and a shield case. The antenna is disposed on an antenna board. The communication module is connected to the antenna and executes a wireless communication. The shield case stores the communication module inside the shield case. The antenna board is disposed to be in thermal contact with the shield case. |
| US11862849B2 |
Radome with aperture and method making same
A radome and a method for manufacturing same. A radome apparatus has a radome body having an aperture, a film covering the aperture, and a support installed into the aperture. The film and the support have a low loss at a desired operating frequency. The support provides backing, support, and rigidity for the film so that distortion of the film by weather conditions, such as wind, is reduced. Thus, the integrity of the RF transmission characteristics of the radome are preserved. The aperture, film, and support are in the boresight of an antenna and are large enough to accommodate a desired beam steering range. The radome body may be manufactured with the aperture and the film included therein by using an in-mold labeling process. The support may be installed in the aperture by a subsequent molding process. |
| US11862847B2 |
Antennas comprising MX-ENE films and composites
The present disclosure is directed to antennas for transmitting and/or receiving electrical signals comprising a MXene composition, devices comprising these antennas, and methods of transmitting and receiving signals using these antennas. |
| US11862844B2 |
Electronic apparatus including antenna
Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device according to an embodiment may include a first device and a second device that are coupled to each other or spaced from each other. The first device may include a first housing, a first antenna element having a first electrical length for transmitting or receiving a signal in a first frequency band, a communication circuit disposed inside the first housing and for transmitting and receiving the signal of the first antenna element, and a first ground member electrically connected to the first antenna element. The second device may include a second antenna element having a second electrical length, a second housing, and a second ground member disposed inside the second housing. The first antenna element and the second antenna element may be connected to each other, and operate as a third antenna element having a third electrical length for transmitting and receiving a signal in a second frequency band while the first device and the second device are connected to each other. The first ground member and the second ground member may be electrically connected to each other while the first device and the second device are connected to each other. In addition, various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible. |
| US11862842B2 |
Antenna module and display apparatus
Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel, multiple antenna electrodes, a dummy electrode, and multiple feed lines. The display panel has a display area. The antenna electrodes are disposed on the display panel and overlap the display area. The dummy electrode is disposed around the antenna electrodes and overlaps the display area. The dummy electrode is electrically separated from the antenna electrodes, and has multiple dummy wire segments whose extension directions intersect each other. The dummy wire segments have multiple breaks. The feed lines are respectively electrically connected to the antenna electrodes. An antenna module is also provided. |
| US11862841B2 |
Solar-powered electronic system
Disclosed herein includes a solar panel angle adjustment system for actuation with a single hand. The solar panel adjustment system includes a tensioned variable ribbon configured to adjust the angular position of the mounting panel. The system includes a gear adapted to adjust the tensioned variable ribbon and configured to translate between a first position and a second position. Additionally, in some examples, the system includes a gear shaft mechanically coupled with the gear and configured to translate between the first and second position and actuate the gear, but the gear shaft is locked when disposed in the first position. The system may also include a spring adapted to bias the gear from the second position to the first position. Furthermore, the tensioned variable ribbon can adjust the angle of the mounting panel in response to the gear shaft actuating the gear in the second position. |
| US11862836B2 |
Radio unit for unsynchronized TDD multi-band operation
A radio unit for unsynchronized Time Division Duplex (TDD) multi-band operation in a wireless communication system. The radio unit comprises a first resonator arrangement comprising one or more resonators tuned for operating at a first frequency band. A first terminal of the first resonator arrangement is coupled to an antenna element. The radio unit further comprises a second resonator arrangement comprising one or more resonators tuned for operating at a second frequency band. A first terminal of the second resonator arrangement is coupled to the antenna element. The radio unit further comprises a tunable resonator arrangement comprising at least four tunable resonators. The at least four tunable resonators in the tunable resonator arrangement are tuned according to different operating modes. |
| US11862833B2 |
Coupling assembly including a first waveguide with a first end and second waveguide with a second end, where a locking mechanism connects the first end to the second end
A coupling assembly is provided. More specifically, the coupling assembly is configured to form a quick, preferably mechanical and electromagnetic, connection between two devices such as a radio and antenna. The coupling assembly has interchangeable portions can be easily adjusted or adapted to swap parts such as waveguides having different sizes and dimensions while maintaining a standard connection portion that can be used with the different sized and shaped parts, thereby reducing manufacturing costs and increasing the efficiency of field installations. |
| US11862831B2 |
Container for a fuel cell system
A container for a fuel cell system includes a system frame configured to house one or more components of a fuel cell system. The container also includes a plurality of fuel cells supported by the system frame and configured to provide power to an external unit. The container also includes a raised floor configured to support the plurality of fuel cells. The container also includes a cooling system. The cooling system includes a central cooling pipe located underneath the raised floor, a plurality of fuel cell cooling pipes connected to the central cooling pipe and to each fuel cell, and a cooling pipe valve configured to regulate the pressure of the cooling system. |
| US11862830B2 |
Membrane electrode assembly with high-efficiency water and heat management for direct ethanol fuel cell, and fabrication method therefor
The present disclosure provides a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) with high-efficiency water and heat management for a direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC), and a fabrication method therefor, and belongs to the technical field of fuel cells. In the MEA for a DEFC in the present disclosure, a cathode catalyst layer is designed to be convex and ordered and an anode catalyst layer is designed to be concave and ordered, which is conducive to the timely discharge of the generated heat. The MEA for a DEFC can be fabricated by gradually fabricating each layer of the MEA on an inner surface and an outer surface of a proton-exchange membrane (PEM) or by step-by-step dip coating on an anode support tube. The present disclosure can effectively improve the working capacity of the cell. |
| US11862829B2 |
Method and circuit arrangement for setting an operating strategy for a fuel cell system
The invention relates to a method for setting an operating strategy for a fuel cell system (2) of a power generation device (1), in particular in the form of a vehicle, depending on an operating mode of the power generation device (1), having the steps of: a determination unit (3) determining at least one current operating parameter (P1) of the power generation device (1), the determination unit (3) determining at least one cumulative and/or predictive operating parameter (P2, P3, P4) of the power generation device (1), and a setting device (8) setting the operating strategy for the fuel cell system (2) on the basis of the at least one current operating parameter (P1) and the at least one cumulative and/or predictive operating parameter (P2, P3, P4) of the power generation device (1). The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding circuit arrangement (10), to a computer program (20) and to a storage means with a computer program (20) stored thereon. |
| US11862826B2 |
Method for determining the compressive tensile force acting on a fuel cell stack
The present invention relates to a method for determining the compressive tensile force acting on a fuel cell stack due to at least one tensioning element. Thereby, the compressive tensile force is the overall tensile force compressing the fuel cell stack. This is determined according to the invention by means of acoustic measurements on vibratable sections of the tensioning elements. The subject matter of the invention also includes a data processing program for carrying out the method according to the invention along with the use of a smartphone for carrying out the method according to the invention. |
| US11862824B2 |
Fuel cell system and method of controlling same
Proposed are a fuel cell system and a method of controlling the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system includes: a hydrogen supply unit connected to a hydrogen inlet side of a fuel cell stack, with a supply valve and a sensor being provided in the hydrogen supply unit; a hydrogen discharge unit connected to a hydrogen outlet side of the fuel cell stack, with a water trap and a purge valve being provided in the hydrogen discharge unit; and a controller configured to calculate an amount of hydrogen discharged through the purge valve from an amount of hydrogen supplied to the fuel cell stack and an amount of hydrogen consumed therein, and to perform compensation control of the supply valve when the amount of the discharged hydrogen is at or above a reference value. |
| US11862823B2 |
Fuel cell system and method for recirculation of exhaust gas in a fuel cell system
The present invention relates to a fuel cell system (100) comprising at least one fuel cell stack (1) having at least one cathode section (K) and at least one anode section (A), an air supply section (2) for supplying air (2) to the anode section (A) of the fuel cell stack (1), an exhaust air section (4) for discharging exhaust air (5) from the anode section (A) of the fuel cell stack (1), as well as a supply section (7) for supplying at least one main medium (6) to the cathode section (K) of the fuel cell stack (1), an exhaust gas discharge section (9) for discharging exhaust gas (8) from the cathode section (K) of the fuel cell stack (1), as well as a pump (12) for delivering the at least one main medium (6), the exhaust gas discharge section (9) being fluidically connected via a recirculation section (14) to the supply section (7) downstream of the pump (12) in order to recirculate exhaust gas (8), the recirculation section (14) being connected via a jet pump (16) to the supply section (7) in order to introduce recirculated exhaust gas (8) as the secondary flow (20) of the jet pump (16) into the at least one gaseous main medium (6) as the primary flow (18) of the jet pump (16). The invention also relates to a method for recirculating exhaust gas (8) in a fuel cell system (100). |
| US11862817B2 |
Energy storage apparatus
An energy storage apparatus includes: an energy storage device group in which a terminal surface and a side surface intersecting the terminal surface are formed by a plurality of arrayed energy storage devices; and a busbar frame holding a plurality of busbars. The busbar frame is provided with a body holding the busbar and disposed on the terminal surface, a connector holder having a connector, to which an external connector is connected, and disposed on the side surface, and a coupling portion coupling the body and the connector holder. |
| US11862816B2 |
Battery pack with overmolded busbars providing parallel cooling paths
A battery pack includes battery cells and an interconnect board assembly (ICBA) having a dielectric ICB and parallel busbars. A cell tab protrudes from an edge of the cells and joined to the busbars. A dielectric ICB is connected to the busbars at one distal end of the busbars. The dielectric material of the ICB is overmolded onto another distal end such that the ICB wraps around the busbars to form overmolded ends. The overmolded ends are received within a pocket of a bracket to form direct parallel cooling paths to a heat sink. A method of manufacturing the battery pack includes arranging the busbars in parallel, overmolding dielectric material onto ends of the busbars to form overmolded ends, and attaching the busbars to a plastic ICB formed from the dielectric material. The ICBA is then attached to the bracket and cells. |
| US11862813B2 |
Separator, and electrochemical device and electronic device comprising same
The present application relates to a composite separator, and an electrochemical device and an electronic device comprising the same. Some embodiments of the present application provide a composite separator, comprising: a first porous substrate and a cation exchange layer, wherein the cation exchange layer comprises a second porous substrate grafted with a functional group, wherein the functional group is selected from the group consisting of an alkali-metal-sulfonic functional group, an alkali-metal-phosphoric functional group and a combination thereof. The composite separator of the present application can effectively capture the transition metal ions eluted from a cathode through the cation exchange layer, thereby reducing the deposition of the transition metal ions on an anode and the self-discharge rate of the electrochemical device. Therefore, the electrochemical stability and cycling performance of the electrochemical device are enhanced, and the safety of the electrochemical device is also significantly improved. |
| US11862810B2 |
Separator for electrochemical element
Disclosed herein is a separator for an electrochemical element, comprising a fibrous structure, wherein the fibrous structure has a first fibrous layer part in which short fibers and/or pulp-like fibers are intertwined with each other, and a second fibrous layer part; some of the short fibers and/or the pulp-like fibers constituting the first fibrous layer part penetrates the second fibrous layer part; and a pore diameter distribution of the fibrous structure satisfies the following formula: 0 μm |
| US11862804B2 |
Open tube battery housing
A battery includes a battery case including a housing having side walls defining a first open end and a second open end, the battery case including a separate top cover to cover the first open end of the housing and a separate bottom cover to cover the second open end of the housing; a first electrode located within the case; a second electrode located within the case; a first terminal coupled to the first electrode and exposed outside the case; and a second terminal coupled to the second electrode and exposed outside the case. |
| US11862802B2 |
Lithium electrode
The invention discloses a lithium electrode. The electrically conductive structure layer has a recess with one-side opening, and the lithium metal layer is disposed on the bottom of the recess. The solid electrolyte layer and the electrolyte storage layer are disposed thereon sequentially. When the lithium metal is plated, the plated lithium metal is restricted by the solid electrolyte layer to push and compress the electrolyte storage layer. Therefore, the growth of the lithium dendrites is limited efficiently. The penetration through issue of the lithium dendrites will not be occurred so that the safety of the lithium metal battery is improved greatly. |
| US11862801B1 |
Metallized current collector for stacked battery
Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include a battery cell having a first current collector including a polymer and a metal at least partially disposed about surfaces of the polymer. An edge region of the first current collector may be maintained free of the metal on a first surface of the first current collector. The battery cell may include a second current collector. The battery cell may also include a separator disposed between the first current collector and the second current collector. The separator may include a polymer, and the separator and the first current collector may be laminated proximate the edge region of the first current collector along the first surface of the first current collector. |
| US11862800B2 |
Anode active material for lithium secondary battery, method of forming the same and lithium secondary battery including the same
An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery are provided. The anode active material includes a carbon-based particle including pores formed in at least one of an inside of the particle and a surface of the particle and having a pore size of the carbon-based particle is 20 nm or less, and silicon formed at an inside of the pores of the carbon-based particle or on the surface of the carbon-based particle. Silicon has an amorphous structure or a crystallite size of silicon measured by an XRD analysis is 7 nm or less. Difference between volume expansion ratios of carbon and silicon can be reduced to improve life-span property of the secondary battery. |
| US11862798B2 |
Positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, battery module and battery system using the same
A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including collector (11) and active material layer (12), wherein: integrated value (a) is 3 to 15% (for frequency of diameters of 1 μm or less), and frequency (b) is 8 to 20% (for diameter with a maximum frequency). A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including collector (11) and active material layer (12), wherein assuming two directions perpendicular to thickness direction of collector (11) and mutually orthogonal as first and second directions, average thickness a1, maximum thickness b1, minimum thickness c1 in thickness distribution in the first direction, and thickness d1 (largest absolute value of difference from a1) satisfy 0.990≤(d1/a1)≤1.010 and (b1−c1)≤5.0 μm, and average thickness a2, maximum thickness b2, minimum thickness c2 in thickness distribution in the second direction, and thickness d2 (largest absolute value of difference from a2) satisfy 0.990≤(d2/a2)≤1.010 and (b2−c2)≤5.0 μm. |
| US11862797B2 |
Cathode, electrochemical device and electronic device including same
A cathode includes a current collector, a first material layer and a second material layer. The first material layer includes a first material. The second material layer includes a second material. The second material includes at least one of the followings compounds: phosphate represented by a general formula M1PO4 and lithium titanium phosphate represented by a general formula Li3Ti2-x M2x(PO4)3, and the second material layer is disposed between the current collector and the first material layer. The cathode of the present application is provided with a double-layer structure including at least one of phosphate and lithium titanium phosphate to avoid direct contact between the current collector in the cathode and an anode material layer and optimize the stability of the first material layer, so that the cycle performance, electrochemical stability and safety performance of the electrochemical device are significantly improved. |
| US11862796B2 |
Positive-electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method of producing the same
A method of producing a positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The method includes obtaining a precipitate containing nickel and manganese from a solution containing nickel and manganese, heat-treating the resulting precipitate at a temperature of from 850° C. to less than 1100° C. to obtain a first heat-treated product, mixing the first heat-treated product and a lithium compound, and heat-treating the resulting lithium-containing mixture at a temperature of from 550° C. to 1000° C. to obtain a second heat-treated product. The second heat-treated product contains a group of lithium transition metal composite oxide particles having an average particle diameter DSEM of from 0.5 μm to less than 3 μm and D50/DSEM of 1 to 2.5. The lithium transition metal composite oxide particles have a spinel structure based on nickel and manganese. |
| US11862795B2 |
Method for processing Ni-rich electrode active materials
Process for modifying an electrode active material according to general formula Li1+xTM1−xO2, wherein TM contains a combination of Ni and at least one transition metal selected from Co and Mn, and, optionally, at least one metal selected from Al, Ba, and Mg and, optionally, one or more transition metals other than Ni, Co, and Mn, wherein at least 75 mole-% of TM is Ni, and x is in the range of from −0.05 to 0.2, said process comprising the steps of (a) treating said Li1+xTM1−xO2 with an aqueous medium with a pH value of at least 5 and up to 14, (b) removing said aqueous medium from treated Li1+xTM1−xO2 by way of a solid-liquid separation, wherein steps (a) and (b) are commenced with a maximum time difference of 3 minutes. In addition, the present invention is directed towards Ni-rich electrode active materials. |
| US11862794B2 |
Cost effective synthesis of oxide materials for lithium ion batteries
Methods for synthesizing single crystalline Ni-rich cathode materials are disclosed. The Ni-rich cathode material may have a formula LiNiXMnyMzCo1-x-y-zO2, where M represents one or more dopant metals, x≥0.6, 0.01≤y<0.2, 0≤z≤0.05, and x+y+z≤1.0. The methods are cost-effective, and include methods for solid-state, molten-salt, and flash-sintering syntheses. |
| US11862793B2 |
Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for producing the same, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for producing the same
The positive electrode active material is for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, suppressing deterioration of battery characteristics due to exposure to the atmosphere and having excellent battery capacity. A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium-nickel composite oxide represented by general formula (1): LiaNi1−x−yCoxMyO2+α (in which 0.05≤x≤0.35, 0≤y≤0.10, 0.95≤a≤1.10, 0≤a≤0.2, and M represents at least one element selected from Mn, V, Mg, Mo, Nb, Ti, W, and Al) and Li3BO3. At least a part of a surface of the lithium-nickel composite oxide is coated with Li3BO3. The content of boron in the positive electrode active material is 0.001% by mass or more and 0.2% by mass or less with respect to the entire positive electrode active material. |
| US11862791B2 |
Lithium electrode and lithium secondary battery comprising same
A lithium electrode and a lithium secondary battery the same are disclosed. More specifically, a lithium electrode is disclosed that can increase the lifetime of the battery by providing a protective layer containing a copolymer containing an acetal functional group forming a stable SEI layer through a chemical reaction with lithium metal and a fluorine-based functional group capable of forming a LiF-rich SEI layer on the surface of the lithium metal to inhibit the formation of lithium dendrite and inhibit the side reaction of lithium metal and electrolyte solution. |
| US11862786B2 |
Three-dimensional porous graphene foam material to prepare bone defect filler
The invention provides a neural electrode, including a current generation device, a first and a second electrode. The current generation device is connected to the first and second electrodes through a conductive metal wire respectively. At least one of the first and second electrodes is a graphene electrode. The graphene electrode has soft texture and desirable stability to tolerate the repeated pressing and folding treatment, very high charge injection efficiency, and desirable in vivo stability, and is configured to electrically stimulate tissues and organs such as hearts and nerves to promote electrical stimulation and repair of neurons, to further promote regeneration of neural functions. The invention further provides use of a mineralized three-dimensional porous graphene foam material to prepare a bone defect filler. The bone defect filler has desirable biological compatibility, promotes cell proliferation, and accelerates and induces osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. |
| US11862779B2 |
Waste heat recovery power electronics cooling
A cooling system for an electrified vehicle includes a first cooling loop for circulating coolant for cooling at least one of power electronics and a motor/generator of the vehicle. The first coolant loop includes a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with the coolant in the first cooling loop. A second cooling loop is provided for circulating coolant for cooling a battery of the vehicle. The second cooling loop includes a coolant chiller connected to a refrigeration system of the vehicle for exchanging heat in the coolant received from the battery with the refrigeration system of the vehicle. |
| US11862775B2 |
Optimization of electrochemical cell
A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds. |
| US11862769B2 |
Battery separators for E-rickshaw and similar vehicle lead acid batteries
Disclosed herein are novel or improved separators, battery separators, lead battery separators, batteries, cells, and/or methods of manufacture and/or use of such separators, battery separators, lead battery separators, cells, and/or batteries. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, the present disclosure or invention is directed to novel or improved battery separators for lead acid batteries. In addition, disclosed herein are methods, systems and battery separators for enhancing battery life, reducing active material shedding, reducing grid and spine corrosion, reducing failure rate reducing acid stratification and/or improving uniformity in at least lead acid batteries, in particular batteries for electric rickshaws. In accordance with at least particular embodiments, the present disclosure or invention is directed to an improved separator for lead acid batteries wherein the separator includes improved membrane profiles, improved coatings, improved configurations, and/or the like. |
| US11862765B2 |
Electrolyte solution for alkali metal-sulfur-based secondary battery, and alkali metal-sulfur-based secondary battery
An electrolyte solution for an alkali metal-sulfur-based secondary battery, an alkali metal-sulfur-based secondary battery, and a module containing the alkali metal-sulfur-based secondary battery. The electrolyte solution includes a positive electrode containing a carbon composite material that contains a carbon material and a sulfur-containing positive electrode active material. The carbon material has a pore volume ratio (micropores/mesopores) of 1.5 or higher. The electrolyte solution contains a fluorinated ether represented by the following formula (1): R11—(OR12)n11—O—R13. In the formula, R11 and R13 are the same as or different from each other, and are each an alkyl group optionally containing a fluorine atom, with at least one of R11 or R13 containing a fluorine atom; R12 is an alkylene group optionally containing a fluorine atom; and n11 is 0, 1, or 2. |
| US11862764B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte comprising additive for non-aqueous electrolyte, and lithium secondary battery comprising the same
The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte including an additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte, which is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: In Chemical Formula 1, R1 to R5 are each independently any one selected from the group consisting of H, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R may be an aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or —OR′ (R′ is an aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms). |
| US11862763B2 |
System for supplying power to a portable battery using at least one solar panel
A system for supplying power to a portable battery pack including a battery enclosed by a wearable and replaceable pouch or skin using at least one solar panel is disclosed, wherein the pouch or skin can be provided in different colors and/or patterns. Further, the pouch or skin can be MOLLE-compatible. The battery comprises a battery element housed between a battery cover and a back plate, wherein the battery element, battery cover, and back plate have a slight curvature or contour. Further, the battery comprises flexible leads. |
| US11862762B2 |
Prismatic secondary battery and assembled battery using the same
A flat-shaped winding electrode body in which a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate are wound with a separator interposed therebetween includes a positive electrode tab portion and a negative electrode tab portion at one end in a direction in which a winding axis of the winding electrode body extends. Two pieces of the flat-shaped winding electrode body are housed in a prismatic outer body so that the winding axis of each piece is disposed in a direction perpendicular to a sealing plate, and the positive electrode tab portion and the negative electrode tab portion are located on one end of the winding electrode body closer to the sealing plate than the other end. |
| US11862756B2 |
Solid state transducer dies having reflective features over contacts and associated systems and methods
Systems and methods for improved light emitting efficiency of a solid state transducer (SST), for example light emitting diodes (LED), are disclosed. One embodiment of an SST die in accordance with the technology includes a reflective material disposed over electrical connectors on a front side of the die. The reflective material has a higher reflectivity than a base material of the connectors such that light traveling toward the connectors reflects back out of the device. |
| US11862750B2 |
Optoelectronic device
In some embodiments, a semiconductor structure includes a first conductivity type region comprising a first superlattice, and an i-type active region adjacent to the first conductivity type region comprising an i-type superlattice. The first conductivity type region can be a p-type region or an n-type region. The first superlattice can be comprised of a plurality of first unit cells comprising a first set of single crystal layers, and the i-type superlattice can be comprised of a plurality of i-type unit cells comprising a second set of single crystal layers. An average alloy content of the plurality of the first unit cells and the i-type unit cells can be constant along a growth direction. A combined thickness of the second set single crystal layers can be thicker than a combined thickness of the first set of single crystal layers. |
| US11862748B2 |
Methods of sperm cell sensing utilizing a semiconductor detector and cytometer apparatus
A cytometer includes an avalanche photodiode, a switching power supply, a filter, and voltage adjustment circuitry. The switching power supply includes a feedback loop. The filter is electrically connected between the switching power supply and the avalanche photodiode. The voltage adjustment circuitry adjusts a voltage on the feedback loop based at least in part on a voltage measured between the filter and the avalanche photodiode. |
| US11862747B2 |
Semiconductor light-receiving element and method of manufacturing semiconductor light-receiving element
A semiconductor light-receiving element (50) is a semiconductor light-receiving element in which a multi-plication layer (2), an electric-field control layer (3), a light absorption layer (4) and a window layer (5) are sequentially formed on a semiconductor substrate (1), and a p-type region (6) is formed in the window layer (5). The p-type region (6) has a first p-type portion (14) and a second p-type portion (15) whose current multiplication factor due to light incidence is larger than that of the first p-type portion (14). The first p-type portion (14) is formed as a central portion of the p-type region (6), the central portion including a central axis (21c) perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate (1), and the second p-type portion (15) is formed on an outer periphery of the central portion in a radial direction about the central axis (21c). |
| US11862745B2 |
One-dimensional metallization for solar cells
Approaches for fabricating one-dimensional metallization for solar cells, and the resulting solar cells, are described. In an example, a solar cell includes a substrate having a back surface and an opposing light-receiving surface. A plurality of alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions is disposed in or above the back surface of the substrate and parallel along a first direction to form a one-dimensional layout of emitter regions for the solar cell. A conductive contact structure is disposed on the plurality of alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. The conductive contact structure includes a plurality of metal lines corresponding to the plurality of alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. The plurality of metal lines is parallel along the first direction to form a one-dimensional layout of a metallization layer for the solar cell. |
| US11862744B1 |
Photovoltaic module and method for preparing the photovoltaic module
The photovoltaic module includes at least one cell string, including multiple solar cell sheets, and adjacent solar cell sheets in the multiple solar cell sheets are connected to each other by multiple welding strips. In some embodiments, the photovoltaic module further includes multiple welding strips, where each of the multiple welding strips is in electrical contact with a corresponding bus bar, each of the multiple welding strips includes multiple bending portions arranged continuously along a second direction. In addition, along the second direction, an orthographic projection of a central line of each of the multiple welding strips on a back surface of the solar cell sheet coincides with an orthographic projection of a central line of the corresponding bus bar and/or an orthographic projection of a central line of each of the multiple bonding pads on the corresponding bus bar on the back surface of the solar cell sheet. |
| US11862743B2 |
Opto-electronic device and image sensor including the same
An opto-electronic device includes a base portion, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on an upper surface of the base portion apart from each other, a quantum dot layer, and a bank structure. The quantum dot layer is between the first electrode and the second electrode on the base portion and includes a plurality of quantum dots. The bank structure covers at least partial regions of the first electrode and the second electrode, defines a region where the quantum dot layer is formed, and is formed of an inorganic material. |
| US11862735B2 |
Bi-directional bi-polar device for ESD protection
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device including: a substrate including: a first, second and third doped regions, the second doped region disposed between the first and third doped regions, the second doped region has a first conductivity type and a first doping concentration and the first and third doped regions have a second conductivity type and a second doping concentration; first and second doped terminal regions disposed within the first and second doped regions, respectively; and a doped island region disposed within the second doped region, the first and second doped terminal regions and doped island region have the second conductivity type and a third doping concentration, the third doping concentration higher than the first and second doping concentrations; and conductive terminals respectively coupled to the doped terminal regions; and an insulation layer arranged on the substrate between the conductive terminals and covering at least the second doped region. |
| US11862728B2 |
Dual gate control for trench shaped thin film transistors
Disclosed herein are dual gate trench shaped thin film transistors and related methods and devices. Exemplary thin film transistor structures include a non-planar semiconductor material layer having a first portion extending laterally over a first gate dielectric layer, which is over a first gate electrode structure, and a second portion extending along a trench over the first gate dielectric layer, a second gate electrode structure at least partially within the trench, and a second gate dielectric layer between the second gate electrode structure and the first portion. |
| US11862726B2 |
Transistor, integrated circuit, and manufacturing method of transistor
A transistor includes an insulating layer, a source region, a drain region, a channel layer, a ferroelectric layer, an interfacial layer, and a gate electrode. The source region and the drain region are respectively disposed on two opposite ends of the insulating layer. The channel layer is disposed on the insulating layer, the source region, and the drain region. The ferroelectric layer is disposed over the channel layer. The interfacial layer is sandwiched between the channel layer and the ferroelectric layer. The gate electrode is disposed on the ferroelectric layer. |
| US11862724B1 |
Devices and methods for compact radiation-hardened integrated circuits
Compact radiation-hardened NMOS transistors permitting close spacing for high circuit density can be fabricated using modern commercial foundry processes incorporating lightly-doped drain (LDD) and silicidation techniques. Radiation-induced leakage currents in parasitic field oxide transistors are reduced by spacing diffusions away from field oxide edges under the gate, forming gap regions from which n-type dopants and silicide formation are excluded using blocking patterns in the layout. P-type implants along these field oxide edges further increase radiation tolerance. Dimensions can be tailored to permit tradeoffs between radiation tolerance, breakdown voltage, and circuit density. Compact layouts for series-connected NMOS transistors are provided and applied to high-density rad-hard circuits. Methods for fabricating devices having these features are also provided, requiring minimal adaptation of standard processes. These designs and processes allow a mix of integrated circuits having differing levels of tolerance to total ionizing dose on the same semiconductor wafer. |
| US11862721B2 |
HEMT semiconductor device with a stepped sidewall
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, first and second nitride-based semiconductor layers, S/D electrodes, a gate electrode, and a first passivation layer. The first nitride-based semiconductor layer is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The second nitride-based semiconductor layer is disposed on the first nitride-based semiconductor layer and has a bandgap greater than a bandgap of the first nitride-based semiconductor layer, so as to form a 2DEG region. The S/D electrodes is disposed over the second nitride-based semiconductor layer. The gate electrode is disposed between the S/D electrodes. The first passivation layer is disposed over the second nitride-based semiconductor layer. Edges of the first and second nitride-based semiconductor layers and the first passivation layer collectively form a stepped sidewall over the semiconductor substrate. The stepped sidewall includes at least one laterally-extending portions with at least two riser portion connecting the at least one laterally-extending portion. |
| US11862717B2 |
Lateral bipolar transistor structure with superlattice layer and method to form same
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a lateral bipolar transistor structure with a superlattice layer and methods to form the same. The bipolar transistor structure may have a semiconductor layer of a first single crystal semiconductor material over an insulator layer. The semiconductor layer includes an intrinsic base region having a first doping type. An emitter/collector (E/C) region may be adjacent the intrinsic base region and may have a second doping type opposite the first doping type. A superlattice layer is on the E/C region of the semiconductor layer. A raised E/C terminal, including a single crystal semiconductor material, is on the superlattice layer. The superlattice layer separates the E/C region from the raised E/C terminal. |
| US11862716B2 |
Light-emitting devices having lateral heterojunctions in two-dimensional materials integrated with multiferroic layers
Heterostructures include a layer of a two-dimensional material placed on a multiferroic layer. An ordered array of differing polarization domains in the multiferroic layer produces corresponding domains having differing properties in the two-dimensional material. When the multiferroic layer is ferroelectric, the ferroelectric polarization domains in the layer produce local electric fields that penetrate the two-dimensional material. The local electric fields modulate the charge carriers and carrier density on a nanometer length scale, resulting in the formation of lateral p-n or p-i-n junctions, and variations thereof appropriate for device functions. |
| US11862715B2 |
Vertical tunneling field-effect transistors
Tunneling Field Effect Transistors (TFETs) are promising devices in that they promise significant performance increase and energy consumption decrease due to a steeper subthreshold slope (for example, smaller sub-threshold swing). In various embodiments, vertical fin-based TFETs can be fabricated in trenches, for example, silicon trenches. In another embodiment, vertical TFETs can be used on different material systems acting as a substrate and/or trenches (for example, Si, Ge, III-V semiconductors, GaN, and the like). In one embodiment, the tunneling direction in the channel of the vertical TFET can be perpendicular to the Si substrates. In one embodiment, this can be different than the tunneling direction in the channel of lateral TFETs. |
| US11862710B2 |
Vertical transistor including symmetrical source/drain extension junctions
A semiconductor device includes a first source/drain region on an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate that extends along a first direction to define a length and a second direction opposite the first direction to define a width. A channel region extends vertically in a direction perpendicular to the first and second directions from a first end contacting the first source/drain region to an opposing second end contacting a second source/drain region. A gate surrounds a channel portion of the channel region, and a first doped source/drain extension region is located between the first source/drain region and the channel portion. The first doped source/drain extension region has a thickness extending along the vertical direction. A second doped source/drain extension region is located between the second source/drain region and the channel portion. The second doped source/drain extension region has a thickness extending along the vertical direction that matches the first thickness. |
| US11862708B2 |
Contact plugs and methods forming same
A method includes forming a transistor, which includes forming a dummy gate stack over a semiconductor region, and forming an Inter-Layer Dielectric (ILD). The dummy gate stack is in the ILD, and the ILD covers a source/drain region in the semiconductor region. The method further includes removing the dummy gate stack to form a trench in the first ILD, forming a low-k gate spacer in the trench, forming a replacement gate dielectric extending into the trench, forming a metal layer to fill the trench, and performing a planarization to remove excess portions of the replacement gate dielectric and the metal layer to form a gate dielectric and a metal gate, respectively. A source region and a drain region are then formed on opposite sides of the metal gate. |
| US11862707B2 |
HEMT transistor of the normally off type including a trench containing a gate region and forming at least one step, and corresponding manufacturing method
A method forms an HEMT transistor of the normally off type, including: a semiconductor heterostructure, which comprises at least one first layer and one second layer, the second layer being set on top of the first layer; a trench, which extends through the second layer and a portion of the first layer; a gate region of conductive material, which extends in the trench; and a dielectric region, which extends in the trench, coats the gate region, and contacts the semiconductor heterostructure. A part of the trench is delimited laterally by a lateral structure that forms at least one first step. The semiconductor heterostructure forms a first edge and a second edge of the first step, the first edge being formed by the first layer. |
| US11862706B2 |
High-K gate dielectric
Semiconductor devices and methods are provided. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a first transistor having a first gate dielectric layer, a second transistor having a second gate dielectric layer, and a third transistor having a third gate dielectric layer. The first gate dielectric layer includes a first concentration of a dipole layer material, the second gate dielectric layer includes a second concentration of the dipole layer material, and the third gate dielectric layer includes a third concentration of the dipole layer material. The dipole layer material includes lanthanum oxide, aluminum oxide, or yttrium oxide. The first concentration is greater than the second concentration and the second concentration is greater than the third concentration. |
| US11862705B2 |
Electronic devices and methods of manufacturing the same
An electronic device includes a seed layer including a two-dimensional (2D) material, and a ferroelectric layer on the seed layer. The ferroelectric layer is configured to be aligned in a direction in which a (111) crystal direction is perpendicular to a top surface of a substrate on which the seed layer is located and/or a top surface of the seed layer. |
| US11862703B2 |
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having dual nanoribbon channel structures
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having dual nanowire/nanoribbon channel structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having dual nanowire/nanoribbon channel structures, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first vertical arrangement of nanowires above a substrate. A dielectric cap is over the first vertical arrangement of nanowires. A second vertical arrangement of nanowires is above the substrate. Individual ones of the second vertical arrangement of nanowires are laterally staggered with individual ones of the first vertical arrangement of nanowires and the dielectric cap. |
| US11862701B2 |
Stacked multi-gate structure and methods of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a stack of first channel layers and first and second source/drain (S/D) epitaxial features adjacent to opposite sides of at least a portion of the first channel layers, respectively. The first and second S/D epitaxial features have a first conductivity type. The semiconductor device also includes a stack of second channel layers stacked over the first channel layers and third and fourth source/drain (S/D) epitaxial features adjacent to opposite sides of at least a portion of the second channel layers, respectively. The third and fourth S/D epitaxial features have a second conductivity type. A total active channel layer number of the first channel layers is different from that of the second channel layers. |
| US11862700B2 |
Semiconductor device structure including forksheet transistors and methods of forming the same
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The semiconductor device structure includes a first dielectric feature extending along a first direction, the first dielectric feature comprising a first dielectric layer having a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposing the first sidewall, a first semiconductor layer disposed adjacent the first sidewall, the first semiconductor layer extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a second dielectric feature extending along the first direction, the second dielectric feature disposed adjacent the first semiconductor layer, and a first gate electrode layer surrounding at least three surfaces of the first semiconductor layer, and a portion of the first gate electrode layer is exposed to a first air gap. |
| US11862699B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor structure includes: a substrate with conductive contact regions; a bit line structure and an isolation wall located on a sidewall of the bit line structure, the isolation wall includes at least one isolation layer including a first isolation part close to the bit line structure and a second isolation part deviating from the same, the second isolation part has doped ions, such that it has a greater hardness than the first isolation part, or has a smaller dielectric constant than the first isolation part; and a capacitor contact hole, which exposes the conductive contact region, and has a top width greater than a bottom width in a direction parallel to an orientation of the bit line structure. |
| US11862696B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device relating to one embodiment includes: a stacked body in which electrode films and insulating films are alternately stacked in a first direction; a first and a second charge storage films that are arranged away from each other in the first direction inside the stacked body and each face one of the electrode films; and a tunnel insulating film that extends in the first direction inside the stacked body and is in contact with the first and the second charge storage films. The first and the second charge storage films each include a first film that is in contact with the electrode film and contains a High-k material, and a second film that is provided between the first film and the tunnel insulating film and contains silicon nitride. |
| US11862694B2 |
Semiconductor device and method
Methods for improving sealing between contact plugs and adjacent dielectric layers and semiconductor devices formed by the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first dielectric layer over a conductive feature, a first portion of the first dielectric layer including a first dopant; a metal feature electrically coupled to the conductive feature, the metal feature including a first contact material in contact with the conductive feature; a second contact material over the first contact material, the second contact material including a material different from the first contact material, a first portion of the second contact material further including the first dopant; and a dielectric liner between the first dielectric layer and the metal feature, a first portion of the dielectric liner including the first dopant. |
| US11862684B2 |
Recycle wafer of silicon carbide and method for manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device
A recycle wafer of silicon carbide has a silicon carbide substrate and a first silicon carbide layer. The silicon carbide substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. The first silicon carbide layer is in contact with the first main surface. The silicon carbide substrate includes a substrate region that is within 10 μm from the first main surface toward the second main surface. In a direction perpendicular to the first main surface, a value obtained by subtracting a value that is three times a standard deviation of a nitrogen concentration in the substrate region from an average value of the nitrogen concentration in the substrate region is greater than a minimum value of a nitrogen concentration in the first silicon carbide layer. |
| US11862681B2 |
Gate structures for semiconductor devices
The structure of a semiconductor device with different gate structures configured to provide ultra-low threshold voltages and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device are disclosed. The method includes forming first and second nanostructured channel regions in first and second nanostructured layers, respectively, and forming first and second gate-all-around (GAA) structures surrounding the first and second nanostructured channel regions, respectively. The forming the first and second GAA structures includes selectively forming an Al-based n-type work function metal layer and a Si-based capping layer on the first nanostructured channel regions, depositing a bi-layer of Al-free p-type work function metal layers on the first and second nanostructured channel regions, depositing a fluorine blocking layer on the bi-layer of Al-free p-type work function layers, and depositing a gate metal fill layer on the fluorine blocking layer. |
| US11862679B2 |
Semiconductor device having increased contact area between a source/drain pattern and an active contact
A semiconductor device including a substrate including an active pattern; a gate electrode crossing the active pattern; a source/drain pattern adjacent to one side of the gate electrode and on an upper portion of the active pattern; an active contact electrically connected to the source/drain pattern; and a silicide layer between the source/drain pattern and the active contact, the source/drain pattern including a body part including a plurality of semiconductor patterns; and a capping pattern on the body part, the body part has a first facet, a second facet on the first facet, and a corner edge defined where the first facet meets the second facet, the corner edge extending parallel to the substrate, the capping pattern covers the second facet of the body part and exposes the corner edge, and the silicide layer covers a top surface of the body part and a top surface of the capping pattern. |
| US11862673B2 |
Device for high voltage applications
A device includes a buried oxide layer disposed on a substrate, a first region disposed on the buried oxide layer and a first ring region disposed in the first region. The first ring region includes a portion of a guardring. The device further includes a first terminal region disposed in the first ring region, a second ring region disposed in the first region and a second terminal region disposed in the second ring region. The first terminal region is connected to an anode and the second terminal region is connected to a cathode. The first region has a graded doping concentration. The first region, the second ring region and the second terminal region have a first conductivity type, and the first ring region and the first terminal region have a second conductivity type. The first conductivity type is different from the second conductivity type. |
| US11862668B2 |
Single-crystal transistors for memory devices
Methods, systems, and devices for single-crystal transistors for memory devices are described. In some examples, a cavity may be formed through at least a portion of one or more dielectric materials, which may be deposited above a deck of memory cells. The cavity may include a taper, such as a taper toward a point, or a taper having an included angle that is within a range, or a taper from a cross-sectional area to some fraction of the cross-sectional area, among other examples. A semiconductor material may be deposited in the cavity and above the one or more dielectric materials, and formed in a single crystalline arrangement based on heating and cooling the deposited semiconductor material. One or more portions of a transistor, such as a channel portion of a transistor, may be formed at least in part by doping the single crystalline arrangement of the semiconductor material. |
| US11862665B2 |
Semiconductor structure including MIM capacitor and method of forming the same
A method of forming a semiconductor structure including a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor includes: forming a stack structure over a substrate, wherein the stack structure includes a plurality of electrode material layers and a plurality of insulating material layers alternately stacked over the substrate; forming a mask layer on the stack structure; and performing a patterning process on the stack structure, so as to form the MIM capacitor comprising alternately stacked electrodes and insulating layers. Performing the patterning process includes: performing a first etching process to remove a first portion of the stack structure exposed by the mask layer; performing a first trimming process on the mask layer to remove a portion of the mask layer, and a first trimmed mask layer is formed; and performing a second etching process to remove a second portion of the stack structure exposed by the first trimmed mask layer. |
| US11862663B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first display area and a second display area corresponding to a position of an electronic component, wherein a light transmittance of the second display area is greater than a light transmittance of the first display area. A plurality of pixel units are disposed in the second display area, a ratio of a number of the first sub-pixels to the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels is 1:1:2 in each of the pixel units of the second display area, and by providing pixels with larger intervals in the second display area, a light transmittance above the electronic component is increased. |
| US11862661B2 |
Manufacturing method of image pickup apparatus, and image pickup apparatus
A manufacturing method of an image pickup apparatus includes: fabricating a plurality of image pickup members each having a light-receiving surface on which a transparent plate is disposed and a plurality of spacers; measuring thicknesses of the transparent plates and the spacers; classifying the image pickup members into first groups depending on the thicknesses of the transparent plates; classifying the spacers into second groups depending on the thicknesses, selecting a combination of any one of the first groups and any one of the second groups such that a sum of the thickness of each of the transparent plates and the thickness of each of the spacers is within a predetermined range with a focusing length of optical members as a center; fabricating stacked bodies by stacking the image pickup members and the spacers in the selected combination; and disposing the optical members on the spacers in the stacked bodies. |
| US11862659B2 |
Backside incident-type imaging element
A backside incident-type imaging element includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a back surface on an opposite side from the front surface, a ground potential being applied to the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer formed on the front surface, in which the semiconductor layer has a first element part that includes a light receiving portion generating a signal charge according to incident light from a side of the back surface and outputs a signal voltage corresponding to the signal charge, and a second element part that includes an analog-digital converter converting the signal voltage output from the first element part into a digital signal. |
| US11862657B2 |
Semiconductor package and camera module
To achieve a size reduction of a semiconductor package while securing stability in mounting. Three terminals t1, t2, and t4 are individually arranged on a semiconductor package 10 having a rectangular shape as viewed in plan in such a manner that the center in the longitudinal direction of the semiconductor package 10 of each of the three terminals t1, t2, and t4 and the center in the longitudinal direction of each of the other terminals are not overlapped with each other as viewed from the side of the long side. The terminal t4 and the other terminals t1 and t2 are arranged in such a manner that the terminal t4 and the other terminals t1 and t2 are present on mutually different sides across a line segment M passing through the center in the width direction, an angle θ formed by two line segments connecting the center of gravity of the terminal t4, the position in the longitudinal direction of which is the center, and the center of gravity of each of the other terminals t1 and t2 is 60° or more, and a width L1 of the semiconductor package 10 and a distance Lt between the rightmost end position of the terminal t4 arranged at the rightmost end in the width direction of the semiconductor package 10 and the leftmost end position of the terminal t1 or t2 arranged at the leftmost position in the width direction satisfy Lt/L1≥0.5. |
| US11862655B2 |
Solid-state imaging device having through electrode provided therein and electronic apparatus incorporating the solid-state imaging device
There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: one or more photoelectric conversion elements provided on side of a first surface of a semiconductor substrate; a through electrode coupled to the one or more photoelectric conversion elements, and provided between the first surface and a second surface of the semiconductor substrate; and an amplifier transistor and a floating diffusion provided on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, in which the one or more photoelectric conversion elements are coupled to a gate of the amplifier transistor and the floating diffusion via the through electrode. |
| US11862654B2 |
Trench isolation structure for image sensors
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an image sensor, and a method for forming the image sensor, in which an inter-pixel trench isolation structure is defined by a low-transmission layer. In some embodiments, the image sensor comprises an array of pixels and the inter-pixel trench isolation structure. The array of pixels is on a substrate, and the pixels of the array comprise individual photodetectors in the substrate. The inter-pixel trench isolation structure is in the substrate. Further, the inter-pixel trench isolation structure extends along boundaries of the pixels, and individually surrounds the photodetectors, to separate the photodetectors from each other. The inter-pixel trench isolation structure is defined by a low-transmission layer with low transmission for incident radiation, such that the inter-pixel trench isolation structure has low transmission for incident radiation. The low-transmission layer may, for example, be or comprise metal and/or some other suitable material(s). |
| US11862653B2 |
Curved imaging sensor package with architected substrate
An imaging sensor package includes: an imaging sensor; and an architected substrate coupled to a bottom surface of the imaging sensor. The architected substrate has local stiffness variations along an in-plane direction of the architected substrate, and the imaging sensor and the architected substrate are curved. |
| US11862647B2 |
Stackable 3D artificial neural network device and manufacturing method thereof
Various embodiments relate to a stackable 3D artificial neural network device and a manufacturing method thereof. According to various embodiments, a device is manufactured to include a substrate, a neuron block placed on some areas on one side of the substrate, a synapse block placed on the rest of the areas on one side of the substrate, and the neuron block and the synapse block may include at least one first channel element arranged on one side of the substrate and at least one second channel element stacked on the first channel element. |
| US11862646B2 |
Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, touch display panel and display panel
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display substrate, a touch display panel and a display panel. The display substrate has a display region and a pin region on a side of the display region. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; and at least one first signal line and at least one second signal line both on a side of the base substrate and both extending to the display region from the pin region. The display substrate further includes a DC conductive structure connected to a constant DC voltage. The DC conductive structure is between the at least one first signal line and the at least one second signal line. Each of the at least one first signal line and the at least one second signal line is spaced apart from the DC conductive structure. |
| US11862645B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate that includes a display area and a pad area, and a plurality of data pads that are provided on the pad area of the substrate and arranged along a first direction and a second direction, where the plurality of data pads includes a first data pad, a second data pad that is disposed adjacent to the first data pad along the first direction, a third data pad that is disposed adjacent to the first data pad along the second direction, and a fourth data pad that is disposed adjacent to the second data pad along the second direction, and the first data pad and the second connection wire are respectively disposed in different layers. |
| US11862638B2 |
Semiconductor device and method
In an embodiment, a device includes: a first fin extending from a substrate; a second fin extending from the substrate; a gate spacer over the first fin and the second fin; a gate dielectric having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the first portion extending along a first sidewall of the first fin, the second portion extending along a second sidewall of the second fin, the third portion extending along a third sidewall of the gate spacer, the third portion and the first portion forming a first acute angle, the third portion and the second portion forming a second acute angle; and a gate electrode on the gate dielectric. |
| US11862635B2 |
Neighboring gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having disjoined epitaxial source or drain regions
Neighboring gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having disjoined epitaxial source or drain regions, and methods of fabricating neighboring gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having disjoined epitaxial source or drain regions, are described. For example, a structure includes first and second vertical arrangements of nanowires, the nanowires of the second vertical arrangement of nanowires having a horizontal width greater than a horizontal width of the nanowires of the first vertical arrangement of nanowires. First and second gate stacks are over the first and second vertical arrangements of nanowires, respectively. First epitaxial source or drain structures are at ends of the first vertical arrangement of nanowires, and second epitaxial source or drain structures are at ends of the second vertical arrangement of nanowires. An intervening dielectric structure is between neighboring ones of the first epitaxial source or drain structures and of the second epitaxial source or drain structures. |
| US11862634B2 |
Nanostructure with various widths
A semiconductor structures and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes first silicon-containing layers, second silicon-containing layers, third silicon-containing layers, and fourth silicon-containing layers vertically suspended over a substrate and laterally spaced apart from each other. In addition, the first silicon-containing layers and the second silicon-containing layers are narrower than the third silicon-containing layers and the fourth silicon-containing layers. The semiconductor structure further includes first source/drain features, second source/drain features, third source/drain features, and fourth source/drain features attaching to opposite sides of the first silicon-containing layers, the second silicon-containing layers, the third silicon-containing layers, and the fourth silicon-containing layers, respectively. In addition, the first source/drain features are merged with the second source/drain features while the third source/drain features are spaced apart from the fourth source/drain features. |
| US11862632B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a first gate electrode structure having a first gate insulating layer on a substrate and a first gate electrode on the first gate insulating layer. A first spacer structure includes a first spacer and a second spacer on side walls of the first gate electrode structure. The first spacer is disposed between the second spacer and the first gate electrode. A source/drain region is disposed on opposite sides of the first gate electrode structure. The first gate electrode includes a lower part of the first gate electrode, an upper part of the first gate electrode disposed on the lower part of the first gate electrode, and the first spacer is disposed on the side wall of the upper pan of the first gate electrode and is not disposed on the side wall of the lower part of the first gate electrode. |
| US11862630B2 |
Semiconductor device having a bidirectional switch and discharge circuit
A semiconductor device includes a main bi-directional switch formed on a semiconductor substrate and having first and second gates, a first source electrically connected to a first voltage terminal, a second source electrically connected to a second voltage terminal, and a common drain. The semiconductor device further includes a discharge circuit having a plurality of individual transistors or an auxiliary bi-directional switch monolithically integrated with the main bi-directional switch and connected in a common source configuration to the semiconductor substrate. The plurality of individual transistors or the auxiliary bi-directional switch includes a first drain connected to the first source of the main bi-directional switch, a second drain connected to the second source of the main bi-directional switch, and first and second gates each decoupled from gate drive circuitry so that the first and the second gates are controlled at least passively and based on a state of the main bi-directional switch. |
| US11862629B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrically conductive portion, a first semiconductor chip of a reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor, a second electrically conductive portion, a third electrically conductive portion, a second semiconductor chip of an insulated gate bipolar transistor, and a fourth electrically conductive portion. The first semiconductor chip includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is electrically connected to the first electrically conductive portion. The second electrically conductive portion is electrically connected to the second electrode. The third electrically conductive portion is electrically connected to the first electrically conductive portion. The second semiconductor chip includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The third electrode is electrically connected to the third electrically conductive portion. The fourth electrically conductive portion is electrically connected to the fourth electrode and the second electrically conductive portion. |
| US11862628B2 |
Transistor configurations for multi-deck memory devices
Methods, systems, and devices for transistor configurations for multi-deck memory devices are described. A memory device may include a first set of transistors formed in part by doping portions of a first semiconductor substrate of the memory device. The memory device may include a set of memory cells arranged in a stack of decks of memory cells above the first semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor substrate bonded above the stack of decks. The memory device may include a second set of transistors formed in part by doping portions of the second semiconductor substrate. The stack of decks may include a lower set of one or more decks that is coupled with the first set of transistors and an upper set of one or more decks that is coupled with the second set of transistors. |
| US11862624B2 |
Integrated circuit device with protective antenna diodes integrated therein
An integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate having components of a peripheral circuit structure formed in and on a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The peripheral circuit structure comprising a plurality of protective antenna diodes therein. A memory cell array structure is provided on at least a portion of the peripheral circuit structure. A charge accumulating conductive plate is provided, which extends between the peripheral circuit structure and the memory cell array structure. The conductive plate is electrically connected to current carrying terminals of the antenna diodes within the peripheral circuit structure. The conductive plate may have a generally rectangular planar shape with four corners, and the antenna diodes may be arranged into four groups, which extend between respective corners of the conductive plate and the semiconductor substrate. |
| US11862623B2 |
Semiconductor device including source/drain contact having height below gate stack
A method is provided, including the following operations: arranging a first gate structure extending continuously above a first active region and a second active region of a substrate; arranging a first separation spacer disposed on the first gate structure to isolate an electronic signal transmitted through a first gate via and a second gate via that are disposed on the first gate structure, wherein the first gate via and the second gate via are arranged above the first active region and the second active region respectively; and arranging a first local interconnect between the first active region and the second active region, wherein the first local interconnect is electrically coupled to a first contact disposed on the first active region and a second contact disposed on the second active region. |
| US11862620B2 |
Power gating cell structure
A power gating cell on an integrated circuit is provided. The power gating cell includes: a central area; a peripheral area surrounding the central area; a first active region located in the central area, the first active region having a first width in a first direction corresponding to at least four fin structures extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of second active regions located in the peripheral area, each second active region having a second width in the first direction corresponding to at least one and no more than three fin structures extending in the second direction. |
| US11862619B2 |
Patch accommodating embedded dies having different thicknesses
Techniques for a patch to couple one or more surface dies to an interposer or motherboard are provided. In an example, the patch can include multiple embedded dies. In an example, a microelectronic device can be formed to include a patch on an interposer, where the patch can include multiple embedded dies and each die can have a different thickness. |
| US11862613B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package comprising a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first semiconductor chip, wherein the first semiconductor chip includes a first semiconductor body, an upper pad structure, and a first through-electrode penetrating the first semiconductor body and electrically connected to the upper pad structure, and the second semiconductor chip includes a second semiconductor body, a lower bonding pad, and an internal circuit structure including a circuit element, internal circuit wirings, and a connection pad pattern disposed on the same level as the lower bonding pad, the upper pad structure includes upper bonding pads and connection wirings, the upper bonding pads are disposed at positions corresponding to the lower bonding pad and the connection pad pattern, and the internal circuit structure is electrically connected to the first through-electrode through at least one of the upper bonding pads and the connection wirings. |
| US11862611B2 |
Thermal transfer structures for semiconductor die assemblies
Several embodiments of the present technology are described with reference to a semiconductor apparatus. In some embodiments of the present technology, a semiconductor apparatus includes a stack of semiconductor dies attached to a thermal transfer structure. The thermal transfer structure conducts heat away from the stack of semiconductor dies. Additionally, the assembly can include molded walls to support the thermal transfer structure. |
| US11862610B2 |
Fan-out packages providing enhanced mechanical strength and methods for forming the same
An array of complementary die sets is attached to a carrier substrate. A continuous complementary-level molding compound layer is formed around the array of complementary die sets. An array of primary semiconductor dies is attached to the array of complementary die sets. A continuous primary-level molding compound layer is formed around the array of primary semiconductor dies. The bonded assembly is diced by cutting along directions that are parallel to edges of the primary semiconductor dies. The sidewalls of the complementary dies are azimuthally tilted relative to sidewalls of the primary semiconductor dies, or major crystallographic directions of a single crystalline material in the carrier substrate are azimuthally tilted relative to sidewalls of the primary semiconductor dies. |
| US11862606B2 |
Packages with metal line crack prevention design
A package includes a corner, a device die, a plurality of redistribution lines underlying the device die, and a plurality of metal pads electrically coupled to the plurality of redistribution lines. The plurality of metal pads includes a corner metal pad closest to the corner, wherein the corner metal pad is a center-facing pad having a bird-beak direction substantially pointing to a center of the package. The plurality of metal pads further includes a metal pad farther away from the corner than the corner metal pad, wherein the metal pad is a non-center-facing pad having a bird-beak direction pointing away from the center of the package. |
| US11862605B2 |
Integrated circuit package and method of forming same
A package and a method of forming the same are provided. A method includes forming a first die structure. The first die structure includes a die stack and a stacked dummy structure bonded to a carrier. A second die structure is formed. The second die structure includes a first integrated circuit die. The first die structure is bonded to the second die structure by bonding a topmost integrated circuit die of the die stack to the first integrated circuit die. The topmost integrated circuit die of the die stack is a farthest integrated circuit die of the die stack from the carrier. A singulation process is performed on the first die structure to form a plurality of individual die structures. The singulation process singulates the stacked dummy structure into a plurality of individual stacked dummy structures. |
| US11862604B2 |
Systems and methods for releveled bump planes for chiplets
An integrated circuit and a method for designing an IC wherein the base or host chip is bonded to smaller chiplets via DBI technology. The bonding of chip to chiplet creates an uneven or multi-level surface of the overall chip requiring a releveling for future bonding. The uneven surface is built up with plating of bumps and subsequently releveled with various methods including planarization. |
| US11862603B2 |
Semiconductor packages with chips partially embedded in adhesive
A semiconductor package includes a package substrate; a plurality of lower chip structures on the package substrate; an upper chip structure on the plurality of lower chip structures and covering portions of upper surfaces of the plurality of lower chip structures; a non-conductive adhesive layer on a lower surface of the upper chip structure and receiving upper portions of the plurality of lower chip structures; and a molded member on the plurality of lower chip structures and the upper chip structure. |
| US11862593B2 |
Electroplated indium bump stacks for cryogenic electronics
A cryogenic under bump metallization (UBM) stack includes an adhesion and barrier layer and a conductive pillar on the adhesion and barrier layer. The conductive pillar functions as a solder wetting layer of the UBM stack and has a thickness. An indium superconducting solder bump is on the conductive pillar. The thickness of the conductive pillar is sufficient to prevent intermetallic regions, which form in the conductive pillar at room temperature due to interdiffusion, from extending through the entire thickness of the conductive pillar to maintain the structural integrity of the UBM stack. The indium (In) solder bump may be formed through electroplating, with the conductive pillar being copper (Cu) and the adhesion and barrier layer being titanium tungsten (TiW) and a thin seed layer of copper (Cu), or a layer of titanium (Ti). |
| US11862590B2 |
Integrated circuit package and method of forming thereof
A semiconductor package includes a redistribution structure, a first device and a second device attached to the redistribution structure, the first device including: a first die, a support substrate bonded to a first surface of the first die, and a second die bonded to a second surface of the first die opposite the first surface, where a total height of the first die and the second die is less than a first height of the second device, and where a top surface of the substrate is at least as high as a top surface of the second device, and an encapsulant over the redistribution structure and surrounding the first device and the second device. |
| US11862586B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first insulator, a first pad provided in the first insulator, a second insulator provided on the first insulator, and a second pad provided on the first pad in the second insulator. Furthermore, the first insulator includes a first film that is in contact with the first pad and the second insulator, and a second film provided at an interval from the first pad and the second insulator, and including a portion provided at a same height as at least a portion of the first pad. |
| US11862583B2 |
Semiconductor wafer thinned by stealth lasing
A semiconductor wafer thinned by a stealth lasing process, and semiconductor dies formed therefrom. After formation of an integrated circuit layer on a semiconductor wafer, the wafer may be thinned by focusing a laser at discrete points in the wafer substrate beneath the surface of the wafer. Upon completion of stealth lasing in one or more planar layers in the substrate, a portion of the substrate may be removed, leaving the wafer thinned to a desired final thickness. |
| US11862582B2 |
Package with elevated lead and structure extending vertically from encapsulant bottom
A package is disclosed. In one example, the package comprises a carrier, an electronic component mounted on the carrier, an encapsulant encapsulating at least part of the electronic component and at least part of the carrier and having a bottom side at a first vertical level. At least one lead is electrically coupled with the electronic component and comprising a first lead portion being encapsulated in the encapsulant and a second lead portion extending out of the encapsulant at the bottom side of the encapsulant. A functional structure at the bottom side extends up to a second vertical level different from the first vertical level. |
| US11862577B2 |
Package structure and method of fabricating the same
Provided is a package structure, including a die, a plurality of through vias, an encapsulant, a plurality of first connectors, a warpage control material and a protection material. The plurality of through vias are disposed around the die. The encapsulant laterally encapsulate the die and the plurality of through vias. The plurality of first connectors are electrically connected to a first surface of the plurality of through vias. The warpage control material is disposed over a first surface of the die. The protection material is disposed over the encapsulant, around the plurality of first connectors and the warpage control material. A Young's modulus of the warpage control material is greater than a Young's modulus of the encapsulant, and the Young's modulus of the encapsulant is greater than a Young's modulus of the protection material. |
| US11862575B2 |
Semiconductor device having a crack detection ring and a crack detection structure
A semiconductor device includes a crack detection ring and a crack detection structure. The semiconductor device comprises a first seal-ring surrounding a circuit region; a crack detection ring surrounding the first seal-ring; a second seal-ring surrounding the first seal-ring and the crack detection ring; a connection part connecting the first seal-ring and the crack detection ring; and a crack detection structure disposed in the circuit region and electrically connected to the crack detection ring. |
| US11862574B2 |
Fan-out semiconductor package
A fan-out semiconductor package includes a core member having a through hole, at least one dummy structure disposed in the core member, a semiconductor chip disposed in the through hole and including an active surface on which a connection pad is disposed and an inactive surface opposing the active surface, an encapsulant sealing at least a portion of each of the core member and the semiconductor chip, and filing at least a portion of the through hole, and a connection member disposed on the core member and the active surface of the semiconductor chip, and including a redistribution layer electrically connected to the connection pad. |
| US11862571B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package including a first semiconductor chip having an upper surface, a lower surface that is opposite to the upper surface, and a sidewall between the upper surface and the lower surface; a capping insulation layer covering the upper surface and the sidewall of the first semiconductor chip; and a shielding layer on the capping insulation layer, wherein a lower portion of the capping insulation layer includes a laterally protruding capping protrusion contacting a lower surface of the shielding layer. |
| US11862570B2 |
Semiconductor package
There is provided a semiconductor package capable of preventing damage to an interposer to improve reliability. The semiconductor package includes a first substrate including a first insulating layer and first conductive patterns, an interposer disposed on a top surface of the first substrate and including a second insulating layer and second conductive patterns, first connecting members in contact with the top surface of the first substrate and a bottom surface of the interposer, and supporting members including solder parts, which are in contact with the top surface of the first substrate and the bottom surface of the interposer, and core parts, which are disposed in the solder parts and include a different material from the solder parts. The first connecting members electrically connect the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns, and the supporting members do not electrically connect the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns. |
| US11862568B2 |
Standard cell layout for better routability
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit is disclosed. The method comprises defining a multi-layer semiconductor device structure on a substrate using standard cells, defining an input port on the M0OD or PO layer of the semiconductor device structure and an output port on the M0OD layer, and defining a metal-1 layer over the M0OD and PO layers, the metal-1 layer having a first set of conduction paths and a second set of conduction paths. The method further comprises defining a metal-2 layer over the metal-1 layer and configuring the first set of metal-1 conduction paths and the metal-2 conduction paths to interconnect circuit components in different cells, wherein inter cell connections in the semiconductor device structure are made using the first set of metal-1 conduction paths or a combination of the first set of metal-1 and the metal-2 conduction paths. |
| US11862567B2 |
Low resistance contacts including intermetallic alloy of nickel, platinum, titanium, aluminum and type IV semiconductor elements
A method of forming a contact to a semiconductor device is provided that forms an alloy composed of nickel (Ni), platinum (Pt), aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti) and a semiconductor material. The methods may include forming a nickel and platinum semiconductor alloy at a base of a via. A titanium layer having an angstrom scale thickness is deposited in the via in contact with the nickel platinum semiconductor alloy. An aluminum containing fill is deposited atop the titanium layer. A forming gas anneal including an oxygen containing atmosphere is applied to the structure to provide a contact alloy comprising nickel, platinum, aluminum, titanium and a semiconductor element from the contact surface of the semiconductor device. |
| US11862563B2 |
Cobalt based interconnects and methods of fabrication thereof
An embodiment includes a metal interconnect structure, comprising: a dielectric layer disposed on a substrate; an opening in the dielectric layer, wherein the opening has sidewalls and exposes a conductive region of at least one of the substrate and an interconnect line; an adhesive layer, comprising manganese, disposed over the conductive region and on the sidewalls; and a fill material, comprising cobalt, within the opening and on a surface of the adhesion layer. Other embodiments are described herein. |
| US11862561B2 |
Semiconductor devices with backside routing and method of forming same
In an embodiment, a method of forming a structure includes forming a first transistor and a second transistor over a first substrate; forming a front-side interconnect structure over the first transistor and the second transistor; etching at least a backside of the first substrate to expose the first transistor and the second transistor; forming a first backside via electrically connected to the first transistor; forming a second backside via electrically connected to the second transistor; depositing a dielectric layer over the first backside via and the second backside via; forming a first conductive line in the dielectric layer, the first conductive line being a power rail electrically connected to the first transistor through the first backside via; and forming a second conductive line in the dielectric layer, the second conductive line being a signal line electrically connected to the second transistor through the second backside via. |
| US11862549B2 |
Semiconductor packages having conductive patterns of redistribution structure having ellipse-like shape
A semiconductor package includes a die, a redistribution structure and a plurality of conductive terminals. The redistribution structure is disposed below and electrically connected to the die. The redistribution structure includes a plurality of conductive patterns, and at least one of the plurality of conductive patterns has a cross-section substantially parallel to the surface of the die. The cross-section has a long-axis and a short-axis, and the long-axis intersects with a center axis of the die. The conductive terminals are disposed below and electrically connected to the redistribution structure. |
| US11862548B2 |
Package substrate film and semiconductor package including the same
A package substrate film including a film substrate including upper and lower surfaces; a test pattern including an upper test line pattern extending on the upper surface of the film substrate; a lower test line pattern extending on the lower surface of the film substrate; a first test via pattern penetrating the film substrate and connecting the upper test line pattern to the lower test line pattern; a second test via pattern penetrating the film substrate outside the first test via pattern and connecting the upper test line pattern to the lower test line pattern; and a test pad between the first test via pattern and the second test via pattern, the test pad including first test pad at an outer side of the first test via pattern; and second test pad at an inner side of the second test via pattern and facing the first test pad. |
| US11862547B2 |
Differential crosstalk self-cancelation in stackable structures
Embodiments include assemblies. An assembly includes a substrate having a first interconnect and a second interconnect. The first interconnect has a first conductive pad and a second conductive pad, and the second interconnect has a third conductive pad and a fourth conductive pad. The assembly includes a socket over the substrate. The socket has a first pin, a second pin, and a base layer with a first pad and a second pad. The first and second pins are vertically over the respective first and second interconnects. The first pad is directly coupled to the first pin and fourth conductive pad, while the second pad is directly coupled to the second pin and second conductive pad. The first pad is positioned partially within a footprint of the third conductive pad, and the second pad is positioned partially within a footprint of the first conductive pad. |
| US11862546B2 |
Package core assembly and fabrication methods
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor core assemblies and methods of forming the same. The semiconductor core assemblies described herein may be utilized to form semiconductor package assemblies, PCB assemblies, PCB spacer assemblies, chip carrier assemblies, intermediate carrier assemblies (e.g., for graphics cards), and the like. In one embodiment, a silicon substrate core is structured by direct laser patterning. One or more conductive interconnections are formed in the substrate core and one or more redistribution layers are formed on surfaces thereof. The silicon substrate core may thereafter be utilized as a core structure for a semiconductor package, PCB, PCB spacer, chip carrier, intermediate carrier, or the like. |
| US11862544B2 |
Electronic assembly
The present disclosure provides an electronic assembly including a semiconductor device package. The semiconductor device package includes a first package and a conductive element. The first package includes an electronic component and a protection layer covering the electronic component. The conductive element is supported by the protection layer and electrically connected with the electronic component through an electrical contact. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device package is also provided in the present disclosure. |
| US11862540B2 |
Mold flow balancing for a matrix leadframe
A frame includes leadframe units arranged in a matrix. Each leadframe unit has a die pad and tie bars connected to and extending from the die pad. Each tie bar includes an internal tie bar portion and an external tie bar portion. The internal tie bar portion of at least one tie bar includes a cut separating a part of the internal tie bar portion from the external tie bar portion. An out-of-plane bend in that part forms a mold flow control structure. |
| US11862530B2 |
Multi-layered spacer and double-sided cooling power module including same
A multi-layered spacer of which a thermal expansion coefficient and a thermal conductivity are controllable and a double-sided cooling power module including the multi-layered spacer, is provided between a semiconductor chip and a substrate in a double-sided cooling power module. The multi-spacer includes first metal layers made of a first metal and provided as at least respective outermost layers, and a second metal layer made of a second metal having a thermal expansion coefficient lower than a thermal expansion coefficient of the first metal and disposed between the first metal layers provided as the outermost layers. |
| US11862529B2 |
Chip and manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device
Embodiments of this application provide a chip and a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic device, and belong to the field of chip heat dissipation technologies. The chip includes a die and a thermal conductive sheet. An active surface of the die is connected to the thermal conductive sheet by using a first bonding layer. Heat generated at a part with a relatively high temperature on the active surface of the die can be quickly conducted and dispersed by using the thermal conductive sheet, so that temperatures on the active surface are evenly distributed to avoid an excessively high local temperature of the chip, thereby preventing running of the chip from being affected. |
| US11862524B2 |
Overlay mark design for electron beam overlay
The present disclosure provides a target and a method of performing overlay measurements on a target. The target includes an array of cells comprising a first cell, a second cell, a third cell, and a fourth cell. Each cell includes a periodic structure with a pitch. The periodic structure includes a first section and a second section, separated by a first gap. The target further includes an electron beam overlay target, such that electron beam overlay measurements, advanced imaging metrology, and/or scatterometry measurements can be performed on the target. |
| US11862523B2 |
Apparatus for detecting end point
An apparatus for detecting an endpoint of a grinding process includes a connecting device, a timer and a controller. The connecting device is connected to a sensor that periodically senses an interface of a reconstructed wafer comprising a plurality of dies of at least two types to generate a thickness signal comprising thicknesses from a surface of an insulating layer of the reconstructed wafer to the interface of the reconstructed wafer. The timer is configured to generate a clock signal having a plurality of pulses with a time interval. The controller is coupled to the sensor and the timer, and configured to filter the thickness signal according to the clock signal to output a thickness extremum among the thicknesses in the thickness signal within each time interval, wherein the thickness signal after the filtering is used to determine the endpoint of the grinding process being performed on the reconstructed wafer. |
| US11862522B2 |
Accuracy improvements in optical metrology
Methods, metrology modules and target designs are provided, which improve the accuracy of metrology measurements. Methods provide flexible handling of multiple measurement recipes and setups and enable relating them to landscape features that indicate their relation to resonance regions and to flat regions. Clustering of recipes, self-consistency tests, common processing of aggregated measurements, noise reduction, cluster analysis, detailed analysis of the landscape and targets with skewed cells are employed separately or in combination to provide cumulative improvements of measurement accuracy. |
| US11862521B2 |
Multiple-tool parameter set calibration and misregistration measurement system and method
A multiple-tool parameter set calibration and misregistration measurement method useful in the manufacture of semiconductor devices including using at least a first reference misregistration metrology tool using a first set of measurement parameters to measure misregistration between at least two layers on a wafer of a batch of wafers, thereby generating a first misregistration data set, transmitting the first set of parameters and the data set to a calibrated set of measurement parameters generator (CSMPG) which processes the first set of parameters and the data set thereby generating a calibrated set of measurement parameters which are transmitted from the CSMPG to calibrate at least one initially-uncalibrated misregistration metrology tool based on the calibrated set of measurement parameters. Thereafter, misregistration is measured between at least two layers of at least one wafer, using at least the initially-uncalibrated misregistration metrology tool using the calibrated set of measurement parameters for the measuring. |
| US11862518B2 |
Plated metallization structures
The disclosed technology generally relates to forming metallization structures for integrated circuit devices by plating, and more particularly to plating metallization structures that are thicker than masking layers used to define the metallization structures. In one aspect, a method of metallizing an integrated circuit device includes plating a first metal on a substrate in a first opening formed through a first masking layer, where the first opening defines a first region of the substrate, and plating a second metal on the substrate in a second opening formed through a second masking layer, where the second opening defines a second region of the substrate. The second opening is wider than the first opening and the second region encompasses the first region of the substrate. |
| US11862510B2 |
Semiconductor device manufacturing method and semiconductor device
A semiconductor device manufacturing method of an embodiment includes forming a first layer in a region of a first substrate excluding an outer peripheral portion thereof; forming a first semiconductor circuit above the first layer; for a second semiconductor circuit on a second substrate; forming a second layer with a predetermined width at an outer peripheral portion of the second substrate; bonding a surface of the first substrate on a side provided with the first semiconductor circuit and a surface of the second substrate on a side provided with the second semiconductor circuit; and applying tensile stress to the first layer and the second layer to debond the first layer and the second layer, thereby forming the second substrate including the first semiconductor circuit and the second semiconductor circuit. |
| US11862509B2 |
Shallow trench isolation (STI) structure for CMOS image sensor
A shallow trench isolation (STI) structure and method of fabrication includes forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure having a polygonal shaped cross-section in a semiconductor substrate of an image sensor includes a two-step etching process. The first step is a dry plasma etch that forms a portion of the trench to a first depth. The second step is a wet etch process that completes the trench etching to the desired depth and cures damage caused by the dry etch process. A CMOS image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having a photodiode region and a pixel transistor region separated by a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure having a polygonal shaped cross-section. |
| US11862501B2 |
Electrostatic chuck and substrate fixing device
An electrostatic chuck includes a plurality of ceramic substrates each having a step formed at a peripheral edge portion of one surface, the ceramic substrates being arranged adjacent to each other so that the steps face each other, electrodes each embedded in each of the plurality of ceramic substrates, and a filling portion that fills a groove portion formed by the facing steps of the adjacent ceramic substrates. |
| US11862499B2 |
Multiplexing control of multiple positional sensors in device manufacturing machines
Implementations disclosed describe an integrated sensor controller comprising a sensor circuit and a logic circuit. The sensor circuit includes a light source driver to generate a driving signal, a demultiplexer to produce, using the driving signal, a plurality of output driving signals to be delivered to one of a plurality of sensors, and an amplifier to: receive a first signal from a first sensor, the first signal being associated with a first event representative of a position of a substrate within a device manufacturing machine, and generate a second signal. The sensor circuit further includes an analog-to-digital converter to receive the second signal and generate a third signal. The logic circuit includes a memory device and a processing device coupled to the memory device, the processing device to obtain based on the third signal, information about the position of the substrate. |
| US11862496B2 |
Substrate processing control method, substrate processing apparatus and storage medium
A substrate processing control method in a substrate processing apparatus, includes: acquiring a data set for each substrate sequentially subjected to first and second processes at first and second levels, the data set including information specifying the first level at which the first process has been performed, information specifying the second level at which the second process has been performed and information about a characteristic amount relating to characteristics of the substrate; calculating information including an expected value of the characteristic amount, and level deviations of the first and second levels to the expected value based on the data set; and correcting the first parameter at the first level or the second parameter at the second level based on the calculated information. |
| US11862492B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method of providing a ramped interconnect for semiconductor fabrication
The disclosure is and includes at least an apparatus, system and method for a ramped electrical interconnection for use in semiconductor fabrications. The apparatus, system and method includes at least a first semiconductor substrate having thereon a first electrical circuit comprising first electrical components; a second semiconductor substrate at least partially covering the first electrical circuit, and having thereon a second electrical circuit comprising second electrical components; a ramp formed through the second semiconductor substrate between at least one of the first electrical components and at least one of the second electrical components; and an additively manufactured conductive trace formed on the ramp to electrically connect the at least one first electrical component and the at least one second electrical component. |
| US11862488B2 |
Substrate stage
A substrate stage includes: a stage body having a substrate placing surface on which a substrate is placed in a processing apparatus that performs a processing on the substrate; and a thermocouple configured to detect a temperature near the substrate placing surface of the stage body. The thermocouple includes a temperature measuring unit formed by stacking a first metal film and a second metal film, on a surface on a side of the substrate placing surface of the stage body. |
| US11862483B2 |
Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing method includes performing a liquid processing, detecting a temperature, generating temperature distribution information and determining whether a result of the liquid processing is good or bad. The liquid processing is performed on a substrate by using a processing unit. A temperature of a central portion of the substrate and a temperature of an edge portion of the substrate in the liquid processing are detected by using multiple sensors provided in the processing unit. The temperature distribution information indicating an in-surface temperature distribution of the substrate in the liquid processing is generated based on one or more parameter values defining a processing condition for the liquid processing and the temperature of the central portion of the substrate and the temperature of the edge portion of the substrate. Whether the result of the liquid processing is good or bad is determined based on the temperature distribution information. |
| US11862475B2 |
Gas mixer to enable RPS purging
A semiconductor processing system includes a remote plasma source (RPS), a faceplate, and an output manifold positioned between the RPS and the faceplate. The output manifold is characterized by a plurality of purge outlets that are fluidly coupled with a purge gas source and a plurality of deposition outlets that are fluidly coupled with a deposition gas source. A delivery tube extends between and fluidly couples the RPS and the faceplate. The delivery tube is characterized by a generally cylindrical sidewall that defines an upper plurality of apertures that are arranged in a radial pattern. Each of the upper apertures is fluidly coupled with one of the purge outlets. The generally cylindrical sidewall defines a lower plurality of apertures that are arranged in a radial pattern and below the upper plurality of apertures. Each of the lower apertures is fluidly coupled with one of the deposition outlets. |
| US11862472B2 |
Methods for polishing dielectric layer in forming semiconductor device
Methods for polishing dielectric layers using an auto-stop slurry in forming semiconductor devices, such as three-dimensional (3D) memory devices, are provided. The methods include forming a stack structure in a staircase region and a core array region, the stack structure including a staircase structure in the staircase region; forming a dielectric layer over the staircase region and a peripheral region outside the stack structure; and polishing the dielectric layer using an auto-stop slurry containing a ceria-based abrasive. |
| US11862471B2 |
Manufacturing method for semiconductor device
A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes performing first etching for forming a recess in a layer to be processed using a reactive ion etching method, performing a first treatment of supplying a silylation agent to the recess after the first etching, and performing second etching of etching at least a bottom surface of the recess using a reactive ion etching method after the first treatment. |
| US11862470B2 |
Silica particle and production method therefor, silica sol, polishing composition, polishing method, method for producing semiconductor wafer and method for producing semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is to provide a silica particle having excellent polishing characteristics and storage stability, a method for producing the silica particle, a silica sol containing the silica particles, and a polishing composition containing the silica sol. Another object of the present invention is to provide a polishing method, a method for producing a semiconductor wafer, and a method for producing a semiconductor device, which are excellent in productivity of an object to be polished. The silica particle in the present invention satisfies formula (1): y≥4.2 where a d value measured by wide-angle X-ray scattering is y Å. |
| US11862468B2 |
Semiconductor device and method
In an embodiment, a method includes: depositing a gate dielectric layer on a first fin and a second fin, the first fin and the second fin extending away from a substrate in a first direction, a distance between the first fin and the second fin decreasing along the first direction; depositing a sacrificial layer on the gate dielectric layer by exposing the gate dielectric layer to a self-limiting source precursor and a self-reacting source precursor, the self-limiting source precursor reacting to form an initial layer of a material of the sacrificial layer, the self-reacting source precursor reacting to form a main layer of the material of the sacrificial layer; annealing the gate dielectric layer while the sacrificial layer covers the gate dielectric layer; after annealing the gate dielectric layer, removing the sacrificial layer; and after removing the sacrificial layer, forming a gate electrode layer on the gate dielectric layer. |
| US11862467B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure, comprising providing a substrate; forming a fin structure over the substrate; depositing an insulation material over the fin structure; performing a plurality of ion implantation cycles in-situ with implantation energy increased or decreased stepwise; and removing at least a portion of the insulation material to expose a portion of the fin structure. |
| US11862463B2 |
Metal oxide nanoparticles as fillable hardmask materials
A dielectric composition including a metal oxide particle including a diameter of 5 nanometers or less capped with an organic ligand at at least a 1:1 ratio. A method including synthesizing metal oxide particles including a diameter of 5 nanometers or less; and capping the metal oxide particles with an organic ligand at at least a 1:1 ratio. A method including forming an interconnect layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a first hardmask material and a different second hardmask material on the interconnect layer, wherein at least one of the first hardmask material and the second hardmask material is formed over an area of interconnect layer target for a via landing and at least one of the first hardmask material and the second hardmask material include metal oxide nanoparticles; and forming an opening to the interconnect layer selectively through one of the first hardmask material and the second hardmask material. |
| US11862462B2 |
Method and apparatus for the continuous vapor deposition of silicon on substrates
A method for the continuous vapour deposition of silicon on substrates, including the following steps: a) introducing at least one substrate into a reaction chamber; b) introducing a process gas and at least one gaseous silicon precursor compound into the reaction chamber; c) forming a gaseous mixture of at least one silicon-based intermediate product coexisting with the gaseous silicon precursor compound and the process gas; d) forming a silicon layer by vapour deposition of silicon from the gaseous silicon precursor compound and/or the silicon-based intermediate product on the substrate; e) discharging an excess of the gaseous mixture from the reaction chamber; f) returning at least one of the constituents of the excess of the gaseous mixture, selected from the silicon precursor compound, the silicon-based intermediate product and/or the process gas into the reaction chamber, wherein introducing the gaseous silicon precursor compound into the reaction chamber is regulated such that the molar ratio of the silicon-based intermediate product to the silicon precursor compound has a value of 0.2:0.8 to 0.5:0.5. |
| US11862461B2 |
Method of forming oxide layer on a doped substrate using nitridation and oxidation process
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming a semiconductor structure are provided. The method includes: a base is provided, in which the base includes a first doped area and a second doped area, and an isolation structure is provided between the first doped area and the second doped area; nitridation treatment is performed on the first doped area and the second doped area; and oxidation treatment is performed on the first doped area and the second doped area subjected to the nitridation treatment, to form a first gate oxide layer and a second gate oxide layer respectively. |
| US11862460B2 |
SiC multilayer body, production method therefor, and semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a method of producing a SiC laminate having a hexagonal SiC layer and a 3C-SiC layer comprises: forming a seed plane parallel to a close-packed plane of the crystal lattice on the surface of the hexagonal SiC layer; providing an inclined plane, which is inclined with respect to the seed plane, to all faces adjacent to the seed plane; forming a two-dimensional nucleus of 3C-SiC on the seed plane; and epitaxially growing both the two-dimensional nucleus of 3C-SiC and the SiC layers exposed on the inclined plane simultaneously in a direction parallel to the close-packed plane of the crystal lattice. |
| US11862458B2 |
Directional selective deposition
Exemplary processing methods may include forming a plasma of a silicon-containing precursor. The methods may include depositing a flowable film on a semiconductor substrate with plasma effluents of the silicon-containing precursor. The processing region may be at least partially defined between a faceplate and a substrate support on which the semiconductor substrate is seated. A bias power may be applied to the substrate support from a bias power source. The methods may include forming a plasma of a hydrogen-containing precursor within the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include etching the flowable film from a sidewall of the feature within the semiconductor substrate with plasma effluents of the hydrogen-containing precursor. The methods may include densifying remaining flowable film within the feature defined within the semiconductor substrate with plasma effluents of the hydrogen-containing precursor. |
| US11862457B2 |
Wafer cleaning apparatus, method for cleaning wafer and method for fabricating semiconductor device
A wafer cleaning apparatus, a method of cleaning wafer and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device are provided. The method of fabricating the semiconductor device includes disposing a wafer on a rotatable chuck, irradiating a lower surface of the wafer with a laser to heat the wafer, and supplying a chemical to an upper surface of the wafer to clean the wafer, wherein the laser penetrates an optical system including an aspheric lens array, the laser penetrates a calibration window, which includes a first window structure including a first light projection window including first and second regions different from each other, a first coating layer covering the first region of the first light projection window, and a second coating layer covering the second region of the first light projection window, and the first coating layer and the second coating layer have different light transmissivities from each other. |
| US11862445B2 |
Imaging mass spectrometer
An imaging mass spectrometer includes: a storage configured to acquire and store data constituting a first imaging graphic indicating an ion intensity distribution in a specific one or plurality of m/z or m/z ranges based on data obtained by mass spectrometry for a sample; a Raman imaging data acquisition unit configured to acquire and store data constituting one or plurality of second imaging graphics obtained by Raman analysis that is a type different from mass spectrometry for the sample; a signal intensity normalization processor configured to perform data conversion processing of normalizing signal intensity in one or plurality of first and second imaging graphics; an adjustment processor configured to perform data processing of aligning spatial resolutions of the one or plurality of first and second imaging graphics; and a statistical analysis processor configured to execute statistical analysis processing on images and to classify the first and second imaging graphics. |
| US11862440B2 |
Semiconductor processing equipment including electrostatic chuck for plasma processing
Semiconductor processing equipment and an electrostatic chuck include a semiconductor having: an upper electrode; a gas supplier connected to the upper electrode; and a substrate supporting structure spaced apart from the upper electrode to define a processing volume. The substrate supporting structure supports a substrate and includes: a lower electrode having a side area disposed outside a step formed at an outer perimeter portion of the lower electrode and a processing area disposed inside the step; a first plate disposed on the lower electrode; an attraction electrode disposed on the first plate; and a second plate disposed on the attraction plate. The second plate supports the substrate in a state in which the substrate is laid on an upper surface of the second plate. Each of the first plate and the second plate includes ceramic. The lower electrode has a maximum height at a central portion of the processing area. |
| US11862437B2 |
Edge ring and plasma processing apparatus
According to one embodiment, an edge ring is provided which includes a first movable portion provided along an outer circumference of a support portion having an upper surface capable of holding a semiconductor substrate thereon, the first movable portion being movable in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface; a second movable portion provided along an outer circumference of the first movable portion, the second movable portion being movable in the direction; and a driving portion capable of moving the first movable portion in the direction by way of the second movable portion. |
| US11862435B2 |
Mechanical suppression of parasitic plasma in substrate processing chamber
A system includes an electrode. The electrode includes a showerhead having a first stem portion and a head portion. A plurality of dielectric layers is vertically stacked between the electrode and a first surface of a conducting structure. The plurality of dielectric layers includes M dielectric layers arranged adjacent to the head portion and P dielectric portions arranged around the first stem portion. The plurality of dielectric layers defines a first gap between the electrode and one of the plurality of dielectric layers, a second gap between adjacent ones of the plurality of dielectric layers, and a third gap between a last one of the plurality of dielectric layers and the first surface. A number of the plurality of dielectric layers and sizes of the first gap, the second gap, and the third gap are selected to prevent parasitic plasma between the first surface and the electrode. |
| US11862429B2 |
Ion implantation method and device
An ion implantation system comprising: a sample platform; an ion gun; an electrostatic linear accelerator; a direct current (DC) final energy magnet (FEM); and a processor. The processor is programmed to control: a wafer acceptance test instrument, a DC recipe calculator, a DC real energy calculator, and a tool energy shift verifier. The wafer acceptance test instrument is configured to apply a wafer acceptance test (WAT) recipe to a test sample on the sample platform. The DC recipe calculator is configured to calculate a recipe for the DC FEM. The DC real energy calculator is configured to calculate a real energy of the DC FEM. The tool energy shift verifier is configured to verify a tool energy shift of the DC FEM. The ion implantation system is configured to tune the DC FEM based on the verified tool energy shift, and obtain a peak magnetic field of the DC FEM. |
| US11862426B1 |
Electron source devices, electron source assemblies, and methods for generating electrons
The present disclosure provides electron source devices, electron source assemblies, and/or methods for generating electrons. The generated electrons can be used to facilitate spectroscopy, such as mass spectrometry, including mass selection or ion mobility. |
| US11862424B2 |
Electric device with a main body frame including a snap-fit mechanism
The main body frame includes a first frame including a flexible protruding plate portion, a second frame facing the first frame in a first direction to form the housing section, and a snap-fit mechanism connecting the first frame to the second frame. The snap-fit mechanism includes a fitted portion provided on the flexible protruding plate portion and a fitting projection portion provided on a side wall of the second frame and fitting with the fitted portion. The fitting projection portion and the fitted portion are fitted by bringing the first and second frames into relative proximity in the first direction, and the fitting is released by relatively displacing the first and second frames in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. |
| US11862419B2 |
Toroidal encapsulation for high voltage vacuum interrupters
A vacuum interrupter has a toroidal portion at one or both ends that achieves higher dielectric levels and hence higher interruption levels. |
| US11862415B2 |
Keyswitch device and keyboard
A keyswitch device which is provided with a support mechanism which supports a keytop in a movable manner, and a membrane sheet which has a plurality of upper electrodes and a plurality of lower electrodes which respectively correspond to the plurality of the upper electrodes and which form contact pairs with the corresponding upper electrodes. A plurality of contact pairs are arranged for a single keytop. The rubber cup pushes the plurality of contact pairs which are arranged for the single keytop. |
| US11862413B2 |
Sensing device for sensing the position of a movable object
A detection device (18) for detecting the position of a moving object comprises a base (20); an arm (22) that is mounted rotatable to the base (20), wherein the arm (22) is rotatable around a first rotational axis (26) and has a free end (28) for contact with the moving object; and a sensor (24) that is configured to detect rotation of the arm (22) relative to the base (20), wherein the sensor (24) has a first part and a second part, wherein the first part moves with the arm (22), and the second part is attached to the base (20). The first part is a first component of a magnet (40) switch (42) pair, wherein the switch is an electrical switch (42) that is configured to be actuated by the magnetic field of the magnet (40), and the second part is another component of the magnet (40) switch (42) pair. |
| US11862405B2 |
High-voltage feed-through capacitor
An element body is formed with a through hole to be open at a first main surface and a second main surface opposing each other. A through-conductor includes a first portion located inside the through hole and a second portion protruding from the second main surface. A case surrounds the element body and is electrically insulating. A cover surrounds the second portion and is electrically insulating. A first resin is contained in the case and coats the element body. A second resin is contained in the cover and is located in a space between an inner surface of the element body and the first portion. The second resin has an electrical resistivity less than an electrical resistivity of the first resin. |
| US11862404B2 |
Multilayer electronic component for enhanced moisture resistance and bending strength
A multilayer electronic component includes a silicon (Si) organic compound layer having a body cover portion disposed in a region, in which electrode layers are not disposed, of external surfaces of a body, and an extending portion disposed to extend from the body cover portion between an electrode layer and a conductive resin layer of an external electrode, and thus, may improve bending strength and humidity resistance reliability. |
| US11862390B2 |
Charging apparatus with flexible diaphragm for cooling
A charging apparatus for inductive charging. The charging apparatus comprises one or more charging coils configured to transfer power to a mobile apparatus and at least one flexible diaphragm configured so that movement of the flexible diaphragm directs air flow towards the mobile apparatus. At least one of, the one or more charging coils or actuating circuitry for actuating the one or more charging coils are mounted on the flexible diaphragm. |
| US11862386B2 |
Coil component
A coil component includes a body having a first surface and a second surface opposing each other in a thickness direction of the body and including a core formed in the thickness direction; a coil part embedded in the body and including at least one turn around the core; an insulating layer disposed on the first surface of the body; a bonded conductive layer disposed on the insulating layer and having a surface roughness of the first surface which is in contact with the insulating layer greater than a surface roughness of the second surface opposing the first surface of the bonded conductive layer; and external electrodes connected to the coil part and covering the bonded conductive layer. |
| US11862385B2 |
Electronic device, connector, and electromagnetic device thereof
An electromagnetic device includes a substrate, magnetic cores, transmission line layers, and conductive members. The substrate is provided with annular receiving grooves for accommodating the magnetic cores; the substrate is divided into a central portion and a peripheral portion; inner and outer via holes are respectively formed on the central portion and the peripheral portion, respectively; the transmission line layers each including wire patterns are respectively provided on opposite sides of the substrate; and the conductive members are sequentially connected to the wire patterns on both sides of the substrate to form a transformer and/or a filter; the electromagnetic device has a first side provided with a slot and a second side parallel to the transmission line layers; and first conductive pins electrically connected to the at least one transmission line layers are provided on at least one of the side wall surrounding the slot and a second side. |
| US11862383B2 |
Wireless charging coil
A wireless charging coil assembly comprises a first stamped coil having a first trace, a second stamped coil having a second trace, and a film having a first side and a second side. The first stamped coil is adhered to the first side of the film and the second stamped coil is adhered to the second side of the film. At least a first portion of the first trace of the first stamped coil and at least a first portion of the second trace of the second stamped coil are electrically connected. |
| US11862376B2 |
Core for inductor component, inductor component, and method of manufacturing core
A winding core portion includes corner portions. The cross section of the winding core portion taken in a direction orthogonally intersecting the longitudinal axis thereof is a polygon having four corners or more. The interior angle of each corner between adjacent sides of the polygon is 90 degrees or more and less than 120 degrees (i.e., from 90 degrees to 120 degrees) on the cross section. At least one of the corner portions has a first round surface and a second round surface that are formed so as to protrude outward and are arranged adjacently to each other in a circumferential direction of the winding core portion. |
| US11862374B2 |
Current-compensated inductor, filter, high-voltage on-board electrical system and motor vehicle
A current-compensated inductor for filtering interference signals which are transmitted between two high-voltage components of a high-voltage on-board electrical system of a motor vehicle, includes a toroidal, in particular circular ring-shaped or oval ring-shaped, magnet core which surrounds an inner opening, and has at least two busbars for electrically connecting the two high-voltage components. The busbars are routed axially through the inner opening of the magnet core and are arranged at a distance from one another in the inner opening so as to form an air gap. An inner side of the magnet core, which inner side faces the inner opening, and regions of outer sides of the busbars, which regions face the inner side of the magnet core, have shapes which correspond to one another. |
| US11862373B2 |
MRAM stacks and memory devices
Memory stacks, memory devices and method of forming the same are provided. A memory stack includes a spin-orbit torque layer, a magnetic bias layer and a free layer. The magnetic bias layer is in physical contact with the spin-orbit torque layer and has a first magnetic anisotropy. The free layer is disposed adjacent to the spin-orbit torque layer and has a second magnetic anisotropy perpendicular to the first magnetic anisotropy. |
| US11862371B2 |
Magnetic structural body
A magnetic structural body contains core-shell structure particles each including a core section and a shell section covering the surface of the core section. The core section is made of an alloy containing a first metal and a second metal. The shell section is made of an alloy which contains the first metal and the second metal and which has a first metal-to-second metal content ratio different from that of the core section. The first metal is a magnetic metal and has a standard redox potential higher than that of the second metal. The neighboring core-shell structure particles are linearly linked to each other. |
| US11862369B2 |
Permanent magnets with tailored texture and magnetic orientation
Some variations provide a permanent-magnet structure comprising: a region having a plurality of magnetic domains and a region-average magnetic axis, wherein each of the magnetic domains has a domain magnetic axis that is substantially aligned with the region-average magnetic axis, and wherein the plurality of magnetic domains is characterized by an average magnetic domain size. Within the region, there is a plurality of metal-containing grains characterized by an average grain size, and each of the magnetic domains has a domain easy axis that is dictated by a crystallographic texture of the metal-containing grains. The region has a region-average easy axis based on the average value of the domain easy axis within that region. The region-average magnetic axis and the region-average easy axis form a region-average alignment angle that has a standard deviation less than 30° within the plurality of magnetic domains. Many permanent-magnet structures are disclosed herein. |
| US11862368B2 |
Inductor framework and inductance device
The present application provides an inductor framework and inductance device. The inductor framework includes a main winding part and an auxiliary winding part that are integrally arranged; the main winding part includes an upper end, a lower end, a main body, and an inserting hole; the main body is located between the upper end and the lower end, the inserting hole successively passes through the upper end, the main body, and the lower end in a direction from the top surface to the bottom surface; the auxiliary winding part extends from the lower end, a side surface of the auxiliary winding part facing away from the upper end is a welding surface; the auxiliary winding part is configured to be wound thereon an auxiliary coil that covers at least a portion of the welding surface, the auxiliary winding part is provided with a position limiting structure. |
| US11862365B2 |
Resistor component
A resistor component includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, opposing each other; an external electrode disposed outside of the substrate; a resistive layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate, connected to the external electrode, and including an alloy of a first metal and a second metal; and a first protective layer disposed on the resistive layer and including any one of the first and second metals. |
| US11862361B2 |
Conductive laminate, optical device using same, and production method for conductive laminate
Provided are a conductive laminate capable of achieving both high transmittance and low electric resistance, and various optical devices equipped with the same. A conductive laminate (1) includes a first transparent material layer (3), a metal layer (4) mainly composed of silver, and a second transparent material layer (5) laminated on at least one surface of a transparent substrate (2) in this order from the side of the transparent substrate (2), wherein the first transparent material layer (3) is composed of a zinc-free metal oxide, the second transparent material layer (5) is composed of a zinc-containing metal oxide, and the metal layer (4) has a thickness of 7 nm or more. |
| US11862358B2 |
Electrical busbar and method of fabricating the same
A busbar for use in mechanically and electrically connecting components in a device or system. The busbar includes a plurality of conductors arranged to provide two opposed end portions and an intermediate portion, wherein each of the conductors has a plurality of intermediate extents that traverse the intermediate portion. The intermediate portion including: (A) an unfused segment where no intermediate extents of the conductors are fused together to form a single consolidated conductor, and (B) a fused segment that includes (i) a partial solidification zone where a majority of the intermediate extents of the conductors are fused together to form a partially solidified region that provides a single consolidated conductor, (ii) a full solidification zone where all of intermediate extents of the conductors are fused together to form a fully solidified region that provides a single consolidated conductor, and (iii) an unsolidified region where all of the intermediate extents of the conductors are not fused together. |
| US11862357B2 |
Adjustable collimators and x-ray imaging systems including adjustable collimators
An example adjustable collimator includes a housing having an aperture through which radiation is to be directed from an inlet to an outlet of the housing, a first shutter and a second shutter within the housing, a first link coupled to the first shutter, and a first yoke coupled to the housing at a pivot point and configured to pivot with respect to the housing. The first yoke may be configured to reduce an effective width of the aperture by moving the first shutter toward the second shutter via the first link when the first yoke is rotated in a first direction. |
| US11862356B2 |
Segmented reaction chamber for radioisotope production
A reactor that is operable to produce an isotope includes a region for containing a controlled nuclear fission reaction, the region segmented into a plurality of independent compartments, each of the compartments for containing a parent material in an aqueous solution that interacts with neutrons to produce the isotope via a fission reaction. Also provided are methods of producing an isotope using the same. |
| US11862354B2 |
Nuclear reactor passive reactivity control system
A passive nuclear reactor control device. The passive nuclear reactor control device comprises a sealed chamber, which comprises a reservoir and a tube in fluid communication with the reservoir. A molten salt is within the sealed chamber, the molten salt being a eutectic mixture of a monovalent metal halide, and a fluoride or chloride of one or more lanthanides and/or a fluoride or chloride of hafnium. A gas is within the sealed chamber, and the gas does not react with the molten salt. |
| US11862351B2 |
Zirconium-coated silicon carbide fuel cladding for accident tolerant fuel application
The invention relates to a multi-component cladding for a nuclear fuel rod that includes a combination of ceramic and metal components. More particularly, the invention is directed to a cladding that includes a ceramic composite having a zirconium composition deposited thereon to form a zirconium coated ceramic composite. The ceramic composite includes a ceramic matrix and a plurality of ceramic fibers. The cladding is effective to protect the contents of the cladding structure from exposure to high temperature environments during various load conditions of a nuclear reactor. |
| US11862350B2 |
Nuclear movable element position indication apparatus, system, and method
Disclosed is an apparatus, system, and method for monitoring a position of a control rod disposed in a nuclear reactor vessel in a radioactive environment. A data processing unit located outside a containment structure includes a processor and a memory storing executable instructions. A nuclear reactor vessel includes a plurality of control rods proximate to the control rod and a coil stack of a plurality of control rod position indicator coils. A data cabinet mounted on the nuclear reactor vessel head inside the containment structure includes an analog multiplexer and a communication circuit. The processor executes the instructions to select a control rod position indicator coil through the analog multiplexer, pass a signal from the control rod position indicator coil through the analog multiplexer, receive the signal from the analog multiplexer through the communication circuit, and determine a position of the control rod based on the received signal. |
| US11862348B2 |
Systems and methods for using generic anatomy models in surgical planning
Systems and methods for generating a surgical plan for altering an abnormal bone using a generic normal bone model are discussed. For example, a system for planning a surgery on an abnormal bone can include a model receiver module configured to receive a generic normal bone model. The generic normal bone model, such as a parametric model derived from statistical shape data, can include a data set representing a normal bone having an anatomical origin comparable to the abnormal bone. An input interface can be configured to receive an abnormal bone representation including a data set representing the abnormal bone. A surgical planning module can include a registration module configured to register the generic normal bone model to the abnormal bone representation by creating a registered generic model. A surgical plan formation module can be configured to identify one or more abnormal regions of the abnormal bone using the registered generic model. |
| US11862341B2 |
Server and method for classifying mental state
A server for classifying a plurality of mental states of a user is provided. The server comprised: a service platform; and a mental state classification platform. The service platform is configured to: provide a questionnaire corresponding to each of the plurality of mental states to a terminal of a user, and receive an answer of the user to the questionnaire from the terminal; receive a face image generated by photographing a face of the user while the user inputs the answer to the questionnaire for each of the plurality of mental states in the terminal of the user; by the terminal, display the face image including at least a middle of a forehead and both cheeks of the face of the user on the user interface so that the user can recognize his/her appearance while inputting the answer to the questionnaire through the user interface of the terminal; and transmit the answer received from the user and the face image to the mental state classification platform. |
| US11862340B2 |
Method and system for cardiovascular disease assessment and management
An embodiment of a method for assessing cardiovascular disease in a user with a body region using a mobile computing device including a camera module, includes receiving a time series of image data of a body region of the user, the time series of image data captured during a time period; generating a photoplethysmogram dataset from the time series of image data; generating a processed PPG dataset; determining a cardiovascular parameter value of the user based on the processed PPG dataset; fitting a chronobiological model to (1) the cardiovascular parameter value, and (2) a subsequent cardiovascular parameter value, characterizing a cardiovascular parameter variation over time of the user based on the fitted chronobiological model; and presenting an analysis of the cardiovascular parameter variation to the user at the mobile computing device. |
| US11862334B2 |
Flight time
Systems and methods for monitoring athletic performances include determining “flight time,” e.g., the amount of time both feet are off the ground, and optionally “flight time” resulting from different types of activities, such as jogging, running, sprinting, jumping, etc. “Flight time” may help a player or coach better understand the effort the athlete is putting out, compare efforts of two or more players, gauge the athlete's performance change over time, and/or identify conditioning needs and/or areas for improvement. Such systems and methods also may generate and display various athletic performance metrics, such as: instantaneous flight time; average flight time; cumulative flight time during an athletic performance or other time period; instantaneous jump height; average jump height; cumulative jump height during an athletic performance or other time period; and comparisons of any flight time and/or jump height metric(s) of one player against another player and/or against himself/herself; etc. |
| US11862329B2 |
Pathogen detection and display system
A pathogen detection and display system is configured to discover and display the location of substances of interest, particularly pathogens that can spread infection. The detection and display system can be used in healthcare facilities on surfaces, medical equipment and devices, patients, and staff, for example. |
| US11862328B2 |
Jugular venous pressure (JVP) measurement
Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses, systems, and methods for more accurate remote monitoring of a user's body. In some embodiments, a system for monitoring a user's body comprises a wearable device, a video sensor attached at a collar portion of the wearable device, a plurality of audio sensors spaced and attached at a body portion of a wearable device and a controller configured to determine a Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) of the user, and determine audio characteristics of an output of the plurality of audio sensors to generate an audio heat map corresponding to at least one internal organ of the user. |
| US11862327B2 |
Medical image processing system
A remaining time calculation unit calculates, based on a notification waiting time indicating a time from when a feature region is recognized to when a notification of a recognition result of the feature region is started and a count time counted by a time count unit, a remaining time until the notification of the recognition result of the feature region is provided. A display control unit displays on a monitor remaining time notification information obtained based on at least the remaining time. |
| US11862326B1 |
Biometric characteristic application using audio/video analysis
A method and system may use computer vision techniques and machine learning analysis to automatically identify a user's biometric characteristics. A user's client computing device may capture a video of the user. Feature data and movement data may be extracted from the video and applied to statistical models for determining several biometric characteristics. The determined biometric characteristic values may be used to identify individual health scores and the individual health scores may be combined to generate an overall health score and longevity metric. An indication of the user's biometric characteristics which may include the overall health score and longevity metric may be displayed on the user's client computing device. |
| US11862325B2 |
System and method for processing medical image data
This disclosure provides a system and a method. The method may include: determining a processing instruction; acquiring image data based on the processing instruction; determining a configuration file based on the image data, in which the configuration file may be configured to guide implementation of the processing instruction; constructing a data processing pipeline based on the configuration file; executing the data processing process based on the data processing pipeline, in which the data processing process may be generated based on the data processing pipeline; generating a processing result of the image data based on the executed data processing process; and storing the processing result of the image data in a first storage space. |
| US11862318B2 |
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. |
| US11862317B2 |
Infusion pump methods and systems
A medical remote controller device is disclosed. The device includes a display and at least one input switch dedicated to bolus delivery wherein a bolus delivery is programmed when the input switch receives an input and wherein the number of inputs received by the input switch determines the amount of bolus to be delivered. |
| US11862314B2 |
Methods and systems for patient control of an electronic prescription
Methods and systems are provided for an online system for patient control of a medical prescription. In one example, a method is provided for transmitting a prescription to a first pharmacy in response to a patient selecting the first pharmacy for a first fill of the prescription. The method may further include transmitting the prescription to a second pharmacy in response to the patient selecting the second pharmacy, different than the first pharmacy, for a second fill of the prescription. |
| US11862307B2 |
Systems and methods for translating messages between a healthcare entity and a vendor entity
An inbound message including medical record content may be received. The inbound message may indicate a healthcare entity and a vendor entity. It may be determined, from the healthcare entity and stored correspondences between medical record formats and healthcare entities, that the medical record content of the inbound message is in a first medical record format. Which configuration record of stored configuration records specifying combinations of sets of rules may be determined to apply as a translation to the inbound message based upon the medical record content of the inbound message and the first medical record format. The sets of rules as indicated by the configuration record may be accessed and applied to the inbound message to translate the medical record content in the inbound message from the first medical record format to the standardized format. The standardized format may be transmitted to the vendor entity. |
| US11862306B1 |
Customer health activity based system for secure communication and presentation of health information
A system and method for identifying health data associated with a health activity and processing the health data based on protected health information control for secure viewing and communication are provided. The method includes: detecting, by one or more processors, a health activity from a hardware device accessed by a user; identifying, by the one or more processors, health data associated with the health activity; identifying, by the one or more processors, a task to be performed based on the health activity; determining, by the one or more processors, whether the user is an authorized user based on a protected health information control unit; and responsive to the user being authorized, performing the task using the health data for the authorized user. |
| US11862305B1 |
Systems and methods for analyzing patient health records
Techniques for analyzing patient health records are provided. Clinical documents may be received in response to a patient-initiated request, for example. In one embodiment, machine learning algorithms are used to sectionalize and extract data from clinical documents. The machine learning algorithms used may be more highly focused for analyzing text residing deeper in a clinical document hierarchy, for example. In one embodiment, extracted data is stored in a patient graph. Searches may be made against the graph to yield results to help save lives and/or improve patient outcomes. |
| US11862299B2 |
Algorithms for sequence determinations
The invention provides methods of determining a consensus sequence from multiple raw sequencing reads of a nucleic acid target. The nucleic acid target includes an anchor segment of known sequence and an adjacent segment of unknown sequence. The anchor segment provides a means to assess the quality of a raw target sequencing read. Raw target sequencing reads meeting or exceeding a threshold are assigned to an accepted class. The consensus sequence of the adjacent segment can be determined from raw target sequencing reads in the accepted class. Successive polling steps determine successive consensus nucleobases in a nascent sequence of the adjacent segment. Raw target sequencing reads can be removed or reintroduced from the accepted class depending on their correspondence to the most recently determined consensus nucleobase and/or the nascent sequence. |
| US11862297B1 |
System and method for genomic data analysis
A method includes accessing genomic data from a first cohort and a second cohort of patients that are encrypted to comprise a probabilistic and irreversible hash of each patient's genomic sequence data; based on the probabilistic and irreversible hashes, determining one or more variants residing in a particular locale indicating where the one or more variants reside; comparing a first number of variants determined to reside in the particular locale for the first cohort of patients with a second number of variants determined to reside in the particular locale for the second cohort of patients; and in response to determining that the first number of variants determined to reside in the particular locale for the first cohort of patients and the second number of variants determined to reside in the particular locale for the second cohort of patients differ by more than a threshold value, identifying the particular locale. |
| US11862295B1 |
Method of classifying conformers
A system and method for classifying conformers of a molecule are provided. The methods for classifying conformers of a molecule include selecting a target molecule, generating a list of conformers of the target molecule, completing a quantum mechanics (QM) simulation for each conformer, extracting an electronic energy for each conformer from the corresponding QM simulation, calculating average electron density (AED) values corresponding to a most electronegative group of the target molecule, generating a plot of the electronic energies vs. the calculated AED values, and classifying conformers based on this plot. Similar methods can also be used to predict shapes of electrostatic potential (ESP) maps for conformers of a molecule. These ESP maps can, in turn, be used to identify conformers of the molecule having desired chemical or pharmaceutical properties. |
| US11862293B2 |
Semiconductor memory device for reducing effect of leakage current
A semiconductor memory device includes memory cell arrays including a first memory cell and a first word line connected to the first memory cell, a first wiring electrically connected to the first word lines corresponding to the memory cell arrays, a driver circuit electrically connected to the first wiring, second wirings electrically connected to the first wiring via the driver circuit, a voltage generation circuit including output terminals disposed corresponding to the second wirings, and first circuits disposed corresponding to the memory cell arrays. The voltage generation circuit is electrically connected to the first word lines via a first current path including the second wirings, the driver circuit, and the first wiring. The voltage generation circuit is electrically connected to the first word lines via a second current path including the second wirings and the first circuits and without including the driver circuit. |
| US11862292B2 |
Buffer control of multiple memory banks
Disclosed herein are related to operating a memory system including memory banks and buffers. Each buffer may perform a write process to write data to a corresponding memory bank. In one aspect, the memory system includes a buffer controller including a queue register, a first pointer register, a second pointer register, and a queue controller. In one aspect, the queue register includes entries, where each entry may store an address of a corresponding memory bank. The first pointer register may indicate a first entry storing an address of a memory bank, on which the write process is predicted to be completed next. The second pointer register may indicate a second entry to be updated. The queue controller may configure the queue register according to the first pointer register and the second pointer register, and configure one or more buffers to perform the write process, according to the entries. |
| US11862289B2 |
Sum address memory decoded dual-read select register file
Aspects of the invention include decoding a base address and an offset to generate a first potential memory address and a second potential memory address. A first cell data associated with the first potential memory address of a first partitioned array and a second cell data associated with a second partitioned array are evaluated. Carry-out bit information is received from a summing operation of the base address and the offset, the operating being performed in parallel to the decoding. The carry-out bit information is used to select either the first cell data or the second cell data. |
| US11862287B2 |
Managing page buffer circuits in memory devices
Systems, methods, circuits, and apparatus including computer-readable mediums for managing page buffer circuits in memory devices are provided. In one aspect, a memory device includes a memory cell array, memory cell lines connecting respective lines of memory cells, and a page buffer circuit including page buffers coupled to the memory cell lines. Each page buffer includes a sensing latch circuit and a storage latch circuit. The sensing latch circuit includes a sensing transistor coupled to a sensing node and at least one sensing latch unit having a first node coupled to the sensing node and a second node coupled to a first terminal of the sensing transistor. The storage latch circuit includes at least one storage latch unit having third and fourth nodes coupled to the sensing node and a gate terminal of the sensing transistor. A second terminal of the sensing transistor is coupled to a ground. |
| US11862279B2 |
Method and device for determining repaired line and repairing line in memory, storage medium, and electronic device
A method for determining a repaired line and a repairing line in a memory includes the following: writing first preset data sets into respective lines in a normal region, and writing second preset data sets into respective lines in a redundancy region; repairing the lines in the normal region by using the lines in the redundancy region; reading data from the lines in the normal region after repairing; and determining a repaired line in the normal region and a repairing line in the redundancy region according to the data of the lines in the normal region, the data of the lines in the normal region after repairing, or the data of the lines in the redundancy region. |
| US11862278B2 |
Memory test systems and memory test methods
The present disclosure relates to a memory test system and a memory test method. The memory test system comprises: a plurality of test devices, a host computer, and driving modules. Each of the test devices is provided with a test interface used for connecting a memory to be tested. The host computer is respectively connected to the plurality of test devices and configured to control the test devices to test the memory to be tested. The driving modules are connected to the test devices and configured to output, to the test devices, driving signals used for driving the test devices to perform data interaction with the host computer. |
| US11862277B2 |
Deterioration detection device
A deterioration detection device includes a storage including a first current path and a second current path and configured such that a current is applied to the first current path and the second current path, a storage input control unit configured to compare an internal operating condition of a memory device with a target condition in a first operating mode and to select one of the first current path and the second current path of the storage based on a result of the comparison, and an output unit configured to output an output signal indicated deterioration, accumulated in one of the first current path and the second current path, in a second operating mode. |
| US11862276B2 |
Memory test method and memory test apparatus
The present application relates to the technical field of integrated circuits, and in particular, to a memory test method and a memory test apparatus. The memory test method includes: providing a to-be-tested memory, where the to-be-tested memory includes a plurality of memory cells; alternately writing a first write value and a second write value into a memory cell of the memory cells at a preset frequency; writing a test write value into the memory cell; judging whether a data read from the memory cell is the test write value, and determining that a capacitance-frequency characteristic of the memory cell is abnormal if the data is not the test write value. According to the present application, the capacitance-frequency characteristic of the to-be-tested memory is accurately tested, to improve the field of memory products. |
| US11862275B2 |
System and method for verifying and analyzing memory for high performance computing systems
Systems and methods are provided for testing a Device Under Test (DUT) in its working environment. A control computer is coupled to an air compressor and generates a temperature control signal that is provided to the air compressor to generate an amount of hot air or cold air to set the temperature of the DUT's working environment to a desired test temperature. The control computer also generates at least one test signal that is sent to a hardware test element for testing at least one memory component of the DUT at the desired test temperature and obtaining test results. The control computer analyzes the test results to determine a parameter adjustment for the at least one memory element so that it operates in a stable manner at the test temperature. |
| US11862272B2 |
Method and device for determining fail bit repair solution, and chip
A local region to be repaired including the fail bit is determined. A preliminary repair LR circuit for repairing the local region to be repaired is determined (S210). A region level of the local region to be repaired is determined (S230) according to the number of available GR circuits other than any replacement GR circuit configured for replacing the preliminary repair LR circuit and the number of available LR circuits. It is controlled, according to the region level of the local region to be repaired, to repair the fail bit by the GR circuit or the LR circuit (S240). |
| US11862269B2 |
Testing method for packaged chip, testing system for packaged chip, computer device and storage medium
A testing method for a packaged chip includes: acquiring a target chip; in the post-burn-in test process, testing a first data retention time of each memory unit on the target chip; comparing the first data retention time of each memory unit with a preset reference time; and, determining that the target chip is a qualified chip if the first data retention time of each memory unit is not less than the preset reference time. In the present application, by testing the first data retention time of each memory unit on the target chip in the post-burn-in test process, it is determined that the target chip is a qualified chip if the first data retention time of each memory unit is not less than the preset reference time. |
| US11862267B2 |
Multi mode memory module with data handlers
A memory module is operable in a computer system to communicate data with a system memory controller via a system memory bus. The memory module comprises a plurality of memory devices mounted on a circuit board, a data module mounted on the circuit board and coupled between the plurality of memory devices and the system memory bus, and a control circuit mounted on the circuit board and coupled to the data module, the plurality of memory devices, and the system memory bus. The data module includes a plurality of data handlers in a plurality of integrated circuits. The memory module is operable in any of a plurality of modes, including a first mode and a second mode. The plurality of memory devices in the first mode is accessed by the system memory controller for normal memory read or write operations. The plurality of memory devices in the second mode communicate data signals with the data module while the memory module is not being accessed by the system memory controller for normal memory read or write operations. |
| US11862258B2 |
Memory device and operating method thereof
An operating method of a memory device, comprises: a program operation of applying a program voltage to a selected word line to program selected memory cells connected to the selected word line, a first verification operation of applying a first verification voltage to the selected word line and applying a first verification pass voltage to unselected word lines to verify a first program state of the selected memory cells, and a second verification operation of applying a second verification voltage to the selected word line and applying a second verification pass voltage to the unselected word lines to verify a second program state higher than the first program state. |
| US11862257B2 |
Managing programming convergence associated with memory cells of a memory sub-system
A programming pulse is caused to be applied to a wordline associated with a memory cell of the memory sub-system. A program verify operation is caused to be performed on the memory cell to determine that a measured threshold voltage associated with the memory cell. The measured threshold voltage associated with the memory cell is stored in a sensing node associated with the memory cell. A bitline voltage matching the measured threshold voltage is caused to be applied to a bitline associated with the memory cell to reduce a rate of programming associated with the memory cell. |
| US11862251B2 |
Method and apparatus for data erase in memory devices
The disclosure provides an erase method for a memory device. In the method, during a time period, a first positive voltage is applied to a body portion of a memory cell string of the memory device. The memory cell string includes memory cell transistors and select transistors connected in series. A second positive voltage is applied to a bit line signal of the memory cell string. A third positive voltage is applied to a first top select gate signal to turn on a first top select transistor of the select transistors so that the memory cell transistors are coupled to the bit line signal through the first top select transistor. A ground level voltage or a fourth positive voltage is applied to a word line signal of the memory cell transistors. Both the third and fourth positive voltages are less than the second positive voltage. |
| US11862247B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes a first memory string including a first select transistor, a first memory cell, a first select element, a second memory cell, and a second select element in series, a second memory string including a second select transistor, a third memory cell, a third select element, a fourth memory cell, and a fourth select element in series, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to set the second select transistor to an on state, and to set the third select element and the fourth select element to an off state, when reading data of the first memory cell. |
| US11862246B2 |
Memory system
A memory system has a memory cell array having a plurality of strings, the plurality of strings each having a plurality of memory cells connected in series, and a controller configured to perform control of transferring charges to be stored in the plurality of memory cells in the string or transferring charges according to stored data, between potential wells of channels in the plurality of memory cells. |
| US11862239B2 |
Bit line sense circuit and memory
A bit line sense circuit and a memory are disclosed in the present application. The bit line sense circuit includes: L storage unit groups, each storage unit group including H bit lines, both L and H being positive integers greater than or equal to 2; and M sense amplifier groups, configured to write or read storage data to or from the bit lines in the storage unit groups and electrically connected to the L storage unit groups, M being an integer multiple of L or L being an integer multiple of M. Two adjacent bit lines of the H bit lines are connected to the different sense amplifier groups. |
| US11862237B2 |
Memory and method for writing memory
A memory includes a bank, the bank includes a plurality of sections, each of the plurality of section includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, and a plurality of storage units arranged in an array, and each of the plurality of storage units is connected to one of the plurality of word lines and one of the plurality of bit lines; the bank is configured to: in a preset mode, in response to a control signal, activate each of a plurality of word lines in at least one target section of the bank, pull up or pull down a level of each of a plurality of bit lines in the target section, and pull a complementary bit line of each of the plurality of bit lines in the target section to a level opposite to a level of the plurality of bit lines. |
| US11862236B1 |
Memory component for deployment in a dynamic stripe width memory system
In a memory component programmed to operate in a first operating mode and having a page buffer and a fixed-width data interface, N bits of a command/address value are decoded to access one of 2N columns of data within the page-buffer, with that column of data output via the fixed-width data interface over a first burst interval. If programmed to operate in a second operating mode, M bits of the command/address value are decoded to access a larger column of data—one of 2M columns of data within the page buffer, where M |
| US11862235B2 |
Stacked semiconductor device
A stacked semiconductor device is disclosed that includes a plurality of semiconductor dies. Each die has oppositely disposed first and second surfaces, with pads formed on each of the surfaces. A plurality of through-vias connect respective pads on the first surface to respective pads on the second surface. The through-vias include a first group of through-vias coupled to respective I/O circuitry on the semiconductor die and a second group of through-vias not coupled to I/O circuitry on the semiconductor die. The plurality of semiconductor dies are stacked such that the first group of through-vias in a first one of the plurality of semiconductor dies are aligned with respective ones of at least a portion of the second group of through-vias in a second one of the plurality of semiconductor dies. |
| US11862230B2 |
Non-volatile memory device and control method
A non-volatile memory device includes a plurality of word lines and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to apply a first word line pre-pulse signal of a plurality of word line pre-pulse signals to a first group of the plurality of word lines, apply a second word line pre-pulse signal of the plurality of word line pre-pulse signals to a second group of the plurality of word lines during a pre-charge period, and apply a third word line pre-pulse signal of the plurality of word lines pre-pulse signals to a third group of the plurality of word lines during the pre-charge period. A voltage level of the second word line pre-pulse signal is greater than that of the first word line pre-pulse signal, and a voltage level of the third word line pre-pulse signal is greater than that of the second word line pre-pulse signal. |
| US11862229B2 |
Reading and writing method of memory device and memory device
A reading and writing method for a memory device and a memory device are provided. The memory device includes a memory chip. The reading and writing method of the memory device includes that: during operation of the memory chip, the temperature of the memory chip is measured, and a writing recovery time of the memory chip is adjusted according to the temperature. |
| US11862228B2 |
Power supply circuit and memory
A power supply circuit and a memory are provided. The power supply circuit includes a voltage source, multiple power supply circuits and a control circuit. The multiple power supply circuits are connected to the voltage source. If the voltage source is effective and the multiple power supply circuits are in an enable state, a voltage of a power supply terminal is pulled up to a preset voltage, and power is supplied to the load units during the pulling up process. A first-type power circuit enters the enable state if a first enable signal is received, and each of second-type power supply circuits enters the enable state if second enable signal is received. |
| US11862223B2 |
Semiconductor structure and preheating method thereof
A semiconductor structure and a preheating method thereof are provided. The semiconductor structure includes: a storage chip; a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the storage chip before the storage chip initiates; and a control chip configured to: before the storage chip initiates, heat the storage chip and determine whether the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit reaches a specified threshold; and if the temperature reaches the specified threshold, control the storage chip to initiate. When the semiconductor structure provided in the present invention works at a low temperature, the storage chip may be heated to the specified threshold, thereby preventing an increase of the resistances on the bit line, the word line, and the metal connection line in the storage chip, and improving the performance of read/write operations of the memory. |
| US11862220B2 |
Memory device
Provided is a memory device. The memory device may include a substrate, a ferroelectric field effect transistor disposed on the substrate, a first channel contacting a gate structure of the ferroelectric field effect transistor and extending in a vertical direction from the gate structure of the ferroelectric field effect transistor, a selection word line disposed at one side of the first channel, a first gate dielectric layer disposed between the first channel and the selection word line, and a cell word line disposed on top of the first channel. |
| US11862219B2 |
Memory cell and method of operating the same
A memory cell includes a write bit line, a read word line, a write transistor, and a read transistor. The write transistor is coupled between the write bit line and a first node. The read transistor is coupled to the write transistor by the first node. The read transistor includes a ferroelectric layer, a drain terminal of the read transistor is coupled to the read word line, and a source terminal of the read transistor is coupled to a second node. The write transistor is configured to set a stored data value of the memory cell by a write bit line signal that adjusts a polarization state of the read transistor. The polarization state corresponds to the stored data value. |
| US11862216B2 |
Shift register and driving method therefor, gate driver circuit, and display apparatus
A shift register, comprising an input circuit, a first control circuit, a second control circuit and an output circuit. The input circuit is configured to transmit a first voltage signal from a first voltage signal terminal to a first node under the control of an input signal from a signal input terminal. The first control circuit is configured to transmit a second voltage signal from a second voltage signal terminal to a second node under the control of a first clock signal from a first clock signal terminal and the voltage of the first node. The second control circuit is configured to transmit a second clock signal from a second clock signal terminal to a third node under the control of the voltage of the second node. The output circuit is configured to transmit the first voltage signal from the first voltage signal terminal to a scan signal output terminal under the control of the voltage of the third node. |
| US11862215B2 |
Access line having a resistive layer for memory cell access
Systems, methods, and apparatus related to spike current suppression in a memory array. In one approach, a memory device includes a memory array having a cross-point memory architecture. The memory array has access lines (e.g., word lines and/or bit lines) configured to access memory cells of the memory array. Each access line is formed of a conductive material (e.g., tungsten). The access line includes one or more resistive layers (e.g., tungsten silicon nitride) each having a resistivity greater than the resistivity of the conductive material used to form the access line. The resistive layers are formed overlying or underlying at least a portion of the memory cells. A driver is electrically connected to the access line using a via. The driver generates a voltage on the access line to access the memory cells. |
| US11862212B2 |
Magnetic recording medium and servo signal recording device
[Solving Means] A magnetic recording medium according to an embodiment of the present technology is a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium, including: a magnetic layer including a servo band, a servo signal being recorded on the servo band. An index expressed by Sq×Fact.(p−p)/F0(p−p) is 0.42 or more, Sq being a squareness ratio of the magnetic layer in a perpendicular direction, F0(p−p) being a peak-to-peak value of a first magnetic force gradient strength observed by a magnetic force microscope when a servo signal is saturation-recorded on the magnetic layer, Fact.(p−p) being a peak-to-peak value of a second magnetic force gradient strength for the servo signal recorded on the servo band observed by the magnetic force microscope. |
| US11862209B2 |
Load beam including slit feature
An improved load beam is described herein. In some embodiments, the load beam comprises a major surface including a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end including a tip weld, a dustpan, and a lift tab; side rails extending from the major surface and the dustpan; and a slit disposed on the major surface about the tip weld. |
| US11862208B1 |
Non-local spin valve sensor for high linear density
A non-local spin valve (NLSV) sensor includes a bearing surface and a detector located proximate to the bearing surface. The NLSV sensor also includes a channel layer located behind the detector relative to the bearing surface, and in a substantially same plane as the detector. The channel layer has a front end that is proximate to the detector and a rear end that is distal to the detector. The NLSV sensor further includes first and second spin injectors, with the first spin injector located proximate to the rear end of the channel layer and positioned above the channel layer, and the second spin injector located proximate the rear end of the channel layer and positioned below the channel layer. |
| US11862207B2 |
MAMR stack shape optimization for magnetic recording
The present disclosure generally relates to data storage devices, and more specifically, to a magnetic media drive employing a magnetic recording head. The head includes a main pole, a trailing shield, and a MAMR stack including at least one magnetic layer. The magnetic layer has a surface facing the main pole, and the surface has a first side at a media facing surface (MFS) and a second side opposite the first side. The length of the second side is substantially less than the length of the first side. By reducing the length of the second side, the area to be switched at a location recessed from the MFS is reduced as a current flowing from the main pole to the trailing shield or from the trailing shield to the main pole. With the reduced area of the magnetic layer, the overall switch time of the magnetic layer is decreased. |
| US11862204B2 |
Magnetic disk device and method
A magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk including a track having a plurality of sectors, a motor configured to rotate the magnetic disk, a magnetic head, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a first read operation of reading target sectors among the sectors of the track, with the magnetic head during a first revolution of the magnetic disk, detect an off-track state of the magnetic head during the first revolution of the magnetic disk, perform a first error correction with respect to data read from the target sectors during the first read operation, and perform a second read operation of selectively reading a part of the target sectors for which the off-track state has been detected or the first error correction is unsuccessful, with the magnetic head during a second revolution of the magnetic disk. |
| US11862202B2 |
Data storage device with smart ISOFET threshold voltage automatic tuning
Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device comprising a disk and a spindle motor configured to rotate the disk wherein the spindle motor is powered by a drive voltage generated in response to a host voltage. The data storage device includes a head configured to be actuated over the disk by a head actuator and control circuitry comprising an isolation field effect transistor (ISOFET) configured to prevent a reverse current from flowing from the drive voltage to the host voltage when the host voltage falls below a threshold. The control circuitry sets a turnoff current level at which the ISOFET is directed to turn off to prevent the reverse current from flowing determines a drain-source on resistance Rdson of the ISOFET, and calculates a voltage turnoff threshold at which the ISOFET is turned off from the turnoff current level and the determined Rdson. |
| US11862201B2 |
System and method for displaying objects of interest at an incident scene
A system and method for displaying an image of an object of interest located at an incident scene. The method includes receiving, from the image capture device, a first video stream of the incident scene, and displaying the video stream. The method includes receiving an input indicating a pixel location in the video stream, and detecting the object of interest in the video stream based on the pixel location. The method includes determining an object class, an object identifier, and metadata for the object of interest. The metadata includes the object class, an object location, an incident identifier corresponding to the incident scene, and a time stamp. The method includes receiving an annotation input for the object of interest, and associating the annotation input and the metadata with the object identifier. The method includes storing, in a memory, the object of interest, the annotation input, and the metadata. |
| US11862200B2 |
Method for the creation of interactive audio-video contents of the live-action type for mobile terminals, electronic system for the implementation of the method, and mobile terminal for using the method
Methods for creating interactive audio-video contents, through visualization on an interactive display include providing a interconnected video segments, adapted to evolve in time, each having an initial video segment and one or more final video segments. Each video segment includes a non-interactive video clip having a given, or even null, duration, and an interactive node. The interactive node acts as an interconnection with one or more other video segments. Each interactive node includes a loop interval subject to continuous cyclical forward and backward time evolution. At least one set of commands determines connection choices among the video segments. The commands can be activated during at least one of the loop intervals. Upon activation of a command during the loop interval, the interval is exited and processing continues in the video segment of the one or more other video segments in which said interactive audio-video content continues. |
| US11862198B2 |
Synthesizing a presentation from multiple media clips
In an example implementation, a method is described. The implementation accesses first and second media clips. The implementation also matches a first fingerprint of the first media clip with a second fingerprint of the second media clip and determines an overlap of the first media clip with the second media clip. The implementation also, based on the overlap, merges the first and second media clips into a group of overlapping media clips, transmits, to a client device, data identifying the group of overlapping media clips and specifying a synchronization of the first media clip with the second media clip, and generates for display on a display device of the client computing device, a graphical user interface that identifies the group of overlapping media clips, specifies the synchronization of the first media clip with the second media clip, and allows access to, and manipulation of, the first and second media clips. |
| US11862197B2 |
Magnetic disk device
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device which includes two or more independently drivable actuator blocks and performs seek control with a low jerk in which a jerk that is a derivative of acceleration is limited, wherein in a state where a first actuator block is not accessing a data sector of a disk, a second actuator block that is not the first actuator block accesses the data sector of the disk by seek control with a high Jerk. |
| US11862194B1 |
Adaptive data detection on a nonlinear channel
A data storage system comprises: a head configured to produce a signal representing data stored on a storage medium; an estimator configured to determine an estimated signal comprising a superposition of an estimated linear portion of a partial-response equalizer output and an estimated nonlinear portion of the signal; a bank of noise whitening filters configured for filtering a difference between the signal and the estimated signal; a branch metric calculator configured to calculate branch metrics based on the filtered signal; and an adaptive data-dependent noise-predictive maximum likelihood sequence detector configured to generate an output stream representing the data based on the one or more branch metrics. |
| US11862185B2 |
Integration of high frequency audio reconstruction techniques
A method for decoding an encoded audio bitstream is disclosed. The method includes receiving the encoded audio bitstream and decoding the audio data to generate a decoded lowband audio signal. The method further includes extracting high frequency reconstruction metadata and filtering the decoded lowband audio signal with an analysis filterbank to generate a filtered lowband audio signal. The method also includes extracting a flag indicating whether either spectral translation or harmonic transposition is to be performed on the audio data and regenerating a highband portion of the audio signal using the filtered lowband audio signal and the high frequency reconstruction metadata in accordance with the flag. The high frequency regeneration is performed as a post-processing operation with a delay of 3010 samples per audio channel. |
| US11862184B2 |
Apparatus and method for processing an encoded audio signal by upsampling a core audio signal to upsampled spectra with higher frequencies and spectral width
An apparatus for processing an encoded audio signal, which includes a sequence of access units, each access unit including a core signal with a first spectral width and parameters describing a spectrum above the first spectral width, has a demultiplexer generating, from an access unit of the encoded audio signal, the core signal and a set of the parameters, an upsampler upsampling the core signal of the access unit and outputting a first upsampled spectrum and a timely consecutive second upsampled spectrum, the first upsampled spectrum and the second upsampled spectrum, both, having a same content as the core signal and having a second spectral width being greater than the first spectral width of the core spectrum, a parameter converter converting parameters of the set of parameters of the access unit to obtain converted parameters, and a spectral gap filling processor processing the first upsampled spectrum and the second upsampled spectrum using the converted parameters. |
| US11862183B2 |
Methods of encoding and decoding audio signal using neural network model, and devices for performing the methods
An audio signal encoding and decoding method using a neural network model, a method of training the neural network model, and an encoder and decoder performing the methods are disclosed. The encoding method includes computing the first feature information of an input signal using a recurrent encoding model, computing an output signal from the first feature information using a recurrent decoding model, calculating a residual signal by subtracting the output signal from the input signal, computing the second feature information of the residual signal using a nonrecurrent encoding model, and converting the first feature information and the second feature information to a bitstream. |
| US11862176B2 |
Reverberation compensation for far-field speaker recognition
Techniques are provided for reverberation compensation for far-field speaker recognition. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes receiving an authentication audio signal associated with speech of a user and extracting features from the authentication audio signal. The method also includes scoring results of application of one or more speaker models to the extracted features. Each of the speaker models is trained based on a training audio signal processed by a reverberation simulator to simulate selected far-field environmental effects to be associated with that speaker model. The method further includes selecting one of the speaker models, based on the score, and mapping the selected speaker model to a known speaker identification or label that is associated with the user. |
| US11862175B2 |
User identification and authentication
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for user identification and authorization are provided. In an example, a voice command to perform an action is detected. A voice profile associated with a user is identified based upon voice characteristics of the voice command. In response to determining that the voice profile is not linked to an account associated with the action, the user is prompted for an identifier associated with a device for creating the account through the device. In response to receiving the identifier from the user, the identifier is utilized to facilitate creation of the account through the device. |
| US11862166B2 |
Display apparatus and method for registration of user command
A display apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive a user command; an output unit configured to output a registration suitability determination result for the user command; and a processor configured to generate phonetic symbols for the user command, analyze the generated phonetic symbols to determine registration suitability for the user command, and control the output unit to output the registration suitability determination result for the user command. Therefore, the display apparatus may register a user command which is resistant to misrecognition and guarantees high recognition rate among user commands defined by a user. |
| US11862165B1 |
Optimized virtual assistant for connecting a user to a live agent
A system is provided that can provide a virtual assistant that can receive inputs from a user and can provide responses to the user. The system can perform natural language processing on the inputs to process the inputs into inputs that are comprehendible by the virtual assistant. The system can predict, based on the inputs, at least one objective of the user. The at least one objective can include a first objective for communication with a live agent and the at least one objective can include a second objective for a purpose for the communication with the live agent. Additionally, the system can determine the live agent that can be best suited to assist the user based on the second objective. The system can connect the user and the live agent. The virtual assistant can facilitate the connection by providing information to the user and to the live agent. |
| US11862161B2 |
VAS toggle based on device orientation
As noted above, example techniques relate to toggling a cloud-based VAS between enabled and disabled modes. An example implementation involves a NMD detecting that the housing is in a first orientation and enabling a first mode. Enabling the first mode includes disabling voice input processing via a cloud-based VAS and enabling local voice input processing. In the first mode, the NMD captures sound data associated with a first voice input and detects, via a local natural language unit, that the first voice input comprises sound data matching one or more keywords. The NMD determines an intent of the first voice input and performs a first command according to the determined intent. The NMD may detect that the housing is in a second orientation and enables the second mode. Enabling the second mode includes enabling voice input processing via the cloud-based VAS. |
| US11862160B2 |
Control method for display system, and display system
A control method for a display system is provided. The display system includes a display device displaying an image, and a voice processing device which generates first voice data based on a first voice requesting a first-type operation belonging to a part of a plurality of types of operations to the display device and transmits the first voice data to a server device. The display device receives a command to execute the first-type operation from the server device. The display device includes a voice recognition unit recognizing a second voice requesting a second-type operation that is different from the first-type operation, and a control unit controlling execution of the first-type operation and the second-type operation. The voice processing device transmits the first voice data requesting a permission for the execution of the second-type operation, to the server device. The display device receives a command permitting the execution of the second-type operation from the server device. The control unit starts the execution of the second-type operation in response to the command permitting the execution of the second-type operation. |
| US11862159B2 |
Communication with user presence
A system and method establishes a communication connection between a first device of a first user and a second device of a second user. Request data corresponding to a request to establish a communication connection with a second user is received, and a user profile associated with the second user is determined. One or more sensors of the second device receive input data corresponding to the environment of the second device, and an identity of the second user is determined based thereon. The communication connection is established and, based on the identity, the second device tracks movement of the second user in the environment. |
| US11862157B2 |
Automated ordering system
In some examples, a software agent executing on a server receives a communication comprising a first utterance from a customer and predicts, using an intent classifier, a first intent of the first utterance. Based on determining that the first intent is order-related, the software agent predicts, using a dish classifier, a cart delta vector based at least in part on the first utterance and modifies a cart associated with the customer based on the cart delta vector. The software agent predicts, using a dialog model, a first dialog response based at least in part on the first utterance and provides the first dialog response to the customer using a text-to-speech converter. |
| US11862156B2 |
Talk back from actions in applications
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to providing talk back automation for applications installed on a mobile device. To do so actions (e.g., talk back features) can be created, via the digital assistant, by recording a series of events that are typically provided by a user of the mobile device when manually invoking the desired action. At a desired state, the user may select an object that represents the output of the application. The recording embodies the action and can be associated with a series of verbal commands that the user would typically announce to the digital assistant when an invocation of the action is desired. In response, the object is verbally communicated to the user via the digital assistant, a different digital assistant, or even another device. Alternatively, the object may be communicated to the same application or another application as input. |
| US11862155B2 |
Group hotwords
A method includes a first assistant-enabled device (AED) receiving an assignment instruction assigning a group hotword to a selected group of AEDs that includes the first AED and one or more other AEDs. Each AED is configured to wake-up from a low-power state when the group hotword is detected in streaming audio by at least one of the AEDs. The method also includes receiving audio data that corresponds to an utterance spoken by the user and includes a query that specifies an operation to perform. In response to detecting the group hotword in the audio data, the method also includes triggering the first AED to wake-up from the low-power state and executing a collaboration routine to cause the first AED and each other AED in the selected group of AEDs to collaborate with one another to fulfill performance of the operation specified by the query. |
| US11862151B2 |
Low-latency intelligent automated assistant
Systems and processes for operating a digital assistant are provided. In an example process, low-latency operation of a digital assistant is provided. In this example, natural language processing, task flow processing, dialogue flow processing, speech synthesis, or any combination thereof can be at least partially performed while awaiting detection of a speech end-point condition. Upon detection of a speech end-point condition, results obtained from performing the operations can be presented to the user. In another example, robust operation of a digital assistant is provided. In this example, task flow processing by the digital assistant can include selecting a candidate task flow from a plurality of candidate task flows based on determined task flow scores. The task flow scores can be based on speech recognition confidence scores, intent confidence scores, flow parameter scores, or any combination thereof. The selected candidate task flow is executed and corresponding results presented to the user. |
| US11862149B2 |
Learning how to rewrite user-specific input for natural language understanding
Techniques for decreasing (or eliminating) the possibility of a skill performing an action that is not responsive to a corresponding user input are described. A system may train one or more machine learning models with respect to user inputs, which resulted in incorrect actions being performed by skills, and corresponding user inputs, which resulted in the correct action being performed. The system may use the trained machine learning model(s) to rewrite user inputs that, if not rewritten, may result in incorrect actions being performed. The system may implement the trained machine learning model(s) with respect to ASR output text data to determine if the ASR output text data corresponds (or substantially corresponds) to previous ASR output text data that resulted in an incorrect action being performed. If the trained machine learning model(s) indicates the present ASR output text data corresponds (or substantially corresponds) to such previous ASR output text data, the system may rewrite the present ASR output text data to correspond to text data representing a rephrase of the user input that will (or is more likely to) result in a correct action being performed. |
| US11862148B2 |
Systems and methods to analyze customer contacts
Systems and methods to analyze contacts data. Contacts data may be encoded as text (e.g., chat logs), audio (e.g., audio recordings), and various other modalities. A computing resource service provider may implement a service to obtain audio data from a client, transcribe the audio data, thereby generating text, execute one or more natural language processing techniques to generate metadata associated with the text, processing at least the metadata to generate an output, determine whether the output matches one or more categories, and provide the output to the client. Techniques described herein may be performed as an asynchronous workflow. |
| US11862140B2 |
Audio system and signal processing method for an ear mountable playback device
An audio system for an ear mountable playback device includes a speaker, an error microphone, which senses sound being output from the speaker, and a sound control processor. The processor is configured for controlling and/or monitoring a playback of a detection signal or a filtered version of the detection signal via the speaker, recording an error signal from the error microphone, and determining whether the playback device is in a first state, where the playback device is worn by a user, or in a second state, where the playback device is not worn by a user, based on processing of the error signal. |
| US11862136B2 |
Acoustic metamaterial units with the function of soundproof, flow passing and heat; transfer enhancement, the composite structure and the preparation methods thereof
The present invention relates to the acoustic metamaterial structural unit with the function of soundproof, flow-passing and heat-transferring enhancement, which comprises a frame, a constraint placed in the frame and a piece of membrane covering at least one surface of the frame; both the frame and the membrane are respectively placed at least one hole. Besides, the present invention also provides the acoustic metamaterial composite plate and the composite structure constructed with the acoustic metamaterial structural unit; the method for adjusting the frequency and the assemble method. The present structural unit possesses better soundproof property than the routine perforated plated or micro-perforated plate in broad operating frequency. And also the enough heat flow, gas flow or fluid flow can pass through smoothly. The diffuse efficiency of the heat energy of the mediums on both sides of the hole is increased by the vibration of the self-structure under the excitation of the soundwave and further the efficiency of heat exchange is accelerated. The method for assembling the acoustic metamaterial composite structure with the acoustic metamaterial structural units is simple. The operation performance is steady. |
| US11862132B2 |
Musical device and associated method
A musical device includes a frame including a plurality of receptacles for receiving three-dimensional parts each having a face capable of swapping between at least two orientations in the receptacle; each part including an indexing element of the orientation of the part among at least two orientations, a plurality of detectors, each detector being associated with a receptacle to determine orientation of the part by detecting an indexing element in its receptacle, at least one audio system, inserting at least two parts into their respective receptacles triggering the sound diffusion by the audio system of at least two given music tracks simultaneously based on each of the orientations of said parts determined; the device further including a calculation system to ensure synchronization of the music tracks, soundly diffused simultaneously. |
| US11862129B2 |
Image location based on perceived interest and display position
Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory machine-readable media for image location based on a perceived interest and display position. Apparatuses can include a display, a memory device, and a controller. an example controller can assign a perceived interest and sort images based in part on the perceived interest. In another example, a method can include assigning, by a controller coupled to a memory device, a perceived interest to an image of a plurality of images, wherein the perceived interest is assigned based in part on a change in position of a display coupled to the memory device while the image is viewable on the display, selecting the image from an initial viewing location on the display responsive to the assigned perceived interest, and transferring the image to a different viewing location, wherein the initial viewing location and the different viewing location are visible on the display. |
| US11862128B2 |
Systems and methods for foveated rendering
In one embodiment, a computing system may determine a focus point of a viewer based on received sensor data. The system may determine, for a current frame, a first viewing region encompassing a focus point of the viewer and a second view region excluding the first viewing region. The system may determine, for the current frame, color values for the first viewing region using respective first sampling resolutions, and color values for the second viewing region using respective second sampling resolutions. At least one second sampling resolution may be lower than a corresponding first sampling resolution associated with a same color channel. At least two of the second sampling resolutions for the color channels of the second viewing region may be different from each other. The system may output the color values for the first viewing region and the second viewing region of the current frame for display. |
| US11862126B2 |
Inset window alterations
An example non-transitory machine-readable storage medium includes instructions to, when executed by the processor, identify an object depicted in a video scene, wherein the video scene is displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI). The example instructions are executable to 1) identify coordinates of the object depicted in the video scene, wherein the coordinates are relative to the GUI and 2) identify coordinates of an inset window which is smaller than the GUI and overlaps the video scene. The example instructions are executable to compare the coordinates of the object with the coordinates of the inset window to determine an overlap of the inset window with the object. Responsive to an identified overlap of the inset window and the object, the instructions are executable to alter a display characteristic of the inset window to avoid the overlap of the inset window with the object. |
| US11862125B2 |
Electronic device comprising display, and operation method thereof
On an electronic device which includes a display device comprising a display driving circuit, a processor, and a memory a method for changing a refresh rate of the display device includes: changing at least one of a first parameter, a second parameter, or a third parameter in response to identifying the occurrence of at least one of a scan rate change request or a change in scan rate change restriction, and applying the changed parameter among the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter. The first parameter is the frequency of a first synchronization signal generated in the display driving circuit, the second parameter is the increase or decrease in a blank area to substitute for a portion of active video area in frame information, and the third parameter is the frequency of a second synchronization signal for rendering. |
| US11862123B1 |
Display driving method and device, liquid crystal controller, display system and projection device
Provided are a display driving method and device, liquid crystal controller, display system and projection device. The method comprises: acquiring driving configuration information of the liquid crystal module, the driving configuration information is used for indicating the number of configured LCD drivers; receiving a color image frame, and decomposing the color image frame into 3 monochrome frame images; performing segmentation processing on each monochrome frame image to obtain monochrome frame segmentation image data corresponding to each display area of the liquid crystal module; packaging the monochrome frame segmentation image data corresponding to each display area, and sending data to the LCD driver corresponding to each display area; after the LCD driver receives the monochrome frame segmentation image data, writing, by the LCD driver the received monochrome frame segmentation image data into the liquid crystal module to drive the display area corresponding to the liquid crystal module to display. |
| US11862121B2 |
Liquid crystal apparatus and projection-type display apparatus
A liquid crystal apparatus includes a liquid crystal layer, a pixel electrode provided in a display region and configured to be supplied with an image signal at a first frequency, and a first electrode provided in a region outside the display region and configured to be alternately supplied with a positive polarity potential with a potential higher than a predetermined potential and a negative polarity potential with a potential lower than the predetermined potential at a second frequency lower than the first frequency such that a positive polarity period in which the positive polarity potential is supplied and a negative polarity period in which the negative polarity potential is supplied have a same length. |
| US11862120B1 |
Method for calculating a chromaticity value of a white screen of a display device
The present disclosure relates to a method for calculating a chromaticity value of a white screen of a display device. The method for calculating the chromaticity value of the white screen of the display device of the present disclosure can calculate a corresponding chromaticity value of the white screen, when aperture ratios of a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel of the display device are adjusted. Then, the aperture ratios of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel of the display device can be adjusted, so as to meet user demand for chromaticity of the white screen, ameliorate a color cast problem of current display devices, and improve a display effect of the display device. |
| US11862117B2 |
Method and apparatus for matched buffer decompression
Method and apparatus for matched buffer decompression. In some examples, a circuit comprising a first data element, a second data element, a first buffer coupled to the first data element, a second buffer coupled to the second data element, compression override logic circuits coupled to the first data element and the second data element, and a parallel register coupled to the compression override logic circuits. |
| US11862116B2 |
Handwriting reading device, method for processing report point data, and computer storage medium
The present disclosure discloses a method for processing a report point data, a handwriting reading device and a computer storage medium. The method for processing the report point data includes: transmitting report point data associated with received handwriting to a display controller by a System on Chip; looking up a LUT table and acquiring a first waveform of driving an ink screen based on the report point data by the display controller; and driving the ink screen to display the handwriting using the first waveform by the display controller. |
| US11862112B2 |
System and method for measuring ambient light
An electronic system includes a control circuit to provide a binary control signal alternating between a first binary state during first phases and a second binary state during second phases; a screen controlled by the control signal, the screen emitting light during each first phase, and to not emit any light during each second phase; a light sensor under the screen or along the edge of the screen, and providing a measurement signal representative of a quantity of light received by the sensor during a measurement phase or a plurality of consecutive measurement phases; and a synchronization device to synchronize each measurement phase with a second phase. |
| US11862111B1 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: an offset compensation circuit configured to obtain first data including first low-order bit data, second low-order bit data and high-order bit data, select two compensation values from among a plurality of compensation values based on the first low-order bit data, identify a final compensation value by interpolating the two compensation values based on the second low-order bit data, and compensate the final compensation value to generate second data; and a source driver configured to interpolate and output two gamma voltages from among a plurality of gamma voltages based on the second data. |
| US11862109B2 |
Display device having analog-to-digital converter for compensating based on subpixel characteristic
A display device includes a reference voltage line electrically connected with a first node and receiving a sensing voltage reflecting a characteristic value of at least one subpixel and an analog-to-digital converter including a second node, receiving the sensing voltage, and outputting a digital value corresponding to the sensing voltage, wherein a voltage level of a driving reference voltage applied to the first node and a voltage level of an analog-to-digital converting reference voltage applied to the second node are changed depending on a level of the sensing voltage, thereby compensating for changes in the characteristic values of subpixels even when abnormal subpixels for which appropriate compensation for changes in characteristic values of subpixels is limited. |
| US11862107B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes an active area, an inactive area surrounding the active area, a pixel disposed in the active area, and a driver IC, a gate driver, a low-potential power supply line, a high-potential power supply line and a subframe controller disposed in the inactive area, wherein the subframe controller is disposed between the pixel and the gate driver. |
| US11862102B2 |
Display device
In a display device, each of pixels includes a light emitting element and a pixel circuit which is connected to the light emitting element at a first node and drives the light emitting element in response to a corresponding driving scan signal among driving scan signals during a display period. The pixel circuit is connected to a corresponding readout line among readout lines at a second node. The sensing circuit senses a potential of the first node through the corresponding readout line during a blank period, and each of frames includes the display period and the blank period. At least two driving scan signals among the driving scan signals respectively include a plurality of rewriting periods, each of which is activated during the blank period corresponding thereto, and the rewriting periods of the driving scan signals have different durations from each other. |
| US11862098B2 |
Shift register, driving method, driving control circuit, and display device
A shift register, a driving method, a driving control circuit and a display device. The method comprises: at a data refresh stage (T10), applying to an input signal end (IP) an input signal having a pulse level, applying a control clock pulse signal to a control clock signal end, and applying a noise reduction clock pulse signal to a noise reduction clock signal end; at a noise reduction holding phase (T21-1), applying a fixed voltage signal to the input signal end (IP), applying a fixed voltage signal to the control clock signal end, and applying a fixed voltage signal to the noise reduction clock signal end; and at a noise reduction enhancement stage (T22-1), applying a fixed voltage signal to the input signal end (IP), applying a fixed voltage signal to the control clock signal end, and applying a clock pulse signal to the noise reduction clock signal end. |
| US11862097B2 |
Display device and method of performing an over-current protecting operation thereof
A display device includes a display panel including a pixel circuit, a display panel driving circuit that drives the display panel, a voltage generating circuit that receives an input power supply voltage when the display device is powered on and generates display panel voltages and driving circuit voltages based on the input power supply voltage, and an over-current protecting circuit that monitors an over-current generated inside the display device and generates a shut-down request signal when the over-current is detected. The voltage generating circuit outputs an initialization voltage at a first time point corresponding to a time point at which the input power supply voltage is received. The display panel driving circuit outputs a scan clock signal at a second time point. The over-current protecting circuit performs a first over-current protecting operation in a power-on monitoring period set between the first time point and the second time point. |
| US11862095B2 |
OLED-based display having pixel compensation and method
An OLED display system having compensation or loss of brightness is provided, including OLED-based display pixels, a sensing system having sensors, a processor having an LIA, an LPF, and analog to digital circuitry connected to each sensor and for providing a sensor signal for each sensor. The processor is adapted to apply a drive signal having a periodic signal to at least one OLED pixel in the display, receive the sensor signal, provide a primary frequency component from the sensor signals using the LIA based on the periodic signal, provide secondary frequency components from the sensor signals using the LPF, convert the secondary frequency components to a digital signal using the ADC, provide the digital signal to the processor as a sensing signal, and determine compensation for the drive signal. A method is also provided. |
| US11862093B2 |
Device comprising a display screen with low-consumption operating mode
A device including a display screen including display pixels arranged in rows and in columns, including a first row and a first column. The device further includes a display screen control circuit configured to, in a first mode, start the display of a first image on the first row and on the first column and, in a second mode, start the display of a second image on one of the rows different from the first row and/or on one of the columns different from the first column. |
| US11862091B1 |
Pixel circuit of display panel
A pixel circuit of a display panel includes a driving transistor, first to fifth transistors, and a light emitting device. The driving transistor includes a first terminal, a second terminal and a gate terminal. The first transistor is coupled between a power supply terminal and the first terminal of the driving transistor. The second transistor is coupled between the first terminal of the driving transistor and the gate terminal of the driving transistor. The third transistor is coupled between the second terminal of the driving transistor and the gate terminal of the driving transistor. The fourth transistor is coupled between a data input terminal and the second terminal of the driving transistor. The fifth transistor is coupled to the second terminal of the driving transistor. The light emitting device is coupled between the fifth transistor and a reference voltage terminal. |
| US11862083B2 |
Electronic devices with curved display surfaces
An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have a pixel array that produces images. A display cover layer may overlap the pixel array. The display cover layer may have a planar central area surrounded by a peripheral edge area with a curved cross-sectional profile. From an on-axis viewing angle, an image on the pixel array is fully viewable through the planar central area and the peripheral edge area. From an off-axis viewing angle, the image is partly viewable through the peripheral edge area and not through the central area. To avoid an undesired color cast in the partly viewable image seen through the peripheral edge area of the display cover layer, the display may be provided with color cast compensation structures such as a guest-host liquid crystal layer that exhibits an anisotropic colored light absorption characteristic, a diffuser layer, and/or other optical structures. |
| US11862079B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and an image capturing unit disposed below the plurality of pixels, wherein, when the image capturing unit is driven, the display panel is time-divisionally driven by dividing one frame into a plurality of sub-frame sections, and the image capturing unit is synchronized with the display panel to receive different color data for each section of the plurality of sub-frame sections. |
| US11862077B2 |
Method for improving image display quality, timing controller and display apparatus
A method for improving image display quality, including: dividing a total gray scale range of a gamma voltage curve of a display apparatus to obtain gray scale ranges; obtaining data of gray scales of frame(s) of image to be displayed by the display apparatus, and calculating a ratio of data of gray scales in each gray scale range; adjusting a division value of a gamma voltage range corresponding to each gray scale range of the gamma voltage curve according to calculated ratios, so that a division value of a gamma voltage range corresponding to a gray scale range with a maximum ratio is less than a division value of a gamma voltage range corresponding to any remaining gray scale range; and outputting gamma voltages corresponding to the data of gray scales of the frame(s) of image to be displayed according to the adjusted gamma voltage curve. |
| US11862076B2 |
Light-emitting diode display module
Disclosed is a light-emitting diode display module, including a first light-emitting diode, a second light-emitting diode, a third light-emitting diode, a scan block, a voltage conversion block, a first sink block, and a second sink block. An operating voltage of the first light-emitting diode is lower than that of the second and third light-emitting diodes. The voltage conversion block provides an auxiliary power supply voltage based on a high power supply voltage and a low power supply voltage. The first light-emitting diode is coupled between the scan block and the first sink block receiving the high power supply voltage and the auxiliary power supply voltage. The second light-emitting diode and the third light-emitting diode are coupled between the scan block and the second sink block receiving the high power supply voltage and the low power supply voltage. |
| US11862072B2 |
Pixel and display device
A pixel includes a light emitting element, a first transistor including a first electrode electrically connected to a first voltage line which supplies a first driving voltage, a second electrode electrically connected to the light emitting element, and a gate electrode connected to a first node, a second transistor connected between the first node and a second node and including a gate electrode connected to a first scan line, a third transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the second node and including a gate electrode connected to a second scan line, and a booting capacitor connected between the second node and the second scan line. |
| US11862065B2 |
Timing control device and control method thereof
A timing control device for the display panel includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to generate a plurality of gate scanning control signals and a data transmission control signal. In response to that a display refresh rate changes from a first frequency to a second frequency, the control circuit adjusts the plurality of gate scanning control signals to generate a plurality of adjusted gate scanning control signals, or adjusts the data transmission control signal to generate an adjusted data transmission control signal, for driving a display panel under the second frequency as the display refresh rate. |
| US11862062B2 |
Display device and method for controlling the same based on determined motion within a region of the display device
A display device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The display device may include: a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to receive a wireless signal transmitted by a wireless router, a memory configured to store one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor may be configured to continuously retrieve multipath channel characteristic data based on the wireless signal, perform preprocessing on the retrieved multipath channel characteristic data of the wireless signal, determine representative values for each reference time by calculating a similarity for each time period of result data corresponding to a result of the preprocessing, determine a motion within a specified region of the display device, based on a change in the representative values over time, and control the display device based on the determined motion within the specified region of the display device. |
| US11862061B2 |
Shift register, gate driving circuit and display panel
The present disclosure provides a shift register, a gate driving circuit and a display panel. The shift register includes a transistor, which includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an active layer, a first electrode and a second electrode; the first and second electrode are of comb-shaped structures; the first electrode includes first and second comb tooth portions arranged at intervals, and a first comb handle portion connecting the first and second comb tooth portions; and comb tooth electrodes of the first comb tooth portions have a different length from those of the second comb tooth portions; the second electrode includes third and fourth comb tooth portions arranged at intervals, and a second comb handle portion connecting the third and fourth comb tooth portions; the first and third comb tooth portions form an inter-digital structure, the second and fourth comb tooth portions form an inter-digital structure. |
| US11862058B2 |
Load driving circuit, display driver, display apparatus and semiconductor device
Provided is an output amplifier having: a push-pull output-stage formed by first and second output-stage transistors; and a detection circuit detecting an abnormal output current output by the output amplifier and including: a coupling circuit, generating first and second currents mirroring current flowing in the first output-stage transistor and third and fourth currents mirroring current flowing in the second output-stage transistor, coupling the first and third currents at a first output node, outputting a first voltage at the first output node, coupling the second and fourth currents at a second output node, and outputting a second voltage at the second output node; and a determination circuit, outputting a determination signal indicating normality of an output current based on the first and second voltages. The coupling circuit generates the first to fourth currents. In the reference state, the third current >the first current, the second current >the fourth current. |
| US11862057B2 |
Gate driver and display device using the same
A display device comprises: pixels connected to a power line to which a pixel driving voltage is supplied; data lines that extend in a first direction and are connected to the pixels, the data lines applying data voltages of an image to the pixels; gate lines that are connected to the pixels and extend in a second direction, the gate lines applying gate signals to the pixels; a data driver configured to supply the data voltages to the data lines during a display mode, and to supply sensing data to the data lines during a sensing mode; a gate driver configured to supply the gate signals to the gate lines; and a sensing circuit configured to sense current flowing through the power line that is connected to a subset of pixels from the pixels during the sensing mode, the subset of pixels arranged along the first direction. |
| US11862056B2 |
Optical compensation system, optical compensation method, and display device based on artificial intelligence
An optical compensation system based on artificial intelligence according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include a measuring device configured to measure optical characteristics of a display panel, and output measurement result data of the optical characteristics, and an artificial intelligence-based optical compensation controller configured to predict and generate optical compensation result data corresponding to the measurement result data of the optical characteristics based on an artificial intelligence neural network using previous optical compensation result data for at least one other display panel, and store the predicted and generated optical compensation result data in a memory corresponding to the display panel. |
| US11862053B2 |
Display method based on pulse signals, apparatus, electronic device and medium
A display method is provided. The display method includes: obtaining information of a target display array on a display device, the target display array including a first number of display units arranged; obtaining target pulse sequences that characterize dynamic spatiotemporal information; determining display state information of each display unit in the first number of display units from a spatiotemporal relationship between the target pulse sequences and the target display array; and causing visualization of pulse signals in the target pulse sequences on the display device based on the display state information of each display unit in the first number of display units. |
| US11862050B2 |
Flexible display device and manufacturing method thereof
A flexible display device includes a base film, a display panel on the base film, a protective film on a surface of the display panel away from the base film, and an adhesive layer. An area of the protective film is less than that of the display panel. The adhesive layer and the protective film has an overlapping portion. The adhesive layer has a thickness and Young's modulus between 10 and 500 μm and between 0.1 and 10 GPa, respectively. A side edge of the base film, a side edge of the display panel, and a side edge of the adhesive layer are substantially aligned. |
| US11862048B2 |
Flexible display apparatus and electronic device
A flexible display apparatus and an electronic device are provided in the present disclosure. The flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel, a supporting structure, and a locking part. Both the flexible display panel and the supporting structure are capable of being rolled in the hollow space, the supporting structure includes a plurality of supporting plates, and at least a first degree of rotation freedom is between two adjacent supporting plates. The supporting structure has an unfolded state; in the unfolded state, both the supporting structure and the flexible display panel at least partially extend out of the main body structure; and the locking part acts on the supporting structure that extends from the main body structure to limit the first degree of rotation freedom of the plurality of supporting plates, such that the supporting structure flatly supports the flexible display panel. |
| US11862041B2 |
Integrated student-growth platform
Some embodiments of an integrated student-growth platform for discovering, designating, and organizing heterogeneous instructional electronic resources based on observational assessments of students are disclosed. The student-growth platform is configured to establish and generate the best possible set of skills and resources for an educator to teach a group of students on a particular day and for a student to quickly progress to meet preferred educational standards. In one embodiment, the student-growth system includes a communication unit for sending and receiving data among users (e.g., teachers and students), an assessment platform, a planning platform, a learning-progression platform, an assignment platform, a mastery-maker platform, a Multi-Dimensional Response Item (MIRT) platform, and a reporting platform. The assessment platform 220 collects observation data for a target student, identifies one or more indicators to the learning-progression platform, which is coupled to the assignment platform, the mastery-maker platform, the MIRT platform, and the reporting module. |
| US11862040B2 |
Methods and systems for providing browser-based customized game based multimodal learning and assessment framework
The present disclosure addresses unresolved problem of monopoly in content authoring, creation of dependency loop by providing a single, scalable, one-stop knowledge platform offering high degree of customization by multiple users and leveraging emerging technologies for rapid end-to-end game or learning solutions development. Embodiment of the present disclosure provides methods and systems for providing customized game-based learning and assessment framework. The present disclosure provides a mechanism to configure custom content into a readymade learning and assessment platform. The framework proposed in the present disclosure is custom built to support scalable architecture of a modular digital learning platform, and its functionalities. The system of the present disclosure allows content creators to author custom content to create immersive learning experience that could range from Spatial three-dimensional (3D) technologies, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) or games at one place. |
| US11862038B2 |
System, apparatus and method for conducting and monitoring computer-and-sensor based physics experiments
In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for measuring motion values associated with movements of an object as the objects drives along a track comprises: receiving, using a wireless network transceiver, experiment instructions for performing an experiment; generating, based on the experiment instructions, driving instructions for causing the object to drive along the track; executing the driving instructions to cause the object to drive along the track; as the object is driving along the track: receiving, from one or more sensors, motion values associated with the movements of the object as the object drives along the track; transmitting, using the wireless network transceiver, the motion values associated with the movements of the object to one or more user devices to cause a user device, from the one or more user devices, to generate and display a graphical representation of the motion values on a display device of the user device. |
| US11862035B2 |
Methods and apparatus to provide visual information associated with welding operations
Methods and apparatus to provide visual information associated with welding operations are disclosed. An weld training system includes a display, a camera, a communications device, and a welding helmet. The communications device communicates with welding equipment. The welding helmet has a view port. The communications device is configured to hold the camera, the communications device, and the display such that, when the welding helmet is worn by a wearer, the display is viewable by the wearer, the camera has a view through the view port such that the display displays to the wearer images taken by the camera through the view port and displays a simulated object generated based on information received from the welding equipment via the communications device. |
| US11862034B1 |
Variable content customization for coaching service
A computer-implemented method of a coaching service with variable content objects. The method can include invoking a content flow including an ordered sequence of content objects. The content flow is arranged in accordance with a coaching protocol for a user of a user device. The user accesses a coaching service through the user device. The method further includes causing the user device to present a first content object. The first content object is prearranged in the ordered sequence of content objects based on information associated with the user. The method further includes dynamically selecting a second content object to replace a next content object of the ordered sequence of content objects and advancing the content flow to the second content object in lieu of the next content object and in accordance with the coaching protocol. |
| US11862032B1 |
Device and method for displaying musical chords
The invention provides a device and method for displaying chords in a musical scale based upon one or more selected root notes. The device includes planar members representing a fretboard of a stringed instrument and fingering positions for playing chords in a selected root note in a selected musical scale. The planar members are adapted to be connected to one another and permit multiple chords in multiple root notes to be displayed simultaneously in an easy to understand format. |
| US11862031B1 |
System and/or method for directed aircraft perception
The method can include performing inference using the system; and can optionally include training the system components. The method functions to automatically interpret flight commands from a stream of air traffic control (ATC) radio communications. The method can additionally or alternatively function to train and/or update a natural language processing system based on ATC communications. Additionally, the method can include or be used in conjunction with collision avoidance and/or directed perception for traffic detection associated therewith. |
| US11862026B2 |
Marine propulsion control system and method with proximity-based velocity limiting
A propulsion control system on a marine vessel includes at least one propulsion device configured to propel the marine vessel and at least one proximity sensor system configured to generate proximity measurements describing proximity of objects surrounding the marine vessel. A control system is configured to receive the proximity measurements, access a preset buffer distance surrounding the marine vessel, calculate a velocity limit for the marine vessel in one or more directions of the objects based on a difference between the proximity measurements and the preset buffer distance surrounding the marine vessel so as to progressively decrease the velocity limit as the marine vessel approaches the preset buffer distance from any of the objects, and control the at least one propulsion device such that a velocity of the marine vessel does not exceed the velocity limit in the direction of any of the objects. |
| US11862025B2 |
Method for calculating dangerous spot and time, storage medium, and device for calculating dangerous spot
A method for calculating a dangerous spot and time for a computer to execute a process includes, detecting, by at least two mobile bodies, an avoidance action, which is an action that indicates a possibility that each mobile body has avoided a collision with another mobile body, based on locus data of a plurality of mobile bodies that belongs to a predetermined area; calculating an evaluation value that indicates a possibility that an avoidance action by one of the two mobile bodies has occurred under an influence of an avoidance action by another one; and calculating, based on the evaluation value, a collision risk in an area where a plurality of mobile bodies is concentrated. |
| US11862024B2 |
System and method for software architecture for leader vehicle capabilities for an on-demand autonomy (ODA) service
Systems and methods for an On-Demand Autonomy (ODA) service. The system includes a selection module of a leader vehicle (Lv) connected to an ODA server to determine whether to confirm a request for an on-demand autonomy (ODA) service which has been broadcast wherein the ODA service request includes control of a follower vehicle (Fv) to a requested location by creating a virtual link between the Lv and the Fv to configure a vehicle platoon to enable transport of the Fv by the Lv wherein the vehicle platoon is a linking of the Lv to the Fv via the virtual link to enable the Lv to assume the control of the Fv to the requested location. |
| US11862020B2 |
Parking application and management system
Devices, methods, and systems for parking management are described herein. One device includes instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive a first indication via a mobile device that a user intends to park a vehicle in a parking spot of a parking area, display directions to an available parking spot in the parking area via the mobile device, receive a second indication via the mobile device that the user has parked the vehicle in the available parking spot, and provide a third indication via a different mobile device that the available parking spot is no longer available. |
| US11862008B2 |
Methods, devices, and computer readable media for perceptual closed-loop control and equalization of vibrotactile systems
A method to correct a haptic output, the method including sending, at a device, a reference tactile signal to a haptic actuator and recording, using a sensor associated with the haptic actuator, an output signal from the haptic actuator. This output signal could be provided, along with the reference tactile signal to an engine at the device, which could be used to determine regions of perceptual distortion from the output signal and the reference tactile signal. Specifically, a perceptual similarity measure could be determined which could be used to generate an adapted signal to reduce and equalize the perceptual distortion, where the adapted signal could be provided to the haptic actuator to control adaptation or equalization of distortions. |
| US11862006B2 |
Visual operator interface for a technical system
A method of controlling a visual operator interface having a plurality of predefined areas, which include one or more monitoring areas configured to display visual elements representing a current state of a technical system. According to the method, it is determined that one of the monitoring areas is to be prioritized; and an incomplete visibility decrease in at least one other area of the visual operator interface is initiated, wherein the prioritized monitoring area is unaffected by the visibility decrease. |
| US11862004B2 |
Methods and systems for disabling sleep alarm based on automated wake detection
Techniques are disclosed for facilitating disabling an alarm in response to particular types of activity-indicative data. More specifically, activity-indicative data (e.g., sensor data or input(s) can be detected prior to a preset alarm time. Upon determining, based on the activity-indicative data, that a wakefulness condition is satisfied (e.g., that the activity-indicative data corresponds to one or more predefined characteristics), a disablement query can be displayed that includes an option to disable the alarm. In response to detecting a selection of the option, the alarm can be disabled such that the alarm stimuli is not to be presented at the preset alarm time. |
| US11862001B2 |
System and methods for identifying a subject through device-free and device-oriented sensing technologies
The systems and method proposed herein aim to identify a mobile device or devices worn by an individual or a subject that has entered an area monitored by a passive motion detection system that uses wireless signals to sense motion in the space. The system will collect as much signals as possible from both the devices worn by the individual and from the system performing the passive (device-free) motion detection for identifying the individual or person of interest. The individual or person of interest may be a user of a product or an intruder. |
| US11861998B2 |
System and method for detecting a presence in a closed environment to be monitored, for anti-intrusion or anti-theft purpose
A system for detecting a presence in an environment to be monitored includes an electrostatic charge variation sensor, a vibration sensor, and an environmental pressure sensor. A processing unit is configured to acquire, from the electrostatic charge variation sensor, an electrostatic charge variation signal, and detect in the electrostatic charge variation signal, first signal characteristics indicative of the presence of a subject in the environment to be monitored. The processing unit further validates the detection of presence of the subject using the vibration and pressure signals provided by the other sensors. |
| US11861991B2 |
Method of communication between two sub-systems constituting a modular payment terminal
A piece of electronic equipment including a first subsystem such as a touch-sensitive tablet and a second subsystem such as a payment terminal. The first sub-system embeds a first operating system for managing the power consumption of the first subsystem. The second subsystem embeds a specific and secure operating system capable of executing payment transactions. Since the two subsystems execute two different operating systems, an operating state of one of the subsystems may not allow the required service to be implemented if this requires the use of resources implemented by both of the two subsystems. Thus the first and second subsystems exchange data relating to their respective operating state and, where appropriate, change their current operating state as a function of the data relating to an operating state of the other subsystem thus exchanged. |
| US11861982B1 |
Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine
A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers, is described. The gaming system can include electronic gaming machines that are compatible to receive both virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that are redeemable for credits on the electronic gaming machines. Information associated with a virtual ticket voucher can be stored on a patron-controlled portable electronic device and then can be wireless transmitted to the electronic gaming machines. The electronic gaming machines can be configured to issue virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that can be redeemed for cash or additional game play on another electronic gaming machine. In one embodiment, the electronic gaming machine can be configured to issue a virtual ticket voucher to a patron-controlled portable electronic device. |
| US11861981B2 |
Experience-adaptive interaction interface for uncertain measurable events engagement
Techniques are provided for experience-adaptive interaction with uncertain measurable events (UMEs), such as in a sports wagering context. A back-end wagering system of a television service provider system is disposed in a television network to provide subscribers with subscription content services for live event content and UME interaction services for viewing and placing wagers on live event content with a UME book provider. Embodiments can build data spaces at least of available live event content and wagerable UMEs being provided for the live event content. Embodiments can assign a wager experience score to a subscribers based on experience level with UME interactions, and can use the built data space and the wager experience score to generate an experience-tailored set of wager offers for the subscriber. The set of wager offers can then be presented to the subscriber in an experience-tailored UME interaction interface. |
| US11861976B2 |
Real time action of interest notification system
A method of identifying wagers trends from a user's wagering history in order to alert the user of similar wagers that are available. The user interacts with a betting platform which displays all of the live plays available to be wagered upon, and the odds of those wagers. The user's interaction with the application may be recorded, along with their wagering data and a plurality of play characteristics. As the betting platform receives a new live play available to be wagered on, it may compare the characteristics of the new play to the user's history and may notify the user of the new play if it is highly correlated with their past wagering interactions with the platform. |
| US11861974B2 |
System and methods of recommendation memberships in a casino environment
The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems, computational devices, and methods. An illustrative method includes receiving a code request message from a computational device, where the code request message includes information describing a code requestor and a code parameter defined by the code requestor. The method may further include determining that the requestor is permitted to receive the shareable code with the code parameter defined by the code requestor, generating the shareable code, storing an electronic record indicating that the shareable code has been generated, where the electronic record includes an identifier of the shareable code and an identifier of the code requestor, and transmitting a code delivery message to the computational device, where the code delivery message includes the shareable code. |
| US11861971B2 |
Roulette wheel display device and related devices, systems, and methods
A roulette wheel device, and related devices, systems, and methods, includes a base coupled to a table, the base having a circular ball track within a circular rim. The roulette wheel device further includes a circular wheelhead rotatably coupled to the base within the ball track. The wheelhead includes a circular ring having a plurality of pockets, wherein the circular ball track is sloped downwardly toward the circular ring to direct a roulette ball into one of the plurality of pockets. The wheelhead further includes a circular display subassembly including a display device to selectively display graphical elements corresponding to the plurality of pockets. The circular ball track, the circular ring, and the circular display subassembly are substantially concentric. |
| US11861966B2 |
Optical switch devices
An optical device includes an array of lenses and a plurality of first and second segments disposed under the array of lenses. At a first viewing angle, the array of lenses presents a first image for viewing without presenting the second image for viewing, and at a second viewing angle different from the first viewing angle, the array of lenses presents for viewing the second image without presenting the first image for viewing. In some examples, individual ones of the first and second segments can comprise specular reflecting, transparent, diffusely reflecting, and/or diffusely transmissive features. In some examples, individual ones of the first and second segments can comprise transparent and non-transparent regions. Some examples can incorporate more than one region producing an optical effect. |
| US11861962B1 |
Smart lock system
A smart lock system and accompanying methods for utilizing the smart lock system are disclosed. The system incorporates a unique level of protection for the devices supporting the functionality of the smart lock system. Specifically, the system utilizes security features implemented on unique memory devices of the devices to increase access security of gateways, such as doors, windows, garages, and other points of access. The memory devices of the devices of the smart lock system may be utilized to provide commands and signatures to verify the identities of the devices, provide anti-replay protection, provide data attestation, and verify component identity. The commands and signatures may be utilized to activate or deactivate other devices in the smart lock system, such as in a particular sequence to unlock or lock an access point. The smart lock system may be used to activate cameras and alert authorities upon detection of a potential intrusion. |
| US11861960B1 |
Door unlocking systems and methods
A system for unlocking a door is provided. The system includes an unlocking mechanism, an electronic board, and a mechanical switch. The unlocking mechanism is configured to unlock the door. The electronic board is configured to be activated from a sleep mode into an active mode. The sleep mode causes the electronic board to consume less than a predetermined amount of power. The mechanical switch is configured to be physically activated to close an electric circuit in the electronic board, thereby causing the electronic board to switch from the sleep mode to the active mode. Upon being activated into the active mode, the electronic board broadcasts a request to nearby computing devices to provide a verification code. Upon receiving the verification code, the electronic board activates the unlocking mechanism, thereby causing the unlocking mechanism to unlock the door, and switches back to the sleep mode. |
| US11861958B2 |
Mechanisms, assemblies and electronic locking system
Release mechanism for an electronic locking system, wherein the release mechanism is configured such that an input member and an output member are locked against relative rotation and can rotate together within a locking ring opening when a locking member is located in an input member recess and in an output member recess, and such that the output member is released to rotate relative to the input member when the locking member is located in the output member recess and in a locking ring recess. A freewheel mechanism and assemblies for an electronic locking system are also provided. |
| US11861956B2 |
External environment recognition apparatus for mobile body
In a device (1) for recognizing an external environment of a moving body, an image processing unit (10) generates image data indicating the external environment of the moving body. Using this image data, object data indicating an object around the moving body is generated. At an occurrence of a predetermined event, a control unit (30) records the generated object data in a recording device (35), whereas the image processing unit (10) records, in another recording device (15), the image data corresponding to the object data recorded in the recording device (35). The time information generation unit (40) adds the same time information to the recorded object data and image data. |
| US11861952B2 |
Driving support device
A driving support device is provided which can evaluate the driving skill of a driver, and improve the driving skill of the driver. A driving support device 11 includes: a peripheral information acquisition unit 40; an outside-world detection unit 201; a driving status detection unit 202; a driving evaluation unit 203 which decides a driving evaluation indicating the driving skill of the driver of the vehicle 1, based on the outside-world detection result of detecting the predetermined target and the driving status; a voice output device 91 which notifies the driver of the driving evaluation result indicating the result of driving evaluation; and a notification control unit 204 which notifies the driver by way of the notification unit of the outside-world detection result or driving status based on the driving evaluation result, when the driving evaluation improves. |
| US11861951B2 |
Driving management system, vehicle, and information processing method
A vehicle in a driving management system including one or more authentication servers and one or more vehicles capable of switching between a manual driving mode and an automatic driving mode is provided. The vehicle includes a communication unit that communicate with at least one authentication server of the one or more authentication servers, and a detecting unit that detects switching between the manual driving mode where manual driving is performed, and an automatic driving mode where automatic driving is performed, based on a message issued by at least one of the plurality of electronic control processors. The vehicle also includes a generating unit that generates transaction data including information indicating the detected switching, and an identifier indicating the vehicle, and transmits, to the at least one authentication server, the transaction data. |
| US11861950B2 |
Device modification from transport operation
An example operation includes one or more of sensing, by a server, an environmental performance of a transport and notifying, by the server, at least one device at a location apart from the transport to operate at a different setting than a current setting based on the sensing. |
| US11861948B2 |
Apparatus and a method for determining a resource remaining datum of an electric aircraft
An apparatus for determining a resource remaining datum of an electric aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the processor to receive aircraft data from at least a sensing device, wherein the at least a sensing device is configured to measure at least a parameter of a battery pack of the electric aircraft and generate aircraft data as a function of the at least a parameter of the battery pack of the electric aircraft. The memory contains instructions configuring the processor to determine a reserve energy as a function of a flight mode of the electric aircraft and determine a resource remaining datum as a function of the aircraft data and the reserve energy, wherein the resource remaining datum is related to the battery pack of the electric aircraft. |
| US11861946B2 |
Locking system with a lock operable in different modes for allowing access using a sharable digital key
Blockchain-controlled and location-validated locking systems and methods are described. A method includes maintaining state information for a lock, where the first state of the lock corresponds to an open state and the second to a locked state. The method further includes receiving a current location of a device associated with a person, authorized to change a state of the lock, attempting to change a state of the lock and a current location of the lock. The method further includes receiving a digital signature from the device. The method further includes automatically transmitting a control signal to the lock to change the state of the lock only when the current location of the person is determined to be the same as the current location of the lock and a valid proof of work is performed by a miner associated with a blockchain configured to manage transactions corresponding to the lock. |
| US11861945B2 |
System and method for facilitating transaction data retrieval
In certain embodiments, transaction data retrieval from a postage vendor system database may be facilitated (e.g., via label generation with multiple barcode representations of a portion of a postage tracking identifier, where the tracking identifier is generated based on a carrier-specific tracking identifier unique within a carrier system with respect to accounts recognized by the carrier system). In some embodiments, the tracking identifier may be generated such that (i) the tracking identifier comprises the carrier-specific tracking identifier and (ii) enables a mail piece associated with a postage transaction to be tracked within the carrier system, and the tracking identifier portion is allocated to the postage transaction in one or more databases of the vendor system. An indicium identifier may be generated to comprise the tracking identifier portion, thereby enabling the vendor system to identify the postage transaction using one of the two identifiers without the other one of the identifiers. |
| US11861944B1 |
System for synchronizing video output based on detected behavior
Video output is generated based on first video data that depicts the user performing an activity. Poses of the user during performance of the activity are compared with second video data that depicts an instructor performing the activity. Corresponding poses of the user's body and the instructor's body may be determined through comparison of the first and second video data. The video data is used to determine the rate of motion of the user and to generate video output in which a visual representation of the instructor moves at a rate similar to the that of the user. For example, video output generated based on an instructional fitness video may be synchronized so that movement of the presented instructor matches the rate of movement of the user performing an exercise, improving user comprehension and performance. |
| US11861943B2 |
Iris recognition apparatus, iris recognition method, computer program and recording medium
An iris recognition apparatus is provided with: an irradiating device that is capable of irradiating light to a target person to be recognized; an acquiring device that acquires a first image which imaged a first imaging range including at least a face of the target person; and a determining device that determines an irradiation mode of light irradiated from the irradiating device to the target person when imaging a second image including an area, which includes an eye of the target person, and corresponding to a second imaging range, which is narrower than the first imaging range, based on the first image. |
| US11861940B2 |
Human emotion recognition in images or video
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for recognizing human emotion in images or video. A method for recognizing perceived human emotion may include receiving a raw input. The raw input may be processed to generate input data corresponding to at least one context. Features from the raw input data may be extracted to obtain a plurality of feature vectors and inputs. The plurality of feature vectors and the inputs may be transmitted to a respective neural network. At least some of the plurality of feature vectors may be fused to obtain a feature encoding. Additional feature encodings may be computed from the plurality of feature vectors via the respective neural network. A multi-label emotion classification of a primary agent may be performed in the raw input based on the feature encoding and the additional feature encodings. |
| US11861937B2 |
Facial verification method and apparatus
The facial verification apparatus is a mobile computing apparatus, including a camera to capture an image, a display, and one or more processors. While in a lock state, the image is captured and facial verification performed using a face image, or using a detected face and in response to the face being detected. The facial verification includes a matching with respect to the detected face, or obtained face image, and a registered face information. If the verification is successful, the lock state of the apparatus may be canceled and the user allowed access to the apparatus. The lock state may be cancelled when the verification is successful and the user has been determined to have been attempting to gain access to the apparatus. Face image feedback to the user may not be displayed during the detecting for, or obtaining of, the face and/or performing of the facial verification. |
| US11861936B2 |
Face reenactment
Provided are systems and methods for face reenactment. An example method includes receiving visual data including a visible portion of a source face, determining, based on the visible portion of the source face, a first portion of source face parameters associated with a parametric face model, where the first portion corresponds to the visible portion, predicting, based partially on the visible portion of the source face, a second portion of the source face parameters, where the second portion corresponds to the rest of the source face, receiving a target video that includes a target face, determining, based on the target video, target face parameters associated with the parametric face model and corresponding to the target face, and synthesizing, using the parametric face model, based on the source face parameters and the target face parameters, an output face that includes the source face imitating a facial expression of the target face. |
| US11861935B2 |
Fingerprint detection method and fingerprint module
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a fingerprint detection method and a fingerprint module. The fingerprint detection method includes: dividing a detection area of the fingerprint module into a plurality of detection blocks, wherein each of the detection blocks comprises a plurality of detection units, and each of the detection units is corresponding to a grayscale value; scanning at least part of the detection blocks to obtain the grayscale values; determining whether each of the detection blocks is in a covered state based on the grayscale values; and counting the number of the detection blocks in the covered state, and sending a collection request to a host to inform the host to obtain a fingerprint image if the number thereof is not less than a coverage block threshold. The method avoids meaningless detection caused by a false touch, and ensures integrity of the fingerprint image collected later. |
| US11861934B2 |
Driving method of display device
Disclosed is a driving method of a display device which includes driving a display panel, which includes a pixel and a fingerprint sensor and displays a static image and a dynamic Image, at a first frequency, and driving the display panel at a second frequency lower than the first frequency for the purpose of sensing a finger and reading a fingerprint through the fingerprint sensor. The driving of the display panel at the second frequency includes driving the display panel at a (2-1)-th frequency when the display panel senses the fingerprint and displays the dynamic image, and driving the display panel at a (2-2)-th frequency different in value from the (2-1)-th frequency when the display panel senses the fingerprint and displays the static image. |
| US11861932B2 |
Detection device
A detection device includes a sensor area provided with a plurality of detection elements each comprising a photoelectric conversion element in a detection area, and a detector configured to detect a potential difference between a voltage generated in a first detection element and a voltage generated in a second detection element adjacent to the first detection element in the detection area. |
| US11861931B2 |
Piezoelectric sensor and manufacturing method therefor, and electronic device
A piezoelectric sensor, a manufacturing method thereof and an electronic device are provided. The piezoelectric sensor includes a substrate, an active layer, the active layer being disposed at a side of the substrate: a first electrode, the first electrode being disposed at a side of the active laver a wav from the substrate, and the first electrode including a plurality of sub-electrodes disposed at intervals: a piezoelectric layer, the piezoelectric layer being disposed at a side of the first electrode away from the active layer; and a second electrode, the second electrode being disposed at a side of the piezoelectric layer away from the first electrode. The active layer is configured to be capable of switching between an insulating state and a conducting state, and in the conducting state the active layer is capable of conducting the plurality of sub-electrodes. |
| US11861926B2 |
Methods and systems for receipt capturing process
A receipt capture tool residing on a customer mobile device may be initiated when a customer completes an in-store or online purchase. The receipt capture tool may prompt the customer to capture an image of a receipt detailing a purchase and an item (e.g., product or service) purchased. For instance, the photo of a physical receipt may be taken by the mobile device, or an electronic receipt or email detailing the purchasing transmitted from a physical merchant or online merchant server may be stored. Receipt information may be extracted and saved with other information pertinent to the item purchased, including warranty information. If the customer needs to return or repair the item purchased at a future date, the receipt and warranty information may be subsequently accessed via their mobile device. The receipt and warranty information may also be stored in a searchable database to facilitate easy retrieval by the customer. |
| US11861924B2 |
Supervised machine learning algorithm application for image cropping and skew rectification
Systems and methods here may be used for pre-processing images, including using a computer for receiving a pixelated image of a paper document of an original size, downscaling the received pixelated image, employing a neural network algorithm to the downscaled image to identify four corners of the paper document in the received pixelated image, re-enlarging the downscaled image to the original size, identifying each of four corners of the paper document in the pixelated image, determining a quadrilateral composed of lines that intersect at four angles at the four corners of the paper document in the pixelated image, defining a projective plane of the pixelated image, and determining an inverse transformation of the pixelated image to transform the projective plane quadrilateral into a right angled rectangle. |
| US11861917B2 |
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for detecting vehicle occupant actions
Method and system for detecting vehicle occupant actions are disclosed. For example, the method includes receiving, by one or more processors, previously classified image data from a previously classified image database, the previously classified image data representing driver postures that are rotated and scaled to be standardized for a range of different drivers and different locations of a vehicle interior sensor within a given vehicle, wherein the previously classified image data is representative of previously classified vehicle occupant actions; receiving, by the one or more processors, current image data from the vehicle interior sensor subsequent to the vehicle interior sensor being registered within the given vehicle, wherein the current image data is representative of current vehicle occupant actions; and determining, by the one or more processors, a vehicle occupant action based at least in part upon a comparison of the current image data and the previously classified image data. |
| US11861916B2 |
Driver alertness monitoring system
A method for monitoring driver alertness in a vehicle is disclosed. Image data representing images of an eye of a driver are obtained, the images having been captured while the driver is operating the vehicle. An eye openness measure of the eye of the driver is computed, based on the image data. A determination is made that the driver is in an unsafe state for driving based on the eye openness measure, and an alert is generated, while the driver is operating the vehicle, based on determining that the driver is in the unsafe state. |
| US11861915B2 |
Pipeline architecture for road sign detection and evaluation
The technology provides a sign detection and classification methodology. A unified pipeline approach incorporates generic sign detection with a robust parallel classification strategy. Sensor information such as camera imagery and lidar depth, intensity and height (elevation) information are applied to a sign detector module. This enables the system to detect the presence of a sign in a vehicle's externa environment. A modular classification approach is applied to the detected sign. This includes selective application of one or more trained machine learning classifiers, as well as a text and symbol detector. Annotations help to tie the classification information together and to address any conflicts with different the outputs from different classifiers. Identification of where the sign is in the vehicle's surrounding environment can provide contextual details. Identified signage can be associated with other objects in the vehicle's driving environment, which can be used to aid the vehicle in autonomous driving. |
| US11861913B2 |
Determining autonomous vehicle status based on mapping of crowdsourced object data
A map in a cloud service stores physical objects previously detected by other vehicles that have previously traveled over the same road that a current vehicle is presently traveling on. New data received by the cloud service from the current vehicle regarding new objects that are being encountered by the current vehicle can be compared to the previous object data stored in the map. Based on this comparison, an operating status of the current vehicle is determined. In response to determining the status, an action such as terminating an autonomous navigation mode of the current vehicle is performed. |
| US11861912B2 |
Methods and internet of things systems for counting and regulating pedestrian volume in public places of smart cities
The present disclosure provide a method and an Internet of Things system for counting and regulating pedestrian volume in a public place of a smart city. The method includes receiving, based on the user platform, a query request for an intended place initiated by a user; transmitting, based on the service platform, the query request to the management platform, and generating, based on the management platform, a query instruction; issuing, based on the management platform, the query instruction to a corresponding sensor network sub-platform according to the regional location; sending, based on the sensor network sub-platform, the query instruction to the corresponding object platform; obtaining, based on the object platform, a query result according to the query instruction; and feeding back, based on the object platform, the query result to the user platform through the corresponding sensor network sub-platform, the management platform, and the service platform respectively. |
| US11861911B2 |
Video analytics platform for real-time monitoring and assessment of airplane safety processes
A video analytics system for real-time monitoring and assessment of airplane ramp safety processes comprises rules relating to airplane ramp safety processes, portable video capture devices located at different predetermined positions with respect to an airplane at an airport ramp which capture video and data related to movements and positioning of objects and services being provided relative to the aircraft at the airport ramp and transmit captured video footage and data via a wireless network to a server which performs video analytics on the captured video and data to generate video analytics data, compare the video analytics data to the rules relating to the airplane safety processes, to determine any safety conditions, store the results of the comparison and output a real-time notification if a safety condition is determined. |
| US11861910B2 |
Method and system for acquiring item placing state
The present disclosure provides a method for acquiring an item placing state, including: sending an acquisition request, wherein the acquisition request includes one or more association relationships, each of the association relationships includes an association relationship between a hot zone and a camera equipment, and one hot zone corresponds to one kind of item; and receiving a placing state of an item corresponding to at least one hot zone, wherein the placing state of the item corresponding to the at least one hot zone is determined according to a current image and a standard image of the at least one hot zone in response to the acquisition request. The present disclosure further provides a processing method, a system for acquiring an item placing state and a processing system. |
| US11861906B2 |
Data processing systems and methods for enhanced augmentation of interactive video content
Data processing systems and methods are disclosed for augmenting video content with one or more augmentations to produce augmented video. Elements within video content may be identified by spatiotemporal indices and may have associated values. An advertiser can pay to have an augmentation added to an element that, for example, advertises the advertiser's goods and/or includes a link that, when activated, takes a user to the advertiser's web site. Elements may have associated contexts that can be used to determine augmentations and element value, such as a position and/or current use of the element. |
| US11861903B2 |
Methods and apparatus to measure brand exposure in media streams
Methods and apparatus to measure brand exposure in media streams are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein are to determine a first histogram based on at least one of luminance components or chrominance components of a first frame of video, and determine a second histogram based on at least one of luminance components or chrominance components of a second frame of the video. Disclosed example apparatus are also to detect a transition in the video based on the first histogram and the second histogram, and responsive to the detection of the transition in the video. Disclosed example apparatus are further to process a region of interest within at least one of the first frame or the second frame to detect a logo in the region of interest. |
| US11861899B2 |
Systems and methods for augmented reality using web browsers
Systems and methods for displaying augmented reality content relative to an identified object are disclosed. The systems and methods can include a set of operations. An operation can include providing a first image. An operation can include determining interest points in the first image. An operation can include identifying an object in the first image. An operation can include identifying augmented reality content associated with the object. An operation can include determining a first transformation for displaying the augmented reality content in the first image relative to the identified object. An operation can include providing the interest points and the first transformation. An operation can include determining a second transformation for displaying the augmented reality content in a second image relative to the identified object using, at least in part, the first transformation and the interest points. An operation can include displaying, by a user device, the augmented reality content. |
| US11861898B2 |
Self-expanding augmented reality-based service instructions library
Augmented reality (AR) servicing guidance uses a mobile device (30, 90) with a display and a camera. Computer vision (CV) processing (102) such as Simultaneous Location and Mapping (SLAM) is performed to align AR content (80) with a live video feed (96) captured by the camera. The aligned AR content is displayed on the display of the mobile device. In one example, the mobile device is a head-up display (HUD) (90) with a transparent display (92, 94) and camera (20). In another example the mobile device is a cellphone or tablet computer (30) with a front display (34) and a rear-facing camera (36). The AR content (80) is generated by CV processing (54) to align (70) AR content with recorded video (40) of a service call. The aligning (72) includes aligning locations of interest (LOIs) identified in the recorded video of the service call by a user input. |
| US11861897B2 |
Portable apparatus for detecting early crop diseases based on spatial frequency domain imaging and detection method using same
The present disclosure provides a portable apparatus for detecting early crop diseases based on spatial frequency domain imaging. The apparatus includes an end cover, a spatial frequency domain imaging apparatus, a dark box body, a telescopic section, and an opening-and-closing apparatus connected in sequence. The detection method includes: putting a crop sample to be detected into the dark box body from a bottom; projecting structured light of sine grey scale patterns with different spatial frequencies to the crop sample; after the sine gray scale pattern is switched each time, acquiring, by a camera, a diffuse reflection image of a surface of the crop sample once; after capturing all diffuse reflection images, performing uniformity correction on the images, demodulating the images, and extracting an alternating current component; and inputting an alternating current component image to a trained disease detection model, and determining whether the crop sample has a disease. |
| US11861896B1 |
Autonomous aerial navigation in low-light and no-light conditions
Autonomous aerial navigation in low-light and no-light conditions includes using night mode obstacle avoidance intelligence, training, and mechanisms for vision-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation to enable autonomous flight operations of a UAV in low-light and no-light environments using infrared data. |
| US11861894B1 |
Target custody platform for modeling target navigation trajectory with confidence intervals
A target custody platform comprising a data acquisition engine, a data analysis engine, a machine learning engine, and a data presentation layer configured to task a plurality of satellites for imagery data wherein the imagery data and metadata is used in conjunction with other types of data including identification data and weather data as inputs into a one or more machine and/or deep learning algorithms configured to predict a the likelihood a target of interest will travel along a project path. |
| US11861892B2 |
Object tracking by an unmanned aerial vehicle using visual sensors
Systems and methods are disclosed for tracking objects in a physical environment using visual sensors onboard an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In certain embodiments, images of the physical environment captured by the onboard visual sensors are processed to extract semantic information about detected objects. Processing of the captured images may involve applying machine learning techniques such as a deep convolutional neural network to extract semantic cues regarding objects detected in the images. The object tracking can be utilized, for example, to facilitate autonomous navigation by the UAV or to generate and display augmentative information regarding tracked objects to users. |
| US11861891B2 |
Methods and apparatus to provide an efficient safety mechanism for signal processing hardware
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture providing an efficient safety mechanism for signal processing hardware are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an input interface to receive an input signal; a hardware accelerator to process the input signal, the hardware accelerator including: unprotected memory to store non-critical data corresponding to the input signal; and protected memory to store critical data corresponding to the input signal; and an output interface to transmit the processed input signal. |
| US11861889B2 |
Analysis device
An analysis device includes an analysis unit configured to receive scattered light, transmitted light, fluorescence, or electromagnetic waves from an observed object located in a light irradiation region light-irradiated from a light source and analyze the observed object on the basis of a signal extracted on the basis of a time axis of an electrical signal output from a light-receiving unit configured to convert the received light or electromagnetic waves into the electrical signal. |
| US11861888B2 |
Logo recognition in images and videos
Accurately detection of logos in media content on media presentation devices is addressed. Logos and products are detected in media content produced in retail deployments using a camera. Logo recognition uses saliency analysis, segmentation techniques, and stroke analysis to segment likely logo regions. Logo recognition may suitably employ feature extraction, signature representation, and logo matching. These three approaches make use of neural network based classification and optical character recognition (OCR). One method for OCR recognizes individual characters then performs string matching. Another OCR method uses segment level character recognition with N-gram matching. Synthetic image generation for training of a neural net classifier and utilizing transfer learning features of neural networks are employed to support fast addition of new logos for recognition. |
| US11861884B1 |
Systems and methods for training an information extraction transformer model architecture
Certain aspects of the disclosure provide systems and methods for training an information extraction transformer model architecture directed to pre-training a first multimodal transformer model on an unlabeled dataset, training a second multimodal transformer model on a first labeled dataset to perform a key information extraction task processing the unlabeled dataset with the second multimodal transformer model to generate pseudo-labels for the unlabeled dataset, training the first multimodal transformer model based on a second labeled dataset comprising one or more labels, the pseudo-labels generated, or combinations thereof to generate a third multimodal transformer model, generating updated pseudo-labels based on label completion predictions from the third multimodal transformer model, and training the third multimodal transformer model using a noise-aware loss function and the updated pseudo-labels to generate an updated third multimodal transformer model. |
| US11861879B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and storage medium
An information processing device is configured to identify a background area of a first image registered from a first account and a background area of a second image registered from a second account, and to output identicalness information indicating whether a user owning the first account and a user owning the second account are identical to each other based on the background area of the first image and the background area of the second image. |
| US11861872B2 |
Login method based on fingerprint recognition and device
A fingerprint recognition method and terminal device provide authentication by simultaneously collecting fingerprint data when a power-on signal is detected, attempting to match the fingerprint data with preset fingerprint data, and logging in to the terminal device proceeds when the matching succeeds. |
| US11861871B2 |
Crack evaluation of roofing membrane by artificial neural networks
A method and system for evaluating crack intensity on polymeric sheet based on predetermined scale of crack intensity grades, which includes the steps of a) recording digital image of at least portion of surface of polymeric sheet using apparatus for recording digital images; and b) automatic classification of crack intensity by computer-implemented program for pattern recognition by means of trained artificial neural network, including 1) inputting digital image or one or more subareas of digital image to trained artificial neural network as input data, 2) classification by artificial neural network by assigning grade from predetermined scale of crack intensity grades to digital image or one or more subareas and 3) outputting assigned grade or grades for digital image and/or one or more subareas as output data, wherein artificial neural network is trained in advance in learning phase with plurality of digital images or subareas thereof of polymeric sheet surface portions. |
| US11861869B2 |
Methods and devices for binary entropy coding of point clouds
Methods and devices for encoding a point cloud. A bit sequence signaling an occupancy pattern for sub-volumes of a volume is coded using binary entropy coding. Contexts may be based on neighbour configuration and a partial sequence of previously-coded bits of the bit sequence. A determination is made as to whether to apply a context reduction operation and, if so, the operation reduces the number of available contexts. Example context reduction operations include reducing neighbour configurations based on shielding by sub-volumes associated with previously-coded bits, special handling for empty neighbour configurations, and statistics-based context consolidation. |
| US11861868B2 |
Three-dimensional data encoding method, three-dimensional data decoding method, three-dimensional data encoding device, and three-dimensional data decoding device
A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: determining whether a first valid node count is greater than or equal to a first threshold value predetermined, the first valid node count being a total number of valid nodes that are nodes each including a three-dimensional point, the valid nodes being included in first nodes belonging to a layer higher than a layer of a current node in an N-ary tree structure of three-dimensional points included in point cloud data, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2; and, when the first valid node count is greater than or equal to the first threshold value, performing first encoding on attribute information of the current node, the first encoding including a prediction process in which second nodes are used, the second nodes including a parent node of the current node and belonging to a same layer as the parent node. |
| US11861866B2 |
Automatic region of interest detection for casino tables
A method, system, and computer readable storage for identifying regions of interest on a casino gaming table. Regions of interest are locations on an image where relevant actions are typically going to occur. For example, locations of betting area region of interest and card area regions of interest are determined so that these areas can be analyzed on a video camera. The analyzed areas can then be used for things such as determining and tracking player betting amounts, determining if the game is being dealt properly (by analyzing the cards dealt to determine if the proper cards are dealt and/or the proper payouts are made). |
| US11861863B2 |
Shape dependent model identification in point clouds
A system for shape dependent model identification in a point cloud includes a scanner device that captures a 3D point cloud that contains a representation of an object. The system further includes a computer that receives a sensor data, a capture time of the sensor data being substantially the same time as that of the 3D point cloud, the sensor data indicative of a position of a movable part of the object at the time of capture. The computer further computes an adjusted shape of the object from a baseline shape of the object by using the sensor data. The system further includes an object recognition module that searches for and identifies the adjusted shape of the object in the 3D point cloud. |
| US11861857B2 |
Determining pixels beyond nominal maximum sensor depth
Sensors, including time-of-flight sensors, may be used to detect objects in an environment. In an example, a vehicle may include a time-of-flight sensor that images objects around the vehicle, e.g., so the vehicle can navigate relative to the objects. The sensor may generate first image data at a first configuration and second image data at a second configuration. A disambiguated depth of a surface may be determined from the first image data and the second image data. If the disambiguated depth is greater than a nominal maximum depth of the sensor in the first configuration, an intensity of the surface may be determined from the first image data. If the intensity meets or exceeds a threshold intensity, the surface may be determined to be beyond the nominal maximum depth. If the intensity is less than the threshold intensity, an actual depth of the surface may be determined form the second image data as a distance less than the nominal maximum depth. |
| US11861855B2 |
System and method for aerial to ground registration
System and method for registering aerial and ground data including locating rigid features such as walls in both aerial and ground data, registering the ground rigid data to the aerial rigid data, and transforming the ground data using the transform from the registration, including breaking the data into sectors and aligning the sectors. Deformities in the ground data are accommodated. |
| US11861846B2 |
Correcting segmentation of medical images using a statistical analysis of historic corrections
Disclosed is a computer-implemented methods of determining distributions of corrections for correcting the segmentation of medical image data, determining corrections for correcting the segmentation of medical image data, training a learning algorithm for determining a segmentation of a digital medical image, and determining a relation between an image representation of the anatomical body part in an individual medical image and a label to be associated with the image representation of the anatomical body part in the individual medical image using the trained machine learning algorithm. The methods encompass reading a plurality of corrections to image segmentations, wherein the corrections themselves may have been manually generated, transforming these corrections into a reference system which is not patient-specific such as an atlas reference system, conducting a statistical analysis of the correction, and applying the re-transformed result of the statistical analysis to patient images. The result of the statistical analysis may also be used to appropriately train a machine learning algorithm for automatic segmentation of patient images. The application of such a trained machine learning algorithm is also part of this disclosure. |
| US11861840B2 |
System and method for extracting planar surface from depth image
According to some embodiments, an imaging processing method for extracting a plurality of planar surfaces from a depth map includes computing a depth change indication map (DCI) from a depth map in accordance with a smoothness threshold. The imaging processing method further includes recursively extracting a plurality of planar region from the depth map, wherein the size of each planar region is dynamically adjusted according to the DCI. The imaging processing method further includes clustering the extracted planar regions into a plurality of groups in accordance with a distance function; and growing each group to generate pixel-wise segmentation results and inlier points statistics simultaneously. |
| US11861833B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking
The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and/or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and/or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, perform computational fluid dynamics analysis, facilitate assessment of risk of heart disease and coronary artery disease, enhance drug development, determine a CAD risk factor goal, provide atherosclerosis and vascular morphology characterization, and determine indication of myocardial risk, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and/or quantified parameters. |
| US11861824B1 |
Reference image grouping in overlay metrology
An overlay metrology system may include a controller for receiving metrology data associated with a plurality of overlay targets on one or more samples; generating a reference metric for at least some of the plurality of overlay targets based on the metrology data, where the reference metric is associated with one or more properties of the respective overlay targets that contributes to overlay error; classifying the plurality of overlay targets into one or more groups based on the reference metrics calculated for the plurality of overlay targets; generating a reference image for at least some of the one or more groups; generating corrected metrology data using the associated reference image for at least some of the one or more groups; and generating overlay measurements for the plurality of overlay targets based on the corrected metrology data. |
| US11861823B2 |
Microfluidic device and method for quantifying contact lens deposition
Disclosed herein are methods for quantifying contact lens deposition. An example method may comprise disposing a contact lens sample in a fluid well. The example method may comprise disposing a volume of tear fluid in the well with the contact lens sample. The example method may comprise capturing pre-rinse images of the contact lens sample. The example method may comprise rinsing the contact lens sample. The example method may comprise capturing post-rinse images of the contact lens after the rinsing. The example method may comprise determining, using one or more of the tear images or the post-rinse images, a deposition metric. The example method may comprise outputting the deposition metric. |
| US11861822B2 |
Image recognition device and method for retrieving information on a marker
An image recognition device and method retrieve information on a marker. The marker encodes information identifying an asset by encoding the information in a binary pattern as recesses and non-recesses in the marker. The image recognition is performed by imaging the marker, mapping contrast in the image, identifying variations in the contrast, creating a mesh overlaying the image, identifying the present or absence of recesses from the mesh, and reading the binary pattern represented by the recesses in the marker. |
| US11861818B2 |
Cascade defect inspection
A defect inspection system is disclosed. According to certain embodiments, the system includes a memory storing instructions implemented as a plurality of modules. Each of the plurality of modules is configured to detect defects having a different property. The system also includes a controller configured to cause the computer system to: receive inspection data representing an image of a wafer; input the inspection data to a first module of the plurality of modules, the first module outputs a first set of points of interests (POIs) having a first property; input the first set of POIs to a second module of the plurality of modules, the second module output a second set of POIs having the second property; and report that the second set of POIs as defects having both the first property and the second property. |
| US11861817B2 |
Method implemented by a data processing apparatus, and charged particle beam device for inspecting a specimen using such a method
The invention relates to a method implemented by a data processing apparatus, comprising the steps of receiving an image; providing a set-point for a desired image quality parameter of said image; and processing said image using an image analysis technique for determining a current image quality parameter of said image. In the method, the current image quality parameter is compared with said desired set-point. Based on said comparison, a modified image is generated by using an image modification technique. The generating comprises the steps of improving said image in terms of said image quality parameter in case said current image quality parameter is lower than said set-point; and deteriorating said image in terms of said image quality parameter in case said current image quality parameter exceeds said set-point. The modified image is then output. |
| US11861816B2 |
System and method for detecting image forgery through convolutional neural network and method for providing non-manipulation detection service using the same
A system and a method for detecting image forgery through a convolutional neural network are capable of detecting image manipulation of compressed and/or color images. The system comprises a manipulated feature pre-processing unit applying an input image to a high-pass filter to enhance features due to image forgery; a manipulated feature extraction unit extracting image manipulated feature information from the image with the enhanced features through a pre-trained convolutional neural network; a feature refining unit refining the extracted image manipulated feature information; and a manipulation classifying unit determining the image forgery based on the image manipulated feature information refined by the feature refining unit. |
| US11861814B2 |
Apparatus and method for sensing image based on event
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for sensing an image based on an event. The apparatus includes memory in which at least one program is recorded and a processor for executing the program. The program may perform acquiring at least one of brightness information and color information from an input image signal, performing conversion including at least one of filtering of at least one of the acquired brightness information and color information, color conversion, and brightness conversion, calculating a quantized difference between a first converted image converted from the currently input image signal and a second converted image converted from a previously input image signal, and generating event information for the input image signal as a bitstream based on the quantized difference. |
| US11861811B2 |
Neural network system with temporal feedback for denoising of rendered sequences
A neural network-based rendering technique increases temporal stability and image fidelity of low sample count path tracing by optimizing a distribution of samples for rendering each image in a sequence. A sample predictor neural network learns spatio-temporal sampling strategies such as placing more samples in dis-occluded regions and tracking specular highlights. Temporal feedback enables a denoiser neural network to boost the effective input sample count and increases temporal stability. The initial uniform sampling step typically present in adaptive sampling algorithms is not needed. The sample predictor and denoiser operate at interactive rates to achieve significantly improved image quality and temporal stability compared with conventional adaptive sampling techniques. |
| US11861806B2 |
End-to-end camera calibration for broadcast video
A system and method of calibrating a broadcast video feed are disclosed herein. A computing system retrieves a plurality of broadcast video feeds that include a plurality of video frames. The computing system generates a trained neural network, by generating a plurality of training data sets based on the broadcast video feed and learning, by the neural network, to generate a homography matrix for each frame of the plurality of frames. The computing system receives a target broadcast video feed for a target sporting event. The computing system partitions the target broadcast video feed into a plurality of target frames. The computing system generates for each target frame in the plurality of target frames, via the neural network, a target homography matrix. The computing system calibrates the target broadcast video feed by warping each target frame by a respective target homography matrix. |
| US11861799B2 |
Multi-participant extended reality
An apparatus comprising means for: means for joining to at least an existing participant in extended reality at a location in a virtual space, a joining participant in extended reality to enable a shared extended reality, wherein the joined participants in the shared extended reality are at least co-located in the virtual space and can share at least visually the virtual space; wherein at least part of a content configuration is inherited from the existing participant by the joining participant, wherein the content configuration controls, for participants, what is heard, what is seen and interactivity with the virtual space; wherein at least part of a join configuration is inherited between the existing participant and the joining participant, wherein the join configuration controls joining of other joining participants in the shared extended reality. |
| US11861797B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting 3D XR media data
A method performed by a first terminal is provided. The method includes identifying capabilities of the first terminal connected to at least one component device, establishing, via a server, a session associated with an augmented reality (AR) service based on the capabilities of the first terminal, performing pre-processing on 3 dimensional (3D) media data acquired by the at least one component device, and transmitting, to a second terminal, the pre-processed 3D media data. |
| US11861796B2 |
Virtual location selection for virtual content
A method for placing content in an augmented reality system. A notification is received regarding availability of new content to display in the augmented reality system. A confirmation is received that indicates acceptance of the new content. Three dimensional information that describes the physical environment is provided, to an external computing device, to enable the external computing device to be used for selecting an assigned location in the physical environment for the new content. Location information is received, from the external computing device, that indicates the assigned location. A display location on a display system of the augmented reality system at which to display the new content so that the new content appears to the user to be displayed as an overlay at the assigned location in the physical environment is determined, based on the location information. The new content is displayed on the display system at the display location. |
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Method for merging surface skin three-dimensional data
A method for merging surface skin three-dimensional (3D) data includes the following steps: 1. constructing actually-measured 3D data of a workpiece and 3D data of a design model of the workpiece; 2. calculating a normal vector, a neighborhood radius, and a position of a sphere center of each point in the design model 3D data; 3. finding closest points to the design model 3D data for all points in the actually-measured 3D data; 4. calculating a static closest distance and a dynamic closest distance from each point in the actually-measured 3D data to the closest point in the design model 3D data; 5. constructing an objective function of a surface adaptive distance; 6. minimizing the objective function and calculating a differential motion screw; and 7. updating the actually-measured 3D data and achieving data merging. |
| US11861788B1 |
Resolution budgeting by area for immersive video rendering
One or more computing devices implement a mesh analysis for evaluating meshes to be rendered when rendering immersive content. The mesh analysis identifies objects in a three-dimensional scene and determines geometrical complexity values for the objects. Objects with similar geometrical complexities are grouped into areas and a mesh vertices budget is determined for the respective areas. Metadata indicating the area definitions and corresponding mesh vertices budgets are generated. The metadata may be uploaded to a server to simplify meshes in the scene prior to streaming to a client, or the metadata may be provided to a client for use in simplifying the meshes as part of rendering the scene. |
| US11861786B2 |
Determining lighting information for rendering a scene in computer graphics using illumination point sampling
Rendering system combines point sampling and volume sampling operations to produce rendering outputs. For example, to determine color information for a surface location in a 3-D scene, one or more point sampling operations are conducted in a volume around the surface location, and one or more sampling operations of volumetric light transport data are performed farther from the surface location. A transition zone between point sampling and volume sampling can be provided, in which both point and volume sampling operations are conducted. Data obtained from point and volume sampling operations can be blended in determining color information for the surface location. For example, point samples are obtained by tracing a ray for each point sample, to identify an intersection between another surface and the ray, to be shaded, and volume samples are obtained from a nested 3-D grids of volume elements expressing light transport data at different levels of granularity. |
| US11861780B2 |
Point cloud data management using key value pairs for class based rasterized layers
A computer implemented method rasterizes point cloud data. A number of processor units rasterizes the point cloud data into rasterized layers based on classes in which each rasterized layer in the rasterized layers corresponds to a class in the classes. The number of processor units creates key value pairs from the rasterized layers. The number of processor units store the key value pairs in a key value store. According to other illustrative embodiments, a computer system and a computer program product for rasterizing point cloud data are provided. |
| US11861778B1 |
Apparatus and method for generating a virtual avatar
In an aspect, an apparatus for generating a virtual avatar is presented. An apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. At least a processor is configured to generate a virtual avatar model. A virtual avatar model includes a virtual entity and an operational model of the virtual entity. At least a processor is configured to receive user input. User input includes an avatar modifier. At least a processor is configured to modify at least a portion of a virtual avatar model as a function of an avatar modifier. At least a processor is configured to display a virtual avatar model to a user through a display device. |
| US11861776B2 |
System and method for provision of personalized multimedia avatars that provide studying companionship
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing personalized avatars for virtual companionship are disclosed. One of the methods includes capturing one or more current online activities of a user of an online education platform providing learning services to the user; receiving sensor data from one or more electronic devices of the user; detecting an event by analyzing a combination of the one or more captured online activities of the user and the received sensor data; determining one or more avatars and one or more special effects associated with the one or more avatars based on the detected event and one or more pre-determined rules mapping avatars and special effects to events; generating multimedia content comprising the one or more avatars and the one or more special effects; and streaming the generated multimedia content to a multimedia display device of the user. |
| US11861774B2 |
Methods for cloth simulation for animation
Example embodiments of the described technology provide methods for generating quasistatic models of textile and/or skin tissue objects for computer animation. The method may comprise optimizing an energy function defining a cloth object to minimize stretching and bending. The method may also comprise modeling collisions of the cloth object with one or more surfaces of an underlying collision object. In some embodiments the collisions are modelled with inequality constraints. |
| US11861773B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
Provided is an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method in which data of content is acquired, and a first visual field image corresponding to a visual field of a first user is cut out from a content image based on the data of the content. In addition, visual field information representing a visual field of a second user viewing the content image is acquired. Furthermore, in a display apparatus, the first visual field image is displayed, and the visual field of the second user is displayed based on the visual field information of the second user. |
| US11861772B2 |
Generating images for virtual try-on and pose transfer
In implementations of systems for generating images for virtual try-on and pose transfer, a computing device implements a generator system to receive input data describing a first digital image that depicts a person in a pose and a second digital image that depicts a garment. Candidate appearance flow maps are computed that warp the garment based on the pose at different pixel-block sizes using a first machine learning model. The generator system generates a warped garment image by combining the candidate appearance flow maps as an aggregate per-pixel displacement map using a convolutional gated recurrent network. A conditional segment mask is predicted that segments portions of a geometry of the person using a second machine learning model. The generator system outputs a digital image that depicts the person in the pose wearing the garment based on the warped garment image and the conditional segmentation mask using a third machine learning model. |
| US11861771B2 |
Virtual hair extension system
A virtual hair extension system is provided. The system includes a memory device having a user image of a user having hair, a display device, and a computer that is operably coupled to the memory device and the display device. The computer has a hair segmentation module and a hair extension blending module. The hair segmentation module generates a binary hair mask based on the user image. The hair extension blending module generates a final modified user image having the hair of the user with a selected hair extension thereon utilizing the user image, the binary hair mask, and a reference image of the selected hair extension. The computer displays the final modified user image having the hair of the user with the selected hair extension thereon on the display device. |
| US11861767B1 |
Streaming data visualizations
A device executes a visualization application program on a processor. Via the visualization application, a technique for visualizing data paths are performed. The technique includes receiving a data structure from a data intake and query system, where the data stream includes event stream data associated with the data path. The data path includes a set of entities, including an origin entity and a destination entity. The technique further includes generating visualizations of the origin entity, destination entity, and the event stream data. The visualization of the event stream data includes visualizations of events streaming between the visualization of the origin entity and visualization of the destination entity. The technique also includes causing the visualizations of the origin entity, destination entity, and the event stream data to be presented in an extended reality environment. |
| US11861766B2 |
System, apparatus, and method for incremental motion correction in magnetic resonance imaging
An apparatus for incremental motion correction in medical imaging. The apparatus for motion correction in magnetic resonance imaging includes processing circuitry configured to estimate an intermediate image from a first section of k-space, the first section of the k-space corresponding to acquisition time points within a magnetic resonance scan of a subject, the corresponding acquisition time points within the magnetic resonance scan being associated with shots of the k-space determined to have minimal motion, estimate motion parameters of a second section of the k-space using the estimated intermediate image, combine data from the first section of the k-space with data from the second section of the k-space according to the estimated motion parameters, and reconstruct the combined data of the k-space to generate a final image. |
| US11861765B2 |
Imaging system detector clipping-induced bias correction
A system (116) includes an unlogger (202) configured to unlog logged data, to produce unlogged clipped data. The logged data includes attenuation line integrals and clipping-induced bias. The system further includes a mean estimator (204) configured to estimate a mean value of the unlogged clipped data. The system further includes a correction determiner (206) configured to determine correction to the clipping-induced bias based on the estimated mean value of the unlogged clipped data. The system further includes an adder (210) configured to correct the logged data with the correction to produce corrected logged data. |
| US11861760B2 |
Tile-based graphics processing
A method of operating a tile-based graphics processor that executes a graphics processing pipeline is disclosed. When there are no more primitives left to be provided for processing to the pipeline for a rendering tile, it is determined whether any remaining processing steps for the rendering tile can be omitted, e.g. because they will not affect a buffer that will be output when the rendering tile is complete. When it is determined that a processing step can be omitted, that processing step is omitted. |
| US11861759B2 |
Memory prefetching in multiple GPU environment
Embodiments are generally directed to memory prefetching in multiple GPU environment. An embodiment of an apparatus includes multiple processors including a host processor and multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) to process data, each of the GPUs including a prefetcher and a cache; and a memory for storage of data, the memory including a plurality of memory elements, wherein the prefetcher of each of the GPUs is to prefetch data from the memory to the cache of the GPU; and wherein the prefetcher of a GPU is prohibited from prefetching from a page that is not owned by the GPU or by the host processor. |
| US11861758B2 |
Packet processing acceleration using parallel processing
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to process packet data in parallel. In at least one embodiment, packet data is processed by (e.g., one or more algorithms expressed in CUDA code executing on) a Graphics Processing Unit (“GPU”). |
| US11861756B1 |
Automated analysis of data to generate prospect notifications based on trigger events
Systems and methods are described for identifying a subset of interest from a general population and for monitoring a database of daily activity logs associated with the general population in order to identify database entries indicative of an occurrence of a pre-defined trigger event that is associated with a member of the subset of interest. In particular, systems and methods are described that allow a massive database of daily activity logs to be monitored to identify trigger events that have occurred within the past twenty-four hours or other very recent time period. Embodiments are described that may be advantageously used by a provider of credit-related products and/or services who wishes to accurately target prospective customers, identified by the system, based on occurrence of a trigger event, as being in a decision-making phase of credit shopping, for purposes of making a timely and targeted offering relevant to the customers' current activities. |
| US11861754B2 |
Vehicle terminal device, service server, method, computer program, computer readable recording medium for providing driving related guidance service
There is provided a method for providing a driving related guidance service by a service server. The method includes receiving advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) data of a vehicle related to a specific driving situation of the vehicle, location data of the vehicle, driving data of the vehicle, and a driving image captured during driving of the vehicle from a vehicle terminal device, generating guidance information related to the specific driving situation of the vehicle by analyzing the received data and the driving image, and providing a driving related guidance service for the vehicle using the generated guidance information. |
| US11861748B1 |
Valuation of homes using geographic regions of varying granularity
A facility for estimating a subject home's value is described. For each of one or more direct home attributes, the facility determines the value of the direct home attribute for the subject home. For each of a plurality of arbitrary geographic regions of different sizes containing the subject home, the facility determines information relating to the geographic region as a whole. The facility then subjects the determined values and information to a statistical home valuation model to obtain an estimated value of the subject home. |
| US11861747B1 |
Time on market and likelihood of sale prediction
A facility for estimating the value of a distinguished home, estimating the length of time a home or other property will be on the market at a listing price, and predicting the likelihood of sale of a home at a listing price is described. |
| US11861746B2 |
Travel services based on transportation criteria
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a subscription travel service. The systems and methods include operations for determining a geographical location of a user of a subscription-based travel service; searching a list of travel services that are available for the user to consume on a travel date to identify candidate travel services; computing a likelihood of consumption value for the user based on transportation criteria associated with arriving at a given travel service in the list of travel services from the geographical location of the user; determining that the likelihood of consumption value for the user is less than a threshold; increasing a travel cost value associated with the given travel service in response to determining that the likelihood of consumption value is less than the threshold; and generating, for display in a graphical user interface to the user, an interactive visual representation of the given travel service. |
| US11861743B2 |
Communication of orders and payments in a drive through using wireless beacons
There are provided systems and methods for communication of orders and payments in a drive through using wireless beacons. A merchant location may include a drive through with a wireless beacon established in the drive through. The beacon may provide communication services with a device for the user. The merchant may detect that the user is in a vehicle in the drive through using either the connection between the device of the user and the beacon or a camera, sensor, or other detector located near the beacon in the drive through. Based on check-in information generated on the connection, an order for the user may be accessed. The user may pay for the order using the device and through the connection to the beacon. Further, if other devices for additional users in the vehicle connect to the beacon, the additional users may split the payment for the order. |
| US11861741B2 |
Central plant control system with equipment maintenance evaluation
A control system for cost optimal operation of an energy facility including equipment includes a controller configured to provide a cost function comprising a cost term defining a cost as a function of a rate variable and an equipment usage variable, simulate the cost of operating the energy facility over an optimization period at each of a plurality of different values of the rate variable which define a plurality of different costs per unit of the equipment usage variable, select a value of the rate variable that results in a lowest cost of operating the energy facility over the optimization period, perform an online optimization of the cost function with the rate variable set to the selected value to generate one or more setpoints for the equipment, and operate the equipment during the optimization period in accordance with the generated setpoints. |
| US11861739B2 |
Programmable manufacturing advisor for smart production systems
A programmable manufacturing advisor includes an information unit that receives measurements for at least one parameter of each operation of a plurality of operations in the manufacturing process, and an analytics unit that determines a baseline performance metric for the manufacturing process based on the measurements of the at least one parameter. The programmable manufacturing advisor also includes an optimization unit that determines a recommended improvement action by determining a predicted performance metric for the manufacturing process based on an adjusted value of the at least one parameter and comparing the predicted performance metric to the baseline performance metric. The optimization unit also automatically presents the recommended improvement action to the operations manager. |
| US11861736B1 |
Social-network communications with music compositions
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a social-networking system an identifier corresponding to a post item stored in the social-networking system, and information indicative of a plurality of coordinated user gestures input into a composition interface control. The composition interface control comprises a plurality of interface targets each associated with a respective musical note. The information comprises target musical note and timing data associated with each of the user gestures. The method further includes translating the plurality of coordinated user gestures into a musical composition that includes musical notation reflecting the musical note and timing data of each user gesture. The method also includes associating the musical composition with the post item, and in response to receiving a request for the post item, formatting the post item and a graphical representation of each note in the musical composition for display in a user interface control. |
| US11861733B2 |
Expense report submission interface
Techniques for expense report submission are disclosed. An expense report submission system receives, via a graphical user interface, a user query that corresponds to requesting whether a particular expense is allowed. The expense report submission system applies the user query to a machine learning model configured to evaluate data associated with expenses against one or more expense policy rules. The expense report submission system generates a response to the user query based at least on a result of applying the user query to the machine learning model. The response to the user query indicates whether the expense is allowed based at least on the expense reporting rule(s). The expense report submission system presents, in the graphical user interface, the response to the user query. |
| US11861732B1 |
Industry-profile service for fraud detection
Techniques for detecting fraud may include obtaining a merchant's financial data; determining, via a machine learning model, a first prediction of the merchant's industry; generating a first probability matrix based on the first prediction and the declared information regarding the merchant's industry; determining, via the machine learning model, a second prediction of the merchant's industry; generating a second probability matrix based on the second prediction and the declared information regarding the merchant's industry; obtaining a declared industry of a subject merchant in a runtime environment; determining, via the machine learning model, a predicted industry for the subject merchant; obtaining, based on the declared industry and the predicted industry of the subject merchant, a first value from the first probability matrix and a second value from the second probability matrix; and labeling the subject merchant for further investigation. |
| US11861731B2 |
Insurance risk scoring based on credit utilization ratio
Systems and methods are provided for the problem of automatic, algorithm-guided estimation of insurance loss ratio, claims frequency, the probability of excess claims, and other insurance policy performance characteristics for an individual insured or for groups of insured individuals. A time-series-derived Bayesian power spectrum weight is calculated from the frequency of temporal pattern-specific values in terms of intensities at various frequencies of the power spectrum computed from credit utilization ratio (CUR; outstanding balance of debt, as a percentage of credit line available) time-series obtained by the insurer by ‘soft pull’ inquiries submitted periodically to credit-rating agencies, and provides an opportunity to capture and measure the relative magnitude of frequent or unexpected changes in consumer liquidity. The present technology provides a system and method for classifying insurance risk, for insurance risk scoring, or for incorporating a power-spectrum-based temporal pattern-specific weight into an actuarial method to enhance the loss ratio estimation accuracy and statistical financial performance of insurance products and health plans. |
| US11861730B2 |
Systems and methods for maintaining a distributed ledger of transactions pertaining to an autonomous vehicle
Methods and systems for maintaining a distributed ledger and/or blockchain of transactions and/or events pertaining to autonomous vehicles and/or smart contracts are provided. One or more processors may monitor one or more sensors associated with an autonomous vehicle. Based upon the outputs of the sensors, a change in condition of the autonomous vehicle may be detected. The condition may relate to operation, or an operational state of the vehicle and/or a condition associated with a smart contract. The processors may generate a transaction describing the detected change in the condition of the vehicle. The transaction may be transmitted to an enforcement server. As a result, an up-to-date ledger of autonomous vehicle and/or smart contract transactions and/or events may be maintained. |
| US11861728B2 |
Technology for building and managing data models
Techniques for building and managing data models are provided. According to certain aspects, systems and methods may enable a user to input parameters associated with building one or more data models, including parameters associated with sampling, binning, and other factors. The systems and methods may automatically generate program code that corresponds to the inputted parameters and display the program code for review by the user. The systems and methods may build the data models and generate charts and plots depicting aspects of the data models. Additionally, the systems and methods may combine data models and select champion data models. |
| US11861727B2 |
Systems and methods for environmental analysis based upon vehicle sensor data
A system for analyzing the environment of a vehicle i) receives a plurality of data from at least one sensor associated with a vehicle, such that the plurality of data includes at least one environmental condition at a location; (ii) analyzes the plurality of data to determine the at least one environmental condition at the location; (iii) determines a condition of a building at the location based upon the at least one environmental condition; (iv) determines an insurance product for the building based upon the determined condition associated with the building; and (v) generates an insurance quote for the insurance product. As a result, the speed and accuracy of insurance providers learning about potential clients and the conditions of the potential client's property and needs is increased. |
| US11861726B2 |
Method and system for collaborative inspection of insured properties
Methods, systems, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media are described for conducting collaborative real-time inspections of insured properties. The system may include several workstations, each operated by a different user with a respective role in processing an insurance claim. The system also may include a server system configured to receive an indication of an insured property to be inspected by users at the workstations using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to collect aerial imagery, provide, substantially in real time during an inspection session, aerial imagery of the insured property to each of the workstations, receive, substantially in real time during the inspection session, information related to the insured property being inspected from the workstations, and generate a database record descriptive of the inspection session. The aerial imagery may be used to verify dimensions of insured homes or estimate home damage resulting from fire, wind, hail, water, or hurricanes. |
| US11861725B2 |
Communication of insurance claim data
Aspects of the invention are directed to methods and systems for efficiently communicating data between an insurer and a non-referral repair shop, e.g., vehicle repair shops that are normally not preapproved by the insurer to perform the estimating and repair work. The methods and systems described herein are particularly useful for insurers utilizing non-referral repair shops for servicing vehicles involved in insurance claims. According to aspects of this invention, the insured may be able to select a non-referral repair shop, not delegated or preapproved by the insurer, thereby generally allowing the insured to select any available vehicle repair shop. |
| US11861723B2 |
Vendor management platform
Systems and methods for generation and use of vendor management platform architectures are disclosed. A compliance component may be utilized to receive user input data indicating supply contracts between a client and a vendor. The user input data may be utilized to determine insurable obligations associated with the supply contract and provide indications as to whether or not the vendor is compliant with the insurable obligation required by the supply contract. An exposure assessment component may be utilized to determine an exposure score associated with a client account and/or a vendor account based on various compliance factors, spending amounts, and/or properties associated with at least one of goods and/or services that a vendor will supply to a client. |
| US11861721B1 |
Maintaining current insurance information at a mobile device
Systems and methods are provided for maintaining up-to-date insurance information at a mobile device. In some example embodiments, insurance information associated with an insurance customer is obtained, and an insurance card image is generated based on the insurance information. A connection is established with a mobile device associated with the insurance customer, and the insurance card image is provided to the mobile device. Receipt of the insurance card image at the mobile device causes the mobile device to store the insurance card image. A response is initiated upon determining that the insurance card image was displayed at the mobile device. Telematics information is also analyzed in response to receipt of the message to determine whether to automatically create an insurance claim for the customer. |
| US11861719B1 |
Systems and methods for alternate location of a vehicle
A method comprises receiving geographic location data indicative of two or more locations of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is insured by a first insurance policy. The method further comprises determining a second rating area covering a second location among the two or more locations of the vehicle, wherein the second rating area is different than the first rating area. The method further comprises determining that the second rating area requires a second insurance policy different from the first insurance policy and generating the second insurance policy for the vehicle based on at least the second rating area, wherein the second insurance policy has a second set of coverage parameters different from the first set of coverage parameters. The method further comprises offering the second insurance policy to an owner of the vehicle. |
| US11861705B2 |
System and method for aggressively trading a strategy in an electronic trading environment
System and method for aggressively trading a spread trading strategy in an electronic environment are provided herein. According to the example embodiments, a trader may configure the automated trading tool to trade as aggressively as possible by leaning on a price without an associated quantity. This allows a trader to possibly obtain a more profitable price as well as get filled faster. Traders submit an order for a spread and the automated trading tool calculates the quote order price based on a defined level of aggressiveness, the leaned on price, and the desired spread price. Based on the level of defined aggressiveness and the gap in the market, the automated trading tool may lean on a mildly, moderately, or extremely aggressive price. |
| US11861704B2 |
Persona-driven and artificially-intelligent avatar
A system for providing a persona-driven and artificially-intelligent avatar is disclosed. The avatar may be utilized to represent an artificially-intelligent virtual assistant that may perform actions on behalf of a user, such as actions related to personal shopping for the user. Notably, the avatar may influence artificial intelligence algorithms supporting the functionality of the virtual assistant via quantifiable traits of a persona of the avatar. In particular, the quantifiable traits of the persona of the avatar may be utilized to range bound the controlling parameters of the algorithms such that the virtual assistant represented by the avatar performs actions that conform to the ranged-bounded controlling parameters. Metrics corresponding to the performance of the virtual assistant may be tracked, and the system may modify parameters of the virtual assistant based on the metrics so as to adjust future actions performed by the virtual assistant for the user. |
| US11861700B1 |
Systems and methods for real time credit extension and bill pay configuration
A method of completing a purchase transaction that includes a loan includes receiving, by a transaction processing logic, a loan application from a network. The method also includes generating, by the transaction processing logic, a plurality of loan terms for the loan application. The method also includes receiving, by the transaction processing logic, a transaction package from the network, where the transaction package includes at least one of the plurality of loan terms and a purchase price. The method also includes tendering, by the transaction processing logic, the purchase price according to the transaction package. The method also includes setting up, by the transaction processing logic, a loan in an account database according to the transaction package. |
| US11861694B1 |
Financial autopilot
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for an automated financial management system. One of the methods includes receiving data indicating a list of historic transactions of a user from a plurality of financial institutions. The method includes identifying at least one predicted unexpected expense based on providing at least some of the data to a trained machine-learning model, the trained machine-learning model trained using historic transaction data of a plurality of other users. The method includes determining a plan to account for the unexpected expense. The method also includes automatically transferring an amount based on the plan. |
| US11861688B1 |
Recovery-aware content management
Bid values submitted for various keywords can take into account the recovery propensity between paid search and organic search. When submitting a bid to a search engine provider for a keyword, an entity may get a certain level of performance in return. If not submitting a bid, however, the entity will likely still get some level of performance, although likely less than for paid search. In order to optimize for a parameter such as impressions, purchases, or profit, the recovery propensity can be taken into account in order to adjust the bid price, taking into account the relative performance of paid and organic search and then optimizing for the determined goal. Organic search data in some embodiments can be obtained through testing or modeling, or a combination thereof. |
| US11861687B1 |
Computer architecture and process for processing a withdrawal request or a switch request for auctioning of basic generation services
A system for conducting a computer-based, simultaneous, multiple round, descending clock auction for basic generation services includes a web server for receiving bid data for one or more users for basic generation service products, an application server host application software, which processes the one or more bids according to at least one auction rule, tracks the auction, monitors the auction, and/or determines when to end the auction, and a database server, which stores auction data. A method of conducting a computer-based, simultaneous, multiple round, descending clock auction for basic generation services includes the repeating steps of receiving bids indicating desired tranche units of basic generation service products, calculating next round prices for each product, and sending round results to bidders. The system for and method of conducting a computer-based auction includes receiving and processing a withdrawal request or a switch request from at least one of the qualified bidders. |
| US11861684B2 |
Location-based data tracking for dynamic data presentation on mobile devices
There are provided systems and methods for location-based data tracking for dynamic data presentation on mobile devices. A user's device may be used to track user data for the user, including locations visited by the user and activities by the user at the locations. These may be correlated to likely behavior by the user at the location so that a predicted activity by the user at a location may be determined. Thus, when a user visits a location, the predicted activity of the user at the location may be determined. Using the predicted activity, application data for an application may be generated and may be dynamically presented through one or more interfaces of the user's device. This may be presented without user input at the location so that the user may quickly perform the activity through the user's device. |
| US11861681B2 |
System and method for integrated retail and ecommerce shopping platforms
Systems and methods for integrated retail and ecommerce shopping platforms. A shopping system for selling products including: a shopping facility including a primary product storage area; at least one showroom; at least one delivery location; a transport system for moving products between locations within the primary product storage area, the at least one showroom and the at least one delivery location; an inventory control system; a network server in operational communication with the inventory control system and the transport system, the network server adapted to transmit interactive shopping interface pages over a network; and a customer client device associated with one of the customers adapted to receive and display the interactive shopping interface pages, for selectively displaying product information about the products sold by the shopping system, and receiving customer input regarding the selecting and deselecting of one or more of the products for possible purchase by the customer. |
| US11861680B2 |
Systems, methods, and manufactures for beacon triggered device to device content transfer
Techniques and systems for beacon triggered device to device content transfer are disclosed. A described technique includes presenting, at an interactive beacon device, content including an interactive store catalog; receiving, at the interactive beacon device, user input responsive to the content; generating, at the interactive beacon device, a beacon message that can include transaction information based on the user input and the content, the transaction information including a service or product identifier corresponding to a product or service selected from the interactive store catalog; and transmitting, from the interactive beacon device, the beacon message over a short-range communication link to a mobile device. The beacon message can be configured to cause an application on the mobile device to advance a transaction associated with the transaction information. |
| US11861676B2 |
Automatic item grouping and personalized department layout for reorder recommendations
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, perform certain acts. The acts can include obtaining reorder likelihood scores for items that a user has ordered historically. The acts also can include grouping the items into groups using a taxonomy. The acts additionally can include adjusting the groups based on a respective number of items in each of the groups and a respective group-specific threshold for each of the groups. The acts further can include ranking the items within the groups based on the reorder likelihood scores. Other embodiments are described. |
| US11861675B2 |
Methods for product collection recommendations based on transaction data
A method includes determining a first taxonomy of an anchor product. The first taxonomy includes a plurality of levels for classifying products organized from a highest taxonomy level to a lowest taxonomy level. The method further includes determining a second taxonomy closest to the first taxonomy. The second taxonomy is associated with a group of products, the first taxonomy and the second taxonomy have at least a common highest taxonomy level, and the determination is made at least in part based on co-purchase data indicating that the anchor product and at least one product in the group of products are purchased together more often than products associated with other taxonomies are purchased with the anchor product. The method further includes determining a most similar product to the anchor product from the group of products of the second taxonomy and associating the anchor product and the most similar product with one another in a product collection. |
| US11861672B2 |
Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for a digital personal care platform
A computer system receives user-specified settings for a custom formulation of a personal care product, obtains manufacturing parameters for the custom formulation based at least on part on the user-specified settings for the custom formulation; and transmits the manufacturing parameters to a manufacturing computer system. The manufacturing parameters are configured to initiate or guide a manufacturing process to produce the custom formulation of the personal care product. The computer system also receives user-specified settings for a personal care device having at least one computer-controlled component, obtains operational parameters for the personal care device based at least in part on the user-specified settings for the personal care device; and transmits the operational parameters to a remote computing device in communication with the personal care device. The operational parameters are configured to modify at least one operational characteristic of the at least one computer-controlled component of the personal care device. |
| US11861670B2 |
Order processing method and terminal
An order processing method comprising: obtaining first order information and order sharing condition information, and generating an order sharing invitation message according to the first order information and the order sharing condition information; receiving an answer message returned by a target terminal according to the order sharing invitation message, and obtaining, according to the answer message, second order information and an acknowledged data transfer state indicated by the second order information; performing combination processing on the first order information and the second order information according to the acknowledged data transfer state returned by the target terminal, and generating settlement order information; and performing settlement on the settlement order information according to the order sharing condition information when the settlement order information meets an order sharing condition indicated by the order sharing condition information. |
| US11861669B2 |
System and method for textual analysis of images
Segmentation first breaks the images into segments or regions, with the segments of the region having text or symbols. The segmented image is separately applied to two different CNN-based models. Each model produces text boxes where potential text might exist. Then, a selective NMS algorithm is applied to the output of each model to produce a final group of text regions. These text regions are analyzed and actions are taken. |
| US11861668B2 |
Method, device, electronic apparatus and storage medium for generating order
A method for generating an order includes acquiring by one or more processors, an initial image and a first detection result of a target container before being subjected to a pick-up operation, where the first detection result includes a first detection image with a number of first commodity frames obtained by processing the initial image, and first identification information corresponding to a commodity in each of the first commodity frames, acquiring by one or more processors, a result image of the target container after performing the pick-up operation, generating by one or more processors, an RGB difference image between before-shopping and after-shopping, based on the result image and the initial image, where the RGB difference image is obtained by calculating an absolute value of differences of individual pixels of the initial image and the result image before and after shopping in three RGB channels. |
| US11861666B2 |
Stochastic apparatus and method for estimating credit card type when predicting interchange code to process credit card transactions
A computer-implemented method for predicting interchange charges includes: retrieving a historical transactions set, where each completed transaction in the set includes transaction features, a bank identification number (BIN), and a corresponding true interchange code; transforming all BINs in the set into a corresponding plurality of BIN features that comprise probabilities; creating a first training set including all transaction features, all pluralities of BIN features, and all true interchange codes associated with the historical transactions set; training a random forest model using the first training set and generating a second training set including rounded BIN features, rounded transaction features, discrete ones of the transaction features, and the true interchange codes; training the random forest model using the second training set to generate a trained random forest model for prediction of the interchange codes; and executing the trained random forest model for new transactions to generate corresponding predicted interchange codes. |
| US11861662B2 |
Mobile advertisement providing system and method
The present invention relates to a mobile advertisement providing system, and more specifically to technology for a mobile advertisement providing system which includes an information display button and displays content and advertisement information provided onto a current screen in response to the manipulation of the information display button. |
| US11861661B2 |
Automatic login link for targeted users without previous account creation
An auto-login system and process enable maintaining user accounts on a server without a user having to register or create a user name, password, or other authentication method. An account may be created without user knowledge. The server may transmit a content item to a target user, along with a link. A server identifies the target user from use of the auto-login link and collects interaction or “engagement” data while the user is logged in, to assess user interest in products, for example, a mutual fund investment product, which may be characterized by tags and/or categories. The system may quantify a product salience metric for a given product relative to a target user's interest profile to focus marketing efforts and support engagement with interested target users, especially securities funds and financial advisors. |
| US11861660B2 |
Systems and methods for providing advertising services to devices with a customized adaptive user experience
Methods and systems are described for providing advertising services to devices with a customized adaptive user experience. In one embodiment, a system includes a user interface (UI) configurator to provide a custom scripting framework to create and edit customizable ad formats for display on a device. The ad system receives an ad request from the device with the ad request including different types of information including publisher settings of a selected software application on the device, an application id to identify the selected software application, placement information for timing placement of at least one ad or interstitial ad to be displayed on the device. The ad system processes the ad request to determine an ad format and timing placement of the at least one ad or interstitial ad based on the information contained in the ad request. |
| US11861658B2 |
System and method for redeeming a reward
Systems and methods for redeeming a reward held by an individual are described. A method for redeeming a reward includes determining threshold criteria for provision of a targeted reward redemption offer, identifying at least one individual based upon the threshold criteria, determining the targeted reward redemption offer, and providing the targeted reward redemption offer to the identified individual. A response to the provided targeted reward redemption offer may be received, and an account of the identified individual may be adjusted in accordance with the targeted reward redemption offer and the received response. |
| US11861654B2 |
System and method for predicting customer behavior
Various implementations of the invention for predicting customer behavior are described. Various implementations of the invention comprise an embedding component configured to receive and embed sequential inputs regarding a plurality of customer interactions with an online presence of a client; a plurality of causal dilated convolutional “CDC” elements configured to receive the embedded sequential inputs and to output a feature vector, where each CDC element comprises two causal dilated convolutions with regularization that is bypassed with a skip connection; a plurality of dense neural network elements configured to receive the feature vector and non-sequential inputs regarding a plurality of other customer interactions with the client, where each of the plurality of dense neural network elements comprises two dense neural networks with regularization that is bypassed with a skip connection; and an output generator configured to receive the output from the plurality of dense neural network elements and to generate a distribution of times over which a particular customer event will occur and/or a likelihood estimation that the particular customer event will occur within a particular time period. |
| US11861651B1 |
Omni-channel digital coupon clipping and redemption
An omni-channel coupon system may link electronic coupons across several couponing channels by storing the electronic coupons in association with a user profile or loyalty account. A user may clip electronic coupons from several couponing channels, such as a mobile application, retail web page, social networking web page, email, short message service (SMS) message, a physical coupon, a manufacturer/third-party web page or other affiliated web page, a manufacturer/third-party application, etc. Each clipped electronic coupon may be stored with a user profile for the user. When the user purchases products or items at an online or retail store, the electronic coupons may be retrieved from the user profile and redeemed. |
| US11861650B2 |
Sale data processing device and sale data processing method
A sale data processing device includes a member storage memory configured to store input member specification information, and a processor configured to determine whether or not an acquired sale target is a sale target to be sold only to only a member, on the basis of specification information for specifying the sale target. The processor is configured to execute a settlement process related to the sale target only when the sale target is a sale target to be sold to only a member and the member information is stored in the member storage memory. |
| US11861648B2 |
Loyalty account identification
Using identifiers on user payment instruments to identify user loyalty accounts comprises a method to store a loyalty account list associated with a user, the loyalty account list comprising one or more user loyalty accounts; associate an identifier with the loyalty account list; receive information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant, the information comprising an account number for the user loyalty account and an identity of the merchant; associate the user loyalty account with the loyalty account list; receive a request for information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant, the request comprising the identifier received by the merchant from a user payment instrument and an identity of the merchant; determine the user loyalty account associated with the merchant; and provide the information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant. |
| US11861647B2 |
Systems and methods for enhanced waste item organization
Systems and methods are provided herein for enhanced waste item organization. In some embodiments, an example method may include receiving, by a sensor of a device, image data associated with a first waste item. The example method may also include determining, based on the image data associated with the first waste item, a product characteristic of the first waste item. The example method may also include determining, based on the product characteristic of the first waste item, that the first waste item is associated with a first waste receptacle of a plurality of waste receptacles. The example method may also include presenting an indication of the first waste receptacle to the user. |
| US11861644B2 |
Non-transitory processor-readable mediums for automatic product category detection using multiple machine learning techniques
Some embodiments described herein relate to a computer-implemented method that includes receiving an indication of text content and an indication of image content appearing on a webpage that offers a product for sale. A first trained machine learning classifier can be applied to the text content to produce a first classification of the product. A second trained machine learning classifier can be applied to the image content to produce a second classification. A trained combination machine learning classifier can be applied to the first classification and the second classification. The combination machine learning classifier can be configured to predict a third class of the product. A warranty can be defined and/or offered based on the third class of the product. |
| US11861640B2 |
System and method for omnichannel text-based routing, transfer, and communication system
A system and method for omnichannel text-based routing, transfer, and customer-to-enterprise communications. The system is a cloud-based network containing an interaction control server, a routing engine, an optimization engine, a media translation server, a mobile application, a business entity portal, mobile and compute devices for business enterprise and customer, and an enterprise database. Taken together or in part, said system optimizes customer interactions by delivering context aware text message, chat or email to customers; and when requested by customer, optimally routes with context, based upon a multitude of variables, to best available resource to handle the customer interaction. The system may be accessed through web browsers or purpose-built computer and mobile phone applications. |
| US11861636B2 |
Providing insights and suggestions for journeys
Methods and systems are provided for generating and providing insights associated with a journey. In embodiments described herein, journey data associated with a journey is obtained. A journey can include journey paths indicating workflows through which audience members can traverse. The journey data can include audience member attributes (e.g., demographics) and labels indicating journey paths traversed by audience members. A set of audience segments are determined that describe a set of audience members traversing a particular journey path. The set of audience segments can be determined using the journey data to train a segmentation model and, thereafter, analyzing the segmentation model to identify patterns that indicate audience segments associated with the particular journey path. An indication of the set of audience segments that describe the set of audience members traversing the particular journey path can be provided for display. |
| US11861635B1 |
Automatic analysis of regional housing markets based on the appreciation or depreciation of individual homes
A facility for determining a housing index value for a subject geographic region for a subject period in time is described. For each home in a set of homes within the subject geographic region, the facility determines home attribute values; applies a first valuation model and second valuation for the subject geographic region to the home attributes to obtain estimated values of the home at the beginning and end of the subject period, respectively; and determines an appreciation rate for the home on the basis of the estimated values of the home at the beginning and end of the subject period. The facility combines the appreciation rates to obtain an aggregate appreciation rate for the subject period, and combines the aggregate appreciation rate for the period with a housing index value for a prior period to obtain the housing index value for the subject geographic region and subject period. |
| US11861629B2 |
Global urbanicity measurement machine and method
In a system and method for measuring global urbanicity, trapezoid shapes are built based on latitude/longitude boundaries using two different scales in two dimensions, thus yielding four different shapes/sizes of trapezoids. A multiplier is applied to adjust the count within a trapezoid to compensate for the fact that these trapezoids delineated by latitude/longitude lines will diminish in size as they approach the poles of the Earth. Census data is applied from a given country, and then summed up using an external data set pertaining to counts. Finally, the counts are rolled up into a set number of urbanicity “bands” or levels as desired for a particular application. |
| US11861628B2 |
Method, system and computer readable medium for creating a profile of a user based on user behavior
Disclosed is a computer implemented method of creating a profile of a user based on user behavior. The method may include receiving a plurality of Universal Resource Locators (URLs) corresponding to a plurality of webpages visited by the user. Further, the method may include retrieving content from each of the plurality of webpages based on the plurality of URLs. Furthermore, the method may include analyzing content from each of the plurality of webpages. Additionally, analyzing content from a webpage may include analyzing content corresponding to each content type present on the webpage. Further, the method may include identifying a plurality of keywords corresponding to the webpage based on the analyzing. Furthermore, the plurality of keywords may be associated with a plurality of affinity values. The plurality of keywords and the plurality of affinity values may constitute the profile of the user. |
| US11861615B2 |
Child support and centralized distribution network
Child/family support payments are made on a multilayered consortium ledger network using blockchain, IoT, and other technologies to expedite the process and disbursement of child/family support payments. The multilayered consortium ledger network may cater to local and/or global child support agencies and/or local and global Parties/Parents/family members who elect to send child/family support payments to their family(ies) outside the traditional child support agencies/district attorney offices. The plurality of technologies used support payments made/received using, but not limited to, domestic/foreign fiat, cryptocurrency, tokens, an/or native tokens. |
| US11861614B2 |
Child support and centralized distribution network
Child/family support payments are made on a multilayered consortium ledger network using blockchain, IoT, and other technologies to expedite the process and disbursement of child/family support payments. The multilayered consortium ledger network may cater to local and/or global child support agencies and/or local and global Parties/Parents/family members who elect to send child/family support payments to their family(ies) outside the traditional child support agencies/district attorney offices. The plurality of technologies used support payments made/received using, but not limited to, domestic/foreign fiat, cryptocurrency, tokens, an/or native tokens. |
| US11861613B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying a secondary card user
A system may receive transaction information associated with a transaction, the transaction information comprising an account number associated with a first user. The system may determine whether the transaction is associated with a second user. Responsive to determining the transaction is associated with the second user, the system may transmit a first prompt to a first user device associated with the first user, the first prompt comprising a request to confirm or deny the transaction. The system may receive, via the first user device, a first user selection confirming the transaction. Responsive to receiving the first user selection, the system may determine whether the transaction exceeds a predetermined threshold. Responsive to determining the transaction exceeds the predetermined threshold, the system may transmit a second prompt to the first user device, the second prompt comprising a recommendation to designate the second user as an authorized user of the account number. |
| US11861611B2 |
E-Coupon settlement and clearing process
A system that automates the clearing and settlement of electronic coupons (E-Coupons) by leveraging existing technologies and enabling E-Coupon redemption at any merchant having electronic funds transfer (EFT) capabilities, such as credit/debit card acceptance. The system reduces opportunities for fraud, reduces or eliminates the need for manual clearinghouse counting and sorting of coupons, and provides an electronic audit trail for coupon redemption, tying a specific purchase to a specific coupon. After registering and selecting coupons, consumers then use an E-Coupon card or account access device at a merchant's point-of-sale (POS) terminal. E-Coupon values are deducted from the consumer's final amount due. Both consumer package goods manufacturers (CPGs) and merchants may be charged a fee. Expired coupons are automatically removed from the account and their value refunded to the CPGs. Reports on redeemed coupons and consumer profiles can be generated and provided to CPGs or merchants. |
| US11861608B2 |
Methods and systems for making on-demand payments via an electronic communication
Methods and systems are described. A method includes accessing a first identifier of a payment requester and a first identifier of an electronic communication from an electronic communication client that identifies a payment requester and an electronic communication, authenticating the payment requester as being registered to receive payments, if the payment requester is authenticated, automatically identifying a payment service that is registered as an approved payer, and authenticating the payment service as being approved to make payments to the payment requester. In response to a selection of a funds transfer triggering component in the electronic communication, causing a transfer of funds from the approved payment service to the payment requester. |
| US11861606B2 |
Blockchain system for confidential and anonymous smart contracts
Blockchain-based, smart contract platforms have great promise to remove trust and add transparency to distributed applications. However, this benefit often comes at the cost of greatly reduced privacy. Techniques for implementing a privacy-preserving smart contract is described. The system can keep accounts private while not losing functionality and with only a limited performance overhead. This is achieved by building a confidential and anonymous token on top of a cryptocurrency. Multiple complex applications can also be built using the smart contract system. |
| US11861601B2 |
Payment authentication system for electronic commerce transactions
A payment managing system and method for enhancing the security of electronic user payment data can include employing a two factor authentication and keeping e-commerce host system outside the PCI scope. The two-factor authentication can include using a session ID and a one-time token (OTT). The session ID can identify a payment session that is initiated upon initiation of an e-commerce transaction. The payment managing system can provide a computing device initiating the transaction an iFrame to handle input user input data on an information resource. The OTT can be used to tokenize the user input data. The OTT can be included in payment authorization requests sent to the payment managing system. The payment managing system can obtain payment authorization without the user payment data being shared with e-commerce host systems. |
| US11861600B2 |
Systems and methods for providing card interactions
A method including receiving a first application user credential associated with a user profile; comparing, for a first match, the first application user credential with a stored second application user credential, wherein the stored second application user credential is associated with a user identity; and responsive to finding a first match, verifying the user identity by performing the following: communicating with a card using near field communication; receiving a public key of a key pair of the card and cardholder identification information of an account holder of the card; instructing the card to generate a digital signature; receiving the digital signature from the card; verifying the digital signature using the public key; and comparing, for a second match, at least a portion of the user identity with at least a portion of the cardholder identification information. |
| US11861598B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for calculating foreign exchange advantages
An apparatus and method for calculating foreign exchange advantages, the apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to acquire action data from an entity, wherein an element of the action data includes at least a plurality of originators and at least a plurality of receivers, process the action data, wherein processing the action data includes classifying a plurality of action data elements to at least an originator of the plurality of originators and a receiver of the plurality of receivers and classifying the action data against a data store including at least a foreign exchange rate, generate a conversion record as a function of the processed action data, and output the conversion record to a third-party computing device. |
| US11861596B2 |
Tokenizing a primary account number prior to transmission to a terminal
In some implementations, a transaction card may receive transaction data from a transaction terminal based on initiation of a transaction with the transaction terminal; generate a tokenized primary account number, for use with the transaction, based on the transaction data and an actual primary account number of the transaction card; and transmit the tokenized primary account number to the transaction terminal for processing the transaction. |
| US11861592B1 |
System, method and computer readable storage for enabling an instantaneous instrument
A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement an issuance of a virtual credit card. The virtual credit card can be issued instantaneously and can thereafter be associated with a physical credit card. The virtual credit card and the physical credit card can be serviced by the same account at the same bank. |
| US11861591B2 |
Wearable transaction device
A wearable transaction device may include a housing, a fastener component attached to the housing, and an electronic chip secured within the housing. The wearable transaction device may detect a connection with a user device, and receive, from the user device and via the connection, security information for operating the wearable transaction device. The security information may indicate one or more conditions for placing the wearable transaction device in a payment mode or a non-payment mode. The wearable transaction device may receive a request to perform the transaction, and determine, based on the security information, whether the wearable transaction device is in the payment mode or the non-payment mode. The wearable transaction device may selectively perform the transaction based on whether the wearable transaction device is in the payment mode or the non-payment mode. |
| US11861589B2 |
Multi-source transaction processing
A device may run an application having information with multiple accounts associated with processing of transactions. The application may provide account information that is used to process the transactions. At the same time, a background application may operate on the device. The background application may be compatible with a second device, and when within range of the second device, may communicate background messages relevant to the transaction. The transaction may then be processed based on the account information and the background messages. |
| US11861586B2 |
Authorization data representation for installment eligibility
A computer-implemented method for facilitating payment of a total amount comprising multiple future instalments by a customer (3), the method comprising: receiving, at an instalment payment server (5), an indication from a mobile device (7) associated with the customer (3) to set up the payment by the multiple future instalments; generating first authorisation data indicative of an authorisation of the multiple future instalments; sending the first authorisation data to a mobile device (7). The method may include displaying on the mobile device (7) an optical machine readable representation of the first authorisation data; and scanning, by a merchant POS system (13) associated with a merchant (11), the optical machine readable representation of the first authorisation data from the mobile device (7). The method also comprise: receiving, by the merchant POS system (13), purchasing data for a purchase of one or more goods or services for the total amount; and sending the purchasing data, merchant data and second authorisation data representing the scanned optical machine readable representation to the instalment payment server (5). The method further comprises: determining, by the instalment payment server (5), the customer (3) based on the second authorisation data; and determining validity of multiple future instalments based on the total amount and the authorisation of the multiple future instalments of the determined customer. Based on determining the validity of multiple future instalments, the method comprises: sending a confirmation to the merchant POS system (13) to cause the merchant POS system (13) to generate an indication that the one or more goods or services (21) can be released to the customer (3); and initiating the multiple future instalments at respective points in time. |
| US11861575B1 |
Systems and methods for inter-institutional ATM functionality
An automated teller machine (ATM) allows a user with accounts at both a first institution and a second institution to use an ATM of the first institution to physically place cash or a check into the ATM of the first institution for deposit into an account at the second institution. In some cases, a failed attempt message may indicate a funds transfer failed due to a network connectivity issue, an inactive payee account, or an expired payee account number. In case of a network connectivity issue, the funds transfer may be reinitiated. In case of an inactive payee account or expired payee account number, funds may be transferred to the first account instead of the second account. The ATM may display an indication of the failed attempt and a confirmation of a transfer to the first account. |
| US11861571B2 |
Method and system for stabilizing digital currency
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for maintaining a stabilized digital currency is provided. The systems and methods include monitoring for one or more digital transactions in a service provider network utilizing digital coins, minting and storing a predetermined percentage of reserve tokens of the digital coins in a reserve pool, providing compensation for the one or more digital transactions as utility tokens of the digital coins, and monitoring current value of the digital coins for the digital currency for inflation or deflation. |
| US11861566B1 |
Vehicle telematics systems and methods
A computer system for automatically allocating periodic maintenance contributions to a maintenance savings account based upon vehicle telematics data includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: (i) receiving, from a vehicle, telematics data associated with a vehicle component; (ii) determining a replacement cycle associated with the vehicle component; (iii) determining a replacement cost of the vehicle component; (iv) calculating a plurality of periodic maintenance contributions to a maintenance savings account, the maintenance savings account associated with the vehicle owner and designated to receive the plurality of periodic maintenance contributions; and (v) automatically transferring the plurality of periodic maintenance contributions from a primary account associated with the user to the maintenance savings account. |
| US11861565B2 |
Systems and methods for interactive scheduling
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises an analytic server, which automatically manages appointment scheduling. The analytic server receives a customer request to schedule an appointment. The analytic server determines the required data from both customer and service provider for making the appointment. The analytic server retrieves customer data comprising requested service attributes, user preferences, users attributes from internal database and external data source. The analytic server retrieves service providers' data comprising provider service attributes, providers' attributes from internal database and external data sources. The analytic server accesses external data source by web crawling various websites. The analytic server executes an artificial intelligence model to predict user preferences and needs. The analytic server determines potential service providers best matching the customer's input or predicted preferences. The analytic server generates an appointment for each matching service provider and transmits an electronic message comprising the appointments to customer device. |
| US11861564B2 |
Systems and methods for delaying the start time of an event based on event attendee arrival times
Systems and methods are provided herein for altering a start time of an event based on indicia of how late event attendees will be for the event that are retrieved from location applications corresponding to each attendee of the attendees. For example, a media guidance application may determine a start time of an event, a location of the event, and attendees of the event. The media guidance application may determine location applications corresponding to the attendees. The media guidance application may query the location applications for arrival times of each attendee. The media guidance application may calculate a plurality of differences between each of the arrival times and the start time of the event. Based on the plurality of differences, the media guidance application may delay the start time of the event. |
| US11861563B2 |
Business email compromise detection system
In an embodiment, the disclosed technologies monitor electronic message traffic between a network and a recipient computer system. An embodiment includes obtaining, from an electronic message received from the network, a triple of a display name, email address, and sending domain, determining a name score for triple, and determining characteristics of the electronic message. The name score of the triple and the characteristics of the electronic message may be used to determine whether the electronic message is a spoofing attack such as a business email compromise (BEC) attack. In response to determining that the electronic message is malicious, an embodiment may cause the network to at least one of modify, delay, re-route, or block transmission of the electronic message to the recipient computer system. |
| US11861562B2 |
Real-time candidate matching based on a system-wide taxonomy
Implementations generally relate to a method of matching job-seekers and employers in real-time with low required effort by the job-seekers and employers. A system-wide taxonomy is used in matching job-seekers and employers, thereby reducing the time for the recruiting process. Employers create a job position, and specify the relative importance of traits associated with the job position. Job-seekers answer profile questions (e.g. work experience), and the system uses the taxonomy to generate a list of job-seeker skills based on the answers to these questions. A list of job-seekers is then generated for the job position based on a mapping of the available job-seekers' skills and the employer rankings of the job position traits. A number of additional factors, like job seekers' in-app engagement, are used to further sort and filter the list of job-seekers. |
| US11861547B2 |
Delivery management system, delivery management method, and program
An object of the present invention is to provide an environment history acquired from the environment in a container during transport of an article, ascertain a transport status including a transport route and the like of the article, and execute quality control of the article in real time. An article management server 9 memorizes location data and a device code received from a GPS receiver 37 in a second memory unit in association with each other, memorizes temperature data received from a delivery unit 17 regularly and/or irregularly in a third memory unit associated with a unit number respectively, and memorizes a unit number and a serial number of an article in a fourth memory unit in association with each other. A transport-status-data generation unit 9a uses a set of a certain unit number and a device code as a key, to generate transport status data representing a serial number, location data, and temperature data of the article during transport, based on the location data acquired from the second memory unit corresponding to the device code, the temperature data acquired from the third memory unit corresponding to the unit number, and the serial number acquired from the fourth memory unit corresponding to the unit number. |
| US11861545B1 |
Tokenization of shielded shipping data
Systems and methods which provide tokenization of various shipping data for which shielding is desired are described. Embodiments may facilitate controlled and/or protected usage of shielded shipping data, such as may include personally identifiable information, with tokenization. Shielded shipping data tokens of embodiments are matched with an entity, party, system, permitted usage of corresponding shielded shipping data. A data shielding service system may shield usage of shielded shipping data in accordance with applicable regulations according to applicable rules, and/or the like. Permitted accessors may be relieved of demands of maintaining compliance with the regulations and rules with respect to shielded shipping data in light of their enforcement and compliance being imposed through tokenization of the shielded shipping data. |
| US11861541B2 |
Graphical user interfaces for flexibly organizing and conducting a computer-implemented simulation to support an exercise
Methods and systems for organizing and conducting a computer-implemented simulation to support an exercise are disclosed. The method includes a processor receiving, via a first GUI prior to the simulation, configuration data representing at least: (a) organizational nodes, (b) organizational pathways, (c) interorganizational relationships, and (d) one or more first events that change the interorganizational relationships. The processor generates a framework of the simulation based on the configuration data, receives user input via a second GUI during a first period of time in the simulation to dynamically change the product flow allocation of the organizational pathways in response to the first events, determines one or more second events based on the user input to dynamically change the interorganizational relationships differently from the first events, and automatically updates the interorganizational relationships of the framework of the simulation in response to applying the second events in a second period of time following the first period of time. |
| US11861538B1 |
Optimization techniques for content presentation strategies
Strategies for an objective associated with an offering set are obtained. A strategy assigns respective selection probabilities of receiving content associated with the offering set to users of a user population. Strategy optimization iterations are performed with respect to a sub-sample of the population and a subset of the strategies. In a given iteration, weights assigned to the strategies are used to determine aggregated selection probabilities for users, content pertaining to the offering set is presented to users selected based on the aggregated probabilities, and the weights are adjusted based on feedback metrics and an exploration-exploitation tradeoff parameter. Based on weights updated in the iterations, content associated with the offering set is presented to users which were not in the sub-sample. |
| US11861537B2 |
Method and system for identifying and quantifying organizational waste
A method for identifying, quantifying, classifying, and reducing resource waste in an organization is provided. The method includes: receiving a request from a user for identifying waste in a first software development project; identifying a set of tasks to be performed within the first software development project; determining, for each task, whether a waste of a resource such as cost and/or time has occurred; using Jira to tag each task for which a waste has been identified; and generating a report that indicates a result of the determination. The resulting report may be used to pinpoint a friction point within the organization. |
| US11861534B2 |
System, method, and computer program for scheduling candidate interview
An intelligent scheduler system implemented by one or more computer for objectively selecting interviewers for an interview of a candidate for a job opening at an organization. The one or more computers includes a storage device and a processing device to generate a calibrated job profile, generate an enriched talent profile of the candidate, identify, based on the calibrated job profile and the enriched talent profile, an aspect of the candidate to be evaluated during the interview, execute a deep neural network comprising an input layer to receive the aspect, the enriched talent profile of the candidate, and the enriched talent profiles of the potential interviewers, and an output layer to output match scores each indicating an effective measure of a corresponding one of the potential interviewers for evaluating the aspect during the interview, and determine, based on the match scores, qualified interviewers from the potential interviewers. |
| US11861529B2 |
Subscription services awards
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a subscription service award. The systems and methods perform operations including receiving a user request to access a travel services system; receiving a token from the user that corresponds to a previously purchased subscription to the travel services system; determining whether the token matches one of a plurality of valid tokens; in response to determining that the token matches one of a plurality of valid tokens, prompting, the user to select a start date to begin reserving travel services with the travel services system; and authorizing the user to reserve a travel service with the travel services system starting from the selected start date until a specified end date. |
| US11861528B1 |
Infringement detection system
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for an infringement detection system that obtains images of products and images of proprietary objects, and analyzes the images to make coarse matches. An image comparison engine may transform or augment the data for comparison for coarse and refined matching. The outputs of the image comparison engine are initial infringement predictions that are further evaluated using refined matching including shape fitting. The detection system outputs refined infringement predictions, which may be optionally confirmed as counterfeit based on various considerations (e.g., known inauthentic products, suspect sales history, text and image anomalies, etc.). Upon a refined match or confirmation, the detection system records potential infringements and associated metadata into a database to initiate an optional response action. Multiple response actions are possible for transmission over a computer network to one or more receiving electronic addresses, computer servers, network system gateways or mobile/fixed devices. |
| US11861521B2 |
System and method for identification and verification
A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining, by way of an input, input data relating to speech provided by a user; deriving one or more hypotheses for each of a plurality of user data fields from the input data; obtaining one or more reference values for each of the plurality of user data fields for each of one or more candidate users; calculating a score for at least one candidate user of the one or more candidate users, calculating the score comprising: calculating a plurality of user data field scores comprising, for each of the plurality of user data fields, a respective user data field score using the one or more hypotheses and the one or more reference values for the candidate user for the respective user data field; performing one or more fuzzy logic operations on the plurality of user data field scores; using the score for a candidate user of the one or more candidate users to perform a verification or identification process for the user. |
| US11861520B2 |
Crop monitoring system and method thereof
An agricultural monitoring system, apparatus and method(s) for providing crop-related forecasts by performing the steps of receiving seasonal image data from at least one source, where the seasonal image data is associated with at least one agricultural field, processing the seasonal image data using a Bayesian framework, where the Bayesian framework comprises one or more crop models configured to predict, based on the seasonal image data, one or more probabilities indicative of at least one crop state, updating at least one crop model of the Bayesian framework based on the one or more probabilities, and outputting a forecast of the at least one crop state based on the one or more probabilities. |
| US11861518B2 |
High fidelity predictions of service ticket escalation
System derives training change factors for services provided for training product user, priority assigned to training service ticket initiated by training product user, times of service ticket interactions associated with training service ticket, and/or age of training service ticket, and also for times of states of training service ticket. System uses training service ticket and training change factors to train change-based machine-learning model to predict change-based training probability that training product user escalated service for training service ticket. System derives change factors for services provided for product user, priority assigned to service ticket initiated by product user, times of service ticket interactions associated with service ticket, and/or age of service ticket, and also for times of states of training service ticket. System applies change-based machine-learning model to service ticket and change factors to predict change-based probability that product user escalates service for service ticket. System outputs change-based probability. |
| US11861516B2 |
Methods and system for associating locations with annotations
Methods, systems and computer program products for associating geographical locations with annotations corresponding to content. In one method, a language model is developed. The language model is developed from the location information and the one or more annotations associated with content uploaded by users. The language model is based on the probabilistic distribution of locations over one or more annotations. Further, when a user provides one or more annotations, the system and the method may use the language model to identify one or more locations associated with the one or more annotations provided by the user. The language model predicts one or more geographical locations based on the probabilistic distribution of locations over the annotations. |
| US11861513B2 |
Methods for detecting and monitoring bias in a software application using artificial intelligence and devices thereof
A computer-implemented method for detecting and monitoring bias in an application includes index training data and obtaining a plurality of correlation values of one or more features in the indexed training data with a target variable. For each of the one or more features, a first value and a favorable result and a second value along with the unfavorable result is calculated. An absolute value of a difference between the calculated first value and the calculated second value is calculated. A total sum of the calculated absolute value of the plurality of correlation values of the one of the one or more features is calculated. |
| US11861508B2 |
Causal analysis
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, systems and computer program products for causal analysis. In some embodiments, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method comprises determining, from observation samples of a plurality of factors, a first causal structure indicating a first causal relationship among the plurality of factors, each observation sample including a set of observation values of the plurality of factors; presenting the first causal structure to a user; in response to receiving at least one user input about the first causal structure from the user, executing actions associated with the at least one user input based on the first causal structure; and presenting a result of the execution of the actions to the user. In other embodiments, another method, systems and computer program products are provided. |
| US11861504B2 |
Apparatus for performing class incremental learning and method of operating the apparatus
A method of performing a class incremental learning in a neural network apparatus, the method including training an autoencoder using first input embeddings with respect to a first class group, calculating a contribution value of each of parameters of the autoencoder and calculating a representative value with respect to each of at least one first class included in the first class group in the training of the autoencoder, retraining the autoencoder using second input embeddings with respect to a second class group, and updating the contribution value of the each of the parameters and calculating a representative value with respect to each of at least one second class included in the second class group in the retraining the autoencoder. |
| US11861498B2 |
Method and apparatus for compressing neural network model
A method for compressing a neural network model includes acquiring a to-be-compressed neural network model. A first bit width, a second bit width and a target thinning rate corresponding to the to-be-compressed neural network model are determined. A target value is obtained according to the first bit width, the second bit width and the target thinning rate. Then the to-be-compressed neural network model is compressed using the target value, the first bit width and the second bit width to obtain a compression result of the to-be-compressed neural network model. |
| US11861495B2 |
Video summarization using semantic information
Example apparatus disclosed herein are to process a first image of a first video segment from the image capture sensor with a machine learning algorithm to determine a first score for the first image, the machine learning algorithm to detect actions associated with images, the actions associated with labels. Disclosed example apparatus are also to determine a second score for the first video segment based on respective first scores for corresponding images in the first video segment. Disclosed example apparatus are further to determine, based on the second score, whether to retain the first video segment in the memory. |
| US11861487B1 |
Low-power and compact neuron circuit implementing ReLU activation function
Disclosed is a low-power and compact neuron circuit implementing a ReLU activation function including a first-layer synaptic array, a neuron transistor, a resistor, and a second-layer synaptic array. The neuron transistor is a MOS transistor having a threshold voltage-adjustable property, a gate electrode of the neuron transistor is connected to each voltage output end of the first-layer synaptic array, and a drain electrode of the neuron transistor is connected to each voltage input end of the second-layer synaptic array. Thus, it is possible to satisfy the decision computation and output of different synaptic array output values by adjusting the magnitude of the threshold voltage of the transistor. The neuron circuit requires only one transistor in cooperative connection with the first-layer synaptic array and the second-layer synaptic array to implement the ReLU activation function; therefore, a significant improvement is achieved in terms of energy efficiency, delay reduction, and space utilization. |
| US11861484B2 |
Neural processing unit (NPU) direct memory access (NDMA) hardware pre-processing and post-processing
A neural processing unit (NPU) is described. The NPU includes an NPU direct memory access (NDMA) core. The NDMA core includes a read engine having a read buffer. The NDMA core also includes a write engine having a write buffer. The NPU also includes a controller. The controller is configured to direct the NDMA core to perform hardware pre-processing of NDMA data in the read buffer and post-processing of NDMA data in the write buffer on blocks of a data stripe to process tensors in artificial neural networks. |