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US12015354B2	Power conversion device capable of suppressing a harmonic component in an output voltage from an arm that increases after bypass of a failed converter cell A power converter includes an arm in which a plurality of converter cells are connected in series, each of the converter cells including at least two switching elements, a power storage element, and a pair of output terminals. A control device controls voltages of the plurality of converter cells by phase shift PWM control using a carrier signal for each converter cell. The converter cell includes a switch to have the converter cell bypassed. When the control device senses failure of the converter cell within the arm, it has a failed converter cell within the arm bypassed and rectifies uneven intervals among phases of carrier signals of a plurality of normal converter cells within the arm caused by failure of the converter cell.
US12015346B2	Control loop and efficiency enhancement for DC-DC converters A DC-DC boost converter includes an inductor coupled between an input voltage and an input node, a diode coupled between the input node and an output node, and an output capacitor coupled between the output node and ground such that an output voltage is formed across the output capacitor. A switch selectively couples the input node to ground in response to a drive signal. Control loop circuitry includes an error amplifier to generate an analog error voltage based upon a comparison of a feedback voltage to a reference voltage, the feedback voltage being indicative of the output voltage, a quantizer to quantize the analog error voltage to produce a digital error signal, and a drive voltage generation circuit to generate the drive signal as having a duty cycle based upon the digital error signal.
US12015345B2	Pulse width modulation techniques for a multiphase voltage converter In an example, a method includes storing a pending PWM pulse for a switching voltage regulator. The method also includes determining a switching voltage regulator is operating in a current limit mode, where an inductor current is above a current limit threshold. The method includes providing a predetermined number of PWM pulses in the current limit mode. The method also includes, responsive to providing the predetermined number of PWM pulses, ceasing storage of pending PWM pulses for the switching voltage regulator.
US12015336B2	Power converter for high power density applications A power semiconductor package comprises a lead frame, a semiconductor chip, and a molding encapsulation. The lead frame comprises an elevated section comprising a source section; a drain section; and a plurality of leads. The semiconductor chip includes a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) disposed over the lead frame. The semiconductor chip comprises a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode. The source electrode of the semiconductor chip is electrically and mechanically connected to the source section of the elevated section of the lead frame. The semiconductor chip is served as a low side field-effect transistor as a flipped-chip connected to a heat sink by a first thermal interface material. A high side field-effect transistor is connected to the heat sink by a second thermal interface material. The low side field-effect transistor and the high side field-effect transistor are mounted on a printed circuit board.
US12015333B2	Intelligent discharge control for modular multilevel converter This disclosure proposes procedures and systems for discharging system capacitors and de-energizing power transmission systems having Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) topologies by intelligent control of MMC cell components including configuration of bypass and insert switches using integrated DC choppers to effectively de-energize MMC cell capacitors and/or DC-link capacitors under operating conditions such as after a normal stop, for protection against over-voltages, dumping turbine energy, and under certain hardware fault conditions.
US12015332B2	Power supply and power saving method thereof A power supply and a power saving method thereof are provided. The power saving method includes: utilizing a monitoring circuit within the power supply to generate a monitoring signal according to operating loading of the power supply; and utilizing a control signal generating circuit within the power supply to generate a control signal according to the monitoring signal, to drive at least two switch transistors within a circuitry within the power supply, wherein the switch transistors are connected in parallel.
US12015330B2	Vehicle-mounted electric compressor This vehicle-mounted electric compressor is provided with a compressor body including a motor for compressing a refrigerant, and an inverter including a power element for supplying the motor with electric current. The power element is provided with: a metal substrate having an electrically conductive layer in a partial region of the surface thereof; a heat-generating element having a metal layer solder-fixed to the electrically conductive layer; and a resin substrate which is disposed in parallel with the metal substrate in a plate thickness direction of the metal substrate, and has a metal pattern printed on the surface thereof, the metal pattern having an electronic component mounted thereon. The electronic component and a terminal of the heat-generating element are connected by means of the metal pattern.
US12015329B2	Motor unit with oil passage and partition A motor unit includes a motor including a rotor including a shaft, and configured to rotate about a motor axis extending in a horizontal direction, and a stator located radially outside of the rotor; a housing including a housing space to accommodate the motor; an oil passage configured to circulate an oil in the housing space to cool the motor; a gear portion connected to the shaft on one side in an axial direction of the motor axis; and a pump arranged in the oil passage and arranged to the housing. The housing includes a partition arranged to divide a gear chamber to accommodate the gear portion and a motor chamber to accommodate the motor. The partition includes a second connection hole portion opened on the other side in the axial direction toward an inside of the motor chamber.
US12015328B2	End shield and rotor for a rotary electric machine The present invention relates to an end shield (10) for a rotary electric machine, including one or more feed channels (12) for feeding a coolant supplied from a channel formed in a rotor lamination stack (8) or in a shaft of the rotor or between the rotor lamination stack and the shaft, wherein at least one feed channel (12) has a spray portion (18) for spraying the coolant, said spray portion (18) being placed in the last two thirds of the feed channel (12), when considered in the direction in which the coolant circulates.
US12015323B2	Stator cooling housing for a stator of a rotary electric motor A stator cooling housing for a stator of a rotary electric motor includes a cylindrical frame adapted to be mounted around an iron core and having an outer lateral surface and inlet and outlet channels. A cylindrical jacket is arranged against the outer lateral surface of the cylindrical frame. The cylindrical jacket comprises an inner side having a plurality of cylindrical grooves forming with the outer lateral surface of the cylindrical frame adjacent fluid cooling channels arranged around the cylindrical frame from a frame upper portion to a frame lower portion. Fluid communication portions are arranged such that a cooling fluid is enabled to run from the inlet channel, through the adjacent fluid cooling channels from the frame upper portion to the frame lower portion, and through the outlet channel to form a cooling circuit.
US12015321B2	Hollow shaft motor The hollow shaft motor according to the present invention comprises: a motor housing 11 having a cylindrical shape; a housing cover assembly 12 coupled to an upper portion of the motor housing 11; a rear cover 15 coupled to a lower portion of the motor housing 11; a stator assembly 20 located in the motor housing 11 and in a lower portion of the housing cover assembly 12; and a rotor assembly 30 located in the stator assembly 20 to rotate, wherein the housing cover assembly 12 comprises a housing cover 121, and the housing cover 121 is formed by insert injection molding while placing a press ring 122, a bus bar 123 and a sleeve 124 in a mold.
US12015320B2	Air gap magnetic coupling with counterbalanced force A magnetic coupling assembly includes a first balancing magnet positioned and surrounding drive magnets and, across a gap, a second balancing magnet and surrounding driven magnets. The drive magnets when rotated drive the driven magnets to rotate. The balancing magnets generate a repulsive force, which counterbalances an attractive force generated by the drive magnets and driven magnets. The assembly may be utilized in a pump for contactless coupling of a motor shaft to a pump shaft. The driven side of the assembly may be hermetically sealed, such as with a liquid crystal polymer boundary interposed in the gap.
US12015319B2	Transport system A transport system includes: a mover that is movable in a transport direction; a stator that has a plurality of coils arranged in the transport direction and applies force to the mover by using the plurality of coils to which current is applied; an acquisition unit that acquires a position and an attitude of the mover moving in the transport direction; and a control unit that determines a current value applied to the plurality of coils and controls the force based on the position and the attitude of the mover.
US12015318B1	Vibration motor with housing with mounting holes and columns A vibration motor, related to a technical field of motor disassembly and assembly, including a vibration motor, including a motor bottom housing, a motor surface housing, and a vibration assembly. The motor bottom housing includes mounting holes, the motor surface housing includes mounting columns, the mounting columns are respectively inserted into the mounting holes and are fixed to the motor bottom housing through hot melting, the motor surface housing is configured to seal an opening of the motor bottom housing, the vibration assembly is configured to provide vibration for the vibration motor in a single-axis direction, and the motor bottom housing and the motor surface housing are formed through injection molding.
US12015317B2	Stator and motor A stator includes: a stator core including teeth; pins including a working portion extending in an axial direction in a slot between the teeth; and bus bars electrically connected to the pins. In each slot, the working portions are disposed over stages in a radial direction. The pins include the two working portions across the teeth, first and second pins each including a connection portion connecting the working portion in a circumferential direction, and a third pin connected to the bus bar. The working portion of the second pin is disposed on one of the outermost and innermost stages of the slot, and the working portion of the third pin is disposed on one or the other of the outermost and innermost stages of the slot. A number of teeth straddled by the second pin is larger by two than a number of teeth straddled by the first pin.
US12015316B2	High temperature and high power density axial flux motor An axial flux motor may include a motor housing, a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, and a stator mounted in the motor housing, and having a stator ring and a through-hole through which the shaft extends. Two rotors may be mounted on the shaft within the motor housing on opposing sides of the stator, each rotor having a plurality of magnets arranged radially on a stator-facing surface thereof. In addition, magnet wire may be wound on portions of the stator, the magnet wire comprising an inner coolant passage disposed within a copper tube, and a green glass coating on an outer surface of the copper tube, the green glass coating comprising glass solids, one or more of surfactants, solvents, and polymers.
US12015315B2	Integrated starter generator system An Integrated Starter Generator system (100) comprising a battery (110) and a three-phase brushless DC electric machine (130). The electric machine (130) has a stator (132) with 3n stator teeth (132′), ‘n’ being a natural number, and each stator tooth (132′) has a coil corresponding to one of the three phases. The electric machine (130) further has a rotor (134) with 4n rotor poles (134′) facing the stator (132), and magnets on the rotor poles (134′) are disposed with an alternating sequence of magnet polarity facing the stator (132). Herein, back-emf constant of the electric machine (130) is substantially between 25% of a nominal battery voltage and 75% of the nominal battery voltage.
US12015314B2	Control and drive of a rotating machine with an inner and an outer stator A method for continuous operation of a rotating machine, the method is performed in a rotating machine having an inner stator and an outer stator. The method includes setting a rotating machine reference operational value for the whole rotating machine, obtaining operational parameters for the inner stator and for the outer stator, wherein the operational parameters include magnetic cross-coupling between the inner and outer stators, determining an inner stator reference operational value for the inner stator and an outer stator reference operational value for the outer stator based on the set rotating machine reference operational value for the whole rotating machine and the obtained operational parameters, and driving the rotating machine based on the determined inner stator reference operational value for the inner stator and on the determined outer stator reference operational value for the outer stator, wherein the determined inner stator reference operational value for the inner stator differs from the determined outer stator reference operational value for the outer stator.
US12015312B2	Motor controller, motor and pump device A motor controller includes a motor control part controlling a motor having a three-phase coil by a control signal, an inverter applying a drive voltage supplied from a power source to the three-phase coil based on an output signal from the motor control part, a drive voltage line supplying the drive voltage to the inverter, a common line electrically connected with a neutral point of the three-phase coil, an inductor electrically connected in series with the drive voltage line, a first capacitor between a portion between the inverter and the inductor in the drive voltage line and a ground, a second capacitor between a portion on an input side with respect to the first capacitor in the drive voltage line and the ground, and a third capacitor between the second capacitor and the ground. The common line is electrically connected between the second capacitor and the third capacitor.
US12015307B2	Coil component and electronic expansion valve with coil component Disclosed are a coil component and an electronic expansion valve with the coil component. The coil component includes an injection molded part, a stator housing, a stator pole plate and a circuit board. The stator housing, the stator pole plate and the circuit board are all provided in the injection molded part. The coil component further includes: a fixing part, the fixing part is provided in the injection molded part; a conductive part, the conductive part is provided on the fixing part, and the conductive part is configured to conductively connect at least one of the stator housing and the stator pole plate to the circuit board; and a sensor, the sensor is provided on the fixing part, and the sensor is connected to the circuit board.
US12015301B2	Power supply system, DC/DC converter A power supply system including: a first voltage subsystem including a first battery connected to a load via a relay; a second voltage subsystem including a second battery, the second battery having a lower voltage than the first battery; and a DC/DC converter disposed between the first voltage subsystem and the second voltage subsystem, wherein before switching the relay to be closed, the DC/DC converter is configured to: provide a lower voltage than a voltage of the second battery to the first voltage subsystem; subsequently provide the voltage of the second battery to the first voltage subsystem; and subsequently increase the voltage of the second battery to be equal to a voltage of the first battery and provide the voltage of the second battery to the first voltage subsystem.
US12015300B2	System for providing renewable energy storage and methods of using the same Described herein is a system for consuming, generating, storing, and delivering renewable, redundant, energy and providing backup energy storage and transmission to and from electrical load and method of using the same. The invention relates to a renewable energy consumption, generation, storage, and delivery systems and methods of using the same. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is related to use of the system to provide renewable, redundant, remote backup energy storage and transmission to a mission critical facility such as a data center or colocation facility.
US12015296B2	Charging method and apparatus A charging method, where in a process of performing constant voltage charging on a battery at a charging voltage that is greater than an end-of-precharge voltage and less than a maximum charging voltage, a charging apparatus determines a current relaxation time and controls a charging current and a charging voltage based on the current relaxation time, to adaptively charge the battery.
US12015291B2	Rechargeable battery jump starting device with a dual battery diode bridge system A rechargeable battery jump starting device with a dual battery diode bridge system. The dual battery diode bridge, for example, is configured to protect against a back-charge to a first battery and/or a second battery after a vehicle has been jump charged to prevent damage thereto.
US12015290B2	Battery pack with temperature limited current A battery pack can include one or more cells. The battery pack can include at least one temperature sensor configured to obtain a temperature measurement indicative of a temperature of at least cell of the one or more cells. The battery pack can include a controller, the controller configured to be placed in signal communication with a battery charger. The controller can be configured to perform operations. The operations can include obtaining the temperature measurement from the at least one temperature sensor. The operations can include determining, based at least in part on the temperature measurement, that the temperature of the at least one cell is between a lower temperature threshold and an upper temperature threshold. The operations can include, in response to determining that the temperature of the at least one cell is between the lower temperature threshold and the upper temperature threshold, reducing a maximum charging current, wherein reducing the maximum charging current comprises reducing the maximum charging current based at least in part on an inverse functional relationship between the temperature measurement and the maximum charging current. The operations can include controlling the battery charger based at least in part on the maximum charging current to charge the one or more cells.
US12015285B2	Connecting apparatus for electronic device and controlling method thereof An electronic device connection apparatus and a control method thereof is disclosed. The electronic device connection apparatus may include a connector connected to an electronic device, an input device that generates, in response to a user input, a mode change signal instructing a change of an operation mode for determining a charging and/or a data transmission operation of the electronic device. The apparatus may include a controller that charges the electronic device connected to the connector and/or performs a data communication with the electronic device in response to a preset operation mode, and changes the operation mode in response to the mode change signal.
US12015284B2	Low frequency sensor based apparatus and method for measuring vehicle position A method for measuring a position, is performed by a vehicle assembly (VA) for alignment between a ground assembly (GA) and the VA. The method includes transmitting low frequency (LF) signals to initiate alignment with the GA and estimating a position of a vehicle using at least one sensor mounted on the vehicle. Information regarding the estimated position of the vehicle is provided to the GA and information regarding a position of the vehicle measured by LF receive antennas of the GA and an acceleration flag calculated by the GA is received. Accordingly, a transmission strength of the LF signals transmitted by the VA is adjusted based on the information regarding the position of the vehicle measured by the LF receive antennas and the acceleration flag.
US12015283B2	Systems and methods for wireless power and data transfer utilizing multiple antenna receivers A wireless receiver system, configured to receive both electrical data signals and electrical energy, includes a first receiver antenna, configured to receive one or both of the electrical data signals and the electrical energy, and a power conditioning system in electrical connection with the first receiver antenna, configured to receive electrical energy from the first receiver antenna. The wireless receiver system further includes a second receiver antenna configured to receive the electrical data signals and a receiver controller operatively associated with the first receiver antenna and the second receiver antenna and configured to determine switching instructions. The wireless receiver system further includes a switch operatively associated with the receiver controller and configured to switch receiving operations between the first and second receiver antennas based, at least in part, on the switching instructions.
US12015277B2	Sensor node with wireless energy harvesting and method for operating the sensor node A sensor node is provided having a radio frequency (RF) circuit and a sensor interface circuit. The RF circuit wirelessly harvests energy from an external device such as a smart phone to produce a voltage at an output to charge a storage capacitor. The sensor interface circuit is configured to communicate with a sensor. In response to a request from the external device, the sensor node provides a voltage level of the capacitive element to the external device. The external device uses the voltage level to determine capabilities of the sensor node and to control sensing functions of the sensor node. In another embodiment, a method is provided to operate the sensor node.
US12015274B2	Portable controller for drying equipment and related system and method Current technologies for restoring buildings and spaces, such as drying processes to remove water damage, are prone to technical error and operational error. A portable controller is herein provided to autonomously monitor and control restoration equipment, including drying equipment. The portable controller is in data communication with a server system, and the server system can remotely control the portable controller. The portable controller includes outlet receptacles to which the drying equipment is connectable. The portable controller includes a computer that autonomously determines when to provide electrical power and when to cut off the electrical power to the outlet receptacles, in order to respectively activate and deactivate the drying equipment. The portable controller also senses environment conditions and electrical power consumption caused by the drying equipment. This data is transmitted to the server system for storage and analysis.
US12015273B2	Electricity distribution system for a domestic installation comprising multiple electrical sources An electrical distribution system, for distributing electrical currents between an electrical distribution network and a domestic distribution installation, includes: a multi-source electrical switching unit allowing or preventing the circulation of electrical currents in two electrical conduction paths each including a plurality of electrical conductors, and an electrical connection device connected at the output of the electrical switching unit, the connection device being configured to prolong the two electrical conduction paths at the output of the switching unit. The electrical switching unit is configured to connect, on a first input, a first of the two electrical conduction paths to an electrical distribution network, the electrical switching unit being configured to connect, on its second input, the second of the two electrical conduction paths to an auxiliary electrical source. The connection device is configured to connect each electrical conduction path to one or more electrical loads at the output of the electrical switching unit. The electrical connection device includes an interconnection point in which the corresponding electrical conductors of each electrical conduction path are connected to one another, the multi-source electrical switching unit forming a single disconnection point capable of simultaneously disconnecting the electrical sources connected to the first input and to the second input from the rest of the electrical distribution network.
US12015271B2	Power distribution network reliability index calculation method and apparatus based on mixed integer linear programming, and medium The disclosure provides power distribution network reliability index calculation method based on mixed integer linear programming. The method includes: establishing a model for optimizing reliability indexes of a power distribution network based on a mixed integer linear programming model, wherein the model comprises an objective function and constraint conditions, the objective function is for minimizing a system average interruption duration index (SAIDI); solving the model based on the objective function and the constraint conditions to obtain reliability indexes of the power distribution network; and controlling operation of the power distribution network based on the reliability indexes.
US12015270B2	Hybrid switching apparatus of the withdrawable type A switching apparatus for electric power distribution grids including: a withdrawable first switching unit having one or more first electric poles; a withdrawable second switching unit having one or more second electric poles and electrically connected ins series with said first switching unit; wherein said second switching unit includes an emergency control arrangement activatable by a user to make said second switching unit to carry out an opening manoeuvre.
US12015263B2	Method for operating a tailgate of a motor vehicle A method for operating a tailgate of a motor vehicle, in particular a pickup, which is driven by means of an electric motor and delimits a cargo area. A disassembled state is detected, and energization of the electric motor is inhibited. Furthermore, the invention relates to a motor vehicle.
US12015260B2	Protection circuit and server system A protection circuit against connection of an incorrect power supply, applied in a server system, includes a mainboard circuit, the protecting circuit includes at least two power sources, a comparing module, and a protecting module. The comparing module determines whether the multiple power sources are the same in current and voltage. When the power sources are determined to be the same, the comparing module outputs a first signal, the protecting module connects the at least two power sources to the mainboard circuit accordingly. If the at least two power sources are determined as not being the same, the comparing module outputs a second signal, the protecting module disconnects the multiple power sources and the mainboard circuit accordingly.
US12015253B2	Cable towing machine and cable laying method It is intended to provide a cable pulling machine that can avoid, even when installed at a high place, a stop of pulling and a cable installation method. A cable pulling machine according to the present invention includes two roller portions c having outer peripheries between which a cable a is to be held and a guide f that introduces the cable a between the roller portions c. The guide f adjusts an angle θ formed between a straight line connecting respective centers o of the roller portions c and the cable a introduced between the roller portions c to a value of not less than 45° and not more than 90°.
US12015248B2	Continuous-wave organic thin-film distributed feedback laser and electrically driven organic semiconductor laser diode Disclosed are a current excitation type organic semiconductor laser containing a pair of electrodes, an organic laser active layer and an optical resonator structure between the pair of electrodes and a laser having an organic layer on a distributed feedback grating structure. The lasers include a continuous-wave laser, a quasi-continuous-wave laser and an electrically driven semiconductor laser diode.
US12015245B2	Tailoring of high power VCSEL arrays Modification of the topology of selected regions of individual VCSEL devices during fabrication is utilized to provide an array output beam with specific characteristics (e.g., “uniform” output power across the array). These physical features include at least the width of the metal aperture, the width of the oxide aperture, and/or the geometry of the contact ring structure on the top of the VCSEL device. The modifications may also function to adjust the numerical apertures (NAs) of the devices, the beam waist, wallplug efficiency, and the like.
US12015244B2	DFB laser DC-coupled output power configuration scheme with adjustable voltage difference A DFB laser DC-coupled output power configuration scheme with adjustable voltage difference. utilizes an external or internal power configuration unit to provide two electric DC power supplies with a fixed voltage difference for the transmitting unit TX of the DFB laser and the optical transceiver integrated chip, and at the same time optimizes the transmitting unit TX. The optimization scheme is that: the transistors in the transmitting unit TX are all low-voltage high-speed tubes, the transmitting unit TX includes a negative capacitance structure composed of capacitors C1 and C2, serving as an auxiliary structure for improving bandwidth. After optimization, the minimum voltage of the power supply voltage port TVCC of the transmitting unit TX is 2.7V and the problems that the output eye diagram is severely cracked and cannot be used when the traditional DFB laser configuration scheme with an external 3.3V power supply is tested at high temperature are solved.
US12015242B2	Optical module The optical module which is disclosed in the present application comprises a plate-like metal stem in which a metallic lead pin is inserted in a through-hole so as to be coaxial with the through-hole and one sheet of a dielectric substrate which is equipped with a high-frequency signal line to be connected to the lead pin and a semiconductor optical integrated element, in which a semiconductor laser and an optical modulator are integrated, and which is connected to the high-frequency signal line with a bonding wire, wherein one side surface of the dielectric substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to the light axis direction of the semiconductor optical integrated element, and the side surface of the dielectric substrate is arranged in contact with a surface of the metal stem.
US12015241B2	Laser module and electronic device A laser module includes an optical assembly, a laser chip disposed on a side of the optical assembly, a power supply structure, a packaging structure and a heat dissipation structure. The power supply structure includes a first electrode and a second electrode both connected to the laser chip. An accommodating cavity is formed in the packaging structure, and the optical assembly is at least partially received in the accommodating cavity. The heat dissipation structure is sleeved on an outer side of the packaging structure, and abuts against the first electrode and the second electrode.
US12015232B1	Crimping pliers The present disclosure provides crimping pliers, comprising: a first plier member, a second plier member, a limiting component, a first crimping module, a second crimping module; the first plier member comprises a first clamping part and a first handle connected with the first clamping part; the second plier member comprises a second clamping part, a connecting member and a second handle; the limiting component is provided between the first handle and the second handle; the first crimping module is detachably disposed in the first clamping gap at the jaw of the first clamping part and is adsorbed by the first magnetic member. By detachably disposing the crimping module at the pliers and adsorbing and fixing it through magnetic components, the structure is more streamlined and the crimping module can be disassembled and replaced more quickly.
US12015231B2	Connection terminal and connection terminal block A connection terminal for connecting an electric conductor includes: a housing; a current bar arranged in the housing; a clamping spring arranged in the housing for clamping the conductor to be connected against the current bar; and an actuation element for transferring the clamping spring into a clamping position and into an open position. The actuation element has a rotation element mounted about a first axis of rotation and a lever element mounted about a second axis of rotation. The clamping spring is mounted on the rotation element and the clamping spring follows a rotational movement of the rotation element at least in regions. The rotation element engages with the lever element such that during a rotational movement of the lever element about the second axis of rotation, the rotation element rotates about the first axis of rotation arranged spaced apart from the second axis of rotation.
US12015229B2	Brush holder assembly An example brush holder assembly for positioning a conductive carbon brush in contact with a conductive surface of an electrical device is disclosed. In some aspects, the example brush holder assembly includes a brush holder including a backbone extending therefrom and a removable handle. Further, the removeable handle includes a frame releasably engaged with the backbone and a grip secured to the frame. In some aspects, the brush holder assembly includes a removable catch arm removably coupled to an upper beam and a lower beam of the brush holder assembly. Removal of the catch arm allows the upper beam to be disassembled from the lower beam.
US12015227B2	Power delivery assembly and components thereof An assembly for supporting a power strip is provided and includes a housing. The housing extends between an upper end and a lower end. The housing includes front and rear enclosures. The front enclosure includes a front wall and an interior wall. The front wall defines a front aperture. The interior wall extends from the front wall and at least partially defines an interior receptacle that is configured to receive a body of a power strip. The interior wall and the rear enclosure cooperate to enclose a body of a power strip within the interior receptacle.
US12015225B2	Connector A connector has a first end provided with a first interface and a second end provided with a second interface. The second interface includes a first switch unit and a second switch unit, where the second switch unit is connected to a control terminal of the first switch unit and a ground pin of the second interface, and a preset reference voltage is input into the ground pin of the second interface. In a case that the second interface is disconnected from a to-be-charged device, the first switch unit is in an off state. In a case that the second interface is connected to the to-be-charged device, the ground pin of the second interface is connected to a ground pin of the to-be-charged device, the ground pin of the second interface is grounded, and the first switch unit is in an on state.
US12015224B1	Electronic device charger accessory An electronic device charger accessory suitable for enclosing and securing a power adapter to a charger cord for an electronic device may include an adapter enclosure having an interior sized and configured to enclose a power adapter of a device charger cable. A first opening may be provided in the adapter enclosure in communication with the interior of the adapter enclosure. A flexible link may extend from the adapter enclosure. A connector sleeve may be carried by the link. The connector sleeve may have an interior sized and configured to enclose a first connector of the device charger cable, and may further include a first opening communicating with the interior of the connector sleeve. The link may be flexed to place the connector sleeve against the adapter enclosure such that a cable connector can be extended through both first openings.
US12015221B2	Electrical connectors for medical devices An electrical connector having a main support with a front and back, top and bottom, and left and right opposite the left. Fingers extend forwardly from the front of the main support to a tip. The fingers each have a top and bottom and are arranged from left to right of the main support with gaps defined between them. A flexible circuit board has inner and outer surfaces with electrical leads on the outer surface. Openings are defined through the flexible circuit board between the electrical leads. The flexible circuit board is wrapped around the fingers such that the outer surface of the flexible circuit board is supported on both the top and the bottom of the fingers and the openings in the flexible circuit board are aligned with the gaps between the fingers.
US12015220B2	Power connector with gripping slips for electrical submersible pump A motor lead for an electrical submersible well pump motor has three insulated conductors wrapped with a metal armor. A power connector has a housing with an upper opening into which the motor lead and a lower portion of the armor extend. The housing has an interior with a converging upper portion converging toward the upper opening. A slips member is located in the interior of the housing and has an upper opening into which the lower portion of the armor extends. The slips member has fingers that are wedged into the converging upper portion of the housing, which causes the fingers to deflect into the armor.
US12015213B2	Methods and systems for implementing and operating multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antennas for radio telecommunications Methods and systems for implementing and operating antennas, particularly multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antennas. An example antenna may include a planar dielectric substrate, a primary conductive area on a first surface of the planar dielectric substrate, a first secondary conductive area on the first surface, and a second secondary conductive area, and a ground plane on a second surface, on other side of the planar dielectric substrate. The primary conductive area may have a shape defining a first region of the first surface bounded by at least a portion of the primary conductive area, and a second region that includes a remaining portion of the first surface; a first secondary conductive area on the first surface, wherein the first secondary conductive area lies in the first region of the first surface. The second secondary conductive area may be provided on the first surface, and may lie in the second region.
US12015210B2	Phased antenna array device A phased antenna array device comprises at least one input port for interfacing receive and transmit RF signals to/from an antenna array. A feeding line is provided to carry RF signals of two orthogonal polarizations from the input port P1, and at least one antenna feed element with an aperture or cross section having an order of symmetry C4 and supporting RF signals of two orthogonal polarizations is provided. At least one first substrate contains a plurality of antenna elements integrated into the substrate, with each antenna element capable of operating at two orthogonal polarizations. A plurality of phase shifters are connected to corresponding antenna elements, each phase shifter operating at two orthogonal polarizations, the output port of each phase shifter being connected to a short circuit.
US12015208B2	Electronic device having antenna A mobile terminal having an antenna according to one embodiment is provided. The mobile terminal comprises: a first metal housing having a left side surface and a right side surface that define the exterior; and a second metal housing having a left side surface, a right side surface, and a bottom side surface that define the exterior. A first conductive member and a second conductive member of the second metal housing each include a first sub member disposed on a lower side surface and a second sub member disposed on a left side surface or a right side surface; the left side surface of the first metal housing and the second sub member of the second metal housing overlap; the overlapping first metal housing is not exposed to the exterior, while the second sub member may be exposed to the exterior.
US12015204B2	Semiconductor device, communication system, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a first antenna element and a second antenna element. The semiconductor chip includes a communication circuit. The first antenna element includes a line pattern which is electrically connected to the communication circuit and meanderingly reciprocates in a first direction parallel to a first surface of the semiconductor chip. The second antenna element includes a line pattern which is electrically connected to the communication circuit and meanderingly reciprocates in a second direction parallel to a second surface opposite to the first surface of the semiconductor chip.
US12015197B2	Radio-wave confinement on metamaterial textiles for wireless sensor networking There is provided a metamaterial textile for providing wireless sensor network and method of designing such. The metamaterial textile comprising a sheet of metamaterial textile cut into a comb shape comprising long base with a plurality of metamaterial textile teeth extending along and from the base, wherein a gap is present between every two adjacent teeth, whereby, the metamaterial textile is configured to enable propagation of radio-surface plasmons wave along the metamaterial textile for providing wireless sensor network. The metamaterial textile is configured to control the height of the radio-surface plasmons wave by changing number of the metamaterial textile teeth, and changing dimensions of the metamaterial textile teeth and changing dimensions of the gaps.
US12015196B2	Electronic device with antenna An electronic device with an antenna, according to the present invention, has a cone antenna comprising: a cone radiator which is provided between a first substrate and a second substrate, has the upper part thereof connected to the first substrate and the lower part thereof connected to the second substrate, and has an opening at the upper part; a metal patch formed on the first substrate and spaced apart from the upper opening; and a shorting pin formed to electrically connect the metal patch and a ground layer of the second substrate. The electronic device may further comprise a transceiver circuit which is connected to the cone radiator via a feed and controls so as to radiate a signal via the cone antenna. Accordingly, the size of the entire antenna can be minimized by arranging the metal patch on only one side of the upper opening of the cone antenna.
US12015190B2	Multiplexing structure for wireless antenna and touch pad of touch sensor, and wireless wearable device Disclosed are a multiplexing structure for a wireless antenna and a touch pad of a touch sensor, and a wireless wearable device. The multiplexing structure includes a radiating touch pad, a first conductor, a first circuit, a second circuit, and a frequency dividing circuit. The radiating touch pad is configured to receive and transmit an RF signal and receive a touch signal. The first conductor is electrically connected to the radiating touch pad. The first circuit is electrically connected to the radiating touch pad through the first conductor. The frequency dividing circuit is electrically connected to the second circuit and the first conductor, and is located between the second circuit and the first conductor. The multiplexing structure can separate the touch signal and the RF signal, and can solve the problem of mutual signal interference in the wireless wearable device caused by space limitation.
US12015187B2	Glazing unit with antenna unit A glazing unit comprising at least a glass panel and an antenna unit. The antenna unit includes an antenna a fixing means for fixing the antenna to the glass panel so that a space S through which air can flow is formed between the glass panel and the antenna with a light transmission of at least 30%, preferably at least 50% and more preferably at least 65%.
US12015183B2	Microwave mode coupling device for transferring EM energy between first and second structures through an intermediate waveguide having a pressure barrier therein A microwave mode coupling device for transferring electromagnetic (EM) energy from a first structure to a second structure while providing a pressure barrier between the first structure and the second structure, the coupling device comprising first and second transmission line sections separated by an intermediate waveguide section.
US12015181B2	Electrolyte sheet for solid oxide fuel cell, manufacturing method for electrolyte sheet for solid oxide fuel cell, and single cell for solid oxide fuel cell An electrolyte sheet for solid oxide fuel cells that includes a ceramic plate body having a warpage height of not more than 300 μm, wherein a maximum value among values of 100×Q/LX, 100×R/LY, and 100×S/LX is not greater than 1, where Q is a maximum difference between a second side D2 and a second virtual straight line V2 in an X coordinate, R is a maximum difference between a third side D3 and a third virtual straight line V3 in a Y coordinate, S is a maximum difference between a fourth side D4 and a fourth virtual straight line V4 in the X coordinate, LX is a length of a virtual rectangle in an X-axis direction, and LY is a length of the virtual rectangle in a Y-axis direction.
US12015171B2	Battery module, battery pack, apparatus and failure treatment method This application relates to a battery module and a battery pack. The battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells, configured to be connected in series, where after the battery module fails, the plurality of battery cells include a failed battery cell and at least one non-failed battery cell adjacent to the failed battery cell; and a first connecting piece, configured to connect the failed battery cell to the at least one non-failed battery cell, where the first connecting piece includes a first connecting portion and a conductive portion connected to the first connecting portion, the first connecting portion is configured to be electrically connected to an enclosure of the failed battery cell, and the conductive portion is configured to be electrically connected to the at least one non-failed battery cell, so as to restore the battery module to work.
US12015167B2	Battery module having a housing component that delimits a module interior A battery module includes a housing component that delimits a module interior and is intended for accommodating at least one module component. The housing component is formed as one piece and delimits the module interior at least on three sides.
US12015164B2	Battery module and battery pack This application relates to a battery module and a battery pack. The battery module includes a binding member and battery cell assemblies arranged along a horizontal direction, the battery cell assembly including an upper-layer battery cell and a lower-layer battery cell that are stacked along a vertical direction, the upper-layer battery cell and the lower-layer battery cell interconnected and forming a joint; and the binding member covering the joint, located between two adjacent battery cell assemblies, and fixed to the battery cell assemblies. The battery module includes a binding member and a plurality of battery cell assemblies, and the battery cell assembly includes upper-layer and a lower-layer battery cells stacked along a vertical direction. A joint is formed between the upper-layer and lower-layer battery cells and covered by the joint fixed to the battery cell assemblies, swelling of the upper-layer and lower-layer battery cells at the joint is reduced.
US12015161B2	Catalyst for solid polymer fuel cell and method for selecting catalyst for solid polymer fuel cell The present invention relates to a catalyst for solid polymer fuel cells in which catalyst particles containing Pt as an essential catalyst metal are supported on a carbon powder carrier. The catalyst has good initial activity and good durability. When the catalyst is analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy after potential holding at 1.2 V (vs. RHE) for 10 minutes in a perchloric acid solution, a ratio of zero-valent Pt to total Pt is 75% or more and 95% or less. The present inventive catalyst metal is preferably one obtained by alloying Pt with one of Co, Ni and Fe, and further with one of Mn, Ti, Zr and Sn. In addition, it is preferable that a fluorine compound having a C—F bond is supported on at least the surfaces of catalyst particles in an amount of 3 to 20 mass % based on the total mass of the catalyst.
US12015153B2	Method of producing cathode active material, and method of producing lithium ion battery A main object is to provide a method of producing a cathode active material having a high average discharge potential, and a high degree of stability at high potential. A step of preparing a Na-doped precursor of making a transition metal oxide having a P2 structure belonging to a space group of P63/mmc; and an ion exchange step of substituting lithium for at least part of sodium contained in the transition metal oxide by an ion exchange method are included, wherein the transition metal oxide has the composition represented by NaaMnx−pNiy−qCoz−rM1p+q+rO2, where 0.5≤a≤1, x+y+z=1, 3≤4x+2y+3z≤3.5, and 0.05≤p+q+r<0.25, M1 is Al or Mo, when M1 is Al, p is not equal to q, and any one of p and q is not 0.
US12015151B2	Composite positive electrode active material, method of preparing the same, positive electrode including composite positive electrode active material,and lithium battery including positive electrode A composite positive active material represented by Formula 1, LiaNibCOcMndMeO2 Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M is zirconium (Zr), aluminum (Al), rhenium (Re), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), gallium (Ga), silicon (Si), boron (B), ruthenium (Ru), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), magnesium (Mg), or platinum (Pt), 1.1≤a≤1.3, b+c+d+e≤1, 0≤b≤0.3, 0≤c≤0.3, 0
US12015148B2	Silicon particles for anode materials of lithium ion batteries The invention relates to spherical, nonporous Silicon particles having average particle sizes (d50) of 1 to 10 pm and a silicon content of 97 to 99.8 wt. %, the silicon content relating to the total weight of the silicon particles minus any oxygen content.
US12015147B2	Additives for electrolyte and cathode material in Li-ion batteries comprising metal-based cathode material which produces M2+ metal ions Method of improving the performance of a Li-ion battery comprising metal-based cathode material which produces M2+ metal ions. The method comprises using a small organic compound in association with the electrolyte of the battery or using a polymer compound in association with the cathode active material of the battery. The small organic compound and the polymer compound comprise at least one chemical group suitable for forming complexes with the M2+ metal ions thereby preventing dissolution thereof.
US12015145B2	Anode, and electrochemical device comprising the same An anode including a current collector and an anode active material layer on the current collector are provided. The anode active material layer includes first oriented particles having a first tilt angle θ1 inclined with respect to the direction of the current collector, and second oriented particles having a second tilt angle θ2 inclined with respect to the direction of the current collector. The first tilt angle θ1 and the second tilt angle θ2 are different and both not greater than 70°.
US12015144B2	Core-shell particles based on red lead for lead-acid batteries Core-shell particles may be based on red lead coated with pyrogenically produced titanium dioxide and/or a pyrogenically produced aluminum oxide, and a process may prepare such core-shell particles which may be used in lead-acid batteries. The red lead may include PbO2 in a range of from 25 to 32 wt. %.
US12015143B2	Method of manufacturing negative electrode for secondary battery A method of manufacturing a negative electrode for a secondary battery. The method includes forming a first negative electrode active material layer including a carbon-based active material on at least one surface of a negative electrode current collector; and forming a second negative electrode active material layer including a silicon-based active material on a surface of the first negative electrode active material opposite the negative electrode current collector, wherein the silicon-based material is intercalated with lithium by pre-lithiation on the first negative electrode active material layer.
US12015142B2	Methods involving use of nitrogen-containing plasma to treat liquid electrolyte lithium-ion cathode materials Systems and methods related to manufacturing of Lithium-Ion cells and Lithium-Ion cell cathode materials are disclosed. In one exemplary implementation, there is provided a method of using a Nitrogen-containing plasma to treat the Lithium-Ion cell cathode materials. Moreover, the method may include treating the cathode materials before and/or after coating the cathode materials on a metal foil.
US12015140B2	Method for producing resin collector for negative electrodes, method for producing negative electrode for lithium ion batteries, and method for producing lithium ion battery The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a pinhole-free thin resin current collector for negative electrodes. The method for producing a sheet-shaped resin current collector for negative electrodes of the present invention includes stacking three or more layers of melts of conductive resin compositions each containing a polyolefin and a conductive filler to obtain a multilayered body, wherein the polyolefin contained in each of the conductive resin compositions that form the respective layers of the multilayered body has a melt mass flow rate of 15 to 70 g/10 min as measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with JIS K7210-1:2014.
US12015139B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent low-temperature properties. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a negative electrode having: a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as a negative electrode active material. The internal porosity of graphite particles A is 8-20%, and the internal porosity of graphite particles B is 5% or less. When the negative electrode active material layer is bisected in the thickness direction into a negative electrode current collector-side first half region and an outer surface-side second half region, the amount of graphite particles A in the second half region is greater than in the first half region.
US12015136B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes a battery column and a liquid cooling tube. The battery column includes at least two batteries, and the batteries are arranged in a first direction. The liquid cooling tube is disposed on a surface of the battery column and is configured to dissipate heat for the batteries. The liquid cooling tube includes cooling portions, and the cooling portions are portions having orthographic projections on the battery column. The orthographic projections of the cooling portions on the battery column are cooling regions. The cooling portions extend in a second direction, and the second direction is not parallel to the first direction.
US12015134B2	Battery unit having cell stack, bus bars, cooler, waterproof plate, and heat transfer member A battery unit disclosed herein includes a cell stack, bus bars, a cooler, and a heat transfer member. The cell stack includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The cooler includes a cooling surface that faces the second surface of the cell stack to cool the cell stack. The heat transfer member is arranged between the second surface of the cell stack and the cooling surface of the cooler to transfer heat of the cell stack to the cooler. The cooling surface of the cooler has a flat shape. The heat transfer member includes a plurality of bands extending along a stacking direction. The bands are located away from each other. At least one of the bands at least partially overlaps each of electrodes of a plurality of battery cells when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the cooling surface.
US12015133B2	Flexible display device A flexible display device is described, including: a flexible display panel; a flexible battery arranged at a side of the flexible display panel away from a light emitting surface; and a heat dissipation assembly including a first heat dissipation sheet, the first heat dissipation sheet being arranged at a side of the flexible battery facing or away from the flexible display panel, and the first heat dissipation sheet having a bendable area.
US12015131B2	Electrochemical heat transfer system A heat transfer system is disclosed including heat transfer fluid flow paths (20,22,24,28) through a heat exchanger evaporator (12) and a heat exchanger condenser (16). The system includes an electrochemical cell (32) that transforms an electrochemically reactive agent in the heat transfer fluid between first and second compounds having different boiling points. In some embodiments, the electrochemically active agent can include a fluorinated organic compound including an electrochemically active substituent group that reversibly transforms between the first and second compounds. In some embodiments, the heat transfer fluid can include the electrochemically active agent and an electrochemically non-active refrigerant in a mixture.
US12015129B2	Vehicular battery charger, charging system, and method with remote controller A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
US12015128B2	Vehicular battery charger, charging system, and method with communication indicator A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
US12015123B2	Lithium ion secondary battery Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode which is capable of storing and releasing lithium, a negative electrode which is capable of storing and releasing lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolyte which contains lithium salts and cyclic disulfonic acid ester, in which as the nonaqueous electrolyte, a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a polymer is used, and as at least a part of the lithium salts, imide lithium salts are used. Here, the content of the cyclic sulfonic acid ester is preferably in a range of 2.0% to 5.0% by mass with respect to a total content of the nonaqueous electrolyte. Also, the proportion of the imide lithium salts is preferably in a range of 10 to 50 mol % with respect to a total amount of lithium salts in the nonaqueous electrolyte.
US12015119B2	Solid electrolyte material and solid-state battery made therewith A solid electrolyte material comprises Li, T, X and A wherein T is at least one of Sb, P, As, Si, Ge, Al, and B; X is one or more halogens or N; A is one or more of S or Se. The solid electrolyte material has peaks at 2θ=14.5°±0.50°, 16.8°±0.50°, 23.9°±0.50°, 28.1°±0.50°, and 32.5°±0.50 in X-ray diffraction measurement with Cu-Kα(1,2)=1.54064 Å and may include glass ceramic and/or mixed crystalline phases.
US12015117B2	Lithium secondary cell A lithium secondary cell includes a positive electrode, a separator, a negative electrode, an electrolytic solution, and a cell case. The positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator are impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The cell case is a sheet-like member and convers the positive electrode and the negative electrode from both sides in the direction of superposition. The cell case houses therein the positive electrode, the separator, the negative electrode, and the electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution contains an electrolytic solution material serving as a base compound and LiDFOB serving as an additive. The moisture content in the electrolytic solution is higher than or equal to 10 ppm by mass and lower than or equal to 15 ppm by mass.
US12015116B2	All-solid-state battery manufacturing method An all-solid-state battery manufacturing apparatus disclosed herein includes a transport apparatus, a press roller, and an adhesive provision apparatus. The transport apparatus transports an active material layer. The press roller has a foil attachment surface, which is a cylindrical surface to which the current collection foil is to be attached. The press roller rotates and moves the current collection foil attached to the foil attachment surface to the surface of the active material layer being transported by the transport apparatus and presses the current collection foil and the active material layer between the press roller and the transport apparatus. The adhesive provision apparatus is provided on a movement path of the current collection foil rotated and moved by the foil attachment surface of the press roller, and provides an adhesive to the current collection foil attached to the press roller.
US12015110B2	Flip chip LED with side reflectors encasing side surfaces of a semiconductor structure and phosphor An array of light emitting devices is mounted on a support surface with the transparent growth substrate (e.g., sapphire) facing up. A photoresist layer is then deposited over the top surface of the growth substrate, followed by depositing a reflective material over the top and side surfaces of the light emitting devices to encapsulate the light emitting devices. The top surfaces of the light emitting devices are then ground down to remove the reflective material over the top surface of the photoresist. The photoresist is then dissolved to leave a cavity over the growth substrate having reflective walls. The cavity is then filled with a phosphor. The phosphor-converted light emitting devices are then singulated to form packaged light emitting devices. All side light is reflected back into the light emitting device by the reflective material and eventually exits the light emitting device toward the phosphor. The packaged light emitting devices, when energized, appear as a white dot with no side emission (e.g., no blue halo).
US12015107B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor chip and method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip In one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprises a semiconductor layer sequence with an active zone for generating a radiation. The semiconductor layer sequence is based on AlInGaP and/or on AlInGaAs. A metal mirror for the radiation is located on a rear side of the semiconductor layer sequence opposite a light extraction side. A protective metallization is applied directly to a side of the metal mirror facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence. An adhesion promoting layer is located directly on a side of the metal mirror facing the semiconductor layer sequence. The adhesion promoting layer is an encapsulation layer for the metal mirror, so that the metal mirror is encapsulated at least at one outer edge by the adhesion promoting layer together with the protective metallization.
US12015104B2	Composite reflective structure and light-emitting diode chip and light-emitting diode device including the same A composite reflective structure includes at least one dielectric multilayer element which includes a first dielectric layer having a first refractive index, a second dielectric layer having a second refractive index, and a stress buffer layer interposed therebetween. The first refractive index is greater than the second refractive index. Also disclosed herein is a light-emitting diode chip including the abovementioned composite reflective structure and a light-emitting diode device including the light-emitting diode chip.
US12015103B2	Micro light emitting diode display panel with option of choosing to emit light both or respectively of light-emitting regions A micro light emitting diode display panel includes a backplane and a plurality of micro light emitting diode chips. The backplane includes a plurality first electrode lines and a plurality of second electrode lines. The first electrode lines and the second electrode lines define a plurality of sub-pixel regions arranged in an array form. The micro light emitting diode chips are disposed on the backplane and respectively located in the sub-pixel regions. Each of the micro light emitting diode chips has a first electrode, a plurality of second electrodes and a plurality of light-emitting regions. The first electrode is boned to one of the first electrode lines, and the second electrodes are boned to one of the second met lines. In a defect sub-pixel region, the electrical connection between one of the second electrodes and the corresponding one of the second electrode lines is cut to isolate.
US12015100B2	Apparatus and method for manufacturing a solar cell arrangement An apparatus includes a first processing line including a first cleaving unit adapted for separating a first solar cell into solar cell pieces. The apparatus includes a second processing line including a second cleaving unit adapted for separating a second solar cell into solar cell pieces. The apparatus includes a storing unit adapted for storing a plurality of solar cell pieces. The apparatus is adapted for transferring a solar cell piece from a first position on the first processing line to the storing unit. The apparatus is adapted for transferring the solar cell piece from the storing unit to a second position on the second processing line.
US12015097B2	Germanium-based planar photodiode with a compressed lateral peripheral zone The invention relates to a planar photodiode 1 including a detection portion 10 made of a germanium-based material M0, and a peripheral lateral portion 3 including several materials stacked on top of one another, including a material M1 having a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than that of the material M0, and a material M2 having a coefficient of thermal expansion higher than or equal to that of the material M0. The intermediate region 13 includes a portion P1 surrounded by the material M1 and having tensile stresses. It also includes a portion P2 surrounded by the material M2 and having compressive stresses. This portion P2 surrounds a n doped box 12.
US12015095B2	Solar cell and photovoltaic module A solar cell and a photovoltaic module including the solar cell. The solar cell includes: a semiconductor substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a first dielectric layer located on the first surface; a first N+ doped layer located on a surface of the first dielectric layer; a first passivation layer located on a surface of the first N+ doped layer; a first electrode located on a surface of the first passivation layer; a second dielectric layer located on the second surface; a first P+ doped layer located on a surface of the second dielectric layer; a second passivation layer located on a surface of the first P+ doped layer; and a second electrode located on a surface of the second passivation layer.
US12015094B2	Sealing material sheet for solar-cell module and solar-cell module using the same To provide a sealing material sheet for a solar-cell module that has high productivity without performing crosslinking processing, and has a high tensile shear adhesion force at normal temperature at a high level in addition to heat resistance and molding characteristics. A sealing material sheet is a multi-layer sheet using a polyethylene-based resin as a base resin, a core layer has a density of 0.880 g/cm3 to 0.895 g/cm3 and a melting point of 70° C. or higher, a skin layer has a density of 0.880 g/cm3 to 0.910 g/cm3 and a melting point of 90° C. or lower and contains a silane-modified polyethylene-based resin, a weight average molecular weight of the silane-modified polyethylene-based resin contained in the skin layer 11 in terms of polystyrene is 70000 to 120000, and a polymerized silane amount of the skin layer in the whole resin component is 300 ppm to 2000 ppm.
US12015091B2	Conductive paste and method for producing TOPCon solar cell This invention provides a conductive paste and a method for producing a TOPCon solar cell, by which a TOPCon solar cell can be produced by a simple method, and additionally, a TOPCon solar cell can be constructed with excellent conversion efficiency. Specifically, the invention provides a conductive paste for use as a back electrode for TOPCon solar cells, the conductive paste comprising aluminum-silicon alloy particles, an organic vehicle, and a glass powder, the aluminum-silicon alloy particles having a silicon concentration of 25 wt % or more and 40 wt % or less.
US12015090B2	Lightly-doped channel extensions A semiconductor structure and a method of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor structure according to the present disclosure includes a first channel member and a second channel member disposed over the first channel member, a first channel extension feature coupled to the first channel member, a second channel extension feature coupled to the second channel member, and an inner spacer feature disposed between the first channel extension feature and the second channel extension feature.
US12015081B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor die includes semiconductor substrate and interconnection structure. Interconnection structure includes first conductive lines, first conductive patterns, first pillar stacks, second pillar stacks, gate patterns. First conductive lines extend parallel to each other in first direction and are embedded in interlayer dielectric layer. First conductive patterns are disposed in row along first direction and are embedded in interlayer dielectric layer beside first conductive lines. First pillar stacks include first pairs of metallic blocks separated by first dielectric material blocks. Second pillar stacks include second pairs of metallic blocks separated by second dielectric material blocks. Each second pillar stack is electrically connected to respective first conductive pattern. Gate patterns extend substantially perpendicular to first conductive lines. Each gate pattern directly contacts one respective second pillar stack and extends over a group of first pillar stacks.
US12015080B2	Integrated assemblies and methods of forming integrated assemblies Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having an access device between a storage element and a conductive structure. The access device has channel material which includes semiconductor material. The channel material has a first end and an opposing second end, and has a side extending from the first end to the second end. The first end is adjacent the conductive structure, and the second end is adjacent the storage element. Conductive gate material is adjacent the side of the channel material. A first domed metal-containing cap is over the conductive structure and under the channel material and/or a second domed metal-containing cap is over the channel material and under the storage element. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US12015079B2	Transistor with single termination trench having depth more than 10 microns In one aspect, a method of fabricating a transistor includes depositing a first epitaxial layer; depositing a second epitaxial layer on the first epitaxial layer; forming a single termination trench in the second epitaxial layer; and filling the termination trench with a dielectric. A depth of the termination trench is greater than 10 microns. In another aspect, a transistor includes a first epitaxial layer; a second epitaxial layer on the first epitaxial layer; and a single termination trench in the second epitaxial layer. The termination trench is greater than 10 microns and is filled with a dielectric.
US12015072B2	Semiconductor device including cation species, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic equipment There is provided a semiconductor device including a channel portion, and a gate electrode provided on a side opposite to the channel portion with a gate insulating film interposed between the gate electrode and the channel portion, in which the gate insulating film incudes a first portion having a first transition metal oxide, and a second portion having a second transition metal oxide and cation species and having a concentration of the cation species different from the first portion.
US12015068B2	Gate structure and method of fabricating the same A gate structure includes at least one spacer defining a gate region over a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric layer disposed on the gate region over the semiconductor substrate, a first work function metal layer disposed over the gate dielectric layer and lining a bottom surface of an inner sidewall of the spacer, and a filling metal partially wrapped by the first work function metal layer. The filling metal includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is between the second portion and the semiconductor substrate, and the second portion is wider than the first portion.
US12015067B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor structure and a fabrication method are provided. The semiconductor structure includes: a base substrate; a gate structure on the base substrate, including a first portion in a first region and a second portion in a second region; and one or more stop layers on the base substrate and located in the first portion of the gate structure in the first region. A length of the first portion of the gate structure in the first region is larger than a length of the second portion of the gate structure in the second region.
US12015061B2	Radio frequency switch A radio frequency (RF) switch is provided. The RF switch is configured to switch a RF signal input to a first terminal. The RF switch includes a first transistor, disposed at a first distance from the first terminal, and configured to switch the RF signal, and a second transistor, disposed at a second distance from the first terminal, and configured to switch the RF signal. The first distance is shorter than the second distance, and a number of first contact vias formed in a first electrode in the first transistor is greater than a number of second contact vias formed in a second electrode of the second transistor.
US12015060B2	Structure and formation method of semiconductor device with backside contact A semiconductor device structure and a formation method are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a stack of channel structures and includes a first epitaxial structure and a second epitaxial structure adjacent to opposite sides of the channel structures. The semiconductor device structure also includes a gate stack wrapped around each of the channel structures and a backside conductive contact connected to the second epitaxial structure. The second epitaxial structure is between a top of the backside conductive contact and a top of the gate stack. The semiconductor device structure further includes a dielectric fin stacked over an isolation structure. The dielectric fin is adjacent to the second epitaxial structure, and the isolation structure is adjacent to the backside conductive contact. The isolation structure has a first height, the dielectric fin has a second height, and the second height is greater than the first height.
US12015050B2	Deep trench capacitor including stress-relief voids and methods of forming the same A deep trench is formed in a substrate. A layer stack including at least three metallic electrode layers interlaced with at least two node dielectric layers is formed over the substrate. The layer stack continuously extends into the deep trench, and a cavity is present in an unfilled volume of the deep trench. A dielectric fill material layer including a dielectric fill material is formed in the cavity and over the substrate. The dielectric fill material layer encapsulates a void that is free of any solid phase and is formed within a volume of the cavity. The void may expand or shrink under stress during subsequently handling of a deep trench capacitor including the layer stack to absorb mechanical stress and to increase mechanical stability of the deep trench capacitor.
US12015048B2	Display device A display device includes a first substrate including a display area, a non-display area, and a plurality of pixel circuit units in the display area and the non-display area, a plurality of light emitting elements on the first substrate in the display area, the plurality of light emitting elements being electrically connected to the pixel circuit units, a hole mask layer on the first substrate and including a plurality of holes corresponding to the light emitting elements, a second substrate on the hole mask layer and including a plurality of open holes corresponding to the plurality of holes, and a plurality of light exit patterns in the plurality of the open holes of the second substrate corresponding to the plurality of holes, wherein each of the light exit patterns includes a first part in one of the plurality of open holes.
US12015041B2	Solid-state imaging unit and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging unit according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes two or more pixels. The pixels each include a photoelectric conversion section, a charge holding section, and a transfer transistor. The charge holding section holds a charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion section. The transfer transistor transfers the charge from the photoelectric conversion section to the charge holding section. The pixels each include two or more light-blocking sections disposed in layers between the light receiving surface and the charge holding section and are different from each other. The two or more light-blocking sections are provided at positions at which the two or more light-blocking sections do not block entry, into the photoelectric conversion section, of the light having entered via the light receiving surface and at which the two or more light-blocking sections do not provide a gap when viewed from the light receiving surface.
US12015037B2	Imaging device and method of manufacturing imaging device To prevent the occurrence of a defect in an infrared-light attenuation filter and prevent a reduction in image quality. An imaging device includes a photoelectric converter, an on-chip lens, a color filter, the infrared-light attenuation filter, and a protective film. The photoelectric converter performs photoelectric conversion depending on incident light. The on-chip lens collects the incident light into the photoelectric converter. Infrared light and visible light of a specified wavelength from among the collected incident light are transmitted through the color filter. The infrared-light attenuation filter attenuates the infrared light from among the collected incident light, and visible light from among the collected incident light is transmitted through the infrared-light attenuation filter. The protective film is arranged adjacent to the infrared-light attenuation filter and protects the infrared-light attenuation filter.
US12015036B2	High temporal resolution solid-state X-ray detection system Devices, systems and methods for solid-state X-ray detection with high temporal resolution are described. An example method includes receiving an X-ray pulse in a semiconductor chip resulting in an electron cloud being formed in the semiconductor chip, applying a first set of voltages across a first plurality of drift cathode strips on a first side of the semiconductor chip and a second plurality of drift cathode strips on a second side of the semiconductor chip, applying a second set of voltages to across the first and the second plurality of drift cathode strips to form an electric field having a linear profile to cause the electron cloud to drift along the middle of the semiconductor chip, and activating a counter cathode on the second side and one or more readout anodes on the first side to collect the electron cloud after spreading in the middle section of the semiconductor chip.
US12015034B2	Display substrate and display device Disclosed are a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines on the base substrate that intersect to surround a plurality of pixels; at least one thin film transistor on the base substrate and located in each pixel, each thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode; a storage capacitor on the base substrate and located in each pixel, the storage capacitor including a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode that are disposed oppositely and located in the same layer, wherein the first capacitor electrode comprises at least an electrode body; and a tip structure, the tip structure and the first capacitor electrode being located in the same layer, and the tip structure including a first tip sub-structure and a second tip sub-structure.
US12015030B2	Gate stacks for semiconductor devices of different conductivity types A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure in the semiconductor substrate for isolating a first active region and a second active region, a first device formed in the first active region, and a second device formed in the second active region. The first device has a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate electrode over the first gate dielectric layer. The first gate electrode includes at least one of Ta and C, and has a first work function for a first conductivity. The second device has a second gate dielectric layer and a second gate electrode over the second gate dielectric layer. The second gate electrode includes at least one of Ta, C, and Al, and has a second work function for a second conductivity. The second conductivity is different from the first conductivity.
US12015029B2	Method to embed planar FETs with finFETs Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method to embed planar field-effect transistor (FETs) with fin field-effect transistors (finFETs). A semiconductor substrate is patterned to define a mesa and a fin. A trench isolation structure is formed overlying the semiconductor substrate and surrounding the mesa and the fin. A first gate dielectric layer is formed on the mesa, but not the fin. The trench isolation structure recessed around the fin, but not the mesa, after the forming the first gate dielectric layer. A second gate dielectric layer is deposited overlying the first gate dielectric layer at the mesa and further overlying the fin. A first gate electrode is formed overlying the first and second gate dielectric layers at the mesa and partially defining a planar FET. A second gate electrode is formed overlying the second gate dielectric layer at the fin and partially defining a finFET.
US12015028B2	Transistor module and its associated semiconductor module A transistor module including a first transistor and a second transistor for start up control is provided. Wherein the first end of the first transistor is coupled to the first end of the second transistor, the second end of the first transistor is coupled to the control end of the second transistor, and the second end of the second transistor provides a start up current for a control circuit.
US12015025B2	Transient voltage suppression device and manufacturing method therefor A transient voltage suppression device includes: a substrate; a first conductive type well region including a first well and a second well; a second conductive type well region including a third well and a fourth well, the third well being disposed between the first well and the second well so as to isolate the first well and the second well, and the second well being disposed between the third well and the fourth well; a zener diode active region; a first doped region, provided in the first well; a second doped region, provided in the first well; a third doped region, provided in the second well; a fourth doped region, provided in the second well; a fifth doped region, provided in the zener diode active region; and a sixth doped region, provided in the zener diode active region.
US12015023B2	Integrated circuit package and method of forming same An integrated circuit package and a method of forming the same are provided. The method includes attaching an integrated circuit die to a first substrate. A dummy die is formed. The dummy die is attached to the first substrate adjacent the integrated circuit die. An encapsulant is formed over the first substrate and surrounding the dummy die and the integrated circuit die. The encapsulant, the dummy die and the integrated circuit die are planarized, a topmost surface of the encapsulant being substantially level with a topmost surface of the dummy die and a topmost surface of the integrated circuit die. An interior portion of the dummy die is removed. A remaining portion of the dummy die forms an annular structure.
US12015017B2	Package structure, package-on-package structure and method of fabricating the same A package structure including a first redistribution layer, a semiconductor die, through insulator vias, an insulating encapsulant and a second redistribution layer. The first redistribution layer includes a dielectric layer, a conductive layer, and connecting portions electrically connected to the conductive layer. The dielectric layer has first and second surfaces, the connecting portions has a first side, a second side, and sidewalls joining the first side to the second side. The first side of the connecting portions is exposed from and coplanar with the first surface of the dielectric layer. The semiconductor die is disposed on the second surface of the dielectric layer. The through insulator vias are connected to the conductive layer. The insulating encapsulant is disposed on the dielectric layer and encapsulating the semiconductor die and the through insulator vias. The second redistribution layer is disposed on the semiconductor die and over the insulating encapsulant.
US12015013B2	Die stack structure, semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the same A die stack structure including a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, an insulating encapsulation and a redistribution circuit structure is provided. The first semiconductor die includes a first semiconductor substrate including a first portion and a second portion, a first interconnect structure and a first bonding structure. The first interconnect structure is disposed on a top surface of the second portion, a lateral dimension of the first portion is greater than a lateral dimension of the top surface of the second portion. The second semiconductor die is disposed on the first semiconductor die and includes a second bonding structure, the second semiconductor die is electrically connected with the first semiconductor die through the first and second bonding structures. The insulating encapsulation is disposed on the first portion and laterally encapsulating the second portion and the second semiconductor die. The redistribution circuit structure is electrically connected with the first and second semiconductor dies, and the lateral dimension of the first portion is greater than a lateral dimension of the redistribution circuit structure.
US12015012B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device with a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate including a first circuit, a first element layer including a second circuit, and a second element layer including a third circuit. The first circuit includes a first transistor. The second circuit includes a second transistor. The third circuit includes a memory cell. The memory cell includes a third transistor and a capacitor. The first element layer and the second element layer constitute a stacked block stacked and provided in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a surface of the silicon substrate. A plurality of stacked blocks are stacked and provided in the direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the surface of the silicon substrate. Each of the plurality of stacked blocks includes a first wiring provided in the direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the surface of the silicon substrate. The plurality of stacked blocks are electrically connected to each other through the wiring.
US12015011B2	Semiconductor device assemblies and systems with improved thermal performance and methods for making the same Semiconductor device assemblies are provided with one or more layers of thermally conductive material disposed between adjacent semiconductor dies in a vertical stack. The thermally conductive material can be configured to conduct heat generated by one or more of the semiconductor dies in laterally outward towards an outer edge of the assembly. The layer of thermally conductive material can comprise one or more allotropes of carbon, such as diamond, graphene, graphite, carbon nanotubes, or a combination thereof. The layer of thermally conductive material can be provided via deposition (e.g., sputtering, PVD, CVD, or ALD), or via adhering a film comprising the layer of thermally conductive material to one or more of the semiconductor dies.
US12015010B2	Vertically stacked semiconductor device including a hybrid bond contact junction circuit and methods of forming the same A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die including a side surface bonded to the first semiconductor die, such that the second semiconductor die is perpendicular to the first semiconductor die, and a junction circuit for connecting the first semiconductor die to the second semiconductor die.
US12015006B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor element and a tin-based solder layer. The semiconductor element faces the substrate in a normal direction of the substrate. The normal direction corresponds to a normal line of the substrate. The tin-based solder layer joins the semiconductor element to the substrate. The tin-based solder layer a central portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion. The tin-based solder layer has a tin crystal with a C-axis at each of the central portion and the peripheral portion. The C-axis at the central portion intersects the normal line at an angle larger than 45 degrees with respect to the normal line. The C-axis at the peripheral portion either intersects the normal line at an angle smaller than or equal to 45 degrees with respect to the normal line, or is parallel to the normal line.
US12015001B2	Bonding structure and method thereof A bonding method and a bonding structure are provided. A device substrate is provided including a plurality of semiconductor devices, wherein each of the semiconductor devices includes a first bonding layer. A cap substrate is provided including a plurality of cap structures, wherein each of the cap structures includes a second bonding layer, the second bonding layer having a planar surface and a first protrusion protruding from the planar surface. The device substrate is bonded to the cap substrate by engaging the first protrusion of the second bonding layer of each of the cap structures with the corresponding first bonding layer of each of the semiconductor devices in the device substrate.
US12015000B2	Semiconductor product with interlocking metal-to-metal bonds and method for manufacturing thereof A structure and method for performing metal-to-metal bonding in an electrical device. For example and without limitation, various aspects of this disclosure provide a structure and method that utilize an interlocking structure configured to enhance metal-to-metal bonding.
US12014995B2	Warpage-reducing semiconductor structure and fabricating method of the same A warpage-reducing semiconductor structure includes a wafer. The wafer includes a front side and a back side. Numerous semiconductor elements are disposed at the front side. A silicon oxide layer is disposed at the back side. A UV-transparent silicon nitride layer covers and contacts the silicon oxide layer. The refractive index of the UV-transparent silicon nitride layer is between 1.55 and 2.10.
US12014993B2	Package having redistribution layer structure with protective layer and method of fabricating the same Provided is a method of fabricating a package including: providing a die with a contact thereon; forming a redistribution layer (RDL) structure on the die, the forming the RDL structure on the die comprising: forming a first dielectric material on the die; forming a conductive feature in and partially on the first dielectric material; after the forming the conductive feature, forming a protective layer on the conductive feature, wherein the protective layer covers a top surface of the conductive feature and extends to cover a top surface of the first dielectric material; forming a second dielectric material on the protective layer; and performing a planarization process to expose the conductive feature; and forming a plurality of conductive connectors to electrically connect the die through the RDL structure.
US12014991B2	Interconnect structure including graphene-metal barrier and method of manufacturing the same An interconnect structure may include a graphene-metal barrier on a substrate and a conductive layer on the graphene-metal barrier. The graphene-metal barrier may include a plurality of graphene layers and metal particles on grain boundaries of each graphene layer between the plurality of graphene layers. The metal particles may be formed at a ratio of 1 atom % to 10 atom % with respect to carbon of the plurality of graphene layers.
US12014989B2	Device and method of very high density routing used with embedded multi-die interconnect bridge A device and method for providing enhanced bridge structures is disclosed. A set of conducting and insulating layers are deposited and lithographically processed. The conducting layers have uFLS routing. A bridge with uFLS contacts and die disposed on the underlying structure such that the die are connected with the uFLS contacts and uFLS routing. For core-based structures, the layers are formed after the bridge is placed on the underlying structure and the die connected to the bridge through intervening conductive layers. For coreless structures, the layers are formed over the bridge and carrier, which is removed prior to bonding the die to the bridge, and the die bonded directly to the bridge.
US12014988B2	Semiconductor device having a graphene film and method for fabricating thereof A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor device comprising: a first level wiring disposed at a first metal level, and includes a first line wiring, a first insulating capping film and a first side wall graphene film, the first insulating capping film extending along an upper surface of the first line wiring, and the first side wall graphene film extending along a side wall of the first line wiring; an interlayer insulating film covering the side wall of the first line wiring and a side wall of the first insulating capping film; and a second level wiring disposed at a second metal level higher than the first metal level, and includes a second via connected to the first line wiring, and a second line wiring connected to the second via, wherein the second via penetrates the first insulating capping film.
US12014986B2	Method for preparing semiconductor device structure with conductive plugs of different aspect ratios and manganese-containing lining layer The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a semiconductor device structure. The method includes preparing a substrate having a pattern-dense region and a pattern-loose region; forming a first conductive layer disposed over the substrate; forming a first dielectric layer disposed over the first conductive layer; etching the first dielectric layer to form a first opening and a second opening exposing the first conductive layer; forming a first lining layer and a first conductive plug in the first opening and a second conductive plug in the second opening, wherein the first lining layer comprises manganese (Mn), the first conductive plug comprises copper (Cu), and the first conductive plug and the second plug are surrounded by the first lining layer; and forming a second conductive layer over the first dielectric layer, the first lining layer and the first conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layer comprises copper (Cu).
US12014985B2	Semiconductor interconnect, electrode for semiconductor device, and method of preparing multielement compound thin film A semiconductor interconnect and an electrode for semiconductor devices may include a thin film including a multielement compound represented by Formula 1 and having a thickness equal to or less than about 50 nm, a grain size (A) to thickness (B) ratio (A/B) equal to or greater than about 1.2, and a resistivity equal to or less than about 200 μΩ·cm: Mn+1AXn Formula 1 In Formula 1, M, A, X, and n are as described in the specification.
US12014983B2	Assemblies having conductive interconnects which are laterally and vertically offset relative to one another and methods of forming assemblies having conductive interconnects which are laterally and vertically offset relative to one another Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a base which includes first circuitry. Memory decks are over the base. Each of the memory decks has a sense/access line coupled with the first circuitry. The memory decks and base are vertically spaced from one another by gaps. The gaps alternate in a vertical direction between first gaps and second gaps. Overlapping conductive paths extend from the sense/access lines to the first circuitry. The conductive paths include first conductive interconnects within the first gaps and second conductive interconnects within the second gaps. The first and second conductive interconnects are laterally offset relative to one another.
US12014982B2	Integrated circuit device and method An IC device includes first and second cells adjacent each other and over a substrate. The first cell includes a first IO pattern along a first track among a plurality of tracks in a first metal layer, the plurality of tracks elongated along a first axis and spaced from each other along a second axis. The second cell includes a plurality of conductive patterns along corresponding different tracks among the plurality of tracks in the first metal layer, each of the plurality of conductive patterns being an IO pattern of the second cell or a floating conductive pattern. The first metal layer further includes a first connecting pattern along the first track and connects the first IO pattern and a second IO pattern of the second cell. The second IO pattern is one of the plurality of conductive patterns of the second cell and is along the first track.
US12014981B2	Active under shielding for coils and transformers An example circuit includes a coil structure located on at least a first layer of an integrated circuit (IC); and a circuit component comprising conduction paths. The conduction paths are located on one or more layers separate from the first layer and the first layer and the one or more layers form parallel planes. The conduction paths of the circuit component are oriented to avoid eddy currents in the conduction paths caused by an electric current through the coil structure and form a patterned shield. At least some of the conduction paths define an area, and the coil structure is located within the defined area.
US12014979B2	Methods of forming semiconductor packages In an embodiment, a device includes: a first redistribution structure including a first dielectric layer; a die adhered to a first side of the first redistribution structure; an encapsulant laterally encapsulating the die, the encapsulant being bonded to the first dielectric layer with first covalent bonds; a through via extending through the encapsulant; and first conductive connectors electrically connected to a second side of the first redistribution structure, a subset of the first conductive connectors overlapping an interface of the encapsulant and the die.
US12014977B2	Interconnection structure, method of fabricating the same, and semiconductor package including interconnection structure Disclosed are interconnection structures, semiconductor packages including the same, and methods of fabricating the same. The interconnection structure comprises a first dielectric layer, a wiring pattern formed in the first dielectric layer, a portion of the wiring pattern exposed with respect to a top surface of the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer including an opening that exposes the exposed portion of the wiring pattern, a pad formed in the opening of the second dielectric layer, the pad including a base part that covers the exposed portion of the wiring pattern at a bottom of the opening and a sidewall part that extends upwardly along an inner lateral surface of the opening from the base part, a first seed layer interposed between the second dielectric layer and a first lateral surface of the sidewall part, the first seed layer being in contact with the first lateral surface and the second dielectric layer, and a second seed layer that conformally covers a second lateral surface of the sidewall part and a top surface of the base part, the second lateral surface being opposite to the first lateral surface the second dielectric layer.
US12014976B2	Chip package structure including a silicon substrate interposer and methods for forming the same A chip package structure includes an interposer structure that contains a package-side redistribution structure, an interposer core assembly, and a die-side redistribution structure. The interposer core assembly includes at least one silicon substrate interposer, and each of the at least one silicon substrate interposer includes a respective silicon substrate, a respective set of through-silicon via (TSV) structures vertically extending through the respective silicon substrate, a respective set of interconnect-level dielectric layers embedding a respective set of metal interconnect structures, and a respective set of metal bonding structures that are electrically connected to the die-side redistribution structure. The chip package structure includes at least two semiconductor dies that are attached to the die-side redistribution structure, and an epoxy molding compound (EMC) multi-die frame that laterally encloses the at least two semiconductor dies.
US12014973B2	Multi-die-package and method A method includes providing a processed first wafer having front and back sides and including power semiconductor dies implemented within the wafer by processing its front side, each die having a first load terminal at the front side and a second load terminal at the back side; providing an unprocessed second wafer made of an electrically insulating material and having first and second opposing sides; forming a plurality of recesses within the second wafer; filling the plurality of recesses with a conductive material; forming a stack by attaching, prior or subsequent to filling the recesses, the second wafer to the front side of the first wafer, the conductive material electrically contacting the first load terminals of the power semiconductor dies; and ensuring that the conductive material provides an electrical connection between the first side and the second side of the second wafer.
US12014972B2	Semiconductor devices including through-silicon-vias and methods of manufacturing the same and semiconductor packages including the semiconductor devices A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a preliminary via structure through a portion of a substrate; partially removing the substrate to expose a portion of the preliminary via structure; forming a protection layer structure on the substrate to cover the portion of the preliminary via structure that is exposed; partially etching the protection layer structure to form a protection layer pattern structure and to partially expose the preliminary via structure; wet etching the preliminary via structure to form a via structure; and forming a pad structure on the via structure to have a flat top surface.
US12014969B2	Package structure and method for forming the same A package structure is provided. The package structure includes a redistribution structure over a substrate, a semiconductor die over the redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the substrate, and an underfill material over the substrate and encapsulating the redistribution structure and the semiconductor die. The underfill material includes an extension portion overlapping a corner of the semiconductor die and extending into the substrate.
US12014966B2	Semiconductor memory device having composite dielectric film structure and methods of forming the same A semiconductor memory device and method of making the same are disclosed. The semiconductor memory device includes a substrate that includes a memory region and a peripheral region, a transistor including a metal gate located in the peripheral region, a composite dielectric film structure located over the metal gate of the transistor, the composite dielectric film structure including a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, where the second dielectric layer has a greater density than a density of the first dielectric layer, and at least one memory cell located in the memory region. The composite dielectric film structure provides enhanced protection of the metal gate against etching damage and thereby improves device performance.
US12014959B2	Integrated nanowire and nanoribbon patterning in transistor manufacture Fabrication of narrow and wide structures based on lithographic patterning of exclusively narrow mask structures. Multi-patterning may be employed to define narrow mask structures. Wide mask structures may be derived through a process-based merging of multiple narrow mask structures. The merge may include depositing a cap layer over narrow structures, filling in minimum spaces. The cap layer may be removed leaving residual cap material only within minimum spaces. Narrow and wide structures may be etched into an underlayer based on a summation of the narrow mask structures and residual cap material. A plug pattern may further mask portions of the cap layer not completely filling space between adjacent mask structures. The underlayer may then be etched based on a summation of the narrow mask structures, plug pattern, and residual cap material. Such methods may be utilized to integrate nanoribbon transistors with nanowire transistors in an integrated circuit (IC).
US12014955B2	Method for fabricating conductive layer stack and method for fabricating semiconductor device with gate contact The present application discloses a method for fabricating a conductive layer stack. The method includes forming an intervening layer on an under-layer; and forming a filler layer on the intervening layer, wherein the filler layer comprises tungsten. The intervening layer comprises tungsten silicide and a thickness of the intervening layer is greater than 4.1 nm. The under-layer comprises titanium nitride and comprises a columnar grain structure.
US12014954B2	Method and equipment for forming gaps in a material layer An equipment includes a supporter and an etching device. The supporter is configured to support a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an etch stop layer, a material layer, and a mask layer. The mask layer has openings to expose portions of the material layer. The etching device is configured to emit a plurality of directional charged particle beams to etch the exposed portions of the material layer for forming gaps in the material layer, in which the etching device has plural ion extraction apertures to emit the directional charged particle beams. A vertical distance between the semiconductor device and the ion extraction apertures is determined in accordance with a profile of each of the gap, each of the directional charged particle beams has two energy peaks at two angles, and the angles are determined in accordance with a profile of each of the gaps and the vertical distance.
US12014952B2	Lithography method to reduce spacing between interconnect wires in interconnect structure In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method that includes depositing multiple hard mask layers over an interconnect dielectric layer. A first patterning layer is deposited over the multiple hard mask layers, and a first masking structure is formed over the first masking structure. The first masking structure has openings formed by a first extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography process. Portions of the first patterning layer are removed according to the first masking structure. A second masking structure is formed within the patterned first patterning layer. A third masking structure is formed over a topmost one of the hard mask layers and has openings formed by a second EUV lithography process. Removal processes are performed to pattern the multiple hard mask layers to form openings in the interconnect dielectric layer, and interconnect wires having rounded corners are formed within the openings of the interconnect dielectric layer.
US12014950B2	Method for forming semiconductor structure and semiconductor structure A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes the following steps: providing a substrate having a trench in a surface; forming an isolation layer on the surface of the substrate, the isolation layer covering a side wall and a bottom wall of the trench; pretreating the isolation layer such that an initial oxide layer is formed on a surface of the isolation layer; forming an advanced oxide layer on a surface of the initial oxide layer with an atomic layer deposition process; and forming a dielectric layer on a surface of the advanced oxide layer with a spin-on dielectrics (SOD) process such that the dielectric layer fills the trench.
US12014944B2	Mapping of a replacement parts storage container A system includes a factory interface, a load port connected to the factory interface, a container connected to the load port, and a controller connected to a robot arm of the factory interface. The controller determines that the container is configured to store replacement parts for a process chamber of the system and causes the robot arm to move according to a first mapping pattern to identify, using a detection system at a distal end of an end effector of the robot arm, positions in the container. Regions of the container that do not contain replacement parts are determined and the robot arm is moved according to a second mapping pattern to identify a position in the container of a wafer and/or an empty carrier for a replacement part. A mapping of positions of replacement parts and positions of the wafer and/or empty carrier is recorded in a storage medium.
US12014943B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including checking a leak from a process furnace before a substrate is processed. The checking includes: (a) measuring, by a partial pressure sensor provided at an exhaust pipe, an oxygen partial pressure value of a residual oxygen after the process furnace is vacuum-exhausted; (b) comparing the oxygen partial pressure value measured by the partial pressure sensor with a threshold value; and (c) when the oxygen partial pressure value is higher than the threshold value in (b), performing at least one among: purging the process furnace and evacuating the process furnace.
US12014942B2	Leak measurement system, semiconductor manufacturing system, and leak measurement method A leak measurement system measures a leak of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The leak measurement system includes a vibration sensor that contacts or is connected to the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, an image generation unit that generates a vibration waveform image based on vibration data detected by the vibration sensor, and an analysis unit that analyzes the leak of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus based on the vibration waveform image generated by the image generation unit.
US12014939B2	Device for manufacturing semiconductor substrate comprising temperature gradient inversion means and method for manufacturing semiconductor substrate Provided are a method for etching and growing a semiconductor substrate in the same device system, and a device therefor. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate includes a first heating step of heating a heat treatment space which contains a semiconductor substrate and a transmission/reception body that transports atoms between the semiconductor substrate and the transmission/reception body such that a temperature gradient is formed between the semiconductor substrate and the transmission/reception body, and a second heating step of heating the same with the temperature gradient being vertically inverted.
US12014935B2	Interposer and method of manufacturing the interposer The method of manufacturing an interposer includes providing a substrate including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, forming a first mold structure on the substrate, forming a photoresist layer on the first mold structure, forming a first transfer pattern over the photoresist layer on the first region, using a first photomask, forming a second transfer pattern over the photoresist layer on the second region, using the first photomask, forming a mask pattern on the first mold structure, using the first transfer pattern and the second transfer pattern and forming a first trench and a second trench in the first mold structure, using the mask pattern, the first trench being formed in the first region, and the second trench being formed in the second region.
US12014929B2	Etching method for silicon nitride and production method for semiconductor element There is provided an etching method for silicon nitride that enables selective etching of silicon nitride without using plasma. The etching method for silicon nitride includes placing etching object (12) containing silicon nitride in an etching gas containing halogen fluoride, which is a compound of bromine or iodine and fluorine, to etch the silicon nitride of the etching object (12) without using plasma under a pressure of 1 Pa to 80 kPa.
US12014926B2	Self aligned litho etch process patterning method A method of defining a pattern includes forming a plurality of cut shapes and a first plurality of openings within a first layer of a multi-layer hard mask to expose first portions of the second layer. A plurality of etch stops is formed by implanting an etch rate modifying species in a portion of the plurality of cut shapes. The first layer is directionally etched at the plurality of cut shapes such that the plurality of etch stops remain. A spacer layer is formed on the first layer and the first portions. A second plurality of openings is formed within the spacer layer to expose second portions of the second layer. The spacer layer is directionally etched to remove the spacer layer from sidewalls of the plurality of etch stops. Portions of the second layer exposed through the first plurality of openings and the second plurality of openings are etched.
US12014924B2	Silicon carbide epitaxial substrate and method for manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device When a value obtained by dividing the number of the one or more second regions by a total of the number of the one or more first regions and the number of the one or more second regions is defined as a first defect free area ratio, a value obtained by dividing the number of the one or more fourth regions by a total of the number of the one or more third regions and the number of the one or more fourth regions is defined as a second defect free area ratio, and a value obtained by dividing the number of the one or more macroscopic defects by an area of the central region is defined as X cm−2, A is smaller than B, B is less than or equal to 4, X is more than 0 and less than 4, and a Formula 1 is satisfied.
US12014921B2	Plasma enhanced wafer soak for thin film deposition Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for providing a substrate onto a substrate support in a processing chamber, generating an inert plasma in the processing chamber, and maintaining the inert plasma to heat the substrate to a steady state temperature, suitable for conducting plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), in less than 30 seconds from providing the substrate onto the substrate support. An apparatus may include a processing chamber, a process station that includes a substrate support, a process gas unit configured to flow an inert gas onto a substrate supported by the substrate support, a plasma source configured to generate an inert plasma in the process station, and a controller with instructions configured to flow the inert gas onto the substrate, generate the inert plasma in the first process station, and maintain the inert plasma to thereby heat the substrate.
US12014918B2	Laser-driven light source with electrodeless ignition A method of generating light with a laser-driven light source includes generating a CW sustaining light and propagating the CW sustaining light to a gas filled bulb comprising an ionizing gas. A pump light is generated. A Q-switched laser crystal is irradiated with the generated pump light, thereby generating pulsed laser light. The pulsed laser light is propagated to the gas filled bulb comprising the ionizing gas so as to generate a CW plasma that emits light. The light generated by the CW plasma in the gas filled bulb is detected. The pump light is controlled so as to extinguish the pulsed laser light after the light generated by the CW plasma is detected.
US12014917B2	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for elliptical atomic object traps The disclosure provides an atomic object trap apparatus and a method of operating such. The atomic object trap apparatus comprises two or more radio frequency (RF) electrodes formed concentrically in a substantially elliptical shape; and three or more trapping and/or transport (TT) electrode sequences formed concentrically in a substantially elliptical shape. The two or more RF electrodes and the three or more TT electrode sequences define a substantially elliptically-shaped atomic object trap. At least one TT electrode sequence of the three or more TT electrode sequences is disposed concentrically between the two or more RF electrodes. Each RF electrode and TT electrode sequence is elliptically shaped such that each comprises two substantially parallel longitudinal regions and two arc-spanning beltway regions, the four regions forming a substantially elliptical shape. The method is directed to operating a quantum computing system comprising an example atomic object trap apparatus.
US12014915B2	Ion traps with y-directional ion manipulation for mass spectrometry and related mass spectrometry systems and methods A miniature electrode apparatus is disclosed for trapping charged particles, the apparatus includes, along a longitudinal direction, a first end cap electrode, a central electrode having an aperture, and a second end cap electrode. The aperture is elongated in the lateral plane and extends through the central electrode along the longitudinal direction and the central electrode surrounds the aperture in a lateral plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to define a transverse cavity for trapping charged particles. Electric fields can be applied in a y-direction of the lateral plane across one or more planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to translocate and/or manipulate ion trajectories.
US12014912B2	Apparatus and method for physical vapor deposition An apparatus and method for physical vapor deposition includes a magnetron having a plurality of electromagnets disposed between a base and a magnetic conductive plate. The magnetron includes a plurality of individually controlled electromagnets between a base and an electromagnetic plate. The magnetron controls the polarity and strength of current supplied to the respective electromagnets to generate magnetic fields that confine electrons to areas near a target material within the deposition chamber.
US12014911B2	Sputtering apparatus An example of a sputtering apparatus comprises a first target and a second target that emit sputter particles, a substrate support configured to support a substrate, a shielding plate disposed between the first and the second target and the substrate and having a through-hole through which the sputter particles pass, and an obstructing mechanism. The through-hole has a first opening region through which the sputter particles emitted from the fit target pass and a second opening region through which the sputter particles emitted from the second target pass, and the obstructing mechanism is configured to obstruct the sputter particles emitted from the first target in passing through the second opening region and the sputter particles emitted in the second target from passing through the first opening region.
US12014910B2	Method and system for adjusting location of a wafer and a top plate in a thin-film deposition process A thin-film deposition system includes a top plate positioned above a wafer and configured to generate a plasma during a thin-film deposition process. The system includes a sensor configured to generate sensor signals indicative of a lifetime of a component of the thin-film deposition system, a characteristic of a thin-film deposited by the thin-film deposition system or a characteristic of a process material that flows into the thin-film deposition system. The system includes a control system configured to adjust a relative location of a top plate of the thin-film deposition system with respect to a location of a wafer in the thin-film deposition system during the thin-film deposition process responsive to the sensor signals.
US12014908B2	Vacuum processing apparatus A vacuum processing apparatus with improved processing efficiency, which includes a pusher arm to support the wafer on a beam portion, or deliver the supported wafer, and a cooling plate disposed on a bottom in the lock chamber for cooling the wafer and placed on tip ends of multiple support pins. The pusher arm includes four pusher pins disposed around a center of the wafer to be placed on the horizontally extending beam portion, and a drive unit connected to the proximal part for vertically moving the beam portion. The cooling plate includes a recess portion in its center, into which the beam portion of the pusher arm which has been moved downward is stored. The support pins are positioned closer to an outer circumference side of the wafer on the cooling plate with respect to the center than the pusher pins of the pusher arm.
US12014906B2	High temperature detachable very high frequency (VHF) electrostatic chuck (ESC) for PVD chamber Embodiments of substrate supports for use in substrate processing chambers are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support includes: an upper assembly having a base plate assembly coupled to a lower surface of a cooling plate, wherein the base plate assembly includes a plurality of electrical feedthroughs, and wherein the cooling plate includes a plurality of openings aligned with the plurality of electrical feedthroughs; an electrostatic chuck disposed on the upper assembly and removably coupled to the cooling plate, wherein the electrostatic chuck has a chucking electrode disposed therein that is electrically coupled to a first pair of electrical feedthroughs of the plurality of electrical feedthroughs; and an inner tube coupled to the cooling plate and configured to provide an RF delivery path to the electrostatic chuck.
US12014904B2	Wafer processing apparatus A wafer processing apparatus is provided. The wafer processing apparatus includes a chamber body defining a plasma region configured that plasma is generated in the plasma region, a wafer support arranged in the chamber body and configured to support a wafer, first and second electrodes arranged between the wafer support and the plasma region and having apertures configured to guide a path of ions of the plasma, a first power source configured to apply, to the first electrode, a voltage that is higher than a voltage applied to the second electrode, and a second power source configured to apply, to the wafer support, a voltage that is higher than the voltage applied to the second electrode.
US12014902B2	System and method of cleaning process chamber components Embodiments described herein relate to process systems for cleaning semiconductor process chamber components. The process systems include a process chamber having process chamber components. The process chamber components include a substrate support disposed within a chamber volume of the process chamber. A gas distribution assembly faces the substrate support. A gas baffle is fluidly coupled to the gas distribution assembly. A sensor system is coupled to the process chamber and is configured to monitor at least one characteristic of the volume of the process chamber. A dynamic gas assist is fluidly coupled to the gas baffle and is communicatively coupled to the sensor.
US12014900B2	Optical system for monitoring plasma reactions and reactors The present invention provides a plasma generating system that includes: a waveguide; a plasma cavity coupled to the waveguide and configured to generate a plasma therewithin by use of microwave energy; a hollow cylinder protruding from a wall of the waveguide and having a bottom cap that has an aperture; a detection unit for receiving the light emitted by the plasma through the aperture and configured to measure intensities of the light in an ultraviolet (UV) range and an infrared (IR) range; and a controller for controlling the detection unit.
US12014899B2	High-frequency power supply device and output control method therefor A high-frequency power supply device, which outputs high-frequency pulses to a target device on the basis of a synchronous pulse and a clock pulse, and the output control method therefor are such that a period reference signal is generated from output timing information pertaining to the synchronous pulse, an output level signal is generated from output level information, an output stop time is timed on the basis of the period reference signal and an output stop signal is generated, and, when the period reference signal, the output level signal, and the clock pulse are received and a high-frequency pulse is formed on the basis of these signals, transmission of the output level signal is stopped while the output stop signal is being received.
US12014898B2	Active temperature control for RF window in immersed antenna source A processing system including an ion source having a plasma chamber to house a plasma, an extraction assembly, disposed along a side of the plasma chamber, and including at least one extraction aperture, and an antenna assembly extending through the plasma chamber. The antenna assembly may include a dielectric enclosure and a plurality of conductive antennas extending through the dielectric enclosure, the conductive antennas having respective gas ports formed therein for delivering a gas into the dielectric enclosure. The processing system may further include a temperature regulation system coupled to the conductive antennas and to the dielectric enclosure for monitoring a temperature of the dielectric enclosure and regulating the gas delivered to the conductive antennas for regulating the temperature of the dielectric enclosure.
US12014895B2	Multi-beam electronics scan A multi-beam electronics scanning system using swathing. The system includes an electron emitter source configured to emit an illumination beam. The illumination beam is split into multiple electron beams by a beam splitter lens array. The system also includes an electronic deflection system configured to deflect each of the electron beams in a plurality of directions, including a first direction, along two different axes. Last, a swathing stage is used to move a sample with a constant velocity in a second direction that is parallel to the first direction.
US12014891B2	Plug-in circuit breaker A plug-in circuit breaker that includes a circuit breaker housing with a limiting hole and a opening and closing button. The circuit breaker further includes a locking member rotatably arranged inside the circuit breaker housing with an upper portion close to the limiting hole provided with a locking protrusion fitting. A lower portion of the circuit breaker housing is provided with a locking driving surface fitting with the opening and closing button. When the limiting hole is not shielded, the opening and closing button jacks up the locking driving surface to enable the locking protrusion to extend out of the limiting hole. The plug-in circuit breaker is closed when the limiting hole is shielded, so that the locking protrusion cannot extend out of the limiting hole. The locking driving surface limits the opening and closing button, so that the opening and closing button cannot press to the destined position.
US12014890B2	High-voltage circuit breaker system A high-voltage circuit breaker system has a rapid disconnection function that results in an opening, closing, and reopening movement of a contact system. A circuit breaker having the contact system and a drive system that is mechanically connected to the contact system. The drive system includes a drive unit and, in addition to the drive unit, a drive shaft that is designed as a crankshaft. The crankshaft is connected to a mobile contact of the contact system via a push rod, and the cycle of opening, closing, and reopening movement of the contact system results from a unidirectional rotational movement of the crankshaft.
US12014888B2	Circuit assembly Provided is a circuit assembly including: a main relay that is to be electrically connected between a load and a battery; a pre-charge circuit connected in parallel with the main relay; and a heat transfer member, wherein the pre-charge circuit includes current-carrying portions that are to be connected to the main relay, and the heat transfer member and the current-carrying portions are in contact with each other.
US12014886B2	Key structure A key structure includes a circuit board, a keycap, an elastic member and a metal member. The keycap has a bottom facing the circuit board. The elastic member is disposed between the circuit board and the keycap. The elastic member includes a dome portion, a hollow portion, and a contact pillar. The dome portion touches the bottom of the keycap. The hollow portion is located inside of the dome portion. The contact pillar is located in the hollow portion, and the contact pillar extends from the dome portion to the circuit board. The metal member covers the outside of the contact pillar. The metal member comprises a trigger portion, and the trigger portion is a convex portion extending toward the circuit board.
US12014885B2	Molecular doping enabled scalable blading of efficient hole transport layer-free perovskite solar cells A method of forming a photoactive device includes steps of: forming a photoactive layer, the photoactive layer comprising a perovskite material and a dopant; wherein the photoactive device comprises a positive electrode and a negative electrode; wherein said photoactive layer is directly or indirectly in electronic communication with the positive electrode and directly or indirectly in electronic communication with the negative electrode; and wherein the photoactive device is free of a hole transport layer between the photoactive layer and the positive electrode.
US12014884B2	Electrode foil for electrolytic capacitor, electrolytic capacitor, and methods for manufacturing same An electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor includes an anode electrode body including a base material part having a porous body portion, and a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the porous body portion. The anode electrode body has a first main surface in which pores of the porous body portion are opened, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and an end surface connecting the first main surface and the second main surface. In the porous body portion, a first film thickness of the dielectric layer in an end surface vicinity region is larger than a second film thickness of the dielectric layer in a deep inner region, the end surface vicinity region being a region within a predetermined distance from the end surface, the deep inner region being a region located away from the first main surface and at a central portion in a direction parallel to the first main surface.
US12014882B2	Tantalum capacitor A tantalum capacitor includes: a tantalum body including tantalum powder and having a tantalum wire exposed to one end surface; a molded portion having fifth and sixth surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and first and second direction opposing each other in a third direction, and disposed to surround the tantalum body; an anode lead frame exposed to the second surface of the molded portion and electrically connected to the tantalum wire; and a cathode lead frame spaced apart from the anode lead frame and exposed to the second surface of the molded portion. The anode lead frame includes a first connection portion and a first bent portion, and the first bent portion forms an angle of inclination, ranging from 70° or more to 80° or less, to a side of the tantalum body with respect to the first connection portion.
US12014876B2	Multilayer capacitor A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a capacitance region in which at least one first internal electrode and at least one second internal electrode are alternately laminated in a first direction with at least one dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes spaced apart from each other and disposed on the body to be connected to the at least one first internal electrode and the at least one second internal electrode, respectively, wherein the body further includes a buffer layer disposed in the capacitance region and having a Young's modulus of greater than 0 time and (50/135) times or less of a Young's modulus of the at least one dielectric layer.
US12014874B2	Servo driver with simple assembly work of capacitor to housing A servo driver is provided with a housing, a substantially cylindrical capacitor, and a case body in which the capacitor is stored. The case body has a substantially box-like shape formed by being provided with an opening portion that makes it possible to take in and out the capacitor with respect to the case body along a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the capacitor, and is assembled to the housing so that the opening portion is covered with a closing portion that is a part of the housing. An elastically deformable cushion material is interposed between the closing portion and the capacitor. While being elastically biased to a bottom portion of the case body, the capacitor is thereby sandwiched and held between the closing portion and the bottom portion.
US12014873B2	Receiving case and chassis having the same A chassis includes a receiving case. The receiving case includes a first base, a second base, and a cover. The first base includes two first side walls. One of the two first side walls includes a first sliding portion. One of the two first side walls includes a multi-segment positioning portion. The second base includes two second side walls. One of the two second side walls includes a second sliding portion. One of the two second side walls includes a multi-segment alignment portion. The cover is pivoted on the first base. The first sliding portion is connected to the second sliding portion, and the multi-segment positioning portion of the first base is adapted to be engaged with the multi-segment alignment portion of the second base, so that the second base is slidably disposed on the first base. The receiving case is adapted to accommodate electronic elements.
US12014872B2	Hybrid electrodes and electrochemical cells and modules utilizing the same Hybrid electrochemical cells and modules include an anode two-sided current collector a coated with host material in anode region(s) and a cathode two-sided current collector coated with active material in cathode region(s), and one or more of the anode current collector and the cathode current collector is coated with capacitor material in one or more distinct, non-overlapping capacitor regions. A hybrid anode and/or cathode can include gaps between capacitor regions and anode regions and cathode regions. The capacitor material applied to an electrode is different from the host or active material thereof. Active material includes lithium metal oxides and lithium metal phosphates such as LiFePO4, Li(NixMnyCoz)O2, and/or LiMn2O4; host material includes graphite, silicon, silicon-Li/Sn/Cu alloys, Si/Co/Fe/TiSn oxides, and low-surface area carbon; and capacitor material includes activated carbon, metal oxides, and metal sulfides.
US12014870B2	Air-core reactors for use with power transmission systems Air-core reactors for use with power transmission systems are disclosed. An example air-core reactor may include a main coil and an auxiliary coil. The main coil may include a first solenoid having a first diameter and a second solenoid having a second diameter, wherein the first diameter and the second diameter are different. The auxiliary coil may include a third solenoid. The first solenoid and the second solenoid may be arranged concentrically. The auxiliary coil may also be magnetically coupled to the main coil, and the auxiliary coil may be arranged concentric to the main coil.
US12014868B2	Electrode structure An electrode structure on a circuit board, the electrode structure comprising a metal structure disposed on and electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein the metal structure and a surface of the circuit board forms a space therebetween, wherein at least one first electrical component is disposed in the space and an outer surface of the metal structure forms an electrode for electrically connecting with an external component.
US12014867B2	Connection system for exchanging electrical signals with magnetic symmetrical connectors A connection system for exchanging electrical signals includes a first symmetrical connector and a second symmetrical connector. Each symmetrical connector has at least one magnetic core provided with at least one turn. The symmetrical connectors are produced in a substrate made of insulating material so as to form a half of a coupling transformer. At least one half of the coupling transformer of each connector is arranged opposite one another so as to be able to exchange a magnetic flux. The electrical signals are emitted by the first connector in the form of a magnetic flux, and the second connector generates the electrical signals on receiving the magnetic flux.
US12014864B2	Winding arrangement for use in magnetic devices A coil of electrically conductive material includes first and second sections, the first section including a first plurality of turns and the second section including a second plurality of turns. Both the first plurality of turns and the second plurality of turns are arranged around a winding axis of the coil. The first plurality of turns are smaller than the second plurality of turns such that when viewed along the winding axis of the coil, the first plurality of turns fit within the second plurality of turns. When viewed perpendicular to the winding axis of the coil, the first and second sections are adjacent.
US12014861B2	Method of manufacturing electronic component and electronic component A method of manufacturing an electronic component capable of preventing entrance of a plating solution and a flux component at an interface to which an inner electrode of a ceramic element body is extended, and capable of forming an outer electrode of an arbitrary shape. A ceramic element body is made of a ceramic material containing a metal oxide, and part of an inner electrode is extended to extended surfaces of the ceramic element body. A base electrode is formed on each of the extended surfaces using a conductive paste to be connected to the inner electrode. Part of another surface of the ceramic element body adjacent to the extended surfaces is locally heated, and part of the metal oxide is reduced to form a reformed portion. A plating electrode is continuously formed over the base electrode and the reformed portion through a plating method to form outer electrodes.
US12014856B2	Air-cooled dry-type transformer An air-cooled dry-type transformer includes: a core provided with a branch; a winding body arranged about the branch; a cooling channel extending in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the winding body, the cooling channel being arranged between an inner part of the winding body and an outer part of the winding body, the cooling channel having openings at both ends and a substantially ring-shaped cross section with a round, oval, or polygonal basic shape; and at least one ring ventilator comprising a ring and a blower. The blower suctions air and blows the air from the ring along a longitudinal axis of the ring, thereby generating an air flow. The at least one ring ventilator is dimensioned and mounted such that the air flow generates a cool air flow in the cooling channel.
US12014852B2	Sensor element and method for producing a sensor element In an embodiment a sensor element includes at least one carrier layer having a top side and an underside and at least one functional layer, wherein the functional layer is arranged at the top side of the carrier layer and includes a material having a temperature-dependent electrical resistance, wherein the sensor element is configured to be integrated as a discrete component directly into an electrical system, and wherein the sensor element is configured to measure a temperature.
US12014847B2	Cable for connecting system components Described are cables for connecting components of computing systems. The cables improve automation and resulting performance of high frequency and/or high speed signal transmissions by providing reliable transmission paths between hardware components. An example cable includes parallel conductors and a dielectric core that secures the parallel conductors along the length using parallel channels in opposite sides of the dielectric core. An alignment structure is also formed in the dielectric core, which has a shape along the length of the cable. A cable jacket surrounds the parallel conductors and the dielectric core. The cable jacket is contoured to follow the shape of the alignment structure. The dielectric core can be formed to maintain consistent separation between the parallel channels along the length of the cable to match impedance of the parallel conductors along the length of the cable, whether the cable lays flat or bends around corners.
US12014844B2	Wire harness having adhesive tape It is an object of the present invention to provide a technology with which a protective portion with high protective capabilities is provided while avoiding an operation to switch out binding adhesive tape much as possible. A wire harness includes: a wire; and a tape-wrapping protective portion provided in at least a partial region along a longitudinal direction of the wire, the tape-wrapping protective portion including a spiral-wrapping portion in which an adhesive tape is wrapped in a spiral shape around the wire, and in the portion where the spiral-wrapping portion is provided, the adhesive tape being wrapped so as to form more than two layers.
US12014842B2	High temperature superconductor having multiple superconducting layers, and high temperature superconductor manufacturing method for same Proposed is a high temperature superconducting wire manufacturing method and a high temperature superconducting wire having multiple superconducting layers formed by applying the method. The method includes a stacking process in which a pair of protective layers of superconducting wires including a substrate, a superconducting layer, and the protective layer are stacked such that the protective layers face each other, a joining process in which the protective layers facing each other are diffusion joining together by thermal treatment and become a joining protective layer, an exfoliating process in which a layered structure of an upper portion of the corresponding superconducting layer is removed such that one side of the superconducting layer is exposed to the outside, and an outermost protective layer forming process in which an outer protective layer formed of the same material as the joining protective layer is formed on the upper portion of the exposed superconducting layer.
US12014840B2	Method for manufacturing anisotropic conductive film, and anisotropic conductive film Provided is an anisotropic conductive film manufacturing method capable of reducing manufacturing costs. Also provided is an anisotropic conductive film capable of suppressing the occurrence of conduction defects. The anisotropic conductive film manufacturing method includes: a holding step of supplying conductive particles having a plurality of particle diameters on a member having a plurality of opening parts, and holding the conductive particles in the opening parts; and a transfer step of transferring the conductive particles held in the opening parts to an adhesive film. In the particle diameter distribution graph (X-axis: particle diameter (μm), Y-axis: number of particles) of the conductive particles held in the opening parts, the shape of the graph is such that the slope is substantially infinite in a range at or above a maximum peak particle diameter.
US12014838B2	Radioisotope target station A system for producing and harvesting radioisotopes is provided, the system having a converter housing defining a first beam window; a converter carrier and cartridge in slidable communication with the converter housing; a target housing positioned downstream from the converter housing, the target housing defining a second beam window; and a target carrier in slidable communication with the target housing.
US12014836B2	Stream integrity for artificial intelligence conversations A method, system, and computer program product to prevent misinterpretation of communications via artificial intelligence assistants. The method includes monitoring an artificial intelligence enabled communication. The method also includes analyzing messages, participants, and actions within the communication. The method also includes identifying critical data within the communication. The method also includes determining critical sequence data, where the critical sequence data is a sequence of conversation elements that contains the critical data. The method also includes predicting an uncertainty level for the critical sequence data, where the uncertainty level indicates an amount of uncertainty that the artificial intelligence correctly interprets the critical sequence data. The method also includes determining that the uncertainty level for the critical sequence data is above a threshold uncertainty value, resulting in critical sequence data that is subject to misinterpretation. The method also includes resolving any uncertainties for the critical sequence data.
US12014835B2	Methods for evaluating therapeutic benefit of combination therapies The invention provides methods for evaluating the therapeutic benefit of a combination therapy useful for treating a medical disorder, such as cancer.
US12014833B2	System and method for selecting artificially fertilized embryos A method for classifying human blastocysts includes obtaining images of a set of artificially fertilized (AF) embryos incubating in an incubator. A morphological quality of the AF embryos is determined based on a classification of the images by a convolutional neural network trained using images of pre-classified embryos. Each of the AF embryos is graded based on the morphological quality. A probability that a given graded AF embryo will result in a successful pregnancy after the given AF embryo is implanted in a gestating female is computed for each of the AF embryos from the set based on a grade of the given AF embryo and clinical parameters associated with the gestating female. One or more graded AF embryos to be recommended to be implanted in the gestating female from the set are selected based on the probability of successful pregnancy. An identity of each of the selected graded AF embryos and a number of the selected graded AF embryos to be potentially implanted in the gestating female is then output based on an outcome desired by the gestating female following implantation.
US12014832B2	Method and apparatus for prediction of complications after surgery Methods and systems disclosed herein utilize an automated analytics framework to implement a perioperative complication risk algorithm that uses existing clinical data in electronic health records to forecast patient-level probabilistic risk scores for eight major postoperative complications. An example method includes accessing health record data for a patient, normalizing the accessed health record data to generate a health record data set for the patient, transforming one or more features from the health record data set, selecting one or more transformed features from the health record data set, calculating risk probabilities for one or more complication risk categories based on the health record data set and the selected one or more features, calculating mortality risk probabilities for one or more mortality risk categories based on the calculated risk probabilities, and generating a personalized risk panel based on the calculated risk probabilities and the calculated mortality risk probabilities.
US12014831B2	Approaches to reducing dimensionality of genetic information used for machine learning and systems for implementing the same Introduced here is an approach to further refining a set of locations that can serve as inputs to a machine learning algorithm. These locations may refer to unique molecular positions in a reference human genome and/or unique mutations thereof that are relevant in diagnosing cancer. A computing system can determine the diagnostic relevance of each location and then discard some of the less diagnostically relevant locations.
US12014828B2	Using a set of machine learning diagnostic models to determine a diagnosis based on a skin tone of a patient Systems and methods are disclosed herein for determining a diagnosis based on a base skin tone of a patient. In an embodiment, the system receives a base skin tone image of a patient, generates a calibrated base skin tone image by calibrating the base skin tone image using a reference calibration profile, and determines a base skin tone of the patient based on the calibrated base skin tone image. The system receives a concern image of a portion of the patient's skin, and selects a set of machine learning diagnostic models from a plurality of sets of candidate machine learning diagnostic models based on the base skin tone of the patient, each of the sets of candidate machine learning diagnostic models trained to receive the concern image and output a diagnosis of a condition of the patient.
US12014822B2	Machine learning device, trained model, data structure, periodontal disease detection method, periodontal disease detection system, and periodontal disease detection kit A machine learning device that includes a training section configured perform training based on plural training data each configured from oral cavity information detected from a specimen and at least one determination value selected from the group consisting of a probability of periodontal disease contraction of a provider of the specimen or a state of periodontal disease, so as to train the function to decide the determination value. The training section includes a reward calculation section, a function updating section, and a convergence determination section. The reward calculation section calculates a reward for a defined result of the probability of periodontal disease contraction or the state of periodontal disease based on the training data. The function updating section updates the function so as to increase the reward calculated by the reward calculation section. The convergence determination section causes repeated calculations and updates until a predetermined convergence condition is satisfied.
US12014819B2	Cancellation management of patient requests for assistance in a healthcare facility Systems and methods are provided for managing patient assistance requests in a healthcare facility, documenting items (e.g., minor, routine, and/or frequently-performed items) in association with a patient's records in an Electronic Healthcare Information System, and cancelling patient requests for assistance. Indications that requests for assistance have been received and/or are being addressed by an appropriate healthcare team member may be audibly output from a speaker associated with a personal assistant device. Healthcare team members may verbally provide items for documentation in association with a patient's medical records, the items for documentation being received by a listening component of a personal assistant device and transmitted to an EHIS for documentation. Healthcare team members may verbally cancel patient requests for assistance upon the healthcare team member addressing the request and, in some instances, verification of the healthcare team member as an approved source for documenting the item(s) in association with the patient.
US12014815B2	Systems and methods for recording medical environments Described herein are systems, methods, and instrumentalities associated with generating a multi-dimensional representation of a medical environment based on images of the medical environments. Various pre-processing and/or post-processing operations may be performed to supplement and/or improve the multi-dimensional representation. These operations may include determining semantic information associated with the medical environment based on the images and adding the semantic information to the multi-dimensional representation in addition to space and time information. The operations may also include anonymizing a person presented in the multi-dimensional representation, adding synthetic views to the multi-dimensional representation, improving the quality of the multi-dimensional representation, etc. The multi-dimensional representation of the medical environment generated using these techniques may allow a user to experience and explore the medical environment, for example, via a virtual reality device.
US12014810B2	System and method for improving cognitive ability and computer program for the same A system for improving cognitive ability includes a content providing module configured to provide a cognitive ability improving content; an input module configured to receive learning data of the user for the cognitive ability improving content; an analyzing module configured to calculate performance information of each of a plurality of cognitive areas based on the learning data; and a machine learning module configured to store a learning result by machine learning using a preset training data set and determine a characteristic of a cognitive ability improving content to be provided to a user by using the performance information of each of the plurality of cognitive areas and the learning result. According to the system for improving cognitive ability, it is possible to provide a content in the form of a comprehensive program including multi-area intervention important for dementia prevention and perform a customized dementia prevention function by reflecting individual characteristics.
US12014807B2	Automated report generation using artificial intelligence algorithms A method, computer system, and a computer program product for automated report generation is provided. The present invention may include receiving a plurality of patient images. The present invention may include retrieving relevant data based on an analysis of the plurality of patient images. The present invention may include providing the relevant data to a user, wherein the relevant data provided to the user is in accordance with a relevant medical guideline. The present invention may include monitoring data input to generate a tailored medical report.
US12014806B2	System for immediate personalized treatment of a patient in a medical emergency Disclosed is a system designed for providing immediate treatment in medical emergency situations effecting respiratory, cardiac, and/or central nervous system functions. For non-limiting examples, the system may also be used for conditions such as trauma and chronic conditions. The main goal of the system is to provide a person who experiences a medical emergency with personalized treatment that is as close as possible to the treatment that he/she would receive in an emergency room beginning from the moment the event occurs.
US12014805B2	Health tracking system with meal goals Apparatus and methods for deriving a dietary plan. In one embodiment, the method comprises enabling a user to enter a long-term dietary goal at a health tracking device; accessing user profile information relating to the user; generating at least one value representative of a short-term dietary goal for the user based at least in part on the long-term dietary goal and the user profile information; dividing the at least one value of the short-term dietary goal among a plurality of dietary portions; and enabling the user to adjust the relative amount of the at least one value apportioned to each of the plurality of dietary portions.
US12014803B2	Techniques for sample analysis using consensus libraries Techniques and apparatus for generating consensus libraries for sample matrices (Flow A) and using the consensus libraries to determine unknown-unidentified components of a sample (Flow B) are described. For example, in an embodiment, an apparatus may include at least one memory, and processing circuitry (220) coupled to said at least one memory, wherein said processing circuitry is adapted to receive a plurality of sample matrix data sets (210a-210n) for a sample matrix generated via mass analysis of said sample matrix, and to generate a consensus library (220) for the sample matrix based on said plurality of sample matrix data sets, the consensus library comprising a plurality of known-unidentified components for the sample matrix.
US12014801B2	Word line driver array and memory Embodiments of the present application relate to the field of semiconductors, and provide a word line driver array and a memory. The word line driver array at least includes: a first transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor and a second transistor arranged sequentially, as well as a fourth word line, a first word line, a second word line and a third word line parallel to each other, wherein the fourth word line is connected to a drain of the fourth transistor, the first word line is connected to a drain of the first transistor, the second word line is connected to a drain of the second transistor, and the third word line is connected to a drain of the third transistor.
US12014799B2	Semiconductor storage device having bit line selection circuit formed in memory cell array The disclosure provides a semiconductor storage device that realizes high integration and improves reliability. A bit line selection circuit (100) of a flash memory includes transistors (BLSeO, BLSeE, BLSoO, BLSoE) in the column direction of bit lines (BL0-BL3), selecting a bit line pair composed of an even-numbered bit line (BL0) and an odd-numbered bit line (BL3) is selected by the transistors, in which a bit line pair (BL1, BL2) adjacent to the selected bit line pair is set as a non-selected bit line pair, and the selected bit line pair (BL0, BL3) is connected to page buffer/sensing circuit through an output node (BLS0, BLS1).
US12014797B2	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for managing metadata storage at a memory Apparatuses, systems, and methods for managing storage and retrieval of metadata at a memory. A metadata column address generator, during an metadata access operation, is configured to decode a subset of less than all of the bits of the column address to determine a metadata column address and a metadata column plane address corresponding to a particular one of column planes of a memory array. A column decoder is configured to facilitate a double cycle access operation to write data to or retrieve data from the plurality of column planes based on the column address and to write metadata to or retrieve metadata from a particular column corresponding to the metadata column address of the particular one of the column planes corresponding to the column plane address.
US12014796B2	Memory device and method of operating the same A memory device includes a plurality of memory cells including a first memory cell and a second memory cell, a first bit line connected to the first memory cell, a second bit line connected to the second memory cell, a first word line connected to the first and second memory cells, a first control transistor connected to the first bit line, a second control transistor connected to second bit line, a first mux transistor commonly connected to the first and second control transistors, and a sense amplifier connected to the first mux transistor.
US12014791B2	Memory fault handling method and apparatus, device, and storage medium The present disclosure provides example memory fault handling method, computer device, and computer-readable storage medium. One example method includes starting fault analysis for a memory at a first moment, where the fault analysis includes obtaining a current fault analysis result of the memory by analyzing historical fault information, the historical fault information includes fault information of the memory accumulated in a historical time period, and the historical time period is a time period before the first moment or a time period before the first moment and including the first moment. Fault recovery is started for the memory based on the current fault analysis result of the memory.
US12014790B2	Method, system and computer program product for memory repair A location of at least one fail bit to be repaired in a memory block of a memory is extracted from at least one memory test on the memory block. An available repair resource in the memory for repairing the memory block is obtained. It is checked, using machine learning, whether the at least one fail bit is unrepairable, according to the location of the at least one fail bit, and the available repair resource. When the checking indicates that the at least one fail bit is not unrepairable, it is determined whether a Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP) containing a plurality of constraints is solvable. The constraints correspond to the location of the at least one fail bit in the memory block, and the available repair resource. In response to determining that the CSP is not solvable, the memory block is marked as unrepairable or the memory is rejected.
US12014789B2	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for error correction Apparatuses, systems, and methods for error correction. A memory device may have a number of memory cells each of which stores a bit of information. A first latch may hold the encoded bit and provide it as a write parity bit to the memory array as part of a write operation. A second latch may hold a parity bit read from the memory array and the ECC circuit may generate a command signal based on that parity bit. A multiplexer latch may hold the encoded bit and provide a syndrome bit based on the command signal and the encoded bit. The syndrome bit may indicate if there is mismatch between the parity bit and the encoded bit. The logic which handles generating the syndrome bit may be separated from the logic tree.
US12014771B2	Method of pseudo-triple-port SRAM datapaths A pseudo-triple-port memory is provided with read datapaths and write datapaths. The pseudo-triple-port memory includes a plurality of pseudo-triple-port bitcells, each pseudo-triple-port first bitcell having a first read port coupled to a first bit line, a second read port coupled to a second bit line, and a write port coupled to the first bit line and to the second bit line.
US12014768B2	DRAM computation circuit and method A memory circuit includes first and second circuits. The first circuit includes a DRAM array including a plurality of bit lines, and the second circuit includes a computation circuit including a sense amplifier circuit. A boundary layer is positioned between the first and second circuits, and the boundary layer includes a plurality of via structures configured to electrically connect the plurality of bit lines to the sense amplifier circuit.
US12014766B2	System for determining target locking time of delay locked loop of memory apparatus A system and a method for determining a target locking time for a delay locked loop of a memory apparatus are provided. The system includes a signal generating device, a measuring device and a computing device. The signal generating device is configured to provide a first set of input signals to the memory apparatus in accordance with a first set of first operational parameters and a set of second operational parameters. The measuring device is configured to measure a first set of output signals from the memory apparatus in response to the first set of input signals, and to determine whether the delay locked loop fails at any combination of the first set of first operational parameters and the set of second operational parameters. The computing device is configured to determine a first candidate operational parameter to further determine the target locking time based on the first candidate operational parameter.
US12014763B2	Magnetic junction memory device and writing method thereof Magnetic junction memory devices and methods for writing data to memory devices are provided. The magnetic junction memory device includes a first memory bank including first magnetic junction memory cells, a first local write driver adjacent to the first memory bank, connected to global data lines, the first local write driver configured to write data to the first magnetic junction memory cells via local data lines, a second memory bank adjacent to the first memory bank and including second magnetic junction memory cells, a second local write driver adjacent to the second memory bank, connected to the global data lines, the second local write driver configured to write data to the second magnetic junction memory cells via local data lines, and a global write driver configured to provide first and second write data to the first and second local write driver, respectively, via the global data lines.
US12014760B2	Process for forming tape media having synergistic magnetic recording layer and underlayer A method, according to one approach, includes forming an underlayer of a magnetic recording medium. The underlayer includes first encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a first magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by a first aromatic polymer, and a first polymeric binder binding the first encapsulated nanoparticles. A magnetic recording layer is formed above the underlayer. The magnetic recording layer includes second encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a second magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an encapsulating layer, and a second polymeric binder binding the second encapsulated nanoparticles.
US12014758B1	Tapered bi-layer near field transducer for heat-assisted magnetic recording write heads The present embodiments relate to a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head with a NFT bi-layer structure with a bottom taper, which can be applied to one or both layers of the two layers. A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head can include a main pole including a tip portion configured to interact with a magnetic recording medium at an air-bearing surface (ABS). The HAMR write head can further include a near-field transducer (NFT) that includes a dielectric waveguide, a plasmon generator (PG) layer, and a second layer. The second layer can include a thermo-mechanically stable material disposed adjacent to the PG layer. Further, the PG layer and the second layer can form a taper angle relative to the ABS ranging between 30 and 60 degrees.
US12014757B2	Magnetic disk device According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a rotatable magnetic disk, an actuator which supports and moves a head, a ramp which holds the head at an unloaded position, a motor which rotates the magnetic disk, and a controller which performs a load operation and a seek operation. When a radial travel speed of the head during the load operation is referred to as Vr1, a circumferential travel speed of the head is referred to as Vt1, a radial travel speed of the head during the seek operation is referred to as Vrs, and a circumferential travel speed is referred to as Vts, the controller controls at least one of the radial travel speed of the head and number of revolutions of the magnetic disk to satisfy a relationship (Vr1/Vt1)<(Vrs/Vts).
US12014755B1	Side erasure control for track writing in a system In one aspect of the present disclosure, the degree of side erasure occurring in neighboring tracks is controlled by controlling the skew angle of the tape head, relative to the longitudinal direction of motion of the tape past the head as a track is written. In one embodiment, the tape head is rotated relative to the longitudinal direction of tape travel, and the trailing edge of the tape head which forms an acute angle with the edge of a track being written, is used for writing tracks at a desired track pitch. Other aspects and advantages may be provided, depending upon the particular application.
US12014750B2	Audio analysis of body worn camera Machine natural language processing to analyze language in apparatus, systems, and methods of using are provided. Audio from camera footage can be transcribed in one exemplary method includes extracting at least one audio segment from a body camera video track, detecting voice activity to identify starting and ending timestamps of voice, transcribing the at least one audio segment to identify and separate audio of at least a first speaker, and scoring the audio of the first speaker to identify interactions of interest. Audio could be analyzed and scored to record verbal performance, respectfulness, wellness, etc. and speakers from the audio can be detected.
US12014749B2	Audio samples to detect device anomalies Example implementations relate to audio samples to detect device anomalies. For example, computing device, comprising: a processing resource and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by the processing resource to: generate a matrix of audio information for a plurality of audio samples of a device, select audio information from one of the plurality of audio samples, generate a plurality of principal components for the selected audio information utilizing a principal component expansion, select a principal component from the plurality of principal components based on a quantity of variance, and detect an anomaly of the device based on a comparison between a real time audio sample of the device and the selected principal component.
US12014748B1	Speech enhancement machine learning model for estimation of reverberation in a multi-task learning framework Techniques for training and using a machine learning model for estimation of reverberation in a multi-task learning framework are described. According to some embodiments, the multi-task learning framework improves the performance of the machine learning model by estimating the amount of reverberation present in an input audio recording as a secondary task to the primary task of generating a clean speech portion of the input audio recording. In one embodiment, a model architecture is selected that takes a noisy reverberant recording as an input and outputs an estimate of a clean (e.g., de-reverberated) signal, an estimate of noise (e.g., background noise), and an estimate of the reverb only portion, with the secondary task of estimating the reverb only portion acting as a regularizer that improves the machine learning model's performance in enhancing the reverberant (e.g., and noisy) input speech.
US12014747B2	Audio encoder for encoding an audio signal, method for encoding an audio signal and computer program under consideration of a detected peak spectral region in an upper frequency band An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal having a lower frequency band and an upper frequency band includes: a detector for detecting a peak spectral region in the upper frequency band of the audio signal; a shaper for shaping the lower frequency band using shaping information for the lower band and for shaping the upper frequency band using at least a portion of the shaping information for the lower band, wherein the shaper is configured to additionally attenuate spectral values in the detected peak spectral region in the upper frequency band; and a quantizer and coder stage for quantizing a shaped lower frequency band and a shaped upper frequency band and for entropy coding quantized spectral values from the shaped lower frequency band and the shaped upper frequency band.
US12014745B2	Transforming audio signals captured in different formats into a reduced number of formats for simplifying encoding and decoding operations The disclosed embodiments enable converting audio signals captured in various formats by various capture devices into a limited number of formats that can be processed by an audio codec (e.g., an Immersive Voice and Audio Services (IVAS) codec). In an embodiment, a simplification unit of the audio device receives an audio signal captured by one or more audio capture devices coupled to the audio device. The simplification unit determines whether the audio signal is in a format that is supported/not supported by an encoding unit of the audio device. Based on the determining, the simplification unit, converts the audio signal into a format that is supported by the encoding unit. In an embodiment, if the simplification unit determines that the audio signal is in a spatial format, the simplification unit can convert the audio signal into a spatial “mezzanine” format supported by the encoding.
US12014741B2	Electronic device and controlling method thereof An electronic device including a microphone; an output interface; and a processor configured to: based on a word registered on the electronic device by a user, detect a voice of a talker who utters the registered word from an audio signal received through the microphone; based on voice information of a registered talker who is registered on the electronic device, determine whether the detected voice is a voice of the registered talker; and based on the detected voice being determined as the voice of the registered talker, control the output interface to output a voice notification, wherein the registered word refers to the user.
US12014735B2	Emotion adjustment system and emotion adjustment method An emotion adjustment system for determining a user's emotions based on a user's voice includes: a microphone configured to receive the user's voice; a controller configured to extract a plurality of sound quality factors in response to processing the user's voice, calculate a depression index of the user based on at least one sound quality factor among the plurality of sound quality factors, identify an emotional state of the user as a depressive state when the depression index is a preset value or more, determine the depressive state as a first state or a second state based on a correlation between at least two sound quality factors among the plurality of sound quality factors, and transmit a control command corresponding to the emotional state of the user identified as the first state or the second state; and a feedback device configured to perform an operation corresponding to the control command.
US12014734B2	Dynamic boundary creation for voice command authentication A computer-implemented method executes voice commands issued from within a command boundary. The method includes defining a command boundary for a VCD, where the command boundary is based on receiving an input from a user. The method further includes receiving, from the user and by the VCD, a voice command. The method also includes determining an origination location of the voice command. The method includes classifying the voice command into a command category. The method further includes executing the voice command in response to determining the origination location is within the command boundary for the VCD. The method also includes storing a set of data for the voice command.
US12014723B2	Information processing method, information processing device, and program An information processing method is realized by a computer and includes generating a first characteristic transition which is a transition of acoustic characteristics, in accordance with an instruction from a user, generating a second characteristic transition which is a transition of acoustic characteristics of voice that is pronounced in a specific pronunciation style selected from a plurality of pronunciation styles, and generating a combined characteristic transition which is a transition of the acoustic characteristics of synthesized voice by combining the first characteristic transition and the second characteristic transition.
US12014721B2	Communication-based identification and recommendation of related product based on purchase trend Methods and systems for voice-based identification of related products/services are provided. Exemplary systems may include a wireless communication-based tag reader that polls for a wireless transmission-based tag and reads information associated with the wireless transmission-based tag and a processor that executes instructions to identify a product/service associated with the wireless transmission-based tag, identify a plurality of products/services stored in a product/service database identified as related to the product/service associated with the wireless transmission-based tag, filter through the plurality of related products/services based on at least one voice-based parameter to identify a set of one or more related products/services, and generate a voice-based utterance based on the identified set of one or more related products/services. Such systems may further include a speaker that plays the generated voice-based utterance resulting in presentation of an offer regarding the identified set of one or more related products/services and a microphone that is activated to capture any voice-based response after the generated voice-based utterance is played.
US12014717B2	Active noise cancelling cord An active noise cancelling cord contains: a plug including a ground-wire conductor, a live-wire conductor, and a neutral-wire conductor; a socket including a protrusion in which a first receiving orifice, a second receiving orifice and a third receiving orifice are defined; and a noise reduction mode. The body is connected with a plug and a socket, and a shell is located between the plug and the socket. The conductive set includes a ground wire electrically connected with a ground-wire conductor and a first receiving orifice, a live wire electrically connected with a live-wire conductor and a second receiving orifice, a neutral wire electrically connected with a neutral-wire conductor and a third receiving orifice, a plug anti-noise wire electrically connected with a live-wire conductor, and the noise reduction mode, and a socket anti-noise wire electrically connected with the second receiving orifice and the noise reduction mode.
US12014715B2	Noise control There is provided an ear cup including a housing containing a filter assembly and a motor-driven impeller for creating an airflow through the filter assembly, the housing including an air outlet downstream from the filter assembly for emitting the filtered airflow from the housing. The ear cup further includes an acoustic driver carried by or mounted to, either directly or indirectly, the housing, a reference internal noise sensor disposed within the housing, and a reference ambient noise sensor carried by or mounted to, either directly or indirectly, the housing. The ear cup further includes active noise control circuitry that is configured, in a first operating state, to use a signal provided by the reference internal noise sensor to operate the acoustic driver and, in a second operating state, to use a signal provided by the reference ambient noise sensor to operate the acoustic driver.
US12014714B2	Cellular sound insulation structure including a diaphragm provided with a tube configured to treat different acoustic frequencies, method for manufacturing such a cellular sound insulation structure, and associated tool A cellular sound insulation structure and associated aircraft, a cell of which is provided with a diaphragm which includes a membrane having at least one orifice passing through a thickness of the membrane, and at least one tube surmounting the orifice and extending from a face of the membrane into one compartment of the cell, the tube comprising a free end, forming an acoustic outlet, which is positioned at a distance (p) from the base cross section of the cell. Also, a method for manufacturing such a cellular sound insulation structure, as well as to a tool for inserting a diaphragm into a cell. Such a cellular structure makes it possible to treat a wider acoustic frequency spectrum, and its acoustic dimensioning as well as its manufacture are simplified.
US12014711B2	Alternative method to real-time bidding systems by optimizing aggregate sales through viral pricing within the digital entertainment industry and audio file publishing rights tracking through metadata efficiencies In some embodiments, a method of combining two or more songs to present one or more campaigns to a plurality of audience members is provided. The method can include combining a first music selection, a second music selection, and one or more videos into a campaign video. The method can further comprise providing the campaign video for playback to the plurality of audience members and receiving a vote from the plurality of audience members, the vote reflecting a preference for the first selection or the second selection.
US12014707B2	Systems, devices, and methods for varying digital representations of music Systems, devices, and methods for encoding digital representations of musical compositions are described. Various components of a musical composition that are defined in modern music theory, such as notes and bars, are encoded as respective hierarchically-dependent data objects in a data file. The hierarchically-dependent data objects encode the musical composition in a tree-like data structure with modular nodes and adjustable relationships between nodes. Note start times and beat start times are encoded independently of one another and characterized by a timing relationship that captures the expressiveness imbued when notes and beats are not precisely synchronized. Musical variations that preserve the timing relationship between the notes and beats of the original composition are also generated and encoded.
US12014706B1	Hand board musical instrument A musical instrument including a note player operable to produce individual notes in a selected key, wherein a layout of the note player corresponds to a selected chord, in which three finger regions of the note player correspond to a root note, a third note, and a fifth note of the selected chord in the selected key.
US12014702B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus includes an obtainment unit configured to obtain first image data obtained by capturing an image of an object, a generation unit configured to generate second image data representing a second image by performing conversion to maintain a specific gradation in a color saturation range in a case where a hue or color saturation of a region of interest in a first image represented by the first image data is converted according to a characteristic of a display unit, a conversion unit configured to perform conversion on the first image and the second image according to the characteristic of the display unit, and a display control unit configured to display the converted first image and the converted second image together on the display unit.
US12014701B2	Graphics with adaptive temporal adjustments An embodiment of an electronic processing system may include an application processor, persistent storage media communicatively coupled to the application processor, a graphics subsystem communicatively coupled to the application processor, an object space adjuster communicatively coupled to the graphics subsystem to adjust an object space parameter based on a screen space parameter, and a sample adjuster communicatively coupled to the graphics subsystem to adjust a sample parameter of the graphics subsystem based on a detected condition. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US12014700B2	Accelerated frame transmission A graphics processing unit (GPU) of a processing system transmits pixel data for a frame to a display in a compressed burst, so that the pixel data is communicated at a rate that is higher than the rate at which the display scans out the pixel data to refresh the frame at a display panel. By transmitting pixel data for the frame in a compressed burst, the GPU shortens the time spent transmitting the pixel data and extends the time before the next frame of pixel data is to be transmitted. During the extended time before the next frame of pixel data is to be transmitted, the GPU saves power by placing portions of the processing system in a reduced power mode.
US12014699B2	Display panel, display panel driving method, and display device The present application discloses a display panel, a display panel driving method, and a display device. Each row of pixels includes a plurality of pixel groups, and each pixel group includes a first column of pixels and a second column of pixels which are adjacent; the first column of pixels and the second column of pixels are connected to a same data line; the first column of pixels is connected with a 2n−1th row of scanning lines, and the second column of pixels is connected with a 2nth row of scanning lines; a source driver outputs a driving voltage to each column of pixels, where for a same gray scale value, a driving voltage corresponding to the first column of pixels of at least one column is smaller than a driving voltage corresponding to the second column of pixels.
US12014696B2	Display substrate, display panel and display device, of each of which a pixel electrode having a hollowed-out structure with a preset size A display substrate includes: a first base substrate (20), and gate lines (4) and data lines (5) on the first base substrate (20). The gate lines (4) extend in a first direction (X), and the data lines (5) extend in a second direction (Y). The gate lines (4) and the data lines (5) define pixel units, each of which includes a thin film transistor (7), a pixel electrode (8) and a common electrode (9). At least some of the pixel units are respectively configured with conductive bridge lines (10) provided in the same layer as the pixel electrode (8). In a pixel unit configured with the conductive bridge line (10), a first hollowed-out structure (13) and a second hollowed-out structure (14) are provided on opposite sides of the pixel electrode (8) in the first direction, to weaken or even eliminate mura (e.g., nonuniformity in brightness or color).
US12014694B1	Passenger guide device for bus stop The present invention relates to a passenger guide device for a bus stop, which includes divided backlight modules that irradiates light by dividing a display screen region, a display panel that displays display information by the light irradiated from the divided backlight modules, an external illuminance detector that is installed along an edge outside a display screen region of the display panel and detects external illuminance, and a control module that controls the display panel so that received bus service display information is displayed on the display panel, and controls operations of the divided backlight modules according to the illuminance detected by the external illuminance detector.
US12014690B2	Display device having a plurality of sub data lines connected to a plurality of subpixels A display device can include a display panel having plurality of pixels, each including sub pixels having different colors; a data driver to supply a data voltage to the pixels by using a plurality of data lines; and a gate driver to supply a gate signal to the pixels using a plurality of gate lines. Also, each of the data lines is divided into a plurality of sub data lines, and each of the sub data lines is connected to sub pixels having the same color, sub pixels having the same color are disposed in a same column, and the sub pixels in the same column are connected to each of the sub data lines, and the number of sub data lines branching from one of a data line has the same number of gate lines which is connected to the plurality of pixels in a same row.
US12014685B2	Pixel circuit and driving method thereof, and display device A pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving sub-circuit, a data writing sub-circuit, a first light-emitting control sub-circuit, a second light-emitting control sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit, and a first reset sub-circuit, and is configured to generate a driving current to control a light-emitting element to emit light, the first reset sub-circuit comprises a first transistor, the compensation sub-circuit comprises a second transistor, the first transistor and the second transistor are both polysilicon oxide thin film transistors, and an active layer type of the first transistor and an active layer type of the second transistor are different from an active layer type of a transistor comprised in at least one selected from a group consisting of the driving sub-circuit, the data writing sub-circuit, the first light-emitting control sub-circuit, and the second light-emitting control sub-circuit.
US12014681B2	Information terminal An information terminal capable of automatically adjusting the brightness of a display portion in accordance with bending of the display portion is provided. The information terminal includes a display portion that includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a sensor element. The first pixel includes a liquid crystal element. The second pixel includes a light-emitting element. The sensor element includes a first bend sensor whose resistance is changed in accordance with bending of the display portion in a convex direction and a second bend sensor whose resistance is changed in accordance with bending of the display portion in a concave direction. The luminance of the light-emitting element is controlled in accordance with an output of the sensor element.
US12014680B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device includes a display panel which is driven in a mode selected from among a plurality of modes including different luminance values, a voltage generator which generates a driving voltage, a resistor connected to an output terminal, from which the driving voltage is output, a current sensing unit connected in parallel to the resistor, where the current sensing unit measures a voltage value across both ends of the resistor and calculates a driving current value using a resistance value of the resistor and a measured voltage value, and a maximum current calculating unit which calculates a maximum measured current value corresponding a the luminance value of a selected mode and outputs a selection signal corresponding to the maximum measured current value, and the current sensing unit sets a maximum measured voltage value corresponding to the maximum measured current value in response to the selection signal.
US12014678B1	Method, apparatus, and device for performing brightness attenuation compensation of a display panel The present application discloses a method, apparatus and apparatus device for performing brightness attenuation compensation of a display panel. The method includes: acquiring a first light-emitting count value corresponding to a first light-emitting block and count offset values corresponding to the light-emitting blocks; determining a brightness difference between each of the light-emitting blocks and the first light-emitting block based on the first light-emitting count value, the count offset values corresponding to the light-emitting blocks and a first correspondence; and performing brightness attenuation compensation of each of the light-emitting blocks based on the brightness difference between each of the light-emitting blocks and the first light-emitting block.
US12014677B1	Light-emitting diode packages with transformation and shifting of pulse width modulation signals and related methods Light-emitting diode (LED) packages and, more particularly, LED packages with transformation and shifting of pulse width modulation (PWM) signals and related methods are disclosed. Discrete LED packages are arranged for cascade communication. Each LED package includes one or more LED chips, and each LED package is separately capable of receiving communication from a data stream, controlling operation of the one or more LED chips, and performing transformation and shifting of received PWM signals. Transformation may include compression and/or decompression of received PWM signals by each LED package to provide increased accessible dynamic range. After transformation, LED packages are capable of shifting transformed values to compensate for turn-on delay of LED chips, thereby reducing light drop-off problems at low intensity levels.
US12014675B2	Display panel and display device A display panel. The display panel includes a base substrate, drive circuits, pixel circuits, and signal line groups. The drive circuits and the pixel circuits are arranged on the base substrate. The drive circuits provide control signals for the pixel circuits. The pixel circuits provide drive currents for light-emitting elements of the display panel. The drive circuits include a first drive circuit and a second drive circuit. The signal line groups include a first signal line group and a second signal line group. The first signal line group includes M signal lines that provide signals for the first drive circuit. The second signal line group includes N signal lines that provide signals for the second drive circuit, M≥1, and N≥1. The first drive circuit provides a light-emitting control signal for a light-emitting control transistor of the pixel circuit.
US12014674B2	Display panel and display device A display panel includes a pixel circuit, a driving circuit, and a clock signal line. The driving circuit is configured to provide a control signal to the pixel circuit. The clock signal line is configured to provide a clock signal for the driving circuit. A data refresh period of the pixel circuit includes a data writing stage and a holding stage. The holding stage includes N stages arranged in sequence, N≥1. When the pixel circuit is operated in the data writing stage, a clock pulse frequency of the clock signal is a first frequency F1. When the pixel circuit is operated in the holding stage, in at least one stage of the N stages, the clock pulse frequency of the clock signal is a second frequency F2.
US12014673B2	Light-emitting diodes with mixed clock domain signaling Mixed clock domain signaling and, more particularly, mixed clock domain signaling for light-emitting diode (LED) packages arranged for cascade communication is disclosed. Mixed clock domain signaling involves digital communication where time-positions of bit pulse edges in a communication channel are derived from multiple uncorrelated clock domains, including an original clock domain from a master controller and a local clock domain. In the context of LED displays, serial strings of LED packages are arranged as LED pixels to receive cascade communication signals, and the original clock domain is derived from a master controller and a local clock domain is derived at each LED package. By providing for the bit period to be maintained and correlated to the original clock domain throughout the repeated cascade communication, problems associated with multiple uncorrelated clock domains in the communication channel, such as sampling jitter, may be averted, thus avoiding loss of data integrity.
US12014672B2	Light-emitting diode display panel and light-emitting diode display device Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display area, a plurality of light-emitting elements located in the display area, and at least one driver circuit located in the display area; the plurality of light-emitting elements includes a plurality of light-emitting element rows extend in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, where the first direction and the second direction intersect; the at least one driver circuit includes a plurality of shift register circuits disposed in cascade and a shift register circuit of the plurality of shift register circuits is located between adjacent light-emitting element rows of the plurality of light-emitting element rows.
US12014671B2	Gate driver, display device including the same and method for operating a gate driver A gate driver includes a plurality of stages for sequentially supplying gate signals to a plurality of gate lines, each stage including an input circuit for receiving an (n−1)th gate signal carried through an (n−1)th gate line and a gate clock signal, and applying a first voltage and a second voltage having a polarity opposite to that of the first voltage to a Q node and a QB node, respectively; an output circuit for generating an n-th gate signal by outputting a low voltage corresponding to the first voltage or a high voltage corresponding to the second voltage, and outputting the generated n-th gate signal to an n-th gate line; and a stabilizing capacitor disposed between the n-th gate line and a high voltage source for supplying a high voltage.
US12014670B2	Display device and method of driving the same A display device includes a display panel including pixels, a data driver configured to apply a data voltage to each of the pixels, to apply a first reference voltage to the pixels in a first period of a first sensing period to generate first sensing data corresponding to a first driving current flowing through a driving transistor of each of the pixels, and to apply a second reference voltage to the pixels in a second period of the first sensing period to generate second sensing data corresponding to a second driving current flowing through the driving transistor of each of the pixels, and a driving controller configured to receive the first sensing data and the second sensing data from the data driver to compensate input image data based on the first sensing data and the second sensing data.
US12014669B1	Determining candidate frames Disclosed are systems and methods that detect segments of video, such as HDR video, that include content, such as edges and details in dark scenes, that cannot be presented on some displays. Output models for different display types, such as edge-lit LCD, backlit LCD, etc., may be created and used to process video with respect to those different display types to determine if segments of the video cannot be presented on the display type at the pixel brightness values indicated in the video. In some implementations, HDR video may also or alternatively be compared to SDR video to determine segments of the video that are of interest, especially in low light scenes.
US12014661B2	Electronic device including display and method for compensating for display burn-in An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a plurality of display pixels, a memory, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to drive the display by variably adjusting a first display region and a second display region in which visual information is to be displayed on the display, based on an operation state or a display structure state of the electronic device, calculate a difference in usage of the display between the first display region and the second display region, variably determine a size of a boundary compensation region between the first display region and the second display region, based on the difference in usage, and compensate for an image of the boundary compensation region.
US12014657B2	Foldable display panel and foldable display apparatus Disclosed are a foldable display panel and a foldable display apparatus. The foldable display panel includes a first display area and a second display area which are connected in a foldable manner. When the foldable display panel is in a first state, the first display area is light-emitted and the second display area is not light-emitted; and when the foldable display panel is in a second state, both the first display area and the second display area are light-emitted. A density of a drive current of the second display area is set to be greater than a density of a drive current of the first display area when the first display area and the second display area are in the second state.
US12014654B2	Information processing apparatus, information system, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus includes: a map expression data storage unit in which two or more pieces of map expression data are stored; a position specifying information storage unit in which one or more pieces of position specifying information are stored in association with the map expression data; a request instruction receiving unit that receives a request instruction containing specifying information for specifying map expression data, from a terminal apparatus; a data acquiring unit that acquires map user information having map user information specified with the specifying information, and one or more pieces of position specifying information associated with the map user information; and a transmitting unit that transmits position added map expression data in which a position specified with the map user information, or the position specifying information contained in the map user information is shown on the map expression data, to the terminal apparatus.
US12014642B2	Navigation based on earth centered earth fixed (ECEF) frame of reference An apparatus includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured to generate information identifying accelerations and changes in angular orientation associated with an object in motion. The apparatus also includes at least one processor configured to identify a navigation state of the object within an Earth-fixed frame of reference using the information and perform one or more navigation functions based on the navigation state. To identify the navigation state of the object, the at least one processor is configured to use (i) an object body or IMU-to-inertial transformation that is updated based on the changes in angular orientation and (ii) an inertial-to-Earth-fixed transformation. The navigation state of the object may be identified in each of multiple iterations, and the at least one processor may be configured to update the inertial-to-Earth-fixed transformation during the iterations.
US12014636B2	Delivery approval apparatus and delivery approval method A delivery approval apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring a position information of a user who has requested the predetermined service; acquiring a position information of the vehicle parked at a delivery place; receiving an agreement signal agreeing on a service result of the predetermined service and transmitted from a user terminal used by the user; and when the agreement signal is received, detecting a relative position of the user with respect to the vehicle, based on the position information of the user and a most previous position information of the vehicle, and when the user is located within a predetermined range from the vehicle, determining that the vehicle is delivered to the user to approve a completion of the predetermined service.
US12014635B2	Network computer system to position transport providers using provisioning level determinations A computer system operates to receive transport service requests from computing devices of requesters within a geographic region. The system matches each transport service request with an available transport provider operating a service vehicle within the geographic region, and determines a location bias for a first transport provider that operates a corresponding vehicle within the geographic region, the location bias being associated with a preferred location of the first transport provider. The system may then match the first transport provider to a transport service request based on (i) the location bias of the first transport provider, and (ii) a destination of the transport service request which, upon fulfilling the transport service request, results in the first transport provider being positioned to arrive at the preferred location within a future time interval.
US12014631B2	Vehicle display device, vehicle display system, vehicle display method, and non-transitory storage medium storing a program A vehicle display device, includes: a curve information acquisition section configured to acquire information relating to a degree of curvature of a travel lane; a deceleration determination section configured to determine whether or not deceleration of a vehicle is required based on the degree of curvature of the travel lane and a vehicle speed; and a marking display section configured to, in a case in which deceleration is required, cause a display device to display a predetermined first marking superimposed along the travel lane at a display region inside a vehicle cabin.
US12014627B2	Technologies for managing interoperable high definition maps for autonomous vehicles Technologies for managing interoperable high definition (HD) maps for autonomous vehicles includes a HD map server to distribute interoperable HD map tiles to various autonomous vehicles, each of which may be configured to utilize proprietary HD map tiles of different propriety formats. As such, each of the autonomous vehicles is configured to translate the interoperable HD map tile to the proprietary format used by that particular vehicle. Additionally, each autonomous vehicle may submit crowd-sourced sensor data to the interoperable HD map server using a universal data set by converting the sensor data to a universal data structure.
US12014626B2	Vehicle speed prediction apparatus and prediction method using the same A vehicle speed prediction apparatus includes a data preprocessor that performs preprocessing of correct answer data and input data for deep learning, and a deep learning modeling device that is configured to learn a relationship of a lane speed for each exit lane, based on a representative speed per link, the number of collected probes, and a collection time.
US12014624B2	Central monitoring and measurement system A central monitoring and measurement system is described. A central user interface system for generation of a plurality of user-desired information based upon a plurality of measured data, the central user interface system may include a receiver system configured to receive wirelessly the plurality of measured data from a plurality of external sensor systems. An input/output system may be configured to provide output data to a display screen, receive input data from the display device, and provide output data to a processing system. The processing system may be configured to process the plurality of measured data from the plurality of external sensor systems into the plurality of user-desired information. Each external sensor system may include a transmission system configured to transmit wirelessly measured data to the central user interface system, and a measurement system configured to determine the measured data associated with an external device.
US12014619B2	Pressure-sensing steering wheel cover device A pressure-sensing steering wheel cover device for emitting an alert signal when two hands are not grasping a steering wheel includes a steering wheel cover has a shape configured to be positioned on a steering wheel. A plurality of pressure sensors the pressure sensors is positioned such that pressure is detectable along a portion of the steering wheel cover. A control circuit is electrically coupled to the pressure sensors, wherein the control circuit is programmed to emit an alarm signal when a predetermined condition occurs. A transmitter is electrically coupled to the controller and is in communication with a mobile phone, wherein the transmitter sends an alert to the mobile phone when the control circuit emits the alarm signal. A power supply is electrically coupled to the control circuit.
US12014616B2	System and method for generating an alert based on noise The disclosure relates to using anonymized audio data for monitoring properties. Disclosed herein are monitoring systems for properties and a method of monitoring properties. One example of a method of monitoring a property includes: (1) deriving at least one raw signal from noise proximate one or more noise detectors at the property, (2) generating a noise score from the at least one raw signal, the noise score being insufficient to reproduce a content of the raw signal, and (3) generating, based on the noise score and at least one or more other factors, a risk score for the property that has a value representing a risk of damage to the property, wherein the factors include an expected occupancy at the property and reservation data for the property.
US12014615B2	Dynamic collection and reporting of customer premises context information in response to predicted emergency event A method and system for collecting context information in response to prediction of an emergency event. A cloud-based computing system could determine that an emergency event is predicted to impact a customer premises at an upcoming time. Responsive to that determination, and before the upcoming time, the cloud-based computing system could then cause or more on-premises computing devices at the customer premises to collect and report context information, such as a count of people present at the customer premises and/or an operational state of one or more utilities or other systems at the customer premises, that may assist in responding to the emergency event. Further, the cloud-based computing system could select a given such device at the customer premises to function as a coordinating device to work with one or more other devices at the customer premises to collect and report the context information.
US12014611B1	Temporal motion zones for audio/video recording devices The A/V recording and communication devices used in a security system may be configured to detect motion, and to track and report that motion to a building resident. Some residents may wish to customize the tracking and reporting of motion based upon where and when the motion is detected. For example, a user may wish to be alerted when cars drive down her residential street at night, but does not wish to be alerted when cars drive down the street during the day. The present embodiments disclose several tools and methods by which a building resident can configure and manage the tracking and reporting of detected motion. To do so, the resident should configure two or more motion zones within the field of view captured by a camera, together with a set of time windows during which she wishes to track or be notified of detected motion.
US12014610B2	Fixed retail scanner with extended weigh platter crown, visual indicators, and related methods of operation A bi-optic data reader has a horizontal housing portion including a horizontal reading window, a vertical housing portion including a vertical reading window disposed between a left panel area and a right panel area of a body of the vertical housing portion, and a weigh platter having a horizontal weigh surface extending over the horizontal housing portion, and a crown extending over the vertical housing portion including overhanging portions that extend over the left panel area and the right panel area.
US12014608B2	Object recognition subject to a throttling effect Apparatus and methods for dynamically controlling application of a graphic processing unit (“GPU”) based on the current processing needs is described. A number of objects in each image may be detected. A machine learning model may be utilized to detect and classify objects in each image. Based on the number of detected objects, the GPU could be switched on to provide increased image processing performance. Dynamically turning the GPU on/off may reduce power consumption. When the GPU is turned off, a central processing unit (“CPU”) may be used to perform image processing.
US12014605B2	Gaming systems, devices, and methods for customized competitive gaming A method includes receiving first customized rules for a first game of a game type to be played by a first player on a first gaming device, and receiving second customized rules for a second game of the game type to be played by a second player on a second gaming device. The method includes establishing, for the first and second games, a competitive gaming session between the first gaming device and the second gaming device. The method includes determining possible payouts for the gaming session based on the first and second customized rules. The method includes applying the first customized rules to play the first game on the first gaming device to generate first customized game play information, and applying the second customized rules to play the second game on the second gaming device to generate second customized game play information.
US12014604B2	Tournament system for memes and other interactive media A system and method that provides a meme-based tournament for players to compete against each other and awarding prizes to the winning players of the meme-based tournament. The meme-based tournament execution is facilitated by a meme-based tournament platform executing at least a meme-based tournament system app that provides the users access to the meme-based tournament platform on a user device.
US12014602B2	Tournaments based on sporting event outcomes Gaming systems and methods that utilize the results of one or more outcomes of one or more sporting events for a tournament. The gaming systems and methods display a video stream of a sporting event (such as a historical sporting event) for the tournament and determine the results of one or more plays of a tournament game at least in part based on such outcomes.
US12014599B2	Gaming rewards tracking and fulfillment A system and methods for tracking and fulfillment of casino gift items. For instance, the system animates a list gifts that are available to the player account via a casino promotion. One or more of the gift items can be pre-selected before being earned. The pre-selected gift items appear on a user interface that combines content for the gift promotion with content for a wagering game played during the player account session. A progress meter, for each gift item, shows an incremental increase in rewards points until enough rewards points accrue to redeem the gift item. The system automatically interfaces with a store front that provides the gift item. The system transacts fulfillment of the gift redemption and initiates (via the store front) the shipment of the gift item directly to a mailing address associated with the player account.
US12014598B2	Game with chance element and tax indicator In various embodiments a player of a gaming device or mobile gaming device is presented with an indication of a payout amount less any taxes that would be owed for the payout.
US12014596B2	Method of providing a user with betting statistics A method of providing usable data to a user of a play-by-play sports wagering network about the user's historical wagering plays similar to a currently open wagering market. For example, the number of times the user has bet on that play type or the user's success rate for that play type. The data could be anonymous. The statistics presented could be the betting statistics of all users or the user's betting statistics.
US12014593B2	Gaming cabinet with curved displays, integrated candle lighting, and three-dimensional effect lighting Disclosed are gaming systems, methods and machines for a gaming cabinet configuration. In particular, the gaming systems, methods and machines may incorporate gaming cabinets that include one or more curved or arcuate screens, one or more candles integrated into one or more lighting features arranged on one or more edges of the gaming cabinet, the one or more candles and the one or more lighting features connected to a game controller via one or more interfaces, and/or one or more diffuse lighting elements to provide lighting features or effects.
US12014589B2	System with control device and method for vehicle proximity remote A system and method for controlling a transmission of electrical signals (11) by a proximity remote (10) to a receiver (22) for regulating a remote access to premises of a vehicle. The proximity remote (10) is configured to be powered by a battery (19) mounted therein on first and second battery base contacts (24, 25). The system includes: a internal control device (20) insertable within the proximity remote (10) and connectable to the first and second battery base contacts (24, 25); first and second conductors (27) connectable to the control device (20) at respective first and second contacts thereof for controlling a power supplied to the proximity remote (10); and a power supply control device (28) connectable to the first and second connectors (27) for controlling the power supplied to the proximity remote (10), thereby respectively permitting and inhibiting the transmission.
US12014586B2	Abnormality diagnosis device An abnormality diagnosis device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a DTC and FFD stored in a vehicle storage unit of a vehicle; a diagnosis engine having a CPU and a storage device; and a database that stores a plurality of discriminant sets corresponding to the respective DTCs. A discriminant item relating to a vehicle part that is a possible cause of an abnormality represented by a corresponding DTC is associated with each of the discriminant sets. Each of the discriminant items has part information showing a vehicle part and a discriminant table including a rule for analyzing the FFD relating to the vehicle part. The diagnosis engine diagnoses whether the vehicle part has an abnormality by retrieving the discriminant set corresponding to the DTC and analyzing the FFD in accordance with the discriminant table of the discriminant item associated with that discriminant set.
US12014572B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: receive a visible image of a face; receive a near-infrared image of the face; adjust brightness of the visible image based on a frequency distribution of pixel values of the visible image and a frequency distribution of pixel values of the near-infrared image; specify a relative position at which the visible image is related to the near-infrared image; invert adjusted brightness of the visible image; detect a region of a pupil from a synthetic image obtained by adding up the visible image the brightness of which is inverted and the near-infrared image based on the relative position; and output information on the detected pupil.
US12014571B2	Method and apparatus with liveness verification Provided is a liveness verification method and device. A liveness verification device acquires a first image and a second image, and select one or more liveness models based on respective analyses of the first image and the second image, including analyses based on an object part being detected in the first image and/or the second image, and to verify, using the selected one or more liveness models, a liveness of the object based on the first image and/or the second image. The first image may be a color image and the second image may be an Infrared image.
US12014569B2	Synthetic human fingerprints In some embodiments, there is provided a system for generating synthetic human fingerprints. The system includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions which when executed by the at least one processor causes operations, such as receiving, from a database and/or a sensor, at least one real fingerprint; training, based on the at least one real fingerprint, a generative adversarial network to learn a distribution of real fingerprints; training a super-resolution engine to learn to transform low resolution synthetic fingerprints to high-resolution fingerprints; providing to the trained super resolution engine at least one low resolution synthetic fingerprint that is generated as an output by the trained generative adversarial network; and in response to the providing, outputting, by trained super resolution engine, at least one high resolution synthetic fingerprint.
US12014565B2	Display device including detection sensor and method of manufacturing the detection sensor A method of manufacturing a detection sensor is disclosed. The method includes forming a biometric information sensing layer including a transistor on a base layer, forming an initial optical pattern layer on the biometric information sensing layer, patterning the initial optical pattern layer to form a plurality of transmissive portions spaced apart from each other and having a first zeta potential, coating a light blocking material to form an initial light blocking portion that covers a side surface and an upper surface of the transmissive portions and has a second zeta potential different from the first zeta potential, and polishing the initial light blocking portion such that the upper surface of the transmissive portions is exposed to form a light blocking portion. The initial light blocking portion is polished by the abrasive, which has the first zeta potential, using a pad.
US12014559B2	Optical character recognition quality evaluation and optimization A processor may receive an image and determine a number of foreground pixels in the image. The processor may obtain a result of optical character recognition (OCR) processing performed on the image. The processor may identify at least one bounding box surrounding at least one portion of text in the result and overlay the at least one bounding box on the image to form a masked image. The processor may determine a number of foreground pixels in the masked image and a decrease in the number of foreground pixels in the masked image relative to the number of foreground pixels in the image. Based on the decrease, the processor may modify an aspect of the OCR processing for subsequent image processing.
US12014556B2	Image recognition method, apparatus, terminal, and storage medium An image recognition method includes acquiring a target image, the target image being an image of a certificate to be recognized; text area recognition is performed on the target image to obtain a text area image of a target text corresponding to the certificate to be recognized; a text direction of the target text is determined according to the text area image; direction adjustment is performed on the text area image according to the text direction to obtain an adjusted text area image; and text recognition is performed on the adjusted text area image to obtain a text content of the target text.
US12014555B2	Vehicle localization based on lane templates Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media are configured to perform operations comprising determining lane detection data and object detection data associated with an environment; determining a lane template based on the lane detection data; and generating localization data that identifies a location of an object in the environment based on the lane template and the object detection data.
US12014552B2	Intelligent vehicle systems and control logic for incident prediction and assistance in off-road driving situations Presented are intelligent vehicle systems for off-road driving incident prediction and assistance, methods for making/operating such systems, and vehicles networking with such systems. A method for operating a motor vehicle includes a system controller receiving geolocation data indicating the vehicle is in or entering off-road terrain. Responsive to the vehicle geolocation data, the controller receives, from vehicle-mounted cameras, camera-generated images each containing the vehicle's drive wheel(s) and/or the off-road terrain's surface. The controller receives, from a controller area network bus, vehicle operating characteristics data and vehicle dynamics data for the motor vehicle. The camera data, vehicle operating characteristics data, and vehicle dynamics data is processed via a convolutional neural network backbone to predict occurrence of a driving incident on the off-road terrain within a prediction time horizon. The system controller commands a resident vehicle system to execute a control operation responsive to the predicted occurrence of the driving incident.
US12014550B1	Image data protection using data integrity checks Techniques for image data protection using cyclic redundancy checks are disclosed herein. Some of the techniques may include, at a processor, receiving image data that includes multiple lines of pixel data. The processor may also determine at least a first hash value representing a first line of pixel data of the multiple lines of pixel data and a second hash value representing a second line of pixel data of the multiple lines of pixel data. The processor may also send the image data to a computing device that is configured to determine, based at least in part on the first hash value and the second hash value, whether the image data is corrupt.
US12014549B2	Systems and methods for vehicle light signal classification A vehicle light classification system captures a sequence of images of a scene that includes a front/rear view of a vehicle with front/rear-side lights, determines semantic keypoints, in the images and associated with the front/rear-side lights, based on inputting the images into a first neural network, obtains multiple difference images that are each a difference between successive images from among the sequence of images, the successive images being aligned based on their respective semantic keypoints, and determines a classification of the front/rear-side lights based at least in part on the difference images by inputting the difference images into a second neural network.
US12014543B2	Artificial intelligence-enabled golf course A system for monitoring and recording and processing an activity includes one or more cameras for automatically recording video of the activity. A processor and memory associated and in communication with the camera is disposed near the location of the activity. The system may include AI logic configured to identify a user recorded within a video frame captured by the camera. The system may also detect and identify a user when the user is located within a predetermined area. The system may include a video processing engine configured to process images within the video frame to identify the user and may modify and format the video upon identifying the user and the activity. The system may include a communication module to communicate formatted video to a remote video processing system, which may further process the video and enable access to a mobile app of the user.
US12014541B2	Device for managing environment of breeding farm Provided according to an embodiment of the present invention is a device for managing the environment of a breeding farm, the device comprising: an imaging unit for capturing a thermal image of the inside of a breeding farm; an object detection unit for detecting an object from the captured image; an area division unit for dividing the captured image into multiple areas; a filtering unit for extracting, from the divided areas, a second area except a first area where the object is detected; and a control unit for comparing the temperature of the second area with a reference temperature to detect an abnormal situation.
US12014536B2	Target detection method and device for high-resolution remote sensing image The present application discloses a target detection method and device for a high-resolution remote sensing image, which comprises: acquiring an original high-resolution remote sensing image from a sensor; acquiring target information of an area and an expanded area of the area expanding around by a predetermined distance; adaptively partitioning the original high-resolution remote sensing image to obtain different cluster areas to be detected, and obtaining an area required to be detected and an area not required to be detected; selecting a model of the area required to be detected and generating a target detection scheme; executing the target detection scheme to obtain a detection result; determining whether a computing platform has extra computing resources to detect the area not required to be detected, if so, performing dynamic partition detection for the area to obtain a detection result, and merging the detection results into a target detection result.
US12014532B2	Systems and methods for detecting distracted driving by a driver of a vehicle This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for detecting distracted driving. In an example method, a light source identification procedure may be executed for detecting a first device present inside a vehicle and outside a field of view of a driver monitoring camera (such as upon a dashboard). The procedure can include evaluating an image data sample obtained from the driver monitoring camera so as to identify various devices that may be emitting light incident upon the face of the driver. The incident light may include a first pulse pattern corresponding to light emitted by the first device and a second pulse pattern corresponding to light emitted by a second device. The first device can be detected in various ways such as by evaluating a phase relationship between the first pulse pattern and the second pulse pattern and/or by evaluating spectral content present in the image data sample.
US12014531B2	Method for controlling the operation of a machine for harvesting root crop A method is provided for controlling the operation of a machine for harvesting root crop. At least one optical image-capturing unit captures at least one test image of harvested material comprising root crop which is moved along relative to a machine frame by means of at least one conveyor element. A conveying speed of the conveyor element is set on the basis of a test data set which is generated using the test image or formed by means of the latter. An evaluation device generates, on the basis of the test data set, a conveying speed signal, independent of a speed of the harvested material, for setting the conveying speed.
US12014530B2	Image recognition device and method In order to select an optimal learning model for an image when inference is carried out in the extraction of a profile line using machine learning, without requiring a correct value or degree of certainty, a feature extraction learning model group containing a plurality of learning models is used for feature extraction. A recall learning model group containing recall learning models is paired with the feature extraction learning models. A feature amount extraction unit for referencing a feature extraction learning model and extracting a feature amount from input data; a data-to-data recall unit for referencing a recall learning model and outputting a recall result with the feature amount subjected to dimensional compression; and a learning model selection unit for selecting a feature extraction learning model from the feature extraction learning model group under the condition that the difference between the feature amount and the recall result is minimized are provided.
US12014528B2	Optical device An optical device includes an optical sensor, one or more diffusive optical elements disposed on a surface of a display screen and configured to diffuse and to distribute a first portion of light associated with a subject across an array of sensor elements of the optical sensor, and one or more processors. The display screen includes one or more transmissive components that allow the first portion of light to pass through the display screen via the surface of the display screen, and one or more blocking components that prevent a second portion of light associated with the subject from passing through the display screen. The one or more processors are configured to obtain, from the optical sensor, sensor data associated with the first portion of light, process the sensor data to determine an image of the subject, and perform one or more actions based on the image of the subject.
US12014524B2	Low-light camera occlusion detection The technology relates to determining whether a camera is occluded. For instance, an image may be captured using a camera having red, green, and blue pixels each including a photosensor. Output values for the photosensors of each of the red pixels, green pixels, and blue pixels may be determined for the images. The output values of the green pixels may be compared to one or more of the output values of the red pixels or the output values of the blue pixels. That the camera is occluded is determined based on the comparison.
US12014522B2	Camera extrinsic calibration via ray intersections Embodiments provide image display systems and methods for extrinsic calibration of one or more cameras. More specifically, embodiments are directed to camera extrinsic calibration approach based on determining intersection of the rays projecting from the optical centers of the camera and a reference camera. Embodiments determine the relative position and orientation of one or more cameras given image(s) of the same target object from each camera by projecting measured image points into 3D rays in the real world. The extrinsic parameters are found by minimizing the expected 3D intersections of those rays with the known 3D target points.
US12014515B2	Estimating a pose of a spatially movable platform Method of estimating a pose of a spatially movable platform, comprising providing at least one beacon, each beacon transmitting a mutually different blinking pattern relating to said beacon by modulating an intensity of an optical radiation signal, providing a pose estimation system comprising an image capturing device mounted on a spatially movable platform and image processing means communicatively connected to said image capturing device, capturing and processing a sequence of two-dimensional images comprising identifying at least one image object, determining an intensity variation of said at least one image object, detecting said blinking pattern relating to one of said at least one beacon, and matching said image object to a corresponding beacon using said detected blinking pattern, estimating a pose of said spatially movable platform relative to said at least one beacon using said at least one matched image object, wherein said modulating said intensity of said optical radiation signal of said beacon is performed using at least two different non-zero radiation states, and wherein said intensity variation of said at least one image object in said sequence of two dimensional images is between at least two different non-zero intensity states.
US12014508B2	Distance determination from image data A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive image data from a camera, generate a depth map from the image data, detect an object in the image data, apply a bounding box circumscribing the object to the depth map, mask the depth map by setting depth values for pixels in the bounding box in the depth map to a depth value of a closest pixel in the bounding box, and determine a distance to the object based on the masked depth map. The closest pixel is closest to the camera of the pixels in the bounding box.
US12014506B1	Method and system for aligning reference landmarks to features within a three-dimensional space Example implementations include a method of locating landmarks at a target object model by obtaining a target model associated with a target physical object, and a reference model associated with a reference physical object and including an anchor landmark coordinate, generating a convergence metric based on a structural property of the target model at the anchor landmark coordinate, a structural property of the reference model at the landmark coordinate, and an alignment resolution associated with a first quantized distance, and in accordance with a determination that the convergence metric satisfies a convergence heuristic and does not satisfy a resolution heuristic, associating the alignment resolution with a second quantized distance less than the first quantized distance, and modifying a position of the anchor landmark coordinate based on the alignment resolution.
US12014500B2	Healthy-Selfie(TM): methods for remote medical imaging using a conventional smart phone or augmented reality eyewear A method for remote medical imaging involves displaying augmented reality (AR) images on a remote patient's smart phone or smart eyewear. The augmented reality images guide the patient concerning how to move their mobile and/or wearable device relative to a wound, injury, lesion, or abnormality on their body in order to capture images of the wound, injury, lesion, and/or abnormality from different distances and angles. These images are then integrated into a 3D digital image for medical diagnosis or treatment.
US12014497B2	Summing tree structural motion-correction algorithm for medical images using 3D to 2D projection Disclosed herein are novel techniques that address blurriness in medical images resulting from motion of a rigid body, such as a patient, relative to the medical scanning equipment by using a motion-correction algorithm for 3D medical images using to two-dimensional projections.
US12014496B2	Detection of artifacts in medical images There is provided a method of re-classifying a clinically significant feature of a medical image as an artifact, comprising: feeding a target medical image captured by a specific medical imaging sensor at a specific setup into a machine learning model, obtaining a target feature map as an outcome of the machine learning model, wherein the target feature map includes target features classified as clinically significant, analyzing the target feature map with respect to sample feature map(s) obtained as an outcome of the machine learning model fed a sample medical image captured by at least one of: the same specific medical imaging sensor and the same specific setup, wherein the sample feature map(s) includes sample features classified as clinically significant, identifying target feature(s) depicted in the target feature map having attributes matching sample feature(s) depicted in the sample feature map(s), and re-classifying the identified target feature(s) as an artifact.
US12014495B2	Generating reports from scanned images A computer implemented method comprising: receiving a report on a condition of a human or animal subject, composed by a user based on a scan of the subject; inputting the current report and the scan into a trained machine learning model; and based on the report and the scan, the machine learning model generating one or more suggestions for updating the text of the report. The method further comprises causing a user interface to display to the user one or more suggestions for updating the text of the report, with each respective suggestion visually linked in the user interface to a corresponding subregion within at least one image of the scan based upon which the respective suggestion was generated.
US12014493B2	Method and apparatus for bone age assessment According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of assessing bone age by using a neural network performed by a computing device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an analysis image which is a target of bone age assessment; and assessing bone age of the target by inputting the analysis image into a bone age analysis model comprising one or more neural networks. The bone age analysis model, which is trained by supervised learning based on an attention guide label, includes at least one attention module for intensively analyzing a main region of the analysis image.
US12014490B2	Systems and methods of validation of rapid test device results Embodiments are directed to use of a rapid-test-validation computing device to determine if a result of a rapid test device is valid and identify the result. The rapid-test-validation computing device captures images of the rapid test device and employs a first artificial intelligence mechanism to determine if the rapid test device is properly aligned in the images. The rapid-test-validation computing device then employs a second artificial intelligence mechanism to determine if a result of the rapid test device is valid or invalid. If the result is valid, the rapid-test-validation computing device employs a third artificial intelligence mechanism to determine and present an objective output of the rapid test device result to a user; otherwise, the rapid-test-validation computing device presents a notification to the user that the rapid test device result is invalid.
US12014487B2	Method and system for fault recognition in a hearing aid A fault recognition in a hearing aid of a user includes providing an actual image of a component of the hearing aid and comparing the actual image with reference images. An analysis unit carries out an image comparison, in which the actual image is compared to one or a plurality of reference images, which each show the component in a state, of which it is previously known whether the component is faulty or faultless. The analysis unit determines as a state of the component of the actual image that state which is assigned to the reference image which is most similar to the actual image. This recognizes whether the component is faulty or faultless. A system has an analysis unit that is configured to carry out the method.
US12014481B2	Electromagnetic susceptibility testing method based on computer-vision The present disclosure proposes an electromagnetic susceptibility (EMS) testing method based on computer-vision. The method includes a training stage and a testing stage. During the training stage, the electronic device receives a testing data and the monitor displays a first picture. A camera captures the first picture to generate a template video. The processor generates a plurality of template images at least according to the template video. During the testing stage, an antenna emits an interference signal to the electronic device. The electronic device receives the testing data and the monitor displays a second picture. The camera captures the second picture to generate a testing video. The processor generates a testing image according to the testing video and calculates a difference ratio between the testing image and each template image. The processor sends an alert signal when the difference ratio is greater than a threshold.
US12014480B2	Defect detection using synthetic data and machine learning A method for quality control of contact lens packages comprises receiving a first data set comprising a plurality of images of a contact lens package having physically implanted defects; receiving a second data set comprising a plurality of images of a contact lens package having digitally implanted defects; testing and training, on the first and second data set, a model to determine a validated one or more quality control models; capturing image data of a package of a contact lens; analyzing, based on the validated one or more quality control models, the image data; and causing, based on the analyzing, output of a quality control metric indicative of at least an accept or reject condition of the package.
US12014479B2	Medical imaging The present disclosure relates generally to medical imaging, and more specifically to enhancing medical images (e.g., images taken in low-light conditions) using machine-learning techniques. An exemplary method of obtaining an enhanced fluorescence medical image of a subject comprises: receiving a fluorescence medical image of the subject (e.g., NIR images); providing the fluorescence medical image to a generator of a trained generative adversarial network (GAN) model trained using a plurality of white light images; and obtaining, from the generator, the enhanced fluorescence medical image of the subject.
US12014478B2	Image adjustment based on local contrast A method, processor, and computer readable medium for generating blended intensity data for processing by a further processor, the method comprising the steps of generating a local contrast map based on image data, the local contrast map comprising a plurality of contrast values. An alpha mask is generated by associating an alpha mask value to each contrast value. First intensity data based on the image data using a first intensity calculation method and second intensity data based on the image data using a second intensity calculation method are also generated. The blended intensity data is generated by blending from at least one of the first intensity data and the second intensity data based on the alpha mask values; and outputted to the further processor.
US12014476B2	Upscaling device, upscaling method, and upscaling program Provided are an upscaling device, an upscaling method, and an upscaling program capable of keying processing at low cost and with high accuracy. An upscaling device includes an image obtaining section configured to obtain a high-resolution input image illustrating a background and a foreground, a low-resolution input image obtained by converting the high-resolution input image into a low-resolution image, and a low-resolution alpha image illustrating a region of the foreground in the low-resolution input image; a correlation obtaining section configured to obtain correlation between grayscale information of the low-resolution input image and an alpha value of the low-resolution alpha image for each corresponding pixel pair of the low-resolution input image and the low-resolution alpha image, and upscale the correlation into a resolution of the high-resolution input image; and an output section configured to output a high-resolution alpha image having a resolution same as that of the high-resolution input image on a basis of the high-resolution input image and the upscaled correlation.
US12014472B1	Methods and devices for improved inverse iterative warping In some implementations, a method includes: obtaining a reference image frame and forward flow information; for a respective pixel within a target image frame, obtaining a plurality of starting points within the reference image frame with different depths; generating a plurality of intermediate warp results based on the plurality of starting points and the forward flow information, wherein each of the plurality of intermediate warp results is associated with a candidate warp position and an associated depth; selecting a warp result for the respective pixel from among the plurality of intermediate warp results, wherein the warp result corresponds to the candidate warp position associated with a closest depth to a viewpoint associated with the reference image frame; and populating pixel information for the respective pixel within the target image frame based on pixel information for a reference pixel within the reference image frame that corresponds to the warp result.
US12014469B2	System and method for reconstructing a 3D human body from anthropometric measurements The Invention presents a system and a method for digitizing a human body shape from anthropometrical measurements. The proposed system and method allow reconstructing the 3D human body quickly and accurately, improving disadvantages of costly and timely traditional methods, which not only requires digitized persons to be naked or wear tight clothes but also could use hazardous lights to their health. The system in the invention includes two main modules and two supplementary blocks to reconstruct the 3D human body from anthropometric measurements, which are: (1) Input Block, (2) Pre-Processing Module, (3) Optimization Module, (4) Output Block. The method in the invention includes four steps: (1) Step 1a: collecting human body measurements, (2) Steps 1b: Initial Population; (3) Step 2: Optimizing; (4) Step 3: Displaying digitized human body shape.
US12014466B2	Triggering a collaborative augmented reality environment using an ultrasound signal According to an aspect, a method for sharing a collaborative augmented reality (AR) environment including obtaining, by a sensor system of a first computing system, visual data representing a physical space of an AR environment, where the visual data is used to create a three-dimensional (3D) map of the physical space. The 3D map includes a coordinate space having at least one virtual object added by a user of the first computing system. The method includes broadcasting, by a transducer on the first computing system, an ultrasound signal, where the ultrasound signal includes an identifier associated with the 3D map. The identifier is configured to be detected by a second computing system to join the AR environment.
US12014460B2	Adaptive temporal image filtering for rendering realistic illumination Robust temporal gradients, representing differences in shading results, can be computed between current and previous frames in a temporal denoiser for ray-traced renderers. Backward projection can be used to locate matching surfaces, with the relevant parameters of those surfaces being carried forward and used for patching. Backward projection can be performed for each stratum in a current frame, a stratum representing a set of adjacent pixels. A pixel from each stratum is selected that has a matching surface in the previous frame, using motion vectors generated during the rendering process. A comparison of the depth of the normals, or the visibility buffer data, can be used to determine whether a given surface is the same in the current frame and the previous frame, and if so then parameters of the surface from the previous frame G-buffer is used to patch the G-buffer for the current frame.
US12014457B2	Importance sampling for determining a light map A bounce light map for a scene is determined for use in rendering the scene in a graphics processing system. Initial lighting indications representing lighting within the scene are determined. For a texel position of the bounce light map, the initial lighting indications are sampled using an importance sampling technique to identify positions within the scene. Sampling rays are traced between a position in the scene corresponding to the texel position of the bounce light map and the respective identified positions with the scene. A lighting value is determined for the texel position of the bounce light map using results of the tracing of the sampling rays. By using the importance sampling method described herein, the rays which are traced are more likely to be directed towards more important regions of the scene which contribute more to the lighting of a texel.
US12014456B2	Ray tracing graphics processing systems A method of operating a graphics processor when rendering a frame representing a view of a scene using a ray tracing process in which part of the processing for a ray tracing operation is offloaded to a texture mapper unit of the graphics processor. Thus, when the graphics processor's execution unit is executing a program to perform a ray tracing operation the execution unit is able to message the texture mapper unit to perform one or more processing operations for the ray tracing operation. This operation can be triggered by including an appropriate instruction to message the texture mapper unit within the ray tracing program.
US12014453B2	Method and electronic device for automatically animating graphical object A method for animating a graphical object by an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by the electronic device, the graphical object having at least one predefined portion to animate. The method includes receiving, by the electronic device, an audio to obtain spectral frequencies of the audio. The method includes determining, by the electronic device, at least one of an intensity of the spectral frequencies and at least one range of the spectral frequencies. The method includes generating, by the electronic device, at least one motion on the at least one predefined portion of the graphical object based on the at least one of the intensity of the spectral frequencies and the at least one range of the spectral frequencies.
US12014450B2	Methods and apparatus for secure persistent location based digital content associated with a two-dimensional reference Augmented reality apparatus and methods of use are provided with secure persistent digital content linked to a location coordinates. More specifically, the present invention links a physical location with digital content to enable a user interface with augmented reality that combines aspects of the physical area with location specific digital content. According the present invention, digital content remains persistent with a location even if visual aspects of the location change. Access to the digital content constrained to Agents physically located in an area of digital content interaction based upon location coordinates of the Agent.
US12014447B2	Method and system for dynamic cropping of full body pose images Disclosed is method for dynamic cropping of full body pose (FBP) image, method comprising: receiving in computing device FBP image from image resource, wherein FBP image comprises face; detecting in received FBP image area of face by bounding box; detecting coordinates of corner points of bounding box; performing distance approximation of detected area of face in received FBP image; cropping distance approximated area of face of FBP image; performing coordinates mapping transformation of cropped FBP image by mapping coordinates of cropped FBP image to received FBP image; segmenting region of hair of cropped FBP image; masking region of hair of cropped FBP image for obtaining hair polymask; and applying masked FBP image to received FBP image according to performed coordinates mapping for obtaining the dynamically cropped FBP image.
US12014441B2	Signal processors and methods for estimating geometric transformations of images for digital data extraction Signal processing devices and methods estimate a geometric transform of an image. One method measures correlation between a transformed reference signal component and an image, updates, based on the measured correlation that is below a threshold, coordinates of the reference signal component to a location within a neighborhood around the coordinates of the transformed reference signal component; determines a new geometric transform that transforms the reference signal components to updated coordinates; and applies the new geometric transform to extract encoded digital data from the image.
US12014440B1	Watermarking method for high-definition map based on invisible characters A watermarking method for a high-definition map based on invisible characters includes: firstly, establishing mapping relations between invisible characters and bit characters, a space character, and decimal digits; and combining watermark characters with corresponding positions thereof, adding Hamming code into a watermark character sequence, and converting the watermark character sequence into invisible characters to construct a composite watermark character sequence. Before watermark detection, a sequence of elements in map data is scrambled according to logistic chaotic mapping, and then the composite watermark character sequence is embedded according to the scrambled sequence. During watermark detection, the data are preprocessed, a sequence during watermark embedding is obtained, and then watermark information is extracted, errors are corrected, and an error correcting code is removed after correction to obtain final watermark information. According to the watermarking method, watermark embedding and watermark detection can be realized not changing data availability and high-accuracy characteristic.
US12014439B2	Method for protecting copyright of light field content Provided is a method for inserting a copyright information indication as a means for protecting the copyright of LF content which can be played back as multi-viewpoint images, wherein the copyright information indication is only inserted in images of a specific viewpoint. A method for generating multi-viewpoint images according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: generating multi-viewpoint images; inserting a specific information indication in images of a specific viewpoint among the generated multi-viewpoint images; and storing the multi-viewpoint images in which the specific information indication has been inserted. Accordingly, the copyright of LF content, which are expensive multi-viewpoint images, can be protected by inserting the copyright information indication only in the images of the specific viewpoint.
US12014438B2	Publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex with a centerpiece man-made tropical-style lagoon and method for providing efficient utilization of limited use land A publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex is disclosed, with a man-made tropical, pristine-clear lagoon as the centerpiece of the complex, with surrounding entertainment, educational, sports, and commercial facilities, the complex having controlled public access and providing the look and feel of a tropical beach with clear waters and sandy beaches. In addition a method for efficiently utilizing facilities and land that are vacant, underutilized, have limited uses, or that are contiguous to or nearby recreational, educational, sports, or commercial venues is disclosed. The method providing a publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex with a centerpiece man-made tropical-style pristine-clear lagoon. The method allows for generating revenue and increasing efficiency by pairing vacant sites, underutilized sites, limited use land, or sites that are contiguous to entertainment, educational, sports, and/or commercial venues with urban beach entertainment complexes. The complex preferably has a controlled public access, thereby allowing entrance upon payment of a fee.
US12014437B2	Securitizing and trading health quality credits A computer-implemented trading platform, system, and method are provided for facilitating the trading and accounting for health quality offsets. So-called “health quality credits” related to emissions of ‘potentially avoidable complications’ (PACs) or ‘potentially avoidable mortality’ (PAMs). Emissions trading or “cap-and-trade” is an administrative approach used to control emissions that degrade public-goods assets by providing economic incentives for achieving and sustaining economically significant reductions in the emissions of pollutants that impair public goods such as clean air or health. In one embodiment, a method of accounting for health quality offsets established in one or more offset markets includes registering a health quality offset to an owner thereof; assigning a unique identifier to the health quality offset; crediting a client account with the health quality offset; receiving notification of a trade between a buyer and a seller, if the seller has an amount of health quality offsets sufficient for the trade, adjusting buyer and seller accounts with corresponding credits and debits; otherwise, providing a notification of insufficient health quality offsets to carry out the trade.
US12014435B1	View scores A home view data structure is described. The home view data structure is made up of multiple entries. Each entry contains information identifying a home; and a quantitative value scoring the view available from the identified home, such that the contents of the data structure are usable to compare the identified homes on the basis of the views available from them.
US12014434B2	Method and apparatus for data augmentation in an automated real property merchandising system A system for presenting properties includes: a server, coupled to client devices via the internet, the server including: a unification module, that periodically accesses data sources for listings, where the data sources include on-market sources and off-market sources, and that retrieves the listings from the sources, converts the listings to a common format, and stores the listings in the common format, and that detects deficiencies in the listings that cannot be resolved by accessing public data sources; and an intelligence module, that receives a request from the unification module for data that can resolve the deficiencies, and that accesses an external entities database to select external entities that can provide the data, and that automatically generates requests to the external entities to provide the data, and that automatically receives the data to enable the unification module to update a parcel record in a parcel database associated with the deficiencies.
US12014433B1	Generation and display of interactive 3D real estate models Systems and methods are disclosed for the generation and interactive display of three-dimensional (3D) models that accurately represent buildings and other large, complex objects possessing both internal and external features. More specifically, an exterior mesh can be generated that captures all the external features of the building. An interior mesh can also be generated that captures all the internal features of the building. The exterior mesh and the interior mesh may be layered and combined using geographical coordinates (e.g., global positioning system (GPS) data) in order to create a combined mesh that can be used to render a 3D model of the object. Any images taken of external or internal features may also be appended to the 3D model or even overlaid on the 3D model (like textures), based on the location and directional view associated with those images.
US12014429B2	Calibrated risk scoring and sampling A method implements calibrated risk scoring and sampling. Features are extracted from a record. A risk score, associated with the record, is generated from the features using a machine learning model. The record is mapped to a risk bucket using the risk score. The risk bucket may include multiple risk bucket records. The record is selected from the risk bucket records with a sampling threshold corresponding to the risk bucket. A form prepopulated with values from the record is presented to a client device.
US12014425B2	Three-dimensional damage assessment interface A computing system can receive a claim trigger from a computing device of a claimant, the claim trigger indicating that a vehicular incident involving the claimant has occurred. The system provides a three-dimensional damage assessment interface for display on the computing device of the claimant, the damage assessment interface enabling the claimant to provide damage information for a vehicle based on the vehicular incident. The system receives input data indicating claimant inputs on the damage assessment interface. Based at least in part on the claimant inputs, the system generates a loss estimate for a policy provider of the claimant.
US12014421B2	System for promoting health equity in diverse and underserved groups through multifaceted financial investment design employing artificial intelligence The present invention provides a system for promoting health equity in diverse and underserved groups. It targets equity-affected diseases where disadvantaged groups face disproportionate clinical outcomes, such as, for example, peanut and tree nut food allergies, hypertension, diabetes, maternal mortality and sepsis, and adjusts for biases and inequity disease-causing factors using artificial intelligence systems. Multifaceted financial systems, investor segmentation, and health data profiling facilitate strategic investments. The system of this invention promotes ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and subsequent investment outreach to a health equity funding pool, fostering comprehensive health equity initiatives for diverse and underserved groups while prioritizing data security.
US12014412B2	Systems and methods for secure management of a universal shopping cart The disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and techniques for managing transaction cards. User registration processes, order processes, and failure detection processes for a secure universal shopping cart are provided. Systems and methods may acquire identifiers. Systems and methods may also identify items associated with the identifiers. In addition, systems and methods may acquire a list of merchants that offer each item. Systems and methods may further determine, for each identifier, merchants based on user preferences. Even further, systems and methods may generate a payment token for each item. Systems and methods may then transmit the payment token for each item to its respective merchant.
US12014409B2	Health-related countermeasure information system To easily know how much a health-related countermeasure product has a countermeasure effect level, and how much countermeasure can be taken against regional weather environment forecast information. A two-dimensional code 1 incorporating countermeasure effect level information for each health-related countermeasure category is attached to a product. On the other hand, there is a mobile terminal device 2 capable of automatically inputting the planned activity amount in exercise and work, the physical condition status, the pulse rate, and the body temperature. The health-related countermeasures information processing equipment 3 connected to the communication network also obtains weather information such as temperature, humidity and heat index, ultraviolet rays, and pollen scattering amount for each region from the weather forecast prediction data transmission device 4. Then, the necessary countermeasure level is generated. Then, it is determined to be compared with the countermeasure effect level of the product. The result will be useful for selecting the product. In addition, an information system that obtains hindrance occurrence prediction information generated by a deep learning method from the progress history of the above information and related countermeasure product promotion information.
US12014407B2	Adaptive scheduling to facilitate optimized distribution of subscribed items Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and control systems to provide an interface, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform that implements specialized logic to facilitate adaptive scheduling automatically to optimally distribute items, such as shipping an item in accordance with an adapted frequency for a subscription. In some examples, a method may include identifying item characteristics associated with an item, determining a frequency based on at least an item characteristic in association with a subset of subscriber accounts, generating data representing a frequency and a subset of the item characteristics to integrate with a web page generated for a merchant computing system, and transmitting the formatted data to a user interface to display a display portion based on the formatted data as an integrated portion of an integrated web page including the web page.
US12014405B2	Systems and methods for supporting regulatory requirements for the distribution of controlled and non-controlled items Systems and methods for supporting regulatory requirements for the distribution of controlled and non-controlled items such as, for example, non-controlled prescriptions (Rx), medical devices, and controlled substances in countries such as the United States and Canada, are provided. The systems and methods incorporate a license verification module that is configured to perform license validation for a particular order placed for a controlled and/or non-controlled item. In certain embodiments, the license verification module compares order data to historically sorted data and if one or more discrepancies exist, validation is unsuccessful. The license verification module may further query a third party database for updated license information upon validation failure. The systems and methods further incorporate a suspicious order monitoring module that is configured to perform a plurality of checks on the order to identify the order as an “order of interest” that may be further investigated and deemed to be suspicious.
US12014400B1	System and methods for a universal integration framework for data analytics pipelines A system and methods for a universal integration framework for data analytics pipelines are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method maintains internal consumer data that has a consumer ID associated with a consumer based on events at a partner platform. The platform server determines target characteristics based on instructions provided by a client or the internal consumer data and generates a target consumer group associated with an internal project ID based on the target characteristics, wherein the target consumer group includes the consumer ID and internal consumer data associated with each consumer. The platform server transmits the target consumer group to the partner platform and receives partner event data indicative of updates to consumer data. The platform server generates an updated target consumer group based on the updated consumer data and transmits updates to the partner platform to improve consumer interest.
US12014394B2	Apparatus, computer-implemented method, and computer program product for programmatically selecting a user survey data object from a set of user survey data objects and for selecting ranking model(s) for utilization based on survey engagement data associated with the selected user survey data object Embodiments of the present disclosure provide mechanisms for selection of a user survey data object from a set of user data objects, and processing of survey engagement data associated with a selected user survey data object. The user survey data object selected is appropriate for providing associated with a particular user data object, and the survey engagement data received associated therewith enables programmatic selection and use of particular ranking model(s) for use in generating and providing an output ranked item data object set. Example embodiments utilize selected ranking model(s) of a set of ranking models to programmatically generate and output an output ranked item data object set for a particular user profile.
US12014393B2	Advertisement management device managing advertisement provided via platform server and operation method of advertisement management device Provided is an operating method of an advertisement management device, the operating method including: based on log data of a plurality of users collected from a certain game, setting at least one group for the certain game; registering advertisement information to be provided to the at least one group; requesting a plurality of platform servers capable of providing advertisements to provide the advertisement information for each of the at least one group; obtaining, from the plurality of platform servers, feedback information of advertisements provided for each of the at least one group; and based on the feedback information, performing management of the advertisement information registered for each of the at least one group.
US12014392B1	Partner event gateway infrastructure Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for instrumenting web pages. One of the methods includes providing a host website having a plurality of registered users, the host website including links to partner websites and a script library. The method includes providing access to the host website by a user. The method includes generating a security token in response to a user activating a link of the links. The method includes directing the browser of the user to the partner website. The method includes receiving a request from a partner web page presented in the browser of the user for a script from the script library. The method includes sending the script to the browser. The method also includes receiving from the browser of the user tracking information generated by the script and identifying actions taken by the user on the partner website.
US12014391B2	Utilizing machine learning and a smart transaction card to automatically identify item data associated with purchased items A device may obtain, from a client device associated with a customer and based on the customer joining a rewards program, item data identifying an item, of a plurality of items, placed in a shopping cart and customer data identifying the customer, obtain rewards data identifying rewards associated with the plurality of items, process the item data, the rewards data, and the customer data, with a machine learning model, to identify a reward based on the rewards data associated with the item, verify a completed purchase of the item based on data indicating an intent of the customer to purchase the item and transaction data, provide, to the client device, data identifying the identified reward based on verifying the completed purchase of the item, and retrain the machine learning model based on the identified reward.
US12014388B2	System and method for pricing secondary inventory A method for identifying an optimal ticket for purchase and using the optimal ticket to open a venue for a gate of a venue.
US12014384B2	Customizable data management system The invention relates to methods, systems, and computer-readable media related to a system having a plurality of users, designed to display a user-customized subset of item and/or provider information to the user.
US12014380B2	Customized item self-returns system Examples provide customized authorization of item self-returns. A customized returns manager component calculates a customized return-trust score and a per-item return value based on analysis of item data and transaction history data. If a per-user return-trust score is within an unacceptable threshold range or an item value is within an unacceptable threshold value range, a second user is assigned to assist a first user with completion of the proposed return of the selected item. If the per-user return-trust score and the item value is within an acceptable threshold range, a return authorization component authorizes unassisted self-return of the selected item. An item disposition component determines in real-time whether to permit the first user to keep the selected item or instruct the first user to return the selected item to a designated item return area prior to completion of the item return based on a set of item disposition criteria.
US12014373B2	Artificial intelligence enhanced transaction suspension A system and method are described which attempt to connect merchants with phone numbers that are known to be associated with fraudulent users.
US12014366B1	Consolidating application access in a mobile wallet Various examples are directed to systems and methods for consolidation application access within a master mobile wallet. The master wallet may be activated using a master password. The master wallet may display a menu of the one or more mobile wallet applications and receive a selection of a particular mobile wallet application to add to the master mobile wallet application. The master wallet may receive a selection to use the master password for activating the particular mobile wallet application. After, the master wallet may receive a selection to activate an added mobile wallet application. The master wallet may activate the added mobile wallet application without requiring user input of an individual password for the particular mobile wallet application during the activating.
US12014363B2	Apparatus and methods for non-fungible tokens as universal digital identification Apparatus and methods for utilizing non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) as universal digital identification are provided. A user may be assigned an NFT on a distributed ledger attesting to the user's identity. The user may request to be authenticated. The user may be prompted to transfer the NFT to a smart contract on the distributed ledger. An authentication program may check the NFT and the NFT's history on the ledger to determine that the NFT belongs to the user. When the NFT belongs to the user, the authentication program may authenticate the user. The smart contract may transfer the NFT back to the user, so that the user may use the NFT again to be authenticated.
US12014361B2	Systems and methods for improved hot wallet security Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing cryptocurrency transactions. A computing platform may receive a transaction request. The computing platform may request SEKs from operator devices, and may receive requests to download encrypted SEKs accordingly. The computing platform may send the encrypted SEKs, and may receive corresponding decrypted SEKs from the operator devices in response. The computing platform may decrypt encrypted shares using the SEKs, and may use the decrypted shares to reconstruct a cryptographic signing key. The computing platform may validate the cryptographic signing key, and based on successful validation of the cryptographic signing key, may transfer authorize the requested transaction.
US12014360B2	Gain and loss computation for cryptocurrency transactions Systems and methods for gain and loss computation for cryptocurrency transactions. An example method comprises: storing a plurality of cryptocurrency acquisition transactions in an ascending order of respective transaction timestamps; storing a plurality of cryptocurrency disposal transactions in an ascending order of respective transaction timestamps; selecting a cryptocurrency disposal transaction of the plurality of cryptocurrency disposal transactions; selecting, from the plurality of cryptocurrency acquisition transactions, one or more cryptocurrency acquisition transactions, such that a timestamp of each selected cryptocurrency acquisition transaction is less than a timestamp of the selected cryptocurrency disposal transaction; matching the selected cryptocurrency disposal transaction with at least a subset of the selected one or more cryptocurrency acquisition transactions; determining, for each of the matched transactions, a corresponding fiat currency transaction amount; and computing, using the fiat currency transaction amounts, one of: a gain associated with the cryptocurrency disposal transaction or a loss associated with the cryptocurrency disposal transaction.
US12014359B1	Distributed database methods and systems Data representing ownership of a traditional asset of a first party having a predefined monetary value stored at a first party network node is replicated to a plurality of other party network nodes, including a second party network node, communicably coupled to the first party network node and to one another. Entry of data is received at the first party network node that represents a partition by the first party of the asset of the first party on a non-value axis into at least two non-overlapping assets and a transfer of ownership of one of those two assets to the second party. The data representing the partition of the non-value axis and transfer of ownership of one of the two non-overlapping assets to the second party is replicated to the plurality of other party nodes, including the second party network node.
US12014355B1	Systems and methods for digital PIN prompting and setting A provider computing system includes one or more processing circuits including one or more processors and one or more memories having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive a new card action from a customer, the new card action prompting a provider to send a new card to the customer; determine that a personal identification number (PIN) has not been set for the new card; determine whether the customer is registered for online access for an account associated with the new card; in response to determining that the customer is registered for the online access, perform an online-based PIN process to set the PIN; and in response to determining that the customer is not registered for the online access, perform a call-based PIN process to set the PIN.
US12014353B2	Systems and methods for phone-based card activation Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission between a contactless card, a client device, and one or more servers are provided. The contactless card may include one or more processors and memory. The memory may include one or more applets. The client device may include one or more processors and memory. The client device may be in data communication with the contactless card. One or more servers may be in data communication with the client device. A first set of information may be transmitted from the contactless card to the client device. The first set of information may include one or more links to activate the contactless card. The client device may be configured to receive the first set of information from the contactless card. Upon validation of the first set of information, the contactless card may be activated.
US12014350B2	Systems and methods for mobile image capture and processing of documents Techniques for processing images of documents captured using a mobile device are provided. The images can include different sides of a document from a mobile device for an authenticated transaction. In an example implementation, a method incudes inspecting the images to detect a feature associated with a first side of the document. In response to determining an image is the first side of the document, a type of content is selected to be analyze on the image of the first side and one or more of regions of interests (ROIs) are identified on the image of the first side that are known to include the selected type of content. A process can include receiving a sub-image of the image of the first side from the preprocessing unit, and performing content detection test on the sub-image.
US12014347B2	Kit, system and associated method and service for providing a platform to prevent fraudulent financial transactions A system and associated method and service for providing a platform that enables members to transfer, receive, or otherwise exchange cash in various international denominations and commodities, such as precious metals (e.g., gold, silver, etc.), in a mobile highly secured telecommunications environment. The system is capable of delivering cash instantly between two or more users by allowing the exchange of secure transactions between system and cash dispensing machines (ATMs). Users may pay, receive, exchange, deposit, transfer, pay bills, exchange currency, retrieve cash, deposit cash and create accounts based on the mobile phone number or a system generated code.
US12014346B2	Smartglasses-based autonomous transaction platform A method for utilizing smartglasses-enabled, autonomous, transfer technology, to execute a transferor to recipient transfer is provided. The method may include receiving, via hand gestures at the smartglasses, a mobile phone number of a target recipient. The method may also include transmitting the mobile phone number from the smartglasses to an entity associated with the transferor. The method may then determine a recipient identification number associated with the mobile phone number at the entity associated with the transferor, and, preferably then, communicating with a transfer gateway to initiate a payment between a transferor account number associated and the recipient identification number. The method may also include processing the transfer via the transfer gateway and transmitting a completion notification to a mobile device associated with the mobile number and to the smartglasses.
US12014345B2	Display device for displaying a price and/or product information The invention relates to a display device (2-19) comprising a storage stage (50) for storing a product data set (PD1-PD3) which was received in a communication with a base station (25, 26) via a first radio interface (44) of the display device (2-19), and comprising a second radio interface (45) for communication in particular for RFID or NFC communication, with a self-checkout device (57), which display device (2-19) is designed to process a self-checkout request received from a self-checkout device (57) for the purpose of transmitting the product data set (PD) via the second radio interface (45).
US12014344B2	Vending machine system This present invention relates to a novel vending machine system that stores a variety of items, such as clothing, food, and more, to fulfil the desires and requirements of various users. The novel vending machine system features various storage compartments, a dispenser tray, a user interface, a trash bin, a drone delivery mechanism, a staff tech room and much more to enhance the functionality of conventional vending machines. The vending machine system has spacious storage compartments to store, organize, and display a variety of items for purchase, including everyday necessities as well as seasonal items.
US12014342B2	System and method for processing communal and public collections by utilizing a publicly accessible kiosk The present invention is a system and a method enabled by the system. The novel system discloses at least one computer terminal. Ideally the system would have many such computer terminals, or kiosks, with at least one placed in a community center, a house of worship or some other location where a community gathers for social or religious events. Each such computer terminal is loaded periodically with a database managed by a first software application. The first software application, or a first instance of such software application, is deployed centrally and actively manages the database, performing such tasks as assembling the database with a plurality of objects received from publishers running a second software application or second instances of the software application. The manager then evaluates the quality and compliance of each object receives and forwards those approved to computer terminals located at various hosts. These computer terminals are utilized to garner attention of individual attendees of communal centers that are hosting the disclosed terminals. The attendees utilize the terminals, also known as kiosks, to access the collections promulgated by publishers to make financial contributions to these publishers. The manager is then able to apply commissions against the publisher to cover its fees and expenses and to pay commissions on each attendee-initiated transaction to the host where a transaction was initiated.
US12014341B2	Techniques for mobile transaction processing Techniques for automated mobile transaction processing are provided. A consumer traverses to a web portal or other type of enterprise terminal device of an enterprise and proceeds to shop. During checkout, the portal contacts a transaction service and is delivered back an identifying barcode or Quick Response (QR) code. The consumer uses a mobile device to scan the code and send it to the transaction service. Previously registered payment details of the consumer are located and payment is received from the consumer. The portal is notified that payment is completed by the transaction service.
US12014338B2	Device for directly transmitting electronic coin data records to another device, and payment system A device for directly transmitting electronic coin data records to another device includes accessing data storage, such that an electronic coin data record is stored in the data storage; an interface at least for outputting the at least one electronic coin data record to the other device; and a computing unit configured to mask the electronic coin data record in the device by applying a homomorphic encryption function to the electronic coin data record to obtain a masked electronic coin data record for registering the masked electronic coin data record at a monitoring entity; and to output the electronic coin data record using the interface. A payment system has a monitoring layer including a database in which masked electronic coin data records are stored; and a direct transaction layer including at least two devices in which the method can be carried out.
US12014337B2	Information transaction infrastructure A method of transferring information with verification from a first party to a second party using suitably programmed computing apparatus is described. Information from a first party private address to a first party public address. This information is then sent from the first party public address to a second party address. The information is also provided for public recordal on a block of a block chain for verification. The first party private address is not communicated to the second party but the first party public address is communicated to the second party. This approach is particularly suitable for transfer of cryptocurrency, as it allows for an effective refund mechanism. Computing apparatus and application software adapted to implement this approach is also described.
US12014325B2	Consumable usage sensors and applications to facilitate automated replenishment of consumables via an adaptive distribution platform Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and control systems to provide a platform to facilitate implementation of an interface and one or more sensors, and, more specifically, to one or more sensors that implements specialized logic to facilitate in-situ monitoring of inventories of consumables and automatic reordering of a consumable. In some examples, a method may include receiving sensor data representing usage of a device configured to process a consumable, characterizing the usage to form a characterized value, correlating data representing a unit of the consumable processed via the device to a characterized value of the usage, adjusting an amount representing an inventory of the consumable, detecting an amount of the inventory of the consumable is associated with one or more ranges of threshold values, and generating data representing a request to replenish the inventory of the consumable.
US12014324B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, control method, and program An information processing apparatus (2000) acquires a shelf rack image (12) in which a product shelf rack on which a product is displayed is imaged. The information processing apparatus (2000) performs image analysis on the shelf rack image (12), and generates information (actual display information) relevant to a display situation of the product on a product shelf rack (20). The information processing apparatus (2000) acquires reference display information representing a reference for display of the product on the product shelf rack (20). The information processing apparatus (2000) compares the actual display information generated by performing the image analysis on the shelf rack image (12) with the acquired reference display information, and generates comparison information representing a result.
US12014321B2	Systems, methods, computing platforms, and storage media for directing and controlling an autonomous inventory management system in a retail control territory Systems, methods, computing platforms, and storage media for dynamically organizing autonomous storage units in a retail control territory are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may identify a plurality of autonomous storage units, wherein each autonomous storage unit is configured to hold one or more inventory items; identify an inventory level for each of the plurality of autonomous storage units; determine a first arrangement for the plurality of autonomous storage units based in part on one or more first factors; organize the plurality of storage units in the first arrangement; identify one or more second factors; determine a second arrangement for at least a portion of the plurality of autonomous storage units based on the one or more second factors; and direct the at least the portion of the plurality of autonomous storage units to organize in the second arrangement.
US12014320B2	Systems, devices, and methods for estimating stock level with depth sensor Systems, apparatuses, and methods for scanning a shopping space. The system comprises a locomotion system, a 3D scanner system, and a central computer system. The locomotion system of a motorized unit comprises a locomotion controller and a motor. The 3D scanner system comprises a depth sensor and a 3D scanner processor configured to identify a 3D space associated with a storage area, estimate an occupied volume in the 3D space associated with the storage area based on a 3D scan from the depth sensor, and estimate a stock level of the storage area based on the occupied volume. The central computer system comprises a control circuit configured to receive estimated stock levels from the 3D scanner system and update an inventory database based on the estimated stock levels received from the 3D scanner.
US12014319B1	Systems and methods for conducting inventories Systems and methods are provided for conducting inventories using an electronic device. For example, the systems and methods herein may facilitate conducting inventories, e.g., for inventorying food products and/or other supplies for a restaurant. Such systems and methods may involve using an electronic device, such as a wireless and/or mobile devices, e.g., a smart cellular telephone, a tablet computer, and the like. In addition, the electronic device may be included in a system that records inventories, deliveries, and the like, and compares them to previous inventories, sales, and the like, e.g. to project future orders for supplies, to identify losses, such as waste or theft, and the like.
US12014315B2	Systems and methods for creating and using a hybrid-digital mailbox A method, electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium. A request is received to display a calendar identifying incoming physical item deliveries regarding a user's delivery point. User-associated shipment information is accessed identifying at least one first item scheduled for physical delivery and at least one second item scheduled for electronic delivery, and includes a record of physical delivery items and electronic delivery items. A sender's address is automatically populated to a recipient's address book, when a notification is received regarding the physical delivery item being in transit. Tracking data associated with the at least one first item from an integrated mail database and an integrated mail processing equipment is acquired and includes at least an expected delivery date. A notification regarding the at least one first item is displayed within a portion of an interface representative of the expected delivery date on the calendar.
US12014301B2	Employee check-in verification method and system Systems and methods for verifying and monitoring employees are provided. Employees call-in to the system at scheduled times. If an employee misses a scheduled call-in, an alert can be generated. An employer notification process can generate the alert, notifying a supervisor of the employee's missed call. The alert can include the employee's name, the location of the employee, and the time he/she was supposed to call. Such systems and methods can be used to verify that a worker is at the proper location at the proper time and awake and alert during the entire time period that he/she is supposed to be working.
US12014300B2	Apparatus and method for establishing maintenance routes within a process control system Generating a maintenance route in a process control system includes creating an initial ordered list of all wireless nodes in direct communication with a wireless gateway, where the nodes are ordered by signal strength with the wireless gateway device. A subsequent ordered list is created of all nodes in direct communication with first node of the initial ordered list, where the nodes are ordered by signal strength with the first node. The subsequent ordered list is then appended to the initial ordered list after the first node. This process of creating a subsequent list and appending the initial list is iteratively repeated thereafter, each time accounting for the next node in the appended ordered list following the previous iteration until all nodes are accounted for. In the last iteration, the nodes correspond to stop points along the route and the order corresponds to the route to be taken among the stop points.
US12014298B2	Automatically scheduling and route planning for service providers A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, perform: determining one or more work orders for a service provider; determining an optimal service route for the one or more work orders; updating an available time slot in a work schedule of the service provider; and transmitting the work schedule updated with the optimal service route to be displayed on a user interface executed on a device of the service provider. Other embodiments are also provided.
US12014295B2	Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for provision of automated interactive electronic seating charts Provided are apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products for generating and transforming an electronic seating chart. The electronic seating chart comprises physical units of a physical space. In some embodiments, a digital image associated with a physical space is received from a first computing device. The digital image includes information associated with a physical space. Physical features may be extracted from the digital image and utilized to generate an electronic seating chart. The electronic seating chart may include three-dimensional renderings of the physical space and physical units therein. An automatically generated electronic seating chart may capture a plurality of seats and other features provided by the digital image. In some embodiments, an interactive tool set may be provided that is configured for the generation, deletion, and transformation of an electronic seating chart and physical units therein. The interactive tool set may provide for collaboration between a plurality of users.
US12014291B2	System and method for processing distorted or inaccurate input data obtained from an environment A regression planning and evaluation system that, when operated, obtains audit evidence, for example from manufacturing facility. The system comprises a server arrangement configured to (a) obtain input data, input data comprising data values of variables for multiple samples; (b) validate input data; (c) provide user with user interface to input audit parameters, audit parameters comprising at least one of: assurance level, tolerable error, statistical sampling technique; (d) generate regression plot and identify upper and lower acceptance bounds indicated with respect to regression line, regression plot represents variation of target variable with explanatory variable for samples and (e) identify key items to be tested, key items being samples falling outside the aforesaid acceptance bounds. Audit evidence, for example, can initiate further input data collection, further testing and so forth for reducing errors or distortions present in input data that was earlier acquired for analysis by system.
US12014289B2	Artificial intelligence and/or virtual reality for activity optimization/personalization Optimizing and/or personalizing activities to a user through artificial intelligence and/or virtual reality.
US12014285B2	Systems and methods for machine learning in patient placement The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining one or more appropriate treatment facilities for patient placement. A machine learning system may perform operations. The operations may receive a patient data set including patient attributes and patient location metrics; access a plurality of data sets for a plurality of medical facilities, the plurality of data sets include facility capacity, location, and capability metrics for each of the plurality of medical facilities; apply a model to match the patient data set with at least one of the plurality of medical facility data sets based on at least one of the patient attributes and patient location metrics and at least one of the facility capacity, location, and capability metrics; determine, based on the application of the model, one or more likelihoods of acceptance associated with each match.
US12014284B2	Question-answering learning method and question-answering learning system using the same and computer program product thereof A question-answering learning method including the following steps is provided. Firstly, several classifiers are created according to N1 labeled sentences among N sentences. Then, at least one corresponding sentence type of each of the N2 unlabeled sentences among the N sentences is determined by each classifier. Then, N3 sentences are selected from the N2 unlabeled sentences according to a degree of consistency of determined results of the classifiers, wherein the determined results of the N3 sentences are determined by the classifiers and are inconsistent. Then, N4 mutually complementary sentences are selected as to-be-labeled sentences from the N3 sentences. Then, after the N4 selected to-be-labeled sentences are labeled, several classifiers are re-created according to the N1 labeled sentences and the N4 selected to-be-labeled sentences. Then, at least one of the previously created classifiers is added to the currently created classifiers to be members of the classifiers.
US12014283B2	Systems and methods for identifying process flows from log files and visualizing the flow The present disclosure relates to identifying process flows from log sources (e.g., log files), and generating visual representations (e.g., flow diagrams, Sankey diagrams, etc.) of the identified process flows. In addition, the present disclosure relates to clustering of tree structures based on the shape of the tree structure using one or more hashing algorithms. The present disclosure also relates to a user interface that presents a query builder for efficiently querying a log analytics system for tree structures that satisfy a user-defined range.
US12014282B2	Data processing method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium Embodiments of this disclosure include a data processing method. In the method, a training sample set that includes a plurality of graph computing task training samples is obtained. At least one performance indicator feature of each of the graph computing task training samples is extracted. The at least one performance indicator feature includes one or more of a graph data feature, a graph processing platform feature, a graph algorithm feature, and a machine hardware feature. A target performance prediction model is generated based on a mapping relationship between actual execution times of the graph computing task training samples and the performance indicator features. According to at least one performance indicator feature of an inputted graph computing task test sample, a predicted execution time of the graph computing task test sample is output based on the target performance prediction model.
US12014275B2	Method for text recognition, electronic device and storage medium A method for text recognition, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: performing feature extraction processing on an image to be detected to obtain a plurality of semantic vectors, each of the plurality of semantic vectors corresponds to one of a plurality of characters of a text sequence in the image to be detected; and sequentially performing recognition processing on the plurality of semantic vectors through a convolutional neutral network to obtain a recognition result of the text sequence.
US12014264B2	Data processing circuit for neural network A data processing circuit is disclosed. The data processing circuit relates to the field of digital circuits, and includes a first computing circuit and an input control circuit. The first computing circuit includes one or more computing sub-circuits. Each computing sub-circuit includes a first addition operation circuit, a multiplication operation circuit, a first comparison operation circuit, and a first nonlinear operation circuit. The first nonlinear operation circuit includes at least one of an exponential operation circuit and a logarithmic operation circuit. The input control circuit is configured to: control the first computing circuit to read input data and an input parameter, and control, according to a received first instruction, the operation circuit in the computing sub-circuit included in the first computing circuit, to perform an operation on the input data and the input parameter.
US12014263B2	Methods and systems for encoding and processing vector-symbolic representations of continuous spaces The present invention relates to methods and systems for encoding and processing representations that include continuous structures using vector-symbolic representations. The system is comprised of a plurality of binding subsystems that implement a fractional binding operation, a plurality of unbinding subsystems that implement a fractional unbinding operation, and at least one input symbol representation that propagates activity through a binding subsystem and an unbinding subsystem to produce a high-dimensional vector representation of a continuous space.
US12014259B2	Generating natural language descriptions of images Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating descriptions of input images. One of the methods includes obtaining an input image; processing the input image using a first neural network to generate an alternative representation for the input image; and processing the alternative representation for the input image using a second neural network to generate a sequence of a plurality of words in a target natural language that describes the input image.
US12014258B2	Method and device for optimizing simulation data, and computer-readable storage medium A method, device and a computer-readable storage medium for optimizing simulation data are provided. The method for optimizing simulation data can include: inputting the simulation data generated by a simulator to a first generative adversarial network comprising a migration model; and optimizing the simulation data generated by the simulator with the migration model to generate optimized simulation data. In an embodiment of the present application, the simulation data is optimized by the generative adversarial network to enable the simulation data closer to the real data in representation. Therefore, the quality and accuracy of the simulation data can be ensured, the validity and reliability of the simulation data can be improved at least to some extent, and the cost for constructing the simulator can also be reduced.
US12014255B1	Generating machine learning-based outlier detection models using timestamped event data Techniques are described for providing a machine learning (ML) data analytics application including guided ML workflows that facilitate the end-to-end training and use of various types of ML models, where such guided workflows may also be referred to as ML “experiments.” One such model is an outlier detection model to assist in the monitoring of computer network traffic and computer performance. For example, the ML data analytics application may generate an outlier detection model using user-identified data from a data source and parameter information. The generates outlier detection model can include distribution functions of distribution types selected from a plurality of distribution types by a distribution fitting algorithm.
US12014252B2	Systems and methods for implementing generated alimentary instruction sets based on vibrant constitutional guidance A system and method for implementing an alimentary instruction set based on vibrant constitutional guidance using artificial intelligence, the system comprising at least a server configured to receive at least a biological extraction from a user and training data, generate a diagnostic output as a function of the at least a biological extraction and training data, generate a comprehensive instruction set associated with the user based on the diagnostic output, transmit the comprehensive instruction set to at least a user client device associated with the user, generate at least an advisory output as a function of the comprehensive instruction set, and transmit the advisory output to at least an advisor client device.
US12014244B2	System and method for monitoring object recognition based on artificial intelligence using internet of thing sensors Provided is an artificial intelligence-based object identification and monitoring system using IoT sensors, the system including: an IoT sensing device configured to acquire sensor data and IR image data of a target space or a target object by using a plurality of the sensors; integrated IOT middleware; an IoT control server configured to use the integrated IoT middleware to process the data acquired by the IOT sensing device, and perform an AI analysis of the processed data; and an IoT monitoring server configured to monitor the IoT sensing device according to a result of the AI analysis, and perform control such that an external electronic device outputs a result of monitoring. Various other embodiments may be possible.
US12014240B2	Systems and methods for encoding and decoding data An encoding method is illustrated. The method includes receiving data to be encoded onto a storage media, wherein the data corresponds to an item and is assigned to a data category. Further, the method includes parsing data into a plurality of data portions, based on one or more first characteristics associated with each of one or more characters in the data. The method further includes encoding, by the processor, the plurality of data portions using a plurality of encoding schemes, to generate a data packet, such that a first data portion of the plurality of data portions is encoded using a first encoding scheme of the plurality of encoding schemes and a second data portion of the plurality of data portions is encoded using a second encoding scheme of the plurality of encoding schemes, wherein the first encoding scheme is different from the second encoding scheme. Furthermore, the method includes transmitting the data packet, wherein the data packet is configured to be stored in the storage media.
US12014238B2	Displaceable reader circuitry Aspects of the technology provide a multi-purpose card reader configured for use with a mobile electronic device (e.g., a mobile host), such as a smart phone or tablet computer. In certain aspects, the card reader is integrated into a case for enclosing the mobile electronic device and configured for reading financial information from a payment card to facilitate a financial transaction between a buyer and a merchant. To facilitate operability of the card reader, the case can include multiple card slots, such as a swipe-slot (e.g., for receiving a magnetic stripe payment card), and a dip-slot (e.g., for use in receiving an IC type payment card).
US12014237B2	Near-field communication anti-counterfeit system and method A system includes a memory storing computer-readable instructions and at least one processor to execute the instructions to receive from a client computing device a first unique identifier that was obtained by scanning a near field communication (NFC) tag associated with an item, receive from the client computing device a second unique identifier that was obtained by scanning a quick response (QR) code using an imaging device, compare the first unique identifier with the second unique identifier, and associate the item with a particular user account when the first unique identifier matches the second unique identifier.
US12014233B1	Electronic tag device for obtaining on-board diagnostics (OBD) data from a vehicle and transmitting the data via RFID tag to external server An electronic tag device is provided and includes: a housing and a circuit board. The housing defines an accommodating cavity, and the circuit board is detachably disposed in the accommodating cavity. The circuit board is provided with a controller, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag circuit connected to the controller, and a cellular communication and positioning circuit connected to the controller. The electronic tag device has multiple functions, thereby to meet the actual needs of users.
US12014232B2	Transaction card with hidden visual features Provided are approaches for concealing or obscuring transaction card numbers. In some approaches, a transaction card may include a body comprising a first main side opposite a second main side, and a plurality of structures extending from at least one of the first or second main sides. In a bent configuration of the body, the plurality of structures separate from one another, in a substantially flat configuration of the body, adjacent structures of the plurality of structures abut one another.
US12014229B2	Print data display system with data conversion options An information processing device includes a table data acquirer that acquires table data; a print data generator that generates print data including an unconverted image in which information stored in the table data is not converted into other information when a user selects a text option and that generates the print data including a first code image obtained by converting the information stored in the table data into a one-dimensional code image when the user selects a one-dimensional code option; and a display controller that displays, on a touch panel, a fourth operation screen including an option region in which a plurality of options including the text option and the one-dimensional code option are displayed and a second table data region in which the table data is displayed.
US12014228B2	Method and apparatus for generating white underbase and generating modified separations for printing on colored background other than black and white The invention relates to a system for printing on colored background other than black or white, the system comprising: an apparatus for receiving input data respecting an image printable on the colored background, the image constituting one of a color and a grayscale containing transparency information, the apparatus processing the input data and outputting white underbase information including printing ink separation; a dual-acting device capable of acting in a first aspect as a plate making or film generating means in respect of offline printing, and in a second aspect acting as a print controller in respect of online printing; and a printing device selected from a group consisting of offset printing device, screen printing device and Hybrid printing device when offline printing being adapted, and/or, selected from a group comprising inkjet printer, laser printer and toner-based printer when online printing being resorted.
US12014227B2	Printing apparatus and printing method Bidirectional multi-pass printing with three or more passes prints a high-quality image with reduced time difference unevenness. To this end, an image in a unit region on a printing medium is printed by a print head performing 2N+1 bidirectional print scans (where N is a natural number). In this printing, a print permission rate for an even-numbered print scan of the 2N+1 times of the print scans is set lower than the print permission rate for an odd-numbered print scan of the 2N+1 times of the print scans.
US12014223B2	Content sharing method and electronic device A content sharing method includes displaying, by an electronic device, an interface of a first application, where a text and a picture are displayed in the interface, performing, by a user, an operation on the picture in the interface such that the electronic device displays the picture in a suspended first window, dragging, by the user, the picture in the first window to a second application, and sharing, by the user, the picture with another user using the second application.
US12014221B2	Semantic meta federation broker for cloud environments Methods and systems for a meta federation broker extend requests for computing services across multiple different cloud computing environments using ontology models. The meta federation broker may receive, from a federation participant, a federation participant query that includes semantic query data. At least one federation service from a plurality of federation services can be determined, based on processing the federation participant query and ontological data defining a ontology model, each ontology model describing federation services based on relationships between components of a federated cloud computing environment. The meta federation broker can validate a federation cloud broker that provides the at least one federation service to the federation participant and facilitate brokering of the at least one federation service to the federation participant by the federation cloud broker.
US12014220B2	Learning-based automatic selection of AI applications An embodiment for learning-based automatic selection of artificial intelligence applications. The embodiment may receive a user request for an exam, the user request including exam information. The embodiment may automatically identify an exam type cluster corresponding to the received exam information. The embodiment may automatically detect applicable AI applications corresponding to the identified exam type cluster. The embodiment may automatically run each applicable AI application on a series of relevant test sets to generate a score for each applicable AI application. The embodiment may automatically recommend to a user a highest-scoring applicable AI application.
US12014217B2	Scheduling and control of executable jobs over compute instances A resource control system is described that is configured to control scheduling of executable jobs by compute instances of a service provider system. In one example, the resource control system outputs a deployment user interface to obtain job information. Upon receipt of the job information, the resource control system communicates with a service provider system to obtain logs from compute instances implemented by the service provider system for the respective executable jobs. The resource control system uses data obtained from the logs to estimate utility indicating status of respective executable jobs and an amount of time to complete the executable jobs by respective compute instances. The resource control system then employs a machine-learning module to generate an action to be performed by compute instances for respective executable jobs.
US12014212B2	Systems and methods for optimization of data element utilization using demographic data Systems and methods are disclosed for optimizing distribution of resources to data elements, comprising receiving one or more user-defined objectives associated with a group of data elements, wherein at least one of the user-defined objectives includes an objective related to a selected target group; receiving one or more constraints associated with the group of data elements, wherein at least one of the constraints comprises resources apportionable to each data element in the group of data elements; developing a first prediction of a performance of the group of data elements during a time period based on the one or more user-defined objectives and the one or more constraints; and apportioning at least a portion of the resources to each data element in the group of data elements based on the first prediction once the time period has started.
US12014201B2	Policy enforcement and performance monitoring at sub-LUN granularity Techniques are provided for enforcing policies at a sub-logical unit number (LUN) granularity, such as at a virtual disk or virtual machine granularity. A block range of a virtual disk of a virtual machine stored within a LUN is identified. A quality of service policy object is assigned to the block range to create a quality of service workload object. A target block range targeted by an operation is identified. A quality of service policy of the quality of service policy object is enforced upon the operation using the quality of service workload object based upon the target block range being within the block range of the virtual disk.
US12014200B2	Server support for multiple audio/video operating systems Technology is disclosed for establishing and administering multiple virtual machines, each with an audio, video and control (AVC) operating system (OS). The technology can also establish and administer cloud based AVC OSs. A server implementing this technology can perform real-time AVC processing, alongside soft and non-real-time processing and can host multiple, independent, virtual AVC OSs. Each AVC OS can perform the processing for an AVC setup. Each of the AVC OSs can be operated by a corresponding virtual machine controlled by a hypervisor running on the server. A cloud based AVC OS can perform processing for a corresponding remote AVC setup comprising multiple AVC devices. An AVC routing system can cause AVC signals from a particular AVC setup to reach a corresponding cloud AVC OS and conversely can cause signals from an AVC OS to reach the correct destination device.
US12014196B2	Architecture generation for standard applications In an approach to improve the field of architecture generation by dynamically sizing computer system architecture requirements for virtual machines. Embodiments define static parameters and dynamic parameters for customer consuming resources of the computer system architecture and store data of the static parameters and dynamic parameters in data warehouse database (DWDB) tables. Further, embodiments compute, using the data of the DWDB tables, calculate the minimum, maximum, mean and standard deviation (SD) for the user count and the CPU and memory usage, and update the DWDB tables based on the minimum, maximum, and SD values per customer. Additionally, embodiments classify an architecture size associated with each of the customers, create a reference architecture for each of the one or more vertical industries and the architecture size, and optimize, by an analytical database, the computer system architecture provided to one or more customer based on the computed data of the DWDB for the one or more vertical industries.
US12014188B2	Systems and methods for preprocessing application functions for faster startup The disclosed computer-implemented method may include predicting, by a machine learning model, a user action and a timing of the user action for an application on a computing device. The method may also include determining that an expected lag in executing the user action is greater than a predetermined threshold based on one or more resource constraints of the computing device and initializing a setup of the application to reduce the expected lag in executing the user action based on the predicted timing. Furthermore, the method may include prefetching one or more application components in response to initializing the setup of the application and preprocessing at least a portion of a function of the application used to execute the user action. Finally, the method may include executing the user action for the application in response to a user request. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US12014187B2	Boot processes for storage systems Implementations described herein relate to boot processes for memory devices. In some implementations, a controller of a storage system receives a command for enabling a fast bootup process for the storage system. The fast bootup process may exclude a measurement of information retrieved from a memory device of the storage system during the fast bootup process. The controller may enable the fast bootup process based on the command. The controller may disable a normal bootup process for the storage system based on the fast bootup process being enabled. The normal bootup process may include a measurement of information retrieved from the memory device during the normal bootup process.
US12014185B2	Unified boot image for multiple operating systems Disclosed are various embodiments for a unified boot image that can be used to install an operating system onto a host machine and a respective operating system onto a data processing units (DPU) installed on a host machine. The unified boot image contains installation files for installing an operating system on the host machine and an installation depot that can be used to create a boot image for installing the same or different operating system on the DPU. During installation of an operating system on a host machine, the installation workflow can also require installation of an additional operating system or other configuration of a DPU installed in a host machine. In response to determining that an operating system is to be installed on the DPU, the installation depot can be obtained and reformatted into a downloadable format that is compatible with the DPU.
US12014180B2	Dynamically foldable and unfoldable instruction fetch pipeline A dynamically-foldable instruction fetch pipeline receives a first fetch request that includes a fetch virtual address and includes first, second and third sub-pipelines that respectively include a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) that translates the fetch virtual address into a fetch physical address, a tag random access memory (RAM) of a physically-indexed physically-tagged set associative instruction cache that receives a set index that selects a set of tag RAM tags for comparison with a tag portion of the fetch physical address to determine a correct way of the instruction cache, and a data RAM of the instruction cache that receives the set index and a way number that together specify a data RAM entry from which to fetch an instruction block. When a control signal indicates a folded mode, the sub-pipelines operate in a parallel manner. When the control signal indicates a unfolded mode, the sub-pipelines operate in a sequential manner.
US12014175B2	Data processing system and operation method of data processing system To provide a data processing system that includes a nonvolatile memory device capable of storing multilevel data and enables increasing storage capacity of a main memory device when the data processing system is activated. The data processing system includes an arithmetic processing device, a main memory device, and a nonvolatile memory device. The main memory device includes a volatile memory device, and the nonvolatile memory device is configured to store multilevel data in one memory cell. When the data processing system is deactivated, the nonvolatile memory device stores binary data, whereby the stored data can be held for a long time. Upon activation, the nonvolatile memory device stores multilevel data, whereby increasing storage capacity. When the storage capacity is increased, a free space is generated in the nonvolatile memory device, which can be used as a part of the main memory device of the data processing system.
US12014173B2	Data processing method for network adapter and network adapter A data processing method for a network adapter includes the network adapter that obtains a first input/output (I/O) command. The first I/O command instructs to write data stored in a local server to at least one remote server, and the first I/O command includes address information and length information that are of the data and that are stored in the local server. The network adapter splits the data based on the address information and the length information to obtain a plurality of groups of address information and length information. The network adapter obtains, from the local server based on the groups of address information and length information, data corresponding to the groups of address information and length information, and sends the data to the at least one remote server.
US12014172B2	Presentation design dynamic generation from data model server An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) can dynamically generate user interfaces for device profiles using predefined reusable profile templates together with data models of the devices for which the device profile interfaces are to be created. The device profile template defines features or components of profile interface views that are reusable across multiple different devices. The industrial IDE determines which interface features defined by the device profile template are required to support the device's data and supported features defined by the data model, and dynamically adapts the device profile template to yield a suitable device profile interface that can be used to view and edit the device's data and configuration parameter values.
US12014171B2	Managing security approval of services deployed in cloud platform using an extensible platform as a service An extensible platform-as-a-service (PaaS) system is used during the software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes of an application. The system facilitates the process of getting security approval for the application. The system allows developers to use software bundles including software modules that are pre-approved. The system allows a developer to customize one or more software modules of the software bundle if necessary. The system monitors the development of the application to check if the developer customizes any software module to use a configuration that is not pre-approved. The system automatically generates a report noting the customization to the software module and requests the security team to review the modified configuration for security approval.
US12014167B2	Methods for optics module firmware in-field upgrade A uniform and unified firmware in-field upgrade capability for the optics modules may ensure compatibility, security and code quality, and scalability. In some examples, an intermediate representation, which includes vendor firmware upgrade operations and control logic, may be defined, received, and parsed. Read/write operations may be communicated to optical module(s) based on the control logic. In some examples, a unified optics module firmware in-field upgrade framework, which has multiple defined software layers, may ensure a uniform and unified approach to managing optics module(s) from different vendors and used by different projects. The software layers that may properly translate optics module read/write operations, abstract and make uniform the read/write operations, provide libraries of intermediate representations, package the intermediate representations into executables/scripts, monitor optics module status, determine when a new firmware is released, and gradually upgrade the optics module firmware.
US12014166B2	Virtualized file server user views In one embodiment, a system for managing a virtualization environment includes a plurality of host machines, wherein each of the host machines comprises a hypervisor and one or more user virtual machines (user VMs), and a virtual machine controller, one or more virtual disks comprising a plurality of storage devices, a virtualized file server (VFS) comprising a plurality of file server virtual machines (FSVMs), wherein each of the FSVMs is running on one of the host machines. The VFS may be configured to receive a request for storage system information from a user and generate and send a response to the request, wherein the response is customized according to configuration information of the VFS that is specific to the user. The storage system information requested may include a total size of storage available to the user, and the user may have an associated storage quota limit.
US12014164B2	Apparatus for performing over-the-air (OTA) update for vehicle, and method thereof An apparatus for performing an over-the-air (OTA) update for a vehicle includes a display that displays at least one message for the OTA update of the vehicle, and a controller that generates the at least one message displayed based on at least one condition for the vehicle.
US12014162B2	Controlled updates of containers in a distributed application deployment environment System and methods are described for implementing controlled updates of containers in a distributed application deployment environment. In one implementation, a method comprises: receiving a request to update a target container of a plurality of containers within a deployed computing unit; identifying an updated configuration object to be applied to the target container based on the request; receiving or computing a health indicator representative of performance of the deployed computing unit or other containers to which the updated configuration object has been applied; and assigning the updated configuration object to the target container based on the health indicator.
US12014161B2	Deployment of management features using containerized service on management device and application thereof A container management infrastructure is provided for deployment of management features using a containerized service on a management device and applications thereof are provided. In operation, the infrastructure receives, from a remote computing device, an instruction to select a group of management functionalities. In response, the infrastructure retrieves a corresponding group of the services corresponding to the selected group of management functionalities from a first cloud network, creates a container image using the retrieved group of the services, and deploy the container image to a second cloud network. The second cloud network receives and stores the container image. Upon receiving a request from a remote computing device for the container image, the second cloud network sends the container image to the remote computing device, such that the container image may be executed on the remote computing device to provide a virtual management device thereon.
US12014160B2	Translating between programming languages independently of sequence-to-sequence decoders Techniques are described herein for translating a source code snippet from a first programming language to a second programming language independently of sequence-to-sequence decoding. In various implementations, the source code snippet written in the first programming language may be processed using an encoder portion of a transformer network to generate an embedding of the source code snippet. The embedding of the source code snippet may be processed using an all-pair attention layer to generate an attended embedding of the source code snippet. The attended embedding of the source code snippet may be processed using an output layer to generate, by way of a single transformation of the attended embedding of the source code snippet, data indicative of a translation of the source code snippet in the second programming language.
US12014157B2	Intelligent generation of code for imputation of missing data in a machine learning dataset Methods and apparatuses are described for intelligent imputation of missing data in a machine learning (ML) dataset comprised of a plurality of features. Each feature includes a plurality of values, where at least a portion of the values for one or more features are missing. A server analyzes the ML dataset to generate characteristics of the missing values in the ML dataset. The server selects an imputation algorithm for filling in the missing values based upon the identified characteristics. The server determines a computing environment in which the imputation algorithm is executed based upon one or more of a size of the ML dataset or the selected algorithm. The server generates code that comprises instructions for executing the imputation algorithm on the ML dataset in the computing environment. The server integrates the code into an ML platform that executes the code to assign replacement values to the missing values.
US12014154B2	Software process modification platform for compliance Methods and systems are presented for providing a computer platform that manages the impacts of government regulations on existing software processes of an online service provider. A regulation document is obtained from a government agency. The regulation document is processed, and legal obligations relevant to an online service provider are extracted from the regulation document. An ensemble machine learning model is used to recommend, for each of the legal obligations, software controls that can be implemented within one or more software processes of the online service provider to mitigate a risk of the legal obligations. The ensemble machine learning model may include an attribute-based model and a text-based model. An explainable visual interface is provided to present the recommended software controls and context that indicates to a user how the software controls are determined for the legal obligations.
US12014153B1	Method and apparatus for implementing on chip quantum random number generator using beta decay A method for constructing a quantum number generator is disclosed. The method employs an electrodeposited metal on a printed circuit board (PCB) or a glass container filled with tritium containing a scintillator or fluorophore, and an integrated circuit with a detector mounted on the PCB using a flip-chip methodology.
US12014150B2	Multiple mode arithmetic circuit A tile of an FPGA includes a multiple mode arithmetic circuit. The multiple mode arithmetic circuit is configured by control signals to operate in an integer mode, a floating-point mode, or both. In some example embodiments, multiple integer modes (e.g., unsigned, two's complement, and sign-magnitude) are selectable, multiple floating-point modes (e.g., 16-bit mantissa and 8-bit sign, 8-bit mantissa and 6-bit sign, and 6-bit mantissa and 6-bit sign) are supported, or any suitable combination thereof. The tile may also fuse a memory circuit with the arithmetic circuits. Connections directly between multiple instances of the tile are also available, allowing multiple tiles to be treated as larger memories or arithmetic circuits. By using these connections, referred to as cascade inputs and outputs, the input and output bandwidth of the arithmetic circuit is further increased.
US12014147B2	Comment management method, server and readable storage medium A comment management method applied to a server is provided. The method includes detecting comment parameters of an article. Whether or not to activate a comment management mechanism for the article is determined according to the comment parameters of the article. All comments of the article are managed by activating the comment management mechanism. Once an activation duration of the comment management mechanism is activated, the comment management mechanism is canceled when the activation duration reaches a preset duration.
US12014146B2	Techniques for out-of-domain (OOD) detection The present disclosure relates to techniques for identifying out-of-domain utterances. One particular technique includes receiving an utterance and a target domain of a chatbot, generating a sentence embedding for the utterance, obtaining an embedding representation for each cluster of in-domain utterances associated with the target domain, predicting, using a metric learning model, a first probability that the utterance belongs to the target domain based on a similarity or difference between the sentence embedding and each embedding representation for each cluster, predicting, using an outlier detection model, a second probability that the utterance belongs to the target domain based on a determined distance or density deviation between the sentence embedding and embedding representations for neighboring clusters, evaluating the first probability and the second probability to determine a final probability, and classifying the utterance as in-domain or out-of-domain for the chatbot based on the final probability.
US12014143B2	Techniques for performing contextual phrase grounding In various embodiments, a phrase grounding model automatically performs phrase grounding for a source sentence and a source image. The phrase grounding model determines that a first phrase included in the source sentence matches a first region of the source image based on the first phrase and at least a second phrase included in the source sentence. The phrase grounding model then generates a matched pair that specifies the first phrase and the first region. Subsequently, one or more annotation operations are performed on the source image based on the matched pair. Advantageously, the accuracy of the phrase grounding model is increased relative to prior art solutions where the interrelationships between phrases are typically disregarded.
US12014139B2	Methods for polymorphic data in spreadsheets A spreadsheet user interface shows polymorphic records. The records include global fields, discriminator fields, and context-sensitive fields. A context-sensitive field is available or unavailable dependent on a discriminator field value. Record fields associate with spreadsheet columns, regardless of field availability. User confusion is prevented by marking a record's unavailable context-sensitive fields as unavailable and visually distinguishing them from available fields. A user-requested operation spanning multiple rows and columns is supported by testing whether a source cell and source data is available, a destination cell is available, and skipping the operation for those records whose source and/or destination cell is required but unavailable. An embodiment supports interfacing with a single record in a spreadsheet form by applying global form templates associated with global fields, and context-dependent form templates associated with specific discriminator field values.
US12014137B2	Automated document processing Disclosed are various embodiments for automated document processing. A linked provider associated with a transaction record is identified. A submission template for the linked provider is then identified, the submission template specifying how to complete a submission using transaction data from the transaction record. Transaction data is then obtained from the transaction record. A submission is then completed based at least in part on the submission template and using the transaction data. Finally, the completed submission is then sent to a provider service associated with the linked provider.
US12014127B2	Transforming a logical netlist into a hierarchical parasitic netlist A system and method for generating a netlist of a memory device includes receiving a logical netlist file including memory instances and placement information for the memory device. Each memory instance includes leaf cells. Further, a location of a first leaf cell and a location of a second leaf cell of the leaf cells of a first memory instance is determined based on the placement information. A first net segment between the first leaf cell and the second leaf cell is generated based on the location and parasitic elements of the first leaf cell and the location and parasitic elements of the second leaf cell. A parasitic netlist is generated based on the first net segment and the parasitic elements of the first leaf cell and parasitic elements of the second leaf cell.
US12014120B2	Automated tools for generating mapping information for buildings Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations involved in analysis of images acquired in a defined area, as part of generating mapping information of the defined area for subsequent use (e.g., for controlling navigation of devices, for display on client devices in corresponding GUIs, etc.). The defined area may include an interior of a multi-room building, and the generated information including a floor map of the building, such as from an analysis of multiple 360° spherical panorama images acquired at various viewing locations within the building (e.g., using an image acquisition device with a spherical camera having one or more fisheye lenses to capture a panorama image that extends 360 degrees around a vertical axis)—the generating may be further performed without detailed information about distances from the images' viewing locations to objects in the surrounding building.
US12014117B2	Grouping devices for voice control Techniques for creating groups of devices for controlling these groups with voice commands are described herein. For instance, an environment may include an array of secondary devices (or “smart appliances”, or simply “devices”) that are configured to perform an array of operations. Users may request to create different groups of these devices, such that the users may control entire groups at a single time with individual voice commands.
US12014116B2	Generating an audio signal from multiple microphones based on uncorrelated noise detection An audio capture device selects between multiple microphones to generate an output audio signal depending on detected conditions. The audio capture device determines whether one or more microphones are wet or dry and selects one or more audio signals from the one or more microphones depending on their respective conditions. The audio capture device generates a mono audio output signal or a stereo output signal depending on the respective conditions of the one or more microphones.
US12014111B2	Democratic skip Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for performing a media action such as a democratic skip action based on input from one or more users that are part of a media group. One or more users within a media group may provide preference indicators (e.g., skip, keep, null) and, upon reaching a threshold number of preference indicators, a media action (e.g., skip song) may be taken. The preference indicators may be weighed based on one or more factors such as a user or media item.
US12014110B2	Audio device and associated control method The present invention provides a control method of an audio device, wherein the audio device includes the steps of: wirelessly receiving an audio signal from an audio communication device; processing the audio signal to generate a processed audio signal for playing; receiving a command signal, wherein the control signal indicates the audio device to execute an operation, and the control signal is not part of the audio signal; obtaining time information; and executes the operation at a specific time point based on the time information.
US12014100B1	Contextual information delivery system Electronic devices are used to provide content data and information to users based on their positional and user contexts. Methods and systems herein determine locations of the devices and provide content data from the devices based on their locations and based on content delivery settings, categories, and classifications. Some methods include distribution systems for providing content data and settings to a devices based on their locations. Thus, content data delivered by the devices is prioritized to improve the utility of the devices and the information they present. When multiple electronic devices are brought into proximity with each other, they can also interact to provide content data in different ways, including splitting up the content data, showing extensions, enlargements, or expansions of the content data, or otherwise differentiating the data provided by each device to improve the utility of the information provided by the devices.
US12014099B2	Multi-device awareness for casting and content delivery A system and method provides for the transfer of the execution of content, or the casting of content, from a first computing device to a second computing device. The casting may be performed in response to a detected lift event of the second computing device including the detection of movement of the second computing device from a stored state toward a position within a field of view of a user, and an identification event of the second computing device. including the detection or identification of the second computing device within a field of view of an image sensor of the first computing device, corresponding to a field of view of the user. Detection of both the lift event and the identification event may provide a relatively high level of assurance of user intent to cast the content from the first computing device to the second computing device.
US12014098B2	Server, control method, and storage medium A predetermined server provides a performance unit configured to perform, in a case where a print job for push printing is transmitted from the terminal apparatus, push printing processing to cause the printing apparatus to perform the push printing based on the print job for the push printing and a setting detail of a print setting for the push printing, without a user operation on the printing apparatus after the print job for the push printing is transmitted from the terminal apparatus.
US12014096B1	System and method for remote authentication based on computer-vision technologies A system for remote authentication accesses a scanned copy of a first document, images, and signatures associated with a requesting user, converts the scanned copy to a digital document, determines a subject matter associated with the first document based on an analysis of the digital document by natural language processing and machine-learning models, selects a first authenticator from multiple authenticators based on the subject matter, a timestamp of the authentication session, and an authenticator profile of the first authenticator, establishes a video communication session between the first authenticator and the requesting user via a display screen via networks, and instructs a printer to generate a physical copy of an authenticated first document including a first authentication certificate of the first authenticator upon determining the first document is authenticated by the first authenticator.
US12014094B2	Support program, information processing device, and printing method A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer installed an information processing device to execute a process for supporting a printer connected to the information processing device. The process includes, in a case where a print instruction causing the printer to print an image is sent to a general-purpose print program pre-installed in an operating system of the information processing device, and in a job based on the print instruction, a saving mode is selected, acquiring intermediate image data corresponding to the image to be printed from the general-purpose print program, performing an adjustment for saving colorant for the acquired intermediate image data, and outputting print data which is generated by rasterizing the intermediate image data adjusted in the adjustment so that the print data is transmitted from the information processing device to the printer.
US12014092B2	System and method for object-annotated trapping Computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems for preparing a digital artwork document for printing. An input digital artwork document is modified to enhance or avoid a physically printed result by generating an output digital artwork document containing digital objects that align to the one or more features of one or more portions of the artwork, such as for use in trapping, reverse trapping, or pullback of objects, providing rich black, white underprint, or spot varnish. The digital objects are generated in accordance with a combination of first and second sets of instructions, such as a first set generated by a computerized expert system, and the second set created as an exception to the first set. The output document is annotated by storing at least one association between each instruction in the second set and each corresponding selected portion of the document governed by the instruction.
US12014091B2	Printing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program A printing apparatus capable of performing spot color printing using a spot color printing material of a spot color that is a color different from a process color, includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire print data including image data for an image of a print target, wherein if the print data is data used to cause the printing apparatus to execute the spot color printing, the print data includes information about the spot color printing; and a display control unit configured to display, on a display part of the printing apparatus, a preview screen of the image of the print target. Whether to display the preview screen on the display part of the printing apparatus is controlled based on the print data.
US12014086B2	High availability in non-volatile memory express (NVMe®) over transmission control protocol (NVMe/TCP) Systems and methods herein save one or more parameters related to NVMe® data in one or more memory mapped files or in shared memory region(s). When a storage target experiences an interrupt event (e.g., loss of connectivity, system crash, application crash, etc.), the storage target may be restarted (e.g., a new instance formed in the case of a software-defined storage target) that uses the stored parameter data to recreate the controller context (e.g., NVMe® controller and TCP (transmission control protocol) connection), and the storage target may resend the last TCP acknowledgement, thereby causing the host to send or resend any NVMe/TCP data that follows the last successfully received NVMe/TCP data—thus, any data that the host sent during the storage target down time, which may have been lost, is re-sent. Embodiments keep a host unaware of a storage target interrupt and remove the need for TCP reestablishment.
US12014083B2	Method and system for implementation of scalable queue with delay The present disclosure provides a system for performing a method for implementation of a scalable queue with a delay factor. The method includes a first step of creating a disk based queue. The method includes another step of mapping head of the disk based queue and tail of the disk based queue with a primary storage. The method includes yet another step of adding checksum in between data inside the disk based queue. The method includes yet another step of dividing the disk based queue in to a plurality of sub-queues with the delay factor. Furthermore, the checksum is added for identifying tampering in data, maintaining persistence and throughput in the disk based queue. Moreover, the delay factor is achieved by dividing the disk based queue in to the plurality of sub-queues based on a time period. The disk based queue is highly scalable using a network file system.
US12014080B2	Memory system using host memory buffer and operation method thereof There is provided an operation method of a memory system which includes a host and a storage device, and the operation method includes allocating a portion of a host memory included in the host for a host memory buffer to be used by a controller of the storage device, setting a set feature command such that the host memory buffer is enabled, setting a retention command including information about a response speed of the host memory buffer, selecting an operation mode of the host memory buffer, based on the retention command, and selecting one of a plurality of power states, which the controller supports, based on a performance objective of the operation mode of the host memory buffer.
US12014076B2	Storage device and operating method of the storage device A memory device may include a data receiver configured to receive a plurality of read data chunks from a plurality of memory areas which transmit and receive data through one channel, a data compressor configured to generate a plurality of compressed data chunks from each of the plurality of read data chunks and a data output unit configured to simultaneously output the plurality of compressed data through the channel in response to a data output command.
US12014075B2	Data preprocessing (DPP) pattern supporting both normal program and early cache release program (ECRP) Disclosed herein are memory device, method for data preprocessing of program operations. In an aspect, a memory device comprises N data latches configured to store data and a controller coupled to the N data latches. The controller is configured to receive the data that includes data units and store the data units in the N data latches, wherein each of the data units includes N bits. The processor is further configured to convert the data units based on a first table and a second table and program cells of the memory device based on the converted data units. The first and the second tables include N rows and 2N columns of bits and bits from column 2N-1+2 to column 2N in Nth row of the second table are identical.
US12014074B2	System and method for storing dump data A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of dump blocks, and a controller suitable for: generating dump data indicating a state thereof whenever detecting an error, and storing the dump data in a target dump block, wherein the controller may store the dump data by: selecting the target dump block from the plurality of dump blocks, storing first dump data which is generated at a time of initial error detection in a first dump block that is selected as the target dump block, and copying, when newly selecting a second dump block as the target dump block, the first dump data into the second dump block.
US12014071B2	Separation of parity columns in bit-flip decoding of low-density parity-check codes with pipelining and column parallelism A memory device having a bit-flipping decoder. The decoder having a plurality of circuits operatable to perform parallel computation to decode a codeword according to a plurality of columns of a parity matrix. The decoder is configured to provide columns of the parity matrix for processing in the plurality of circuits in an order where columns processed concurrently by the plurality of circuits in pipeline stages include no more than one parity column of the parity matrix.
US12014069B2	Abnormality detecting system, motherboard, and electronic device An abnormality detecting system is provided. The abnormality detecting system includes a processor, a control module, a storage device and a monitoring module. The storage device includes a plurality of storage units. The processor is electrically connected to each storage unit of the plurality of storage units through the control module, the monitoring module is electrically connected to the processor, the control module and the each storage unit. The monitoring module obtains a monitoring result by monitoring a level state of signals generated by the control module, the each storage unit, and the processor; and the monitoring module confirming whether an abnormality occurs according to the monitoring result.
US12014068B2	System and method for double data rate (DDR) chip-kill recovery A system and method for double data rate (DDR) chip-kill decoding using an array of ECC erasure decoders operating in parallel to identify a location of a chip-kill event associated with a DDR memory device. The ECC erasure decoder that correctly identifies the chip-kill location is then used to decode subsequent DDR bursts transmitted from the DDR memory device.
US12014061B2	Capacity and performance optimization in non-homogeneous storage In some examples, a computing device may be configured to store data to storage subsystems in a storage pool. The computing device may determine, for each storage subsystem, a performance potential quantity representative of a relative performance of the storage subsystem, and may determine a respective initial distribution weighting for each storage subsystem based at least on the performance potential quantities. Further, the computing device may determine, for each storage subsystem having a percentage of storage capacity used that is more than a threshold amount greater than a percentage of storage capacity used by the storage subsystem having a lowest percentage of storage capacity used, one or more amounts by which to adjust the initial distribution weighting to determine a respective desired distribution weighting for each storage subsystem. The computing device may select one or more storage subsystems to receive data based at least on the desired distribution weightings.
US12014060B2	Memory calibration and margin check Memory calibration with a margin check is disclosed. A memory subsystem includes a memory and a memory controller coupled to the memory. The memory controller includes a calibration circuit configured to perform, during an initialization process, horizontal memory calibrations for ones of a plurality of performance states and to determine and store, in a storage circuit, information indicative of a set of differences between calibration results for pairs of the plurality of performance states. The memory controller is further configured to, subsequent to the initialization process and in response to a change from a first one of the plurality of performance states to a second one of the plurality of performance states set initial memory parameters for the second performance state based on the set of differences. Thereafter, operation begins in the second performance state without performing an initial horizontal calibration.
US12014057B2	Data processing system A data processing system includes a first server and a second server. The first server includes a first processor group, a first memory space and a first interface circuit. The second server includes a second processor group, a second memory space and a second interface circuit. The first memory space and the second memory space are allocated to the first processor group. The first processor group is configured to perform memory error detection to generate an error log corresponding to a memory error. When the memory error occurs in the second memory space, the first interface circuit is configured to send the error log to the second interface circuit, and the second processor group is configured to log the memory error according to the error log received by the second interface circuit. The data processing system is capable of realizing memory reliability architecture supporting operations across different servers.
US12014054B2	Memory system and operating method thereof for performing re-ordering operation based on temperature increment A controller of a memory system includes a memory, a temperature increment estimating unit and a re-ordering unit. The memory includes a request queue configured to enqueue therein operation requests provided from a host device. The temperature increment estimating unit estimates temperature increments respectively corresponding to the operation requests. The re-ordering unit performs a re-ordering operation for re-arranging the operation requests enqueued in the request queue based on the temperature increments.
US12014053B2	Proactive traffic shaping with service levels Proactive traffic shaping is used to generate and transmit proactive QFULL messages that are selectively sent to hosts that are generating large numbers of IO operations with lower service levels in instances where a compute node is experiencing high IO volume. By sending proactive QFULL messages only to hosts that are sending IO operations with lower service levels, it is possible to cause the lower priority IO operations to be directed by the hosts to other compute nodes within the storage system, to thereby balance IO operations between compute nodes and enable higher priority IO operations to be serviced with lower latency. When a low priority IO operation arrives, a determination is made as to the depth of the queue. If the number of IO operations in the queue is above a threshold, and IOS are trending upward, a QFULL message is sent to the low priority IO initiator.
US12014049B2	Adaptive sensing time for memory operations Methods, systems, and apparatuses include receiving a command directed to a portion of memory. A cycle number for the portion of memory is determined. A group to which the portion of memory belongs is determined. A sensing time is determined using the cycle number and the group. The command is executed using the sensing time.
US12014048B2	Memory sub-system performance shaping including controlling data traffic A method includes determining, by component of a memory sub-system, workload characteristics corresponding to a workload to be received by the memory sub-system. The method can further include dynamically altering a performance attribute of the memory sub-system based, at least in part, based on the determined workload characteristics.
US12014039B2	Interaction tracking controls A browser executing on a client device can detect external calls to remote servers generated by an online document. The browser can detect, in external content received in response to the external calls and for presentation in the online document, metadata describing domains that contributed to the delivery of the external content to the client device. The browser can aggregate, for each of the domains, a contribution of the domain to enable the presentation of the external content with the online document over a specified time period. The browser can present a visual representation of the contribution of each of at least some of the domains. The browser can receive, in response to interaction with the visual representation, a selection of one or more domains among the at least some domains. The browser can prevent the one or more domains from receiving subsequent external calls from the browser.
US12014038B2	Storage medium storing editing program and information processing apparatus A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores an editing program including a set of program instructions for an information processing apparatus comprising a controller and an input interface. The set of program instructions, when executed by the controller, causes the information processing apparatus to perform: acquiring a plurality of strokes inputted via the input interface; calculating a distance between two strokes of the acquired plurality of strokes; in response to determining that the calculated distance is shorter than a distance threshold, recognizing the two strokes as a same item; in response to determining that the calculated distance is longer than or equal to the distance threshold, recognizing the two strokes as separate items; and changing the distance threshold based on input via the input interface.
US12014034B2	Content processing method A computer program stored in a computer-readable storage medium includes executing operations for providing a content processing method when executed on one or more processors in a computing device The operations can include an operation of displaying a first screen including a project-involved object for receiving a selection input for a project, and an operation of displaying a second screen for displaying a project execution step corresponding to the selected project. The second screen may include a navigation area including a step selection object for receiving a selection input for the project execution step and a project execution area for content processing corresponding to the project execution step.
US12014030B2	System for predictive virtual scenario presentation A scenario presentation device presents, in an electronic display, selectable for possible activities. The device receives a selection of a first scenario option. The selected first scenario option corresponds to a selected activity that includes an action involving an item to be performed over a period of time. The device determines anticipated changes to the environment over the period of time. Using the anticipated changes to the environment over the period of time, a projected environment representation is determined for the selected activity. The projected environment representation includes one or more images depicting changes to the environment. The projected environment representation is presented in the electronic display.
US12014023B2	Image processing apparatus for selecting image using drag operation An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing device; a display portion capable of detecting a touch of an input object; a storage storing preset-setting groups; a preset-setting-group-selection-screen display controller displays icons corresponding to the preset-setting groups; and an image-processing-device controller for controlling the image processing device. When at least two icons are displayed on the display portion such that one icon is displayed in a selected state manner, and a specific icon is displayed in a non-selected state manner, and when the specific icon is touched, the preset-setting-group-selection-screen display controller moves the specific icon located on a second area to a first area and moves the one icon located on the first area to the second area in a direction in which the specific icon is moved, and displays the specific icon in the selected state manner and display the one icon in the non-selected state manner.
US12014022B2	Interactive measurement based on three-dimensional representations of objects A method, a system, and computer program product for rendering a visual representation of a target object using a selection of a first position on the surface of the target object. A reference surface is determined based on selected positions on the surface of the target object. A graphical object overlaying the visual representation of the target object is rendered. A location of the graphical object in the graphical user interface is based on the reference surface. The graphical object has a perimeter including the perimeter positions. A perimeter position of the perimeter positions is mapped to a second point on a three-dimensional representation of the target object. A distance between a first point and a second point on the three-dimensional representation of the target object is less than or equal to a second distance. The first point on the three-dimensional representation is associated with the first position.
US12014021B2	Communicating between a virtual area and a physical space Apparatus transmits an identifier for association with a virtual area by an administering network service, generates output data from human perceptible stimulus in a physical space, transmits the output data in connection with the virtual area, receives input data associated with the virtual area, and generates human perceptible stimulus in the physical space from the input data. A persistent association is created between the apparatus and a virtual area. A respective presence is established in the virtual area for a communicant operating a client network node connected to the virtual area. A respective connection between each active pair of complementary sources and sinks of the client network node and the apparatus are administered in association with the virtual area. A client network node displays a graphical user interface, establishes the administered connections, and presents interaction controls associated with the object for interacting with communicants in the physical space.
US12014019B2	Display method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium This disclosure relates to a display method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium, and relates to the field of computer technologies. The display method of this disclosure includes: in response to a user selecting an object to be displayed, acquiring data of the object to be displayed; and according to the data of the object to be displayed, displaying the object to be displayed through a page newly added in an application, and simultaneously displaying an original page of the application in a perspective manner, wherein at least one of the newly added page or the original page is configured to be in a corresponding preset transparency, so that the object to be displayed and the original page are displayed simultaneously.
US12014018B2	Position detection sensor and input apparatus A foldable position detection sensor operable by electromagnetic induction coupling is configured to alleviate the problem of the levels of electromagnetic coupling with an electronic pen locally changing at a bending portion of the sensor. The position detection sensor includes a digitizer that includes an electrode configured to couple with a position indicator by electromagnetic induction coupling. The position detection sensor includes multiple electromagnetic sheets disposed to cover a surface of the digitizer opposite to an input surface thereof for receiving input form the position indicator. The multiple electromagnetic sheets are spaced apart from one another along the surface of the digitizer at a bending location where the digitizer is bent. The electromagnetic sheets are configured such that when the digitizer is in an unfolded state the electromagnetic sheets overlap with one another at the bending location in a direction perpendicular to the input surface of the digitizer.
US12014012B2	Printed wiring In printed wiring that is formed, on a surface of a base member, by a film of cured electrically conductive ink and that includes: a wavy line; a first wiring element located at one side of both sides sandwiching the wavy line in a width direction; and a second wiring element located at the other side of the both sides and adjacently to the wavy line; a surplus wavy line is provided which is another wavy line, which extends along the wavy line adjacently to the wavy line between the wavy line and the first wiring element, and which is connected to the wavy line to have the same potential.
US12014011B2	Conductive film, sensor, touch panel, image display device, and conductive film with protection film An aspect of the present invention provides an electroconductive film 10 including a first electroconductive part 11 and a second electroconductive part 14, wherein the surface 14A of the second electroconductive part 14 forms at least a part of the surface 10A of the electroconductive film 10, the surface 11A of the first electroconductive part 11 forms at least a part of the back face 10B of the electroconductive film 10, the first electroconductive part 11 and the second electroconductive part 14 each contain electroconductive fibers 15 and 17, and the surface resistance value of the second electroconductive part 14 is within ±30% of the surface resistance value of the first electroconductive part 11.
US12014010B2	Information processing device and information processing method based on input operation of user The present embodiment is an information processing device adapted to a non-contact user interface. The information processing device includes a display control unit configured to perform control such that a first screen is displayed on a display, a feature recognition unit configured to recognize a feature related to a specific part of a user in a spatial coordinate system, a mapping unit configured to specify a position on the first screen, the position corresponding to a position of the specific part in the spatial coordinate system, according to a mapping algorithm on the basis of the feature, an input operation specifying unit configured to specify an input operation on the basis of content of the first screen and the position on the first screen, and a processing execution unit configured to execute processing on the basis of the input operation. The mapping unit causes a reference trajectory to be displayed on the first screen under the control of the display control unit, and determines an optimal mapping algorithm on the basis of a user trajectory according to a motion of the user with respect to the reference trajectory.
US12014009B2	Method and system for obtaining handwriting trajectory A method for obtaining a handwriting trajectory is provided. The method includes the following steps: capturing images of handwriting that is written with a writing brush on a piece of paper on a writing platform; obtaining positions where pixels in each of the images are lower than a threshold according to the threshold; and outputting handwriting images according to the positions.
US12014005B2	Position detection in rollable displays A method for operating an electronic device, the method including: displacing a rollable touchscreen to a first position along a first direction, a first side of the rollable touchscreen being mounted in a housing, the rollable touchscreen being configured to be rolled into or unrolled out of the housing along the first direction, detecting an active electrode at a first location on the rollable touchscreen, the active electrode being mounted in the housing, and determining the first position of the rollable touchscreen based on the first location, the first positing being indicative of a fractional amount of the rollable touchscreen outside the housing.
US12014003B2	Flexible self-capacitance and mutual capacitance touch sensing system architecture A switching circuit is disclosed. The switching circuit can comprise a plurality of pixel mux blocks, each of the pixel mux blocks configured to be coupled to a respective touch node electrode on a touch sensor panel, and each of the pixel mux blocks including logic circuitry. The switching circuit can also comprise a plurality of signal lines configured to be coupled to sense circuitry, at least one of the signal lines configured to transmit a touch signal from one of the respective touch node electrodes to the sense circuitry. The logic circuitry in each pixel mux block of the plurality of pixel mux blocks can be configured to control the respective pixel mux block so as to selectively couple the respective pixel mux block to any one of the plurality of signal lines.
US12014001B2	Input system An input system is provided which is capable of mitigating certain inconveniences that may arise due to data processing performed by a host processor. The input system includes a first signal path, a second signal path, and a switch section. The first signal path is used for transmitting a signal from a sensor controller to a display controller through the host processor. The second signal path is used for transmitting a signal from the sensor controller to the display controller without passing the signal through the host processor. The switch section is configured to be able to switch between the first signal path and the second signal path.
US12013990B2	Stylus communicating with a device Styluses, methods for communicating by a stylus with a device, and input systems including the device and the stylus are described. In an example, a stylus includes a first electrode for transmitting a first signal to the device, a second electrode used for transmitting a second signal to the device, and a third electrode used for receiving a third signal from the device. The first electrode is located at a tip portion of the stylus. The second electrode is located apart from the first electrode.
US12013988B1	Adjusting brightness of light sources of controller A tracking system includes light sources arranged spatially around user-interaction controller(s) of head-mounted device; a controller-pose-tracking means is arranged in the user-interaction controller(s); an HMD-pose-tracking means and camera(s) arranged on a portion of HMD that faces a real-world environment. Processor(s) are configured to estimate a relative pose of the controller(s) with respect to the HMD, determine current value and/or pulse width modulation (PWM) value to be employed for controlling brightness of light source(s) from amongst the light sources, generate control signal for setting current value and/or PWM value for light source(s), and send a control signal to controller(s). The process image(s) captured by camera(s) identify blob(s) representing light source(s) and correct estimated relative pose, based on at least one of: position, orientation, brightness, size, shape, of the blob(s).
US12013982B2	Tactile sensation presentation panel, tactile sensation presentation touch panel, and tactile sensation presentation touch display In a tactile sensation presentation panel according to the present disclosure, a tactile sensation presentation screen includes a tactile sensation electrode including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes alternately disposed on a transparent insulation substrate at intervals. A first voltage signal having a first frequency is applied to the plurality of first electrodes located in at least a partial region of the transparent insulation substrate, and a second voltage signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency is applied to the plurality of second electrodes located in the at least partial region of the transparent insulation substrate. First electrostatic capacitance formed between the tactile sensation electrode and a pointer is calculated. An amplitude voltage and frequency of first and second voltage signals are adjusted based on the calculated first electrostatic capacitance.
US12013981B2	Vibration device, information processing apparatus, and vibration control system Provided is a vibration device that is connected to an information processing apparatus and includes a vibration mechanism that generates a vibration. The vibration device receives a first vibration command for the vibration device from the information processing apparatus, receives a second vibration command for a different type of vibration device from the information processing apparatus in parallel with the first vibration command, and operates the vibration mechanism on the basis of at least one of the first vibration command and the second vibration command. The second vibration command is in a format different from that of the first vibration command. The different type of vibration device is of a type different from that of the vibration device.
US12013980B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, learning method, and storage medium The present invention provides an information processing apparatus that estimates a line of sight of a person, executing a first calculation of estimating a direction of a face of the person using a first model that outputs a calculation result of the direction of the face of the person when an image of the face of the person is input; and executing a second calculation of estimating the line of sight of the person using a second model that outputs a calculation result of the line of sight of the person when an image of at least one eye of the person is input, wherein the at least one processor is configured to change coefficients of the second model to be used in the second calculation, according to the direction of the face estimated in the first calculation.
US12013976B2	Control method for audio device, audio device and storage medium Disclosed is a control method for an audio device, the audio device includes a playing component and a display screen rotatably connected to the playing component, and the control method for the audio device includes the following steps: detecting a position of a user; determining a rotation mode of the display screen according to the position; acquiring a display expression corresponding to the rotation mode; and displaying the display expression on the display screen, and controlling the display screen to operate according to the rotation mode. This disclosure further provides an audio device and a computer-readable storage medium. This application improves the user's interaction experience with the audio device.
US12013973B1	Method and apparatus for heuristically defending against local adversarial attack The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for heuristically defending against a local adversarial attack through gradient optimization. The method includes: processing an original image to obtain a gradient image; selecting a noise region in the gradient image and suppressing the noise region to form a defense patch; performing gradient enhancement on the original image to form a gradient-enhanced image; and projecting the defense patch onto the gradient-enhanced image to form a defense-processed image. The present disclosure can suppress high-frequency noise and prevent a deep neural network from being attracted by the high-frequency noise to make misjudgment, to suppress an adversarial patch. In addition, a contour and texture of the original image are enhanced by performing gradient enhancement on the original image, recognition by a classifier is facilitated, and image recognition accuracy is improved.
US12013972B2	System and method for certifying integrity of data assets Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for certifying integrity of data assets stored on a client computing system. The data assets are certified by: calculating a state representation of at least one data asset stored on the client computing system using a data verification module deployed to the client computing system; and transmitting the state representation over a network from the client computing system to a remote computing system for storage in an immutable ledger. Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media are also provided for verifying integrity of data asserts.
US12013966B2	System and method for integrated usage of personal data using scraping technology based on end-users consultation The present invention is to provide a system and a method for integrated usage of personal data capable of increasing the usability of personal data of a personal data user and a data subject by allowing the data subject of the personal data to confirm a corresponding usage request list and approve the usage of the personal data with respect to the data usage request of the personal data user.
US12013964B2	Method for determining data tampering and electronic device for supporting the same The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a touch screen display, at least one processor, and a memory, in which the memory stores a first application program including a user interface, and stores instructions that, with regard to execution of the first application, cause the at least one processor to execute the first application program, and display content on the touch screen display in response to the execution of the first application program, receive a first user input for selecting at least a portion of the content using the user interface, receive a second user input for adding at least a portion of the selected content to a clipboard using the user interface, check whether or not the application program associated with the second user input is the first application program, and allow or block the addition of the selected content to the clipboard based at least in part on the check. In addition to the above, various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
US12013963B2	Insight generation using personal identifiable information (PII) footprint modeling Aspects of the disclosure relate to information masking. A user device may receive a request to access information that includes personal identifiable information (PII) and retrieve source data comprising the PII. The user device may mask, within the source data and based on a data management policy, the PII, resulting in masked information. The user device may display the masked information. The user device may receive a request to unmask the masked information and unmask the PII, resulting in unmasked PII. The user device may display the unmasked PII and send unmasking event information to a PII footprint modeling platform, which may cause the PII footprint modeling platform to: log the request to unmask the masked information in an unmasking event log, 2) apply a machine learning model to the unmasking event log to identify malicious events, and 3) trigger remediation actions based on identification of the malicious events.
US12013960B2	Granting access to resources of a database A method of sharing data in a multi-tenant database includes inspecting, by a processing device of a multiple tenant database, a sharer account to determine an existence of a link between an alias object in a target account and a database, wherein the database is linked to a first role object included in a share object in the sharer account. The method includes granting a second role object, in the target account, access rights to the alias object, wherein the first role object having one or more grants to one or more resources of the sharer account, and wherein the target account accesses the one or more resources using the one or more grants of the share object and using the alias object without at least one of copying the one or more resources or transmitting the one or more resources.
US12013959B2	Secure in-memory database in container In an example embodiment, a hardware mechanism for protecting user-level software from privileged system software is leveraged to protect in-memory databases in container implementations in a cloud. This hardware mechanism takes the form of an enclave. An enclave is a portion of a CPU that shields application code and data from accesses by other software, including higher-privileged software. Memory pages belonging to an enclave reside in the enclave page cache (EPC), which cannot be accessed by code outside of the enclave. This helps ensure that (1) applications built on top of in-memory database are securely trusted, (2) and a trusted path architecture is provided for enclaves allowing in-memory databases to run securely on top of untrusted cloud platform.
US12013958B2	System and method for validating a response based on context information A system for validating a response based on context information receives a first message that indicates that a data object is removed from a memory resource via a third party device without authorization by a user. The system communicates a second response that indicates whether a third party confirms the removal of the data object without the authorization by the user to the third party device. The system receives a response from the third party device. The system extracts context information from the response. The system determines whether the response is valid based on the context information, where it is determined to be valid if the response is actionable. In response to determining that the response is actionable, the system recommends one or more actions to be performed with respect to the memory resource.
US12013952B1	Systems and methods for protecting user data privacy against the use of fake first-party domains by hidden web trackers The disclosed computer-implemented method for protecting user data privacy against the use of fake first-party domains by hidden web trackers may include (i) identifying a group of subdomains associated with one or more websites, (ii) comparing an Internet Protocol (IP) address range for each of the subdomains, (iii) determining, based on the comparison, that an IP address range for a target subdomain is potentially utilized by a hidden web tracker as a fake first-party subdomain in the websites, (iv) detecting similarities between any scripts loaded by websites associated with the target subdomain and any functions performed by the scripts, and (v) perform a security action that protects against utilizing fake domains for evading web browser tracking protection by identifying the target subdomain as the fake first-party subdomain based on the detected similarities. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US12013951B2	Cross-site scripting (XSS) risk analysis method and apparatus based on bayesian network and stride model A cross-site scripting (XSS) risk analysis method based on a Bayesian network and a STRIDE model includes: constructing an XSS attack-related STRIDE threat model of a network information release system; obtaining a network structure of a Bayesian network-based XSS attack risk analysis model based on the STRIDE model; obtaining prior probabilities of all nodes in the network structure of the Bayesian network-based XSS attack risk analysis model based on expert experience and a node ranking algorithm; obtaining a training dataset through simulation by using a rejection sampling algorithm or a direct sampling method; performing network training on the network structure of the Bayesian network-based XSS attack risk analysis model by using the training dataset to obtain the Bayesian network-based XSS attack risk analysis model; and reasoning a Bayesian network to obtain a quantitative analysis result of an XSS attack risk of the network information release system.
US12013938B2	Apparatus for generating a signature that reflects the similarity of a malware detection and classification system based on deep neural networks, method therefor, and computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for performing the method An apparatus for generating a signature that reflects the similarity of a malware detection and classification system of the present invention includes a pre-processing unit configured to generate an input vector from input information, a classification unit configured to calculate a latent vector which indicates the similarity between at least one malware classification and the input vector by performing a plurality of computations to which learned weights of a plurality of layers are applied on the input vector through a deep neural network model, and a signature generation unit configured to generate a signature of the malware in a form of a binary vector by quantizing the latent vector.
US12013936B2	System and method of protecting client computers A threat response platform to act as a bridge between non-inline security programs and inline security programs. The threat response platform receives event reports, relating to client devices, from the non-inline security programs and creates incident reports for a user. The incident reports describe the event report and also additional data gathered by an active correlation system of the threat response platform. The active correlation system automatically gathers various types of data that are potentially useful to a user in determining whether the reported event is an incidence of malware operating on the client device or a false positive. The active correlation system places a temporary agent on the client device to identify indications of compromise.
US12013933B2	Enhancing security using anomaly detection Certificate usage data is generated which identifies which processes or applications use which specific certificates. A certificate-specific usage model is generated based upon the certificate usage data and is used to detect anomalous usage of a certificate, by an application or process that has not previously used the certificate to authenticate itself to the computing system.
US12013926B2	Valet key distribution system A valet key distribution system distributes key information of a vehicle among the vehicle, an owner terminal, and a guest terminal. The vehicle includes a vehicle-side storage storing a vehicle-side owner private key, a vehicle-side distribution key, a vehicle-side variable value, and a vehicle-side one-time password; and a vehicle-side controller controlling running of the vehicle and performing information processing. The owner terminal includes an owner-terminal input unit receiving an operation instruction from a utilization manager of the vehicle; an owner-side storage storing a terminal-side owner private key, a terminal-side distribution key, a terminal-side variable value, and a terminal-side one-time password; and an owner-side controller performing information processing. The guest terminal includes a guest-terminal input unit receiving an operation instruction from a temporary user of the vehicle; a guest-side storage storing the terminal-side distribution key and the terminal-side one-time password received; and a guest-side controller performing information processing.
US12013925B2	Authenticating proximity via time-of-flight The disclosure describes systems and methods for wirelessly authenticating devices based on proximity using time-of-flight.
US12013924B1	Non-repudiable proof of digital identity verification Verification of digital identities with a non-repudiable proof of identity maintained in a verification log. The verification log may be generated by a platform for verification of a digital identity of a human user in response a request for verification of a human user's identity from a relying party. Such verification may be performed via online transactions or via an identity verification device. The non-repudiable proof of identity may include records in the verification audit log that may be non-reversible. As such, anonymized records may be maintained that demonstrate proof of identity verification without providing sensitive details. The verification log may be accessible by relying parties and/or end users to provide a record of verifications.
US12013922B2	Method for watermarking a machine learning model A method is provided for watermarking a machine learning model used for object detection. In the method, a first subset of a labeled set of ML training samples is selected. Each of one or more objects in the first subset includes a class label. A pixel pattern is selected to use as a watermark in the first subset of images. The pixel pattern is made partially transparent. A target class label is selected. One or more objects of the first subset of images are relabeled with the target class label. In another embodiment, the class labels are removed from objects in the subset of images instead of relabeling them. Each of the first subset of images is overlaid with the partially transparent and scaled pixel pattern. The ML model is trained with the set of training images and the first subset of images to produce a trained and watermarked ML model.
US12013921B2	Computer-based systems configured for automated computer script analysis and malware detection and methods thereof Systems and methods enable automated and scalable obfuscation detection in programming scripts, including processing devices that receive software programming scripts and a symbol set. The processing devices determine a frequency of each symbol and an average frequency of the symbols in the script text. The processing devices determine a normal score of each symbol based on the frequency of each symbol and the average frequency to create a symbol feature for each symbol including the normal score. The processing devices utilize an obfuscation machine learning model including a classifier for binary obfuscation classification to detect obfuscation in the script based on the symbol features. The processing devices cause to display an alert indicting an obfuscated software programming script on a screen of a computing device associated with an administrative user to recommend security analysis of the software programming script based on the binary obfuscation classification.
US12013916B2	System and method for use of pattern recognition in assessing or monitoring vehicle status or operator driving behavior A system and method which uses pattern recognition in assessing or monitoring a vehicle status and/or an operator's driving behavior. A vehicle, for use by an operator or driver, can be equipped with a data collection and assessment system. The system can comprise one or more data collection devices, e.g., accelerometers, which can be used to capture data and information, or otherwise measure vehicle actions. A pattern recognition module is configured with one or more defined operating patterns, each of which operating patterns reflects either a known change in vehicle status corresponding to, e.g., when a passenger has embarked or disembarked the vehicle, or a known vehicle operating or driving behavior. Information collected as events describing a current vehicle status or a current driving behavior can be compared with the known operating patterns.
US12013914B2	Systems and methods for automatic resource replacement Systems and methods are provided for automatic resource replacement in web pages. In one embodiment, a method comprises determining a link to a first resource in a web page is broken, automatically selecting a second resource from a resource database to replace the first resource in the web page, the second resource of a same type as the first resource, updating the web page with a link to the second resource in place of the link to the first resource, and displaying the updated web page to a user. In this way, resource errors may be mitigated in real-time and user experience of accessing web pages is improved.
US12013912B2	Sharing unmanaged content using a content management system In some implementations, a subscriber to an online content management system can share content items that are external to the subscriber's content library. A computing device can include managed content items associated with the subscriber's content library. The computing device can include unmanaged content items that are stored externally to the subscriber's content library. The subscriber can provide input associated with an unmanaged content item to generate a link (e.g., URL, file path, location reference, etc.) for the unmanaged content item. When generating the link, the unmanaged content item can be uploaded to the online content management system and stored separately from the subscriber's content library. The generated link can be shared with recipient user (e.g., subscriber or non-subscriber). The generated link can be used by the recipient to access the unmanaged content item uploaded to and stored by the online content management system.
US12013907B2	Systems and methods for a customized search platform Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for a customized search platform that provides users control and transparency in their searches. The system may use a ranker and parser to utilize input data and contextual information to identify search applications, sort the search applications, and present search results via user-engageable elements. The system may also use input from a user to personalize and update search results based on a user's interaction with user-engageable elements.
US12013903B2	System and method for search discovery A search system as disclosed analyzes a file name to identify any potential tokens or words that might be relevant, and creates supplementary information for the file name. The supplementary information is indexed and searchable, thereby significantly improving the ability of a search engine to discover and return successful search hits.
US12013893B2	Information processing apparatus information processing method to search a music piece for reproduction The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program enabling to present a feature serving as a reason and a basis of being searched, of a music piece searched in response to a request of a user. A music piece is searched on the basis of a search request of a user, and information is generated, as a response to the search request, in which a feature that is of the searched music piece and corresponds to the search request is expressed by a balloon size for each type of the feature. The present invention can be applied to a music piece agent device.
US12013891B2	Model-based attribution for content generated by an artificial intelligence (AI) In some aspects, a server trains an artificial intelligence (AI) to create a trained AI. The training includes: selecting a content creator from multiple content creators to create a selected content creator, selecting a plurality of content items associated with the content creator to create selected content items, training the AI using the selected content items, determining a creator influence of the selected content creator on the trained AI based on an aggregate influence of the selected content items on the AI during the training, and including the creator influence in a static attribution vector. After the training is completed, the trained AI receives an input and generates an output. The server creates an attribution determination based at least in part on the static attribution vector and initiates providing compensation to one or more of the multiple content creators based at least in part on the attribution determination.
US12013881B2	Method, device, and system for determining a weather area A method determines a weather area for a motor vehicle, with which a sensor system and a communications interface are associated, which are coupled to one another via signals. The method includes: receiving data including geographical information in the form of a map; and creating a grid by dividing the received data into a plurality of adjacent grid cells. The method also includes: providing a measurement signal of the sensor system, representing a location-related local weather situation in one of the grid cells; and determining a local weather area for the respective grid cell according to the provided measurement signal.

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