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| US11870195B2 |
Keystone jack assembly
A keystone jack assembly includes a jack housing, a piercing contact housing disposed on the jack housing, a plurality of piercing contacts mounted on the piercing contact housing, a wire cap movably disposed on the piercing contact housing and a cover pivotally connected to the jack housing. The wire cap includes a cap main body, at least one first guiding portion, at least one second guiding portion and a third guiding portion. The cover includes two covering parts, and each covering part includes a main body, at least one first contact portion, at least one second contact portion and a third contact portion. The first contact portion abuts against the first guiding portion, the second contact portion abuts against the second guiding portion and the third contact portion abuts against the third guiding portion in order as the two covering parts pivots toward each other. |
| US11870192B2 |
Charging adapter for charging a battery for blinds and electric curtains all having a DC battery
This invention relates to a charging adapter 30, 40 for charging a battery 20, 50 of a solar blind, a roller blind, a roman blind, a Venetian blind, a pleated blind, an electric curtain all having the battery 20, 50, the battery 20, 50 being charged by an output 14 of an external power supply 10, the charging adapter 30, 40 comprising a first plug converter 30 and a second plug converter 40, the first plug converter 30 having a first plug 34 and a second plug 36, the first plug converter 30 connectable to the second plug converter 40, the second plug converter 40 comprising a flexible cord 42 having a third plug 44 at one end of the flexible cord 42, and a fourth plug 46 at the other end of the flexible cord 42, the fourth plug 46 magnetically connectible with the second plug 36. |
| US11870188B2 |
Ground coupling structure in coaxial connector set
A coaxial connector set including a first connector to which a coaxial cable having a center conductor and an outer conductor is connected, and a second connector mounted on a circuit board having a ground coupling portion. The first connector has a first outer terminal, and the second connector has a second outer terminal. The first outer terminal has an outer conductor clamp portion, a first outer contact portion, and a tip surrounding portion positioned between the outer conductor clamp portion and the first outer contact portion and surrounding a tip portion of the center conductor. Shortcut coupling paths are formed between the tip surrounding portion and the second outer terminal or the ground coupling portion. |
| US11870185B2 |
Electrical interposer having shielded contacts and traces
A separable and reconnectable connector for semiconductor devices is provided that is scalable for devices having very small contact pitch. Connectors of the present disclosure include signal pins shielded by pins electrically-coupled to ground. One or more signal pins in a contact array are electrically-shielded by at least one ground pin coupled to a ground plane. Embodiments thereby provide signal pins, either single-ended or a differential pair, usable to transmit signals with reduced noise or cross-talk and thus improved signal integrity. Embodiments further provide inner ground planes coupled to connector ground pins to shield pairs of differential signal pins without increasing the size of the connector. Inner grounding layers can be formed within isolation substrates incorporated into connector embodiments between adjacent pairs of signal pins. These buried ground layers provide additional crosstalk isolation in close proximity to signal pins, resulting in improved signal integrity in a significantly reduced space. |
| US11870184B2 |
Multipolar connector set
A multipolar connector includes first and second connectors. The first connector includes first internal terminals, first external terminals connected to a ground potential, and a first insulating member that holds the first internal terminals and the first external terminals. The second connector includes second internal terminals, second external terminals connected to the ground potential, and a second insulating member that holds the second internal terminals and the second external terminals. In a state in which the first connector and the second connector fit together, the first internal terminals are connected to the second internal terminals, and each of the first external terminals is connected to the corresponding one of the second external terminals in such a manner that connection portions defined by the first external terminal and the second external terminal are visible from the corresponding one of sides on which end surfaces of the first connector are located. |
| US11870180B2 |
Electric plug-in device and arrangement having an electric plug-in device
An electric plug-in device, which is suitable for plugging into an electric receiving device, has an inner conductor and an insulating body that encloses the inner conductor. The plug-in device includes a retaining element which can be firmly connected indirectly, in particular with the help of a housing wall, or directly to the receiving device; a sliding element which can be moved axially along a longitudinal axis of the inner conductor relative to the retaining element includes the internal conductor and the insulating body. When the plug-in device is plugged into the receiving device, the sliding element protrudes into a receiving portion of the receiving device. A spring device exerts an axially active spring force on the sliding element in the direction of the receiving device when the plug-in device is plugged into the receiving device. |
| US11870175B2 |
Spring-actuated electrical connector for high-power applications
The present invention provides an electrical connector assembly for use in a high-power application, such as with motor vehicle electronics, that exposes the connector assembly to elevated temperatures and thermal cycling. The connector assembly includes a first electrically conductive connector formed from a first material, an internal spring member formed from a second material residing within the first connector, and a second electrically conductive connector with a receptacle dimensioned to receive both the first connector and the spring member to define a connected position, wherein the connector assembly withstands the elevated temperatures and thermal cycling resulting from the high-power application. To maintain the first and second connectors in the connected position, the spring arm of the spring member exerts an outwardly directed force on the contact beam of the first connector to outwardly displace the contact beam into engagement with an inner surface of the receptacle of the second connector. |
| US11870170B2 |
On-board power supply connector
On-board power supply connector, in particular for high-voltage on-board power supplies, comprising, a first connection part arranged in a first housing part, the first housing part having a longitudinal extension along a longitudinal axis and having an end-face opening, and the first connection part being mounted in the first housing part such that it can move along the longitudinal axis, a second connection part arranged in a second housing part, the second housing part having a longitudinal extension along a longitudinal axis and having an end-face opening, characterized in that, in the connected state of the connector, a fastening lever which can be pivoted about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis is arranged on one of the housing parts and, in the connected state of the connector, engages with a fastening means on the other housing part, wherein, in the connected state of the connector, the longitudinal axes of the first and second housing parts extend collinearly and the second housing part is fixed relative to the first housing part at least in the longitudinal direction and the second connection part is in mechanical contact with the first connection part, characterized in that the first connection part is resiliently mounted in the first housing part along the longitudinal axis by a spring element. |
| US11870165B2 |
Finger-proof battery module bus bar connector assembly
A bus bar assembly includes, among other things, a nonconductive terminal cap that is configured to at least partially surround an electrically conductive terminal. The terminal cap has a perimeter wall that is configured to circumscribe at least a portion of the terminal to provide a gap that is configured to expose the terminal. The terminal cap includes a first attachment feature. The terminal cap also includes a bus bar that has an end that is configured to mechanically and electrically engage the terminal in an assembled condition. The terminal cap further includes a nonconductive shroud that encloses the bus bar. The shroud includes a second attachment feature that is configured to removably engage the first attachment feature in the assembled condition to secure the shroud to the terminal cap. |
| US11870163B2 |
Antenna package using ball attach array to connect antenna and base substrates
In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there is an antenna package using a ball attach array to connect an antenna and base substrates of the package. One example is an RF module package including an RF antenna package having a stack material in between a top and a bottom antenna layer to form multiple antenna plane surfaces, a base package having alternating patterned conductive and dielectric layers to form routing through the base package, and a bond between a bottom surface of the antenna package and to a top surface of the base package. |
| US11870162B2 |
High gain tightly coupled dipole antenna array
An antenna system including an array of conductors connected to a feed line, wherein the array is configured to (1) emit electromagnetic radiation in response to an input signal being input to the array through the feed line or (2) output an output signal to the feed line in response to electromagnetic radiation being received on the array; and a director disposed in front of the array, wherein the director has a first reactive load having a complex impedance that is tailored to increase a directivity of the antenna system by reactively loading the conductors. |
| US11870156B2 |
Printed phased array antennas with extended scan range
Different approaches that aim to extend scan range of phased array antennas by means of altering surface waves and/or altering the coupling are disclosed. One approach includes providing a phased array antenna where a surface of a substrate that houses antenna elements of the array includes openings such as trenches or grooves. Such openings in the surface effectively reduce the dielectric constant of the substrate, are easy to manufacture, and may reduce or eliminate the need to use exotic and expensive low-k dielectric materials. Another approach includes providing a phased array antenna where antenna elements are disposed over a substrate in the form of surface mount (SMT) components that are reduced in size/footprint. Using SMT antenna elements with a reduced size allows achieving the same gain while spacing antenna elements farther apart with gaps in between the antenna elements, thus also reducing the overall dielectric constant of the substrate. |
| US11870155B2 |
Calibration device, base station antenna and a communication assembly
A calibration device for an antenna includes a dielectric substrate and a metal pattern printed on the dielectric substrate. The metal pattern includes at least a portion of a calibration circuit, where a first portion of the calibration circuit is on a first major surface of the dielectric substrate, a second portion of the calibration circuit is on an opposed second major surface of the dielectric substrate. The first portion and/or the second portion of the calibration circuit may be constructed as coplanar waveguide transmission lines. |
| US11870153B2 |
Electronic device and antenna structure thereof
An electronic device and an antenna structure thereof are provided. The antenna structure includes a first, a second and a third radiating element and a grounding element. The first radiating element includes a first and a second radiating portion, a feeding portion and a grounding portion. The grounding portion includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth section. The first section is connected between the first radiating portion and the feeding portion. The grounding element is connected with the fourth section and the fifth section. The second radiating element is connected with the grounding element. The second radiating element includes a third radiating portion, and the third and the second radiating portion are coupled with each other. The third radiating element is connected with the feeding portion, and the third radiating element and the first section are coupled with each other. |
| US11870152B2 |
Electronic device
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device that includes a first radiating element configured to radiate a first electromagnetic wave and a second radiating element configured to radiate a second electromagnetic wave. A first radiation pattern of the first electromagnetic wave is configured to be adjusted, and a second radiation pattern of the second electromagnetic wave is configured to be fixed. |
| US11870148B2 |
Planar metal Fresnel millimeter-wave lens
A planar conductive millimeter-wave lens includes: a planar conductive plate with a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is parallel to the second surface; a plurality of openings from the first surface through the planar conductive plate to the second surface, where an axis of each opening is perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface. A size of each opening is a function of a position of said each opening on the planar conductive plate such that an insertion phase collectively imposed by the openings on an incident wave causes the incident wave to pass through the first surface and the planar conductive plate, exit from the second surface and to focus at a predetermined distance from the second surface. |
| US11870146B2 |
Antenna with switchable beam pattern
A waveguide antenna (200) is disclosed, comprising: a first plurality (220) of slots (222,224), for producing a beam having a first radiation pattern (301) at a first resonant frequency (f1); and a second plurality (230) of slots (232, 234), for producing a beam having a second radiation pattern (302) at a second resonant frequency (f2). A method of operation of the waveguide antenna (200) is also disclosed, comprising: operating the transceiver at a first frequency (f1) to detect objects in a first field of view; and operating the transceiver at a second frequency (fa) to detect objects in a second field of view |
| US11870144B2 |
Antenna, wireless communication module, and wireless communication device
A resonant structure includes a conducting portion extending along a first plane and including first conductors, a ground conductor located away from the conducting portion and extending along the first plane, and a first predetermined number of connecting conductors extending from the ground conductor towards the conducting portion. At least two first conductors are connected to different connecting conductors. A first connecting pair of two of the connecting conductors is aligned along a first direction in the first plane and a second connecting pair of two of the connecting conductors is aligned along a second direction, in the first plane, intersecting the first direction. The resonant structure resonates at a first frequency along a first current path including the ground conductor, conducting portion, and first connecting pair and at a second frequency along a second current path including the ground conductor, conducting portion, and second connecting pair. |
| US11870140B2 |
Antenna-equipped light bar
Disclosed is a light bar having improved weather resistance, aerodynamics, antenna performance, and platform versatility by accommodating user-selectable antenna modules. |
| US11870139B2 |
Stamped antenna molding technique
A vehicle, an antenna assembly of the vehicle, and a method of assembling the antenna is disclosed. The vehicle includes a housing having a passage formed therethrough. A circuit board is disposed within the housing. An antenna element is coupled to the circuit board and passes through the passage. A plug fills an annular volume of the passage between the antenna element and the housing. |
| US11870137B2 |
Slot antenna and slot antenna array
Disclosed is a slot antenna provided in a radar, the antenna comprising a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) having a plurality of a plurality of slots, wherein each of the plurality of slots includes a first elongated opening, a second elongated opening, and a connecting opening connecting the first and second elongated openings, wherein a first center axis of the first elongated opening is offset from a second center axis of the second elongated opening. |
| US11870130B2 |
Antenna apparatus and fabrication method
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die comprising a radio frequency (RF) circuit, a first dielectric layer disposed over a first surface of the semiconductor die, an antenna layer disposed over a surface of the first dielectric layer, and an antenna feeding structure coupling the antenna layer to the RF circuit of the semiconductor die, wherein the semiconductor die comprises a via, and the antenna feeding structure comprises a first portion arranged within the opening of the semiconductor die and extending to the first surface of the semiconductor die, and a second portion arranged through the first dielectric layer. |
| US11870126B2 |
MIMO antenna system capable of providing enhanced isolation for background scanning antenna, and isolator module thereof
A multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antenna system includes a metal plate, a background scanning antenna, a plurality of working antennas, and an isolator module. The isolator module is mountable on the metal plate and includes a plurality of isolators that are in a ring configuration to form an isolated space therein, so that the background scanning antenna can be located in the isolated space and a plurality of working antennas are located outside of the isolated space, thereby ensuring good isolation of the background scanning antenna from the working antennas by the design of the isolator module. |
| US11870124B2 |
Balance-unbalance conversion apparatus, communications device, and communications system
Embodiments of this application provide a balance-unbalance conversion apparatus. The apparatus includes an insulation substrate, a first microstrip, a second microstrip, and a conductive ground. The first microstrip includes a first balance signal connection section, a first impedance matching section, and an unbalance signal connecting section. The unbalance signal connecting section is configured to transmit an unbalance signal. The second microstrip includes a second balance signal connecting section, a second impedance matching section, and a ground section. The second balance signal connecting section is configured to transmit a second component of the balance signal. The ground section is configured to connect to a ground signal. The first microstrip, the second microstrip, and the conductive ground are all disposed on the insulation substrate, and a cross-sectional area of at least a part of the first microstrip and/or at least a part of the second microstrip is gradient. |
| US11870123B2 |
Phase shifter and antenna
The present disclosure provides a phase shifter and an antenna. The phase shifter includes: a substrate; a signal electrode, and a first reference electrode and a second reference electrode respectively on two sides of an extending direction of the signal electrode; an interlayer insulating layer on the signal electrode, the first reference electrode and the second reference electrode; and at least one phase control unit each including a film bridge. At least part of the at least one phase control unit further includes at least one driving structure including at least a driving electrode; at least part of the at least one driving structure has a different height from a height of the signal electrode in a direction away from the substrate; the driving structure in each phase control unit is at least partially overlapped an orthographic projection of the film bridge on the substrate. |
| US11870121B2 |
Fuel cell column including stress mitigation structures
A fuel cell column includes a stack of alternating fuel cells and interconnects, where the interconnects separate adjacent fuel cells in the stack and contain fuel and air channels which are configured to provide respective fuel and air to the fuel cells. a manifold plate containing a bottom inlet hole and a bottom outlet hole located in a bottom surface of the manifold plate, top outlet holes and top inlet holes formed in opposing sides of a top surface of the manifold plate, outlet channels fluidly connecting the top outlet holes to the bottom inlet hole, and inlet channels fluidly connecting the top inlet holes to the bottom outlet hole, and a mitigation structure configured to reduce stress applied to the stack due to at least one of a shape mismatch or coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch between the stack and the manifold plate. |
| US11870118B2 |
Fuel cell system
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell that generates power using a fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas, a reformer including a vaporizing section and a reforming section, a raw fuel supply that supplies raw fuel, a reformed water supply that supplies reformed water, and a controller. The controller has multiple calculation formulas for calculating an amount of reformed water to be used in the reforming section in response to a requested power level from an external unit, and selects, based on an increase or a decrease in a requested current level from the external unit, a formula from the multiple calculation formulas in response to the increase in the requested current level, and a formula different from the formula to be selected for the increase from the multiple calculation formulas in response to the decrease in the requested current level. |
| US11870108B2 |
Fuel cell
A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, gas diffusion layers stacked on each side of the membrane electrode assembly, respectively, separators stacked on the gas diffusion layers, respectively, the separators including channels through which reactant gases move and lands in contact with a respective one of the gas diffusion layers, and a flow path forming part provided on a land surface of one of the lands in contact with the respective one of the gas diffusion layers, the flow path forming part providing a condensate flow path for moving condensate between the land surface and the one of the gas diffusion layers. |
| US11870106B2 |
Layer and layer system, as well as bipolar plate, fuel cell and electrolyser
Layers for a bipolar plates are disclosed, as well as bipolar plates including the layers and fuel cells and/or electrolyzers including the bipolar plates. The layer may include a homogeneous or heterogeneous solid metallic solution or compound which either contains a first chemical element from the group of the noble metals in the form of iridium; or contains a first chemical element from the group of the noble metals in the form of iridium and a second chemical element from the group of the noble metals in the form of ruthenium. The layer may also include at least one further nonmetallic chemical element from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, boron, fluorine, and hydrogen. |
| US11870105B2 |
Planar solid oxide fuel cell
A planar type solid oxide fuel cell, and more particularly, a thin and light planar type solid oxide fuel cell omits a window frame and has a simplified a unit cell having a through hole through which fuel and air flow in/out a fuel electrode. |
| US11870103B2 |
Electrode assembly having negative electrode disposed as outermost electrode, and lithium-ion secondary battery having same
An electrode assembly according to the present disclosure includes one or more unit cells each equipped with a pair of electrodes having different polarities with a separator interposed therebetween, an electrode mixture coated on one or both surfaces of the pair of electrodes, and electrode tabs located on the edges of the respective electrodes and not coated with the electrode mixture, and the electrode tabs include an electrode parallel connection tab and an electrode lead connection tab, and any one or more of the electrode parallel connection tab and the electrode lead connection tab are formed on the electrodes, and an outermost electrode is a negative electrode. |
| US11870101B2 |
Method and device for welding and converging battery cell tabs
Disclosed are a method and device for welding and converging battery cell tabs, which is used for welding and converging battery core end faces. The method comprises: laminating to form a plate set composed of a positive plate, a separator and a negative plate by laminating, the positive plate comprising a positive tab, and the negative plate comprising a negative tab; during laminating, bending the positive tab to form a positive tab bend, and bending the negative tab to form a negative tab bend; and welding the positive tab bend of each positive plate in the plate set, and/or welding the negative tab bend of each negative plate in the plate set. Based on the method and device, a reserved length of the tab is reduced, and a material loss of the tab material is greatly reduced. Station circulation is reduced and production efficiency and a product yield are improved. |
| US11870100B2 |
Battery cells with tabs at right angles
Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include a housing including a first terminal disposed on a first side of the housing and a second terminal disposed on the first side of the housing. The batteries may include an electrode stack positioned within the housing. The electrode stack may include an anode current collector. The anode current collector may define an anode tab along a first side of the anode current collector, and be electrically coupled with the first terminal. The electrode stack may include a cathode current collector. The cathode current collector may define a cathode tab along a second side of the cathode current collector. The cathode tab may extend from the cathode current collector in a direction normal to a direction the anode tab extends from the anode current collector. The cathode tab may be electrically coupled with the second terminal. |
| US11870099B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack includes: a battery cell; a main circuit board electrically connected to the battery cell and extending in a first direction; and a flexible circuit board extending in the first direction in parallel with the main circuit board and including an external connection terminal located at a position outside the main circuit board, and the main circuit board and the flexible circuit board respectively include first and second coupling pads overlapping each other and coupled to each other. |
| US11870098B2 |
Secondary battery including an adhesive part
A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a negative electrode plate, a positive electrode plate, and a separator between the negative electrode plate and the positive electrode plate; and a case accommodating the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes an adhesive part on an outermost region of the electrode assembly. The adhesive part is arranged to cover a boundary line between the negative electrode plate and the separator or between the positive electrode plate and the separator, and is bonded to the case. |
| US11870093B2 |
Vehicle with a high-voltage battery
A vehicle includes a high-voltage battery that has a housing and at least one battery cell arranged in the housing. The battery cell has a battery cell housing with an emergency degassing opening which opens at a specified cell inner pressure and through which hot or burning gas can pass out of the interior of the battery cell housing into the housing of the high-voltage battery in the event of a disruption or damage to the battery cell. The emergency degassing opening faces a housing wall against which hot or burning gas flows in the event of the disruption or damage to the battery cell. The housing wall of the high-voltage battery is designed to be more thermally resistant locally in the region in which the emergency degassing opening is arranged and in which the hot or burning gas flows out of the battery cell housing in the event of a disruption or damage to the battery cell than in the wall regions at a distance from the emergency degassing opening. |
| US11870089B2 |
Battery cell pack
A battery cell pack has a plurality of battery cells that are assembled into a prismatic frame, with deformable separators interposed to accommodate elastic and plastic deformation caused by cyclic and acyclic expansion and contraction thereof during charging and discharging over the life of the battery cell pack. The battery cells are arranged in a horizontal stack within the prismatic frame, and the deformable separators are interposed between subsets of the battery cells. The deformable separators exert compressive force on the subsets of the battery cells along a longitudinal axis that is defined by the horizontal stack. The compressive force exerted by the deformable separators is at least a minimum force over a service life of the battery cell pack. |
| US11870081B2 |
Method of preparing catalyst containing platinum dispersed on graphene quantum dot containing carrier for direct alcohol fuel cell and catalyst obtained by this method
The invention relates to the method of preparing catalyst based on platinum (Pt), with a low Pt content, dispersed on carrier containing graphene quantum dots (Pt/GQDs or Pt/GO-GQDs) used for fuel cell with excellent activity in the electrochemical oxidation reaction of alcohol (for example, methanol, ethanol), applied as an anode catalyst for direct alcohol fuel cell (DAFC). At the same time, the invention also refers to the catalyst obtained by this method as an anode catalyst for DAFC. |
| US11870080B2 |
Anode layer activation method for solid oxide fuel cell, and solid oxide fuel cell system
A solid oxide fuel cell includes a metal support cell, in which an anode layer containing nickel, an electrolyte layer and a cathode layer are stacked on a metal support portion. In the method for activating the anode layer in the solid oxide fuel cell, first, an oxygen-containing gas is introduced into the anode layer to oxidize the nickel. Next, a hydrogen-containing gas HG is introduced into the anode layer to reduce the nickel oxide formed by oxidizing the nickel, and to increase conduction paths of the nickel that electrically connect the electrolyte layer to the metal support part in the anode layer. |
| US11870078B2 |
Lithium electrode and lithium secondary battery comprising same
A lithium electrode includes a protective layer containing an ion conductive electrolyte in the interior and on the surface of the electrically conductive matrix. The protective layer may make the electrical conductivity of the surface of the lithium electrode uniform, imparts strength during the growth of lithium dendrites, physically prevents the growth of lithium dendrites, and suppresses the generation of dead lithium. |
| US11870075B2 |
Binder composition for non-aqueous secondary battery electrode, slurry composition for non-aqueous secondary battery electrode, electrode for non-aqueous secondary battery, and non-aqueous secondary battery
Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode that enables formation of an electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery that has excellent peel strength and can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent cycle characteristics. A binder composition according to a first aspect contains a particulate polymer A1 that includes an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit in a proportion of 70 mass % to 99 mass % and a carboxylic acid group-containing monomer unit in a proportion of 1 mass % to 30 mass %. A binder composition according to a second aspect contains a particulate polymer A2 that includes an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit in a proportion of 70 mass % to 95 mass % and a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer unit in a proportion of 1 mass % to 30 mass %, and that has a degree of swelling in electrolyte solution of a factor of 1.2 to 7.0. |
| US11870072B2 |
Secondary battery, battery pack, vehicle, and stationary power supply
According to one embodiment, a secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a separator. The positive electrode includes a halide including at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of copper, iron, nickel, cobalt, tin, and zinc. The negative electrode includes at least one selected from the group consisting of lithium metal, a lithium alloy, and a compound capable of having Li inserted and extracted. The nonaqueous electrolyte includes an ionic liquid including chlorine ions. The separator has lithium ion conductivity, and is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. |
| US11870069B2 |
Cathode active materials for lithium-ion batteries
Compounds, powders, and cathode active materials that can be used in lithium ion batteries are described herein. Methods of making such compounds, powders, and cathode active materials are described. |
| US11870068B2 |
Lithium ion secondary battery
Provided is a secondary battery, specifically, a secondary battery having excellent stability and improved output characteristic and low temperature characteristic by including a cathode active material in which at least one of metals forming the cathode active material has a concentration gradient in at least a portion of a region between a central portion and a surface portion; and a conductive material mixture in which carbon nanotube is mixed with carbon black at an appropriate ratio, the carbon black being a spherical nanoparticle. |
| US11870066B2 |
Lithium electrode manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a lithium electrode, comprising a cutting stage, a laser irradiation portion and a lithium metal film supply portion, in which a plurality of adsorption holes and a plurality of unit electrode pattern grooves are formed on the upper surface of the cutting stage. |
| US11870063B1 |
Dual layer gradient cathode electrode structure for reducing sulfide transfer
A dual-layer gradient electrode structure is provided for reducing sulfide transfer. In use, an electrode of a lithium-based battery may comprise a first layer disposed above an electrically conductive substrate, the first layer including a first plurality of carbon aggregates having a first porosity. Additionally, the electrode may comprise a second layer disposed above the first layer, the second layer including a second plurality of carbon aggregates, the second layer including a second porosity which is greater than the first porosity, where a first group of particles of the second layer has a first concentration of interacting functional groups, and a second group of particles of the second layer has a second concentration of the interacting functional groups, the second concentration being greater than the first concentration. |
| US11870060B2 |
Composite, electrochemical active material composite using the composite, electrode including the composite or electrochemical active material composite, lithium battery including the electrode, field emission device including the composite, biosensor including the composite, semiconductor device including the composite, and thermoelectric device including the composite
A composite including: at least one selected from a silicon oxide of the formula SiO2 and a silicon oxide of the formula SiOx wherein 0 |
| US11870052B2 |
Sprayed formation of batteries
A rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery employs a low temperature approach to battery manufacturing that forms charge material from kinetic energy of high velocity particles impelled into an aggregation such that bombardment of the particles against other particles in the aggregation forms a charge conveying structure. High velocity bombardment from a carrier gas nozzle accumulates an active charge material in a layered arrangement for the finished battery. Preparation of the particles, such as by ball milling or spraydrying, arranges particle agglomerations. The particle agglomerations, when impelled against other agglomerations or a current collector, forms a layer of cathodic, anodic or electrolytic battery material. The metallic binder conveys charge for mitigating or eliminating a need for a planar current collector underlying the sprayed layer. The resulting layers are suitable for battery operation, and are manufactured in an absence of any solvent drying or disposal. |
| US11870049B2 |
Thermal storage device for batteries
A thermal storage device for batteries is provided. In some examples, the thermal storage device is provided for a battery pack that includes one or more rechargeable battery cells. In some examples, the lithium ion battery cells are used. The thermal storage device is in thermal contact with the battery cell. The thermal storage device is made of a material that absorbs heat that is given off by battery cells during discharge. In some examples, the thermal storage device is made of a plastic material. The material has a relatively low thermal conductivity but a relatively high specific heat capacity, allowing heat energy to be stored in the thermal storage device. The thermal storage device prevents the battery pack from overheating during use. The thermal storage device defines one or more cell receiving volumes. In some examples, an axially extending relief volume is provided. |
| US11870048B2 |
Thermal systems for battery electric vehicles
The invention relates to a supporting housing for a battery compartment of electric drive vehicles by using flat metallic sheets as deep-drawn shells which are fitted into each other whereby at least one double-floor is created into which a passive and partly integrated thermal management system for cooling and heating is integrated. The invention also relates to the integration of further functionality-elements like sensors for status measurement are integrated into the “double-floor” and connected with the battery management system. |
| US11870047B2 |
Traction battery thermal management
A vehicle includes a traction battery having a plurality of cells arranged in arrays and grouped into a plurality of cooling zones. A thermal management system includes a plurality of distinct circuits each associated with one of the zones. The thermal management system is configured to provide individual heating or cooling to each of the circuits to independently control temperatures of the zones. A controller is programmed to, in response to one of the zones exceeding a first threshold temperature and another of the zones being less a second threshold temperature, command the thermal management system to provide cooling to the circuit associated with the one of the zones and command the thermal management system to provide heating to the circuit associated with the another of the zones. |
| US11870045B2 |
Thermal management system for vehicle
A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a cooling apparatus for circulating a coolant in a coolant line to cool at least one electrical component provided in the coolant line, a battery cooling apparatus for circulating the coolant to the battery module, a chiller for heat exchanging the coolant with a refrigerant to control a temperature of the coolant, a heater that heats an interior of the vehicle using the coolant, and a branch line. A condenser included in the air conditioner is connected to the coolant line so as to pass the coolant circulating through the cooling apparatus. |
| US11870038B2 |
Method of manufacturing a lithium-ion secondary battery
A method of manufacturing a lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention includes at least four steps as follows: an initial charging step of charging the lithium-ion secondary battery, which has not been subjected to initial charging, under a temperature environment ranging of equal to or higher than −20° C. and equal to or lower than 15° C.; an aging step of leaving the lithium-ion secondary battery under a temperature environment ranging of equal to or higher than 30° C. and equal to or lower than 80° C. after the initial charging step; a short circuit detecting step of detecting the presence or absence of a short circuit of the lithium-ion secondary battery by measuring a voltage drop quantity of the lithium-ion secondary battery and comparing the voltage drop quantity with a reference value; and a sorting step of sorting out a lithium-ion secondary battery in which no short circuit is detected. |
| US11870035B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has a positive electrode active material that contains composite oxide particles which include Ni, Co, Li, and at least one of Mn and Al, and in which the proportion of Ni in relation to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li is at least 80 mol %. In the composite oxide particles, the ratio (B/A) of the post-particle-compression-test BET specific surface area (B) with respect to the pre-particle-compression-test BET specific surface area (A) is 1.0-3.0. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains a non-aqueous solvent and a cyclic carboxylic anhydride such as diglycolic anhydride. |
| US11870034B2 |
Safe and flexible chitosan-based gel electrolyte in rechargeable zinc electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) alkaline batteries
Zinc electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) batteries including a high performing flexible chitosan-based gel electrolyte with poly-vinyl alcohol (PVA) and potassium hydroxide (KOH) additives were prepared. The Zn-EMD batteries were constructed using an optimized assembly technique employed to achieve good interfacial contact between the layers. Attaining energy densities between 150-250 Wh/kg (w.r.t cathode mass) is possible for these batteries, encouraging their use in wearable or flexible electronics. Using the chitosan-based gel electrolyte and limited voltage window testing, the prepared Zn-EMD alkaline batteries are among the best reported polymer-based alkaline electrolyte Zn rechargeable batteries. |
| US11870030B2 |
Battery
A battery, for example, a rechargeable battery (e.g. lithium ion battery) having a casing with battery terminals. The casing, for example, includes an upper section, middle section, and lower section connected together. The battery can be connected to one or more battery trays having the same height or different heights for various applications. |
| US11870024B2 |
Display device and method for manufacturing the display device having a bridge pattern provided in a peripheral area
A display device may include a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; and pixels provided in the display area, each of the plurality of pixels comprising sub-pixels. Each of the plurality of sub-pixels may include a pixel circuit layer including at least one transistor, and a display element layer including an emission area and a peripheral area, a first electrode provided in the emission area, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, at least one light emitting element provided in the emission area, and including a first end electrically connected to the first electrode, and a second end electrically connected to the second electrode; a first connection line provided in the peripheral area; and a bridge pattern provided in the peripheral area, and diverging from the first connection line. The bridge pattern may be electrically disconnected from each of the first and second electrodes. |
| US11870015B2 |
Light conversion devices incorporating quantum dots
Aspects of the disclosure provide for light conversion devices incorporating quantum dots and methods of fabricating the same. In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a light conversion device is provided. The light conversion device may include. a porous structure comprising one or more nanoporous materials, wherein the one or more nanoporous materials comprise a plurality of pores; and a plurality of quantum dots placed in the porous structure, wherein the plurality of quantum dots comprises a first plurality of quantum dots configured to convert light of a first color into light of a second color, and a second plurality of quantum dots configured to convert the light of the first color into light of a third color. Each of the plurality of pores may have a nanoscale size. The nonporous materials may further include a matrix comprising a semiconductor material, glass, plastic, metal, polymer, etc. |
| US11870012B2 |
High brightness LEDs with non-specular nanostructured thin film reflectors
A light emitting device comprises a semiconductor diode structure configured to emit light, a substrate that is transparent to light emitted by the semiconductor diode structure, and a reflective nanostructured layer. The reflective nanostructured layer may be disposed on or adjacent to a bottom surface of the substrate and configured to reflect toward and through a side wall surface of the substrate light that is emitted by the semiconductor structure and incident on the reflective nanostructured layer at angles at or near perpendicular incidence. Alternatively, the reflective nanostructured layer may be disposed on or adjacent to at least one sidewall surface of the substrate and configured to reflect toward and through the bottom surface of the substrate light that is emitted by the semiconductor structure and incident on the reflective nanostructured layer at angles at or near perpendicular incidence. |
| US11870011B2 |
Light-emitting diode and method of manufacturing the same, and display device
A light-emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and a barrier layer disposed on at least part of a side face of at least one of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The barrier layer is configured to form a charge depletion region between the barrier layer and the at least part of the side face. |
| US11870010B2 |
Light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode includes an N-type cladding layer, and a superlattice structure, an active layer, a P-type electron-blocking layer, and a P-type cladding layer disposed on the N-type cladding layer in such order. The superlattice structure includes at least one first layered element which has a sub-layer made of a nitride-based semiconductor material including Al, and having an energy band gap greater than that of said electron-blocking layer. The P-type electron-blocking layer is made of a nitride-based semiconductor material including Al, and has an energy band gap greater than that of the P-type cladding layer. |
| US11870009B2 |
Edge structures for light shaping in light-emitting diode chips
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and more particularly edge structures for light shaping in LED chips are disclosed. Edge structures may include a repeating pattern of features that is formed along one or more mesa sidewalls of active LED structure mesas. Such active LED structure mesas may include a p-type layer, an active layer, and at least a portion of an n-type layer. Features of the repeating pattern may be configured with a size and/or shape to promote redirection of laterally propagating light from the active layer at the mesa sidewalls. In this manner, light that may otherwise escape the LED chip at the mesa sidewalls may be redirected toward an intended emission direction for the LED chip. Certain aspects include reflective structures that are provided on the active LED structures mesas and are further arranged to extend past the active LED structure mesas to cover the repeating pattern of features. |
| US11870004B2 |
Metal oxide nanoparticles surface-treated with metal ion, quantum dot-light-emitting device comprising the same and method for fabricating the same
The metal oxide nanoparticle includes a Zn-containing metal Me1 oxide nanoparticle of Zn1-xMe1xO (0≤x≤0.5) composition, and a metal Me2 ion surface treatment layer formed on a surface of the nanoparticle. Here, the metal Me1 is any one selected from Li, Be, Na, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ga, Ge, Rb, Sr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, In, Sn, Sb, Ba and a combination thereof, and the metal Me2 is any one selected from Li, Be, Na, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Rb, Sr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, In, Sn, Sb, Ba and a combination thereof. |
| US11870002B2 |
Methods and systems for use with photovoltaic devices
According to embodiments provided herein, the performance of photovoltaic device can be improved by rapidly heating an absorber layer of a device in open-circuit to a high temperature for a short period of time followed by rapid quenching. The rapid heating may be accomplished by one or more pulses of high intensity electromagnetic energy. The energy may be visible light. The energy may be absorbed primarily in the absorber layer, such that the absorber layer is preferentially heated, promoting chemical reactions of dopant complexes. The dopant chemical reactions disrupt compensating defect complexes that have formed in the device, and regenerate active carriers. |
| US11870001B2 |
Semiconductor nanoparticles, electronic device including the same, and method for manufacturing semiconductor nanoparticles
An electronic device includes a semiconductor nanoparticle, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor nanoparticle is additionally provided. The semiconductor nanoparticle includes: a core including a first element; and a shell covering at least a portion of a surface of the core and including a second element and a third element, wherein the first element, the second element, and the third element are different from each other, and the first element and the second element are chemically bonded to each other on the at least a portion of the surface of the core. |
| US11869994B2 |
Flexible solar-powered wireless communication device
A solar-powered wireless communication device a flexible circuit, a device layer positioned adjacent to the flexible circuit and having a plurality of electronic components coupled to the flexible circuit, a flexible cover positioned over the device layer, a flexible substrate coupled with a second side of the flexible circuit, opposite the first side, by a first adhesive layer, and a solar panel positioned at a surface of the solar-powered tape node and coupling with the flexible circuit. The solar panel has a light-receiving surface facing away from the flexible circuit and is operable to generate electrical power when light is incident on the light-receiving surface. The solar-powered wireless communication device being operable to determine that power available to the solar-powered wireless communication device is below a first threshold and delegate at least one task of the solar-powered wireless communication device to another node of a network communications environment. |
| US11869990B2 |
Display panel having upconversion material and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. In the display panel, an upconversion material layer is configured to convert interactive light from a first wave band into a second wave band. A light-sensing transistor of a light-sensing circuit is configured to convert a light intensity signal of the interactive light into an electrical signal after the wave band of the interactive light is converted. A position-detecting circuit is configured to identify a position where the interactive light is irradiated according to the electrical signal. Therefore, the display panel can interact with light having relatively long wavelengths. |
| US11869988B2 |
Double-sided stacked DTC structure
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit (IC), including a first insulating layer which includes a first metal interconnect structure stacked above a bottom die. Including a substrate disposed above the first insulating layer, a second metal interconnect structure disposed above the substrate, a through-substrate via (TSV) directly connecting the first metal interconnect structure to the second metal interconnect structure, and a stacked deep trench capacitor (DTC) structure disposed in the substrate. The DTC structure includes a first plurality of trenches extending from a first side of the substrate and a second plurality of trenches extending from a second side of the substrate. |
| US11869987B2 |
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures including varactors
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures including varactors are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a varactor structure on a semiconductor substrate. The varactor structure includes a plurality of discrete vertical arrangements of horizontal nanowires. A plurality of gate stacks is over and surrounding corresponding ones of the plurality of discrete vertical arrangements of horizontal nanowires. The integrated circuit structure also includes a tap structure adjacent to the varactor structure on the semiconductor substrate. The tap structure includes a plurality of merged vertical arrangements of horizontal nanowires. A plurality of semiconductor structures is over and surrounding corresponding ones of the plurality of merged vertical arrangements of horizontal nanowires. |
| US11869984B2 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
Embodiment relates to the field of semiconductor technologies, and proposes a semiconductor device and a fabrication method thereof. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate, a semiconductor structure, an insulating layer, and a conductive layer. The semiconductor structure is positioned on a side of the substrate and includes a first semiconductor structure and a second semiconductor structure, wherein the first semiconductor structure and the second semiconductor structure form a PN junction. The insulating layer is positioned on a side of the semiconductor structure facing away from the substrate. The conductive layer is positioned on a side of the insulating layer facing away from the substrate, and an orthographic projection of the conductive layer on the substrate at least partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the PN junction on the substrate. |
| US11869979B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a transistor including, a first to fifth insulator, a first to third oxide, a first to third conductor. An opening reaching the second oxide is provided in the fourth insulator and the fifth insulator. The third oxide, the third insulator, and the third conductor are arranged sequentially from the inner wall side of the opening so as to fill the opening. In the channel length direction of the transistor, at least part of the fourth insulator in a region where the fourth insulator and the second oxide do not overlap with each other is in contact with the first insulator. In the channel width direction of the transistor, at least part of the third oxide in a region where the third oxide and the second oxide do not overlap with each other is in contact with the first insulator. |
| US11869978B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
To provide a liquid crystal display device suitable for a thin film transistor which uses an oxide semiconductor. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light is used as an interlayer film which covers at least the oxide semiconductor layer. As the film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light, a coloring layer can be used and a light-transmitting chromatic color resin layer is preferably used. An interlayer film which includes a light-transmitting chromatic color resin layer and a light-blocking layer may be formed in order that the light-blocking layer is used as a film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light. |
| US11869977B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device that can operate at high speed or having high strength against stress is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor film including a channel formation region and a pair of impurity regions between which the channel formation region is positioned; agate electrode overlapping side and top portions of the channel formation region with an insulating film positioned between the gate electrode and the side and top portions; and a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with side and top portions of the pair of impurity regions. |
| US11869975B2 |
Thin-film transistors and method for manufacturing the same
A transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate dielectric located over the gate electrode, a channel layer that includes an oxide semiconductor material and that is located over the gate dielectric, a buffer located to cover at least a portion of the channel layer, and source/drain contacts disposed on the buffer. The buffer includes a material that receives hydrogen. A method for manufacturing the transistor is also provided. |
| US11869972B2 |
Reduced-form-factor transistor with self-aligned terminals and adjustable on/off-currents and manufacture method thereof
A transistor structure includes a gate structure, a channel region, a drain region and a source region. The gate structure is positioned above a silicon surface of a first silicon material, the channel region is under the silicon surface, and the channel region includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The drain/source region is independent and not derived from the first silicon material, the drain region includes a first predetermined physical boundary directly connected to the first terminal of the channel region, and the source region includes a second predetermined physical boundary directly connected to the second terminal of the channel region. The drain/source region includes a lower portion below the silicon surface and the bottom of the lower portion of the drain/source region is confined to an isolator, and sidewalls of the drain/source region are confined to spacers except sidewalls of the lower portion of the drain/source region. |
| US11869969B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an epitaxial layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a cell zone including multiple unit cells disposed in the epitaxial layer opposite to the semiconductor substrate, a transition zone having a doped region and surrounding the cell zone, a source electrode unit disposed on the epitaxial layer opposite to the semiconductor substrate, and multiple gate electrode units. Each unit cell includes a well region, a source region disposed in the well region, and a well contact region extending through the source region to contact the well region. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device is also disclosed. |
| US11869968B2 |
Semiconductor device including a superlattice and an asymmetric channel and related methods
A semiconductor device may include a substrate and spaced apart first and second doped regions in the substrate. The first doped region may be larger than the second doped region to define an asymmetric channel therebetween. The semiconductor device may further include a superlattice extending between the first and second doped regions to constrain dopant therein. The superlattice may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers, with each group of layers comprising a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions. A gate may overly the asymmetric channel. |
| US11869965B2 |
3D semiconductor device and structure with metal layers and memory cells
A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer and first transistors, and at least one first metal layer-which includes interconnects between the first transistors forming control circuits-which overlays the first single crystal layer; a second metal layer overlaying first metal layer; a second level including second transistors, first memory cells (each including at least one second transistor) and overlaying second metal layer; a third level including third transistors (at least one includes a polysilicon channel), second memory cells (each including at least one third transistor and cell is partially disposed atop control circuits) and overlaying the second level; control circuits control data written to second memory cells; third metal layer disposed above third level; fourth metal layer includes a global power distribution grid, has a thickness at least twice the second metal layer, and is disposed above third metal layer. |
| US11869964B2 |
Field effect transistors with modified access regions
A transistor device includes a semiconductor epitaxial layer structure including a channel layer and a barrier layer on the channel layer, wherein the barrier layer has a higher bandgap than the channel layer. A modified access region is provided at an upper surface of the barrier layer opposite the channel layer. The modified access region includes a material having a lower surface barrier height than the barrier layer. A source contact and a drain contact are formed on the barrier layer, and a gate contact is formed between source contact and the drain contact. |
| US11869961B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A plug electrode is subject to etch back to remain in a contact hole and expose a barrier metal on a top surface of an interlayer insulating film. The barrier metal is subject to etch back, exposing the top surface of the interlayer insulating film. Remaining element structures are formed. After lifetime is controlled by irradiation of helium or an electron beam, hydrogen annealing is performed. During the hydrogen annealing, the barrier metal is not present on the interlayer insulating film covering a gate electrode, enabling hydrogen atoms to reach a mesa part, whereby lattice defects generated in the mesa part by the irradiation of helium or an electron beam are recovered, recovering the gate threshold voltage. Thus, predetermined characteristics of a semiconductor device having a structure where a plug electrode is provided in a contact hole, via barrier metal are easily and stably obtained when lifetime control is performed. |
| US11869958B2 |
Heterojunction bipolar transistors
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to heterojunction bipolar transistors and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a collector in a semiconductor substrate; a subcollector in the semiconductor substrate; an intrinsic base over the subcollector; an extrinsic base adjacent to the intrinsic base; an emitter over the intrinsic base; and an isolation structure between the extrinsic base and the emitter and which overlaps the subcollector. |
| US11869956B2 |
Channel stop and well dopant migration control implant for reduced MOS threshold voltage mismatch
A channel stop and well dopant migration control implant (e.g., of argon) can be used in the fabrication of a transistor (e.g., PMOS), either around the time of threshold voltage adjust and well implants prior to gate formation, or as a through-gate implant around the time of source/drain extension implants. With its implant depth targeted about at or less than the peak of the concentration of the dopant used for well and channel stop implants (e.g., phosphorus) and away from the substrate surface, the migration control implant suppresses the diffusion of the well and channel stop dopant to the surface region, a more retrograde concentration profile is achieved, and inter-transistor threshold voltage mismatch is improved without other side effects. A compensating through-gate threshold voltage adjust implant (e.g., of arsenic) or a threshold voltage adjust implant of increased dose can increase the magnitude of the threshold voltage to a desired level. |
| US11869955B2 |
Integrated circuit with nanosheet transistors with robust gate oxide
A method for processing an integrated circuit includes forming I/O gate all around transistors and core gate all around transistors. The method performs a regrowth process on an interfacial dielectric layer of the I/O gate all around transistors by diffusing metal atoms into the interfacial dielectric layer of the I/O gate all around transistor. The regrowth process does not diffuse metal atoms into the interfacial gate dielectric layer of the core gate all around transistor. |
| US11869953B2 |
High voltage transistor device and method for fabricating the same
A high-voltage transistor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure, a gate dielectric layer, a gate, a source region and a drain region. The semiconductor substrate has a plurality of grooves extending downward from a surface of the semiconductor substrate to form a sawtooth sectional profile. The isolation structure is disposed on the outside of the plurality of grooves, and extends from the surface downwards into the semiconductor substrate to define a high-voltage area. The gate dielectric layer is disposed on the high-voltage area and partially filled in the plurality of grooves. The gate is disposed on the gate dielectric layer. The source region and the drain region are respectively disposed in the semiconductor substrate and isolated from each other. |
| US11869952B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for forming same
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The method includes: forming an active region on a substrate; forming at least one trench in the active region, the trench at least dividing the active region into a source region on one side of the trench and a drain region on the other side of the trench; and forming an elevated source region and an elevated drain region on the source region and the drain region respectively. |
| US11869937B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming the semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including a fin structure including a recess, a first gate formed in the recess of the fin structure, and a second gate formed outside the fin structure. |
| US11869935B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes: an SOI substrate including, stacked from the bottom upward, a lower substrate, a buried insulator layer and a semiconductor layer, wherein active regions surrounded by trench isolation structures are formed in the semiconductor layer; a gate electrode layer formed over the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode layer extending from active regions to trench isolation structures; and a source region and a drain region formed in the active regions that are on opposing sides of the gate electrode layer, wherein at least one end portion of the gate electrode layer laterally spans over interfaces of the active regions and the trench isolation structures toward the source region and/or the drain region. Thereby leakage at the interfaces of the active regions and the trench isolation structures can be reduced, resulting in improved performance of the semiconductor device. |
| US11869931B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method of forming the same
The present application relates to semiconductor structure and forming method comprising: forming substrate, wherein plurality of capacitive contacts are provided in the substrate, plurality of electrically conductive contact pads are provided at surface of the substrate to be correspondingly connected to plurality of capacitive contacts on one-to-one basis, and a space is present between every two adjacent electrically conductive contact pads; forming filling layer that is fully filled in the space; forming stacked structure at the filling layer and surface of the electrically conductive contact pads, wherein the stacked structure includes plurality of supporting layers stacked one-on-another along direction perpendicular to the substrate, the filling layer is in contact with the supporting layer disposed at bottom of the stacked structure, and etching selection ratio between the filling layer and the supporting layer in contact therewith is greater than preset value; and etching the stacked structure to form capacitance hole. |
| US11869927B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a first laminating step, a second laminating step, a third laminating step, a first annealing step, and a fourth laminating step. In the first laminating step, a first electrode film is laminated on a substrate. In the second laminating step, a capacitive insulator is laminated on the first electrode film. In the third laminating step, a metal oxide is laminated on the capacitive insulator. In the first annealing step, the first electrode film, the capacitive insulator, and the metal oxide, which are laminated on the substrate, are annealed. In the fourth laminating step, a second electrode film is laminated on the annealed metal oxide. The capacitive insulator is an oxide that contains at least one of zirconium and hafnium, and the metal oxide is an oxide that contains at least one of tungsten, molybdenum, and vanadium. |
| US11869922B2 |
In situ selective etching and selective regrowth of epitaxial layer for surface recombination velocity reduction in light emitting diodes
LED apparatuses and corresponding manufacturing techniques are described. In some examples, an LED apparatus includes a mesa etched from a layered epitaxial structure. The layered epitaxial structure includes a quantum well layer and a barrier layer adjacent to the quantum well layer. The barrier layer overhangs the quantum well layer as a result of the quantum well layer having been etched to a greater depth compared to the barrier layer. In some examples, the quantum well layer and the barrier layer are etched together to produce an area where the barrier layer overhangs the quantum well layer. Etching of the quantum well layer and the barrier layer can be performed after the layered epitaxial structure has been etched to form the mesa, in order to reduce surface imperfections leftover from the mesa etch. In some examples, one or more regrowth semiconductor layers are formed over etched facets of the mesa. |
| US11869917B2 |
Integrated sensor for lifetime characterization
Aspects of the technology described herein relate to improved semiconductor-based image sensor designs. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit may comprise a photodetection region and a drain region electrically coupled to the photodetection region, and the photodetection region may be configured to induce an intrinsic electric field in a direction from the photodetection region to the drain region(s). In some embodiments, a charge storage region and the drain region may be positioned on a same side of the photodetection region. In some embodiments, at least one drain layer may be configured to receive incident photons and/or charge carriers via the photodetection region. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit may comprise a plurality of pixels and a control circuit configured to control a transfer of charge carriers in the plurality of pixels. |
| US11869916B2 |
Bond pad structure for bonding improvement
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes receiving a device substrate; forming an interconnect structure on a front side of the device substrate; and etching a recess into a backside of the device substrate until a portion of the interconnect structure is exposed. The recess has a recess depth and an edge of the recess is defined by a sidewall of the device substrate. A conductive bond pad is formed in the recess, and a first plurality of layers cover the conductive bond pad, extend along the sidewall of the device substrate, and cover the backside of the device substrate. The first plurality of layers collectively have a first total thickness that is less than the recess depth. A first chemical mechanical planarization is performed to remove portions of the first plurality of layers so remaining portions of the first plurality of layers cover the conductive bond pad. |
| US11869910B1 |
Light sensing element
The present disclosure provides a light sensing element including a unit. The unit includes a plurality of photodiodes, a color filter disposed above the photodiodes, and a light host embedded in the color filter. The light host is a hollow structure disposed above the photodiodes. The color filter includes a first portion surrounding the light host, a second portion surrounded by the light host, and a third portion covering and physically contacting the first portion, the light host, and the second portion. |
| US11869909B2 |
Image sensors and electronic devices
An image sensor may include a substrate, and a plurality of wavelength separation filters on the substrate and arranged along an in-plane direction of the substrate. The wavelength separation filters include a first wavelength separation filter configured to selectively transmit incident light in the first wavelength spectrum, and photoelectrically convert the incident light in at least one of the second wavelength spectrum or the third wavelength spectrum, a second wavelength separation filter configured to selectively transmit the incident light in the second wavelength spectrum and photoelectrically convert the incident light in at least one of the first wavelength spectrum or the third wavelength spectrum, and a third wavelength separation filter configured to selectively transmit the incident light in the third wavelength spectrum and photoelectrically convert the incident light in at least one of the first wavelength spectrum or the second wavelength spectrum. |
| US11869908B2 |
Photosensitive chip package structure, camera module, and mobile terminal
A terminal includes a substrate and a photosensitive chip mounted on the substrate, where a side of the photosensitive chip away from the substrate has a photosensitive area and a non-photosensitive area surrounding the photosensitive area, and the photosensitive chip is electrically connected to the substrate by using a metal wire; and the photosensitive chip package structure further includes: a frame, disposed on the side of the photosensitive chip away from the substrate, where an avoidance groove used to avoid the metal wire is disposed on a side of the frame facing the substrate, the avoidance groove extends along a side edge of the frame, and an inner wall of the avoidance groove is an arc-shaped inner wall; and a filling glue, filled in the avoidance groove, and used to wrap the metal wire and bond the frame to the non-photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip and the substrate. |
| US11869906B2 |
Image sensor with elevated floating diffusion
A pixel cell with an elevated floating diffusion region is formed to reduce diffusion leakage (e.g., gate induced drain leakage, junction leakage, etc.). The floating diffusion region can be elevated by separating a doped floating diffusion region from the semiconductor substrate by disposing an intervening layer (e.g., undoped, lightly doped, etc.) on the semiconductor substrate and beneath the doped floating diffusion region. For instance, the elevated floating diffusion region can be formed by stacked material layers composed of a lightly or undoped base or intervening layer and a heavy doped (e.g., As doped) “elevated” layer. In some examples, the stacked material layers can be formed by first and second epitaxial growth layers. |
| US11869904B2 |
Array substrate, method for fabricating same, and display device
An array substrate, a method for fabricating the same, and a display device are provided. The method includes: forming a passivation layer on an array substrate, wherein the array substrate includes a thin film transistor and a conductive pad, and the passivation layer covers the thin film transistor and the conductive pad; forming a full-surface carbon film on the passivation layer; and patterning the carbon film and the passivation layer to remove the passivation layer and the carbon film corresponding to the conductive pad by a patterning process to obtain the array substrate. |
| US11869902B2 |
Display apparatus including capacitor having a top electrode with an opening
A thin film transistor array substrate includes a substrate, at least one thin film transistor, a capacitor, an interlayer insulating layer, and a node connection line. The at least one thin film transistor is on the substrate. The capacitor is on the substrate and includes: a bottom electrode on the substrate; a top electrode overlapping the bottom electrode, the top electrode including an opening having a single closed curve shape; and a dielectric layer between the bottom electrode and the top electrode. The interlayer insulating layer covers the capacitor. The node connection line is on the interlayer insulating layer and electrically connects the capacitor to the least one thin film transistor. An overlapping area of the bottom electrode and the top electrode is divided by the opening into two separate areas. |
| US11869898B2 |
Array substrate and display device
An array substrate and display device are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate, and gate lines, data lines, compensation blocks and sub-pixels located on the base substrate. Two gate lines are arranged between two adjacent rows of sub-pixels. The data lines are provided with multiple first extensions and second extensions arranged alternately. The extending direction of the first extensions intersects with the extending direction of the second extensions. The gate lines and data lines define multiple first pixel areas and second pixel areas on the base substrate. Two sub-pixels are arranged in the first pixel area, and one sub-pixel is arranged in the second pixel area. The multiple first pixel areas are arranged in an array, the multiple second pixel areas are arranged in two columns, and multiple columns of the first pixel areas are located between the two columns of the second pixel areas. |
| US11869892B2 |
Semiconductor device structure 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 P-type metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (p-MOSFET) having a first fin extending along a first direction and comprising a first semiconductor layer, wherein the first fin comprises a first recess formed in a top of the first fin, the first recess having a bottom surface and a sidewall surface extending upwardly from the bottom surface. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first gate structure disposed in the first recess and in contact with the bottom surface and the sidewall surface, the first gate structure extending along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The semiconductor device structure further includes a first spacer disposed on opposite sidewalls of the first gate structure and in contact with the first fin and the first gate structure. |
| US11869889B2 |
Self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures without fin end gap
Self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures without fin end gaps, and methods of fabricating self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures without fin end gaps, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor fin having a cut along a length of the semiconductor fin. A gate endcap isolation structure has a first portion parallel with the length of the semiconductor fin and is spaced apart from the semiconductor fin. The gate endcap isolation structure also has a second portion in a location of the cut of the semiconductor fin and in contact with the semiconductor fin. |
| US11869884B2 |
Semiconductor devices, methods of designing layouts of semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first hard macro; a second hard macro spaced apart from the first hard macro in a first direction by a first distance; a head cell disposed in a standard cell area between the first hard macro and the second hard macro, the head cell being configured to perform power gating of a power supply voltage provided to one from among the first hard macro and the second hard macro; a plurality of first ending cells disposed in the standard cell area adjacent to the first hard macro; and a plurality of second ending cells disposed in the standard cell area adjacent to the second hard macro, the head cell not overlapping the plurality of first ending cells and the plurality of second ending cells. |
| US11869877B2 |
Bonded assembly including inter-die via structures and methods for making the same
A bonded assembly includes a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die that are bonded to each other by dielectric-to-dielectric bonding. First conductive via structures vertically extend through the second semiconductor die and a respective subset of the first dielectric material layers in the first semiconductor die, and contact a respective first metal interconnect structure in the first semiconductor die. Second conductive via structures vertically extend through a second substrate and a respective subset of the second dielectric material layers in the second semiconductor die, and contacting a respective second metal interconnect structure in the second semiconductor die. Redistribution metal interconnect structures located over a backside surface of the second substrate electrically connect the first conductive via structures and the second conductive via structures, and provide electrical interconnection between the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die. |
| US11869873B2 |
Tiled display device
Provided is a tiled display device. The tiled display device includes adjacent first and second display devices including a display area having pixels, a bonding area between the display areas of the first and second display devices, data lines extending in a first direction, first gate lines extending in the first direction, and configured to transmit a gate signal, and off voltage lines extending in the first direction, and configured to transmit an off voltage, wherein one of the off voltage lines is between a first pixel at an outermost side of the first display device and a second pixel located more inwardly than first pixel, and wherein the off voltage lines are not between a third pixel at an outermost side of the second display device and the first pixel. |
| US11869869B2 |
Heterogeneous dielectric bonding scheme
A method includes putting a first package component into contact with a second package component. The first package component comprises a first dielectric layer including a first dielectric material, and the first dielectric material is a silicon-oxide-based dielectric material. The second package component includes a second dielectric layer including a second dielectric material different from the first dielectric material. The second dielectric material comprises silicon and an element selected from the group consisting of carbon, nitrogen, and combinations thereof. An annealing process is performed to bond the first dielectric layer to the second dielectric layer. |
| US11869861B2 |
Method for preparing indium pillar solder, chip substrate and chip
This disclosure discloses a method for preparing an indium pillar, a chip substrate and a chip. The method includes: applying a first photoresist layer on a substrate; applying a second photoresist layer on the first photoresist layer; covering a part of a surface of the second photoresist layer; underexposing the part of the second photoresist layer to obtain a processed second photoresist layer; developing and fixing the processed second photoresist layer to form an undercut structure; etching the first photoresist layer through the undercut structure to form an expose area; and depositing an indium material on the exposed area to form an indium pillar solder. |
| US11869860B2 |
Storage device generating multi-level chip enable signal and operating method thereof
A storage device includes a controller including first and second pins and configured to output a multi-level chip enable signal through the second pin, and a memory device. The memory device includes third and fourth pins respectively connected to the first and second pins, and a plurality of memory chips commonly connected to the fourth pin. The plurality of memory chips respectively include a plurality of resistors connected to one another in a daisy-chain structure between the third pin and a first voltage terminal. The plurality of memory chips are configured to respectively generate a plurality of reference voltage periods that divide between a voltage level of the third pin and a voltage level of the first voltage terminal based on the plurality of resistors. |
| US11869852B2 |
Physical unclonable functions with copper-silicon oxide programmable metallization cells
A physical unclonable functions (PUF) device including a first copper electrode, a second electrode, and a silicon oxide layer positioned directly between the first copper electrode and the second electrode; a method of producing a PUF device; an array comprising a PUF device; and a method of generating a secure key with a plurality of PUF devices. |
| US11869851B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device includes a substrate, a first stacked body provided above the substrate and having a side portion configured in a staircase pattern, a plurality of columnar portions passing through the first stacked body, a second stacked body provided in an outer edge portion of the substrate, and a plurality of first slits. The first stacked body include a plurality of first insulating layers and a plurality of conductive layers that are alternately stacked. The second stacked body includes the plurality of first insulating layers and the plurality of conductive layers that are alternately stacked. The plurality of first slits extends through the first and second stacked bodies in a direction intersecting a stacking direction of the first stacked body. |
| US11869849B2 |
Semiconductor package with EMI shielding structure
A semiconductor package includes a carrier substrate having a top surface; a semiconductor die mounted on the top surface; first bonding wires connecting the semiconductor die to the carrier substrate; an insulating material encapsulating the plurality of first bonding wires; a component having a metal layer mounted on the insulating material; second bonding wires connecting the metal layer of the component to the carrier substrate; and a molding compound covering the top surface of the carrier substrate and encapsulating the semiconductor die, the component, the first bonding wires, the second bonding wires, and the insulating material. The metal layer and the second bonding wires constitute an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding structure. |
| US11869844B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor device by which peeling off of a sealing resin and a wire from each other can be practically suppressed are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a main face wire, a semiconductor element that is conductive to the main face wire, a sealing resin having resin side faces directed in a direction crossing a thickness direction, the sealing resin sealing the main face wire and the semiconductor element, a through-wire that is conductive to the main face wire and having an exposed rear face exposed from the substrate, and a column conductor that is conductive to the main face wire and having an exposed side face exposed from the resin side faces. The column conductor is supported from the opposite sides thereof in the thickness direction by the substrate and the sealing resin. |
| US11869840B2 |
Silicon carbide device and method for forming a silicon carbide device
A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a wide bandgap semiconductor material and a first surface, an insulation layer above the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, the insulation layer including at least one opening extending through the insulation layer in a vertical direction, a front metallization above the insulation layer with the insulation layer being interposed between the front metallization and the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a metal connection arranged in the opening of the insulation layer and electrically conductively connecting the front metallization with the semiconductor substrate; wherein the front metallization includes at least one layer that is a metal or a metal alloy having a higher melting temperature than an intrinsic temperature of the wide bandgap semiconductor material of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US11869839B2 |
Package panel processing with integrated ceramic isolation
A packaged electronic device includes a semiconductor die with an electronic component and a contact structure connected to the electronic component, as well as an organic panel frame, a lamination structure that partially embeds the semiconductor die in an opening of the organic panel frame, and a ceramic substrate mounted to a first side of the semiconductor die. |
| US11869826B2 |
Management of heat on a semiconductor device and methods for producing the same
An improved memory module and methods for constructing the same are disclosed herein. The memory module includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, each having a central portion, a first array area and a second array area. The first array area is cooler than the second array area during operation. The memory module also includes a power management integrated circuit attached to the central portion of the first surface. The memory module also includes a first semiconductor die attached to the substrate in the first array area. The first semiconductor die has a first performance rating of an operating parameter at high temperatures. The memory module also includes a second semiconductor die attached to the substrate in the second array area. The second semiconductor die has a second performance rating of an operating parameter better than the first performance rating at high temperatures. |
| US11869823B2 |
System in a package modifications
Methods and structures for manufacturing one or more System in a Package (SiP) devices, where the functionality of a packaged SiP device may be modified by additional components. |
| US11869819B2 |
Integrated circuit component and package structure having the same
An integrated circuit component includes a semiconductor substrate, conductive pads, a passivation layer and conductive vias. The semiconductor substrate has an active surface. The conductive pads are located on the active surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate, and the conductive pads each have a contact region and a testing region, where in each of the conductive pads, an edge of the contact region is in contact with an edge of the testing region. The passivation layer is located on the semiconductor substrate, where the conductive pads are located between the semiconductor substrate and the passivation layer, and the testing regions and the contact regions of the conductive pads are exposed by the passivation layer. The conductive vias are respectively located on the contact regions of the conductive pads. |
| US11869818B2 |
Chip-stacked semiconductor package and method of manufacturing same
A chip-stacked semiconductor package includes a first chip including a first detection pad and a second detection pad; a second chip provided on the first chip, the second chip including a third detection pad facing the first detection pad and a fourth detection pad facing the second detection pad; and a first medium provided between the first detection pad and the third detection pad to connect the first detection pad to the third detection pad through the first medium, and a second medium, different from the first medium, provided between the second detection pad and the fourth detection pad to connect the second detection pad to the fourth detection pad through the second medium. |
| US11869812B2 |
Stacked complementary field effect transistors
A complementary field effect transistor (CFET) structure including a first transistor disposed above a second transistor, and a first source/drain region of the first transistor disposed above a second source/drain region of the second transistor, wherein the second source/drain region comprises a recessed notch beneath the first source/drain region. |
| US11869810B2 |
Method for reducing the thickness of solid-state layers provided with components
The invention relates to a method for separating at least one solid-state layer (4) from at least one solid (1). The method according to the invention includes the steps of: producing a plurality of modifications (9) by means of laser beams in the interior of the solid (1) in order to form a separation plane (8); producing a composite structure by arranging or producing layers and/or components (150) on or above an initially exposed surface (5) of the solid (1), the exposed surface (5) being part of the solid-state layer (4) to be separated; introducing an external force into the solid (1) in order to create stresses in the solid (1), the external force being so great that the stresses cause a crack to propagate along the separation plane (8), wherein the modifications for forming the separation plane (8) are produced before the composite structure is produced. |
| US11869806B2 |
Methods of forming molybdenum contacts
Methods for forming a semiconductor structure are described. The method includes cleaning a substrate to form a substrate surface substantially free of oxide, exposing the substrate surface to a first molybdenum precursor, and exposing the substrate surface to a reactant to selectively deposit a first molybdenum film on the substrate surface. The method may be performed in a processing chamber without breaking vacuum. The method may also include forming one or more of a cap layer and a liner and annealing the substrate. The method may also include depositing a second molybdenum film on the substrate surface. |
| US11869804B2 |
Methods of cooling semiconductor devices
Some embodiments include methods of forming voids within semiconductor constructions. In some embodiments the voids may be utilized as microstructures for distributing coolant, for guiding electromagnetic radiation, or for separation and/or characterization of materials. Some embodiments include constructions having micro-structures therein which correspond to voids, conduits, insulative structures, semiconductor structures or conductive structures. |
| US11869801B2 |
Semiconductor manufacturing method
The present invention provides a semiconductor manufacturing method. A substrate having a plurality of first trenches can be provided. The substrate can include a first pattern formed between two adjacent first trenches. A first dielectric layer can be deposited onto the substrate. The first dielectric layer can cover at least one side wall of the first pattern. A second dielectric layer can be deposited onto the substrate. The second dielectric layer can fill the first trenches. The first pattern can be severed to form a second pattern on the substrate. The second dielectric layer can be removed from the first trenches. |
| US11869799B2 |
Temperature adjustment system
A heat exchange unit performs heat exchange using a coolant and is disposed inside a placing table and equipped with heat exchange chambers. The heat exchange chambers are disposed in regions, respectively, set on the placing table. The regions are set along a placing surface of the placing table. A chiller device circulates the coolant with respect to the heat exchange chambers. A temperature detection device includes temperature detectors. The temperature detectors are disposed in the regions, respectively, between the respective heat exchange chambers and the placing surface. A control device controls the chiller device to adjust a pressure of the coolant such that a temperature of the placing table reaches a first temperature range, and controls the chiller device to individually adjust flow rates of the coolant supplied to the heat exchange chambers, respectively, such that all of temperatures measured by the temperature detectors reach the first temperature range. |
| US11869796B2 |
Electrode-embedded member and method for manufacturing same, electrostatic chuck, and ceramic heater
An electrode-embedded member 1 includes a ceramic-made substrate 2, an electrode 3, a connection member 4 containing at least one of tungsten and molybdenum and embedded in the substrate 2 in a state in which a first principal surface 4a faces the electrode 3 and is electrically connected to the electrode 3, and a hole portion 5 extending from an outer surface of the substrate 2 to a second principal surface 4b of the connection member 4. A buffer member 10 embedded in the substrate 2 contains at least a ceramic material forming the substrate 2 and a conductive material containing at least one of tungsten and molybdenum as a constituent element. The buffer member 10 covers at least part of an edge of the connection member 4. |
| US11869795B2 |
Mesa height modulation for thickness correction
Exemplary substrate support assemblies may include a chuck body defining a substrate support surface. The substrate support surface may define a plurality of protrusions that extend upward from the substrate support surface. The substrate support surface may define an annular groove and/or ridge. A subset of the plurality of protrusions may be disposed within the annular groove and/or ridge. The substrate support assemblies may include a support stem coupled with the chuck body. |
| US11869794B2 |
Long-life extended temperature range embedded diode design for electrostatic chuck with multiplexed heaters array
A substrate support for a plasma chamber includes a base plate arranged along a plane, a first layer of an electrically insulating material arranged on the base plate along the plane, a plurality of heating elements arranged in the first layer along the plane, and a plurality of diodes arranged in respective cavities in the first layer. The plurality of diodes are connected in series to the plurality of heating elements, respectively. Each of the plurality of diodes includes a die of a semiconductor material arranged in a respective one of the cavities. The semiconductor material has a first coefficient of thermal expansion. A first side of the die is arranged on the first layer along the plane. A first terminal of the die is connected to a first electrical contact on the first layer. |
| US11869791B2 |
Vacuum processing apparatus
The present invention provides a technology capable of inhibiting, in a vacuum processing apparatus that conveys a plurality of substrate holders along a conveying path formed to have a projected shape on a vertical surface, the projected shape being a continuous ring shape, dust from being generated during conveyance of a substrate holder. The present invention includes, in a vacuum chamber 2, an anti-sag member 35 assembled to a first drive unit 36 provided on an outer side with respect to a conveying direction of the conveying path, the vacuum chamber 2 including a conveying path formed to have a projected shape on the vertical surface, the projected shape being a continuous ring shape, a single vacuum atmosphere being formed in the vacuum chamber 2. A travel roller 54 of the anti-sag member 35 travels while being guided and supported by a guide unit 17 that is provided below a return-path-side conveying portion 33c positioned on a lower side of a substrate holder conveying mechanism 3 and extends in a second conveying direction P2, and the first drive part 36 is configured to come into contact with a first driven unit 12 of a substrate holder 11 and drive the substrate holder 11 along the conveying path in the second conveying direction P2. |
| US11869790B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and recording medium
There is provided a technique that includes: at least one process chamber configured to be capable of processing a substrate; one or more supports configured to be capable of supporting the substrate; a transporter configured to be capable of transporting the one or more supports; a transfer chamber configured to be capable of transferring the substrate; a transport chamber that is adjacent to the transfer chamber and the at least one process chamber and is configured to be capable of moving the transporter; and a delivery chamber that is disposed in the transport chamber and is configured to be capable of delivering the one or more supports. |
| US11869788B2 |
Substrate processing device
A substrate processing apparatus includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit placed in upper and lower two stages. Each processing unit has: a plurality of processing tanks arranged in series; a partition wall defining a conveyance space extending along an arrangement direction outside the plurality of processing tanks; a conveyance mechanism placed in the conveyance space and being configured to convey a substrate between the processing tanks along the arrangement direction; and an air guide duct provided to extend along the arrangement direction in the conveyance space. The air guide duct is connected with a fan filter unit. Each of the processing tanks is connected with an exhaust duct. An opening is formed in each of parts facing the processing tank in the air guide duct. The conveyance spaces of the first and second processing units are separated into upper and lower segments by the partition wall. |
| US11869785B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
Described herein is a technique capable of detecting a substrate state without contacting the substrate. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided (a) loading a substrate retainer, where a plurality of substrates is placed, into a reaction tube; (b) processing the plurality of the substrates by supplying a gas into the reaction tube; (c) unloading the substrate retainer out of the reaction tube after the plurality of the substrates is processed; and (d) detecting the plurality of the substrates placed on the substrate retainer after the substrate retainer is rotated by a first angle with respect to a transferable position, wherein the plurality of the substrates is transferable to/from the substrate retainer in the transferable position. |
| US11869784B2 |
Process data detection method, computer readable medium, and electronic device
A detection method includes: determining process data of a new process; according to the process data of the new process, detecting, by a first production system, whether a wafer carrier type of the new process matches an acceptable level of a corresponding process step or not and whether the new process matches a flag of the corresponding process step or not; if not, determining that the process data does not pass the detection and outputting first detection information; or if the wafer carrier type of the new process matches the acceptable level of the corresponding process step and the new process matches the flag of the corresponding process step, detecting, by a second production system, if the second production system detects a mismatch, determining that the process data does not pass the detection and outputting second detection information. |
| US11869781B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method
A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing tub configured to store therein a processing liquid in which a substrate is immersed to be processed, the processing liquid including a first component and a second component having a boiling point higher than that of the first component; an adjusting liquid supply configured to supply an adjusting liquid configured to adjust a concentration of the second component into the processing tub, the adjusting liquid including the first component; and a controller configured to control the adjusting liquid supply. When changing the concentration, the controller calculates a liquid surface height in the processing tub corresponding to the concentration after being changed based on a concentration difference between the concentration after being changed and the concentration before being changed, and the controller controls a supply of the adjusting liquid into the processing tub based on the calculated liquid surface height. |
| US11869780B2 |
Substrate liquid processing apparatus
A substrate liquid processing apparatus includes a processing liquid storage unit configured to store a processing liquid therein; a processing liquid drain unit configured to drain the processing liquid from the processing liquid storage unit; and a control unit. The control unit performs a first control in a constant concentration mode in which a concentration of the processing liquid in the processing liquid storage unit is regulated to a predetermined set concentration and a second control in a concentration changing mode in which the concentration of the processing liquid is changed. In the second control, a set concentration after concentration change is compared with a set concentration before the concentration change, and when the set concentration after the concentration change is lower, the control unit controls the processing liquid drain unit to start draining of the processing liquid. |
| US11869779B2 |
Wafer cleaning equipment and cleaning method
The present application provides a wafer cleaning equipment and a wafer cleaning method. During wafer cleaning operation, the landing position of a cleaning agent sprayed by a nozzle onto the surface of a wafer can be detected, and when the landing position produces a deviation, the measures of controlling a nozzle adjusting mechanism to adjust the position and/or spray angle of the nozzle, controlling a flow rate adjusting unit to adjust the flow rate of the cleaning agent sprayed by the nozzle, etc. are taken, so that the landing position of the cleaning agent sprayed by the nozzle onto the surface of the wafer is within a preset target region. |
| US11869778B2 |
Liquid supply unit, and apparatus and method for processing substrate
An apparatus for processing a substrate includes a housing, a support unit that supports the substrate in the housing, a nozzle that dispenses a processing liquid onto the substrate, and a liquid supply unit that supplies the processing liquid to the nozzle. The liquid supply unit includes a container having a storage space in which the processing liquid is stored, a liquid supply tube through which the processing liquid flows from the container to the nozzle, and an ultrasonic-wave application member that applies ultrasonic waves to the processing liquid before the processing liquid is supplied to the nozzle. The ultrasonic-wave application member includes a liquid reservoir having an interior space in which a liquid is received and an ultrasonic generator that applies ultrasonic waves to the liquid received in the liquid reservoir. Part of the liquid supply tube is immersed in the liquid received in the liquid reservoir. |
| US11869777B2 |
Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing method includes: increasing a temperature of a substrate by heating the substrate; after the increasing the temperature of the substrate, forming a liquid film of a pre-wetting liquid on a first surface of the substrate by supplying the pre-wetting liquid to the first surface of the substrate while heating and rotating the substrate at a first rotational speed; after the forming the liquid film, processing the first surface of the substrate with a chemical liquid by supplying the chemical liquid to the first surface of the substrate while heating and rotating the substrate at a second rotational speed that is lower than the second rotational speed; and after the processing the first surface of the substrate, decreasing the temperature of the substrate. |
| US11869776B2 |
RF devices with enhanced performance and methods of forming the same
The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, a thermally conductive film, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. The thermally conductive film, which has a thermal conductivity greater than 10 W/m·K and an electrical resistivity greater than 1E5 Ohm-cm, resides between the active layer and the first mold compound. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die. |
| US11869771B2 |
Manufacturing method of an element of an electronic device having improved reliability, and related element, electronic device and electronic apparatus
A manufacturing method of an anchorage element of a passivation layer, comprising: forming, in a semiconductor body made of SiC and at a distance from a top surface of the semiconductor body, a first implanted region having, along a first axis, a first maximum dimension; forming, in the semiconductor body, a second implanted region, which is superimposed to the first implanted region and has, along the first axis, a second maximum dimension smaller than the first maximum dimension; carrying out a process of thermal oxidation of the first implanted region and second implanted region to form an oxidized region; removing said oxidized region to form a cavity; and forming, on the top surface, the passivation layer protruding into the cavity to form said anchorage element fixing the passivation layer to the semiconductor body. |
| US11869766B2 |
Seed layer for ferroelectric memory device and manufacturing method thereof
A method includes: providing a bottom layer; forming a first transistor over a substrate; forming a bottom electrode over the transistor; depositing a first seed layer over the bottom electrode; performing a surface treatment on the first seed layer, wherein after the surface treatment the first seed layer includes at least one of a tetragonal crystal phase and an orthorhombic crystal phase; depositing a dielectric layer over the bottom layer adjacent to the first seed layer, the dielectric layer including an amorphous crystal phase; depositing an upper layer over the dielectric layer; performing a thermal operation on the dielectric layer to thereby convert the dielectric layer into a ferroelectric layer. |
| US11869761B2 |
Back-side deep trench isolation structure for image sensor
The present disclosure relates to an image sensor having a photodiode surrounded by a back-side deep trench isolation (BDTI) structure, and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, a plurality of pixel regions is disposed within an image sensing die and respectively comprises a photodiode configured to convert radiation into an electrical signal. The photodiode comprises a photodiode doping column with a first doping type surrounded by a photodiode doping layer with a second doping type that is different than the first doping type. A BDTI structure is disposed between adjacent pixel regions and extending from the back-side of the image sensing die to a position within the photodiode doping layer. The BDTI structure comprises a doped liner with the second doping type and a dielectric fill layer. The doped liner lines a sidewall surface of the dielectric fill layer. |
| US11869757B2 |
Detector comprising transmission secondary electron emission means
Ion detectors of the type used in scientific instrumentation, such as mass spectrometers. More particularly, a self-contained particle detector includes an enclosure formed in part by a transmission mode secondary electron emissive element, the enclosure defining an internal environment and an external environment, wherein the transmission mode secondary electron emissive element has an externally facing surface and an internally facing surface and is configured such that impact of a particle on the externally facing surface causes emission of one or more secondary electrons from the internally facing surface. |
| US11869746B2 |
Multi-beam writing method and multi-beam writing apparatus
In one embodiment, a multi-beam writing method is for irradiating each of pixels defined on a substrate, placed on a stage, with each beam of a multi-beam to form a pattern. The method includes obtaining a position correction amount of the pattern by each of a plurality of sub-arrays into which an array of the multi-beam is divided at least in a predetermined direction, based on the positional deviation amount of each beam of each of the sub-arrays, which obtained by dividing an array of the multi-beam at least in the predetermined direction, calculating an dose of the each beam irradiated to each pixel for shifting the position of the pattern drawn for each of the sub-arrays based on the position correction, and performing multi-writing using at least a portion of each two or more of the sub-arrays with the calculated dose. |
| US11869744B2 |
Electron microscope sample holder fluid handling with independent pressure and flow control
A fluid metering system for gas independent pressure and flow control through an electron microscope sample holder includes: a pressure control system that supplies gas; an inlet line providing gas from the pressure control system to the sample holder; an outlet line receiving gas from the sample holder; and a variable leak valve that controls gas flow in the outlet line. The gas flows from an upstream tank of the pressure control system through the sample holder and variable leak valve to a downstream tank of the pressure control system due to the pressure difference of the two tanks as the variable leak valve meters flow in the outlet line. Flow rates are established by monitoring pressure changes at source and collection tanks of known volumes with gas independent pressure gauges. A method of directing the gas flow to a residual gas analyzer (RGA) is also presented. |
| US11869737B2 |
Push-button switch assembly and diagnosic methods thereof
Systems and methods are described for a push-button switch assembly with the ability to diagnose faults. The push-button switch assembly comprises a first circuit comprising a first resistor arranged in series with a first switch, and a second resistor arranged in parallel with the first resistor and the first switch, and a second circuit comprising a third resistor arranged in series with a second switch, and a fourth resistor arranged in parallel with the third resistor and the second switch, wherein the first switch and the second switch are each closable by displacement of a push-button of the push-button switch assembly. |
| US11869735B2 |
Contactor
A contactor (1) comprising a first contact member (3) fixed and connected to a first conductor (5) of an electrical circuit; a second contact member (7) connected to a second conductor (9) of the electrical circuit by a connector (11); wherein the second contact member moves between a break position, in which the first and second contact members are out of contact, and a make position, in which the first and second contact members are in contact; an actuator assembly (15) coupled to the second contact member such that actuation of the actuator assembly translates into movement of the second contact member; an electromagnetic arrangement comprising an electromagnetic coil (17) and at least a part of the actuator assembly, wherein, when the coil is energised, the coil generates a magnetic field and thereby the actuation assembly is caused to move under the influence of the magnetic field, which in turn causes the second contact member to move; a hermetically sealable enclosure (2); wherein the first and second contact members, the connector, and the actuation assembly are inside the enclosure; and the coil is outside the enclosure. |
| US11869731B2 |
Operating member with movably mounted actuating part and improved guidance mechanism for the parallel guidance of the actuating part
An operating member includes: a support; an actuating part, which defines an actuating surface is mounted on the support by a mount to be movable relative to the support, by manual actuation against a resetting force, while carrying out an actuating movement from a rest position into a depressed position; a detector having at least one force sensor, wherein the detector is adapted to detect at least one position of the actuating part; wherein the mount includes a guidance mechanism having at least one pair of coupled levers, wherein the levers are each pivotably mounted on the support by a first pivot joint and on the actuating part—by a second pivot joint to cause a pivoting movement of the at least one pair of coupled levers by the actuating movement, wherein the guidance mechanism further includes at least one coupling rod. |
| US11869727B2 |
Device and process for forming membrane type capacitor devices
An improved capacitor, and method of making the capacitor, is described. The capacitor comprises an upper reinforced encapsulant layer and a lower reinforced encapsulant layer witha capacitive element between the upper reinforced encapsulant layer and lower reinforced encapsulant layer. The capacitive element comprises an anode, a dielectric on the anode and a cathode on the dielectric. An internal reinforced encapsulant layer is between the upper reinforced encapsulant layer and lower reinforced encapsulant layer. |
| US11869725B2 |
Multi-stacked capacitor
A stacked capacitor includes a capacitor stack. The capacitor stack includes a base plate having a first surface and a second opposing surface, a first dielectric layer on or over the base plate, and a first conductive plate on or over the first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is on or over the first conductive plate. A second conductive plate on or over the second dielectric layer. The capacitor stack has at least one sloped side with at least one slope with respect to the second surface of the base plate. |
| US11869722B2 |
Capacitor component having external electrodes with reduced thickness
A capacitor component includes a body having a first surface and a second surface opposing each other and including a multilayer structure in which a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked and first and second internal electrodes are alternately disposed with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween and exposed to the first surface and the second surface, respectively, first and second metal layers covering the first surface and the second surface and connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively, first and second ceramic layers covering the first and second metal layers, and first and second external electrodes covering the first and second ceramic layers and connected to the first and second metal layers to be electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. |
| US11869721B2 |
Dielectric ceramic composition and capacitor component
A capacitor component includes: a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer; and an external electrode disposed on the body, and connected to the internal electrode layer. A surface color of the body is R≤30, G≤30, B≤40 based on R/G/B, and a dielectric constant of the dielectric layer is 2000 or more and 4000 or less. |
| US11869720B2 |
Dielectric composition and multilayer electronic component including the same
A dielectric composition includes one of BaTiO3, (Ba,Ca)(Ti,Ca)O3, (Ba,Ca)(Ti,Zr)O3, Ba(Ti,Zr)O3 and (Ba,Ca)(Ti,Sn)O3, as a main component, a first subcomponent including a rare earth element, and a second subcomponent including at least one of a variable valence acceptor element and a fixed valence acceptor element. When a sum of contents of the rare earth element is defined as DT and a sum of contents of the variable valence acceptor element and the fixed valence acceptor element is defined as AT, (DT/AT)/(Ba+Ca) satisfies more than 0.5 and less than 6.0. In addition, a multilayer electronic component including the dielectric composition is provided. |
| US11869715B2 |
Power storage device, light-emitting device, and electronic device
To provide a flexible, highly reliable power storage device or light-emitting device. The device includes a battery unit or a light-emitting unit and a member with rubber elasticity. The battery unit includes a secondary battery. The light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting element. The member with rubber elasticity is provided with a first projection and a second projection. The first projection and the second projection are arranged on a first surface of the battery unit or the light-emitting unit. The first projection and the second projection come in contact with each other when the power storage device is bent such that the first surface of the battery unit faces inward. |
| US11869711B2 |
Magnetic clamp device
Provided is a magnetic clamp device that reduces a magnetic flux leaking from a magnetic circuit passing through a permanent magnet and a magnetic pole member. The magnetic clamp device includes: a permanent magnet 20 surrounding a magnetic pole member 10 and disposed on a surface of a plate PL made of a magnetic body that magnetically clamps a mold in a magnetized state; and a reversible magnet 16 capable of reversing polarity and disposed at the rear of the permanent magnet 20. The magnetic pole member 10 is constituted by a plurality of magnetic pole pieces 101, 102, 103, and 104. Each of the magnetic pole pieces has a first lateral surface R with a shape corresponding to the opposite permanent magnet 20, and a second lateral surface T at which adjacent magnetic pole pieces oppose each other. The magnetic pole member 10 moves as the first lateral surfaces R are suction-adsorbed by the permanent magnet 20 without the second lateral surfaces T interfering with each other. The magnetic pole pieces 101, 102, 103, and 104 are held from the front and rear. |
| US11869710B2 |
Magnetic sensing system for a rotary control device
A control device includes a moving portion, a magnetic element coupled to the moving portion, at least one magnetic sensing circuit responsive to magnetic fields, and at least one magnetic flux pipe structure. The magnetic element may comprise alternating positive and negative sections configured to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic element may be any shape, such as circular, linear, etc. The magnetic sensing circuit may be radially offset from the magnetic element, and the magnetic flux pipe structure may be configured to conduct the magnetic field generated by the magnetic element towards the magnetic sensing circuit. The magnetic element may generate the magnetic field in a first plane, and the magnetic sensing may be responsive to magnetic fields in a second direction that is angularly offset from the first plane. The magnetic flux pipe structure may redirect the magnetic field towards the magnetic sensing circuit in the second direction. |
| US11869707B2 |
Double conductor single phase inductive power transfer tracks
An IPT track arrangement including a power supply and conductor electrically connected to the power supply, the conductor includes a plurality of loops located substantially adjacent one another, wherein the polarity in adjacent portions of the loops is the same, and wherein the power supply includes a one or more inverters which share the track load. |
| US11869705B2 |
Transformer for a DC/DC voltage converter
A transformer for a DC-DC converter, such as a resonant converter, is provided. The converter includes a transformer unit that includes at least one winding with a first winding connection and a second winding connection, and a capacitor assembly consisting of at least one capacitor with a first capacitor assembly connection and a second capacitor assembly connection. The capacitor assembly is arranged so as to lie against the transformer unit in order to form an assembly. The capacitor assembly connections are connected to the winding connections via one or more first connection parts in a specified manner with respect to the electric connections. The capacitor assembly connections and/or the winding connections are electrically connected to multiple second connection parts in a specified manner with respect to the electric connections for connecting to a first power module and a second power module. |
| US11869702B2 |
Coil component, circuit board, and electronic device
A coil component includes a base body containing metal magnetic particles and a binder binding together the metal magnetic particles and having a first surface extending along a coil axis and a second surface opposing the first surface, a first external electrode, a second external electrode, and a coil conductor electrically connected to the first and second external electrodes. In one embodiment, the coil conductor has a winding portion, the winding portion has first conductor portions and one or more second conductor portions smaller in number than the first conductor portions. The first and second conductor portions alternate with and are connected to each other. A ratio of a first distance between the first conductor portions and the first surface to a second distance between the second conductor portions and the second surface is from 0.5 to less than 1. |
| US11869701B2 |
Circuit element
A circuit element includes a multilayer body including insulating substrates, a first coil conductor inside the multilayer body, and first and second outer electrodes and a ground electrode on outer surfaces of the multilayer body. The first coil conductor includes a winding axis extending in a stacking direction of the insulating substrates, the first coil conductor is connected to the first outer electrode, the second outer electrode, or the ground electrode, and the second outer electrode extends along a side surface of the multilayer body. An additional capacitance is generated between the second outer electrode and the first coil conductor. The second outer electrode includes first and second portions with different widths in a layer direction of the insulating substrates and the width of the second portion is larger than the width of the first portion. |
| US11869699B2 |
Inductive energy emitter/receiver for an inductive charger of an electric vehicle
Inductive energy emitter/receiver including a planar-shaped magnetic core with two opposed main surfaces is provided having at least one conductive coil wound around an axis perpendicular to the main surfaces of the planar-shaped magnetic core, said the conductive coil being overlapped to one of the main surfaces of the magnetic core; an inductor casing being attached to the planar-shaped magnetic core and at least one conductive coil. The inductor casing is at least partially made of flexible polymer bonded soft magnetic material, and the planar-shaped magnetic core is a made of a plurality of flexible elongated partial cores, forming a flexible planar shaped magnetic core. |
| US11869697B2 |
Magnetic core
When joining end faces of a plurality of soft magnetic sheets which are superposed in the sheet thickness direction and which are bent at parts forming corner areas of a core, offset of positions of the end faces from the desired positions is suppressed.In a region of a window part comprised of a region inside of a first part 110 and second part 120, a third part 130 with a length in a longitudinal direction (X-axial direction) the same as a length in the X-axial direction of the window part at the position where the third part 130 is arranged is arranged so as to contact the region of the inner circumferential surface between the first corner area 101 and third corner area 103. |
| US11869696B2 |
Electronic component
An electronic component includes a wire winding wound around a central axis. The wire winding having first and second ends, and first and second terminals are connected to or formed by the first and second ends. The terminals provide electrical contacts for connecting the component into a circuit. The component has a wet press molded body made of a mixture of magnetic and non-magnetic material that is heated and pressed about the wire winding. The wet press molded body leaves at least a portion of the terminals exposed for mounting the component to the circuit. |
| US11869694B1 |
Low-temperature resistant perfluoropolyether-based magnetic liquid and preparation method thereof
A preparation method of a perfluoropolyether-based magnetic liquid includes dispersing magnetic nanoparticles coated with graphene oxide into a solution of N,N-dimethylformamide to obtain solution A; dispersing a surfactant into dichloromethane, and adding triethylamine as a cosolvent to obtain solution B; mixing the solution A and the solution B uniformly, heating them under reflux and stirring them for a modification reaction; and after the modification reaction is completed, washing and drying a reaction product to obtain the modified magnetic nanoparticles coated with the graphene oxide; dispersing the modified magnetic nanoparticles coated with the graphene oxide into a base carrier liquid to prepare the perfluoropolyether-based magnetic liquid. The surfactant is a perfluoroalkylamine. The base carrier liquid is a perfluoropolyether oil. The modification reaction is performed at a temperature of 50 to 120° C. for a time period of 20 to 50 hours. |
| US11869693B2 |
Magnetoelectric multiferroic nanocomposite
A magnetoelectric multiferroic nanocomposite. The nanocomposite comprises a ferroelectric perovskite oxide and a rare-earth substituted mixed ternary transition metal ferrite of the formula A1−xBxRyFe2−yO4. The nanocomposite has a high dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, both stable over a wide frequency range. These properties may make the nanocomposite desirable for applications in microelectronic devices, sensors and antennas. |
| US11869690B2 |
Rare earth magnet and producing method thereof
A rare earth magnet in which the amount used of a heavy rare earth element is more reduced while maintaining enhancement of the coercive force, and a producing method thereof are provided. The rare earth magnet of the present disclosure has a main phase 10 and a grain boundary phase 20. The main phase 10 has a composition represented by R12T14B. The main phase 10 has a core part 12 and a shell part 14. Denoting the abundances of R2 and Ce (R2 is heavy rare earth element) occupying 4f site of the shell part 14 as R24f and Ce4f, respectively, and denoting the abundances of R2 and Ce occupying 4g site of the shell part 14 as R24g and Ce4g, respectively, the rare earth magnet satisfies 0.44≤R24g/(R24f+R24g)≤0.70 and 0.04≤(Ce4f+Ce4g)/(R24f+R24g). The rare earth magnet-producing method of the present disclosure uses a modifier containing at least R2 and Ce. |
| US11869689B2 |
Incorporation of oxides into ferrite material for improved radio radiofrequency properties
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material and methods of manufacturing. The hexagonal ferrite material can be Y-phase hexagonal ferrite material, such as those including strontium. In some embodiments, oxides consistent with the stoichiometry of Sr3Co2Fe24O41, SrFe12O19 or CoFe2O4 can be used form an enhanced hexagonal ferrite material. |
| US11869685B2 |
Thermistor and method for producing said thermistor
A thermistor having a ceramic main body, which contains a ceramic material as the main constituent. The ceramic main body has at least one electrically insulating layer. The electrically insulating layer is arranged within the ceramic main body and contains a main component which has a composition different from the ceramic material. |
| US11869684B2 |
Wire harness and wire harness manufacturing method
A wire harness including: a wire bundle that includes a plurality of wires, each wire of the plurality of wires includes a conductor and an insulating covering that covers an outer circumference of the conductor, and each wire of the plurality of wires includes an exposed portion at which the conductor is exposed from the insulating covering; a splice body; and a waterproofing cover, wherein: at the splice body, the exposed portions of the wires forming the wire bundle are bonded to each other, a portion of the wire bundle that is adjacent to the splice body and at which the conductors are covered by the insulating coverings is a covered region, the waterproofing cover integrally covers the splice body and the covered region with a resin material. |
| US11869680B2 |
Treating a treatment volume with therapeutic radiation using a multi-leaf collimation system
A control circuit optimizes a radiation treatment plan for a patient treatment volume using an automatically iterating optimization process that optimizes as a function, at least in part, of predetermined cost functions, wherein at least one of the cost functions favors apertures for the multi-leaf collimation system having local curvature that deviates only minimally from a reference curvature. By one approach the control circuit determines the reference curvature as a function, at least in part, of at least one of setting the reference curvature to a static minimal local curvature, a shape of a projective mapping of the treatment volume onto an isocenter plane, and/or a fluence map associated with an amount of radiation to be administered to the treatment volume from a particular direction. By one approach the control circuit dynamically determines when to employ one or more such cost functions. |
| US11869675B2 |
Provider determination system, methods for determining providers within a provider network, and methods for providing information related to providers to a user
Methods of providing provider information to a client device includes receiving, from a client device, a request for information for a provider within a user's provider network, generating and providing a request for location information; receiving a location response, determining whether a location identified by the location response is currently supported by the provider determination system, generating and providing a provider type request, receiving a provider type response; determining whether there are providers within the user's provider network that match both the location identified in the location response and a provider type identified in the provide type response, generating and providing a provider list, receiving a provider selection response selecting a provider from the provider list, generating and providing a provider information including information related to the selected provider. |
| US11869674B2 |
Translation of medical evidence into computational evidence and applications thereof
A computational evidence platform extracts clinical concepts from medical evidence sources and creates a database of elemental diagnostic factors and elemental investigations links to medical conditions. Input from a person groups factors and investigations makes corrections and adds a ranking. Elemental factors and investigations do not include information specific to their associated conditions but include synonyms and a link to a medical ontology. A patient state is determined by extracting patient known diagnostic factors and investigation results from the patient chart. These known factors and results are matched to the database and a ranking of likely conditions are output. Next-best actions per condition are output by determining factors not yet known and investigations not yet performed. Next-best actions across conditions are determined by performing a recursive tree search of the database and assuming that unknown factors are now known to generate a score for each assumption. |
| US11869672B2 |
Contact tracing systems and methods for tracking of shipboard pathogen transmission
Contract tracing systems and methods for infectious disease tracking are disclosed. An infectious disease tracking system includes a plurality of user devices, each user device configured to detect, using a wireless communication module, a signal emitted by another one of the plurality of user devices. The user device can determine that a strength of the signal exceeds a predetermined event initiation signal strength threshold corresponding to a physical proximity between users of the devices and can store a contact tracing event record in response to determining that the strength of the signal exceeds the predetermined event initiation signal strength threshold. The user device can transmit the contact tracing event records to a data center where they can be stored and used to identify close contacts when an index case of an infectious disease is identified. |
| US11869671B1 |
Context-sensitive health outcome surveillance and signal detection
Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating patient health care through automatic discovery, establishment, and statistical validation of safety signals in repositories of EMR information, identifying safety signals regarding therapeutics or therapeutics combinations administered to patients. In an embodiment, a method includes identifying, from a dataset of health care records, a first group of patients that received a drug; extracting one or more medical events that the first group experienced; identifying a second group of patients similar to the first group who have received one or more concomitant comparator drugs that address the same set of conditions that prevail in both the first group and second group; extracting one or more medical events that the second group of patients have experienced; and comparing the medical events of the first group to the medical events of the second group to determine statistically significant differences in occurrences between the groups. |
| US11869664B2 |
Method and system for assessing drug efficacy using multiple graph kernel fusion
Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide techniques to predict the success or failure of a drug used for disease treatment. For example, a method of determining drug efficacy may include, for a plurality of patients, generating a directed acyclic graph from health related information of each patient comprising nodes representing a medical event of the patient, at least one first edge connecting the first node to an additional node, each additional edge connecting nodes representing two consecutive medical events, the edge having a weight based on a time difference between the two consecutive medical events, capturing a plurality of features from each directed acyclic graph, generating a binary graph classification model on captured features of each directed acyclic graph, determining a probability that a drug or treatment will be effective using the binary graph classification model, and determining a drug to be prescribed to a patient based on the determined probability. |
| US11869663B2 |
Method of diagnosis based on digital biomarker and apparatus for performing the method
A method of diagnosis based on biomarker and apparatus for performing the method includes receiving, by a diagnosis server, digital biomarker data from user equipment, generating, by the diagnosis server, basic diagnostic data on the basis of the digital biomarker data and generating, by the diagnosis server, diagnostic result data on the basis of the basic diagnostic data. |
| US11869659B2 |
Remote diagnostic testing and treatment
Systems and methods for facilitating self-administered medical diagnostic tests and receiving treatment based on the results of such tests. In some examples, a user may take a medical diagnostic test under the supervision of a proctor over a video conference connection. The proctor or the system can verify the results of the test. The system can enable treatment based on the results of the test by, for example, facilitating the generation, fulfillment, and delivery of medication. |
| US11869655B2 |
Information processing system, endoscope system, information storage medium, and information processing method
An information processing system includes a storage device configured to store therein information of a trained model, and a processor. The processor performs a detection process based on the information of the trained model, and outputs position information detected in the detection process, the detection process being a process that detects the position information about an object from a detection image. The trained model is trained based on training data in which an object in a training image is added with multiple annotations, and is trained to output position information about the object in the training image based on an overlapping relationship of the multiple annotations. |
| US11869653B2 |
Information processing apparatus, medical information management system, and information processing method
An information processing apparatus that sends and receives data to and from an image storage apparatus that manages a medical file for each examination includes a first hardware processor. The first hardware processor generates image data from character information included in a non-image file related to examination, attaches examination information related to the non-image file to the generated image data, and creates a file converted to image. The first hardware processor further sends the created file converted to image to the image storage apparatus. |
| US11869652B2 |
Relationship-analysis system that generates a trust metric
The current document is directed to a relationship-analysis system. The currently disclosed relationship-analysis system collects objective and subjective observations of participants, and their relationship, in an interaction or transaction. The objective and subjective observations are combined to generate an observation data set that is processed by a computational relationship-analysis system. The analysis produces a variety of different types of results, including trust metrics, and stores the results in memory and/or mass-storage for control of downstream analysis, reporting, and actions. Trust metrics provide a basis for carrying out numerous types of downstream actions and for generating recommendations and evaluations by various types of relationship-evaluation and relationship-management systems that employ the relationship-analysis system. |
| US11869639B2 |
System and method to facilitate interoperability of health care modules
A system for facilitating interoperability among health care modules includes an interface configured to receive a first electronic record from a first health care module. The first electronic record has a first data structure. The system also includes a processor communicatively coupled to the interface. The processor is configured to analyze the first electronic record having the first data structure, and, based on the analysis, extract a portion of data from the first electronic record. The processor further creates a second electronic record using the portion of data from the first electronic record, where the second electronic record has a second data structure. The second data structure is configured to be compatible with a second health care module. The interface is further configured to transmit the second electronic record for display to the second health care module. |
| US11869636B2 |
Analysis instrument
An analysis instrument comprises a sample receiving section for receiving samples provided by a plurality of users, an analysis section operable to receive an aliquot of each received sample, perform an analysis of each received aliquot, and generate an output based on the analysis, and a presentation section adapted to present the output in a human discernable format. The analysis instrument further includes an identification section adapted to autonomously generate an identifier unique to each user and each sample provided thereby and to supply each identifier for presentation by the presentation section in a human discernable format together with a portion of the output that corresponds with one or more samples provided by a user to which the identifier is unique. Each identifier consists of one or more graphic symbols, one or more colours, and/or one or more numbers. |
| US11869631B2 |
Cross-variant polygenic predictive data analysis
There is a need for more effective and efficient predictive data analysis solutions for processing genetic sequencing data. This need can be addressed by, for example, techniques for performing predictive data analysis based on genetic sequences that utilize at least one of cross-variant polygenic risk modeling using genetic risk profiles, cross-variant polygenic risk modeling using functional genetic risk profiles, per-condition polygenic clustering operations, cross-condition polygenic predictive inferences, and cross-condition polygenic diagnoses. |
| US11869623B2 |
Latch type sense amplifier
A device is disclosed and includes an input stage circuit, a switching circuit, and a first latch circuit. The input stage circuit generates a first input signal having a first voltage and a second input signal based on a third input signal. The switching circuit operates in response to a first control signal, and adjusts a voltage level of a first data line according to the first input signal and a voltage level of a second data line according to the second input signal. The first latch circuit is coupled to the switching circuit by the first data line and the second data line. The first latch circuit latches a data in response to the first control signal and a second control signal, and adjusts the voltage level of the first data line based on a second voltage different from the first voltage. |
| US11869617B2 |
Self-repair for sequential SRAM
In some embodiments, a system comprises a static random access memory (SRAM) device and a controller. The SRAM device comprises a bit cell array comprising a plurality of bit cells arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each column operatively coupled to a pair of bit lines, wherein the plurality of columns is arranged as a plurality of column groups each comprising a plurality of local columns. The SRAM device further comprises a plurality of column decoders, each associated with a column group of the plurality of column groups. In some embodiments, the controller may be configured to read the local columns included in the column group by, for a given local column, sensing a voltage difference on a corresponding pair of bit lines, in a rearranged sequential order that is different from a physical sequential order of the plurality of local columns. |
| US11869608B2 |
Anti-fuse unit and anti-fuse array
An anti-fuse unit and an anti-fuse array. The anti-fuse unit includes an anti-fuse device and a diode. An anode of the anti-fuse device is electrically connected with a bit line, a cathode of the anti-fuse device is electrically connected with an anode of the diode, and a cathode of the diode is electrically connected with a word line. |
| US11869604B2 |
Method for checking the erasing phase of a memory device
The present disclosure relates to a non-volatile memory device including at least an array of memory cells and with associated decoding and sensing circuitry and a memory controller, and a method for checking the erasing phase of the non-volatile device; the method comprises: performing a dynamic erase operation of at least a memory block; storing in a dummy row at least internal block variables of said dynamic erase operation and/or a known pattern. |
| US11869601B2 |
Memory system and memory controller
A memory system includes a first memory cell array which is a nonvolatile memory cell array, a controller configured to control read and write of data, a first data latch group used for input and output of the data between the controller and the first memory cell array, and at least one second data latch group in which stored data is maintained when the data is read from the first memory cell array by the controller. The controller is configured to store management information in the at least one second data latch group when or before executing a read process for the data from the first memory cell array, the management information being in a second memory cell array and used for read of the data. |
| US11869600B2 |
Memory cell sensing by charge sharing between sensing nodes
Memory cell sensing by charge sharing between two sense nodes is disclosed. A first sense node and a second sense node are pre-charged and the second node is discharged initiating charge sharing between the first sense node and the second sense node that results in an improved sense margin. Sensing circuitry disclosed herein may include one or more pre-charge circuits, sense enable circuits, and charge-sharing circuits. The increased sense margin achieved by sensing circuitry disclosed herein provides better noise immunity and more accurate sensing results. |
| US11869599B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device and method of programming in the same
A nonvolatile memory device includes cell strings commonly connected between bitlines and a source line where the cell strings are grouped into memory blocks. During a precharge period, channels of the cell strings of a selected memory block are precharged by applying a gate induced drain leakage (GIDL) on voltage to gates of GIDL transistors included in the cell strings of the selected memory block where the GIDL on voltage has a voltage level to induce GIDL. During the precharge period, precharge of channels of the cell strings of an unselected memory block are prevented by controlling a gate voltage of GIDL transistors included in the cell strings of the unselected memory block to prevent the GIDL. During a program execution period after the precharge period, memory cells of the selected memory block connected to a selected wordline are programmed by applying a program voltage to the selected wordline. |
| US11869596B2 |
Memory system including a semiconductor memory having a memory cell and a write circuit configured to write data to the memory cell
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and a controller. The semiconductor memory includes a memory cell, and a write circuit configured to write data to the memory cell by applying a program voltage to the memory cell and comparing a threshold voltage of the memory cell with a first reference voltage corresponding to the write data. The write circuit is configured to execute a first programming operation to obtain a value of a write parameter by comparing the threshold voltage with a second reference voltage different from the first reference voltage. |
| US11869595B2 |
Memory device programming technique using fewer latches
A command to program data to a memory device is received. Target charge levels of a set of memory cells in the memory device for a first programming step are determined based on the data. A first set of indicators are provided to the memory device. The first set of indicators indicate the target charge levels for the first programming step. Target charge levels of the set of memory cells for a second programming step are determined based on the data. A second set of indicators are provided to the memory device. The second set of indicators indicate the target charge levels for the second programming step. |
| US11869594B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device including a logic circuit to control word and bitline voltages
A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array, a voltage generator and a control logic circuit for programming a selected memory cell of the memory cell array to a selected word line into a first program state by controlling the voltage generator and a verify operation on the memory cell array. The control logic circuit controls a first word line voltage applied to an adjacent word line not to be programmed in the verify operation to be different from a read voltage level of a read voltage applied in a read operation of the nonvolatile memory and controls a bit line voltage applied to a bit line in the read operation. The control logic circuit controls the voltage generator to apply a plurality of different and decreasing verify voltages to the selected word line in the verify operation. |
| US11869591B2 |
3D memory devices and structures with control circuits
A semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a plurality of first memory arrays, where the first level includes a plurality of first transistors and a plurality of first metal layers; a second level disposed on top of the first level, where the second level includes a plurality of second memory arrays; a third level disposed on top of the second level, where the third level includes a plurality of third transistors and a plurality of third metal layers, where the third level is bonded to the second level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonding regions and a plurality of metal to metal bonding regions, where the first level includes first filled holes, where the second level includes second filled holes, and where the third level includes a plurality of decoder circuits. |
| US11869585B2 |
Segregation-based memory
Methods, systems, and devices for operating memory cell(s) are described. A resistance of a storage element included in a memory cell may be programmed by applying a voltage to the memory cell that causes ion movement within the storage element, where the storage element remains in a single phase and has different resistivity based on a location of the ions within the storage element. In some cases, multiple of such storage elements may be included in a memory cell, where ions within the storage elements respond differently to electric pulses, and a non-binary logic value may be stored in the memory cell by applying a series of voltages or currents to the memory cell. |
| US11869582B2 |
Non-volatile memory device and method of incrementally programming the same using a plurality of program loops
A method of operating a memory device that performs a plurality of program loops for a plurality of memory cells includes applying a first program pulse and a first verify pulse of a first program loop from among the plurality of program loops, counting a first off cell count by using an output based on the first verify pulse, determining a first verify skip period using the first off cell count, applying an N-th program pulse and a plurality of verify pulses in response to an end of the first verify skip period, counting a second off cell count by using an output based on the plurality of verify pulses, and determining a second verify skip period using the second off cell count. |
| US11869576B2 |
Word line driving circuit and dynamic random access memory
A word line driving circuit includes a driving circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a control sub-circuit, a first switching sub-circuit and a second switching sub-circuit. The first switching sub-circuit is provided with: a control terminal electrically connected with the control sub-circuit, a first terminal electrically connected with a first power supply voltage, and a second terminal electrically connected with a third input terminal of the driving circuit. The second switching sub-circuit is provided with: a control terminal electrically connected with the control sub-circuit, a first terminal electrically connected with a second power supply voltage, and a second terminal electrically connected with the third input terminal of the driving circuit. The second power supply voltage is greater than a ground voltage. |
| US11869574B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and memory system including the same
A semiconductor memory device includes a mode register set and a clock correction circuit. The mode register set stores a first control code set. During a duty training interval based on a duty training command, the clock correction circuit may divide the duty training interval into a first interval, a second interval and a third interval which are consecutive, may correct a phase skew of a first clock signal and a third clock signal during the first interval, may correct a phase skew of a second clock signal and a fourth clock signal during the second interval, and may correct a phase skew of the first clock signal and the fourth clock signal during the third interval. The semiconductor memory device may enhance signal integrity of clock signals by correcting duty errors and phase skews of the clock signals having multi-phases during the duty training interval. |
| US11869568B2 |
Memory device for performing smart refresh operation and memory system including the same
A memory device may include: a memory bank comprising a first cell mat used as a normal area and a second cell mat used as a row hammer area and a redundancy area; a target address generation circuit suitable for: saving, in the row hammer area, a count of a received address for an active operation on the memory bank by performing an internal access operation on the row hammer area during the active operation, and setting, a particular count which satisfies a preset condition, an address corresponding to the particular count as a target address; a refresh control circuit suitable for controlling a smart refresh operation on the target address; and a column repair circuit suitable for repairing, when a bit line of the normal area has a defect, the bit line of the normal area with a bit line of the redundancy area. |
| US11869567B2 |
Refresh control circuit and memory
A refresh control circuit includes: a random output sub-circuit for sequentially receiving n single-row addresses and m single-row addresses in L single-row addresses, a single enabling duration of word lines pointed to by the n single-row addresses being greater than a preset duration, the m single-row addresses ranking top m in occurrence frequency, the L single-row addresses corresponding to word lines turned on between adjacent refresh commands, n being a natural number, and m being a positive integer; and for receiving a first random number which is a positive integer less than or equal to n+m, and then outputting an i-th received single-row address, i being equal to the first random number; and a row hammer address generation sub-circuit for outputting a row hammer address corresponding to the received single-row address acting as a refresh object corresponding to the refresh command. |
| US11869565B2 |
Read algorithm for memory device
Methods, systems, and devices for a read algorithm for a memory device are described. When performing a read operation, the memory device may access a memory cell to retrieve a value stored by the memory cell. The memory device may compare a set of reference voltages with a signal output by the memory cell based on accessing the memory cell. Thus, the memory device may determine a set of candidate values stored by the memory cell, where each candidate value is associated with one of the reference voltages. The memory device may determine and output the value stored by the memory cell based on determining the set of candidate values. In some cases, the memory device may determine the value stored by the memory cell based on performing an error control operation on each of the set of candidate values to detect a quantity of errors within each candidate value. |
| US11869564B2 |
Embedded ferroelectric memory cell
The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip structure. The integrated chip structure includes a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region disposed within a substrate. A select gate is disposed over the substrate between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. A ferroelectric random-access memory (FeRAM) device is disposed over the substrate between the select gate and the first source/drain region. A first sidewall spacer, including one or more dielectric materials, is arranged laterally between the select gate and the FeRAM device. An inter-level dielectric (ILD) structure laterally surrounds the FeRAM device and the select gate and vertically overlies a top surface of the first sidewall spacer. |
| US11869561B2 |
Spin orbit-torque magnetic random-access memory (SOT-MRAM) with cross-point spin hall effect (SHE) write lines and remote sensing read magnetic tunnel-junction (MTJ)
A cross-point SOT-MRAM cell includes: a first SHE write line; a second SHE write line non-colinear to the first SHE write line; a cross-point free layer comprising a first free layer, a second free layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between the first and the second free layers, the cross-point free layer configured to store a magnetic bit and located between and in contact with both the first SHE write line and the second SHE write line; and a remote sensing MTJ located in a vicinity of the cross-point free layer, wherein a free layer sensor of the remote sensing MTJ is in contact with one of the first SHE write line and the second SHE write line. |
| US11869557B2 |
Magnetic tape having characterized magnetic layer surface, magnetic tape cartridge, and magnetic tape device
A magnetic tape in which an edge weave amount of a tape edge on at least one side of the magnetic tape is 1.5 μm or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50%, an AlFeSil abrasion value45° of a surface of the magnetic layer measured at a tilt angle of 45° of an AlFeSil prism is 20 μm to 50 μm, a standard deviation of an AlFeSil abrasion value of the surface of the magnetic layer measured at each of tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° of the AlFeSil prism is 30 μm or less, and the tilt angle of the AlFeSil prism is an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of the AlFeSil prism and a width direction of the magnetic tape. |
| US11869553B2 |
Magnetic tape having characterized magnetic layer surface, magnetic tape cartridge, and magnetic tape device
A magnetic tape in which an arithmetic average roughness Ra measured at a surface of the magnetic layer with an atomic force microscope is 2.0 nm or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50%, an AlFeSil abrasion value45° of a surface of the magnetic layer measured at a tilt angle of 45° of an AlFeSil prism is 20 μm to 50 μm, a standard deviation of an AlFeSil abrasion value of the surface of the magnetic layer measured at each of tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° of the AlFeSil prism is 30 μm or less, and the tilt angle of the AlFeSil prism is an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of the AlFeSil prism and a width direction of the magnetic tape. |
| US11869552B2 |
Magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, and magnetic tape device
A magnetic tape in which a tape thickness of the magnetic tape is 5.2 μm or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 32° C. and a relative humidity of 80%, a frictional force F45° on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to an LTO8 head measured at a head tilt angle of 45° is 4 gf to 15 gf, and a standard deviation of a frictional force F on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to the LTO8 head measured at each of head tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° is 10 gf or less. |
| US11869551B2 |
Magnetic tape device
A magnetic tape device. The angle θ formed by the axis of the element array of the magnetic head with respect to a width direction of the magnetic tape is changed during running of the magnetic tape in the magnetic tape device. In a case where predetermined storage is defined as one cycle, a maximum value of an absolute value of a difference between a servo band spacing obtained before performing the storage and a servo band spacing obtained after the storage of N cycles is defined as A, and N is set to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, a medium life calculated by a linear function of A and a logarithm loge T of T, that are derived from a value of A and a value of the logarithm loge T of total storage time T of the storage of N cycles is 5 years or longer. |
| US11869549B2 |
Disk drive suspension including a flexure with an electrode connection portion that has regions of different thicknesses
A suspension for a disk drive includes a plate member having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first penetration portion penetrating the first surface and the second surface, and a second penetration portion spaced from the first penetration portion and penetrating the first surface and the second surface, an actuator provided on the second surface and having an electrode located in the first penetration portion, and a flexure having an electrode connection portion connected to the electrode. The electrode connection portion includes a first region and a second region having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the first region, and the second region overlaps the second penetration portion. |
| US11869547B2 |
Magnetic disk device, RW parameter adjustment method of the magnetic disk device and RW parameter adjustment device
According to one embodiment, a read and write (RW) parameter adjustment method includes changing conditions of RW parameters to determine a capacity and characteristics for each of various heads of a test device to measure the characteristics and creating, for each of the heads, a database in which the measured characteristics are registered, and changing the conditions of the RW parameters for each of heads of a device to be adjusted to measure characteristics, searching the database created for each of the heads for a database having similar characteristics, and setting the capacity and characteristics in an appropriate balance based on the similar characteristics of the database obtained by the searching. |
| US11869545B2 |
Magnetic tape management device, magnetic tape cartridge, magnetic tape, magnetic tape system, magnetic tape management method, and program
A magnetic tape management device includes a processor. The processor acquires a temperature and humidity of an environment in which a magnetic tape is stored, derives a specific enthalpy using the temperature and the humidity, and performs management processing on the magnetic tape in accordance with the specific enthalpy. |
| US11869538B2 |
Method for manufacturing glass spacer, glass spacer, and hard disk drive device
A method for manufacturing a ring-shaped glass spacer to be arranged in contact with a magnetic disk in a hard disk drive device includes processing for forming a film on the surface of a glass spacer main body, which is the base of the glass spacer. In the processing, the film is formed by passing the glass spacer main body through a location where the components of the film are in a spray state while an outer circumferential edge surface of the glass spacer main body is being rotated in a circumferential direction thereof. |
| US11869536B2 |
Auto mute feature using a voice accelerometer and a microphone
Techniques for automatically muting or unmuting an acoustic transducer include receiving a signal representing an output by a voice accelerometer of a device, determining whether the signal is indicative of a presence or absence of voice activity by a user of the device, and generating a control signal that causes an acoustic transducer to be muted responsive to determining that the signal is indicative of an absence of voice activity by the user, or that causes the acoustic transducer to be unmuted response to determining that the signal is indicative of a presence of voice activity by the user. |
| US11869534B2 |
Smart microphone-speaker devices, systems and methods
A microphone-speaker device includes a speaker, a microphone configured to capture sound and output an audio data signal and a housing configured to contain the microphone and the speaker. The device also includes an electronic circuit having audio electronics coupled to the speaker, an Ethernet interface configured to connect the electronic circuit for communication with a security system through an Ethernet connection, a power extractor for extracting power from the Ethernet connection for powering the electronic circuit and the microphone, and processing electronics configured to process the audio data signal from the microphone. |
| US11869533B2 |
Method and apparatus for tiredness detection
A method and apparatus (100) are provided for detecting tiredness of a vehicle driver. The apparatus (100) is configured to receive a signal from at least one microphone (104), to acquire a time characteristic of yawning actions in the signal, and to use an analysis of the time characteristic to detect or not detect a tiredness of the driver (106) from a frequency of yawning, a yawn intensity and/or a temporal compression between successive yawning actions. |
| US11869531B1 |
Acoustic event detection model selection
Systems and methods for acoustic event detection model selection are disclosed. For example, models may be calibrated utilizing audio samples from sound output by specific audio-output devices. Thereafter, a determination may be made as to which audio-input devices are near a give audio-output device and a model selector may select a model trained to detect an acoustic event produced by the audio-output device. The proximate audio-input device(s) may be configured with the selected model to detect the acoustic event. |
| US11869530B2 |
Generating audio using neural networks
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating an output sequence of audio data that comprises a respective audio sample at each of a plurality of time steps. One of the methods includes, for each of the time steps: providing a current sequence of audio data as input to a convolutional subnetwork, wherein the current sequence comprises the respective audio sample at each time step that precedes the time step in the output sequence, and wherein the convolutional subnetwork is configured to process the current sequence of audio data to generate an alternative representation for the time step; and providing the alternative representation for the time step as input to an output layer, wherein the output layer is configured to: process the alternative representation to generate an output that defines a score distribution over a plurality of possible audio samples for the time step. |
| US11869529B2 |
Speaking rhythm transformation apparatus, model learning apparatus, methods therefor, and program
It is intended to accurately convert a speech rhythm. A model storage unit (10) stores a speech rhythm conversion model which is a neural network that receives, as an input thereto, a first feature value vector including information related to a speech rhythm of at least a phoneme extracted from a first speech signal resulting from a speech uttered by a speaker in a first group, converts the speech rhythm of the first speech signal to a speech rhythm of a speaker in a second group, and outputs the speech rhythm of the speaker in the second group. A feature value extraction unit (11) extracts, from the input speech signal resulting from the speech uttered by the speaker in the first group, information related to a vocal tract spectrum and information related to the speech rhythm. A conversion unit (12) inputs the first feature value vector including the information related to the speech rhythm extracted from the input speech signal to the speech rhythm conversion model and obtains the post-conversion speech rhythm. A speech synthesis unit (13) uses the post-conversion speech rhythm and the information related to the vocal tract spectrum extracted from the input speech signal to generate an output speech signal. |
| US11869525B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing an audio signal, audio decoder, and audio encoder to filter a discontinuity by a filter which depends on two fir filters and pitch lag
A method is described that processes an audio signal. A discontinuity between a filtered past frame and a filtered current frame of the audio signal is removed using linear predictive filtering. |
| US11869521B2 |
Audio encoder, audio decoder, methods for encoding and decoding an audio signal, audio stream and a computer program
An encoder for providing an audio stream on the basis of a transform-domain representation of an input audio signal includes a quantization error calculator configured to determine a multi-band quantization error over a plurality of frequency bands of the input audio signal for which separate band gain information is available. The encoder also includes an audio stream provider for providing the audio stream such that the audio stream includes information describing an audio content of the frequency bands and information describing the multi-band quantization error.A decoder for providing a decoded representation of an audio signal on the basis of an encoded audio stream representing spectral components of frequency bands of the audio signal includes a noise filler for introducing noise into spectral components of a plurality of frequency bands to which separate frequency band gain information is associated on the basis of a common multi-band noise intensity value. |
| US11869520B2 |
Encoding method, decoding method, encoding apparatus, and decoding apparatus
An encoding method includes dividing a to-be-encoded time-domain signal into a low band signal and a high band signal, performing encoding on the low band signal to obtain a low frequency encoding parameter, performing encoding on the high band signal to obtain a high frequency encoding parameter, obtaining a synthesized high band signal, performing short-time post-filtering processing on the synthesized high band signal to obtain a short-time filtering signal, and calculating a high frequency gain based on the high band signal and the short-time filtering signal. |
| US11869519B2 |
Apparatus and method for decomposing an audio signal using a variable threshold
An apparatus for decomposing an audio signal into a background component signal and a foreground component signal, has: a block generator for generating a time sequence of blocks of audio signal values; an audio signal analyzer for determining a characteristic of a current block of the audio signal and for determining a variability of the characteristic within a group of blocks having at least two blocks of the sequence of blocks; and a separator for separating the current block into a background portion and a foreground portion wherein the separator is configured to determine a separation threshold based on the variability and to separate the current block into the background component signal and the foreground component signal, when the characteristic of the current block is in a predetermined relation to the separation threshold. |
| US11869518B2 |
Method and apparatus for increasing stability of an inter-channel time difference parameter
A method for increasing stability of an inter-channel time difference (ICTD) parameter in parametric audio coding, wherein a multi-channel audio input signal comprising at least two channels is received. The method comprises obtaining an ICTD estimate, ICTDest(m), for an audio frame m and a stability estimate of said ICTD estimate, and determining whether the obtained ICTD estimate, ICTDest(m), is valid. If the ICTDest(m) is not found valid, and a determined sufficient number of valid ICTD estimates have been found in preceding frames, a hang-over time is determined using the stability estimate and a previously obtained valid ICTD parameter, ICTD(m−1), is selected as an output parameter, ICTD(m), during the hang-over time. The output parameter, ICTD(m), is set to zero if valid ICTDest(m) is not found during the hang-over time. |
| US11869516B2 |
Voice processing method and apparatus, computer- readable storage medium, and computer device
A voice processing method is provided for a terminal. The method includes: performing voice speed detection on a voice obtained from a voice source, to obtain a voice speed value of the voice; obtaining a forward error correction (FEC) redundancy; adjusting the FEC redundancy according to the voice speed value to obtain a target redundancy; performing voice encoding on the voice to obtain a voice encoded packet; performing FEC encoding on the voice encoded packet according to the target redundancy to obtain a redundancy packet; and transmitting the redundancy packet and the voice encoded packet to a receiving end. |
| US11869514B2 |
Apparatus and method for improved signal fade out for switched audio coding systems during error concealment
An apparatus for decoding an audio signal includes a receiving interface, wherein the receiving interface is configured to receive a first frame and a second frame. Moreover, the apparatus includes a noise level tracing unit for determining noise level information being represented in a tracing domain. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a first reconstruction unit for reconstructing a third audio signal portion of the audio signal depending on the noise level information and a second reconstruction unit for reconstructing a fourth audio signal portion depending on noise level information being represented in the second reconstruction domain. |
| US11869507B2 |
Methods, systems and apparatuses for improved speech recognition and transcription
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for improved speech recognition and transcription of user utterances are described herein. A user utterance may be processed by a speech recognition computing device. One or more acoustic features associated with the user utterance may be used to determine whether one or more actions are to be performed based on a transcription of the user utterance. |
| US11869502B2 |
Mitigation of client device latency in rendering of remotely generated automated assistant content
Implementations relate to mitigating client device latency in rendering of remotely generated automated assistant content. Some of those implementations mitigate client device latency between rendering of multiple instances of output that are each based on content that is responsive to a corresponding automated assistant action of a multiple action request. For example, those implementations can reduce latency between rendering of first output that is based on first content responsive to a first automated assistant action of a multiple action request, and second output that is based on second content responsive to a second automated assistant action of the multiple action request. |
| US11869495B2 |
Voice to voice natural language understanding processing
Techniques for providing a standardized voice user interface (VUI) that enables voice to voice natural language understanding (NLU) processing are described. The standardized VUI may be added to speechlets to enable a customer to interact with a business via server(s) using NLU processing. For example, a first user may initiate a first voice interaction using NLU processing with the server(s) and the system may initiate a second voice interaction using NLU processing between the server(s) and a second user. This enables a customer to initiate a transaction (e.g., request information, place an order, make a reservation, etc.) with the business using the speechlet. Thus, the business may use the speechlet to offer services without requiring additional infrastructure or complicated programming to implement. |
| US11869494B2 |
Vowel based generation of phonetically distinguishable words
A system, apparatus and a method for determining distinguishable data, includes processing input data into a plurality of elements, calculating distinguishability of the plurality of elements using phonetic vowels, and determining distinguishable elements from among the plurality of elements, according to the distinguishability calculation. |
| US11869492B2 |
Anomaly detection system and method using noise signal and adversarial neural network
An anomaly detection apparatus includes a device identification database that stores device identification information for identifying a specific device for each type of a device, a hierarchical conditional vector generation unit that generates a hierarchical conditional vector based on the device identification information, an extraction unit that extracts a target device feature amount vector indicating a feature amount of an acoustic signal acquired from a target device by analyzing the acoustic signal, a hierarchical condition adversarial neural network that outputs background noise level information indicating a background noise level of a surrounding environment of the target device and true/false determination information indicating true/false of the target device feature amount vector by analyzing the hierarchical conditional vector and the target device feature amount vector, and an anomaly determination unit that determines whether an anomaly exists in the target device feature amount vector. |
| US11869491B2 |
Abstract generation device, method, program, and recording medium
A speech recognition unit converts an input utterance sequence into a confusion network sequence constituted by a k-best of candidate words of speech recognition results; a lattice generating unit generates a lattice sequence having the candidate words as internal nodes and a combination of k words among the candidate words for an identical speech as an external node, in which edges are extended between internal nodes other than internal nodes included in an identical external node, from the confusion network sequence; an integer programming problem generating unit generates an integer programming problem for selecting a path that maximizes an objective function including at least a coverage score of an important word, of paths following the internal nodes with the edges extended, in the lattice sequence; and the summary generating unit generates a high-quality summary having less speech recognition errors and low redundancy using candidate words indicated by the internal nodes included in the path selected by solving the integer programming problem, under a constraint on the length of a summary to be generated. |
| US11869486B2 |
Voice conversion learning device, voice conversion device, method, and program
To be able to convert to a voice of the desired attribution. A learning unit learns a converter to minimize a value of a learning criterion of the converter, learns a voice identifier to minimize a value of a learning criterion of the voice identifier, and learns an attribution identifier to minimize a value of a learning criterion of the attribution identifier. |
| US11869485B2 |
Method for generating style statement, method and apparatus for training model, and computer device
The present disclosure discloses a method for generating a styled sentence by a computer device. The method includes: obtaining a to-be-converted natural sentence, classifying, by inputting the natural sentence into a first encoding model, having a classification capability of classifying the natural sentence into a target content vector and a style vector of the natural sentence, the target content vector indicating a meaning of the natural sentence, and the style vector of the natural sentence indicating a language style of the natural sentence. The method also include determining, from at least one style vector according to a set target language style, a target style vector corresponding to the target language style; and inputting the target content vector and the target style vector into a first decoding model, and generating a styled sentence corresponding to the natural sentence. |
| US11869481B2 |
Speech signal recognition method and device
Systems and methods are directed to improving speech signal recognition. A method includes obtaining a spatial audio signal; separating a continuous speech signal and a corresponding directivity flag signal for a sound source direction from the spatial audio signal; and combining the continuous speech signal with the corresponding directivity flag signal for the sound source direction to generate a speech activation detection signal for the sound source direction. Because the speech activation detection signal of the sound source direction is obtained by combining the continuous speech signal with the directivity flag signal of the sound source direction, the speech activation detection signal has directivity, reducing the interference from continuous speech signal in other sound source directions. |
| US11869480B2 |
Idea scoring for creativity tool selection
An intelligence-driven virtual assistant for automated documentation of new ideas is provided. During a brainstorming session, one or more user participants may discuss and identify one or more ideas. Such ideas may be tracked, catalogued, analyzed, developed, and further expanded upon through use of an intelligence-driven virtual assistant. Such virtual assistant may capture user input data embodying one or more new ideas and intelligently process the same in accordance with creativity tool workflows. Such workflows may further stimulate creativity for capturing ideas, while continuing to document, analyze, and identify further aspects to develop and expand. |
| US11869479B2 |
1D ultrasonic converter unit
A 1D ultrasonic converter unit having at least three ultrasonic converters and a control unit for individually controlling each ultrasonic converter, wherein each ultrasonic converter has a housing, a piezoelectric body, and a sound decoupling layer for decoupling sound waves in a gaseous medium, is embedded in a common carrier structure, and emits and/or receives the same frequency between 20 kHz and 400 kHz. Each ultrasonic converter has one sound channel having an input opening associated with one sound decoupling layer, and an output opening. The output openings are arranged along a line, a distance between two adjacent output openings corresponds at most to the whole or half the wavelength of the sound frequency and is smaller than the distance of the input openings. |
| US11869476B2 |
Acoustic metamaterial
A metamaterial comprising, a plurality of acoustic vector field sensors, each configured to sense an acoustic vector field of a fluid within a fluid-filled space in response to fluid waves, and producing an electrical signal corresponding to the sensed acoustic vector field; a processor configured to perform a time and space transform on the electrical signal; and at least one phased array transducer, configured to emit fluid waves according to a produced acoustic vector field pattern dependent on a result of the time and space transform, a within a portion of the fluid. |
| US11869473B2 |
Hollow structure and resonant sound reducing body
A hollow structure has a hollow body with an annular first space and at least one resonator. In the resonator there is formed an elongated second space with a pair of openings at two ends thereof. Each of the pair of openings opens inwardly toward the interior of the first space. The ratio of the length of a centerline of the second space to the length of a centerline of the first space is within a range of from 0.45 to 0.55. The second space is disposed in a curve along a circumferential surface of the first space and is shaped such that one of the two ends of the second space is folded back toward the other end. |
| US11869463B1 |
Bagpipe adaptive air supply
A lightweight, portable and adaptive air supply for a bagpipe, such as a Great Highland Bagpipe, may include a variable speed compressor and an air supply line communicating from the compressor to the bag of the bagpipe. A switch, which may be a mouth-operated switch, allows the piper to control the air compressor when the piper is playing the bagpipe. The adaptive air supply allows a person to play the bagpipe who may have physical challenges preventing the person from producing breath having the quantity and air pressure otherwise required. The adaptive air supply also allows ready setup of a bagpipe and is a useful teaching tool. |
| US11869461B2 |
Guitar tuner
A tuner for a guitar having a neck and string nut including a plurality of nut slots configured to receive respective guitar strings. A tuner mount is fixedly secured to the neck and a tuner body is mounted on the tuner mount. A string break angle fastener is engageable with a guitar string passing through the respective nut slot and sets a break angle of the guitar string. A string lock carriage is movably mounted on the tuner body and includes a string fastener engageable with the guitar string passing through the respective nut slot to secure the guitar string to the carriage. A tuner knob is manually movable to drive the string carriage and thereby adjust the tension of and tune the respective guitar string. |
| US11869454B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to, when displaying an on-screen display image on a screen of a display device, invalidate a contrast value set by a user to a contrast setting value specifying a contrast of the screen, and draw the on-screen display image so as to be superimposed on a background image. |
| US11869451B2 |
Multi-primary display mask-based dithering with low blooming sensitivity
Methods for driving color electrophoretic displays including a plurality of display pixels capable of producing a set of primary colors. The method comprises defining a separation cumulate threshold array and using the separation cumulate threshold array to identify areas of the electrophoretic display that are better suited for dithering and not dithering the areas of the electrophoretic display that exceed the separation cumulate threshold. |
| US11869449B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, display device having artificial intelligence function, and method of generating trained neural network model
An image processing device that realizes local dimming control and push-up control of a display device using an artificial intelligence function is provided. The image processing device includes a trained neural network model that estimates a local dimming pattern representing light emitting states of light source units corresponding to a plurality of areas divided from a display area of an image display unit for a target display image, and a control unit that controls the light emitting states of the light source units on the basis of the local dimming pattern estimated by the trained neural network model for the target display image displayed on the image display unit. |
| US11869448B2 |
Display device and display driving method
A display device includes a display panel in which an optical area and a normal area outside the optical area are formed in a display area, wherein the optical area is divided into a transmission area and a light emitting area and wherein the normal area comprises a plurality of light emitting areas; a gate driving circuit configured to supply a gate signal to the display panel; a data driving circuit configured to convert an image data into a data voltage and supply it to the display panel; a display controller configured to control a movement path of the image data so that at least a part of the image data moves over time according to a structure of the optical area when an area where the image data is displayed includes the optical area. |
| US11869447B2 |
Light emitting display device including data voltage output circuits one of which pre-charges a reference line and driving method thereof
A light emitting display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, and a data driver including a panel driving circuit and a panel sensing circuit, the panel driving circuit configured to drive the display panel, and the panel sensing circuit configured to sense the display panel. The data driver pre-charges a reference line of the display panel based on a voltage output from at least one of data voltage output circuits included in the panel driving circuit. |
| US11869441B2 |
Display device having multiple driving frequency modes
A driving controller divides a display panel into first and second display areas according to an operation mode, outputs a start signal indicating a start of one frame and a masking signal for indicating a start of the second display area, sets a basic driving frequency to a normal frequency when the operation mode is a normal frequency mode, sets the basic driving frequency to a frequency lower than the normal frequency when the operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, and outputs the start signal and the masking signal. The first display area operates at a first driving frequency and the second display area operates at a second driving frequency, and the scan driving circuit sequentially drives scan lines in synchronization with the start signal, and stops, in response to the masking signal, driving of some of the scan lines corresponding to the second display area. |
| US11869440B2 |
OLED display module and terminal device
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display system includes a first region located in a substrate. The first region is configured to accommodate a control element. A plurality of other regions located on both sides of the first region in the substrate are sequentially disposed based on distances from the first region. The plurality of other regions include a second region configured to accommodate a first circuit element, a third region configured to accommodate a first circuit clock signal line, a fourth region configured to accommodate a second circuit clock signal line, a fifth region configured to accommodate a second circuit element, a sixth region configured to accommodate a first low-potential port and a seventh region located on an upper surface of the substrate. |
| US11869438B2 |
Display device including scan driver including scan signal output circuit, signal distribution circuit and scan-off circuit
A display device includes a display panel including pixels connected to scan lines and data lines, and connection line connected to the scan lines, and a scan driver which drives scan lines. The scan driver includes a scan signal output circuit which outputs a first output signal as a scan signal to a first output line and outputs a second output signal to a second output line, a signal distribution circuit which outputs the first output signal to a first or third connection line and outputs the second output signal to a second or fourth connection line in response to first and second distribution control signals, and a scan-off circuit which outputs gate-off level to at least one of the scan lines in response to first and second scan-off control signals. |
| US11869433B2 |
Pixel and display apparatus including the same
A pixel of a display apparatus includes a light emitting device and a pixel circuit connected to first to third gate control lines and the light emitting device, the pixel circuit including first to fourth nodes. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor connected to the first to third nodes, a first transistor connected to the first gate control line and the first and second nodes, a second transistor connected to the second gate control line, the second node, and a first driving voltage line, a third transistor connected to the first gate control line, the third node, and the fourth node, a fourth transistor connected to the first gate control line, the fourth node, and an initialization voltage line, a fifth transistor connected to the third gate control line, the third node, and a data line, and a storage capacitor between the first node and the fourth node. |
| US11869420B2 |
Driving device and driving method for display panel, and display device
Provided is a driving device for a display panel. The driving device includes a temperature sensor, a timing controller, and a source driving circuit. The temperature sensor is connected to the timing controller, and is configured to sense a target temperature and output the target temperature to the timing controller, the target temperature including an operating temperature of the display panel; and the timing controller is further connected to the source driving circuit, the source driving circuit is further connected to a pixel in the display panel, and the timing controller is configured to control, based on the target temperature, the source driving circuit to output a drive signal with a target parameter to the pixel to drive the pixel to emit light; wherein target temperatures within different temperature ranges correspond to drive signals with different target parameters. |
| US11869416B2 |
Display device using semiconductor light-emitting element
Discussed is a display device including a substrate, semiconductor light-emitting elements on the substrate, flip-flops which can apply an electrical signal to the semiconductor light-emitting elements to maintain the semiconductor light-emitting elements in a light-emitting state for a predetermined time interval, scan electrodes and data electrodes electrically connected to the flip-flops, respectively, and a driver. When a frame synchronization signal is generated during a time interval from a time point of the generation of a sub field signal to a time point of the generation of a subsequent sub field signal, the driver can prevent a voltage from being applied to the data electrodes for the time interval. |
| US11869414B2 |
Pixel circuit and display device including the same
A panel repairing method includes detecting a defective portion of a panel, providing primary ink, which is ejected from an ink ejection pin, onto a first portion of the defective portion, spreading the primary ink in a direction parallel to a plane defined on the panel, temporarily curing the primary ink, providing secondary ink, which is ejected from the ink ejection pin, onto a second portion of the defective portion disposed adjacent to the first portion, and curing the primary ink and the secondary ink. |
| US11869412B2 |
Display device
A display device including a pixel connected to a first scan line, a second scan line, a third scan line, an emission control line, and a data line; a first driver supplying a first scan signal to the first scan line in a first period; a second driver supplying a second scan signal to the second scan line in the first period; a third driver supplying a third scan signal to the third scan line in the first and second periods; an emission driver supplying a control signal to the emission control line in the first and second periods; and a data driver supplying a data signal to the data line in the first period, in which a width of the second scan signal is greater than that of the first scan signal to overlap a plural first scan signals respectively supplied to first scan lines during the first period. |
| US11869411B2 |
Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
A display substrate includes: a base substrate; a first conductive pattern arranged on the base substrate; a first insulation layer arranged at a side of the first conductive pattern away from the base substrate; a second conductive pattern arranged at a side of the first insulation layer away from the base substrate; a second insulation layer arranged at a side of the second conductive pattern away from the base substrate; and a third conductive pattern arranged at a side of the second insulation layer away from the base substrate. The third conductive pattern and the first conductive pattern together serve as a first electrode plate of the capacitor, and the second conductive pattern serves as a second electrode plate of the capacitor. |
| US11869410B2 |
Display panel and display device
The present application discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel unit groups. Each pixel unit group includes a first row of pixel units and a second row of pixel units, which are adjacently disposed. A first gate driver on array (GOA) circuit unit electrically connected to the first row of pixel units and a second GOA circuit unit electrically connected to the second row of pixel units are further disposed between the first row of pixel units and the second row of pixel units. The first GOA circuit unit and the second GOA circuit unit share at least one signal transmission line. |
| US11869406B1 |
Scan driver
A scan driver of the disclosure includes a plurality of stage groups configured to supply scan signals to scan lines based on clock signals, carry clock signals, and first and second powers. A first stage group of the stage groups includes a first stage configured to supply a first scan signal to a first scan line based on an input signal, a first clock signal of the clock signals, a first carry clock signal of the carry clock signals, and the first and second powers, and a second stage configured to supply a second scan signal to a second scan line based on the input signal, a second clock signal of the clock signals, a second carry clock signal of the carry clock signals, and the first and second powers. The first stage and the second stage are commonly connected to a first node and a second node. |
| US11869405B2 |
Display panel and display device
Provided display panel includes display region and non-display region. The display region includes display units arranged in array and scan signal lines. At least part display units in same row share respective scan signal line. The non-display region includes shift register circuit and connection lines. The shift register circuit includes cascaded shift register unit groups each including at least two shift register units each including signal input terminal, reset control terminal, and signal output terminal. Signal output terminal of first shift register unit in (i+1)-th shift register unit group electrically connected to signal input terminal of respective shift register unit in (i+2)-th shift register unit group through same connection line. Signal output terminal of second shift register unit in (i+1)-th shift register unit group electrically connected to reset control terminal of respective shift register unit in i-th shift register unit group through same connection line. i is positive integer. |
| US11869404B2 |
Display panel, driving method thereof, and display device
Provided are a display panel, a driving method thereof, and a display device. A pixel circuit in the display panel includes a drive transistor, an initialization transistor, and an initialization signal line. An initialization signal terminal is electrically connected to a first terminal of the initialization transistor and the initialization signal line, a first terminal of the drive transistor is electrically connected to a power signal terminal, a second terminal of the drive transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of a light-emitting element. The first drive mode corresponds to a first drive frequency F1 and a first initialization signal Vref1, the second drive mode corresponds to a second drive frequency F2 and a second initialization signal Vref2, and the third drive mode corresponds to a third drive frequency F3 and a third initialization signal Vref3, where F1>F2>F3, Vref1≠Vref2≠Vref3, and F 2 - F 3 F 1 - F 3 ≠ ❘ "\[LeftBracketingBar]" V ref 2 - V ref 3 ❘ "\[RightBracketingBar]" ❘ "\[LeftBracketingBar]" V ref 1 - V ref 3 ❘ "\[RightBracketingBar]" . |
| US11869403B2 |
Display devices
A display device comprises a display substrate, first interconnections, second interconnections, a driving circuit and a polarizing plate. The display substrate includes a bend portion which is curved with respect to an axis parallel to a first direction. The first interconnections extend in the first direction and are on the display substrate. The second interconnections are on the display substrate, connected to the first interconnections and extend in a second direction different from the first direction. The driving circuit is electrically connected to the first interconnections and the second interconnections and provides driving signals to the first interconnections and the second interconnections. The polarizing plate is on the display substrate and overlaps the first interconnections and the second interconnections. |
| US11869402B2 |
Pixel circuit and display panel thereof
Provided are a pixel circuit and a display panel thereof. The pixel circuit includes: a drive module, a data write module, an initialization module, a light emission control module and a light emission module, where the initialization module is electrically connected to a control terminal of the drive module and configured to write an initialization voltage to the control terminal of the drive module at an initialization stage, the light emission control module, the drive module and the light emission module are connected in series to form a driving branch, and the light emission control module is configured to be turned on at a light emission stage under a control of a first light emission control signal and under a control of a second light emission control signal so that the driving branch is turned on. |
| US11869398B2 |
Screen display method and apparatus
A screen display method includes: detecting a touch operation acting on a screen; determining display adjustment information for a bent area of the screen according to the touch operation; and adjusting display content in the bent area according to the display adjustment information. |
| US11869392B2 |
Display panel, preparation method and driving method thereof, and display apparatus
Provided are a display substrate, a preparation method and a driving method thereof, and a display apparatus. The display substrate includes a circuit substrate, a plurality of elastic electrode pillars disposed on the circuit substrate, and a plurality of second addressing electrodes and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the elastic electrode pillars, the circuit substrate includes an addressing circuit and a plurality of first addressing electrodes, wherein the addressing circuit is configured to provide a first electrostatic voltage to the first addressing electrodes and a second electrostatic voltage to the second addressing electrodes; the first electrostatic voltage and the second electrostatic voltage are configured to control the deflection angle of the elastic electrode pillar. |
| US11869389B2 |
Tradeshow display crate
A trade show display has a transport mode configured as a crate, and display mode erected on a trade show floor. The crate comprises a base which may be configured as a pallet and having side walls attached at the periphery of the base defining a crate interior. The side walls each having a transport side and an opposite display side, the display side having graphic display panels attached or attachable thereto. When in the transport mode, the exhibit crate having the transport sides exteriorly exposed on the crate and defining crate side walls. When in the display mode on a tradeshow floor, the side walls have the graphic display panels facing forward and may define a back wall of a tradeshow display booth. The base comprising a platform for placement of product, equipment, or furniture. |
| US11869387B2 |
Flight simulator with a visual system integrated in a robotic manipulator
One example non-limiting example provides a full representative part 25 commercial aircraft flight deck with a visual system integrated with a robotic manipulator to provide an immersive simulation environment for training and research purposes. Such technology provides an architecture that provides visual blending-warp adjustment along with visual system integration, including for example Spherical screen design, Structural design and Projectors allocation. |
| US11869385B2 |
Methods, systems, devices, and software for managing and conveying knowledge
The present invention manages knowledge through elementary knowledge units and systematized inventories of bodies of knowledge comprised of interrelated elementary knowledge units. Methods and systems of the present invention granulate articulations from sources into utterances that are semantically equivalent to elementary knowledge units, but that may be lexically inequivalent. These elementary knowledge unit outputs may be constellated to reflect compositional dynamics of a body of knowledge. A constellation of knowledge units may be updated based on updating the body of knowledge out of which they are granulated or by adding elementary knowledge units granulated from one or more sources. An individual source may be abstracted based on how it relates to the elementary knowledge units in a body of knowledge. Knowledge mastery may be imparted through one-at-a-time absorptions of elementary knowledge units. Knowledge mastery may be assessed and knowledge gaps may be discovered based on comparing articulations of such units and/or of constellations. Conveying knowledge and assessing mastery may be mediated through non-human identities of virtual teachers that appear to converse in natural language, through adaptation of verbalizations to learners, as well as through conversational frameworks. Individually as well as in integration; and embodied for example through computerized processing, artificial intelligence, one or more human agents, including in various combinations; the aspects of the invention are useful especially for enabling the comprehension and the absorption of knowledge that is provisional and progressive in nature, including, but not limited to, scientific knowledge. |
| US11869383B2 |
Method, system and non-transitory computer- readable recording medium for providing information on user's conceptual understanding
A method for providing information on a user's concept understanding is provided. The method includes the steps of: acquiring a set of data on a user's concept understanding estimated using a concept-specific understanding estimation model that is trained on the basis of concept-specific correctness/incorrectness sequence data; and visualizing the user's understanding of at least one of concepts included in the acquired data set. |
| US11869381B2 |
Hysterectomy model
A surgical simulator for surgical training is provided. The simulator includes a frame defining an enclosure and a simulated tissue model located inside the frame. The simulated tissue model is adapted for practicing a number of surgical procedures including but not limited to transanal excisions and transvaginal hysterectomies. Portions of the frame comprises a material adhesively compatible with the material of portions of the simulated tissue model to secure and suspend the simulated tissue model within the frame. The simulated tissue model may also include simulated vasculature configured to loop through apertures in the frame to secure and suspend the simulated tissue model within the frame. |
| US11869377B1 |
Tactile graphic display and methods of use thereof
A tactile graphic display comprises an array of pin assemblies that can be individually activated to rise a selective distance above a plane, taking the shape of 3D objects and text in essentially real time. Each pin assembly of the array is operatively coupled to a permanent magnet that is slidable within an electromagnetic coil. When current is applied in a first direction to the coil, the magnet is repelled by the coil, causing it to move upwards and thus causing the pin to project from the array. When current is applied to the coil in the opposite direction, the magnet is attracted to the coil and moves downward, causing the pin assembly to retreat from the array. A latch member is configured to selectively engage and disengage a surface feature on the pin assembly for locking and unlocking a position of the pin assembly relative to the frame. |
| US11869375B2 |
Intelligent airport ramp and electric taxi-driven aircraft ground movement monitoring system
A monitoring system and method are provided to monitor ground movement of aircraft driven with electric taxi drive systems and movement of ground service vehicles and equipment and personnel within airport ramp areas. Monitor and sensor devices, including those that are intelligent and employ scanning technology to generate image, positional, and other data may be mounted in locations on aircraft, ground service vehicles and equipment, passenger loading bridges, an airport terminal, and other ramp locations to generate a constant stream of data as the aircraft moves into, within, and out of an airport ramp area. The data stream is transmitted to an artificial intelligence-based processing system to identify and communicate possible safety hazards to multiple locations so that the aircraft's ground travel or a ground vehicle's travel may be altered to avoid identified safety hazards and to avoid collisions. |
| US11869373B1 |
Autonomous and automatic, predictive aircraft surface state event track system and corresponding methods
An automatic, autonomous predictive aircraft surface state event track (ASSET) system, includes a mobile device onboard an aircraft and a remote service in communication with the mobile device. The mobile device includes a processor, and an application that in turn includes machine instructions encoded on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The processor executes the machine instructions to receive sensor data from aircraft onboard sensors, the sensor data indicating an operational state of the aircraft; and transmit the sensor data. The remote service receives the sensor data and includes a remote processor that executes machine instructions to compute an operational state of the aircraft; identify an aircraft event associated the aircraft; and using the aircraft operational data, the sensor data, and the event, predict that the aircraft will meet a next scheduled aircraft event within a specified time window. |
| US11869372B2 |
Transmitting and receiving surveillance messages
In some examples, a system is configured to mount on a first vehicle. The system include an antenna configured to transmit a first surveillance message by forming an omni-directional beam. The antenna is also configured to receive a second surveillance message from a second vehicle during a first time period. The antenna is further configured to receive a third surveillance message from a third vehicle during a second time period, where the first and second time periods at least partially overlap in time. The system also includes processing circuitry configured to demodulate the second surveillance message by forming a first beam and demodulate the third surveillance message by forming a second beam. The second beam is different than the first beam, and the first beam is simultaneous with the second beam. |
| US11869371B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management apparatus, takeoff and landing facility management apparatus, unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management method, and unmanned aerial vehicle system
A takeoff and landing facility management apparatus 4 transmits an information request for an unmanned aerial vehicle 1 to an unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management apparatus 3 in response to receiving a landing request from the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 that asks for an emergency landing. And then, the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management apparatus 3 transmits at least position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 to the takeoff and landing facility management apparatus 4 in response to the information request in a case where the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 that asks for the emergency landing is in an emergency state. |
| US11869366B1 |
Airline flight operations support
A method of displaying an electronic report on a GUI that includes receiving a user identifier and an authentication identifier associated with a user gaining access to a first application; displaying, on the GUI, a first window associated with the first application; displaying, via the first window, a listing of monitored flights; receiving, via the first window, a request; accessing, using the first application, a second application and a third application that are different from each other and the first application; updating the displayed listing of monitored flights using information accessed from the second and third applications; wherein a flight has a delay greater than two hours; and receiving, via the first window, a request for the electronic report for the flight; displaying, on the GUI and via a second window, the electronic report for the flight that includes information from each of the second and third applications. |
| US11869363B1 |
System and method for autonomous vehicle and method for swapping autonomous vehicle during operation
A functionality utilizing a centrally controlled strategy for continuous communication to specific autonomous vehicles, or drones, that are designed for extreme conditions and assigned specific missions with the ability to be replaced during the mission. This functionality is an improvement on existing swarm and leader-follower tactics as it retains control of the drones at a central command center, allowing the drones to both receive individual commands from the hub but also operate independently of it with direct pilot control. This direct communication allows for real time process of ordered substitution to replace any drone during the mission. |
| US11869362B2 |
Vehicle control method, vehicle control device, and vehicle control system
A controller is configured to set a stopping order of a plurality of vehicles, which indicates the vehicle order at a stop location in a stopping area. The controller is further configured to estimate an arrival order, which indicates the order in which the plurality of vehicles arrive at a prescribed location, based on position information of the plurality of vehicles. The controller is further configured to determine whether the arrival order differs from the stopping order The controller is further configured to control the travel of at least one vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles upon determining that the arrival order differs from the stopping order, such that the arrival order is the same as the stopping order by a time the plurality of vehicles arrive at the prescribed location. |
| US11869356B2 |
Communication control apparatus, vehicle, computer-readable storage medium, and communication control method
A communication control apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from an image capturing unit installed in a movable object, a reception control unit configured to control reception of risk area information including location information from another movable object, a determination unit configured to determine whether a notification target is present in a region based on the location information included in the risk area information based on the image, and a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of a determination result of the determination unit to the other movable object. |
| US11869355B2 |
Management system of work site and management method of work site
A management system of a work site in which an unmanned vehicle and a manned vehicle operate in a mixed manner includes: a determination unit that determines whether or not the manned vehicle exists in a predetermined area of the work site; and a command unit that outputs a work command to cause the unmanned vehicle or the manned vehicle to travel to a work point set in a work place based on the determination result. |
| US11869354B2 |
Method of detecting anomaly of road side unit and apparatus therefor
A method of detecting an anomaly of a road side unit, which is performed by an anomaly detecting apparatus interworking with one or more road side units, may comprise: receiving traffic data from each of the one or more road side units; performing grouping on the one or more road side units based on the traffic data; generating input data of an artificial neural network based on a result of the performing of the grouping; generating output data of the artificial neural network based on the input data; and detecting an anomaly of each of the one or more road side units based on the output data. |
| US11869351B2 |
Automated incident detection for vehicles
Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes receiving first data from a sensor of a vehicle. The method further includes determining, by a processing device, whether an incident external to the vehicle has occurred by processing the first data using a machine learning model. The method further includes, responsive to determining that an incident external to the vehicle has occurred, initiating recording of second data by the sensor. The method further includes, responsive to determining that an incident external to the vehicle has occurred, taking an action to control the vehicle. |
| US11869343B2 |
Evacuation system
A system includes a first sensor configured to identify information regarding an emergency condition associated with a structure and a second sensor configured to identify an occupancy pattern regarding the structure. The system also includes a processor operatively coupled to the first sensor, the second sensor, and a transceiver. The processor is configured to determine a severity of the emergency condition based at least in part on the information regarding the emergency condition and prioritize rescues within the structure based at least in part on the occupancy pattern. The system also includes the transceiver which is configured to transmit an identification of the emergency condition, a location of the structure, the occupancy pattern, the prioritization of rescues, and the severity of the emergency condition. |
| US11869340B2 |
System and method for distributed security
A method for managing an alert generated by a sensor of a security system that is associated with a property, the method comprises: receiving, by a server, a first indication about the alert; searching, by the server and in one or more data structures, for a validator that is associated with a validator address that is within a first predefined area that comprises a location of the property; sending, by the server, to a device of the validator, a validation request for validating the alert; and informing at least one entity out of a police and a central monitoring station about the alert after the validator validated the alert. |
| US11869339B2 |
Delivering and monitoring emergency alert system (EAS) media files via router computing devices using redirection responses
Delivery and monitoring of Emergency Alert System (EAS) media files via router computing devices using redirection responses is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a router computing device receives an EAS notification from a server computing device. The EAS notification received by the router computing device includes an EAS media file manifest Universal Resource Locator (URL) of an EAS media file to be pushed to subscribers. Upon receiving the EAS notification, the router computing device intercepts an Internet Protocol (IP) streaming content request from a client computing device that is communicatively coupled to the router computing device, and transmits a redirection response message that includes the EAS media file manifest URL to the client computing device. Upon receiving the redirection response message from the router computing device, the client computing device is redirected from any currently streaming media to the EAS media file manifest URL. |
| US11869336B2 |
Method and a communication device for coordinated signalling
A method, executable at a first communication device, for enabling communication between a group of communication devices, including the first communication device is suggested. The suggested method comprise activating the first communication device in response to recognizing a cause for triggering such activation, recognizing at least one second communication device, exchanging data between the first and the at least one second communication device, in response to recognizing the at least one second communication device, determining, based on the exchanged data, rules to be applied for a coordinated signaling, from the first communication device and at least one of the at least one second communication device, and initiating the coordinated signaling, based on the determined rules. |
| US11869335B2 |
Alarm management apparatus, alarm management system, and alarm management method
An alarm management apparatus of the present disclosure presents a trigger alarm, which should be presented to an operator, to the operator when the trigger alarm is included in an alarm that is received or generated. The alarm management apparatus stores a suppressed alarm related to the trigger alarm, without presenting the suppressed alarm to the operator, when the suppressed alarm is included in the alarm and presents the stored suppressed alarm to the operator based on an operation by the operator. |
| US11869334B2 |
Medical item distance alert system
A mobile device can wirelessly connect, using transceivers, to a medical item and a wristband worn by a user. The mobile device includes a software application enabling a user to input distance thresholds. The wristband can also include a software application enabling a user to input distance thresholds. Both the mobile device application and the wristband application can monitor signals between the medical item and wristband. In another system, a medical item distance alert system can include a plurality of medical items. In another system, a mobile device is not in communication with the wristband or medical items. The wristband software application can monitor signals between medical items and provide alerts in the absence of another mobile device. Preferably, ultra-wideband (UWB) and Bluetooth transceivers can be implemented to provide accurate distance estimates with low power usage. |
| US11869332B2 |
Remote cooking systems and methods
A remote temperature monitoring system includes a first unit operatively connected to one or more temperature sensors for sensing the temperature of one or more materials or food items being cooked or heated. The first unit transmits the sensed temperature to a second unit that is located remotely from the first unit during heating. The second unit is programmable with the desired temperature and/or heating parameters of the item. By monitoring the temperature status of the item over time, the system determines when the food has reached the desired temperature or degree of cooking, and notifies the user. |
| US11869329B2 |
Monitoring system for use with mobile communication device
A monitoring system for monitoring, measuring and detecting analytes in an environment or in test samples from an environment. The monitoring system generates data in response to the presence of at least one analyte. The monitoring system is configured to communicate the data to an associated receiver such as personal communication device or the like for processing. The monitoring system can be in the form of a selectively attachable component. |
| US11869325B2 |
Video identification and analytical recognition system
An analytical recognition system includes a video camera, an antenna, and a data analytics module. The video camera is configured to capture video data. The antenna is configured to capture mobile communication device data. The data analytics module is configured to correlate the video data and the mobile communication device data to generate a profile of a person associated with the video data and the mobile communication device data. The profile has profile data including any one or a combination of the captured video data and the captured mobile communication data. |
| US11869320B2 |
Merchandise security system
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to security systems for securing an item of merchandise from theft or unauthorized removal. For example, the security system may include a sensor configured to be coupled to the item of merchandise, wherein the sensor includes an electrical connector. The security system also includes a base configured to removably support the sensor thereon, wherein the base includes an electronics module having a connector. The connector of the sensor and the connector of the electronics module are configured to electrically connect with one another when the sensor is supported on the base, and the sensor is configured to detect unauthorized removal of the item of merchandise from the sensor. |
| US11869319B2 |
Fixed retail scanner with annotated video and related methods
A fixed retail scanner and related methods comprises imagers configured to capture image data, and a processor operably coupled to the imagers. The processor configured to provide image data from at least some of the imagers in real-time during a transaction to a decoder within the data reader for decoding an optical code on an object within the image data, generate annotations for the image data based on an analysis of image content of the image data to generate annotated image data, and provide the annotated image data from at least some of the imagers to an external system in real-time during the transaction. |
| US11869318B2 |
Medium processing apparatus
The present disclosure provides a medium processing apparatus, including: a housing provided with a surface facing a customer operating the medium processing apparatus; and a rolled coin device housed in the housing and configured to process rolled coins formed by bundling a plurality of loose coins. The surface of the housing includes a designated area located in a height range conforming to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standard with respect to a height direction of the medium processing apparatus, and a rolled coin dispensing port of the rolled coin device for dispensing the rolled coins is arranged in the designated area. |
| US11869316B2 |
Contest system and method based on bracket tournaments
A system and method for operating lottery-style or sweepstakes-style contests based on a bracket tournament involving multiple future events with winners of each event advancing to a next round and eventually a final competition with a winner thereof being the winner of the tournament or a fixed number of non-bracket events. The system and method involve distributing random tickets including all possible outcomes of a group of future events. In one version, all possible outcomes are distributed such that at least one contestant will hold a ticket with all winning outcomes. |
| US11869315B2 |
System and method for sports game
A system and method for sports gaming and wagering. A game system includes a game server and user gaming devices in communication over a network. A wagering game involves multiple players in virtual gaming rooms, each player must complete a series of bets over a predefined time period or over a predefined sporting event or tournament, with the participating players competing against each other to achieve the highest score, winnings, or ranking. |
| US11869314B2 |
Countdown timer to initiate automated transfer action
The present disclosure relates generally to gaming devices, systems, and methods. An illustrative method includes establishing a gaming session between a player and a gaming device, determining that a predetermined condition has been met during the gaming session, and automatically displaying a prompt to the player via a user interface of the gaming device, where the prompt provides an indication that an automated transfer event will occur a predetermined amount of time after displaying the prompt with respect to a credit meter being used to conduct the gaming session at the gaming device and where the prompt is displayed in response to determining that the predetermined condition has been met during the gaming session. |
| US11869313B2 |
Managing computer-implemented game economies
A game server is configured to implement a multiplayer online computer-implemented game that provides an inflationary economy system which allows for growth in a player's in-game virtual currency with an increase in game level or experience, while attenuating the in-game purchasing power by concomitantly inflating virtual currency value of predefined inflationary features. The inflationary features include rewards or winnings available by the player pursuant to gameplay success. Players at different inflationary levels can compete in-game for a common reward or jackpot, but a virtual currency value of the reward is denominated differently at different inflation levels. |
| US11869312B2 |
Continuous symbol sequence mechanics for random based game outcomes
A continuous symbol sequence supplemental game features is described. A gaming device randomly triggers, based on a random number generator, a continuous symbol sequence supplemental game feature. The gaming device randomly determines, based on the random number generator and triggering the continuous symbol sequence supplemental game feature, a number of credit symbols to add to a continuous symbol sequence. The gaming device randomly determine, based on the random number generator, the credit values for the credit symbols. The gaming device presents the continuous symbol sequence, wherein the credit values of the credit symbols in the continuous symbol sequence are arranged in a designated order. |
| US11869311B2 |
Gaming machine with modified prize feature
A gaming system is provided having a display and a game controller. The system implements a game wherein random events are caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined winning event results, the system awards a prize. A feature game of the gaming system includes a series of prize outcomes and a series of intervening games, which provide a player with a chance of advancing to a subsequent prize outcome in the event of a winning outcome in an intervening game. A monitoring means may be provided for monitoring and indicating the number of non-winning game outcomes and triggering a penalty event in the event of the non-winning outcomes exceeding a threshold number. In another aspect, a prize outcome of a feature is a progressive prize and a progressive prize modifier for modifying the progressive prize before awarding the prize. |
| US11869306B2 |
Touchpoint-dependent transactions
A transaction is facilitated at a business's touchpoint by transmitting from a wireless device (e.g., a patron's cell phone) to a transaction server operated by a transaction-funding business: patron-identifying information for the patron and a touchpoint ID associated with the touchpoint read using the wireless device. The transaction server authorizes the transaction, transmits that authorization to the cell phone and/or the touchpoint business, and the touchpoint business provides goods/services to the patron. In some implementations, the transaction-funding business transfers outgoing funds for the transaction to the touchpoint business and receives incoming funds for the transaction from the patron. In a casino, a patron can use his/her cell phone to purchase gaming credit at a gaming table. The transaction-funding business funds the purchase for the patron without any funds ever residing on or passing through the patron's cell phone. |
| US11869299B2 |
Concurrent utilization of game components in multiple game segments
Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses, computer-readable media, and/or methods that are configured to concurrently utilize presented game components in multiple games or game features within the same or different game. Accordingly, a gaming device can be configured to enable randomly-presented game components, such as slot game symbols, to be concurrently useable in one or more other games, and/or one or more other game features within the same overall game. Hence, one or more symbols presented in a first game segment are also available in a second game segment, where the game segments may be interrelated or alternatively independent from one another. |
| US11869297B2 |
Cassettes for an automated transaction machine
An automated transaction machine includes a plurality of cassettes of at least two different configurations. A first cassette may include multiple cavities with an internal transport, while a second cassette includes a single cavity. A first cassette may include lid access from both a top and bottom, while a second cassette only includes lid access from a top. |
| US11869293B2 |
Building control systems
A computer implemented method of programming access controllers in an environment, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an image file representative of the environment to be controlled, said image file comprising one more indicia representative of a device controlling access for an access point in the environment, said indicia comprising data representative of the requirements of the device; for each of the one or more indicia present on the image file identifying a device and associated device configuration data for the identified device, wherein the identified device complies with the requirements indicated by the indicia; writing the identified device data and associated configuration data into a format readable by a security management system and programming said security management system with the identified device data and associated configuration data. |
| US11869289B2 |
Movable barrier operator and transmitter pairing over a network
In one aspect of the present disclosure, a system and method are provided for pairing a network-enabled movable barrier operator with a transmitter. The method may include receiving a pairing request, retrieving a hashed version of the transmitter fixed code, verifying access authorization, and forwarding the hashed version of the transmitter fixed code to a movable barrier operator to allow the movable barrier operator to determine whether a new transmitter is authorized to control the movable barrier operator. |
| US11869288B2 |
Power tool with compartment for receiving another device
One power tool includes a housing including a compartment for receiving another device. The power tool further includes a wireless communication device including a wireless communication controller including a transceiver. The wireless communication device is configured to be received in the compartment. The power tool further includes a motor within the housing, and the motor is configured to drive an output drive device. The power tool further includes a controller within the housing and having an electronic processor, a memory, and a data connection. The data connection is configured to couple the electronic processor to the wireless communication device when the wireless communication device is inserted into the compartment. The controller is configured to control operation of the motor, and communicate with an external device via the data connection and the wireless communication controller. |
| US11869287B2 |
Abnormality detection device for exhaust gas sensor
An abnormality detection device determines abnormality in an exhaust gas sensor, disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine to detect a component in exhaust gas. The abnormality detection device includes: a responsiveness determination unit configured to calculate responsiveness of the exhaust gas sensor on the basis of a timewise change of output values of the exhaust gas sensor; and an abnormality determination unit configured to determine that the exhaust gas sensor has abnormality when the responsiveness calculated by the responsiveness determination unit is lower than a predetermined responsiveness threshold. The abnormality determination unit determines if the exhaust gas sensor has abnormality, excluding an excluded period during which a slope of the output values becomes zero or is inversed with respect to a preceding trend of the timewise change while the output values of the exhaust gas sensor timewisely change between a predetermined first and second determination values. |
| US11869285B2 |
Axle-monitoring system of a chassis of a utility vehicle and use of an axle-monitoring system
The present invention relates to an axle-monitoring system of a chassis of a utility vehicle for acquiring data on at least one axle of the chassis, wherein at least one sensor for acquiring at least one physical variable is arranged on the at least one axle, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to acquire a multiplicity of different physical variables, and to the use of an axle-monitoring system. |
| US11869274B2 |
Face-based frame rate upsampling for video calls
A method includes receiving a set of video frames that correspond to a video, including a first video frame and a second video frame that each include a face, wherein the second video frame is subsequent to the first video frame. The method further includes performing face tracking on the first video frame to identify a first face resampling keyframe and performing face tracking on the second video frame to identify a second face resampling keyframe. The method further includes deriving an interpolation amount. The method further includes determining a first interpolated face frame based on the first face resampling keyframe and the interpolation amount. The method further includes determining a second interpolated face frame based on the second face resampling keyframe and the interpolation amount. The method further includes rendering an interpolated first face and an interpolated second face. The method further includes displaying a final frame. |
| US11869270B2 |
Sensing device
A sensing device includes a first substrate, a first sensing element, a first light-shielding layer, a second light-shielding layer and an insulating layer. The first sensing element is disposed on the first substrate. The first light-shielding layer is disposed on the first sensing element and has a first opening, wherein the first opening is completely overlapped with the first sensing element. The second light-shielding layer is disposed on the first light-shielding layer and includes an upper light-shielding part and a lateral light-shielding part, wherein the upper light-shielding part is overlapped with the first light-shielding layer and has a second opening, and the lateral light-shielding part is separated from the upper light-shielding part. The insulating layer is disposed between the first light-shielding layer and the second light-shielding layer, and the lateral light-shielding part covers a sidewall of the insulating layer. |
| US11869269B2 |
Method of detecting biometric feature
A method of detecting a biometric feature with an electronic device and the method includes the following steps. Firstly, a detection region of the electronic device is provided, and the electronic device includes a plurality of first color pixels, a plurality of second color pixels, and a sensor module. Then, a first color light and a second color light are respectively generated by turning on at least a portion of the first color pixels and at least a portion of the plurality of second color pixels in the detection region. Next, a first area and a second area are simultaneously generated by the first color and the second color light, wherein the first area and the second area are overlapped with the detection region, and the sensor module is overlapped with the detection region. Finally, a biometric feature is determined. |
| US11869265B2 |
Object tracking system and object tracking method
Provided are an object tracking system and an object tracking method. The object tracking system includes: a terminal identifier and reference time providing module configured to receive an identifier of a terminal and a reference time for tracking an object corresponding to the identifier; a cross-CCTV detection module configured to detect a cross-CCTV for the terminal by using a CCTV installation information and a location of the terminal before the reference time; a basic image detection module configured to detect an object repeatedly appearing in the cross-CCTV as a basic image; a current-CCTV detection module configured to detect a current-CCTV currently recording the terminal by detecting a location and a moving direction of the terminal after the reference time; an object detection module configured to detect an object appearing in the current-CCTV based on the location and the moving direction of the terminal after the reference time; and an object tracking module configured to track an object corresponding to the identifier by determining whether the detected object from the current-CCTV and the basic image. |
| US11869260B1 |
Extracting structured data from an image
A series of steps may be performed to automatically extract structured data from an image. First, anchor points may be extracted from the image, representing areas of the image that potentially contain information of interest. The arrangement of anchor points may be used to identify a template. A transform may be generated, to facilitate mapping between particular points in the selected template and corresponding points in the image. The transform may then be used to automatically read visual information from the image and extract structured data from the visual information. |
| US11869256B2 |
Separation of objects in images from three-dimensional cameras
Methods, systems, and programs are presented for simultaneous recognition of objects within a detection space utilizing three-dimensional (3D) cameras configured for capturing 3D images of the detection space. One system includes the 3D cameras, calibrated based on a pattern in a surface of the detection space, a memory, and a processor. The processor combines data of the 3D images to obtain pixel data and removes, from the pixel data, background pixels of the detection space to obtain object pixel data associated with objects in the detection space. Further, the processor creates a geometric model of the object pixel data, the geometric model including surface information of the objects in the detection space, generates one or more cuts in the geometric model to separate objects and obtain respective object geometric models, and performs object recognition to identify each object in the detection space based on the respective object geometric models. |
| US11869251B2 |
Driving support method and driving support device
A driving support method including: detecting a first boundary point group including boundary points forming a lane boundary line, using a sensor mounted on a vehicle; converting a coordinate system of the first boundary point group to the same coordinate system as a coordinate system of map data; and performing matching between a first point group constituted by boundary points not close to each other in either one of a second boundary point group including boundary points forming a lane boundary line in the map data and the first boundary point group and the other of the first boundary point group and the second boundary point group. |
| US11869248B2 |
Object recognition device
An object recognition device of the present disclosure divides a reflection intensity image and a background light image acquired from a light sensor into the same number of subregions. The object recognition device calculates a feature amount for partial image data of each of the subregions of the reflection intensity image and partial image data of each of the subregions of the background light image that have been divided. The object recognition device compares the feature amounts calculated for the partial image data of the reflection intensity image and the partial image data of the background light image in the same one of the subregions and selects the feature amount with which an object is more easily recognized as the selected partial image data. The object recognition device recognizes the object based on overall image data configured by the selected partial image data pieces that have been selected. |
| US11869247B2 |
Perception data detection method and apparatus
The present disclosure discloses a perception data detection method and apparatus. The specific implementation scheme is: acquiring labeled data and perception data, where the labeled data includes a labeled position and a labeled type of at least one first obstacle, and the perception data includes a perception position and a perception type of at least one second obstacle; performing, according to a negative sample in the labeled data, rough filtering on the second obstacle in the perception data to obtain a third obstacle remaining after the rough filtering, where the negative sample is a non-physical obstacle; determining a matching relationship between the third obstacle and the negative sample, and determining the negative sample having the matching relationship with the third obstacle as a target obstacle; and determining, according to the number of the target obstacle and the number of the first obstacle, a detection result of the perception data. |
| US11869245B2 |
Monitoring device, monitoring system, method, computer program and machine-readable storage medium
The invention relates to a monitoring device (10) for recognizing persons in a monitoring region (2), the monitoring region (2) being video-monitored by means of at least one camera (6) and the camera (6) being designed to provide monitoring images (7) to the monitoring device (10) as video data, the monitoring device comprising: —a feature determination apparatus (13), the feature determination apparatus (13) being designed to determine a feature vector (19) for each object in at least one of the monitoring images (7); —a person recognition apparatus (16), the person recognition apparatus (16) being designed to detect in the monitoring images (7) a person to be recognized (11), on the basis of the determined feature vector and/or the determined feature vectors (19) of the feature determination apparatus (13) and/or a combined feature vector (18); —an association apparatus (14), the association apparatus (14) being designed to determine a feature vector (19) for each person to be recognized (11) and each associated environment object of the person to be recognized (11), the association apparatus (14) being designed to determine the combined feature vector (18) on the basis of the feature vector (19) of the person to be recognized (11) and the feature vector or the feature vectors (20) of the associated environment objects. |
| US11869243B2 |
Method and system for detecting heating
The invention relates to a method for detecting the heating activity in objects or materials, based on thermal only or thermal and visual data images. The method is based on a physics-based model of the underlying heating phenomena within materials or objects, while taking into account disturbing factors of natural phenomena such as weather conditions and day and night cycle. The invention also relates to a corresponding system for detecting the heating activity in objects or materials. |
| US11869239B2 |
Automatic configuration of analytics rules for a camera
Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for controlling a camera, comprising receiving a video sequence of a scene. The method includes determining one or more scene description metadata in the scene from the video sequence. The method includes identifying one or more scene object types in the scene based on the one or more scene description metadata. The method includes determining one or more rules based on one or both of the scene description metadata or the scene object types, each rule configured to generate an event based on a detected object following a rule-specific pattern of behavior. The method includes applying the one or more rules to operation of the camera. |
| US11869234B2 |
Subject tracking systems for a movable imaging system
A method is provided for controlling a movable imaging assembly having a movable platform and an imaging device coupled to and movable relative to the movable platform. The method includes receiving user inputs that define an MIA position relative to a target and a frame position of the target within image frames captured by the imaging device. The user inputs include a horizontal distance, a circumferential position, and a horizontal distance that define the MIA position, and include a horizontal frame position and a vertical frame position that define the frame position. The method further includes predicting a future position of the target for a future time, and moving the MIA to be in the MIA position at the future time and moving the imaging device for the target to be in the frame position for an image frame captured at the future time. |
| US11869231B2 |
Auto-completion for gesture-input in assistant systems
A method includes detecting a user input comprising an incomplete three-dimensional (3D) gesture performed by one or more hands of a first user by a virtual-reality (VR) headset, selecting candidate 3D gestures from pre-defined 3D gestures based on a personalized gesture-recognition model, wherein each of the candidate 3D gestures is associated with a confidence score representing a likelihood the first user intended to input the respective candidate 3D gesture, and presenting one or more suggested inputs corresponding to one or more of the candidate 3D gestures at the VR headset. |
| US11869228B2 |
System and a method for generating an image recognition model and classifying an input image
A method of generating an image recognition model for recognising an input image and a system thereof are provided. The method includes appending at least one feature extraction layer to the image recognition model, extracting a plurality of feature vectors from a set of predetermined images, grouping the plurality of feature vectors into a plurality of categories, clustering the plurality of feature vectors of each of the plurality of categories into at least one cluster, determining at least one centroid for each of the at least one cluster, such that each of the at least one cluster comprises at least one centroid, such that each of the at least one centroid is represented by a feature vector, generating a classification layer based on the feature vector of the at least one centroid of the plurality of categories, and appending the classification layer to the image recognition model. In addition, a method of classifying an input image and a system thereof are provided. |
| US11869227B2 |
Image recognition method, apparatus, and system and storage medium
Image recognition may include obtaining a first image, segmenting the first image into a plurality of first regions by using a target model, and searching for a target region among bounding boxes in the first image that use points in the first regions as centers. The target region is a bounding box in the first image in which a target object is located. The target model is a pre-trained neural network model configured to recognize from an image, a region in which the target object is located. The target model is obtained through training by using positive samples with a region in which the target object is located marked and negative samples with a region in which a noise is located marked. The target region is marked in the first image to improve accuracy of target object detection in an image. |
| US11869226B2 |
Computer readable recording medium which can perform image pattern determining method
A computer readable recording medium storing at least one program, wherein an image pattern determining method for determining a stripe image can be performed when the program is executed. The image pattern determining method comprises: (a) classifying a single target image to a plurality of image blocks, wherein each of the image blocks comprises at least one pixel; (b) calculating pixel differences between pixel value sums of at least one of the image blocks and neighboring image blocks of the image block; (c) calculating image variation levels of each of the image blocks in a plurality of directions according to the pixel differences; and (d) determining whether the single target image comprises the strip image or not according to the image variation levels. An image pattern determining method for determining a check board image is also disclosed. |
| US11869223B2 |
In-tree geometry quantization of point clouds
An example method includes receiving (502) a plurality of points that represent a point cloud; representing a position of the point in each dimension of a three-dimensional space as a sequence of bits (504), where the position of the point is encoded according to a tree data structure; partitioning (506) at least one of the sequences of bits into a first portion of bits and a second portion of bits; quantizing (508) each of the second portions of bits according to a quantization step size, where the quantization step size is determined according to an exponential function having a quantization parameter value as an input and the quantization step size as an output; and generating (510) a data structure representing the point cloud and including the quantized second portions of bits. |
| US11869221B2 |
Data compression using integer neural networks
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for reliably performing data compression and data decompression across a wide variety of hardware and software platforms by using integer neural networks. In one aspect, there is provided a method for entropy encoding data which defines a sequence comprising a plurality of components, the method comprising: for each component of the plurality of components: processing an input comprising: (i) a respective integer representation of each of one or more components of the data which precede the component in the sequence, (ii) an integer representation of one or more respective latent variables characterizing the data, or (iii) both, using an integer neural network to generate data defining a probability distribution over the predetermined set of possible code symbols for the component of the data. |
| US11869219B2 |
Inspection support system for erroneous attachment using image color conversion
An inspection support system for erroneous attachment includes an imaging device and an erroneous attachment detector. The imaging device is configured to capture an image that represents a state in which multiple components are attached to each other. The erroneous attachment detector is configured to convert a color space of the image into an HSV color space, create a comparative image on the basis of hue and saturation in the HSV color space, determine whether the multiple components are each a correct component and whether the multiple components are attached in a correct manner by comparing the comparative image with a correct image that is based on the hue and the saturation, and detect the erroneous attachment of at least one of the multiple components, in a case where the at least one of the multiple components is not the correct component and/or is not attached in the correct manner. |
| US11869217B2 |
Image processing apparatus, detection method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An image processing apparatus 10 includes a learning model construction unit 11 that generates a divided space(s) obtained by dividing a target space into one or more spaces and constructs a learning model for recognizing an object(s) included in the divided space, a learning model management unit 12 that manages the learning model and a region forming the divided space including the object recognized by the learning model in association with each other, a space estimation unit 13 that estimates a region forming a camera recognition space captured by a camera provided in a UI device; and a detection unit 14 that selects, from among the managed learning models, a specific learning model associated with the region forming the divided space including the estimated region forming the camera recognition space, and to detect the object included in a space displayed on the UI device using the selected specific learning model. |
| US11869211B2 |
Systems and methods to improve sleep disordered breathing using closed-loop feedback
Neural stimulation is provided according to a closed loop algorithm to treat sleep disordered breathing (SOB), including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The closed loop algorithm is executed by a system comprising a processor (which can be within the neural stimulator). The closed loop algorithm includes monitoring physiological data (e.g., EMG data) recorded by a sensor implanted adjacent to an anterior lingual muscle; identifying a trigger within the physiological data, wherein the trigger is identified as a biomarker for a condition related to sleep (e.g., inspiration); and applying a rule-based classification (which can learn) to the trigger to determine whether one or more parameters of a stimulation should be altered based on the biomarker. |
| US11869206B2 |
Controllable laser pattern for eye safety and reduced power consumption for image capture devices
A system and method are described herein for controlling optical power provided to one or more laser projectors of an image capture device, such as a stereo camera, for improving depth image acquisition and quality while adhering to eye safety standards based on laser emissions. The system includes one or more laser projectors operable to emit a laser dot pattern onto a scene, and image capture devices operable to capture images from the scene including the laser dot pattern. The images are analyzed to acquire depth information for objects in the scene, and the depth information is used to modulate the optical power of the laser projectors based on the distance to the object relative to the image capture device. |
| US11869204B2 |
Automatic co-registration of thermal and visible image pairs
Image pair co-registration systems and methods include receiving a pair of multi-modal images, defining a parametric deformation model, defining a loss function that is minimized when the pair of images are aligned, and performing a multi-scale search to determine deformation parameters that minimize the loss function. The optimized deformation parameters define an alignment of the pair of images. The pair of images may include visible spectrum image and an infrared image. The method further includes resizing the visible spectrum image to match the infrared image, applying at least one lens distortion correction model, and normalizing a dynamic range of each of the pair of images. The multi-scale search may further include resizing the pair of images to a current processing scale, applying adaptive histogram equalization to the pair of images to generate equalized images, applying Gaussian Blur to the equalized images, and optimizing the deformation parameters. |
| US11869198B2 |
Method for identifying still objects from video
The present invention generally relates to a technology of detecting a stationary object in a static video, i.e., a video which is generated by a camera with a fixed view, such as a CCTV video. More specifically, the present invention relates to a technology of identifying a stationary object by use of inference information (Tensor, Activation Map) of Deep Learning object detector among objects which have been detected in a static video such as a CCTV video. According to the present invention, it is possible to lower the priority of stationary objects (e.g., parked vehicles) in processing a static video so that computing resource of the video analysis system can be effectively utilized in the process after object detection so as to enhance the performance of image analysis. |
| US11869196B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
In order to extract a foreground area more appropriately, an image processing apparatus for extracting a foreground area from an inputted image includes an image input unit that sets a first area and a second area different from the first area in the inputted image, a first extraction unit that extracts a foreground area from the first area, and a second extraction unit that extracts a foreground area from the second area by using an extraction method different from an extraction method used by the first extraction unit. |
| US11869193B2 |
Computer-readable recoding medium having stored therein estimation processing program, estimation processing method and information processing apparatus
A method includes: inputting an image of a target to each of a first model for estimating a region of an annular face of the target, a second model for estimating a region in an outer circumference of the annular face and a third model for estimating a region in an inner circumference of the annular face, and outputting a region image, as an estimated region of the annular face, the region image being obtained by synthesizing first, second, and third elements. The first element is a region outputted as a result of the first model for calculating a sum set in the synthesizing, the second element is a region outputted as a result of the second model for calculating a sum set in the synthesizing, and the third element is a region outputted as a result of the third model for calculating a difference set in the synthesizing. |
| US11869192B2 |
System and method for vegetation modeling using satellite imagery and/or aerial imagery
According to some embodiments, a system and method are provided comprising a vegetation module to receive image data from an image source; a memory for storing program instructions; a vegetation processor, coupled to the memory, and in communication with the vegetation module, and operative to execute program instructions to: receive image data; estimate a vegetation segmentation mask; generate at least one of a 3D point cloud and a 2.5D Digital Surface Model based on the received image data; estimate a relief surface using a digital terrain model; generate a vegetation masked digital surface model based on the digital terrain model, the vegetation segmentation mask and at least one of the 3D point cloud and the 2.5D DSM; generate a canopy height model based on the generated vegetation masked digital surface model; and generate at least one analysis with an analysis module, wherein the analysis module receives the generated canopy height model prior to execution of the analysis module, and wherein the analysis module uses the generated canopy height model in the generation of the at least one analysis. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11869186B2 |
Non-invasive determination of likely response to combination therapies for cardiovascular disease
Provided herein are methods and systems for making patient-specific therapy recommendations of a combination of any two or more therapies selected from a lipid-lowering therapy, an anti-inflammatory therapy for patients with known or suspected cardiovascular disease, such as atherosclerosis. |
| US11869184B2 |
Method and device for assisting heart disease diagnosis
The present invention relates to a method of assisting in diagnosis of a target heart disease using a retinal image, the method including: obtaining a target retinal image which is obtained by imaging a retina of a testee; on the basis of the target retinal image, obtaining heart disease diagnosis assistance information of the testee according to the target retinal image, via a heart disease diagnosis assistance neural network model which obtains diagnosis assistance information that is used for diagnosis of the target heart disease according to the retinal image; and outputting the heart disease diagnosis assistance information of the testee. |
| US11869178B2 |
System for predicting properties of structures, imager system, and related methods
A method of predicting virtual metrology data for a wafer lot that includes receiving first image data from an imager system, the first image data relating to at least one first wafer lot, receiving measured metrology data from metrology equipment relating to the at least one first wafer lot, applying one or more machine learning techniques to the first image data and the measured metrology data to generate at least one predictive model for predicting at least one of virtual metrology data or virtual cell metrics data of wafer lots, and utilizing the at least one generated predictive model to generate at least one of first virtual metrology data or first virtual cell metrics data for the first wafer lot. |
| US11869176B2 |
Hyperspectral imaging system
This invention relates to a hyperspectral imaging system for denoising and/or color unmixing multiple overlapping spectra in a low signal-to-noise regime with a fast analysis time. This system may carry out Hyper-Spectral Phasors (HySP) calculations to effectively analyze hyper-spectral time-lapse data. For example, this system may carry out Hyper-Spectral Phasors (HySP) calculations to effectively analyze five-dimensional (5D) hyper-spectral time-lapse data. Advantages of this imaging system may include: (a) fast computational speed, (b) the ease of phasor analysis, and (c) a denoising algorithm to obtain the minimally-acceptable signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). An unmixed color image of a target may be generated. These images may be used in diagnosis of a health condition, which may enhance a patient's clinical outcome and evolution of the patient's health. |
| US11869175B2 |
Perceptually accurate image rendering
An image reproduction system and methods for providing colorant data to an end device. A method includes extracting general HSV value data for each pixel of an image from image data. For each pixel, the general HSV value data is transformed to generate universal perceived brightness, Bp, and universal perceived chroma, Cp, value data. End-device colorant data associated with the general HSV value data is retrieved for each pixel and scaled using the Bp and Cp value data to obtain scaled end-device colorant data. The scaled end-device colorant data is transmitted to the end device. |
| US11869165B2 |
Avatar editing environment
An avatar editing environment is disclosed that allows users to create custom avatars for use in online games and other applications. Starting with a blank face the user can add, rescale and position different elements (e.g., eyes, nose, mouth) on the blank face. The user can also change the shape of the avatar's face, the avatar's skin color and the color of all the elements. In some implementations, touch input and gestures can be used to manually edit the avatar. Various controls can be used to create the avatar, such as controls for resizing, rotating, positioning, etc. The user can choose between manual and automatic avatar creation. The avatar editing environment can be part of a framework that is available to applications. One or more elements of the avatar can be animated. |
| US11869164B2 |
Using portrait images in augmented reality components
The technical problem of creating an augmented reality (AR) experience that, on one hand, is accessible from a camera view user interface provided with a messaging client and that, also, can perform a modification based on a previously captured image of a user, is addressed by providing an AR component. When a user, while accessing the messaging client, engages a user selectable element representing the AR component in the camera view user interface, the messaging system loads the AR component in the messaging client. The AR component comprises a target media content object, which can be animation or live action video. The loaded AR component accesses a portrait image associated with a user and modifies the target media content using the portrait image. The resulting target media content object is displayed in the camera view user interface. |
| US11869159B2 |
High density 3D environment capture with guided mixed reality
A laser scanner is used with a mixed reality device to track and/or locate objects in an environment, such as a construction site. In some configurations, mixed reality is used to assist laser scanning. A collection of data points representing a point cloud can be acquired with a laser scanner. A reference frame of a mixed-reality device is aligned to the data of the point cloud. A graphic is presented on a display of the mixed-reality device. The graphic is positioned on the display in relation to the environment, based on the reference frame of the mixed-reality device being aligned to data of the point cloud. An item in the environment is tracked (e.g., a hazard or a tool). Data is provided to the mixed-reality device regarding a position of the item in the environment. |
| US11869158B2 |
Cross reality system with localization service and shared location-based content
A cross reality system enables any of multiple devices to efficiently render shared location-based content. The cross reality system may include a cloud-based service that responds to requests from devices to localize with respect to a stored map. The service may return to the device information that localizes the device with respect to the stored map. In conjunction with localization information, the service may provide information about locations in the physical world proximate the device for which virtual content has been provided. Based on information received from the service, the device may render, or stop rendering, virtual content to each of multiple users based on the user's location and specified locations for the virtual content. |
| US11869153B1 |
Systems and methods for structured and controlled movement and viewing within a point cloud
Provided is a system for structured and controlled movement and viewing within a point cloud. The system may generate or obtain a plurality of data points and one or more waypoints for the point cloud, present a first subset of the plurality of data points in a field-of-view of a camera at an initial position and an initial orientation of a first waypoint, change the camera field-of-view from at least one of (i) the initial position to a modified position within a volume of positions defined by orientation controls of the first waypoint or (ii) the initial orientation to a modified orientation within a range of orientations defined by the orientation controls of the first waypoint, and may present a second subset of the plurality of data points in the camera field-of-view at one or more of the modified position and the modified orientation. |
| US11869152B2 |
Generation of product mesh and product dimensions from user image data using deep learning networks
The present invention provides systems and methods for generating a 3D product mesh model and product dimensions from user images. The system is configured to receive one or more images of a user's body part, extract a body part mesh having a plurality of body part key points, generate a product mesh from an identified subset of the body part mesh, and generate one or more product dimensions in response to the selection of one or more key points from the product mesh. The system may output the product mesh, the product dimensions, or a manufacturing template of the product. In some embodiments, the system uses one or more machine learning modules to generate the body part mesh, identify the subset of the body part mesh, generate the product mesh, select the one or more key points, and/or generate the one or more product dimensions. |
| US11869149B2 |
Computer-based techniques for learning compositional representations of 3D point clouds
In various embodiments, an unsupervised training application executes a neural network on a first point cloud to generate keys and values. The unsupervised training application generates output vectors based on a first query set, the keys, and the values and then computes spatial features based on the output vectors. The unsupervised training application computes quantized context features based on the output vectors and a first set of codes representing a first set of 3D geometry blocks. The unsupervised training application modifies the first neural network based on a likelihood of reconstructing the first point cloud, the quantized context features, and the spatial features to generate an updated neural network. A trained machine learning model includes the updated neural network, a second query set, and a second set of codes representing a second set of 3D geometry blocks and maps a point cloud to a representation of 3D geometry instances. |
| US11869145B2 |
Input device model projecting method, apparatus and system
A method for projecting an input device, an electronic apparatus, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: identifying a three-dimensional (3D) model of an input device, wherein the input device comprises a keyboard and a mouse; acquiring an image of the input device captured by a camera in a virtual reality (VR) system; identifying at least one feature identifier of the input device in the image; calculating target information in the VR system corresponding to the at least one feature identifier; and projecting, according to the target information, the 3D model into a VR scene constructed by the VR system. |
| US11869143B2 |
Cutting method, apparatus and system for point cloud model
Provided are a cutting method, apparatus and system for a point cloud model. In an embodiment, the method includes: using one two-dimensional first cutting window to select a point cloud structure comprising a target object from among one point cloud model; adjusting the depth of the first cutting window, the length, width and depth of the first cutting window constituting one three-dimensional second cutting window, the target object being located in the second cutting window; identifying and marking all point cloud structures in the second cutting window to form a plurality of three-dimensional third cutting windows, the target object being located in one of the third cutting windows; and calculating the volume ratio of the point cloud structure in each third cutting window relative to the second cutting window, and selecting the third cutting window having the largest volume ratio. |
| US11869142B2 |
Methods and devices for three-dimensional image reconstruction using single-view projection image
The disclosure provides a method, device and a computer-readable medium for performing three-dimensional blood vessel reconstruction. The device includes an interface configured to receive a single-view two-dimensional image of a blood vessel of a patient, where the single-view two-dimensional image is a projection image acquired in a predetermined projection direction. The device further includes a processor configured to estimate three-dimensional information of the blood vessel from the single-view two-dimensional image using an inference model, and reconstruct a three-dimensional model of the blood vessel based on the three-dimensional information. |
| US11869135B2 |
Creating action shot video from multi-view capture data
A three-dimensional representation of a scene captured in an action shot base video may be determined. The three-dimensional representation may identify a camera pose. A representation of an object may be determined from a multi-view representation of the object that includes images of the object and that is navigable in one or more dimensions. An action shot video of the scene that includes a rendering of the object determined based on the representation and the camera pose may be generated. |
| US11869134B2 |
Transferring data from autonomous vehicles
A system includes at least one imaging sensor and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire detected data describing an environment of an autonomous vehicle using the imaging sensor; derive reference data which describes the environment from a predefined map; compute difference data representing a difference between the detected data and the reference data; and transfer the difference data, wherein an image computed based on the difference data and the reference data represents the detected data. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US11869128B2 |
Image generation based on ethical viewpoints
In an embodiment, a textual description of a situation of a first user is received. A first set of vector embeddings is determined based on the textual description. A set of ethical texts is received based on an input from a second user. A second set of vector embeddings is determined based on the set of ethical texts. A set of antonym words and a set of synonym words are determined with respect to the first set of vector embeddings, based on the second set of vector embeddings. A set of sentences is determined based on the set of antonym words and the set of synonym words. A first sentence is selected from the set of sentences based on parts-of-speech in each sentence. By using a GAN model, an image is generated based on the first sentence. The image is rendered on a display device associated with the second user. |
| US11869127B2 |
Image manipulation method and apparatus
A computer-implemented image manipulation apparatus and method (200) configured to receiving an input image (202) and a desired style. The method can obtain a representation (204) of the input image selected from a plurality of stored representations of a plurality of images, wherein each said representation comprises data describing a set of image features. The method can modify image features in the obtained representation to correspond to the input image and/or the desired style to produce a modified representation (207), and render a reference image (209) based on the modified representation. A manipulated image is generated by performing a style transfer operation (210) on the input image using the rendered reference image. Embodiments may access a data store to find a group of stored images based on similarity between image content descriptors of groups of stored images and those of an input image to retrieve a stored reference image. |
| US11869120B2 |
System and method for image reconstruction
A system and method for image reconstruction are provided. A first region of an object may be determined. The first region may correspond to a first voxel. A second region of the object may be determined. The second region may correspond to a second voxel. Scan data of the object may be acquired. A first regional image may be reconstructed based on the scan data. The reconstruction of the first regional image may include a forward projection on the first voxel and the second voxel and a back projection on the first voxel. |
| US11869108B1 |
Invention disclosure system
A system for effective, efficient and controlled public disclosure of inventions, developments and/or discoveries for protecting patent rights includes a publicly accessible central server to which a public at large is connected via a global communication network. The publicly available central server is composed of an interface module through which either a member of the public at large or an inventor, patent applicant or patent assignee is guided to either a public disclosure module or a database module. The public disclosure module provides inventors, patent applicants, and patent assignees with the ability to upload their disclosure materials relating to their inventions, developments and/or discoveries for public access via the database module. Once the disclosure material is uploaded via the public disclosure module, disclosure of the invention, development and/or discovery is incorporated into the database module for access by the public at large. |
| US11869105B1 |
Systems and methods for bypassing intermediation using living arrangements
Systems and methods for establishing a living arrangement between a staker of cryptocurrency and an owner of a real property are described. Distributed ledger technology may be leveraged to facilitate arrangements between a staker (e.g., a cryptocurrency staker) and an owner (e.g., a real property owner). The staker may receive aspects (e.g., staying rights, etc.) of a real property by locking cryptocurrency to a smart contract, where a portion or all of the residuals from decentralized financial activities may be earmarked for the owner. In some cases, maturity of the arrangement may be residual dependent (e.g., where the arrangement terminates once the sum of the residues to the owner reaches a threshold). At the maturity of an arrangement, the staked amount may be unlocked and available for the staker, and the owner's interest in the title (or deed) is transferred and claimable to the staker. |
| US11869103B2 |
Distributed weight measurement using integrated load cells
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for planning a multimodal itinerary. The systems and methods may include receiving a transportation request. The transportation request may include a starting location, a final destination, and an estimated payload data. During a first leg of the multimodal itinerary, an updated payload data may be received. An aerial vehicle may be assigned to a subsequent leg of the multimodal itinerary based on the updated payload data. |
| US11869102B2 |
Systems and methods for providing distance based notifications for electric vehicles
Systems and methods for providing distance-based indicators for electric vehicles are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a dynamic task list, having a plurality of tasks associated with a vehicle location of a vehicle, in response to a parking event. Each task of the plurality of tasks has a task period. The method also includes determining a charge period for the vehicle at a charging station based on one or more vehicle charging parameters. The method further includes calculating a user return period based on a return distance between a user and the vehicle. The method yet further includes displaying a timing indicator with one or more of the plurality of tasks on the dynamic task list based on the task period and the user return period. |
| US11869100B2 |
Data consolidation analysis system and data consolidation analysis method
The embodiments of the present application provide a data consolidation analysis method and a data consolidation analysis method. The data consolidation analysis system includes: a first acquiring module, which is configured to acquire machine event data; a second acquiring module, which is configured to acquire production event data; a data processing module, which is connected with the first acquiring module and the second acquiring module and configured to acquire a raw process time of each product and a production capacity index of each batch of products; and an analyzing module, which is connected with the data processing module and configured to acquire a first matching relationship between the production capacity index of each batch of products and the raw process time of each product. |
| US11869099B2 |
Method and apparatus of analyzing social network data to identify a financial market trend
In general, the present disclosure includes a system, method and architecture for use in analyzing content of a social network data to identify a financial market trend, e.g., a trend associated with a financial market instrument. |
| US11869098B2 |
Methods and systems for presenting information
The present disclosure describes techniques for presenting information associated with content creators. The techniques comprise receiving information about a first subset of users selected based on information about a first users, displaying information about a second user among the first subset of users in a first area of a user interface, displaying information about a plurality of users among a second subset of users in a second area of the user interface while displaying the information about the second user in the first area, determining that the first user has a desire to review information about a third user among the first subset of users based on user input, displaying information about the third user in the first area, and displaying information about a plurality of users among a third subset of users in the second area while displaying the information about the third user in the first area. |
| US11869097B2 |
Viewing shopping information on a network based social platform
A system for viewing shopping information on a social networking platform is disclosed. At the social networking platform, the system receives a request from a user device corresponding to a first user of the social networking platform to view a list of a second user of the social networking platform. The list may include items offered for transaction on a network-based commerce server. In response to receiving the request from the user device, the system forwards the request to the network-based commerce server, and then receives updated information for at least one item on the list from the network-based corner server. Then, the system communicates the updated information received from the network-based commerce server to the user device. |
| US11869096B2 |
Early payment of earned pay
Various embodiments are related to receiving, by a system and from a user interface associated with an application, provided by the system and executing on a computing device of a user, an input for configuring early payment of at least a percentage of earned pay of the user; and initiating, by the system, an electronic transfer of a payment for at least the percentage of the earned pay of the user to an account of the user, wherein the electronic transfer occurs prior to a scheduled paycheck for the earned pay. |
| US11869095B1 |
Methods, systems and computer program products for obtaining tax data
A tax data collection system includes a navigation module configured to obtain user data. The system also includes a data graph including information relating to the user data. The system further includes a knowledge engine configured to map the user data onto a data model using the information from the data graph. Moreover, the system includes an inference engine configured to suggest a system action by analyzing at least the data model after the user data has been mapped thereon. |
| US11869094B2 |
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. |
| US11869093B2 |
Driving patterns
A computing system may be configured to receive and analyze movement data. A stopping point within the movement data may be determined. Additional data related to the determined stopping point may be received from one or more roadway infrastructure devices. A time interval of data may be determined and analyzed based on the additional data. A driving pattern may be determined based on the analyzed determined time interval of data. A driver of a driving trip may be determined based on the driving pattern. Data corresponding to the driver and the driving trip may be outputted. Drivers associated with driving trips may be identified based on the movement data. In some cases, a driving pattern may be determined based on the movement data. |
| US11869092B2 |
Autonomous vehicle operation feature monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness
Methods and systems for monitoring use and determining risks associated with operation of a vehicle having one or more autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, operating data may be recorded during operation of the vehicle. This may include information regarding the vehicle, the vehicle environment, use of the autonomous operation features, and/or control decisions made by the features. The control decisions may include actions the feature would have taken to control the vehicle, but which were not taken because a vehicle operator was controlling the relevant aspect of vehicle operation at the time. The operating data may be recorded in a log, which may then be used to determine risk levels associated with vehicle operation based upon risk levels associated with the autonomous operation features. The risk levels may further be used to adjust an insurance policy associated with the vehicle. |
| US11869089B1 |
System and method for bluetooth based vehicle telematics data collection
A computer-implemented method for analyzing a vehicle trip is presented. The method may include obtaining a wireless communication address of a vehicle of an insured driver. One or more processors may determine whether the wireless communication address corresponds to one of one or more known vehicles associated with an insured driver. Responsive to determining that the wireless communication address corresponds to one of the one or more known vehicles associated with the insured driver, the one or more processors may collect a plurality of vehicle telematics data during the vehicle trip. The one or more processors may also analyze the plurality of vehicle telematics data to determine at least one driving behavior of the insured driver. |
| US11869087B1 |
System and method for trading securities using portfolios defined by an advisor
A system and method allows an advisor to identify allocations of investments and/or asset classes to each of several model portfolios in each of several investment strategies selected by the advisor, and to select asset classes to use and features to supply, as well as to select a primary and secondary investment to use for tax loss harvesting. Each of several investors is linked to an advisor and prompted with questions whose answers provide an initial assignment of the investor to an investment strategy from among those selected by the advisor to which the investor is linked and a model portfolio of that strategy, such initial assignment being capable of change from the investor in a limited fashion or the advisor in a broader fashion. Investments are made and redeemed and rebalancing occurs in accordance with the model portfolio of the investor and the allocations of the advisor for that model portfolio. Investments designated as other investments are not purchased in the normal course of purchasing nor are they rebalanced, at least until their value has dropped to the allocated percentage of the model portfolio. |
| US11869084B2 |
Systems and methods for protecting against erroneous price entries in the electronic trading of financial and other instruments
The invention relates to systems and methods that provide a user interface for use with an electronic trading system. The interface notifies the user that the price at which he or she may have attempted to trade has changed and presents the user with the opportunity to submit, modify or cancel the trade command. The user may configure the trading system to enable such a notification based on the time span for the price change, the number of increments of the price change, a combination thereof or any other appropriate consideration for protecting against the occurrence of erroneous price entries. Subsequent trade commands, such as those entered by third parties, may be used to validate prices and execute trades at these prices. |
| US11869081B2 |
Systems and methods for implementing a confirmation period
Systems and methods for implementing a confirmation period are disclosed. An example method includes identifying a market condition associated with a quantity of a tradeable object of a trading strategy, wherein the market condition triggers an adjustment to the trading strategy; initiating a confirmation period in response to the market condition; when a reevaluation of the market condition during the confirmation period indicates that the market condition has ceased, preventing the adjustment to the trading strategy; and when the market condition persists throughout the confirmation period, proceeding with the adjustment to the trading strategy. |
| US11869072B2 |
System for facilitating mobile home purchase transactions
Systems and methods for permitting a buyer of a mobile home to apply for a mortgage by taking digital photographs of documents with his or her mobile device are disclosed. The borrower's mobile device may include subsystems for processing the image, optimizing it, and converting the image into a file type that may be acceptable by a lender. A loan facilitation platform performs additional processing to determine whether the document may be deemed acceptable by a lender. If so, the processed documents may be sent to a lender. The systems and method disclosed herein improve the mortgage application review and approval process and bring greater transparency to it. |
| US11869069B2 |
Externally held account discovery and aggregation
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for externally held account discovery and aggregation. A method includes aggregating transactions of a first service provider from one or more servers to a trusted hardware device. A method includes identifying, on a trusted hardware device, one or more transactions of a first service provider between an account of a user with the first service provider and an account of the user with a second service provider. A method includes prompting a user for electronic credentials for an account of the user with a second service provider. A method includes accessing data of a user from a second service provider on behalf of the user using electronic credentials. |
| US11869067B2 |
Guided purchasing via smartphone
Guiding purchasing via smartphone by, determining, via smartphone input of a user, the smartphone user's intent to purchase a given product. At least one sequence of tasks to purchase each of a plurality of products is determined. The determined intent to purchase the given product is associated with a determined sequence of tasks to purchase one of the products in the plurality of products. The smartphone user's current state in the associated sequence of tasks is determined. The smartphone user is notified, via the smartphone, of the next uncompleted task from the associated sequence of tasks based on the smartphone user's current state in the associated sequence of tasks. |
| US11869066B2 |
Automatic ordering apparatus
Apparatus and associated methods relate to an automatic ordering method including a network-connected machine-readable code scanner identifying a product, and a network-connected weigh scale identifying a current weight of the product, the method further triggering an automatic order process when the current weight crosses a predetermined threshold. In an illustrative example, the automatic order process may send a signal to a user's network-connected personal device containing a notification that the products current weight has crossed the predetermined threshold. The user may be presented one or more options, for example, regarding product purchase. In some examples, user setup selections may provide input to a function that determines the predetermined weight threshold. Various examples may include a network server. Online merchants providing online ordering of the product may also connect to the network server, for example. Various automatic ordering methods may advantageously facilitate and/or promote just-in-time delivery of consumable products. |
| US11869065B1 |
System and method for vision-based event detection
This disclosure describes systems and techniques for identifying events that occur within an environment using image data captured at the environment. For example, one or more cameras may generate image data representative of a user interacting with an item on the shelf. This image data may be used to generate feature data associated with the user and the item, which may be analyzed by one or more classifiers for identifying an interaction between the user and the item. The systems and techniques may then generate interaction data, which in turn may be analyzed by one or more additional classifiers for identifying an event, such as the user picking a particular item from the shelf within the environment. Event data indicative of the event may then be used to update a virtual cart of the user. |
| US11869064B1 |
System and method of identifying appropriately sized attire
A properly sized article of clothing, such as footwear, can be identified by performing a 3D scan of a corresponding portion of a user's body and comparing the size, shape, and external volume of the corresponding portion of the user's body with known sizes, shapes, and internal volumes of articles of clothing offered by a retailer. This process can increase the ability of retailers to match consumers with properly fitting articles of clothing, such as footwear. Additionally, the proper size, and best fitting styles of footwear can be recommended to the user from a variety of offerings provided by the retailer. 3D scanning the user's body allows both retailers and customers to account for subtle size differences that exist in various clothing products and allow consumers to be matched with the best fitting clothing without the need to purchase or return multiple items. |
| US11869060B2 |
Automated and customized entitlement recommendation
A method comprises extracting data for one or more assets corresponding to a user, and analyzing the data using one or more machine learning models. The analyzing comprises predicting whether the one or more assets will require at least one of replacement and service. In the method, one or more entitlement recommendations for the user are generated based on the analysis, and the one or more entitlement recommendations are transmitted to the user. |
| US11869058B2 |
Search result ranking according to inventory information
A method for returning a results page responsive to a user search query, such as a search query on a web site, may include receiving a search query from a user, determining, responsive to the query, a set of relevant products from a plurality of product listings based on a similarity of the user query to the respective product listings, retrieving inventory information respective of each of the relevant products, the inventory information comprising one or more available fulfillment channels respective of each of the relevant products, ranking the relevant products with respect to each other according to the inventory information, and returning, to the user, a search result comprising a list of the relevant products, ordered according to the ranking. |
| US11869053B2 |
Time-decay analysis of a photo collection for automated item listing generation
Systems and methods are provided for receiving image data from a mobile device; identifying, based on the image data, an item and a product characteristic of the item; generating listing data of the item based on the product characteristic; determining that the item is associated with a product category; identifying a set of listings associated with the product category; applying a decay formula to the set of listings to generate a discounted number of sales and a discounted number of impressions at least one listing of the set of listings; determining a ratio of the discounted number of sales to the discounted number of impressions; determining a ranking of the set of listings based on the ratio; generating a price estimate of the item based on the ranking of the set of listings based on the ratio of the discounted number of sales to the discounted number of impressions; and causing display of a user interface including a request to list the item, the user interface including the listing data and the price estimate of the item. |
| US11869052B2 |
Systems and methods for a non-destructive testing ecosystem
A non-transitory computer readable medium may include executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to provide for a non-destructive testing (NDT) ecosystem. The NDT ecosystem includes a repository of digital content, and a store configured to sell the digital content to a customer, wherein the digital content is executable by a NDT device and wherein the digital content is created by a plurality of entities. |
| US11869047B2 |
Providing purchase intent predictions using session data for targeting users
The subject technology receives session data from a set of users associated with a retail website. The subject technology generates, using at least one machine learning model, a purchase intent prediction based at least in part on the session data. The subject technology determines a set of sessions that correspond to conversions on the retail website based on the session data. The subject technology generates a combination of data using first data from the purchase intent prediction with second data based on the set of sessions that correspond to conversions. The subject technology generates information related to a missed purchase segment based at least in part on the combination of data. The subject technology provides the information for display on a client device. |
| US11869044B2 |
Methods and system to compare different options in a decision making process
A system, method and computer program product for interfacing a decision engine and a marketing engine in order to provide vendor-related data in response to decision-related data is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the system and method may include providing a decision engine on a user-accessible network, interfacing a marketing engine with the decision engine on the network; receiving a plurality of user inputs with the decision engine; processing decision-related data with the decision engine in accordance with the plurality of user inputs; sharing the decision-related data with the marketing engine; processing the decision-related data with the marketing engine; and transmitting vendor-related data via the network. |
| US11869043B2 |
Adaptive bidding for networked advertising
An adaptive bidding system for networked advertising. A bid request is received from an exchange over a network. Each bid request represents the opportunity to bid on an advertising opportunity. A processing time limit is determined based at least in part on a network latency measurement and an exchange reported timeout. The execution of one or more tasks is initiated by the adaptive bidding system. A response is determined from one or more results which are available before the processing time limit expires. The execution of any tasks that have not completed execution before the processing time limit expires are terminated. The response is provided to the exchange. |
| US11869041B2 |
System and method for providing advertiser auctions based on segmentation informed by purchase data
A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include advertiser auctions based on segmentation informed by purchase data, including a financial institution, one or more advertisers, and a bidding server to facilitate advertiser bidding. Additionally, a system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may pool customer and/or transaction information in one or more databases. The system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may also utilize a bidding server to permit advertisers to bid on access to information or the ability to present an advertisement and/or offer to a customer. |
| US11869038B2 |
Tracking ad preferences in adaptive bit rate systems
An adaptive bit rate system uses adaptive streaming to deliver content to client devices capable of adaptive bit rate streaming. Techniques for advertisement management include monitoring ad skipping by an adaptive bit rate client device that receives media chunks from the adaptive bit rate system. Techniques include monitoring a client action or inaction as it relates to advertisement skipping for future advertisement selections. |
| US11869036B2 |
System and method for logistical assistance with data exchange
A method includes storing one or more interest indicators for providing communications for resources associated with a plurality of second service providers, and then receiving, a fulfillment request from an application in an end user device. The fulfillment request being for resources to be fulfilled by a first service provider. The method also includes determining one or more interest indicators from the retrieved interest indicators associated with the second service providers and providing one or more communications associated with at least one of the determined one or more interest indicators of one or more second service providers to the application along with a display of a service provider identifier of the first service provider or the resources to be fulfilled by the first service provider. |
| US11869032B2 |
Computer system and method for offering coupons
A computer system and method for offering coupons to a user is provided herein. The computer system includes a coupon offering server. The coupon offering server includes a shopping container image processor configured to detect a pre-purchase item in shopping container image data. The shopping container image processor includes an object detector module and a barcode detector module. The object detector module is configured to generate first detected item data, wherein the first detected item data includes an item detected in the shopping container image data using an object detection technique. The barcode detector module is configured to generate second detected item data, wherein the second detected item data includes an item detected in the shopping container image using a barcode detection technique. The computer system also includes a coupon matcher engine. The coupon matcher engine is configured to receive the first and second detected item data from the shopping container image processor and generate matched coupon data using the first and second detected item data. |
| US11869031B2 |
System and method for providing an indicator to offset a purchase price
A server comprises a communications module; a processor coupled with the communications module; and a memory coupled to the processor and storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to monitor an active webpage associated with a web browser executing on a computing device; determine that the active webpage associated with the web browser meets predetermined criteria, the predetermined criteria including determining that the active webpage is found in a whitelist; and in response to determining that the active webpage meets the predetermined criteria, send, via the communications module and to the computing device, a signal causing the computing device to display an indicator indicating an option to apply loyalty points to offset a purchase price. |
| US11869023B1 |
Continuous monitoring method and system for forest stock and execution method therefor
The invention concerns a continuous monitoring method and system for forest stock and its execution method, including: 1, sample plots sampling design; 2, intelligent sample plots layout; 3, automatic sample plot data collection; 4, dynamic update of stock: detecting plot type change subclasses through remote sensing, and updating graphic and attribute forest resource change maps information; building a dynamic forest stand update model through intelligent sample plot data for plot type unchanged subclasses, and then updating attribute information of forest subclasses; 5, precision test and correction; 6, monitoring output: outputting current period stock monitoring data; 7, determining whether a monitoring period arrives. The invention shortens the survey and monitoring period, provides accurate and comparable monitoring results, significantly reduces costs, the workload and risks of work organization, quality inspection, and production safety, particularly suitable for forest resource stock survey and monitoring in counties and forest farms, with significant comprehensive benefits. |
| US11869012B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for DLT-based data management platforms and data products
The various embodiments described herein relate to systems, methods, and devices associated with distributed ledger systems (e.g., distributed ledger technology implemented on a decentralized network) that can be used to handle and manage the distribution and access of data in a manner that preserves the benefits of distributed ledger technology while enabling the private sharing of data. More specifically, the distributed ledger systems contemplated herein involve distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based data management platforms that can be implemented on nodes of a data management network. |
| US11869009B2 |
Orchestration of feedback simulation
Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a payment orchestrator simulation process. A simulation initiation request including a user selected rules configuration is received at a simulation server via a simulation user interface on a user device. Rule events information associated with the simulation initiation request is obtained from a rule events server. A rule evaluation request is sent to a rules engine. Rule evaluation information associated with the rule evaluation request is obtained from the rules engine. Simulation results based on the rule evaluation information are determined. The simulation results are sent to the user device via the simulation user interface. |
| US11868998B2 |
System and method for tracking of provenance and flows of goods, services, and payments in responsible supply chains
A system and method for tracking the provenance of an item, service, and/or payment is provided. The system includes a transaction processing system for generating and recording a provenance transaction that includes information to track the provenance of an item, service, transformation, and/or payment; a blockchain interface for facilitating communication with a blockchain, the blockchain interface configured to store the provenance transaction on the blockchain and to retrieve the provenance transaction from the blockchain; and a search and provenance graph system for generating a directed graph to represent the provenance of an item, service, and/or payment using the provenance transaction stored on the blockchain. |
| US11868994B2 |
Dynamic diamond catalog search engine
A market maker system associated with a diamond-backed cryptographic exchange stores for each of a plurality of diamonds, a rating of the diamond according to each of multiple properties. The system receives ratings of a target diamond for each of the multiple properties. From the stored diamond ratings, the system selects one or more diamonds with ratings within a threshold distance from a specified rating of the target diamond. A dynamic order listing the selected diamonds is generated. |
| US11868993B1 |
Payment vehicle with on and off function
A computer-based network system and method for using a payment vehicle having an on and off function. The system comprises a payment vehicle comprising an on and off function to enable or to disable the payment vehicle in the computer-based network for processing an electronic payment transaction, a holder of the payment vehicle, and a computer payment network wherein the computer payment network comprises a transaction engine for enabling or for disabling the payment vehicle at a request of the holder of the payment vehicle. |
| US11868991B2 |
System and method for conducting and securing transactions when blockchain connection is unreliable
A system for transacting in an environment with intermittent connectivity via a network backbone to a blockchain. A merchant device transmits a set of credentials for an ad hoc network to a buyer device and establishes a private peer-to-peer ad hoc network connection with the buyer device. It then conducts a transaction with the buyer device via the private peer-to-peer ad hoc network. If no network connection is available to a transaction blockchain, the merchant device stores a record of the transaction until such network becomes available and later sends the record of the transaction to the transaction blockchain. |
| US11868990B2 |
Multi-tenants payment refresh tokens
Methods and systems are presented for facilitating sharing of tokens among different funding accounts linked to a digital wallet application to improve the computer resource efficiency of the mobile device. When a first funding account is linked to the digital wallet application is received, a token management system may determine whether a set of tokens have already been issued and stored on the mobile device for another related funding account. The token management system may cause a token service provider server to abort generating additional tokens for the first funding account. Instead, the token management system may modify characteristics of one or more of the set of tokens existed on the mobile device, to enable the one or more existing tokens to be usable in electronic payment transactions in association with the first funding account or the second funding account. |
| US11868989B1 |
Mobile wallets and companion smart cards
Methods and systems for augmenting smart card functionality using a companion mobile wallet are disclosed. The mobile wallet can establish communication with the companion smart card which can determine that the mobile wallet and the smart card are companions. The mobile wallet can send supplemental data to the companion smart card to augment the functionality of the smart card. The smart card can establish communication between with a POS device and send the supplemental data to the POS device. The mobile wallet, smart card and POS device can communicate with one another in an on-line mode or using batch processing. |
| US11868984B2 |
Method and system for contactless transmission using off-the-shelf devices
A method for secured receipt and usage of payment credentials using a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) device includes: storing, in the COTS device, a secure application program and cryptographic keys; establishing, by the program, a secure communication channel with a back-end system inaccessible by any application program or component in the COTS device; exchanging attestation data between the program and the back-end system using the communication channel; receiving payment credentials from a payment card by a near field communication (NFC) interface in the COTS device; transmitting the payment credentials to the program by the NFC interface; enciphering, by the program, the payment credentials; and transmitting, by the program of the COTS device, the enciphered payment credentials to the back-end system using the secure communication channel. |
| US11868982B2 |
White label merchant stored value account peer linking and funding system
A white label merchant stored value account peer linking/funding system includes a payment service provider database storing associations between different merchants and respective groups of white label merchant stored value accounts. A payment service provider links, in the database, a first user identifier received from a first user device with a first white label merchant stored value account that is included in a first group of white label merchant stored value accounts that are associated with a first merchant in the database. The payment service provider device then receives second user identifiers from the first user device, and links each of the second user identifiers with the first white label merchant stored value account in the database. The payment service provider device then receives respective second user account information from the second user devices and funds the first white label merchant stored value account with respective first funding amounts. |
| US11868978B1 |
Systems and methods for managing a financial account in a low-cash mode
A system for managing a financial account in a low cash mode. The system may include a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include providing an interface; providing a notification to a user when a balance in the first account is deemed to be in low cash mode; presenting, when the first account balance is deemed to be in low cash mode, an option for a transfer request; receiving, a selection of the option for the transfer request to connect the first account with a second account; transferring funds from the second account to the first account; notifying the user that funds have been transferred from the second account to the first account; and further notifying the user that the balance in the first account is greater than the threshold value. |
| US11868977B1 |
Payment services via application programming interface
The described financial institution computing system provides services to customers through an application programming interface (“API”). The services include user identification services to customers and payment services that allow users to pay the customers via the financial institution. The user identification services allow the customers to verify the identity of users as non-fraudulent users. Further the user identification services allow the financial institution to provide known user information to the customers for purposes of prepopulating registration forms, completing transactions, and the like. Further services, such as user account validation services, payment services, and the like are also possible through the financial institution APIs. In some situations, users are registered with the financial institution. For example, a user may also be an account holder with the financial institution. In other situations, the users are not registered with the financial institution. |
| US11868971B2 |
Method for manufacturing system analysis and/or maintenance
A method for factory analysis and/or maintenance, preferably including receiving factory information and/or associating metrics with factory components, and optionally including acting based on defect associations and/or operating factory machines. The method is preferably associated with one or more manufacturing systems and/or elements thereof. |
| US11868966B2 |
Utilizing cross-network identity data for audience analysis, metrics, profiling and targeting
A networking database and system into which profile information is aggregated from online websites and services to correlate discovered identities to one another via Intra-Personal Relationships, Inter-Personal Relationships, and Profile Information. Profile Information, Inter-Personal Relationships and related content of those identities which have been determined to have an Intra-Personal relationship are aggregated into Meta-Profiles. The aggregated Meta-Profiles' information is used in place of their component Intra-Related identities for optimized social graph operations, content customization, and audience operations such as: analysis, metrics, profiling and targeting. The system may define, categorize and group both identities and relationships belonging to individuals registered with the system and unregistered users through computational analysis. The system may be provided with Identities and Relationships directly from users, via third-party systems, or through automated discovery. |
| US11868961B2 |
Creation and arrangement of items in an online concierge system-specific portion of a warehouse for order fulfillment
A warehouse from which shoppers fulfill orders for an online concierge system maintains an online concierge system-specific portion for which the online concierge system specifies placement of items in regions. To place items in the online concierge system-specific portion, the online concierge system accounts for co-occurrences of different items in orders and measures of similarity between different items. From the co-occurrences of items, the online concierge system generates an affinity graph. The online concierge system also generates a colocation graph based on distances between different regions in the online concierge system-specific portion. Using an optimization function with the affinity graph and the colocation graph, the online concierge system selects regions within the online concierge system-specific portion for different items to minimize an amount of time for shoppers to obtain items in the online concierge-system specific portion. |
| US11868960B2 |
System and method for perpetual inventory management
An analysis of the scans is performed to determine whether the selected item was moved from the back room to the shelf, then returned from the shelf to the back room. The analysis also determines a re-bin time when the selected product was returned to the back room. An adjustment to the PI is blocked when last PI adjustment time is later than the re-bin time. An adjustment to the PI is also blocked when an audit indicator is received at the interface indicating that the retail store is under an audit. An adjusted PI value is determined when the analysis indicates that the selected item was moved from the back room to the shelf, then returned from the shelf, the adjusted PI value being at least one more than the shelf capacity value. |
| US11868955B2 |
Shipping print components
In some examples, a computing device can include a processing resource and a memory resource storing instructions to cause the processing resource to determine, via an input, whether to sustainably process a print component associated with a printing device, determine, in response to a determination to sustainably process the print component a processing mechanism for the print component and a shipping location to ship the print component, and generate a shipping label for the print component associated with the shipping location. |
| US11868947B2 |
Systems and methods for sortation of products using a conveyor assembly
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to the sortation of products using a conveyor assembly. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for receiving and sorting products shipped to a shopping facility including: a delivery location at a shopping facility configured to receive a shipment of products; a conveyor assembly comprising: a product identification module configured to read identification data from an identification label disposed on a product; a plurality of sortation modules configured to move the product to one of a predetermined plurality of sortation destination areas; a control circuit operatively coupled to the product identification module and to each of the sortation modules, the control circuit configured to: receive the identification data from the product identification module; determine the sortation destination area for the product based at least on one of shopping facility data and shipping data regarding the product as sortation criteria; and cooperate with the plurality of sortation modules to move the product to the determined sortation destination area. |
| US11868946B2 |
System for parcel transport operated responsive to data bearing records
A system for parcel transport and tracking that operates responsive to data bearing records includes a plurality of geographically spaced repositories. The exemplary repositories include a plurality of enclosed compartment spaces. Access to each of the enclosed compartment spaces is controlled by respective door which is in operative connection with the respective lock. Central control circuitry in operative connection with the repositories is operative to control access to the compartment spaces and to cause compartments to be selectively accessible so that selected parcels may be placed therein or removed therefrom. Exemplary arrangements provide for the pickup of parcels at initial pickup addresses at which shipments originate and deliveries to final delivery addresses of parcel recipients. |
| US11868943B2 |
Business metric identification from structured communication
In a method of identifying a metric associated with a business, a computer system associated with the business, recognizes a first user associated with a first communication device and a second user associated with a second communication device, where the first user is recognized as a customer of the business and the second user is recognized as an employee of the business. The computer system observes a communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, where at least a portion of the communication is an audible communication. The computer system identifies the metric based on the communication between the employee and the customer. The computer system makes the metric available for decision making purposes. |
| US11868942B2 |
Methods and systems for facilitating ranking agents making sales of real estate
Disclosed herein is a method of ranking agents making sales of real estate. Accordingly, the method may include receiving, using a communication device, a sale pitch delivered by an agent for making a sale of a real estate to a client on a platform in a sale session from a first device, receiving, using the communication device, a response provided by the client corresponding to the sale pitch delivered on the platform in the sale session from a second device, analyzing, using a processing device, at least one of the sale pitch and the response in the sale session using a machine learning model, generating, using the processing device, an agent score for the agent based on the analyzing, and storing, using a storage device, the agent score and at least one of the sale pitch and the response of the sale session. |
| US11868940B2 |
Methods and systems for monitoring workers in a retail environment
Examples described herein generally relate to a system for monitoring workers in a retail environment. The system may include a plurality of cameras located in different regions of the retail location and configured to capture a video feed of a respective region. The system may include a computer system comprising a memory storing computer executable instructions. The system may provide a video feed of at least one region of the retail environment to a machine learning classifier, the machine learning classifier trained on labeled videos, to classify a sequence of images of a worker into a probability certainty of an activity being performed by the worker. The processor may determine, based on the probability certainties generated by the machine learning classifier over a period of time, an activity schedule of the worker. The system may determine labor productivity statistics based on the activity schedule. |
| US11868939B2 |
Fitness challenge e-awards
A server system may facilitate and participate in operations relating to physical activity goals being performed at user devices. For example, the server system may receive a physical activity goal from a first user device associated with a first user profile. The server system may also receive a reward corresponding to the physical activity goal from the first user device. The server system may also transmit at least the physical activity goal to a second user device associated with a second user profile. The server system may also receive, from the second user device, first information associated with the physical activity goal. The server system may also transmit second information associated with the reward to the second user device. |
| US11868938B1 |
Method and an apparatus for determining a greenhouse gas impact of operator maneuver
An apparatus and method for tracking greenhouse gas impact is disclosed. The apparatus may include at least a processor, and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive operation data, determine a portion of the operation data pertaining to an inefficient maneuver, wherein determining the portion of the operation data includes classifying each of the operation data to maneuver efficiency category and determining the portion of the operation data pertaining to the inefficient maneuver as a function of the maneuver efficiency category. The memory further contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to calculate greenhouse gas impact for the inefficient maneuver data. |
| US11868937B1 |
Automatic troubleshooting of clustered application infrastructure
A clustered application infrastructure troubleshooting system performs a set of queries on a database of infrastructure data to retrieve a set of metrics for each of a plurality of issues. For each issue, the system analyzes a corresponding set of metrics based on detection criteria associated with the issue to detect one or more issues. The system identifies a set of remediation steps for resolving each issue and infrastructure objects affected by each of the one or more detected issues. The system performs queries on the database of infrastructure data to retrieve a set of data associated with the affected infrastructure objects. The system generates a GUI with advisories corresponding to the detected issues. Responsive to the user selecting an advisory, the system causes the GUI to present the remediation steps and the set of data associated with the one or more affected infrastructure objects corresponding to the selected advisory. |
| US11868935B2 |
System and method for allocating computer-based resources based on incomplete policy data
A system and method for allocating computer resources. The method includes generating a resource allocation policy defined for an organization for allocating the computer resources, determining a resource category allocation based on the generated resource allocation policy, generating a usage data, allocating the computer resource based on at least one of the generated usage data or the determined resource category allocation, executing allocation engines to allocate remaining unallocated computer resources, and providing a predicted resource allocation to implement the allocating of the computer resource. |
| US11868934B1 |
Virtual fulfillment centers for item delivery
Devices and methods are provided for using virtual fulfillment center locations to facilitate delivery of items. A device may receive a virtual location associated with transportation of an item to a first location. The device may determine a geographic zone associated with the virtual location. The device may determine a first delivery time associated with delivering the item from the first location, and determine a second delivery time associated with delivering the item from the virtual location. The device may receive a purchase request for the item, from a second device, wherein the purchase request is associated with delivery to a second location. The device may determine an estimated delivery date to the delivery location based on the first delivery time or the second delivery time. The device may send, to the second device, an indication of the estimated delivery date. |
| US11868930B2 |
Evaluating organizational skills using cognitive computing to determine cost of entering a new market
Generating a model for evaluating organizational skills to determine cost of entering a new market includes training a machine learning model to define business capabilities, processes and required skills of an organization based on a current business strategy, training the machine learning model to define a plurality of skill classes of the required skills of the organization using the cognitive computing processor device, training the machine learning model to define skill profiles of the available talent of the organization based on the plurality of skill classes, determining skill gaps of the available talent of the organization by analyzing the required skills of the organization and the skill profiles, assessing skills required for a new business strategy for the organization, and determining a cost of the organization executing the new business strategy based on the skill profiles, the at least one skill gap and the new business strategy skills. |
| US11868928B2 |
On-demand transport selection process facilitating third-party autonomous vehicles
A network computing system can coordinate on-demand transport serviced by transport providers operating throughout a transport service region. The transport providers can comprise a set of internal autonomous vehicles (AVs) and a set of third-party AVs. The system can receive a transport request from a requesting user of the transport service region, where the transport request indicates a pick-up location and a destination. The system can determine a subset of the transport providers to service the respective transport request, and executing a selection process among the subset of the transport providers to select a transport provider to service the transport request. The system may then transmit a transport assignment to the selected transport provider to cause the selected transport provider to service the transport request. |
| US11868926B2 |
Systems and methods for managing public place in smart city
The disclosure provides a method for managing a public place in a smart city. The method may comprise obtaining pedestrian distribution information in a preset area during a current time period. The method may comprise determining, based on the pedestrian distribution information, at least one area location in the preset area for a future time period, and a population flow load of the area location may be greater than a first threshold. The method may comprise determining, based on the area location, prompt information. The method may comprise sending the prompt information to a user platform through a service platform. |
| US11868925B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing information processing program
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, in a reservation process of making a reservation for use of a facility, accept input of one purpose of use among plural purposes of use provided for the facility, and in accordance with the accepted purpose of use, change at least one of a function provided in the reserved facility or information for which input is accepted in the reservation process. |
| US11868924B2 |
System and method for providing location-based appointment operations
A computer-implemented method for providing location-based appointment operations is disclosed. The method includes receiving input indicating an instruction to perform an action related to appointments. Responsive to the input indicating the instruction to perform the action related to appointments, it may be determined that a computing device is proximate to a physical location where locations are schedulable. Then, responsive to determining that the computing device is proximate to the physical location, information related to scheduling appointments at the physical location is received via a network. The indication based on the received information is presented at the computing device. Input requesting an action in relation to an appointment at the physical location may be received at the computing device. An indication to initiate the requested action may be sent via the network. Related computing devices and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US11868923B2 |
System and method for omnichannel text-based communication system with third-party advertisement integration
A system for anonymously connecting consumers to advertisers is disclosed. A computing device, upon receipt of a request from a consumer mobile device, sends a ready-to-send text message to the consumer mobile device to be displayed thereon, via a data network; receives the ready-to-send text message from the consumer mobile device; receives metadata from the consumer mobile device comprising at least a phone number associated with the consumer mobile device; determines an anonymous identity of the user of the consumer mobile device based on the metadata; composes and sends a text message with an embedded call-to-action link comprising a uniform resource locator (URL) to the consumer mobile device; and upon receipt of a request from the consumer mobile device comprising the URL, sends the anonymous identity of the user to a third-party server and redirect the request from the consumer mobile device to the third-party server. |
| US11868919B1 |
Coverage map for asset tracking
The technology disclosed herein enables configuration and sharing of a coverage map which displays asset data. In various implementations, an asset owner provides access to select portions of asset data, such as vehicle performance data, to an end-user. The asset owner configures a coverage map to display the selected data according to the type of asset data to be displayed, the scope of the data to be displayed, and other map attributes. Once configured, a URL is generated which the fleet operator provides to the end-user. |
| US11868915B2 |
Route scoring for assessing or predicting driving performance
In a computer-implemented method of assessing driving performance using route scoring, driving data indicative of operation of a vehicle while the vehicle was driven on a driving route may be received. Road infrastructure data indicative of one or more features of the driving route may also be received. A route score for the driving route may be calculated using the road infrastructure data, and a driving performance score for a driver of the vehicle may be calculated using the driving data and the route score for the driving route. Data may be sent to a client device via a network to cause the client device to display the driving performance score and/or a ranking based on the driving performance score, and/or the driving performance score may be used to determine a risk rating for the driver of the vehicle. |
| US11868911B1 |
Distributed ledger based machine-learning model management
Disclosed are various approaches for managing the status of machine-learning models using distributed ledgers. A registration request for a machine-learning model can be received. The registration request can include a model name for the machine-learning model, a version identifier for the machine-learning model, a network address from which the machine-learning model can be retrieved, a source code hash for a source code version of the machine learning model, and a runtime hash for a binary executable version of the machine-learning model. A registration identifier can then be created based at least in part on the source code hash and the runtime hash. Subsequently, an entry in the distributed ledger can be created for the machine-learning model. The entry can include the registration identifier, the model name, the model version, the network address, the source code hash, and the runtime hash. |
| US11868909B2 |
Enhanced vehicle maintenance
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to predict a time to failure of a vehicle component according to a damage model generated from vehicle operating data, based on the predicted time to failure, retrieve a schematic of the vehicle component and input the schematic to an additive printer to manufacture a replacement vehicle component, and replace the vehicle component with the replacement vehicle component according to maintenance instructions that, based at least in part on the predicted time to failure, specify a time and location to replace the vehicle component. |
| US11868908B2 |
Processor compiler for scheduling instructions to reduce execution delay due to dependencies
A system receives a predictive model and receives one or more runtime constraints. The system generates a directed acyclic graph (DAG) of the predictive model indicating dependencies. The system compiles the predictive model into first instructions for a first processor based on the one or more runtime constraints and the DAG. The system packages first instructions, the one or more runtime constraints, and the DAG of the predictive model in a first binary. The system recompiles the predictive model into second instructions for a second processor based on the runtime constraints and the DAG stored in the first processor. The system packages the second instructions, the DAG, and the runtime constraints in a second binary. |
| US11868900B1 |
Systems and methods for training predictive models that ignore missing features
One embodiment includes a method for generating representations of inputs with missing values. The method includes steps for receiving an input includes a set of one or more values for several features, wherein the set of values for at least one of the several features includes values for each of several points in time, and for identifying a missingness pattern of the input, wherein the missingness pattern for the at least one feature indicates whether the set of values is missing a value for each of the several points in time. The method further includes steps for determining a set of one or more transformation weights based on the missingness pattern, and transforming the input based on the determined transformation weights. |
| US11868898B2 |
Machine learning through multiple layers of novel machine trained processing nodes
Some embodiments of the invention provide efficient, expressive machined-trained networks for performing machine learning. The machine-trained (MT) networks of some embodiments use novel processing nodes with novel activation functions that allow the MT network to efficiently define with fewer processing node layers a complex mathematical expression that solves a particular problem (e.g., face recognition, speech recognition, etc.). In some embodiments, the same activation function (e.g., a cup function) is used for numerous processing nodes of the MT network, but through the machine learning, this activation function is configured differently for different processing nodes so that different nodes can emulate or implement two or more different functions (e.g., two or more Boolean logical operators, such as XOR and AND). The activation function in some embodiments is a periodic function that can be configured to implement different functions (e.g., different sinusoidal functions). |
| US11868896B2 |
Interface for working with simulations on premises
The AI engine operates with the common API. The common API supports i) any of multiple different training sources and/or prediction sources installed on ii) potentially different sets of customer computing hardware in a plurality of on-premises' environments, where the training sources, prediction sources as well as the set of customer computing hardware may differ amongst the on-premises' environments. The common API via its cooperation with a library of base classes is configured to allow users and third-party developers to interface with the AI-engine modules of the AI engine in an easy and predictable manner through the three or more base classes available from the library. The common API via its cooperation with the library of base classes is configured to be adaptable to the different kinds of training sources, prediction sources, and the different sets of hardware found a particular on-premises environment. |
| US11868894B2 |
Distributed training using actor-critic reinforcement learning with off-policy correction factors
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training an action selection neural network used to select actions to be performed by an agent interacting with an environment. In one aspect, a system comprises a plurality of actor computing units and a plurality of learner computing units. The actor computing units generate experience tuple trajectories that are used by the learner computing units to update learner action selection neural network parameters using a reinforcement learning technique. The reinforcement learning technique may be an off-policy actor critic reinforcement learning technique. |
| US11868893B2 |
Efficient tile mapping for row-by-row convolutional neural network mapping for analog artificial intelligence network inference
Implementing a convolutional neural network (CNN) includes configuring a crosspoint array to implement a convolution layer in the CNN. Convolution kernels of the layer are stored in crosspoint devices of the array. Computations for the CNN are performed by iterating a set of operations for a predetermined number of times. The operations include transmitting voltage pulses corresponding to a subpart of a vector of input data to the crosspoint array. The voltage pulses generate electric currents that are representative of performing multiplication operations at the crosspoint device based on weight values stored at the crosspoint devices. A set of integrators accumulates an electric charge based on the output electric currents from the respective crosspoint devices. The crosspoint array outputs the accumulated charge after iterating for the predetermined number of times. The accumulated charge represents a multiply-add result of the vector of input data and the one or more convolution kernels. |
| US11868892B2 |
Partially-frozen neural networks for efficient computer vision systems
An apparatus to facilitate partially-frozen neural networks for efficient computer vision systems is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frozen core to store fixed weights of a machine learning model, one or more trainable cores coupled to the frozen core, the one or more trainable cores comprising multipliers for trainable weights of the machine learning model, and wherein the alpha blending layer includes a trainable alpha blending parameter, and wherein the trainable alpha blending parameter is a function of a trainable parameter, a sigmoid function, and outputs of frozen and trainable blocks in a preceding layer of the machine learning model. |
| US11868887B2 |
Making time-series predictions of a computer-controlled system
A computer-implemented method of training a model for making time-series predictions of a computer-controlled system. The model uses a stochastic differential equation (SDE) comprising a drift component and a diffusion component. The drift component has a predefined part representing domain knowledge, that is received as an input to the training; and a trainable part. When training the model, values of the set of SDE variables at a current time point are predicted based on their values at a previous time point, and based on this, the model is refined. In order to predict the values of the set of SDE variables, the predefined part of the drift component is evaluated to get a first drift, and the first drift is combined with a second drift obtained by evaluating the trainable part of the drift component. |
| US11868879B2 |
United states patent application for neural network systems and methods for email parameter extraction
Computer-implemented methods and systems are provided for automatically performing a task on a remote computer. During a registration stage, the system receives personal information of a human user, obtains an IP address and a device configuration for a computing device, and stores the personal information, IP address, and the device configuration in record in a database. The system receives a request to interact with a remote website to perform a task, the request including the personal information of the human user. The system then retrieves the record from the database using the personal information. The system creates a virtual machine based on the device configuration for the computing device, selects one of a geographically distributed set of proxy servers having an IP geographically address resembling the IP address for the computing device, and executes instructions causing the virtual machine to interact with the remote website using the proxy server to perform the task. |
| US11868875B1 |
Data selection circuit
Provided are systems and methods for operating a neural network processor, wherein the processor includes an input selector circuit that can be configured to select the data that will be input into the processor's computational array. In various implementations, the selector circuit can determine, for a row of the array, whether the row input will be the output from a buffer memory or data that the input selector circuit has selected for a different row. The row can receive an input feature map from a set of input data or an input feature map that was selected for inputting into a different row, such that the input feature map is input into more than one row at a time. The selector circuit can also include a delay circuit, so that the duplicated input feature map can be input into the computational array later than the original input feature map. |
| US11868871B1 |
Circuit for executing stateful neural network
Some embodiments provide a neural network inference circuit for executing a neural network that includes multiple nodes that use state data from previous executions of the neural network. The neural network inference circuit includes (i) a set of computation circuits configured to execute the nodes of the neural network and (ii) a set of memories configured to implement a set of one or more registers to store, while executing the neural network for a particular input, state data generated during at least two executions of the network for previous inputs. The state data is for use by the set of computation circuits when executing a set of the nodes of the neural network for the particular input. |
| US11868865B1 |
Systems and methods for cash structuring activity monitoring
A system includes receiving data associated with an account, the data having a plurality of members; generating based on an ensemble teacher model, a deep learning model having a number of layers; inputting a plurality of members determined to be daily inputs into the deep learning model; extracting a daily pattern from the daily inputs and aggregating a deep learning model output; inputting the global inputs and an aggregated deep learning model output into a classifier; outputting from the classifier, a number of scores combined into a single score for the account. Further, the device may include alerting a user if the single score falls outside of a predetermined threshold. |
| US11868860B1 |
Systems and methods for cohort-based predictions in clustered time-series data in order to detect significant rate-of-change events
Systems and methods may use one or more artificial intelligence models that predict an effect of a predicted event on a current state of the system. The systems and methods may use one or more artificial intelligence models that predict an effect and/or occurrence of a predicted event based on the current state of the system. In order to generate responses that are both timely and pertinent (e.g., in a dynamic fashion), the system must determine, both quickly (i.e., in real-time or near real-time) and accurately, the predicted event. |
| US11868859B1 |
Systems and methods for data structure generation based on outlier clustering
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for determining data structures. In some embodiments, a classifier may be used to determine one or more attributes of an entity. In some embodiments, a clustering algorithm may be used to determine an attribute cluster. In some embodiments, an impact metric machine learning model may be used to determine an outlier cluster. In some embodiments, an outlier process may be determined as a function of the outlier cluster. In some embodiments, a visual element may be determined as a function of an outlier process and may be displayed to a user. |
| US11868858B2 |
Distributed machine learning in an information centric network
Systems and techniques for distributed machine learning (DML) in an information centric network (ICN) are described herein. Finite message exchanges, such as those used in many DML exercises, may be efficiently implemented by treating certain data packets as interest packets to reduce overall network overhead when performing the finite message exchange. Further, network efficiency in DML may be improved achieved by using local coordinating nodes to manage devices participating in a distributed machine learning exercise. Additionally, modifying a round of DML training to accommodate available participant devices, such as by using a group quality of service metric to select the devices, or extending the round execution parameters to include additional devices, may have an impact on DML performance. |
| US11868850B2 |
Preventing quantum errors using a quantum error correction algorithm trainer (QECAT) table
Preventing quantum errors using a Quantum Error Correction Algorithm Trainer (QECAT) table is disclosed herein. In one example, a processor device of a computing device is to identify a subset of a plurality of QECAT table entries of a QECAT table, wherein each QECAT table entry of the subset corresponds to an occurrence of a quantum error. The processor device is further to obtain metadata from each QECAT table entry of the subset. The processor device identifies, based on the metadata from each QECAT table entry of the subset, a common characteristic of each occurrence of the quantum error. The processor device then determines, based on the common characteristic, a preventative action to prevent a future occurrence of the quantum error. |
| US11868849B2 |
Modular and dynamic digital control in a quantum controller
A quantum controller comprises a quantum control pulse generation circuit and digital signal management circuit. The quantum control pulse generation circuit is operable to generate a quantum control pulse which can be processed by any of a plurality of controlled circuits, and generate a first digital signal which can be routed to any of the plurality of controlled circuits. The digital signal management circuit is operable to detect, during runtime, to which one or more of the plurality of controlled circuits the first digital signal is to be routed, to manipulate the first digital signal based on the one or more of the plurality of controlled circuits to which the first digital signal is to be routed, where the manipulation results in one or more manipulated digital signals, and to route the one or more manipulated digital signals to one or more of the plurality of controlled circuits. |
| US11868847B2 |
Mitigating cross-talk in a flux tunable coupler architecture
A method of reducing stray coupling in a qubit array, includes turning ON a first coupler between a first qubit and second qubit of the qubit array by providing a pulse having a first amplitude to the first coupler. A stray coupling between the first coupler and a spectator qubit is reduced by turning ON a second coupler coupled to the spectator qubit, by providing a compensation pulse having a second amplitude, to the second coupler, based on the pulse having the first amplitude. |
| US11868845B2 |
Systems and methods for counting items
A system and method for counting items are described. A photocell detects an item, after which a converter converts the generated digital signal to an audio signal that a computing device can recognize. Data from the counting of items is displayed on a user interface of the computing device and/or other visual interfaces. |
| US11868834B2 |
Digital signage system, content provision method, control device, and program
A digital signage system displays a plurality of sets of electronic content on a touch panel display so as to be selectable. The system sets a session for accepting the selection of content, accepts the selection of content by the user, and temporarily holds the information about the content selected by the user during the session. After the selection of content, the system creates access information for collectively accessing the held content, issues a two-dimensional code that is based on the access information and can be read using the user's mobile terminal, and displays the two-dimensional code on the touch panel display. |
| US11868832B2 |
Card and method for making the same
A transaction card construction and a method for making transaction cards provides increased security for transaction card magnetic strips. The transaction card construct on includes a card inlay and a clear card body. The card inlay is formed via a lamination press process with the magnetic strip attached to a back surface of the card inlay. The card body may have a window through which a data storage element may be exposed for accessing, such as by a magnetic stripe reader or EMV chip reader. The card body may be formed by adhering the card inlay to the clear card body. |
| US11868830B2 |
Information processing device generating first print dataset and second print dataset by using appearance image configured of a plurality of colors
An information processing device includes a controller. The controller acquires an appearance image configured of a plurality of colors, identifies the plurality of colors configuring the acquired appearance image, and specifying a plurality of printing medium types based on the plurality of identified colors. The plurality of printing medium types includes a first printing medium type and a second printing medium type. The controller generates a first print dataset and a second print dataset by using the appearance image. The first print dataset corresponds to the specified first printing medium type. The second print dataset corresponds to the specified second printing medium type. |
| US11868828B1 |
Message routing in a network-ready storage product for internal and external processing
A storage product having a network interface and a bus switch connecting a random-access memory, a processing device, and a storage device, and connected via an external computer bus to an external processor. The storage product can receive via the network interface first messages and second messages for network storage services. The bus switch is operable to provide a first bus between the processing device and the random-access memory to buffer the first messages into the random-access memory, a second bus between the processing device and the storage device to buffer the second messages into a local memory of the storage device, and a third bus between the processor and the random-access memory to retrieve the first messages from the random-access memory and generate third messages. The storage device is configured to process the second and third messages to provide network storage services. |
| US11868827B1 |
Network storage products with options for external processing
A storage product having: a network interface operable on a computer network; a bus connector adapted to be connected to a computer bus; a storage device having a storage capacity accessible through network storage services provided over the network interface; and a processing device configured to at least generate storage access messages from incoming packets received by the network interface from the computer network. The storage product is operable in a standalone mode when no local host system is connected to the bus connector to control the storage product and operable in a slave mode when a local host system is connected to the bus connector to process a portion of the storage access messages. |
| US11868826B2 |
Real-time data processing pipeline and pacing control systems and methods
A data processing system includes a transaction bus, a console application in communication with the transaction bus, and a view predictor subsystem in communication with the transaction bus. The transaction bus receives, from a user application executing on a client device, a call for visual information to be provided to the user application. The view predictor subsystem determines a likelihood that the visual information will be viewable within a viewport of the user application, and a plurality of respective values for a plurality of sources of the visual information are computed based on the likelihood and a respective priority for each source. The console application provides to the transaction bus the set of potential sources of the visual information, and the transaction bus selects, based on the computed values, one of the potential sources of the visual information to be the result, which is provided to the user application. |
| US11868825B2 |
Processor and event processing method
An event processing method of a processor according to one or more embodiments may include detecting an event input, which notifies an occurrence of an event, detecting a wait event by an event input, changing a status from an execution status to a wait status and outputs a count start signal by an event wait instruction, and changes a status from the wait status to the execution status and outputs a count end signal by the detection of the wait event, incrementing a counter value from an initial value by output of the count start signal, and ends counting by output of the count end signal; and receiving and storing a count value of the timer counter by output of the count end signal. |
| US11868824B2 |
Single node and multiple node datastore architecture in a network routing environment
Systems, methods, and devices for offloading network data to a datastore. A system includes a plurality of instances of a datastore node in a single networking device, each of the plurality of instances of the datastore node comprising: a datastore; a publisher independent of the datastore for publishing data to the datastore; a subscriber independent of the datastore for receiving information from the datastore; a replicator agent configured to connect to the datastore as a publisher or a subscriber; and a persistent storage agent configured to connect to the datastore as a publisher or a subscriber. |
| US11868823B2 |
Apparatus and method for locking PCIE network having non-transparent bridging
An interconnected computer system includes a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) fabric, a first computer system communicatively coupled to the PCIe fabric, a second computer system communicatively coupled to the PCIe fabric, and a shared single-access hardware resource coupled to the PCIe fabric. The first computer system includes a first processor and first memory coupled to the first processor configured to store a first flag indicating a desire of the first computer system to access the shared single-access hardware resource and a turn variable indicating which of the first computer system and the second computer system has access to the shared single-access hardware resource. The second computer system includes a second processor and second memory coupled to the second processor configured to store a second flag indicating a desire of the second computer system to access the shared single-access hardware resource. |
| US11868822B2 |
Managing access to a resource shared by a plurality of applications
A method for managing access to a shared resource in an electronic system including a control unit and the shared resource. The control unit is intended to execute applications that are candidates for access to the shared resource. The method uses a calendar of periods of equal duration, each assigned to just one of the applications, to define a temporal distribution of access to the shared resource, and penalty indices associated with each of the applications. The method includes steps for conditionally processing the access requests transmitted by the applications according to their penalty indices. Thus, each application is prevented from accessing the shared resource when the quota assigned thereto is reached, which makes it possible to limit the encroachment of an application that is executed on the access quotas for accessing the resource that are assigned to the other applications. |
| US11868819B2 |
System and method for constructing filter graph-based media processing pipelines in a browser
A system and method is provided for constructing filter graph-based media processing pipelines to render media content. The system includes a web browser running on a client device and for rendering media content, and a main application thread executed by a processor of the client device, The main application thread determines a processing function of media data received by the web browser; constructs a filter graph directly in the web browser that includes filters instantiated as web workers and for executing respective functions for the processing function of the media data; assesses a compatibility between the filters; and connects the filters via message channels upon compatibility. Moreover, one filter transmits media to a second filter after performing the respective function in which the second filter the enters the transmitted media in a queue and renders media content in the browser based on the queued media. |
| US11868818B2 |
Lock address contention predictor
Techniques for selectively executing a lock instruction speculatively or non-speculatively based on lock address prediction and/or temporal lock prediction. including methods an devices for locking an entry in a memory device. In some techniques, a lock instruction executed by a thread for a particular memory entry of a memory device is detected. Whether contention occurred for the particular memory entry during an earlier speculative lock is detected on a condition that the lock instruction comprises a speculative lock instruction. The lock is executed non-speculatively if contention occurred for the particular memory entry during an earlier speculative lock. The lock is executed speculatively if contention did not occur for the particular memory entry during an earlier speculative lock. |
| US11868816B2 |
System on chip (SOC) for seat boxes on a transportation vehicle and associated methods thereof
Methods and systems are provided for a transportation vehicle. One method includes detecting, by a first system on chip (“SOC”) of a seat box on a transportation vehicle that a first seat device is operational and usage of a second SOC of the seat box by a second seat device is below a first threshold level, the first SOC operationally coupled to the second SOC by a peripheral link, the seat box providing a network connection to the first seat device and the second device; allocating resources of the first SOC and the second SOC to the first seat device; and modifying usage of the second SOC by the first seat device, in response to a change in resource usage of the second SOC. |
| US11868812B2 |
Predictive scaling of container orchestration platforms
Systems, methods, and computer programming products leveraging recurrent neural network architectures to proactively predict workload demand of container orchestration platforms. The platform continuously collects metric data from clusters of the platform and train multiple parallel neural networks with different architectures to predict future platform workload demands. At periodic intervals, the registered neural networks in consideration for controlling the scaling operations of the platform are compared against one another to identify the neural network demonstrating the highest performance and/or most accurate workload prediction strategy for scaling the orchestration platform. The selected neural network is enforced as controller for the platform to implement the workload prediction strategy. The neural network controller enforced by the platform predictively scales up or down the number of pods within nodes of the platform and/or the number of clusters providing computational resources to the platform, in anticipation of future increased or decreased end user demand. |
| US11868810B2 |
Resource adaptation using nonlinear relationship between system performance metric and resource usage
Techniques are provided for allocating resources for one or more workloads. One method comprises obtaining a current performance of a workload; determining an adjustment to a current allocation of a resource allocated to the workload by evaluating a representation of a relationship between: (i) the current allocation of the resource allocated to the workload, (ii) a performance metric, and (iii) the current performance of the workload; and initiating an application of the determined adjustment to the current allocation of the resource for the workload. The performance metric may comprise a nominal value of a predefined service metric and the current performance of the workload may comprise a current value of a variable that tracks a given predefined service metric of the workload. An amount (or percentage) of the adjustment permitted for each iteration may be controlled. A sum of allocated resources can be constrained to an amount of available resources. |
| US11868809B2 |
Hardware assisted fine-grained data movement
A processor includes a task scheduling unit and a compute unit coupled to the task scheduling unit. The task scheduling unit performs a task dependency assessment of a task dependency graph and task data requirements that correspond to each task of the plurality of tasks. Based on the task dependency assessment, the task scheduling unit schedules a first task of the plurality of tasks and a second proxy object of a plurality of proxy objects specified by the task data requirements such that a memory transfer of the second proxy object of the plurality of proxy objects occurs while the first task is being executed. |
| US11868806B2 |
Method for task scheduling with a simulated annealing-based approach in the cloud computing
A simulated annealing-based metaheuristic method for scheduling tasks in the infrastructures that use cloud computing service with multitasking and multi-node structure that can perform the big data analysis. |
| US11868804B1 |
Processor instruction dispatch configuration
A processor comprises a computational array of computational elements and an instruction dispatch circuit. The computational elements receive data operands via data lanes extending along a first dimension, and processes the operands based upon instructions received from the instruction dispatch circuit via instruction lanes extending along a second dimension. The instruction dispatch circuit receives raw instructions, and comprises an instruction dispatch unit (IDU) processor that processes a set of raw instructions to generate processed instructions for dispatch to the computational elements, where the number of processed instructions is not equal to the number of instructions of the set of raw instructions. The processed instructions are dispatched to columns of the computational array via a plurality of instruction queues, wherein an instruction vector of instructions is shifted between adjacent instruction queues in a first direction, and dispatches instructions to the computational elements in a second direction. |
| US11868803B2 |
Process integrated mechanism apparatus and program
A method and apparatus for controlling and coordinating a multi-component system. Each component in the system contains a computing device. Each computing device is controlled by software running on the computing device. A first portion of the software resident on each computing device is used to control operations needed to coordinate the activities of all the components in the system. This first portion is known as a “coordinating process.” A second portion of the software resident on each computing device is used to control local processes (local activities) specific to that component. Each component in the system is capable of hosting and running the coordinating process. The coordinating process continually cycles from component to component while it is running. The continuous cycling of the coordinating process presents the programmer with a virtual machine in which there is a single coordinating process operating with a global view although, in fact, the data and computation remain distributed across every component in the system. |
| US11868801B2 |
Priority based management of access to shared resources
A system, computer readable medium and a method that may include performing multiple iterations of: determining, by each active initiator of the multiple initiators, a number of pending access requests generated by the active initiator, wherein each access request is a request to access a shared resource out of the shared resources; determining, by each active initiator, a priority level to be assigned to all pending access requests generated by the active initiator, wherein the determining is based on the number of pending access requests generated by the active initiator, a number of active initiators out of the multiple initiators, and a number of access requests serviceable by the shared resource; for each active initiator, informing an arbitration hardware of a network on chip about the priority level to be assigned to all pending access requests generated by the active initiator; and managing access to the shared resources, by the arbitration hardware, based on the priority level to be assigned to all pending access requests generated by each active initiator. |
| US11868798B2 |
Techniques for securing virtual machines
A system and method for securing virtual cloud assets in a cloud computing environment against cyber threats. The method includes: determining a location of a snapshot of at least one virtual disk of a protected virtual cloud asset, wherein the virtual cloud asset is instantiated in the cloud computing environment; accessing the snapshot of the virtual disk based on the determined location; analyzing the snapshot of the protected virtual cloud asset to detect potential cyber threats risking the protected virtual cloud asset; and alerting detected potential cyber threats based on a determined priority. |
| US11868796B2 |
Page request interface overhead reduction for virtual machine migration and write protection in memory
Page request interface overhead reduction for virtual machine migration and write protection in memory may be provided by generating a page table associated with the memory; in response to receiving a write-protection command to prevent write-access to data from a portion of the memory, write-protecting a first range of memory addresses comprising the data write protected from the portion of the memory, wherein a second range of memory addresses comprises data not write protected in the memory; and modifying the page table to include a page table entry associated with the first range of memory addresses being write-protected, wherein write access to a memory address in the first range of memory addresses by a device during write-protection is tracked. |
| US11868793B2 |
Tenant-controlled cloud updates
Systems and methods are taught for providing customers of a cloud computing service to control when updates affect the services provided to the customers. Because multiple customers share the cloud's infrastructure, each customer may have conflicting preferences for when an update and associated downtime occurs. Preventing and resolving conflicts between the preferences of multiple customers while providing them with input for scheduling a planned update may reduce the inconvenience posed by updates. Additionally, the schedule for the update may be transmitted to customers so that they can prepare for the downtime of services associated with the update. |
| US11868792B2 |
Dynamic device virtualization for use by guest user processes based on observed behaviors of native device drivers
A system and method for providing dynamic device virtualization is herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes providing a hypervisor and one or more guest virtual machines (VMs). Each guest VM is disposed to run a guest user process and the hypervisor is split into a device hypervisor and a compute hypervisor. The computer-implemented method further includes providing an interface between the device hypervisor and the compute hypervisor. The compute hypervisor manages an efficient use of CPU and memory of a host and the device hypervisor manages a device connected to the host by exploiting hardware acceleration of the device. |
| US11868788B2 |
Method and apparatus for application plug-in management
An apparatus and method are disclosed for obtaining a simulated preview that depicts a representation of one or more user interface changes associated with an application plug-in. The approach involves, for example, rendering the simulated preview overlaid on a user interface of an application executing on a device. The rendering aligns the representation of the one or more user interface changes over the user interface to depict a preview of the one or more user interface changes that will occur after an installation of the application plug-in. The approach also involves rendering the simulated preview along with one or more simulated previews of installed plug-ins overlaid in a staked view on the user interface of the application. Addition and/or deletion of plug-ins can be managed in the stacked view. |
| US11868787B2 |
Managing persistent enrollment of a user device
Systems and methods are included for managing persistent enrollment of a user device. The persistent enrollment can be controlled by an administrator at an administrator console. The administrator can enable or disable persistent enrollment for the user device at the admin console. A deployment agent can be provided to the user device. During the boot process, the deployment agent can verify the persistent enrollment status of the user device. The deployment agent can retrieve and install a software package for a management agent. The management agent can enroll the user device with an enterprise under a staging user profile. The management agent can install a provisioning package associated with the staging user profile. The management agent can receive user input login credentials. The management agent can change the ownership of the user device with the enterprise. The management agent can configure the user device for the user profile. |
| US11868786B1 |
Systems and methods for distributed and parallelized emulation processor configuration
Implementations may include a method of accelerated modification of an emulation processor system, by loading, by a first emulation processor, a first portion of processor instructions into one or more registers of the first emulation processor, in response to a selection of a first programming mode associated with the first emulation processor, and loading, by a second emulation processor operatively coupled with the first emulation processor, a second portion of the processor instructions into one or more registers of the second emulation processor, in response to a selection of a first programming mode associated with the second emulation processor. |
| US11868782B2 |
Methods and apparatus for deep learning network execution pipeline on multi-processor platform
Methods and systems are disclosed using an execution pipeline on a multi-processor platform for deep learning network execution. In one example, a network workload analyzer receives a workload, analyzes a computation distribution of the workload, and groups the network nodes into groups. A network executor assigns each group to a processing core of the multi-core platform so that the respective processing core handle computation tasks of the received workload for the respective group. |
| US11868776B2 |
AI synaptic coprocessor
A coprocessor may include a memory configured to store a plurality of Very Long Data Words, each as a test Very Long Data Word (VLDW) having a length in the range of about one thousand bits to one million or more bits and containing encoded information that is distributed across the length of the VLDW. A processor generates search terms and a processing logic unit receives a test VLDW from the memory, receives a search term from the processor, and computes a Boolean inner product between the search term and the test VLDW read from memory indicative of the measure of similarity between the test VLDW and the search term. Optionally, buffers within logic circuits of processing pipelines may receive the test VLDWs. |
| US11868773B2 |
Inferring future value for speculative branch resolution in a microprocessor
A system, processor, programming product and/or method including: an instruction dispatch unit configured to dispatch instructions of a compare immediate-conditional branch instruction sequence; and a compare register having at least one entry to hold information in a plurality of fields. Operations include: writing information from a first instruction of the compare immediate-conditional branch instruction sequence into one or more of the plurality of fields in an entry in the compare register; writing an immediate field and the ITAG of a compare immediate instruction into the entry in the compare register; writing, in response to dispatching a conditional branch instruction, an inferred compare result value into the entry in the compare register; comparing a computed compare result value to the inferred compare result value stored in the entry in the compare register; and not execute the compare immediate instruction or the conditional branch instruction. |
| US11868771B2 |
System and method for divide-and-conquer checkpointing
A system and method which allows the basic checkpoint-reverse-mode AD strategy (of recursively decomposing the computation to reduce storage requirements of reverse-mode AD) to be applied to arbitrary programs: not just programs consisting of loops, but programs with arbitrarily complex control flow. The method comprises (a) transforming the program into a formalism that allows convenient manipulation by formal tools, and (b) introducing a set of operators to allow computations to be decomposed by running them for a given period of time then pausing them, while treating the paused program as a value subject to manipulation. |
| US11868770B2 |
Computer processor for higher precision computations using a mixed-precision decomposition of operations
Embodiments detailed herein relate to arithmetic operations of float-point values. An exemplary processor includes decoding circuitry to decode an instruction, where the instruction specifies locations of a plurality of operands, values of which being in a floating-point format. The exemplary processor further includes execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction, where the execution includes to: convert the values for each operand, each value being converted into a plurality of lower precision values, where an exponent is to be stored for each operand; perform arithmetic operations among lower precision values converted from values for the plurality of the operands; and generate a floating-point value by converting a resulting value from the arithmetic operations into the floating-point format and store the floating-point value. |
| US11868767B2 |
Computer-implemented runtime system, healthcare network, method and computer program
A computer-implemented runtime system is operable of providing a continuous product execution runtime environment for an application via a healthcare network. The system includes a focus machine and an action plan repository, to provide an autonomous runtime environment by at least: monitoring a running use case of at least one application on at least one device; taking over responsibility of a running use case of the at least one application, upon an error state being detected for the monitored running use case; analyzing the error state of the running use case detected; obtaining at least one suitable substitution action out of a plurality of actions deposited in the action plan repository, based on the error state of the running use case analyzed; and terminating and completing at least a part of the running use case, by employing the at least one substitution actions obtained, on the at least one application. |
| US11868765B2 |
Automatically presenting a visualization of information within a terminal
In a computer-implemented method for automatically presenting a visualization of information within a terminal for interfacing with a distributed version control system, an input is received at a command line interface of a terminal for interfacing with a distributed version control system, the input including an operation to be performed by the distributed version control system. The operation to be performed by the distributed version control system is identified based on the input. The operation is executed to generate output of the operation. The output is displayed within the command line interface. A graphical visualization of the output is automatically displayed within a visualization pane of the terminal, wherein the graphical visualization is interactive. |
| US11868760B2 |
Vehicle controller, program updating method, and non-transitory storage medium that stores program for updating program
A vehicle controller includes: an execution unit configured to execute a control program for controlling a vehicle; a storage unit having a first program storage area to store the control program and a second program storage area to store an update program that is an updated version of the control program and created based on update data acquired from a device located outside the vehicle through a network; and an update unit that stores the update program in the second program storage area based on the update data, regardless of whether the execution unit is executing the control program. |
| US11868758B2 |
Method for improving the updating of firmware and system applying the method
A method to improve the updating of firmware in a firmware updating system, uses serially-sent data packets containing the update and data. The firmware updating system includes storage, including an expander/switch, a baseboard manager controller (BMC), and a storage interface. A universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) for serial communication in the expander/switch is initialized and firmware updating instruction is sent to the expander/switch by the BMC. The firmware data packets are sent to the expander/switch by the BMC. A serial instruction to reset is sent to the expander/switch by the BMC and the BMC ends a communication with the UART serial. A firmware updating system applying the method is also provided. |
| US11868755B2 |
Updating software installed on an electronic unit on a vehicle
A system for updating software installed on an electronic unit on a vehicle can include a processor and a memory. The processor can be disposed on an intermediate communications device. The intermediate communications device can be a mobile device. The memory can store an update request module and an update existence module. The update request module can include instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to receive, from the electronic unit on the vehicle, a request for an update of the software. The request can include: (1) an identification of a version of the software currently installed on the electronic unit and (2) a key to specifically identify the electronic unit. The update existence module can include instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to receive, from a device associated with development of the software, information about an existence of the update. |
| US11868753B2 |
Managing installation of applications on a computing device
A computing device can manage installation of an application program using an agent registered with an operating system. The agent can receive a notification in response to a user request to mount a disk image. The disk image can include the application program. The agent can generate metadata associated with the disk image. An action to take can be determined based on the metadata. The application program can be installed using privileges of the agent without changing privileges of an account for the current user. |
| US11868750B2 |
Orchestration of datacenter creation on a cloud platform
Computing systems, for example, multi-tenant systems deploy software artifacts in data centers created in a cloud platform using a cloud platform infrastructure language that is cloud platform independent. The system receives a declarative specification for creating a datacenter on a cloud platform. The system generates an aggregate pipeline comprising a hierarchy of pipelines. The system generates an aggregate deployment version map associating data center entities of the data center with versions of software artifacts targeted for deployment on the datacenter entities. The system collects a set of software artifacts according to the aggregate deployment version map. The system executes the aggregate pipeline in conjunction with the aggregate deployment version map to create the datacenter in accordance with the cloud platform independent declarative specification. |
| US11868745B2 |
System and method for compiling high-level language code into a script executable on a blockchain platform
Techniques are presented to enable or facilitate the execution of a portion of source code, written in a high-level language (HLL), on a blockchain platform. The technique comprises receiving a portion of source code as input; and generating an output script comprising a plurality of op_codes. The op_codes are a subset of op_codes that are native to a functionally-restricted, blockchain scripting language. The outputted script is arranged and/or generated such that, when executed, the script provides, at least in part, the functionality specified in the source code. The blockchain scripting language is restricted such that it does not natively support complex control-flow constructs or recursion via jump-based loops or other recursive programming constructs. |
| US11868744B2 |
Estimation of features corresponding to extracted commands used to divide code of software
A feature estimating device includes a parser identifying means for identifying a parser, the parser being contained in software, for parsing user input and executing a relevant command, a dividing means for extracting commands form a character string in the parser and clustering control flows connecting with the extracted commands as starting points to divide a code of the software for each feature, and a feature estimating means for estimating, based on a characteristic part of each divided code, a feature for each divided code. |
| US11868743B2 |
Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for supporting block coding
A method for supporting block coding is provided. The method includes the steps of: determining an arrangement position of a coding block selected by a user on the basis of a sentence component-specific arrangement order specified from a sentence structure of a spoken language; and providing the user with an arrangement result of the coding block specified on the basis of the arrangement position. |
| US11868741B2 |
Processing element, neural processing device including same, and multiplication operation method using same
The present disclosure discloses a processing element and a neural processing device including the processing element. The processing element includes a weight register configured to store a weight, an input activation register configured to store input activation, a flexible multiplier configured to generate result data by performing a multiplication operation of the weight and the input activation by using a first multiplier of a first precision or using both the first multiplier and a second multiplier of the first precision in response to a calculation mode signal and a saturating adder configured to generate a partial sum by using the result data. |
| US11868740B2 |
Ternary logic circuit device
A circuit includes a first full adder, a second full adder, a first half adder, a third full adder configured to receive a sum output signal of the first full adder, a sum output signal of the second full adder, and a sum output signal of the first half adder, a fourth full adder configured to receive a carry output signal of the first full adder, a carry output signal of the second full adder, and a carry output signal of the first half adder, a second half adder configured to receive a carry output signal of the third full adder and a sum output signal of the fourth full adder, and a third half adder configured to receive a carry output signal of the second half adder and a carry output signal of the fourth full adder. |
| US11868738B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating natural language description information
The present disclosure describes methods, devices, and storage medium for generating a natural language description for a media object. The method includes respectively processing, by a device, a media object by using a plurality of natural language description models to obtain a plurality of first feature vectors corresponding to a plurality of feature types. The device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method also includes fusing, by the device, the plurality of first feature to obtain a second feature vector; and generating, by the device, a natural language description for the media object according to the second feature vector, the natural language description being used for expressing the media object in natural language. The present disclosure resolves the technical problem that natural language description generated for a media object can only give an insufficiently accurate description of the media object. |
| US11868735B1 |
Methods and apparatus for analyzing internal communications within an organization using natural language processing to recommend improved interactions and identify key personnel
In an embodiment, communication data including an interaction between at least two individuals in an organization is received via at least two communication platforms. Content of the interaction is extracted to produce extracted content. A frequency of interaction and a type of interaction between the at least two individuals is determined based on the extracted content. A map representative of social interaction within the organization is generated. The map includes an indication of the frequency of interaction and the type of interaction between the at least two individuals. A new frequency of the interaction and a new type of interaction for at least a first individual of the at least two individuals with another individual is determined based on the map. A signal representing the new frequency of interaction and the new type of interaction with the other individual in the organization is provided to a compute device. |
| US11868729B2 |
Analyzing and explaining a temporal evolution of policies and suggesting next steps
A system and method for analyzing and explaining the temporal evolution of policies. The analysis of the temporal evolution of policies includes determining semantically related changes in the text of the corresponding policies over time and across the different versions of the (two or more) policy documents. An explanation of the temporal evolution of policies is provided consisting of human interpretable information relating each change to one or more events and/or contextual data. A next steps policy change is also suggested that includes a set of policy conditions based on potential future changes of similar policies and contextual data and event data. The suggestions are related to the policy relevant to the target cohort or individual. The system adapts machine learned models by receiving user feedback provided on an analysis of the correctness of the temporal evolution of policies, corresponding explanations and suggestions of the next actions. |
| US11868727B2 |
Context tag integration with named entity recognition models
Techniques are provided for using context tags in named-entity recognition (NER) models. In one particular aspect, a method is provided that includes receiving an utterance, generating embeddings for words of the utterance, generating a regular expression and gazetteer feature vector for the utterance, generating a context tag distribution feature vector for the utterance, concatenating or interpolating the embeddings with the regular expression and gazetteer feature vector and the context tag distribution feature vector to generate a set of feature vectors, generating an encoded form of the utterance based on the set of feature vectors, generating log-probabilities based on the encoded form of the utterance, and identifying one or more constraints for the utterance. |
| US11868721B2 |
Intelligent knowledge management-driven decision making model
A computer-implemented method includes receiving user input including codified knowledge management information and/or engine data; and processing the input using one or more trained machine learning models to generate one or more living documents. A computing system includes one or more processors; and a memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause the computing system to receive user input including codified knowledge management information and/or engine data; and process the user input using one or more trained machine learning models to generate one or more living documents. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium includes executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer to receive user input including codified knowledge management information and/or engine data; and process the user input using one or more trained machine learning models to generate one or more living documents. |
| US11868718B2 |
Technology name/service name generation device and method therefor
Information indicating what technology and service are necessary to solve issues is provided by a device including dictionaries recording words having similar meanings and concepts concept co-occurrences in which two of the concepts are combined, a classification of each of technology names and service names, and a score assigned to each of the classifications, a sentence input unit receiving a sentence representing an issue, a morpheme analysis unit performing morpheme analysis on the sentence and output morphemes, a concept conversion unit extracting a word from the morphemes and convert the extracted word to a concept, a classification identifying unit configured to sum scores of respective classifications in which a set of the extracted concepts and the concept co-occurrence match and identify the classification having a highest summed score, and a recommendation unit configured to obtain, from the name list, the technology names and service names belonging to the identified classification. |
| US11868713B1 |
Systems, devices, and methods for software coding
A method comprises retrieving a file comprising a parent worksheet comprising a first row comprising a first statement, a first data type identifier, and a first logic; in response to receiving a first rendering request from a client computing device, generating a child worksheet in the spreadsheet comprising a second row, wherein the second row inherits the first row; receiving a second request to modify at least one of the first statement in the second statement cell, the first data type identifier in the second data type cell, or the first logic in the second logic cell; and rendering a graphical user interface based on the modified child worksheet. |
| US11868711B2 |
Creating dynamic data-bound container hosted views and editable forms
A method for using a user-fillable form in a host container includes receiving, at a host container, a user-fillable form bound to dynamic data from an underlying data source where the user-fillable form has a data structure generated by prepopulated coding. The method further includes translating the user-fillable form into a hostable format for the host container. The method also includes rendering, using the hostable format for the host container, the user-fillable form in a user interface. The method further includes receiving, at the user interface of the host container, from a user of the host container, a data entry for input to the user-fillable form and updating, by the host container, the dynamic data from the underlying data source by persisting data from the data entry in a data store associated with the underlying data source. |
| US11868710B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying a text string copied from a first application in a second application
A method is applied to an electronic device, and includes: obtaining content copied by a user on a first page, and determining a category to which the content belongs; obtaining a category of a second page; matching the category of the content against the category of the second page; and if a matching result is not empty, displaying at least one operation option on the second page, where the at least one operation option has a function of performing an operation for the content on the second page, so that the electronic device directly performs the function after the user selects the operation option. |
| US11868706B1 |
System, method, and computer program for syncing content across workspace pages
The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer program for syncing content across workspace pages. The system creates a first synced block on a first workspace page. Content on workspace pages rendered by the system is stored in blocks and each of the workspace pages has a hierarchy of blocks. The system adds one or more child blocks to the first synced block as content to be synced. The system creates a reference synced block on a second workspace page and adds a pointer to the reference synced block that points to the first synced block. This is done in order to sync the one or more child blocks of the first synced block across the first and second workspace pages, where editing the first synced block or the reference synced block includes editing the one or more child blocks of the first synced block. |
| US11868703B2 |
System and method for dynamic linking between graphic documents and comment data bases
A method for dynamic linking between graphic documents and comment databases is described and includes entering a base graphic representation of a project in a computer system. The base graphic representation may be the conversion of a user supplied format graphic to a web support format graphic. A coordinate overlay grid of a coordinate overlay program may be linked to the base graphic representation for overlay positioning and display on the base graphic representation. The coordinate overlay program may have a notation subprogram linked to the coordinate overlay grid for a user to designate notation with an identifier relative to a distinct location of the base graphic representation on the coordinate overlay grid. A text or graphic comment data record may be entered in a comment data record referenced to an identifier and displayed using a computer cursor device and display to activate an identifier. |
| US11868702B2 |
Scoped containers using CSS custom properties and color pairs
A computer-implemented method and corresponding systems and apparatuses for configuring the visual appearance of a webpage. The method involves providing access to color schemes through a user interface of a software application and assigning color schemes to corresponding sections of the webpage based on user input. Each color scheme includes at least one foreground color paired with a corresponding background color that contrasts the foreground color. The method further involves generating source code representing the webpage. In some examples, the source code includes a first container corresponding to a first section and a second container corresponding to a second section. The first container includes properties corresponding to a first color scheme. Similarly, the second container includes properties corresponding to a second color scheme. Because the second section is a subsection of the first section, the source code is generated with the second container being nested within the first container. |
| US11868701B1 |
Template for creating content item
A system for generating and using templates is described. In an example embodiment, a system may receive a template list and previews of templates in the template list and display the previews to a user via a graphical interface. In some instances, the system may receive an input selecting a certain template from among the templates from the user via the graphical interface, retrieve a template file describing the certain template, and display a content item of the user integrated into the certain template based on the template file. In some embodiments, the system may facilitate unlocking or providing access to templates, the template file may be associated with an asset package including files used when applying the template file to content, or the template may include multiple template pages into which content elements may be inserted to create an arrangement or sequence of content. |
| US11868700B2 |
Use of adaptive replacement maps in digital lithography for local cell replacement
Embodiments described herein relate to a system, software, and a method of using the system to edit a design to be printed by a lithography system. The system and methods utilize a server of a maskless lithography device. The server includes a memory. The memory includes a virtual mask file. The virtual mask file includes cells and the cells include sub-cells that form one or more polygons. The server further includes a controller coupled to the memory. The controller is configured to receive a replacement table. The replacement table includes instructions to replace the cells of the virtual mask file. The controller is further configured to replace the cells with replacement cells according to the replacement table to create an edited virtual mask file. |