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US11985377B2	Combined media capability for multiple media devices Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a media device receiving from a source media device a request about a media capability of the media device, and identifying a data block indicating a default capability of the media device. The media device can further select a data unit of the data block to be replaced based on a media capability of a downstream media device attached to the media device. Afterward, the media device can modify the data block by replacing the selected data unit by information indicating the media capability of the downstream media device to generate a modified data block to represent a combined media capability of the media device and the downstream media device. In addition, the media device can send the modified data block to the source media device.
US11985376B2	Playback of generative media content Generative media content (e.g., generative audio) can be played back across multiple playback devices concurrently. A coordinator device can receive a multi-channel stream of media content, with at least some channels comprising generative media content. The coordinator device transmits each of the channels to a plurality of playback devices. A first playback device plays back a first subset of the channels according to first playback responsibilities and a second playback device plays back a second subset of the channels according to second playback responsibilities. The first and/or second playback responsibilities can be dynamically modified over time, for example in response to one or more input parameters.
US11985369B2	Methods and systems for managing content restrictions Methods and systems are described for managing blackout restrictions. A user device may retrieve a blackout condition from a blackout device. The blackout device may be a node in plurality of blackout nodes. Each of the blackout nodes may store blackout conditions for different corresponding content. The user device may retrieve the blackout condition from a blackout device associated with content in response to a request for the content. The user device may determine whether information associated with the user device satisfies the blackout condition. If the information satisfies the blackout condition, the requested content may be blocked. Alternative content may be output instead of the requested content.
US11985368B2	Synthetic total audience ratings Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine synthetic total audience ratings are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to access census data including census viewing statements associated with media content presented by census devices, access panel data including panelist viewing statements associated with media content presented by panel devices, the panel data including weights to represent numbers of individuals to be represented by corresponding panelists, divide the weights for respective ones of the panelists into respective sets of split weights, and assign the census viewing statements to at least subsets of the sets of split weights to determine the audience ratings for the population, the assignment of the census viewing statements to the at least subsets of the sets of split weights based on a reach constraint.
US11985366B2	Interrupting presentation of content data to present additional content in response to reaching a timepoint relating to the content data and notifying a server System for present content. The system includes means for receiving a set of timepoints relating to a content data and means for generating display signals based on the content data. The system also includes means for sending display signals to a display device that represent the content data and means for notifying a server over the Internet, that a timepoint among the set of timepoints has been reached in the content data. The system also includes means for receiving, from the server, via the Internet, an identification of one or more particular additional content and in response to receiving the identification of the one or more particular additional content from the server, means for interrupting presentation of the content data; and presenting the one or more particular additional content. The system further includes means for resuming, presentation of the content data after presenting the one or more particular additional content.
US11985361B2	Systems and methods for broadcasting live media streams A network-based system for live media broadcasting includes a server system including processing structure configured to: receive at least one live non-WebRTC media stream; ingest the at least one live non-WebRTC media stream; transcode the at least one live non-WebRTC media stream to generate a WebRTC-compatible media stream; publish the WebRTC-compatible media stream to a WebRTC gateway of the server system using Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP); and using the WebRTC gateway of the server system, stream the WebRTC-compatible media stream to a requesting client computing device over a respective WebRTC connection for selectively mixing using the requesting client computing device. Various related systems, devices and methods are provided.
US11985359B2	Sample adaptive offset (SAO) parameter signaling Techniques for signaling of sample adaptive offset (SAO) information that may reduce the coding rate for signaling such information in the compressed bit stream are provided. More specifically, techniques are provided that allow SAO information common to two or more of the color components to be signaled using one or more syntax elements (flags or indicators) representative of the common information. These techniques reduce the need to signal SAO information separately for each color component.
US11985356B2	Methods and apparatus for prediction simplification in video coding A method of decoding a syntax element for a current coding unit of video data is performed by an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus identifies, for the current coding unit, an above coding unit and a coding tree unit including the current coding unit. After determining that the above coding unit is within the coding tree unit, the electronic apparatus decodes, from a video bitstream, a corresponding syntax element for the current coding unit based, at least in part, on a syntax element associated with the above coding unit retrieved from a line buffer associated with the coding tree unit; otherwise, the electronic apparatus decodes, from the video bitstream, the corresponding syntax element for the current coding unit based, at least in part, on a default value assigned to the syntax element associated with the above coding unit.
US11985352B2	Image coding apparatus, image coding method, and storage media An orthogonal transform unit orthogonally transforms prediction residuals in a block of a P×Q array of pixels, thereby generating an N×M (N is an integer satisfying N
US11985350B2	Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method An encoder capable of properly handling an image to be encoded or decoded includes processing circuitry and memory connected to the processing circuitry. Using the memory, the processing circuitry: obtains parameters including at least one of (i) one or more parameters related to a first process for correcting distortion in an image captured with a wide angle lens and (ii) one or more parameters related to a second process for stitching a plurality of images; generates an encoded image by encoding a current image to be processed that is based on the image or the plurality of images; and writes the parameters into a bitstream including the encoded image.
US11985343B2	Global motion models for motion vector inter prediction A decoder is configured to receive a bit stream including a current frame and a picture header associated with the entire current frame, determine, as a function of the picture header, that one global motion mode is enabled for the entire current frame, the enabled global motion mode being selected from a group including translational motion, 4-parameter affine motion, and 6-parameter affine motion, detect, based on the enabled global motion mode, a plurality of parameters applicable to the entire frame, and decode the current frame using the detected parameters.
US11985342B2	Signaling of flag indicating zero motion vector difference for a control point A method for video encoding includes determining a corresponding motion vector for each of multiple control points of a base predictor. The method further includes determining a corresponding motion vector difference for each of the multiple control points of the base predictor based on the determined motion vector for each respective control point. The method further includes generating prediction information of the current block to be included in a coded video bitstream. The prediction information includes (i) a usage flag indicative of the affine merge mode with offset, (ii) offset parameters defining the determined corresponding motion vector difference for each of the one or more of the control points, and (iii) a zero motion vector difference flag for the multiple control points of the base predictor. The zero motion vector difference flag indicates whether offset parameters for the respective control point are provided in the prediction information.
US11985334B2	Method and apparatus for video decoding of area of interest in a bitstream A video decoding method for decoding an input bitstream in which each of pictures has been encoded with being split into a plurality of tiles, the method includes decoding partial decoding information included in the input bitstream and determining one or more target tiles to be decoded among the plurality of tiles according to the partial decoding information; and decoding video data corresponding to the one or more target tiles, wherein the partial decoding information includes at least one of first information indicating whether to perform partial decoding and second information indicating an area on which partial decoding is to be performed.
US11985333B2	Indicating which video data units represent a target picture-in-picture region A method of processing media data. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a media data and a media data file, that a preselection element includes an indicator, wherein the indicator indicates which video data units of a main video represent a target picture-in-picture region; and performing the conversion between the media data and the media data file based on the indicator. A corresponding video coding apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are also disclosed.
US11985331B2	Image decoding method and apparatus using same An image decoding method according to the present invention includes: receiving information on a set of reference pictures for configuring a set of reference pictures of a current picture, wherein the information on the set of reference pictures includes the most significant bit (MSB) information that may calculate the MSB of the picture order count (POC) of a long-term reference picture relative to the current picture, and flag information that represents whether there is MSB information; and eliciting the set of reference pictures by using received MSB information when the flag information is 1, and performing marking on the reference picture, wherein the flag information may be 1 when a temporal sub-layer identifier is 0, and there is at least one POC value for which a remainder obtained by dividing by a maximum value MaxPicOrderCntLsb capable of being represented by the LSB is the same as the least significant bit (LSB) of the POC of the long-term reference picture, in a set of POCs of a previous picture including POC values related to the previous picture that may not be discarded without affecting whether other pictures of the same temporal layer may be decoded.
US11985330B2	Method and apparatus of simplified affine subblock process for video coding system Methods and apparatus of for video coding using sub-block based affine mode are disclosed. In one method, if affine fallback is used or the control-point motion vectors are the same, the sub-block based affine mode is disabled in order to reduce computational complexity. According to another method for video coding using a coding tool belonging to a coding tool group comprising Prediction Refinement with Optical Flow (PROF) and Bi-Directional Optical Flow (BDOF), predictor refinement is derived for pixels of a target subblock of the current block, where a step to derive the predictor refinement comprises to derive gradients for the pixels of the target subblock of the current block and to right-shift the first gradients by a common shift.
US11985328B2	Bidirectional prediction method and video decoding apparatus A method of inter-predicting a current block using any one of a plurality of bi-prediction modes is disclosed. The method comprises decoding, from a bitstream, mode information indicating whether a first mode included in the plurality of bi-prediction modes is applied to the current block. When the mode information indicates that the first mode is applied to the current block, the method further comprises: decoding, from the bitstream, first motion information including differential motion vector information and predicted motion vector information for a first motion vector and second motion information not including at least a portion of predicted motion vector information and differential motion vector information for a second motion vector; and deriving the first motion vector based on the first motion information and deriving the second motion vector based on both at least a portion of the first motion information and the second motion information.
US11985327B2	Bidirectional prediction method and video decoding apparatus A method of inter-predicting a current block using any one of a plurality of bi-prediction modes is disclosed. The method comprises decoding, from a bitstream, mode information indicating whether a first mode included in the plurality of bi-prediction modes is applied to the current block. When the mode information indicates that the first mode is applied to the current block, the method further comprises: decoding, from the bitstream, first motion information including differential motion vector information and predicted motion vector information for a first motion vector and second motion information not including at least a portion of predicted motion vector information and differential motion vector information for a second motion vector; and deriving the first motion vector based on the first motion information and deriving the second motion vector based on both at least a portion of the first motion information and the second motion information.
US11985324B2	Methods and apparatuses of video processing with motion refinement and sub-partition base padding Exemplary video processing methods and apparatuses for encoding or decoding a current block by inter prediction are disclosed. Input data of a current block is received and partitioned into sub-partitions and motion refinement is independently performed on each sub-partition. A reference block for each sub-partition is obtained from one or more reference pictures according to an initial motion vector (MV). A refined MV for each sub-partition is derived by searching around the initial MV with N-pixel refinement. One or more boundary pixels of the reference block for a sub-partition is padded for motion compensation of the sub-partition. A final predictor for the current block is generated by performing motion compensation for each sub-partition according to its refined MV. The current block is then encoded or decoded according to the final predictor.
US11985323B2	Quantized residual differential pulse code modulation representation of coded video Video coding and decoding methods are described. An example method includes determining, based on an applicability rule, that a differential coding mode is applicable to a conversion between a chroma video block of a video and a bitstream representation of the chroma video block, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion between the chroma video block and the bitstream representation of the chroma video block using the differential coding mode, where the chroma video block is represented in the bitstream representation using a difference between a quantized residual of an intra prediction of the chroma video block and a prediction of the quantized residual in the differential coding mode, where the intra prediction is performed in a first direction and the prediction of the quantized residual is performed in a second direction, and where the difference is represented using a differential pulse coding modulation (DPCM) representation.
US11985318B2	Encoding video with extended long term reference picture retention An encoder for video encoding and decoding with long term reference picture retention. The encoder generates an encoded bitstream for a compliant decoder. At the decoder, coded pictures are decoded using a list of references pictures, of which at least one is a long term reference picture. A first picture is decoded using the long term reference picture. A second picture is decoded without using the long term reference picture which is inactive but is retained in a buffer. A subsequent picture is then decoded again using the long term reference picture.
US11985317B2	Coefficient scaling for high precision image and video coding Methods, systems, and devices for coefficient scaling for high-precision image and video coding are described. An example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies that the conversion includes during encoding, skipping applying a forward transform to residual coefficients of the current block prior to including in the bitstream representation, or during decoding, reconstructing residual coefficients of the current block from the bitstream representation without applying an inverse transform. The rule further specifies that a scale factor is applied to the residual coefficients independent of a size of the current block.
US11985316B2	Compressed high dynamic range video Methods for the real-time, reversible compression of high dynamic range videos, allowing high dynamic range videos to be broadcast through standard dynamic range channels. The methods include streaming pixel values from at least one image sensor through a pipeline on a processor. The pipeline includes an HDR function that combines the streaming pixel values in real-time into an HDR stream and a transfer function that converts the HDR stream to an SDR video stream. The method further includes transmitting the SDR video stream to a receiver in real time for display as a video.
US11985315B2	Intra prediction method and device based on intra sub-partitions in image coding system A method by which a decoding device decodes an image, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: receiving prediction mode information about a current block; receiving intra sub-partitions (ISP)-related information about the current block on the basis of the size and the maximum conversion block size of the current block; deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the prediction mode information; and generating a prediction sample of the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode and the ISP-related information.
US11985314B2	Methods and apparatuses of processing video data of out-of-bounds nodes Video processing methods and apparatuses in a video encoding or decoding system for processing out-of-bounds nodes in a current picture. An out-of-bounds node is a coding tree node with a block region across a current picture boundary. The video processing method or apparatus determines an inferred splitting type, applies the inferred splitting type to split the out-of-bounds node into child blocks, adaptively splits each child block into one or multiple leaf blocks, and encodes or decodes the leaf blocks in the out-of-bounds node inside the current picture. The inferred splitting type for partitioning out-of-bounds nodes in an inter slice, picture, or tile is the same as the inferred splitting type for partitioning out-of-bounds nodes in an intra slice, picture, or tile.
US11985313B2	Filtering method and apparatus, and computer storage medium Provided in implementations of the present application are a filtering method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium; the method comprises: acquiring pixel information to be filtered; determining edge information; and inputting the sample information to be filtered and the edge information into a neural network-based filter so as to output filtered pixels, the filter being obtained by an online filtering part combined with an offline filtering part.
US11985305B2	Encoder, a decoder and corresponding methods using for IBC merge list The disclosure relates to a method of coding implemented by a decoding device, comprising: obtaining a value of a maximum number of merging motion vector prediction, MVP, candidates for a current block, wherein the current block is predicted using intra block copy, IBC mode; setting a value of a MVP index to zero, when the value of the maximum number of MVP candidates for the current block is equal to one; obtaining a motion vector of the current block according to the MVP index and a candidate list; obtaining prediction samples values of the current block according to the motion vector of the current block.
US11985304B2	Method and apparatus of local illumination compensation for predictive coding Illumination compensation can be performed for inter prediction coding of a picture, e.g. for video encoding and decoding. The illumination compensation may include: obtaining inter-predicted sample values for a current block of the picture; obtaining a first target value and a second target value of neighboring samples from a set of neighboring samples of a reference block, wherein the set includes neighboring samples of at least one reference block of the current block, and obtaining corresponding positions A of the sample having the first target value and B of the sample having the second target value relative to the position of the reference block; obtaining respective values of neighboring samples of the current block at the obtained positions A and B relative to the position of the current block; obtaining values of updating parameters using the calculated values; and updating the inter-predicted sample values based on the updating parameters.
US11985300B2	Measurement of an image sensor point spread function (PSF) Techniques and arrangements that utilize speckle imaging and autocorrelation to estimate the PSF of an image sensor for a digital imaging apparatus, e.g., a camera or a scanner. In particular, a system of components described herein is a simple arrangement that does not require a complex setup. Therefore, the system is portable and easy to set up. Additionally, by utilizing autocorrelation, the calculations of PSF using data obtained by the system are simplified.
US11985292B1	Residual error mitigation in multiview calibration Multiview calibration is essential for accurate three-dimensional computation. However, multiview calibration can not be accurate enough because of the tolerances required in some of the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters that are associated with the calibration process, along with fundamental imperfections that are associated with the manufacturing and assembly process itself. As a result, residual error in calibration is left over, with no known methods to mitigate such errors. Residual error mitigation is presented in this work to address the shortcomings that are associated with calibration of multiview camera systems. Residual error mitigation may be performed inline with a given calibration approach, or may be presented as a secondary processing step that is more application specific. Residual error mitigation aims at modifying the original parameters that have been estimated during an initial calibration process. These new, modified parameters are then used for triangulation and depth estimation of scene information. This approach also resolves parameter tolerances that are either too cumbersome to measure, or otherwise impossible to measure for practical stereo and multiview camera production and calibration applications.
US11985286B2	Information processing apparatus, storage medium, and information processing system An information processing apparatus connectable to one or more devices via a network. The apparatus includes a measuring unit measuring an inclination of the apparatus; a determining unit determining whether the inclination of the apparatus relative to a given surface of one of the one or more devices is within a predetermined inclination range; a receiving unit that receives radio waves; an obtaining unit obtaining identification information from the radio waves; a radio wave strength measuring unit measuring strength of the radio waves; a selection unit determining whether to select a given one of the one or more devices based on the strength of the radio waves; and a connection unit connecting the information processing apparatus to one of the one or more devices selected by the selection unit and for which the inclination of the apparatus is within the predetermined inclination range.
US11985284B2	Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a separating roller that is capable of switching between a separation state in which an original document is separated and a non-separation state in which the original document is not separated, and determines whether or not the original document is fed in the separation state or the non-separation state based on the types of the original document set through a user interface for instructing a select of the types of the original document to be read and a start of reading the original document.
US11985283B2	Image reading apparatus A scanner includes a reading unit that reads an image of a paper, a medium feeding portion that is capable of selecting a first feeding mode in which a separation feeding for separately feeding a paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper is overlapped with each other is performed and a second feeding mode in which a non-separation feeding for collectively feeding the paper bundle without separating is performed, and a pair of first transporting rollers and a pair of second transporting rollers that transport the paper fed by the medium feeding portion, in a case in which the medium feeding portion feeds the paper in the second feeding mode, a first driven roller and a second driven roller respectively constituting the pair of first transporting rollers and the pair of second transporting rollers are driven in a rotation direction where the paper is transported.
US11985275B2	Digital camera with printer A digital camera with a printer includes an imaging unit, a print unit that prints an image on a medium and discharges the printed medium, a display unit, a first operation member that is rotated from a first position in a first direction around a rotation axis against biasing force, and is rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction by the biasing force to be returned to the first position in a case in which the first operation member is released, and a processor. The processor performs specific control in accordance with operation of the first operation member.
US11985270B2	System and methods for adaptive campaign management and predictive customer engagement utilizing a customer data platform A system and method that provides adaptive campaign management and customer engagement predictions utilizing a customer data platform comprising an data ingestion module, an analytics module, and a unified customer database. Furthermore, the system and method ingest a plurality of disparate information related to a customer from various information sources such as enterprise specific customer records, social media data and metadata, web app data and metadata, and mobile device app data and metadata, transforms the ingested data into a standard data format, and correlates the transformed data with existing customer information to form a unified customer profile. The system uses machine learning for predictions and maintenance of customer profiles, and continuously and automatically updates the machine learning models over time. A collection of unified customer data profiles may represent a unified knowledge base of customer information that can be accessed by a plurality of enterprises for call campaign management.
US11985267B2	Electronic device linking system, control device, and method An electronic device linking system includes one or more electronic devices, a control device that controls the electronic device, and a wireless charger that charges the mobile terminal device. The wireless charger includes a first hardware processor that receives terminal information of the mobile terminal device by wireless communication with the mobile terminal device, and transmits, to the control device, the terminal information of the mobile terminal device received through the wireless communication. The control device includes a second hardware processor that links the mobile terminal device and the electronic device with each other on the basis of the terminal information received from the wireless charger.
US11985266B1	Communication device The mobile communication device comprising a wireless voice communication implementer, a route displaying implementer, and a multiple language implementer.
US11985263B1	Asynchronous and concurrent transaction processing method with high-performance oriented to permissioned blockchain An asynchronous and concurrent transaction processing method with high-performance oriented to a permissioned blockchain belongs to the field of blockchain technologies. The method designs two processing schemes for abort transactions, namely, additional submission of unnecessary abort transactions that are serializable and delayed centralized processing of long-conflict-chain transaction aggregation. In order to avoid the instability of system transaction processing performance caused by single point failure, the method designs a multi-node round robin consensus strategy. In addition, an inter-node auxiliary concurrency acceleration scheme is designed, which can improve the transaction performance of the whole of the system only by upgrading some of node devices in the system.
US11985260B2	Method to utilize mismatch size to produce additional stable bit in tilting PUF A method for creating a physical unclonable function (PUF) bit for use with transistor circuitry includes performing a tilt test on a PUF cell of a transistor circuitry, comprising tilting the PUF cell at least once, and comparing a mismatch of a response of the PUF cell to a tilt threshold. A magnitude of the mismatch is determined. A mismatch magnitude below the tilt threshold is considered a first logic value” and a mismatch magnitude above the tilt threshold is considered a second logic value. The mismatch magnitude of the PUF cell is random. The absolute value of the mismatch magnitude is used as an entropy source to produce at least one PUF bit called a mirror PUF bit.
US11985259B2	Unified multi-die physical unclonable function A multi-die device a first die containing a plurality of first die signal path elements configured to propagate a stimulus signal and a second die containing a plurality of second die signal path elements configured to propagate the stimulus signal. The multi-die device further includes an interposer configured to establish signal communication between the first die and the second die so as to deliver the stimulus signal from the plurality of first die signal path elements to the plurality of second die signal path elements to generate a propagation delay. The propagation delay is used to generate a single unified PUF response that is indicative of the authenticity of the multi-die device.
US11985258B2	Split chain of digital certificates for supply chain integrity Systems and methods provide validation of hardware components of an IHS (Information Handling System). An attestation certificate stored to the IHS specifies authenticated instructions for operation of a hardware component of the IHS. This attestation certificate is endorsed by a self-signed root attestation certificate. An identity certificate, also stored to the IHS, specifies an identity of the hardware component and is endorsed using an embedded keypair of the hardware component. The root attestation certificate is validated to ensure it corresponds to the hardware component specified in the identity certificate, where this validation confirms that a public key included in the identity certificate is identical to a public key included in the attestation certificate. Through use of the same public key by both certificates, the attestation certificate can be validated as corresponding to the identity certificate without accessing the embedded keypair of the hardware component used to sign the identity certificate.
US11985255B2	Data integrity validation via degenerate keys Systems and methods for developing a novel public/private key pair having unique properties are disclosed, whereby standard data security operations in existing data security infrastructures return a data integrity validation result—but do not provide the intended data security of such infrastructures. These novel keys are referred to as degenerate keys and may be used to replace the public and private keys in existing public/private key cryptosystems. Because degenerate key data integrity validation may leverage existing data security infrastructures that are already widely-implemented, such examples may be applied immediately and configured to seamlessly transition from integrity only modes back to secure modes. In some instances, the degenerate key examples described herein may be employed during a software testing and/or factory validation stage of product development to allow for data integrity validation before burning in a developer's active (i.e., non-degenerate) key to the product, thereby pairing the software to the hardware.
US11985254B2	Threshold multi-party computation with must-have member Methods and systems are presented for providing a secured framework for facilitating electronic transactions using a multi-party computation approach. Under the multi-party computation approach, the task of authenticating a transaction conducted through a user account is distributed among multiple computer nodes. One or more secrets and shares of a secret are distributed among the multiple computer nodes. An authentication process is implemented such that at least a portion of the multiple computer nodes, including one or more required nodes, exceeding a predetermined number of nodes are needed to perform a set of computations using the corresponding secret(s) and/or shares of the secret in order to generate a digital signature for the user account. By verifying the digital signature using a public key of the user account, it can be determined that the participation requirement has been satisfied.
US11985245B2	Access security system using security card and mobile terminal, and security method for same Disclosed are an access security system using a security card and a mobile terminal, and a security method for same. The present disclosure configures a mutual security function for storing an encrypted public key in a security card (E-card), and storing a private key, which can decrypt the encrypted public key, in a mobile terminal. Accordingly, a security function that is strengthened to the next level is achieved which: only allows secure access at an entrance by means of a mutual certification procedure through an NFC connection between the security card and the mobile terminal; increases the security efficiency of access management while preventing the security of a secure server from being neutralized by an information leak that has occurred due to the loss, theft, hacking, duplication, or the like of the security card; and in particular, fundamentally prevents abnormal connections by third parties to IoT equipment that can be connected to the secure server as a result of the neutralization of security.
US11985240B2	Computing system with decentralized authentication and authorization A computing system can have a data storage device connected to a host as part of a distributed computing system with an initial reputation score assigned to the data storage device with a decentralize module. The data storage device is positioned in a hierarchical device organization based on the reputation score with the hierarchical device organization maintained by the decentralize module. A decentralized secret sharing scheme generated by the decentralize module can authenticate the host with multiple different secrets sourced from different components logically positioned in different levels of the hierarchical device organization.
US11985239B2	Forward secrecy in transport layer security (TLS) using ephemeral keys Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection establishment between a client and a server for a new session is enabled using an ephemeral (temporary) key pair. In response to a request, the server generates a temporary certificate by signing an ephemeral public key using the server's private key. A certificate chain comprising at least the temporary certificate that includes the ephemeral public key, together with a server certificate, is output to the client by the server, which acts as a subordinate Certificate Authority. The client validates the certificates, generates a session key and outputs the session key wrapped by the ephemeral public key. To complete the connection establishment, the server applies the ephemeral private key to recover the session key derived at the client for the new session. The client and server thereafter use the session key to encrypt and decrypt data over the link. The ephemeral key pair is not reused.
US11985238B2	Vehicle-mounted device upgrade method and related device Embodiments disclose a vehicle-mounted device upgrade method and a related device. The method may be applied to an intelligent vehicle, the intelligent vehicle includes a vehicle-mounted control device, and the method may include: receiving, by the vehicle-mounted control device, a first partial key sent by the communications device; restoring, by the vehicle-mounted control device, a first key by using the first partial key and a second partial key that is stored on the vehicle-mounted control device; and performing, by the vehicle-mounted control device, secure processing on a first upgrade file by using the first key, to obtain the securely processed first upgrade file, where the secure processing includes generating first message authentication code (MAC), and the securely processed first upgrade file includes the first upgrade file and the first MAC. According to this application, the vehicle-mounted device can be securely and efficiently upgraded.
US11985237B2	Key identifier derivation and management systems and methods This disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for deriving key identifiers and managing mapping between keys and key identifiers. Consistent with embodiments disclosed herein, the disclosed systems and methods may provide a mechanism that allows multiple parties to reconstruct unique identifiers given a set of known inputs that may be used to look up, identify, and/or otherwise access services and/or data objects. In some embodiments, this may allow for a service provider and a rights management service to independently derive key identification information based on information that both entities share (e.g., a content document such as a Content Protection Information Exchange Format document), thereby reducing requirements to maintain such mappings.
US11985232B2	Secure computing server, system, secure computing method, and program There is provided a secure computing server that performs shift operation on secretly distributed shares. The secure computing server may perform the shift operation when a number of significant digits of secret information corresponding to a secretly distributed share is to be reduced.
US11985229B2	Method, first device, first server, second server and system for accessing a private key A method for accessing a private key is provided. The method includes storing, by a first device, the private key and an associated public key, generating an access token, sending to a second device, the access token, sending, to a first server, an address relating to a decentralized identifier and the access token, sending, by the first server, to a ledger, a request for getting a decentralized identifier along with the decentralized identifier address. By way of the method a solution is provided for accessing, by a first server to be accessed from a second device, based on a decentralized identifier readable from a ledger, a second server, as a proxy to a first device. It allows for authenticating a first device to a first server while keeping the private key only at the first device side (and not at the second device side).
US11985226B2	Efficient quantum-attack resistant functional-safe building block for key encapsulation and digital signature An apparatus comprises an input register comprising a state register and a parity field, a first round secure hash algorithm (SHA) datapath communicatively coupled to the state register, comprising a first section to perform a θ step of a SHA calculation, a second section to perform a ρ step and a ρ step of the SHA calculation, a third section to perform a χ step of the SHA calculation and a fourth section to perform a τ step of the SHA calculation.
US11985225B2	Computer-implemented systems and methods for using veiled values in blockchain A computer-implemented exchange method is provided. The method may be performed on one or more blockchains, such as the Bitcoin Cash blockchain. The method comprises the steps of: communicating a first veiled secret value (H(A0)) from a first user to a second user and a second veiled secret value (H(B0) from the second user to the first user; and constructing first and second blockchain transactions (tx1, tx2) each comprising the first veiled secret value and the second veiled secret value, the transactions arranged to be unlockable to transfer control of a respective first or second resource upon provision of both the first secret value (A0) and the second secret value (B0) to the respective blockchain transaction, wherein unlocking of the first blockchain transaction causes a first secret value to be revealed to the second user, and unlocking of the second blockchain transaction causes a second secret value to be revealed to the first user.
US11985223B2	High performance distributed system of record with key management A high-performance distributed ledger and transaction computing network fabric over which large numbers of transactions are processed concurrently in a scalable, reliable, secure and efficient manner. In one embodiment, the computing network fabric or “core” is configured to support a distributed blockchain network that organizes data in a manner that allows communication, processing and storage of blocks of the chain to be performed concurrently, with little synchronization, at very high performance and low latency, even when the transactions themselves originate from distant sources. This data organization relies on segmenting a transaction space within autonomous but cooperating computing nodes that are configured as a processing mesh. Secure transaction processing is facilitated by storing cryptographic key materials in secure and trusted computing environments associated with the computing nodes to facilitate construction mining proofs during the validation of a block.
US11985216B2	Electronic device and method for sending electronic data An electronic device for signaling a first communication target and a second communication target includes a processor, an input unit and a timer. The input unit is coupled to the processor, and causes the processor to obtain an input data. The timer is coupled to the processor, and is controlled by the processor to cause the processor to receive an interrupt request signal. The processor obtains a first electronic data and a second electronic data being different from the first electronic data based on the input data in response to the interrupt request signal, causes the first electronic data to be sent toward the first communication target based on a first specific application communication protocol, and causes the second electronic data to be sent toward the second communication target based on a second specific application communication protocol being different from the first specific application communication protocol.
US11985213B1	Stateless triggering and execution of interactive computing kernels Methods, systems and apparatus for the stateless triggering and execution of code cell of computational documents residing on a server. The system may use an API layer to receive triggers from a client device, interpret the triggers to identify code cells to be executed, identify the computational documents on the server in which code cells reside, schedule the execution of the code cells, collect the results of the execution of the code cells and send those results back to the client device.
US11985210B2	System and method for improving internet communication by using intermediate nodes A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.
US11985205B2	Event notification method, server device, apparatus and computer storage medium An event notification method, an apparatus, a server device, and a computer storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: receiving an event subscription request; determining whether an amount of times that an event notification rule is satisfied is equal to K, and if yes, sending an event notification to at least one notified party in the plurality of notified parties; and after the initial notification is performed, determining whether the amount of times that the event notification rule is satisfied is equal to P, and if yes, sending an event notification to at least one notified party in the plurality of notified parties. The initial notification and the re-notification are performed at different times, and the at least one notified party notified in the initial notification is at least partially different from the at least one notified party notified in the re-notification.
US11985201B1	User registration and preference configuration for a data sharing platform A system for user registration and preference configuration for a data sharing platform is provided. The system comprises a database system containing data relating to a plurality of users and user profile configuration settings relating to the plurality of users and memory storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate a graphical user interface and provide the graphical user interface over a network to a user device, receive a user profile configuration setting and a designation of at least one experience provider with which to share data of the user, and store, in the database system via associate linking, the user profile configuration setting and the designation of the at least one experience provider with which to share data of the user.
US11985197B2	System and method for communicating with a motor vehicle The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for communicating with a motor vehicle. The method comprises providing a social media interface for the motor vehicle on a specified vehicle fleet server, wherein a communication is provided via a social media application through the social media interface, receiving a message from a mobile terminal through the social media interface, ascertaining a vehicle function call from the message by an interpretation program, wherein semantics of the message are interpreted by in order to ascertain the vehicle function call, carrying out the ascertained vehicle function call in the motor vehicle, and sending a response message from the vehicle fleet server to the mobile terminal if, as a response to the vehicle function call, the vehicle fleet server obtains a vehicle parameter from the motor vehicle, wherein the response message is generated depending on the obtained vehicle parameter.
US11985192B2	Synchronized content library The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for synchronizing a content library between a content management system and client devices. Each content item in a user's content library is stored on the content management system and a record of each change to the content library is recorded in a content journal. A client device transmits a synchronization request that a portion of the content journal representing unsynchronized changes be processed to update the content library on the client device. The synchronization request includes a content library identifier and a content journal number identifying the content entry in the content journal last processed by the client device. Synchronization commands are sent based on the content entries not processed by the client device. Updated synchronization data representing the processed content entries is sent to the client device after synchronization is completed.
US11985188B2	Decentralized network topology adaptation in peer-to-peer (P2P) networks Example methods and systems for decentralized network topology adaptation in a in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network are described. In one example, a first computer system may obtain first attribute information associated with the first computer system; and second attribute information associated with a second computer system. Based on the first and second attribute information, the first computer system may generate a connection confidence prediction associated with a connection between the first computer system and the second computer system. The connection confidence prediction may indicate whether the connection is a suboptimal connection associated with a suboptimal network topology. In response to determination that the connection confidence prediction satisfies a break condition, the first computer system may break the connection between the first computer system and the second computer system, but otherwise maintain the connection.
US11985183B2	Automatic information exchange between personal electronic devices upon determination of a business setting Methods, systems, and computer program products includes, for example, detecting a first personal electronic device associated with a first user in the presence of a second personal electronic device associated with a second user, determining the first personal electronic device in the presence of the second personal electronic device being associated with the first user and the second user being in a business setting, receiving user data regarding the second user in response to the determination of the first user and the second user being in the business setting, and storing the received user data regarding the second user in a first memory for access by the first user on the first personal electronic device.
US11985182B2	Method for performing setting control for a plurality of devices through a web UI and apparatus for supporting the same A method including: requesting a web resource from a plurality of devices for setting a web UI for the plurality of devices; receiving the web resource from the plurality of devices; requesting device attribute information related to a device attribute from the plurality of devices; receiving the device attribute information from the plurality of devices; checking whether a web resource corresponding to the received device attribute information is stored in a memory of the server; configuring a common setting web UI for a common device attribute and configuring an individual setting web UI for an individual device attribute based on the web resource; and mashing up the common setting web UI and the individual setting web UI and rendering the mashed common setting web UI and individual setting web UI to a single web page of the server.
US11985168B2	Synthetic request injection for secure access service edge (SASE) cloud architecture The technology disclosed describes a system. The system comprises an edge network of a plurality of points of presence of a network security system. Points of presence in the plurality of points of presence are configured to intermediate traffic between clients and cloud applications and to use metadata to apply policies on the intermediated traffic. There are redundancies in metadata synchronization between the points of presence due to metadata migration to a second point of presence from a first point of presence handing off intermediation to the second point of presence within an application session. Each of the points of presence is configured with inline metadata generation logic. The inline metadata generation logic is configured to issue synthetic requests to provide the metadata to the second point of presence without requiring the metadata migration to the second point of presence.
US11985167B2	System and method for remote wipe A remote wipe message or notification may be sent from a server computer to one or more target client devices associated with a user. A managed container running on a target client device associated with the user and having a managed cache storing content managed by or through the server computer may, in response to the remote wipe message or notification, deleting the managed content or a portion thereof from its managed cache. The managed container may send back an acknowledgement or message to the server computer that it had completed the remote wipe. The remote wipe functionality can avoid having to deal with individual applications running on the client device and therefore can eliminate the complexity of having to deal with individual applications. Furthermore, the remote wipe can be done independently of the local operating system and without affecting non-managed information/applications on the client device.
US11985154B2	Comprehensible threat detection Techniques for combining threat-related events associated with different modalities to provide a complete insight into cyber attack life cycles. The techniques may include receiving telemetry data associated with one or more modalities and detecting, based at least in part on the telemetry data, one or more abnormal events associated with security incidents. The one or more abnormal events may include at least a first abnormal event associated with a first modality and a second abnormal event associated with a second modality. The techniques may also include determining that an entity associated with the abnormal events is a same entity and, based at least in part on the entity comprising the same entity, determining that a correlation between the abnormal events is indicative of a security incident. Based at least in part on the correlation, an indication associated with the security incident may be output.
US11985153B2	System and method for detecting anomalous activity based on a data distribution A system, non-transitory computer readable medium and method for detecting anomalous activity based on a data distribution is disclosed. The system includes a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to obtain a plurality of datapoints defining a data distribution. The processor classifies the plurality of datapoints as isolated or non-isolated datapoints, and clusters at least some of the non-isolated datapoints into at least one mode segment. A reference mode from the at least one mode segment is identified, and at least one outlier being either an isolated or non-isolated datapoint separated from the reference mode by a predetermined number of isolated datapoints representing a flat portion is identified. An action is initiated based on the identified at least one outlier.
US11985150B2	Cybersecurity on a controller area network in a vehicle Cybersecurity on a Controller Area Network (CAN) in a vehicle. In an embodiment, electronic control units (ECUs), connected to a CAN bus, each comprise a hacking detection system, which, during an initialization stage, transmits a message comprising a CAN identifier, used by the respective ECU, to at least one other hacking detection system, receives a message comprising a CAN identifier, used by at least one other ECU, from the other hacking detection system, monitors one or more parameters, including at least one parameter of CAN messages received by the respective ECU and transmitted by the respective ECU, and generates a pattern-detection mechanism based on the monitored one or more parameters. Then, during a detection stage, each hacking detection system monitors the one or more parameters, and detects malicious activity based on the generated pattern-detection mechanism and the one or more parameters monitored during the detection stage.
US11985147B2	System and method for detecting a cyberattack A method and a system for identifying indicators of compromise in a network infrastructure are provided. The method being executable by a computing device communicatively couplable to the network infrastructure, the computing devices being positioned outside a perimeter of the network infrastructure. The method comprises: obtaining an infrastructure graph for the network infrastructure, identifying, for a given protected infrastructure element, a portion of the infrastructure graph including vertices representative of linked infrastructure elements; analyzing a given one of the linked infrastructure elements to determine a respective value thereof; determining whether the respective value of the given one of the linked infrastructure elements is indicative of the network infrastructure being compromised; in response to the respective value of any one of the linked infrastructure elements associated to the given protected infrastructure element being indicative of the network infrastructure being compromised: generating and transmitting at least one warning about a potential cyberattack.
US11985141B2	Security systems and methods for identity verification and secure data transfer A method for sending sensitive information includes: receiving, by a service provider, a request for sensitive information from a user; upon receipt of the request, sending, by a security provider, a security code to the user; receiving, by the service provider, a code from the user; verifying, by the service provider, the user when the received code matches the security code; sending, by the service provider, the sensitive information to the security provider after the user is verified; and providing, by the security provider, a sensitive data link to the user. The sensitive data link includes the sensitive information and may expire after the sensitive data link is viewed once.
US11985138B2	Systems and methods for processing optimizations and templating using metadata-driven blockchain techniques The present disclosure generally relates to Blockchain-based systems configured to process access rights to resources in a computationally efficient manner. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods that generate distributed applications to represent digital access rights to resources. Additionally, certain embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods that enhance the processing of assigning access rights using a Blockchain-based system using metadata.
US11985137B2	Real-time management of access controls Aspects of the disclosure relate to real-time management of access controls. A computing platform may detect, via the communication interface, a trigger related to an activity of an enterprise user over a network. Then, the computing platform may retrieve, via the communication interface and from the network device, data associated with the activity. The computing platform may then compare, via the computing device, the retrieved data with a central tendency for activities with the network device. Subsequently, the computing platform may identify, based on the comparing, a deviation from the central tendency. Then, the computing platform may adjust, dynamically in real-time and in response to identifying the deviation, an access control or multiple access controls for the enterprise user to the network device.
US11985136B2	System for detection and classification of intrusion using machine learning techniques Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for detection and classification of intrusion using machine learning techniques. The present invention is configured to electronically receive, from a computing device of a user, an indication that the user has initiated a first resource interaction; retrieve information associated with the first resource interaction, wherein the information comprises at least one or more parameters associated with the first resource interaction; initiate a machine learning model on the one or more parameters associated with the first resource interaction; and classify, using the machine learning model, the first resource interaction into one or more classes, wherein the one or more classes comprises one or more access types.
US11985132B2	System and method for resource access authentication A method of providing continuous user authentication for resource access control includes launching a continuous authentication service at a boot time of a first device, wherein the first device includes a processor, a memory, and one or more sensors configured to collect authentication information. Additionally, the method includes receiving authentication information comprising one or more of explicit authentication information or implicit authentication information, and receiving a request for access to a resource of the first device. Further, the method includes the operations of determining, by the continuous authentication service, a current value of a security state, the current value of the security state based in part on a time interval between a receipt time of the authentication information and a current time and controlling access to the resource based on the current value of the security state.
US11985127B2	Systems and methods for automated network-based rule generation and configuration of different network devices Provided is a controller for configuring network devices at different network locations with rules that prevent different sets of clients from accessing specific network resources. The controller may receive a request with an identifier of a first resource from a particular network point of access. The controller may identify one or more network devices (e.g., wireless access point, router, switch, firewall, gateway, etc.) that are in the network path between the particular network point of access and the first resource. The controller may select a particular network device in the network path, may establish a connection to the particular network device, and may configure the particular network device with a rule that prevents access to the first resource from the particular network point of access, while permitting access to other resources from the particular network point of access.
US11985125B2	Biometrically-enhanced verifiable credentials Biometrically-enhanced verifiable credentials of an individual. In one embodiment, an electronic device including a biometric capture circuitry, a memory, and an electronic processor. The biometric capture circuitry configured to capture one or more biometrics of an individual. The memory storing a digital identity application. The electronic processor, when executing the digital identity application, is configured to receive the one or more biometrics of the individual that are captured by the biometric capture circuitry, generate a biometric token of the individual based on the one or more biometrics, receive identity information of the individual, generate biometrically-enhanced verifiable credentials including the identity information and the biometric token, and control the memory to store the biometrically-enhanced verifiable credentials.
US11985120B2	Computer-implemented method and system for secure identification of disconnected objects and their locations A computer-implemented method for secure identification of a device being associated at a specific location, thus allowing a user to activate a procedure connected to the specific location where the device is placed, said device being disconnected from internet, comprising the following steps: an enrollment process performed through an application miming on a mobile device, said enrollment process associating the device hardware parameters to the specific location and recording and storing these data on a back-end application miming on a central system; a generation process performed on the device, said generation process generating and displaying on the device a graphical code OTP based with limited lifetime; a validation process of the graphical code OTP based; if the received graphical code OTB based is validated, the user is allowed to activate, through his mobile device, the procedure connected to the specific location.
US11985115B2	Secure media streaming communication via user datagram protocol Automated processes, computing systems, computing devices and other aspects of a data processing system provide improved reliability in delivering digital media content over the Internet or a similar wide area network without sacrificing data security. Content is initially placed into a secure format (e.g., secure hypertext transport protocol (HTTPS) via transport control protocol (TCP) or the like). Prior to transmission on the network, the secure data packets are encapsulated within connectionless frames, such as user datagram protocol (UDP) frames. The client device that receives the encapsulated packets extracts the underlying secure content from the connectionless frames for further processing. The encapsulation into connectionless data frames permits client and server devices to establish effective streaming sessions while preserving the security of the underlying data.
US11985114B2	Secure device coupling The present disclosure includes secure device coupling. An embodiment includes a processing resource, memory, and a network management device communication component configured to, identifying a network attached device within a first domain. Generating a domain device secret corresponding to the first domain. Each network attached device within the first domain can share the same domain device secret. Coupling iterations may be performed for each device within the first domain can include: generating a network management device private key and public key. Providing, via short-range communication, the network management device public key and the domain device secret to a network attached device communication component included in each network attached device of the first domain. A network attached device public key and data from the network attached device communication component in response to providing the network management device public key to the network attached device communication component is received from each device in the first domain.
US11985111B2	Method for message filtering in an edge node based on data analytics According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a receiver configured to receive a message from a first security zone, distinct from the one where the apparatus is comprised in, and at least one processing core configured to determine whether to apply a recovery action to the message, the determination comprising a first verification, based on first criteria, to assess whether to apply the recovery action outright, and only in case the first verification does not result in the assessment to apply the recovery action outright, a second verification, based on second criteria, to generate a first weight and a third verification, based on third criteria, to generate a second weight, and to compare a sum of the first weight and the second weight to a predefined trigger to perform the determination.
US11985109B1	Systems, methods and apparatus for local area network isolation The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to methods, systems, and devices for the isolation of devices on a LAN network. Route poisoning, ARP poisoning null routing, blackhole and/or firewall blocking are employed to prevent peer-to-peer network communications within the local area network.
US11985108B2	Field device loop warning parameter change smart notification A system for preventing inadvertent or untimely parameter changes to an active online field device from a secondary system different from a distributed control system application providing control instructions to the field device, where the parameter changes may cause detrimental effects to a plant process or activity. A request for a parameter change from the secondary system may be intercepted before the request is received by a field device or a controller for evaluation by an operator of the distributed control system. The validation process may provide a plant operator with override authority to approve or deny a set of critical parameter changes to an active field device or other active plant device.
US11985107B2	Microservice visibility and control Methods are provided in which a domain name system (DNS) service obtains a lookup request for information about a source of a traffic flow being transmitted to a network resource external of a service cluster and performs, based on the lookup request, a lookup operation for a microservice that is the source of the traffic flow, among a plurality of microservices of the service cluster registered with the DNS service. The methods further include providing information about the microservice based on the lookup operation. The information includes at least a name of the microservice for visibility of the microservice external of the service cluster.
US11985106B2	Method for managing a request to access an internet site from an access device A method for managing a request to access an internet site originating from a device and transmitted through a telecommunication network. The method includes: receiving a request including a domain name, originating from the device, intended to be transmitted to a domain name resolution server; routing the request to a domain name resolution server; receiving a response including an IP address and information, called first information, linked to the IP address; transmitting or not transmitting the request over the network as a function of the first information.
US11985103B1	Electronic message client including dynamic prioritization based on sender features and serial undo functionality The disclosed technologies address problems that users face when using email applications. Various embodiments generally relate to systems and methods for organizing and prioritizing emails in an email application so that a user has greater control over a display of email messages.
US11985102B2	Processing clusters with mathematical models for message suggestion A message suggestion service may use clusters of pre-approved messages to improve the quality of messages suggested to users. During a conversation, messages of the conversation may be processed with a neural network to compute a conversation encoding vector. The neural network may also be used to compute pre-approved message encoding vectors of the pre-approved messages. Distances between the conversation encoding vector and the pre-approved message encoding vectors may be used to select one or more clusters. Distances between the conversation encoding vector and the pre-approved message encoding vectors may then be used to select one or more pre-approved messages from the selected clusters. The selected pre-approved messages may then be presented as suggested messages to a user.
US11985100B2	Management of delegates for participants that are mentioned in a communication session The techniques disclosed herein provide systems that provides delegation for unavailable participants that are mentioned in a communication session, such as a channel, chat session, email thread, meeting chat, etc. When a system detects that a person, also referred to herein as a “primary participant,” is mentioned in a message, e.g., an “@mention” or “@name” is detected, and the system detects that the mentioned person has set an out-of-office reply or otherwise indicated an unavailable status, the system automatically identifies a delegate and packages the immediate message including “@name” and the message thread including the immediate message, and sends the packaged communications to the delegate. Permissions are also modified so that a computer associated with the delegate can display messages of the thread and send messages to the thread on behalf of mentioned person. When the delegate responds, the system directs the response to reply to the main thread.
US11985091B2	Signalling support for NR positioning with aperiodic SRS configurations Signalling Support for NR Positioning with Aperiodic SRS ConfigurationsEmbodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatus in networks, and particularly methods, Location Management Functions, base stations and wireless devices for configuring and sending uplink sounding reference signals, UL SRS. 1. A method performed by a Location Management Function, LMF, comprises receiving radio resource information relating to radio resources that can be applied for UL SRS by a wireless device; and providing a notification relating to triggering aperiodic uplink SRS to a base station serving the wireless device.
US11985088B2	Generating sequences for reference signals Methods, systems, and devices for generating sequences for reference signals in mobile communication technology are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes transmitting data, which is modulated using a pi/2-binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation, and a reference signal using a plurality of subcarriers, where the reference signal comprises a sequence from a subset of sequences that contains 30 sequences, each with a predetermined length, and where the subset of sequences include at least a first number of fixed sequences and a second number of selected sequences. The method further enables constructing the sequences, which have low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) properties, for sequence lengths N=6, 12, 18, 24 and 30.
US11985087B2	Methods, systems and antenna reference points of a wireless communication network for synchronizing transmission of signals Disclosed is a method for synchronizing transmission of signals from antenna reference points, ARP, (121, 122) of a wireless communication network (100). The method comprises initiating transmission of a first synchronization reference signal from a first ARP (121) at a first time point, instructing a second ARP (122) to determine a second time point for reception of the first synchronization reference signal, initiating transmission of a second synchronization reference signal from the second ARP (122) at a third time point, and instructing the first ARP to determine a fourth time point for reception of the second synchronization reference signal. The first and the second synchronization references signals are either transmitted in uplink communication resources available or they are transmitted in downlink communication resources. The method further comprises initiating transmission of data from the first ARP (121) to wireless devices (130) at a time point determined based on the first, second, third and fourth time points.
US11985086B2	Communication apparatus and reference signal reception method Disclosed are a wireless transmitter and a reference signal transmission method that improve channel estimation accuracy. In a terminal, which transmits a reference signal using n (n is a non-negative integer 2 or greater) band blocks (which correspond to clusters here), which are disposed with spaces therebetween in a frequency direction, a reference signal controller switches the reference signal formation method of a reference signal generator between a first formation method and a second formation method based on the number (n) of band blocks. In addition, a threshold value setting unit adjusts a switching threshold value based on the frequency spacing between band blocks. Thus, the reference signal formation method can be selected with good accuracy and, as a result, channel estimation accuracy is further improved.
US11985083B2	Operation modes for sidelink relay This disclosure relates to a relay node, and a method of wireless communications by the relay node, including attempting to decode a plurality of first transport block portions of a transport block, wherein the plurality of first transport block portions are received on a first link according to a first encoding configuration. The aspects further include encoding successfully decoded ones of the plurality of first transport block portions according to a second encoding configuration to define one or more second transport block portions corresponding to the transport block, wherein the second encoding configuration is different from the first encoding configuration. And, the aspects further include transmitting the one or more second transport block portions on a second link and according to the second encoding configuration. Other aspects of the relay node and a receiver node are also disclosed.
US11985081B2	Power savings for reduced capability devices Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for power savings for reduced capability devices. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a shared bandwidth part (BWP) configuration and a group common BWP configuration. The group common BWP configuration indicates a group common BWP shared by a group of UEs, including the UE, having one or more common capabilities or a common UE type. The method includes communicating using the group common BWP based on the group common BWP configuration.
US11985079B2	Method and device in UE and base station for wireless communication The disclosure provides a method and device in User Equipment (UE) and base station for wireless communication. The UE receives Q1 first-type information groups, and transmits or receives a first radio signal in a first time-frequency resource according to a configuration of a first information group; the first information group is one of the Q1 first-type information groups; a frequency domain position of the first time-frequency resource is used for determining the first information group from the Q1 first-type information groups; each of the Q1 first-type information groups includes at least one of relevant information to a subcarrier spacing. The disclosure establishes an association between the frequency domain position of the first time-frequency resource and the first information group, thereby simplifying the reception of the first-type information group, improving the flexibility of scheduling of frequency domain resources on unlicensed spectrum, and improving the overall performance of the system.
US11985077B2	Controller with direct communication and redriver modes Systems and methods for routing communication among a plurality of devices are described. In an example, a controller can detect a communication initiated from a first device to a target device among a second device and a third device. The controller can identify the second device as the target device. The controller can, in response to identifying the second device as the target device, activate a direct communication path between the first device and the second device to allow the first device to communicate with the second device using direct communication mode. The controller can, in response to identifying the second device as the target device, activate redriver path between the first device and the third device to allow the first device to communicate with the third device using redriver mode.
US11985071B2	Method and apparatus for processing data packets, device, and storage medium Provided are method and apparatus for processing data packets, a device, and a storage medium that relate to the field of communications. The method includes: receiving multiple data packets of an identical service transmitted in multiple frequency bands, where each of the data packets carries arrangement indication information; and sorting the data packets based on the arrangement indication information carried in each of the data packets.
US11985067B2	Flowlet switching using memory instructions Systems and methods for flowlet switching using memory instructions. One embodiment is a method of distributing packets over multiple paths. The method includes determining an elapsed time between a packet and a previous packet. The method further includes, in response to determining that the elapsed time is less than an inter-packet gap threshold: retaining a previously selected path value indicated in the flow record, and providing the previously selected path value to the processing thread for transmitting the packet over a previously selected path associated with the previous packet. The method also further includes, in response to determining that the elapsed time is greater than the inter-packet gap threshold: updating the flow record by replacing the previously selected path value with the path value of the selected path of the memory instruction, and providing the path value to the processing thread for transmitting the packet over the selected path.
US11985065B2	Enabling isolated virtual network configuration options for network function accelerators A first security rule set for traffic of a compute instance run at a virtualization server is stored in response to a programmatic request. A second security rule set for traffic of a network function accelerator of the virtualization server is stored in response to another programmatic request. Prior to delivery of network messages to the compute instance or from the accelerator, compliance with the applicable security rule set is verified.
US11985064B1	Detecting static routes in a network A detection mechanism is disclosed for identifying peers transmitting network traffic towards a cloud provider using routing prefixes that were not advertised for that peer. Once detected, an alarm condition can occur and the peer notified to remove any static route configurations. In one embodiment, a collector server computer can be used to acquire routing prefixes advertised to a peer. A second server computer can be used to obtain network traffic received from the peer. A comparison can then be made between the advertised prefixes and the network traffic being received. If network traffic is being received for unadvertised prefixes, then an alarm condition can occur. The detection mechanism can regularly inspect active traffic flows against BGP route advertisements at fixed intervals. For peers that are identified that are not in compliance with route advertisements, the alarm condition can occur for follow-up remediation.
US11985042B2	Method for predicting Quality of Service in service network environment Disclosed is a service quality prediction method in a service network environment. The method includes the steps of (1) constructing a service uncertainty quality model of a user through service quality log information generated when the user invokes the same or different services multiple times; (2) tapping a set of similar users of a target user based on the service uncertainty quality model of the user; and (3) improving a matrix factorization algorithm based on similarity information of the set of similar users of the target user to achieve accurate prediction of service quality. The service quality prediction method of the present invention can provide a basis for decision-making, perform targeted service optimization based on the service quality information, and provide more accurate service recommendation.
US11985039B1	Adaptable computing network with real time, intelligent, 4D spherical scalability, tech stack awareness, tech stack integration, automatic bi-directional communications channel switching and order equilibrium—for large enterprise, time sensitive event/transaction driven applications Systems, methods, software and a framework are disclosed for an improved, adaptable, intelligent, real time, machine learning, AI/Robot integrated, large scale, cloud computing based synchronous communications/computing network enabled with adaptive intelligent ‘4D spherical scaling’ of databases, servers, and/or virtual servers and/or server clusters and elastically with their directly associated computer caches/storage and linked and ‘intra-scalable microservices’ and with external resources and with ‘tech stack awareness’, and ‘tech stack integration’ functionality.
US11985038B2	Selecting forwarder in a network installation Examples described herein relate to a selection of a network device in a network installation for a forwarder operation. Selection may include computing a performance score based on a set of performance parameters. Broadcasting the computed performance score to other network devices. Receiving performance scores from the other network devices. Comparing the received performance scores with the computed performance score. Continuing in the forwarder mode based on a determination that the received performance scores are less than its computed performance score. Receiving multicast Domain Name Service (mDNS) packets from one or more client devices. Sending the received mDNS packets to a central service.
US11985033B2	Propagating information with network nodes A technique for distributing and acquiring information about network devices using the Domain Name System (DNS) is disclosed. Device information, such as configuration settings and system status, is exchanged bi-directionally between one or multiple DNS services and network nodes using the DNS protocol. The information exchanged is encoded as DNS records.
US11985026B2	Processing method and device for link recovery process, and terminal Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a processing method and device for a link recovery procedure, and a terminal. The method comprises: a terminal determining that there is no need to monitor a downlink control channel on a first cell; and the terminal skipping a link recovery procedure, or the terminal determining a set of reference signals and executing, on the basis of the set of reference signals, a link recovery procedure.
US11985023B2	Supporting graphQL based queries on yang based configuration data models In one example, a network management system (NMS) device manages a plurality of network devices. The device includes a memory configured to store data representing a data model for a plurality of network devices managed by the NMS, and one or more processors configured to retrieve data representing the data model, construct a GraphQL model having a plurality of nodes, each of the nodes corresponding to one of the network devices according to the data model store data representing properties of the network devices associated with corresponding nodes of the GraphQL model according to the data model, receive a GraphQL query including data representing at least one query property, determine which of the nodes has a property matching the at least one query property, and return data identifying which of the network devices corresponds to the nodes having the property matching the at least one query property.
US11985017B2	Method and system for generating a transmit waveform for reference sequences Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and system to selecting a waveform in a communication network. The method comprises selecting at least one sequence from a plurality of sequences for transmitting, said plurality of sequences comprises a plurality of sub-set of sequences such that a sequence in a sub-set of sequences is a cyclic shifted version another sequence in said sub-set of sequences. Also, the method comprises rotating at least one sequence from a plurality of sequences by 90 degrees to produce at least one rotated sequence. Further, the method comprises transforming the at least one rotated sequence into frequency domain using a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) to generate a transformed sequence and mapping the transformed sequence using a plurality of subcarriers to generate a mapped sequence. Thereafter, the method comprises processing the mapped sequence to generate a waveform having an optimized PAPR, optimized auto and cross-correlation.
US11985016B2	Apparatuses and methods of switching between different numerologies A method, network node and wireless device are provided in which a method in the network node for switching between different numerologies supported by the network node includes determining at least one parameter that can be used by the network node for switching between a first signal operating with a first numerology and a second signal operating with a second numerology; switching between the first signal and the second signal based on the at least one parameter; and after the switching, operating at least one of the first signal and the second signal between the network node and a second node.
US11985015B2	Transmission device and method as well as reception device and method The present technology relates to a transmission device and method as well as a reception device and method which can suppress the influence of interference. The transmission device sets different methods of changing the frequency of the chirp modulation for each of first information and second information different from the first information. The transmission device transmits the chirp-modulated first information or second information in accordance with the set frequency change method. The present technology can be applied to a wireless communication system.
US11985013B2	Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management for identifying open space Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of open space in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the open space based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real-time.
US11985012B2	Robust WLAN reception in WiFi-bluetooth combination systems by interference whitening The embodiments described herein are directed at techniques to de-correlate Bluetooth interference seen across WLAN receive antennas/space in a Bluetooth transceiver/WLAN transceiver combination device. A Bluetooth interference whitening technique may be utilized, wherein a whitening matrix is computed based on a leakage signal resulting from a training signal transmitted by the Bluetooth transceiver. The leakage signal may leak in to the WLAN transceiver and a set of attributes is calculated for each frequency the leakage signal is received on. One or more whitening matrixes are calculated based on the set of attributes for each frequency the leakage signal is received on. In response to the WLAN transceiver receiving a signal of interest, an appropriate whitening matrix from the one or more whitening matrixes is selected and is then applied to the received signal of interest to de-correlate any interference generated as a result of the Bluetooth transmission.
US11985010B2	Time-division duplex multiple-input multiple-output calibration Aspects of this disclosure relate to a time-division duplex (TDD) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system that includes a plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes collectively includes antennas divided into groups. Reference signals can be transmitted from each group of antennas to one or more other groups of antennas during respective time slots. Channel estimates can be generated based on the received reference signals. The channel estimates can be jointly processed to generate calibration coefficients. Each calibration coefficient can represent a ratio associated with a transmit coefficient and a receive coefficient. Example algorithms for the joint processing are disclosed.
US11985009B2	Determining covariance using a lossy compression method A method includes estimating an uplink channel for a terminal device, based on an amount of antennas used by an access node for transmitting signals to the terminal device, antennas used for receiving the transmitted signals at the terminal device, and sub-bands used for transmitting the signals. Based on the estimation, a channel covariance matrix is determined for a precoder comprised in a transmitter of the access node by determining a limited number of elements of a full dimensional channel covariance matrix, which is different than the channel covariance matrix. The limited number of elements are elements corresponding to i-th row and j-th column of the channel covariance. Correlation computation is performed for the limited number of elements. Elements of the full-dimensional channel covariance matrix that are excluded from the limited number of elements are determined and set to be zero. Precoding is performed using the determined channel covariance matrix.
US11985006B2	Relay device A relay device to be installed in a vehicle, including: an external wireless communication unit that is configured to perform wireless communication with a communication device that is provided outside of the vehicle; a wired communication unit that is configured to perform wired communication with an ECU for controlling an in-vehicle device that is installed in the vehicle; an in-vehicle wireless communication unit that is configured to perform wireless communication with the ECU; and a communication control unit that is configured to identify information transmitted from the communication device and control communication performed by the wired communication unit or the in-vehicle wireless communication unit in accordance with a result of the identification.
US11985004B2	Multicast WAN optimization in large scale branch deployments using a central cloud-based service Systems and methods are provided for reducing WAN bandwidth consumption used by multicast for large scale software-defined branch deployments. In particular, a cloud-based multicast orchestrator may be implemented as part of an SD-WAN service. This cloud-based multicast orchestrator may orchestrate routes for multicast traffic between a multicast source and the various branches of the large scale software-defined branch deployment. This cloud-based multicast orchestrator may orchestrate routes for multicast traffic which reduce/optimize WAN bandwidth consumption. In combination with the cloud-based multicast orchestrator, examples may utilize a branch gateway hierarchy which designates one branch gateway a “leader” for a given multicast stream to further reduce WAN bandwidth consumption used by multicast.
US11985003B2	Apparatus, system and method for directing voice input in a controlling device Apparatus, system and method for using a controlling device for receiving voice input to control the operation of voice controlled smart appliances and, more particularly, to a controlling device for recognizing voice commands and for use in routing a signal, based on voice commands from the user, to two or more voice controlled smart appliances from different consumer brand names.
US11984997B2	System and method for adapting a polarity of a data signal The present disclosure relates to a polarity correction circuit. The polarity correction circuit may include a detection module and a switching module. The detection module may be configured to detect a polarity of a DC voltage transmitted to a powered device and generate one or more control signals based on the polarity of the DC voltage. The switching module may be configured to receive the one or more control signals and a data signal transmitted from the powered device. The switching module may be further configured to adapt a polarity of the data signal based on the one or more control signals such that the polarity of the data signal is accordant with the polarity of the DC voltage.
US11984990B2	Devices and methods for supporting HARQ for Wi-Fi The present disclosure relates to Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) in wireless communication technologies, particularly HARQ for IEEE 802.11, i.e. HARQ for Wi-Fi. One example transmitting device is configured to encapsulate a data unit in a container unit, and encode the container unit into a codeword set of one or more codewords. One example receiving device is configured to receive, from a transmitting device, at least one codeword set of one or more codewords, decode the codewords of the codeword set to obtain a container unit, and decapsulate the container unit to obtain a data unit. A bit-size of the container unit is equal to a bit-size of the codeword set in the transmitting device and the receiving device.
US11984983B2	Carrier selection for PUCCH repetition with PUCCH carrier switching Aspects are provided which allow a UE configured with PUCCH repetitions to determine, in response to an indication from a base station to switch carriers for PUCCH transmissions, which CCs of a PUCCH group are configured for PUCCH repetitions, when CCs are configured for PUCCH repetitions, what resources in CCs are configured for PUCCH repetitions, and/or how to count PUCCH repetitions in configured CCs. For instance, the UE may receive a PUCCH configuration from a base station indicating PUCCH repetitions, receive an indication from the base station to switch between CCs in a PUCCH group for PUCCH transmissions, and determine at least one of the following configured by the base station: a subset of the CCs for the PUCCH repetitions, a time pattern of the CCs for the PUCCH repetitions, a resource allocation for each of the PUCCH repetitions, or a count for each of the PUCCH repetitions.
US11984977B2	Code block segmentation for new radio Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for encoding code blocks for transmission in a wireless communication system. An example encoding method in a wireless communication system includes determining, for one or more code blocks of a transport block, that at least one of a plurality of criteria is met, wherein the plurality of criteria includes that a coding rate (R) is less than or equal to 1/4 or that a transport block size (TBS) is less than or equal to 3824 bits and the R is less than or equal to 2/3. The one or more code blocks are encoded using low-density parity-check (LDPC) base graph 2, wherein a maximum code block size is 3840 bits. The one or more encoded code blocks are transmitted over the wireless network.
US11984974B2	Method and device for transmitting data, system, and storage medium A method for transmitting data includes: sending, by a server, a first message to a target terminal in response to determining that target data corresponding to the target terminal is long data, wherein the first message is intended to instruct the target terminal to enable a long data transmission mode before a first moment, and the long data is data untransmittable between a terminal and a gateway within one time slot; and sending, by the server, a second message to a first gateway, wherein the second message is intended to instruct the first gateway to enable the long data transmission mode before the first moment to receive the target data from the server, and the target data is sent to the target terminal from the first moment.
US11984971B2	Non-communication electronic warfare system design analysis system based on engineering modeling and control method thereof This application relates to a non-communication electronic warfare system design analysis system based on engineering modeling. In one aspect, the system includes a scenario unit transmitting a simulation threat signal corresponding to an input scenario and a threat signal simulator transmitting an actual threat signal. The system may also include an electronic warfare support receiving model unit allocating a jamming technique. The system may further include an electronic warfare support receiving analyzer allocating the jamming technique to the received actual threat signal and an electronic attack jamming model unit modelling a device for generating a simulation jamming signal. The system may further include an electronic attack jamming generator generating an actual jamming signal and a simulation situation demonstration controller analyzing performance by using the actual jamming signal and the actual threat signal.
US11984969B2	Systems and methods for large phase correction in R-PHY network architectures Systems and methods for regaining phase synchronization between a CMTS core and an RPD, where the phase synchronization is regained over repeated temporal periods preferably divided between a first interval having a frequency adjustment of a first magnitude and a second interval having a frequency adjustment of a second magnitude.
US11984966B2	High linearity satellite payload using solid state power amplifiers A solid state power amplifier uses a Doherty power amplifier that can be implemented as a monolithic microwave integrated circuit. By adjusting the DC bias of the amplifying stages in each branch of the Doherty amplifier, the output power, linearity, and DC power can be adjusted to provide a specified output, where the specification for the output can include the maintaining of desired DC power and linearity. The Doherty power amplifier can be used in a satellite payload or other application utilizing solid state power amplifiers, while providing the proper amount of RF output power and DC power. A single amplifier can have its bias levels adjusted for different output levels, helping to minimize the number of designs that are required for a given satellite payload, reducing the variety of parts in a satellite payload.
US11984965B2	Audio processing apparatus and method for localizing an audio source The disclosure relates to an audio processing apparatus for localizing an audio source. The audio processing apparatus comprises a plurality of audio sensors, including a primary audio sensor and at least two secondary audio sensors, configured to detect an audio signal from a target audio source, wherein the primary audio sensor defines at least two pairs of audio sensors with the at least two secondary audio sensors; and processing circuitry configured to: determine for each pair of audio sensors a first set of likelihoods of spatial directions of the target audio source using a first localization scheme; determine a second set of likelihoods of spatial directions of the target audio source using a second localization scheme; and determine a third set of likelihoods of spatial directions of the target audio source on the basis of the first sets of likelihoods and the second set of likelihoods.
US11984963B2	Radio devices with switchable antennas A radio device receives data from a base station that transmits a first radio signal, carrying a first data block, in a first time window, and a second radio signal, also carrying the first data block, in a different, second time window. The radio device comprises first and second antennas, receive circuitry, and a switch for selectively connecting the receive circuitry to the first antenna or to the second antenna. It is configured to sample the first radio signal, received by the first antenna in the first time window, to generate first sampled data; disconnect the first antenna from the receive circuitry and connect the second antenna; sample the second radio signal, received by the second antenna in the second time window, to generate second sampled data; and use both the first sampled data and the second sampled data to decode the first data block.
US11984957B2	Radar-assisted beam failure avoidance in NLoS environments This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for radar-assisted beam failure. A second wireless device may transmit, to a first wireless device, a configuration to monitor for a potential obstruction for a set of one or more beams for the wireless communication with the second wireless. The first wireless device may receive, from the second wireless device, the configuration to monitor for the potential obstruction for the set of one or more beams for the wireless communication with the second wireless device. The first wireless device may perform radar detection for the potential obstruction to the set of one or more beams for the wireless communication with the second wireless device.
US11984956B2	Method for calculating channel quality indicator CQI, terminal device, and network device Disclosed is a method for calculating a channel quality indicator (CQI), a terminal device, and a network device. The method comprises: the terminal device determines, from N ports, K ports used for calculating a CQI; the terminal device calculates the CQI based on the K ports; and the terminal device reports the CQI and a rank to the network device, the rank being equal to K.
US11984949B2	Beamformed transmission using a precoder There is provided mechanisms for beamformed transmission using a precoder. A method is performed by a radio transceiver device. The radio transceiver device comprises hardware. The hardware impacts transmission of signals from the radio transceiver device. The method comprises acquiring channel conditions of a radio propagation channel between the radio transceiver device and at least one other radio transceiver device. The method comprises determining a precoder, in form of a linear precoding matrix, for beamformed transmission towards the at least one other radio transceiver device. The precoder is determined according to the channel conditions and a model of how the hardware impacts the transmission of signals from the radio transceiver device. The method comprises transmitting, using the precoder, a signal towards the at least one other radio transceiver device.
US11984946B2	Grid of beam-type design and implementation of a reconfigurable intelligent surface According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for performing the following. The apparatus maintains, in at least one memory, information on a reference incidence direction and reference configuration information defining a plurality of configurations of a plurality of tunable load impedance circuits of a tunable reflective array of a reconfigurable intelligent surface or a subpanel thereof for the reference incidence direction. The apparatus measures an incidence direction from which electromagnetic waves are received by the reconfigurable intelligent surface. The apparatus calculates, based on the reference incidence direction, the measured incidence direction and the reference configuration information, corrected configuration information defining a plurality of corrected configurations for the measured incidence direction. Finally, the apparatus configures the plurality of tunable load impedance circuits according to a corrected configuration.
US11984945B2	Communication device and method for echo signals management A communication device includes a donor receiver that receives a first beam of input radio frequency (RF) signals from a base station or a network node. The communication device further includes a service transmitter that transmits a second beam of RF signals in a first radiation pattern to a user equipment (UE). The communication device further includes control circuitry that detects an amount and a direction of echo signals at the donor receiver. The control circuitry applies polarization to the second beam of RF signals transmitted to the UE and calibrates the polarization to minimize the echo signals at the donor receiver. A second radiation pattern is generated for the second beam of RF signals and communicated to the UE based on the calibrated polarization. The communication of the second beam of RF signals in the generated second radiation pattern further reduces the echo signals at the donor receiver.
US11984944B2	Fast data transmission for wireless power transfer systems A power receiver is provided herein. The power receiver provides in-band communication with a power transmitter. The power receiver recognizes a change in frequency that identifies a training sequence and determines an impulse response with respect to the training sequence. The power receiver also cancels an effect of the impulse response during the in-band communication.
US11984943B2	Active near-field communication device facilitation of low power card detection A device implementing a system for NFC communication includes a processor configured to receive, from an other device, pulse signals for detecting proximity of the device with the other device. The processor is further configured to determine an interval at which the pulse signals are received from the other device. The processor is further configured to determine a time when the other device is expected to transmit a subsequent pulse signal based at least in part on the determined interval. The processor is further configured to transmit a signal to the other device based on the determined time when the other device is expected to transmit the subsequent pulse signal.
US11984937B2	Communication system with beam quality measurement A method, performed by a communication device, including a) measuring a respective beam quality for each of a plurality of beams of a cell, b) identifying, within said plurality of beams, a first group of beams comprising a number, N, of beams, c) selecting, from within said first group of beams, a second group of beams comprising a number, M, of beams, and d) deriving a cell quality for the cell based on the measured beam qualities for the M beams of the second group.
US11984926B2	Lighting and communication system comprising a transmitter and a receiver of modulated light signals A lighting and communication system includes a first optical fiber portion, a second optical fiber portion, a third optical fiber portion, a fourth optical fiber portion and a fifth optical fiber portion that are distinct, wherein a visible light transmitter is positioned at a first end of the first optical fiber portion, a modulated light signal transmitter is positioned at a first end of the second optical fiber portion, a second end of the first optical fiber portion and a second end of the second optical fiber portion are connected to a first end of the third optical fiber portion, a modulated light signal receiver is positioned at a first end of the fourth optical fiber portion, a second end of the third optical fiber portion and a second end of the fourth optical fiber portion are connected to a first end of the fifth optical fiber portion.
US11984924B2	Transmit/receive module A transmit/receive module includes plural duplexers, a power amplifier, and a sending transmission line. The plural duplexers operate in bands different from each other and each includes a transmit filter and a receive filter. The power amplifier amplifies signals of pass bands of the plural transmit filters and outputs the amplified signals. The sending transmission line is connected to the plural transmit filters. The signals of the pass bands of the plural transmit filters output from the power amplifier are transmitted through the sending transmission line.
US11984920B2	Radio-frequency module and communication device A radio-frequency module includes an integrated circuit (IC) device and an external inductor provided outside the IC device. The IC device includes a plurality of low-noise amplifiers, one or more inductors, and a switching circuit. The plurality of low-noise amplifiers includes a plurality of transistors in one to one correspondence. The one or more inductors are coupled to one or more of the plurality of transistors. Each inductor is coupled to the emitter or source of a corresponding one of the plurality of transistors. The switching circuit is coupled between the emitter or source of each of the plurality of transistors and the external inductor. The external inductor is coupled between the switching circuit and ground in series with each of the one or more inductors via the switching circuit.
US11984916B2	Transmission setting selection An apparatus is disclosed for transmission setting selection. In an example aspect, an apparatus includes a wireless interface device with a communication processor and a radio-frequency front-end. The communication processor is configured to provide a signal. The radio-frequency front-end is coupled to the communication processor and configured to accept the signal. The radio-frequency front-end includes an amplifier configured to amplify the signal based on one or more amplifier settings. The wireless interface device is configured to adjust the one or more amplifier settings responsive to an output power being changed with a gain being unchanged.
US11984915B2	Temperature compensation circuit and phased array apparatus Example temperature compensation circuits and a phased array apparatus are described. One example temperature compensation circuit is applied to a signal processing path. The example temperature compensation circuit includes a temperature detection circuit, a temperature conversion circuit, and a passive variable attenuator. The passive variable attenuator is configured to be connected in series in the signal processing path. The temperature detection circuit is configured to generate a temperature signal and a reference signal, and output the temperature signal and the reference signal to the temperature conversion circuit. The temperature signal monotonically changes with a temperature of the signal processing path. The temperature conversion circuit is configured to generate a control signal based on the temperature signal and the reference signal. The passive variable attenuator is configured to adjust, under control of the control signal, an attenuation value of a signal processed by the signal processing path.
US11984910B1	Reinforcement learning-enabled low-density parity check decoder The present disclosure describes apparatuses and methods for implementing a reinforcement learning-enabled low-density parity check (LDPC) decoder. In aspects, an RL-enabled LDPC decoder processes, as part of a first decoding iteration, data of a channel to generate LDPC state information and provides the LDPC state information to a machine learning (ML) algorithm of an RL agent. The RL-enabled LDPC decoder is then configured with LDPC decoding parameters obtained from the ML algorithm and processes, as part of a second decoding operation, the data using the decoding parameters to generate subsequent LDPC state information. The RL-enabled LDPC decoder provides decoded data of the channel based on the subsequent LDPC state information. By using the LDPC decoding parameters provided by the ML algorithm of the RL agent, the RL-enabled LDPC decoder may decode channel data in fewer decoding iterations or with a higher success rate, thereby improving LDPC decoding performance.
US11984909B2	Interconnected inverter and method of manufacturing interconnected inverter A system of an interconnected inverter includes an inverter that converts DC power from a DC power supply into AC power and provides AC power to an AC power line, an RDC that converts a voltage value obtained by a voltage sensor into electrical angle information that shows a phase angle of an output voltage, the voltage sensor obtaining a voltage value of an output voltage from the inverter to a power grid, and an ECU that controls the inverter to provide an alternating current in synchronization with an alternating current that flows through the AC power line by using timing at which an angle shown in the electrical angle information given from the RDC attains to a prescribed angle. Extra cost for diversion can be reduced.
US11984900B2	Tuning voltage tracker for receive/transmit phase-locked loop (PLL) fast switching Methods and apparatus for storing a control voltage of a phased-locked loop (PLL) when switching from mission mode to standby mode for the PLL, and for restoring the control voltage of the PLL when switching back to mission mode. An example PLL circuit includes a charge pump, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) having a control input coupled to an output of the charge pump via a node, and a tracking circuit coupled to the node. The tracking circuit is generally configured to sample a voltage of the node during a mission mode, save a representation of the sampled voltage before entering a standby mode, and restore the sampled voltage to the node for reentering the mission mode using the saved representation of the sampled voltage.
US11984894B2	System and method for generating arbitrary waveform of microwave photon based on optical frequency tuning A system and a method for generating an arbitrary waveform of a microwave photon based on optical frequency tuning are provided. The system includes an optical frequency comb, a first optical distribution unit, a first photoelectric conversion unit, a frequency-shift drive circuit, and an optical frequency doubling/dividing unit, an optical frequency-shift combining optical circuit, a second photoelectric conversion unit, and a second electrical processing circuit. The optical frequency comb is used as the frequency source, with the features of high stability and low phase noise of the optical frequency comb, the arbitrary waveforms of microwave photons can be generated through optical frequency tuning control; the performance of the optical frequency comb is three orders of magnitude or more higher than that of the common microwave frequency sources, therefore, the waveforms with high-frequency, ultra-wideband, low phase noise, and high stability can be generated.
US11984892B2	Comparator circuit and driver A comparator circuit according to the present embodiment: including a comparator element configured to output a matching signal indicating whether or not a value of a first input signal matches a value of a second input signal; a flip-flop circuit including a data input terminal to which a constant potential is supplied and a clock input terminal and configured to hold a value of the data input terminal based on a self-clock signal input to the clock input terminal; and a clock generation circuit configured to generate the self-clock signal based on the matching signal.
US11984890B2	Scalable interconnected quantum architecture A quantum circuit includes a quantum signal unit. There is a first quantum chip comprising a plurality of qubit devices and bi-directionally coupled to the quantum signal unit. A first quantum entangling unit is bi-directionally coupled to the quantum signal unit and configured to generate an entanglement between a first and a second qubit device on the first quantum chip via the quantum signal unit.
US11984889B2	Signal generation circuit, micro-controller, and control method thereof A signal generation circuit including a first control circuit, a second control circuit, an arbiter circuit, and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit is provided. The first control circuit stores a first string of data. The first control circuit enables a first trigger signal in response to a first event occurring. The second control circuit stores a second string of data. The second control circuit enables a second trigger signal in response to a second event occurring. The arbiter circuit reads the first or second control circuit according to the order of priority to use the first string of data or the second string of data as a digital input in response to the first and second trigger signals being enabled. The DAC circuit converts the digital input to generate an analog output.
US11984884B2	Power supply device, and method for controlling same A power supply device is provided. The power supply device includes a first switch element for selectively providing an alternating current (AC) power source to an actuation device, a second switch element for selectively providing the AC power source to the first switch element, a detection circuit for confirming whether or not the first switch element is in a full turn-on state, by comparing an input power source and an output power source of the first switch element, a sensor for sensing the size of the AC power source, and a controller for selectively controlling the operation of the second switch element on the basis of the sensed size of the AC power source and the confirmed full turn-on state.
US11984881B2	Thyristor circuit and thyristor protection method A thyristor circuit includes at least one branch including at least one thyristor, a thyristor control circuit and a current detector. The current detector is configured to detect a current value representative of an electrical current flowing through the thyristor and to input the detected current value into the thyristor control circuit. The thyristor control circuit is configured to determine a fault condition in which the detected current value exceeds a predetermined current threshold based on a deteriorated blocking ability of the thyristor. Dependent on the determination result, the thyristor control circuit triggers the thyristor into a conductive state.
US11984878B2	Switch and associated electronic device A switch including a transistor to be protected, and a Miller effect protection unit including a protection transistor, the drain of the protection transistor being connected to the gate of the transistor to be protected, the source of the protection transistor being connected to the source of the transistor to be protected, a linking circuit, the linking circuit being a high-pass filter arranged between the gate of the protection transistor and the drain of the transistor to be protected, and a control circuit interposed between the gate of the protection transistor and the source of the transistor to be protected.
US11984876B2	Temperature-sensitive sampling In at least one example, an apparatus includes a logic circuit having a switch control output and first and second logic circuit inputs. A pulse generator has a generator output coupled to the first logic circuit input. An elevated temperature detector has a detector output and a temperature sensor. The detector output is coupled between the second logic circuit input and the temperature sensor.
US11984871B2	Package comprising stacked filters A package that includes a first filter device and a second filter device coupled to the first filter device. The first filter device includes a first substrate comprising a first piezoelectric material, and a first metal layer coupled to a first surface of the first substrate. The second filter device includes a second substrate comprising a second piezoelectric material, and a second metal layer coupled to a first surface of the first substrate. The package includes a first pillar interconnect configured to be electrically coupled to the first metal layer of the first filter device, where the first pillar interconnect extends through the second filter device. The package further includes a second pillar interconnect configured to be electrically coupled to the second metal layer of the second filter device.
US11984864B2	Method for manufacturing resonator The disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductors, and discloses a method for manufacturing a resonator. The method includes: a substrate is pretreated to change a preset reaction rate of a preset region part of the substrate, so that the preset reaction rate of the preset region part is higher than that of a region outside the preset region part; a preset reaction is performed to the substrate to form a sacrificial material part including an upper half part above an upper surface of the substrate and a lower half part below a lower surface of the substrate; a multilayer structure is formed on the sacrificial material part, and includes a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer and an upper electrode layer from bottom to top; and the sacrificial material part is removed.
US11984863B2	Sensor with resonator supported on a substrate A sensor that includes a substrate with a first side having a cavity extending into the first side. A resonator is connected to the substrate and extends over the cavity with the resonator including first and second electrodes overlapping on opposing sides of the piezoelectric crystal. The substrate is connected to the resonator such that one or more physical parameters exerted on the substrate are transferred to the resonator.
US11984862B2	Noise filter Provided is an active filter circuit connected to a power-receiving terminal of a power line for an alternating-current power supplied to a power converter device from an alternating-current power grid or a direct-current power source interconnected with the alternating-current power grid, or for a direct-current power supplied from the direct-current power source for reducing a harmonic component of a conduction noise propagating to the power line and outputting the reduced harmonic; and a controller for monitoring a variation in the state of an input power entering a power source module for generating drive power for an active element constituting the active filter circuit, or a variation in the state of the drive power supplied from the power source module, and diagnosing an abnormality of a circuit operation for a circuit including the active element of the active filter circuit therein.
US11984859B2	Chopper amplifying circuit employing negative impedance compensation technique A chopper amplifying circuit employing a negative impedance compensation technique, including a differential input end, a first-level chopper switch, a first-level amplifying circuit, a second-level chopper switch, a second-level amplifying circuit, a negative impedance converting circuit, a negative feedback unit, an input capacitor, and a differential output end, is provided. The differential input end is connected to the first-level chopper switch. An output terminal of the first-level chopper switch is connected to the first-level amplifying circuit through the input capacitor. The first-level amplifying circuit is connected to the second-level chopper switch, which is connected to the second-level amplifying circuit. The second-level amplifying circuit is connected to the differential output end, and is also connected to a feedback input end of the first-level amplifying circuit through the negative feedback unit. The negative impedance converting circuit is parallel-connected to a signal input end of the first-level amplifying circuit.
US11984858B2	Apparatus and methods for oscillation suppression of cascode power amplifiers Apparatus and methods for oscillation suppression of cascode power amplifiers are provided herein. In certain implementations, a power amplifier system includes a cascode power amplifier including a plurality of transconductance devices that operate in combination with a plurality of cascode devices to amplify a radio frequency input signal. The power amplifier system further includes a bias circuit that biases the plurality of cascode devices with two or more bias voltages that are decoupled from one another at radio frequency to thereby inhibit the cascode power amplifier from oscillating.
US11984856B2	Low noise amplifier and operation method of low noise amplifier A low noise amplifier includes: an amplification unit including a first transistor and a second transistor connected in a cascode structure and configured to amplify a signal input to a control terminal of the first transistor; and a gain controller connected between a contact point at which the first transistor and the second transistor are connected to each other and a power source voltage, and configured to adjust a gain of the amplification unit.
US11984855B2	Source switched split LNA A receiver front end amplifier capable of receiving and processing intraband non-contiguous carrier aggregate (CA) signals using multiple low noise amplifiers (LNAs) is disclosed herein. A cascode having a “common source” configured input FET and a “common gate” configured output FET can be turned on or off using the gate of the output FET. A first switch is provided that allows a connection to be either established or broken between the source terminal of the input FET of each LNA. Further switches used for switching degeneration inductors, gate capacitors, and gate to ground capacitors for each leg can be used to further improve the matching performance of the invention.
US11984850B2	Oscillator with active inductor An oscillator circuit includes a bulk acoustic wave resonator, a differential active inductor circuit, and a gain circuit. The differential active inductor circuit is configured to bias the bulk acoustic wave resonator. The differential active inductor circuit is coupled between the bulk acoustic wave resonator and a power supply terminal. The gain circuit is coupled to the bulk acoustic wave resonator.
US11984849B2	Switchover schemes for transition of oscillator from internal-resistor to external-resistor mode In an example, a system includes an oscillator circuit on a chip. The oscillator circuit includes a charging current generator including a current mirror and an amplifier, where the amplifier is coupled to a pin of the chip. The oscillator circuit also includes a first switch coupled to the pin, a second switch coupled to the pin and to a charging resistor, and a third switch coupled to the amplifier and an internal resistor, where the internal resistor is internal to the chip. The oscillator circuit includes a bias current source coupled to the current mirror. The system includes an external resistor coupled to the pin, where the external resistor is external to the chip. The system also includes an external capacitor coupled to the pin and coupled in parallel to the external resistor, where the external capacitor is external to the chip.
US11984846B2	Solar energy power conversion system A power conversion circuit is used in a solar array suitable for, e.g., roadside adjacent installation. The power conversion circuit includes an inverter with a first stage electrically coupled to one or more solar panels. A third stage of the circuit has a DC to AC converter that provides less than a 50 VAC load voltage to a load, and a second stage that is coupled between the first and third stages and provides an isolated electrical power coupling therebetween. A sync interface communicatively couples a controller to other controllers dedicated to one or more other respective inverters of the solar array via a sync signal. The controllers synchronize the third stages of the inverters via the sync signal. The third stages of the inverters are coupled in series to provide a load output voltage.
US11984830B2	Inverter with switch control and a method of controlling an inverter A control device (8) for an inverter (2) that feeds an electric machine (3), wherein the control device (8) is configured to provide pulse-width-modulated switching signals (15) at a carrier frequency to drive switching elements (12) of the inverter (2), wherein the control device (8) is configured to ascertain the carrier frequency within at least one operating range (22, 23) depending on a piece of operating point information that describes an operating point defined by a rotation speed and a torque of the electric machine (3) in such a way that the carrier frequency is reduced within the at least one operating range (22, 23) compared to a maximum carrier frequency operating point at which a maximum carrier frequency is specified in the operating range.
US11984827B2	Motor control apparatus, motor, compressor, refrigeration apparatus and vehicle A motor control apparatus configured to convert an input power supplied from a power supply to an output alternating-current power having a predetermined voltage and a predetermined frequency is provided. The motor control apparatus includes an inverter circuit configured to supply the output alternating-current power to a motor, and is configured to perform a control to suppress an amplitude of a first harmonic component that occurs synchronously with a rotation rate of the motor in a power input into the motor to be lower than or equal to a predetermined value and to suppress an amplitude of a second harmonic component that occurs in an electromagnetic exciting force of the motor at a same frequency as the first harmonic component to be lower than the amplitude of the second harmonic component in a case of the amplitude of the first harmonic component being suppressed to a minimum.
US11984818B2	Inverter capable of operating in multiple states In an inverter, three switching circuits each include first to fourth switching elements, first and second diodes, and a control circuit controlling potentials of gates. The control circuit causes potentials of U-, V-, and W-phase output wirings to change among high, neutral point, and low potentials. The control circuit performs an emergency operation when any of the second and third switching elements and the first and second diodes has caused a short fault. In the emergency operation, a potential of a limit output wiring is caused to change between two potentials that are not inhibiting potentials, and potentials of normal output wirings are caused to change among three potentials. When the short-fault element is the second switching element or the second diode, an inhibiting potential is the low potential. When the short-fault element is the third switching element or the first diode, the inhibiting potential is the high potential.
US11984817B2	Low power inverter-based CTLE An example continuous time linear equalizer (CTLE) includes a first inverter; a second inverter having an input to receive an input signal; a capacitor coupled between an input of the first inverter and the input of the second inverter; a resistor coupled between a common-mode voltage and the input of the first inverter; a third inverter having an output to provide an output signal; and a node comprising an output of the first inverter, an output of the second inverter, an input of the third inverter, and the output of the third inverter.
US11984814B2	Open loop phase pre-charge For open loop phase pre-charge, an apparatus includes a Switching Mode Power Supply (SMPS) charging diode and a charge generator. The SMPS charging diode pre-charges an SMPS to a regulation set point from at least one phase of an Alternating Current (AC) voltage. The charge generator is powered by the pre-charged SMPS. In response to detecting the regulation set point iteratively, the charge generator detects a specified phase angle of the AC voltage. In response to the specified phase angle, the charge generator iteratively generates a charging voltage during positive voltage interval that charges a Direct Current (DC) bus capacitor to a target DC bus voltage within a charging time interval. At least a portion of the charge generator comprises one or more of hardware and executable code, the executable code stored on one or more computer readable storage media.
US11984810B2	Switching mode power supply with a voltage clamping circuit The anti-windup circuit generally has a voltage clamping device in series with a current limiting device operatively connectable to the output current path of a feedback compensator; the feedback compensator being part of a switch-mode power supply (SMPS) having an input voltage source and a load and generating constrained control values required to generate control on-off actions for tight power regulation. The inclusion of the disclosed anti-windup circuit in an SMPS may lead to hardware based overvoltage protection, reduced overall size and faster response to load changes.
US11984805B2	Power converter and control circuit thereof A control circuit for a power converter is disclosed. The power converter includes a switching circuit including a first switching transistor and a second switching transistor. The control circuit includes: a comparator having a first input configured to receive at least a reference signal, a second input configured to receive at least a feedback signal and an output configured to output a comparison signal; a minimum off-time generation circuit; an on-time generation circuit for producing an on-time signal for controlling both the first switching transistor and the second switching transistor; and a ramp compensation circuit configured to generate a ramp compensation signal.
US11984804B2	Resonant charge pump circuit A resonant charge pump circuit includes a resonant circuit having a bucket capacitor and a bucket inductor connected in series, and a switching circuit connected to the resonant circuit. The switching circuit switches to a first state that enables current to flow from an input terminal into the resonant circuit to charge the bucket capacitor and the bucket inductor, and switches to a second state that enables current to flow from the resonant circuit to discharge the bucket capacitor and the bucket inductor to an output terminal. The resonant circuit controls current flow into and out from the resonant circuit when the switching circuit switches between the states. The resonant charge pump circuit also includes a timing circuit that controls when the switching circuit switches between the states.
US11984800B2	Power supply system and control method for power supply system A power supply system for controlling the power supply system includes a direct current voltage conversion apparatus, an inverter, and a diode. The direct current voltage conversion apparatus includes a controller and a direct current voltage conversion circuit. The controller is configured to: control the output voltage of the direct current voltage conversion circuit, so that the diode is in a conducted state; detect a voltage on the direct current bus; and determine, based on the voltage on the direct current bus, whether high voltage ride-through occurs in the power supply system. According to the power supply system and the method for controlling the power supply system provided in this application, high voltage ride-through can be quickly detected while fault isolation is implemented, thereby improving efficiency of detecting high voltage ride-through.
US11984798B2	Dehumming a chime with a video doorbell A circuit is described for powering a chime that outputs audio in response to detection of an entity by a video doorbell. The circuit includes a power source for generating a first signal. A first switch is coupled to the power source. The first switch is configured to provide, in response to the first signal, a first direct-current (DC) voltage signal during a first operating mode where the video doorbell receives an input that triggers actuation of the chime in response to detection of the entity. A second switch is coupled to the power source and the first switch. The second switch is configured to provide, in response to the first signal, a second DC voltage signal during a second operating mode where the chime outputs the audio in response to the input that triggers actuation of the chime in response to detection of the entity.
US11984795B2	Rotating electrical machine A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a magnet unit. The rotating electrical machine also includes a cylindrical stator and a housing. The stator is equipped with a stator winding made up of a plurality of phase windings. The stator is arranged coaxially with the rotor and faces the rotor. The housing has the rotor and the stator disposed therein. The rotor includes a cylindrical magnet retainer to which the magnet unit is secured and an intermediate portion which connects between a rotating shaft of the rotor and the magnet retainer and extends in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. A first region located radially inside an inner peripheral surface of a magnetic circuit component made up of the stator and the rotor is greater in volume than a second region between the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic circuit component and the housing in the radial direction.
US11984793B2	Speed reduction device for motor Disclosed is a speed reduction device for a vehicle motor. The speed reduction device includes an output gear connected to an output shaft of the motor, a transmission gear engaged with the output gear, a cam formed to be integrated with the transmission gear, a cycloid inner gear, a pair of wedges compressed against the inner peripheral surface of a through hole of the cycloid inner gear by elastic restoring force of a spring and configured to closely contact the cam, a ring gear partially engaged with the cycloid inner gear when the cycloid inner gear is eccentrically rotated, an end plate, and a final output gear configured to finally output rotational force of the cycloid inner gear, thereby preventing backlash between gears during rotational driving of the motor and reliably preventing movement of a seat after swivel adjustment is completed.
US11984787B2	Motor end cap design that functions as a lube distributor in hybrid transmissions An endplate for an electric machine may include a disc-like body defining at least one opening and a corresponding channel extending therefrom, the channel extending from the at least one opening to a distal diameter of the body, the opening configured to allow coolant to pass therethrough, and a lip arranged around a circumference of the body and extending therefrom, the lip configured to guide the coolant into the at least one opening to supply coolant at an end winding of a stator of the electric machine.
US11984784B2	Vibration motor with moving part and buffer material The actuator includes a movable body, a support body with a case that accommodates the movable body and a coil holder, connecting bodies connected to the movable body and the support body, a magnetic drive circuit including a coil and magnets opposed to the coil in a Z direction and causing the movable body to vibrate in an X direction with respect to the support body, and a buffer material fixed to the case and opposed to the movable body in the X direction. When the magnetic drive circuit is driven with a first voltage, the movable body vibrates without colliding with the buffer material. When the magnetic drive circuit is driven with a second voltage, which is larger than the first voltage, the movable body collides with the case through the buffer material, whereby an impulsive force is generated.
US11984782B2	Stator coil and stator comprising said stator coil, rotating electrical machine, and manufacturing method for stator coil An object is to provide a stator coil having a corner portion with less start points for partial discharge while reducing loss. A stator coil having a conductor bar includes, at a corner portion thereof: a first insulating layer covering an outer periphery of the conductor bar; an electric conductor having one end electrically connected to the conductor bar on a distal end side of the corner portion, and another end placed on an outer surface of the first insulating layer; a first conductive layer covering an outer periphery of the first insulating layer and the electric conductor located on the outer surface of the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer covering an outer periphery of the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer covering an outer periphery of the second insulating layer.
US11984778B2	Rotating electric machine A voltage limit ellipse is defined in a d-q coordinate system of a rotating electric machine by d-axis and q-axis currents flowing through an armature coil when the magnitude of a voltage vector applied to the armature coil is equal to a voltage limit value. The product of the number of electrical conductor sections per pole in each phase and the number of poles of the rotating electric machine is set to have, when the rotational speed of the rotating electric machine is equal to a maximum rotational speed, the center of the voltage limit ellipse located outside an electric-current limit circle and in a negative d-axis region in the d-q coordinate system and a positive-d-axis-side vertex of the voltage limit ellipse located inside or on the electric-current limit circle.
US11984775B2	Stator of an electric drive machine and method for producing same A method for producing a stator includes: providing a main body, the main body having: a cavity for accommodating a rotor, and a plurality of slots, extending axially through the main body, the plurality of slots accommodating electrical conductors of a winding, providing slot insulation so as to ensure that a slot interior of each slot of the plurality of slots is electrically insulated from the main body and is fluidtight; and forming a respective end plate on each of two ends of the main body, the end plates being attached in a fluidtight manner to the main body so as to ensure that no fluid can get between the end plate and the main body and reach the cavity of the main body. Each end plate has a radial part and an axial part, and the axial part has an insert.
US11984770B2	Rotor, motor, fan, air conditioning apparatus, and method for manufacturing rotor A rotor includes: a resin magnet including a first magnetic flux generating part and a second magnetic flux generating part; and a shaft fixed to the resin magnet. The first magnetic flux generating part has a first orientation. The second magnetic flux generating part has a second orientation different from the first orientation in a radial direction. A peak of magnetic flux density from the first magnetic flux generating part is larger than a peak of magnetic flux density from the second magnetic flux generating part.
US11984768B2	Hydroelectric generator for faucet and flush valve A plumbing system for generating electrical power, including a hydroelectric generator assembly configured to generate power, a power source arranged in parallel with the hydroelectric generator assembly, and an interconnecting power harness in communication with the hydroelectric generator assembly and the power source. The plumbing system additionally includes a plumbing fixture in communication with the interconnecting power harness. The plumbing fixture includes a valve and a sensor configured to detect the presence of a user. The hydroelectric generator assembly is configured to provide power to the valve.
US11984767B2	Liquid cooled pole wedge A wedge for use between poles of a generator for supporting windings of the poles includes a plurality of outer walls. The wedge also includes at least one fluid orifice extending through at least one of the plurality of outer walls and configured to receive a fluid from a shaft of the generator and to allow the fluid to flow through the at least one of the plurality of outer walls to reduce a temperature of the windings.
US11984762B2	Electric machine stator tube An example stator tube assembly includes a hollow body defining a cavity and having a longitudinal length and a radial thickness. The hollow body is configured to be disposed within a stator housing and to separate the cavity from a stator cavity within the stator housing. The hollow body comprises a first radial thickness along a first portion of its longitudinal length and a second radial thickness along a second portion of its longitudinal length, the second radial thickness being greater than the first radial thickness.
US11984761B1	Block-type windings for improved electrical generators Enhanced composite lightweight coiled windings are discussed which utilize phenolic, non-ferrous and ferrous metals in combination with improved geometrical shapes to create lightweight and highly efficient composite material winding assemblies for use in generators. These generators exhibit improved thermal and energy efficiencies when compared to present day generators. In some embodiments, the ends of these permanent magnets are in contact with intermediate T-shaped ferrous magnetically permeable members as described.
US11984759B2	Grid ancillary service with uninterruptible power supply Methods of operating a grid ancillary service with an uninterruptible power supply (GAUPS) device are provided. A method of operating a GAUPS device includes controlling a switch of the GAUPS device in response to a signal that is generated by the switch, to control efficiency of an inverter and quality of power supplied to a load via the inverter. The switch is coupled between the inverter and the load. Related systems and devices are also provided.
US11984758B2	In-vehicle backup power source control apparatus and in-vehicle backup power source apparatus A configuration that can increase the reliability of a backup operation is realized in a simpler manner. An in-vehicle backup power source control apparatus includes a first control unit that causes a charge/discharge unit (first discharge unit) to perform a first discharge operation when power supply that is based on a power source unit enters a failure state, and a second control unit that causes a second discharge unit to perform a second discharge operation when power supply that is based on the power source unit enters a failure state and at least the first discharge operation performed by the charge/discharge unit is in an abnormal state.
US11984757B2	Device for controlling solar driven water pumps and method in which such a device is applied Device for controlling solar driven water pumps with three selectable modes on the control panel being: I) speed mode with 100% use of the available solar DC power at all times; II) solar mode using available solar DC power only, and III) eco mode combining the use of the available solar DC power with the use of the AC power from a grid or a generator and/or batteries, by automatic switching between two stages, being (i) solar stage running on solar DC power only, and (ii) hybrid stage running with solar DC power and AC power from grid or generator and/or batteries like in speed mode. The purpose of the present disclosure is to preferentially use solar energy from solar panels over AC current from the electric grid or from a generator and/or batteries while ensuring sufficient pumping capacity.
US11984755B2	Device for charging electronic devices and boosting signals An electronic device includes a connector for connecting to a second electronic device, a battery and an amplifier. The battery is configured for charging a battery of the connected second electronic device, and the amplifier is configured to amplify one or more communication signals. The one or more communication signals are received by and/or transmitted from the connected second electronic device.
US11984753B2	Mobile-charging modular power system A mobile-charging power system including a mobile transportation unit including a housing and an axle; a battery assembly positioned within the housing; a power electronics module electrically coupled to the battery assembly; and an electro-mechanical generator electrically coupled to the power electronics module. The electro-mechanical generator is driven by the axle. The system further includes a solar power generator coupled to the housing. The solar power generator is electrically coupled to the power electronics module. The system further includes a controller electrically coupled to the battery assembly and the power electronics module; and a control panel electrically coupled to the power electronics module and the controller. The control panel includes a first electrical plug and a second electrical plug.
US11984752B2	Actuating mechanism with integral battery A motor driven actuator device includes an actuator motor; a controller; an input for receiving an external power supply; and a battery pack electrically connected to selectively drive the actuator motor, and electrically connectable to the external power supply for charging. During charging of the battery pack, the controller is configured to compare a measured charge level with a pre-determined charge level required to complete at least two battery shutdown events under battery power alone. During subsequent actuator device operation, the controller is configured to: determine if the external power supply is invalid, instruct a battery shutdown event causing the battery to be discharged, with enough charge in the battery to complete at least one further battery shutdown event; and, subsequently detect when the external power supply becomes valid, and resume actuator device operation under the external power supply, while simultaneously recharging the battery pack to at least the pre-determined charge level.
US11984749B2	Battery charging control for electronic devices A method of controlling charging of an electronic device includes estimating a usage time value that corresponds to an anticipated future occurrence of usage of the electronic device; and estimating a resume time value that corresponds to a time for charging to commence to allow for completion of charging from a first predetermined state of charge value to a second predetermined state of charge value by the usage time value. The method also includes charging a battery of the electronic device using electrical power supplied by a charging device until a current state of charge of the battery reaches the first predetermined state of charge value, entering, by the electronic device, a deactivated mode after the current state of charge reaches the first predetermined state of charge value, and causing the electronic device to return to the activated mode according to the resume time value.
US11984745B1	Monitoring system and monitoring method for operation of energy storage system A monitoring system and method for operation of energy storage system are provided, the system includes a collection module, configured to collect operation data of the energy storage system; a predictive module, configured to predict the operation data to obtain predictive data of future development trend of the energy storage system; a processing module, configured to process the operation data and the predictive data to obtain an operation state of battery packs in the energy storage system; a storage module, configured to store the operation data, the predictive data and the operation state of the battery packs; and an evaluation module, configured to evaluate an operation state of the energy storage system according to operation data, predictive data and the operation state of the battery packs. The energy storage system is monitored, and the operation state of the energy storage system is evaluated by combining with power grid dispatch instructions.
US11984743B2	Battery pack and charging method for a battery pack A battery pack having a specified number of battery cells connected to one another and having a monitoring unit, in particular of the type of an SCM circuit, for the individual battery cells. The monitoring unit has a passive input circuit, and is designed to recognize various electrical faults within the passive input circuit using a time measuring unit allocated to the monitoring unit, in particular on the basis of a measurement of rise times of a voltage.
US11984742B2	Smart ring power and charging A smart ring may be configured with a removable power source and an internal power source. The internal power source may enable continued operation of the smart ring disposed at a finger of a user, while the removable power source may be detached from the smart ring for charging or to be replaced with another charged removable power source. The removable power source may be disposed as a platform at an outer surface of a band-shaped housing of the smart ring, for example, via an adapter.
US11984739B1	Remote power systems, apparatus and methods A system and methods including workstations for use in office spaces where the workstations include electrical couplers and power distribution systems for coupling portable and rechargeable batteries to the arrangements and delivering electrical charge to affordance devices where battery charging stations are located at different locations throughout a facility and alerts including nearest charging station with fully charged batteries are provided to employees at the stations when battery depletion thresholds are met or where batteries are automatically delivered to facility locations via automated robotic carts when needed.
US11984732B2	Contactless electric power supply device A contactless electric power supply device of the present invention is provided with: multiple supply coils and an alternating current power source arranged on a fixed section; multiple receiving coils and a receiving circuit provided on a moving body; and a face-to-face power supply section provided for each of the multiple supply coils and configured to supply alternating current power from the alternating current power source to the supply coils only when detecting a face-to-face state between the supply coil and the receiving coil; wherein separation distances and lengths in the moving direction of the multiple supply coils and multiple receiving coils are set to satisfy face-to-face conditions, and a receiving circuit converts alternating current power received by at least one of the receiving coils in the face-to-face state and generates a receiving voltage at least equal to a driving voltage.
US11984729B2	Smart cutting board A cutting board assembly is described. The cutting board assembly includes a cutting board, a docking station, and a computing device. The cutting board includes a cutting surface affixable to an electronics portion. The electronics portion includes a digital display. The docking station is configured to receive the cutting board. The docking station includes: at least one speaker, at least one camera, at least one microphone, and a wireless charger. The computing device includes an application. The application is in wireless communication with the electronics portion and one or more of the at least one speaker, at least one camera, and at least one microphone.
US11984720B2	Power grid protection via transformer neutral blocking systems and triggered phase disconnection A protection circuit is disclosed. The protection circuit includes a direct current (DC) blocking component electrically connected between a neutral of the transformer and a ground, and an overvoltage protection device electrically connected in parallel with the DC blocking component. The overvoltage protection device is constructed to repeatably and reliably provide overvoltage protection in response to a voltage at the transformer neutral above a threshold. The DC blocking component has an impedance below a predetermined value, thereby effectively grounding the neutral of the transformer. The DC blocking component is persistently maintained in connection to the transformer neutral.
US11984717B2	Protection against AC voltage conditions A protective circuit can include an AC line configured to provide power from an AC source, and a first protection circuit coupled to the AC line and implemented to be electrically parallel with a load circuit. The first protection circuit can be configured to be in an inactive state to be substantially non-conducting when a voltage across the load circuit is in a normal range or an active state to be substantially conducting when the voltage across the load circuit has an overvoltage value greater than the normal range to shunt power away from the load circuit. The protective circuit can further include a second protection circuit implemented to be electrically between the AC source and the load circuit. The second protection circuit can be configured to block power from the AC source in response to a condition resulting from the first protection circuit being in the active state.
US11984716B2	Power cable embedded floor panel A floor system in a server room includes a main panel and a sub-panel. The main panel includes main panel inlaid cables and main panel connectors where the main panel inlaid cables connect a first set of the main panel connectors to a second set of the main panel connectors. The sub-panel includes sub-panel inlaid cables and sub-panel connectors where the sub-panel inlaid cables connect the sub-panel connectors to one another. The floor system provides an operating floor via the main panel and the sub-panel where the operating floor is raised relative to a sub-floor and the main panel is a removable floor panel to access a space between the operating floor and the sub-floor. The main panel inlaid cables and the sub-panel inlaid cables establish a current pathway from a power source.
US11984714B1	Pass through junction box device The present invention pertains to devices and applications for electrical enclosures designed with one or more mounting methods with one or more input openings for electrical power and one or more openings for installation of electrical delivery products which provide a means for mechanically mounting or connecting, and providing electrical power to at least one connected electrical apparatus. More specifically, the invention pertains to outdoor, weather resistant, electrical junction boxes with rear openings and side conduit removable plugged openings for input of electrical power, weather resistant GFCI outlets with outlet covers and a junction box cover which provide an electrical junction box mechanical interface for mounting and providing electrical power to a connected electrical apparatus such as a lighting apparatus, security camera, etc.
US11984713B2	Support cable and audio cable splice housing Example embodiments provide a device that includes one or more of a first half-shell portion of an oval-shaped prism housing including one or more protrusions and one or more receiving slots, and a second half-shell portion of the oval-shaped prism housing including one or more additional protrusions and one or more additional receiving slots, and a number of cable splicer lanes configured to support corresponding cable splicers.
US11984711B2	Method for producing an electrical power device by additive manufacturing techniques A method for producing an electrical power device from subsequently manufactured parts by an additive manufacturing technique includes determining a target spatial distribution of a physical property of the electrical power device, the physical property being an electrical property and/or a mechanical property; forming a part of the electrical power device; selecting a physical property of a subsequent part of the electrical power device corresponding to the determined spatial distribution of the physical property such as to be different from a corresponding physical property of the part; and by means of the additive manufacturing technique, forming the subsequent part such that it is at least partially in contact with the part.An electrical power device is obtainable by the method, and the electrical power device may be used as an AC or DC insulator in an HVAC or HVDC apparatus.
US11984708B2	Power supply circuit with synchronization functionality A power supply circuit for use with a power supply system. The power supply circuit can be provided within a power supply module connected with one or more additional power supply modules as part of the power supply system. The power supply circuit includes an optocoupler and a resistor ladder connected to the optocoupler. The circuit asserts a synchronization signal responsive to the optocoupler being energized.
US11984707B2	Busbar adapter with automatic switch A device has three single-pole modules and a chassis that can be connected to a busbar distribution system. The chassis has three input connections and three output connections, wherein each single-pole module has single-pole means for protecting against short-circuits and overloads and single-pole means for interrupting and establishing current, and wherein the input connections and output connections and the single-pole modules form three independent single-phase circuits.
US11984706B2	Interlock structure of bypass transfer switching device An interlock structure of a bypass transfer switching device is proposed. When supply power is bypassed through a bypass switch, a lever input portion is closed to prevent manual switching of an automatic transfer switch, and when the automatic transfer switch is drawn from a switchboard, the closed lever input portion is automatically opened. The interlock structure includes: the automatic transfer switch having the lever input portion of a through hole shape for the manual switching of a normal supply and an alternative supply; the bypass switch configured to bypass electric power of the normal supply or the alternative supply supplied to a load side through the automatic transfer switch, the bypass switch including a bypass lever capable of manually changing a bypass circuit; and an interlock device configured to automatically close the lever input portion when the bypass lever is operated.
US11984703B2	Surface emitting laser device and a light emitting device including the same The embodiment relates to a surface emitting laser device and a light emitting device including the same.The surface-emitting laser device according to the embodiment includes a first reflective layer, an active region disposed on the first reflective layer, a plurality of aperture regions disposed on the active region, including an aperture and an insulating region, a second reflective layer disposed on the aperture region, and a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to the first reflective layer and the second reflective layer, respectively.In the aperture region, an outer periphery of the insulating region may have a circular shape, and an outer periphery of the aperture may have a polygonal shape.
US11984695B1	Laser transducer An optical system for producing pulsed laser output includes a laser cavity containing an active medium for generating laser radiation; and an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) positioned in the laser cavity for modulating the laser radiation acting as a Q-switch.
US11984692B2	Electrical junction box An electrical junction box comprises an electrically conductive housing and at least one cable end wherein an everted braided shield section of the cable end is received in a retainer section of the housing and an electrically conductive adhesive is provided.
US11984690B2	Power-inlet plug of power supply track and power supply track system A power-inlet plug has an installation seat, an elastic electrical conductive member and an external connector, the elastic electrical conductive member having a fixing portion and an elastic portion electrically connected to the fixing portion, the installation seat is provided with an installation cavity that accommodates the fixing portion and the external connector and a locking mechanism for detachable fix of the installation seat, the installation cavity is provided with an hole providing for the elastic portion extending out, and the elastic portion is provided with a retractable electrical contact. By setting the stop block, the permanent deformation and collapse of the shrapnel can be effectively prevented, and the problems of poor contact and contact failure can be solved. The locking part drives down the locking tongue and the power supply track extrusion locking structure design, effectively prevents the power-inlet plug from falling off.
US11984687B2	Connector having a grounding member A connector includes a body having a central bore and a first grounding contact surface, a post disposed within the central bore and having an outwardly projecting flange configured to produce a first portion of a mating interface, and a conductive coupler. The post portion has a tubular sleeve configured to mechanically and electrically engage a prepared end of a coaxial cable. The conductive coupler has an engagement surface at a first end configured to mechanically and electrically engage an interface port, a lip at a second end configured to produce a second portion of the mating interface, and a second grounding contact surface opposing the first grounding contact surface. The first and second portions are configured to slide along the mating interface to rotate about an elongate axis of the connector. The connector includes a conductive ring disposed between the first and second grounding contact surfaces and configured to produce an electrical path between the body and the conductive coupler.
US11984680B2	Compact connect with multiple rows of contact tails A card edge connector for providing high-speed interconnections between different printed circuit boards. The card edge connector may include a plurality of wafers, each having a plurality of conductors. The conductors may include tails at one end and mating contact portions at an opposing end. The connector may have more rows of tails than columns of mating contact portions, so that the tails extend less distance from an edge of a PCB toward its center. The connector may be formed from multiple wafers of different sizes. Shorter wafers may have mating contact portions in columns and tails in rows. Taller wafers may have mating contact portions in the same column as a respective shorter wafer and tails in a row parallel to and offset from the row of tails of the respective shorter wafer.
US11984678B2	I/O connector configured for cable connection to a midboard An I/O connector assembly configured for making a cabled connection to an interior portion of a printed circuit board for signals passing through the connector. The assembly may include a receptacle connector, a cage and cables, terminated to conductive elements of the terminal subassemblies, extending through the cage to the midboard. The terminal subassemblies may have first type conductive elements configured for mounting to the printed circuit board and second type conductive elements configured for terminating cables. Features may be included for precise positioning of the receptacle connector formed with the terminal subassemblies relative to the cage such that connector to connector variation in the positioning of the contact portions of the conductive elements in the terminal subassembly is provided. A mating plug may be designed with low wipe, which improves high frequency performance of the mated connector system.
US11984676B2	Electrical connection for motor vehicle cable A connection comprising, a connecting part, a sleeve materially bonded to the connecting part and having a through-opening extending in a longitudinal direction, and a bolt connected to the sleeve and having a bolt shank and a bolt flange, the bolt being crimped with its bolt shank in the longitudinal direction in the through-opening of the sleeve, the bolt is arranged with its bolt flange in a recess arranged at a front face of the sleeve, characterized in that the sleeve is connected to the connecting part by its front face located at the front face end.
US11984668B2	Method of embedding low-k materials in antennas A device includes a patch antenna, which includes a feeding line, and a ground panel over the feeding line. The ground panel has an aperture therein. A low-k dielectric module is over and aligned to the aperture. A patch is over the low-k dielectric module.
US11984665B2	Beam steering and receiving method based on an optical switch array An optical apparatus comprising an optical switch array comprising a plurality of optical switches configured to selectively route light through one or more of a plurality of waveguides, a plurality of emitters, wherein at least one emitter of the plurality of emitters is disposed in communication with the one or more of the plurality of waveguides and configured to receive light and cause at least a portion of the light to exit the waveguide, and a lens disposed to receive light exiting the one or more of a plurality of waveguides via the at least one emitter, wherein the lens is configured to direct the received light as an optical output, and wherein the position of the at least one emitter relative to the lens facilitates beam steering of the optical output.
US11984664B2	System and method for real-time multiplexing phased array antennas to modems A system having a platform upon which several phased antenna arrays are mounted and which can communicate with satellites. The system includes a switch that can connect any of the phased array antennas to any of available modems. The system further includes a router that can connect any of the modems to any available computing devices. Based on parameters such as data rates, signal strength, and account information, one or more communication paths are selected for a computing device requesting to communicate with a satellite. Each communication path is established by operating the switch to connect a selected antenna to a selected modem, and operating the router to transfer data between the computing device and the selected modem.
US11984661B2	Electronic devices having millimeter wave and ultra-wideband antenna modules An electronic device may include first and second phased antenna arrays and a triplet of first, second, and third ultra-wideband antennas. An antenna module in the device may include a dielectric substrate. The first and second arrays and the triplet may be formed on the dielectric substrate. The third and second ultra-wideband antennas may be separated by a gap. The first array may be laterally interposed between the third and second ultra-wideband antennas within the gap. The third ultra-wideband antenna may be laterally interposed between the first phased antenna array and at least some of the second array. An integrated circuit may be mounted to the dielectric substrate using an interposer. The antenna module may occupy a minimal amount of space within the device and may be less expensive to manufacture relative to scenarios where the arrays and the ultra-wideband antennas are formed on separate substrates.
US11984660B2	Adaptive control device, adaptive signal processing device, and adaptive array antenna system An adaptive array antenna system receives a desired wave arriving through K time slots each allocated to one of K transmitting stations. In the adaptive array antenna system, an adaptive control device includes a correlation matrix calculating unit, a correlation matrix storing unit, an inverse matrix calculating unit, and a weighting factor calculating unit. The inverse matrix calculating unit acquires a correlation matrix having been calculated at previous time for another time slot other than the current time slot from the correlation matrix storing unit, regards the acquired correlation matrix as an interference noise correlation matrix, and calculates an inverse matrix of the interference noise correlation matrix. The weighting factor calculating unit calculates values of a plurality of weighting factors used by a beamforming unit using the inverse matrix.
US11984658B2	Antenna device The present invention relates to an antenna device comprising an antenna part having a patch with several edges, a first transmit path connected to a first connection port at a first edge of the patch, and a second transmit path connected to a second connection port at the first edge of the patch. The first and second connection ports are located at a distance from each other along the first edge, and a first transmitter and a second transmitter are connected to the antenna part. The first transmit path comprises a first signal combiner connected to the first and second transmitters and to the first connection port. The second transmit path comprises a second signal combiner connected to the first and second transmitters and to the second connection port. The first signal combiner is arranged to generate a difference between signals originating from the first and second transmitters. The second signal combiner is arranged to generate a sum of the signals originated from the first and second transmitters. Thereby, it is possible to simultaneously transmit two different signals. A method for transmitting a radio frequency signal by means of the device is provided as well.
US11984657B2	Smart card with radio frequency antennas A smart card including a card body having a metal layer including a recess area which opens onto a peripheral edge of the metal layer, an RF chip, a first RF antenna connected to the RF chip and disposed in or facing the recess area, and a second RF antenna electrically insulated from the metal layer and from the first RF antenna. The second RF antenna includes a first antenna part extending facing the metal layer to collect an image current induced by first eddy currents flowing in the metal layer, and a second antenna part electrically connected to the first antenna part and extending facing the recess area to allow a magnetic coupling between the first RF antenna and the second RF antenna.
US11984654B2	Antenna element and image display device including the same The present disclosure relates to an antenna element including: a dielectric layer; a radiation electrode arranged on an upper surface of the dielectric layer and including a first mesh structure; and a dummy electrode arranged on the upper surface of the dielectric layer and including a second mesh structure, in which at least one of the radiation electrode and the dummy electrode satisfies Equation 1, and an image display device including the same.
US11984652B2	Antenna assembly An antenna assembly includes an antenna body formed of a sheet metal, an electric cable, and a conductive film. The antenna body includes at least one crimp portion. The conductive film has a main portion and at least one connected portion extending from the main portion. The electric cable has a conductor portion 46. The at least one crimp portion is crimped to the conductor portion in a state that at least one connected portion lies between the conductor portion and the at least one crimp portion.
US11984645B2	Antenna element and electronic device An antenna element includes: a substrate with a ground plate, a horizontally polarized dipole antenna including a first antenna branch and a second antenna branch, and a first feeding structure. The first antenna branch and the second antenna branch are disposed in the substrate at intervals, the first antenna branch and the second antenna branch are disposed on a plane on which the ground plate is disposed, and the first antenna branch and the second antenna branch are electrically connected to the ground plate through the first feeding structure. The ground plate is spaced apart from both the first antenna branch and the second antenna branch, and a side edge of the ground plate that faces the first antenna branch and the second antenna branch is a concave side edge.
US11984643B2	Electronic device Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a base and a flip. The flip is rotatable around a rotation axis to bring the electronic device into a closed state. The base is provided with a first antenna including a first slot, and the flip is provided with a second antenna including a groove. In the closed state, the first slot in the first antenna is opposite to the groove in the second antenna.
US11984641B2	System and method for operating an hinged adjustable antenna that is adjusted in a rotating hinge mechanism A convertible information handling system comprising an antenna feed operatively coupled to a wireless adapter and an hinged adjustable antenna spanning a hinge for communicating on a wireless link, the hinge pivoting between a first antenna portion of the hinged adjustable antenna on a display chassis and a second antenna portion of an hinged adjustable antenna on a base chassis and the hinge which rotates the convertible information handling system between a first configuration and a tablet configuration and a first adjustable antenna configuration in the first configuration and a second adjustable antenna configuration in the tablet configuration, where the first adjustable antenna configuration supports a first bandwidth at the wireless adapter and the second adjustable antenna configuration supports a second bandwidth at the wireless adapter.
US11984639B2	Antenna device and wireless communication apparatus An antenna device and a wireless communication apparatus capable of implementing increase in bandwidth and reduction of the manufacturing cost are provided. The antenna device includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element arranged on one face side of the first antenna element. The first antenna element includes a first glass substrate and a first patch antenna provided on the first glass substrate. The second antenna element includes a second glass substrate and a second patch antenna provided on the second glass substrate. At least part of the first patch antenna faces the second patch antenna with an air gap interposed therebetween.
US11984634B2	Base station antennas having double-sided phase shifters and/or rearwardly extending phase shifters and associated phase shifter assemblies A phase shifter assembly, suitable for a base station antenna, includes a main printed circuit board with opposing first and second primary sides. The main printed circuit board has a plurality of radio frequency (RF) transmission paths on the first primary side and a plurality of RF transmission paths on the second primary side. The phase shifter assembly also includes a first wiper arm rotatably coupled to the main printed circuit board and electrically coupled to the plurality of transmission paths on the first primary side of the main printed circuit board; and a second wiper arm rotatably coupled to the main printed circuit board and electrically coupled to the plurality of transmission paths on the second primary side of the main printed circuit board. Rearwardly extending phase shifter assemblies that are oriented perpendicular to a plane defined by a reflector within a base station antenna are also provided.
US11984633B2	Phase shifter and antenna The present disclosure provides a phase shifter and an antenna, and relates to the field of communication technology. The phase shifter provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is divided into a first feeding region, a second feeding region and a phase-shift region. The phase shifter includes: a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposite to each other, a dielectric layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a first feeding structure and a second feeding structure. The first feeding structure is electrically coupled to one end of the signal line, and the second feeding structure is electrically coupled to the other end of the signal line. The first feeding structure is located in the first feeding region; and the second feeding structure is located in the second feeding region. Recesses are formed in the first base substrate and/or in the second base substrate.
US11984632B2	Microwave pulse power switching system for reflective and resonant loads A microwave pulse power switching system comprised of a pulse power switcher and a microwave circulator is interposable between a pulse power source and a pulse power receiver such as an accelerator. The pulse power switcher and microwave circulator are configured to allow switching of the pulse power delivered to the pulse power receiver while isolating the pulse power receiver from the pulse power source.
US11984631B2	Enclosed fuel cell stack row Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks require a significant nominal compressive loading for proper operation and sealing. This loading is typically provided using relatively thick end plates and tight straps. In certain fuel cell applications, one or more solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks are secured in larger enclosures (e.g. for isolation and crashworthiness in automotive applications). The enclosures however can themselves be sturdy enough to provide the necessary loading on the fuel cell stacks within. The present invention takes advantage of that to allow for use of thinner end plates and/or weaker straps which would otherwise be insufficient for use.
US11984628B2	Method of producing antioxidant with improved antioxidant ability and dispersion property for membrane-electrode assembly Disclosed is a method of producing an antioxidant that has excellent antioxidant ability and is well dispersed when applied to a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA). The method includes a step of preparing a powder including reduced metal oxide and a step of mixing the powder with a powdery ionomer to obtain an antioxidant in which the ionomer is bound to the surface of the reduced metal oxide.
US11984624B1	Lower plastic assembly, energy storage apparatus, and electric device A lower plastic assembly, an energy storage apparatus, and an electric device are provided in the disclosure. The lower plastic assembly includes a first lower plastic member. The first lower plastic member includes a first-lower-plastic-member body. The first-lower-plastic-member body further has a first upper surface and a first lower surface. The first upper surface is opposite to the first lower surface. The first-lower-plastic-member body defines a first liquid-injection through-hole. The first liquid-injection through-hole extends through the first-lower-plastic-member body and is located at one end of the first-lower-plastic-member body. A cutout is defined at one side of the first liquid-injection through-hole and is in direct communication with the first liquid-injection through-hole, and the cutout extends through the first upper surface and the first lower surface.
US11984612B2	Battery module comprising module housing A battery module includes a module housing with a simplified assembling process and an improved energy density. The battery module includes a battery assembly configured to include a plurality of secondary batteries and has front, rear, upper, lower, left and right sides; and a module housing including a first frame located at the left side of the battery assembly and having a plate shape with opposing ends bent rightward so that bent portions thereof are respectively located at the upper side and the lower side of the battery assembly, and a second frame located at the right side of the battery assembly and having a plate shape with opposing ends bent leftward so that bent portions thereof are respectively located at the upper side and the lower side of the battery assembly and are coupled with the bent portions of the first frame, respectively.
US11984611B2	Stack battery pack for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft A stack battery pack for an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a first pouch cell comprising a first top surface and a first bottom surface, a second pouch cell comprising a second top surface and a second bottom, wherein the first pouch cell and the second pouch cell are aligned such that the first bottom surface is in contact with the second top surface, an ejecta barrier located between the first pouch cell and the second pouch cell, wherein the ejecta barrier is configured to be substantially impermeable to a cell ejecta from the first pouch cell, and a vent configured to vent the cell ejecta, wherein the stack battery pack is configured to power a propulsor component.
US11984604B2	Lithium ion battery A lithium ion battery including a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer that contains lithium silicate particles and a binder. The lithium silicate particles include composite particles including a lithium silicate phase and silicon particles dispersed in the lithium silicate phase, wherein a carbon material is present inside the composite particles, and an area ratio of the carbon material occupying a cross section of the composite particles is 0.008 to 6%. The binder includes at least a first resin, wherein the first resin is at least cue selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, a polyacrylic acid salt, and their derivatives. The first resin is contained in an amount of 2 mass % or less in the negative electrode active material layer.
US11984598B2	Ion conductive layer and methods of forming An ion conductive layer can include a hygroscopic ion conductive material, such as a halide-based material. In an embodiment, the ion conductive layer can include an organic material, ammonium halide, or a combination thereof.
US11984597B2	Sodium ion secondary battery A sodium ion secondary battery includes a cyclic organic compound as an active material and a complex hydride as a solid electrolyte, wherein the cyclic organic compound has at least two carbonyl groups —C(═O)—, the at least two carbonyl groups are bonded via a single bond or at least one conjugated double bond, and the complex hydride includes a Na cation and a complex ion containing H.
US11984588B2	Active material, electrode, secondary battery, battery pack, and vehicle According to one embodiment, there is provided an active material represented by a general formula Lix(NiaCobMncMd)1−s(Nb1−t−uTatM′u)sO2. Here, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, Ca, Mg, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Mo, Hf, and W, M′ is at least one selected from the group consisting of K, P, Fe, Si, Na, Cu and Zn, and 1.0≤x≤1.3, 0≤a≤0.9, 0≤b≤1.0, 0≤c≤0.8, 0≤d≤0.5, a+b+c+d=1, 0.005≤s≤0.3, 0.0005≤t≤0.1, and 0≤u≤0.3 are satisfied.
US11984586B1	Surface-coated positive electrode material and preparation method therefor, and lithium ion battery Disclosed are a surface-coated positive electrode material and a preparation method therefor, and a lithium ion battery. The surface-coated cathode material contains a substrate and a coating layer coated on a surface of the substrate, and the coating layer has a bimodal distribution of characteristic peaks at 31°-35° of 2θ tested by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD); and a ratio Ib/Ia of a peak intensity Ib of a secondary peak to a peak intensity Ia of a primary peak in a bimodal distribution is within a range of 0.8-1, preferably within a range of 0.97-1.
US11984583B2	Positive electrode for all-solid secondary battery and all-solid secondary battery including the same A positive electrode for an all-solid secondary battery includes a positive active material and a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, wherein the positive active material has a structure containing a core and a shell, the shell includes a nickel-based active material containing cobalt at an amount of about 30 mol % or higher, a surface of the positive active material includes a coating layer including at least one lithium ion conductor selected from a lanthanum oxide and a lithium lanthanum oxide, and an amount of the lithium ion conductor is in a range of about 0.1 parts to about 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the positive active material and the lithium ion conductor.
US11984579B2	Positive electrode material, electrochemical device containing same, and electronic device A positive electrode material includes secondary particles formed from primary particles. The positive electrode material satisfies the following relational expression: 15%≤(Dv50a−Dv50b)/Dv50b≤80%, where Dv50a represents Dv50 directly measured by a laser particle size analyzer for the positive electrode material without ultrasonic treatment, Dv50b represents Dv50 measured by the laser particle size analyzer for the positive electrode material after ultrasonic treatment, and Dv50 represents a particle size of the positive electrode material at a cumulative volume of 50% in a volume-based particle size distribution as measured by starting from small particle sizes. The secondary particles of the positive electrode material that meets the foregoing condition can form soft agglomerates, so that the electrochemical device is of high cycle performance and high safety performance.
US11984576B1	Alkali-metal anode with alloy coating applied by friction An electrochemical cell with a lithium-metal anode that suppresses dendrite formation and can be fabricated using a simple, inexpensive, and solvent-free process. The anode is coated with a layer of disordered nanomaterial, saturated with lithium ions, that suppresses dendrite formation during charging. The dendrite-suppression coating can be applied simply using a dry, abrasive technique in which the lithium-metal anode is alternately abraded to roughen the surface and polished using a polishing powder of a material that alloys with the lithium.
US11984570B2	Thermal management and/or EMI mitigation materials including coated fillers Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of thermal management and/or electromagnetic interference (EMI) mitigation materials including coated fillers (e.g., coated thermally-conductive, electrically-conductive, dielectric absorbing, and/or electromagnetic wave absorbing particles, sand particles coated with a binder, other coated functional fillers, combinations thereof, etc.). For example, a thermal management and/or EMI mitigation material may comprise a thermal interface material (TIM) including one or more coated fillers (e.g., coated thermally-conductive particles, sand particles coated with a binder, etc.), whereby the TIM is suitable for providing a thermal management solution for one or more batteries and/or battery packs (e.g., a battery pack for electric vehicle, etc.), or other device(s), etc.
US11984568B2	Battery system and aircraft equipped with the same A battery module includes a plurality of battery sets in which first unit cells and second unit cells are adjacent to each other. In the first unit cell, a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are oriented and extend in a first direction from a first end portion of a first main body. In the second unit cell, a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are oriented and extend in a second direction opposite to the first direction from a first end portion of a second main body. Then, in the battery set, at least a part of the first main body and the second main body overlap and are in contact with each other. Further, a heat conductive material that conducts heat from the first unit cell or the second unit cell is in contact with the battery set.
US11984563B1	Method for capacity recovery of lithium-ion secondary battery This application provides a method for capacity recovery of lithium-ion secondary battery. The method includes the following steps: (1) providing a capacity-degraded lithium-ion secondary battery; (2) providing a capacity recovery agent, the capacity recovery agent including a p-phenylenediamine compound, a lithium salt, and an organic solvent, and the organic solvent being used to dissolve the p-phenylenediamine compound and the lithium salt; (3) injecting the capacity recovery agent into the lithium-ion secondary battery; (4) enabling the capacity recovery agent to react inside the lithium-ion secondary battery; and (5) pouring out the liquid mixture inside the lithium-ion secondary battery after reaction and injecting an electrolyte into the lithium-ion secondary battery.
US11984561B2	Battery switch control systems and methods A battery system includes a plurality of battery modules electrically connected in series. Each of the battery modules includes: one or more battery cells; a first switch connected between a positive reference potential of the one or more battery cells and a first node; and a second switch connected between the first node and a second node, where a negative reference potential of the one or more battery cells is connected to the second node. A management module is configured to: selectively close the first switches of the battery modules while the second switches are open; and selectively close the second switch of one of the battery modules while the first switch of the one of the battery modules is open.
US11984557B2	Electrolyte solution for secondary battery, and battery and flexible battery comprising same An electrolyte for a secondary battery is provided. The electrolyte for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a non-aqueous organic solvent including propyl propionate (PP) and ethyl propionate (EP); a lithium salt; and an additive. The lithium salt is contained in a concentration of 0.6-1.6 M. Accordingly, when the electrolyte is applied to a battery and a flexible battery, excellent discharge performance can be exhibited in extremely low temperature and high temperature. In addition, the flexible battery of the present invention can prevent or minimize the deterioration of physical properties required as a battery even if repeated bending occurs. Such an electrolyte for a secondary battery of the present invention can be applied to various fields which require high discharge capacity at extremely low temperature and high temperature.
US11984555B2	Sulfide-based solid electrolyte, method for producing the sulfide-based solid electrolyte, and method for producing all-solid-state battery Provided is a method for producing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte with a balance between the ion conductivity of the sulfide-based solid electrolyte and the heat generation amount of an electrode layer containing the sulfide-based solid electrolyte during an electrode reaction. Disclosed is a method for producing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte comprising a sulfide glass-based material that contains at least one lithium halide compound selected from the group consisting of LiI, LiBr and LiCl, the method comprising immersing the sulfide glass-based material, which is at least one sulfide glass-based material selected from the group consisting of a sulfide glass and a glass ceramic, in an organic solvent having a solubility parameter of 7.0 or more and 8.8 or less, for 1 hour to 100 hours.
US11984551B2	Lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, and iodine containing electrolyte and catholyte compositions, electrolyte membranes for electrochemical devices, and annealing methods of making these electrolytes and catholytes The present disclosure sets forth battery components for secondary and/or traction batteries. Described herein are new solid-state lithium (Li) conducting electrolytes including monolithic, single layer, and bi-layer solid-state sulfide-based lithium ion (Li+) conducting catholytes or electrolytes. These solid-state ion conductors have particular chemical compositions which are arranged and/or bonded through both crystalline and amorphous bonds. Also provided herein are methods of making these solid-state sulfide-based lithium ion conductors including new annealing methods. These ion conductors are useful, for example, as membrane separators in rechargeable batteries.
US11984549B2	Optoelectronic device An optoelectronic device including an integrated circuit including light-emitting diodes, thin film transistors, and a stack of electrically-insulating layers, said stack being located between the light-emitting diodes and the transistors, said stack further including conductive elements, between and through said insulating layers, said conductive elements connecting at least some of the transistors to the light-emitting diodes.
US11984544B2	Light-emitting element and display device using the same A light-emitting element includes light-emitting diode (LED) chip with a first and second surface opposite to each other, and sidewalls connecting the first and second surface. The light-emitting element further includes a first insulation layer disposed on and covering the first surface and one part of the sidewalls. The light-emitting element further includes multiple connection pads physically contact the first surface and protruding from the first insulation layer, as well as a second insulation layer disposed on and covering the second surface and the other part of the sidewalls. The second insulation layer includes a cover portion and protrusion portions. The cover portion covers the whole second surface and the other part of the sidewalls. The protrusion portions are disposed on the sidewalls, protrude from the cover portion and extend laterally.
US11984542B2	Die emitting white light Various methods and apparatuses are disclosed. A method may include disposing at least one die on a location on a carrier substrate, forming at least one stud bump on each of at least one die, forming a phosphor layer on the at least one stud bump and the at least one die, removing a top portion of the phosphor layer to expose the at least one stud bump, and removing a side portion of the phosphor layer located between two adjacent dies. An apparatus may include a die comprising top, bottom, and side surfaces. A phosphor layer may be disposed on the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the die. The phosphor layer may have substantially equal thicknesses on the top and side surfaces of the die as well as one or more stud bumps disposed on the top surface of the die.
US11984537B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate; a first circuit part and a second circuit part on the substrate and spaced from each other in a first direction; and an emission part between the first circuit part and the second circuit part, the emission part being located between the first circuit part and the second circuit part in a direction parallel to the substrate, wherein the first circuit part includes a first electrode extending to the emission part, wherein the second circuit part includes a second electrode extending to the emission part, and wherein the emission part includes a light emitting element located between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11984533B2	Light emitting device using a gallium nitride (GaN) based material A light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first layer including Alx2Inx1Ga(1-x1-x2) N (0
US11984532B2	Semiconductor device having recesses forming areas A semiconductor device including a conductive substrate; a semiconductor structure including a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a second conductive type semiconductor layer, and an active layer arranged between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer, and including a plurality of recesses; a first electrode electrically connecting the first conductive type semiconductor layer to the conductive substrate; a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductive type semiconductor layer; and an insulating layer arranged inside the plurality of recesses. The plurality of recesses include a first recess and a plurality of second recesses, the first electrode includes a plurality of protrusion electrodes extending to the inside of the second, the active layer includes an inactive area arranged between the semiconductor structure and the first recess, and an active area arranged on the inner side of the first recess.
US11984531B2	Light emitting device and wafer Provided is a light emitting device. A light emitting device includes a first n-type semiconductor layer, a first light emitting layer disposed on the first n-type semiconductor layer, a first p-type semiconductor layer disposed on the first light emitting layer, a second p-type semiconductor layer disposed on the first p-type semiconductor layer, a bonding layer disposed between the first p-type semiconductor layer and the second p-type semiconductor layer, a second light emitting layer disposed on the second p-type semiconductor layer, a second n-type semiconductor layer disposed on the second light emitting layer, a p-type electrode disposed on the second p-type semiconductor layer, a first n-type electrode disposed on the first n-type semiconductor layer, and a second n-type electrode disposed on the second n-type semiconductor layer.
US11984529B2	Semiconductor heterostructure with p-type superlattice A heterostructure for an optoelectronic device is disclosed. The heterostructure includes an active region including at least one quantum well and at least one barrier and an electron blocking layer located adjacent to the active region, wherein the electron blocking layer includes a region of graded composition. An asymmetric p-type superlattice layer is located adjacent to the electron blocking layer, wherein the p-type superlattice includes at least one superlattice period comprising a set of wells and a set of barriers. A thickness of at least one of: each well in the set of wells or each barrier in the set of barriers varies along a length of the p-type superlattice.
US11984528B2	Method of manufacturing nitride semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor device includes: forming, on or above a p-type nitride semiconductor tunnel junction layer, a first n-type nitride semiconductor layer that forms a tunnel junction with the p-type nitride semiconductor tunnel junction layer, the first n-type nitride semiconductor layer having a first impurity concentration and a first thickness; forming, on or above the first n-type nitride semiconductor layer, in a nitrogen atmosphere, a second n-type nitride semiconductor layer having a second n-type impurity concentration less than the first n-type impurity concentration and a second thickness; and forming, on or above the second n-type nitride semiconductor layer, in a hydrogen atmosphere, a third n-type nitride semiconductor layer having a third n-type impurity concentration less than the first n-type impurity concentration and a third thickness.
US11984505B2	MOSFET devices and manufacturing methods thereof A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate oxide layer, a gate electrode and an injection region. The substrate includes a trench, a source region, a drain region and a channel region. The trench includes trench sidewalls and a trench bottom wall. The gate oxide layer is disposed in the trench. The gate oxide layer includes a groove. The gate electrode is disposed in the groove. The injection region is located on at least a side of the trench bottom wall, and at least a part of the injection region is closer to the drain region than the source region so that a threshold voltage at a portion of the channel region close to the injection region is less than a threshold voltage at a portion of the channel region far from the injection region.
US11984504B2	Power transistor IC with thermopile IC apparatus, and manufacturing methods therefor, that include a power transistor and a thermoelectric device. The power transistor is constructed in a plurality of layers formed over a semiconductor substrate. The thermoelectric device is formed in one or more of the plurality of layers and is sensitive to temperature differences within the IC apparatus resulting from operation of the power transistor.
US11984503B2	High-voltage devices integrated on semiconductor-on-insulator substrate The present disclosure generally to semiconductor devices, and more particularly to semiconductor devices having high-voltage transistors integrated on a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate and methods of forming the same. The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device including a bulk substrate having an upper surface, a semiconductor layer above the bulk substrate, an insulating layer between the semiconductor layer and the bulk substrate, a source region and a drain region on the bulk substrate, the source region and the drain region are raised above the upper surface of the bulk substrate, in which the source region and the drain region include an epitaxial semiconductor material, a gate dielectric between the source region and the drain region, the gate dielectric having a first portion on the bulk substrate and a second portion on the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode above the gate dielectric.
US11984502B2	Semiconductor device with suppression of decrease of withstand voltage, and method for manufacturing the semiconductor device A semiconductor device 1 includes a base body 3 that includes a p type substrate 4 and an n type semiconductor layer 5 formed on the p type substrate 4 and includes an element region 2 having a transistor 40 with the n type semiconductor layer as a drain, a p type element isolation region 7 that is formed in a surface layer portion of the base body such as to demarcate the element region, and a conductive wiring 25 that is disposed on a peripheral edge portion of the element region and is electrically connected to the n type semiconductor layer. The transistor includes an n+ type drain contact region 14 that is formed in a surface layer portion of the n type semiconductor layer in the peripheral edge portion of the element region. The conductive wiring is disposed such as to cover at least a portion of an element termination region 30 between the n+ type drain contact region and the p type element isolation region.
US11984501B2	Semiconductor device with contact plugs A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer that has a first main surface at one side and a second main surface at another side, a plurality of gate electrodes that are arranged at intervals on the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, an interlayer insulating film that is formed on the first main surface of the semiconductor layer such as to cover the gate electrodes, an electrode film that is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a plurality of tungsten plugs that, between a pair of the gate electrodes that are mutually adjacent, are respectively embedded in a plurality of contact openings formed in the interlayer insulating film at intervals in a direction in which the pair of mutually adjacent gate electrodes face each other and each have a bottom portion contacting the semiconductor layer and a top portion contacting the electrode film.
US11984500B2	Structure and method of new power MOS and IGBT with built-in multiple VT'S The invention provides a multi-Vt vertical power device and a method of making the same. Through patterning a contact mask, a contact structure array having a shared trench gate structure may be formed, and different traversal gaps between an edge of a contact portion of a second conductivity type and an edge of a trench may be formed in the contact structure array. As such, multi-Vt vertical states may be implemented for storing information. The present invention allows making a multi-Vt vertical power device having different Vt's to be capable to store information without additional process steps. Therefore, with respect to the present invention, the process is simple, cost is low, and application field is wide; number of Vt varies to store multi-bit digital information or analog information in the power device; the built-in multi-Vt power MOSFET and IGBT are adapted not only for the high power applications but also for information storage.
US11984499B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device A trench silicon carbide metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor includes a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate and a trench metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor, the field effect transistor includes a trench vertically arranged and penetrating along a first horizontal direction, a gate insulating layer formed on an inner wall of the trench, a first poly gate formed on the gate insulating layer, a shield region formed outsides and below the trench, and a field plate arranged between a bottom wall of the trench and the shield region, and the field plate has semiconductor doping and is laterally in contact to a current spreading layer to deplete electrons of the current spreading layer when a reverse bias voltage is applied.
US11984492B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device, power converter, and method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device A drift layer has a first conductivity type and is provided on a silicon carbide substrate. A well region has a second conductivity type and is provided on the drift layer. A source region has the first conductivity type and is provided on the well region. A gate trench has an inner surface with a bottom located at a deeper position than the well region and a lateral part continuous with the bottom. An electric field relaxation region has the second conductivity type and has at least a part located below the bottom of the gate trench. A surge relaxation region has the first conductivity type, contacts at least a part of the bottom of the gate trench, and is separated from the drift layer by the electric field relaxation region.
US11984489B2	Air spacer for a gate structure of a transistor A semiconductor structure includes a first device and a second device. The first device includes: a first gate structure formed over an active region and a first air spacer disposed adjacent to the first gate structure. The second device includes: a second gate structure formed over an isolation structure and a second air spacer disposed adjacent to the second gate structure. The first air spacer and the second air spacer have different sizes.
US11984481B2	Laminate, semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing laminate A mist-CVD apparatus contains a first atomizer for atomizing a first metal oxide precursor and generating a first mist of the first metal oxide precursor; a second atomizer for atomizing a second metal oxide precursor and generating a second mist of the second metal oxide precursor; a carrier-gas supplier for supplying a carrier gas to convey the first and second mists; a film-forming unit for forming a film on a substrate by subjecting the first and second mists to a thermal reaction; and a first conveyance pipe through which the first mist and the carrier gas are conveyed to the film forming chamber, a second conveyance pipe through which the second mist and the carrier gas are conveyed to the film forming chamber.
US11984473B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device of embodiments includes: a transistor region including a semiconductor layer having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, a first transistor having a first gate electrode provided on a first face side of the semiconductor layer, and a second transistor having a second gate electrode provided on a second face side of the semiconductor layer; and an adjacent region adjacent to the transistor region and including the semiconductor layer and a third transistor having a third gate electrode electrically connected to the second gate electrode and provided on the second face side of the semiconductor layer and the third transistor having an absolute value of a threshold voltage smaller than an absolute value of a threshold voltage of the second transistor.
US11984471B2	Semiconductor device having a resistor and structure therefor In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a resistor that overlies a doped region of the semiconductor device. The resistor is formed into a pattern of a polygon spiral. An embodiment of the pattern of the resistor includes sides and corners. The material of the sides has a low resistivity and the material of the corners has a higher resistivity.
US11984463B2	Flare-reducing image sensor A flare-reducing image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, NP in number, and a plurality of microlenses, NML in number, where each of the plurality of microlenses is aligned to a respective one of the plurality of pixels, such that NP=NML. The flare-reducing image sensor further includes a plurality of phase-shifting layers, NL, in number, where each phase-shifting layer is aligned with a respective one of the plurality of microlenses, where NL, is less than or equal to NML.
US11984462B2	Image pickup device and electronic apparatus The present disclosure relates to an image pickup device and an electronic apparatus that enable warping of a substrate to be suppressed. A first structural body including a pixel array unit is layered with a second structural body including an input/output circuit unit and outputting a pixel signal output from the pixel to the outside of the device, and a signal processing circuit; and a signal output external terminal and a signal input external terminal are arranged below the pixel array unit, the signal output external terminal being connected to the outside via a first through-via penetrating through a semiconductor substrate in the second structural body, the signal input external terminal being connected to the outside via a second through-via connected to an input circuit unit and penetrating through the semiconductor substrate. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, the image pickup device, and the like.
US11984461B2	Image sensor and depth imaging system The present disclosure provides an image sensor, which may include a driving layer, a negative electrode layer formed in the driving layer, a N-region layer formed above the negative electrode layer. The N-region layer includes multiple cylindrical structures formed of semiconductor materials. The image sensor may also include a light absorption layer formed above the N-region layer. The light absorption layer is composed of a multi-layer structure including a P-region layer formed using quantum dot semiconductor materials. The image sensor may further include a positive electrode layer formed above the light absorption layer and configured to receive incoming light signals.
US11984458B2	Display substrate and display device The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a display region and a frame region surrounding the display region. The display region includes a first region and a second region, and the quantity of sub-pixels connected to each gate line in the first region is less than the quantity of sub-pixels connected to each gate line in the second region. The display substrate includes a signal line arranged in the frame region, an orthogonal projection of each gate line in the first region onto a base substrate of the display substrate partially overlaps an orthogonal projection of the signal line onto the base substrate, and a capacitor is formed between the signal line and the gate line in the first region to increase a load capacitance of the gate line in the first region.
US11984455B2	Display device including a crack detecting line A display device including: a substrate including a display area for displaying an image and a non-display area positioned at a periphery of the display area; a plurality of pixels positioned at the display area; a plurality of data lines connected with the plurality of pixels; and a crack detecting line positioned at the non-display area, wherein the crack detecting line includes: a plurality of unit connectors extending in a first direction, wherein the first direction is parallel to an extending direction of a side of the substrate nearest to the unit connectors; and a plurality of wiring portion units connected to each other through the plurality of unit connectors, wherein the number of wiring portion units is an even number.
US11984453B2	Array substrate, display panel and electronic device An array substrate includes: a first substrate (10), including a plurality of sub-pixel regions (101) arranged in an array along a row direction (X) and a column direction (Y); a pixel circuit layer, including a plurality of sub-pixel circuits; a planarization layer (17), provided with a first via hole (170) located in the sub-pixel regions (101), and includes at least one pattern portion (171), the pattern portion (171) includes a plurality of pattern units (171a) arranged in an array along the row direction (X) and the column direction (Y); and a reflective electrode layer, wherein the reflective electrode layer includes a plurality of reflective electrodes (18) that are mutually disconnected, each of the reflective electrodes (18) is located in one of the sub-pixel regions (101) and is electrically connected to the sub-pixel circuit through the first via hole (170).
US11984450B2	Semiconductor device having spacer residue A device includes a semiconductive fin, an isolation structure, a gate structure, dielectric spacers, and source/drain epitaxial structures. The isolation structure surrounds a bottom portion of the semiconductive fin. The gate structure is over the semiconductive fin. The dielectric spacers are on opposite sides of the semiconductive fin and over the isolation structure. The dielectric spacers include nitride. The source/drain epitaxial structures are on opposite sides of the gate structure and over the dielectric spacers. The source/drain epitaxial structures have hexagon shapes.
US11984448B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first base fin protruding from the substrate and extending in a first direction, and a first fin type pattern protruding from the first base fin and extending in the first direction. The first base fin includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls extending in the first direction, the first sidewall opposite to the second sidewall, the first sidewall of the first base fin at least partially defines a first deep trench, the second sidewall of the first base fin at least partially defines a second deep trench, and a depth of the first deep trench is greater than a depth of the second deep trench.
US11984440B2	Semiconductor devices, semiconductor device packages, electronic systems including same, and related methods Semiconductor devices and semiconductor device packages may include at least one first semiconductor die supported on a first side of a substrate. The at least one first semiconductor die may include a first active surface. A second semiconductor die may be supported on a second, opposite side of the substrate. The second semiconductor die may include a second active surface located on a side of the second semiconductor die facing the substrate. The second semiconductor die may be configured to have higher median power consumption than the at least one first semiconductor die during operation. An electronic system incorporating a semiconductor device package is disclosed, as are related methods.
US11984438B2	Multilevel semiconductor device and structure with oxide bonding A multi-level semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including integrated circuits; a second level including at least one electromagnetic wave receiver, where the second level is disposed above the first level, where the integrated circuits include single crystal transistors; and an oxide layer disposed between the first level and the second level, where the integrated circuits include at least one memory circuit, where the second level is bonded to the oxide layer, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds.
US11984433B2	Arrangements of power semiconductor devices for improved thermal performance Power semiconductor devices, and more particularly arrangements of power semiconductor devices for improved thermal performance in high power applications are disclosed. Arrangements for multiple power semiconductor devices within a package and/or module are provided that more efficiently utilize the active device area of each power semiconductor device for a given operational specification. Certain arrangements are provided that reduce the effects of thermal crowding in order to provide increased power capability or a similar power capability in a reduced device size. Improved thermal balancing may be provided by variable spacing and/or variable offset distances between next-adjacent power semiconductor devices. In this manner, active areas of power devices and/or modules may include an increased density of power semiconductor devices within a given area while also exhibiting improved thermal profiles during operation, thereby providing improved operating characteristics and/or increased operating lifetimes.
US11984431B2	3DIC structure and methods of forming A structure and a method of forming are provided. The structure includes a first dielectric layer overlying a first substrate. A first connection pad is disposed in a top surface of the first dielectric layer and contacts a first redistribution line. A first dummy pad is disposed in the top surface of the first dielectric layer, the first dummy pad contacting the first redistribution line. A second dielectric layer overlies a second substrate. A second connection pad and a second dummy pad are disposed in the top surface of the second dielectric layer, the second connection pad bonded to the first connection pad, and the first dummy pad positioned in a manner that is offset from the second dummy pad so that the first dummy pad and the second dummy pad do not contact each other.
US11984427B2	Mitigating thermal impacts on adjacent stacked semiconductor devices A semiconductor device assembly and associated methods are disclosed herein. The semiconductor device assembly includes (1) a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; (2) a first set of stacked semiconductor devices at the first side of the substrate; (3) a second set of stacked semiconductor devices adjacent to one side of the first set of stacked semiconductor devices; (4) a third set of stacked semiconductor devices adjacent to an opposite side of the first set of stacked semiconductor devices; and (5) a temperature adjusting component at the second side and aligned with the second set of stacked semiconductor devices. The temperature adjusting component is positioned to absorb the thermal energy and thereby thermally isolate the second set of stacked semiconductor devices from the first set of stacked semiconductor devices.
US11984425B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package including a first device layer including first semiconductor devices, a first cover insulating layer, and first through-electrodes passing through at least a portion of the first device layer, a second device layer second semiconductor devices, a second cover insulating layer, and second through-electrodes passing through at least a portion of the second device layer, the second semiconductor devices vertically overlapping the first semiconductor devices, respectively, the second cover insulating layer in contact with the first cover insulating layer a third device layer including an upper semiconductor chip, the upper semiconductor chip vertically overlapping both at least two of first semiconductor devices and at least two of the second semiconductor devices, and device bonded pads passing through the first and second cover insulating layers, the device bonded pads electrically connecting the first and second through-electrodes to the upper semiconductor chip may be provided.
US11984414B2	Packaging structure with antenna and manufacturing method thereof A packaging structure with an antenna and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The packaging structure includes a package, an antenna circuit, an interconnecting circuit, an outer-layer circuit, and a chip. The package is internally packaged with a first conducting through hole column and a second conducting through hole column. The antenna circuit is disposed on a first surface and a sidewall of the package. The interconnecting circuit is packaged in the package, and is connected to the antenna circuit by the first conducting through hole column. The outer-layer circuit is disposed on a second surface of the package, and is connected to the interconnecting circuit by the second conducting through hole column. The outer-layer circuit is further connected to a conductive pin. The chip is packaged in the package, and is connected to the interconnecting circuit or the outer-layer circuit.
US11984412B2	Electronic package and manufacturing method thereof An electronic package in which at least one magnetically permeable member is disposed between a carrier and an electronic component, where the electronic component has a first conductive layer, and the carrier has a second conductive layer, such that the magnetically permeable element is located between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. Moreover, a plurality of conductive bumps that electrically connect the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are arranged between the electronic component and the carrier to surround the magnetically permeable member for generating magnetic flux.
US11984411B2	Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a medium layer located on a first face of the substrate, the substrate has a plurality of first metal layers therein, the medium layer has a magnetic core therein, an orthographic projection of the magnetic core on the first face has a closed ring pattern, the first metal layer has a first end and a second end opposite to each other, an orthographic projection of the first end on the first face is located within a region surrounded by the closed ring pattern.
US11984410B2	Air channel formation in packaging process A method includes forming a reconstructed wafer including encapsulating a device die in an encapsulant, forming a dielectric layer over the device die and the encapsulant, forming a plurality of redistribution lines extending into the dielectric layer to electrically couple to the device die, and forming a metal ring in a common process for forming the plurality of redistribution lines. The metal ring encircles the plurality of redistribution lines, and the metal ring extends into scribe lines of the reconstructed wafer. A die-saw process is performed along scribe lines of the reconstructed wafer to separate a package from the reconstructed wafer. The package includes the device die and at least a portion of the metal ring.
US11984408B2	Cavity formed in a molding compound of a semiconductor package to reduce mechanical stress on a portion of a die in the package, and methods of formation A semiconductor package comprises a lead frame, a die pad, bond pads, and leads. A die may be arranged on the die pad, the die comprising an integrated circuit. In an example, the die and at least a portion of the lead frame are encapsulated with a molding compound (MC). A first thickness of the MC over a first portion of the die is less than a second thickness over a second portion of the die to form a cavity in the MC and the MC directly contacts the first portion and the second portion of the die.
US11984399B2	Semiconductor structure and mask plate structure Embodiments of the present application relate to the field of semiconductor manufacturing technologies, in particular to a semiconductor structure and a mask plate structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, where the substrate is provided therein with active areas and a plurality of bit line structures arranged at intervals in parallel in the substrate. A plurality of word line structures are arranged at intervals in parallel in the substrate. The word line structures and the bit line structures intersect to define a plurality of grids arranged in an array on the substrate. Capacitor plugs are located in the grids. Projection of each of the capacitor plugs on the substrate covers a part of one of the active areas. Cross sections of the capacitor plugs are arcuate in a cross section parallel to a surface of the substrate.
US11984389B2	Integrated circuit package structure with conductive stair structure and method of manufacturing thereof An integrated circuit package structure includes a circuit board, an integrated circuit die and a conductive stair structure. The circuit has an upper surface. The integrated circuit die is located on the upper surface of the circuit board. The conductive stair structure is located on the upper surface of the circuit board. The conductive stair structure includes steps along a first direction substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the circuit board. The steps have different heights relative to the upper surface of the circuit board.
US11984388B2	Semiconductor package structures and methods of manufacture Methods of forming semiconductor packages include providing a lead frame having leads and no tie-bars. Tape is attached to the lead frame and one or more semiconductor die are coupled therewith. Electrical contacts of the die are interconnected with the leads using electrical connectors. An encapsulated assembly is formed by at least partially encapsulating the die and electrical connectors. The assembly is singulated to form a semiconductor package. The tape is detached from the package or encapsulated assembly. One or more die attach flags may be attached to the tape and the die may be attached thereto. Semiconductor packages formed using the methods include one or more semiconductor die at least partially encapsulated, pins exposed through the encapsulant, electrical connectors within the encapsulant and electrically interconnecting the pins with electrical contacts of the die, and no tie-bars coupling the die with the pins. Packages may also include die attach flags.
US11984378B2	Semiconductor package structure and method for forming the same A semiconductor package structure includes an interposer substrate formed over a package substrate. The structure also includes a die disposed over the interposer substrate. The structure also includes a first heat spreader disposed over the package substrate. The structure also includes a second heat spreader disposed over the die and connected to the first heat spreader. The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the first heat spreader and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the second heat spreader are different.
US11984377B2	IC die and heat spreaders with solderable thermal interface structures for assemblies including solder array thermal interconnects Thermal heat spreaders and/or an IC die with solderable thermal structures may be assembled together with a solder array thermal interconnects. A thermal heat spreader may include a non-metallic material and one or more metallized surfaces suitable for bonding to a solder alloy employed as thermal interface material between the heat spreader and an IC die. An IC die may include a metallized back-side surface similarly suitable for bonding to a thermal interconnect comprising a solder alloy. Metallization on the IC die and/or heat spreader may comprise a plurality of solderable structures. A multi-chip package may include multiple IC die having different die thickness that are accommodated by a z-height thickness variation in the thermal interconnects and/or the solderable structures of the IC die or heat spreader.
US11984374B2	Warpage control of packages using embedded core frame A method includes placing a package component over a carrier. The package component includes a device die. A core frame is placed over the carrier. The core frame forms a ring encircling the package component. The method further includes encapsulating the core frame and the package component in an encapsulant, forming redistribution lines over the core frame and the package component, and forming electrical connectors over and electrically coupling to the package component through the redistribution lines.
US11984363B2	Dual silicide structure and methods thereof A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first epitaxial feature having a first semiconductor material over the semiconductor substrate, and a second epitaxial feature having a second semiconductor material over the semiconductor substrate. The second semiconductor material being different from the first semiconductor material. The semiconductor device further includes a first silicide layer on the first epitaxial feature, a second silicide layer on the second epitaxial feature, a metal layer on the first silicide layer, a first contact feature over the metal layer, and a second contact feature over the second silicide layer. A first number of layers between the first contact feature and the first epitaxial feature is greater than a second number of layers between the second contact feature and the second epitaxial feature.
US11984361B2	Multi-gate devices and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a plurality of nanosheets, a plurality of source/drain (S/D) features, and a gate stack. The substrate includes a first fin and a second fin. The first fin has a first width less than a second width of the second fin. The plurality of nanosheets is disposed on the first fin and the second fin. The plurality of source/drain (S/D) features are located on the first fin and the second fin and abutting the plurality of nanosheets. A bottom surface of the plurality of source/drain (S/D) features on the first fin is equal to or lower than a bottom surface of the plurality of source/drain (S/D) features on the second fin. The gate stack wraps each of the plurality of nanosheets.
US11984358B2	Systems and methods for improving within die co-planarity uniformity Exemplary methods of producing a semiconductor substrate may include plating a metal within a plurality of vias on the semiconductor substrate. A target average fill thickness of the metal within the plurality of vias may be between about a thickness equal to an average via radius of the plurality of vias and a thickness twice the average via radius of the plurality of vias. At least one via of the plurality of vias may be filled to a height below the target average fill thickness of the metal. The methods may include heating the metal to cause reflow of the metal within each via of the plurality of vias. The reflow may adjust the metal within the at least one via to increase in height towards the target average fill thickness.
US11984356B2	Contact structures in semiconductor devices A semiconductor device with liner-free contact structures and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The method includes forming first and second source/drain (S/D) regions on first and second fin structures, forming a first dielectric layer between the first and second S/D regions, forming first and second gate-all-around (GAA) structures on the first and second fin structures, forming a second dielectric layer on the first and second GAA structures and the first dielectric layer, forming a tapered trench opening in the second dielectric layer and on the first and second GAA structures and the first dielectric layer, selectively forming a seed layer on top surfaces of the first and second GAA structures and the first dielectric layer that are exposed in the tapered trench opening, and selectively depositing a conductive layer on the seed layer to fill the tapered trench opening.
US11984348B2	Semiconductor on insulator structure comprising a plasma nitride layer and method of manufacture thereof A method is provided for preparing a semiconductor-on-insulator structure comprising a silicon nitride layer deposited by plasma deposition.
US11984347B2	Semiconductor structure and method for forming same A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The method for forming a semiconductor structure includes the following operations. A substrate is provided. A dielectric layer having a first trench is formed on the substrate. A first filling layer is formed for partially filling the first trench. A first mask layer having a first opening is formed on the dielectric layer. The first opening exposes the first filling layer and part of the dielectric layer. The dielectric is etched by taking the first mask layer as a mask to form a second trench. The first filling layer is removed. And, conductive materials are formed in the first trench and the second trench.
US11984345B2	Substrate processing apparatus and driving method thereof The present disclosure is related to a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus may include a chuck including a plurality of pin holes and a plurality of lift pins positioned to rise and fall through the plurality of pin holes. The substrate processing apparatus may include a lift plate configured to raise and lower the lift pins. The plurality of lift pins may include a lift pin having a rod shape configured to move up and down in a pin hole of the plurality of pin holes, a flexure coupled to a lower portion of the lift pin, a weight body positioned underneath the lift plate, and a weight string connecting the flexure and the weight body. The lift plate may include a string hole through which the weight string passes through.
US11984343B2	Apparatus and methods for semiconductor processing Described are apparatus and methods for processing a semiconductor wafer so that the wafer remains in place during processing. The wafer is subjected to a pressure differential between the top surface and bottom surface so that sufficient force prevents the wafer from moving during processing, the pressure differential generated by applying a decreased pressure to the back side of the wafer.
US11984342B2	Info structure with copper pillar having reversed profile A method includes forming a first polymer layer to cover a metal pad of a wafer, and patterning the first polymer layer to form a first opening. A first sidewall of the first polymer layer exposed to the first opening has a first tilt angle where the first sidewall is in contact with the metal pad. The method further includes forming a metal pillar in the first opening, sawing the wafer to generate a device die, encapsulating the device die in an encapsulating material, performing a planarization to reveal the metal pillar, forming a second polymer layer over the encapsulating material and the device die, and patterning the second polymer layer to form a second opening. The metal pillar is exposed through the second opening. A second sidewall of the second polymer layer exposed to the second opening has a second tilt angle greater than the first tilt angle.
US11984340B2	Teaching method A teaching method for a transfer mechanism is provided. The teaching method includes (a) placing a first substrate or an edge ring on a fork of the transfer mechanism, transferring the first substrate or the edge ring to a target position, and placing the first substrate or the edge ring onto the target position; (b) placing a second substrate having a position detection sensor on the fork, and transferring the second substrate to a position directly above or below the target position; (c) detecting an amount of deviation between the first substrate or the edge ring and the target position using the position detection sensor of the second substrate; and (d) correcting transfer position data of the transfer mechanism for the first substrate or the edge ring to be transferred next, based on the detected amount of deviation.
US11984334B2	Anomaly detection method and system for manufacturing processes The present disclosure describes a computer-implemented method for detecting anomalies during lot production, wherein the products within a production lot are processed according to a sequence of steps that include manufacturing steps and one or more quality control steps interspersed among the manufacturing steps, the method comprising: obtaining process quality inspection data from each of the one or more quality control steps for a first production lot; obtaining product characteristics data for the products in the first production lot after the final step in the sequence; training a Gaussian process regression model using the process quality inspection data and the product characteristics data from the first production lot; generating a predictive distribution of the product characteristics data using the Gaussian process regression model that uses a bathtub kernel function; obtaining process quality inspection data from each of the quality control steps for a second production lot; identifying anomalies in the second production lot using the predictive distribution of the product characteristics data and the process quality inspection data from the second production lot; if no anomalies are detected in the second production lot, updating the Gaussian process regression model using the process quality inspection data from the second production lot; setting target values for one or more values in the process quality inspection data based on the predictive distribution of the product characteristic; and adjusting settings of one or more manufacturing steps based on the target values.
US11984332B2	Container and method for charging substrate-like sensor A container for a substrate-like sensor with a terminal includes a main body having an opening, and a support disposed in the main body and configured to support the substrate-like sensor. The container includes a contact pin disposed in the main body and configured to contact the terminal of the substrate-like sensor, and a drive mechanism configured to drive the contact pin. The container includes a jack disposed outside the main body and electrically connected to the contact pin, and a cover for allowing the opening of the main body to be closed.
US11984331B2	EFEM robot auto teaching methodology The present disclosure relates to an equipment front end module (EFEM) teaching element. The EFEM teaching element includes a memory element configured to store data describing an initial position of an EFEM robot within an EFEM chamber. A position measurement device is configured to take measurements describing a new position of the EFEM robot within the EFEM chamber that is different than the initial position of the EFEM robot. A controller is configured to determine a set of new movement commands describing a path of the EFEM robot based upon the data describing the initial position of the EFEM robot and the measurements.
US11984325B2	Selective removal of transition metal nitride materials Exemplary etching methods may include flowing an oxygen-containing precursor into a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include contacting a substrate housed in the processing region with the oxygen-containing precursor. The substrate may include an exposed region of a transition metal nitride and an exposed region of a metal. The contacting may form an oxidized portion of the transition metal nitride and an oxidized portion of the metal. The methods may include forming a plasma of a fluorine-containing precursor and a hydrogen-containing precursor to produce fluorine-containing plasma effluents. The methods may include removing the oxidized portion of the transition metal nitride to expose a non-oxidized portion of the transition metal nitride. The methods may include forming a plasma of a chlorine-containing precursor to produce chlorine-containing plasma effluents. The methods may include removing the non-oxidized portion of the transition metal nitride.
US11984321B1	Method for etching deep, high-aspect ratio features into silicon carbide and gallium nitride A method for the etching of deep, high-aspect ratio features into silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN) and similar materials using an Inductively-Coupled Plasma (ICP) etch process technology is described. This technology can also be used to etch features in silicon carbide and gallium nitride having near vertical sidewalls. The disclosed method has application in the fabrication of electronics, microelectronics, power electronics, Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs), high-voltage electronics, high-temperature electronics, high-power electronics, Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs), Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), micro-mechanical devices, microelectronic devices and systems, nanotechnology devices and systems, Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS), photonic devices, and any devices and/or structures made from silicon carbide and/or gallium nitride. The disclosed method also has application in the fabrication of through-substrate vias and through-wafer vias, including those that are subsequently filled with electrically conductive materials.
US11984320B2	Method for polishing silicon wafer with reduced wear on carrier, and polishing liquid used therein Provided is a method that is for polishing a silicon wafer by a polishing device using a carrier holding the silicon wafer, and that can reduce wear on the carrier. In this polishing method, a polishing liquid used in the polishing device contains 0.1-5 mass %, in terms of the concentration of silica, silica particles comprising: silica particles (A) having an average primary particle size of 4-30 nm as measured by BET, and having an (X2/X1) ratio of 1.2-1.8, where X2 (nm) represents an average particle size along the major axis thereof as calculated from a perspective projection image obtained using an electron beam, and X1 (nm) represents the average primary particle size as measured by BET; and silica particles (B) having an average primary particle size of more than 30 nm but not more than 50 nm as measured by BET, and having a (X2/X1) ratio of 1.2-1.8, where X2 (nm) represents an average particle size along the major axis thereof as calculated from a perspective projection image obtained using an electron beam, and X1 (nm) represents the average primary particle size as measured by BET, wherein the mass ratio of the silica particles (A) to the silica particles (B) is 100:0 to 85:15.
US11984313B2	Semiconductor wafer, manufacturing method for semiconductor wafer, and manufacturing method for semiconductor device A semiconductor wafer according to an embodiment includes a support region facing a support member, an outer circumferential region positioned on an outer side of the support region, and an inner circumferential region positioned on an inner side of the support region. The outer circumferential region has a convex portion with a thickness protruded upward with respect to the inner circumferential region or a concave portion with a thickness recessed downward with respect to the inner circumferential region.
US11984309B1	Non-radioactive plasma ion source A non-radioactive homogenous plasma ion source that is power efficient with greater electrode life longevity and performance (homogenous low temperature plasma for ion formation, stability, robustness) than alternative non-radioactive ion sources for generating analyte ions of either positive or negative charge. Its compact design minimizes the spacing between electrodes, reducing the power requirements needed to ignite and maintain plasma levels. The non-radioactive plasma ion source generally comprises a housing for retaining a uniquely designed ion source that generates a uniform distribution of plasma to maximize the generation of ions at a lower plasma temperature to minimize undesirable nitrogen oxide and ozone gasses, at least one planar electrode in one embodiment, a mounting head with a gas exhaust, and a chamber with a counterflow gas inlet, and an analyte gas inlet. The non-radioactive plasma source improves ion source reliability over existing non-radioactive sources that are less efficient with reduced electrode life longevity.
US11984308B2	Method for measuring concentration of fluorine gas in halogen fluoride-containing gas using mass spectrometer A method for measuring the concentration of fluorine gas (F2) contained in a halogen fluoride-containing gas using an analysis apparatus having a halogen fluoride-containing gas supply source, a fluorine-containing gas supply source, a tube, a capillary, and a mass spectrometer, the method including, before measuring the concentration of fluorine gas, performing passivation treatment on the tube and the capillary using a passivation gas containing a fluorine-containing gas supplied from the fluorine-containing gas supply source.
US11984307B2	Method for tuning with unresolved peaks on quadrupole mass spectrometers A mass spectrometer support apparatus includes a peak shape logic to determine one or more peak shapes using a calibration mass spectrum and known peak locations; and a tuning logic to adjust instrument parameters to achieve a selected peak width. A method for tuning a quadrupole-based mass spectrometer includes determining one or more peak shapes using a calibration mass spectrum and known peak locations; and adjusting instrument parameters to achieve a selected peak width.
US11984303B2	Holding method of edge ring, plasma processing apparatus, and substrate processing system A first electrostatic chuck of a substrate support of the disclosed plasma processing apparatus has first and second electrodes and holds an edge ring. A second electrostatic chuck of the substrate support holds a substrate. The first electrode extends closer to the second electrostatic chuck than the second electrode. During plasma processing, a first voltage having a positive polarity is applied to the first and second electrodes. In a first period after the plasma processing, a second voltage having a negative polarity is applied to the first and second electrodes. In a second period after the first period, a third voltage having a positive polarity is applied to the first electrode, and a fourth voltage having a negative polarity is applied to the second electrode. The absolute value of the third voltage is smaller than the absolute value of the first voltage and the absolute value of the second voltage.
US11984299B2	Deposition device apparatus A deposition device includes a chamber, a support member, a ground member, and a first fixing member. The chamber includes a lower portion and a side wall. The support member is located in a space defined by the lower portion and the side wall of the chamber, and includes a side surface. The ground member is disposed between the support member and the lower portion of the chamber. The first fixing member includes a first body and a first blocking part. The first body is located under a first end portion of the ground member, and includes a side surface. The first blocking part is located on the side surface of the first body and the side surface of the support member, and extends along the side surface of the support member. The first blocking part shields the first end portion of the ground member from view.
US11984297B2	Plasma control device and plasma processing system A plasma control device includes a matching circuit, a resonance circuit, and a controller. The matching circuit is connected to a first electrode of a plasma chamber including the first electrode and a second electrode, and matches impedance of a radio frequency (RF) power by an RF driving signal with an impedance of the first electrode. The RF driving signal is based on a first RF signal having a first frequency. The resonance circuit is connected between the second electrode and a ground voltage, and controls plasma distribution within the plasma chamber by providing resonance with respect to harmonics associated with the first frequency and by adjusting a ground impedance between the second electrode and the ground voltage. The controller provides the resonance circuit with a capacitance control signal associated with the resonance and switch control signals associated with the ground impedance.
US11984296B2	Substrate support with improved process uniformity A substrate support for supporting a substrate in a substrate processing system includes a baseplate and a ceramic layer arranged above the baseplate. An outer perimeter of the ceramic layer is surrounded by an edge ring. An outer radius of the ceramic layer is greater than an inner radius of the edge ring such that an outer edge of the ceramic layer extends below the edge ring.
US11984283B2	Ultra-fast polarized relay for hybrid switching systems A relay includes an electromagnetic drive unit with a rotatable armature and a yoke. The rotatable armature includes a first magnetic contact region and the yoke includes a second magnetic contact region. The first magnetic contact region is in touch with the second magnetic contact region in a first state of the relay. The relay further includes at least one immovable first electric contact and a moveable contact arm with at least one second electric contact. The first electric contact contacts the second electric contact in the first state. The rotatable armature and the moveable contact arm are positioned together on a shaft and the shaft is embodied as a torsional element.
US11984274B2	Solar cell having a porous silicon layer A three-tandem (3T) perovskite/silicon (PVT)-based tandem solar cell (TSC) includes an antireflection coating (ARC), a first transparent conductive oxide layer (TCO), a hole transport layer (HTL), a perovskite (PVT) layer, a second transparent conductive oxide layer (TCO), an electron transport layer (ETL), a plurality of buried contacts, a p-type Si layer, a p-type wafer-based homo-junction silicon solar cell, a n+ silicon layer, a back contact layer. The solar cell further includes a top sub-cell, a bottom sub-cell and a middle contact-based tandem. The top sub-cell includes the PVT layer. The bottom sub-cell includes the silicon solar cell. The middle contact-based tandem includes the second TCO layer to be used as the middle contact-based tandem, as well as a recombination layer for current collection. Further, a conduction and a valence band edge are employed at a front surface of the ETL.
US11984269B2	Ceramic electronic component A ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode; and an external electrode disposed on the body, wherein a first carbon material is disposed in the internal electrode. The first carbon material includes carbon black, which has conductivity, a substantially spherical shape, and a particle diameter of 0.05 μm or less.
US11984260B2	Electronic device including chip component and case An electronic device includes a chip component, a conductive terminal, a case, and a fixation part. The chip component includes a terminal electrode on an end surface of the chip component. The conductive terminal is connected to the terminal electrode. The case includes an accommodation recess for accommodating the chip component. The fixation part fixes the case to an installation portion.
US11984259B2	Electrical generator and method of operating the same An electrical generator and method for operating the same are provided. Accordingly, the generator includes a non-rotatable component supporting a field winding assembly and a rotatable component oriented to rotate relative thereto. The generator also includes an armature winding assembly fixedly coupled to the rotatable component so as to rotate therewith during operation of the generator. The generator also includes a resistive assembly fixedly coupled to the rotatable component so as to rotate therewith during the operation of the generator. The resistive assembly electrically couples at least two separate phase windings of the armature winding assembly. The resistive assembly is also configured to introduce a resistance into the armature winding assembly in response to an electrical fault.
US11984255B2	Integrated magnetic element An integrated magnetic element includes an accommodating part; a current sensor disposed on the accommodating part; and a transformer disposed on the accommodating part. The transformer includes a magnetic core, a first winding including a plurality of wires, and a second winding, wherein some of the plurality of wires passes through the current sensor to shunt and detect current flowing through the first winding, and current values of the wires are detected by the current sensor to obtain a total current value of the first winding of the transformer according to a shunt ratio by the winding construction of the preset transformer.
US11984254B2	Surface-mounted magnetic-component module A magnetic-component module includes a substrate, a core on a first surface of the substrate, a spacer on the core, a winding including wire bonds extending over the core and electrically connecting a first portion of the substrate and a second portion of the substrate, and traces on and/or in the substrate, a lead frame that supports the core and that electrically connects the winding to the substrate, and an overmold material encapsulating the core, the spacer, the wire bonds, and a portion of the lead frame.
US11984250B2	Multi-winding inductor and power supply module A multi-winding inductor includes a magnetic core including three magnetic columns and two windings. Each winding includes a first, a second and a third portions. The first magnetic column is arranged between the first portion of the first winding and the first portion of the second winding; the second magnetic column is arranged on one side of the first portion of the first winding and the third portion of the second winding; and the third magnetic column is arranged between the third portion of the first winding and the third portion of the second winding. The first and the second portions of two windings respectively form pins on opposite sides of the magnetic core.
US11984247B2	Cover unit for a converter head of a high-voltage converter device, converter head and high-voltage converter device A cover unit for a converter head of a high-voltage converter device includes a flat, preferably planar, cover element and an RIV shielding device peripherally surrounding the cover element for shielding radio interference voltage. The RIV shielding device is formed by a plurality of RIV shielding elements distributed peripherally on the edge of the cover element. The RIV shielding elements each have a substantially cylindrical shape, in particular a capsule shape. A corresponding converter head and a corresponding high-voltage converter device are also provided.
US11984246B2	Vertical inductor for WLCSP Embodiments of the invention include a microelectronic device and methods of forming a microelectronic device. In an embodiment the microelectronic device includes a semiconductor die and an inductor that is electrically coupled to the semiconductor die. The inductor may include one or more conductive coils that extend away from a surface of the semiconductor die. In an embodiment each conductive coils may include a plurality of traces. For example, a first trace and a third trace may be formed over a first dielectric layer and a second trace may be formed over a second dielectric layer and over a core. A first via through the second dielectric layer may couple the first trace to the second trace, and a second via through the second dielectric layer may couple the second trace to the third trace.
US11984242B2	Flame-retardant electrical cable A flame-retardant electric cable having a core comprising at least one electric conductor, an electrically insulating coating and an outermost layer made from a flame-retardant polymer composition comprising: a) polyvinylchloride (PVC) as base polymer; b) 25-45% (70-110 phr) by weight of at least one metal hydroxide; c) 0.4-3% (about 1-8 phr) by weight of an optionally surface-treated montmorillonite having average particle dimensions of from 5 to 20 μm; d) 1.2-3% (about 3-8 phr) by weight of antimony trioxide; wherein the sum of the amount of montmorillonite and antimony trioxide is at least 5.5 phr and wherein the antimony trioxide and montmorillonite are in a ratio of from 1:0.1 to 1:2.5.
US11984239B2	Compressed stranded conductor, method of manufacturing compressed stranded conductor, insulated electric wire, and wire harness A compressed stranded conductor includes a central stranded wire having a plurality of conductive strands which are twisted together and an outer circumferential stranded wire having a plurality of conductive strands which are twisted together at an outer circumference of the central stranded wire. A composite stranded wire configured by the central stranded wire and the outer circumferential stranded wire is compressed, and an occupancy ratio of the composite stranded wire is 90.2% or more and 91.0% or less.
US11984237B1	Source of charged particles The invention relates to obtaining flow of electrically charged particles of a substance (such as dust). The invention is directed to attaining a technical effect of simplifying design and providing possibility of obtaining flow of charged particles with no use of high voltage sources. The technical effect is attained by a source of charged particles implemented as an inner hollow cylinder and an outer hollow cylinder with a gap between them, with a means for providing airflow with substance particles along surfaces of the cylinders that form the gap. The airflow is directed from first butt ends of the cylinders to second butt ends of the cylinders. Materials of the cylinder surfaces forming the gap are selected so that the substance particles and the surfaces obtain opposite electrical charges upon friction of the substance particles against the surfaces.
US11984232B2	Process for rapid processing of SiC and graphitic matrix TRISO-bearing pebble fuels A method for producing microencapsulated fuel pebble fuel more rapidly and with a matrix that engenders added safety attributes. The method includes coating fuel particles with ceramic powder; placing the coated fuel particles in a first die; applying a first current and a first pressure to the first die so as to form a fuel pebble by direct current sintering. The method may further include removing the fuel pebble from the first die and placing the fuel pebble within a bed of non-fueled matrix ceramic in a second die; and applying a second current and a second pressure to the second die so as to form a composite fuel pebble.
US11984230B2	Dual-mode heat removal system that allows first direction natural circulation flow through a heat exchanger during nuclear reactor emergency cooling and allows opposite direction forced flow through the heat exchanger during decay heat removal Piping loops can carry either forced or natural circulation coolant flow from and back to a nuclear reactor depending on reactor and coolant state, and can transition between the two. The loop flows into a heat exchanger that cools the coolant and may even condense the coolant. The heat exchanger can drive natural circulation coolant flow, and a pump on the loop can drive forced circulation. Coolant direction may be reversed through the heat exchanger in different modes. Loops may be installed directly on existing isolation condenser systems or come off of a primary loop generating electricity commercially. Actuation valves may isolate and actuate the system merely by disallowing or allowing coolant flow. Different flow modes and coolant direction may be similarly achieved by pump actuation and/or valve opening/closing. Beyond the pump and simple valve actuation, loops may be entirely passive.
US11984227B2	Automatically determining a medical recommendation for a patient based on multiple medical images from multiple different medical imaging modalities Automatically determining a medical recommendation for a patient based on multiple medical images from multiple different medical imaging modalities. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving a first and second medical images of a patient from first and second medical imaging modalities, mapping a first region of interest (ROI) on the first medical image to a second ROI on the second medical image, generating first annotation data related to the first ROI and second annotation data related to the second ROI, generating first medical clinical data related to the first ROI and second medical clinical data related to the second ROI, inputting, into a machine learning classifier, the first and second annotation data and the first and second medical clinical data, and automatically determining, by the machine learning classifier, a medical recommendation for the patient related to a medical condition of the patient.
US11984226B2	Systems and methods for selecting an intervention based on effective age System for selecting an intervention based on effective age, system including at least a server designed and configured to obtain user data from a user database. The server further configured to project an actuarial life expectancy using a user chronological age. The server further configured to calculate a variance between the actuarial life expectancy and a projected actual mortality date, including receiving training data correlating an aspect of the user data to the variance, generating a machine learning model that receives one or more aspects of the user data as inputs and produces an output of the variance, and determining the variance using the machine learning model. The server further configured to generate a plurality of interventions including an intervention vector, wherein each intervention vector entry indicates a degree of impact. The server further configured to select an intervention as a function of the degrees of impact and the variance.
US11984224B2	Machine learning on raw medical imaging data for clinical decision support Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a raw diagnostic machine for a medical diagnosis of raw medical imaging data generated by a medical imaging machine as opposed to a medical diagnosis of a medical image conventionally reconstructed from the raw medical imaging data. In operation, the raw diagnostic engine includes a medical imaging diagnostic controller implementing a dimension reduction pre-processor for selecting or extracting one or more dimension reduced feature vectors from the raw medical imaging data, and further implementing a raw diagnostic artificial intelligence engine for rendering a diagnostic assessment of the raw medical imaging data as represented by the dimension reduced feature vector(s). The medical imaging diagnostic controller may further control a communication of the diagnostic assessment of the raw medical imaging data (e.g., a display, a printing, an emailing, a texting, etc.).
US11984218B2	Apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for enhancing computed tomography image resolution The present disclosure relates to a spatially-variant model of a point spread function and its role in enhancing medical image resolution. For instance, a method of the present disclosure comprises receiving a first medical image having a first resolution, applying a neural network to the first medical image, the neural network including a first subset of layers and, subsequently, a second subset of layers, the first subset of layers of the neural network generating, from the first medical image, a second medical image having a second resolution and the second subset of layers of the neural network generating, from the second medical image, a third medical image having a third resolution, and outputting the third medical image, wherein the first resolution is lower than the second resolution and the second resolution is lower than the third resolution.
US11984217B2	Method and apparatus for processing histological image captured by medical imaging device A method for processing one or more histological images captured by a medical imaging device is disclosed. In this method, the histological image is received, and target regions each of which corresponds to a candidate type of tissue are identified based on a predictive model associating one more sample histological images with one or more sample target histological images. One or more display characteristics associated with the identified at least one target histological image is applied to the histological image.
US11984216B2	Medical image display control device, method, and program for displaying medical images with selectable tabs A medical image display control device includes a reception unit that receives an input instruction, a creation unit that creates a display image having a tab and a viewer region in which at least a medical image is displayed, the creation unit creating a new display image having a tab and a viewer region different from a viewer region of a display image displayed on a display unit based on the input instruction received by the reception unit, a display controller that performs control such that the tab of the new display image created by the creation unit and the already displayed tab are displayed so as to be selectable on the display unit, and a switching display controller that performs control such that in a case where any tab of the tabs displayed on the display unit is selected, the viewer region corresponding to the selected tab is switched with the already displayed viewer region and is displayed on the display unit.
US11984214B2	Decision support system for lung ventilator settings A ventilator system is capable of displaying complex information patterns in a GUI, thereby allowing a clinician to get subtract complex information from multiple parameters inputs.
US11984213B2	System, method, and computer program product for peer exchange of data between injection systems A method, system, and computer program product for peer exchange of data between injection systems. A first injection system may store a plurality of injection control data sets, determine a first subset of the plurality of injection control data sets according to which the first injection system is configured to control delivery of fluid to a patient, provide the first subset of the plurality of injection control data sets for selection of an injection control data set for use in delivering fluid to the patient with the first injection system, and transmit the plurality of injection control data sets to at least one second injection system.
US11984212B2	System for monitoring dose pattern and patient response A method for tracking dose pattern and patient response may include determining, based at least on one or more dose events at a pump configured to deliver a medication to a patient, a dose pattern for delivering the medication to the patient. One or more vital signs associated with the patient may be received from a patient monitor. A presence of one or more anomalies may be determined based at least on the dose pattern at the pump and the one or more vital signs of the patient. An electronic alert may be sent to a mobile device in response to determining the presence of the one or more anomalies. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including apparatuses and computer program products, are also disclosed.
US11984210B2	Methods and systems for tailing collection A pharmaceutical order filling system receives pharmaceutical orders and uses a packing device to package pharmaceutical orders. The packing device is configured with at least one cutter that generates tailings and dust. A tailing collection device is provided that collects the tailings and dust generated by the packing device into and through an intake tube and into a collection assembly. The collection assembly includes a hood with at least one air filter, a frame, and a bin removably received within the frame. The frame supports the hood and aligns the bin to be in fluid communication with the hood. A gas motive device is positioned intermediate the ends of an intake tub before the hood and is configured to suction the tailings and/or dust.
US11984209B2	Drug management device, drug management method, and non-transitory recording medium storing program for drug management A drug management device includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire prescription data including data indicative of a drug prescribed to a subject, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire biometric data including data indicative of variations in a physical quantity of a living body of the subject, a first estimation unit configured to estimate, on the basis of the data indicative of variations in the physical quantity, whether or not the subject has taken the drug, and a second estimation unit configured to, in response to an estimation result indicating that the subject has taken the drug, estimate, on the basis of the data indicative of variations in the physical quantity, whether or not an effect of the drug on the subject satisfies an effect estimation criterion, which is predetermined.
US11984207B2	Medical document creation support apparatus, method, and program Provided are a medical document creation support apparatus, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program capable of efficiently correcting medical documents such as interpretation reports. A first display control unit displays a medical document including at least one of a plurality of findings indicating features related to abnormal shadows included in a medical image in a first display region on a display screen. A second display control unit displays a list of the plurality of findings in a second display region on the display screen so that each finding is correctable. A correction unit corrects the medical document according to a correction instruction for a designated finding in the list of the plurality of findings.
US11984200B2	Systems and methods for generating, visualizing and classifying molecular functional profiles Various methods, systems, computer readable media, and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are presented and described that enable a subject, doctor, or user to characterize or classify various types of cancer precisely. Additionally, described herein are methods, systems, computer readable media, and GUIs that enable more effective specification of treatment and improved outcomes for patients with identified types of cancer. Some embodiments of the methods, systems, computer readable media, and GUIs described herein comprise obtaining RNA expression data and/or whole exome sequencing (WES) data for a biological sample from a plurality of subjects, determining a respective plurality of molecular-functional (MF) profiles for the plurality of subjects, and storing the plurality of MF profiles in association with information identifying the particular cancer type.
US11984196B2	Community assignments in identity by descent networks and genetic variant origination Disclosed are techniques for characterizing variants of interest and predicting assignments of individuals to communities based on obtained genetic information. To characterize a variant, DNA datasets of reference individuals are accessed and used to generate a cluster with additional individuals. Reference individuals carry a variant at a genetic locus and the additional individuals share IBD with reference individuals. Statistics of genealogical data of the cluster are generated. A result summarizing the characterization of the variant is generated based on the statistics. To determine if an individual belongs to a community, a subset of the individual's haplotypes are inputted into a community-specific model. The model is trained using the training samples that each include haplotypes of reference individuals and a label identifying whether the reference individual belongs to the community. Based on the output of the model, it is determined whether the individual is a member of the community.
US11984195B2	Methylation pattern analysis of tissues in a DNA mixture The contributions of different tissues to a DNA mixture are determined using methylation levels at particular genomic sites. Tissue-specific methylation levels of M tissue types can be used to deconvolve mixture methylation levels measured in the DNA mixture, to determine fraction contributions of each of the M tissue types. Various types of genomic sites can be chosen to have particular properties across tissue types and across individuals, so as to provide increased accuracy in determining contributions of the various tissue types. The fractional contributions can be used to detect abnormal contributions of a particular tissue, indicating a disease state for the tissue. A differential in fractional contributions for different sizes of DNA fragments can also be used to identify a diseased state of a particular tissue. A sequence imbalance for a particular chromosomal region can be detected in a particular tissue, e.g., identifying a location of a tumor.
US11984194B2	Layout of delay circuit unit, layout of delay circuit, and semiconductor memory A layout of a delay circuit unit, a layout of a delay circuit, and a semiconductor memory are provided. The layout of the delay circuit unit includes multiple layout units arranged in an array and each forming a NOT-AND (NAND) gate circuit; here several layout units conforming to a first layout pattern are sequentially arranged in a first row of the array; and several layout units conforming to a second layout pattern are sequentially arranged in a second row of the array; here the first layout pattern is different from the second layout pattern, and the first layout pattern and the second layout pattern are such that the first row and the second row form a center-symmetrical structure.
US11984187B2	Dynamic allocation of a capacitive component in a memory device Methods and devices for dynamic allocation of a capacitive component in a memory device are described. A memory device may include one or more voltage rails for distributing supply voltages to a memory die. A memory device may include a capacitive component that may be dynamically coupled to a voltage rail based on an identification of an operating condition on the memory die, such as a voltage droop on the voltage rail. The capacitive component may be dynamically coupled with the voltage rail to maintain the supply voltage on the voltage rail during periods of high demand. The capacitive component may be dynamically switched between voltage rails during operation of the memory device based on operating conditions associated with the voltage rails.
US11984186B2	Apparatuses and methods for repairing defective memory cells based on a specified error rate for certain memory cells Methods, apparatuses, and systems for repairing defective memory cells in regions of a memory array associated with high or low priority levels are disclosed. A repair address generator may be configured to generate a memory address map for repair (e.g., blowing fuses at a fuse circuit), depending on whether certain applications may operate at a high priority level indicative of a low bit error rate or a low priority level indicative of a higher bit error rate. For example, a specified error rate associated with a low priority level may correspond to a threshold error rate for certain applications, such as a neural network application that stores trained weights. Such neural network applications may access trained weights being partially stored in defective memory cells, with the least significant bits of such trained weights being stored in defective memory cells that are not repaired according to the memory address map.
US11984185B2	Apparatuses and methods for zone-based soft post-package repair Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for soft post-package repair (SPPR). After packaging, it may be necessary to perform post-package repair operations on rows of the memory. During a scan mode of an SPPR operation, addresses provided by a fuse bank may be examined to determine if they are open addresses or if the bad row of memory is a redundant row of memory. The open addresses and the bad redundant addresses may be stored in volatile storage elements, such as in latch circuits. During a soft send mode of a SPPR operation, the address previously associated with the bad row of memory may be associated with the open address instead, and the address of the bad redundant row may be disabled.
US11984184B2	Voltage testing circuit with error protection scheme An electronic device, such as a memory device, may include various circuit components. The electronic device may also include one or more voltage testing circuits to determine whether signals of one or more of the circuit components are within acceptable voltage ranges of the respective circuit components. Systems and methods are described to improve correct voltage measurement of the received signals by a voltage testing circuit. In particular, multiple supply voltage levels are provided to different components of the voltage testing circuit to provide a sufficient headroom voltage gap between received signals and the supply voltages. For example, some active circuits (e.g., operational amplifiers) of the voltage testing circuit may receive a higher supply voltage of the electronic device compared to one or more other circuits of the voltage testing circuit.
US11984181B2	Systems and methods for evaluating integrity of adjacent sub blocks of data storage apparatuses The disclosure relates in some aspects to a design for a data storage apparatus with a non-volatile memory that includes a block of memory comprising N wordlines partitioned into a first sub-block comprising a first subset of the N wordlines and a second sub-block comprising a second subset of the N wordlines different than the first subset. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to detecting a failure in a first sub-block. The second sub-block is then marked, in response to a failure detection in the first sub-block, with an initial designation as an unusable sub-block, and a test of the second sub-block is performed to determine a usability of the second sub-block. Based on the test, the second sub-block is then marked with a second designation that is one of a tested usable sub-block or a tested unusable sub-block.
US11984178B2	Methods and devices for flexible RAM loading A flexible RAM loader including a shift register that includes a first data section coupled with a serial data input, and a second data section selectively coupled with a first parallel data input. The shift register is configured to load data serially from the serial data input to the first data section and the second data section when the second data section is uncoupled from the first parallel data input, and, when the second data section is coupled with the first parallel data input, configured to load data in parallel from the serial data input into the first data section and from the first parallel data input into the second data section. The flexible RAM loader also including a test register comprising a selection bit to couple the second data section with the first parallel data input.
US11984177B2	Memory component provided with a test interface A memory component comprises a memory unit including an array of memory cells, a controller of the memory unit, and a JTAG test interface including a plurality of contact pads adapted to connect the memory component with a host device and/or a test machine, wherein the test interface further comprises a plurality of test registers, which are configured to store the operating instructions for performing the test of the memory component, and wherein those test registers are organized in a matrix configuration, each row of the matrix being associated with a specific address. A related System-On-Chip device and a related method are further disclosed.
US11984174B2	Accelerating configuration updates for memory devices A configuration setting manager of a memory device receives a request to perform an adjustment operation on a set of configuration setting values for the memory device, where each configuration setting value of the set of configuration setting values is stored in a corresponding configuration register of a set of configuration registers; determines a configuration adjustment definition associated with one or more configuration setting values of the set of configuration setting values; calculates an updated set of configuration setting values by applying a multiplier value to the configuration adjustment definition, wherein the multiplier value is associated with a number of programming operations performed on the memory device; and stores the updated set of configuration setting values in the corresponding configuration registers.
US11984171B2	Selective and dynamic deployment of error correction code techniques in integrated circuit memory devices A memory system configured to dynamically adjust the amount of redundant information stored in memory cells of a wordline on an integrated circuit die based on a bit error rate. For example, in response to a determination that a bit error rate of the wordline is above a threshold, the memory system can store first data items as independent first codewords of an error correction code technique into a first portion of the memory cells of the wordline, generate second data items as redundant information from the first codewords, and store the second data items in a second portion of the memory cells of the wordline. If the bit error rate is below the threshold, third data items can be stored as independent second codewords of the same length as the first codewords in the memory cells of the wordline.
US11984170B2	Nonvolatile memory device and storage device including the nonvolatile memory device A nonvolatile memory device includes a first memory chip and a second memory chip connected to a controller through the same channel. The first memory chip generates a first signal from a first internal clock signal based on a clock signal received from the controller. The second memory chip generates a second signal from a second internal clock signal based on the clock signal, and performs a phase calibration operation on the second signal on the basis of a phase of the first signal by delaying the second internal clock signal based on a phase difference between the first and second signals.
US11984167B2	Memory system performing read operation with read voltage According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, a voltage generation unit and a control unit. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of blocks each including a plurality of memory cells, and a voltage generation unit configured to change a read level of the memory cell. The control unit controls write, read, and erase of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. The control unit changes the read level between a start of use of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and a timing after an elapse of a time.
US11984165B2	Memory device with reduced area A memory device includes a plurality of word lines (WLs). The memory device includes a plurality of drivers that are each configured to control a corresponding one of the plurality of WLs and each comprise a first transistor having a first conductive type and a second transistor having a second conductive type. The first transistor of a first one of the drivers is formed in a first well of a substrate, and the second transistor of the first driver is formed in a second well of the substrate. The first well is spaced apart from the second well.
US11984163B2	Processing unit with fast read speed memory device A memory cell includes a first resistive memory element, a second resistive memory element electrically coupled with the first resistive memory element at a common node, and a switching element comprising an input terminal electrically coupled with the common node, the switching element comprising a driver configured to float during one or more operations.
US11984157B2	Programmable interposers for electrically connecting integrated circuits Programmable interposers for connecting integrated circuits, methods for programming programmable interposers, and integrated circuit packaging are provided. The programmable interposers are electrically reconfigurable to allow custom system-in-package (SiP) operation and configuration, field configurability, and functional obfuscation for secure integrated circuits fabricated in non-trusted environments. The programmable interposer includes, in one implementation, an interposer substrate and a programmable metallization cell (PMC) switch. The PMC switch is formed on the interposer substrate and is coupled between a signal input and a signal output. The PMC switch is electrically configurable between a high resistance state and a low resistance state.
US11984153B2	Memory device A memory device includes at least one memory cell block, a first edge block, a second edge block, multiple first sense amplifiers, and multiple second sense amplifiers. The first edge block is coupled to multiple first word lines, where at least one of the first word lines receives an enabled first word line signal. The second edge block is coupled to multiple second word lines, where at least one of the second word lines receives an enabled second word line signal. The first sense amplifiers are disposed between the first edge block and the memory cell block. The second sense amplifiers are disposed between the second edge block and the memory cell block.
US11984150B2	Word line drivers for multiple-die memory devices Methods, systems, and devices for word line drivers for multiple-die memory devices are described. A memory device may include a first semiconductor die associated with at least memory cells and corresponding access lines of the memory device, and a second semiconductor die associated with at least access line driver circuitry of the memory device. The second semiconductor die may be located in contact with or otherwise adjacent to the first semiconductor die, and electrical contacts may be formed to couple the access line driver circuitry of the second semiconductor die with the access line conductors of the first semiconductor die. For example, cavities may be formed through the second semiconductor die and at least a portion of the first semiconductor die, and the electrical contacts may be formed between the semiconductor dies at least in part from forming a conductive material in the cavities.
US11984147B2	Semiconductor device including sense amplifier and operation method of semiconductor device A semiconductor device storing data as a multilevel potential is provided. The semiconductor device includes a memory cell, first and second reference cells, first and second sense amplifiers, and first to third circuits. The first circuit has a function of outputting, to a first wiring and a third wiring, a first potential corresponding to a first signal output from the memory cell. The second circuit has a function of outputting, to a second wiring, a first reference potential corresponding to a second signal output from the first reference cell. The third circuit has a function of outputting, to the fourth wiring, a second reference potential corresponding to a third signal output from the second reference cell when a second switch is in an off state. The first sense amplifier refers to the first potential and the first reference potential and changes potentials of the first wiring and the second wiring. The second sense amplifier refers to the first potential and the second reference potential and changes potentials of the third wiring and the fourth wiring.
US11984141B2	Method and system for automatic pre-recordation video redaction of objects A system and a method for automatic video redaction are provided herein. The method may include: receiving, an input video comprising a sequence of frames captured by a camera, wherein the input video includes live video obtained directly from the camera, wherein recordation of the video directly from the camera is disabled; performing visual analysis of the input video, to detect portions of the frames of the input video in which one of a plurality of predefined objects or a descriptor thereof is detected; generating a redacted input video by replacing the portions of the frames with new portions of another visual content; and recording the redacted input video on a data storage device, wherein the generating of the redacted input video, is carried out by a computer processor, after the input video is captured by the camera and before the recording of the redacted input video on the data storage device.
US11984138B1	Method for monitoring emotion and behavior during conversation for user in need of protection There is a method for monitoring emotion and behavior occurring during a conversation with a user who is in need of protection. According to an embodiment, a user monitoring method receives an input of a user utterance and generates a conversation content by using a conversation model based on a user utterance content, converts the generated conversation content into a voice and outputs the voice, and recognizes emotion of the user by using an emotion analysis model based on the user utterance content and monitors the emotion. Accordingly, the method may monitor behavior/emotion of a user through a natural conversation while allowing a specialist/guardian to monitor an abnormal sign of a user who is in need of protection.
US11984134B2	Method of processing audio data, electronic device and storage medium A method of processing audio data, an electronic device, and a storage medium, which relates to a field of artificial intelligence, in particular to a field of speech processing technology. The method includes: processing spectral data of the audio data to obtain a first feature information; obtaining a fundamental frequency indication information according to the first feature information, wherein the fundamental frequency indication information indicates valid audio data of the first feature information and invalid audio data of the first feature information; obtaining a fundamental frequency information and a spectral energy information according to the first feature information and the fundamental frequency indication information; and obtaining a harmonic structure information of the audio data according to the fundamental frequency information and the spectral energy information.
US11984128B2	Automatic generation and/or use of text-dependent speaker verification features Implementations relate to automatic generation of speaker features for each of one or more particular text-dependent speaker verifications (TD-SVs) for a user. Implementations can generate speaker features for a particular TD-SV using instances of audio data that each capture a corresponding spoken utterance of the user during normal non-enrollment interactions with an automated assistant via one or more respective assistant devices. For example, a portion of an instance of audio data can be used in response to: (a) determining that recognized term(s) for the spoken utterance captured by that the portion correspond to the particular TD-SV; and (b) determining that an authentication measure, for the user and for the spoken utterance, satisfies a threshold. Implementations additionally or alternatively relate to utilization of speaker features, for each of one or more particular TD-SVs for a user, in determining whether to authenticate a spoken utterance for the user.
US11984127B2	Training and using a transcript generation model on a multi-speaker audio stream The disclosure herein describes using a transcript generation model for generating a transcript from a multi-speaker audio stream. Audio data including overlapping speech of a plurality of speakers is obtained and a set of frame embeddings are generated from audio data frames of the obtained audio data using an audio data encoder. A set of words and channel change (CC) symbols are generated from the set of frame embeddings using a transcript generation model. The CC symbols are included between pairs of adjacent words that are spoken by different people at the same time. The set of words and CC symbols are transformed into a plurality of transcript lines, wherein words of the set of words are sorted into transcript lines based on the CC symbols, and a multi-speaker transcript is generated based on the plurality of transcript lines. The inclusion of CC symbols by the model enables efficient, accurate multi-speaker transcription.
US11984125B2	Speech recognition using on-the-fly-constrained language model per utterance Presented herein are techniques for augmenting a speech recognition engine. According to the disclosed techniques, audio data is obtained as part of an automatic speech recognition session. Speech hints are also obtained as part of the automatic speech recognition session. A dynamic language model is generated from the speech hints for use during the automatic speech recognition session. A combined language model is then generated from the dynamic language model and a static language model. Finally, the audio data is converted to text using the combined language model as part of the automatic speech recognition session.
US11984117B2	Selective adaptation and utilization of noise reduction technique in invocation phrase detection Techniques are described for selectively adapting and/or selectively utilizing a noise reduction technique in detection of one or more features of a stream of audio data frames. For example, various techniques are directed to selectively adapting and/or utilizing a noise reduction technique in detection of an invocation phrase in a stream of audio data frames, detection of voice characteristics in a stream of audio data frames (e.g., for speaker identification), etc. Utilization of described techniques can result in more robust and/or more accurate detections of features of a stream of audio data frames in various situations, such as in environments with strong background noise. In various implementations, described techniques are implemented in combination with an automated assistant, and feature(s) detected utilizing techniques described herein are utilized to adapt the functionality of the automated assistant.
US11984108B2	Method and system for noise cancellation A method and system for noise cancellation is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving, from a first sensor, a first signal indicative of a noise generated by an equipment. The first sensor may be configured to generate the first signal indicative of the noise generated by the equipment. The first sensor may be positioned in proximity to the equipment. The method may further include generating a noise cancellation signal based on the first signal and triggering a speaker to generate a sound corresponding to the noise cancellation signal, wherein the speaker is positioned in proximity to the equipment.
US11984107B2	Audio signal processing method and system for echo suppression using an MMSE-LSA estimator An audio signal processing method implemented by an audio system with an audio sensor and a speaker unit includes: measuring, by the audio sensor, acoustic signals reaching the audio sensor, producing a sensor audio signal; retrieving a speaker audio signal corresponding to a speaker acoustic signal from the speaker unit while measuring the acoustic signals reaching the audio sensor to produce the sensor audio signal; converting the speaker and sensor audio signals to speaker and sensor audio spectra; estimating, based on the speaker audio spectrum, an echo audio spectrum of an echo audio signal caused by the speaker acoustic signal in the sensor audio signal; computing, based on the echo audio spectrum and the sensor audio spectrum, echo suppression gains to be applied to the sensor audio spectrum, by using a MMSE-LSA estimator; and applying the echo suppression gains to the sensor audio spectrum.
US11984104B2	Electric bowed string instrument According to an aspect of the present invention, there is an electric violin comprising a sound bar having a first tang and a second tang. The central portion of the sound bar rests on a top plate of the violin, separated by a separator pad, and the first and second tangs protrude to an inner cavity of the violin through a first and a second plate hole of the top plate. A pickup assembly includes a first and a second pickup, where each of the pickups comprise a bobbin made of two plates separated by a plurality of magnetic polepieces and surrounded by a coil wire. Each of the pickups includes a compression mechanism including a height adjustment screw that holds the compression mechanism at a firm tension while the distance between the plurality of the magnetic polepieces of the pickup and the corresponding tang satisfies a tolerance gap.
US11984101B1	Guitar wall mount A guitar wall mount having wall hanging units that are movable and detachable includes a fixed base and the wall hanging units. The fixed base includes base rails. The base rails are horizontally assembled in sequence. The wall hanging units are detachably mounted on the base rails, and the wall hanging units are slidable along the base rails. One or more base rails are selected according to requirements. The guitar wall mount is mounted to a wall by tools such as screws, wall anchors, etc. The wall hanging units are able to be combined in various ways to meet placement and hanging requirements of stringed instruments, so the stringed instruments are hung neatly and beautifully. The wall hanging units are detachably mounted on the base rails, so the wall hanging units are able to be mounted independently or mounted together according to needs.
US11984099B2	Drum head and attachment method of cushion A drum head and an attachment method of a cushion are provided. A drum head includes: a diaphragm; an outer cushion that is joined to the diaphragm and has a predetermined cushioning property; an inner cushion that is interposed between the outer cushion and the diaphragm and has a predetermined cushioning property; and at least one joint that joins the outer cushion to the diaphragm in a state in which the inner cushion is pressed against the diaphragm by the outer cushion.
US11984098B2	Per layer adaptive over-drive Embodiments include methods and devices for per layer motion adaptive over-drive strength control for a display panel. Various embodiments may include determining motion information associated with a frame layer, determining an over-drive strength factor for the frame layer based at least in part on the motion information associated with the frame layer, and determining whether the over-drive strength factor is associated with computing a content difference. Various embodiments may include, in response to determining that the over-drive strength factor is associated with computing a content difference, performing fragment shading on the framebuffer object for the frame layer to generate an over-drive compensated framebuffer object for the frame layer based at least in part on the over-drive strength factor, and outputting the over-drive compensated framebuffer object for the frame layer to a default framebuffer for rendering on the display panel.
US11984096B2	Reducing memory size and bandwidth requirements for a non-rectangular display and apparatus An address to perform a memory operation on a memory location in a rectangular frame buffer is received. A determination is made whether the received address identifies a memory location in a non-rectangular frame buffer corresponding to a memory location in the rectangular frame buffer. Based on the determination that the received address identifies the memory location in the non-rectangular buffer, the memory operation on the memory location in the non-rectangular buffer is performed based on the translated address. Based on the determination that the received address does not identify the memory location in the non-rectangular buffer, the memory operation in the non-rectangular frame buffer is not performed.
US11984092B2	Display panel and display device The present application discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a non-display region and a gate driver on array (GOA) unit region in the non-display region. The GOA unit region includes multi-level GOA units arranged in multiple columns, thereby improving a space limitation problem associated with arranging a plurality of GOA units in a display panel while the display panel achieves high resolution.
US11984085B2	Shift register unit, gate driving circuit, display device and driving method A shift register unit, a gate driving circuit, a display device, and a driving method are disclosed. The shift register unit includes a first sub-circuit, a second sub-circuit, a leakage prevention circuit and a blanking input sub-circuit, wherein the first sub-circuit comprises a first input circuit and a first output circuit; the second sub-circuit comprises a second input circuit and a second output circuit; the leakage prevention circuit is configured to control a level of a leakage prevention node under control of the level of the first node, so as to turn off a circuit connected between the first node and the leakage prevention node; and the blanking input sub-circuit is connected to the first node and the second node, and is configured to receive a selection control signal and a first clock signal, and control the level of the first node and the level of the second node.
US11984083B2	Gate driver and display device including the same A gate driver includes a stage configured to output a gate signal, the stage including an input part configured to control a voltage of a first node and a voltage of a second node based on signals supplied to a first input terminal and a second input terminal, an output part configured to supply a voltage of a first power source or a voltage of a second power source as the gate signal to an output terminal based on a voltage of a third node and a voltage of a fourth node, a first signal processing part configured to supply the voltage of the second power source to the fourth node based on the voltage of the first node, or to electrically connect the second node and the fourth node through a fifth node based on a signal supplied to a third input terminal, and a second signal processing part including a first transistor connected between the third node and a sixth node to control the voltage of the third node based on an operation of the first transistor.
US11984080B2	Pixel compensation circuit and driving method therefor, and display apparatus A pixel compensation circuit includes: a pixel driving circuit including a driving transistor; a detection signal line coupled to the pixel driving circuit and providing a reset signal to a source of the driving transistor or receiving a source voltage of the driving transistor; a sampling module including a switch unit coupled to the detection signal line, a first and second storage units coupled to the switch unit enabling the first storage unit to be connected to the detection signal line, the first storage unit storing a voltage on the detection signal line and taking same as a reference voltage, and enabling the second storage unit to be connected to the detection signal line, the second storage unit storing the source voltage; a comparison and calculation module coupled to the first and second storage units, generates sampling data according to the difference between the reference voltage and the source voltage.
US11984079B2	Display panel and display device Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes: a substrate, at least one row of light-emitting elements disposed on the substrate, a plurality of pixel drive circuits, a plurality of connection lines, and a plurality of compensation portions. A length of a first connection line electrically connected to a first pixel drive circuit is less than a length of a second connection line electrically connected to a second pixel drive circuit. A capacitance of the first connection line is compensated by electrically connecting the compensation portion to the first connection line, and thus a difference between the capacitance of the first connection line and a capacitance of the second connection line is reduced.
US11984078B2	Image display device and system comprising same A system including a plurality of image display apparatuses including at least a first image display apparatus and a second image display apparatus, and a control device controlling the first image display apparatus and the second image display apparatus. The control device controls the first image display apparatus to display a first image, controls the second image display apparatus to display a second image, controls the first image display apparatus to perform an afterimage compensation for pixels included in a first display panel in the first image display apparatus, receives data results of the afterimage compensation for pixels included in the first display panel from the first image display apparatus, and controls the second image display apparatus to perform an afterimage compensation for pixels included in a second display panel in the second image display apparatus, based on the received data results of the afterimage compensation performed for the pixels included in the first display panel in the first image display apparatus.
US11984077B2	Pixel circuit and method of driving the same A pixel circuit comprises a light emission element; a driving transistor including a first electrode connected to the first node, a second electrode connected to a second node, and a gate electrode connected to a third node; a first transistor including a first electrode receiving a third voltage, a second electrode connected to the first node, and a gate electrode receiving a second light emission control signal; a first transistor including a first electrode connected to a first line transferring a first power voltage, a second electrode connected to the second node, and a gate electrode receiving a first light emission control signal; a first storage capacitor connected between the third node and a fourth node; and a switching transistor including a first electrode connected to a data line, a second electrode connected to the fourth node, and a gate electrode receiving a scan signal.
US11984076B2	Display panel compensation methods What is disclosed are methods of non-uniformity compensation for active matrix light emitting diode device (AMOLED) and other emissive displays. For each pixel, greyscale level offsets for a number of predetermined greyscale drive levels which produce a uniform flat field are determined and used to generate a correction function for the pixel.
US11984075B2	Charge-based compensation and parameter extraction in AMOLED displays A system reads a desired circuit parameter from a pixel circuit that includes a light emitting device, a drive device to provide a programmable drive current to the light emitting device, a programming input, and a storage device to store a programming signal. One embodiment of the extraction system turns off the drive device and supplies a predetermined voltage from an external source to the light emitting device, discharges the light emitting device until the light emitting device turns off, and then reads the voltage on the light emitting device while that device is turned off. The voltages on the light emitting devices in a plurality of pixel circuits may be read via the same external line, at different times. In-pixel, charge-based compensation schemes are also discussed, which can be used with the external parameter extraction implementations.
US11984074B2	Pixel driving circuit, display panel, and display device The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit, a display panel, and a display device. The pixel driving circuit includes a first reset transistor connected between a first reset voltage end and a gate electrode of a driving transistor, a first capacitor connected in series between the gate electrode of the driving transistor and one of a source electrode or a drain electrode of the driving transistor, and a second capacitor connected in series between the first capacitor and a second voltage end, thereby reducing an influence of a threshold voltage of the driving transistor on a driving current and ensuring light emission stability of light-emitting devices.
US11984070B2	Display substrate and display device The present disclosure provides a display substrate, in which power lines and compensation detection lines are alternately arranged at intervals, and two columns of pixel driving circuits extending along a second direction are arranged between any one of the power lines and one adjacent compensation detection line; and for any one of a plurality of pixel driving circuits, a power input terminal of the pixel driving circuit is electrically connected to the power line closest to the pixel driving circuit, and a compensation detection signal terminal of the pixel driving circuit is electrically connected to the compensation detection line closest to the pixel driving circuit. The present disclosure further provides a display device.
US11984062B2	Systems and methods for configuring a display device and display system Displays, systems, and methods may be utilized in applications including, but not limited to, projectors, head-up displays, and augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and virtual reality (VR) systems or devices, such as headsets or other near-eye devices or systems. Tiled or Tile-able displays and methods, in accordance with the present invention, provide displays of varying sizes, and as such, a Tiled or Tile-able display is configured to accommodate the display size needed for various wearable and mobile devices that require or incorporate displays.
US11984056B2	Driving method, driver device, and display terminal of a display panel A driving method, a device, and a display terminal of a display panel are proposed. A charging order is sorted for each row of sub-pixels among the plurality of sub-pixels, so that total numbers of different color sub-pixels arranged at a target position are the same, wherein the target position comprises a first bit and a last bit in the charging order corresponding to each row of sub-pixels. When the sub-pixels in each row are scanned, each sub-pixel in a row is charged to drive the display panel according to the charging order corresponding to the row, thereby the display panel is driven.
US11984055B2	System and method for a multi-primary wide gamut color system Systems and methods for a multi-primary color system for display. A multi-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. One embodiment of the multi-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.
US11984053B2	Display device and method of driving display device An inspection circuit in a display device includes: a measuring circuit configured to sweep a voltage to the display device and to measure a current value that flows in a light-emitting element in response to a voltage value applied; a computation circuit configured to compute a first derivative value of the current value with respect to the voltage value, the first derivative value representing voltage dependence of a first derivative of the current value; a peak determination circuit configured to determine a peak of the first derivative value; and a processing circuit configured to process the light-emitting element based on a result of the determination by the peak determination circuit.
US11984049B2	Plant identification holder A plant identification holder that comprises a base portion that includes a sign-retention receptacle configured to selectively retain a plant identification sign. The plant identification holder also includes an anchor portion that includes at least one anchor coupled to and extending from the base portion.
US11984048B2	System for interactive visual education A system for interactive visual education includes: a server configured to educate a user; a network operably connected to the server; an external device usable by the user, the external device further configured to communicate with the server using the network, the external device further configured to receive input from the user, the external device further configured to upload the input to the server via the network; an interactive visual education page viewable by the user using the external device, the interactive visual education page comprising a visual teaching section configured to teach the user a lesson, the interactive visual education page further comprising an interactive tools page, the interactive tools page comprising an interactive tool usable with the external device to interactively support the user in applying the lesson; and storage configured to store data, the storage operably connected to the server over the network.
US11984045B2	Surgical simulator systems and methods A surgical simulator comprising a haptic arm capable of simulating forces generated during surgery from interactions between a surgical tool and tissue operated upon. The simulator further comprises a visual display capable of depicting a three-dimensional image of the simulated surgical tool and a physics-based computer model of the tissue. The haptic arm controls the movement and orientation of the simulated tool in the three-dimensional image, and provides haptic feedback forces to simulate forces experienced during surgery. Methods for simulating surgery and training users of the simulator are also described.
US11984044B2	Intraosseous infusion trainer A trainer for practicing an intraosseous infusion is presented. The trainer includes a mannequin and an injection-site simulant. The mannequin is in the form of a body, human or animal, in part or whole. The injection-site simulant further includes a pocket, an insert, and an outer cover. The pocket extends into the mannequin. The insert simulates a hard exterior of a bone. The insert is disposed within the pocket. The outer cover with a plug simulates a skin, human or animal. The outer cover conceals the insert, the pocket, and the plug. The pocket and the insert cooperate to form a cavity. The cavity is disposed where marrow resides within the bone. The cavity is capable of receiving a fluid injected through a hole formed during use through the outer cover, the plug, and the insert. The plug sealingly contacts and cooperates with at least one of the insert or the wall within the pocket to confine the fluid within the cavity.
US11984043B2	Systems and methods of representing and solving mathematical problems A computer-implemented method and system for representing and solving at least one of an algebraic problem, a proportions problem, and a linear growth problem. A graphical user interface has a symbolic section and a pictorial section. The symbolic section includes a symbolic representation of the mathematical problem and the pictorial section includes a pictorial representation of the mathematical problem. An input is received from a user. The input is associated with one of the symbolic section and the pictorial section. In response to the input, the other of the symbolic section and the pictorial section is modified such that the symbolic section and the pictorial section track each other. The user solves the mathematical problem by interacting with at least one of the symbolic section and the pictorial section.
US11984042B2	Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating learning of concepts associated with mathematics Disclosed herein is a method for facilitating learning of concepts associated with mathematics, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the method comprises receiving a request for learning a concept associated with mathematics from a user device, retrieving an example, generating a dynamic prompt for the example which assists a user in performing a task for the learning of the concept, integrating the dynamic prompt with an example component of the example, generating a visual representation of the example based on the integrating, and transmitting the visual representation to the user device. Further, the user device comprises an output device and an input device. Further, the output device presents the visual representation. Further, the input device receives an input. Further, a visual prompt representation of the dynamic prompt transitions to one of a plurality of modified visual prompt representations based on the input.
US11984041B1	System and method for teaching arithmetic A system and method for teaching arithmetic has a plurality of training aides or manipulatives wherein a child/student learns arithmetic facts by executing the method using the system. The physical training aids may include a die (10,12), a factor card (14) and a factor finder member (16). The physical training aids are used with the child where the child creates a multiplication product by rolls of the die (10,12) wherein the child uses the factor card (14) and the factor finder member (16) to identify factor numbers associated with the multiplication product. A game may be incorporated where the child can use the system and method in playing the game.
US11984037B2	Method for providing flight route to unmanned aerial vehicle, acquisition method and device, and system A method for providing a flight route to an unmanned aerial vehicle, includes: receiving, by first access network equipment, a radio resource control (RRC) connection resumption request sent by the UAV in an inactive state; and sending, by the first access network equipment, flight path information of the UAV to the UAV.
US11984034B2	Unmanned vehicle positioning, positioning-based methods and devices therefor Various methods and devices for positioning autonomous agents including verifying a reported agent location using physical attributes of the received signal; improving agent formation for iterative localization; selecting agents for distributed task sharing; intelligent beacon-placement for group localization; relative heading and orientation determination utilizing time of flight; and secure Instrument Landing System (ILS) implementation for unmanned agents.
US11984033B2	Artificial intelligence-based persistence of vehicle black box data The disclosed embodiments are directed to improving the persistence of pre-accident data in vehicles. In one embodiment a method is disclosed comprising receiving events broadcast over a vehicle bus; classifying the events using a machine learning model, the classifying comprising indicating that a collision is imminent; and copying data from a cyclic buffer of a black box device into a long-term storage device in response to the classifying.
US11984032B2	Area reservation system Described is an area reservation system. The system includes a server having a memory storing area information and a user computing device coupled to the server. The server may be programmed to receive and process a signal that the user computing device has accessed the system and is searching for an area to reserve at a user selected location and time; send for display, on the user computing device, area information including available areas to reserve; automatically reserve an area in response to receiving user input requesting reservation of the area; establish a geofence around the reserved area; and send a notification to the user computing device in response to the user computing device entering the geofence of the reserved area.
US11984024B2	Low-power vehicle detection A parking meter detects an object in proximity, based on a change in a proximity measurement at the meter, activates a directional sensor in response to detecting the object, receives sensor data at a meter processor from the directional sensor, wherein the received sensor data indicates a predetermined direction to the detected object relative to the meter. The parking meter determines a presence of the object, or lack thereof, in the predetermined direction based on the sensor data, and upon a positive determination of the presence of the object, stores an indication of the presence of the object along with a time of the positive determination.
US11984020B2	Remote vehicle system configuration, control, and telematics A vehicle control system (VCS) includes external communication interfaces, such as a Bluetooth® interface, for communicating with a user communication and control device, such as a smart phone or a tablet. The user is enabled to operate certain features of the vehicle, such as the remote start, power locks/trunk, climate control, and security features, through the smart phone. The VCS may also communicate with a remote server via the user's smartphone, for example, providing telematics data and receiving service reminders for display to the user on the smartphone, the VCS, or a display built into the vehicle. The VCS may be custom installed in the vehicle using the user's or the installer's smartphone, without a physical connection from the VCS to the smartphone.
US11984015B2	Community emergency notification system with inter-organizational compatibility A community safety system with inter-organizational communication, allowing for members of a first organization to provide alerts when located within a security zone associated with a second organization. A notification management entity, responsible for managing the different safety systems associated with each organization, determines where a user is located and whether the user is associated with any of the organizations responsible for the security zone in which the user is located.
US11984011B2	Systems and methods for disturbance detection and identification based on disturbance analysis Intelligent disturbance detection systems and methods of use to capture a disturbance via an application tool on a mobile smart device remote from the user, extract features from the disturbance, compare the extracted features to disturbance labels of a disturbance set in a comparison by a disturbance detection neural network model of the application tool, generate a disturbance label when the extracted features match the disturbance label in the comparison, train the model to generate a custom disturbance label associated with the extracted features when the extracted features do not match the one or more disturbance labels in the comparison, and generate an automatic alert via the mobile smart device to transmit an identification of the disturbance to the user based on the disturbance label, the custom disturbance label, or combinations thereof.
US11984010B2	Systems, apparatuses and methods for enhanced notifications to users of wearable medical devices A wearable medical device (e.g., wearable drug delivery pump) sends a request to another device for generation of an audible or vibratory notification at the other device, which is helpful when the wearable medical device is obscured by a user's clothing or the user is vision or hearing impaired. The other device receiving the request to generate a notification can be a remote controller or smartphone paired with the wearable medical device, or a smart watch or a Bluetooth (BT)-enabled headset or other device paired with the remote controller. The wearable medical device is configured with a BT stack that allows the device to pair with its controller in a secure bonded relationship, but to send signals requiring less security (e.g., requests for generation of notifications) to other devices (e.g., a BT-enabled headset or smart watch) using a more ubiquitous wireless protocol such as a standard BT protocol with broadcast mode.
US11984008B2	Device and method for monitoring safety cables One aspect of the present technology relates to a safety cable vibration monitoring system. The system includes a vibration sensor configured to be coupled to a safety cable. A vibration monitoring computing device is coupled to the vibration sensor. The vibration monitoring computing device includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor which is configured to execute one or more programmed instructions comprising and stored in the memory to receive data from the vibration sensor. An occurrence of a fall event related to use of the safety cable is determined based on the received data from the vibration sensor. A method of monitoring a safety cable and a safety cable monitoring network are also disclosed.
US11984003B2	Device for automated removal of security tags and associated systems and methods Devices, systems, and methods for removing a security tag from an article are disclosed herein. A device for removing a security tag includes a housing including an opening positioned to receive the tag and at least a portion of the article. A magnet is supported adjacent the opening to retain a tag body and to release a retainer pin therefrom when the tag is inserted into the opening. A pin retractor is positioned in the housing opposite the magnet to capture the retainer pin and retract it from the tag body. The pin retractor is retracted into a collar to strip the pin from the pin retractor. A release frame is positioned proximate the magnet and movable between a first position wherein the magnet retains the tag body, and a second position wherein the tag body is moved away from the magnet, thereby releasing the tag body from the magnet.
US11984002B2	Control device, vehicle, control system, control method, and recording medium storing control program A control device comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire a warning level indicating a warning measure related to an abnormality that has occurred in a vehicle, from a device installed externally to the vehicle; detect an abnormality that has occurred in the vehicle, from equipment mounted to the vehicle; perform thinning control on a detection result of the abnormality detected according to the warning level; and transmit the detection result resulting from thinning to the device.
US11984001B2	Device tamper detection One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using a tamper detection switch of an information handling device, a tampering event; determining, using a processor, contextual data associated with the tampering event; constructing, based on the determining, a signal comprising the contextual data; and broadcasting, using a radio transmission beacon, the signal. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11984000B2	Fixed retail scanner heat management system for multi-port network switch and related methods The disclosure includes a fixed retail scanner including a data reader comprising a main board, one or more camera modules, and a multi-port network switch disposed within the data reader. A heat management system is disposed within the data reader housing and operably coupled with at least the multi-port network switch to dissipate heat therefrom. The disclosure includes a heat pipe thermally coupled to a switch processor, the heat pipe extending across at least a portion of the bi-optic housing to an air chamber formed within the bi-optic housing.
US11983996B2	Systems and methods for gaming using historical data Methods and systems are described herein for gaming using historical performance data. A listing of entities is provided to a user. A selection of entities is received from the user. Historical performance data for each of the selected entities during a given performance period is compared to a performance benchmark. A payout is provided based on the number of selected entities that met the performance benchmark during their respective performance period.
US11983995B2	Persistent symbol position arrays with array growth in both base game and feature game Electronic gaming machines and systems are disclosed that provide for a symbol-based main game that features an array of symbol positions that may, if an array growth condition is met, increase in size. Determining whether the array growth condition is met may involve determining how many array growth symbols are shown in association with a game play. A further determination may be made as to whether a feature game trigger condition is met and, if so, a feature game may be presented that utilizes the same array of symbol positions that were present in the main game when the feature game was triggered. Additional array growth may occur in the feature game if the array growth condition is met again.
US11983989B2	Configurable virtual gaming zone In one embodiment, zone-based gaming activity within a gaming establishment can be configured. The method can, for example, include: setting a location within the gaming establishment for the zone-based gaming activity, the location being at least one defined region within the gaming establishment; configuring a virtual gaming zone for the location within the gaming establishment for the zone-based gaming activity; identifying one or more gaming devices that are within the virtual gaming zone; and permitting the identified one or more gaming devices that are within the virtual gaming zone to participate in the zone-based gaming activity.
US11983988B2	AI sports betting algorithms engine This invention is an engine that allows, for any play in an “in play” or single play betting game, that both calculates “basic odds” (calculated by using historical database mining) and at least one more odds making formula to calculate odds on at least one outcome of a single play in a live event, crossing at least two different odds making formulas to create crossed odds. Then utilizes artificial intelligence to correlate the crossed odds with the final odds on similar historical plays in which odds were calculated. Then utilizes machine learning after the outcome of the play is known to correlate the odds generated by each odds making formula with the most profitable odds calculated on previous similar plays.
US11983987B2	Electronic wagering game in which jackpot upgrade symbols are added to one or more reel strips An electronic gaming system conducts a reel-based electronic wagering game, in which jackpot upgrade symbols are added to one or more reel strips based on the occurrence of one or more reel upgrade symbols in the wagering game. In the exemplary embodiment, jackpot upgrade symbols are added to a third reel strip based on the occurrence of one or more reel upgrade symbols on a first reel strip, and to a fifth reel strip based on the occurrence of one or more reel upgrade symbols on the third reel strip. In addition, jackpot upgrade symbols are added to the first and third reel strips to replace the one or more reel upgrade symbols occurring thereon.
US11983985B2	Augmented reality systems and methods for providing a wagering game having real-world and virtual elements An augmented reality method for providing a wagering game having real-world and virtual elements includes generating a live video signal of a scene associated with a field of view of a user. At least one first gaming element in the scene corresponds to a first outcome of the wagering game. The method further includes determining, based on the live video signal, at least one second gaming element in real time. The method further includes displaying the at least one second gaming element to the user in association with the at least one first gaming element as part of the scene so that the second gaming element is displayed as part of the wagering game, wherein the at least one first gaming element and the at least one second gaming element corresponds to a second outcome of the wagering game.
US11983984B2	Game mode software and method of play A feature for electronic games installed in stand-alone electronic gaming machines, game playing devices, mobile devices and personal electronic devices or on a networked system of gaming machines, game playing devices mobile devices and personal electronic devices where prior to starting the game, the player can choose from a variety of game modes with different numbers of balls to be drawn and the number and layout of cards to be played. The player is offered via the machine hard buttons or touch screen to choose the number balls and number and layout of cards. This invention may be applied to bingo and various types of games with balls, numbers or symbols in various types and patterns.
US11983983B2	Gaming machine and method with moving persistent symbols and win zone feature There is provided a gaming system, gaming machine, and method that presents a plurality of symbols in an array corresponding to a plurality of symbol-bearing reels. Game-logic circuitry positions a persistent symbol at a first symbol position in the array. Using a random number generator, the game logic-circuitry spins and stops the reels. Concurrently with the moving of the reels, the game-logic circuitry moves the persistent symbol from the first symbol position in the array to a second symbol position in the array. The game-logic circuitry moves the persistent symbol in a direction toward a win zone outside of the array. The game-logic circuitry further determines whether a catalyst symbol appears in the win zone. In response to determining that the catalyst symbol appears in the win zone, the game-logic circuitry awards a value associated with the persistent symbol.
US11983982B2	Dynamic indication of awards of an award generator in a gaming environment Gaming systems and methods that utilize a dynamic indicator to indicate one or more awards of one or more sections of an award generator.
US11983978B2	Pet door A pet door is described herein comprising a motor for locking and unlocking a pet flap of a pet door, wherein the pet flap is rotatably attached to an upper portion of the pet door. The pet door includes a first motion detector for monitoring movement in a first detection region and a second motion detector for monitoring movement in a second detection region, wherein the pet flap of the pet door occupies a plane separating the first detection region from the second detection region when the pet flap is in a locked position. One or more applications running on at least one processor of the pet door are configured to receive a first motion signal from the first motion detector indicating movement of a pet in the first detection region, the receiving the first motion signal including activating an access sequence controlling ingress or egress of a pet.
US11983977B2	Access control system for electric vehicle charging An access control system for electric vehicle charging is provided that includes an access device, a secure reservation interface, a reservation server and a smartphone application installed on the smartphone. The access device includes a short-range wireless communication module connected to a processor having control of an electric vehicle charger. The secure reservation interface receives a reservation request for a reservation at a given destination. The reservation server receives the reservation request for the destination, issues a reservation certificate, and transmits the reservation certificate from the reservation server to a smartphone. The smartphone application has access to a short range wireless communication setting corresponding to the access device. The access device receives the reservation certificate from the smartphone application based on use by the smartphone application of the short-range wireless communication setting. The processor activates the electric vehicle charger based on at least the receipt of the reservation certificate.
US11983974B2	System and method for ultra-wideband short-range location access Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for secure location and device access utilizing an ultra-wideband signal of a user device and a system device. The invention generally comprises determining that a user has entered a secure environment, wherein the secure environment comprises a safe-deposit box associated with the user, automatically generating a digital authentication key in response determining that the user has entered the secure environment, verifying the digital authentication key as being linked to the user, and transmitting instructions to a safe-deposit box to unlock and provide access during the scheduled session.
US11983969B2	Systems and methods for modeling electric vehicle towing Systems and methods for modeling electric vehicle towing are disclosed herein. An example method includes determining that a trailer is connected to a vehicle, generating a surface mapping of the trailer based on output of a sensor assembly of the vehicle, predicting a drag coefficient of the trailer based on the surface mapping, estimating a drag force based on the drag coefficient and the surface mapping, calculating an estimated range for the vehicle based on the drag force, and displaying the estimated range on a human machine interface of the vehicle.
US11983968B2	Smart trender for industrial control systems There are provided methods and devices for use with industrial control systems. For example, there is provided a method that can include acquiring data from a sensor associated with an industrial machine. The method can include determining, while acquiring the data, whether at least one condition is satisfied in the data. Furthermore, the method can include logging the data as a function of time and logging information associated with the at least one condition as a function of time, in response to the at least one condition being satisfied. The method can also querying the logged information, subsequent to logging the data, to identify subsets of the data for which the at least one condition is satisfied.
US11983966B2	Method, system and related devices for implementing vehicle automatically passing through barrier The application discloses a method and system of implementing a vehicle automatically passing through a barrier, a vehicle controller and a road barrier controller, so as to implement the automatic passing through of the road barrier of the unmanned vehicle. The method includes: controlling, by a vehicle controller, the vehicle to drive automatically and stop at a place of the road barrier; interacting, by the vehicle controller, with a road barrier controller corresponding to the place of the road barrier to accomplish the automatic passing through of the road barrier.
US11983963B2	Anti-spoofing visual authentication Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for visual authentication. In some implementations, a method may include obtaining images of a person at a property; detecting a discontinuity in an appearance of the person in the images of the person at the property; determining that the discontinuity does not correspond to a known occlusion; and providing an indication of a potential spoofing attack.
US11983961B2	Image processing apparatus, method, system, and computer readable medium Iris image pick-up devices perform image pick-up of an iris of a moving subject. A guiding device guides the subject. A controller predicts a period in which the subject will blink next. Further, the controller predicts a period in which the subject will pass through the focusing point of the iris image pick-up devices. The controller controls the guiding device such that the subject does not blink at the focusing point in the case where the period in which the subject will blink next overlaps with the period in which the subject will pass through the focusing point.
US11983955B1	Image matching using deep learning image fingerprinting models and embeddings Image fingerprints (embeddings) are generated by an image fingerprinting model and indexed with an approximate nearest neighbors (ANN) model trained to identify the most similar fingerprint based on a subject embedding. For image matching, a score is provided that indicates a similarity between the input embedding and the most similar identified embedding, which allows for matching even when an image has been distorted, rotated, cropped, or otherwise modified. For image classification, the embeddings in the index are clustered and the clusters are labeled. Users can provide just a few images to add to the index as a labeled cluster. The ANN model returns a score and label of the most similar identified embedding for labeling the subject image if the score exceeds a threshold. As improvements are made to the image fingerprinting model, a converter model is trained to convert the original embeddings to be compatible with the new embeddings.
US11983951B2	Human detection device and human detection method A human detection device configured to analyze a fisheye image obtained by a fisheye camera installed above a to-be-detected area to detect a person existing in the to-be-detected area includes a head detector configured to detect at least one head candidate from the fisheye image by using an algorithm for detecting a human head, a human body detector configured to detect at least one human body candidate from the fisheye image by using an algorithm for detecting a human body, and a determining unit configured to determine, as a person, a pair satisfying a prescribed condition among pairs of the head candidate and the human body candidate formed of a combination of a detection result from the head detector and a detection result from the human body detector.
US11983942B2	Edge device and method for detecting specific object based on specific model A method for detecting a specific object based on a specific model includes: capturing a set of images, wherein objects in each image include a desired object; transmitting the set of images to a cloud server; in response to found objects being obtained from the set of images based on at least one object detection algorithm in the cloud server, displaying the found objects fora user to confirm which object is desired; in response to the desired object being confirmed from the found objects that are displayed, loading the specific model of the desired object from the cloud server, wherein the specific model of the desired object is trained on the cloud server based on at least the set of images and related CNN algorithm; and performing the specific model to detect the specific object on a captured image.
US11983936B2	Data collection device, vehicle control device, data collection system, data collection method, and storage medium A data collection device of an embodiment includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute a program to acquire an image obtained by capturing surroundings of a first vehicle, determine whether the first vehicle has performed a lane change during a determination period based on information indicating a traveling history of the first vehicle, and collect the image included in the determination period as training data for a determination model that determines whether there is an obstacle in a road in a case where it is determined that the first vehicle has not performed a lane change.
US11983932B1	Vision acquisition system equipped in intelligent terminal of smart logistics vehicle A vision acquisition system equipped in an intelligent terminal of a smart logistics vehicle is disclosed. The vision acquisition system includes an image information acquisition unit, an angle information acquisition unit, a vehicle information acquisition unit, an image information analysis unit and a calculation unit. The image information acquisition unit includes a ground image acquisition module and a feature point identification module; the ground image acquisition module acquires a ground image in front of a vehicle through a camera; and the feature point identification module is used for identifying contour information of the image and mark a near point and a far point of the image. In implementation of the present invention, a road surface in front of the driving vehicle can be acquired.
US11983928B1	Dynamically composable object tracker configuration for intelligent video analytics systems Apparatuses, systems, and techniques for managing lost objects in an intelligent video analytics system. A first set of application modules is executed for an object tracking application configured to track, based on images depicting an environment, a state of objects included in the environment. The first set of application modules is associated with a first object tracker type. A request is received to configure the object tracking application to execute a second set of application modules associated with a second object tracker type. The second set of application modules includes one or more application modules that are different from application modules of the first set of application modules. The object tracking application is configured to execute the second set of application modules in accordance with the request. The second set of application modules is executed for the object tracking application to track, based on the images depicting the environment, the state of the objects included in the environment.
US11983926B2	Video content recognition method and apparatus, storage medium, and computer device A video content recognition method is performed by a computer device, the method including: obtaining an image feature corresponding to a video frame set extracted from a target video; dividing the image feature into a plurality of image sub-features according to a preset sequence, and each image sub-feature having a corresponding channel; choosing, from the image sub-features based on the preset sequence, a current image sub-feature; image sub-feature fusing the current image sub-feature and a convolution processing result of a previous image sub-feature into a fused image sub-feature, and performing convolution processing on the fused image sub-feature, to obtain a convolved image sub-feature corresponding to the current image sub-feature; splicing a plurality of convolved image sub-features corresponding to the plurality of channels of the convolved image sub-feature, to obtain a spliced image feature; and determining video content corresponding to the target video based on the spliced image feature.
US11983919B2	Video anomaly detection method based on human-machine cooperation The disclosure relates to a video anomaly detection method based on human-machine cooperation, in which video frames and traditional descriptors of optical stream of an image are utilized as an input for auto-encoder neural network coding, and converted into a representation content of a hidden layer, and then the representation content of the hidden layer is decoded, reconstructed and output. The auto-encoder network is trained with normal samples. In a test stage, if an input is a normal sample, a final reconstructed error keeps high similarity with an input sample; on the contrary, if the input is an abnormal sample, the final reconstructed error deviates greatly from the input sample.
US11983918B2	Platform for perception system development for automated driving system The present invention relates to methods and systems that utilize the production vehicles to develop new perception features related to new sensor hardware as well as new algorithms for existing sensors by using federated learning. To achieve this, the production vehicle's own worldview is post-processed and used as a reference, towards which the output of the software (SW) or hardware (HW) under development is compared. In case of a large discrepancy between the baseline worldview and perceived worldview by the module-under-test, the data is weakly annotated by the baseline worldview. Such weakly annotated data may subsequently be used to update the SW parameters of the “perception model” in the module-under-test in each individual vehicle, or to be transmitted to the “back-office” for off-board processing or more accurate annotations.
US11983917B2	Boosting AI identification learning A machine-learning classification system includes a first machine-learning classifier that classifies each element of a plurality of data items to generate a plurality of classified data items. A second machine-learning classifier identifies misclassified elements of the plurality of classified data items and reclassifies each of the identified misclassified elements to generate a plurality of reclassified data items. A second machine-learning classifier identifies unclassified elements of the plurality of classified data items and classifies each of the identified unclassified elements to generate a plurality of reclassified data items. An ensemble classifier adjusts the classifications of the elements of the plurality of classified data items in response to the plurality of reclassified data items and the plurality of newly-classified elements.
US11983911B2	Method and system for transmitting information, storage medium and electronic device Provided is a method and a system for transmitting information. The method is applicable to a processing device, and includes: acquiring a target image of a display device; determining a target area in the target image; and sending display information to the display device, wherein the display information includes information of the target area; wherein the target area is a partial pixel area of the target image, the target area includes pixels with transparencies less than 1, and transparencies of the pixels outside the target area in the target image are all 1.
US11983910B2	Image processing system, image processing method, and storage medium each for obtaining pixels of object using neural network A first decoder obtains a region including an object targeted for recognition based on a feature map obtained by performing convolutional processing on a processing target image. Next, the first decoder obtains, from the feature map, a partial feature map of a portion corresponding to the obtained region including the object targeted for recognition. Then, a second decoder obtains pixels corresponding to the object targeted for recognition based on the partial feature map. This reduces the amount of calculation required for decoder units included in a neural network.
US11983909B2	Responding to machine learning requests from multiple clients A method includes receiving, with a computing device, a first client request from a first client that identifies a machine learning model and a sensor. The method includes sending, with the computing device, a call to a server to apply the identified machine learning model to a set of data from the identified sensor, in response to the first client request. The method includes receiving, with the computing device, a second client request from a second client that identifies a same machine learning model and sensor as the first client request. The method includes sending, with the computing device, response data from the identified machine learning model to both the first client and the second client without sending an additional call to the server in response to the second client request.
US11983908B2	Systems and methods for controlling a window heating element The disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling a heating element of a window of a vehicle. The systems and methods include capturing an image of the window with a camera of the vehicle. The image is analyzed to determine a state of the window and the heating element is controlled based on the state of the window.
US11983904B2	Method for compressing point clouds The present invention refers to removal of redundant information from plenoptic point cloud data, reducing the number of bits needed to represent them and thus making the plenoptic point cloud data more suitable to be transferred through a medium of limited bandwidth. The proposed solution is based on predictive differential coding, using the standard color channel of a point clouds as a reference for plenoptic data, and on the application of transforms for greater data compression.
US11983896B2	Line-of-sight detection apparatus and line-of-sight detection method Provided is a line-of-sight detection apparatus that outputs reliability of an estimation result of a line of sight when an eye to be a line-of-sight detection target is switched. The line-of-sight detection apparatus includes: an estimation target selection unit configured to select an eye of a line-of-sight detection target person as one of switchable line-of-sight detection modes; a line-of-sight estimation unit configured to estimate a line of sight of the line-of-sight detection target person in the line-of-sight detection mode; a reliability determination unit configured to determine, based on a first line of sight before the mode is switched and a second line of sight after the mode is switched, reliability of the second line of sight; and a line-of-sight direction output unit configured to output information on the second line of sight and the reliability of the second line of sight.
US11983895B2	Method and device for determining an eye position using a laser device for a set of smart glasses and laser device A method for determining an eye position using a laser device for a set of smart glasses. The method includes emitting light for scanning an eye along at least one scan line; detecting a plurality of reflection beams of the light reflected along the scan line in order to obtain a plurality of light intensity values, the light intensity values representing intensities of the reflection beams; generating a two-dimensional image of the eye along the scan line using the light intensity values, a high light intensity value being assigned or being assignable to a reflection beam reflected at the retina and a light intensity value low in comparison to the high intensity value being assigned or being assignable to a reflection beam reflected outside the retina of the eye; and determining the eye position of the eye within the image using amplitudes of the light intensity values.
US11983894B2	Determining road location of a target vehicle based on tracked trajectory Systems and methods are provided for navigating a host vehicle. In an embodiment, a processing device may be configured to receive images captured over a time period; analyze images to identify a target vehicle; receive map information associated including a plurality of target trajectories; determine, based on analysis of the images, first and second estimated positions of the target vehicle within the time period; determine, based on the first and second estimated positions, a trajectory of the target vehicle over the time period; compare the determined trajectory to the plurality of target trajectories to identify a target trajectory traversed by the target vehicle; determine, based on the identified target trajectory, a position of the target vehicle; and determine a navigational action for the host vehicle based on the determined position.
US11983891B2	Moving target tracking device, moving target tracking method, moving target tracking system, learning device, and program A moving target tracking device includes a position information creation unit that creates camera position information indicating adjacency relationships of a plurality of reference cameras and a plurality of pivoting cameras, a tracking target analysis unit that detects traveling information indicating a speed and a traveling direction of a moving target, a tracking score calculation unit that calculates a tracking score indicating a proportion at which the moving target has been able to be captured in the entire tracking section, a machine learning unit that creates, as record information, a control result obtained by a learning device that has learned a control value of each pivoting device corresponding to the traveling information such that the tracking score becomes higher, and a control information creation unit that creates control information by using the control value acquired with reference to the record information.
US11983887B2	Device, computer program and method A method comprising the steps of: receiving an image from a dynamic vision sensor and an image from an image sensor, wherein the dynamic vision sensor and the image sensor capture at least an overlapping field of view; determining, from the image received from the dynamic vision sensor, an area of movement in the field of view of the image from the image sensor; applying a higher level of image compression to the areas of no movement compared with the area of movement in the image from the image sensor to produce a processed image; and outputting the processed image to a neural network.
US11983885B2	Multi-threshold segmentation method for medical images based on improved salp swarm algorithm The invention discloses a multi-threshold segmentation method for medical images based on an improved salp swarm algorithm. A two-dimensional histogram is established by means of a grayscale image of a medical image and a non-local mean image, then a salp swarm algorithm is used to determine thresholds selected by a Kapur entropy-based threshold method, and the salp swarm algorithm is improved and mutated by an individual-linked mutation strategy during the threshold selection process to avoid local optimization, so that the segmentation effect on the medical image is optimized; and the method has the advantages of good robustness and high accuracy.
US11983883B2	Intensity-based image modification for computer vision A computer vision method and computer vision system can be used to process a time-based series of images. For a subject image of the time-based series, a light intensity value is identified for each pixel of a set of pixels of the subject image. A light intensity threshold is defined for the subject image based on a size of a bounding region for an object detected within a previous image of the time-based series captured before the subject image. A modified image is generated for the subject image by one or both of: reducing the light intensity value of each pixel of a lower intensity subset of pixels of the subject image that is less than the light intensity threshold, and increasing the light intensity value of each pixel of a higher intensity subset of pixels of the subject image that is greater than the light intensity threshold.
US11983881B2	AI-based image region recognition method and apparatus and AI-based model training method and apparatus A computer device obtains a to-be-segmented image that includes a plurality of extreme points corresponding to a target object in the to-be-segmented image. The device generates first image feature information according to the to-be-segmented image. The first image feature information includes N image matrices and a first heatmap that is generated according to the extreme points. The device obtains a first image segmentation region corresponding to the first image feature information using a first image segmentation model. The device also obtains a second heatmap according to an annotation point corresponding to the first image segmentation region and the first image segmentation region. The device obtains a second image segmentation region corresponding to the to-be-segmented image using a second image segmentation model. The device generates an image recognition result according to the second image segmentation region.
US11983874B1	Imaging device and a method for image generation of a specimen An imaging device for image generation of a specimen is disclosed. Layers of images may be captured by an optical system and then compiled to create an integrated image. Each layer may include a different focal point. A consolidated image may then be created by combining one or more integrated images.
US11983872B2	Medical image processing device, operation method of medical image processing device, and non-transitory computer readable medium The medical image processing device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: acquire a plurality of medical images including a subject image; assign first image information to the medical image by analyzing the medical image; perform designation of the first image information; and perform control of displaying a selected image in a first display region of a display screen in a selected image display aspect, the selected image being the medical image to which the designated first image information is assigned among the plurality of medical images, and perform control of displaying each of pieces of designated first image information in a second display region of the display screen.
US11983870B2	Structure separating apparatus, structure separating method, and structure separating program, learning device, learning method, and learning program, and learned model A separation unit that generates a separated image in which a plurality of structures are separated, from an image including the plurality of structures receives an input of an image pair that includes a target image relating to at least a part of the plurality of structures and a non-separation image not including the structure, to output a separation image in which one of the structures is extracted from the target image. The separation unit receives an input of a new image pair including the target image and the separation image, to output a new separation image in which another one of the structures is extracted from the target image. The separation unit repeats the reception of the input of the new image pair including the target image and the new separation image and the output of a new separation image in which another one of the structures is extracted from the target image.
US11983868B2	Predicting neo-adjuvant chemotherapy response from pre-treatment breast magnetic resonance imaging using artificial intelligence and HER2 status Embodiments predict response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer (BCa) from pre-treatment dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI). Embodiments compute, using a machine learning (ML) classifier, a first probability of response based on a set of radiomic features extracted from a tumoral region represented in a pre-treatment DCE-MRI image of a region of tissue (ROT) demonstrating BCa; extract patches from the tumoral region; provide the patches to a convolutional neural network (CNN); receive, from the CNN, a pixel-level localized patch probability of response; compute a second probability of response based on the pixel-level localized patch probability; compute a combined ML probability from the first and second probabilities; compute a final probability of response based on the combined ML probability and clinical information associated with the ROT; classify the ROT as a responder or non-responder based on the final probability of response; and display the classification.
US11983867B2	Mask inspection of a semiconductor specimen There is provided a mask inspection system and a method of mask inspection. The method comprises: detecting, by the inspection tool, a runtime defect at a defect location on a mask of a semiconductor specimen during runtime scan of the mask, and acquiring, by the inspection tool after runtime and based on the defect location, a plurality sets of aerial images of the runtime defect corresponding to a plurality of focus states throughout a focus process window, each set of aerial images acquired at a respective focus state. The method further comprises for each set of aerial images, calculating a statistic-based EPD value of the runtime defect, thereby giving rise to a plurality of statistic-based EPD values each corresponding to a respective focus state, and determining whether the runtime defect is a true defect based on the plurality of statistic-based EPD values.
US11983864B2	Object matching device An object matching device includes an acquiring unit, an extracting unit, and a determining unit. The acquiring unit acquires an image of an object to be matched with a character printed thereon. The extracting unit extracts a partial image of predetermined size including the character as a matching partial image from the image. The determining unit compares the matching partial image with a registration partial image acquired from an object to be registered and registered in advance, and thereby determines an identity of the object to be matched and the object to be registered.
US11983858B2	Real-time data acquisition and visualization for point-cloud recording A method for real-time acquisition of point-cloud data of an ongoing scanning process, comprising a recording phase iteratively performed using an external-memory algorithm comprising an acquisition pipeline performed with parallel threads and an eviction pipeline, wherein a master thread comprises processing a master tree and a node cache, wherein the acquisition pipeline comprises continuously receiving the point-cloud data in input buffers, computing a local tree for each of a plurality of local threads, redistributing the point-cloud data onto local nodes, determining, for each local node whether the master tree comprises a corresponding node or not, either adding the point cloud data or creating the corresponding node in the master tree, wherein the eviction pipeline comprises evicting, during the ongoing scanning process, point cloud data from the node cache and writing it to one or more hard drives.
US11983851B2	Methods and systems for using trained generative adversarial networks to impute 3D data for underwriting, claim handling and retail operations A method for using a trained generative adversarial network to improve underwriting, claim handling and retail operations includes receiving a 3D point cloud; and generating a gap-filled semantically-segmented 3D point cloud using a trained generative adversarial network. A computing system for using a trained generative adversarial network to improve vehicle orientation and navigation includes one or more processors, and one or more memories having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the computing system to: receive a 3D point cloud; and generate a gap-filled semantically-segmented 3D point cloud using the trained generative adversarial network. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to: receive a 3D point cloud; and generate a gap-filled semantically-segmented 3D point cloud using a trained generative adversarial network.
US11983845B1	Digital tissue segmentation and viewing Methods and systems for representing a tissue segmentation from a source digital image computationally generate, from a source digital image of an anatomic region, a digital tissue segmentation visually indicating regions of interest corresponding to an abnormal condition associated with at least portions of the anatomic region. The source image and the tissue segmentation may be alternately displayed in registration on a mobile device at a gesturally selected magnification level.
US11983842B2	Method and system for displaying an ultrasound image in response to screen size Ultrasound images are adjusted according to the size of the display area available to display them, so that image detail is displayed with a large enough physical size to discern comfortably. A translation ratio is determined for translating the physical distance traversed by the ultrasound signals of an ultrasound images to a corresponding physical distance on a screen of the display device. If the ratio is not below a threshold, the image is displayed in full. If the ratio is below the threshold, the image is cropped, optionally scaled, and displayed in the available area. Scaling and cropping may be based on window size and threshold window size. The parameters of the ultrasound scan may be controlled based on the scaling, cropping, or available screen size. User interface features may be displayed on the screen depending on how much area is available when the image is displayed.
US11983838B2	Circuit apparatus, display system, and image processing method A circuit apparatus includes a memory unit and a warp processing unit. The memory unit stores a warp object image. The warp processing unit performs warp processing on the warp object image and generates a display image displayed in a display area. The warp processing unit performs the warp processing on an image of a first view object of the warp object image based on a first warp parameter for vibration correction and distortion correction. Further, the warp processing unit performs the warp processing on an image of a second view object of the warp object image based on a second warp parameter for the distortion correction.
US11983837B2	Cheating deterrence in VR education environments An anti-cheating method in virtual reality environments includes detecting when a user's eyes are attempting to look outside a virtual reality device during an educational testing activity and activating an external camera of the virtual reality device to record video of the real-world environment of the user to determine whether the user attempted to cheat.
US11983835B2	Placing and manipulating multiple three-dimensional (3D) models using mobile augmented reality Techniques for placing and manipulating multiple three-dimensional (3D) models using mobile augmented reality (AR) are described. One technique includes receiving a first request to initialize an AR simulation of a first product for sale within a physical environment. In response to the first request, a first 3D model of the first product for sale is rendered onto the screen. After rendering the first 3D model, a second request to visualize a second product for sale within the physical environment is received during the AR simulation of the first product for sale. In response to the second request, a second 3D model of the second product for sale is rendered onto the screen with the first 3D model.
US11983831B1	Systems and methods for collaborative location tracking and sharing using augmented reality Disclosed is a location tracking system and associated methods for precisely locating a target device with a recipient device via different forms of location tracking and augmented reality. The recipient device receives a first position of the target device over a data network. The recipient device is moved according to the first position until the target device is in Ultra-WideBand (“UWB”) signaling range of the recipient device. The recipient device then measures a distance and direction of the target device relative to the recipient device based on Time-of-Flight (“ToF”) measurements generated from the UWB signaling. The recipient device determines a second position of the target device based on the distance and direction of the target device, and generates an augmented reality view with a visual reference at a particular position in images of a captured scene that corresponds to the second position of the target device.
US11983828B2	Systems and methods for automated insertion of supplemental content into a virtual environment using a machine learning model Insertion of supplemental content into a virtual environment is automated using a machine learning model. The machine learning model is trained to calculate a confidence value that a candidate virtual object fits into a virtual environment based on an input that includes a candidate virtual object, a list of persistent virtual objects, and a list of temporary virtual objects. The machine learning model is trained using the persistent and temporary objects displayed in the current virtual environment until it predicts that a selected virtual object fits into the current virtual environment. The trained machine learning model is then used to select a virtual object comprising supplemental content to be inserted as a new virtual object in the virtual environment.
US11983822B2	Shared viewing of video with prevention of cyclical following among users In some examples, a computer device uses an input video stream to generate an output video stream for presentation to a first user. The output video stream corresponds to a three-dimensional space as seen from a viewing direction specified by a particular user among a set of users including at least the first user and a second user. In response to a request from the first user to follow a perspective of the second user, the computer device determines whether a cyclic dependency would be formed, then updates the output video stream accordingly. If a cyclic dependency would be formed, the computer device maintains the viewing direction of the particular user. If no cyclic dependency would be formed, the computer device switches to generating the output video stream based on a viewing direction associated with the second user.
US11983821B2	Control method and apparatus for movable platform, and control system thereof The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a movable platform. The method may include obtaining a target object selection operation input by a user on an interaction interface, the interaction interface displaying a three-dimensional model of an operation area, the target object selection operation configured to determine a position of a target object in the operation area; determining a target orientation of the movable platform when the target object is operated based on an orientation of the three-dimensional model displayed on the interaction interface when the target object selection operation is obtained; and determining a target position of the movable platform when the movable platform performs operation on the target object based on the position of the target object, the target orientation, and an operation distance of the movable platform.
US11983820B2	Information processing method and device, positioning method and device, electronic device and storage medium An information processing method includes: three-dimensional (3D) point information of a 3D point cloud is obtained; a two-dimensional (2D) point cloud image from projection of the 3D point cloud on a horizontal plane is generated based on the 3D point information; and projection coordinates of 3D points comprised in the 3D point cloud in a reference coordinate system of a reference plane graph are determined based on a consistency degree that the 2D point cloud image has with the reference plane graph, where the reference plane graph is used for representing a projection graph with reference coordinates that is obtained through the projection of a target object on the horizontal plane, and the 3D point cloud is used for representing 3D space information of the target object.
US11983815B2	Synthesizing high resolution 3D shapes from lower resolution representations for synthetic data generation systems and applications In various examples, a deep three-dimensional (3D) conditional generative model is implemented that can synthesize high resolution 3D shapes using simple guides—such as coarse voxels, point clouds, etc.—by marrying implicit and explicit 3D representations into a hybrid 3D representation. The present approach may directly optimize for the reconstructed surface, allowing for the synthesis of finer geometric details with fewer artifacts. The systems and methods described herein may use a deformable tetrahedral grid that encodes a discretized signed distance function (SDF) and a differentiable marching tetrahedral layer that converts the implicit SDF representation to an explicit surface mesh representation. This combination allows joint optimization of the surface geometry and topology as well as generation of the hierarchy of subdivisions using reconstruction and adversarial losses defined explicitly on the surface mesh.
US11983808B2	Conversation-driven character animation A system for producing conversation-driven character animation includes a computing platform having processing hardware and a system memory storing software code, the software code including multiple trained machine learning (ML) models. The processing hardware executes the software code to obtain a conversation understanding feature set describing a present state of a conversation between a digital character and a system user, and to generate an inference, using at least a first trained ML model of the multiple trained ML models and the conversation understanding feature set, the inference including labels describing a predicted next state of a scene within the conversation. The processing hardware further executes the software code to produce, using at least a second trained ML model of the multiple trained ML models and the labels, an animation stream of the digital character participating in the predicted next state of the scene within the conversation.
US11983807B2	Automatically generating motions of an avatar The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for automatically generating motions of an avatar. A message in a session between a user and an electronic conversational agent may be obtained, the avatar being a visual representation of the electronic conversational agent. At least one facial animation and/or body animation may be determined based on at least one part of the message. At least one motion of the avatar may be generated based at least on the facial animation and/or the body animation.
US11983806B1	Systems and methods for image generation with machine learning models Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and computer-readable media for regenerating a region of an image with a machine learning model based on a text input. Disclosed embodiments involve accessing a digital input image. Disclosed embodiments involve generating a masked image by removing a masked region from the input image. Disclosed embodiments involve accessing a text input corresponding to an image enhancement prompt. Disclosed embodiments include providing at least one of the input image, the masked region, or the text input to a machine learning model configured to generate an enhanced image. Disclosed embodiments involve generating, with the machine learning model, the enhanced image based on at least one of the input image, the masked region, or the text input.
US11983793B2	Foldable display device including a plurality of regions A novel human interface with excellent operability is provided. A novel data processing device with excellent operability is provided. A novel data processing device, a novel display device, or the like is provided. An input and output device is supplied with image data and supplies sensing data, and an arithmetic device supplies the image data and is supplied with the sensing data. The input and output device includes a plurality of display portions that display display data and a sensing portion that senses an object obscuring one of the display portions, and includes one region provided with the one of the display portions and the sensing portion, another region provided with the other display portions, and a curved portion between the one region and the other region. The arithmetic device includes an arithmetic portion and a memory portion that stores a program to be executed by the arithmetic portion.
US11983790B2	Multiprocessor pipeline architecture Exemplary embodiments for a multiprocessor pipeline architecture that converts signals from sequencing sample acquisition into sequence data, comprising: a custom coprocessor card configured to directly receive a stream of serialized sensor data generated by an image sensor, wherein the sensor data represents frame-by-frame intensity values for pixels comprising the image sensor, wherein the image sensor captures images of light emitted from a plurality of reaction cells of a removable integrated sequencing chip; a first coprocessor that continually receives the stream of serialized sensor data and transposes the frame-by-frame intensity values into reaction cell chunks, each of the reaction cell chunks representing movie data of the pixel intensity values of a corresponding reaction cell across the frames over a predetermined time window; a buffer that repeatedly receives the reaction cell chunks and stores in contiguous memory locations the reaction cell chunks for each respective reaction cell over a larger predetermined time window to create larger reaction cell chunks; and a plurality of second coprocessors that retrieve the larger reaction cell chunks from the buffer and convert, in parallel, the pixel intensity values into base-by-base sequence data even as additional reaction cell chunks are received by the buffer, such that the second coprocessors begin raw base calling before all the sensor data for the sequencing sample acquisition is obtained. Aspects of the invention include methods for base calling using single instruction multiple data vector processing units.
US11983788B2	Network based rendering and hosting systems and methods utilizing an aggregator Improved systems and methods for enhancing the performance of network based computerized content rendering and hosting and providing of devices, systems and/or platforms by modifying the capabilities and providing non-native functionality to such devices, systems and/or platforms through a novel and improved aggregator, data processing and networking framework.
US11983784B2	Food truck vending system and method Efficient distribution of goods and services, and, more particularly, a method and system for vending goods to remote users from a temporary location, is disclosed. A user may place an order with a vendor via a mobile application.
US11983782B2	Method, device, storage medium and program product for carbon trading The present disclosure provides a method, a device, a storage medium and a program product for carbon trading. The method for carbon trading includes acquiring identification data and carbon behavior data of a transport device, the carbon behavior data indicating at least one of carbon consumption behavior and carbon emission reduction behavior of the transport device and the identification data including at least an identity corresponding to the transport device; in response to determining that the identity is in a predetermined identity set, acquiring an attribute corresponding to the transport device based on the identity; and determining, based on the carbon behavior data and a first smart contract matching with the attribute, a carbon emission reduction equivalent corresponding to the carbon behavior data, the first smart contract being provided for converting the carbon behavior data to the carbon emission reduction equivalent; transmitting the carbon emission reduction equivalent to a blockchain platform to store in a first account associated with a first object, the first object being associated with a plurality of transport devices; and publishing carbon trading associated with the carbon emission reduction equivalent in the first account as a blockchain transaction.
US11983781B2	Method and system for producing, ordering, and delivering consumer-customized cakes using food printer capable of photographing printout Provided is a method of ordering a consumer-customized cake using a cake ordering system, including transmitting, to a management server, a cake image selected among a plurality of displayed cake images, transmitting, to the management server, a cake image selected among a plurality of displayed cake images, receiving, from the management server, a cake model matched with the selected cake image and a decoration model matched with the selected cake image and displaying the cake model and the decoration model, placing the decoration model on the cake model in response to selection for a movement of the decoration model and transmitting, to the management server, location information of the decoration model on the cake model, receiving, from the management server, a decoration cake model which is a composite model of the cake model and the decoration model based on the location information of the decoration model on the cake model, and receiving delivery information to which a cake on which decorations have been shaped by a food printer that receives food printer model data for the decoration model is to be reached, and transmitting the delivery information to the management server.
US11983780B2	System and method of determining tax liability of entity Disclosed is system that determines tax liability of entity. The system comprises server arrangement and database arrangement coupled in communication with server arrangement. The server arrangement is configured to: (a) obtain information pertaining to entity; (b) perform natural language processing on the information to generate conceptual representation; (c) determine at least two tax jurisdictions towards which entity has tax liability; (d) access, from database arrangement, knowledge-based information and/or regulation-based information pertaining to tax for at least two tax jurisdictions and analyse the knowledge-based information and/or the regulation-based information to generate conceptual representation of knowledge-based and/or regulation-based information for at least two tax jurisdictions; and (e) analyse conceptual representation of the information, based upon conceptual representation of knowledge-based and/or regulation-based information, to determine tax liability of entity towards at least two tax jurisdictions, wherein server arrangement, by analysing conceptual representation of the information, reduces errors or inaccuracies present in the information.
US11983778B2	Systems and methods to remotely monitor machine usage Embodiments may monitor utilization of a machine. A risk relationship data store may contain electronic records that represent a plurality of risk relationships with an enterprise. A device located proximate to the machine includes a plurality of sensors, each sensor configured to monitor at least one parameter (e.g., acceleration, speed, mileage, run-time and location sensors, etc.). A back-end application computer server may calculate an operator behavior score and a machine operation score based on sensor signals. The computer server may also determine a machine characteristics score and an amount of utilization associated with the machine. A risk relationship identifier associated with the machine is identified, and the computer server may automatically and dynamically update a resource amount associated with the risk relationship identifier based on the operator behavior score, the machine operation score, the machine characteristics score, and the amount of utilization associated with the machine.
US11983775B2	System and method of real time detection of vehicle operating patterns and policy updates A system and method for providing real-time current-operator or insurance policy updates for a vehicle based on current operating characteristics and an operator profile. A current operating pattern is generated from the current operating characteristics and is compared to an operating pattern of another vehicle that was involved in an incident to generate a current profile of the vehicle. The profile is adjusted based on an operator profile for the current operator of the vehicle. As the operator operates the vehicle, the current-operator or insurance policy is automatically adjusted in real time as the profile changes in response to changes in the operating characteristics of the vehicle.
US11983769B2	Interfaces and techniques for secure transaction funding When a consumer checkouts out, the transaction interface presents a buy now pay later option selected by the consumer for payment of a transaction. Consumer information is collected through the interface and a registered financial institution (FI) is presented the transaction details and information for servicing a loan. Terms are provided from the FI and presented to the consumer through the interface. Acceptance by the consumer causes a smart contract with the terms and parties of the loan to be generated in a blockchain (BC) and payment processed by the BC by transferring funds from a FI wallet to a retailer wallet associated with the transaction.
US11983761B2	Method, medium, and system for providing customizable and flexible ordering interfaces In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for automatically choosing an ordering interface to be presented is provided. A computing system stores a first ordering rule definition and a second ordering rule definition. The first ordering rule definition includes at least one condition for disabling the first ordering rule definition. The computing system receives a request to present an ordering interface for a first order. In response to determining that the at least one condition for disabling the first ordering rule definition has not been met, an ordering interface is presented based on the first ordering rule definition. In response to determining that the at least one condition for disabling the first ordering rule definition has been met, an ordering interface is presented based on the second ordering rule definition.
US11983760B2	Media enhanced shopping systems with data mining functionalities A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart, a locationing component, and a display component for displaying at least one advertisement for a product based on the location of the shopping cart within the store, wherein the locationing component is further operable to determine a location of the product within the store relative to the shopping cart, and wherein the display component is further operable to display an indication of the location of the advertised product relative to the location of the shopping cart.
US11983759B2	System and method for providing simplified in-store purchases and in-app purchases using a use-interface-based payment API Disclosed is a method including receiving at a user device a scan of a code, initiating on the device, based on the code, a communication with a server, receiving, based on the communication and from the server, a download of a user interface, the download being independent of a full application stored on the user device, transmitting, via the software module, an identification, received from the user, of a function to perform in connection with the code, transmitting location data associated with the user device to the server and transmitting authorized data to the server based on data retrieved from either the user device or a network entity. The user can scan product codes or rental codes in the store or on a device like a scooter and receive the interactive interface for performing a function. The process eliminates the need for point of sale equipment and eliminates checkout lines.
US11983758B2	Systems and methods for outfit customization via a dynamic and interactive user interface A style-driven system may create a holistic shopping experience by generating a user interface (“UI”) with interactive controls and a single presentation for an outfit with two or more items selected from two or more different categories of goods having different utilities or purposes. The single presentation may provide a comprehensive and holistic presentation of the outfit by presenting the items together with a particular arrangement. The holistic shopping experience may include selecting a set of substitute items that are in a same category of goods as a particular item of the outfit and that have one or more style attributes in common with the particular item, and modifying the UI by presenting the set of substitute items for the particular item, and by replacing the particular item in the particular arrangement with a selected substitute item from the set of substitute items.
US11983756B2	Quick information portal In one aspect, a computer implemented method for providing rapid access to product information on a mobile computing device is disclosed. The method includes provisioning an online platform and associating a database repository. Next, the method generates a visual code and identifies the visual code to a domain name. Then the visual code is populated with information, such as product information, wherein the product information is associated to the visual code that is further linked to the data repository and online platform. The association allows for multiple file types and acquisition from web scraping. Further, the online platform allows for editing content behind the domains and generating further subdomains that further link to the original visual code. Thereby providing, in one aspect, a quick information portal through the use of visual codes and data structuring.
US11983755B2	Digital twin exchange filtering of digital resources based on owned assets An approach is provided that gathers customer metadata that pertains to the customer's physical assets. This metadata is compared to digital twin metadata that is stored in a digital twin marketplace. Results of the comparison are displayed on the display. The customer makes a selection from the display of one a digital twin template that matches one of the customer's physical assets. The customer then uses the selected digital twin to monitor the matched customer physical asset.
US11983750B1	Risky item page detection Disclosed are systems and methods that determine a likelihood that an item page represents a risky item. For example, a machine learning model may be trained to determine a probability score that an item page corresponds to a topic of a plurality of topics based on item textual descriptions determined from the item page and search queries corresponding to the item page. Still further, one or more of a topic risk score, item risk score, cumulative item risk score, and/or a total item risk score may be determined. Each of the risk scores may be indicative of a likelihood that the item page represents a risky item.
US11983748B2	Using artificial intelligence to determine a size fit prediction A predicted size of a specific subject and a predicted size of a specific item are determined using one or more machine learning models. The machine learning models are trained using at least a specified size of the specific subject, feedback of the specific subject regarding sizing of a plurality of items, and feedback of other subjects regarding sizing of the plurality of items. The determined predicted size of the specific subject and the predicted size of the specific item are used to determine a predicted size fit between the specific item and the specific subject.
US11983744B2	Personalized mobile application re-engagement Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for delivering content. A method includes: identifying an application that is installed on a user device; accepting a bid from a sponsor associated with the application for presenting customized content on the user device after installation of the application on the user device; identifying an opportunity to present content on the user device including receiving a request for content that identifies the user device; conducting an auction including evaluating the accepted bid along with other bids; determining that the accepted bid is the winning bid in the auction and providing, in response to the determining, a shell for the customized content; enabling the shell to be populated with data stored on the user device to produce the customized content; and providing the customized content for presentation on the user device in response to the identified opportunity.
US11983743B2	Training an artificial intelligence engine for generating models to provide targeted actions A system for improving distributed network data flow efficiency by using a machine learning model. The system utilizes a personal data set of at least one user and generates a model during training of the machine learning program utilizing at least one neural network with a training data set including the personal data set of the at least one user. The model provides targeted actions based upon analysis of the personal data set of the at least one user and sends a communication to an agent device of an agent, wherein the communication includes the at least one targeted action.
US11983742B1	Systems and methods for modeled advertisement conversion attributions Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for modeled advertisement conversion attributions. An example method may include receiving first input data comprising first advertisement impression data and first advertisement conversion data, wherein the first input data includes one or more user identifiers associated with both the advertisement impression data and advertisement conversion data. The example method may also include training one or more machine learning models using the first input data. The example method may also include receiving second input data comprising second advertisement impression data, wherein user identifiers are unavailable for the second input data. The example method may also include determining, using the one or more machine learning models, second predicted conversion data associated with the second input data.
US11983738B2	Method and system for identifying recipients of a reward associated with a conversion The present teaching relates to method and system for evaluating a conversion. The method extracts meta-information including a conversion parameter and a reward. The meta-information corresponds to a conversion associated with an advertisement displayed previously by a plurality of entities. The method receives a plurality of claims for the conversion from one or more entities, and selects a claim corresponding to an entity from the plurality of claims based on the conversion parameter and information included in the plurality of claims. Further, the method transmits information related to the selected claim.

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