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| US11955776B2 |
Current-injection organic semiconductor laser diode, method for producing same and program
Disclosed is a current-injection organic semiconductor laser diode comprising a pair of electrodes, an optical resonator structure, and one or more organic layers including a light amplification layer composed of an organic semiconductor, which has a sufficient overlap between the distribution of exciton density and the electric field intensity distribution of the resonant optical mode during current injection to emit laser light. |
| US11955763B2 |
Method and apparatus for use in laser shock peening
An apparatus may include a diode-pumped solid-state laser oscillator configured to output a pulsed laser beam, a modulator configured to modify an energy and a temporal profile of the pulsed laser beam, and an amplifier configured to amplify an energy of the pulse laser beam. A modified and amplified beam to laser peen a target part may have an energy of about 5 J to about 10 J, an average power (defined as energy (J)×frequency (Hz)) of from about 25 W to about 200 W, with a flattop beam uniformity of less than about 0.2. The diode-pumped solid-state oscillator may be configured to output a beam having both a single longitudinal mode and a single transverse mode, and to produce and output beams at a frequency of about 20 Hz. |
| US11955762B2 |
Laser pulse energy amplification device and method, and femtosecond laser
A laser pulse energy amplification device and method, and a femtosecond laser are provided. The laser pulse energy amplification device includes a pulse amplifier and a pulse shaper that are connected in sequence. The pulse amplifier is connected to an output port of a seed laser source and is connected to the pulse shaper that outputs a femtosecond laser pulse. The seed laser source is configured to generate and input a seed laser pulse to the pulse amplifier. The pulse amplifier is configured to introduce a nonlinear phase shift into the seed laser pulse, perform energy amplification and spectral stretching, and output an energy-amplified laser pulse with a nonlinear phase to the pulse shaper. The pulse shaper is configured to measure a shape and/or the nonlinear phase of the energy-amplified laser pulse, and shape the energy-amplified laser pulse according to the shape and/or the nonlinear phase. |
| US11955755B2 |
Electric appliance and adapter
Provided are an electric appliance and a method of manufacturing the same, the electric appliance having a smaller size and a reduced overall weight by preventing a fluid from flowing into a space unrelated to a heating component in a state where the fluid fills its case.The electric appliance includes: a case including a first space and a second space communicated to each other; a first component disposed in the first space; a second component disposed in the second space; a connection portion electrically connecting the first component and the second component to each other; and a potting pattern including a resin material and formed in the first space. |
| US11955754B2 |
Conductor for vehicle systems
In examples of the disclosure, a device may be couple an electrical load to a power source. The device may have a first coupling configured to couple to the power source and a second coupling configured to couple to the electrical load. The device may have a plurality of strands electrically disposed between the first coupling and the second coupling. Each of the plurality of strands may have a coating having a resistivity greater than 1.8×10−8 Ω-m and less than 1 Ω-m and a center conductor wrapped, at least in part, by the coating. |
| US11955751B2 |
Connector
The present disclosure provides a connector enabling a size reduction by simplifying a configuration. A connector 11 includes a housing 21 in which a plurality of shielded cables 14 are held while being partially inserted, and cores of the plurality of shielded cables 14 are connected to a plurality of terminals 13a of a mating connector 13 by connecting the housing 21 to the mating connector 13. The connector 11 includes an electromagnetic shielding shell 22 for covering the outer surface of the housing 21 and a shield terminal 27 to be provided between the plurality of shielded cables 14 in the housing 21, connected to shield members of the plurality of shielded cables 14 and connected to a ground terminal 13b of the mating connector 13 by connecting the housing 21 to the mating connector 13. |
| US11955749B2 |
Electrical connector holding apparatus and method for locking and protecting electrical connectors
An apparatus for locking electrical connectors together and for protecting such electrical connectors. A method of locking electrical connectors together. |
| US11955748B2 |
Connector coupling
Embodiments herein include a connector coupling arranged to mate and/or unmate first and second connectors. The connector coupling includes a first collar having one or more locking members, a second collar arranged to receive the first collar, the second collar being rotatable relative to the first collar, and a locking mechanism. The connector coupling is moveable in a mating direction to mate the first and second connectors and an unmating direction to unmate the connectors. The locking mechanism is disengaged when the connector coupling is moved in a mating direction. For example, the locking mechanism may be moveable from a first engaged position to a first disengaged position when the connector coupling is moved in the mating direction. As another example, the locking mechanism may remain disengaged until the connectors are fully mated. |
| US11955747B2 |
Watertight electrical connection system to flat-wire conductors of a flexible printed circuit
A watertight electrical connection system to flat-wire conductors of a flexible circuit is described including a watertight electrical connector that houses connector terminals within a cavity. A contact surface of the watertight electrical connector is configured to mate with a connection area on a surface of the flexible circuit. The connection area is of variable thickness. A seal surrounds an opening to the cavity to form a watertight connection between the connector terminals and one or more of the flat-wire conductors within the connection area on the surface of the flexible circuit. A retainer fits over the flexible circuit and onto the watertight electrical connector to compress the seal and form the watertight connection between the surface of the flexible circuit and the contact surface, which is of variable thickness. |
| US11955745B2 |
Female connector and connector
It is aimed to realize space saving. A female connector includes female terminal fittings to be connected to male terminal fittings, a female housing for accommodating the female terminal fittings and a retainer displaceable between a terminal deformation position where the female terminal fittings are deformed and a release position where the retainer is separated from the female terminal fittings. The female terminal fitting includes a resilient contact piece for resiliently contacting the male terminal fitting. The retainer resiliently deforms the resilient contact pieces away from the male terminal fittings at the terminal deformation position. |
| US11955744B2 |
Stackable deformable electrical connector system
Various embodiments provide a stackable deformable electrical connector system including a plug body and a connector body each having at least one of studs and jacks with angled and/or misaligned axes. A deformation of one or more of a plug body, studs, jacks, and a connector body or another stackable connector is created when plugging together the angled studs and jacks. The deformation creates resultant forces between the studs and jacks for electrical contact. The connectors may integrate deformable bars in the connector body, locking features and features to ensure polarity. The studs and jacks may be solid metal corrosive-resistant parts, such as titanium, Hastelloy, or Inconel. |
| US11955740B2 |
Electric wire connection structure, electric wire connection method, medical device, and method for manufacturing the same
An electric wire connection structure is composed of insulated electric wires each including a core and an insulation coating covering the core. The cores of the insulated electric wires are connected to pads provided on a substrate. The insulated electric wires are arranged along a predetermined alignment direction and arranged parallel to each other. The insulation coating is removed at a part in a longitudinal direction of each of the insulated electric wires to expose the core. Exposed portions of the cores are connected to the pads, respectively. Some of the insulated electric wires are configured in such a manner that the core is exposed in an area where the insulation coatings of adjacent ones of the other insulated electric wires in the alignment direction are not removed. |
| US11955735B2 |
Four-notch flexible wearable ultra-wideband antenna fed by coplanar waveguide
A four-notch flexible wearable ultra-wideband antenna fed by coplanar waveguide, includes a flexible base. A ground plane, a radiation patch and a feeder are arranged on the flexible base. There are several resonant tanks on the feeder and the radiation patch. The flexible base is made of insulating flexible material, and the feeder, the radiation patch and the ground plane are made of conductive flexible material. The four-notch flexible wearable ultra-wideband antenna fed by coplanar waveguide of the present application can be prepared by layer-by-layer assembly technology, spray printing or printed circuit board technology, and has the advantages of miniaturization and low profile, compact structure, convenient production, good conformality, wearable and other advantages. |
| US11955733B2 |
Millimeter-wave end-fire magneto-electric dipole antenna
The present invention provides a new wideband mm-wave end-fire magneto-electric dipole antenna with excellent beam-scanning radiation patterns and reasonably low side lobes and low cross polarizations. The antenna comprises: an asymmetrical substrate integrated coaxial line feed comprising: a first substrate having a first substrate thickness; a second substrate placed on the first substrate and having a second substrate thickness different from the first substrate thickness; a conductive signal line deposited on an upper surface of the first substrate; and two rows of waveguiding vias positioned along and at both sides of the signal line respectively; a Γ-shaped probe adopted to excite the antenna; a pair of shorted planar parallel plates serving as magnetic dipole and two pair of vertical conductive vias serving as electric dipole; and a folded vertical reflector consisting of conductive vias and strips is added to reduce the back radiation and to improve the gain of antenna. |
| US11955731B2 |
Electronic device including multi-band antenna
An electronic device includes a housing including a first plate and a second plate; and a first antenna structure. The first antenna structure includes a board disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The board includes a first surface facing the first plate, a second surface facing the second plate, a plurality of insulating layers stacked on top of each other between the first surface and the second surface, a first conductive layer disposed on the first surface, a second conductive layer disposed on the second surface, a plurality of strips disposed between the plurality of insulating layers, and a plurality of vias connecting at least one or more of the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, or the plurality of strips to each other and disposed in the plurality of insulating layers. The electronic device further includes a first conductive structure, a second conductive structure, a third conductive structure, and a fourth conductive structure formed as part of the plurality of strips and the plurality of vias; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to at least one of the vias and configured to transmit or receive at least one signal having a frequency of 3 GHz to 100 GHz. |
| US11955728B2 |
Differential on-chip loop antenna
Aspects of the embodiments are directed to an on-chip loop antenna and methods of manufacturing the same. In some embodiments, the on-chip loop antenna is in an integrated circuit (IC) die. The IC die comprises metal loops substantially centered around a core region of the IC die in a metallization stack of the IC die, a dielectric between spaces of the metal loops, an electric circuit in the core region electrically connected to the metal loops with an interconnect, and a ground plane in the metallization stack electrically connected to the loops with a first plurality of vias and to the electric circuit with a second plurality of vias. The first plurality of vias is different from the second plurality of vias, and the electric circuit includes an inductor. In some embodiments, the on-chip loop antenna can be carried by a semiconductor package. |
| US11955726B2 |
Antenna device
An antenna device includes a dielectric layer disposed on a ground plane; a first patch antenna pattern disposed on the dielectric layer; first and second feed vias feeding an RF signal to the first patch antenna pattern; a first feed pattern connected to the first feed via, and coupled to the first patch antenna pattern; and a second feed pattern connected to the second feed via and coupled to the first patch antenna pattern. The first patch antenna pattern includes a first edge in parallel with a first direction, and a second edge in parallel with a second direction. The first feed pattern is disposed near the second edge, the second feed pattern is disposed near the first edge, and a first width of the first feed pattern measured in a second direction is different from a second width of the second feed pattern measured in the first direction. |
| US11955725B2 |
Antenna structure and terminal
An antenna structure includes a metal plate and a spiral radiator. The metal plate is provided with a first surface and a second surface that are disposed oppositely. An accommodating groove is formed in the metal plate and adjacent to the first surface. The spiral radiator is mounted in the accommodating groove and insulated from the metal plate, and the spiral radiator is provided with a feed end used to be connected to a feed source. |
| US11955723B2 |
Ultra-wide band antenna configuration for physical access control system
The present disclosure relates to a reader, such as a reader for a physical access control system. The reader can include first and second antennas, each designed or configured for receiving ultra-wide band (UWB) signals. The reader can also include a mounting plane configured for mounting the reader to a surface. An axis aligning the first and second antennas can be arranged substantially perpendicular relative the mounting plane. A material can be provided between the first and second antennas. The material can have a thickness that defines a distance between the first and second antennas of less than a half wavelength of the UWB signal through air (λA/2), the material configured to slow down electromagnetic waves passing therethrough such that the thickness of the material provides an effective separation distance of the first and second antennas of at least a half wavelength of the UWB signal through air (λA/2). |
| US11955722B1 |
Array lattice techniques for high symmetry and high scan performance
A phased array system has a substrate, a plurality of elements, a beamforming IC, and a plurality of feedlines electrically coupling the plurality of elements with at least one beamforming IC. In preferred embodiments, the feedlines are non-intersecting, symmetric feedlines that mitigate cross-polarization. |
| US11955717B2 |
Loading blocks for antennas in system packaging
A radio frequency system package may include waveguides and loading blocks. The loading blocks may include dielectric material having a high dielectric constant between 13 and 20. Additionally, the loading blocks may be made of mold, epoxy, or the like material, and the loading blocks may fit into a region cut out of the waveguides. Moreover, the loading blocks may lower the cut-off frequency for wireless communication otherwise provided by the waveguides without the loading blocks (e.g., 28 GHz). In particular, the loading blocks may facilitate communication in low mmWave frequencies, such as 24 GHz. |
| US11955716B2 |
Polymer-based dipole radiating elements with grounded coplanar waveguide feed stalks and capacitively grounded quarter wavelength open circuits
A cross-dipole radiating element includes first and second polymer-based coplanar waveguide feed stalks, and first and second pairs of polymer-based radiating arms, which are supported by and electrically coupled to the first and second coplanar waveguide feed stalks. These polymer-based feed stalks and radiating arms are configured as a unitary polymer substrate, which is selectively metallized to define a cross-dipole radiating element. The first and second feed stalks may be configured as finite grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) feed stalks, which are spaced-apart from each other on an underlying polymer base. The unitary polymer substrate may include the polymer base. |
| US11955715B2 |
Satellite array architecture
A satellite system can include one or more satellites that orbit the Earth. The one or more satellites may have satellite buses that support antenna arrays. The antenna arrays may include space fed arrays. Each space fed array may have an antenna feed array and an inner array that is coupled to a direct radiating array. The direct radiating array may operate in the same satellite band as the space fed array, or upconversion and downconversion circuitry may be used to communicatively couple a direct radiating array that operates in a different satellite band to the space fed array. The satellites may have peripheral walls with corner fittings that can be selected to provide the satellite bus with particular leg strengths. This can reduce overall mass of the satellites in a payload fairing while accommodating different types of antenna arrays. |
| US11955713B2 |
Antenna with tilted beam for use on angled surfaces
An antenna that provides a radiation pattern that is tilted relative to the perpendicular to the plane of the antenna is provided. The antenna may be located on an angled surface, but have its tilted beam reach maximum gain at its zenith. In alternative embodiments, the antenna may be substantially transparent or translucent allowing placement on a surface without blocking viewing through the surface. |
| US11955712B2 |
Self-decoupled compact cavity antenna
An antenna assembly for a mobile communication device includes two antennas. The two antennas are disposed in a cavity defined in a side frame member of the mobile communication device. The two antennas are disposed adjacent with a gap in between. An antenna feed point is disposed in connection with each antenna. One antenna element of each antenna is disposed on a surface of side frame member surrounding the cavity. |
| US11955711B2 |
Redirecting structure for electromagnetic waves
A redirecting structure for electromagnetic waves, the redirecting structure comprising a first reflection passage formed between a first conductive element and a second conductive element, and an antenna structure comprising an antenna element and a radiation passage extending from the antenna element in a first direction. The antenna structure is connected to the first reflection passage at a first interface, the first reflection passage extending in a second direction different from the first direction. A first reflective structure is associated with an interior of the first reflection passage and is arranged at a predetermined distance from the first interface such that electromagnetic waves propagating from the antenna structure into the first reflection passage are reflected to the radiation passage by the first reflective structure. |
| US11955709B2 |
Antenna package and image display device including the same
An antenna package according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an antenna device including an antenna unit, a first circuit board including a first core layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a signal wiring extending on the first surface of the first core layer to be electrically connected to the antenna unit, and a first via structure penetrating through the first core layer, and a first connector mounted on the second surface of the first core layer, the first connector including a first terminal electrically connected to the antenna unit and the first via structure. |
| US11955704B2 |
Antenna device and display device including the same
An antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dielectric layer, an antenna unit disposed on a top surface of the dielectric layer, the antenna unit including a radiator and a transmission line connected to the radiator, a dummy electrode separated from the antenna unit on the top surface of the dielectric layer, the dummy electrode at least partially surrounding the antenna unit, and a blocking pattern arranged around the antenna unit in the dummy electrode. Radiation interruption from the dummy electrode is prevented by the blocking pattern to improve radiation reliability. |
| US11955702B2 |
Detection label
The invention relates to a detection label provided with a passive resonant circuit which is configured to emit an identification code when the passive resonant circuit is introduced into a first electromagnetic interrogation field, wherein the label is further provided with a memory and an active circuit comprising a transmitter and a receiver, wherein the active circuit is configured to emit information which is stored in the memory with the transmitter when the active circuit is introduced into a second electromagnetic interrogation field comprising a first predetermined code, which second electromagnetic interrogation field is received with the receiver, characterized in that the label is configured, in response to the receiving of the second interrogation field, when the second interrogation field comprises a second predetermined code, to adjust a status of the label such that the passive resonant circuit does not emit the identification code when the passive resonant circuit is introduced into the first electromagnetic interrogation field. |
| US11955694B2 |
Antenna component and communication device
An antenna component is provided. An orthographic projection of auxiliary antennas on a clearance area is entirely located in, partly located in, or close to a radiation-sensitive area where a specific absorption ratio (SAR) value of a frequency band needs to be reduced, so that a signal emitted from the radiation-sensitive area where the SAR value of the frequency band needs to be reduced on a primary antenna may be absorbed by the auxiliary antennas, and the auxiliary antennas generate secondary radiation. |
| US11955693B2 |
Antenna package and image display device including the same
An antenna package according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first antenna device including a first antenna unit, a first circuit board electrically connected to the first antenna unit, a second circuit board electrically connected to the first circuit board, a second antenna unit integrated with the second circuit board, and an antenna driving integrated circuit chip mounted on the second circuit board and electrically connected to the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit. Multi-axial radiation is implemented using the antenna package with high efficiency and reliability. |
| US11955692B2 |
Microelectronic device package with integrated antenna
A described example includes: a semiconductor die mounted to a die pad of a package substrate, the semiconductor die having bond pads on a device side surface facing away from the die pad; bond wires coupling the bond pads of the semiconductor die to leads of the package substrate, the leads spaced from the die pad; an antenna positioned over the device side surface of the semiconductor die and having a feed line coupled between the antenna and a device side surface of the semiconductor die; and mold compound covering the semiconductor die, the bond wires, a portion of the leads, and the die side surface of the die pad, a portion of the antenna exposed from the mold compound. |
| US11955691B2 |
Electronic device including antenna module
An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may be configured to include a housing including a conductive plate and a non-conductive plate, a reinforcing member disposed at a first part inside the housing and including a groove of a predetermined length, a printed circuit board disposed at a second part different from the first part inside the housing, an antenna module disposed at one surface of the reinforcing member and including a ground layer at the rear surface thereof, and a signal connection member configured to electrically connect the printed circuit board and the antenna module, wherein a part of the signal connection member extends through the groove and is electrically connected to a first area of the ground layer in the groove by using a solder. Other various embodiments are possible. |
| US11955688B2 |
Heatsink for millimeter wave (mmW) and non-mmW antenna integration
Aspects described herein include devices, wireless communication apparatuses, methods, and associated operations for heatsinks integrating millimeter wave and non-millimeter wave operation. In some aspects, an apparatus comprising a millimeter wave (mmW) module is provided. The apparatus includes at least one mmW antenna and at least one mmW signal node configured to communicate a data signal in association with the at least one mmW antenna. The apparatus further includes mixing circuitry configured to convert between the data signal and a mmW signal for communications associated with the at least one mmW antenna. The apparatus further includes a heatsink comprising a non-mmW antenna and a non-mmW feed point coupled to the non-mmW antenna. The non-mmW feed point is configured to provide a signal path to the non-mmW antenna for a non-mmW signal. The heatsink is mechanically coupled to the mmW module. |
| US11955687B2 |
Structural arrangements for spatial power-combining devices
Power-combining devices, and more particularly spatial power-combining and related structural arrangements are disclosed. Such structural arrangements involve mechanical connections between center waveguide sections and input and/or output coaxial waveguide sections that provide scalable structures for different operating frequency bands, improved mechanical connections, and/or improved assembly. Exemplary structural arrangements include structures that extend through center waveguide sections and into input and/or output coaxial waveguide sections, integrated mechanical structures within the center waveguide section, compression fit arrangements, dielectric inserts arranged within channels of coaxial waveguide sections, and/or various combinations thereof. |
| US11955686B2 |
Fault protected signal splitter apparatus
A system is disclosed herein. The system includes a splitter board. The splitter board includes a microprocessor, a converter, and a bypass relay. The converter includes analog-to-digital circuitry and digital-to-analog circuitry. The bypass relay is configurable between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the bypass relay is configured to direct an input signal to the converter. The converter converts the input signal to a converted input signal and splits the converted input signal into a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is directed to the microprocessor. The second portion is directed to an output port of the splitter board for downstream processes. In the second state, the bypass relay is configured to cause the input signal to bypass the converter. The bypass relay directs the input signal to the output port of the splitter board for the downstream processes. |
| US11955683B2 |
Passive radio frequency device with axial fixing apertures
Radio frequency device including at least: a tube through which a channel passes, a front face and/or a rear face forming a bearing surface through which the channel passes, the bearing surface forming an annular frame around one end of the tube and being integral with the tube. The bearing surface includes axial fixing apertures passing through the bearing surface and opening outside the channel in order to allow fixation of the device, and the width of the frame being greater at and in the immediate vicinity of the axial fixing apertures than at a distance from these axial fixing apertures. |
| US11955682B2 |
CWG filter, and RU, AU or BS having the same
A ceramic waveguide filter, a radio unit, an antenna unit and a base station are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a ceramic waveguide filter comprises a body (1) that is made of a ceramic material and that has a plurality of resonators each including a blind hole (101). The blind holes (101) of two of the resonators open at a first surface of the body (1) and extend toward an opposite second surface of the body (1). Capacitive coupling between the two resonators is achieved by a coupling structure (201) on/in a substrate (2), to which the body (1) is attached at the side of the second surface. |
| US11955679B2 |
Energy harvesting device
Provided is an energy harvesting device for producing electric power by conduction of alkali ions, including a laminated film in which two-dimensional (2D) materials are laminated and assembled, wherein the laminated film includes a first region into which alkali ions are introduced, a second region into which alkali ions are introduced at a concentration lower than that of the first region or into which alkali ions are not introduced, and a third region located between the first region and the second region to divide the first region and the second region, and in which an interlayer distance between the 2D materials is fixed by physical constraints. |
| US11955676B2 |
Integrated reformer, reactor, and control system for efficient hydrogen production from hydrocarbon
A unit configured as constituent part of a fuel cell for use in novel electrochemical hydrogen compressor material technology system includes a combination of a hydrocarbon auto-thermal reformer, a water-gas shift reactor, and at least two countercurrent flow heat recuperators at least one of which is downstream from both the reformer and reactor. Optionally, two of the at least two recuperators are separated by the reactor to generate H2 in addition to that already contained in reformate formed at the reformer. The unit may include a proton conducting membrane that includes an inorganic polymer with pores filled with an organic polymer, each of which is configured to operate individually within a wide range of temperatures with no added solvent. |
| US11955675B2 |
Integrated circuit for diagnostics
A fuel cell system includes a membrane electrode assembly, a first plate separator and a second plate separator on opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. The first plate separator and the second plate separator have exterior ends away from the membrane electrode assembly. A first gas diffusion layer is located between the first plate separator and the membrane electrode assembly. A second gas diffusion layer is located between the second plate separator and the membrane electrode assembly. The sub-gasket extends from the membrane electrode assembly laterally toward at least one of the exterior ends. A first seal is located between the first plate separator and the sub-gasket. A conductive trace is attached to the sub-gasket and extends on the sub-gasket from an exterior side of the first seal to a location on an interior side of the first seal. |
| US11955673B1 |
Systems and methods for monitoring fuel cell membrane degradation
Systems and methods for real-time continuous monitoring of fuel cell membrane degradation are provided. At least one microsensor can be used as an inline sensor integrated at the cathode exhaust and/or the anode exhaust of a fuel cell, such as a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)). The microsensor can monitor the PEMFC degradation status by sensing the emission of fluoride. |
| US11955672B2 |
Fuel cell hydrogen module
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a hydrogen fuel cell anode control system including a hydrogen inlet configured to receive pressurized hydrogen, a hydrogen outlet configured to be fluidically coupled to an anode manifold of a hydrogen fuel cell, a recirculation inlet configured to receive overflow hydrogen from the anode manifold, a hydrogen pressure regulator configured to receive pressurized hydrogen from the hydrogen inlet, a hydrogen recirculation module configured to mix hydrogen received from the hydrogen pressure regulator and the recirculation inlet, and provide a hydrogen mixture to the hydrogen outlet, a differential pressure measurement module configured to measure a differential pressure between the anode manifold and a cathode manifold of the hydrogen fuel cell, and a controller configured to control at least one of the hydrogen pressure regulator or the hydrogen recirculation module based on the measured differential pressure. |
| US11955668B2 |
Self-powered leak detection sensor
Leak detection sensors, appliances configured to detect leaks and methods of detecting leaks are provided. The leak detection sensor is a self-powered leak detection sensor. The leak detection sensor includes a water-permeable medium and at least one electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell can include a first electrode and a second electrode, and an electrolyte disposed between the electrodes, wherein in a dormant state, the electrolyte is in a solid, dry state. The electrochemical cell can enter an active state when exposed to water. The electrochemical cell can be configured to generate electrical power in the active state. The leak detection sensor can further include a peripheral electronic component configured to receive electrical power produced by the electrochemical cell. The self-powered leak detection sensor is configured for, and related methods include, detecting exposure to water in response to electrical energy generation of the electrochemical cell. |
| US11955666B2 |
Battery system, battery pack handling system and electrolyte evacuation and refill station
A battery system includes an enclosure having opposed first and second major walls, a perimetral wall connecting the first and second major walls along respective perimeters thereof, and an interior defined by the first and second major walls and the perimetral wall, wherein the enclosure is configured for containing an anode assembly, a cathode assembly and an electrolyte within the interior. A longitudinal embossment is formed in the perimetral wall extending outward from the interior and extending along opposed adjacent portions of the first and second perimeters. A wall port is defined in the perimetral wall in fluid communication with the interior, wherein the wall port is configured for permitting flow of the electrolyte therethrough into and out of the interior. First and second electrodes extend through the perimetral wall and are configured for electrical connection with the anode assembly and cathode assembly, respectively. |
| US11955664B2 |
Battery module
A battery module includes an insulating base, a pair of electrodes and multiple battery packs. Each electrode is installed to the insulating base and has a bridge portion and a wire connecting part exposed from the insulating base, and a pair of lugs is extended smoothly from each battery pack, and an end of at least a part of the lugs is attached to each bridge portion correspondingly. Therefore, the lug is not being twisted or deformed easily, and the battery module may have good conductive efficiency, long service life, and convenience of changing the battery pack. |
| US11955658B2 |
Battery cell and manufacturing method and manufacturing system thereof, battery and power consumption apparatus
The present application provides a battery cell and a manufacturing method and manufacturing system, a battery, and a power consumption apparatus. The battery cell includes an electrode assembly, a housing, a pressure relief mechanism and a cover assembly. The housing is provided with an accommodating space for accommodating the electrode assembly, and the housing includes a first side plate located on a side in a first direction; the pressure relief mechanism is disposed on the first side plate; and the cover assembly is configured for sealing the housing, where an inner surface of the first side plate of the housing is provided with a first flow channel extending along the inner surface, and the first flow channel is configured to guide a gas in the accommodating space to the pressure relief mechanism so that the pressure relief mechanism is actuated when a pressure reaches a threshold, and relieve the pressure. |
| US11955655B2 |
Protective plate, battery unit assembly, battery module group and vehicle
This application relates to the field of energy storage components, and in particular, to a protective plate, a battery unit assembly, a battery module group, and a vehicle. The protective plate is provided with a guide groove. The protective plate is configured to shield an explosion-proof valve of a battery cell. The guide groove is configured to be disposed corresponding to the explosion-proof valve, and is configured to guide a flow direction of a flame ejected from the explosion-proof valve. In this application, the guide groove is disposed on the protective plate to guide the flame to a direction away from passengers, thereby protecting the passengers from injury. |
| US11955654B2 |
Battery, and related device, preparation method and preparation apparatus thereof
The present application discloses a battery, and a related device, preparation apparatus thereof. The battery includes a battery cell, the battery cell including a pressure relief mechanism and at least two walls, the at least two walls including a first wall and a second wall that intersect with each other, the pressure relief mechanism being disposed at the first wall and being configured to, when an internal pressure or temperature of the battery cell reaches a threshold, be actuated to release the internal pressure; a thermal management component attached to the first wall and being configured to accommodate a fluid to cool the battery cell; and a support component attached to the second wall, and configured to support the battery cell; wherein the thermal management component is configured such that when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated, emissions discharged from the battery cell pass through the thermal management component. |
| US11955650B2 |
Battery-mounting structure
An embodiment battery-mounting structure includes a side sill, a mounting bracket connected to the side sill, the mounting bracket being deformable by external force, a connecting member coupled to the mounting bracket and spaced apart from the side sill by a predetermined distance, and a battery assembly including a side flange coupled to the connecting member, the battery assembly being configured to receive a high-voltage battery. |
| US11955647B2 |
Method for preparing nanosponge-structured graphene dot-palladium hybrid, and nanosponge-structured graphene dot-palladium hybrid prepared thereby
Disclosed are a method for preparing a graphene dot-palladium hybrid having a nanosponge structure that includes reducing a palladium precursor in the presence of a carbon dot and sodium bromide, and a graphene dot-palladium hybrid catalyst prepared according to the method. The nanosponge structure of the graphene dot-palladium hybrid is encapsulated by a graphene dot. The carbon dot is doped with at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and boron. |
| US11955645B2 |
Catalyst
Catalysts comprising a Ta layer having an outer layer with a layer comprising Pt directly thereon, wherein the Ta layer has an average thickness in a range from 0.04 to 30 nanometers, wherein the layer comprising Pt has an average thickness in a range from 0.04 to 50 nanometers, and wherein the Pt and Ta are present in an atomic ratio in a range from 0.01:1 to 10:1. Catalyst described herein are useful, for example, in fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies. |
| US11955643B2 |
Current collector with adhesive layer, electrode, all-solid state secondary battery, electronic apparatus, electric vehicle, and methods of manufacturing current collector with adhesive layer, electrode, and all-solid state secondary battery
Provided is a current collector with an easily adhesive layer including an easily adhesive layer that is provided on at least one surface of a current collector, in which the easily adhesive layer includes a polymer having a solubility of 1 g/100 g or higher in toluene at 25° C. Provided are also an electrode, an all-solid state secondary battery, an electronic apparatus, and an electric vehicle that include the current collector with an easily adhesive layer, and methods of manufacturing the current collector with an easily adhesive layer, the electrode, and the all-solid state secondary battery. |
| US11955642B2 |
Electrode, secondary battery, battery pack, and vehicle
According to one embodiment, an electrode includes a current collector and an active material-containing layer. The active material-containing layer includes an active material, a conductive agent, and cellulose fiber. The conductive agent includes carbon fiber. The active material-containing layer includes a first surface brought into contact with the current collector, and a second surface. 2000/mm2 or less of first agglomerates are present on the second surface. Each of the first agglomerates includes at least one of the carbon fiber or the cellulose fiber, and does not include the active material. Each of the first agglomerates has a longest diameter of 5 μm or more and a shortest diameter of 1 μm or more. |
| US11955641B2 |
Binder composition for non-aqueous secondary battery and method of producing same, slurry composition for non-aqueous secondary battery electrode, electrode for non-aqueous secondary battery, and non-aqueous secondary battery
A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery contains water-soluble macromolecules, water, and a particulate polymer formed of a polymer that includes a block region formed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit. Surface acid content A of the particulate polymer is 0.05 mmol/g or more, acid content B in an aqueous phase of the binder composition per 1 g of the particulate polymer is not less than 0.03 mmol/g and not more than 0.80 mmol/g, and a ratio (A/B) of the surface acid content A of the particulate polymer and the acid content B in the aqueous phase of the binder composition is not less than 0.5 and not more than 5.0. |
| US11955639B2 |
Composite interlayer for lithium metal based solid state batteries and the method of making the same
A solid-state electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions includes a solid-state electrolyte that defines a first major surface and an electrode that defines a second major surface. The solid-state electrochemical cell also includes an interfacial layer disposed between the first major surface of the solid-state electrolyte and the second major surface of the electrode. The interfacial layer may include an ion-conductor disposed in an organic matrix. |
| US11955638B2 |
Sheet-shaped member
A sheet-shaped member is provided and includes a porous carbon material including a material obtained from carbonization of a raw material including rice husk, the raw material having a silicon content of at least 5 wt %, the raw material is heat treated before carbonization, and the raw material is treated by an alkali treatment after carbonization to reduce the silicon content, the porous carbon material having a specific surface area of at least 10 m2/g as measured by the nitrogen BET method, a pore volume of at least 0.1 cm3/g as measured by the BJH method and MP method, and an R value of 1.5 or greater, wherein the porous carbon material includes mesopores having pore sizes from 2 nm to 50 nm and obtained from the alkali treatment of the raw material after carbonization, the porous carbon material further includes macropores and micropores, the R value is expressed as R=B/A, the A referring to an intensity at an intersection between the baseline of a diffraction peak of the (002) plane as obtained based on powdery X-ray diffractometry of the porous carbon material and a perpendicular line downwardly drawn from the diffraction peak of the (002) plane, and the B referring to the intensity of the diffraction peak of the (002) plane. |
| US11955635B1 |
Single crystal multi-element positive electrode material, preparation method therefor, and lithium ion battery
A single crystal multi-element positive electrode material and a preparation method therefor, and a lithium ion battery. The ratio of the length of the longest diagonal line to the length of the shortest diagonal line of the single crystal particles of the single crystal multi-element positive electrode material measured by an SEM is roundness R, and R≥1; and D10, D50 and D90 of the single crystal particles of the single crystal multi-element positive electrode material satisfy: K90=(D90−D10)/D50, and the product of K90 and R is 1.20-1.40. The single crystal multi-element positive electrode material is more round and regular in morphology, the single crystal particles have uniform size, less agglomeration and less adhesion. The material has the characteristics of high compaction density, good rate capability and excellent cycle performance. |
| US11955634B2 |
Particle structure of cathode material and preparation method thereof
A particle structure of cathode material and a preparation method thereof is provided. Firstly, a precursor for forming a core is provided. The precursor includes at least nickel, cobalt and manganese. Secondly, a metal salt and a lithium ion compound are provided. The metal salt includes at least potassium, aluminum and sulfur. After that, the metal salt, the lithium ion compound and the precursor are mixed, and a mixture is formed. Finally, the mixture is subjected to a heat treatment step, and a cathode material particle structure is formed to include the core, a first coating layer coated on the core and a second coating layer coated on the first coating layer. The core includes potassium, aluminum and a Li-M-O based material. The first coating layer includes potassium and aluminum, and a potassium content of the first coating layer is higher than a potassium content of the core. The second coating layer includes sulfur. |
| US11955632B2 |
Positive active material precursor, positive active material, method of preparing the same, positive electrode including the same and rechargeable lithium battery including the same
The application relates to a positive active material precursor including a transition metal composite oxide precursor. The transition metal composite oxide precursor exhibits a peak full width at half maximum of a (200) plane (2θ=about 42° to about 44°) in X-ray diffraction analysis in a range of about 0.3° to about 0.5°. The application also relates to a positive active material using the precursor, a method of preparing the same, and a positive electrode and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. |
| US11955625B2 |
Composite negative electrode active material, method of producing the same, and negative electrode and lithium secondary battery including the same
Provided are a negative electrode active material including a three-dimensional composite. The three-dimensional composite includes secondary particles containing a silicon carbide-based (SiCx, 0 |
| US11955624B2 |
Blended cathode materials for secondary batteries
The present disclosure relates to blended cathode materials for use as a positive electrode material of a rechargeable electrochemical cell (or secondary cell) (such as a lithium-ion secondary battery) and also relates to a secondary battery including a cathode having the blended cathode materials. In particular, disclosed are blends of lithium vanadium fluorophosphate (LVPF) or a derivative thereof with one or more conventional cathode active materials in certain weight ratios thereof. |
| US11955622B2 |
Positive electrode active material and battery comprising the same
A positive electrode active material according to the present disclosure includes a lithium composite oxide. The lithium composite oxide is a multiphase mixture including a first phase having a crystal structure belonging to space group C2/m and a second phase having a crystal structure belonging to space group R-3m and includes at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, N, and S. In an XRD pattern of the lithium composite oxide, the integrated intensity ratio I(20°-23°)/I(18°-20°) of a second maximum peak present in a diffraction angle 2θ range of greater than or equal to 20° and less than or equal to 23° to a first maximum peak present in a diffraction angle 2θ range of greater than or equal to 18° and less than or equal to 20° satisfies 0.05≤I(20°-23°)/I(18°-20°)≤0.26. |
| US11955618B2 |
Metal-air battery
A metal-air battery and methods for generating electricity in a metal-air battery are described herein. The battery and the method includes heating an anhydrous salt to obtain a molten salt electrolyte; contacting the molten salt electrolyte to at least one cathode communicating with air; reducing air at the cathode to obtain oxygen ions for diffusing through the molten salt electrolyte; oxidizing at least one metal anode by the oxygen ions in the electrolyte thereby generating electricity and forming a metal anode oxide; and cooling at least one section of the metal-air battery for precipitating the metal anode oxide. |
| US11955615B2 |
Battery-powered portable tool
A battery-powered portable tool includes: a battery pack containing at least one all-solid-state battery cell; a tool main body, on which and/or inside which the battery pack is mountable and from which the battery pack is demountable; and a plurality of components contained in the battery pack and/or in the tool main body. The plurality of components is disposed in a first layout or physical configuration when the temperature is low and is disposed in a second layout or physical configuration when the temperature is high. The first layout or physical configuration differs from the second layout or physical configuration. |
| US11955612B2 |
Neural network, power storage system, vehicle, and electronic device
A power storage system with excellent characteristics is provided. A power storage system with a high degree of safety is provided. A power storage system with less deterioration is provided. A storage battery with excellent characteristics is provided. The power storage system includes a neural network and a storage battery. The neural network includes an input layer, an output layer, and one or more hidden layers between the input layer and the output layer. The predetermined hidden layer is connected to the previous hidden layer or the previous input layer by a predetermined weight coefficient, and connected to the next hidden layer or the next output layer by a predetermined weight coefficient. In the storage battery, voltage and time at which the voltage is obtained are measured as one of sets of data. The sets of data measured at different times are input to the input layer and the operational condition of the storage battery is changed in accordance with a signal output from the output layer. |
| US11955611B2 |
Equipment and method for inspecting secondary battery
An equipment for inspecting a secondary battery is provided. The equipment includes a loading device on which a secondary battery is loaded in an upright position, and a side portion inspecting device which inspects a side portion of the secondary battery loaded on the loading device, wherein the side portion inspecting device comprises an elevation unit which lifts the secondary battery loaded on the loading device so as to be withdrawn out of the loading device and allows the secondary battery to return to its original position after a first period of time elapses and a side portion inspecting unit which captures an image of the side portion of the secondary battery, which is withdrawn out of the loading device by the elevation unit, thereby inspecting the side portion of the secondary battery. |
| US11955608B2 |
Lithium precipitation detection method for battery pack, computer-readable storage medium, and power consuming apparatus
A lithium precipitation detection method may include: sending, when a battery management module in the battery pack determines that a change in a charging voltage of the battery pack meets a predetermined condition, a charging request containing a first current to a charging pile for charging, and controlling the battery pack to be charged with the first current for a first predetermined duration and a second predetermined duration, where the first predetermined duration is equal to the second predetermined duration; obtaining, by the battery management module, a first voltage change amount within the first predetermined duration and a second voltage change amount within the second predetermined duration; and determining, when the battery management module determines that a difference between the second voltage change amount and the first voltage change amount is greater than a predetermined voltage threshold, that lithium precipitation occurs in the battery pack. |
| US11955607B2 |
Monitoring system for an energy storage
The invention relates to an energy storage comprising a plurality of series connectable energy modules connected to a string via a plurality of switches. Wherein a string controller controls which of the energy modules that are part of a current path through the string by control of the status of the switches. An energy storage monitoring system is monitoring an energy storage element operating parameter of an energy module, the energy storage monitoring system comprises: a current sensor and a plurality of energy module print. The plurality of energy module prints establishes an energy module operating parameter of the associated energy module. The current sensor establishes the current in the current path. The string controller is configured for by-passing an energy module based on information of status of the switches, the measured current in the current path and the battery operating parameter measured at the energy modules. |
| US11955606B2 |
Wireless communication method in battery pack and master BMS providing the method
The present invention relates to a wireless communication method in a battery pack and a master BMS for providing the method. The master BMS according to the present invention, as a master BMS for performing wireless communication with a slave BMS according to a frequency hopping method in a battery pack, may include: a communicator for receiving first channel scan information generated by scanning a plurality of channels belonging to a frequency bandwidth used in the wireless communication by a device disposed outside the battery pack; a channel analyzer for generating second channel scan information by scanning the channels belonging to the frequency bandwidth; a storage unit for storing a reference signal to noise ratio (SNR) value on the wireless communication; and a control unit for selecting a hopping channel used in the frequency hopping method based on the first channel scan information, and calculating signal intensity of the selected hopping channel based on the second channel scan information and the reference SNR value. |
| US11955596B2 |
Solid electrolyte and all solid state battery
A solid electrolyte that includes a lithium ion conductive material having a garnet-type structure, a lithium ion conductive material having a LISICON-type structure, and a compound containing Li and B. |
| US11955593B2 |
Power storage module and method for manufacturing power storage module
A power storage module includes an electrode laminate including a plurality of bipolar electrodes which are laminated and a sealing body sealing a space between a pair of the bipolar electrodes adjacent to each other in a laminating direction among the plurality of bipolar electrodes in the electrode laminate. Each of the plurality of bipolar electrodes includes an electrode plate. The sealing body includes a group of primary sealing bodies each provided at an edge portion of the electrode plate and a secondary sealing body. The secondary sealing body includes a first resin portion that is provided along a side surface of the electrode laminate extending in the laminating direction and bonds the group of primary sealing bodies, and a second resin portion covering the first resin portion. |
| US11955592B2 |
Electricity storage device comprising a covering member for a liquid injection hole
Provided is an electricity storage device having a high volumetric energy density and high reliability. The electricity storage device includes: an electrode assembly including first and second electrode plates and a separator interposed therebetween; an exterior housing that houses the electrode assembly; a lid that covers an opening of the exterior housing; and electrode terminals that are electrically connected to the electrode assembly and partially protrude from the lid to the outside. The lid has a liquid injection hole for injecting an electrolytic solution into the exterior housing. A tubular member extending from the lid toward the electrode assembly is provided between the outer surface of the lid and the electrode assembly so as to surround an opening of the liquid injection hole. A covering member connected to the tubular member and interposed between the liquid injection hole and the electrode assembly is provided. |
| US11955588B2 |
Optoelectronic semiconductor component and method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component
In one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor layer sequence and an electrical via. The semiconductor layer sequence includes an active zone for generating radiation and a contact layer for electrical contacting. The active zone lies in a plane perpendicular to a main growth direction of the semiconductor layer sequence and is located between a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region. The contact layer is located within the second semiconductor region. The via extends through the contact layer and preferably ends within the second semiconductor region. A contact surface between the via and the contact layer encloses a contact angle of at least 20° and at most 60° with respect to the plane. |
| US11955587B2 |
Light emitting diode package structure and manufacturing method thereof and manufacturing method of display device
A light emitting diode (LED) package structure includes a glass substrate, conductive through holes, active elements, an insulating layer, LEDs and pads. The glass substrate has an upper surface and a lower surface. The conductive through holes penetrate the glass substrate and connect the upper and the lower surfaces. The active elements are disposed on the upper surface of the glass substrate and electrically connected to the conductive through holes. The insulating layer is disposed on the upper surface and covers the active elements. The LEDs are disposed on the insulating layer and electrically connected to at least one of the active elements. The pads are disposed on the lower surface of the glass substrate and electrically connected to the conductive through holes. A source of at least one active elements is directly electrically connected to at least one of the corresponding pads through the corresponding conductive through hole. |
| US11955586B2 |
Light-emitting diode lamp having high color-rendering property and color-rendering property enhancing method thereof
A light-emitting diode (LED) lamp having high color-rendering property includes a lamp housing, a light source board, a plurality of white LEDs and a plurality of purple LEDs. The light source board is disposed in the lamp housing. The white LEDs are disposed on the light source board. The purple LEDs are disposed on the light source board. The wavelength range of the lights emitted by the purple LEDs is within the ultraviolet A (UVA) band. |
| US11955581B2 |
Group III nitride semiconductor device and production method therefor
The present invention provides a method for producing a Group III nitride semiconductor device which can relax strain between a Group III nitride semiconductor layer containing In and a semiconductor layer adjacent thereto, and a production method therefor. The well layer is a Group III nitride semiconductor layer containing In. The barrier layer is a Group III nitride semiconductor layer. The well layer and the barrier layer are brought into contact with each other in at least one of growing a well layer and growing a barrier layer. A gas containing hydrogen gas as a carrier gas is used in growing a well layer and growing a barrier layer. In growing a barrier layer, the flow rate of hydrogen gas is higher than the flow rate of hydrogen gas in growing a well layer. |
| US11955578B2 |
Optoelectronic apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
Provided are an optoelectronic apparatus including an on-chip optoelectronic diode capable of receiving and emitting light, and a method of manufacturing the same. |
| US11955577B2 |
Multi-operation tool for photovoltaic cell processing
Multi-operation tools for photovoltaic cell processing are described. In an example, a multi-operation tool includes a conveyor system to move a photovoltaic (PV) cell continuously along a conveyor path through a laser scribing station and an adhesive printing station. Furthermore, the PV cell may be aligned to a laser head of the laser scribing station and a printer head of the adhesive printing station in a single alignment operation prior to being laser scribed and printed with an adhesive in a continuous process. |
| US11955576B1 |
Perpetual energy harvester and method of fabrication thereof
An apparatus and method for producing a perpetual energy harvester which harvests ambient near ultraviolet to infrared radiation and provides continual power regardless of the environment. The device seeks to harvest the largely overlooked blackbody radiation through use of a semiconductor thermal harvester, providing a continuous source of power. Additionally, increased power output is provided through a solar harvester. The solar and thermal harvesters are physically connected but electrically isolated. “Perpetual energy harvester” as mentioned in this invention is interpreted to mean an energy harvester which is configured to harvest energy during day and/or night and/or light and/or dark. |
| US11955568B2 |
Trench capacitor structure with hybrid filling layer
A capacitor structure that includes a silicon substrate having a trench structure formed therein; a dielectric disposed over a surface of the trench structure, conformal to the surface of the trench structure; and a filling layer disposed over the dielectric layer and into the trench structure, the filling layer including a conductive layer and a polymer layer. |
| US11955567B2 |
Wide-band gap semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A wide-band gap semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The wide-band gap semiconductor device of the disclosure includes a substrate, an epitaxial layer, an array of merged PN junction Schottky (MPS) diode, and an edge termination area surrounding the array of MPS diode. The epitaxial layer includes a first plane, a second plane, and trenches between the first plane and the second plane. The array of MPS diode is formed in the first plane of the epitaxial layer. The edge termination area includes a floating ring region having floating rings formed in the second plane of the epitaxial layer, and a transition region between the floating ring region and the array of MPS diode. The transition region includes a PIN diode formed in the plurality of trenches and on the epitaxial layer between the trenches. |
| US11955566B2 |
Device for storing controlling and manipulating quantum information (qubits) on a semiconductor
An electronic device for storing, controlling and manipulating electron or hole spin based semiconductor qubits, the device including an electrically insulating layer and on a front face of the insulating layer, a trapping structure for electrons or holes which includes: a channel portion including at least one layer portion of semiconductor material, as well as a plurality of gates distributed for trapping at least one electron or hole in the channel portion, and on the back side of the insulating layer, an electrical track extending parallel to the insulating layer, for generating an oscillating magnetic field acting on the at least one electron or hole trapped in the trapping structure. |
| US11955565B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate; a control gate disposed on the substrate; a source diffusion region disposed in the substrate and on a first side of the control gate; a select gate disposed on the source diffusion region, wherein the select gate has a recessed top surface; a charge storage structure disposed under the control gate; a first spacer disposed between the select gate and the control gate and between the charge storage structure and the select gate; a wordline gate disposed on a second side of the control gate opposite to the select gate; a second spacer between the wordline gate and the control gate; and a drain diffusion region disposed in the substrate and adjacent to the wordline gate. |
| US11955564B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor device with sidewall oxidized dielectric
The present application discloses a method for fabricating a semiconductor device with an oxidized intervention layer. The method includes providing a substrate; forming a tunneling insulating layer over the substrate; forming a floating gate over the tunnel oxide layer; forming a dielectric layer over the floating gate; forming a control gate over the dielectric layer; and performing a lateral oxidation process over the substrate, wherein a process temperature of the lateral oxidation process is between about 300° C. and about 600° C. |
| US11955561B2 |
Carrier modification devices for avoiding channel length reduction and methods for fabricating the same
A disclosed transistor structure includes a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, an insulating layer separating the gate electrode from the active layer, and a carrier modification device that reduces short channel effects by reducing carrier concentration variations in the active layer. The carrier modification device may include a capping layer in contact with the active layer that acts to increase a carrier concentration in the active layer. Alternatively, the carrier modification device may include a first injection layer in contact with the source electrode and the active layer separating the source electrode from the active layer, and a second injection layer in contact with the drain electrode and the active layer separating the drain electrode from the active layer. The first and second injection layers may act to reduce a carrier concentration within the active layer near the source electrode and the drain electrode. |
| US11955555B2 |
Field effect transistors with reduced leakage current
A field effect transistor (FET) includes an active region including a source region, a drain region, and a channel region. The channel region is under a gate and situated between the source region and the drain region. A field region is next to the active region. The channel region has an interface with the field region. The gate has a wide outer gate segment proximate to the interface and a narrow inner gate segment distant from the interface. The wide outer gate segment produces an outer channel length greater than an inner channel length that is produced from the narrow inner gate segment, thereby reducing a leakage current of the FET during an OFF state. |
| US11955551B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a gate-all-around field effect transistor (GAA FET). The GAA FET includes channel regions made of a first semiconductor material disposed over a bottom fin layer made of a second semiconductor material, and a source/drain region made of a third semiconductor material. The first semiconductor material is Si1-xGex, where 0.9≤x≤1.0, and the second semiconductor material is Si1-yGey, where y |
| US11955549B2 |
Layered structure, semiconductor device including the same, and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a transistor and a ferroelectric tunnel junction. The ferroelectric tunnel junction is connected to a drain contact of the transistor. The ferroelectric tunnel junction includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a crystalline oxide layer, and a ferroelectric layer. The second electrode is disposed over the first electrode. The crystalline oxide layer and the ferroelectric layer are disposed in direct contact with each other in between the first electrode and the second electrode. The crystalline oxide layer comprises a crystalline oxide material. The ferroelectric layer comprises a ferroelectric material. |
| US11955547B2 |
Semiconductor device including an epitaxy region
An integrated circuit device includes a gate stack disposed over a substrate. A first L-shaped spacer is disposed along a first sidewall of the gate stack and a second L-shaped spacer is disposed along a second sidewall of the gate stack. The first L-shaped spacer and the second L-shaped spacer include silicon and carbon. A first source/drain epitaxy region and a second source/drain epitaxy region are disposed over the substrate. The gate stack is disposed between the first source/drain epitaxy region and the second source/drain epitaxy region. An interlevel dielectric (ILD) layer disposed over the substrate. The ILD layer is disposed between the first source/drain epitaxy region and a portion of the first L-shaped spacer disposed along the first sidewall of the gate stack and between the second source/drain epitaxy region and a portion of the second L-shaped spacer disposed along the second sidewall of the gate stack. |
| US11955543B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device of embodiments includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a gate electrode extending in a first direction; a silicon carbide layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first silicon carbide region of a first conductive type having a first region facing the gate electrode and a second region in contact with the first electrode, a second silicon carbide region of a second conductive type, and a third silicon carbide region of a second conductive type, the first region being interposed between the second silicon carbide region and the third silicon carbide region. A first width of the first region in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is 0.5 μm or more than and 1.2 μm or less. A second width of the second region in the second direction 0.5 μm or more than and 1.5 μm or less. |
| US11955541B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for forming the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the substrate, a channel layer disposed on the buffer layer, a barrier layer disposed on the buffer layer, and a passivation layer disposed on the barrier layer. The semiconductor device further includes a device isolation region that extends through the passivation layer, the barrier layer, and at least a portion of the channel layer, and encloses a first device region of the semiconductor device. A damage concentration of the device isolation region varies along a depth direction, and is highest near a junction between the barrier layer and the channel layer. |
| US11955540B2 |
Semiconductor device and production method
Provided is a semiconductor device, comprising a semiconductor substrate; and an emitter electrode provided above an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; wherein the semiconductor substrate has: a first conductive type drift region; a second conductive type base region provided between the drift region and the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; a second conductive type contact region with a higher doping concentration than the base region, which is provided between the base region and the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; a trench contact of a conductive material provided to connect to the emitter electrode and penetrate the contact region; and a second conductive type high-concentration plug region with a higher doping concentration than the contact region, which is provided in contact with a bottom portion of the trench contact. |
| US11955539B2 |
Device and method for manufacturing device
A device comprising a gate pad, a source pad and a passive actuator arranged to form a reversible mechanical and electrical connection between the gate pad and the source pad only if the temperature in the passive actuator exceeds a threshold value. |
| US11955537B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an insulating surface; a light-transmitting first electrode provided over the substrate; a light-transmitting second electrode provided over the substrate; a light-transmitting semiconductor layer provided so as to be electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode; a first wiring electrically connected to the first electrode; an insulating layer provided so as to cover at least the semiconductor layer; a light-transmitting third electrode provided over the insulating layer in a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer; and a second wiring electrically connected to the third electrode. |
| US11955535B2 |
Methods for forming air spacers in semiconductor devices
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes an active region including a channel region and a source/drain region adjacent the channel region, a gate structure over the channel region of the active region, a source/drain contact over the source/drain region, a dielectric feature over the gate structure and including a lower portion adjacent the gate structure and an upper portion away from the gate structure, and an air gap disposed between the gate structure and the source/drain contact. A first width of the upper portion of the dielectric feature along a first direction is greater than a second width of the lower portion of the dielectric feature along the first direction. The air gap is disposed below the upper portion of the dielectric feature. |
| US11955531B2 |
Method of forming an integrated circuit device having a contact capping layer
An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active region protruding from a top surface of a substrate and extending in a first direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate, a gate structure intersecting with the fin-type active region and extending on the substrate in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a source/drain region on a first side of the gate structure, a first contact structure on the source/drain region, and a contact capping layer on the first contact structure. A top surface of the first contact structure has a first width in the first direction, a bottom surface of the contact capping layer has a second width greater than the first width stated above in the first direction, and the contact capping layer includes a protruding portion extending outward from a sidewall of the first contact structure. |
| US11955530B2 |
RF MOS varactor
An integrated circuit includes a substrate having a first conductivity type. A well formed at an upper surface has a second, opposite conductivity type and a first dopant concentration. First and second STI structures are formed and a polysilicon gate structure is formed between the first and second STI structures. The polysilicon gate structure extends over a first side of the first STI structure and over a first side of the second STI structure. A first doped region is formed within the well at the upper surface and on a second side of the first STI structure and a second doped region is formed within the well at the upper surface and on a second side of the second STI structure. The first and second doped regions each have the second conductivity type and a second dopant concentration that is greater than the first dopant concentration. |
| US11955522B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method of forming the same
A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a buffer layer, a barrier layer, a dielectric layer, a source structure, and a drain structure. The buffer layer is disposed on the substrate. The barrier layer is disposed on the buffer layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the barrier layer. The passivation layer is disposed on the dielectric layer. The source structure and the drain structure are disposed on the passivation layer. |
| US11955519B2 |
Semiconductor device with strain relaxed layer
A semiconductor device includes an epitaxial substrate. The epitaxial substrate includes a substrate. A strain relaxed layer covers and contacts the substrate. A III-V compound stacked layer covers and contacts the strain relaxed layer. The III-V compound stacked layer is a multilayer epitaxial structure formed by aluminum nitride, aluminum gallium nitride or a combination of aluminum nitride and aluminum gallium nitride. |
| US11955513B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device has a super junction structure and includes a first semiconductor layer of the second conductive type disposed on the first column region and the second column region, a second semiconductor layer of the first conductive type disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a first semiconductor region of the first conductive type that is electrically connected to the first electrode and is disposed in a surface layer portion of the second semiconductor layer to be separated from the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor region of the second conductive type that is electrically connected to the second electrode and that is disposed at least in the surface layer portion of the second semiconductor layer to be separated from the first semiconductor region and is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer. |
| US11955512B1 |
Dual hydrogen barrier layer for trench capacitors integrated with low density film for logic structures and methods of fabrication
A device includes, in a first region, a first conductive interconnect, an electrode structure on the first conductive interconnect, where the electrode structure includes a first conductive hydrogen barrier layer and a first conductive fill material. A trench capacitor including a ferroelectric material or a paraelectric material is on the electrode structure. A second dielectric includes an amorphous, greater than 90% film density hydrogen barrier material laterally surrounds the memory device. A via electrode including a second conductive hydrogen barrier material is on at least a portion of the memory device. A second region includes a conductive interconnect structure embedded within a less than 90% film density dielectric material. |
| US11955501B2 |
Image sensor with improved light conversion efficiency
The present disclosure describes a method for the formation of mirror micro-structures on radiation-sensing regions of image sensor devices. The method includes forming an opening within a front side surface of a substrate; forming a conformal implant layer on bottom and sidewall surfaces of the opening; growing a first epitaxial layer on the bottom and the sidewall surfaces of the opening; depositing a second epitaxial layer on the first epitaxial layer to fill the opening, where the second epitaxial layer forms a radiation-sensing region. The method further includes depositing a stack on exposed surfaces of the second epitaxial layer, where the stack includes alternating pairs of a high-refractive index material layer and a low-refractive index material layer. |
| US11955497B2 |
Image sensor
An image sensor may include a pixel isolation structure disposed in a semiconductor substrate to define a first pixel region, first and second photoelectric conversion regions disposed in the first pixel region, and a separation structure disposed in the first pixel region, between the first and second photoelectric conversion regions. The pixel isolation structure may include first pixel isolation portions, which are spaced apart from each other in a second direction and extend lengthwise in a first direction, and second pixel isolation portions, which are spaced apart from each other in the first direction and extend lengthwise in the second direction to connect to the first pixel isolation portions. The separation structure may be spaced apart from the pixel isolation structure in the first direction and the second direction, and is at least partly at the same level as the first and second photoelectric conversion regions in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. |
| US11955495B2 |
Image sensing module
The present disclosure provides an image sensing module including a main board and an image sensor. The main board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The image sensor is disposed on the first surface of the main board and includes a plurality of isolation structures and a photoelectric conversion element between the plurality of isolation structures. A first angle is provided between a light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element and the first surface of the main board, and a second angle is provided between a light beam incident to the light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element and a normal vector of the light incident surface. The second angle is about equal to the Brewster angle at the interface of the light beam incident to the light incident surface. |
| US11955494B2 |
Power supply contact sharing for imaging devices
An imaging device includes a first pixel including a first photoelectric conversion region and a first amplification transistor, a second pixel adjacent the first pixel and including a second photoelectric conversion region and a second amplification transistor, and a first contact coupled to the first amplification transistor and the second amplification transistor, and that receives a power supply signal for the first amplification transistor and the second amplification transistor. |
| US11955492B2 |
Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a display area for displaying an image, and the display panel includes an insulating substrate, a first electrode, a first organic insulating layer, an inorganic insulating layer, a pixel electrode, a second organic insulating layer, and a pad portion. The inorganic insulating layer includes a first opening for electrically connecting the first electrode to the pixel electrode. The second organic insulating layer includes a second opening for electrically connecting the pixel electrode to the pad portion. The pixel electrode is formed of a transparent conductive material. |
| US11955488B2 |
III-V semiconductor device with integrated power transistor and start-up circuit
We disclose a III-nitride semiconductor based heterojunction power device comprising: a first heterojunction transistor formed on a substrate, the first heterojunction transistor comprising: a first III-nitride semiconductor region formed over the substrate, wherein the first III-nitride semiconductor region comprises a first heterojunction comprising at least one two dimensional carrier gas; a first terminal operatively connected to the first III-nitride semiconductor region; a second terminal laterally spaced from the first terminal and operatively connected to the first III-nitride semiconductor region; a first plurality of highly doped semiconductor regions of a first polarity formed over the first III-nitride semiconductor region, the first plurality of highly doped semiconductor regions being formed between the first terminal and the second terminal; a first gate region operatively connected to the first plurality of highly doped semiconductor regions; and a second heterojunction transistor formed on the substrate. The second heterojunction transistor comprises: a second III-nitride semiconductor region formed over the substrate, wherein the second III-nitride semiconductor region comprises a second heterojunction comprising at least one two dimensional carrier gas; a third terminal operatively connected to the second III-nitride semiconductor region; a fourth terminal laterally spaced from the third terminal in the first dimension and operatively connected to the second III-nitride semiconductor region; a second gate region being formed over the second III-nitride semiconductor region, and between the third terminal and the fourth terminal. One of the first and second heterojunction transistors is an enhancement mode field effect transistor and the other of the first and second heterojunction transistors is a depletion mode field effect transistor. |
| US11955487B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first and second channel patterns on a substrate, each of the first and second channel patterns including vertically-stacked semiconductor patterns; a first source/drain pattern connected to the first channel pattern; a second source/drain pattern connected to the second channel pattern, the first and second source/drain patterns having different conductivity types; a first contact plug inserted in the first source/drain pattern, and a second contact plug inserted in the second source/drain pattern; a first interface layer interposed between the first source/drain pattern and the first contact plug; and a second interface layer interposed between the second source/drain pattern and the second contact plug, the first and second interface layers including different metallic elements from each other, a bottom portion of the second interface layer being positioned at a level that is lower than a bottom surface of a topmost one of the semiconductor patterns. |
| US11955483B2 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor device and a fabrication method are provided. The semiconductor device includes: a base substrate; a gate structure on the base substrate including a first portion in a first region and a second portion in a second region; and a separation section in the first portion of the gate structure in the first region. A length of the first portion of the gate structure in the first region is larger than a length of the second portion of the gate structure in the second region. A top surface of the separation section is higher than a top surface of the gate structure. |
| US11955481B2 |
Device comprising a PNP bipolar transistor and NPN bipolar transistor for radiofrequency applications
A microelectronic device includes a PNP transistor and NPN transistor arranged vertically in a P-type doped semiconductor substrate. The PNP and NPN transistors are manufactured by: forming an N+ doped isolating well for the PNP transistor in the semiconductor substrate; forming a P+ doped region in the N+ doped isolating well; epitaxially growing a first semiconductor layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming an N+ doped well for the NPN transistor, where at least part of the N+ doped well extends into the first semiconductor layer; then epitaxially growing a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer; forming a P doped region forming the collector of the PNP transistor in the second semiconductor layer and in electrical contact with the P+ doped region; and forming an N doped region forming the collector of the NPN transistor in the second semiconductor layer and in electrical contact with the N+ doped well. |
| US11955478B2 |
Power semiconductor device with an auxiliary gate structure
Power semiconductor devices in GaN technology include an integrated auxiliary (double) gate terminal and a pulldown network to achieve a normally-off (E-Mode) GaN transistor with threshold voltage higher than 2V, low gate leakage current and enhanced switching performance. The high threshold voltage GaN transistor has a high-voltage active GaN device and a low-voltage auxiliary GaN device wherein the high-voltage GaN device has the gate connected to the source of the integrated auxiliary low-voltage GaN transistor and the drain being the external high-voltage drain terminal and the source being the external source terminal, while the low-voltage auxiliary GaN transistor has the gate (first auxiliary electrode) connected to the drain (second auxiliary electrode) functioning as an external gate terminal. A pull-down network for the switching-off of the high threshold voltage GaN transistor may be formed by additional auxiliary low-voltage GaN transistors and resistive elements connected with the low-voltage auxiliary GaN transistor. |
| US11955473B2 |
Semiconductor device, display device, and electronic apparatus
To prevent an electrostatic damage on a display device formed with a driving circuit. Protective circuits are provided not only at input terminal parts, but also at intermediate parts of a circuit or at the ends of wiring lines. Otherwise, the protective circuits are provided at the ends of the wiring lines and at the places immediately before and after the input terminals, respectively, and then the circuit is interposed therebetween. Further, the protective circuits are provided around a circuit with a large current consumption. |
| US11955472B2 |
Semiconductor-controlled rectifier with low trigger voltage for electrostatic discharge protection
Disclosed are embodiments of a semiconductor structure that includes a semiconductor-controlled rectifier (e.g., for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection). The SCR can be readily integrated into advanced semiconductor-on-insulator processing technology platforms (e.g., a fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) processing technology platform) that employ hybrid semiconductor substrates (i.e., semiconductor substrates with both bulk semiconductor and semiconductor-on-insulator regions) and is configured with an on-Pwell semiconductor-on-insulator gate structure that is tied to an anode terminal to effectively lower the SCR trigger voltage. To further lower the trigger voltage of the SCR, the Pwell on which the gate structure sits may be made narrower than the gate structure and/or the doping profile of the Pwell on which the gate structure sits may be graded (e.g., P to P− closer to insulator layer). Additionally, to minimize parasitic capacitance, the gate structure may be shorter in length than contact regions parallel and adjacent thereto. |
| US11955471B2 |
Integrated circuits having cross-couple constructs and semiconductor devices including integrated circuits
An integrated circuit may include a first active region and a second active region, and the first and second active regions may extend on a substrate in a first horizontal direction in parallel to each other and have different conductivity types from each other. A first gate line may extend in a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, and may form a first transistor with the first active region. The first transistor may include a gate to which a first input signal is applied. The first gate line may include a first partial gate line that overlaps the first active region in a perpendicular direction and that has an end on a region between the first and second active regions. |
| US11955467B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming vertical interconnect structure for PoP module
A semiconductor device has a substrate and a first light sensitive material formed over the substrate. A plurality of first conductive posts is formed over the substrate by patterning the first light sensitive material and filling the pattern with a conductive material. A plurality of electrical contacts is formed over the substrate and the conductive posts are formed over the electrical contacts. A first electric component is disposed over the substrate between the first conductive posts. A plurality of second conductive posts is formed over the first electrical component by patterning a second light sensitive material and filling the pattern with conductive material. A first encapsulant is deposited over the first electrical component and conductive posts. A portion of the first encapsulant is removed to expose the first conductive posts. A second electrical component is disposed over the first electrical component and covered with a second encapsulant. |
| US11955460B2 |
Advanced info POP and method of forming thereof
In accordance with some embodiments, a package-on-package (PoP) structure includes a first semiconductor package having a first side and a second side opposing the first side, a second semiconductor package having a first side and a second side opposing the first side, and a plurality of inter-package connector coupled between the first side of the first semiconductor package and the first side of the second semiconductor package. The PoP structure further includes a first molding material on the second side of the first semiconductor package. The second side of the second semiconductor package is substantially free of the first molding material. |
| US11955457B2 |
Semiconductor assemblies using edge stacking and methods of manufacturing the same
Semiconductor assemblies and packages using edge stacking and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A semiconductor package may include (1) a base substrate having a base surface, (2) one or more dies attached over the base surface, and (3) a mold material encapsulating the base substrate and the one or more dies. The package may further include connectors on a side surface thereof, wherein the connectors are electrically coupled to the base substrate and/or the one or more dies. The connectors may be further configured to electrically couple the package to one or more neighboring semiconductor packages and/or electrical circuits. |
| US11955454B2 |
Wafer bonding apparatus and method
A method and apparatus for wafer bonding. The method includes that, a first position parameter of a first alignment mark on a first wafer is determined by using a optical beam; a second position parameter of a second alignment mark on a second wafer is determined with the optical beam, the optical beam has a property of transmitting through a wafer; a relative position between the first wafer and the second wafer is adjusted with the optical beam according to the first position parameter and the second position parameter until the relative position between the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark satisfies a predetermined bonding condition; and the first wafer is bonded to the second wafer. |
| US11955450B2 |
Method for producing a semiconductor arrangement
A method for producing a semiconductor arrangement includes: forming a first metallization layer on a first side of a dielectric insulation layer, the first metallization layer having at least two sections, each section being separated from a neighboring section by a recess; arranging a semiconductor body on one of the sections of the first metallization layer; and forming at least one indentation between a first side of the semiconductor body and a closest edge of the respective section of the first metallization layer. A distance between the first side and the closest edge of the section of the first metallization layer is between 0.5 mm and 5 mm. |
| US11955448B2 |
Architecture to manage FLI bump height delta and reliability needs for mixed EMIB pitches
Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a package substrate and a bridge substrate embedded in the package substrate. In an embodiment, first pads are over the package substrate, where the first pads have a first pitch, and second pads are over the bridge substrate, where the second pads have a second pitch that is smaller than the first pitch. In an embodiment, a barrier layer is over individual ones of the second pads. In an embodiment, reflown solder is over individual ones of the first pads and over individual ones of the second pads. In an embodiment, a first standoff height of the reflown solder over the first pads is equal to a second standoff height of the reflown solder over the second pads. |
| US11955447B2 |
Semiconductor chip having stepped conductive pillars
In an implementation, a semiconductor chip includes a device layer, an interconnect layer fabricated on the device layer, the interconnect layer including a conductive pad, and a conductive pillar coupled to the conductive pad. The conductive pillar includes at least a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width, the first portion being disposed between the second portion and the conductive pad, wherein the first width of the first portion is greater than the second width of the second portion. |
| US11955446B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor device structure with conductive polymer liner
The present disclosure relates to a method for forming a semiconductor device structure. The method includes forming a first semiconductor die and forming a second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die includes a first metal layer, a first conductive via over the first metal layer, and a first conductive polymer liner surrounding the first conductive via. The second semiconductor die includes a second metal layer, a second conductive via over the second metal layer, and a second conductive polymer liner surrounding the second conductive via. The method also includes forming a conductive structure electrically connecting the first metal layer and the second metal layer by bonding the second semiconductor die to the first semiconductor die. The conductive structure is formed by the first conductive via, the first conductive polymer liner, the second conductive via, and the second conductive polymer liner. |
| US11955442B2 |
Semiconductor package and method
In an embodiment, a structure includes a core substrate, a redistribution structure coupled, the redistribution structure including a plurality of redistribution layers, the plurality of redistribution layers comprising a dielectric layer and a metallization layer, a first local interconnect component embedded in a first redistribution layer of the plurality of redistribution layers, the first local interconnect component comprising conductive connectors, the conductive connectors being bonded to a metallization pattern of the first redistribution layer, the dielectric layer of the first redistribution layer encapsulating the first local interconnect component, a first integrated circuit die coupled to the redistribution structure, a second integrated circuit die coupled to the redistribution structure, an interconnect structure of the first local interconnect component electrically coupling the first integrated circuit die to the second integrated circuit die, and a set of conductive connectors coupled to a second side of the core substrate. |
| US11955440B2 |
Semiconductor device with detection conductor
A semiconductor device includes an insulating support member, a first and a second conductive layer, a first semiconductor element, a first lead, a first detection conductor and a first gate conductor. The first and second conductive layers are disposed on a front surface of the insulating support member. The first semiconductor includes a first and a second electrode on the same side, and a third electrode disposed on the other side and electrically connected to the first conductive layer. The first lead is connected to the first and second conductive layer. The first detection conductor is connected to the first electrode. The first gate conductor is connected to the second electrode. At least one of the first detection conductor and the first gate conductor has an end connected to the first semiconductor element. The end has a coefficient of linear expansion smaller than that of the first conductive layer. |
| US11955438B2 |
Thermally-conductive electromagnetic interference (EMI) absorbers
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of thermally-conductive electromagnetic interference (EMI) absorbers. In exemplary embodiments, the thermally-conductive EMI absorber may have a thermal conductivity of at least 6 Watts per meter per Kelvin (W/mK) and an attenuation greater than 15 decibels per centimeter (dB/cm) at a frequency of 10 gigahertz (GHz) or higher. |
| US11955437B2 |
Regulator circuit package techniques
Techniques are provided for containing magnetic fields generated by an integrated switching package and for reducing electromagnetic interference generated from an integrated switching package. |
| US11955435B2 |
Semiconductor packages
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die and an encapsulant layer. A mark is formed on a surface of the encapsulant layer. A damage barrier layer is disposed between the mark and the semiconductor die. The damage barrier layer blocks the propagation of laser light used to form the mark from reaching the semiconductor die. |
| US11955434B2 |
Ultra small molded module integrated with die by module-on-wafer assembly
Embodiments of the invention include molded modules and methods for forming molded modules. According to an embodiment the molded modules may be integrated into an electrical package. Electrical packages according to embodiments of the invention may include a die with a redistribution layer formed on at least one surface. The molded module may be mounted to the die. According to an embodiment, the molded module may include a mold layer and a plurality of components encapsulated within the mold layer. Terminals from each of the components may be substantially coplanar with a surface of the mold layer in order to allow the terminals to be electrically coupled to the redistribution layer on the die. Additional embodiments of the invention may include one or more through mold vias formed in the mold layer to provide power delivery and/or one or more faraday cages around components. |
| US11955431B2 |
Interposer structures and methods for 2.5D and 3D packaging
Semiconductor packages, and methods for making the semiconductor packages, having an interposer structure with one or more interposer and an extension platform, which has an opening for placing the interposer, and the space between the interposer and the extension platform is filled with a polymeric material to form a unitary interposer-extension platform composite structure. A stacked structure may be formed by at least a first semiconductor chip coupled to the interposer and at least a second semiconductor chip coupled to the extension platform, and at least one bridge extending over the space that electrically couples the extension platform and the interposer. The extension platform may include a recess step section that may accommodate a plurality of passive devices to reduced power delivery inductance loop for the high-density 2.5D and 3D stacked packaging applications. |
| US11955429B2 |
Three-dimensional memory device and manufacturing method thereof
A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional memory device, comprises: forming, on a substrate, a sacrificial layer including a plurality of sacrificial patterns for vias and a sacrificial pattern for a row line; forming an interlayer dielectric layer that covers the sacrificial pattern for a row line and the sacrificial pattern for a via coupled to the sacrificial pattern for a row line and that has a plurality of holes exposing sacrificial patterns for vias, from among the plurality of sacrificial patterns for vias, that are not coupled to the sacrificial pattern for a row line; forming a plurality of first conductive patterns in the plurality of holes; repeating the forming of the sacrificial layer; and replacing the plurality of sacrificial layers with a conductive material. |
| US11955428B2 |
Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a conductive via and a first insulation layer. The conductive via is through the substrate. The first insulation layer is between the substrate and the conductive via. A first surface of the first insulation layer facing the substrate and a second surface of the first insulation layer facing the conductive via are extended along different directions. |
| US11955426B2 |
Package-integrated multi-turn coil embedded in a package magnetic core
A microelectronics package comprising a substrate, the substrate comprising a dielectric and at least first and second conductor level within the dielectric, where the first and second conductor levels are separated by at least one dielectric layer. The microelectronics package comprises an inductor structure that comprises a magnetic core. The magnetic core is at least partially embedded within the dielectric. The inductor structure comprises a first trace in the first conductor level, a second trace in the second conductor level, and a via interconnect connecting the first and second traces. The first trace and the second trace extend at least partially within the magnetic core. |
| US11955425B2 |
Interconnect structure for logic circuit
Interconnect structures that maximize integrated circuit (IC) density and corresponding formation techniques are disclosed. An exemplary IC device includes a gate layer extending along a first direction. An interconnect structure disposed over the gate layer includes odd-numbered interconnect routing layers oriented along a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and even-numbered interconnect routing layers oriented along a third direction that is substantially parallel to the first direction. In some implementations, a ratio of a gate pitch of the gate layer to a pitch of a first of the even-numbered interconnect routing layers to a pitch of a third of the even-numbered interconnect routing layers is 3:2:4. In some implementations, a pitch of a first of the odd-numbered interconnect routing layers to a pitch of a third of the odd-numbered interconnect routing layers to a pitch of a seventh of the odd-numbered interconnect routing layers is 1:1:2. |
| US11955424B2 |
Semiconductor device including a porous dielectric layer, and method of forming the semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a porous dielectric layer including a recessed portion, a conductive layer formed in the recessed portion, and a cap layer formed on the porous dielectric layer and on the conductive layer in the recessed portion, an upper surface of the porous dielectric layer being exposed through a gap in the cap layer. |
| US11955421B2 |
Structure and method for interlevel dielectric layer with regions of differing dielectric constant
An integrated circuit includes a plurality of transistors and an interlevel dielectric layer formed over the transistors. The interlevel dielectric layer includes a first region and a second region with a higher dielectric constant than the first region. The difference in dielectric constant is produced by curing the first region shielding the second region from the curing. Metal signal lines are formed in the first region. Metal-on-metal capacitors are formed in the second region. |
| US11955420B2 |
Structures with deformable conductors
A circuit assembly may include a substrate and a pattern of contact points formed from deformable conductive material supported by the substrate. The assembly may further include an electric component supported by the substrate and having terminals arranged in a pattern corresponding to the pattern of contacts points. The one or more of the terminals of the electric component may contact one or more of the corresponding contact points to form one or more electrical connections between the electric component and the contact points. |
| US11955419B2 |
Semiconductor device package including multiple substrates with different functions
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device package including a first substrate and an adhesive layer. The first substrate has a first surface and a conductive pad adjacent to the first surface. The conductive pad has a first surface exposed from the first substrate. The adhesive layer is disposed on the first surface of the first substrate. The adhesive layer has a first surface facing the first substrate. The first surface of the adhesive layer is spaced apart from the first surface of the conductive pad in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the first surface of the first substrate. The conductive pad and the adhesive layer are partially overlapping in the first direction. |
| US11955415B2 |
Semiconductor device package comprising a pin in the form of a drilling screw
The semiconductor device package comprises a die carrier, at least one semiconductor die disposed on the carrier, the semiconductor die comprising at least one contact pad on a main face remote from the carrier, an encapsulant disposed above the semiconductor die, an electrical connector electrically connected with the contact pad, a drilling screw screwed through the encapsulant and connected with the electrical connector. |
| US11955413B2 |
Semiconductor module
A semiconductor module includes a conductive substrate, a semiconductor element, a control terminal, and a sealing resin. The conductive substrate has an obverse surface and a reverse surface that are spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction. The semiconductor element is electrically bonded to the obverse surface and has a switching function. The control terminal is configured to control the semiconductor element. The sealing resin has a resin obverse surface and a resin reverse surface, and covers the conductive substrate, the semiconductor element, and a part of the control terminal. The control terminal protrudes from the resin obverse surface, and extends along the thickness direction. |
| US11955401B2 |
Package structure
A package structure includes a semiconductor device and an adhesive pattern. The adhesive pattern surrounds the semiconductor device, wherein an angle θ is formed between a sidewall of the semiconductor device and a sidewall of the adhesive pattern, 0°<θ<90° wherein the adhesive layer has a first opening misaligned with a corner of the semiconductor device closest to the first opening. |
| US11955396B2 |
Semiconductor packaging method, semiconductor assembly and electronic device comprising semiconductor assembly
A semiconductor packaging method, a semiconductor assembly and an electronic device comprising the semiconductor assembly are disclosed herein. The semiconductor packaging method comprises providing at least one semiconductor device and a carrier board. A plurality of first alignment solder parts are formed on a passive surface of the semiconductor device, and a plurality of corresponding second alignment solder parts are formed on the carrier board. The method further comprises forming a plurality of alignment solder joints by aligning and soldering the first alignment solder parts to respective ones of the second alignment solder parts whereby the semiconductor device is aligned and fixed to the carrier board; encapsulating the at least one semiconductor device to form a molded package body; sequentially forming a redistribution layer and external terminals on the molded package body so that the connection terminals are connected to the external terminal through the interconnection layer. |
| US11955395B2 |
Fan out package with integrated peripheral devices and methods
A semiconductor device and method of including peripheral devices into a package is disclosed. In one example, a peripheral device includes a passive device such as a capacitor or an inductor. Examples are shown that include a peripheral device that is substantially the same thickness as a die or a die assembly. Examples are further shown that use this configuration in a fan out process to form semiconductor devices. |
| US11955394B2 |
Hollow package and method for manufacturing same
A hollow package (103) includes a substrate (109), an element (111), a partition wall (113), and a top plate (115) and has one or more closed hollow parts (117) that are covered by the substrate (109), the partition wall (113), and the top plate (115), and the substrate (109), the partition wall (113), and the top plate (115) are sealed with a cured product of a sealing resin composition. The top plate (115) and the partition wall (113) are composed of an organic material, and the thickness of the top plate (115), the thickness of the partition wall (113), the width of the partition wall, and the maximum width of the hollow part (117) are each within respective predetermined ranges. The sealing resin composition comprises (A) an epoxy resin that includes one or more selected from the group consisting of an epoxy resin containing two epoxy groups in the molecule and an epoxy resin containing three or more epoxy resins in the molecule and (B) an inorganic filler. |
| US11955390B2 |
Semiconductor wafer evaluation method and semiconductor wafer manufacturing method
A semiconductor wafer evaluation method includes acquiring a reflection image as a bright-field image by receiving reflected light which is obtained when irradiating one surface side of a semiconductor wafer to be evaluated with light; acquiring a scattered image as a dark-field image by receiving scattered light which is obtained when irradiating the surface side of the semiconductor wafer with light; and obtaining a distance between a bright zone that is observed in the reflection image and a bright zone that is observed in the scattered image. The semiconductor wafer to be evaluated is a semiconductor wafer in which a chamfered surface is formed in a wafer outer peripheral edge section, and the method includes evaluating a shape of a boundary part between a main surface on the surface side irradiated with the light of the semiconductor wafer to be evaluated and a chamfered surface adjacent to the main surface. |
| US11955387B2 |
Method of fabricating a semiconductor device
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method may include forming a parent pattern, forming an upper thin film on the parent pattern, forming a child pattern on the upper thin film, measuring a diffraction light from the parent and child patterns to obtain an intensity difference curve of the diffraction light versus its wavelength, and performing an overlay measurement process on the parent and child patterns using the diffraction light, which has the same wavelength as a peak of the intensity difference curve located near a peak of reflectance of the parent and child patterns, to obtain an overlay measurement value. |
| US11955384B2 |
Stacked semiconductor device with nanostructure channels and manufacturing method thereof
A device includes a bottom transistor, a top transistor, and an epitaxial isolation structure. The bottom transistor includes a first channel layer, first source/drain epitaxial structures, and a first gate structure. The first source/drain epitaxial structures are on opposite sides of the first channel layer. The first gate structure is around the first channel layer. The top transistor is over the bottom transistor and includes a second channel layer, second source/drain epitaxial structures, and a second gate structure. The second source/drain epitaxial structures are on opposite sides of the second channel layer. The second gate structure is around the second channel layer. The epitaxial isolation structure is between and in contact with one of the first source/drain epitaxial structures and one of the second source/drain epitaxial structures, such that the one of the first source/drain epitaxial structures is electrically isolated from the one of the second source/drain epitaxial structures. |
| US11955381B2 |
Low-temperature plasma pre-clean for selective gap fill
Methods for pre-cleaning substrates having metal and dielectric surfaces are described. A temperature of a pedestal comprising a cooling feature on which a substrate is located is set to less than or equal to 100° C. The substrate is exposed to a plasma treatment to remove chemical residual and/or impurities from features of the substrate including a metal bottom, dielectric sidewalls, and/or a field of dielectric and/or repair surface defects in the dielectric sidewalls and/or the field of the dielectric. The plasma treatment may be an oxygen plasma, for example, a direct oxygen plasma. Processing tools and computer readable media for practicing the method are also described. |
| US11955380B2 |
Conductive element for semiconductor devices
In one example, a semiconductor device includes a first conductive feature embedded in a first dielectric layer such that a top surface of the first dielectric layer is higher than a top surface of first conductive feature, a contact etch stop layer (CESL) disposed on the first dielectric layer, and a second conductive feature embedded in a second dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the CESL and the second conductive feature extends through the CESL and is in direct contact with the first conductive feature. |
| US11955378B2 |
Bonding method of package components and bonding apparatus
A bonding method of package components and a bonding apparatus are provided. The method includes: providing at least one first package component and a second package component, wherein the at least one first package component has first electrical connectors and a first dielectric layer at a bonding surface of the at least one first package component, and the second package component has second electrical connectors and a second dielectric layer at a bonding surface of the second package component; bringing the at least one first package component and the second package component in contact, such that the first electrical connectors approximate or contact the second electrical connectors; and selectively heating the first electrical connectors and the second electrical connectors by electromagnetic induction, in order to bond the first electrical connectors with the second electrical connectors. |
| US11955377B2 |
Differential hardmasks for modulation of electrobucket sensitivity
Approaches based on differential hardmasks for modulation of electrobucket sensitivity for semiconductor structure fabrication, and the resulting structures, are described. In an example, a method of fabricating an interconnect structure for an integrated circuit includes forming a hardmask layer above an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer formed above a substrate. A plurality of dielectric spacers is formed on the hardmask layer. The hardmask layer is patterned to form a plurality of first hardmask portions. A plurality of second hardmask portions is formed alternating with the first hardmask portions. A plurality of electrobuckets is formed on the alternating first and second hardmask portions and in openings between the plurality of dielectric spacers. Select ones of the plurality of electrobuckets are exposed to a lithographic exposure and removed to define a set of via locations. |
| US11955376B2 |
Etch damage and ESL free dual damascene metal interconnect
Some embodiments relate to a semiconductor device disposed on a semiconductor substrate. A dielectric structure is arranged over the semiconductor substrate. First and second metal vias are disposed in the dielectric structure and spaced laterally apart from one another. First and second metal lines are disposed in the dielectric structure and have nearest neighboring sidewalls that are spaced laterally apart from one another by a portion of the dielectric structure. The first and second metal lines contact upper portions of the first and second metal vias, respectively. First and second air gaps are disposed in the portion of the dielectric structure. The first and second air gaps are proximate to nearest neighboring sidewalls of the first and second metal lines, respectively. |
| US11955369B2 |
Recessed local interconnect formed over self-aligned double diffusion break
An approach for creating a buried local interconnect around a DDB (double diffusion break) to reduce parasitic capacitance on a semiconductor device is disclosed. The approach utilizes a metal, as the local interconnect, buried in a cavity around the DDB region of a semiconductor substrate. The metal is disposed by two dielectric layers and the substrate. The two dielectric layers are recessed beneath two gate spacers. The buried local interconnect is recessed into the cavity where the top surface of the interconnect is situated below the top surface of the surrounding S/D (source/drain) epi (epitaxy). The metal of the local interconnect can be made from W, Ru or Co. |
| US11955368B2 |
Wafer configured to recondition a support surface of a wafer holding stage
According to one aspect, a reconditioning wafer can include a carrier substrate that supports at least one array of regularly spaced protrusions configured to form indentations in a support surface of a wafer holding stage. The protrusions within the same array can have substantially the same shape and dimensions, thereby enabling a more reliable reconditioning process compared to prior art solutions. The protrusions may have the form of pyramids or pillars or other similar shapes with at least the tip of the protrusions formed of a material suitable to make the indentations. The reconditioning wafer can be obtainable by a molding technique wherein an array of molds can be created in a mold substrate. The molds can be filled with an indentation material such as diamond, and can be bonded to the carrier substrate. The mold substrate can be removed by thinning and wet etching. |
| US11955366B2 |
Pad raising mechanism in wafer positioning pedestal for semiconductor processing
An assembly used in a process chamber for depositing a film on a wafer. A pedestal assembly includes a pedestal movably mounted to a main frame. A lift pad rests upon the pedestal and moves with the pedestal assembly. A raising mechanism separates the lift pad from the pedestal, and includes a hard stop fixed to the main frame, a roller attached to the pedestal assembly, a slide moveably attached to the pedestal assembly, a lift pad bracket interconnected to the slide and a pad shaft extending from the lift pad, and a lever rotatably attached to the lift pad bracket. The lever rests on the roller when not engaged with the upper hard stop. When the pedestal assembly moves upwards, the lever rotates about a pin when engaging the upper hard stop and roller, and separates the lift pad from the pedestal by a process rotation displacement. |
| US11955363B2 |
Bonding fixture
A bonding fixture. In some embodiments, the fixture includes: a plate for supporting a central region of the wafer, the central region including 80% of the area of the wafer; and a frame for supporting: the edge of the wafer, and the edge of the plate, the frame having: a first vacuum passage, for pulling the wafer against an upper surface of the frame, and a second vacuum passage, for pulling the plate against the frame. |
| US11955360B2 |
Electrostatic chuck and processing apparatus
A Johnsen-Rahbek force type electrostatic chuck including: a metal substrate; an electrode for electrostatic attraction provided on the metal substrate with an insulating layer interposed between the metal substrate and the electrode for electrostatic attraction; and a dielectric layer constituting an electrostatic attraction surface in contact with a workpiece. The dielectric layer includes a ceramic spray coating and a sealing component with which pores of the ceramic spray coating are filled, and the sealing component contains a metal organic salt containing a rare earth element. |
| US11955359B2 |
Magazine supporting equipment and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including the same
The present disclosure provides a magazine supporting equipment for supporting a magazine with multiple input ports. The magazine supporting equipment comprises a contact plate, a first sidewall plate, and a second sidewall plate. The contact plate is in contact with the magazine. The first sidewall plate extends vertically from one end of the contact plate. The second sidewall plate parallel is to the first sidewall plate and extends vertically from one end to the other end of the contact plate. The first sidewall plate extends along at least a part of a first sidewall of the magazine. The second sidewall plate extends along at least a part of a second sidewall of the magazine. The first sidewall plate and the second sidewall plate include control openings through which gas flows in and out. |
| US11955357B2 |
In-situ temperature controlling sample stage customized for coupled interconnection between in-situ high-pressure reaction cell and ultrahigh vacuum characterization
The present disclosure relates to an in-situ temperature control platform, including an independent sample holder, a sample holder fixing cartridge, a customized sample stage and an anode contact pin. The independent sample holder includes a sample loading spot and a sample holder grip. The sample holder fixing cartridge includes a fixing cartridge body, the fixing cartridge body is provided with a sample holder slot, the bottom surface of the sample holder slot is provided with a heating element slot, and the sample holder slot is aligned with the sample loading spot. The bottom surface of the heating element slot is provided with a heating element fixing pinhole. The customized sample stage includes a sample stage body, the sample stage body is provided with a heating element support, and the heating element support is provided with a heating element. |
| US11955353B2 |
Temperature adjustment device and method for manufacturing temperature adjustment device
A temperature adjustment device includes a flow path plate that includes a flow path groove, a heat transfer plate that faces the flow path groove, and a thermoelectric module plate that is connected to the heat transfer plate. A surface roughness of the flow path plate is 0.20 μm or more and 0.25 μm or less. |
| US11955352B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing apparatus includes: a temperature raising part for raising a temperature of a first sulfuric acid; a mixing part for mixing the first sulfuric acid where the temperature is raised by the temperature raising part with a moisture-containing liquid to generate a mixed solution; and a discharging part for discharging the mixed solution onto a substrate inside a substrate processing part. The mixing part includes: a joining portion where a sulfuric acid supply line through which the first sulfuric acid where the temperature is raised by the temperature raising part flows and a liquid supply line through which the first sulfuric acid where the temperature is raised by the temperature raising part and the moisture-containing liquid flows are joined; and a reaction suppression mechanism for suppressing a reaction between the first sulfuric acid and the moisture-containing liquid in the joining portion. |
| US11955350B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
An upper flow passage 181 is connected to a buffer space 182. The upper flow passage 181 has a constant cross-sectional shape and a processing fluid flows as a laminar flow in the upper flow passage 181. On the other hand, the buffer space 182 has a larger flow passage cross-sectional area than the upper flow passage 181. Thus, the processing fluid flowing in the upper flow passage 181 is released at once into the wide buffer space 182, whereby the pressure of the processing fluid decreases. A backflow of the processing fluid from the buffer space 182 to the upper flow passage 181 is prevented due to this pressure difference and the magnitude of a flow passage resistance of the upper flow passage 181 viewed from the buffer space 182. |
| US11955342B2 |
Method of etching and apparatus for plasma processing
A method of an etching includes preparing a substrate having a first region formed of silicon oxide and a second region formed of silicon nitride; etching the first region by exposing the substrate to plasma of a first processing gas including a fluorocarbon gas, and forming a deposit including fluorocarbon on the first region and the second region; etching the first region and the second region by radicals of the fluorocarbon included in the deposit; and removing the deposit by plasma of a second processing gas which does not include oxygen. |
| US11955340B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a stack in which first material layers and second material layers are alternately stacked, forming a channel structure passing through the stack, forming openings by removing the first material layers, forming an amorphous blocking layer in the openings, and performing a first heat treatment process to supply deuterium through the openings and substitute hydrogen in the channel structure with the deuterium. |
| US11955337B2 |
Substrate processing method and substrate processing system
A substrate processing method includes: providing a substrate including a mask; forming a film on the mask; forming a reaction layer on a surface layer of the film; and removing the reaction layer by applying energy to the reaction layer. |
| US11955336B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes forming a protective layer over substrate having a plurality of protrusions and recesses. The protective layer includes polymer composition including polymer having repeating units of one or more of: Wherein a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, and i are each independently H, —OH, —ROH, —R(OH)2, —NH2, —NHR, —NR2, —SH, —RSH, or —R(SH)2, wherein at least one of a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, and i on each repeating unit is not H. R, R1, and R2 are each independently a C1-C10 alkyl group, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a C1-C10 hydroxyalkyl group, a C2-C10 alkoxy group, a C2-C10 alkoxy alkyl group, a C2-C10 acetyl group, a C3-C10 acetylalkyl group, a C1-C10 carboxyl group, a C2-C10 alkyl carboxyl group, or a C4-C10 cycloalkyl carboxyl group, and n is 2-1000. A resist layer is formed over the protective layer, and the resist layer is patterned. |
| US11955335B2 |
Method and apparatus for coating photo resist over a substrate
In a method of coating a photo resist over a wafer, dispensing the photo resist from a nozzle over the wafer is started while rotating the wafer, and dispensing the photo resist is stopped while rotating the wafer. After starting and before stopping the dispensing the photo resist, a wafer rotation speed is changed at least 4 times. During dispensing, an arm holding the nozzle may move horizontally. A tip end of the nozzle may be located at a height of 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm from the wafer. |
| US11955334B2 |
Vapor phase epitaxy method
A vapor phase epitaxy method of growing a III-V layer with a doping profile that changes from a p-doping to an n-doping on a surface of a substrate or a preceding layer from the vapor phase from an epitaxial gas flow, at least one first precursor for an element of main group III, and at least one second precursor for an element of main group V. When a first growth height is reached, a first initial doping level is set by means of a ratio of a first mass flow of the first precursor to a second mass flow of the second precursor in the epitaxial gas flow, and subsequently, by stepwise or continuously changing the ratio of the first mass flow to the second mass flow and by stepwise or continuously increasing a mass flow of a third precursor for an n-type dopant in the epitaxial gas flow. |
| US11955333B2 |
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. For example, a method includes supplying a vaporized precursor into a processing volume, supplying activated elements including ions and radicals from a remote plasma source, energizing the activated elements using RF source power at a first duty cycle to react with the vaporized precursor to deposit an SiNHx film onto a substrate disposed in the processing volume, supplying a first process gas from the remote plasma source while providing RF bias power at a second duty cycle different from the first duty cycle to the substrate support to convert the SiNHx film to an SiOx film, supplying a process gas mixture formed from a second process gas supplied from the remote plasma source and a third process gas supplied from the gas supply while providing RF bias power at the second duty cycle to the substrate support, and annealing the substrate. |
| US11955330B2 |
Microelectronic devices including an interdeck region between deck structures, and related electronic devices
A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming openings in an interdeck region and a first deck structure, the first deck structure comprising alternating levels of a first insulative material and a second insulative material, forming a first sacrificial material in the openings, removing a portion of the first sacrificial material from the interdeck region to expose sidewalls of the first insulative material and the second insulative material in the interdeck region, removing a portion of the first insulative material and the second insulative material in the interdeck region to form tapered sidewalls in the interdeck region, removing remaining portions of the first sacrificial material from the openings, and forming at least a second sacrificial material in the openings. Related methods of forming a microelectronic devices and related microelectronic devices are disclosed. |
| US11955329B2 |
Method of forming conductive feature including cleaning step
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first conductive feature on a bottom surface of an opening through a dielectric layer. The forming the first conductive feature leaves seeds on sidewalls of the opening. A treatment process is performed on the seeds to form treated seeds. The treated seeds are removed with a cleaning process. The cleaning process may include a rinse with deionized water. A second conductive feature is formed to fill the opening. |
| US11955326B2 |
Multi-device removal and installation tool
In some examples, a multi-device removal and installation tool may include a device removal tool including catch members engageable with an engagement face of a device to attach, upon engagement of the catch members with the engagement face, the device removal tool to the device. The catch members may engage the engagement face with a removal force that is sufficient to remove, upon engagement of the catch members with the engagement face, the device from an instrument. The multi-device removal and installation tool may further include a torque limit tool including a retainer having at least one protrusion, and a drive member having an inside surface and an outside surface. The torque limit tool may further include at least one detent positioned on the inside surface. |
| US11955318B2 |
Ash rate recovery method in plasma strip chamber
A method for recovering ashing rate in a plasma processing chamber includes positioning a substrate in a processing volume of a processing chamber, wherein the substrate has a silicon chloride residue formed thereon. The method further includes evaporating the silicon chloride residue from the substrate. The method further includes depositing the evaporated silicon chloride on one or more interior surfaces in the processing volume. The method further includes exposing the deposited silicon chloride to an oxidizing environment to convert the deposited silicon chloride to a silicon oxide passivation layer. The oxidizing environment can comprise an oxygen-containing plasma, oxygen radicals, or a combination thereof. |
| US11955315B2 |
Workpiece processing apparatus with plasma and thermal processing systems
A processing apparatus for processing a workpiece is presented. The processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a plasma chamber separated from the processing chamber disposed on a first side of the processing chamber, and a plasma source configured to generate a plasma in the plasma chamber. One or more radiative heat sources configured to heat the workpiece disposed on a second and opposite side of the first side of the processing chamber. A dielectric window is disposed between the workpiece support and the one or more heat sources. The processing apparatus includes a rotation system configured to rotate the workpiece, the rotation system comprising a magnetic actuator. |
| US11955313B2 |
Control circuit, pulsed power supply system, and semiconductor processing equipment
A control circuit for outputting a pulsed signal includes a switch circuit having a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a fourth terminal, a first control terminal, and a second control terminal, where the first terminal and the second terminal input the DC signal, the third terminal and the fourth terminal output the pulsed signal, the third terminal and the fourth terminal output the pulsed signal in response to the first control terminal and the second control terminal receiving the first signal, and stop outputting the pulsed signal in response to the first control terminal and the second control terminal receiving the second signal; and an energy storage circuit having two terminals connected to the first terminal and the second terminal of the switch circuit to store residual electric energy of the switch circuit when the switch circuit does not output the pulsed signal. |
| US11955304B2 |
Electric switch
The invention relates to an electric switch that serves to switch on and/or off electric devices and for this purpose has a contact system in the switch housing. By means of a manual actuating element or a remotely controlled actuator, a switching operation can be effected. |
| US11955301B2 |
Switching device
In an embodiment a switching device includes at least one stationary contact, a movable contact, an armature, a first permanent magnet, a second permanent magnet and a magnetic switch, wherein the movable contact is movable by the armature, wherein the first permanent magnet is attached to the armature, and wherein the second permanent magnet is arranged in a fixed position relative to the magnetic switch. |
| US11955300B2 |
Switch
A vacuum circuit breaker serving as a switch includes a pair of electrodes that serve as a stationary electrode and a movable electrode, a handler including a movable shaft and a housing that operate as a first mover in withdrawing the movable electrode from the stationary electrode and closing the movable electrode toward the stationary electrode, a movable shaft that is connected as a second mover to the movable electrode, a coil spring that is connected as an elastic between the first mover and the second mover to press the movable electrode against the stationary electrode, and a shock absorber that attenuates as an attenuator contraction of the elastic when the movable electrode is withdrawn from the stationary electrode. |
| US11955299B2 |
Operating mechanism
The invention relates to an operating mechanism for opening and closing at least one contact, which operating mechanism comprises, a base frame, a bridge body movable relative to the base frame between a closed position and an opened position, a rod mechanism of a first and a second link, a cam arranged on a shaft, a locking lever fixedly arranged with one end to the first link and moves with the first rod between a locked position and an unlocked position, a control shaft having a D-shaft portion with a flat surface portion and a semi cylindrical surface portion, and a lock position, in which the path of the second end of the locking lever intersects with the circumference of the cross-section of the D-shaft portion. |
| US11955298B2 |
Button module
A button module is provided. The button module comprises a base, a pressing part, and an elastic part. The pressing part includes a fixed end and a free end. The fixed end is pivotally connected to the base in a first axial direction. The elastic part is disposed on a side of the pressing part facing the base. The elastic part includes a first damping portion and a second damping portion selectively pressing against the base, where a hardness of the first damping portion is different from a hardness of the second damping portion. |
| US11955296B2 |
Electrical switch contact sets
Electrical switch contact sets are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a movable platform having first and second contacts, where the first and second contacts electrically coupled via the movable platform, and a stationary portion having third and fourth contacts, where the movable platform is movable to bring the first and second contacts in contact with the third and fourth contacts, respectively, to simultaneously close a current path of an electrical circuit associated with the first, second, third and fourth contacts. |
| US11955295B2 |
Photoelectric conversion element and method for manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a photoelectric conversion element includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a photoelectric conversion layer located between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The photoelectric conversion layer includes Sn and Pb. The photoelectric conversion layer includes a first partial region, a second partial region between the first partial region and the second conductive layer, and a third partial region between the second partial region and the second conductive layer. The first partial region includes a first Sn concentration and a first Pb concentration. The second partial region includes at least one of a second Sn concentration or a second Pb concentration. The second Sn concentration is less than the first Sn concentration. The second Pb concentration is greater than the first Pb concentration. The third partial region includes Sn, oxygen, and Pb. |
| US11955290B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; first and second connection electrodes penetrating the body in a direction perpendicular to the dielectric layer and connected to the first internal electrode; third and fourth connection electrodes penetrating the body in a in a direction perpendicular to the dielectric layer and connected to the second internal electrode; first and second external electrodes disposed on both surfaces of the body, and connected to the first and second connection electrodes; and third and fourth external electrodes connected to the third and fourth connection electrodes, and at least a portion of the first and second connection electrodes is exposed to the surface of the body. |
| US11955289B2 |
Multilayer capacitor
A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a stack structure in which at least one first internal electrode and at least one second internal electrode are alternately stacked in a first direction with at least one dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes spaced apart from each other and disposed on the body to be respectively connected to the at least one first internal electrode and the at least one second internal electrode, wherein each of the first and second external electrodes includes a first conductive layer including a first conductive material and glass; and an oxide layer including an oxide and disposed on at least a portion of an external surface of the first conductive layer. |
| US11955288B2 |
Multilayer electronic component
A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes disposed to oppose each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween and including a capacitance forming portion, by which capacitance of the multilayer electronic component is defined, having the first and second internal electrodes disposed to oppose each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, cover portions disposed on two opposing surfaces of the capacitance forming portion in a first direction, and margin portions disposed on two opposing surfaces of the capacitance forming portion in a second or third direction, in which −3.0<{1−(Hc/H1)}×100≤0.4, where an average hardness of the cover portions is Hc and an average hardness of the first margin portions is H1. |
| US11955282B2 |
Capacitor component
A capacitor component includes a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrode layers, with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode layers. Each of the internal electrode layers has a capacitance formation portion disposed to overlap an adjacent internal electrode layer, and a lead-out portion extending from the capacitance formation portion and connected to the external electrode. A ratio (H2/H1) of a height difference H2 to a height difference H1 is 0.2 or less, where the height difference H2 is a height difference between the capacitance formation portion and the lead-out portion of a lowermost internal electrode layer the height difference H1 is a height difference between the capacitance formation portion and the lead-out portion of an uppermost internal electrode layer. An average thickness of the dielectric layer is 420 nm or less. |
| US11955279B2 |
Split cell supercapacitor
A nanocomposite electrode and a supercapacitor device including said nanocomposite electrode. The nanocomposite electrode includes a mixture of at least one binding compound, at least one conductive additive, and at least one molybdenum doped carbon material coated onto a substrate. The supercapacitor device includes two nanocomposite electrodes disposed facing one another, wherein the substrate of each nanocomposite electrode is coated with the mixture on an inside facing surface and the outer surfaces of the nanocomposite electrodes are not coated with the mixture, and the inside facing surfaces are separated by at least one electrolyte. |
| US11955275B2 |
Method for producing multilayer coil component
A method for producing a multilayer coil component includes forming, on a main face of a substrate, a first coil conductor extending along the main face having conductivity, forming a second coil conductor and a third coil conductor apart from each other in a direction in which the first coil conductor extends and each extending from the first coil conductor in a first direction orthogonal to the main face, and forming a fourth coil conductor electrically connected to an end of the second coil conductor opposite to the first coil conductor and extending along the main face. The forming the first coil conductor includes forming, on the main face, a first insulator layer provided with a first penetration portion having a shape corresponding to the first coil conductor and exposing a part of the main face, and forming, by plating, the first coil conductor in the first penetration portion. |
| US11955267B2 |
Reactor, core member, and power supply circuit
A reactor includes a first and second winding, a coupling core portion, and a first and second core portion. The coupling core portion forms a coupling magnetic path, through which a magnetic flux generated by the first winding when the first winding is energized and a magnetic flux generated by the second winding when the second winding is energized pass, which magnetically couples the first winding and the second winding together. The first core portion forms a first magnetic path, through which the magnetic flux generated by the first winding when the first winding is energized passes and is aligned with a first plane. The second core portion forms a second magnetic path, through which the magnetic flux generated by the second winding when the second winding is energized passes and is aligned with a second plane. The coupling plane intersects at right angles with the first and second plane. |
| US11955265B2 |
Inductive component
The present invention provides an inductive component (1a) in several illustrative embodiments and a method for producing such an inductive component. The inductive component (1a) comprises a bus bar (4a) and at least one magnetic core (6a) which is formed along a section of the bus bar (4a) and surrounds the bus bar (4a) in that section at least in part, wherein the at least one magnetic core (6a) is formed as a plastic-bonded magnetic core or a core made of magnetic cement. |
| US11955264B2 |
Coil component
A coil component includes an element and a coil disposed in the element. The element includes a plurality of first magnetic layers and second magnetic layers laminated. The coil includes a plurality of coil conductive layers laminated. Each of the coil conductive layers is disposed between a corresponding one of the first magnetic layers and a corresponding one of the second magnetic layers. A pore area proportion in the second magnetic layers is smaller than a pore area proportion in the first magnetic layers. A void is present between the coil conductive layer and the corresponding one of the second magnetic layers. |
| US11955260B2 |
Metal-oxide varistors (MOVs) in grid cord connector
An electrical assembly comprising an electrical connector assembly that may include: a utility device comprising a plurality of pins; a socket attached to a cord, the socket comprising a plurality of receptacles to receive the plurality of pins; and one or more metal-oxide varistors (MOVs) disposed inside the socket, where the one or more MOVs are electrically connected to the plurality of pins when the plurality of pins are received by the plurality of receptacles. |
| US11955259B2 |
Heat detection line and multi-core cable
A heat detection line includes a twisted pair wire composed of a pair of heat detecting wires being twisted together. Each heat detecting wire includes a conductor and an insulator covering a periphery of the conductor. The conductor is non-magnetic and composed of a copper alloy with a tensile strength of 900 MPa or more. A multi-core cable includes the heat detection line, a plurality of electric wires, and a sheath covering the heat detection line and the plurality of electric wires together. A melting point of the insulator of the heat detection line is lower than a melting point of an insulator of each of the plurality of electric wires. |
| US11955249B2 |
Heat pipe having a wick between concentric inner and outer housings, for use in heat removal from a nuclear reactor core
A heat pipe configured to remove heat from a nuclear reactor core is disclosed herein. The heat pipe can include an inner housing defining an inner volume configured to accommodate a heat source and an outer housing configured about the inner housing and the heat source. A wick can be positioned between at least a portion of the inner housing and at least a portion of the outer housing, wherein the wick can include a capillary material, and wherein the wick can define an intermediate volume between the inner housing and the outer housing. A working fluid can be positioned within the intermediate volume, wherein the working fluid can evaporate at a first end of the heat pipe and condense at a second end of the heat pipe adjacent to a heat exchanger, and wherein the wick can return condensed working fluid to the first end of the heat pipe. |
| US11955246B2 |
Unified anisotropic volume and surface mesh storage
A method is provided to model a 3D structure comprising: producing a surface mesh representation of the 3D structure; producing a volume mesh representation of the 3D structure based upon the surface mesh; sorting vertices of the volume mesh into a first sub-list that includes only surface vertices and a second sub-list that includes only internal vertices; applying shading to the surface mesh by accessing only surface vertices in the first sub-list; determining deformation of the volume mesh by accessing both surface vertices in the first sub-list and internal vertices in the second sub-list. |
| US11955245B2 |
Method and system for mental index prediction
A method and a system for mental index prediction are provided. The method includes the following steps. A plurality of images of a subject person are obtained. A plurality of emotion tags of the subject person in the images are analyzed. A plurality of integrated emotion tags in a plurality of predetermined time periods are calculated according to the emotion tags respectively corresponding to the images. A plurality of preferred features are determined according to the integrated emotion tags. A mental index prediction model is established according to the preferred features to predict a mental index according to the emotional index prediction model. |
| US11955243B2 |
Using unstructured temporal medical data for disease prediction
A method for providing a lung disease risk measure in a Computer Aided Diagnosis system is described. The method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of inputs for a subject, each input comprising at least one image showing all or part of the lungs of a patient and a time stamp for the image, where the inputs are obtained at varying intervals; analysing the inputs to assess temporal changes in the images using at least one of an input data encoder and a time stamp encoder; inputting the output of at least one of the encoders to a score calculator to calculate a risk score; outputting the risk score indicating the lung disease risk for the subject. A Computer Aided diagnosis system for implementing the method is also described. |
| US11955240B1 |
Neural-network-based-implemented ophthalmologic intelligent consultation method and apparatus
A neural-network-based-implemented ophthalmologic intelligent consultation method includes: performing correction filtering on a consultation voice of a patient, framing the voice into a consultation voice frame sequence, generating a consultation text corresponding to the consultation voice frame sequence based on phoneme recognition and phoneme transcoding, and extracting an ophthalmologically-described disease; performing gray-level filtering, primary picture segmentation, and size equalization operation on an eye picture set of the to-be-diagnosed patient to acquire a standard eyeball picture group; extracting eye white features, pupil features and blood vessel features from the standard eyeball picture group, performing lesion feature analysis on the eye white features, the pupil features and the blood vessel features to acquire an ophthalmologically-observed disease, and based on the ophthalmologically-observed disease and the ophthalmologically-described disease, generating a consultation result. |
| US11955239B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for non-human readable diagnostic tests
Systems and methods for ensuring medical diagnostic test integrity are disclosed. In particular, systems and methods herein can be used to ensure compliance with testing procedures. Some embodiments provide systems and methods for verifying test results. According to some embodiments, test results can be non-human-readable results that can be interpreted by a computing system. |
| US11955236B2 |
Systems and methods for managing patient medical devices
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for patient device management. In one implementation, interrogation data is received from a cardiac implantable electronic device corresponding to an interrogation for a patient. The interrogation data includes device data for the cardiac implantable electronic device and patient specific data for the patient. The interrogation data is normalized into manufacturer independent interrogation data. The manufacturer independent interrogation data is associated with a permitted user. A processing status is assigned to the interrogation using the manufacturer independent interrogation data. The interrogation is aggregated into a category based on the processing status, and the category is associated with an action by the permitted user. |
| US11955234B2 |
Extracorporeal blood treatment system and method including modifiable settings
Graphical user interfaces for use with extracorporeal blood treatment systems may include a plurality of mini settings cards corresponding to a plurality of settings cards. The mini settings cards may display one or more user-interactable settings, and may be selected to display the corresponding settings card. Further, each settings card may be accessed in other ways to selection of mini settings card such as, for example, by selection of a process feature graphical element corresponding the settings card. |
| US11955233B2 |
Communication with home dialysis machines using a network connected system
This disclosure relates to remote control of dialysis machines. In certain aspects, a method includes receiving a request for a network connection from a dialysis machine and establishing the network connection with the dialysis machine. The method also includes receiving, from a client device, a request to access the dialysis machine, authorizing the client device to access the dialysis machine, receiving, from the dialysis machine, information pertaining to an operation of the dialysis machine, and providing, to the client device, the received information. |
| US11955230B2 |
Remote data analysis and diagnosis
Described herein are database systems including one or more remote analytical instruments operably connected to one or more servers. The instruments can transmit rich data to the servers, and the one or more servers can compile a database of the rich data. One or more processors associated with the servers can be configured to execute a data analytics program on the database to identify a stochastic phenomenon or to process the data and present in real-time at a location of the one or more instruments comparison information about the instruments. |
| US11955227B2 |
Methods, systems and computer program products for retrospective data mining
An integrated system for processing and using images acquired of subjects in a research or clinical environment is provided. The integrated system includes an image and data bank, a workflow management module, a cloud storage module and a pre-processing module. The pre-processing engine is positioned between the workflow management module and the cloud storage module and is configured to receive raw images, data associated with the raw images and the data associated with the imaged subjects from the workflow management module and process this data and provide the processed data to be pushed into the cloud storage module. The pre-processing engine also anonymizes the data to provide de-identified images and data to the cloud storage module and creates a key that relates the raw images, data associated with the raw images and the data associated with the imaged subjects to the de-identified, processed images and data. The key remains separate and un-connected from the de-identified, processed images and data. The key allows the de-identified, processed images and data to maintain traceability to the imaged subjects and to all subsequent operations on the images and data. |
| US11955223B2 |
System and method for using artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide an enhanced user interface presenting data pertaining to cardiac health, bariatric health, pulmonary health, and/or cardio-oncologic health for the purpose of performing preventative actions
The embodiments set forth a technique implemented by a computing device. The technique includes the steps of (1) receiving one or more characteristics associated with a user, wherein the one or more characteristics comprise personal information, performance information, measurement information, cohort information, familial information, comorbidity information, healthcare professional information, or some combination thereof; (2) determining, based on the one or more characteristics, one or more conditions of the user, wherein the one or more conditions pertain to cardiac health, pulmonary health, bariatric health, oncologic health, cardio-oncologic health, or some combination thereof; (3) based on the one or more conditions, identifying, using one or more trained machine learning models, one or more subgroups to present via the display, wherein the one or more subgroups represent different partitions of the one or more characteristics; and (4) presenting, via the display, the one or more subgroups. |
| US11955219B2 |
Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods
Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems include components for measuring or sensing athletic performance data and/or for storing and/or displaying desired information associated with the athletic performance to the user (or others). Such systems can allow users a wide variety of options in creating workouts, selecting and presenting media content during the athletic performance, etc., e.g., to help keep users entertained and motivated. In some instances, user feedback may be used, optionally in combination with objective data relating to a workout, to control features of the workout routine, to control the music or other media content selected and/or presented, and/or to control features of future workout routines and/or the presented media content. |
| US11955218B2 |
System and method for use of telemedicine-enabled rehabilitative hardware and for encouraging rehabilitative compliance through patient-based virtual shared sessions with patient-enabled mutual encouragement across simulated social networks
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented system includes a treatment apparatus configured to be manipulated by a user while performing an exercise session, patient interfaces associated with users, and a server computing device configured to receive treatment data pertaining to the user, determine whether at least one characteristic of the user matches at least one second characteristic of a second user, where the second user belonging to a cohort. Responsive to determining the at least one characteristic of the user matches the at least one second characteristic of the second user, the server computing device is configured to assign the user to the cohort and select, via a trained machine learning model, a treatment plan for the user. Responsive to transmitting a signal to the patient interfaces of users in the cohort, the server computing device enables the patient interfaces to establish the virtual shared session between the patient interfaces. |
| US11955216B2 |
Medication storage and closure container, medication delivery station for delivery of medication from a replaceable pre-filled medication storage and closure container, automated and adaptable remote medication management system including a medication delivery station, and methods of operating and/or utilizing the same
A portable remote medication management system for automated and adaptive precision dosing is disclosed. The system includes a medication delivery station comprising a receptacle that stores a pre-filled replaceable medication storage and closure container. The pre-filled medication container can store oral solid medication in storage silos above a rotary release mechanism and contains a storage and communication chip that communicates with the delivery station. The medication delivery station includes a delivery housing, a drive and control mechanism, communication interfaces with the container closure and remote devices, and a removable medication receptacle within the delivery station. The medication delivery station and medication closure container connect mechanically through a drive interface under the control of the station. Dosing parameter adjustments can be controlled by an administration portal and uploaded to the medication delivery station, as commanded by the administrator. Also disclosed are method operating the system and devices. |
| US11955214B2 |
Tree-based data exploration and data-driven protocol
A method for providing a treatment recommendation to a physician for treating a patient is disclosed. The method comprises determining, from a processor in communication with a patient data repository, a first treatment recommendation based on a combination of selected patient demographics from the patient data repository applicable to the patient, and operational parameters of a plurality of ventricular assist devices (VADs) suitable for treating the patient, the first treatment recommendation having a first survival rate and comprising the use of a firstVAD. The method then obtains a first signal from using the first VAD on the patient. The method then determines a second treatment recommendation based on the first signal and the first treatment recommendation, the second treatment recommendation having a second survival rate. The method then provides the second treatment recommendation to the physician if the second survival rate is higher than the first survival rate. |
| US11955210B2 |
Automatic configuration of user-specific data based on networked charger devices
A method for automatically configuring a medical device with user-specific configuration data includes obtaining, by a charger device from one or more server computing devices, user-specific configuration data stored on a first medical device that is configured to provide therapy to a patient in accordance with the user-specific configuration data, and causing, by the charger device, configuration of a second medical device based on communicating the user-specific configuration data to the second medical device while the second medical device is being charged by the charger device, wherein the second medical device is a replacement device for the first medical device. |
| US11955209B2 |
Cohort selection for agile processes
Methods and systems for cohort selection for agile processes are disclosed. A method includes: assigning, by a computing device, each of a plurality of entities to one of a plurality of groups; and for each of the plurality of groups: for each of the entities in the group, determining, by the computing device, information about the entity and encoding the determined information about the entity using a genetic algorithm; determining a ranking, by the computing device, of each of the entities in the group based on the encoded information about each of entity in the group; crossing over, by the computing device, portions of the encoded information of pairs of entities occupying adjacent positions in the ranking; and measuring, by the computing device, fitness of each of the entities in the group. |
| US11955208B2 |
Computational systems and methods for improving the accuracy of drug toxicity predictions
In some implementations, the present solution can determine a first structural vector of a first chemical based on a chemical structure of the first chemical. The system can also determine first target vector of the first chemical based on at least one gene target for the first chemical. The system can use the structural vector and the target vector to generate a toxicity predictor score for the first chemical. |
| US11955197B2 |
Memory device and method for shifting memory values
A memory device comprising a cell field having memory cells, N bit lines, which are respectively connected to at least one of the memory cells of the cell field, N being a whole number greater than one, N sense amplifiers; a bit shift circuit, which has S switch element rows, S being a whole number greater than one and a row number in the range from zero to S−1 being assignable to each switch element row. Each switch element row includes at least one semiconductor switch element connected to one of the bit lines and one of the sense amplifiers. Switch elements of each row connect all bit lines, whose bit line number is smaller than or equal to N minus the row number, to sense amplifiers, so that the respective sense amplifier number is equal to the respective bit line number plus the row number. |
| US11955196B2 |
Memory device, voltage generating device and voltage generating method thereof
A voltage generating device includes a clock signal generator, a voltage regulator and a pump circuit. The clock signal generator generates a clock signal according to an enable signal. The voltage regulator generates and adjusts a first voltage according to a reference voltage and the enable signal. The pump circuit receives the clock signal, the first voltage and a second voltage, wherein the pump circuit performs a voltage pump operation to generate an output voltage based on the clock signal according to the first voltage and the second voltage. The output voltage equals to a summation of the first voltage and the second voltage. |
| US11955195B2 |
Semiconductor memory device with defect detection capability
According to various embodiments, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate that includes a memory cell region and a test region. The semiconductor memory device further includes an active pattern on the memory cell region, a source/drain pattern on the active pattern, a dummy pattern on the test region, a first gate electrode on the dummy pattern, a first common contact, and a first wiring layer. The first wiring layer includes a first test line electrically connected to the first common contact. The first common contact includes a first contact pattern in contact with the dummy pattern, and a first gate contact connected to the first gate electrode. The first gate contact includes a body and a protrusion part. A lowermost level of a top surface of the active pattern is lower than a lowermost level of a top surface of the dummy pattern. |
| US11955193B1 |
Compute-in-memory array multi-range temperature compensation
According to some embodiments, a memory controller may be provided. A compute-in-memory array may be connected to a plurality of word lines of the memory controller, with multiple word lines per word being associated with different temperature coefficients, to facilitate temperature compensation of the compute-in-memory array. In some embodiments, the compute-in-memory array may be associated with parameter floating-gate transistors. Moreover, a plurality of compute-in-memory arrays may be individually programmed to several orders of parameter magnitude. |
| US11955190B2 |
Merged bit lines for high density memory array
In some aspects of the present disclosure, a memory array includes: a plurality of memory cells; and a plurality of logic gates, each of the plurality of logic gates having a first input, a second input, and an output gating a corresponding one of the plurality of memory cells, wherein the first input of each of the plurality of logic gates of a first subset is coupled to a first bit select line. |
| US11955187B2 |
Refresh of differing capacity NAND
A method for processing blocks of flash memory to decrease raw bit errors from the flash memory is provided. The method includes identifying one or more blocks of the flash memory for a refresh operation and writing information regarding the identified blocks, to a data structure. The method includes issuing background reads to the identified blocks, according to the data structure, as the refresh operation. The method may be embodied on a computer readable medium. In some embodiments the background reads may be based on a time based refresh responsive to an increase in raw bit error count in the flash memory over time. |
| US11955186B2 |
Memory device and data search method for in-memory search
A memory device for in-memory search is provided. The memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, and each of the memory cells stores a stored data and receives a search data, including a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor has a first threshold voltage and receives a first gate bias. The second transistor is connected to the first transistor, and the second transistor has a second threshold voltage and receives a second gate bias. The stored data is encoded according to the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage, and the search data is encoded according to the first gate bias and the second gate bias. There is a mismatch distance between the stored data and the search data. An output current generated by each of the memory cells is related to the mismatch distance. |
| US11955185B2 |
Semiconductor device and memory system
A semiconductor device includes a first transistor; a first resistor; a second resistor; a first circuit configured to apply a first voltage to the first transistor. The first voltage is based on a difference between a reference voltage and an output voltage divided by the first and second resistors. A first current through the first circuit in a first mode is less than a second current through the first circuit in a second mode. The semiconductor device includes a capacitor connected to the output terminal; and a second circuit connected to the capacitor that: (a) disconnects the first circuit from the capacitor and apply a second voltage to the capacitor in a first mode, and (b) electrically connects the first circuit to the capacitor in the second mode. |
| US11955179B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
The semiconductor memory device of the embodiment includes: a substrate; a first memory pillar extending in a first direction from the substrate, the first memory pillar including first memory cell transistors, a first selection transistor, a second selection transistor, second memory cell transistors, a third selection transistor, a fourth selection transistor, third memory cell transistors, a fifth selection transistor, a sixth selection transistor, fourth memory cell transistors, a seventh selection transistor, and an eighth selection transistor; a first select gate line; first word lines; a second select gate line; a third select gate line; second word lines; a fourth select gate line; a fifth select gate line; third word lines; a sixth select gate line; a seventh select gate line; fourth word lines; and an eighth select gate line. |
| US11955178B2 |
Information processing apparatus and memory system
An information processing apparatus has strings connected to a first wiring and connected to second wirings. The string has one end connected to the first wiring and includes transistors being connected to each other, gates of which are connected to the second wirings. The transistors include a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is set to a first threshold according to first data, and the second transistor is set to a second threshold according to second data in a complement relationship with the first data. Two second wirings of the second wirings are connected to gates of the first transistor and the second transistor, and one of the two second wirings is set to a potential level corresponding to third data, and another is set to a potential level corresponding to fourth data in a complement relationship with the third data. |
| US11955177B2 |
Three-dimensional flash memory including middle metallization layer and manufacturing method thereof
A three-dimensional flash memory including an intermediate wiring layer and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional flash memory by using a back end process includes: forming a lower string in a first block, the first block including a sacrificial layer and an insulation layer which are formed to extend in a first direction and are alternately stacked; generating an inter-string insulation layer on the first block that has the lower string formed therein; etching at least a portion of the inter-string insulation layer to form at least one sacrificial film in a space where the at least a portion is etched; generating a second block on the inter-string insulation layer, where the at least one sacrificial film is formed, the second block including a sacrificial layer and an insulation layer which are formed to extend in the first direction and are alternately stacked; forming an upper string in the second block; etching the sacrificial layer included in the first block, the at least one sacrificial film, and the sacrificial layer included in the second block; and forming an electrode layer, which is to be used as at least one intermediate wiring layer, in a space where the at least one sacrificial film is etched, and an electrode layer, which is to be used as a word line, in a space where the sacrificial layer included in the first block is etched and a space where the sacrificial layer included in the second block is etched. |
| US11955168B2 |
Memory device and computing method using the same
A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a memory array of a plurality of memory elements, a plurality of word lines or word line pairs, a plurality of bit line pairs, and a plurality of common source lines. Each of the memory elements includes two memory cells. The memory device is configured for calculating an energy value based on a plurality of state signals and a plurality of coefficients, and the two memory cells of each of the memory elements are configured for performing an individual selection such that one of the two memory cells of each of the memory elements receives two corresponding state signals from a corresponding word line or a corresponding word line pair and a corresponding bit line pair and generates an output current into a corresponding common source line for calculating the energy value. |
| US11955166B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for signal transmission preconditioning
Embodiments of the disclosure include signal processing methods to precondition signals for transmission on a high speed bus. A preconditioning circuit is configured to receive a serialized data signal at an input node and to precondition the serialized output data signal to provide a preconditioned output signal at an output node. The pre-conditioning circuit may include a feedback circuit coupled between the input node and the output node that is configured to independently control both of a propagation delay between the output node and the input node and a magnitude of emphasis/de-emphasis applied to a signal at the output node for provision to the input node. |
| US11955161B2 |
Command-triggered data clock distribution mode
An integrated circuit includes a physical layer interface having a control timing domain and a data timing domain, and circuits that enable the control timing domain during a change in power conservation mode in response to a first event, and that enable the data timing domain in response to a second event. The control timing domain can include interface circuits coupled to a command and address path, and the data timing domain can include interface circuits coupled to a data path. |
| US11955152B2 |
Dielectric fill for tight pitch MRAM pillar array
A semiconductor device includes a bottom electrode contact disposed over one or more of a plurality of conductive lines, magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) pillars constructed over the bottom electrode contact, an encapsulation layer section disposed between a pair of the MRAM pillars such that an aspect ratio of a tight pitch gap between the pair of the MRAM pillars is reduced, and a dielectric disposed within the encapsulation layer section, wherein the dielectric fills an entirety of a space defined within the encapsulation layer section. The MRAM pillars have a generally rectangular-shaped or cone-shaped configuration and the encapsulation layer section has a generally U-shaped or V-shaped configuration. |
| US11955150B1 |
Disk device including damper to attenuate vibration
According to one embodiment, a disk device includes magnetic disks, a first head gimbal assembly, a first damper, and a carriage. The first head gimbal assembly includes a first magnetic head, a first load beam, and a first base plate. The first load beam supports the first magnetic head. The first base plate is connected to the first load beam. The first damper includes a first viscoelastic material, and a first member attached to the first viscoelastic material. The carriage rotates about a rotation axis to move the first magnetic head along a recording surface of a first magnetic disk. The carriage includes an arm, and a first flat surface of the arm. The first flat surface faces the recording surface of the first magnetic disk. The first base plate and the first viscoelastic material are fixed to the first flat surface. |
| US11955145B1 |
System for synchronizing video output based on user activity
Video output is synchronized to the actions of a user by determining positions of the user's body based on acquired video of the user. The positions of the user's body are compared to the positions of a body shown in the video output to determine corresponding positions in the video output. The video output may then be synchronized so that the subsequent output that is shown corresponds to the subsequent position attempted by the user. The rate of movement of the user may be used to determine output characteristics for the video to cause the body shown in the video output to appear to move at a similar rate to that of the user. If the user moves at a rate less than a threshold or performs an activity erroneously, the video output may be slowed or portions of the video output may be repeated. |
| US11955142B1 |
Video editing using music characteristics
Music may be selected to provide accompaniment for a video edit of a video. Characteristics of the music may be determined and used to select the types of visual effects that are applied in the video edit. The characteristics of the music may be extracted from MIDI file/metadata track containing MIDI information for the music. |
| US11955138B2 |
Detecting voice regions in a non-stationary noisy environment
Methods, devices, and systems for voice activity detection. An audio signal is received by receiver circuitry. A pitch analysis is performed on the received audio signal by pitch analysis circuitry. A higher-order statistics analysis is performed on the audio signal by statistics analysis circuitry. Logic circuitry determines, based on the pitch analysis and the higher-order statistics analysis, whether the audio signal includes a voice region. The logic circuitry outputs a signal indicating that the audio signal includes voice if the audio signal was determined to include a voice region or indicating that the audio signal does not include voice if the audio signal was determined not to include a voice region. |
| US11955137B2 |
Continuous dialog with a digital assistant
Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. For example, a first speech input directed to a digital assistant is received from a user. A first response is provided based on the first speech input. A session window is initiated, wherein the session window is associated with a variable speech threshold. A second speech input is received during the session window. In accordance with a determination that the second speech input includes speech directed to the digital assistant, a duration associated with the session window is increased. In accordance with a determination that the variable speech threshold does not exceed a predetermined speech threshold, the session window is ended. |
| US11955136B2 |
Systems and methods for gunshot detection
Various embodiments of a system and associated method for detecting and localizing gunshots are disclosed herein. |
| US11955135B2 |
Wearable speech input-based to moving lips display overlay
Eyewear having a speech to moving lips algorithm that receives and translates speech and utterances of a person viewed through the eyewear, and then displays an overlay of moving lips corresponding to the speech and utterances on a mask of the viewed person. A database having text to moving lips information is utilized to translate the speech and generate the moving lips in near-real time with little latency. This translation provides the deaf/hearing impaired users the ability to understand and communicate with the person viewed through the eyewear when they are wearing a mask. The translation may include automatic speech recognition (ASR) and natural language understanding (NLU) as a sound recognition engine. |
| US11955132B2 |
Identifying method of sound watermark and sound watermark identifying apparatus
An identifying method of a sound watermark and a sound watermark identifying apparatus are provided. The method includes the following. A synthesized sound signal is received through a network. Noise interference transferred through the network in the synthesized sound signal is determined according to a reflection-cancelling sound signal. A coding threshold is determined according to the noise interference. A sound watermark signal in the synthesized sound signal is identified according to the coding threshold. |
| US11955131B2 |
Apparatus and method for encoding or decoding a multi-channel signal
An apparatus for encoding a multi-channel signal having at least three channels includes an iteration processor, a channel encoder and an output interface. The iteration processor is configured to calculate inter-channel correlation values between each pair of the at least three channels, for selecting a pair including a highest value or including a value above a threshold, and for processing the selected pair using a multi-channel processing operation to derive first multi-channel parameters for the selected pair and to derive first processed channels. The iteration processor is configured to perform the calculating, the selecting and the processing using at least one of the processed channels to derive second multi-channel parameters and second processed channels. The channel encoder is configured to encode channels resulting from an iteration processing to obtain encoded channels. The output interface is configured to generate an encoded multi-channel signal including the encoded channels and the first and second multi-channel parameters. |
| US11955128B2 |
Method for voice identification and device using same
An electronic device may include: a memory; a sound sensor; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, from the sound sensor, sound data including a first piece of data corresponding to a first frequency band and a second piece of data corresponding to a second frequency band different from the first frequency band; receive voice data related to a voice of a registered user from the memory; perform voice identification by comparing the first piece of data and the second piece of data with the voice data related to the voice of the registered user; and determine an output based on a result of the voice identification. |
| US11955127B2 |
Cognitive correlation of group interactions
An embodiment extracts a set of designated entities and a set of relationships between designated entities from speech content of an audio feed of a plurality of participants of a current web conference using a machine learning model trained to classify parts of speech content. The embodiment generates a list of current action items based on the extracted set of designated entities and relationships between designated entities. The embodiment identifies a first current action item that is an updated version of an ongoing action item on a progress list of ongoing action items from past web conferences. The embodiment also identifies a second current action item that is unrelated to any of the ongoing action items on the progress list. The embodiment updates the progress list to include updates for the first current action item and by adding the second current action item. |
| US11955126B2 |
Systems and methods for virtual assistant routing
Systems, methods and software are disclosed for processing requests from users of an infotainment system. The method includes receiving a request from a user of the infotainment system. The method includes determining a domain for the received request based on information contained in the received request. The domain specifies one or more categories for the request. The method includes routing the received request to a virtual assistant assigned to handle requests for the determined domain. The virtual assistant is one of a plurality of virtual assistants respectively assigned to handle requests for a plurality of respectively assigned domains. The method includes transmitting a response to the request to the user. |
| US11955123B2 |
Speech recognition system and method of controlling the same
A speech recognition system includes: a speech processor configured to identify an intention of a user included in an utterance of the user; a controller configured to identify whether a function corresponding to the intention of the utterance is performable, and if the function corresponding to the intention of the utterance is not performable, generate spoken text for requesting an other speech recognition system to perform the function corresponding to the intention of the user; and an utterance generator configured to convert the spoken text into a speech signal of an inaudible frequency band. |
| US11955119B2 |
Speech recognition method and apparatus
A speech recognition method includes receiving speech data, obtaining, from the received speech data, a candidate text including at least one word and a phonetic symbol sequence associated with a pronunciation of a target word included in the received speech data, using a speech recognition model, replacing the phonetic symbol sequence included in the candidate text with a replacement word corresponding to the phonetic symbol sequence, and determining a target text corresponding to the received speech data based on a result of the replacing. |
| US11955118B2 |
Method and apparatus with real-time translation
A real-time processor-implemented translation method and apparatus is provided. The real-time translation method includes receiving a content, determining a delay time for real-time translation based on a silence interval of the received content and an utterance interval of the received content, generating a translation result by translating a language used in the received content, and synthesizing the translation result and the received content. |
| US11955110B2 |
Identifying language in music
The present disclosure describes techniques for identifying languages associated with music. Training data may be received, wherein the training data comprise information indicative of audio data representative of a plurality of music samples and metadata associated with the plurality of music samples. The training data further comprises information indicating a language corresponding to each of the plurality of music samples. A machine learning model may be trained to identify a language associated with a piece of music by applying the training data to the machine model until the model reaches a predetermined recognition accuracy. A language associated with the piece of music may be determined using the trained machine learning model. |
| US11955108B2 |
Adaptive active noise cancellation apparatus and audio playback system using the same
The invention relates to an adaptive active noise cancellation apparatus and an audio playback system using the same. The adaptive active noise cancellation apparatus shapes an error signal and a noise signal according to a shape of an ideal noise. After that, the shaped noise signal and the shaped error signal are sent into a parameter adjusting unit to perform an adaptive parameter adjustment. Thus, the adaptive noise filter unit is not only can adaptively suppress noise and minimize the error signal, but also can suppress specific frequencies that are sensitive to the human ear. |
| US11955106B2 |
Acoustic system and method
An acoustic system is disclosed. The acoustic system includes a sound absorptive substrate, and a rigid polyester shell configured to be positioned over the sound absorptive substrate. The rigid polyester shell is configured to be mounted on an interior surface of a building such that at least some sound waves pass through the rigid polyester shell. The shell is configured to provide aesthetic features to the acoustic system. |
| US11955105B2 |
Vocal music production apparatus
A vocal music production apparatus for converting vocalized music to produced instrumentals includes a housing front side, a housing back side, a housing left side, a housing right side, a housing top side, and a housing bottom side. A touch screen is coupled to the housing within the housing front side. A microprocessor is coupled within the housing and is in operational communication with the touch screen. The microprocessor includes a digital synthesizer to convert vocal audio inputs to digital music. A microphone, a speaker, a headphone jack, and a battery are coupled to the housing and are in operational communication with the microprocessor. A port is coupled to the housing and is in operational communication with the microprocessor and the battery. A plurality of control buttons is coupled to the housing and is in operational communication with the microprocessor. |
| US11955098B2 |
Determining compensation value
A method for determining a compensation value for a local display region, a screen display method, and a terminal device are disclosed. The method for determining a compensation value includes turning on the screen to be compensated, wherein the screen to be compensated includes an aperture region and a non-aperture region; obtaining a first display data of the aperture region and a second display data of the non-aperture region when the screen to be compensated is turned on; determining display ratio between the aperture region and the non-aperture region, based on the first display data and the second display data; and calculating a compensation value for performing display compensation on the aperture region based on the display ratio. |
| US11955097B2 |
Shift register, scanning signal line driving circuit including same, and display device including same
A shift register includes stages each constituted by a unit circuit provided with a thin-film transistor (separation transistor) that separates a control node into an output-side first control node and an input-side second control node and a capacitor whose first end is connected to the second control node. The thin-film transistor (separation transistor) has a control terminal that is supplied with a high-level DC power supply voltage. Typically, the channel width of a thin-film transistor (first output control transistor) that controls output from a unit circuit is ten or more times greater than the channel width of the thin-film transistor (separation transistor). |
| US11955093B2 |
Method of displaying work vehicle information in a field and system thereof
An agricultural work vehicle for operating in a field includes a chassis, a cab mounted to the chassis for an operator to control the work vehicle, a controller for controlling operation of the work vehicle, a lighting system of the work vehicle comprising at least one array field light, and a light control module disposed in electrical communication with the controller. The light control module operably controls the at least one array field light. The controller transmits a signal to the light control module indicative of information about the work vehicle. The at least one array field light projects the information onto the field at a location visible to the operator while operating the work vehicle. |
| US11955092B2 |
Display device, and method of sensing a driving characteristic
A display device includes a sensing circuit and a controller which selects a pixel row in a frame period. A vertical blank period of the frame period includes a sensing time in which the sensing circuit performs a sensing operation for the selected pixel row. The sensing circuit measures a first source voltage of a driving transistor of a pixel in the selected pixel row at a first time point of the sensing time, and measures a second source voltage of the driving transistor at a second time point of the sensing time. The controller calculates a threshold voltage parameter and a mobility parameter based on the first and second source voltages, predicts a saturated source voltage of the driving transistor based on the threshold voltage parameter and the mobility parameter, and calculates a threshold voltage of the driving transistor based on the saturated source voltage. |
| US11955089B2 |
Display substrate and display device
Provided is a display substrate. The display substrate includes two pixels arranged along a first direction and adjacent to each other on a base substrate, and a pixel circuit in each of the two pixels includes a drive transistor, a first reset transistor, and a second reset transistor. A display device is also provided. |
| US11955086B2 |
Display device and electronic device including the same
A display device includes a silicon substrate; a semiconductor layer provided on the silicon substrate and including a pixel circuit; an image sensor provided on the silicon substrate and activated based on an imaging instruction; light emitting elements disposed on the semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the pixel circuit; and a display driver electrically connected to the pixel circuit to control the pixel circuit and to control image luminance of an imaging frame in which the image sensor is activated. |
| US11955085B2 |
Inverter circuit, gate driver using the same, and display device
An inverter circuit, a gate driver using the same, and a display device according to an embodiment are discussed. The inverter circuit can include a first transistor connected between a high potential voltage line and a first node; a second transistor having a gate connected to the first node and turned on according to a voltage of the first node to charge a second control node to a high potential voltage of the high potential voltage line; a third transistor having a gate connected to a first control node, a first electrode connected to the first node, and a second electrode connected to the second control node; and a fourth transistor having a gate connected to the first control node, a first electrode connected to the second control node, and a second electrode connected to a low potential voltage line. |
| US11955084B2 |
Gate driver circuit and display panel
A driving circuit and a display panel are provided. The gate driver circuit includes a plurality of gate driving units which are cascaded. An Nth stage gate driving unit includes a pull-down control module, a pull-down module, a pull-up control module, a first pull-up voltage stabilizing module, a pull-up module, a second pull-up voltage stabilizing module, and a pull-down voltage stabilizing module. Stability of the gate driver circuit can be improved by increasing stability of a voltage level at a fourth node via the first pull-up voltage stabilizing module and the second pull-up voltage stabilizing module. |
| US11955080B2 |
Display module and electronic device
A display module includes a circuit board, an integrated chip, and a pixel chipset. The integrated chip is electrically connected to the circuit board, and the integrated chip includes a first chiplet and a plurality of display pixel drive circuits integrated into the first chiplet. The pixel chipset includes a plurality of light-emitting chips. In addition, at least one pixel chipset is disposed on a surface of a side that is of an integrated chip and that is away from the circuit board, a light-emitting chip disposed on the integrated chip is electrically connected to a display pixel drive circuit in the integrated chip, and the display pixel drive circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting chip to emit light. |
| US11955079B2 |
Pixel and display apparatus
A pixel includes a display element, a driving transistor, a storage capacitor, a scan transistor, and a gate control circuit. The display element may emit light for an emission period, wherein the display element includes an anode and a cathode. The driving transistor may control an amount of a driving current flowing through the display element, wherein the driving transistor includes a first gate and a second gate. The storage capacitor is electrically connected to the first gate of the driving transistor. The scan transistor may be turned on for a data-write period for transferring a data voltage to the driving transistor. The lower gate control circuit may electrically connect the second gate of the driving transistor to the anode of the display element for the emission period, and may apply a bias voltage to the second gate of the driving transistor for the data-write period. |
| US11955078B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a pixel driving circuit configured to drive the light emitting elements of pixels; and sensors including a light sensing element and a sensor driving circuit connected with the light sensing element and configured to output a sensing signal corresponding to a light, the sensor driving circuit including: a reset transistor including a first electrode configured to receive a reset signal, a second electrode connected with a first sensing node, and a third electrode configured to receive a reset control signal; an amplification transistor including a first electrode configured to receive a sensing driving voltage, a second electrode connected with a second sensing node, and a third electrode connected with the first sensing node; and an output transistor including a first electrode connected with the second sensing node, a second electrode connected with a sensing line, and a third electrode configured to receive an output control signal. |
| US11955077B2 |
Electronic device comprising display, and method for driving display
An electronic device may include: a housing; a display which is viewed through at least a portion of the housing and which displays a screen image by using a plurality of pixels; a display driving circuit for providing, to the display, a data voltage an emission signal for driving each of the plurality of pixels; and a processor operationally connected to the display and the display driving circuit. The processor can be configured to set a first frame driven by the display, and the display driving circuit can be configured to set a first period in which the data voltage is supplied to a first transistor in each of the plurality of pixels and a second period in which the data voltage written in the first period is maintained and to change the initialization voltage to be supplied to the plurality of pixels in the second period. Various other embodiments identified from the specification are also possible. |
| US11955075B2 |
Array substrate, display panel and display device
An array substrate has a display area and a non-display area including a first bonding region. The array substrate includes: a plurality of pixel columns disposed in the display area, each of the plurality of pixel columns including a plurality of light-emitting units that are arranged in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to a direction in which an edge of the display area proximate to the first bonding region extends; and at least three first power supply input terminals disposed in the first bonding region, each first power supply input terminal being connected to at least one pixel column of the plurality of pixel columns, so as to provide a first power supply signal to the at least one pixel column. |
| US11955073B2 |
Pixel compensation circuit, driving method thereof and display device
A pixel compensation circuit and a driving method thereof are provided. The pixel compensation circuit includes a resetting unit, a write-in unit, a light-emitting unit, a storage capacitor and a driving transistor. The resetting unit is configured to receive a resetting signal and release electric energy on the storage capacitor and an electroluminescence element. The write-in unit is configured to receive a gate driving signal and write display data into a holding node coupled to the storage capacitor. The light-emitting unit is configured to receive a light-emitting signal and turn on the driving transistor to enable the electroluminescence element to emit light. A compensation unit is added between the holding node and a high potential end and configured to generate a reverse current for compensating a leakage current of the resetting unit. |
| US11955072B2 |
OLED-based display having pixel compensation and method
An OLED display system is provided having visual performance pixel compensation for loss of brightness, including display pixels, where each display pixel has OLED subpixels and pixel drive circuitry; a sensing system having sensors and analog to digital conversion circuitry connected to each of the sensors, and a processor to provide an image data drive signal to each of the display pixels, receive the sensor signal from the ADC circuitry for each sensor, estimate a state of degradation of at least one of the display pixels, determine a drive-signal compensation for each display pixel having an estimated state of degradation and compensate the image data drive signal to each display pixel having an estimated state of degradation. Methods for compensating pixels for an image in a display are also provided. |
| US11955066B2 |
Source driver and display device including the same
A display device includes: a display panel which displays an image corresponding to each of a plurality of frames, and a source driver which drives the display panel. The plurality of frames includes a first frame operating at a first operating frequency, and a second frame operating at a frequency higher than the first operating frequency. The first frame includes a write cycle section, a hold cycle section, and a blank section including a standby section. The source driver operates in a normal driving mode during the write cycle section and the hold cycle section, and operates in a low-power driving mode during the standby section. |
| US11955062B2 |
Display driving method and apparatus, and display panel and electronic device
Provided are a display driving method and apparatus, and a display panel and an electronic device. The display driving method is applied to a display panel, and comprises: determining a first charging duration of each display point on the basis of a preset position, in a display panel, of each display point in the display panel; generating, according to the first charging duration of each display point, a display control signal corresponding to each display point; and adjusting a second charging duration of each display point according to the display control signal. |
| US11955060B2 |
Display substrate and display device
A display substrate and a display panel are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate; the base substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region on at least one side of the display region; the peripheral region includes a first peripheral sub-region and a second peripheral sub-region, the display region includes a first display sub-region corresponding to the first peripheral sub-region and a second display sub-region corresponding to the second peripheral sub-region, and the second display sub-region is different from the first display sub-region; the second peripheral sub-region includes a first gate driving circuit, and the first gate driving circuit is configured to be connected to a plurality of gate scanning signal lines in the first display sub-region through a plurality of connecting lines in the display region, to respectively providing a gate scanning signal to a plurality of rows of pixel units in the first display sub-region. |
| US11955051B2 |
Receiver of display driver and operating method thereof
A receiver of a display driver and an operating method of the receiver of the display driver are provided. The receiver of the display driver includes an input interface, an operational amplifier and a bias current control circuit. The input interface receives image data. The operational amplifier is coupled to the input interface and includes a bias current circuit. The bias current control circuit adjusts a bias current of the bias current circuit according to a data rate of the image data. The operating method is adapted to the receiver of the display driver. |
| US11955048B2 |
Display device and method of driving display device with dithering pattern by random number table
A display device includes a display panel and a panel driving block that controls driving of the display panel. The panel driving block includes a dithering judgment block, a memory, and a dithering compensation block. The dithering judgment block determines whether a first sub-image signal corresponding to a first image requiring dithering is included in the input image signal. The dithering compensation block reads out dithering patterns, which correspond to the first sub-image signal, from among the plurality of dithering patterns from the memory, generates a compensation dithering pattern by the read dithering patterns and a random number table, and outputs a correction image signal through the first sub-image signal and the compensation dithering pattern. The first image is displayed in a stain area, and the stain area includes at least one unit area. |
| US11955035B2 |
Display device
The present invention provides a display device, wherein by arranging reels at opposite ends of the flexible display screen, a difference in curling lengths between laminated films of the flexible display screen caused by an increase in a number of curling turns during curling can be effectively relieved. In addition, one end of the inner roll can reduce the stress generated at one end of the outer roll, thereby preventing the layers from falling off, which is beneficial to increase the service life of the flexible display screen. |
| US11955030B2 |
Wearable wound treatment simulation devices
A wound treatment simulation device and method of operating thereof are disclosed. The device includes a housing, a simulated wound structure, a pump, a power supply, a sensor, a feedback device, and a microprocessor. The housing is configured to be secured to the live subject and to cover at least a portion of a body of the subject. The wound structure is configured to simulate a structure associated with the type of simulated wound treatment. The at least one feedback device is configured to provide a feedback signal to the live subject. The microprocessor is connected to the sensor and the feedback device. The microprocessor is programmed to operate the feedback device to provide haptic feedback based upon input (e.g. force or pressure) generated from interaction between a treatment provider and the simulated wound structure. The disclosed device may be used to simulate a variety of wound care and treatments. |
| US11955027B2 |
Information output apparatus and method
Provided is an information output apparatus and method. The information output apparatus includes a plurality of expression members configured to protrude or retract by moving in at least one direction and being sensed by a user when protruding or retracting; an activation area calculator configured to calculate a series of braille letters as an activation area on the plurality of expression members; a non-activation area calculator configured to calculate a space between the braille letters as a non-activation area in the activation area; and a plurality of actuation controllers configured to actuate expression members corresponding to the activation area to protrude or retract and configured to actuate expression members corresponding to the non-activation area to retract. |
| US11955017B2 |
Dynamic aircraft routing
Example embodiments are directed to generating an optimized network of flight paths and an operations volume around each of these flight paths. A network system creates a source network of paths, whereby the source network comprises a set of possible paths between two locations. The network system assigns a cost for traversing each edge of each path of the source network and aggregates the cost for traversing each edge of each path to obtain a cost for each path of the source network. Based on the cost for each path, the network system identifies a path having the lowest cost, whereby the path having the lowest cost is the optimized route between the two locations. The network system then generates an operations volume for the optimized route. The operations volume represents airspace surrounding the optimized route. The operations volume is transmitted to a further system for use. |
| US11955016B2 |
Interface system for flight deck communications
An interface system for flight deck communications includes a chatbot configured to perform a conversation with a pilot. The conversation includes speech communications, visual communications using a display, or both. The interface system also includes a dynamic conversational graph generator. The dynamic conversational graph generator is configured to perform a set of functions including determining a flight operational procedure from the conversation with the pilot. The set of functions also include providing information associated with the flight operational procedure to the chatbot for communicating to the pilot. The set of functions also include responding to any requests received from the pilot by the chatbot during the conversation with the pilot. |
| US11955011B2 |
LiDAR vessel-to-vessel docking system and method
A vessel docking system has a vessel such as a scow and/or a tugboat, a platform such as a barge and/or a dredger, an optical distance measuring means, a vessel display unit, and a control means. The vessel display unit is configured to display a position and a location of the vessel and/or the platform. The optical distance measuring means is in communication with the vessel display unit. The optical distance measuring means includes a sensor, a laser, and lens. The optical distance measuring means is configured to determine a distance and a pathway between the platform and the vessel. |
| US11955010B2 |
System and method for providing situational awareness interfaces for autonomous vehicle operators
A supervisory control system is disclosed that provides an operator situational awareness interface use with monitoring a plurality of automated vehicles (AVs). The system is configured to: generate a map of a geographical area of interest; obtain location data and perceived risk data for a plurality of AVs in the geographical area; generate a vehicle icon corresponding to each AV; position the vehicle icon for each AV on the map based on the location data for a corresponding AV; apply a color coding to each vehicle icon based on a perceived risk level for a corresponding AV; and signal a display device to display an AV fleet map graphic that includes the color coded vehicle icons positioned on the map. The controller may be further configured to: generate an AV servicing queue graphic that displays vehicle icons in an order based on a determined servicing priority. |
| US11955006B2 |
Traffic light indication system with suppressed notification for a vehicle
A vehicle includes a traffic light indication system (system) with one or more input devices for generating a status input signal associated with a status of a traffic light. The input devices further generate an overriding input signal associated with a hazardous driving condition. The system further includes a notification device for providing a traffic light notification to the user. The system further includes a computer having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium (CRM) storing instructions. The processor is programmed to generate an actuation signal based on the status input signal. The processor is further programmed to refrain from generating the actuation signal, in response to the processor determining the predicted collision based on the status input signal and the overriding input signal. The notification device provides the traffic light notification to the user, in response to the notification device receiving the actuation signal. |
| US11955005B2 |
Virtual gate system of connected traffic signals, dynamic message signs and indicator lights for managing traffic
A system for adaptively controlling traffic control devices having a traffic signal system, a computing network, and a communication system is configured to restrict traffic in one or more directions through a junction and to selectively allow traffic through the restricted directions based, in part, on an identity or action of certain traffic. The traffic signal system is configured to be in communication with the computing network through the communication system. The mobile device is also configured to be in communication with the computing network through the communication system. Then the computing network adaptively controls the traffic signal system using a location of the mobile device. |
| US11954998B2 |
Position detector, passenger service channel and vehicle area for determining the location of a passenger service unit
A position detector for a passenger service unit which can be installed in a passenger service channel. The position detector includes a sensor rail which has a multiplicity of sensors and is configured to be fitted in the longitudinal direction of the passenger service channel. The position detector also includes a position marker which is configured to be fastened to the passenger service unit and to trigger a sensor signal at one of the multiplicity of sensors. A passenger service channel having a position detector and a vehicle area having a passenger service channel are also described. |
| US11954995B2 |
Methods and systems for asset tagging bedding components and/or accessories in a defined environment
Methods and systems for asset tagging bedding components and accessories in a sleep environment or manufacturing environment. |
| US11954994B2 |
Personnel inspection with threat detection and discrimination
A method includes receiving, from a plurality of magnetic field receivers including magnetic sensors, data characterizing samples obtained by the plurality of magnetic field receivers, the samples of a combination of a first magnetic field and a second magnetic field resulting from interaction of the first magnetic field and an object; determining, using the received data, a polarizability index of the object, the polarizability index characterizing a magnetic polarizability property of the object; classifying, using the determined polarizability index, the object as threat or non-threat; and providing the classification. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. |
| US11954992B2 |
Monitoring system, monitoring method, and program
A monitoring system (10) including: an information accumulation program (32) configured to accumulate position information of a user terminal (100) carried by a watched person, the position information being determined based on information uploaded from the user terminal; a living area determination program (33) configured to determine a living area of the watched person, based on position information accumulated in a predetermined period among pieces of the accumulated position information; a determination program (37) configured to determine a positional relationship between a position of the user terminal, which is determined based on the position information of the first terminal, and the living area; and a notification program (28) configured to notify a guardian terminal (209) of a determination result. |
| US11954991B2 |
Impact detection
Example apparatus, methods, circuitry, and computer program products are provided for use in impact detection. Example apparatus comprises a plurality of sensors. The apparatus is configured to determine whether a user is wearing an item in which the apparatus is comprised, and in response to a positive determination, operate the apparatus in an active operating mode. The active operating mode comprises operating one or more sensors in the plurality of sensors to generate data associated with motion of the user at a first sampling rate. |
| US11954989B2 |
Image recognition based configuration/authorization method for video security systems
An image recognition-based configuration/authorization method for video security systems is disclosed. The method includes detecting a code label within video captured by a security camera that is part of a security system. The method also includes carrying out image recognition on an image, within which is depicted the code label, and taken from the captured video. The carrying out image recognition includes extracting token identification data and an address for a network addressable authorization entity. |
| US11954988B2 |
Image processing system for wildlife detection and method thereof
A system and method for image processing for wildlife detection is provided which consists of object detection and object classification. An image capturing means capture one or more images. The image taken is converted to greyscale and re-sized and passed on to a Deep Neural Network (DNN). The image classification is executed by a processor via the Deep Neural Network in two steps. The second step is carried by a custom Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). The CNN classifies the detected object with certain parameters. After classifying a particular animal species in the captured image, it sends notifications, SMS, alerts to the surrounding neighbours. For a correct image classification, the feedback data is sent to the CNN for further re-training. Periodic retraining of the model with the images captured as part of the system execution adapts the system to a specific area being monitored and the wildlife in that area. |
| US11954984B2 |
Universal cassette for recirculation of bills in multiple systems
A cassette for receiving and dispensing bills is disclosed. The cassette includes a sensor structured to detect a location of the cassette, and memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to transmit the location of the cassette to a remote computing device, determine that the location of the cassette has changed, and generate an indication that the location of the cassette has changed. |
| US11954983B1 |
Recycled golf ball vending machine system and method of sales
The present disclosure provides for a recycled golf ball vending machine having a housing with a bottom retrieval chamber and a plurality of shelves disposed above the retrieval chamber. Each shelf includes at least a single coiled wire and at least two opposing coiled wires. The recycled golf ball vending machine includes at least a first transparent cylindrical container having a plurality of recycled golf balls positioned upright within the single coiled wire. The recycled golf ball vending machine further includes a first transparent clamshell container having a first predetermined number of recycled golf balls positioned between the two opposing coiled wires. A payment mechanism activates an instruction mechanism upon a receipt of a payment by a user, which in turn rotates the single coiled wire or the at least two coiled wires. The rotation of the single coiled wire or the two coiled wires respectively conveys the first transparent cylindrical container or the first transparent clamshell container horizontally along the shelf until it slides over a front edge of the shelf and drops into the retrieval chamber. |
| US11954977B2 |
Random quantity of ways of winning
Gaming systems and methods that randomly determine a quantity of ways to win for a play of a game by randomly determining a quantity of active symbol display positions to employ for that play of the game. |
| US11954967B2 |
System and method for managing digital wallets
A system for configuring a digital wallet application for implementing a casino player loyalty program includes a memory storing reward configuration data associated with digital wallet awards and a processor configured to: (a) provide an award type user interface for receiving player loyalty award types; (b) receive award type data corresponding to one or more selected player loyalty award types; (c) provide an award threshold user interface for receiving at least one indication corresponding to player loyalty award thresholds; (d) receive award threshold data corresponding to one or more selected player loyalty award thresholds; (e) provide an award trigger user interface for receiving player loyalty award triggers; (f) receive award trigger data corresponding to selected player loyalty award triggers; and (g) configure a rules engine for a mobile wallet based, at least in part, on the award type data, the award threshold data and the award trigger data. |
| US11954965B2 |
Cardless login at table games
Technology for managing a player session at a gaming table is disclosed. A table management system receives identifying information of a player seated at the gaming table transmitted by a mobile device associated with the player. The identifying information includes a seating position of the player at the gaming table, the seating position determined by the mobile device through interaction with a locating device placed at the seating position at the gaming table. The table management system generates the player session for the player for playing a wagering game at the gaming table using the identifying information of the player transmitted by the mobile device. |
| US11954962B2 |
Cassette handling apparatus and drug handling apparatus
A main unit includes a cassette shelf, at least one transporting cassette holder that temporarily holds a cassette removed from the cassette shelf and to be transported to a drug receiver, at least one returning cassette holder that temporarily holds the cassette received from the drug receiver and to be returned to the cassette shelf, and a main cassette transporter that transports the cassette between the cassette shelf and the at least one transporting cassette holder, and between the cassette shelf and the at least one returning cassette holder. |
| US11954959B2 |
Biometric lock
A biometric lock comprising a lock body, a shackle with a long leg and a short leg, wherein the long leg of the shackle never comes out of the lock, and a fingerprint panel wherein the fingerprint panel and an associated memory, battery, and processor are configured to associate a fingerprint of a user to one of a plurality of lock control levels, said associated fingerprint considered a registered fingerprint, wherein each lock control level allows an associated lock control level user to unlock said lock, the lock including a driving electronic circuit, electro-mechanical control motor, and a latch, that are configured to unlock the lock if a registered fingerprint is placed on said fingerprint panel. |
| US11954956B2 |
Multifunction smart door device
Multifunction smart door devices may be part of a system of multifunction smart door devices installed within or near stateroom doors of a cruise ship. Each smart door device can control access to a stateroom based on facial recognition or a wireless credential and can perform other functions such as controlling stateroom personalization features, providing an electronic peephole function, allowing controlled access for authorized crew members, accommodating remote unlocking, and providing notifications. Data obtained by the smart door devices can be provided to the cruise operator for service, safety, or security purposes, such as for anonymized foot traffic analysis, hazard detection, and stateroom access auditing. Smart door device functionality may be implemented in part by customers' mobile devices. |
| US11954953B2 |
Thermal management sensors
A refuse vehicle comprising a chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis, the body assembly defining a refuse compartment, and a thermal event monitoring system including an air sampling line configured to capture air from the refuse compartment of the refuse vehicle and transport the air to a sensor positioned outside of the refuse compartment and a processing circuit operatively coupled to the sensor and configured to detect a thermal event indicating at least one of a fire or an overheating component based on a signal from the sensor. |
| US11954950B2 |
Information interaction method and information interaction system
An information interaction system for a vehicle is provided. The information interaction system comprises: an information processing device including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, that, when executed by the processor, cause the latter to perform steps comprising: providing a first customization option for a user to set a first trigger condition and a corresponding first customized content; detecting whether the first trigger condition is met by a vehicle computer; and when the first trigger condition is met, running the first customized content by the vehicle computer. |
| US11954946B1 |
Remote vehicle diagnostic system and method
A method for performing a vehicle diagnostic process for diagnosing, scanning and/or programming a vehicle includes recording a diagnostic message from a diagnostic computer device to generate a recorded diagnostic message, transmitting the recorded diagnostic message to a local computer at a repair facility, with the diagnostic computer device being located remotely from the repair facility, and playing the recorded diagnostic message at the local computer for delivery via an interface device to an electronic system of a vehicle. The method then further includes recording with the local computer a vehicle message from the electronic system of the vehicle to generate a recorded vehicle message in response to playing the recorded diagnostic message, and transmitting the recorded vehicle message from the local computer to the diagnostic computer device. |
| US11954939B2 |
Electronic device with optical sensor module
An electronic device (200) includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel (204), a cover layer (218), one or more light sources (224), and an optical sensor module (226). The LCD panel (204) receives a contact input associated with a fingerprint of a user. The cover layer (218) includes a first major surface (228) and a second major surface (230) opposite to the first major surface (228), and is disposed on the LCD panel (204). The cover layer (218) defines a first axis (AA′) normal to the first major surface (228). The optical sensor module (226) receives a light from the predetermined fingerprint sensing area (222) to detect the fingerprint. The optical sensor module (226) at least partially overlaps with the predetermined fingerprint sensing area (222) along the plane of the first major surface (228). The optical sensor module (226) defines a second axis (BB′) normal to a surface of the optical sensor module (226). The second axis (BB′) is inclined at an inclination angle relative to the first axis (AA′) of the cover layer (218). |
| US11954937B2 |
Fingerprint sensing system
A fingerprint sensing system is configured to receive an illumination beam which is reflected by a finger and then transmitted to the fingerprint sensing system to generate a fingerprint image. The fingerprint sensing system includes a plurality of microlenses, a sensor, a first light filter layer, and a second light filter layer. The microlenses are arranged in an array. The sensor has a plurality of sensing pixels arranged in an array. The first light filter layer is disposed between the microlenses and the sensor and has a plurality of first openings. The second light filter layer is disposed between the first light filter layer and the sensor and has a plurality of second openings. The illumination beam passes through the first openings or the second openings, so that the sensor receives the illumination beam. |
| US11954935B2 |
Electronic device improved in object detection performance, image capturing apparatus, method of controlling electronic device, and storage medium
An electronic device that is improved in object detection performance exhibited when executing a specific function. A system controller detects one or more objects from image data, evaluates feature values of the one or more detected objects, and identifies an object out of the one or more objects, that satisfies a predetermined criterion related to execution of a specific function, based on a result of the evaluation. The specific function is executed in a case where it is determined that the identified object satisfies an execution condition of the specific function. |
| US11954932B2 |
Systems and methods for automatic detection of features on a sheet
A computer-implemented method for detecting a target object on a document page that includes detecting a sample target area on a sample document page, generating an image by overlapping a plurality of sample document pages with one another, and detecting one or more cells within the sample target area on the image. The sample target area includes a sample target object. The method further includes extracting one or more informational features from each of the one or more cells. The one or more informational features define characteristics of a corresponding cell of the one or more cells. A machine learning model is trained using the one or more informational features extracted from each of the one or more cells, to detect the sample target object. A target object on a document page is detected using the trained machine learning model. |
| US11954931B1 |
Methods and systems for detecting tampering of an IR security mark
The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for detecting tampering of an infrared (IR) security mark in a document. The method includes receiving the document including the IR security mark, wherein the IR security mark further includes one or more security texts and/or images. The document is scanned to generate scanned data. A portion of the scanned data including the IR security mark is segmented into a plurality of blocks such as blocks of size 32*32. Thereafter, a ratio of white to black pixels is calculated for each block. The calculated ratio is compared with a known threshold for each block. Upon comparison, the IR security mark is detected as a tampered security mark. |
| US11954930B2 |
Decoding 1D-barcodes in digital capture systems
The present disclosure relates to advanced image signal processing technology including: i) rapid localization for machine-readable indicia including, e.g., 1-D and 2-D barcodes; and ii) barcode reading and decoders. One claim recites: an image processing method comprising: obtaining 2-dimensional (2D) image data representing a 1-dimensional (1D) barcode within a first image area; generating a plurality of scanlines across the first image area; for each of the plurality of scanlines, synchronizing the scanline, including decoding an initial set of numerical digits represented by the scanline, in which said synchronizing provides a scale estimate for the scanline; using a path decoder to decode remaining numerical digits within the scanline, the path decoder decoding multiple numerical digits in groups, in which the scale estimate is adapted as the remaining numerical digits are decoded; and providing decoded numerical digits as an identifier represented by the scanline. Of course, other combinations and claims are described within the present disclosure. |
| US11954927B2 |
Information processing system and reading device for acquiring target content information from recording medium and outputting information about erroneous recording medium
An information processing system includes a processor configured to: make an attempt to acquire, from recording medium images obtained by reading a plurality of recording media, target content information recorded on each of the plurality of recording media; and among the plurality of recording media, output information about an erroneous recording medium, the erroneous recording medium being (a) a recording medium of which the attempted acquisition of the target content information has been unsuccessful or (b) a recording medium of which the target content information acquired by the attempted acquisition does not satisfy a predetermined condition. |
| US11954925B2 |
Substance preparation evaluation system
Automatic substance preparation and evaluation systems and methods are provided for preparing and evaluating a fluidic substance, such as e.g. a sample with bodily fluid, in a container and/or in a dispense tip. The systems and methods can detect volumes, evaluate integrities, and check particle concentrations in the container and/or the dispense tip. |
| US11954923B2 |
Method for rating a state of a three-dimensional test object, and corresponding rating system
A method for rating a state of a three-dimensional test object by taking into consideration a prescribed assessment task and by using a rating system comprising a neural network, wherein a training data record comprising multiple state data points from one or more three-dimensional training objects is provided and/or used, wherein the training data record comprises a known state rating in regard to the prescribed assessment task for each of the state data points, wherein the neural network of the rating system is parameterized in a training process by using the training data record in order to adapt the rating system to the prescribed assessment task, and wherein a state rating for a prescribed state data point of the test object is calculated with the adapted rating system in an execution process. In addition, a corresponding rating system and a computer program product are disclosed. |
| US11954921B2 |
System and method for improving driver situation awareness prediction using human visual sensory and memory mechanism
A system and method for improving driver situation awareness prediction using human visual sensory and memory mechanism that includes receiving data associated with a driving scene of a vehicle and an eye gaze of a driver of the vehicle. The system and method also include analyzing the data and extracting features associated with objects located within the driving scene and determining a situational awareness score that is associated with a situational awareness of the driver with respect to each of the objects located within the driving scene. The system and method further include communicating control signals to electronically control at least one system of the vehicle based on the situational awareness score that is associated with each of the objects located within the driving scene. |
| US11954920B2 |
Dynamic information protection for display devices
A system for controlling visual protection for a display unit includes a camera which is configured to generate a video signal; a video signal processing unit which is configured, based on the video signal of the camera, to determine a particular position of each of one or more persons relative to the display unit and to determine a particular viewing direction of one of the one or more persons; a database which is configured to generate a prediction for a behaviour of each of the one or more persons based on the particular position and viewing direction of each of the one or more persons detected by the video signal processing unit, wherein the prediction includes one or more predicted viewing directions of the particular person; and a display control unit which is configured to control the visual protection for the display unit based on the prediction. |
| US11954919B2 |
Traffic light active learning pipeline
Systems and methods are provided for developing/updating training datasets for traffic light detection/perception models. V2I-based information may indicate a particular traffic light state/state of transition. This information can be compared to a traffic light perception prediction. When the prediction is inconsistent with the V2I-based information, data regarding the condition(s)/traffic light(s)/etc. can be saved and uploaded to a training database to update/refine the training dataset(s) maintained therein. In this way, an existing traffic light perception model can be updated/improved and/or a better traffic light perception model can be developed. |
| US11954917B2 |
Method of segmenting abnormal robust for complex autonomous driving scenes and system thereof
A present disclosure is a method of segmenting an abnormal robust for complex autonomous driving scenes and a system thereof, specifically relates to the technical field of an image segmenting system. The system includes: a segmentation module, configured to transmit an obtained input image to the segmentation network to obtain a segmentation prediction image, and then quantify the uncertainty of a segmentation prediction by means of calculating two different discrete metrics; a synthesis module, configured to match a generated data distribution with a data distribution of the input image by utilizing a conditional generative adversarial network; a difference module, configured to model and calculate the input image, an generated image, the semantic feature map and the uncertainty feature map based on an encoder, a fusion module and a decoder, to generate the segmentation prediction images for the abnormal objects; a model training module; and an integrated prediction module. |
| US11954916B2 |
Systems and methods for classifying detected objects in an image at an automated driving system
An automated driving system includes an object detection system. A neural network image encoder generates image embeddings associated with an image including an object. A neural network text encoder generates concept embeddings associated with each of a plurality of concepts. Each of the plurality of concepts is associated with one of at least two object classes. A confidence score module generates a confidence score for each of the plurality of concepts based on the image embeddings and the concept embeddings associated with the concept. An object class prediction module generates a predicted object class of the object based on an association between a set of concepts of the plurality of concepts having at least two of the highest values of the generated confidence scores and the one of the at least two object classes associated with a majority of the set of concepts. |
| US11954913B2 |
System and method for vision-based vehicle fluid leak detection
Methods and systems are provided that include obtaining first camera images of a parking location before a vehicle is parked at the parking location; obtaining second camera images of the parking location after the vehicle is parked at the parking location; and detecting, via a processor, a fluid leak for the vehicle based on a comparison of the first camera images and the second camera images. |
| US11954911B2 |
Fixed state inspection apparatus, fixed state inspection system, fixed state inspection method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium
For enabling safer operation of freight trains, a fixed state inspection apparatus includes: a frame image group acquisition unit acquiring frame image group information being information including a plurality of frame images acquired by continuously capturing images of a freight train along a traveling direction, at least one of the frame images including a fixing mechanism that is provided in association with a container in the freight train and can switch between a fixed state and a released state between members; a detection unit detecting the fixing mechanism in an unfixed state different from the fixed state in the freight train, based on the frame image group information; and an output unit generating and outputting detection position information being information allowing determination of a position of the detected fixing mechanism in the freight train, based on a detection frame image being a frame image including the detected fixing mechanism. |
| US11954908B2 |
Communication support device, communication support method, computer-readable storage medium including program, and server
The communication support device includes a position acquisition unit, an imaging unit, a storage, a category ranking setting unit, a counterpart detector, and a notification unit. The position acquisition unit acquires position information indicating a position of a user. The imaging unit captures an image of a surrounding environment of the user to acquire a captured image. The storage stores the counterpart database. In the counterpart database, an image of a counterpart and a category indicating a property of the counterpart are associated with the counterpart. The category ranking setting unit sets a priority to the category according to the position information acquired by the position acquisition unit. The counterpart detector detects a counterpart belonging to the category in the captured image in order of the priority set by the category ranking setting unit. The notification unit notifies the user of information regarding the counterpart detected by the counterpart detector. |
| US11954906B2 |
Endoscopic device, method for verifying an identity of a component of an endoscopic device, and computer program product
The invention relates to an endoscopic device, in particular medical or industrial endoscopic device, wherein the endoscopic device comprises, as components, a light source, an optical fiber, a camera, and an endoscope comprising an optical element or a plurality of optical elements, and at least one optical element comprises an optical marking for verifying an identity of the optical element and/or of the endoscope such that the optical marking can be detected by the camera for verifying the identity and/or a configuration of the endoscopic device. The invention furthermore relates to a method for verifying an identity of a component of an endoscopic device, and a computer program product for evaluating an image acquisition of an optical marking of an optical element and for identifying an endoscope of an endoscopic device. |
| US11954897B2 |
Medical image processing system, recognition processing processor device, and operation method of medical image processing system
An endoscope processor device generates first video signals. A recognition processing processor device generates second video signals by reflecting a result of recognition processing based on the first video signals. A display displays any one of the second video signals or the first video signals switched from the second video signals on the basis of first video switching signals from the recognition processing processor device. The display displays that a result display of the recognition processing is being stopped in a case where the result display of the recognition processing by the second video signals is stopped. |
| US11954896B2 |
Driving support device
A driving support device include an imaging device for capturing an image of at least a front of the vehicle, and a control device for, detecting that the vehicle is approaching a merging section where a first road on which the vehicle is traveling and a second road having a height difference with respect to the first road merge with each other, identifying an image of a road surface of the merging section from the image when it is detected that the vehicle is approaching the merging section, for detecting that the road surface is irradiated with light emitted from another vehicle traveling on the second road based on luminance in the image, and performing a processing of avoiding contact between the vehicle and the other vehicle when it is detected that the road surface is irradiated with the light emitted. |
| US11954892B1 |
Systems and methods for compressing motion in a point cloud
Disclosed is a system and associated methods for compressing motion within an animated point cloud. The resulting compressed file encodes different transforms that recreate the motion of different sets of points across different point clouds or frames of the animation in place of the data for the different sets of points from the different point clouds. The compression involves detecting a motion that changes positioning of a set of points between a first point cloud and subsequent point clouds of an uncompressed encoding of two or more frames of an animation. The compression further involves defining a transform that models the motion, and generating a compressed animated point cloud by encoding the data of the first point cloud in the compressed animated point cloud, and by replacing the data for the set of points in the one or more subsequent point clouds with the transform. |
| US11954891B2 |
Method of compressing occupancy map of three-dimensional point cloud
Provided is a method of compressing an occupancy map of a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud, and more specifically, a method of compressing an occupancy map of a point cloud in which an occupancy map image of a point cloud existing in a 3D space is compressed based on a compression quality or a patch-by-patch inspection method of the occupancy map image so that compression distortion is minimized when reconstructing the compressed occupancy map image so as to remarkably improve the quality of a reconstructed occupancy map image. |
| US11954889B2 |
Method for processing data, and system, system controller and mudure controller
The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a method for processing data, a device for processing data, a system for processing data, a system controller and a mudure controller. The method includes: receiving input image data; storing the image data into a memory; reading target image data from the memory according to loaded area information of at least one output portal, wherein the output portal is electrically connected with a display screen, and the loaded area information of the output portal characterizes a target display area of the display screen; compressing the target image data to reduce the data volume of the target image data to meet a output bandwidth of the output portal to obtain compressed image data characterized by a plurality of image data packets; and outputting the compressed image data through the output portal. |
| US11954884B2 |
Optical apparatus
According to an embodiment, an optical apparatus includes an illumination unit, an imaging unit and a processing unit. The illumination unit emits a first ray having a first wavelength and a second ray having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength to an object. The imaging unit includes a first pixel which receives the first ray emitted to the object and a second pixel which receives the second ray emitted to the object to capture an image based on the first ray received by the first pixel and the second ray received by the second pixel. The processing unit calculates a first ray direction of the first ray and a second ray direction of the second ray based on the image captured by the imaging unit. |
| US11954882B2 |
Feature-based georegistration for mobile computing devices
A method in a computing device includes: in a facility containing a plurality of support structures, capturing an image of a first support structure; detecting, in the image, a first feature set of the first support structure; selecting obtaining at least one reference feature set by proximity to an estimated location of the mobile computing device in the facility coordinate system, the at least one reference feature set selected from a repository defining feature locations for each of the support structures in a facility coordinate system; comparing the first feature set with the at least one reference feature set; and in response to determining that the first feature set matches the at least one reference feature set, determining a location of the mobile computing device in the facility coordinate system based on the image and the feature locations from the repository. |
| US11954881B2 |
Semi-supervised learning using clustering as an additional constraint
In some implementations a neural network is trained to perform a main task using a clustering constraint, for example, using both a main task training loss and a clustering training loss. Training inputs are inputted into a main task neural network to produce output labels predicting locations of the parts of the objects in the training inputs. Data from pooled layers of the main task neural network is inputted into a clustering neural network. The main task neural network and the clustering neural network are trained based on a main task loss from the main task neural network and a clustering loss from the clustering neural network. The main task loss is determined by comparing differences between the output labels and the training labels. The clustering loss encourages the clustering network to learn to label the parts of the objects individually, e.g., to learn groups corresponding to the object parts. |
| US11954879B2 |
Methods, systems and apparatus to optimize pipeline execution
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to optimize pipeline execution are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the machine readable instructions to determine a value associated with a first location of a first pixel of a first image and a second location of a second pixel of a second image by calculating a matching cost between the first location and the second location, generate a disparity map including the value, and determine a minimum value based on the disparity map corresponding to a difference in horizontal coordinates between the first location and the second location. |
| US11954878B2 |
Determining image feature height disparity
A device to determine a height disparity between features of an image includes a memory including instructions and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured by the instructions to obtain an image including a first repetitive feature and a second repetitive feature. The processing circuitry is further configured by the instructions to determine a distribution of pixels in a first area of the image, where the first area includes an occurrence of the repetitive features, and to determine a distribution of pixels in a second area of the image, where the second area includes another occurrence of the repetitive features. The processing circuitry is further configured by the instructions to evaluate the distribution of pixels in the first area and the distribution of pixels in the second area to determine a height difference between the first repetitive feature and the second repetitive feature. |
| US11954874B2 |
Localization of elements in the space
A method for localizing, in a space containing at least one determined object, an object element associated to a particular 2D representation element in a determined 2D image of the space, may have: deriving a range or interval of candidate spatial positions for the imaged object element on the basis of predefined positional relationships); restricting the range or interval of candidate spatial positions to at least one restricted range or interval of admissible candidate spatial positions, wherein restricting includes at least one of: limiting the range or interval of candidate spatial positions using at least one inclusive volume surrounding at least one determined object; and limiting the range or interval of candidate spatial positions using at least one exclusive volume surrounding non-admissible candidate spatial positions; and retrieving, among the admissible candidate spatial positions of the restricted range or interval, a most appropriate candidate spatial position on the basis of similarity metrics. |
| US11954872B2 |
Image processing method, program, and image processing device
A first image is projective transformed into a reference image by using a projective transformation matrix on each pixel of the first image. A projective transformation matrix for transforming a tilted image n into a central image G0 is computed based on positions of combinations of twelve corresponding points indicated in a combination of the central image G0 with the tilted image n. The computed projective transformation matrix is then employed to perform a projective transformation of the tilted image n. A projective-transformed tilted image n1 is created thereby. |
| US11954869B2 |
Motion recognition-based interaction method and recording medium
A motion recognition-based interaction method includes the steps of: providing a first motion image as a reference to a user terminal, obtaining a second motion image of the motion of a user from the user terminal, extracting a reference motion from the first motion image, extracting the user motion from the second motion image, and evaluating the motion state of the user by comparing the reference motion with the user motion, and providing feedback to the user based on the evaluation of the motion state. The feedback includes visual feedback. |
| US11954865B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for foreground extraction
An image processing apparatus determines, based on results of extracting a foreground area from a captured image by learning, a threshold value that is used for generation of a foreground image based on a difference between the captured image and a background image corresponding to the captured image. The image processing apparatus generates a foreground image based on a difference between the captured image and the background image by using the determined threshold value. |
| US11954862B2 |
Joint estimation of heart rate and respiratory rate using neural networks
A neural network system leverages dual attention, specifically both spatial attention and channel attention, to jointly estimate heart rate and respiratory rate of a subject by processing images of the subject. A motion neural network receives images of the subject and estimates heart and breath rates of the subject using both spatial and channel domain attention masks to focus processing on particular feature data. An appearance neural network computes a spatial attention mask from the images of the subject and may indicate that features associated with the subject's face (as opposed to the subject's hair or shoulders) to accurately estimate the heart and/or breath rate. Channel-wise domain attention is learned during training and recalibrates channel-wise feature responses to select the most informative features for processing. The channel attention mask is learned during training and can be used for different subjects during deployment. |
| US11954859B2 |
Methods of assessing diseases using image classifiers
The present disclosure provides methods and systems using machine learning to assess one or more of a patient's biomarkers to analyze various conditions, including cancers, such as breast cancer. The present systems and methods can be trained to analyze patient's biomarker data to form prognoses, diagnoses, and treatment suggestions. Further, the present systems and methods can use biomarker feature data and clinical feature data to create novel correlations in order to provide more accurate, patient-specific diagnoses, prognoses, and treatment suggestions. |
| US11954852B2 |
Medical image classification method, model training method, computing device, and storage medium
This application describes a medical image classification method, a model training method, and a server. The medical image classification method includes: obtaining, by a device, a medical image data set. The device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method includes performing, by the device, quality analysis on the medical image data set, to extract feature information of a medical image in the medical image data set; and classifying, by the device, the medical image data set based on the feature information and by using a pre-trained deep learning network for performing anomaly detection and classification, to obtain a classification result. |
| US11954849B2 |
Assessing printer quality by assigning quality scores to images
Disclosed here is a system enabling users/customers to receive an objective assessment of the performance of a printer. This is accomplished by comparing a quality score of an earlier-in-time image with a quality score of a later-in-time image. A processor analyzes each image based on several criteria and uses various image-analysis methods, to flag errors within an image. A numeric quality score, based on the number of errors, is provided to the user to objectively evaluate whether the printer has degraded or not. Thus, the user can objectively present an argument to a salesperson or manufacturer that the user is due a remedy. |
| US11954845B2 |
Method for determining striation properties of fatigue striations and for determining the presence of fatigue damage
To improve measurement or assessment of fatigue damage to parts, a computer-implemented method for measuring striation properties of fatigue striations on a sample surface of a part is disclosed. A sample surface is imaged using a scanning electron microscope to obtain a sample image potentially containing the fatigue striations. A sample image patch potentially containing fatigue striations is selected from the sample image. After normalizing the sample image patch and enhancing line-like regular structures contained in the sample image patch, the normalized image patch is autocorrelated, Radon transformed and spectrally analyzed. The resulting power spectrum of the transformed image patch contains information about striation properties of the fatigue striations contained in the sample image, if any fatigue striations are present. Furthermore, a system for performing the method is disclosed. |
| US11954844B2 |
Fatigue crack detection in civil infrastructure
An approach for fatigue crack detection is described. In one example, a first image of a structure is captured at a first time, and a second image of the structure is captured at a second time. A feature-based image registration is performed to align features of the second image with the first image, and an intensity-based image registration is performed to further align features of the second image with the first image. A registration error map is determined by performing a pixel-by-pixel intensity comparison of the first image and the second image. Additionally, an edge-aware noise reduction process can be performed on the registration error map. The registration error map can be referenced to identify certain fatigue cracks in the structure. |
| US11954842B2 |
Powder leakage monitoring device and powder leakage monitoring method
The invention discloses a powder leakage monitoring device and a powder leakage monitoring method. The powder leakage monitoring device comprises light field camera, 3D PTZ (3-Dimensional Pan/Tilt/Zoom) and computer. Wherein, the light field camera records original light field images of monitored area; the 3D PTZ under the light field camera adjusts the shooting angle of the light field camera when it rotates according to the set direction; and the computer respectively connects to the light field camera and the 3D PTZ, which generates refocused images corresponding to the original light field images, and determines the spatial coordinates of the powder leakage point and the hazard range of the powder leakage in the monitored area according to the refocused images and the shooting angle. Therefore, the range and accuracy of powder leakage monitoring are both increased by using this invention. |
| US11954836B2 |
Method for processing image, electronic device, and storage medium
A method, electronic device and storage medium for processing an image using depth-of-field information is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a weight matrix and a weight image based on depth-of-field data of an input image; obtaining a first horizontal summed area table corresponding to the weight matrix and a second horizontal summed area table corresponding to the weight image by performing horizontal summing operation on the weight matrix and the weight image; obtaining a first weighted blurring image corresponding to the weight matrix based on the first horizontal summed area table, and obtaining a second weighted blurring image corresponding to the weight image based on the second horizontal summed area table; and obtaining a pixel value of the pixel in a target image based on the first and second weighted blurring images. |
| US11954817B2 |
Method of plane tracking
A method of plane tracking comprising: capturing by a camera a reference frame of a given plane from a first angle; capturing by the camera a destination frame of the given plane from a second angle different than the first angle; defining coordinates of matching points in the reference frame and the destination frame; calculating, using the first and second angles, first and second respective rotation transformations to a simulated plane parallel to the given plane; applying an affine transformation between the reference frame coordinate on the simulated plane and the destination frame coordinate on the simulated plane; and applying a projective transformation on the simulated plane destination frame coordinate to calculate the destination frame coordinate. |
| US11954814B1 |
Computer graphics production control system and method
A computer graphics production control system is configured to generate scenes (including three-dimensional, deformable characters (“3DD characters”)) that can be manipulated to produce still images and/or animated videos. Such control systems may utilize 3DD characters that are controlled by a series of control points that are positioned and/or moved under the control of the artist. Body characteristics of 3DD characters are modeled as a series of inter-related points (e.g., skin triangles) that can be manipulated under the control of the model and the reference points (e.g., bones) of the body. |
| US11954811B2 |
Augmented reality platform
An augmented reality (AR) platform supports concurrent operation of multiple AR applications developed by third-party software developers. The AR platform may include an application programming interface (API) that third-party software developers can use to integrate features of the AR platform into the overall user experience of their AR applications. The AR platform includes a feature set having a variety of AR-specific features that interact with and are accessible to the AR applications or AR layers that define a collection of AR content. |
| US11954810B2 |
Augmented reality object rendering based on camera quality
Systems and embodiments herein describe an augmented reality (AR) object rendering system. The AR object rendering system receives an image, generates a set of noise parameters and a set of blur parameters for the image using a neural network trained on a paired dataset of images, identifies an AR object associated with the image, modifies the AR object using the set of noise parameters and the set of blur parameters, displays the modified augmented reality object within the image. |
| US11954809B2 |
Optical elements based on polymeric structures incorporating inorganic materials
The present disclosure relates to display systems and, more particularly, to augmented reality display systems. In one aspect, a method of fabricating an optical element includes providing a substrate having a first refractive index and transparent in the visible spectrum. The method additionally includes forming on the substrate periodically repeating polymer structures. The method further includes exposing the substrate to a metal precursor followed by an oxidizing precursor. Exposing the substrate is performed under a pressure and at a temperature such that an inorganic material comprising the metal of the metal precursor is incorporated into the periodically repeating polymer structures, thereby forming a pattern of periodically repeating optical structures configured to diffract visible light. The optical structures have a second refractive index greater than the first refractive index. |
| US11954806B1 |
Polar navigation window period assessment system based on three-dimensional visualization simulation of ship-ice interaction
A polar navigation window period assessment system based on three-dimensional visualization simulation of ship-ice interaction is provided in the present application, including a virtual reality interactive operation module for interacting with virtual reality scenes based on a virtual reality (VR) handle and a VR helmet; a three-dimensional virtual visualization integration module for observing the virtual reality scenes from a global perspective; a three-dimensional simulation module of the Arctic route environment for simulating a route environment scene; an Arctic navigation virtual scene module for establishing a navigation virtual scene; an Arctic navigation window period assessment module for assessing navigation window periods of the ship on different routes; a system storing and outputting module for storing interactive operation information, virtual reality scene information and window period assessment result information, and outputting them in form of curve diagrams and data tables. |
| US11954805B2 |
Occlusion of virtual objects in augmented reality by physical objects
In one embodiment, a method includes by one or more computing devices, accessing an image including a hand of a user of a head-mounted display at a first time. The method includes generating, from at least the image, a virtual object representation of the hand, defined in a virtual environment that includes at least one other virtual object. The method includes rendering a first image of the virtual environment comprising a first portion of the hand of the user at a first frame rate, and determining a second viewpoint of the user at a second time. The method includes rendering a second image of the virtual environment comprising a second portion of the hand of the user at a second frame rate. The method includes providing, to a set of light emitters of the head-mounted display, instructions to display the second image. |
| US11954804B2 |
Information processing device and information processing method to display a virtual object
Provided is an information processing device that enables a virtual object to be displayed at an appropriate position in the real world. The information processing device includes a position estimation unit that estimates a current position in a first coordinate system, a display position setting unit that sets a display position of a virtual object in a third coordinate system on the basis of an environment database, virtual object information including the display position of the virtual object in a second coordinate system, and an observed image captured near the current position, a meta information generation unit that generates observation meta information, and an environment database management unit that compares observation data with environment data of the environment database to determine whether to add the observation data to the environment database. |
| US11954803B2 |
Generation of a control stream for a tile
A method of processing primitives within a tiling unit of a graphics processing system comprises determining whether a primitive falls within a tile based on positions of samples within each pixel. If it is determined that the primitive does fall within a tile based on the positions of samples within pixels in a tile, an association between the tile and the primitive is stored to indicate that the primitive is present in the tile. For example, an identifier for the primitive may be added to a control stream for the tile to indicate that the primitive is present in the tile. Various different methods are described to make the determination and these may be used separately or in any combination. |
| US11954802B2 |
Method and system for generating polygon meshes approximating surfaces using iteration for mesh vertex positions
Generating polygon meshes that approximate surfaces using iteration for mesh vertex positions. In some implementations, a method includes receiving input data that represents a surface distinguishing a volume, where a voxel grid includes the surface. Particular voxels of the voxel grid are identified, which the surface intersects. A surface-approximating mesh is generated including polygons defined by vertices in the particular voxels. Generating the mesh includes determining approximate positions of a subset of the vertices in a subset of the particular voxels, based on interpolation of locations in the voxel subset where the surface intersects the voxel subset. Errors between approximate voxel values (based on the approximate positions) and assigned voxel values of the particular voxels (based on the input data) are determined, and the approximate position of at least one vertex of the subset of the vertices is adjusted using a successive over-relaxation technique to reduce the errors. |
| US11954800B2 |
Converting borehole images into three dimensional structures for numerical modeling and simulation applications
A computer-implemented method, medium, and system for converting borehole images into three dimensional structures for numerical modeling and simulation applications are disclosed. In one computer-implemented method, multiple CT-scan images of a core sample of a rock are received, where the core sample includes a borehole, and the multiple CT-scan images are cross-section images of the core sample at multiple depths of the borehole. A triangulation process is performed on pixels of each CT-scan image and with respect to each of multiple circumferential position angles. Multiple radii of the borehole corresponding to the multiple circumferential position angles are determined for each CT-scan image. Multiple nodal coordinates of 3D numerical model mesh of the borehole are generated based on the multiple radii of the borehole. An advisory on drilling window limits of mud weight is provided based on the multiple nodal coordinates of the 3D numerical model mesh of the borehole. |
| US11954796B2 |
Soil distribution planning system considering useful soil and spoil bank information
The disclosure relates to a soil distribution planning system. The soil distribution planning system according to an embodiment includes a grid-model generation module configured to receive information about three-dimensional (3D) topography, ground and a target model and generate a 3D grid model by dividing a target area; an earthwork-volume calculation module configured to calculate an earthwork volume of each grid model generated by the grid-model generation module and store the calculated earthwork volume in a database; and an earthwork-volume distribution module configured to distribute the earthwork volume of a cutting area to a banking area based on the earthwork volume stored in the database. |
| US11954795B2 |
Computer vision database platform for a three-dimensional mapping system
A method and related software are disclosed for processing imagery related to three dimensional models. To display new visual data for select portions of images, an image of a physical structure such as a building with a façade is retrieved with an associated three dimensional model for that physical structure according to common geolocation tags. A scaffolding of surfaces composing the three dimensional model is generated and regions of the retrieved image are registered to the surfaces of the scaffolding to create mapped surfaces for the image. New image data such as texture information is received and applied to select mapped surfaces to give the retrieved image the appearance of having the new texture data at the selected mapped surface. |
| US11954793B2 |
Systems and methods for three-dimensional facies model generation
A 3D facies model generator system and methods thereof include a processor and repository comprising (i) facies data, (ii) sequence stratigraphy, and (iii) a depositional model for a subject reservoir. The processor is operable to generate a 3D stratigraphic sequence framework comprising a plurality of facies based on received facies data and sequence stratigraphy, generate a facies volume fraction for each facies, compare each facies volume fraction with the depositional model for the subject reservoir, reassign the facies volume fraction for the facies of the plurality of facies to another facies of the plurality of facies when the comparison determines that the facies of the 3D stratigraphic sequence framework is incorrectly assigned, generate a plurality of 3D probability trends for the plurality of facies based on the facies volume fraction for the respective facies, and generate the 3D facies model based on the 3D probability trends. |
| US11954789B2 |
System and method for sparse distributed rendering
Systems and methods are described for rendering a 3D synthetic scene. A display client receives point cloud samples of the scene, where the point cloud samples include a point location, one or more viewing directions, and color information for each of the viewing directions. The point cloud samples may be generated by a server using ray tracing. The display client combines information from the point cloud samples with a locally generated rendering of at least a portion of the scene to generate a combined rendering of the scene, and the client displays the combined rendering. The number of point cloud samples may be adjusted adaptively based on performance metrics at the client. |
| US11954786B2 |
Reprojection for high field rate displays
In various examples there is a method performed by a Head Mounted Display, HMD, comprising a high field rate display configured to display fields of rendered frames at a field rate. The method comprises receiving a stream of the rendered frames for display on the high field rate display, the stream of rendered frames having a frame rate. The process applies an early stage reprojection to the rendered frames of the stream of rendered frames at a rate which is lower than the field rate. The process applies a late stage reprojection to fields of the rendered frames at the field rate, wherein the early stage reprojection uses more computational resources than the late reprojection. |
| US11954781B2 |
Video processing method and apparatus, and electronic device and computer-readable storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a video processing method, a video processing apparatus, an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium. The video processing method includes: displaying an initial image which includes a first-style image; in response to a first trigger event, displaying an image switching animation which is used for presenting a dynamic process of the switching from the initial image to a target image which includes a second-style image; and in response to completion of the displaying of the image switching animation, displaying the target image. A switching image in the image switching animation includes a first image area, a second image area and a third image area, and the first image area covers the entire image area of the image switching animation by means of position movement and in a time-sharing manner, and has a change in shape during a position movement process. |
| US11954780B2 |
Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program
A first video generator generates first information for displaying, as a first video, a character object of a first user and a first object. A second video generator displays the first object and a third object different from the second object. An association portion associates the character object of the first user with a fourth object associated with the third object when the character object of the first user and the third object have a predetermined relationship. The second video generator displays the fourth object in association with the character object of the first user when the fourth object is associated with the character object of the first user by the association portion. |
| US11954775B2 |
Artboard element positioning in a series of computer-based artboards
A method, computer program product, and computer system for artboard element positioning in a series of computer-based artboards. The method includes providing multiple target artboards and identifying a common element in at least some of the target artboards, where a common element has at least some consistent attributes. The method includes determining a reference position for the common element. The method includes, in each target artboard containing the common element, comparing an existing position of the common element with the reference position and determining whether to adjust the existing position to match the reference position. |
| US11954772B2 |
Information processing device and image generating method for managing placement of user images
An acquisition unit 104 acquires from a server a status of a friend user. A menu image generation unit 110 generates a menu image including an icon. A user image placement unit 116 places, on the periphery of the icon, images of friend users whose statuses acquired by the acquisition unit 104 are related to the icon. The icon is an icon representing content, and the user image placement unit 116 places, on the periphery of the icon, an image of a friend user currently performing the content. |
| US11954771B2 |
Systems and methods for timeline visualization
Systems and methods of timeline visualization that define a table structure which represents supply chain management actions in a generic way. The content of the table is then processed by the timeline visualization to extract the entities, events, their relationships, and their attributes. These entities are transformed into time axes, while the events are transformed into a visual representation of their attributes using color, shapes, and text labels. The events may be positioned on a canvas, above or below a timeline axis, depending on whether they are upstream or downstream events, using a layout module which determines the position on the x-axis (time) and y-axis. |
| US11954769B2 |
System for reconstructing an image of an object
The invention refers to providing a system that allows to reduce the computational costs when using an iterative reconstructional algorithm. The system (100) comprises a providing unit (110) for providing CT projection data, a base image generation unit (120) for generating a base image based on the projection data, a modifying unit (130) for generating a modified image, wherein an image value of a voxel of the base image is modified based on the image value of the voxel, and an image reconstruction unit (140) for reconstructing an image using an iterative reconstruction algorithm that uses the modified image as a start image. Since the modifying unit is adapted to modify the base image, the base image can be modified such as to form an optimal start image for the chosen iterative reconstruction such that a faster convergence of the iterative reconstruction can be accomplished. |
| US11954768B2 |
Method for gating in tomographic imaging system
A method for gating in tomographic imaging system includes steps of: (a) performing a tomographic imaging on an object with a target moving periodically along a first axis for acquiring projection images; (b) obtaining projected curves by summing up pixel values along a direction of a second axis perpendicular to the first axis in each projection image; (c) determining a target zone on the projection images, wherein a central position on the first axis of the target zone is corresponding to a position having the largest variation in the projected curves on the first axis; (d) calculating parameter values of pixel values in the target zones and obtaining a curve of a moving cycle of the target according to the parameter values; and (e) selecting the projection images under the same state in the moving cycle for image reconstruction according to the curve of the moving cycle of the target. |
| US11954767B2 |
Methods and apparatus for generating a three-dimensional reconstruction of an object with reduced distortion
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating a three-dimensional reconstruction of an object with reduced distortion are described. In some aspects, a system includes at least two image sensors, at least two projectors, and a processor. Each image sensor is configured to capture one or more images of an object. Each projector is configured to illuminate the object with an associated optical pattern and from a different perspective. The processor is configured to perform the acts of receiving, from each image sensor, for each projector, images of the object illuminated with the associated optical pattern and generating, from the received images, a three-dimensional reconstruction of the object. The three-dimensional reconstruction has reduced distortion due to the received images of the object being generated when each projector illuminates the object with an associated optical pattern from the different perspective. |
| US11954765B2 |
Applying random patches to pixel block of an image utilizing different weights
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus and a method of operating the same. The image processing apparatus includes: a memory storing information on at least one random patch; and at least one processor configured to: obtain correlations between a pixel block included in an input image and each of a plurality of random patches obtained from the information on the at least one random patch, obtain weights respectively for the plurality of random patches on a basis of the obtained correlations and apply the weights respectively to the plurality of random patches, and obtain an output image by applying, to the pixel block, the plurality of random patches to which the weights are respectively applied. |
| US11954758B2 |
Dynamic wave pairing
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for dynamic wave pairing. A graphics processor may allocate one or more GPU workloads to one or more wave slots of a plurality of wave slots. The graphics processor may select a first execution slot of a plurality of execution slots for executing the one or more GPU workloads. The selection may be based on one of a plurality of granularities. The graphics processor may execute, at the selected first execution slot, the one or more GPU workloads at the one of the plurality of granularities. |
| US11954757B2 |
Method and apparatus for implementing a rasterizer in GPU operations
An apparatus, such as a graphical processing unit (GPU), includes one or more processors configured to determine a plurality of first locality information of a received wave at a processing unit and to select a first processing element of a plurality of processing elements, the first processing unit having a plurality of second locality information from a previous wave that matches the plurality of first locality information to execute the received wave. |
| US11954749B2 |
Legal event booking
A legal event booking interface that provides for selection of a legal service provider including between a court reporter digital reporter, stenographer, videographer, interpreter (not shown), or a combination thereof, and selection means for selecting and reserving a job location. |
| US11954742B2 |
Data-driven integrated HIPAA-compliant computer security system for verifying and billing long term services, including data collection from multiple sources
Systems and methods for sharing the information of an individual under care across at least two organizations in an integrated manner are described. These include systems and methods of data collection from multiple sources relating to the individual's care, where the data collection is driven by one or more preset orders. The preset orders may be preset by a user. A physical node may receive a request for authorization for a user in an organization to access an individual's information in another organization. The request may be logged. The physical node may determine whether the user is authorized to access the individual's information and, if it is, provide appropriate access. |
| US11954740B2 |
Integrated HIPAA-compliant computer security system for permitting an individual's circle of support to have access to individual budget and service plan data, and to monitor a plan for achieving the individual's goals
Systems and methods are described which permit the state, the individual, the individual's case manager, and the individual's circle of support to have real time access to utilization data to monitor services and progress toward outcomes as part of a plan for achieving the individual's goals and maintain the individual's health and wellbeing, as well as to forecast future needs. Systems and methods for sharing billing information across at least two organizations in an integrated manner are also described. A physical node may receive a request for authorization for a user in an organization to access an individual's information in another organization. The request may be logged. The physical node may determine whether the user is authorized to access the individual's information and, if it is, provide appropriate access. |
| US11954731B2 |
System and method for generating a finance attribute from tradeline data
Embodiments of a system and method are described for generating a finance attribute. In one embodiment, the systems and methods retrieve raw tradeline data from a plurality of credit bureaus, retrieve industry code data related to each of the plurality of credit bureaus, determine one or more tradeline leveling characteristics that meet at least one pre-determined threshold, and generate a finance attribute using the selected leveling characteristics. |
| US11954728B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes processing circuitry configured to calculate a first index based on a plurality of pieces of first prediction data on an amount of electric power generated by a first electric power generation resource and a penalty imposed when an amount of electric power supplied to an electric power system is insufficient or excessive for a first amount of electric power which corresponds to a planned value of electric power generation amount, the first index being an index related to a yield obtained in a case that the first amount of electric power is tentatively bid in a first market; and determine a second amount of electric power to be bid in the first market based on the first index. |
| US11954727B1 |
Vehicle imaging and inspection system
A front-end image acquisition component acquires photographs and/or videos of the exterior of a vehicle traveling on a path between a first predefined location and a second predefined location. In one aspect, an image acquisition system comprises a first camera support structure, a second camera support structure, an image processor, and a memory. Cameras are affixed to each of the camera support structures for acquiring image data of a subject vehicle. Image data is controlled by the image processor and the memory. In another aspect, an image acquisition system comprises a first camera tower, a second camera tower, a camera boom. Cameras are affixed to each of the camera towers. In another aspect, a method of identifying features of the exterior of a vehicle includes acquiring a series of images from a front-end component, accessing previously acquired images and associated metadata stored in a database, executing machine learning algorithms using the previously acquired information to identify at least one exterior vehicle feature, and executing machine learning algorithms using the presently acquired series of images to identify at least one exterior feature of the vehicle. |
| US11954726B1 |
Augmented reality vehicle purchasing experience
The present embodiments relate to an Augmented Reality (AR) vehicle buying experience. A client can provide a series of client information, such as characteristics of a desired vehicle. A specified vehicle can be identified and characteristics of that vehicle can be identified. The characteristics of the vehicle can then be compared with the desired vehicle characteristics provided by the client to determine whether the vehicle corresponds to the desired vehicle of the client. Responsive to determining that the specified vehicle corresponds to the desired vehicle of the client, the client AR display can be updated to highlight the specified vehicle depicted in the display. Alternatively, responsive to determining that the specified vehicle does not correspond to the desired vehicle of the client, the client AR display can be updated to obfuscate (e.g., grey out) the specified vehicle in the display. |
| US11954724B2 |
System and related methodology of using vehicle data in connection with the sale of a vehicle
A system for use with a handheld electronic device for coordinating retrieval of diagnostic information from a vehicle includes computer readable instructions downloadable onto the handheld electronic device for configuring the handheld electronic device to receive a request signal from a scheduling server. The request signal includes vehicle information of a third-party vehicle for which retrieval of diagnostic information has been requested. The computer readable instructions further configure the handheld electronic device to display information related to the received request signal on the handheld electronic device and receive user input representative of the user agreeing to retrieve the diagnostic information from the third-party vehicle. The computer readable instructions additionally configure the handheld electronic device to send an accept signal to the scheduling server in response to receipt of the user input. |
| US11954722B1 |
System and method for printing postage
In some embodiments, a web-based postage transaction may be facilitated. In some embodiments, an applet embedded on a web page may be provided to a client computer in response to the client computer accessing the web page. A request related to a postage transaction may be received from the client computer. In response to the request, a validation check may be performed by providing a validation token to the embedded applet at the client computer to be validated by the embedded applet. Based on a determination by the embedded applet at the client computer that the validation token is valid, the embedded applet at the client computer is configured to execute at least a part of the request. |
| US11954719B2 |
Personalized voice-based assistance
A consumer is identified engaged in an activity at a specific physical location. A context is formulated for the consumer based on the activity, the location, preferences associated with the consumer, and a history associated with the consumer. A natural language voice-based assistance session is initiated with the consumer. The session follows the consumer as the consumer travels and remains engaged in the activity. In an embodiment, the session is seamlessly maintained and is seamlessly transferred from a plurality of different devices as the consumer is engaged in the activity and travels. In an embodiment, the session is initiated without the consumer requesting the session. |
| US11954717B2 |
Labor marketplace exchange computing systems and methods
A labor marketplace exchange (LME) computing system and method are provided. The LME computing system communicates with communications devices of service providers and service users. The LME computing system receives service provider profile data from the service providers. Service users can submit service queries to the LME computing system. Based on the parameters of the service query, service providers are identified by the LME computing system. A service request is then sent to a service provider identified by the LME computing system and selected by the service user. |
| US11954715B2 |
Methods and systems for accessing information related to an order of a commodity
Methods of allowing a customer to access information related to an order of a commodity include gathering inspection information from a commodity lot, collecting grower, field, and packing information associated with the commodity lot, recording purchase orders associated with the commodity lot, assigning a trace code to each of the purchase orders, entering the inspection information; the grower, field, and packing information; the purchase orders; and the trace codes into a database maintained through online accounts. Many members of a supply chain are entitled to accounts that are linked, each account being given limited access to other accounts, thereby allowing the customer to access the inspection information, and the grower, field, and packing information, by entering one of the trace codes into the web-based application. According to one exemplary embodiment, each of the purchase orders associated with the commodity lot is linked within the web-based application. |
| US11954707B2 |
Consumer presence based deal offers
Systems and related methods facilitating payments with a mobile device are discussed herein. Circuitry in a networked-based central system, which may be a promotional system or payment system, may be configured to receive payment information from a consumer device. The consumer device may include circuitry configured to receive wallet identifying data from the central system. The wallet identification data may be used to secure messages between the consumer device and another device, such as a merchant device, over a wireless link. In some embodiments, the consumer device may receive promotional offers, such as deal vouchers or rewards, and make payments to the other device via the wireless link. |
| US11954706B2 |
Online platform for out of home advertising
The present disclosure relates to an online platform for out of home advertising. The online platform may allow various advertisers to search for advertising panels (e.g., digital billboards), select available time periods for an advertising panel, upload an advertisement (“ad”), and have the ad displayed on the advertising panel. An advertiser can search for advertising panels using one or more search parameters (e.g., geographical location and demography of target audience). The online platform may also allow advertising panel owners to publish their advertising panels, manage availability, and approve or reject ads for display. The online platform may generate reports relating to the advertising panels. |
| US11954705B2 |
Low entropy browsing history for ads quasi-personalization
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for content quasi-personalization or anonymized content retrieval via aggregated browsing history of a large plurality of devices, such as millions or billions of devices. A sparse matrix may be constructed from the aggregated browsing history, and dimensionally reduced, reducing entropy and providing anonymity for individual devices. Relevant content may be selected via quasi-personalized clusters representing similar browsing histories, without exposing individual device details to content providers. |
| US11954704B2 |
Secure data delivery system
A “scannable logo” image contains encoded identity data for the logo brand owner, encoded visual identification characteristics for the logo brand, an encoded GPS data corresponding to manufacturing location for a manufactured item or assembled item, plus additional embodiment dependent data. The image is scanned with the image scanning function of a mobile communication device and the encoded logo brand owner identity data, the encoded visually identifying characteristics for the logo brand, and the encoded GPS location information are decoded with a decoding function. The GPS location information is captured for the mobile communication device with the GPS function of the mobile communication device and compared to the decoded GPS location information. If the decoded information is a geo-proximal match, an authentication application is launched in the computer function of the mobile communication device. |
| US11954700B2 |
Digital survey creation by providing optimized suggested content
The present disclosure relates to a question recommendation system that intelligently optimizes a survey being created by a user by providing customized suggestions. For example, in one or more embodiments, the question recommendation system provides a suggested question based on questions previous added by a user while creating a survey. In particular, the question recommendation system provides various recommendations to the user to further optimize a survey being created. For instance, the question recommendation system provides recommendations with respect to improving question ordering, question phrasing, and question type as well as recommends removing potentially inefficient questions. |
| US11954694B2 |
Platform and method for calculating payment, contribution, investment and dividend return of carbon emission charges based on blockchain
The present disclosure relates to a blockchain based platform and a method for consumers to invest in climate related financial products at an amount voluntarily chosen based on a calculation of carbon emission amount from the transactions data crawled from the servers of financial institutions that operates credit and cash cards and to return the principal investment and dividends accrued from the climate related investments options to the consumers who paid the voluntarily chosen amount of carbon emission charges of their consumption of goods and services.The platform embodied in the present disclosure provides an incentive for consumers to voluntarily pay their carbon emission charges by financially intermediating voluntary carbon emission payment into climate related investment options and a blockchain based security of transactions for the return of the principal investments and dividends accrued from the climate related financial products to those consumers who voluntarily paid carbon emission charges. |
| US11954693B2 |
Dynamic test suite creation using event communications from customers
A method for dynamic test suite creation from event communications from customers includes receiving an event communication from a customer about an adverse event. The customer receives support for computing equipment over a management network from a support provider and the adverse event is regarding the computing equipment. The method includes analyzing the event communication using natural language processing to identify a potential cause of the adverse event and selecting one or more tests from a test library based on the identified potential cause of the adverse event. Each test of the tests is configured to test a portion of the computing equipment to lead to identification of a cause of the adverse event. The method includes automatically initiating the selected one or more tests through the management network and analyzing test results from execution of the selected one or more tests to identify a cause the adverse event. |
| US11954690B2 |
Systems and methods for providing tokenized transactions accounts
The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for providing tokenized transaction accounts. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided that may include generating, by one or more processors, a first tokenized transaction account from a first transaction account associated with a first user. The method may also include providing the first tokenized transaction account to a client device associated with the first user for storage in the client device and use in transactions. The method may also include updating the first tokenized transaction account based on one or more conditions and providing the updated first tokenized transaction account to the client device for storage and use in a subsequent transaction. |
| US11954686B2 |
Information sharing methods and systems
Examples in this application disclose information sharing methods, media, and systems. One example computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a trusted execution environment (TEE), a first sharing request from a first institution and a second sharing request from a second institution, where the first sharing request comprises a user identity of a first user and first anti-money laundering (AML) risk information and the second sharing request comprises a user identity of a second user and second AML risk information, comparing the user identity of the first user with the user identity of the second user, in response to that the user identity of the first user is the same as the user identity of the second user, combining the first AML risk information and the second AML risk information, and sending the combined first AML risk information and second AML risk information to the first institution and the second institution. |
| US11954685B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer program for selecting a subset of training transactions from a plurality of training transactions
Training a machine learning model includes selecting a subset of training transactions from a plurality of training transactions to be used for classifying transactions as either fraudulent or genuine, and classifying transactions as either fraudulent or genuine. Additionally, selecting the subset of training transactions includes clustering the plurality of training transactions into a plurality of clusters based on a similarity measure. Each training transaction includes an indication whether the training transaction is fraudulent or genuine. Further, selecting the subset of training transactions includes selecting a first proportion of the training transactions of a cluster of training transactions for the subset of training transactions if the cluster comprises at least one fraudulent training transaction, and selecting a second proportion of the training transactions of a cluster of training transactions for the subset of training transactions if the cluster is free of fraudulent training transactions. |
| US11954681B2 |
Blockchain-enhanced open internet of things access architecture
A blockchain-enhanced open Internet of Things (IoT) access architecture includes an access point, a number of IoT devices, a hash access mechanism, a blockchain mining network, and a blockchain enabling mechanism that manages network access of the IoT device. The blockchain-enhanced open IoT access architecture provided in the present invention provides a secure, reliable, fair, and short-packet access service for a plurality of devices in an IoT network by using features of a blockchain such as distributed storage, tamper-proofing, and traceability, thereby promoting the trust and cooperation between the devices and ensuring the security and efficiency of the network in the large-scale untrustworthy IoT network. The blockchain-enhanced open IoT access architecture in the present invention can provide secure and reliable IoT access with low latency and a high value in practice. |
| US11954677B2 |
System and method for authorizing and provisioning a token to an appliance
Provided herein is a computer-implemented method for provisioning a token to an appliance. The method includes registering an original account identifier to an appliance, wherein the original account identifier is not associated with any user, associating a device token to the original account identifier, wherein the device token is stored by the appliance, associating a user account identifier for a user to at least one of the device token and the original account identifier, receiving, from the appliance, a transaction request for a transaction, the transaction request including the device token, identifying the user account identifier based on the device token, determining that the transaction is authorized based at least partially on the user account identifier and the original account identifier registered to the at least one appliance, and in response to determining that the transaction is authorized, processing the transaction. A system and appliance are also disclosed. |
| US11954675B2 |
Systems and methods for implementing blockchain-based content engagement platforms utilizing media wallets
Systems and methods are described for implementing blockchain-based content engagement platforms. In several embodiments, the content engagement platform includes a registry service which enables verified content creators to mint Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). In many embodiments, media wallet applications enable users to securely store NFTs and/or other tokens on their devices. In a number of embodiments, the media wallet applications collect data concerning media consumed by users and aggregate the media consumption data in a permissioned analytics blockchain. The manner in which the media consumption data is stored can enable users to control permission to access their personal data. In one embodiment, a media wallet is provided that can securely store NFTs, display a user interface through which user instructions concerning data access permissions are received, and cause media consumption data to be written to at least one immutable ledger in conjunction with a set of data access permissions. |
| US11954673B2 |
Method and system for user-based distributed ledgers
A method for processing cryptographic currency transactions through user-based blockchain ledgers includes: receiving, by blockchain node in a blockchain network, a new cryptographic currency transaction from a first computing device including unspent transaction outputs, a sender public key, receiver public key, destination address, and cryptographic currency amount; identifying, by the blockchain node, a sending blockchain associated with the sender public key including the unspent transaction outputs; validating, by the blockchain node, the sending blockchain by generating a hash value using the sending blockchain and comparing the generated hash value to a historic sender hash value associated with the sender public key; generating, by the blockchain node, a new sender hash value by hashing a combination of the sending blockchain and the new cryptographic currency transaction; and transmitting, by the blockchain node, the generated new sender hash value to a plurality of additional nodes in the blockchain network. |
| US11954670B1 |
Systems and methods for digital account activation
A method, user device, and computer-readable storage media for registering and activating accounts is provided. One method includes transmitting a first input from a user regarding opening an account at an institution, establishing a communication session based on exchanging encryption keys between the user device and the computing system, in response to establishing the communication session, automatically installing a client application, displaying, via the client application, a graphical user interface (GUI) including a request for a user verification, transmitting, via the communication session, a received user verification, receiving a second input to add the account a mobile wallet on the user device, prompting the user for a value regarding the account, and receiving and storing, via the communication session, a payment token for transactions via the mobile wallet before a physical card associated with the account of the computing system is received. |
| US11954669B1 |
RFID-enabled payment authentication
Authentication method and systems using RFID-enabled payment cards are disclosed herein where a server receives a request corresponding to authorization of a payment associated with a payment card from an electronic terminal. The server identifies an electronic device of a user associated with the payment card. The server then transmits an instruction to the electronic device to cause an RFID reader of the electronic device to determine whether an RFID tag corresponding to the payment card is located within a predetermined proximity to the electronic device. When the payment card is located within the predetermined proximity, the server executes a first authentication protocol. Moreover, when the payment card is not located within the predetermined proximity, the server executes a second authentication protocol, wherein the second authentication protocol is more restrictive than the first authentication protocol. |
| US11954667B2 |
Transaction cards and computer-based systems involving an on-card display and mobile device for authenticating transactions and methods of use thereof
Transaction cards, systems and methods involving an on-card display and an associated mobile computing device utilized for authenticating transactions are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary transaction card may comprise transaction circuitry configured to conduct purchase transactions involving a mobile computing device coupled to or associated with the transaction card, communication circuitry configured to communicate with a provider of the transaction card, an e-ink display configured to display a QR code on the transaction card for use in authentication, data storage configured to store the QR code, and computer readable media having instructions for initiating a second-factor authentication process and displaying the QR code on the e-ink display to be captured by the mobile computing device and transmitted to a system or server for validating the second-factor authentication process. |
| US11954662B2 |
Method and system for QR code originated vending
A method for originating a vending transaction via machine-readable code includes storing, in a memory of a computing device, an account identifier associated with a transaction account, reading, by an optical imaging device of the computing device, a machine-readable code displayed on a vending machine, wherein the machine-readable code is encoded with at least a device identifier, electronically transmitting, by a transmitting device of the computing device, at least the device identifier and an account identifier to a third party system, and receiving, by a receiving device of the computing device, a transaction confirmation indicating approval of a payment transaction involving the transaction account and the vending machine. |
| US11954660B1 |
Method and computerized system for enhancing enjoyment of sports for fans while benefiting finances of athletes
The invention introduces a method and system designed to augment sports fans' experience and simultaneously generate revenue for athletes. It involves a computerized platform for storing and accessing videos, which contain athletes sharing insights about their competitive season in sports like games, matches, or meets. The access to these videos is facilitated through either a URL for online viewing or a QR code embedded in a digital or printed format. A unique feature of this system is the video view availability monitoring display/selection grid. This grid showcases images of fans' favorite athletes on one axis and the corresponding games, matches, or meets on another, allowing users to easily select and view their preferred content. Athletes have the ability to upload multiple videos for the same event, with each video distinctly labeled with time, date, and explanatory notes. |
| US11954656B1 |
Management of requests to provider systems for performing functions within a distributed computing system
An example method includes identifying provider systems each configured to perform a function requested by a device, wherein the provider systems are associated with vendors that provide one or more of services, goods, or device skills, responsive to selecting a provider system, sending, to the provider system, the request to perform the function, after sending the request to the provider system, receiving, by the management system and from the provider system, provider response information associated with performance of the function, sending, by the management system and to the device, the provider response information associated with performance of the function, and initiating a payment of funds from a first financial system associated with the device to a second financial system associated with the provider system. |
| US11954655B1 |
Authentication alerts
Methods and systems are provided for generating alerts in association with a request to open an account for an individual. For example, information identifying an individual may be received from a financial entity in association with the financial entity receiving a request to open an account for the individual from a requesting entity. The requesting entity may be a vendor or service provider associated with the financial entity. An electronic notification may then be sent to the individual, which may include a selectable option to indicate that the individual does not authorize opening of the account. In response to receiving an indication that the individual does not authorize opening of the account, notifications may be sent to both the financial entity and the requesting entity indicating that the individual has not authorized opening of the account. |
| US11954654B2 |
Automatic identification and classification production line for waste mobile phones and classification method of waste mobile phones
Disclosed is an automatic identification and classification production line for waste mobile phones and a classification method of waste mobile phones. The production line comprises a feeding device, an automatic separation feeding device, a conveying chain, a data acquisition device, a computer identification device, a conveying device and a classified storage device, wherein the feeding device is used for orderly and directionally arranging and sequentially conveying a plurality of waste mobile phones; the automatic separation feeding device is used for intermittently separating the waste mobile phones conveyed by the conveying device; the conveying chain comprises an annular chain and a plurality of transparent boxes; the data acquisition device comprises a detection frame, two plane mirrors, a video camera and a light source; the computer identification device is used for extracting feature information according to front and back images of the waste mobile phones and then carrying out identification and classification. |
| US11954650B2 |
Managing in-person property access using geofences
The described techniques relate generally to managing in-person access of users to physical properties based at least in part on tracking geographical locations of devices of the users, such as by using one or more geofences created around a physical property to provide authorized users with temporary access to the physical property based at least in part on tracked geographical locations of devices of the users. In some situations, a specialized server provides information to a user's mobile device about the geofence(s), and the mobile device notifies the specialized server when it breaches one or more of the geofences. The specialized server may perform further related activities, such as perform tracking of locations of users as they move around a physical property, and further analyzing the tracked location information to determine associated information and initiate corresponding additional automated activities. |
| US11954649B2 |
Systems and methods for incorporating calendar functionality into electronic messages
A system is provided which that allows users of electronic communication systems and/or calendar systems the ability to suggest meetings to users of different electronic communication systems and/or calendar systems via electronic messages. The system may provide users with the ability to share calendar availability with users of other electronic communication systems and/or calendar systems via electronic message. One aspect of the disclosed system is the fact that users can share interactive calendar information, and propose and confirm tentative meetings and events, with users of different electronic communications and/or calendar systems. Additionally, calendar information that is shared with others may be dynamically updated even after the electronic messages have been sent. |
| US11954647B2 |
Learning management system
Systems and methods that support the creation and timely electronic scheduling and delivery of course materials for training of individuals in an organization, in which course recommendations, scheduling, and rollout are based upon a number of factors including, for example, specific individual and/or business day-to-day operational performance measures, sales performance, and seasonal weather conditions by geographical region. |
| US11954642B1 |
Systems and methods for product imaging and provisioning applications
Systems and methods for product imaging and provisioning include a mobile application (app) installed on an imaging device, where the mobile app activates the imaging device to generate an image of a product tag associated with an unavailable product at a first location. The mobile app determines, based on the image, a product indicator associated with the unavailable product. A provisioning app, executing on a remote device, receives the product indicator associated with the unavailable product. The provisioning app also receives a user indicator associated with a first user and executes one or more product provisioning rules that determine, based on a product availability database and the user indicator, an availability result. The availability result indicates whether the unavailable product will be available to the first user. The provisioning app is further operable to send the availability result to the imaging device for presentation by the imaging device. |
| US11954639B2 |
Method for detecting and tracking groups of assets and system thereof
A method for detecting the usage of assets includes attaching a tracking device to each asset of a plurality of assets. An identifier associated with the asset is stored on a memory of the tracking device. After an asset has been used or is empty, the asset is physically grouped with other used or empty assets. Using the tracking devices, it is detected that an asset that the tracking device is attached to has been grouped with other assets. The tracking devices associated with the group of assets determine a manifest of asset identifiers for each asset in the group of used or empty assets. An asset tracking system determines that each asset corresponding to the identifiers in the manifest is used or empty. |
| US11954638B2 |
Goods picking task allocation method and device
A task allocation method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving orders of merchandises stored on shelves; determining a merchandise picking time of each merchandise of the received orders; determining an order picking time for each received order according to the merchandise picking time of each merchandise; determining an order set according to the order picking time for each received order, and selecting orders from the order set as target orders; locating shelves on which merchandises in the target orders are stored; obtaining merchandise status of the merchandises in the target orders, and determining a target shelf according to the merchandise status; allocating, a picking task of the merchandises to the target shelf; determining a picking workstation corresponding to the target shelf; instructing the target shelf to move to the picking workstation to execute the picking task, and to leave the picking workstation after the picking task is completed. |
| US11954635B2 |
Immersive packaging system and method
A packaging system and method includes an immersive reality system that renders a 3D representation of an item to be shipped and the shipping box in which the item is to be shipped. A server includes a database of items and item data and shipping box data, which is used to produce a 3D representation of the item and the shipping box. A GUI exhibits the items such that a user may selectively view, select, and/or manipulate the items. A computer enables a user to query the server to ship a selected item. A network node transmits selected item data and shipping box data to the immersive reality system. The 3D representations include position and orientation data enabling manipulation of the 3D representation of the selected item relative to the 3D representation of the shipping box into a desired position. The system ships the selected item in the desired position. |
| US11954632B1 |
Agency business planning tool
Methods and apparatuses allow an insurance agency to track their current performance in managing existing customers and bringing in new customers. A tool may obtain information from a user regarding characteristics of the user's agency and/or agency goals. The tool may use this information to determine an agency's business efficiency. The tool may also provide advice regarding marketing spending and/or additional human resources needed. The tool may benchmark an insurance agency against other agencies in the market. The tool may also display how generated leads are converted to new business and/or income for an agency. |
| US11954629B2 |
Activation policies for workflows
Activation policies for workflows are described. Some implementations support receiving a definition of a workflow, including data defining an input set for the workflow and data defining activities and a flow of the activities for the workflow. The data includes an activation policy for at least a particular activity of the activities. An estimated operational outcome for the workflow and/or each of the activities is determined and displayed. Then data identifying edits to the activation policy are received, and an updated version of the estimated operational outcome for the workflow and/or each of the activities is determined and displayed. |
| US11954621B2 |
Personal protective equipment (PPE) management
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to personal protective equipment (PPE) management. A set of personal protective equipment (PPE) data describing use time limits of respective PPE articles of a set of PPE articles can be received. Use of a PPE article of the set of PPE articles can be monitored using one or more sensors. A determination can be made whether a PPE usage rule of the PPE article is satisfied based on the monitoring, where the PPE usage rule is based on at least a use time limit of the PPE article. A PPE recommendation action can be issued in response to determining that the PPE usage rule of the PPE article is satisfied. |
| US11954619B1 |
Analysis and processing of skills related data from a communications session with improved latency
Apparatuses, systems, and methods described include receiving data related to an availability for a shift, automatically triggering initiation of a communications session related to the shift, conducting the communications session, and receiving and storing a plurality of audio or audio and visual signals from the communications session. Machine learning (ML) sentiment analysis is performed on data of the communications session and based on the sentiment analysis, a reliability score is determined. |
| US11954617B2 |
Method for assigning work to user and apparatus thereof
According to an embodiment, a method of allocating a job to a user comprising: receiving an allocation request signal from a terminal of the user; determining job processing information related to a job processed by the user; allocating at least one job among a plurality of jobs to the user based on the job processing information; and transmitting allocation information indicating the allocated at least one job to the terminal in response to the reception of the allocation request signal may be provided. According to an embodiment, a job allocation apparatus for performing the above-described job allocation method may also be provided. According to an embodiment, a computer readable recording medium containing a computer program for performing job allocation method may be provided. |
| US11954616B2 |
Intelligent stereo garage system based on Internet+ and vehicle parking and pickup methods
An intelligent stereo garage system based on Internet+ and a vehicle parking and pick-up method. The system includes a mobile APP (10), a cloud server (20), a computer system (30), a programmable logic controller (PLC) system (40), a stereo garage (50), and an all-in-one touch machine (60), where the all-in-one touch machine (60) is deployed next to the stereo garage (50), and the computer system (30) is deployed outside or inside the stereo garage (50). A fully-automatic parking method uses different parking and pick-up modes, which technically ensures that users can get their vehicles in time without hindering other users, and allows users to truly experience the system intelligence. This deeply embodies the smart city's idea of interconnecting everything with a mobile phone. The method largely solves problems such as parking difficulty, illegal parking, unauthorized charges, traffic jams, traffic noise, traffic accidents, and vehicle pollution. |
| US11954607B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing manufacturing failure rates
Systems and methods are provided for reducing failure rates of a manufactured products. Manufactured products may be clustered together according to similarities in their production data. Manufactured product clusters may be analyzed to determine mechanisms for failure rate reduction, including adjustments to test quality parameters, product formulas, and product processes. Recommended product adjustments may be provided. |
| US11954606B2 |
Knowledge-guided system for automated event monitoring
Automated event monitoring is performed utilizing a Knowledge Graph (KG) constructed by grouping and consolidation of a variety of log Entry Types. A log entry is received by a knowledge graph parser (Kg parser). That parser finds contiguous sub-strings in a log entry that have a parameterized basic-format. The parser figures out which basic-formats are present, where, and with which parameters. Given a sub-string, its basic-format and its parameters, the parser can correctly parse the sub-string to components (e.g., keys and values if a key-value format; fields if a structured format). A result of the parsing is an entity type tree structure. Next, a grouping and consolidation capability functions to modify the KG to incorporate an incoming new entry type structure. The KG may be consumed by a user (e.g., visualization; querying), and may provide an artifact to an event monitoring system to automatically trigger certain actions (e.g., alerts). |
| US11954600B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method and image processing system
An image processing device including a storage unit configured to store an object detection neural network trained using a first K-channel image generated from a first M-channel image and a first N-channel image generated from the first M-channel image, a reception unit configured to receive, from a sensor, a second M-channel image and a second N-channel image that include an identical subject, and an image analysis unit configured to generate, using the object detection neural network trained using the first K-channel image, object detection result information with respect to a second K-channel image generated from the second M-channel image and the second N-channel image, and output the object detection result information. |
| US11954599B2 |
Bi-directional interaction network (BINet)-based person search method, system, and apparatus
A bi-directional interaction network (BINet)-based person search method, system, and apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining, as an input image, a tth frame of image in an input video; and normalizing the input image, and obtaining a search result of a to-be-searched target person by using a pre-trained person search model, where the person search model is constructed based on a residual network, and a new classification layer is added to a classification and regression layer of the residual network to obtain an identity classification probability of the target person. The method improves the accuracy of the person search. |
| US11954595B2 |
Electronic device for recognizing object in image, and operation method thereof
Provided is a method, performed by an electronic device, of recognizing an object included in an image, the method including: extracting first object information from a first object included in a first image, obtaining a learning model for generating an image including a second object from the first object information, generating a second image including the second object by inputting the first object information to the learning model, comparing the first image with the second image, and recognizing the first object as the second object in the first image, based on a result of the comparing. |
| US11954591B2 |
Picture set description generation method and apparatus, and computer device and storage medium
This application provides a method of generating a description for a picture set performed at a computer device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a picture set to be processed; performing picture feature extraction on each picture in the picture set to acquire a picture feature corresponding to the picture, and forming a picture feature sequence corresponding to the picture set by using the picture features corresponding to the pictures; performing scene feature extraction on a picture feature sub-sequence corresponding to each scene in the picture feature sequence to acquire a scene feature corresponding to the scene, and forming a scene feature sequence corresponding to the picture set by using the scene features corresponding to the scenes; and generating textual description information of the picture set according to the picture feature sequence and the scene feature sequence that correspond to the picture set. |
| US11954590B2 |
Artificial intelligence job recommendation neural network machine learning training based on embedding technologies and actual and synthetic job transition latent information
An artificial intelligence (AI) job recommender system and methods implement neural network machine learning by generating and utilizing actual and synthetic training data to identify, learn, and apply latent job-to-job transition information and trends to improve job recommendations. The AI job recommender system and method represent technological advances that, for example, identify data representations, identify multiple instances of latent information in actual data, develop synthetic training data, create a directed graph from latent, directional information, embed the directed graph into a vector space, and apply machine learning algorithms to technologically advance and transform a machine into a specialized machine that learns and improves job recommendations across the vector space. |
| US11954589B2 |
Integrated artificial neuron device
An artificial-neuron device includes an integration-generation circuit coupled between an input at which an input signal is received and an output at which an output signal is delivered, and a refractory circuit inhibiting the integrator circuit after the delivery of the output signal. The refractory circuit is formed by a first MOS transistor having a first conduction-terminal coupled to a supply node, a second conduction-terminal coupled to a common node, and a control-terminal coupled to the output, and a second MOS transistor having a first conduction-terminal coupled to the input, a second conduction-terminal coupled to a reference node at which a reference voltage is received, and a control-terminal coupled to the common node. A resistive-capacitive circuit is coupled between the supply node and the reference node and having a tap coupled to the common node, with the inhibition duration being dependent upon a time constant of the resistive-capacitive circuit. |
| US11954587B2 |
System-on-chip for artificial neural network being operated according to dynamically calibrated phase of clock signal
A system-on-chip (SoC) may comprise a semiconductor substrate; a first circuitry, disposed on the semiconductor substrate, provided for a first neural processing unit (NPU) configured to perform operations of an artificial neural network (ANN) model; a second circuitry, disposed on the semiconductor substrate, provided for a second NPU configured to perform operations of an ANN model; and a third circuitry, disposed on the semiconductor substrate, configured to generate a control signal to selectively output one or more clock signals, wherein each of the first NPU and the second NPU may include a plurality of processing elements (PEs), and the plurality of PEs may include an adder, a multiplier, and an accumulator, and wherein the one or more clock signals may include an original clock signal and one or more phase-delayed clock signals based on a phase of the original clock signal. |
| US11954586B2 |
Neural processing unit being operated based on plural clock signals having multi-phases
A neural processing unit may comprise a first circuitry including a plurality of processing elements (PEs) configured to perform operations of an artificial neural network model, the plurality of PEs including an adder, a multiplier, and an accumulator, and a clock signal supply circuitry configured to output one or more clock signals. When the plurality of PEs include a first group of PEs and a second group of PEs, a first clock signal among the one or more clock signals, may be supplied to the first group of PEs and a second clock signal among the one or more clock signals, may be supplied to the second group of PEs. At least one of the first and second clock signals may have a preset phase based on a phase of an original clock signal. |
| US11954583B2 |
Transposed convolution using systolic array
In one example, a neural network accelerator can execute a set of instructions to: load a first weight data element from a memory into a systolic array, the first weight data element having first coordinates; extract, from the instructions, information indicating a first subset of input data elements to be obtained from the memory, the first subset being based on a stride of a transposed convolution operation and second coordinates of first weight data element in a rotated array of weight data elements; based on the information, obtain the first subset of input data elements from the memory; load the first subset of input data elements into the systolic array; and control the systolic array to perform first computations based on the first weight data element and the first subset of input data elements to generate output data elements of an array of output data elements. |
| US11954582B2 |
Neural network accelerator
Disclosed is a neural network accelerator including a first bit operator generating a first multiplication result by performing multiplication on first feature bits of input feature data and first weight bits of weight data, a second bit operator generating a second multiplication result by performing multiplication on second feature bits of the input feature data and second weight bits of the weight data, an adder generating an addition result by performing addition based on the first multiplication result and the second multiplication result, a shifter shifting a number of digits of the addition result depending on a shift value to generate a shifted addition result, and an accumulator generating output feature data based on the shifted addition result. |
| US11954581B2 |
Neuron circuit
Disclosed is a neuron circuit which electronically applies the working principle of the neurons in the human brain. The neuron circuit controls an input signal according to a set threshold value, and enables provision of an output signal above the threshold value. |
| US11954580B2 |
Spatial tiling of compute arrays with shared control
In one embodiment, a method for machine learning acceleration includes receiving, by a shared controller of a tensor processor cluster that includes multiple tensor processors, a multi-cycle instruction, determining, based on the instruction, a sequence of vector operations to be executed by the tensor processors and address information usable to determine a respective spatial partition of an input tensor on which each tensor processor is to operate when performing each vector operation. The method also includes, for each vector operation in the sequence, generating, based on the address information, a common address offset, relative to a respective base address associated with each tensor processor, at which each tensor processor is to retrieve the respective spatial partition on which the tensor processor is to operate, multicasting the common address offset to the tensor processors, and controlling the tensor processors to execute the vector operation in parallel and in lock step. |
| US11954574B2 |
Neural processor
A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue. |
| US11954570B2 |
User interface for construction of artificial intelligence based characters
Systems and methods for providing an interface for construction of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) character model are provided. An example method includes receiving a description of a character from a user via a client-side computing device; generating, based on the description, parameters of the AI character model corresponding to the character; and providing, via the client-side computing device, the interface enabling the user to modify at least one of the parameters of the AI character model. The description includes a guideline for an actor describing how to play the character, an age, an ethnicity, an appearance, a motivation, a habit, knowledge of the character, and a dialog of the character with a further character. Values of entry fields for modifying the parameters of the AI character model are determined based on the description. |
| US11954563B2 |
Apparatus and method for error reduction in distributed quantum systems via fusing-and-decomposing gates
Apparatus and method for error reduction in distributed quantum computing via fusing-and-decomposing gates. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a quantum module comprising a plurality of qubits; unitary generation logic to combine a group of quantum gates to form at least one unitary operation; decomposition logic to decompose the unitary operation into multiple alternative gate sequences comprising either exact gate sequences or approximate gate sequences; and selection logic to evaluate the multiple alternative gate sequences based on a cost function to identify at least one of the gate sequences. |
| US11954562B2 |
Modular control in a quantum computing system
In a general aspect, a quantum computing method is described. In some aspects, a control system in a quantum computing system assigns subsets of qubit devices in a quantum processor to respective cores. The control system identifies boundary qubit devices residing between the cores in the quantum processor and generates control sequences for each respective core. A signal delivery system in communication with the control system and the quantum processor receives control signals to execute the control sequences, and the control signals are applied to the respective cores in the quantum processor. |
| US11954560B2 |
Fast cooling of ion motion in a long chain using local modes
Aspects of the present disclosure describe techniques for fast cooling of ion motion in a long chain using local motional modes. For example, a method is described for cooling down ions in a chain of ions that includes performing a cooling down sequence in which phonons are removed from the ions in the chain of ions by exciting and de-exciting local motional modes associated with individual ions, wherein sideband transitions that are part of the cooling down sequence are driven faster for the local motional modes than for collective motional modes for the same chain of ions; and completing the cooling down sequence when the local motional modes reach a ground state. A corresponding system and computer-readable storage medium for fast cooling of ion motion in a long chain using local motional modes are also described. |
| US11954553B2 |
System and method for accurately reading radio-frequency identification tags at a barcode reader
A barcode reader configured to be supported by a workstation and having a housing with a window. A multi-axis radio-frequency identification antenna assembly is positioned within the housing of the barcode reader and includes first, second, and third antennas. The first antenna is configured to emit a radiation pattern oriented in a first direction, the second antenna is configured to emit a radiation pattern oriented in a second direction, substantially orthogonal to the first direction, and the third antenna is configured to emit a radiation pattern oriented in a third direction, substantially orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. |
| US11954548B2 |
Smart card enrollment device
A connector that is configured to receive a smart card includes: a first contact configured to receive a power supply voltage and corresponding to a first (power supply) contact area of the smart card, a second contact configured to receive a reference voltage and corresponding to contact a second (reference voltage) contact area of the smart card, and a third contact corresponding to a three-state (input/output) contact area of the smart card. A first light-emitting diode having an anode coupled to the third contact and a cathode coupled to the second contact. A second light-emitting diode has a cathode coupled to the third contact and an anode coupled to the first contact. Turning on/off of the first and second light-emitting diode is controlled by the smart card through the signal at the three-state (input/output) contact area. |
| US11954545B2 |
System and method using a histogram and colorspaces to create a matrix barcode
Techniques to improve detection and security of images, including formation and detection of matrix-based images. A histogram may be used to determine a most prevalent plurality of colors associated with an environment. A related plurality of colors may be determined based on the most prevalent plurality of colors. A matrix barcode may be generated based on the related plurality of colors. |
| US11954543B2 |
Wireless tag reader and basket device
A wireless tag reader includes a casing, an antenna in the casing and through which a radio wave is transmitted to and received from a wireless tag on an article, a control device in the casing and configured to read tag information stored in the wireless tag based on a radio wave received by the antenna, and an elastic member between the casing and the antenna so as to permit the antenna to be movable with respect to the casing. |
| US11954542B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium for storing program
An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a print settings screen for causing an image forming apparatus to print, on a printing medium, a plurality of patches representing colorimetry targets readable by a colorimetric apparatus; a reception unit configured to receive an instruction for the printing via the print settings screen; a print control unit configured to cause the image forming apparatus to start the printing of the plurality of patches based on the received instruction for the printing; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to calibration corresponding to the printing medium; and a determination unit configured to determine whether calibration has been executed for the printing medium based on the obtained information related to calibration. |
| US11954539B1 |
Webhooks use for a microservice architecture application
Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for configuring event hooks in a microservice architecture-based system. The control plane links a plurality of APIs for a microservice architecture application. Each API includes a data plane proxy that serves traffic for the API from the control plane. The control plane receives an event hook including an event, a source, and a handler. The control plane configures a component of the microservice-architecture-based system to run the handler when the event occurs at the source. When the event occurred at the source, the component runs the handler. |
| US11954537B2 |
Information-unit based scaling of an ordered event stream
Scaling an ordered event stream (OES) based on an information-unit (IU) metric is disclosed. The IU metric can correspond to an amount of computing resources that can be consumed to access information embodied in event data of an event of the OES. In this regard, the amount of computing resources to access the data of the stream event itself can be distinct from an amount of computing resources employed to access information embodied in the data. As such, where an external application, e.g., a reader, a writer, etc., can connect to an OES data storage system, enabling the OES to be scaled in response to burdening of computing resources accessing event information, rather than merely event data, can aid in preservation of an ordering of events accessed from the OES. |
| US11954532B2 |
Reconciling resource management platforms
Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for receiving an indication to suspend a first event associated with a first resource indicator that is stored in a first data file associated with a first resource management software utilized by a first entity. A second indication to suspend the first event is determined to be provided by a second entity utilizing a second resource management software, the second indication to suspend the first event indicating a modification to both the first data file associated with a first resource management software and a second data file associated with the second resource management software. The first data file is reconciled by instructing the first resource management software to modify the first resource indicator in the first data file so as to correspond to a modification to a second resource indicator associated with the second data file. |
| US11954530B2 |
Method and system of processing data based on QUIC protocol stack, device and storage medium
The present disclosure provides a method of processing data based on QUIC protocol stack, the method including: obtaining a connection identifier of a data packet; determining a server program used for processing the data packet, wherein the server program comprises a plurality of worker threads, wherein QUIC protocol stacks run in the plurality of worker threads; determining a corresponding worker thread from the multiple worker threads based on the connection identifier; and distributing the data packet to the corresponding worker thread to make the QUIC protocol stack on the corresponding worker thread process the data packet. The disclosure further provides a system, a computing device and a computer-readable storage medium of processing data based on QUIC protocol stack. |
| US11954526B2 |
Multi-queue multi-cluster task scheduling method and system
The present disclosure provides a multi-queue multi-cluster task scheduling method and system. The method includes: constructing a training data set; training and optimizing a plurality of parallel deep neural networks (DNN) by using the training data set to obtain a plurality of trained and optimized parallel DNNs; setting a reward function, where the reward function minimizes the sum of a task delay and energy consumption by adjusting a reward value proportion of the task delay and a reward value proportion of the energy consumption; inputting a to-be-scheduled state space into the plurality of trained and optimized parallel DNNs to obtain a plurality of to-be-scheduled action decisions; determining an optimal action decision among the plurality of to-be-scheduled action decisions based on the reward function for output; and scheduling the plurality of task attribute groups to a plurality of clusters based on the optimal action decision. |
| US11954524B2 |
Compliance aware application scheduling
A method for scheduling services in a computing environment includes receiving a service scheduling request corresponding to the computing environment and identifying a resource pool and a set of compliance requirements corresponding to the computing environment. The method continues by identifying target resources within the resource pool, wherein target resources are resources which meet the set of compliance requirements, and subsequently identifying a set of available target resources, wherein available target resources are target resources with scheduling availability. The method further includes analyzing the set of available target resources to determine a risk score for each available target resource and selecting one or more of the set of available target resources according to the determined risk scores. The method continues by scheduling a service corresponding to the service scheduling request on the selected one or more available target resources. |
| US11954523B2 |
Techniques for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system with an external pairing system
There are provided a method for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system with an external pairing system. The method includes transmitting, to the external pairing system over an application programming interface, a control flag and a benchmark flag and receiving, from the external pairing system, a task-agent pairing based on one of a first pairing strategy and a second pairing strategy. The task-agent pairing is based at least in part on the control flag and the benchmark flag. |
| US11954522B2 |
Method for processing tasks in parallel, device and storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for processing tasks in parallel, a device and a storage medium, and relate to a field of artificial intelligent technologies. The method includes: determining at least one parallel computing graph of a target task; determining a parallel computing graph and an operator scheduling scheme based on a hardware execution cost of each operator task of each of the at least one parallel computing graph in a cluster, in which the cluster includes a plurality of nodes for executing the plurality of operator tasks, and each parallel computing graph corresponds to at least one operator scheduling scheme; and scheduling and executing the plurality of operator tasks of the determined parallel computing graph in the cluster based on the determined parallel computing graph and the determined operator scheduling scheme. |
| US11954521B2 |
Deep learning job scheduling method and system and related device
A deep learning job scheduling method includes obtaining a job request of a deep learning job, determining a target job description file template from a plurality of pre-stored job description file templates based on the job request, determining an identifier of a target job basic image from identifiers of a plurality of pre-stored job basic images based on the job request, generating a target job description file based on the target job description file template and the identifier of the target job basic image, sending the target job description file to a container scheduler, and selecting the target job basic image from the pre-stored job base images based on the target job description file, and creating at least one container for executing the job request. |
| US11954513B2 |
Scalable recovery and/or migration to cloud- based custom-made virtual machines without using failed machines' credentials
The disclosed approach works without the individualized credentials of failed machines when setting up recovery VMs in a cloud computing environment. Each recovery VMs is customized to properly correspond to the system state of its failed counterpart. An illustrative data storage management system recovers backup data and system states collected from the counterpart computing devices, custom-configures recovery VMs in the cloud computing environment, and injects the desired drivers into each recovery VM during an enhanced bare-metal restore process. The enhanced bare-metal restore process works without the failed computer's credentials. The system also restores the backed up data to recovery volumes attached to the recovery VMs. The present approach is both scalable and secure. When the enhanced bare-metal restore process completes, each cloud-based recovery VM presents a user interface that, for the first time after the computing device has failed, asks for the individualized credentials of the failed machine. |
| US11954512B2 |
Control device and control method
A control system (10) includes, for each type of Virtual Network Function (VNF), a VNF compatibility condition indicating a condition of allocation of resources by which the VNF corresponding to the type is allowed to coexist with other VNFs in an identical computer, and resource usage information indicating resources in use by the VNF in the computer and unused resources. The control system (10) includes a VNF deploy control unit (14) referencing, in a case of receiving an instruction to additionally install a VNF, the type of the VNF to be additionally installed, the VNF compatibility condition, and the resource usage information to determine, from among the unused resources, resources allocated to the VNF to be additionally installed, and a resource allocation processing unit allocating the determined resources to the VNF to be additionally installed. |
| US11954507B2 |
GUI component recognition apparatus, method and program
A GUI component in a screen is recognized without analyzing a program code of application software.A screen recognition device includes a GUI component form/position determination unit 11 that extracts a GUI component included in a display screen of application software, from the display screen, and that determines the form and position of the GUI component, and a GUI component kind identification unit 12 and a GUI component operation identification unit 13 that determine the kind of the GUI component and an operation that can be performed to the GUI component, based on a change in a mouse cursor and a change in the GUI component when the mouse cursor is superimposed on the GUI component. |
| US11954494B2 |
Method of system for generating a cluster instruction set
A system for generating a cluster combination instruction set using machine learning, the system comprising a computing device configured to generate, as a function of a received cluster, a plurality of physical transfer paths from a distinct plurality of initiation points to a single locale, wherein the cluster comprises a cluster of a plurality of alimentary elements, determine, as a function of the plurality of physical transfer paths, a physical transfer pattern, generate an objective function of the plurality of physical transfer paths as a function of a plurality of constraints, select a physical transfer path that minimizes objective function, determine a cluster combination instruction set for the physical transfer pattern to the single destination, and generate a representation of the cluster combination instruction set via a graphical user interface to at least a physical transfer apparatus and the plurality of alimentary element originators. |
| US11954489B2 |
Systems for performing instructions to quickly convert and use tiles as 1D vectors
Disclosed embodiments relate to systems for performing instructions to quickly convert and use matrices (tiles) as one-dimensional vectors. In one example, a processor includes fetch circuitry to fetch an instruction having fields to specify an opcode, locations of a two-dimensional (2D) matrix and a one-dimensional (1D) vector, and a group of elements comprising one of a row, part of a row, multiple rows, a column, part of a column, multiple columns, and a rectangular sub-tile of the specified 2D matrix, and wherein the opcode is to indicate a move of the specified group between the 2D matrix and the 1D vector, decode circuitry to decode the fetched instruction; and execution circuitry, responsive to the decoded instruction, when the opcode specifies a move from 1D, to move contents of the specified 1D vector to the specified group of elements. |
| US11954482B2 |
Autonomous vehicle control assessment and selection
According to certain aspects, a computer-implemented method for operating an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be provided. With the customer's permission, an identity of a vehicle operator may be identified and a vehicle operator profile may be retrieved. Operating data regarding autonomous operation features operating the vehicle may be received from vehicle-mounted sensors. When a request to disable an autonomous feature is received, a risk level for the autonomous feature is determined and compared with a driver behavior setting for the autonomous feature stored in the vehicle operator profile. Based upon the risk level comparison, the autonomous vehicle retains control of vehicle or the autonomous feature is disengaged depending upon which is the safer driver—the autonomous vehicle or the vehicle human occupant. As a result, unsafe disengagement of self-driving functionality for autonomous vehicles may be alleviated. Insurance discounts may be provided for autonomous vehicles having this safety functionality. |
| US11954480B2 |
Center, OTA master, system, method, non-transitory storage medium, and vehicle
A center comprising one or more processors configured to: communicate with an OTA master configured to control, based on update data, a software update for a plurality of electronic control units mounted on a vehicle; transmit, to the OTA master, first-type update data that is the update data for a first electronic control unit on which a first-type non-volatile memory having one storage area is mounted and second-type update data that is the update data for a second electronic control unit on which a second-type non-volatile memory having two storage areas is mounted, the first electronic control unit and the second electronic control unit being included in the electronic control units; and control transmittance of the first-type update data and the second-type update data to the OTA master based on a communication state between the center and the OTA master. |
| US11954476B2 |
On-board update apparatus, update processing system, update processing method, and computer program
An on-board update apparatus includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a first on-board apparatus including a storage unit that stores a program in a rewritable manner and a second on-board apparatus including a sensor that performs detection of a person present around a vehicle and configured to transmit a detection result indicating presence or absence of a person around the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to obtain an update program for updating the program stored in the storage unit from outside, and execute update processing of the program stored in the storage unit using the obtained update program, wherein the processing unit executes update processing of the program stored in the storage unit using the update program, when it is determined that no person is present around the vehicle based on the detection result received through the communication unit. |
| US11954467B2 |
Convolutional neural network compiler for programmable functional array (PFA) processors
Convolutional neural network compilers for programmable functional array processors are provided. One such compiler involves a method for fitting a convolutional neural network (CNN) to a CNN processor to be performed by a compiler, the method comprising: receiving a CNN; converting the CNN into a CNN graph; converting the CNN graph into a memory graph comprising graph primitives corresponding to a plurality of components of the CNN processor including a primary memory; performing a memory analysis to determine an amount of memory required in the primary memory for at least one of the graph primitives; identifying a plurality of tokens within the memory graph to form a token graph, each of the plurality of tokens comprising one or more of the graph primitives; and generating, using the plurality of identified tokens, configuration settings for each of the plurality of components of the CNN processor. |
| US11954463B2 |
User interface design update automation
Techniques are disclosed relating to determining a similarity of components of a current webpage to different UI components for use in automatically generating an updated webpage. A computer system may receive information specifying a current webpage, including a particular current UI component and information specifying a plurality of different UI components for an updated webpage. The computer system may identify one or more characteristics of the particular current UI component. The computer system may determine, based on the identified one or more characteristics, a similarity of ones of the plurality of different UI components to the particular current UI component. The computer system may select, based on the determining, a particular different UI component from the plurality of different UI components for use, in the updated webpage, for the particular current UI component. Such techniques may advantageously improve user experience by automatically providing up-to-date user interfaces. |
| US11954462B2 |
Dual bayesian encoding-decoding technique for text to code transformations
Methods, apparatus, and software for implementing dual Bayesian encoding-decoding for text-to-code transformations. In one aspect, a multi-model probabilistic source code model employing dual Bayesian encoder-decoder models is used to convert natural language (NL) inputs (aka requests) into source code. An NL input is processed to generate a Probabilistic Distribution (PD) of Source code (SC) tokens in an SC token sequence and a PD of Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) tokens in an AST token sequence, wherein each SC token is associated with a respective AST token, and each of the SC and AST tokens have a respective PD. One or more fixing rules are applied to one or more tokens SC tokens that are identified as needing fixing, wherein the fixing rule are selected in consideration of the PDs of the SC tokens and the PDs of their associated AST tokens. |
| US11954460B1 |
Method and system for homoiconic low-code/no-code application development
A method and system for developing low-code and no-code software applications in a visual programming environment uses data flow expressions in which processing steps are represented as homoiconic data expression statements recorded in a transaction log that is accessible to developers at all times and that follows ACID rules. Data flow expressions are written in an interface description language for easy readability by non-programmers. An internal replacement language represents the modeled application and produces executable code by applying a target language template, producing executable code in other programming languages without knowing how to code in those languages. |
| US11954459B2 |
Program editing device of program path for wire electrode and wire electrical discharge machine thereof
A program editing device edits a machining program in which a machining path along which a wire electrode of a wire electrical discharge machine machines a workpiece is defined. The machining program includes a plurality of blocks corresponding to respective multiple partial paths into which the machining path is divided, each of the blocks including path information indicating the corresponding partial path. The program editing device includes an analyzer analyzing the machining program and thereby identifying a predetermined shape pattern formed by a series of the multiple partial paths in the machining path, an information generator generating shape information corresponding to the identified predetermined shape pattern, and an editor inserting the shape information into the machining program. |
| US11954451B1 |
Observation-based training of artificial intelligence character models
Systems and methods for observation-based training of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) character model are provided. An example method includes receiving log data including interactions of a user and a first AI character model, receiving internal parameters of a second AI character model including a first plurality of heuristic machine learning models and a second plurality of primary machine learning models, pre-processing the log data to obtain one or more data streams including behavioral characteristics of the user, running the one or more data streams through the first plurality of heuristic machine learning models to produce intermediate outputs, composing the intermediate outputs into templated formats, and providing the templated formats to the second plurality of primary machine learning models. The internal parameters of the second AI character model are adjusted based on the templated formats such that the second AI character model mimics the behavioral characteristics of the user. |
| US11954448B2 |
Determining position values for transformer models
Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for determining position values for training data that is used to train transformer models. In some embodiments, a set of input data for training a transformer model is received. The set of input data comprises a set of tokens. Based on an offset value, a set of successive position values for the set of tokens is determined. Each position value in the set of successive position values represents a position of a token in the set of tokens relative to other tokens in the set of tokens. A set of training data is generated to comprise the set of tokens and the set of successive position values. The transformer model is trained using the set of training data. |
| US11954445B2 |
Applied artificial intelligence technology for narrative generation based on explanation communication goals
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology can be used in combination with composable communication goal statements to facilitate a user's ability to quickly structure story outlines using “explanation” communication goals in a manner usable by an NLG narrative generation system without any need for the user to directly author computer code. This AI technology permits NLG systems to determine the appropriate content for inclusion in a narrative story about a data set in a manner that will satisfy a desired explanation communication goal such that the narratives will express various ideas that are deemed relevant to a given explanation communication goal. |
| US11954444B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring technology infrastructure
Systems and methods of monitoring technology infrastructure using alerts indicative service events and tickets indicative of incidents reported to the support system, including transmitting, to a client via a network, structured support data including issue data and correlation data. The issue data represents issues, which are fewer than the number of tickets, generated by processing textual data of the tickets through a clustering engine implementing a generative probabilistic model and generating the correlation data by associating alerts and tickets by correlating alert-specific identifiers and ticket-specific identifiers. The identifiers are of least one of identifier times, locations, names, or descriptions. A prioritization engine is also disclosed. |
| US11954440B1 |
Apparatus and method for processing digital invoices with invoice entity feedback override of trained machine learning models
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium has instructions executed by a processor to invoke an image processing module to ingest a digital invoice. An evaluation module derives metrics from the digital invoice. A semantic document processing module forms entity extracts from the digital invoice, where each entity extract from the digital invoice has a potential mapping to a trained machine learning model element. An entity extraction correction module overrides the potential mapping to the trained machine learning model element when user feedback from a similar entity extract from a previously processed digital invoice exists to produce a processed digital invoice with a user feedback element inconsistent with the potential mapping to the trained machine learning model element. The processed digital invoice is delivered to an accounting module for final disposition of the digital invoice. |
| US11954437B2 |
Emergency workflow trigger
Detection of crisis situations using multiple classifiers can enable fast and efficient processing of input phrases to determine if an abatement protocol should be executed. An input phrase can be passed through a pattern matching classifier and then through a trained machine learning classifier. If neither classifier identifies a crisis, the workflow can continue as usual. However, if a crisis is identified, confirmation of the crisis situation can be sought and used to further update one or both of the classifiers. If the crisis is confirmed, emergency information and crisis management tools can be presented to the user, among other mitigating actions. If the crisis is not confirmed, a prompt can be presented to the user to discuss the trigger phrase associated with the trigger signal. |
| US11954433B2 |
Systems and methods for a visual interface for grid-based programs
Techniques for visualizing text expressions in spreadsheet cells by mapping syntactic elements of the text expressions to two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) configurations of elements, and displaying the 2D or 3D configurations in a graphical user interface, wherein the syntactic relationships between syntactic elements in the text expressions are rendered as spatial relationships between the elements in the 2D or 3D configuration. In one embodiment, a method for converting a text expression into a 2D or 3D configuration includes selecting a spreadsheet cell based on input received from a user input device, wherein the spreadsheet cell comprises a text expression, parsing the text expression, using a logic subsystem, into at least a first syntactic element, mapping the first syntactic element, using the logic subsystem, to a first 2D or 3D element, and displaying the first element in a graphical user interface via a display subsystem. |
| US11954428B2 |
Digital processing systems and methods for accessing another's display via social layer interactions in collaborative work systems
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for mutual screen sharing during a text chat are disclosed. The systems and methods may involve at least one processor configured to: maintain a platform that hosts a plurality of applications accessible to a plurality of client devices; enable the plurality of client devices to access and display via the platform, the plurality of applications; cause a communications interface to appear on the first client device and the second client device; cause a first display on the first client device of the second application in response to selection on the first client device of the first link; cause a second display on the second client device of the first application in response to selection on the second client device of the second link; and during the first display and the second display, enable communication between the first client device and the second client device. |
| US11954422B2 |
Systems and methods for structure-based automated hyperlinking
A method for automatically inserting hyperlinks is provided. In one example, the method includes determining a location for a hyperlink anchor in a document based on a type of structural element identified in the document. A presentation of the hyperlink anchor may be displayed according to a set of rules defining an appearance of the hyperlink anchor according to the type of structural element. |
| US11954418B2 |
Grouping of Pauli strings using entangled measurements
Methods and apparatuses for designing quantum circuits include generating a Pauli graph from Pauli strings in a qubit Hamiltonian. Nodes are merged in the Pauli graph, responsive to a determination that some Pauli strings are observables that are jointly measurable by entangled measurement. A quantum circuit based is generated on a merged Pauli graph that results from merging the nodes. |
| US11954417B1 |
Method for predicting permeability of multi-mineral phase digital core based on deep learning
Disclosed a method for predicting permeability of a multi-mineral phase digital core based on deep learning. In the present disclosure, a three-dimensional digital core is constructed and a pore structure is randomly generated; after a plurality of multi-mineral digital core images is acquired by performing image segmentation on the three-dimensional digital core, permeability corresponding to each of the multi-mineral digital core images is acquired by simulation using multi-physics field simulation software and a multi-mineral digital core data set is constructed based on the plurality of multi-mineral digital core images and the permeability corresponding to each of the multi-mineral digital core images; an SE-ResNet18 convolutional neural network is constructed and trained with the multi-mineral digital core data set; and an image of a multi-mineral core to be predicted is input into the trained SE-ResNet18 convolutional neural network to determine the permeability of the multi-mineral core. |
| US11954415B2 |
Early warning method for safety production risk of tailings pond based on risk ranking
An early warning method for safety production risk of tailings pond based on risk ranking is provided. The early warning method includes: monitoring and collecting internal basic data of a tailings pond in real-time, and performing a basic monitoring and a basic early warning; collecting geographical location data, meteorological data, and historical geological disaster data of an area where the tailings pond is located; performing risk ranking on a safety production risk of the tailings pond, thereby obtaining a risk level of the tailings pond; and collecting case data of global tailings pond accidents and hazard degree data thereof, acquiring accident solution strategies for the global tailings pond accidents, performing management and monitoring on the tailings pond, setting parameters in a process of the basic monitoring, and performing a ranked early warning on the safety production risk of the tailings pond based on the risk level. |
| US11954412B1 |
Data transfer between a two-dimensional space and a three-dimensional space for multiphysics simulations
Techniques are provided for the transfer of data (e.g. electromagnetic losses and temperature for an electro-thermal simulation) between domains (e.g. 2D regions, 3D regions) with dissimilar topologies, e.g. to represent a physical object. Meshes from 2D and 3D regions of respective simulation models involved in the data transfer are projected onto and through one another. For profile preserving (e.g., temperature, convection coefficients, mesh displacements, etc.) and conservative (e.g., force, mass, or thermal energy, etc.) data transfers, shape functions and area/volume fractions are used in mapping weight generation, respectively. These weights are later used to generate field values on the mesh of the target simulation model, using data from the mesh of the source simulation model. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. |
| US11954409B2 |
Method for planning distribution network with reliability constraints based on feeder corridor
The present disclosure provides a method for planning a distribution network with reliability constraints based on a feeder corridor, including determining installation states of respective elements in the distribution network; determining an objective function, the objective function being an objective function of minimizing a total investment cost of the distribution network; obtaining fault-isolation-and-load-transfer time and fault recovery time in a case where the feeder segment of each feeder line that is contained in each feeder corridor fails; determining constraint conditions including reliability constraints; building a distribution network planning model according to the objective function and the constraints; and solving the distribution network planning model built to obtain optimal solutions as planning states and reliability indexes to plan the distribution network. |
| US11954406B2 |
Method for generating a tool interacting with an object
A method for generating a tool designed to interact with an object includes obtaining a model of the object, the model including at least a geometry of the object. A criterion set including at least one criterion for the tool is determined, and a virtual tool fulfilling the criterion set is created. An attribute reflecting a simulated interaction between the model and the virtual tool is calculated to thereby obtain an attribute value. On the basis of the attribute value, a to-be-fabricated virtual tool is appointed, and a corresponding tool is fabricated. By means of the present method, the performances of candidate tools can be evaluated before the fabrication of the same. Based on the evaluation, it can be decided whether, and which one, of the candidate tools shall be fabricated. |
| US11954400B2 |
Transmitting messages to a display device based on detected audio output
Provided herein are system, apparatus, device, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for transmitting messages to a display device based on detected audio output from the display device. In a given embodiment, a digital media player can transmit a message to the display device to control the audio output of the speaker using a transmission protocol, and transmit a set of instructions to the remote control device to confirm the display device processed the message by determining whether an attribute associated with the audio output from the speaker is within a predetermined threshold. In response to receiving a message that an attribute associated with the audio output is within a predetermined threshold, the digital media player can determine that the display device is enabled to receive communication via the transmission protocol. |
| US11954397B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. In the display panel, a display module includes a first display area and a second display area. The first display area is used to display video images, the second display area is used to display decorative images, and the second display area is positioned on an outer peripheral side of the first display area. A bonding adhesive is transparent and is at least pasted on the second display area, and a cover plate is pasted on the bonding adhesive. The second display area is an appearance display area. |
| US11954396B2 |
Screen projection status determining method and apparatus
This disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for determining a screen projection status. The method may include, in response to a screen projection sharing operation, displaying screen projection sharing information on a current interface of a first terminal, and transmitting shared data corresponding to the screen projection sharing information to at least one second terminal. The shared data is for screen projection sharing. The method may further include performing screen projection sharing and displaying, on the current interface of the first terminal, a status identifier corresponding to a current screen projection status of each second terminal. |
| US11954394B2 |
Splicing screen and control method and system thereof
The present disclosure provides a splicing screen and a control method and system thereof. The splicing screen includes a display panel. A communication unit is configured to receive display data and receive a ready command sent by a slave splicing screen of the splicing screen; a control unit is configured to control, in response to determining that the splicing screen is ready and receiving the ready command, the communication unit to send a specified play command to the slave splicing screen, where the specified play command instructs to play a specified play frame in the display data at a specified play moment; and control the display panel to display the specified play frame at the specified play moment. |
| US11954393B2 |
Information redirection system to and from the internet, mobile devices and networks
Previous information generating devices or printers were designed to print a paper copy of data and/or receipts which causes a disconnect with modem day data manipulation. This information redirector can redirects generated data to and receive data from the internet and hand held devices which will open up extremely fast data exchange and data manipulation for consumers, cities, states and the federal government without the expense of having to purchase complete new systems. By simply adding the redirector we can connect all old computer systems with modem day systems that now have the ability to manipulate data automatically. |
| US11954387B2 |
Method and system for efficient job processing and scheduling using process mining
A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a system are disclosed for processing and scheduling print jobs on a plurality of printers. The method includes: collecting job information on one or more past print jobs; collecting job information on a plurality of print jobs currently being processed, each of the plurality of print jobs being assigned to one or more operators from a plurality of operators; generating a process workflow visualization for the plurality of print jobs currently being processed with a processing mining algorithm based on the job information collected on the one or more past print jobs and the job information collected on the plurality of print jobs currently being processed; and displaying the process workflow visualization for the plurality of print jobs currently being processed. |
| US11954380B2 |
System for providing new subscription initiation related to an existing subscription of user associated with device in a subscription period coinciding with the existing subscription
Examples disclosed herein relate to receiving a request to initiate a new subscription for an entity, determining whether the entity is associated with an existing subscription, and in response to determining that the entity is associated with the existing subscription, initiating the new subscription with a subscription period coinciding with the existing subscription. |
| US11954379B2 |
Predicted print material usage adjustment
The location of a printing device is determined. Environmental conditions in which the printing device operated when printing a print job are determined based on the determined location. An environmental adjustment factor for the printing device is determined based on the determined environmental conditions. A predicted print material usage of the printing device in printing the print job is adjusted based on the determined environmental adjustment factor. |
| US11954377B2 |
Information processing apparatus and control method
In a case where an inspection level to be used in determining quality of an image of an inspected surface of a printed sheet is set based on a comparison between a captured image resulting from imaging the inspected surface and a reference image, a plurality of inspection regions varying in inspection level is set for the reference image. In a case where an overlap region is present in the plurality of inspection regions, an inspection level of the overlap region is identified based on a predetermined priority. Further, the identified inspection level of the overlap region is displayed. |
| US11954374B2 |
Method and system for processing cloud broadcasting and printing data
A processing method and system of cloud broadcasting and printing data, relating to the field of information security. When receiving a service obtaining request, a server processes first data in the service obtaining request into printing and broadcasting data, processes the printing and broadcasting data into first verifying data and then sends the first verifying data to a cloud broadcasting and printing service platform. The cloud broadcasting and printing service platform processes the first verifying data into second verifying data and then sends the second verifying data to a cloud broadcasting and printing all-in-one machine. The cloud broadcasting and printing all-in-one machine processes the second verifying data into printing and broadcasting data, and extracts printing information and broadcasting information from the printing and broadcasting data at a time and performs broadcasting and printing respectively. |
| US11954372B2 |
Technique for efficient migration of live virtual disk across storage containers of a cluster
A technique efficiently migrates a live virtual disk (vdisk) across storage containers of a cluster having a plurality of nodes deployed in a virtualization environment. Each node is embodied as a physical computer with hardware resources, such as processor, memory, network and storage resources, that are virtualized to provide support for one or more user virtual machines (UVM) executing on the node. The storage resources include storage devices embodied as a storage pool that is logically segmented into the storage containers configured to store one or more vdisks. The storage containers include a source container having associated storage policies and a destination container having different (new) storage policies. The technique enables migration of the live vdisk from the source container to the destination container without powering down the UVM and halting input/output accesses to the vdisk, and while maintaining uninterrupted servicing of data from the live vdisk during the migration transparent to the executing UVM. |
| US11954366B2 |
Data storage device with multi-commands
Providing constant fixed commands to memory dies within a data storage device may result in hardware and firmware overheads impacting the performance at a flash interface module (FIM) because the FIM has to handle both the constant fixed commands and the overheads associated with the constant fixed commands. To avoid the impact on performance at the FIM, multiple fixed commands may be combined into individual multi-commands that may be provided to the memory dies. The use of multi-commands reduces hardware and firmware overheads at the FIM relative to the constant fixed commands, which improves performance of the data storage device because the saturation of the FIM is decreased. |
| US11954365B2 |
Information processing apparatus that controls memory system, method of controlling same, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus that functions as a SUB controller that, for a command group formed of pairs each formed by a command prepared by a host controller and a status, executes processing of each command and returns a status of an execution result of the command processing. In response to a request for processing the command group from the host controller, the SUB controller acquires the command group therefrom as an original command sequence. The original command sequence is divided into a plurality of segments each formed by one or more commands and having a total volume not larger than a threshold. Command groups each formed of pairs each formed by a command and a status are independently set in one or more storage devices connected to the information processing apparatus. Each storage device is notified of a command processing request on a segment-by-segment basis. |
| US11954364B2 |
Memory system and method of writing data to storage areas constituting group
According to an embodiment, a memory system includes memory chips operable in parallel and a memory controller. The memory chips each include first storage areas. The memory controller generates first groups each including first storage areas selected from different memory chips. The memory controller generates second groups each being constituted by a minimum number of first storage areas composed by excluding one or more first storage areas from each of the first groups. The minimum number of first storage areas are capable of storing at least a first amount of data received from the host. The memory controller executes writing of the data to all the minimum number of first storage areas constituting one second group. |
| US11954363B2 |
Quasi-volatile memory device with a back-channel usage
A quasi-volatile memory (QV memory) stack includes at least one semiconductor die, having formed thereon QV memory circuits, bonded to a second semiconductor on which a memory controller for the QV memory (“QV memory controller”) is formed. The circuits in the bonded semiconductor dies are electrically connected using numerous copper interconnect conductors and conductive through-silicon vias (TSVs). The QV memory controller may include one or more interfaces to additional devices (“back-channel devices”) to enable the QV memory controller to also serve as a controller for each back-channel device and to provide additional services. The QV memory controller performs data transfers between a back-channel device and the QV memory without intervention by the host CPU. |
| US11954357B2 |
Memory system and memory system control method
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a memory controller. The nonvolatile memory includes blocks each including memory cells. The memory controller is configured to control access to the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller is configured to: set a first block, among the plurality of blocks, to be written in a first mode, the first mode being a mode in which data of a first number of bits is written into the memory cell, and set a plurality of second blocks, among the plurality of blocks, to be written in a second mode, the second mode being a mode in which data of a second number of bits is written into the memory cell, the second number being larger than the first number; acquire access information related to the second blocks; and change a writing mode of the first block which has been set in the first mode to the second mode when a first condition of the second blocks based on the access information is satisfied. |
| US11954354B2 |
System and method for a content based classification and adaptive data encryption
A method for performing a backup operation includes obtaining, by a backup server, a backup request, wherein the backup request specifies a virtual machine to be backed up, wherein the virtual machine is hosted by a production host, and in response to the backup request: obtaining classification data from the backup agent, initiating a backup classification on an unprocessed backup associated with the virtual machine based on the classification data to obtain a sensitivity tag, and initiating a data processing on the unprocessed backup based on the sensitivity tag. |
| US11954353B2 |
Tape-to-tape copying between nodes of magnetic tape file systems
In an approach to improve magnetic tape file systems through tape-to-tape copying between nodes on a Linear Tape File System using a cluster-wide named pipe. Embodiments transfer data between a first node and a second node. Additionally, both the first node and the second node implement a parallel shared-disk file system through a data path for node data reading and writing from a shared-disk and to the shared-disk. Further, to transfer data between the first node and the second node, embodiments, write, by the first node, the data for tape-to-tape copy from a first tape drive to the shared-disk, and write, by the second node, the data written from the shared-disk to a second tape drive. |
| US11954352B2 |
Techniques for lock contention reduction in a log structured system
A request to perform a first operation in a system that stores deduplicated data can be received. The system can include a data block stored at multiple logical address each referencing the data block. A reference count can be associated with the data block and can denote a number of logical addresses referencing the data block. Processing can be performed to service the request and perform the first operation, wherein the processing can include: acquiring a non-exclusive lock for a page that includes the reference count of the data block; storing, in a metadata log while holding the non-exclusive lock on the page, an entry to decrement the reference count of the data block; and releasing the non-exclusive lock on the page. |
| US11954351B2 |
Memory system, operating method thereof, and data processing system for processing duplicate data
A memory system may include: a nonvolatile memory device comprising a plurality of memory regions; and a controller in communication with the nonvolatile memory device to control operations of the nonvolatile memory device and configured to: receive a first write request including a first logical address and a second logical address; determine a duplicate physical address mapped to the second logical address; and selectively map the first logical address to the duplicate physical address based on a duplicate count corresponding to the duplicate physical address. |
| US11954350B2 |
Storage device and method of operating the same
A storage device includes a memory device, and a memory controller configured to receive data and a log related to a property of the data from an external host, allocate a super block in which the data in the memory device is to be stored and a physical zone in the super block based on the log of the data, and store information for the log of the data stored for each physical zone and a time point at which a physical zone of a full state in which an empty area does not exist is switched to the full state. The memory controller controls the memory device to perform garbage collection according to the number of physical zones of an empty state, and selects a victim physical zone based on the information for the log of the data and a full state switch time point. |
| US11954349B2 |
Memory system for executing a target operation based on a program state of a super memory block and operating method thereof
The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory system and operating method thereof. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the memory system may include i) a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks each including a plurality of pages, and ii) a memory controller configured to monitor a program operation on a first super memory block among a plurality of super memory blocks each including at least one of the plurality of memory blocks, and execute a target operation on the first super memory block based on the state of the first super memory block when it is determined that the program operation on the first super memory block has not been executed for a preset time period from a preset reference time point. |
| US11954348B2 |
Combining data block I/O and checksum block I/O into a single I/O operation during processing by a storage stack
Techniques are provided for combining data block and checksum block I/O into a single I/O operation. Many storage systems utilize checksums to verify the integrity of data blocks stored within storage devices managed by a storage stack. However, when a storage system reads a data block from a storage device, a corresponding checksum must also be read to verify integrity of the data in the data block. This results in increased latency because two read operations are being processed through the storage stack and are being executed upon the storage device. To reduce this latency and improve I/O operations per second, a single combined I/O operation corresponding to a contiguous range of blocks including the data block and the checksum block is processed through the storage stack instead of two separate I/O operations. Additionally, I/O operation may be combined into a single request that is executed upon the storage device. |
| US11954340B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device, nonvolatile memory, and operation method of memory controller
Disclosed is a nonvolatile memory, which includes a plurality of input/output pads connectable to a plurality of data lines, an enable input pad, an enable output pad, and a chip address initialization circuit. The chip address initialization circuit receives a current chip address through the plurality of input/output pads, stores the current chip address in response to a current enable signal received through the enable input pad, outputs a next enable signal through the enable output pad, and outputs a next chip address through the plurality of input/output pads. |
| US11954338B2 |
Shared components in fuse match logic
A memory device includes a memory cell array and a set of fuse banks including a common fuse bank storing common bit information corresponding to a plurality of defective memory cells in the memory cell array. The memory device including a plurality of match sub-circuits corresponding to respective defective memory cells of the plurality of defective memory cells. Each match sub-circuit can be configured to provide a determination of whether a memory cell address of a memory cell of the memory cell array matches an address of the respective defective memory cell. The plurality of match sub-circuit can include a shared common bit-processing circuit that is configured to receive common bit-by-bit results of a comparison between a portion of the memory cell address and the common bit information. The common bit-processing circuit can determine whether the common bit information matches the portion of the memory cell address. |
| US11954332B2 |
Data processing method, controller, storage device, and storage system
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data processing method, a controller, a storage device, and a storage system. The controller adds an execution time of an IO request to the IO request, and the execution time is used to instruct the storage device to complete the IO request before the execution time expires. The controller sends, to the storage device, the IO request to which the execution time is added. When receiving the IO request, the storage device can execute the IO request based on the execution time of the IO request. |
| US11954329B2 |
Memory management method, memory storage device and memory control circuit unit
A memory management method configured for a rewritable non-volatile memory module, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The rewritable non-volatile memory module includes a plurality of dies, wherein each of the dies includes a plurality of planes, each of the planes includes a plurality of physical erasing units, and a sum of a number of the planes included in the rewritable non-volatile memory module is a first number. The method includes: grouping the plurality of physical erasing units into a plurality of management units. Each of the plurality of physical erasing units included in each of the management units belongs to a different plane, and each of the management units has a second number of the physical erasing units, wherein the second number is less than the first number. |
| US11954323B2 |
Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for initiating a payment action in a messaging session
An electronic device displays a messaging user interface of a messaging application, including a conversation transcript of a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and another user, a message-input area, and a representation corresponding to the other user. In response to detecting a first user input corresponding to the representation of the other user, a menu is displayed that contains an activatable menu item for initiating a payment action with the other user. While displaying the menu, in response to detecting a second user input corresponding to the activatable menu item for initiating a payment action with the first other user, a user interface configured to initiate sending of payment to, and/or requesting payment from, the first other user is displayed. |
| US11954322B2 |
Application programming interface for gesture operations
At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include an environment with a framework of software code interacting with a plurality of applications to provide gesture operations in response to user inputs detected on a display of a device. A method for operating through an application programming interface (API) in this environment includes displaying a user interface that includes a respective view that is associated with a respective application of the plurality of applications. The method includes, while displaying the respective view, detecting, via the software code, a user input within the region of the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the respective view, and, in response, in accordance with a determination that the user input is an inadvertent user input, ignoring the user input. The determination that the user input is an inadvertent user input is made based on an inadvertent user input call transferred through the API. |
| US11954320B2 |
Web application with adaptive user interface
Methods and systems are disclosed for dynamically and automatically modifying a user interface (UI) of an application based on the UI capabilities of a computer device running the application, in particular whether the computer device is touch-enabled or not. |
| US11954318B2 |
Dynamically adjusting GUI elements to reflect user multi-selection
A method of adjusting elements of a GUI to reflect multi-selection of GUI items, comprising presenting a plurality of selectable GUI items each characterized by one or more unique attributes and one or more action GUI configured to initiate one or more actions adjusted according to a multi-selection of the selectable GUI items, analyzing user input to detect multiple indications gradually indicated by a user to select a group of selectable GUI items, responsive to detection of each of the indications, appending the unique attribute(s) of the respective selectable GUI item selected in the respective indication to the action GUI element(s) such that the action GUI element(s) is dynamically adjusted to aggregate the unique attribute(s) of all of the selectable GUI items of the group, and responsive to activation of the action GUI element(s), initiate the action(s) adjusted according to all of the selectable GUI items of the group. |
| US11954312B2 |
Input device adapted to receive a touch input and a hover input
An input device includes a touch panel having an operation surface and configured to receive a touch input and a hover input by an operation body; a display device configured to display a plurality of selection items; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to highlight a selection item, a selection of the selection item being made by the hover input from the plurality of selection items, confirm the selection of the selection item by the hover input in a case where a duration during which the selection item is selected by the hover input reaches a first predetermined threshold, and confirm a selection of the selection item by the touch input in a case where the touch input is detected on the selection item before the duration reaches the first predetermined threshold. |