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| US12047087B2 |
Ad converter
An AD converter includes: an accumulation conversion unit that performs a comparison of magnitudes of an input voltage V2 and an accumulated voltage V1 obtained by accumulating a unit voltage and outputs a comparison signal representing a result of the comparison; an accumulation comparison determination unit that repeatedly compares an accumulated voltage V1, obtained by repeating the comparison until the comparison signal changes and corresponding to an accumulated voltage V1 at which the comparison signal changes, and the input voltage V2 a predetermined number of times to determine an equivalent-state accumulation number in which a state probability that the comparison signal changes is equal to a threshold; and a control unit that determines conversion data of the input voltage using the equivalent-state accumulation number. |
| US12047082B2 |
Semiconductor device including delay compensation circuit
A semiconductor device includes an internal clock generation circuit configured to generate an internal clock; a plurality of unit circuits configured to have a first unit circuit and a second unit circuit operating while being synchronized with an internal clock; a plurality of transfer circuits including a first transfer circuit configured to provide a first transfer path having a first delay time, and a second transfer circuit configured to provide a second transfer path having a second delay time different from the first delay time; and a delay compensation circuit configured to compare a first clock input to the first unit circuit through the first transfer path with a second clock input to the second unit circuit through the second transfer path, and to adjust the second delay time so that the adjusted second delay time matches the first delay time. |
| US12047081B2 |
Slew rate control circuit capable of providing stable performance and stable duty cycle
The slew rate control circuit includes a slew rate control unit, a capacitive delay unit, a delay unit, a first output unit, a second output unit, and a third output unit. The slew rate control unit is used for receiving a plurality of control voltages. The capacitive delay unit is coupled to the slew rate control unit for receiving an input signal. The delay unit is coupled to the capacitive delay unit. The first output unit and the second output unit are coupled to the capacitive delay unit. The third output unit is coupled to the delay unit. The first output signal and the second output signal are two signals without controllable slew rates. A slew rate of the third output signal is controlled by the capacitive delay unit. A slew rate of the fourth output signal is controlled by the capacitive delay unit and the delay unit. |
| US12047077B2 |
High-accuracy adaptive digital frequency synthesizer for wireless power systems
A high-resolution adaptive digital frequency synthesizer Integrated Circuit (IC) for wireless power systems, which comprises a digitally controlled tunable ring-oscillator, based on a chain of delay-line cells (DLs) being adapted to generate an internal high-resolution reference clock signal; a tuner unit for receiving as input a compensation/target signal and performing arithmetic operations that produce auxiliary tuning signals provided to the ring-oscillator, for allowing the ring-oscillator to generate a high-resolution output period/frequency; a counter-comparator unit introducing an additional delay to the chain, the counter-comparator unit operating in combination with the ring-oscillator and counts how many times the delay of the chain repeats, for providing ultra-fine tuning signal for tuning the frequency resolution of digitally controlled ring-oscillator; an adaptive Fractional-N dithering module, for enhancing the frequency resolution of the digitally controlled ring-oscillator by averaging the resolution provided by a single delay-line cell of the ring-oscillator. |
| US12047074B2 |
Driving circuit
A driving circuit is provided, including first to second output stage circuits that output, respectively, first and second voltages of a first polarity. The driving circuit further includes a first switch having a first terminal receiving the first voltage from the first output stage circuit and a second terminal coupled to a first output channel through a switching circuit, and a second switch having a first terminal receiving the second voltage from the second output stage circuit and a second terminal coupled to a second output channel through the switching circuit. The driving circuit further includes a first charge sharing circuit having a first terminal coupled to the first output channel and a second terminal coupled to the second output channel. The first charge sharing circuit is turned on to provide charge sharing between the first output channel and the second output channel. |
| US12047071B1 |
Clock generator with dual-path temperature compensation
In a timing signal generator having a resonator, one or more temperature-sense circuits generate an analog temperature signal and a digital temperature signal indicative of temperature of the resonator. First and second temperature compensation signal generators to generate, respectively, an analog temperature compensation signal according to the analog temperature signal and a digital temperature compensation signal according to the digital temperature signal. Clock generating circuitry drives the resonator into mechanically resonant motion and generates a temperature-compensated output timing signal based on the mechanically resonant motion, the analog temperature compensation signal and the digital temperature compensation signal. |
| US12047070B2 |
Main board, hot plug control signal generator, and control signal generating method thereof
A main board, a hot plug control signal generator, and a control signal generating method thereof are provided. The hot plug control signal generator includes a controller and a latch. The controller provides a control signal. The latch is operated based on an operation power to generate a hot plug control signal. The latch sets the hot plug control signal to a disabled first logic value, and latches the hot plug control signal at the first logic value. |
| US12047062B2 |
Electronic circuit and sensor system
An electronic circuit that recognizes a disconnected state from an outside during disconnection of a power supply line is provided. For this purpose, an electronic circuit includes: a load provided between a power supply line and an output terminal in the electronic circuit; a transistor provided between the load and the output terminal; a current generation circuit that generates current using a power supply voltage at a power supply line in the electronic circuit; and a control circuit that controls the transistor using a control voltage that changes according to the current generated by the current generation circuit. |
| US12047058B2 |
IGBT driving circuit and power conversion device
The present disclosure relates to an IGBT driving circuit and a power conversion device. The IGBT driving circuit includes a driving chip with a first driving signal port (Vo); a driving resistor adjustment circuit connected between the first driving signal port (Vo) and a gate (G) of an IGBT, a driving resistor formed by the driving resistor adjustment circuit being adjustable in size; a peak voltage detection circuit connected to the gate (G) of the IGBT which is conductive to the first driving signal port (Vo), the peak voltage detection circuit being configured to monitor whether a peak voltage occurs when the IGBT is turned off; and a resistor adjustment control circuit connected between the peak voltage detection circuit and the driving resistor adjustment circuit and configured to reduce a resistor formed by the driving resistor adjustment circuit when the peak voltage is monitored when the IGBT is turned off. |
| US12047056B2 |
Circuit arrangement for a gate drive with a feedback resistor
A circuit arrangement is provided where the arrangement of a feedback resistor between a first branch and a second branch enables that a voltage is provided at an output terminal in an efficient way, this means with a high settling speed and a low current consumption. The feedback resistor is arranged between a reference node and the output terminal, where the reference node is connected to a current mirror. The circuit arrangement can be employed as a gate driver. Furthermore, a driver block and a method of driving a circuit arrangement are provided. |
| US12047051B2 |
Matching network with tunable notch filter
A filter circuit includes a matching network having resistive and capacitive elements, and a transformer in the matching network. The transformer includes a primary side and a secondary side, and has at least one interwinding capacitance coupled from an input on the primary side to a non-inverting output on the secondary side. |
| US12047048B2 |
Current mode transconductance capacitance filter within a radio frequency digital to analog converter
A filter stage system, includes a continuous time baseband filter comprising a feedback loop that employs at least one first impedance node and at least one second impedance node, wherein the at least one first impedance node has a higher impedance than the at least one second impedance node, and wherein the at least one first impedance node provides a dominant pole and the at least one second impedance node provides a non-dominant pole, and wherein the continuous time baseband filter generates a filtered current, and a mirroring component mirrors the filtered current to an output. |
| US12047042B2 |
Switching power amplifier with output harmonic suppression
A switching power amplifier with harmonic suppression including a polyphase converter and a power amplifier stage. The polyphase converter converts a frequency or phase modulated input signal into a 50% duty cycle rail-to-rail signal, a positive 25% duty cycle rail-to-rail signal that is centered with the 50% duty cycle signal when high, and a negative 25% duty cycle rail-to-rail signal that is centered with the 50% duty cycle signal when low. The power amplifier stage includes first and second branches coupled between upper and lower nodes, each including series-coupled P-channel and N-channel transistors forming an intermediate output node. The transistors of the first branch are controlled by the 50% duty cycle signal, and the transistors of the second branch are controlled by the positive and negative 25% duty cycle signals. The first and second branches generate output currents that are superimposed with each other to suppress third and fifth harmonics. |
| US12047041B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor devices comprises a first member including a first circuit partially formed by an elemental semiconductor element at a surface layer, a first conductive raised portion at the first member, and a second member smaller than the first member in plan view joined to the first member. The second member includes a second circuit partially formed by a compound semiconductor element. A second conductive raised portion is at the second member. A power amplifier includes a first-stage amplifier circuit included in the first or second circuit and a second-stage amplifier circuit included in the second circuit. The first circuit includes a first switch for inputting to the first-stage amplifier circuit a radio-frequency signal inputted to a selected contact, a control circuit to control the first- and second-stage amplifier circuits, and a second switch for outputting from a selected contact a radio-frequency signal outputted by the second-stage amplifier circuit. |
| US12047040B2 |
Power-over-ethernet (PoE) powered multichannel streaming audio amplifier
A power-over-Ethernet (PoE) powered multichannel streaming audio amplifier includes a plurality of Ethernet ports each configured to be coupled to an Ethernet cable and capable of receiving power and audio data transmitted over the Ethernet cables. Power supply circuitry connected to the Ethernet ports is configured to combine and manage the power received at the Ethernet ports. A microprocessor subsystem powered by the power supply circuitry is configured to receive and process the audio data to generate output audio signals. A digital audio amplifier powered by the power supply circuitry amplifies the output audio signals received from the microprocessor system. A plurality of audio outputs connected to the digital audio amplifier are each configured to be connected to a different one of a plurality of speaker devices to transmit the audio output signals amplified by the digital audio amplifier to the plurality of speaker devices. |
| US12047039B2 |
Envelope tracking supply modulator using linear amplifier with segmented output stage and associated wireless communication system
A linear amplifier of an envelope tracking supply modulator includes a pre-driver stage circuit and an output stage circuit. The pre-driver stage circuit receives an envelope input, and generates a pre-driver output according to the envelope input. The output stage circuit receives the pre-driver output, and generates an amplifier output according to the pre-driver output. The amplifier output is involved in setting a modulated supply voltage of a power amplifier. The output stage circuit has a plurality of amplifiers, including a first amplifier and a second amplifier. When the power amplifier has a first output power level, the first amplifier is involved in setting the amplifier output, and the second amplifier is not involved in setting the amplifier output. When the power amplifier has a second output power level different from the first output power level, the first amplifier and the second amplifier are involved in setting the amplifier output. |
| US12047038B2 |
Reconfigurable crystal oscillator and method for reconfiguring crystal oscillator
A reconfigurable crystal oscillator and a method for reconfiguring a crystal oscillator are provided. The reconfigurable crystal oscillator includes a transconductance circuit, a feedback resistor, a crystal tank, an input-end capacitor and an output-end capacitor. Both of the feedback resistor and the crystal tank are coupled between an input terminal and an output terminal of the transconductance circuit. The input-end capacitor is coupled to the input terminal of the transconductance circuit, and the output-end capacitor is coupled to the output terminal of the transconductance circuit. In particular, the transconductance circuit is configured to provide a transconductance, and when an operation mode of the reconfigurable crystal oscillator is switched, an input-end capacitance of the input-end capacitor and an output-end capacitance of the output-end capacitor are switched, respectively. |
| US12047037B2 |
Oscillator with temperature compensation and electronic device using the same
An oscillator equipped with a temperature compensation circuit is illustrated. Through the temperature compensation circuit, a transistor of a current mirror circuit of the oscillator which outputs a reference current to a voltage matching circuit is controlled by the temperature compensation voltage. Both of the temperature compensation voltage and a reference current decrease as the temperature rises, and a delay time of the oscillation voltage is proportional to the temperature compensation voltage and inversely proportional to the reference current. Therefore, the effects of temperature on the delay time just cancel each other out. The delay time of the oscillating voltage is related to the frequency of the clock signal. Therefore, if the delay time of the oscillating voltage is not affected by temperature, the frequency of the clock signal will not be affected by temperature. |
| US12047035B1 |
Solar 3D platform
Solar panels and solar platforms having three-dimensional solar harvesting surfaces are disclosed. The solar panels and solar platforms may take a volumetric approach in harvesting solar energy by having the active sides of the solar surfaces protruding upwards rather than being merely planar like a conventional solar panel. The three-dimensional design of such active sides may help in capturing scattered photons reflected by adjacent solar surfaces and also align in optimum orientations relative to the sun. |
| US12047033B2 |
Systems and methods for tracker-level protection
A solar tracking system includes a solar array, a support structure configured to support the solar array, a driveshaft coupled to the support structure, a base configured to rotatably support the driveshaft, and an articulation system coupled to the driveshaft and configured to articulate the driveshaft relative to the base. The articulation system includes a gearbox coupled to the driveshaft. The solar tracking system also includes a motor mechanically operably coupled to the gearbox to cause the driveshaft to rotate, and a controller that determines a fault caused by the winding up of the driveshaft, and, in response to determining the fault, shorting the windings of the motor and/or providing power, which is generated by the motor when the unwinding driveshaft drives the rotation of the motor, to a load, such as an energy storage device, a resistive load, and/or a heating element. |
| US12047032B2 |
Solar module holding device, and method for producing a solar module holding device
A solar module holding device (10) is proposed, which is configured to enable an assembly of at least one, in particular solar-position-tracking, solar module (12), with a shaft (14), in particular a rotatable shaft (14), with a base body (16) that forms at least one support surface (18) configured for a support at least of a portion of the solar module (12), the base body (16) being embodied as a sheet part, which is preferably implemented as one piece. |
| US12047030B2 |
Waterproofing mounting system for attaching solar modules to a roof
A roof mounting system for the attachment of an article to a roof, the system comprising a plurality of PV modules each having at least one corner and a frame member, a flashing member having a top surface; an upstanding sleeve attached to the top surface of the flashing member; an elevated water seal having a borehole formed therethrough, the elevated water seal further comprising at least one screw for providing a waterproof seal between the article and the roof structure; and whereby the plurality of PV modules are interlocked in a way to provide a corner-to-corner coupling arrangement supported above the roof through the frame members of the plurality of PV modules. |
| US12047027B2 |
Method of protecting a converter of a wind turbine and protection system
A method of protecting a converter of a wind turbine and a respective protection system are provided. The converter is coupled to a generator of the wind turbine to perform conversion of electrical power produced by the generator, the converter including plural semiconductor components that are operational to provide the conversion of the electrical power. The method includes the performing of a step of estimating a junction temperature of at least one of the semiconductor components by determining a current in the converter associated with power loss in one or more of the semiconductor components; estimating power loss associated with the one or more semiconductor components based on the determined current and on a state of the one or more semiconductor components; and using a thermal model to estimate the junction temperature of the semiconductor components based on the estimated power loss. The estimating step is repeatedly performed. |
| US12047025B2 |
Electric drive system, powertrain, and electric vehicle
An electric drive system is connected to a power battery pack to drive a motor, the motor includes an exciting winding, and the electric drive system includes a bus, a three-level inverter circuit, an electric excitation circuit, and a controller. The bus includes a positive bus and a negative bus. The three-level inverter circuit includes a first bus capacitor and a second bus capacitor. The first bus capacitor is connected between the positive bus and a bus midpoint, and the second bus capacitor is connected between the negative bus and the bus midpoint. A first input terminal of the electric excitation circuit is connected in parallel to the first bus capacitor, a second input terminal of the electric excitation circuit is connected in parallel to the second bus capacitor, and an output terminal of the electric excitation circuit is connected to the exciting winding of the motor. |
| US12047022B2 |
Field weakening regulator for CVFR current regulator
A method of controlling a motor controlled by a motor controller that includes a complex vector flux regulator (CVλR). The method includes: receiving at a field weakening regulator of the motor controller a modulation index that is a scaled version of an available voltage available to be provided to the motor by a voltage source; comparing the modulation index to a feedback modulation index to produce an error scalar that has a magnitude in a flux domain; determining a final direction (αfinal) of the error scalar in the flux domain; and providing the CVλR with flux commands in the d and q domain based on the error scalar and the direction. |
| US12047018B2 |
Apparatus and methods involving control of piezoelectric resonance circuits
In certain examples, methods and semiconductor structures are directed to operation of a piezoelectric-based device (e.g., a DC-DC converter) and such operation may involve selectively switching inputs of the piezoelectric-based device at a modulation frequency and, in response, decoupling of the modulation frequency from output power delivered by the piezoelectric-based device. In some examples, the inputs of the piezoelectric-based device are selectively switched to cause decoupling the modulation frequency from output power delivered by the piezoelectric-based device and/or cause operation of the piezoelectric-based device without spurious mode operation. |
| US12047014B2 |
Three-phase inverter control system and three-phase inverter control method
A control system for a three-phase inverter includes an instantaneous value voltage controller and an equivalent effective value voltage controller. The instantaneous value voltage controller is configured to feed back and control an instantaneous value of an inverter output voltage. The equivalent 5 effective value voltage controller is configured to perform an orthogonal decomposition feedback control on an effective value of the inverter output voltage. The equivalent effective value voltage controller is configured to perform integral compensation respectively on a real-axis voltage and an imaginary-axis voltage of a two-phase rotating coordinate system of the three-phase inverter. An output of the instantaneous value 10 voltage controller and an output of the equivalent effective value voltage controller are used to obtain the inverter output voltage through a delay stage transfer function and a controlled object transfer function. |
| US12047013B2 |
Motor drive topologies for traction and charging in electrified vehicles
A motor drive system for an electrified vehicle includes a DC source, such as a battery, and an inverter, which includes one or more phase drivers, each configured to switch current from the DC source to generate AC power upon one or more output terminals using a hybrid of two or more different solid-state switches, each having a corresponding voltage rating. A nine-switch inverter includes three phase drivers, each including high, low, and middle solid-state switches, with Si-MOSFET high and low switches having a first voltage rating of half of the rated voltage of the system, and with Gallium Nitride (GaN) transistors rated to block a full rated voltage of the system used for the middle switches. A delay driver synchronizes timing between two different solid-state switches by energizing control terminals at different rates. The inverter can be operated using near-state pulse-width modulation (NSPWM) to reduce switching losses. |
| US12047011B2 |
Gate driver circuit for a synchronous rectifier of a wireless power receiver system
A gate driver circuit for a synchronous rectifier (SR) of a wireless power receiver (WPR) system includes: a first RC filter that outputs a delayed turn-on signal for a first high-side SR switch based on a signal input to the filter that indicates a zero-crossing condition for a coil current of the WPR system in a first direction; a second RC filter that outputs a delayed turn-on signal for a second high-side SR switch based on a signal input to the filter that indicates a zero-crossing condition for the coil current in the opposite direction; a first digital delay-and-hold circuit electrically connected to the output of the first RC filter and that stabilizes the delayed turn-on signal output by the first filter; and a second digital delay-and-hold circuit electrically connected to the output of the second RC filter and that stabilizes the delayed turn-on signal output by the second filter. |
| US12047009B2 |
Flyback converter, synchronous rectification control circuit and control method thereof
A synchronous rectification control circuit has a turn-on detection circuit. The turn-on detection circuit has a slope detection circuit and a threshold generation circuit. The slope detection circuit generates a slope representation signal representing a falling slope of the detection signal. The threshold generation circuit generates a threshold signal by selecting one of threshold reference signals according to a driving signal. The turn-on detection circuit generates a comparison result signal by comparing the slope representation signal and the threshold signal for controlling the switch state of the synchronous rectification transistor. |
| US12047002B2 |
Multiphase voltage regulator variable phase control stability
Methods and systems for operating a multiphase voltage regulator are described. The multiphase voltage regulator can include a plurality of power stages. A controller can be connected to the plurality of power stages. The controller can detect a number of activated power stages among the plurality of power stages. The controller can adjust a gain of a current sense feedback loop of the controller to control a load-transient response of the multiphase voltage regulator. The adjustment to the gain can be based on the number of activated power stages. |
| US12046995B2 |
Switching regulator with THD and PF compensation, the control circuit and the method thereof
A switching regulator converts an AC input voltage into an output voltage, to power a load. The switching regulator includes a power stage having a main power switch. The main power switch has different ON time durations under different AC input voltage conditions and different load currents. |
| US12046994B2 |
DC-DC converter
The present invention relates to an electrical power energy converter unit for converting Direct Current to Direct Current, DC-DC, with improved efficiency and cold-start capability. In an aspect there is provided a Direct Current to Direct Current, DC-DC, converter for converting a low-voltage input to a higher-voltage output according to a conversion factor for powering a load such as a wireless sensor node, the converter comprising: a first DC-DC converter circuit arranged for converting the low-voltage input to a first higher-voltage output during a start-up mode of the load; a second DC-DC converter circuit arranged for converting the low-voltage input to a second higher-voltage output during an normal operational mode of the load; a control circuit for control of the conversion factor; wherein each of the first and second converter circuit comprises: an input stage for receiving the low-voltage input; an intermediate stage in series with the input stage for converting the low-voltage input to the first higher-voltage or second higher-voltage output circuit at a conversion factor being defined by the ratio between the input and output; a final stage in series with the intermediate stage for outputting the first higher-voltage or the second higher-voltage output; wherein each of the stages comprises: a shared capacitor for boosting voltage of said low-voltage input to said first higher-voltage output of said first converter or to said second higher-voltage output of said second converter. |
| US12046987B2 |
Voltage regulator circuit for a switching circuit load
A voltage regulator receives a reference voltage and generates a regulated voltage using a MOSFET having a gate terminal configured to receive a control voltage. A charge pump receives the regulated voltage and generates a charge pump voltage in response to an enable signal and a clock signal generated in response to the enable signal. The voltage regulator further includes a first switched capacitor circuit coupled to the gate terminal and configured to selectively charge a first capacitor with a first current and impose a first voltage drop on the control voltage in response to assertion of the enable signal. The voltage regulator also includes a second switched capacitor circuit coupled to the gate terminal and configured to selectively charge a second capacitor with a second current and impose a second voltage drop on the control voltage in response to one logic state of the clock signal. |
| US12046984B2 |
Automatic frequency oscillator for pulse-regulated switch-mode power supply
In some examples, a switch-mode power supply circuit comprises a pulse generation circuit comprising an oscillator, the oscillator configured to generate first pulses using a fixed frequency regulation for a first load condition that exceeds a predefined threshold and configured to generate second pulses using a variable frequency regulation for a second load condition that does not exceed the predefined threshold. The circuit also includes a power converter coupled to the pulse generation circuit and configured to convert a first voltage to a regulated voltage using either one of the first or second pulses generated by the pulse generation circuit. The circuit further comprises an output filter coupled to the power converter and configured to produce a second voltage from the regulated voltage. |
| US12046982B2 |
Magnetic supporting of thrust load for downhole-type artificial lift system
During rotation of a shaft of a downhole-type wellbore system, a first signal corresponding to an axial position of the rotating shaft is transmitted by a sensor. The shaft is axially levitated by a plurality of magnetic thrust bearings. A controller determines an amount of axial force to apply to the rotating shaft to maintain axial levitation of the rotating shaft based on the first signal. The controller transmits a second signal corresponding to the determined amount of axial force to the plurality of magnetic thrust bearings. The plurality of magnetic thrust bearings applies the amount of axial force on the rotating shaft to maintain the axial levitation of the rotating shaft based on the second signal. |
| US12046979B2 |
Motor, electric tool motor, and electric tool
A motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a bearing holder. The rotor is disposed inside the stator. The rotor rotates with respect to the stator. The bearing holder holds a bearing of the rotor. The stator includes a plurality of coils, a plurality of teeth, and a coupling portion. Around the plurality of teeth, the plurality of coils are respectively arranged via an insulator. The coupling portion is located closer to the rotor than the plurality of coils are. The coupling portion couples at least some adjacent ones of the plurality of teeth. The bearing holder is positioned within a plane intersecting at right angles with a rotational axis of the rotor by coming into contact with either respective inner peripheral tips of the plurality of teeth or the coupling portion. |
| US12046976B2 |
Rotary reciprocating drive actuator with movable body and drive unit and wall with position sensor
A rotary reciprocating drive actuator which includes a base portion including a bottom portion, and a pair of wall portions erected from both ends of the bottom portion; a movable body including a shaft portion rotatably supported by the pair of the wall portions via a bearing in such a manner that a movable magnet disposed at an outer side surface of one wall portion of the pair of the wall portions; and a drive unit including a core body and a coil body, the drive unit being attached to the outer side surface of the one wall portion, wherein another wall portion of the pair of wall portions is configured to be detachable from or adjustable in position with respect to the bottom portion. |
| US12046972B2 |
Motor and stator bus bar
A motor includes a rotor, a stator, and first and second bus bar disposed on one side in an axial direction of the stator. The stator includes a winding portion including conductor connection bodies in which conductors are connected in series and a stator core having slots through which the conductor connection body passes. The winding portion includes a coil end located on one side in the axial direction of the stator core. The conductor connection body includes first and second ends located at an outermost circumference in the radial direction of the coil end. The first bus bar is connected to the first end. The second bus bar is connected to the second end. The first bus bar is located on one side in the axial direction of the coil end. The second bus bar is located on the radial outside of the coil end. |
| US12046969B2 |
Stator of rotary electric machine and rotary electric machine
A bridge part of a first coil segment includes a first bridge section extending in a circumferential direction and including a first bending part reducing an inclination angle, and a second bridge section extending in the circumferential direction toward the first linear part and including a second bending part reducing an inclination angle. A bridge part of a second coil segment includes a third bridge section extending in the circumferential direction toward a second linear part and including a third bending part reducing an inclination angle, and a fourth bridge section extending in the circumferential direction toward the first linear part and including a fourth bending part reducing an inclination angle. |
| US12046960B2 |
Collector ring assembly
The present disclosure relates generally to a collector ring assembly for use in a rotor comprising a collector (or slip) ring body and a shaft in which the collector ring body and shaft each have mating features so that the collector ring body may be lockably attached to the shaft. |
| US12046957B2 |
Electric motor
The disclosure relates to an electric motor comprising a base motor module and a plug module which is electrically and mechanically connected to the base motor module and is designed as an electronics module. The electronics module comprises a power electronics system, a driver electronics system and a control electronics system, and the electronics module and the base motor module each dissipate heat via separated heat paths. The disclosure further relates to an electric motor arrangement and also to a construction kit for electric motors. |
| US12046956B2 |
Electric motors and methods of controlling thereof
Electric motors and methods of controlling electric motors are described herein. The electric motors include a mobile component having at least one permanent magnet coupled thereto and a stator spaced apart from the mobile component. The stator includes at least one stator pole having a ferromagnetic core and a coil wrapped around the ferromagnetic core. The ferromagnetic core is naturally attracted to the at least one permanent magnet. The motors also include a magnetic position control system configured to monitor a position of the at least one permanent magnet relative to the stator and controllably deliver an electric pulse to the coil of each stator pole to generate a repulsive magnetic flux on the ferromagnetic core to cancel an attraction force between the ferromagnetic core and the at least one permanent magnet to control movement of the mobile component. |
| US12046955B2 |
Methods and systems for cooling an electric machine
Methods and systems are provided to cool an electric machine. In one embodiment, an electric machine includes a rotor assembly that includes a rotor shaft and a stack of rotor laminations. The rotor assembly further includes one or more nozzles designed to receive pressurized coolant from a rotor shaft coolant passage and deliver the coolant to a set of open coolant channels in the stack of rotor laminations, wherein the set open coolant channels includes outlets that are profiled to direct the coolant towards a groove in a balancing plate that is coupled to the rotor assembly. |
| US12046947B2 |
Standby battery-meter socket adapter
An electrical system operable to supply power from at least one of a primary power source or a standby power source to one or more electrical loads. The electrical system is configured to be provided between an electricity meter and a meter socket. The electrical system includes a housing, a plurality of contacts configured to be coupled with the meter, the meter socket, and a transfer switch. The transfer switch includes a first switch configured to selectively connect the primary power source to the one or more electrical loads, a second switch configured to selectively connect the standby power source to the one or more electrical loads, and an electrical control logic. |
| US12046946B2 |
Apparatus and method for vehicle low voltage power net operation with disconnected battery
A vehicle, an electrical system of the vehicle and a method of operating the vehicle. The electrical system includes a battery, an electrical load that draws power from the battery, a switch between the battery and the electrical load, and a processor. The processor is configured to measure a power drawn from the battery by the electrical load and open the switch to disconnect the battery from the electrical load when the power drawn by the electrical load matches a selected criterion. |
| US12046945B2 |
Power supply apparatus and power supply system
A power supply apparatus includes a switching circuit including a switcher, a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, the first input terminal is configured to receive a first voltage provided by a first power supply, the second input terminal is configured to receive a second voltage provided by a second power supply, and the switcher is configured to control the output terminal to be connected to the first input terminal or control the output terminal to be connected to the second input terminal; and a converting circuit including an input terminal connected to the output terminal of the switching circuit, an output terminal connected to an electrical device, and the converting circuit is configured to receive the first or the second voltage, convert the received first second voltage into a third voltage, and output the third voltage through the output terminal of the converting circuit. |
| US12046943B2 |
Stackable battery charging and power output slices
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for battery charging and power output. A system may include a plurality of hot-swappable, stackable slices for battery charging and power output. A slice may include communication circuitry for communication among the slices. A slice may include power input conversion circuitry, power storage circuitry, and/or power output conversion circuitry. A slice may include at least one electrical connector for connecting to a second slice. The at least one electrical connector may include connections for power and communications. A slice may include at least one mechanical connector for connecting to the second slice. |
| US12046942B2 |
Apparatus for controlling battery circuit, vehicle having the same, and control method thereof
Provide is an apparatus for controlling a battery circuit, a vehicle having the same, and a control method thereof, the apparatus including: a power supply including at least one battery, and at least two low voltage DC-DC Converters (LDCs) electrically connected to the battery and configured to drop an input voltage and supply the voltage to one of a first load and a second load; and a controller including a processor configured to process a signal received from the LDC, wherein the controller is configured to, based on the signal received from the LDC being processed, identify a failure of at least one of the LDCs; and in response to the failure being identified, control a LDC other than the LDC, of which the failure is identified. |
| US12046938B2 |
Vehicle battery charging apparatus
A battery charging apparatus for device charging in a vehicle includes a charging device compartment, a housing, a blower, a charger, and a duct. The charging device compartment is configured to retain at least one device. The housing includes a top member, a bottom member, and an accommodating space. The housing further includes an air-return port. The blower is in the housing and has an input port and an output port. The charger is in the housing and between the top member of the housing and the blower. The duct has an input port and an output port. The input port of the duct is coupled to the output port of the blower, and the output port of the duct is coupled to the air-return port of the housing. The duct forms a barrier between the accommodating space and the air-return port of the housing. |
| US12046930B2 |
Battery system
A battery system includes: a first battery module including a plurality of first battery cells; a second battery module including a plurality of second battery cells; a battery disconnection unit connected between the first battery module and the second battery module, the battery disconnection unit including: a first main switch connected in series between the plurality of first battery cells and the plurality of second battery cells; and a precharge switch and a precharge resistor connected in series with each other and connected in parallel with the first main switch. |
| US12046916B2 |
Using the NFC field from a phone to power card to phone Bluetooth communications
A contactless card with power harvesting unit is described. The power harvesting unit is configured to harvest power from near field communication radio wave fields and supply power to a memory, processor, and communication circuit of the contactless card. In some embodiments, the contactless card may also include a capacitor for smoothing out power deliver or a rechargeable battery. The contactless card is configured to establish two-way communication with a secondary device and to store and execute applets. In some embodiments, the contactless card is a payment card which contains information associated with a primary profile and a secondary profile. The secondary profile may be activated using two-way communication if the primary profile is deactivated due to fraudulent activity. |
| US12046906B1 |
Preemptive optimization for offboard distribution of electrical power from a vehicle
A preemptive optimization of a power distribution event associated with providing an electrical power from a battery onboard a vehicle to a charging station offboard the vehicle. The preemptive optimization may include preemptively charging the battery in advance of the power distribution event and/or preemptively configuring the vehicle and the battery, such as with establishment of standby session, to provide electrical power from the battery to the charging station without providing the electrical power to the charging station until the charging station thereafter experiences an outage, interrupt, etc. |
| US12046904B2 |
Energy storage system having operation mode based on reference capacity of integrated line and method of operation thereof
An energy storage system includes an energy storage device that stores energy generated from a new and renewable energy power plant, a power management device that monitors a total amount of power produced by at least one new and renewable energy power plant in a plurality of regions, determines an operation mode of the energy storage device based on a result of monitoring a reference capacity of an integrated line through which power of the plurality of regions is transmitted and a result of monitoring the total power amount, and controls a power capacity flowing through the integrated line according to the operation mode, and a power conversion device that receives a command corresponding to the operation mode from the power management device and controls an operation of the energy storage device according to the command. |
| US12046897B2 |
Hybrid fuel cell system for load following and backup in a microgrid and method of operating thereof
A method for operating a fuel cell system includes drawing a base level DC electric energy from a first fuel cell of a first type to a combined DC bus, measuring a DC voltage at the combined DC bus, determining whether the DC voltage at the combined DC bus falls short of a DC voltage threshold, and drawing a variable DC electric energy from a second fuel cell of a second type different from the first type in response to determining that the DC voltage at the combined DC bus falls short of the DC voltage threshold. |
| US12046895B2 |
Method for wafer-level adjustment of protection circuits of electronic devices and a wafer for facilitating the same
A method for wafer-level adjustment of protection circuits of electronic devices and a wafer for facilitating the same are provided. The method comprises: fabricating an adjustable terminal protection circuit for each of the electronic devices in the wafer; and adjusting each of the adjustable terminal protection circuits by cutting off one or more fuse elements in the one or more trimming circuits of the terminal protection circuit. The method provides a cost-effective approach to allow wafer-level on-chip adjustment of protection circuits for III-V compound devices in a flexible manner so as to address the issues of manufacturing process constrains under requirement of large wafer dimension. |
| US12046891B2 |
Optimized transformer protection
A method for determining an optimized TCC operating curve for an electronic interrupting device that protects a distribution transformer in a power distribution network, where the TCC operating curve is some optimized predetermined percentage above a TCC curve for normal transformer operation. The method includes providing a TCC transformer curve that identifies an allowed transformer operation current once the transformer magnetics have been stabilized and the transformer is operating normally, and determining a TCC operating curve that is defined by points along the transformer curve plus a predetermined percentage above the transformer curve, where the operating curve identifies a response time for when the electronic interrupting device will open in response to a certain current flow. |
| US12046889B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting and identifying arcing
Systems and methods for detecting and identifying arcing are disclosed. A method of detecting arcing includes obtaining data indicative of voltage and data indicative of current, determining a waveform of a cycle of a primary load current according to the data indicative of current, determining at least one noise signal according to the determined waveform of a cycle of the primary load current and the data indicative of current, determining a probability density of the noise signal according to a time window, and comparing the probability density of the noise signal with at least one model probability density. |
| US12046884B1 |
Snap in zip connector
A snap-in zip connector with a clamp for gripping a wire between a first bracket and a second bracket. The first bracket includes a clamp seat and a first fastener opening formed by an elongated slot and hole joined together and extending through the clamp seat. The second bracket includes a fastener opening that aligns with the hole. An insert positioned in the elongated slot includes a spring arm extending into the circular hole extend into the circular hole that engages a threaded shaft of the fastener to restrict removal except through rotation of the at least one fastener. |
| US12046882B2 |
Cable puller
A cable puller in accordance with some example embodiments is configured to pull rope or cable through a conduit. The cable puller includes a puller frame, a capstan rotatably mounted thereon, a boom mounted to the puller frame, and a handle extending from the boom. The handle can be pivoted to a variety of positions relative to the boom. A lock locks the handle into a desired position relative to the boom. In some embodiments, the boom is mounted to a wheel assembly, and in some embodiments, the handle is part of the wheel assembly. |
| US12046878B2 |
Cover extension for electrical panel
A cover extension can be installed above or below a wall-mounted electrical panel (e.g., a circuit breaker panel) to cover an opening in the wall immediately above or below the panel. The cover extension includes a panel member, a bottom flange, and two top couplings and stop members. The flange extends downwards from the panel member bottom and is offset from the panel member so that it can fit behind the panel cover of the electrical panel to secure the cover extension bottom to the panel cover. The mechanical stops (e.g., brackets) are located on the panel member rear face and configured to each cause the respective coupling member on the panel member rear face to engage the cover extension to secure the cover extension top to the wall. |
| US12046874B2 |
Light-emitting device
The present embodiment relates to a light-emitting device comprising a reflective metasurface modulating a phase for each of pixels constituting a one- or two-dimensional array. The light-emitting device comprises a surface emitting laser element, a light guide layer, and the metasurface. The metasurface has a light transmissive layer including a dielectric layer, one metal film on one surface thereof, and the other metal film on the other surface thereof. In each of unit regions corresponding to the pixels, the light transmissive layer includes a portion exposed without being covered with the metal film. The width of each unit region and the thickness of the light transmissive layer are smaller than the wavelength of the laser light to the metasurface. The metasurface modulates the phase of the laser light for each unit region. A first light output surface outputs the modulated laser. |
| US12046869B1 |
Methods and devices for fixing optics to mechanical mounts in high-power laser systems
In various embodiments, a spring is utilized to fix an optic to a mechanical mount in a laser system. Such springs may consist of a single length of elastic material having first and second ends. The length of elastic material may define first and second off-center bends providing first and second base portions, as well as a central bend that is generally U-shaped and that defines first and second contact portions. The first and second contact portions are opposed to each other across the central bend to thereby resist compression of the first and second contact portions toward the first and second base portions. |
| US12046863B2 |
Apparatus and method for establishing an electrically conductive connection between two substrates
A first and second substrate, and electrically conductive first and second connection parts are provided in a method for establishing an electrically conductive connection between two substrates. The first connection part is mounted on the first substrate by a first releasable connection and the second connection part is respectively mounted on the second substrate by a releasable connection. An electrically conductive connection assembly containing the first connection part and the second connection part is established by either a cohesive connection between a connection portion of the first connection part and a connection portion of the second connection part or an electrically conductive crossmember provided and a cohesive connection of a first length portion of the crossmember to the connection portion of the first connection part and a second cohesive connection of a second length portion of the crossmember to the connection portion of the second connection part being established. |
| US12046862B2 |
Connection device for grounding an electrical apparatus and/or creating an equipotential link between conductive elements
The invention relates to a connection device for earthing an electrical apparatus or putting it at a reference potential. It is inserted between a first electrically conductive part belonging to said electrical apparatus and a second part belonging to a support structure on which said electrical apparatus is mounted and which may be at least partly electrically insulating. It is characterized in that it comprises a first automatic connection area for automatically creating electrical contact with said first part, and a second automatic connection area for automatically creating electrical contact with an electrical conductor that is earthed or connected to a reference potential, when said electrical apparatus is mounted on said support structure. The electrical apparatus is thus automatically earthed or connected to a reference potential when it is mounted on said support structure via said connection device and said electrical conductor, specifically without any tools, screws or any other fastening member. |
| US12046861B2 |
Joint connector
A joint connector includes a circuit board that is located behind a back wall of the connector housing through a component space, an independent male terminal jointed to the circuit board, and a joint terminal. The joint terminal includes a bridge portion fixed to the connector housing, a plurality of male terminal portions conducted to each other and protruding into a fitting space of the connector housing to serve as connector terminals, and one contact conduction piece extending to a back of the back wall of the connector housing and elastically brought into conductive contact with one of the independent male terminals via a spring portion. |
| US12046859B2 |
Method and apparatus of powering an electronic device using a removable power supply
An electronic device lacking an internal power supply comprises electronic circuitry, an external power adapter having an input connector for receiving AC power from a conventional AC power outlet and for providing a low-voltage output signal to an output connector, and a first port electronically coupled to the electronic circuitry for receiving the low-voltage output signal from the output connector of the power adapter and for providing the low-voltage output signal to the electronic circuitry. |
| US12046857B2 |
Electrical connector having a shielding plate with a pair of side parts and an outside situated connecting part
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a tongue; an upper row of contacts and a lower row of contacts secured to the insulative housing and exposed to two opposite faces of the tongue; and a shielding plate having a pair of side parts situated between the upper row of contacts and the lower row of contacts along an up-and-down direction and a connecting part coupled between the pair of side parts, wherein the connecting part of the shielding plate is situated at an outer side of the upper and lower rows of contacts. |
| US12046849B2 |
Snap on faceplate for an electrical receptacle
An electrical receptacle faceplate couplable to an electrical receptacle housing, the electrical receptacle faceplate including a frontside, a backside, and a plurality of resilient latches. There are a plurality of slots extending from the frontside through the faceplate to the backside. The plurality of resilient latches extend from the backside of the faceplate. |
| US12046845B2 |
Electrical wire connector and wire-to-board connector
A terminal connected to the end of an electrical wire, including: a main body portion connected to a core wire of the electrical wire and a contacting portion connected to the front end of the main body portion having a portion with a U-shaped cross-section that connects to a mating terminal, wherein the contacting portion includes: an upper plate portion connected to the main body portion, a lower plate portion that is parallel with the upper plate portion, a side plate portion that connects one of either the left or right edges of the upper plate portion and the lower plate portion, a tip mating recessed portion demarcated on three sides by the upper plate portion, the lower plate portion, and the side plate portion, an inclined protruding piece that extends diagonally downward from the back end of the lower plate portion, and a middle plate portion that extends between the inclined protruding piece and the upper plate portion in the width direction of the contacting portion. |
| US12046844B2 |
Liquid-cooled charging system for a vehicle
A liquid-cooled charging system for a vehicle is configured to dissipate heat generated during charging (including fast-charging) of an electrically-powered vehicle. The liquid-cooled charging system includes a charging assembly having an interface assembly configured to support a charging plug of a charging station and an energy transfer assembly configured to electrically couple the charging station to the battery of the vehicle during charging. Components of the charging assembly and energy transfer assembly also define a fluid circuit. A coolant system of the liquid-cooled charging system is fluidly connected to the fluid circuit, allowing coolant to flow through the fluid circuit to dissipate heat from the charging assembly components during charging of the vehicle. |
| US12046837B2 |
Communication device
A communication device includes an RF (Radio Frequency) module, an antenna structure, a first switch element, a second switch element, a plurality of first impedance elements, and a plurality of second impedance elements. The antenna structure is coupled to the RF module. The antenna structure includes a first radiation element and a second radiation element. The first switch element is coupled to the first radiation element. The first switch element is switchable between the first impedance elements. The second switch element is coupled to the second radiation element. The second switch element is switchable between the second impedance elements. |
| US12046830B2 |
Antenna device and feed device
An antenna device and a feed device that allows a beam direction to be adjusted with a simple calculation are provided.An antenna device includes an array antenna with multiple antenna elements that are arranged in two dimensions, multiple antenna elements being arranged along each of a first axis and a second axis. The antenna device includes at least one phase adjusting unit configured to adjust, with respect to a first axial direction, a phase of power supplied to each of the multiple antenna elements. The antenna device includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image through a fisheye lens. The antenna device includes a position converting unit configured to convert a first position, which is used in the image capturing unit, of a marker included in the image captured by the image capturing unit, into a second position of polar coordinates on a first plane that includes the first axis and the second axis. The antenna device includes an elevation-angle acquiring unit configured to determine, within a second plane that includes the first axis and a third axis, an elevation angle of a projected position relative to the third axis, based on the second position, the projected position being obtained by projecting the first position onto the second plane. The antenna device includes a control unit configured to control the phase adjusting unit such that a direction of a beam radiated through the array antenna is derived from the elevation angle within the second plane. |
| US12046826B2 |
Ultra wideband (UWB) link configuration methods and systems
Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology is a wireless technology for the transmission of large amounts of digital data as modulated coded impulses over a very wide frequency spectrum with very low power over a short distance. However, to support their deployment in a wide range of applications it would be beneficial to provide solutions which: exploit multiple directive antennas oriented in different directions to ensure spatial filtering of undesired signals and increase signal strength; exploit dynamic configuration of the multi-pulse bundles employed to transmit the bits/symbols within the packets to enhance link quality of service; exploit dynamic configuration of the band or bands which the transmitter operates upon; and exploit antenna sub-systems providing omnidirectional radiation patterns with implementations offering filtering and balun functions with small footprint and low cost. |
| US12046822B2 |
Participant of a communication system with a magnetic antenna
Embodiments of the present invention provide a participant of a wireless communication system, wherein the participant includes a transmission and/or reception unit and an antenna array connected to the transmission and/or reception means, wherein the antenna array includes a magnetic antenna with a loop discontinued once or multiple times. |
| US12046819B2 |
Integrated combo slot antennas in full metal chassis and isolation improvement technique
A slot antenna assembly for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The assembly includes a first slot antenna having a first slot through a substrate from an outer surface of the substrate to an inner surface of the substrate. The assembly also includes a second slot antenna including a second slot through the substrate from the outer surface of the substrate to the inner surface of the substrate. An isolator includes at least one of an isolation slot and a conductor. The isolation slot includes a substrate isolation slot which extends through the substrate between the first and second slot antennas; and a conductor. The conductor connects the inner surface of the substrate between the first and second antennas to an opposite inner surface of an opposite substrate opposite the inner surface between the first and second antennas. |
| US12046817B2 |
Achievement of close to pure wideband circular polarization in printed antenna arrays
A circularly polarized antenna having a plurality of arrays. The arrays comprised of a plurality of antenna elements which are consecutively orthogonal to each other. |
| US12046816B2 |
Reconfigurable antenna and network device
A reconfigurable antenna includes a bottom plate, a vertically polarized high-density antenna, and a controllable reflector. The controllable reflector is located between the bottom plate and the vertically polarized high-density antenna, and a projection of the controllable reflector on the bottom plate is at a center of a projection of the vertically polarized high-density antenna on the bottom plate. The controllable reflector includes a switch, and the switch is configured to enable the controllable reflector to be in an operating state or an off state. |
| US12046811B2 |
Antenna connecting-switching apparatus
An antenna connecting-switching apparatus includes a housing, a first connection structure, a second connection structure, an elastic body, an elastic piece structure and an electronic switch. The elastic piece structure includes a first elastic piece and a second elastic piece. When an external antenna is connected to the first connection structure, the first connection structure compresses the elastic body pushing the first elastic piece; the first elastic piece contacts the second elastic piece; the electronic switch is switched; a wireless communication circuit is electrically connected to the external antenna. When the external antenna stops connected to the first connection structure, the elastic body rebounds pushing the first connection structure; the first connection structure stops pushing the first elastic piece; the first elastic piece stops contacting the second elastic piece; the electronic switch is switched; the wireless communication circuit is electrically connected to an internal antenna. |
| US12046810B2 |
Radio-frequency module and communication apparatus
A radio-frequency module includes: a module substrate; a first circuit component and a second circuit component that are disposed inside the module substrate; and a metal shield plate set to a ground potential. The module substrate includes a dielectric part including a first dielectric material, and a dielectric part including a second dielectric material and located inward of the dielectric part, the second dielectric material having a relative permittivity different from that of the first dielectric material. The metal shield plate is disposed between the first circuit component and the second circuit component and in the dielectric part. |
| US12046807B2 |
Antenna device for vehicle
In an antenna device for vehicle including a plurality of antennas, it is to be not increased the dimension of a portion disposed above a flat region of a roof is eliminated. An antenna device for vehicle 1 includes: a first antenna element 31 and a second antenna element 32. At least an upper portion of the first antenna element 31 is covered with a protruding region 71 of a resin roof. The second antenna element 32 is disposed below a flat region 72. The antenna device for vehicle 1 further includes a ground plate 22. The ground plate 22 is larger than the second antenna element 32. |
| US12046806B2 |
In-vehicle wireless system
An in-vehicle wireless system includes: multiple antennas; and multiple antenna housings that house the multiple antennas and are smaller in number than the multiple antennas. The multiple antenna housings include a vehicle interior antenna housing placed in a vehicle interior of a vehicle. The vehicle interior antenna housing houses an antenna for performing communication by connecting to a mobile communication line that is a public communication line that is connectable to a mobile wireless device. |
| US12046805B2 |
Self contained and self sealing galvanic grounding antenna mount
A mount system, such as for a vehicle antenna, includes a module with a ground. A fastener extends into the module. A retainer clip moves from an undeployed position to a deployed position by operation of the fastener. The fastener extends through a deployment ramp block. The deployment ramp block engages and guides the retainer clip from the undeployed position to the deployed position, by operation of the fastener. The mount system is configured to effect grounding of the ground to the product and to retain the module in position on the product. |
| US12046802B2 |
Electronic device including antenna device
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing structure including a first side surface member, a second housing structure including a second side surface member, a hinge structure configured to rotatably connect the first housing structure and the second housing structure and configured to provide a folding axis on which the first housing structure and the second housing structure rotate, and at least one printed circuit board, wherein the first side surface member or the second side surface member includes a first side surface portion a second side surface portion, a third side surface portion, a fourth side surface portion, a fifth side surface portion, a first slit a second slit a third slit, and a fourth slit, and a fifth slit, and wherein at least part of at least one of the second side surface portion, the third side surface portion, and the fourth side surface portion is formed of a radiation conductor and is electrically connected to the at least one printed circuit board. |
| US12046798B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices
In one example, a semiconductor device, includes a substrate having a substrate top side, a substrate bottom side, a substrate dielectric structure, and a substrate conductive structure. The substrate conductive structure includes a transceiver pattern proximate to a substrate top side. An antenna structure includes an antenna dielectric structure coupled to the substrate top side, an antenna conductive structure having an antenna element, and a cavity below the antenna element. The antenna element overlies the transceiver pattern. The cavity includes a cavity ceiling, a cavity base, and a cavity sidewall between the cavity ceiling and the cavity base. Either a bottom surface of the antenna element defines the cavity ceiling and a perimeter portion of the antenna element is fixed to the antenna dielectric structure, or the antenna dielectric structure includes a body portion having a bottom surface that defines the cavity ceiling and the antenna element is vertically spaced apart from the bottom surface of the body portion. An semiconductor component is coupled to a bottom side of the substrate and is coupled to the transceiver pattern. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein. |
| US12046797B2 |
Vehicle antenna glazing
A vehicle antenna glazing comprising an antenna element that is a WIFI antenna working at 2.41-2.48 GHz frequencies and further comprises a planar radiating element connected to a co-axial connector. |
| US12046795B2 |
Telecommunications mounting frames and methods of making same
The present disclosure describes a telecommunications structure including a plurality of mounting members each having a length and a diameter, the plurality of mounting members includes one or more vertically-oriented mounting members that intersect with one or more horizontally-oriented mounting members to form a frame that is configured to have telecommunications equipment mounted thereto. Each of the one or more vertically-oriented mounting members or each of the one or more horizontally-oriented mounting members includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart recesses configured to receive an intersecting horizontally-oriented mounting member or vertically-oriented mounting member and form a mechanical connection therebetween. A press tool for forming the recesses and methods of using the same are also described herein. |
| US12046794B2 |
Balun including a resistor in parallel with a transmission line and which is configured to distribute power loss over a greater frequency range
A balun is enhanced with design features that extend the operational bandwidth of the balun allowing the balun to operate at lower frequencies. The design enhancements also suppress resonances that otherwise cause sudden power drops at a resonance frequency while a load is connected between the balun's differential outputs. |
| US12046793B2 |
Connection structure of waveguide, waveguide connector, mode converter, and waveguide unit
A connection structure of a waveguide includes a rod-like dielectric, and an outer conductor. A three-dimensional component includes a connection surface, an insertion hole, and a corner which forms an opening edge of the insertion hole over an entire circumference on the connection surface, the connection surface at least partially including a conductive region to which a connection enlarged portion of the outer conductor is connected, the insertion hole having conductivity over an entire circumference of an inner surface, the corner having conductivity and being conducted with the inner surface of the insertion hole. In a state where the waveguide and the three-dimensional component are connected with each other, the connection enlarged portion is electrically conducted with the inner surface of the insertion hole through electrical connection with the connection surface and the corner, and smooth connection is made at the corner. |
| US12046792B2 |
Transmission line substrate and electronic device
A transmission line substrate includes a line portion, a base including a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, first and second ground conductors, and a signal line. The first ground conductor is on the first main surface side. The second ground conductor is on the second main surface side. The first ground conductor includes first conductor-non-formed portions overlapping the signal line when viewed in the Z axis direction. The second ground conductor includes second conductor-non-formed portions overlapping the signal line when viewed in the Z axis direction. A total area of the second conductor-non-formed portions is less than a total area of the first conductor-non-formed portions. |
| US12046790B2 |
Phase shifter module comprising a device for physically separating a phase shifter from a matching device while electrically connecting the phase shifter and the matching device
A phase shifter module arrangement comprises a phase shifter with a plurality of emitter connections and a central point connection. A matching network is provided. The matching network comprises a signal connection and a phase shifter connection. A separating device is provided which is electrically conductive and is arranged between the phase shifter and the matching network. The separating device has a first side on which the phase shifter is arranged and a second side on which the matching network is arranged. A connection opening connects the first side to the second side. The phase shifter connection of the matching network is connected electrically via the connection opening of the separating device to the central point connection of the phase shifter. |
| US12046789B1 |
Ferroelectric film phase shifter and wafer-level phased array chip system
A ferroelectric film phase shifter includes a substrate layer; an isolated signal layer located on the substrate layer; first, second and third top transmission line electrodes distributed on the isolated signal layer at intervals; the first and second top transmission line electrodes located at both ends of the isolated signal layer, and the third top transmission line electrode located on a middle region of the isolated signal layer; a bottom transmission line electrode located in the isolated signal layer; an intermediate transmission line structure located in a middle region of the bottom transmission line electrode and adjacent to the third top transmission line electrode; MIM hafnium oxide-based ferroelectric capacitor structures located at two ends of the bottom transmission line electrode; and metal transmission line structures located between each MIM hafnium oxide-based ferroelectric capacitor structure and each of the first top transmission line electrode and the second top transmission line electrode. |
| US12046788B2 |
Metasurface-based converters for controlling guided modes and antenna apertures
Electromagnetic fields within a waveguide can be expressed in terms of the complex amplitudes of the electromagnetic modes it supports. The electromagnetic fields can be shaped by controlling the complex amplitudes of modes. Here, mode-converting metasurfaces are designed to transform a set of incident modes on one side to a different set of desired modes on the opposite side of the metasurface. A mode-converting metasurface comprises multiple inhomogeneous (spatially-varying) reactive electric sheets that are separated by dielectric spacers. The reactance profile of each electric sheet to perform the needed mode conversion is found through optimization. The optimization routine takes advantage of a multimodal solver that uses two main concepts: modal network theory and a discrete Fourier transform algorithm. With modal network theory, the modes can be translated between the electric sheets using matrix multiplication. Additionally, modal network theory accounts for the multiple reflections between the reactive electric sheets, as well as coupling between the sheets. |
| US12046786B2 |
High temperature fuel cell system with a laminated bipolar plate
A fuel cell system with a stack that includes at least one high temperature membrane electrode assembly and a bipolar plate laminated with an electrically conducting layer to form a structure that contains a liquid cooling chamber inside the structure and gas flow channels on an outer side of the structure. Preferably, a membrane of the membrane electrode assembly contains a composite of inorganic and organic proton-conducting particles and is structurally supported at an anode of the assembly with a porous layer of metallic material. Methodologies of manufacture and used of such fuel cell system. An electrical generation system employing such fuel cell system. |
| US12046783B2 |
Leak inspection method and leak inspection apparatus
A leak inspection method and a leak inspection apparatus for a fuel cell stack, in which a plurality of fuel cells are stacked, each having an electrode member and a pair of separators sandwiching the electrode member therebetween, and seal members provided on an outer peripheral portion of each of the separators, wherein a first leak inspection is performed by applying a fastening load which is a load applied to the fuel cell stack at a time of product shipment, and a second leak inspection is performed by applying to the fuel cell stack a second load which is lower than the fastening load. |
| US12046782B2 |
Fuel cell power system
A fuel cell power system and a method of starting a fuel cell power system. The fuel cell power system includes a fuel cell system having one or more voltage outputs, one or more DC/DC converters each having an output and an input, the input being connectable to the voltage outputs of the fuel cell system, a DC voltage link connectable to the output of the one or more DC/DC converters, and a local load connectable to the DC voltage link. In the system, the local load is adapted to draw power from the fuel cell system to decrease the voltage of the fuel cell system. |
| US12046781B2 |
Compression apparatus
A compression apparatus includes a stack of electrochemical cells each including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane interposed therebetween, a pair of insulating plates disposed at respective ends of the stack in a stacking direction, a pair of first end plates disposed on outside surfaces of the respective insulating plates, and a voltage applicator that applies a voltage between the anode and the cathode. Upon the voltage applicator applying the voltage, the compression apparatus causes hydrogen included in a hydrogen-containing gas fed to the anode to move to the cathode and produces compressed hydrogen. One of the first end plates have a first channel formed therein, through which the hydrogen-containing gas fed to the anode flows, and a second channel formed therein, through which a heating medium flows. The compression apparatus further includes a heater that heats the heating medium. |
| US12046777B2 |
Secondary battery, battery pack, electronic device, electric tool, and electric vehicle
A secondary battery including an electrode wound body having a structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are stacked and wound with a separator interposed therebetween, a positive electrode current collector plate, a negative electrode current collector plate and an exterior can that accommodates the electrode wound body, the positive electrode current collector plate, and the negative electrode current collector plate. The positive electrode has a first covered portion covered with a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode active material non-covered portion on a positive electrode foil, and the negative electrode has a second covered portion covered with a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material non-covered portion on a negative electrode foil. |
| US12046755B2 |
Negative electrode active material including active material core particle linked to conductive material with organic linker and elastomer covering active material core particle and conductive material, and lithium secondary battery including the same
A negative electrode active material that includes active material core particles that allow the intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions; a conductive material disposed on a surface of each active material core particle; an organic linker that connects the active material core particles and the conductive material; and an elastomer that covers at least a part of the active material core particles and the conductive material. The conductive material includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a linear conductive material and a planar conductive material, and the organic linker is a compound that includes a hydrophobic structure and a substituent including a polar functional group. |
| US12046753B2 |
Negative electrode plate, secondary battery, battery pack, battery module, and electrical device
This application provides a negative electrode plate, including an active layer 1 and an active layer 2. The active layer 1 contains an active material 1, and the active layer 2 contains an active material 2. A powder OI value of the active material 1 falls in a range of 8 to 32, and a powder OI value of the active material 2 falls in a range of 2 to 7. A gram capacity of the active material 1 falls in a range of 290 to 350 mAh/g, and a gram capacity of the active material 2 falls in a range of 350 to 368 mAh/g. A ratio α of the powder OI value between the active material 1 and the active material 2 falls in a range of 2.00 to 6.25. |
| US12046752B2 |
Composite positive electrode active material, method of preparing the same, positive electrode including the same, and secondary battery including the same
A positive electrode active material includes a lithium-transition metal composite phosphate including a first crystalline phase having a composition represented by Formula 1 and having an olivine structure, and a second crystalline phase having a composition represented by Formula 2 and having a pyrophosphate-containing structure, wherein the second crystalline phase is in an amount of greater than 0 mole percent and not greater than 50 mole percent with respect to a total number of moles of the first crystalline phase and the second crystalline phase, a positive electrode, a secondary battery: LixM1yPO4 Formula 1 LiaM2b(P2O7)4 Formula 2 In Formulas 1 and 2, 0.9≤x≤1.1, 0.9≤y≤1.1, 5.5≤a≤6.5, and 4.8≤b≤5.2, and M1 and M2 are each independently an element from Groups 3 to 11 in the 4th period of the Periodic Table of the Elements, or a combination thereof. |
| US12046749B2 |
Lithium secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof
Provided is a lithium secondary battery with improved t electrochemical characteristics through improvement of the structural stability by including a cathode active material doped with molybdenum (Mo). The lithium secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode; a separator positioned between the cathode and the anode; and an electrolyte. In particular, the cathode active material includes molybdenum (Mo) doped on a composite oxide of lithium and metal including manganese (Mn) and titanium (Ti). |
| US12046744B2 |
Passivated silicon-carbon composite materials
Passivated silicon-carbon composite materials and related processes are disclosed that overcome the challenges for providing amorphous nano-sized silicon entrained within porous carbon. Compared to other, inferior materials and processes described in the prior art, the materials and processes disclosed herein find superior utility in various applications, including energy storage devices such as lithium ion batteries. |
| US12046741B2 |
Lithium film forming mechanism and method, and device and method for supplementing electrode sheet with lithium
The lithium film forming mechanism includes a first separator providing mechanism, a second separator providing mechanism, a lubricating substance applying mechanism, a lithium ribbon providing mechanism and two rollers; the first separator providing mechanism provides a first separator for the two rollers; the second separator providing mechanism provides a second separator for the two rollers; the lithium ribbon providing mechanism locates a lithium ribbon between the first separator and the second separator and provides the lithium ribbon for the two rollers; the lubricating substance applying mechanism applies lubricating substances to surfaces, facing the lithium ribbon, of the first separator and/or the second separator before entering the space between the two rollers; and the two rollers roll the first separator, the lithium ribbon and the second separator, to roll the lithium ribbon into lithium foil and make the lithium foil adhere to the second separator to form the lithium film. |
| US12046739B2 |
Electrode notching device for secondary battery, electrode for secondary battery manufactured therethrough, and secondary battery
Discussed is an electrode notching device for a secondary battery, the electrode for a secondary battery, which is manufactured therethrough, and a secondary battery. The electrode notching device for the secondary battery, which notches a non-coating portion of an electrode sheet to provide an electrode tab, includes: a pair of notching molds configured to press and notch the electrode sheet; and a movement prevention roller part provided on pressing surfaces of the pair of notching molds to prevent the electrode sheet from moving when the electrode sheet is notched. |
| US12046731B2 |
Battery module, method for preparing the same and battery pack including the same
A battery module according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a cell stack including one or more battery cells; a mono frame accommodating the cell stack therein; and a thermally conductive resin layer positioned between a lower portion of the cell stack and the mono frame. The battery module further includes a spring positioned between an upper portion of the cell stack and the mono frame. |
| US12046730B2 |
Energy storage cell packaging and system with acceleration design
A cooling system includes a container and a number of battery packaging modules submerged in a first coolant fluid contained in the container. The cooling system includes a supply channel and a return channel coupled respectively to at least a supply end and at least a return end of the battery packaging modules to accelerate a second coolant fluid through any of the battery packaging modules. The cooling system includes one or more pairs of fluid valves secured to the supply and return channels, each pair to control the second coolant fluid flowing through a subset of the plurality of battery packaging modules. The cooling system includes a fluid pump disposed at the channels to accelerate the second coolant fluid supplied to any of the battery packaging modules which are in activated modes. |
| US12046727B2 |
Method for recovery of valuable metals from spent secondary batteries
A method for recovering valuable metals from a spent secondary battery includes a pre-processing process of pre-processing the spent secondary battery, a melting process of heating the pre-processed spent secondary battery to generate a molten solution, and a recovery process of recovering the valuable metals from the molten solution. In the melting process, a chlorinating agent is added, and, in the recovery process, lithium is recovered in a form of lithium dust. |
| US12046721B2 |
Battery pack and electric apparatus using battery pack
A battery pack and an electric apparatus are provided. The battery pack is configured to be connectable to an electric apparatus main body of the electric apparatus. The battery pack includes: a first cell unit, including a first plurality of battery cells connected to each other, a first positive terminal, and a first negative terminal; a second cell unit, including a second plurality of battery cells connected to each other, a second positive terminal, and a second negative terminal; a microcomputer; and a casing, accommodating the first cell unit, the second cell unit, and the microcomputer. The first cell unit and the second cell unit are configured to be switched a connection state each other. The microcomputer is configured to be electrically connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of one of the first cell unit and the second cell unit and to be provided a power from the one of the first cell unit and the second cell unit. |
| US12046719B2 |
Battery pack, and power consuming device thereof
A battery pack may include a first battery cell type and a second battery cell type, wherein the first battery cell type may include n first battery cells, and the second battery cell type may include m second battery cells, with n and m being each independently selected from an integer of 1 or more, wherein the second battery cell may have a discharge power at −20° C. greater than that of the first battery cell, the difference in discharge power at −20° C. between the second battery cells and the first battery cells being ≥10 W; the percentage by number of the first battery cells in the battery cells comprised in area A may be 20% to 100%, and the percentage by number of the second battery cells in the battery cells comprised in the area B may be 5% to 100%. |
| US12046716B2 |
Calcium salt for calcium batteries
Disclosed is a calcium salt, Ca(HMDS)2, where HMDS is the hexamethyldisilazide anion (also known as bis(trimethylsilyl)amide), enables high current densities and high coulombic efficiency for calcium metal deposition and dissolution. These properties facilitate the use of this salt in batteries based on calcium metal. In addition, the salt is significant for batteries based on metal anodes, which have higher specific energies than batteries based on intercalation anodes, such as LiC6. In particular, a calcium based rechargeable battery includes Ca(HMDS)2 salt and at least one solvent, the solvent suitable for calcium battery cycling. The at least one solvent can be diethyl ether, diisopropylether, methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE), 1,3-dioxane, 1,4-dioxane, tetrahydrofuran (THF), tetrahydropyran, glyme, diglyme, triglyme or tetraglyme, or any mixture thereof. |
| US12046715B2 |
Electrolyte for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same
Provided is a lithium secondary battery comprising: a cathode comprising a cathode active material, an anode comprising an anode active material, a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode, and an electrolyte for a secondary battery, wherein the cathode active material is Lix(NiaCobMnc)O2, wherein 0.90≤x≤1.10, 0.5≤a≤0.99, 0.005≤b<0.5, 0.005≤c<0.5, and a+b+c=1, and the electrolyte for a secondary battery comprises a lithium salt, a nonaqueous organic solvent, and a cyclic phosphate compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 2: wherein R1 to R6 and R′ and R″ are independently of one another hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl; L2 is —CR7R8—; and R7 and R8 are independently of each other C1-C4 alkyl . |
| US12046714B2 |
All-solid-state battery
An all-solid-state battery includes: a laminated body having a first lateral face with a positive electrode and negative electrode laminated with a solid electrolyte layer therebetween and wherein a positive electrode current collector layer is exposed and a second lateral face faces the first face and wherein a negative electrode current collector layer is exposed; a positive electrode external terminal on the first face; and a negative electrode external terminal on the second face. At least one difference between a distance Lcn or a distance Lcn+1 from a second face side edge part of a positive electrode of an nth layer or an n+1th layer to the second face and a difference between a distance Lan or a distance Lan+1 from a first lateral face side edge part of a negative electrode of an nth layer or an n+1th layer to the first lateral faces is 10 μm or more. |
| US12046708B2 |
Foldable flexible assembling of cells for a lithium-ion battery and current collector with carbon based conductive material
A foldable flexible assembling of cells for a lithium-ion battery including: a separator containing an electrolyte; a series of n physically separated negative electrodes located on the first side of the separator and a series of n physically separated positive electrodes located on the second side of the separator; a first current collector including a layer covering continuously the series of negative electrodes so as to ensure electrical connection between all the negative electrodes; and a second current collector including a layer covering continuously the series of positive electrodes so as to ensure electrical connection between all the positive electrodes. |
| US12046707B2 |
Battery cell and manufacture thereof
A system can include a first platen configured to rotate in a first direction and a second platen configured to rotate in a second direction. The first platen can include a first surface configured to support a first layer and contact a first portion of a second layer. The second platen including a second surface that mates with the first surface of the first platen to stack the first layer and the first portion of the second layer. |
| US12046706B2 |
Battery pack manufacturing device and manufacturing method of battery pack
A battery pack manufacturing device includes a transferring part for transferring a plurality of unit cells, an adjusting part for adjusting a position of a pack frame in which the unit cells are accommodated, and a vertical pressing part that vertically presses the unit cells accommodated in the pack frame. The transferring part includes a seating part on which the unit cells are seated. The unit cells are vertically dropped and mounted in accommodating parts of the frame when an opening and closing part of each seating part is opened. |
| US12046704B2 |
Packaged ultraviolet light-emitting device and production method thereof
A packaged ultraviolet light-emitting device includes a support member, at least one ultraviolet light-emitting chip, and an encapsulating cover. The support member has opposite top and bottom surfaces, a side surface interconnecting the top and bottom surfaces, and at least one indentation. The ultraviolet light-emitting chip is disposed on the top surface of the support member. The encapsulating cover is made from a fluorine-containing resin, and is disposed over and in contact with the ultraviolet light-emitting chip and the top surface and the indentation of the support member. The encapsulating cover extends into the indentation. A production method of the packaged ultraviolet light-emitting device is also disclosed. |
| US12046703B2 |
Wavelength converting layer patterning for LED arrays
A method includes depositing a layer comprising a photoinitiator and a curable material onto a surface and applying a nanoimprint mold on the layer of curable material to form a mesh comprising intersecting walls defining cavities. After applying the nanoimprint mold, the mesh is illuminated with light causing decarboxylation of the photoinitiator to initiate curing of the curable material. After curing the curable material, the nanoimprint mold is removed and a wavelength converting material is deposited in the cavities to form an array of wavelength converting pixels. |
| US12046702B2 |
Light emitting element ink, display device, and method of manufacturing the same
A light emitting element ink, a display device, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The light emitting element ink includes a solvent, a light emitting element dispersed in the solvent, the light emitting element including a plurality of semiconductor layers and an insulating film partially surrounding outer surfaces of the plurality of semiconductor layers, and a reactive mesogen dispersed in the solvent. |
| US12046698B2 |
Optoelectronic device having a boron nitride alloy electron blocking layer and method of production
An optoelectronic device a substrate, a first doped contact layer arranged on the substrate, a multiple quantum well layer arranged on the first doped contact layer, a boron nitride alloy electron blocking layer arranged on the multiple quantum well layer, and a second doped contact layer arranged on the boron nitride alloy electron blocking layer. |
| US12046695B2 |
Method of removing a substrate
A method of removing a substrate, comprising: forming a growth restrict mask with a plurality of striped opening areas directly or indirectly upon a GaN-based substrate; and growing a plurality of semiconductor layers upon the GaN-based substrate using the growth restrict mask, such that the growth extends in a direction parallel to the striped opening areas of the growth restrict mask, and growth is stopped before the semiconductor layers coalesce, thereby resulting in island-like semiconductor layers. A device is processed for each of the island-like semiconductor layers. Etching is performed until at least a part of the growth restrict mask is exposed. The devices are then bonded to a support substrate. The GaN-based substrate is removed from the devices by a wet etching technique that at least partially dissolves the growth restrict mask. The GaN substrate that is removed then can be recycled. |
| US12046689B2 |
Photodetector and method for forming the same
A photodetector is provided. The photodetector includes a cathode electrode in a semiconductor layer, a light absorption material at least partially embedded in the semiconductor layer, an anode electrode over the light absorption material, and a lower buffer layer electrically connecting between the cathode electrode and the light absorption material. The lower buffer layer includes first SiGe layers vertically stacked and spaced apart from each other, and atomic percentages of germanium in the first SiGe layers increase in order as a level of a first SiGe layer increases from bottom to top. |
| US12046688B2 |
Light sensing unit of light sensing device
The present invention discloses a light sensing unit of a light sensing device including a light sensing element and a switching element. The light sensing element includes a gate, a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, a source, and a drain. The gate and the semiconductor layer are disposed on a substrate, the gate insulating layer separates the gate from the semiconductor layer, and the source and the drain are connected to the semiconductor layer respectively. At least one of the source and the drain are formed of a light-transmissive conductive layer. The semiconductor layer is disposed between one of the source and the drain and the gate, and when viewed along a normal direction of the substrate, the gate overlaps the one of the source and the drain, and the gate does not overlap another one of the source and the drain. |
| US12046687B2 |
Solar cell with high photoelectric conversion efficiency and method for manufacturing solar cell with high photoelectric conversion efficiency
A method for manufacturing a solar cell, including the steps of: forming unevenness on both of main surfaces of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; forming a base layer on a first main surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a diffusion mask on the base layer; removing the diffusion mask in a pattern; forming an emitter layer on the portion of the first main surface where the diffusion mask have been removed; removing the remaining diffusion mask; forming a dielectric film on the first main surface; forming a base electrode on the base layer; and forming an emitter electrode on the emitter layer. This provides a method for manufacturing a solar cell that can bring high photoelectric conversion efficiency while decreasing the number of steps. |
| US12046686B2 |
Optical filter structure for arbitrary combination of RGB and IR wavelength ranges and its manufacturing method
The present invention discloses an optical bandpass filter structure targeting an arbitrary combination of the spectral ranges of R (red), G (green), B (blue) and IR (infrared) light, which comprises a substrate that is a wafer-based semiconductor sensing element, and a filter layer that is formed on one side of the substrate. The filter layer includes a plurality of basic units organized as a two-dimensional array, in which each of the basic units is composed of a plurality of pixel filter films fabricated by a vacuum coating method. |
| US12046685B2 |
Semiconductor device with passive magneto-electric transducer
A semiconductor device includes a first diffusion region of a first type with embedded therein, a second and a third diffusion region of a second type different from the first type. The second and third diffusion regions are more doped than the first region. The second and third diffusion regions are each connected to a respective contact. A dielectric layer covers at least an edge of the second and third diffusion regions, and the region in between the second and third diffusion regions. A piezoelectric layer is disposed on, over, adjacent to or in contact with the dielectric layer. A first structure is in a first soft ferromagnetic material and is arranged to perform mechanical stress on the piezoelectric layer in response to a magnetic field. |
| US12046683B2 |
Semiconductor device
A transistor with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor, a first insulator in contact with the semiconductor, a first conductor in contact with the first insulator and overlapping with the semiconductor with the first insulator positioned between the semiconductor and the first conductor, and a second conductor and a third conductor, which are in contact with the semiconductor. One or more of the first to third conductors include a region containing tungsten and one or more elements selected from silicon, carbon, germanium, tin, aluminum, and nickel. |
| US12046678B2 |
Vertically-oriented complementary transistor
A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a first transistor and a second transistor disposed over the first transistor. The first transistor includes a plurality of channel members vertically stacked over one another, and a first source/drain feature adjoining the plurality of channel members. The second transistor includes a fin structure, and a second source/drain feature adjoining the fin structure. The semiconductor device further includes a conductive feature electrically connecting the first source/drain feature and the second source/drain feature. |
| US12046677B2 |
Contact for semiconductor device and method of forming thereof
A semiconductor device comprises a first gate electrode on a substrate, a first conductive contact on the first gate electrode, an etch stop layer (ESL) on the first conductive contact, and a second conductive contact extending through the ESL. The first conductive contact has a first width. The second conductive contact has a second width, the second width being smaller than the first width. The ESL overhangs a portion of the second conductive contact. A convex bottom surface of the second conductive contact physically contacts a concave top surface of the first conductive contact. |
| US12046676B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing thereof
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor channel, an epitaxial structure coupled to the semiconductor channel, and a gate structure electrically coupled to the semiconductor channel. The semiconductor device further comprises a first interconnect structure electrically coupled to the epitaxial structure and a dielectric layer that contains nitrogen. The dielectric layer comprises a first portion protruding from a nitrogen-containing dielectric capping layer that overlays either the gate structure or the first interconnect structure. |
| US12046675B2 |
Memory device comprising an electrically floating body transistor and methods of using
A semiconductor memory cell comprising an electrically floating body having two stable states is disclosed. A method of operating the memory cell is disclosed. |
| US12046674B2 |
DEPFET transistor and method of manufacturing a DEPFET transistor
The invention relates to a DEPFET comprising: a semiconductor substrate (100) of a first conduction type, which has a first main surface (101) and a second main surface (102), which are opposite one another; a source terminal region (1s) of a second conduction type on the first main surface (101); a drain terminal region (1d) of a second conduction type; a channel region (10), which is arranged between the source terminal region (1s) and the drain terminal region (1d); a gate electrode (11), which is separated from the channel region (10) by a gate insulator (6); a rear activation region (104) of a second conduction type, which is formed on the second main surface (102); and a substrate doping increase region (2) of a first conduction type, which is formed at least under the source terminal region (1s) and under the channel region (10), the substrate doping increase region (2) having a signal charge control region (20) of the first conduction type below the gate electrode (11), in which signal charge control region the effective doping dose has a higher value than at other points of the substrate doping increase region (2) below the gate electrode. |
| US12046669B2 |
HEMT and method of fabricating the same
An HEMT includes a first III-V compound layer. A second III-V compound layer is disposed on the first III-V compound layer. The composition of the first III-V compound layer is different from that of the second III-V compound layer. A gate is disposed on the second III-V compound layer. The gate includes a first P-type III-V compound layer, an undoped III-V compound layer and an N-type III-V compound layer are deposited from bottom to top. The first P-type III-V compound layer, the undoped III-V compound layer, the N-type III-V compound layer and the first III-V compound layer are chemical compounds formed by the same group III element and the same group V element. A drain electrode is disposed at one side of the gate. A drain electrode is disposed at another side of the gate. A gate electrode is disposed directly on the gate. |
| US12046667B2 |
III-V semiconductor device with integrated protection functions
We disclose a Ill-nitride semiconductor based heterojunction power device, comprising: a first heterojunction transistor (19) formed on a substrate, the first heterojunction transistor comprising: a first Ill-nitride semiconductor region formed over the substrate, wherein the first Ill-nitride semiconductor region comprises a first heterojunction comprising at least one two dimensional carrier gas of second conductivity type; a first terminal (8) operatively connected to the first Ill-nitride semiconductor region; a second terminal (9) laterally spaced from the first terminal and operatively connected to the first Ill-nitride semiconductor region; a first gate terminal (10) formed over the first Ill-nitride semiconductor region between the first terminal and the second terminal. The device also includes a second heterojunction transistor (14) formed on a substrate, the second heterojunction transistor comprising: a second Ill-nitride semiconductor region formed over the substrate, wherein the second Ill-nitride semiconductor region comprises a second heterojunction comprising at least one two dimensional carrier gas of second conductivity type; a third terminal operatively connected to the second Ill-nitride semiconductor region; a fourth terminal laterally spaced from the third terminal in a first dimension and operatively connected to the second Ill-nitride semiconductor region, wherein the fourth terminal is operatively connected to the first gate terminal; and a second gate terminal formed over the second Ill-nitride semiconductor region between the third terminal and the fourth terminal and wherein the second heterojunction transistor is used in sensing and protection functions of the first power heterojunction transistor. The device also includes at least one monolithically integrated current sensing transistor (16) that has a substantially identical structure to the first heterojunction transistor, andwherein the third transistor is scaled to a smaller area or a shorter gate width when compared to the first heterojunction transistor by a scale factor, X, where X is larger than 1. Other embodiments include both internal and external sensing, sensing loads and a feedback circuit to provide overcurrent, gate over-voltage or over-temperature protection. |
| US12046663B2 |
Fin field-effect transistor and method of forming the same
A method includes forming a first fin and a second fin over a substrate. The method includes forming a first dummy gate structure that straddles the first fin and the second fin. The first dummy gate structure includes a first dummy gate dielectric and a first dummy gate disposed over the first dummy gate dielectric. The method includes replacing a portion of the first dummy gate with a gate isolation structure. The portion of the first dummy gate is disposed over the second fin. The method includes removing the first dummy gate. The method includes removing a first portion of the first dummy gate dielectric around the first fin, while leaving a second portion of the first dummy gate dielectric around the second fin intact. The method includes forming a gate feature straddling the first fin and the second fin, wherein the gate isolation structure intersects the gate feature. |
| US12046660B2 |
Non-conformal capping layer and method forming same
A method includes forming a protruding structure, and forming a non-conformal film on the protruding structure using an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) process. The non-conformal film includes a top portion directly over the protruding structure, and a sidewall portion on a sidewall of the protruding structure. The top portion has a first thickness, and the sidewall portion has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. |
| US12046657B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including capping layer, barrier layer and work function layer
A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming first and second dummy gates over a substrate. The method includes removing the first and second dummy gates to define first and second openings. The method includes depositing a continuous gate dielectric layer in the first opening and the second opening. The method includes depositing a continuous capping layer on the gate dielectric layer, wherein the capping layer includes TaC. The method further includes depositing a continuous barrier layer on the capping layer, wherein the barrier layer includes TaC and a second material. The method includes depositing a first work function layer over the barrier layer in the first opening. The method includes depositing a second work function layer over the barrier layer in the second opening. The method includes depositing a continuous metal layer over each of the first work function layer and the second work function layer. |
| US12046654B2 |
Integrated circuit structures including a titanium silicide material
Approaches for fabricating an integrated circuit structure including a titanium silicide material, and the resulting structures, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor fin above a substrate, a gate electrode over the top and adjacent to the sidewalls of a portion of the semiconductor fin. A titanium silicide material is in direct contact with each of first and second epitaxial semiconductor source or drain structures at first and second sides of the gate electrode. The titanium silicide material is conformal with and hermetically sealing a non-flat topography of each of the first and second epitaxial semiconductor source or drain structures. The titanium silicide material has a total atomic composition including 95% or greater stoichiometric TiSi2. |
| US12046653B2 |
Integrated circuit including gate-all-around transistor
An integrated circuit includes: a memory cell block including a plurality of bitcells; and an input and output (I/O) block including a plurality of gate-all-around (GAA) transistors connected to the bitcells, wherein the I/O block includes a plurality of active regions disposed separately from one another in a first direction, each of which extends in a second direction that is vertical to the first direction, and in which the GAA transistors are formed, a plurality of power rails disposed separately from one another in the first direction, and configured to provide power to the GAA transistors, and a plurality of signal lines disposed between the power rails, and configured to provide signals to the GAA transistors, a first number of bitcells among the bitcells are connected to the GAA transistors formed in a second number of active regions among the active regions, and the second number is twice the first number. |
| US12046650B2 |
Semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first, a second, a third, and a fourth region; a first gate structure in the first region and including a first gate dielectric layer, and a first, a second, and a third conductive layer; a second gate structure in the second region and including a second gate dielectric layer, and the second and the third conductive layer; a third gate structure in the third region and including a third gate dielectric layer, and the second and the third conductive layer; and a fourth gate structure in the fourth region and including the second gate dielectric layer, and a fourth and the third conductive layer. The first gate dielectric layer includes a material of the second gate dielectric layer and a first element, and the third gate dielectric layer includes a material of the second gate dielectric layer and a second element. |
| US12046646B2 |
Contact and via structures
An exemplary semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first conductive feature, a second conductive feature, and a third conductive feature over the substrate. The first conductive feature has a first top surface and a side surface. The third conductive feature is on the first top surface of the first conductive feature and is spaced away from the second conductive feature. The third conductive feature has a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposing the first sidewall. The first sidewall extends between the first conductive feature and the second conductive feature. At least a segment of the first sidewall has a first slope. The second sidewall has a second slope. The second slope is greater than the first slope. |
| US12046644B2 |
Gap spacer for backside contact structure
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure include a source feature disposed over a backside source contact, a drain feature disposed over a backside dielectric layer, a plurality of channel members each extending between the source feature and the drain feature, and a gate structure wrapping around each of the plurality of channel members and disposed over the backside dielectric layer. The backside source contact is spaced apart from the backside dielectric layer by a gap. |
| US12046640B2 |
Semiconductor device with strain relaxed layer
A semiconductor device includes an epitaxial substrate. The epitaxial substrate includes a substrate. A strain relaxed layer covers and contacts the substrate. A III-V compound stacked layer covers and contacts the strain relaxed layer. The III-V compound stacked layer is a multilayer epitaxial structure formed by aluminum nitride, aluminum gallium nitride or a combination of aluminum nitride and aluminum gallium nitride. |
| US12046638B2 |
Fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device having position-dependent heat generation
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a major surface. The semiconductor device includes a dielectric material having a uniform thickness on the major surface of the substrate. The semiconductor device includes a first plurality of fins extending from the major surface of the substrate, wherein each fin of the first plurality of fins has a first height from the major surface of the substrate. The semiconductor device includes a second plurality of fins extending from the major surface of the substrate, wherein a first fin of the second plurality of fins is on a first side of the first plurality of fins, a second fin of the second plurality of fins is on a second side of the first plurality of fins opposite the first side, each fin of the second plurality of fins has a second height different from the first height. |
| US12046635B2 |
VFET standard cell architecture with improved contact and super via
A cell architecture for vertical field-effect transistors (VFETs) is provided. The cell architecture includes: top source/drain (S/D) contact structure having a square shape in a plan view; and horizontal metal patterns formed on the top S/D contact structures and extended in an X-direction to be connected to a vertical pattern through with an output signal of a logic circuit formed by the VFETs. The cell architecture further includes a gate contact structure formed on a gate connection pattern connecting gates of the VFETs, wherein a super via is formed on the gate contact structure to receive an input signal of the logic circuit. |
| US12046632B2 |
Semiconductor device having air gap between gate electrode and source/drain pattern
A semiconductor device includes an active pattern on a substrate, a source/drain pattern on the active pattern, a channel pattern connected to the source/drain pattern, the channel pattern including semiconductor patterns stacked and spaced apart from each other, a gate electrode extending across the channel pattern, and inner spacers between the gate electrode and the source/drain pattern. The semiconductor patterns include stacked first and second semiconductor patterns. The gate electrode includes first and second portions, which are sequentially stacked between the substrate and the first and second semiconductor patterns, respectively. The inner spacers include first and second air gaps, between the first and second portions of the gate electrode and the source/drain pattern. The largest width of the first air gap is larger than that of the second air gap. |
| US12046627B2 |
Pixel-type semiconductor light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting device structures separated from each other and arranged in a matrix form. A pad region at least partially surrounds the plurality of light-emitting device structures. The pad region is disposed outside of the plurality of light-emitting device structures. A partition structure is disposed on a first surface of the plurality of light-emitting device structures and is further disposed between adjacent light-emitting device structures of the plurality of light-emitting device structures. The partition structure defines a plurality of pixel spaces within the plurality of light-emitting device structures. A fluorescent layer is disposed on the first surface of the plurality of light-emitting device structures and fills each of the plurality of pixel spaces. |
| US12046623B2 |
Compound semiconductor x-ray detector tiles and method of dicing thereof
A radiation detector tile includes a single crystal compound semiconductor tile having a zinc blende crystal structure, a (111) plane first major (i.e. prominent) surface and four side surfaces which are rotated by an angle of 13° to 17° to a {110} family of planes. The tile may be formed by dicing a (111) oriented wafer at directions which are rotated by an angle of 13° to 17° from <110> in-plane slipping directions to reduce or eliminate the side surface chipping and sub surface dislocation defects. |
| US12046619B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method of solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus
There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a first substrate having a pixel circuit including a pixel array unit formed thereon, and a second substrate having a plurality of signal processing circuits formed thereon so as to be arranged through a scribe region. The first substrate and the second substrate are stacked. |
| US12046616B2 |
Image sensor having different concentration of impurities in the channel regions and isolation elements
An image sensor includes a substrate, a first isolation region defining a unit pixel, a first photoelectric conversion region in the unit pixel, a second photoelectric conversion region in the unit pixel, the second photoelectric conversion region spaced apart from the first photoelectric conversion region, a floating diffusion region, the floating diffusion region adjacent to the first surface of the substrate, a first transfer gate on the first surface of the substrate, the first transfer gate between the first photoelectric conversion region and the floating diffusion region, and a second transfer gate on the first surface of the substrate, the second transfer gate between the second photoelectric conversion region and the floating diffusion region. At least a part of the first transfer gate is buried in the substrate, and a bottom surface of the first transfer gate is different in height from a bottom surface of the second transfer gate. |
| US12046614B2 |
Apparatus and methods for effective impurity gettering
Apparatus and methods for effective impurity gettering are described herein. In some embodiments, a described device includes: a substrate; a pixel region disposed in the substrate; an isolation region disposed in the substrate and within a proximity of the pixel region; and a heterogeneous layer on the seed area. The isolation region comprises a seed area including a first semiconductor material. The heterogeneous layer comprises a second semiconductor material that has a lattice constant different from that of the first semiconductor material. |
| US12046612B2 |
Semiconductor photodetection device having a plurality of avalanche photodiodes
A semiconductor substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface that oppose each other and a plurality of cells that are arrayed two-dimensionally in a matrix. Each cell includes at least one avalanche photodiode arranged to operate in a Geiger mode. A trench penetrating through the semiconductor substrate is formed in the semiconductor substrate to surround each cell when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the first main surface. A light-shielding member optically separates mutually adjacent cells of the plurality of cells. The light-shielding member includes a first portion extending in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate between an opening end of the trench at the first main surface and an opening end of the trench at the second main surface and a second portion projecting out from the second main surface. The insulating film includes a portion that covers the second portion. |
| US12046603B2 |
Semiconductor structure including sectioned well region
Disclosed is a semiconductor structure including a substrate with a first type conductivity (e.g., a P− silicon substrate); a deep well region within the substrate and having a second type conductivity (e.g., a deep Nwell); alternating stripes of first and second well regions (e.g., of Pwells and Nwells with each Pwell positioned laterally between and abutting two Nwells) within the substrate above and traversing the deep well region; and an isolation region (e.g., an Nwell-type isolation region) dividing a first well region (e.g., a Pwell) into sections. Since the sectioned first well region has the first type conductivity and since the isolation region, the deep well region below, and the adjacent well regions on either side have the second type conductivity, the different sections of the sectioned well region are electrically isolated and devices formed on an insulator layer above the different sections can be subjected to different back-biasing conditions. |
| US12046601B2 |
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for an array of devices
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for power supply stacking of an array of devices are disclosed. For an embodiment, each device is specified by a location (i,j), each device includes a Vdd terminal, and a Vss terminal. For an embodiment, the Vss terminal of each of the devices in the first majority of the devices at location (i,j), is connected to the Vdd terminal of the device at location (i−1,j), wherein the potential of the Vss terminal of the each device at any location (1,j+1) is higher than the potential of the Vss terminal for another device at location (1,j) by a voltage Xj, for j=1:M−1, wherein a sum of all Xj voltages for j=1:(M−1) is greater than 0.25*VDD. |
| US12046600B2 |
Techniques for achieving multiple transistor fin dimensions on a single die
Techniques are disclosed for achieving multiple fin dimensions on a single die or semiconductor substrate. In some cases, multiple fin dimensions are achieved by lithographically defining (e.g., hardmasking and patterning) areas to be trimmed using a trim etch process, leaving the remainder of the die unaffected. In some such cases, the trim etch is performed on only the channel regions of the fins, when such channel regions are re-exposed during a replacement gate process. The trim etch may narrow the width of the fins being trimmed (or just the channel region of such fins) by 2-6 nm, for example. Alternatively, or in addition, the trim may reduce the height of the fins. The techniques can include any number of patterning and trimming processes to enable a variety of fin dimensions and/or fin channel dimensions on a given die, which may be useful for integrated circuit and system-on-chip (SOC) applications. |
| US12046599B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having first and second active regions. A first active pattern is on the first active region and includes first source/drain patterns and a first channel pattern therebetween. A second active pattern is on the second active region and includes second source/drain patterns and a second channel pattern therebetween. A gate electrode includes a first gate electrode on the first channel pattern and a second gate electrode on the second channel pattern. A gate cutting pattern is between the first and second gate electrodes and separates the first and second gate electrodes from each other. A pair of gate spacers is on opposite sidewalls of the first gate electrode extending along opposite sidewalls of the gate cutting pattern towards the second gate electrode. The gate cutting pattern includes first to third parts having maximum widths that increase from the first to the third part. |
| US12046598B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first power supply line, a second power supply line, a first ground line, a switch circuit connected to the first and the second power supply line, and a switch control circuit connected to the first ground line and the first power supply line. The switch circuit includes a first and a second transistor of a first conductive type. A first gate electrode of the first transistor is connected to a second gate electrode of the second transistor. The switch control circuit includes a third transistor of a second conductive type, and a fourth transistor of a third conductive type. A third gate electrode of the third transistor is connected to a fourth gate electrode of the fourth transistor. A semiconductor device includes a signal line that electrically connects a connection point between the third and fourth transistor to the first and second gate electrode. |
| US12046596B2 |
Semiconductor structure and forming method thereof
The invention provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure, which comprises providing a substrate, sequentially a first groove and a second groove are formed in the substrate, the depth of the first groove is different from the depth of the second groove, a first oxide layer is formed in the first groove, a second oxide layer is formed in the second groove, an etching step is performed to remove part of the first oxide layer, a first gate structure is formed on the first oxide layer, and a second gate structure is formed on the second oxide layer. |
| US12046590B2 |
Pixel structure, display panel, and display device
Provided is a pixel structure, a display panel, and a display device. The pixel structure includes three sub-pixel units of different colors and a driving unit. The three sub-pixel units include a first sub-pixel unit, a second sub-pixel unit, and a third sub-pixel unit. The driving unit is configured to send corresponding display data to the three sub-pixel units respectively. The sub-pixel units are arranged on one side or two sides of the driving unit. |
| US12046586B2 |
Light-emitting device, manufacturing method thereof, and display device having same
A light emitting device includes first and second electrodes disposed on a substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and including a groove extending in a first direction intersecting with the first and the second electrodes, and first and second contact portions that expose areas of the first and the second electrodes; light emitting elements disposed in the groove between the first and the second electrodes, each including first and second ends electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, respectively; a first contact electrode electrically connected to the light emitting elements on the first ends, and electrically connected to the first electrode on the first contact portion; and a second contact electrode electrically connected to the light emitting elements on the second ends, and electrically connected to the second electrode on the second contact portion. |
| US12046583B2 |
Electrical redundancy for bonded structures
An element that is configured to bond to another element is disclosed. A first element that can include a first plurality of contact pads on a first surface. The first plurality of contact pads includes a first contact pad and a second contact pad that are spaced apart from one another. The first and second contact pads are electrically connected to one another for redundancy. The first element can be prepared for direct bonding. The first element can be bonded to a second element to form a bonded structure. The second element has a second plurality of contact pads on a second surface. At least one of the second plurality of contact pads is bonded and electrically connected to at least one of the first plurality of contact pads. |
| US12046577B2 |
Stacked memory with interface providing offset interconnects
A stacked memory with interface providing offset interconnects. An embodiment of memory device includes a system element and a memory stack coupled with the system element, the memory stack including one or more memory die layers. Each memory die layer includes first face and a second face, the second face of each memory die layer including an interface for coupling data interface pins of the memory die layer with data interface pins of a first face of a coupled element. The interface of each memory die layer includes connections that provide an offset between each of the data interface pins of the memory die layer and a corresponding data interface pin of the data interface pins of the coupled element. |
| US12046574B2 |
Ultrasonic horn and manufacturing apparatus of semiconductor device
An ultrasonic horn (50) includes: a vibration source part (53) to which an ultrasonic vibrator (58) is mounted; a tip end part (56) to which a capillary (18) is mounted; and an intermediate part (54) which is interposed between the tip end part (56) and the vibration source part (53) and propagates vibration generated by the ultrasonic vibrator (58) to the tip end part (56). The intermediate part (54) is formed with a single spiral hole (68) which is a hole penetrating in a radial direction of the ultrasonic horn (50) and advances in an axial direction as the spiral hole advances in a circumferential direction. |
| US12046572B2 |
Bonding sheet and bonded structure
A bonding sheet includes a copper foil and sinterable bonding films formed on both faces of the copper foil. The bonding films each contain copper particles and a solid reducing agent. The bonding sheet is used to bond to a target object to be bonded having at least one metal selected from gold, silver, copper, and nickel on a surface thereof. A bonded structure includes: a bonded object having at least one metal selected from gold, silver, copper, and nickel on a surface thereof; a copper foil; and a bonding layer including a sintered structure of copper particles; and the bonded object and the copper foil are electrically connected to each other via the bonding layer. |
| US12046571B2 |
Low temperature bonded structures
Devices and techniques including process steps make use of recesses in conductive interconnect structures to form reliable low temperature metallic bonds. A fill layer is deposited into the recesses prior to bonding. First conductive interconnect structures are bonded at ambient temperatures to second metallic interconnect structures using direct bonding techniques, with the fill layers in the recesses in one or both of the first and second interconnect structures. |
| US12046567B2 |
Electrostatic discharge circuit and method of forming the same
A semiconductor device includes a device wafer having a first side and a second side. The first and second sides are opposite to each other. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of first interconnect structures disposed on the first side of the device wafer. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of second interconnect structures disposed on the second side of the device wafer. The plurality of second interconnect structures comprise a first power rail and a second power rail. The semiconductor device includes a carrier wafer disposed over the plurality of first interconnect structures. The semiconductor device includes an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit formed over a side of the carrier wafer. The ESD protection circuit is operatively coupled to the first and second power rails. |
| US12046566B2 |
Devices with through silicon vias, guard rings and methods of making the same
A semiconductor article which includes a semiconductor substrate, a back end of the line (BEOL) wiring portion on the semiconductor substrate, a through silicon via and a guard ring. The semiconductor substrate is made of a semiconductor material. The BEOL wiring portion includes a plurality of wiring layers having electrically conductive wiring and electrical insulating material. The through silicon via provides a conductive path through the BEOL wiring portion and the semiconductor substrate. The guard ring surrounds the through silicon via in the BEOL wiring portion and in some embodiments in the semiconductor substrate. |
| US12046565B2 |
Vertical memory device with metal and spacer support structure
A vertical memory device includes a cell stacked structure on a substrate, a support structure and cell contact plugs. The cell stacked structure includes gate patterns spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction and insulation layers between the gate patterns. The gate patterns extend in a first direction, and edges of the gate patterns along the first direction include step portions having step shape. The support structure passes through the cell stacked structure and the step portion of one of the gate patterns, and includes a spacer layer having cup shape, first metal patterns having ring shape, and a second metal pattern filling an inner space of the spacer layer. The cell contact plugs are on the step portions. The first metal patterns are at the same vertical levels of the gate patterns. Sidewalls of the first metal patterns are adjacent to sidewalls of the gate patterns. |
| US12046564B2 |
Method and device for reducing metal burrs when sawing semiconductor packages
A semiconductor device has a substrate. A conductive layer is formed over the substrate and includes a ground plane. A first tab of the conductive layer extends from the ground plane and less than half-way across a saw street of the substrate. A shape of the first tab can include elliptical, triangular, parallelogram, or rectangular portions, or any combination thereof. An encapsulant is deposited over the substrate. The encapsulant and substrate are singulated through the saw street. An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding layer is formed over the encapsulant. The EMI shielding layer contacts the first tab of the conductive layer. |
| US12046563B2 |
Semiconductor wafer having an auxiliary structure positioned in a scribe line region, semiconductor chip and method of fabricating a semiconductor wafer
In an embodiment, a semiconductor wafer is provided that includes a plurality of component positions with scribe line regions located at least one of adjacent to and between the component positions. The component positions include an active device structure. An auxiliary structure is positioned in one or more of the scribe line regions. The auxiliary structure is electrically coupled to an auxiliary contact pad which includes tungsten. The auxiliary structure does not interact with or affect the active device structure in the component positions. |
| US12046560B2 |
Microelectronic device with embedded die substrate on interposer
A microelectronic device is formed to include an embedded die substrate on an interposer; where the embedded die substrate is formed with no more than a single layer of transverse routing traces. In the device, all additional routing may be allocated to the interposer to which the embedded die substrate is attached. The embedded die substrate may be formed with a planarized dielectric formed over an initial metallization layer supporting the embedded die. |
| US12046557B2 |
Interconnect structure and method of forming same
An apparatus comprises a first metal feature in a first dielectric layer over a substrate, wherein a sidewall portion of the first dielectric layer is over a top surface of the first metal feature, a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer and a second metal feature extending through the second dielectric layer, wherein a bottom of a first portion of the second metal feature is in contact with the top surface of the first metal feature and a bottom of a second portion of the second metal feature is in contact with the sidewall portion of the first dielectric layer. |
| US12046552B2 |
Anti-fuse unit and anti-fuse array
An anti-fuse unit includes: an anti-fuse device; a first selection transistor electrically connected with the anti-fuse device; and a second selection transistor electrically connected with the first selection transistor. Each of the anti-fuse device, the first selection transistor and the second selection transistor is provided with a gate oxide layer and a gate conductive layer, the gate oxide layer of the anti-fuse device, the gate oxide layer of the first selection transistor and the gate oxide layer of the second selection transistor have a same thickness, and the gate conductive layer of the anti-fuse device, the gate conductive layer of the first selection transistor and the gate conductive layer of the second selection transistor have a same thickness. |
| US12046551B2 |
Interconnect structure having a barrier layer along the sidewall of self-aligned via structures
Interconnect structures and methods of forming the same are provided. An interconnect structure according to the present disclosure includes a conductive line feature over a substrate, a conductive etch stop layer over the conductive line feature, a contact via over the conductive etch stop layer, and a barrier layer disposed along a sidewall of the conductive line feature, a sidewall of the conductive etch stop layer, and a sidewall of the contact via. |
| US12046549B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a first and a second obverse-surface metal layers disposed on an obverse surface of the insulating substrate, a first and a second reverse-surface metal layers disposed on a reverse surface of the insulating substrate, a first conductive layer and a first semiconductor element disposed on the first obverse-surface metal layer, and a second conductive layer and a second semiconductor element disposed on the second obverse-surface metal layer. Each of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer has an anisotropic coefficient of linear expansion and is arranged such that the direction in which the coefficient of linear expansion is relatively large is along a predetermined direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the insulating substrate. The first and second reverse-surface metal layers are smaller than the first and second obverse-surface metal layers in dimension in the predetermined direction. |
| US12046546B2 |
Package substrate and semiconductor package including same
A package substrate includes; a conductive line extending in a first horizontal direction, a conductive pad on an upper surface of the package substrate and horizontally spaced apart from the conductive line in a second horizontal direction, and a protective layer covering the conductive line and including an opening selectively exposing a portion of the conductive pad. The opening has an elongated elliptical shape having a minor axis defined by a width extending in the first horizontal direction and a major axis defined by a length extending in the second horizontal direction. |
| US12046544B2 |
Semiconductor package device with integrated inductor and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes forming an interconnect structure. In some embodiments, the forming of the interconnect structure includes forming a first patterned layer over a substrate, attaching a die attach film (DAF) to a permalloy device and transporting the permalloy device to the first patterned layer through a pick and place operation, forming a second patterned layer in the same tier as the permalloy device, and bonding a semiconductor die to the interconnect structure. In some embodiments, the second patterned layer is aligned with the first patterned layer, forming a third patterned layer over the second patterned layer and the permalloy device. In some embodiments, the first patterned layer, the second patterned layer and the third patterned layer collectively form a coil winding around the permalloy device. |
| US12046543B2 |
Package substrate and chip package structure using the same
A package substrate and a chip package structure using the same are provided. The package substrate includes a laminated board including first to third wiring layers, a pad array, a plurality of ground conductive structures, and a plurality of power conductive structures. At least one of the ground (or power) conductive structures includes two first ground (or power) conductive posts and a second ground (or power) conductive post. The two first ground (or power) conductive posts and the second ground (or power) conductive post are arranged along a first direction, and the second ground (or power) conductive post is located between two orthographic projections of the two first ground (or power) conductive posts. Each of the ground conductive structures in a first column and each of the power conductive structures in a second column are offset from each other in a second direction. |
| US12046542B2 |
Heat-dissipating wirebonded members on package surfaces
In some examples, a semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die having a device side and a non-device side opposing the device side. The device side has a circuit formed therein. The package includes a first conductive member having a first surface coupled to the non-device side of the semiconductor die and a second surface opposing the first surface. The second surface is exposed to a top surface of the semiconductor package. The package includes a second conductive member exposed to an exterior of the semiconductor package and coupled to the device side of the semiconductor die. The package includes a plurality of wirebonded members coupled to the second surface of the first conductive member and exposed to the exterior of the semiconductor package. At least one of the wirebonded members in the plurality of wirebonded members has a gauge of at least 5 mils. |
| US12046541B2 |
Packaging of a semiconductor device with a plurality of leads
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of leads, a semiconductor element electrically connected to the leads and supported by one of the leads, and a sealing resin covering the semiconductor element and a part of each lead. The sealing resin includes a first edge, a second edge perpendicular to the first edge, and a center line parallel to the first edge. The reverse surfaces of the respective leads include parts exposed from the sealing resin, and the exposed parts include an outer reverse-surface mount portion and an inner reverse-surface mount portion that are disposed along the second edge of the sealing resin. The inner reverse-surface mount portion is closer to the center line of the sealing resin than is the outer reverse-surface mount portion. The outer reverse-surface mount portion is greater in area than the inner reverse-surface mount portion. |
| US12046539B2 |
Semiconductor module comprising a resin case and an external connection terminal
A semiconductor module includes a resin case housing a semiconductor element; an insulating layer extending outward from the resin case; and a first external connection terminal extending outward from the resin case, arranged above the insulating layer so as to face the insulting layer, the first external connection terminal having a non-contact portion that is not in contact with the insulating layer in a thickness direction of the insulating layer at a position overlapping the insulating layer in a plan view. |
| US12046537B2 |
Front-end-of-line (FEOL) through semiconductor-on-substrate via (TSV)
Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards an integrated circuit (IC) chip comprising a front-end-of-line (FEOL) through semiconductor-on-substrate via (TSV), as well as a method for forming the IC chip. In some embodiments, a semiconductor layer overlies a substrate. The semiconductor layer may, for example, be or comprise a group III-V semiconductor and/or some other suitable semiconductor(s). A semiconductor device is on the semiconductor layer, and a FEOL layer overlies the semiconductor device. The FEOL TSV extends through the FEOL layer and the semiconductor layer to the substrate at a periphery of the IC chip. An intermetal dielectric (IMD) layer overlies the FEOL TSV and the FEOL layer, and an alternating stack of wires and vias is in the IMD layer. |
| US12046534B2 |
Structural and thermal management of an integrated circuit
This application relates to modifications and enhancements to assemblies used with integrated circuits. In the described embodiments, multiple thermal components (e.g., vapor chambers, fin stacks, heat pipes) can be used to provide a dual-sided thermal energy extraction solution for a circuit board and an integrated circuit located on the circuit board. The thermal components can provide thermal energy dissipation capabilities for additional heat-generating components on the circuit board. Additionally, multiple plates can provide a compression force used to maintain contact between the integrated circuit and the circuit board, and in particular, between contact pads of the integrated circuit and pins, or springs, of a socket located on the circuit board. |
| US12046533B2 |
Semiconductor device
It is an object to provide a technique allowing for suppression of the height of a protrusion from the surface of a semiconductor module. A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor module having a first groove; a Belleville washer having a recess in an outer surface and a protrusion on an inner surface; and a screw passing through the hole of the Belleville washer and the first groove of the semiconductor module to fasten the semiconductor module and an attached body. A head of the screw is accommodated in the recess of the Belleville washer, and at least portion of the protrusion of the Belleville washer is accommodated in the first groove of the semiconductor module. |
| US12046522B2 |
Endpoint detection in low open area and/or high aspect ratio etch applications
Disclosed herein is a method for determining the endpoint of an etch operation used for forming high aspect ratio features and/or over low open area (<1%) on a substrate in a processing chamber. The method begins by obtaining a reference emission curve. An etch operation is performed on a patterned substrate. A plasma optical emission intensity is measured for each of the etch cycles. A differential curve between the reference emission and the plasma optical emissions is calculated. And endpoint is determined for the etch operation on the first substrate based on an inflection point detection or other unique features through pattern recognition in the differential curve for stopping the etch of the first substrate. |
| US12046520B2 |
Method for detecting temperature of thermal chamber
The present application provides a method for detecting temperature of thermal chamber comprising: conducting a thermal treatment at a predicted temperature to a selected silicon wafer within a thermal chamber, wherein the predicted temperature comprises plural temperature points set in order; obtaining a haze value corresponding to the predicted temperature; obtaining a linear relationship I between the temperature and the haze; polishing and washing the silicon wafer; conducting a thermal treatment at a predicted temperature to the polished silicon wafer within the thermal chamber; obtaining a linear relationship II between the temperature and the haze; calculating a difference of the haze at same temperature point between the two thermal treatments, and obtaining an actual temperature difference of the thermal chamber based on the difference of the haze. The present application increases efficiency and accuracy of temperature detection of the thermal chamber, reduce fluctuations caused by silicon wafer thickness and resistivity, increase utilization of silicon wafer, and reduce cost. |
| US12046519B2 |
Metal gates and methods of forming thereby
A method includes depositing a first conductive layer over a gate dielectric layer; depositing a first work function tuning layer over the first conductive layer; selectively removing the first work function tuning layer from over a first region of the first conductive layer; doping the first work function tuning layer with a dopant; and after doping the first work function tuning layer performing a first treatment process to etch the first region of the first conductive layer and a second region of the first work function tuning layer. The first treatment process etches the first conductive layer at a greater rate than the first work function tuning layer. |
| US12046517B2 |
Self-aligned 3-D epitaxial structures for MOS device fabrication
Techniques are disclosed for customization of fin-based transistor devices to provide a diverse range of channel configurations and/or material systems within the same integrated circuit die. In accordance with one example embodiment, sacrificial fins are removed and replaced with custom semiconductor material of arbitrary composition and strain suitable for a given application. In one such case, each of a first set of the sacrificial fins is recessed or otherwise removed and replaced with a p-type material, and each of a second set of the sacrificial fins is recessed or otherwise removed and replaced with an n-type material. The p-type material can be completely independent of the process for the n-type material, and vice-versa. Numerous other circuit configurations and device variations are enabled using the techniques provided herein. |
| US12046515B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing thereof
A semiconductor device may be formed by forming a first fin and a second fin in a first area and a second area of a substrate, respectively; which may be followed by forming of a first dummy gate structure and a second dummy gate structure straddling the first fin and second fin, respectively and forming a sacrificial layer extending along a bottom portion of the second dummy gate structure. The first dummy gate structure may be replaced with a first metal gate structure, while the second dummy gate structure and the sacrificial layer may be replaced with a second metal gate structure. |
| US12046509B2 |
Semiconductor device protection using an anti-reflective layer
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor are provided. In an embodiment, a metallic layer may be formed over a semiconductor substrate. An anti-reflective layer may be formed over the metallic layer. A passivation layer may be formed over the anti-reflective layer. An opening may be formed in the passivation layer to expose the anti-reflective layer. |
| US12046505B2 |
RF devices with enhanced performance and methods of forming the same utilizing localized SOI formation
The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device including a device substrate, a thinned device die with a device region over the device substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The device region includes an isolation portion, a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion, and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion with a contact layer and an active section. The contact layer resides over the BEOL portion, the active section resides over the contact layer, and the isolation portion resides over the contact layer to encapsulate the active section. The first mold compound resides over the device substrate, surrounds the thinned device die, and extends vertically beyond the thinned device die to define an opening over the thinned device die and within the first mold compound. The second mold compound fills the opening and directly connects the isolation portion of the thinned device die. |
| US12046504B2 |
Positional error compensation in assembly of discrete components by adjustment of optical system characteristics
A method includes determining an alignment error between a discrete component of a discrete component assembly mounted in a laser-assisted transfer system and a target position on a target substrate, the discrete component assembly including the discrete component adhered to a support by a dynamic release layer; based on the alignment error, determining a beam offset characteristic; and providing a signal indicative of the beam offset characteristic to an optical element of the laser-assisted transfer system, the optical element being configured to adjust a position of a beam pattern relative to the discrete component according to the beam offset characteristic. |
| US12046502B2 |
Electrostatic puck and method of manufacture
A method of constructing an E-puck includes forming at least one trench into a lower substrate, depositing an electrode material onto the lower substrate and into the at least one trench, removing excess electrode material from the lower substrate to leave the electrode material within the at least one trench to form an electrode, and forming a dielectric on the lower substrate and the electrode. The electrode is between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. Forming the at least one trench into the lower substrate forms at least one standoff portion adjacent to the at least one trench and the at least one standoff portion reduces dishing of the electrode material during removal of the excess electrode material from the lower substrate. |
| US12046499B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A substrate transport apparatus comprising a support frame an articulated arm connected to the support frame, having at least one movable arm link and an end effector connected to the movable arm link, with a substrate holding station located thereon. Wherein the movable arm link is a reconfigurable arm link having a modular composite arm link casing, formed of link case modules rigidly coupled to each other, and a pulley system cased in and extending through the rigidly coupled link case modules substantially end to end of the modular composite arm link casing, wherein the rigidly coupled link case modules include link case end modules connected by at least one interchangeable link case extension module having a predetermined characteristic determining a length of the movable arm link, wherein at least one interchangeable link case extension module is selectable for connection to link case end modules forming the reconfigurable arm link. |
| US12046497B2 |
Transfer system for wafer cassettes
A transfer system for wafer cassettes includes a tray and a rail compatible with the tray. The tray includes a base plate, a through hole, a wall, and a pair of first positioning features. The through hole is disposed on a center of the base plate, in which the through hole has a first direction axis and a second direction axis perpendicular to the first direction axis. The wall extends from a surface of the base plate and surrounding the through hole, in which the wall separates the base plate into an interior region and an exterior region. The pair of first positioning features having a first level height are in the interior region and arranged parallel to the first direction axis. |
| US12046496B2 |
Device of mass transferring chips
A device of mass transferring chips includes a first substrate, which includes a first surface with a chip-connecting area configured to attach a chip, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a patterned recess. The patterned recess is disposed on the first surface or the second surface. A projection of at least a portion of the patterned recess on the first surface is spaced apart from the chip-connecting area. The device further includes a second substrate with a third surface. The third surface has a chip-receiving area configured to attach the chip from the first substrate. |
| US12046493B2 |
Method for determining a substrate position in a closed chamber and apparatus for performing the method
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining the position of a substrate within a closed chamber, wherein the substrate is moved within the chamber by a transport system comprising at least one rotating shaft. A load-converting element is provided adjacent to at least one of the rotating shafts, wherein the load-converting element detects a load acting on the at least one rotating shaft and converts it into an electrical parameter. While no substrate is present on the at least one rotating shaft, a first output signal corresponding to a first value of the electrical parameter is measured. The output signal is then monitored and a presence of the substrate on the at least one rotating shaft is detected when the output signal differs from the first output signal by at least a predetermined amount. |
| US12046492B2 |
Robot blade tilt determination by evaluating grayscale in images
A transportation monitoring method is provided, including the following steps. A monitoring image of a robot blade outside a carrier is captured from a fixed field of view by an image capturing device. The robot blade is configured to move an item into or out of the carrier. Next, a sampling area is obtained from the monitoring image by a processing device. Also, a tilting state of the robot blade is determined according to the sampling area by the processing device. When the processing device determines that the robot blade is tilted, the processing device sends a warning signal. A transportation monitoring system is also provided. |
| US12046484B2 |
Module for removing mis-assembled semiconductor light-emitting element and method for removing mis-assembled semiconductor light-emitting element by using same
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a removal module using an electric field and a magnetic field so as to self-assemble, on cells arranged in a matrix form of an assembly substrate, semiconductor light-emitting elements introduced in a fluid accommodated in a chamber, and then remove a semiconductor light-emitting element mis-assembled with the assembly substrate comprises: a fluid supply unit for supplying the fluid; and a housing of which one side is connected to the fluid supply unit, an upper plate is adjacent to the assembly substrate, and a lower plate is adjacent to the chamber, wherein the upper plate has: a nozzle hole allowing communication between the inner space of the housing and the inner space of the chamber so that the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit is injected at a site in which the semiconductor light-emitting element is mis-assembled on the assembly substrate; and one pair of partition parts facing each other with the nozzle hole as the center thereof. |
| US12046482B2 |
Microelectronic assemblies
Various embodiments of fanout packages are disclosed. A method of forming a microelectronic assembly is disclosed. The method can include bonding a first surface of at least one microelectronic substrate to a surface of a carrier using a direct bonding technique without an intervening adhesive, the microelectronic substrate having a plurality of conductive interconnections on at least one surface of the microelectronic substrate. The method can include applying a molding material to an area of the surface of the carrier surrounding the microelectronic substrate to form a reconstituted substrate. The method can include processing the microelectronic substrate. The method can include singulating the reconstituted substrate at the area of the surface of the carrier and at the molding material to form the microelectronic assembly. |
| US12046478B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing semiconductor structure
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: a substrate is provided; the substrate is etched to form a blind hole, a sidewall of the blind hole has a first roughness; at least one planarization process is performed on the sidewall of the blind hole until the sidewall of the blind hole has a preset roughness less than the first roughness. The planarization process includes: a first sacrificial layer is formed on the sidewall of the blind hole; a reaction source gas is provided such that the reaction source gas reacts with the first sacrificial layer and a portion of the substrate at the sidewall of the blind hole to form a second sacrificial layer; and the second sacrificial layer is removed, and after the second sacrificial layer is removed, the sidewall of the blind hole has a second roughness less than the first roughness. |
| US12046477B2 |
By-site-compensated etch back for local planarization/topography adjustment
A work piece is positioned on a work piece support, which includes a plurality of temperature control zones. A pre-etch surface topography is determined by measuring a plurality of pre-etch surface heights or thicknesses at a plurality of sites on the work piece. The plurality of sites correspond to the plurality of temperature control zones on the work piece support. At least a first zone of the temperature control zones is heated or cooled based on the measured plurality of pre-etch surface heights or thicknesses, so that the first zone has a first temperature different from a second temperature of a second zone of the temperature control zones. A dry etch is carried out while the first zone has the first temperature different from the second temperature of the second zone of the temperature control zones. |
| US12046475B2 |
Surface oxidation control of metal gates using capping layer
A method includes forming a dummy gate stack on a semiconductor fin, forming gate spacers on sidewalls of the dummy gate stack, forming a first inter-layer dielectric, with the gate spacers and the dummy gate stack being in the first inter-layer dielectric, removing the dummy gate stack to form a trench between the gate spacers, forming a replacement gate stack in the trench, and depositing a dielectric capping layer. A bottom surface of the dielectric capping layer contacts a first top surface of the replacement gate stack and a second top surface of the first inter-layer dielectric. A second inter-layer dielectric is deposited over the dielectric capping layer. A source/drain contact plug is formed and extends into the second inter-layer dielectric, the dielectric capping layer, and the first inter-layer dielectric. |
| US12046472B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor structure
The embodiment of the application provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure, which comprises the following steps: forming a target layer, a first mask layer, an isolation layer and an intermediate layer sequentially on a substrate, wherein first trench is disposed in the intermediate layer in the first region and second trench is disposed in the intermediate layer in the second region; forming a fill layer, and the difference in the height between the top surface of the fill layer in the first region and in the second region is less than or equal to a first preset value; removing a portion of the fill layer in the first region until the top surface of the sacrificial layer is exposed; removing the sacrificial layer; and etching a portion of the target layer through the first opening, wherein the remaining target layer forms a target pattern. |
| US12046468B2 |
Conformal silicon-germanium film deposition
Methods for depositing a silicon-germanium film on a substrate are described. The method comprises exposing a substrate to a silicon precursor and a germanium precursor to form a conformal silicon-germanium film. The substrate comprises at least one film stack and at least one feature, the film stack comprising alternating layers of silicon and silicon-germanium. The silicon-germanium film has a conformality greater than 50%. |
| US12046466B2 |
Method and apparatus for treating substrate
The inventive concept provides a method for treating a substrate. In an embodiment, the substrate treating method includes a treatment step of treating a residue on the substrate with a first fluid in a supercritical state and a second fluid in a supercritical state in a process space of a chamber, and the first fluid in the supercritical state and the second fluid in the supercritical state have different densities. |
| US12046465B2 |
Substrate treatment method and substrate treatment apparatus
The inventive substrate treatment method includes: an organic solvent supplying step of supplying an organic solvent having a smaller surface tension than a rinse liquid to the upper surface of a substrate so that rinse liquid adhering to the upper surface of the substrate is replaced with the organic solvent; a higher temperature maintaining step of maintaining the upper surface of the substrate at a predetermined temperature higher than the boiling point of the organic solvent to thereby form a gas film of the organic solvent on the entire upper surface of the substrate including the gap of the minute pattern and to form a liquid film of the organic solvent on the gas film, the higher temperature maintaining step being performed after the organic solvent supplying step is started; and an organic solvent removing step of removing the organic solvent liquid film from the upper surface of the substrate. |
| US12046460B1 |
Programmable electrostatic chuck to enhance aluminum film morphology
Methods, systems, and apparatus for controlling substrate temperature include: monitoring a temperature in each zone of a plurality of zones of a substrate support, the substrate support having a support surface for supporting a substrate, wherein the support surface is opposed to a sputtering target for depositing material onto the substrate; depositing material from the sputtering target on the substrate; and independently controlling fluid flowing in a plurality of separate fluid channels in the substrate support, each fluid channel corresponding to one zone of the plurality of zones, wherein fluid flow is controlled based on a target life and the temperature in each zone. |
| US12046458B2 |
Multi-zone heating apparatus, bottom electrode assembly, plasma processing apparatus, and temperature adjusting method
Disclosed are a multi-zone heating apparatus, a bottom electrode assembly, a plasma processing apparatus, and a temperature adjusting method, wherein the multi-zone heating apparatus includes: a plurality of foil heaters; a plurality of switches, each switch being connected with a foil heater to form a heating unit; two ends of the plurality of heating units are connected to a ground bus and a power supply bus, respectively; a plurality of driving wires, each driving wire being connected with a switch and configured to transmit a control signal of the duty cycle of the switch, the switches being configured to independently control the operating time of the connected foil heaters based on the control signal. The multi-zone heating apparatus can be integrated between the electrostatic chuck and the base in the plasma processing apparatus and can reduce use of external conductive wires, thereby reducing the demand for filters. |
| US12046457B2 |
Electrostatic chuck, focus ring, support base, plasma processing apparatus, and plasma processing method
An electrostatic chuck according to an exemplary embodiment includes a first region and a second region. The first region has a first upper surface. The first region is configured to hold a substrate disposed on the first upper surface. The second region has a second upper surface. The second region extends in a circumferential direction to surround the first region. The second region is configured to support a focus ring mounted on the second upper surface. The first upper surface and the second upper surface extend along a single flat surface. The first region and the second region provide a space therebetween to separate the first upper surface and the second upper surface from each other. |
| US12046450B2 |
Synchronization of RF generators
Systems and methods for synchronization of radio frequency (RF) generators are described. One of the methods includes receiving, by a first RF generator, a first recipe set, which includes information regarding a first plurality of pulse blocks for operating the first RF generator. The method further includes receiving, by a second RF generator, a second recipe set, which includes information regarding a second plurality of pulse blocks for operating a second RF generator. Upon receiving a digital pulsed signal, the method includes executing the first recipe set and executing the second recipe set. The method further includes outputting a first one of the pulse blocks of the first plurality based on the first recipe set in synchronization with a synchronization signal. The method includes outputting a first one of the pulse blocks of the second plurality based on the second recipe set in synchronization with the synchronization signal. |
| US12046447B2 |
Multi-charged-particle-beam writing method, multi-charged-particle-beam writing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium
In one embodiment, a multi-charged-particle-beam writing method includes dividing a data path into a plurality of first blocks based on at least either one of each of a plurality of input/output circuits and a plurality of wiring groups, and calculating a first shift amount for multiple beams for each of the plurality of first blocks. The data path is for inputting control data to a cell array on a blanking aperture array substrate. The control data is for controlling ON/OFF of each beam of the multiple beams. Each of the plurality of wiring groups includes a plurality of pieces of wiring connected to the plurality of input/output circuits and grouped together based on inter-wiring distance. The first shift amount is due to at least one of an electric field and a magnetic field for each of the plurality of first blocks. An irradiation position or a dose of the multiple beams is corrected based on the first shift amount, and irradiation is performed. |
| US12046446B2 |
Charged particle beam device
A charged particle beam device 100 includes: an irradiation unit 110 configured to irradiate a sample S with a charged particle beam; a particle detection unit 130 configured to detect a particle caused by the irradiation of the sample with the charged particle beam; and a control unit 151 configured to generate an image of the sample based on an output from the particle detection unit, wherein the control unit 151 inputs the image of the sample S into models M1 and M2 for detecting a first structure 401 and a second structure 402, acquires a first detection result related to the first structure 401 and a second detection result related to the second structure 402 from the models M1 and M2, determines locations or regions of the first structure 401 and the second structure 402 based on the first detection result and the second detection result, and outputs an integration result image 203 representing the location or the region of the first structure 401 and the location or the region of the second structure 402. |
| US12046445B2 |
Electron beam inspection apparatus and electron beam inspection method
An electron beam inspection apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes an image acquisition mechanism to acquire a secondary electron image by scanning a substrate, on which a figure pattern is formed, with an electron beam, and detecting a secondary electron emitted due to irradiation with the electron beam by the scanning, a resize processing unit to perform, using design pattern data being a basis of the figure pattern, resize processing on the figure pattern to enlarge its size in a scan direction of the electron beam, a first developed image generation unit to generate, using the design pattern data which has not been resized, a first developed image by developing an image of a design pattern of a region corresponding to the secondary electron image, a second developed image generation unit to generate, using partial patterns enlarged by the resize processing in the figure pattern having been resized, a second developed image by developing an image of partial patterns in a region corresponding to the secondary electron image, a map generation unit to generate a pseudo defect candidate pixel map which can identify a pseudo defect candidate pixel that has no pattern in the first developed image and has a pattern in the second developed image, a reference image generation unit to generate a reference image of the region corresponding to the second electron image, and a comparison unit to compare, using the pseudo defect candidate pixel map, the second electron image with the reference image of the region corresponding to the second electron image. |
| US12046437B2 |
Fuse element assembly and method of fabricating the same
A fuse element assembly has been disclosed. The fuse element assembly includes a fuse element having a pair of side edges and at least one weak spot between the side edges. The fuse element assembly also includes an arc-quenching material attached locally to the fuse element adjacent the weak spot. |
| US12046433B2 |
Electrical system with on-line sampling verification function and verification method thereof
The application provides an electrical system with online sampling and check function and its check method for high-voltage and medium-voltage electrical equipment, including electrical equipment, gas density relay, gas density sensor, temperature regulation mechanism, online check contact signal sampling unit and intelligent control unit. The temperature rise and fall of the temperature compensation element of the gas density relay is regulated through the temperature regulation mechanism to enable the contact action of the gas density relay of electrical equipment. The contact action is transmitted to the intelligent control unit through the online check contact signal sampling unit. The intelligent control unit detects the alarm and/or blocking contact signal operating value and/or return value according to the density value of the contact action; the check of the gas density relay can be completed without maintenance personnel on site, which greatly improves the reliability of the power grid and the work efficiency, and reduces the O&M cost. At the same time, it also realizes the mutual self-inspection between gas density relay and gas density sensor, and further realizes the maintenance-free. |
| US12046431B2 |
Medium-voltage switchgear system having single phase breaker control
A medium-voltage switchgear system includes a three-phase circuit breaker having first, second and third single-phase vacuum interrupters connected between respective first, second and third single-phase inputs and first, second and third single-phase outputs. Magnetic actuators are connected to first, second and third single-phase vacuum interrupters, which are configured to receive an interrupt signal and in response, actuate the respective vacuum interrupter connected thereto into an open circuit condition. A controller circuit is connected to each of the first, second and third magnetic actuators and generates an interrupt signal in response to a detected single-phase overcurrent or fault on a single-phase circuit and interrupt that single-phase circuit on which the single-phase overcurrent or fault occurred and maintain power on the remaining two single-phase circuits over which a single-phase overcurrent or fault was not detected. |
| US12046425B2 |
Photovoltaic device encapsulation
A photovoltaic device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, an active layer disposed at least partially between the first and second electrodes, an interfacial layer disposed at least partially between the first and second electrodes, and a non-stoichiometric oxide layer disposed at least partially between and in contact with one of the first or second electrodes and an encapsulant layer. The active layer of the photovoltaic device comprises a photoactive material. |
| US12046424B2 |
Airtight terminal
Provided is an airtight terminal that is designed to enable implementation of a method for sealing a can case with the airtight terminal with improved readiness and at a reasonable price, as well as an electrical device package and a method for manufacturing an electrical device package. Provided is an airtight terminal that includes a lid composed of a dish-shaped thin metal sheet having a through hole in a surface of the sheet, a lead passing through the through hole in the lid, and an insulating material to hermetically seal a gap between the lead and the lid, wherein the lid has an engagement portion along an edge of the lid to seal a can case by seaming. |
| US12046422B2 |
Multilayer electrical component
A multilayer electrical component including a plurality of parallel plate electrodes embedded in a dielectric body between first and second conductive terminations is disclosed. The dielectric body and the plurality of parallel plate electrodes form a plurality of capacitive layers each comprising a series of capacitors between the first and second conductive terminations. Each capacitor of the capacitive layers is partly defined by a gap in one of the parallel plate electrodes, wherein a gap of the one capacitive layer is laterally offset relative to a gap of an adjacent capacitive layer and a total capacitance of the adjacent capacitive layers is equivalent. |
| US12046420B2 |
Graphene and glassy carbon meta-material, microfabrication method, and energy storage device
A meta-material is disclosed that includes a first layer composed of graphene, and one or more additional layers, each composed of glassy carbon or graphene. A method of producing an engineered material includes depositing a graphene precursor on a substrate, pyrolyzing the graphene precursor to allow the formation of graphene, depositing a glassy carbon precursor the graphene, pyrolyzing to allow the formation of glassy carbon from the glassy carbon precursor, depositing a graphene precursor on the glassy carbon, and pyrolyzing the graphene precursor to allow the formation of graphene. |
| US12046418B2 |
Solenoid
A solenoid includes a coil portion, a yoke having a cylindrical portion and a bottom portion and accommodating the coil portion, a plunger configured to slide in an axial direction, a stator core. The stator core has a magnetic attraction core, and a sliding core having a cylindrical core portion, a first magnetic flux transfer portion configured to transfer a flux between the yoke and the core portion, and a magnetic flux passage suppressing portion configured to suppress passage of magnetic flux between the sliding core and the magnetic attraction core. A second magnetic flux transfer portion is arranged on a radial outside of the magnetic attraction core end portion and transfers the magnetic flux between the magnetic attraction core and the cylindrical portion. The first magnetic flux transfer portion is gap-fitted in the cylindrical portion. |
| US12046417B2 |
Multipole magnet
There is provided a multipole magnet for deflecting a beam of charged particles. The multipole magnet comprises a plurality of ferromagnetic poles and a plurality of permanent magnet assemblies to supply a magnetomotive force to the ferromagnetic poles. At least one of the permanent magnet assemblies has a plurality of discrete permanent magnet positions and a plurality of permanent magnets each fixed in one of the permanent magnet positions. |
| US12046416B2 |
Composite material
The present application relates to a composite material. According to the present application, a composite material having high magnetic permeability and excellent other physical properties such as flexibility, electrical insulation, mechanical properties and/or resistance to heat or oxidation can be provided in a simple and economical process. |
| US12046415B2 |
Method for manufacturing dust core and dust core
A method for manufacturing a dust core, includes: applying energy to a surface of a soft magnetic powder coated with an insulating body containing a compound having an aluminum-oxygen bond; exposing the soft magnetic powder to an atmosphere having a dew point of −30° C. or higher and 15° C. or lower under an atmospheric pressure; and forming a molded product by pressing the soft magnetic powder at 20 MPa or more and 400 MPa or less. |
| US12046409B2 |
Transformer and switch-mode power supply
A transformer and a switch-mode power supply are provided. The transformer includes: a magnetic core structure; several windings that surround a same magnetic cylinder in the magnetic core structure in a stacked manner, where the several windings include at least one primary-side winding and at least one secondary-side winding; and an electromagnetic shielding layer that is disposed between at least two adjacent windings, where the two adjacent windings are a primary-side winding and a secondary-side winding, and the electromagnetic shielding layer is made of a magnetic material. The electromagnetic shielding layer of the transformer can suppress a noise current of the winding, to reduce noise. |
| US12046408B2 |
Electronic device and the method to make the same
A shielding layer that is made of conductive and magnetic material is used to encapsulate the bare metal wire of a coil of an inductor to shield the coil from the external magnetic field and make the resistance and the power loss of the inductor lower. |
| US12046407B2 |
Coil component and method for manufacturing the same
A coil component includes a body part including a magnetic material; a coil part disposed in the body part; and an electrode part disposed on the body part, wherein the coil part includes a supporting member, a coil conductor disposed on at least one surface of the supporting member and having a conductor pattern of a planar coil shape, and an insulator filling a space between the conductor patterns and covering an outer surface of the conductor pattern, and the conductor pattern has an aspect ratio (H1/W1), which is a ratio of a height H1 to a width W1, of 3 to 9, and a method of manufacturing the same. |
| US12046404B2 |
Planar array coil and switching power supply device
A planar array coil includes a multilayer substrate at which a plurality of coils are formed and arranged on a plane of the multilayer substrate. First ends of the plurality of coils are connected to switching circuit units of a power conversion circuit, and second ends of the plurality of coils are connected to a common output part. The coils include two coil parts in which currents flow in opposite rotation directions, and one coil part of one coil is adjacent to one coil part of another coil. The plurality of coils are connected such that operation of switching circuits causes currents in regions of adjacent coil parts that extend in parallel to each other to flow in the same direction. Accordingly, adverse effects by unwanted coupling between adjacent coils are reduced and a switching power supply device that includes the planar array coil performs stable power conversion operations. |
| US12046401B2 |
Coil component
A coil component includes an element body including a first glass layer, a first ferrite layer formed on a first main surface of the first glass layer, and a second ferrite layer formed on a second main surface of the first glass layer; a coil buried in the first glass layer; and an outer electrode disposed on a side surface of the element body so as to span the first ferrite layer, the first glass layer, and the second ferrite layer. On the side surface of the element body, the width of the outer electrode in the ferrite layer regions is larger than the width of the outer electrode in the glass layer region in plan view in the direction perpendicular to the side surface. |
| US12046400B1 |
Granular magnetically strengthened structures
Exemplary inventive practice provides a structure that is attributed with superior resistance to loading. For example, an inventive structure includes two coaxial axisymmetric (e.g., cylindrical) shells and a granulation-filled matrix material occupying the peripheral space between the shells. According to some inventive embodiments, the granulation-filled matrix material has a loading-responsive matrix (e.g., shear-thickening fluid or highly rate-sensitive polymer) and granules dispersed therein. When the inventive structure encounters pressure loading at its exterior shell, the consistency of the loading-responsive matrix becomes thicker or firmer and thereby promotes, among the granules, interactive mechanisms (e.g., friction and/or arching) that reinforce the granulation-filled matrix material. According to some inventive embodiments, the granulation-filled matrix material has a magnetic-field-responsive matrix and magnetizable granules dispersed therein, and is magnetically fortified via application of a magnetic field (e.g., continuously applied where the matrix is magnetorheological fluid, or temporarily applied where the matrix is rheological fluid containing diamagnetic particles). |
| US12046396B2 |
Wiring member
A wiring member includes: a base member; a transmission wire body; and a wire-like transmission member having a covering provided around the transmission wire body, wherein the wire-like transmission member includes a fixing region fixed to the base member and a separating region separated from the base member, and a thermal conductive layer having more favorable thermal conductivity than the covering is formed on an outer periphery of the covering in the separating region. |
| US12046392B2 |
Transparent conductive film
A transparent conductive film (10) that has a substrate (14) having a surface (14a, 14b), a nanowire layer (12, 12a) over one or more portions of the surface (14a, 14b) of the substrate (14), and a conductive layer (16, 16a) on the portions comprising the nanowire layer (12, 12a), the conductive layer (16, 16a) comprising carbon nanotubes (CNT) and a binder. |
| US12046391B2 |
Method for preparing low melting point metal particles, conductive paste and method for preparing the same
A method for prepares low melting point metal particles, a conductive paste and a method for preparing the conductive paste, and relates to the technical field of functional materials. The method for preparing low melting point metal particles includes providing an organic resin carrier having fluidity, adding a low melting point metal material and the organic resin carrier into a sealed container for a vacuuming operation or filling a protective gas, making a temperature in the sealed container higher than the melting point of the low melting point metal and performing dispersion by stirring, and lowering the temperature, after performing the dispersion, to be below the melting point of the low melting point metal with continuous stirring during a cooling process to obtain low melting point metal particles dispersed in the organic resin carrier. Low melting point metal particles can be effectively prepared. |
| US12046389B2 |
Conductive film and method for producing same
A conductive film that includes: particles of a layered material including one or more layers, wherein each of the one or more layers includes a layer body represented by: MmXn, wherein M is at least one metal of Group 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7, X is a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, or a combination thereof, n is 1 to 4, m is greater than n and 5 or less, a modification or termination T is present on a surface of the layer body, where the T is at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, an oxygen atom, or a hydrogen atom; and a phosphorus atom in an amount of 0.001% by mass to less than 0.09% by mass. |
| US12046385B2 |
Production method of 226Ra target, production method of 225Ac, and electrodeposition solution for producing 226Ra target
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a production method of a 226Ra target, a production method of 225Ac, or an electrodeposition solution for producing a 226Ra target, and the production method of a 226Ra target includes an electrodeposition step of electrodepositing a 226Ra-containing substance on a substrate by using an electrodeposition solution that contains 226Ra ions and a pH buffer. |
| US12046384B2 |
Passive venting arrangement of stoichiometric hydrogen plus oxygen gases generated in a shielded container
A passive venting arrangement for use in venting gases produced by radioactive materials. The arrangement includes a source gas region for receiving the gases and a filter ullage region disposed above the source gas region and segregated therefrom. A removable lid includes the filter ullage region and a plurality of bore holes. Each bore hole extends between, and fluidly couples, the source gas region and the filter ullage region. The arrangement also includes a plurality of filters disposed in contact with the filter ullage region. Each filter is structured to provide for an exchange of gases from the filter ullage region through the filter to an ambient environment. |
| US12046381B2 |
Methods and devices to improve performances of RCCA and CEA to mitigate clad strain in the high fluence region
The present disclosure is generally related to methods, devices and systems for improving the performances of a Rod Cluster Control Assembly (RCCA) and/or a Control Element Assembly (CEA) to mitigate clad strain, especially in the high fluence region, during normal operation conditions and accident conditions. One method may include incorporating a device such as a powder collection and blockage device between the ceramic upper and ceramic lower absorber materials of the RCCA and/or CEA. Another method may include increasing the plenum volume by incorporating an axial hole into the top end plug extension. Another method may include increasing the plenum volume by incorporating an axial hole into the bottom end plug and optionally incorporating radial grooves in the bottom of the lower absorber material to provide a flow channel for gas expansion or generation to ensure that the lower absorber does not block the opening in the bottom end plug. |
| US12046380B2 |
Doppler reactivity augmentation device
A fast neutron nuclear reactor contains a nuclear reactor core having an array of device locations. Some device locations in the nuclear reactor core contain fissile and fertile nuclear fuel assembly devices. One or more other device locations in the nuclear reactor core contain Doppler reactivity augmentation devices that amplify the negativity of the Doppler reactivity coefficient within the nuclear reactor core. In some implementations, a Doppler reactivity augmentation device can also reduce the coolant temperature coefficient within the nuclear reactor core. Accordingly, a Doppler reactivity augmentation device contributes to a more stable nuclear reactor core. |
| US12046378B2 |
Fuel rod sensor system with inductive coupling
A sensor system for a fuel rod including a fuel pellet stack, the sensor system including a wireless interrogator disposed outside the fuel rod and a passive sensor component disposed within the fuel rod. The passive sensor component includes a receiver structured to receive an interrogation signal and output an excitation signal in response to receiving the interrogation signal, a reference transmitter structured to output a reference signal to the reference receiver in response to the excitation signal, a sensing transmitter structured to output a sensing signal to the sensing receiver in response to the excitation signal, and a core at least partially disposed within the sensing transmitter and coupled to move in conjunction with expansion or contraction of the fuel pellet stack, to move based on changes in pressure within the fuel rod, or to change temperature based on temperature changes within the fuel rod. |
| US12046375B2 |
System and method for attaining desired oxygen dosing based on erythropoiesis modeling
A computing system for determining a systematic training strategy for the user is provided. The computing system includes a user device that uses one or more sensors to obtain partial pressure of oxygen (PO2) levels of a user over a period of time. The user device provides previous PO2 levels to a personalized erythropoiesis model generation computing platform. The computing platform obtains individualized user data for the user indicating or more previous hematocrit and/or hemoglobin measurements for the user. The computing platform determines an individualized erythropoiesis model for the user based on the one or more previous hematocrit and/or hemoglobin measurements and the previous PO2 information, and employs the individualized erythropoiesis model to determine predicted hematocrit and/or hemoglobin measurements. The computing platform performs one or more actions based on the one or more predicted hematocrit and/or hemoglobin measurements. |
| US12046372B2 |
Machine-learning-based predictive behavioral monitoring
Systems and methods are configured to perform machine-learning-based predictive behavioral response. In various embodiments, one or more behavioral monitoring data objects are identified and processed using a behavioral pattern prediction machine learning model to generate a behavioral pattern prediction model. The behavioral pattern prediction model is processed using a risk generation machine learning model to generate a risk model, wherein: (i) the risk generation machine learning model is generated based at least in part by one or more risk factors, and (ii) the risk model comprises a per-risk factor score for each risk factor of the one or more risk factors. The risk model is processed using an adjustment generation machine learning model to generate an adjustment model and one or more prediction-based actions are performed based on the adjustment model. |
| US12046371B2 |
Method and apparatus for predicting response to food
Method of predicting a response of a subject to food is disclosed. The method comprises: selecting a food to which a response of the subject is unknown; accessing a first database having data describing the subject but not a response of the subject to the selected food; accessing a second database having data pertaining to responses of other subjects to foods, the responses of the other subjects including responses of at least one other subject to the selected food or a food similar to said selected food; and analyzing the databases based on the selected food to estimate the response of the subject to the selected food. |
| US12046369B2 |
Interactive and analytical system that provides a dynamic tool for therapies to prevent and cure dementia-related diseases
A computer-implemented method, system, and apparatus for providing interactive and analytical components that provide a comprehensive and dynamic tool for therapies to prevent and cure dementia-related diseases. The invention includes one or more computers that receive and store personal information for people, including personal background information, pre-existing conditions, current medications, genomic data and diagnostic information. The computers also generate synergic data containing compounded probability data specifying an expected adjustment of individual biological mechanisms from particular combinations of therapies. For each person, the computers process personal information and identify a subset of biological mechanisms that are principally affected by dementia-related diseases or the substantial risk of dementia-related diseases. The computers also apply the personal information including the principally-affected biological mechanisms to the therapy data and generate for each person one or more messages communicating a therapy plan containing a combination of therapies and determines how to apply the therapies. |
| US12046366B1 |
Health and wellness management technology
Health and wellness management technology, in which events that relate to activity within the monitored property are sensed based on output from sensors located at a monitored property. Behaviors are detected based on the sensed events that relate to activity within the monitored property and, in accordance with the detected behaviors, one or more models are created based on a likelihood of similarly expressed events happening at similar times with similar characteristics. Additional behaviors detected after creation of the one or more models are evaluated against the one or more models to determine whether the additional behaviors are consistent with the one or more models. At least one action is performed based on the determination of whether the additional behaviors are consistent with the one or more models. |
| US12046351B2 |
Systems and methods for generating an alimentary plan for managing skin disorders
A system for generating an alimentary plan is disclosed. The system comprises a computing device which is configured to receive an input that includes physiological data related to a skin sample. Computing device is configured to extract a plurality of biological indicators related to disease state from the physiological data. Computing device is configured to determine a biological indicator score for each biological score for each biological indicator of the plurality of biological indicators. Computing device is configured to generate a skin disorder classifier by receiving skin disorder training data. The computing device is configured to classify, using the skin disorder classifier, the at least one biological indicator and the biological indicator score to a positive result for a skin disorder. Computing device is configured to generate an alimentary plan as a function of the positive result. A method for generating an alimentary plan is also disclosed. |
| US12046343B1 |
Systems and methods for automatically identifying good faith dispensing red flags
Systems and methods for identifying Good Faith Dispensing red flags, as well as evidence to support the validity of a prescriptions for any red flags, associated a patient's attempting to fill a prescription for a controlled substance based on input from pharmacists as well as patient information coordinated across a network of pharmacies are provided herein. An exemplary computer-implemented method may include receiving a request to dispense a medication prescribed to a patient, collecting information associated with the patient, and identifying, based on one or more of the medication and the information associated with the patient, one or more red flags associated with dispensing the medication to the patient. The method may further include determining, based on the one or more identified red flags associated with dispensing the medication to the patient, whether dispensing the medication to the patient would violate any regulations, and if so, preventing the dispensing of the medication to the patient. |
| US12046341B2 |
Methods and systems for electronically adjusting a dosing pattern of a patient undergoing a medical regimen
A method for electronically adjusting a dosage pattern of a patient undergoing a medical regimen by providing the patient with an electronic interface to obtain survey results of a health survey to provide the patient with a dosage plan having a patient dosage amount and instructing the patient to follow the patient dosage plan over a second period of time to extend a duration of efficacy of the medical substance and maintain a safety profile of the medical substance. |
| US12046340B2 |
System and method for fulfilling prescriptions
A control circuit applies images obtained from the mobile electronic device to a trained model and responsively receiving prescription information. The prescription information indicates contents of the prescription, whether a prescription transfer is needed, and whether a prescription refill is needed. The control circuit determines an action based upon an analysis of the prescription information. The action is taken to electronically instruct a human or robot to fulfill the prescription. The action includes, when a prescription transfer is needed, transmitting an electronic message to a second pharmacy currently holding the medical prescription of the user. |
| US12046338B2 |
Assessing responsiveness to therapy
Presented herein are systems and methods for validating and/or developing (e.g., training) a classifier that identifies a subject suffering from an autoimmune disease (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, RA) as likely responsive or likely non-responsive to a therapy (e.g., an anti-TNF therapy) prior to any administration of the therapy to the subject. |
| US12046336B2 |
Secure verification of medical status using a contactless card
Systems, methods, articles of manufacture, and computer-readable media for verification of medical status using a contactless card. An application may receive a request specifying a subject and a medical condition. The application may receive a cryptogram from a contactless card. The application may receive a decryption result from a server and determine that the server decrypted the cryptogram. The application may receive, from the contactless card, a medical attestation, a digital signature of the medical attestation, and a public key of the digital signature. The application may decrypt the digital signature based on the public key of the digital signature and verify the medical attestation based on the decrypted digital signature. The application may determine, based on the verification of the medical attestation, that the subject is immune to the medical condition. The application may output a result that the subject is immune to the medical condition. |
| US12046335B2 |
Patient callback tool and interface
A user interface for a physician or other health care provider to follow up with high-risk patients recently discharged from the emergency department (ED) and update the patient's health care record using the physician or provider's mobile or end user device is described. The user interface is generated after extracting patient detail batch information at a pre-defined time interval for one or more past patients from an electronic medical records (EMR) database or other patient information database into a medical activity tracking batch database, and constructing a real-time database from streams of real-time Health Level 7 (HL7) clinical administrative data, wherein at least one stream of real-time HL7 clinical administrative data is associated with at least one high-risk patient in a recent medical encounter and at least one stream of real-time HL7 data comprises daily schedule information associating at least one clinician with the at least one high-risk patient. |
| US12046333B2 |
Blood cell analysis method and blood cell analyzer
A blood cell analysis method and a blood cell analyzer are provided. In the method and analyzer, characteristic information of white blood cell fragments is obtained based on side scattered light information and fluorescence information, characteristic information of platelets is obtained based on forward scattered light information and fluorescence information and then a count value for the platelets is acquired based on the characteristic information of the platelets and the characteristic information of the white blood cell fragments. The present invention can avoid the influence of the white blood cell fragments on the platelet counting, thereby ensuring the accuracy of the platelet counting without increasing costs. |
| US12046332B2 |
Methods and systems for optimizing supplement decisions
A system for optimizing supplement decisions. The system includes a computing device configured to receive a longevity inquiry from a remote device. The system retrieves a biological extraction pertaining to a user and identifies a longevity element associated with a user. The system selects an ADME model utilizing a biological extraction. The system generates a machine-learning algorithm utilizing the selected ADME model to input a longevity element associated with a user as an input and output an ADME factor. The system identifies a tolerant longevity element utilizing an ADME factor. |
| US12046331B2 |
System, method, and article for detecting abnormal cells using multi-dimensional analysis
A system, method, and article for diagnosing a test set of biological cells. For example, in one embodiment a normal set of cells is characterized using flow cytometry. A centroid and radius are defined for a set of clusters in an n-dimensional space corresponding to a normal maturation for a cell lineage in the normal set of cells. A test set of cells is characterized using flow cytometry and the characterization is compared to the set of clusters. |
| US12046324B2 |
Modular memory architecture with gated sub-array operation dependent on stored data content
A memory circuit includes an array of memory cells arranged with first word lines connected to a first sub-array storing less significant bits of data and second word lines connected to a second sub-array storing more significant bits of data. A row decoder circuit coupled to the first and second word lines generates word line signals. A word line gating circuit is configured to selectively gate passage of the word line signals to the second word lines for the second sub-array in response to assertion of a maximum value signal. A data modification circuit performs a mathematical operation on data read from the array of memory cells, and asserts the maximum value signal if the mathematical operation performed on the less significant bits of data from the first sub-array produces a maximum data value. |
| US12046322B2 |
Configurable data protection circuitry for memory devices
Systems, apparatus, and methods related to configurable data protection circuitry. A memory includes a plurality of memory devices and a memory controller that can be coupled to the memory via a plurality of channels. The channels comprise respective subsets of the plurality of memory devices. The memory controller comprises data protection circuitry to accommodate a first codeword configuration of a number of codewords responsive to the plurality of memory devices having a first operating mode corresponding to a first input/output (I/O) width and accommodate a second codeword configuration of the number of codewords responsive to the plurality of memory devices having a second operating mode corresponding to a second I/O width, as well as switch between the first operating mode of the plurality of memory devices and the second operating mode of the plurality of memory devices. |
| US12046321B2 |
Compilation method, compilation circuit, mode register and memory
A compilation method includes the following: receiving a signal to be compiled and a resistance matching signal; performing compilation processing on the signal to be compiled to obtain a compilation result signal; and in the case where the signal to be compiled is a reserved code, performing compatibility selection processing on the compilation result signal according to the resistance matching signal to determine a first compiled value. |
| US12046317B2 |
Method and system for replacement of memory cells
A memory system is provided. The memory system includes an error correction code circuit configured to correct a maximum of N error bits in each of multiple read data and a monitor circuit configured to monitor multiple fail word addresses associated with M error bits, and further configured to output a first word address in the fail word addresses to replace first memory locations corresponding to the first word address. Each of the fail word addresses corresponds to one of multiple counter values, and the first word address corresponds to a maximum value of the counter values. |
| US12046314B2 |
NAND memory with different pass voltage ramp rates for binary and multi-state memory
To reduce spikes in the current used by a NAND memory die, different ramp rates are used for the pass voltage applied to unselected word lines during a program operation depending on whether data is stored in a multi-level cell (MLC) format or in a single level cell (SLC) format. These ramp rates can be determined through device characterization and stored as parameter values on the memory die. Different ramp rate interval values can also be used for the pass voltage applied to unselected word lines during a program operation depending on whether data is stored in an MLC format or in an SLC format. |
| US12046313B2 |
OTP device with read module and biasing circuitry to detect and measure accurate breakdown states of anti-fuse memory cells
An anti-fuse memory: an inverting input terminal of an operational amplifier is connected to a feedback terminal of a bias voltage generation module. A voltage across a second input terminal may be obtained according to a voltage across the feedback terminal. The second input terminal is electrically connected to an output terminal of the operational amplifier. The voltage across the second input terminal serves as a bias voltage across a read module. A circuit between a second power supply terminal and the feedback terminal is equivalent to a circuit between a monitoring terminal and a first power supply terminal, and a circuit between the feedback terminal and an adjustable resistor is equivalent to a circuit between the monitoring terminal and an anti-fuse memory cell. |
| US12046307B2 |
Managing program verify voltage offsets for charge coupling and lateral migration compensation in memory devices
Embodiments disclosed can include identifying wordline groups where each wordline group is associated with a corresponding default program verify (PV) voltage for each programming level, and determining, for each wordline group, a maximum read window budget (RWB) increase. They can further include defining a target aggregate RWB increase amount based on the maximum RWB increase, and determining, for each wordline group, a minimum number of memory cell programming level groups with corresponding PV voltage offsets sufficient to reach the target aggregate RWB increase amount. The embodiments can also include grouping the programming levels of a specified memory cell into the minimum number of programming level, and applying, based on the specific programming level group containing a target programming level, a corresponding PV voltage offset during a memory cell access operation. |
| US12046306B2 |
Temperature dependent programming techniques in a memory device
The memory device that includes a plurality of memory cells that are arranged in a plurality of word lines. A controller is in electrical communication with the plurality of memory cells. During programming, the controller detects a temperature of the memory device. The controller then programs the memory cells of a selected word line of the plurality of word lines in a plurality of program loops until programming is completed or until the plurality of program loops is greater than a maximum number of program loops. The maximum number of program loops is dependent on the temperature that is detected. |
| US12046305B2 |
Pre-position dummy word line to facilitate write erase capability of memory apparatus
A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells connected to word lines including a dummy word line and other data word lines. The memory cells are disposed in memory holes and configured to retain a threshold voltage. A control means is coupled to the word lines and the memory holes and is configured to determine whether one of the word lines being programmed in a program operation is a particular one of the word lines adjacent the dummy word line needing a dummy positioning operation. The control means is also configured to program the memory cells connected to the dummy word line to adjust the threshold voltage to a predetermined position threshold voltage in the dummy positioning operation in response to determining the one of the plurality of word lines being programmed in the program operation is the particular one of the word lines. |
| US12046303B2 |
Smart prologue for nonvolatile memory program operation
For a nonvolatile (NV) storage media such as NAND (not AND) media that is written by a program and program verify operation, the system can apply a smart prologue operation. A smart prologue operation can selectively apply a standard program prologue, to compute program parameters for a target subblock. The smart prologue operation can selectively apply an accelerated program prologue, applying a previously-computed program parameter for a subsequent subblock of a same block of the NV storage media. Application of a prior program parameter can reduce the need to compute program parameters for the other subblocks. |
| US12046302B2 |
Edge word line concurrent programming with verify for memory apparatus with on-pitch semi-circle drain side select gate technology
A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The memory apparatus includes memory cells connected to one of a plurality of word lines including an edge word line and a plurality of other data word lines. The memory cells are disposed in memory holes organized in rows grouped in a plurality of strings. The rows include full circle rows and semi-circle rows. A control means is configured to program the memory cells connected to the edge word line and in the semi-circle rows of a first one and a second one of the plurality of strings to a predetermined one of a plurality of data states in a first program operation. The control means then selects both the first one and the second one of the plurality of strings together and programs the memory cells of the full circle rows together in a second program operation. |
| US12046297B2 |
Method to optimize first read versus second read margin by switching boost timing
An apparatus that comprises a plurality of memory cells and a control circuit coupled to the plurality of memory cells is disclosed. The control circuit is configured to perform a read operation. The read operation includes determining a read condition of a memory cell, where the read condition is of a plurality of read conditions and determining a boost timing for the memory cell, where the boost timing corresponds to the read condition. |
| US12046294B2 |
Non-volatile memory with short prevention
To prevent loss of data due to a word line to memory hole short (or another defect), it is proposed to perform an erase process for a plurality of memory cells, detect that a subset of the plurality of memory cells are slow to erase, and prevent successfully programming for at least some of the memory cells that are slow to erase. This technique uses the erase process to predict future word line to memory hole shorts and prevent programming of memory cells predicted to have a future word line to memory hole short so no data will be lost when the short manifests. |
| US12046293B2 |
Memory device and method for operating selective erase scheme
A memory device and a method for operating selective erase scheme are provided. In an erase operation, a switch voltage is applied to at least one of a string select line or a ground select line of a selected sub-block of a selected block, a gate control voltage is applied to selected word lines of the selected sub-block, and an erase voltage is applied to bit lines and a common source line of the selected sub-block. The switch voltage is smaller than the erase voltage. The gate control voltage is smaller than the switch voltage and the erase voltage. |
| US12046290B2 |
Verifying or reading a cell in an analog neural memory in a deep learning artificial neural network
Numerous embodiments of programming, verifying, and reading systems and methods for use with a vector-by-matrix multiplication (VMM) array in an artificial neural network are disclosed. Selected cells can be programmed and verified with extreme precision to hold one of N different values. During a read operation, the system determines which of the N different values is stored in a selected cell. |
| US12046286B1 |
Programmable logic computation in memory
A semiconductor circuit and an operating method for the same are provided. The semiconductor circuit includes strings. The strings include a first string and a second string. The first string includes a first device unit and a second device unit in series. The first string has a weight signal W1. The first device unit has an input signal A. The second device unit has an input signal B. The second string includes a third device unit and a fourth device unit in series. The second string has a weight signal W2. The third device unit has an input signal Ā. The fourth device unit has an input signal B. An output signal of the semiconductor circuit is a sum of output string signals of the strings. |
| US12046285B2 |
Three-dimensional memory device and method of making thereof using double pitch word line formation
A vertical repetition of multiple instances of a unit layer stack is formed over a substrate. The unit layer stack includes an insulating layer and a sacrificial material layer. Lateral recesses are formed by removing the sacrificial material layers selective to the insulating layers. Each lateral recess is sequentially fill with at least one conductive fill material and an insulating fill material, and vertically-extending portions of the at least one conductive fill material are removed such that a vertical layer stack including a first-type electrically conductive layer, a seamed insulating layer, and a second-type electrically conductive layer are formed in each lateral recess. Memory opening fill structures including a respective vertical stack of memory elements is formed through the insulating layers and the layer stacks. Access points for providing an etchant for removing the sacrificial material layers may be provided by memory openings, contact via cavities or backside trenches. |
| US12046284B2 |
Electroforming process using an inversion-invariant linear ECC, and associated device
An electroforming process for a resistive memory of a memory device including a memory controller, an encoder computing an inversion-invariant linear error correction code, and a write device connected directly to the encoder. An electroforming device performing electroforming through write operations to such a resistive memory and to a method for checking a write operation. |
| US12046283B2 |
Compute-in-memory array and module, and data computing method
Disclosed are a compute-in-memory array and module, and a data computing method; a storage cell is configured to form an array used for computation; the storage cell consists of bitcells serially connected in sequence; a bitcell comprises a switching device and a resistive memory; the switching device is connected in series or in parallel with the resistive memory; the write resistance value of the storage cell is determined by means of controlling the switching state of the switching device so as to change the resistance state of the resistive memory. Since resistive memories have different resistance states, a resistive memory can be set in different resistance states by means of the switching state of the switching device, such that the storage cell is at a required write resistance value, thereby enabling the quick implementation of a write operation of the bitcell. |
| US12046282B2 |
Device with reconfigurable short term data retention
The invention is notably directed to a device comprising a plurality of resistive memory elements. The plurality of resistive memory elements comprises a resistive material. The device is configured to apply programming pulses to a subset of the plurality of resistive memory elements to perform a temporary resistance change of the resistive material of the subset for a predefined retention period, thereby programming the subset of the plurality of resistive elements from a first resistance state corresponding to a first binary state to a second resistance state corresponding to a second binary state. The device is configured such that a resistance of the subset of the plurality of resistive elements reverts automatically during the predefined retention period from the second resistance state to the first resistance state by an inherent material property of the resistive material, thereby automatically deleting the second binary state. |
| US12046279B2 |
Multi-pass programming operation sequence in a memory device
A controller is configured to program the memory cells to a first set of data states in a first programming pass and to a greater second set of data states in a second programming pass. The controller performs the first programming pass on the first word line. The controller then repeats the process of programming a portion of another word line and then comparing an upper tail of an erased data state of the first word line to a critical voltage until the upper tail of the erased data state of the first word line exceeds the critical voltage by a threshold. In response to the upper tail of the erased data state exceeding the critical voltage by the threshold, the controller then alternates between the first and second programming passes until the first programming pass is completed on the remaining word lines of the memory block. |
| US12046276B2 |
SRAM design with four-poly-pitch
One aspect of this description relates to a memory cell. In some embodiments, the memory cell includes a first gate structure, a second gate structure, a third gate structure, a fourth gate structure, and a fifth gate structure that each extend along a first lateral direction, a first active structure extending along a second lateral direction and overlaid by respective first portions of the first to fourth gate structures, a second active structure extending along the second lateral direction and overlaid by respective second portions of the first to fourth gate structures, and a third active structure extending along the second lateral direction and overlaid by respective third portions of the third and fifth gate structures. In some embodiments, the first and second gate structures are aligned with each other, with the fourth and fifth gate structures aligned with a first segment and a second segment of the third gate structure, respectively. In some embodiments, the second lateral direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction. |
| US12046274B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device, system including the same, and method for fabricating the same
A nonvolatile memory device includes a first lower interlayer insulation layer and a second lower interlayer insulation layer that are sequentially stacked in a first direction; a lower metal layer disposed in the first lower interlayer insulation layer; and a plurality of lower bonding metals disposed in the first lower interlayer insulation layer and the second lower interlayer insulation layer and spaced apart from each other in a second direction that intersects the first direction. An uppermost surface in the first direction of the lower metal layer is lower than an uppermost surface in the first direction of the plurality of lower bonding metals, and the lower metal layer is placed between the plurality of lower bonding metals. |
| US12046273B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for input buffer power savings
Apparatuses and methods for saving power at an input buffer are described. An example apparatus includes an input buffer comprising an amplifier coupled to a pair of serially coupled inverters, and a de-emphasis circuit coupled to the input buffer in parallel with one of the pair of serially-coupled inverters. The de-emphasis circuit comprising a plurality of transistors coupled in parallel to a resistance. The example apparatus further includes an input buffer control circuit configured to selectively enable one of the plurality of transistors to adjust a gain across the one of the pair of inverters based on a latency setting. |
| US12046271B2 |
Clock system and memory
A clock system and a memory are disclosed. The clock system includes a system on chip (SoC) configured to generate a first oscillation signal, a second oscillation signal, a third oscillation signal and a fourth oscillation signal of a same frequency and amplitude. Further, the clock system includes a memory chip configured to output a data signal based on signal edges of the first oscillation signal, the second oscillation signal, the third oscillation signal and the fourth oscillation signal, and output a command/address signal based on the signal edges of the first oscillation signal and the third oscillation signal. The signal edges are rising edges or falling edges. |
| US12046269B2 |
Two bit memory device and method for operating the two-bit memory device and electronic component
A two-bit memory device having a layer structure containing in order a bottom layer, a molecular layer containing a chiral compound having at least one polar functional group, and a top layer, which is electrically conductive and ferromagnetic. The chiral compound acts as a spin filter for electrons passing through the molecular layer. The chiral compound is of flexible conformation and has a conformation-flexible molecular dipole moment. An electrical resistance of the layer structure for an electrical current running from the bottom layer to the top layer has at least four distinct states which depend on the magnetization of the top layer and on the orientation of the conformation-flexible dipole moment of the chiral compound. Furthermore, a method for operating the two-bit memory device and an electronic component containing at least one two-bit memory device. |
| US12046262B2 |
Content playback control
Systems and methods are described for retrieval and output of content in a way that addresses concerns with storing multiple copies or versions of a piece of content. The piece of content may have associated computer instructions that allow the client to access alternate portions of the piece of content during consumption. This allows the content provider to store a single copy of the complete piece of content while enabling consumers to access alternate audio or video portions of the content. A new playback architecture may execute instructions associated with a piece of content. Instructions associated with a piece of content may directly affect consumption by the consumer client and may be dependent upon user preferences or interests. |
| US12046260B2 |
Architecture for personalized media segmentation
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for performing personalization. A segments reader receives a request for episode metadata corresponding to an episode. A determination is made whether the episode metadata should be personalized to an account associated with the request. In turn, personalized-episode metadata associated with the account and the request is retrieved and the personalized-episode metadata is provided to a client device associated with the request. |
| US12046257B1 |
Reducing peak power consumption in a multi-actuator hard disk drive
An exclusive operation approach, in the context of background activity processes among multiple LUNs corresponding to a multi-actuator hard disk drive, can avoid related power peaks by controlling background operations so that they are not permitted to run concurrently across different LUNs. Managing the progress of one or more background activities such as background media scan (BMS) for each LUN, including aligning the progress of the background activity among multiple LUNs, can reduce power consumption of a multi-actuator drive. |
| US12046256B2 |
Data storage device read/write channel with direct radial position demodulation in asynchronous position error signal demodulation
Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, comprising one or more disks; an actuator mechanism configured to position one or more heads proximate to a corresponding disk surface of the one or more disks; and one or more processing devices. The one or more processing devices comprise read/write circuitry which comprises an asynchronous demodulation module. The asynchronous demodulation module is configured to receive demodulated null burst signals based on the selected head reading servo burst fields of the corresponding disk surface; and output, based on the demodulated null burst signals, a radial position signal, indicative of a radial position of the selected head. |
| US12046255B2 |
Sound source tracking system and method thereof
A sound source tracking method adapted to an ongoing video conference comprising: obtaining a streaming signal of the video conference from an internet; performing a video conference procedure to obtain an audio signal from the streaming signal and send the audio signal to a speaker; performing an audio tracking procedure to obtain the audio signal outputted from the video conference procedure to the communication device and send the audio signal to a sound source tracking camera; playing the audio signal to generate a far-end sound; recording a field sound comprising at least one of the far-end sound and a local-end sound; and performing a comparing procedure to determine a shooting direction of the sound source tracking camera, wherein the shooting direction is adjusted so as not to shoot the speaker when a similarity of the far-end sound and the audio signal is greater than a threshold. |
| US12046252B2 |
Directional voice command identification
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer system a computer program product, and a method that comprises analyzing a received directional voice command by identifying a plurality of contextual factors associated with at least one user in a plurality of users using a natural language processing algorithm; dynamically identifying the at least one user in the plurality of users based on an analysis of the identified contextual factors associated with the received directional voice command; generating a plurality of scenarios within a mixed reality environment based on the analysis of the identified contextual factors associated with received directional voice command; identifying a location associated with at least one received directional voice command within a plurality of directional voice commands; and validating the location associated with the at least one received directional voice command using a corpus knowledge algorithm. |
| US12046251B2 |
Interpolation filter system implemented by digital circuit
An interpolation filtering system implemented by a digital circuit is provided, it includes an interpolation filtering operation controller, a cascaded drive module, an intermediate result cache Random Access Memory (RAM), and a filter coefficient storage Read Only Memory (ROM). The intermediate result cache RAM is configured to store externally input data of the interpolation filtering system and intermediate results output by the filter operation modules. The filter coefficient storage ROM is configured to store filter coefficients required for calculation by the filter operation modules. The interpolation filtering operation controller is configured to control, under the drive of counting beats output by the cascaded drive module, the master state machine to select data of the intermediate result cache TAM or externally directly input data to be sent to the cascaded filter operation modules for accumulation operation, and to select the filter coefficients of the filter coefficient storage ROM for multiplication operation. |
| US12046249B2 |
Bandwidth extension of incoming data using neural networks
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for bandwidth extension. One of the methods includes obtaining a low-resolution version of an input, the low-resolution version of the input comprising a first number of samples at a first sample rate over a first time period; and generating, from the low-resolution version of the input, a high-resolution version of the input comprising a second, larger number of samples at a second, higher sample rate over the first time period. Generating the high-resolution version includes generating a representation of the low-resolution version of the input; processing the representation of the low-resolution version of the input through a conditioning neural network to generate a conditioning input; and processing the conditioning input using a generative neural network to generate the high/resolution version of the input. |
| US12046246B2 |
Systems and methods for an immersive audio experience
A computer-implemented method for creating an immersive audio experience. The method includes receiving a selection of an audio track via a user interface, and receiving audio track metadata for the audio track. The method includes querying an audio database based on the track metadata and determining that audio data for the audio track is not stored on the audio database. The method includes analyzing the audio track to determine one or more audio track characteristics. The method includes generating vibe data based on the one or more audio track characteristics, wherein the vibe data includes time-coded metadata. Based on the vibe data, generating visualization instructions for one or A/V devices in communication with a user computing device, and transmitting the generated visualization instructions and the audio track to the user computing device. |
| US12046240B2 |
Content playback system
The invention provides a content playback system comprising a playback device that is configured to detect a voice command from a user and to play content. When a voice command is received, the system is configured to analyse the voice command to determine a user intent. The system then extracts one or more entities from the voice command, wherein each of the extracted entities is of a type associated with the determined user intent. Then, based on the one or more extracted entities, the system controls the playback device. Analysis of the voice command in this manner may improve an accuracy with which a meaning of the voice command can be obtained, thereby facilitating control of the playback device. |
| US12046239B2 |
Suggesting an alternative interface when environmental interference is expected to inhibit certain automated assistant interactions
Implementations set forth relate to suggesting an alternate interface modality when an automated assistant and/or a user is expected to not understand a particular interaction between the user and the automated assistant. In some instances, the automated assistant can pre-emptively determine that a forthcoming and/or ongoing interaction between a user and an automated assistant may experience interference. Based on this determination, the automated assistant can provide an indication that the interaction may not be successful and/or that the user should interact with the automated assistant through a different modality. For example, the automated assistant can render a keyboard interface at a portable computing device when the automated assistant determines that an audio interface of the portable computing device is experiencing interference. |
| US12046238B2 |
Impaired operator detection and interlock apparatus
Systems and methods are disclosed configured to detect impairment issues, and via an interlock device, inhibit operation of an item of equipment when impairment is detected. The interlock device may comprise a solid state relay, an electromechanical relay, and/or a solenoid. The interlock device may perform power isolation and/or may use a mechanism, such as a rotating cam or gear, to immobilize a control and/or other components. Based on detected impairment, a determination is made as to whether the interlock is to be activated or deactivated. |
| US12046237B2 |
Speech interaction method and apparatus, computer readable storage medium and electronic device
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a speech interaction method and apparatus. The method includes: acquiring videos shot by a camera device in a target space and at least one channel of audio acquired by at least one audio acquisition device; determining to-be-recognized audio that respectively corresponds to each of the sound areas in the target space based on the at least one channel of audio; determining a target sound area from the target space based on the video and at least one channel of to-be-recognized audio; performing speech recognition on the at least one channel of to-be-recognized audio to obtain a recognition result; and controlling a speech interaction-targeting device in the target sound area for speech interaction in a preset mode according to the recognition result. The speech interaction method and apparatus in the embodiments of the present disclosure may detect a target object by the method of integration of an image and speech, a speech control mode corresponding to the target object is automatically entered according to a detection result, making objects on the speech recognition and corresponding speech control for various types more targeted, and helping to avoid misoperation caused by recognized sound of the target object during speech control. |
| US12046235B2 |
Unmuted microphone notification
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an input device associated with an information handling device, audio input; determining, using a processor, that an audible anomaly exists in the audio input, wherein the audible anomaly corresponds to a deviation from an established speech input pattern of a user; and performing, responsive to determining that the audible anomaly exists in the audio input, a remedial action to address the audible anomaly. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US12046233B2 |
Automatically determining language for speech recognition of spoken utterance received via an automated assistant interface
Determining a language for speech recognition of a spoken utterance received via an automated assistant interface for interacting with an automated assistant. Implementations can enable multilingual interaction with the automated assistant, without necessitating a user explicitly designate a language to be utilized for each interaction. Implementations determine a user profile that corresponds to audio data that captures a spoken utterance, and utilize language(s), and optionally corresponding probabilities, assigned to the user profile in determining a language for speech recognition of the spoken utterance. Some implementations select only a subset of languages, assigned to the user profile, to utilize in speech recognition of a given spoken utterance of the user. Some implementations perform speech recognition in each of multiple languages assigned to the user profile, and utilize criteria to select only one of the speech recognitions as appropriate for generating and providing content that is responsive to the spoken utterance. |
| US12046232B1 |
Systems and methods for determining contextual rules
Systems and methods for determining contextual rules are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus may identify a context datum and an interaction datum as a function of a user datum. In some embodiments, an apparatus may determine an interaction feature and a reaction datum as a function of an interaction datum. In some embodiments, an apparatus may determine a contextual rule as a function of the context datum, interaction feature, and reaction datum. In some embodiments, an apparatus may display a visual element to a user as a function of a contextual rule. |
| US12046228B2 |
Real time popularity based audible content acquisition
A personalized news service provides personalized news programs for its users by generating personalized combinations of audible versions of news stories derived from text-based versions of the news stories. The audible versions may be generated from the text-based version by a text-to-speech system, or may by recording a person reading aloud the text-based version. To acquire recordings, the personalized news service can make a determination that a particular news story has a threshold extent of popularity. The news service can then transmit a request to a remote recording station for a recording of a verbal reading of the particular news story. The news service can then receive the requested recording from the remote recording station. |
| US12046226B2 |
Text-to-speech synthesis method and system, a method of training a text-to-speech synthesis system, and a method of calculating an expressivity score
A text-to-speech synthesis method comprising: receiving text; inputting the received text in a prediction network; and generating speech data, wherein the prediction network comprises a neural network, and wherein the neural network is trained by: receiving a first training dataset comprising audio data and corresponding text data; acquiring an expressivity score for each audio sample of the audio data, wherein the expressivity score is a quantitative representation of how well an audio sample conveys emotional information and sounds natural, realistic and human-like; training the neural network using a first sub-dataset, and further training the neural network using a second sub-dataset, wherein the first sub-dataset and the second sub-dataset comprise audio samples and corresponding text from the first training dataset and wherein the average expressivity score of the audio data in the second sub-dataset is higher than the average expressivity score of the audio data in the first sub-dataset. |
| US12046224B2 |
Wearable audio device with active external audio mitigation
A wearable audio device includes a microphone, a speaker, and a hardware processor. The microphone is configured to receive external audio. The speaker configured to produce internal audio. The hardware processor is operably connected to the microphone and speaker. A comparison of the external audio to the internal audio is performed, and a notification is generated based upon the comparison determining that the external audio matches the internal audio. |
| US12046222B2 |
Synthesized percussion pedal and looping station
An apparatus for facilitating control of midi-sequence generation is disclosed. The apparatus may include a midi-sequence module configured to store a plurality of main midi sequences, store a plurality of fill midi sequences, and playback a plurality of main midi sequences and the plurality of fill midi sequences. The apparatus can also include a first foot-operable switch configured to operate the midi-sequence module, an instrument input, and a looping means configured to record a plurality of signals received from the instrument input, generate a plurality of recorded loops associated with the plurality of recorded signals, store the plurality of recorded loops, and playback each of the plurality of recorded loops. The apparatus can also include a second foot-operable switch configured to operate the looping means. |
| US12046211B2 |
Method for driving liquid crystal display device
The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with a terminal portion, a switching transistor, a driver circuit portion, and a pixel circuit portion including a pixel transistor and a plurality of pixels, a second substrate provided with a common electrode electrically connected to the terminal portion through the switching transistor, and liquid crystal between a pixel electrode and the common electrode. In a period during which a still image is switched to a moving image, the following steps are sequentially performed: a first step of supplying the common potential to the common electrode; a second step of supplying a power supply voltage to the driver circuit portion; a third step of supplying a clock signal to the driver circuit portion; and a fourth step of supplying a start pulse signal to the driver circuit portion. |
| US12046199B2 |
Pixel and display device including the same
A pixel including: a light emitting element; a first transistor connected between a first node and a second node, and to generate a driving current to flow from a first power line to a second power line through the light emitting element; a second transistor connected between a data line and the first node; a third transistor connected between the second node and a third node corresponding to a gate electrode of the first transistor; a fourth transistor connected between the third node and a third power line; a fifth transistor connected between the first power line and the first node; a sixth transistor connected between the second node and a fourth node corresponding to a first electrode of the light emitting element; a seventh transistor connected between the fourth node and a fourth power line; and an eighth transistor connected between the fourth node and a fifth power line. |
| US12046197B2 |
Image data processing apparatus and method for driving display panel
The present embodiment provides an image data processing apparatus, including a memory storing previous frame image data and an image data compensating circuit configured to generate overdriving image data for current frame image data by comparing the previous frame image data and the current frame image data, wherein the degree of an overdriving is adjusted based on a display brightness value (DBV), which is used for adjusting the brightness of a display panel. |
| US12046196B2 |
Display panel and display device
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device, including a plurality of control lines and pixel drive circuits electrically connected to the plurality of control lines to be loaded with a plurality of control signals, wherein a difference value between a maximum value and a minimum value of each of the plurality of control signals is determined as a voltage difference value, each of the plurality of pixel drive circuits includes a drive transistor and a light emitting element electrically connected to each other, and for at least one control signal of the plurality of control signals, the voltage difference value corresponding to a larger second refresh rate is different from the voltage difference value corresponding to the smaller first refresh rate in the display panel. |
| US12046195B2 |
Display substrate and display panel
A display substrate, including a base substrate, and a driving circuit layer and light emitting elements formed on the base substrate, and in a same pixel circuit, an active general layer includes a first column-wise active portion including active layers of the a data writing transistor and the a first light emission control transistor, and a first active connection portion, an orthographic projection of the first active connection portion on the base substrate at least partially overlapping an orthographic projection of a corresponding power supply line on the base substrate, a dimension of the first active connection portion in a row direction of pixel units being less than a dimension of the active layer of the data writing transistor in the row direction, and a dimension of the active layer of the first light emission control transistor in the row direction. A display panel is further provided. |
| US12046191B2 |
Data driver circuit and display device having the same
Disclosed is a data driving circuit including a noise filter, first through third voltage generators, and an output circuit. The noise filter receives a driving voltage and removes noise from the driving voltage to output a filtered driving voltage. The first voltage generator outputs a first voltage, a second voltage, and a third voltage. The second voltage generator generates a first reference voltage based on the filtered driving voltage, the first voltage, and the second voltage. The third voltage generator generates a second reference voltage based on the filtered driving voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage. The output circuit outputs a data signal of a voltage level corresponding to an image signal based on the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage. |
| US12046189B2 |
Pixel and display device having the same
A pixel for a display device includes a light-emitting element, a first transistor including a first electrode electrically connected to a first node and controlling a driving current, a second transistor electrically connected between a data line and the first node and being turned on in response to a first scan signal supplied through a first scan line, a third transistor electrically connected between the second node and a third node electrically connected to a second electrode of the first transistor and being turned on in response to the first scan signal, and a fourth transistor being turned on in response to a second scan signal supplied through a second scan line, and applying a bias voltage to the first transistor. The fourth transistor is turned on at a first frequency. The second and third transistors are turned on at a second frequency different from the first frequency. |
| US12046188B2 |
Display device with duty cycle control and driving method thereof
The present disclosure discloses a display device and a driving method of the display device. The display device includes a display panel for displaying an image, a driver for driving the display panel, a controller for controlling the driver, and a duty cycle controller for defining an unknown area in which vertical resolution information is not known and a known area in which the vertical resolution information is known within one frame when a driving frequency of the display panel is changed, and varying a duty cycle for driving the known area. |
| US12046187B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel includes a base substrate, drive circuits, pixel circuits, and 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 includes S1 level shift registers extending along a first direction. The second drive circuit includes S2 level shift registers extending along the first direction. |
| US12046182B2 |
Compensation control method and display device
The present disclosure provides a compensation control method and a display device. The method includes in a standstill phase, controlling the display panel to stand still; after the standstill phase ends, sensing, by the timing controller, characteristic values of each row of the pixel circuits in the display panel in a time division manner by controlling the gate driver and the source driver; setting a black insertion time period between time periods for sensing characteristic values of different rows of pixel circuits, during the black insertion time period, controlling, by the timing controller, the gate driver and the source driver, to display a black picture on the display panel. |
| US12046178B2 |
Device and method for display brightness control
A display driver includes image processing circuitry and drive circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to generate first voltage data for a first pixel in a first screen area of a display panel using a first gamma parameter. The image processing circuitry is further configured to generate second voltage data for a second pixel in a second screen area of the display panel using a second gamma parameter set. The image processing circuitry is further configured to determine an interpolated gamma parameter set for a third pixel in a connection area of the display panel through interpolation between the first gamma parameter set and the second gamma parameter set. The connection area is disposed between the first screen area and the second screen area. The image processing circuitry is further configured to generate third voltage data for the third pixel using the interpolated gamma parameter set. |
| US12046158B2 |
Controller, method for manufacturing controller, simulated experience system, and simulated experience method
A simulated experience system that includes a video display device that is an HMD; a controller that has a body part that is a full-scale simulation of a human liver and a signal oscillator; a computer connected to the video display device and the controller, and having a signal receiver, an arithmetic unit, a video generator, a synchronization processing unit, a video output unit, a storage unit, an additional video generator, and a video synthesizer; and an infrared radiation device configured such that each of a pair of infrared radiation units can output infrared rays that three-dimensionally scan an installation space. |
| US12046148B2 |
Robot system
A robot system includes a robot body configured to perform a work, a robot controlling module configured to control operation of the robot body according to an operator command, a manipulator configured to send the operator command to the robot controlling module according to manipulation by an operator, a motivation information acquiring module configured to acquire motivation information for motivating the operator so that the operator increases an amount of work or a speed of work of the robot body, and a motivation information presenter configured to present to the operator the motivation information acquired by the motivation information acquiring module. |
| US12046144B2 |
Proximity sensing system and method for a marine vessel
A navigation system for a marine vessel incudes one or more proximity sensors, each at a sensor location on the marine vessel and configured to measure proximity of objects in an area surrounding the marine vessel and generate proximity measurements, and a control system configured to receive the proximity measurements measured by the one or more proximity sensors. From the received proximity measurements, four linearly-closest proximity measurements to the marine vessel are identified, including one closest proximity measurement to the marine vessel in each of a positive X direction, a negative X direction, a positive Y direction, and a negative Y direction. A most important object (MIO) dataset is generated identifying the four linearly-closest proximity measurements and propulsion of the marine vessel is controlled based at least in part on the MIO dataset. |
| US12046143B2 |
Sensor fusion for object-avoidance detection
This document describes techniques, apparatuses, and systems for sensor fusion for object-avoidance detection, including stationary-object height estimation. A sensor fusion system may include a two-stage pipeline. In the first stage, time-series radar data passes through a detection model to produce radar range detections. In the second stage, based on the radar range detections and camera detections, an estimation model detects an over-drivable condition associated with stationary objects in a travel path of a vehicle. By projecting radar range detections onto pixels of an image, a histogram tracker can be used to discern pixel-based dimensions of stationary objects and track them across frames. With depth information, a highly accurate pixel-based width and height estimation can be made, which after applying over-drivability thresholds to these estimations, a vehicle can quickly and safely make over-drivability decisions about objects in a road. |
| US12046139B1 |
Parking management systems and methods
A vehicle parking management system includes one or more processors configured to receive data indicative of one or more characteristics of one or more parking locations. The one or more processors is also configured to determine one or more recommended parking locations of the one or more parking locations based on the data and based on an input related to a vehicle. The one or more processors is further configured to output a recommendation of the one or more recommended parking locations via a display screen to a driver of the vehicle. |
| US12046138B2 |
Method and system for inter and intra agency communication, tracking and coordination
A method of tracking at least one emergency service provider is disclosed. An electronic history is compiled that includes at least one identifier of a service provider, at least one identifier of an event to which the service provider responded, and GPS data identifying the geographic location of the service provider at each time interval within the duration of the event. A user interface within which is displayed a first identifier of a first event is generated to a display device. A selection of the event identifier is received from a user. In response to the selection of the identifier, an aerial view of a geographic region within which the first event took place is generated. At least one icon is displayed in the aerial view representing the service provider at the geographic location corresponding to at least one time interval during the event. |
| US12046123B2 |
Enhanced situational awareness for emergency response
An emergency system can access a variety of situational data items, such as video streams, facility information, and present and past incident data. The emergency system identifies data items that may be relevant to a particular incident and provides the relevant data items in one or more user interfaces. For example, the emergency system identifies relevant data items based on the reported location of the incident and the type of incident. As additional incident information is received or entered by telecommunicators, the emergency system can further filter and surface data items likely to be useful in responding to the incident. Certain data items may only be permitted to be viewed by certain types of users, or under certain conditions. The emergency system may ensure that data items are provided to authorized users and in permitted use cases. |
| US12046122B1 |
Lockable tracking bracelet for people and objects
Disclosed is a tracking method comprising: detecting, by a tracking device, a trigging event; automatically sending, by the tracking device, a notification associated with the trigging event to a principal device to determine whether to send a controlling signal to the tracking device; receiving, by the tracking device, the controlling signal from the principal device; and broadcasting, by the tracking device, one or more alarm signals associated with the trigging event to one or more affiliate device. |
| US12046120B1 |
Alarm scoring based on alarm event data in a storage environment having time-controlled access
According to some embodiments, a system is provided. The system comprises a computing system that is configured to receive an alarm signal from a premises monitoring system that is configured to monitor a premises, receive alarm event data associated with an alarm event, store the alarm event data associated with the alarm event in at least one data store of the computing system, enforce an access control policy on the alarm event data stored in the at least one data store, the access control policy restricting access to the alarm event data based on time and a plurality of roles of a plurality of users of the computing system, perform at least one analytics operation on the alarm event data associated with the alarm event, and update a value of a current alarm score based on an output of the at least one analytics operation. |
| US12046119B1 |
Systems and methods for integrated traffic incident detection and response
An electronic device receives operational data indicative of an operational characteristic of a vehicle from a sensor of the electronic device, a sensor of the vehicle, and/or images/videos captured by a camera. The electronic device determines that the vehicle has had a potential incident and a likelihood that the potential incident has actually occurred based on analysis of the operational data. The electronic device also receives risk management data associated with the vehicle from a database, and determines a severity level for the potential incident based on the operational data and the risk management data. The electronic device then sends a notification indicative of the potential incident based on the likelihood that the potential incident has actually occurred and the severity level for the potential incident to a third-party remote system (e.g., of a towing service, an emergency service, or both) to request assistance. |
| US12046112B1 |
Threat monitoring and notifications
A system for monitoring financial threats includes: at least one central processing unit and system memory that causes the system to: receive information about a threat associated with a financial services device; identify a type of the threat; identify a location associated with the threat; and notify one or more customers associated with the financial services device based upon the type or the location of the threat. |
| US12046111B2 |
Banking systems controlled by data bearing records
A cash handling device having at least one processor, a communication interface, an item accepting device, an item dispensing device, an internal currency scanning system, an internal currency transport system, one or more currency storage cartridges, and a memory may receive, from a user, a request to perform a deposit transaction. Based on receiving the request to perform the deposit transaction, the cash handling device may receive at least one deposit item for deposit. Subsequently, the cash handling device may validate the at least one deposit item received for deposit. Based on validating the at least one deposit item received for deposit, the cash handling device may generate a deposit transaction record that includes information directing a banking server to apply a provisional credit to a treasury account associated with the user. Subsequently, the cash handling device may send the deposit transaction record to the banking server. |
| US12046110B2 |
Crediting and debiting an electronic gaming machine in a casino environment
Devices, systems and methods are provided to enable casino operators to provide printed tangible items for patron uses, such as lottery tickets. Such embodiments accept tangible indicators of financial consideration from patrons, such as currency or tickets associated with certain verifiable values, such as valid and winning lottery tickets and other forms of consideration which a patron can provide to a casino in exchange for one or more points. |
| US12046104B2 |
Progressive systems on a distributed ledger
A blockchain system provides progressive jackpots within a blockchain network of participating electronic devices. The blockchain system includes an electronic gaming machine storing a local blockchain and a system blockchain. The EGM is configured to identify a plurality of transactions for the first progressive jackpot account, each transaction of the plurality of transactions are deposit transactions from the first plurality of electronic gaming devices adding value to the first progressive jackpot account within the local blockchain. The EGM also determines a total sum amount of the plurality of transactions and creates a first deposit blockchain transaction including a first progressive jackpot account identifier and the total sum amount. The EGM transmits the first deposit blockchain transaction to one or more nodes of the second plurality of electronic gaming devices for addition to the system blockchain. |
| US12046099B2 |
Method and apparatus for fuel payment processing
A system includes a processor configured to receive a vehicle identifier identifying a vehicle from a first digital entity. The processor is also configured to digitally obtain a payment account associated with the identifier, responsive to receiving the identifier. The processor is further configured to validate payment rights through input from a second entity, confirming the right to use the account to pay for charging the vehicle and responsive to successful validation, charge the payment account for vehicle charging, following vehicle charging completion. |
| US12046098B2 |
Paper sheet processing device
A paper sheet processing device includes: an input unit into which paper sheets are input from the outside; an identification unit for identifying the paper sheets fed out from the input unit while allowing them to pass through in a first direction and identifying the paper sheets while allowing them to pass through in a second direction opposite to the first direction; a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the paper sheets identified as being acceptable by the identification unit; a payout unit for accommodating the paper sheets identified as being unacceptable by the identification unit so as to be able to be taken out to the outside; and a storage unit for storing the paper sheets fed out from the temporary storage unit and identified by the identification unit while being allowed to pass through the identification unit in the second direction, wherein the paper sheets fed out from the temporary storage unit and identified by the identification unit while being allowed to pass through the identification unit in the second direction can be transferred to the input unit. |
| US12046097B2 |
Wireless communication system
A wireless communication system is mounted on a moving body, and includes a wireless communication unit, a terminal identification (ID) reader, an operation receiver, a moving body state detector, a communication permission list, and a controller. The wireless communication unit transmits and receives information to and from the wireless terminal. The terminal ID reader reads, from the wireless terminal, ID information that identifies the wireless terminal. The operation receiver receives a specific operation from a user. The moving body state detector detects an operation state of the moving body. The communication permission list stores the ID information of a wireless terminal that is permitted to communicate with the wireless communication unit. When the operation receiver receives the operation from the user and the moving body state detector detects that the moving body is in a preset operation state, the controller adds, in the communication permission list, the ID information of the wireless terminal read by the terminal ID reader. |
| US12046096B2 |
Safety switch with push-button panel
A switch monitors an access (A) to a machine or plant. The switch has a switching device (3) housing switching mechanism, an actuator device (2), and a push-button panel (12). The housing switching mechanism operatively connects to one or more circuits of the machine or plant. The actuator device (2) interacts with the switching mechanism at the opening/closing of the access (A). The push-button panel (12) has a shell (14) provided with controls (13) designed to operate on one or more of the circuits of the machine or plant. The shell anchors to a fixed part (F) of the access (A) to allow the rotation of the shell (14) around a rotation axis (R), so as to vary an orientation of the shell (14) with respect to the switching device (3) and/or to control and/or service circuits. |
| US12046095B2 |
Secure inventory access and control mechanism
Secure medication storage is described herein. A smart latch includes an actuator, a communication interface, a display, and a processor. The actuator is configured to open and close a latch to secure a door of the enclosure. The processor can be configured to receive a user credential for accessing the enclosure, validate the user credential for accessing the enclosure, trigger the actuator to open the latch, thereby allowing the door to be opened, and trigger the actuator to close the latch after detecting that the door is closed, thereby securing the door. |
| US12046094B2 |
Entrance management system and operation method thereof
Provided are an entrance management system and an operating method thereof. The operating method of an entrance management system may include: detecting an electronic device by using short-range wireless communication; measuring a distance from the electronic device; when the electronic device enters a set first range, opening an entrance; and when the distance from the electronic device decreases to a preset value or less, closing the entrance. |
| US12046092B2 |
Gate pass management system, gate pass management method, mobile device, gate pass notification method, and program
In a gate pass management system, a first reception unit having a first reception range receives a first RF signal including identification information of a mobile device. In the gate pass management system, a second reception unit having a second reception range, defined to be a range located closer to a predetermined area than the first reception range is, receives a second RF signal. In the gate pass management system, when the second RF signal is received after the first RF signal has been received, a decision is made that the mobile device be currently located within the second reception range. |
| US12046088B2 |
Durability life management device of power transmission system and durability life management method of power transmission system
In order to estimate the degree of fatigue in a power transmission system and suitably manage a durability life, this durability life management device of the power transmission system is provided with: an input section which receives an input of vehicle running information including a torque generated by a driving source; a control section which controls the degree of damage to a component of the power transmission system on the basis of the running information and determines, on the basis of the degree of damage, whether the degree of fatigue in the power transmission system is high; and an output section which outputs a signal indicating that the degree of fatigue is high, when the degree of fatigue is determined to be high. |
| US12046084B2 |
Surveillance system for an infrastructure and/or a vehicle with event detection
The invention relates to a surveillance system for an infrastructure and/or for a vehicle, comprising at least two sensor modules configured to collect respective sensor data from a respective associated sensor; an analysis module configured to access the sensor data; wherein the sensor modules are configured to provide the sensor data with a time stamp; and the analysis module is configured to detect a given event based on sensor data of at least one first sensor module and to associate sensor data of at least one other second sensor module with the event based on the time stamps of the sensor data to provide an enhanced surveillance and/or maintenance system, in particular a system suitable for large and/or complex infrastructures, vehicles, and combinations thereof. |
| US12046080B2 |
Secure on-line ticketing
A method and apparatus for generating a Value Bearing Indicium (VBI) for on-line ticketing applications. A VBI may be generated by hashing user information to create a message digest that is used to create a digital signature. The digital signature is combined with the user information to create a VBI that can be validated by a variety of stand-alone or on-line methods. An on-line ticketing application using the VBI is described. |
| US12046079B2 |
Imaging device and imaging method
An imaging device includes: an imaging portion that captures an image of a portion of a living body to take in the image; a display portion that displays first and second display images with being superimposed on each other, the first display image being based on the taken-in image, the second display image including guidance regarding a way to place the portion of the living body in a prescribed position; a determination portion that determines whether the portion of the living body is placed in the prescribed position; and a control portion that, until it is determined that the portion of the living body is placed in the prescribed position, causes the imaging portion to newly capture and take in a new image of the portion of the living body and causes the display portion to display an image based on the new taken-in image. |
| US12046078B2 |
Accident detection device and accident detection method
An accident detection device is provided with: a possession detection unit that uses a photographed images from a surveillance camera to detect a person and a possession, which is an object possessed by the person; and an accident determination unit that determines whether an accident has occurred on the basis of movement of the person and the possession in the photographed images from the surveillance camera. |
| US12046077B2 |
Assistance management system
A method can include determining an assistance-initiating characteristic corresponding to a user. Determining the assistance-initiating characteristic can be based, at least in part, on a user action by the user. The method can further include generating an adaptation corresponding to the assistance-initiating characteristic. Generating the adaptation can include automatically adjusting an adaptable device. |
| US12046074B2 |
Systems and methods for real-time user verification in online education
Systems and methods for real-time user verification in online education are disclosed. In certain example embodiments, user identifying information associated with a user and a request to access online education content may be received from a user device. A face template including historical facial image data for the user can be identified. Current facial image data can be compared to the face template to determine if a match exists. Biometric sensor data, such as heart rate data, may also be received for the user. The biometric sensor data may be evaluated to determine if the user is currently located at the user device. If the user is currently located at the user device and the current facial image data matches the face template, access to the online education content may be provided to the user at the user device. |
| US12046073B2 |
Automatic scent selection
A computer implemented method, a computerized apparatus and a computer program product for automatic scent selection. The computer implemented method comprising: detecting an event, wherein the event is associated with a user. The method further comprising: in response to the detection of the event, determining, by a processor, a scent for the event. The method further comprises applying, by a dispenser, the selected scent on the user. |
| US12046071B2 |
Optical imaging device
An aspect of the present invention provides an optical imaging device including a first detecting unit. The first detecting unit includes a plurality of first pixels, a first opaque layer and at least one first micro-lens. The plurality of first pixels respectively has a plurality of first optoelectronic elements. The first opaque layer has at least one opening and is disposed over the plurality of first optoelectronic elements. The at least one first micro-lens is disposed over the first opaque layer, and overlaps at least one of the plurality of first pixels. |
| US12046070B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel, and a sensor panel under the display panel, and including a fingerprint sensor, a proximity sensor between the fingerprint sensor and an edge of the sensor panel, and an illuminance sensor between the fingerprint sensor and the edge of the sensor panel, and adjacent to the proximity sensor. |
| US12046067B2 |
Optical character recognition systems and methods for personal data extraction
Methods and systems for extracting personal data from a sensitive document are provided. The system includes a document prediction module, a cropping module, a denoising module, and an optical character recognition (OCR) module. The document prediction module predicts type of document of the sensitive document using a keypoint matching-based approach and the cropping module extracts document shape and extracts one or more fields comprising text or pictures from the sensitive document. The denoising module prepares the one or more fields for optical character recognition, and the OCR module performs optical character recognition on the denoised one or more fields to detect characters in the one or more fields. |
| US12046066B2 |
Data extraction from short business documents
Systems and methods for document analysis. An image containing at least one document is received at a pre-processing stage and the image is analyzed for image quality. If the image quality is insufficient for further processing, this is adjusted until the image is suitable for further processing. After the image quality adjustment, the image is then passed to an initial processing stage. At the initial processing stage, the boundaries of one or more documents within the image are determined. In addition, the orientation of the image may be adjusted and the type of document(s) within the image is determined. From the initial processing stage, the adjusted image is then passed to a data extraction stage. At this stage, clusters of data within the document are determined and bounding boxes are placed around the clusters. Data regarding each of the clusters of data is then gathered. |
| US12046065B2 |
Information processing system, information processing method, and information storage medium
An information processing system configured to provide an electronic commerce platform. An information processing system is configured to acquire a descriptive text related to an item and at least one image related to the item; identify an object from the descriptive text; detect an object from each of the at least one image; and generate correspondence information based on correspondence between the object identified from the descriptive text and the object detected from the image. |
| US12046063B2 |
Table information extraction and mapping to other documents
The accuracy of existing machine learning models, software technologies, and computers are improved by using one or more machine learning models to map data inside structural elements, such as rows or columns, as found within a document to data objects of other documents, where the data objects are at least partially indicative of candidate categories that the data can belong to. |
| US12046056B2 |
Image annotation method and apparatus, annotation presentation method and apparatus, device, and storage medium
A computer device obtains a to-be-annotated image having a first magnification. The device obtains an annotated image from an annotated image set, the annotated image distinct from the to-be-annotated image and having a second magnification that is distinct from with the first magnification. The annotated image set includes at least one annotated image. The device matches the to-be-annotated image with the annotated image to obtain an affine transformation matrix, and generates annotation information of the to-be-annotated image according to the affine transformation matrix and the annotated image. In this way, annotations corresponding to images at different magnifications may be migrated. For example, the annotations may be migrated from the low-magnification images to the high-magnification images, thereby reducing the manual annotation amount and avoiding repeated annotations, and further improving annotation efficiency and reducing labor costs. |
| US12046055B2 |
Associating two dimensional label data with three-dimensional point cloud data
An image processing device is provided that can easily generate label data used for an object recognition technology using three-dimensional point cloud data. The image processing device (1) includes a three-dimensional point cloud obtaining unit (2), a two-dimensional label obtaining unit (4), and a label conversion unit (6). The three-dimensional point cloud obtaining unit (2) obtains three-dimensional point cloud data that represents a three-dimensional point cloud of an object. The two-dimensional label obtaining unit (4) obtains two-dimensional label data corresponding to a two-dimensional image of the object. The label conversion unit (6) associates the two-dimensional label data with the three-dimensional point cloud data, and converts the two-dimensional label data into three-dimensional point cloud label data that indicates a label of the three-dimensional point cloud. |
| US12046053B2 |
Vehicular driver monitoring system
A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a driver monitoring camera and an illumination source accommodated within a movable head of an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle. The illumination source is electrically activatable to emit near-infrared (NIR) light that illuminates with near-infrared (NIR) light at least the head of a driver of the vehicle. Emission of near-infrared (NIR) light by the illumination source is modulated on/off at an illumination source modulation rate. The camera frame capture rate of the driver monitoring camera is bigger than the illumination source modulation rate of near-infrared (NIR) light emitted by the illumination source. Frames of image data are captured by the camera and are processed while the illumination source is on and is emitting near-infrared (NIR) light, and frames of image data are captured by the camera and are processed while the illumination source is off and is not emitting near-infrared (NIR) light. |
| US12046051B2 |
Method for autonomously parking a motor vehicle
A system is provided that includes a computer including a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions such that the processor is programmed to: receive an image depicting a parking spot, determine a length of the parking spot based on a classified endpoint of the parking spot, compare the length to an average length, and determine an endpoint of the parking spot when the length is less than the average length, wherein the determined endpoint is distal to the classified endpoint. |
| US12046050B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting traffic lights using hierarchical modeling
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to accurately distinguishing a traffic light from other illuminated objects in the traffic scene and detecting states using hierarchical modeling. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting, using a machine learning (ML) model, two-dimensional (2D) coordinates of illuminated objects identified from a monocular image of a traffic scene for control adaptation by a control model. The method also includes assigning, using the ML model, computed probabilities to the illuminated objects for categories within a hierarchical ontology of environmental lights associated with the traffic scene, wherein one of the probabilities indicates existence of a traffic light instead of a brake light in the traffic scene. The method also includes executing a task by the control model for a vehicle according to the 2D coordinates and the computed probabilities. |
| US12046043B2 |
Information processing apparatus, control method, and program
An information processing apparatus (2000) detects a stationary object from video data (12). In addition, the information processing apparatus (2000) executes person detection process of detecting a person in vicinity of an object (target object) detected as the stationary object for each of a plurality of video frames (14) which includes the target object. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus (2000) executes a predetermined process by comparing results of the person detection process for each of the plurality of video frames (14). |
| US12046041B2 |
Flight guidance and control interfaces for unmanned air vehicles
Systems, methods, and devices described in the present disclosure provide technology for detecting features of interest depicted in a video stream supplied by a camera-equipped drone and adjusting the flight pattern of the drone to increase the amount of time in which the features of interest are within the line of sight of the drone. In addition, the present disclosure provides technology for detecting when events of interest occur at the features of interest and alerting personnel when the events occur. In some examples, the technology of the present disclosure also determines a format for an alert (e.g., a push notification) based on an event type so that personnel who receive the alert are apprised of the urgency of the event based on the format. |
| US12046040B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for people counting and recognition based on rhythmic motion monitoring
Methods, apparatus and systems for counting and recognizing objects or people based on rhythmic motion monitoring are described. A described method comprises: obtaining N1 time series of channel information (TSCI) of a wireless multipath channel that is impacted by a rhythmic motion of an object in a venue, wherein the N1 TSCI is extracted from a wireless signal transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver through the wireless multipath channel; decomposing each of the N1 TSCI into N2 time series of channel information components (TSCIC), wherein a channel information component (CIC) of each of the N2 TSCIC at a time comprises a respective component of a channel information (CI) of the TSCI at the time, wherein N1 and N2 are positive integers; monitoring the rhythmic motion of the object based on at least one of: the N1*N2 TSCIC and the N1 TSCI. |
| US12046030B2 |
Refrigerator
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a refrigerator may include a storage compartment, an outer door, one or more cameras provided in the outer door, a global DB configured to store a plurality of default food identification items and a plurality of default product names respectively corresponding to the plurality of default food identification items, and a local DB configured to store edited product names and a food identification item corresponding to the edited product names, and a processor configured to photograph an internal image of the storage compartment through the one or more cameras, obtain a food identification item from the photographed internal image, determine whether the obtained food identification item is stored in the local DB, and when the food identification item is not stored in the local DB, determine whether the obtained food identification item is stored in the global DB. |
| US12046027B2 |
Adversarial detection using discriminator model of generative adversarial network architecture
A method includes training, using first real data objects, a generative adversarial network having a generator model and a discriminator model to create a trained generator model that generates realistic data, and training, using adversarial data objects and second real data objects, the discriminator model to output an authenticity binary class for the adversarial data objects and the second real data objects. The method further includes deploying the discriminator model to a production system. In the production system, the discriminator model outputs the authenticity binary class to a system classifier model. |
| US12046026B2 |
Systems and methods for keypoint detection with convolutional neural networks
A keypoint detection system includes: a camera system including at least one camera; and a processor and memory, the processor and memory being configured to: receive an image captured by the camera system; compute a plurality of keypoints in the image using a convolutional neural network including: a first layer implementing a first convolutional kernel; a second layer implementing a second convolutional kernel; an output layer; and a plurality of connections between the first layer and the second layer and between the second layer and the output layer, each of the connections having a corresponding weight stored in the memory; and output the plurality of keypoints of the image computed by the convolutional neural network. |
| US12046022B2 |
Model training method, content generation method, and related apparatuses
A processing circuitry obtains a training set based on an interaction process of a plurality of cards. The training set includes a plurality of video frames, and a video frame includes a trigger region for triggering an action during the interaction process. The processing circuitry determines feature regions in the trigger region. A feature region includes a card and is set with an action label for indicating a first training content in the feature region. The processing circuitry also determines a feature vector based on the plurality of video frames. The feature vector indicates a triggering of the feature region. The processing circuit inputs the feature vector into a first model for training to obtain a second model. The first model associates the feature vector with the action label, and the second model is used for indicating a correspondence between a content of the card and the action label. |
| US12046021B2 |
Machine learning training dataset optimization
A method comprising: receiving a dataset comprising a plurality of data instances; extracting a feature vector representation of each of the data instances in the dataset; choosing a first data instance for adding to a subset of the dataset, wherein the first data instance is removed from the dataset; performing an iterative process comprising: (i) identifying one of the data instances in the dataset which represents a maximal information addition to the subset, based, at least in part, on measuring an information difference parameter between the feature vector representation of the identified data instance and the feature vector representations of all of the data instances in the subset, and (ii) adding the identified data instance to the subset and removing the identified data instance from the dataset, until the information difference parameter is lower than a predetermined threshold; and outputting the subset as a representative subset of the dataset. |
| US12046020B2 |
Lightweight artificial intelligence layer to control the transfer of big data
Methods, systems, and apparatuses related to reducing network congestion by analyzing data using a lightweight artificial intelligence (AI) layer prior to transmission are described. An AI model may predictively select data that need not be transmitted and, in some embodiments, further process data to be transmitted. As a result, the total size and amount of data transmitted over the network can be reduced, while the data needs of the receiving device can still be met. For example, data generated by a source application may be received and input into a predictive model, which may generate a prediction output for the data. The data may be pre-processed using a strategy selected based on the prediction output, and the pre-processed data may be transmitted over a network to a server. |
| US12046018B2 |
Method for identifying bone images
The present invention has as its objective a procedure for assisting a forensic expert in making decisions in order to identify subjects by comparing images of rigid anatomical structures. This procedure includes a decision-making stage based on a hierarchical analysis model that, in particular realizations, is complemented by a previous stage of segmentation of osseous images and their superimposition. |
| US12046016B2 |
Division of images into separate color layers
A method of the disclosure includes receiving, by a processing device, a document image, dividing the document image into a plurality of patches and determining, for each patch, whether the patch is monochromatic or polychromatic. It further includes clusterizing a plurality of monochromatic patches into a plurality of clusters within a color space, wherein each cluster corresponds to a color layer of a plurality of color layers of the document image, and segmenting each polychromatic patch into a corresponding plurality of monochromatic segments. The method also includes, for each polychromatic patch, associating each monochromatic segment of the corresponding plurality of monochromatic segments with a cluster of the plurality of clusters, and utilizing the plurality of clusters for performing an information extraction task on the document image. |
| US12046014B2 |
Dynamically configured extraction, preprocessing, and publishing of a region of interest that is a subset of streaming video data
A method of preprocessing incoming video data of at least one region of interest from a camera collecting video data having a first field of view is disclosed herein that includes receiving the incoming video data from the camera; preprocessing the incoming video data, by a computer processor, according to preprocessing parameters defined within a runtime configuration file, with the preprocessing including formatting the incoming video data to create first video data of a first region of interest with a second field of view that is less than the first field of view; and publishing the first video data of the first region of interest to an endpoint to allow access by a first subscriber. |
| US12046006B2 |
LIDAR-to-camera transformation during sensor calibration for autonomous vehicles
According to an aspect of an embodiment, operations may comprise receiving a LIDAR scan of a scene from a LIDAR of a vehicle with the scene comprising a board, detecting the board in the LIDAR scan, fitting a plane through LIDAR coordinates corresponding to the detected board, projecting the plane from the LIDAR coordinates to a first set of camera coordinates, detecting the board in a camera image from a camera of the vehicle at a second set of camera coordinates, and calibrating the LIDAR of the vehicle and the camera of the vehicle by determining a transform between the first set of camera coordinates and the second set of camera coordinates. |
| US12046001B2 |
Visual localization method, terminal, and server
The disclosure provides example visual localization methods. One method includes that a terminal device obtains an image of a building. The terminal device generates a descriptor based on the image. The descriptor includes information about a horizontal viewing angle between a first vertical feature line and a second vertical feature line in the image. The first vertical feature line indicates a first facade intersection line of the building, and the second vertical feature line indicates a second facade intersection line of the building. The terminal device performs matching in a preset descriptor database based on the descriptor, to obtain localization information of a photographing place of the image. |
| US12045999B2 |
Determining a duration of time in which an individual observed a region
A duration of time in which an individual observed a region can be determined. An image can be received. The image can include an indication of a point of gaze of the individual at a production time of the image. The image can include a visual fiducial marker, which can be disposed at a position in the image and can include a visual symbol. The visual symbol can be associated with data that define the region. The region can have a shape and a size and can be disposed a displacement in a direction from a position of the visual fiducial marker. Using the visual symbol, a location of an edge of the region can be determined. The indication of the point of gaze can be determined to be within the region. The production time of the image can be determined to be within the duration of time. |
| US12045984B2 |
Comparison of color images of three-dimensional dental structures
The present invention relates to a method for comparing three-dimensional dental structures, comprising the steps of acquiring (S101) a target data set representing the shape and optical properties of a natural tooth; rendering (S102) a digital tooth model (200) to generate an actual data set representing the shape and optical properties of the digital tooth model; determining (S104) a first comparison value from the actual data set; determining (S105) a second comparison value from the target data set; and determining (S106) a deviation based on the first and second comparison values. |
| US12045983B2 |
Functional measures of stenosis significance
Systems and methods for analyzing pathologies utilizing quantitative imaging are presented herein. Advantageously, the systems and methods of the present disclosure utilize a hierarchical analytics framework that identifies and quantify biological properties/analytes from imaging data and then identifies and characterizes one or more pathologies based on the quantified biological properties/analytes. This hierarchical approach of using imaging to examine underlying biology as an intermediary to assessing pathology provides many analytic and processing advantages over systems and methods that are configured to directly determine and characterize pathology from underlying imaging data. |
| US12045982B2 |
Predicting cellular pluripotency using contrast images
Embodiments of the disclosure include methods for implementing a predictive model that predicts pluripotency of cells through a cost efficient and non-destructive means. The predictive model analyzes contrast images captured from the cells and outputs predictions of cellular pluripotency at the cellular level. Thus, implementation of the predictive model guides the selection and isolation of cells that are predicted to be pluripotent. Furthermore, the predictive model facilitates retrospective analyses to correlate pluripotency metrics with differentiation success and further enables tracking of cellular pluripotency over time (e.g., to evaluate differentiation of cells). |
| US12045981B2 |
Systems and methods for radiologic and photographic imaging of patients
Methods for co-registering images of different imaging modalities include obtaining a photograph and a medical image, maximizing mutual information between the photograph and the medical image, automatically locating features common to both the photograph and the medical image based on maximized mutual information between the photograph and the medical image, and automatically highlighting the located features within the photograph or medical image. |
| US12045975B2 |
Mask inspection apparatus and mask inspection method using the same
A mask inspection method includes photographing a cell mask through which openings is formed to obtain an image, setting an area of the image adjacent to an edge of the cell mask as an inspection area, comparing a grayscale of the openings in the inspection area with a reference grayscale, and checking a defect of the cell mask according to a result of the comparing of the grayscale of the openings. |
| US12045971B2 |
Detection of deviations in packaging containers for liquid food
A monitoring system implements a method for versatile and efficient detection and grading of deviations in packaging containers for liquid food in a manufacturing plant. The method comprises obtaining image data of a packaging container, or a starting material for use in producing the packaging container; analyzing the image data for detection of a current deviation; processing the current deviation in relation to a set of basis functions, which is associated with a deviation type of the current deviation, to obtain a current set of weights that represent the current deviation; and determining a current grading of the current deviation based on the current set of weights. The set of basis function may be pre-computed based on reproductions of packaging containers or starting material comprising different magnitudes of the deviation type. |
| US12045959B2 |
Spatial metrics for denoising depth image data
Examples are disclosed relating to performing denoising and adaptive precision control on time-of-flight sensor data using noise metrics. One example provides a computing system, comprising, a logic machine, and a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to obtain time-of-flight (ToF) image data comprising a plurality of pixels, for each pixel of the ToF image data, determine one or more noise metrics by applying a spatial kernel, segment the ToF image data based on the one or more noise metrics to obtain differently classified pixels, during a denoising phase, process pixels of a first classification differently than pixels of a second classification, after the denoising phase, determine a depth image, and output the depth image. |
| US12045958B2 |
Motion artifact correction using artificial neural networks
Neural network based systems, methods, and instrumentalities may be used to remove motion artifacts from magnetic resonance (MR) images. Such a neural network based system may be trained to perform the motion artifact removal tasks without reference (e.g., without using paired motion-contaminated and motion-free MR images). Various training techniques are described herein including one that feeds the neural network with pairs of MR images with different levels of motion contamination and forces the neural network learn to correct the motion contamination by transforming a first image of a contaminated pair into a second image of the contaminated pair. Other neural network training techniques are also described with an aim to reduce the reliance on training data that is difficult to obtain. |
| US12045956B2 |
Nonuniformity correction systems and methods of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images
A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging method of correcting nonuniformity in diffusion-weighted (DW) MR images of a subject is provided. The method includes applying a DW pulse sequence along a plurality of diffusion directions with one or more numbers of excitations (NEX), and acquiring a plurality of DW MR images of the subject along the plurality of diffusion directions with the one or more NEX. The method also includes deriving a reference image and a base image based on the plurality of DW MR images, generating a nonuniformity factor image based on the reference image and the base image, and combining the plurality of DW MR images into a combined image. The method also includes correcting nonuniformity of the combined image using the nonuniformity factor image, and outputting the corrected image. |
| US12045953B2 |
Extracting region of interest from scanned images and determining an associated image type thereof
ROI (Region of Interest) detection is an important step in extracting relevant information from a document image. Such images are very high-resolution images in nature and size of images is in order of megabytes, which makes text detection pipeline very slow. Traditional methods detect and extract ROI from images, but these work only for specific image types. Other approaches include deep learning (DL) based methods for ROI detect which need intensive training and require high end computing infrastructure/resources with graphical processing unit (GPU) capabilities. Systems and methods of the present disclosure perform ROI extraction by partitioning input image into parts based on its visual perception and then classify the image in first or second category. Region of interest is extracted from a resized image based on the classification by applying image processing techniques. Further, the system determines whether the input image is a pre-cropped image or a normal scanned image. |
| US12045946B2 |
Rotating and cropping images for various forms of media including animation, comics, film, or television
A method is provided. The method includes: obtaining a picture to be processed, where the picture to be processed includes a plurality of pixels, and the plurality of pixels comprise first pixels for forming an image and second pixels for forming an image background; rotating the picture to be processed, where for each rotation angle, an intermediate picture is obtained; selecting at least two pictures from the picture to be processed and several intermediate pictures for calculating an area of a bounding box surrounding the image respectively; and removing second pixels outside the bounding box in a picture with the smallest area of bounding box to obtain a processed picture. |
| US12045945B2 |
Control device, control method, and recording medium
A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate, based on respective pieces of imaging data obtained by a plurality of imaging devices of a moving body, a three-dimensional image indicating a space including both the moving body and surroundings of the moving bod; and cause a display device to display generated the three-dimensional image. The circuitry is capable of rotation of the space in the three-dimensional image. When it is predicted that a boundary region of the respective pieces of imaging data in the three-dimensional image is present in a specific region at time of stop of the rotation, the circuitry changes the boundary region. |
| US12045940B2 |
Method for streaming dynamic 5G AR/MR experience to 5G devices with updatable scenes
A method is provided. The method includes selecting media content including a full scene description, selecting a 5th generation (5G) media streaming downlink (5GMSd) application server (AS) to stream the media content based on the full scene description, deriving a simplified scene description based on the full scene description, and creating an augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) session based on the simplified scene description. |
| US12045937B2 |
Graphics processing systems and methods with geometry level of detail processing
Graphics processing systems and methods with geometry level of detail processing are described. An example graphics processing system includes a processor configured to retrieve a first level of detail value for a meshlet instance. The processor may further be configured to compute a second level of detail value for a meshlet instance. The processor may further be configured to, based on a comparison between the first level of detail value for the meshlet instance and the second level of detail value for the meshlet instance, select a final level of detail value for the meshlet instance. The processor may further be configured to fetch vertices and corresponding indices for the meshlet instance based on the final level of detail value for the meshlet instance and process the vertices of the meshlet instance. |
| US12045935B2 |
Method, electronic device, and computer program product for generating target object
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for generating a target object. The method includes upsampling a first feature of an input point cloud. The method further includes determining a reference feature of a reference point cloud having a predetermined shape. The method further includes determining a second feature based on the upsampled first feature and the reference feature. The method further includes generating a three-dimensional target object based on the second feature and the input point cloud, wherein the target object has a fitted curved surface, and the target object has a greater number of points than the input point cloud. With embodiments of the present disclosure, a point cloud of the target object can be made denser, and the number of points can be increased, thereby achieving a more accurate three-dimensional reconstruction of the target object. |
| US12045934B2 |
Image rendering method and apparatus
An image rendering method for rendering a pixel at a viewpoint includes: for a first element of a virtual scene, having a predetermined surface at a position within that scene, evaluating whether to render a pixel corresponding to the first element using a machine learning system having been trained to output a value representative of the lighting of the predetermined surface at the position, or using an alternative rendering approach, and rendering the pixel according to which of the machine learning system and the alternative rendering approach are chosen. |
| US12045932B2 |
Image reconstruction with view-dependent surface irradiance
A computer-implemented method including: receiving visible-light images captured from viewpoints using visible-light camera(s); creating 3D model of real-world environment, wherein 3D model stores colour information pertaining to 3D points on surfaces of real objects (204); dividing 3D points into groups of 3D points, based on at least one of: whether surface normal of 3D points in group lie within predefined threshold angle from each other, differences in materials of real objects, differences in textures of surfaces of real objects; for group of 3D points, determining at least two of visible-light images in which group of 3D points is captured from different viewpoints, wherein said images are representative of different surface irradiances of group of 3D points; and storing, in 3D model, information indicative of different surface irradiances. |
| US12045930B2 |
Computing device and method for generating realistic synthetic image data
A computing device, a method and a computer program product are provided to generate realistic synthetic image data that is utilized to train, test and/or deploy a computer vision model, such as to recognize an object from an image, to identify a visual anomaly in the object from an image of the object or the like. In the context of a method, a plurality of computer generated three-dimensional (3D) models of an object are generated. The method also generates realistic synthetic image data representative of each of the plurality of computer generated 3D models. The realistic synthetic image data is generated by utilizing a first machine learning model trained with pairs of computer generated synthetic image data and real image data of the object. The method further trains, tests or deploys the computer vision model to recognize the object from an image based upon the realistic synthetic image data. |
| US12045929B2 |
System and method for generating three dimensional geometric models of anatomical regions
A three-dimensional geometric image of an anatomical region is generated from a plurality of two-dimensional echographic image slices of the region. The image slices are filtered using a reaction-diffusion partial differential equation model before being arranged into a voxel space. Each voxel is then assigned a voxel value to create a volumetric data set from which the volumetric image can be rendered. The image is rendered from far to near, relative to a preset viewing direction, by an alpha-blending process. The alpha value at any given voxel can be determined using the magnitude of the density gradient vector at that voxel. Similarly, the direction of the density gradient vector at a given voxel can be used as a surface normal vector for shading purposes at that voxel. |
| US12045926B1 |
Method, apparatus and device for converting texture map of three-dimensional model, and medium
A method for converting a 3D model texture map, includes: determining a target plane based on coordinates of multiple initial key points in a 3D model, where the 3D model is divided into multiple faces, and the initial key points are boundary vertices of the faces; obtaining a key point set corresponding to each initial key point, where the key point set corresponding to each initial key point includes the coordinates of the each initial key point and initial key points in a neighborhood of the each initial key point; determining Laplace coordinates of each initial key point on the target plane based on each key point set; and inserting a texture map corresponding to each face into the target plane based on a preset algorithm and the Laplace coordinates of each initial key point, thereby obtaining a two-dimensional (2D) texture map. |
| US12045925B2 |
Computing images of head mounted display wearer
In various examples there is an apparatus for computing an image depicting a face of a wearer of a head mounted display (HMD), as if the wearer was not wearing the HMD. An input image depicts a partial view of the wearer's face captured from at least one face facing capture device in the HMD. A machine learning apparatus is available which has been trained to compute expression parameters from the input image. A 3D face model that has expressions parameters is accessible as well as a photorealiser being a machine learning model trained to map images rendered from the 3D face model to photorealistic images. The apparatus computes expression parameter values from the image using the machine learning apparatus. The apparatus drives the 3D face model with the expression parameter values to produce a 3D model of the face of the wearer and then renders the 3D model from a specified viewpoint to compute a rendered image. The rendered image is upgraded to a photorealistic image using the photorealiser. |
| US12045921B2 |
Automated content curation for generating composite augmented reality content
The subject technology selects a plurality of augmented reality (AR) content items based at least in part on a set of attributes. The subject technology analyzes each of the selected plurality of AR content items to determine an inclusion of textual information, identify an area of interest, or detect panning motion. The subject technology modifies each of the selected plurality of AR content items based at least in part on the analyzing. The subject technology generates, using at least the modified plurality of AR content items, a composite AR content item, the composite AR content item comprising a sequence of different AR content items, each of the different AR content items corresponding to a modified AR content item from the modified plurality of AR content items. The subject technology causes display, at a client device, the generated composite AR content item. |
| US12045919B2 |
Systems and processes for multi-directional connection of directed acyclic graphs between dashboarding tools and external data tools
Systems and processes are provided for dashboarding tools with multi-directional connection of directed acyclic graphs. The systems and processes presented comprise hardware architecture, computer-implemented processes, and instructions configured to carry out the processes for dashboarding tools with multi-directional connection of directed acyclic graphs, wherein the multi-directional connection is between dashboarding tools and external data tools. A user may use the systems and processes to create, view, and share data analytics with other users, drawing upon multiple external and internal directed acyclic graphs or other data models or external data sources with data lineage preserved. The present disclosure solves problems with the currently available systems and processes of data analytics, DAGs, data models, and visualization of data analytics. |
| US12045918B2 |
Techniques for analyzing command usage of software applications
A command map GUI that illustrates command usage patterns of a first entity and/or a comparison between the first entity and a second entity. A server receives and stores command usage data from a plurality of clients, each client executing a software application that enables a set of commands. A client displays the GUI based on command usage data received from the server. The GUI displays a circle chart comprising a plurality of segments representing various command categories, each segment including a wedge that represents the amount of usage of the corresponding command category. The GUI also displays a plurality of data points, each data point representing a command, wherein the distance from the center of the circle chart represents the amount of usage of the corresponding command. The GUI may display a certification and/or an unused command recommended for a user based on command usage patterns of the user. |
| US12045915B2 |
Magnetic resonance image processing apparatus and method thereof
The present invention is to provide a magnetic resonance image processing method. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a magnetic resonance image processing method by a magnetic resonance image processing apparatus comprises the steps of: obtaining a sub-sampled magnetic resonance signal; acquiring first k-space data from the sub-sampled magnetic resonance signal using a first parallel imaging technique; obtaining a first magnetic resonance image from the first k-space data by using an inverse Fourier operation; generating first input image data by preprocessing the first magnetic resonance image; and obtaining a first output magnetic resonance image from the first input image data using a first artificial neural network model. |
| US12045911B2 |
Physical surrounding modification user experience for synchronized mirror world VR content
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for synchronizing a physical environment with a virtual environment is provided. The present invention may include analyzing a virtual environment to determine one or more physical movements required for a user to navigate within the virtual environment; scanning, with one or more sensors, a physical environment to identify one or more physical movements required for the user to navigate within the physical environment; responsive to determining that the one or more physical movements required for a user to navigate within the virtual environment do not match the one or more physical movements required for a user to navigate within the physical environment, identifying how the physical environment must be modified to incorporate the physical movements of the virtual environment; and communicating the identified modifications to the physical environment to the user. |
| US12045909B2 |
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for dynamically switching graphics modes for providing a display signal
Embodiments are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods to implement policies for dynamically switching between an integrated graphics mode and a discrete graphics mode for providing a display signal to an external USB Type-C port. Some embodiments include a controller configured to provide signals to a first multiplexer and to a second multiplexer, and based on a platform policy, control the at least first or the second multiplexer to dynamically switch to the first graphics mode to output signals received from an integrated graphics controller to the external USB Type-C port or to switch to the second graphics mode to output signals received from a discrete graphics controller to the external USB Type-C port. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US12045907B2 |
Program, information processing apparatus, and information processing method
A program in the present invention causes a computer to perform: performing a first process for performing a predetermined process related to an aircraft boarding procedure and acquiring boarding reservation information on a user; when the process is completed, performing a second process for matching biometric information acquired from the user with passport biometric information included in passport information acquired from a passport of the user and, when a result of the matching of the biometric information with the passport biometric information is that the matching is successful, associating the passport information, the biometric information, and the boarding reservation information with each other; and performing a switching process for switching whether to perform the first process or the second process. |
| US12045906B2 |
Controlling the operation of a personal mobility in a rental service
An embodiment server includes a communicator configured to communicate with a personal mobility and a user terminal and a controller configured to control the communicator to transmit a rental permission signal to the personal mobility in response to receiving an authentication completion signal from the user terminal, wherein the authentication completion signal is a signal generated by the user terminal based on biometric information of a user received by the user terminal and registered biometric information stored in the user terminal. |
| US12045900B1 |
Home assessment
Systems, methods, apparatuses and computer-readable media for receiving data associated with a structure or home are presented. Data may be received from an insurance provider associated with the structure, from publicly available sources and/or from a user. A template of items to evaluate associated with the structure may be generated. User input may be received associated with one or more of the items and a determination may be made as to whether a potential issue exists with respect to the item. Other aspects relate to receiving data associated with a plurality of items from the template and prioritizing potential issues identified for each item. Other aspects relate to providing options or images to a user for selection. The user may select an option or image based on the similarity to the item in the structure, which may prompt additional options or images to be provided to the user for selection. |
| US12045888B2 |
Pre-hedge rules and tools for creating pre-hedge rules
The disclosed embodiments provide pre-hedge rules and tools for creating pre-hedge rules. An example method includes receiving an indication that a first leg of a spread trade is at least partially filled; and in response to the indication and before an order associated with a second leg of the spread trade is placed, determining whether a condition defined in a rule is satisfied and, when the condition is satisfied, performing an action defined in the rule. |
| US12045887B2 |
Transactionally deterministic high speed financial exchange having improved, efficiency, communication, customization, performance, access, trading opportunities, credit controls, and fault tolerance
The disclosed embodiments relate to implementation of a trading system, which may also be referred to as a trading system architecture, having improved performance which further assures transactional determinism under increasing processing transaction loads while providing improved trading opportunities, fault tolerance, low latency processing, high volume capacity, risk mitigation and market protections with minimal impact, as well as improved and equitable access to information and opportunities. |
| US12045883B2 |
Computer system and a computerized method for central counterparty limit management
A computer system 10 for central counterparty limit management, the computer system 10 comprising one or more computers on a network. The computer system 10 comprises an input to receive an indication of a planned order of at least one over-the-counter derivative between counterparties from an asset manager 14. The planned order is associated with at least one actual order to be executed on an execution venue 16. The computer system 10 also includes at least one storage device configured to store a limit comprising an indication of counterparty risk as a stored limit of the asset manager 14; an execution venue output configured to output an indication of a counterparty risk limit of the asset manager 14 to an execution venue 16; and an asset manager output configured to output an indication that the planned order is within the stored limit of the asset manager to the asset manager 14. The computer system 10 is configured such that in response to receiving the indication of a planned order at the input from the asset manager 14, computer system 10 checks if the planned order is within the stored limit of the asset manager 14, and, if the planned order is within the stored limited of the asset manager 14, the computer system 10 outputs from the execution venue output an indication of a limit corresponding to the limit required to execute the actual order associated with the planned order on an execution venue 16 to the execution venue. |
| US12045880B2 |
Business to business credit facility provisioning and processing system and method with automatic lightweight module as a payment option at checkout
Technologies are described herein for providing an internet-connected computer system for improved business-to-business lending experience. Through the use of a simplified underwriting architecture, and a minimalistic user interface, the system improves the quality of the lending experience while reducing merchant risk and allowing product flexibility. The system further describes a secure environment, providing additional advantages over traditional methods of business-to-business underwriting. |
| US12045878B1 |
Managed account continuum system and method
A system includes a server operable to communicatively couple with a customer interface device (CID) such that state-of-life inputs from the CID are communicated to the server. The server includes a memory configured to store the state-of-life inputs and storing a program executable by a processor of the server. The server also includes a processor configured to execute the program such that the program determines a financial service product based on the state-of-life inputs and such that the server issues a communication to the CID including a recommendation of the financial service product. The processor is also configured to format one or more selections made by the customer from the recommendation on a single-rail managed account product continuum having two or more financial service products. |
| US12045873B2 |
Systems and methods for modifying a website
Methods and systems are disclosed for providing seller-initiated financing in a sale of an item between private parties. A financial service system configures a financing program to give sellers the opportunity to offer prospective buyers financing directly. The financial service system enrolls a given seller in the program, providing resources and services to the seller to help market the sale and select a credit-worthy buyer. Once the transaction is completed, the financial service system transfers proceeds to the seller, then configures a loan account and payment plan for the buyer. Alternatively, the program can be implemented with an intermediate service provider, such as an online marketplace retailer. The service provider enrolls the seller and assists with marketing and buyer selection, and the financial service system transfers proceeds to the seller and service provider, and configures a loan account and payment plan for the buyer. |
| US12045867B2 |
Item identification with low resolution image processing
Images of an unknown item picked from a store are processed to produce a cropped image. The cropped image is processed to produce a brightness/perspective corrected image, and the brightness/perspective corrected image is processed to produce a low-resolution final image. Image features of the low-resolution final image are extracted and compared against known item features for known items to identify an item code for a known item. |
| US12045865B2 |
Personalized mattress system and mattress customization method
The present disclosure discloses a personalized mattress system and a mattress customization method. The personalized mattress system includes a client, an adjustable mattress device, and a cloud, wherein the client includes a user login unit, a user personal customization unit, a mattress control unit, and a data communication unit; the adjustable mattress device includes a data communication unit, a main control unit, an algorithm unit, a sensing unit, an adjustment unit, and a local data storage unit; and the adjustable mattress device acquires user customization information from the client or the cloud through the data communication unit and perform mattress adjustment. |
| US12045862B2 |
System and method for purchasing advertisements associated with words and phrases
Disclosed is a system and method for enhancing value for advertisers by helping them select and initiate the purchase of an advertisement associated with an advertising (ad) words or phrases that have strong semantic relationships to a given context, but which are not necessarily the most popular ad words or phrases with the highest costs. Advertisements associated with ad words or phrases that have strong semantic relationships to a given context, and yet are still cost effective in that their calculated value exceeds the costs of purchasing the ad keywords, are bid for and bought. In an embodiment, the system and method may be adapted to automatically purchase advertisements associated with ad words or phrases when the ad words or phrases fall within a desired price range based on their calculated value. As the prices of advertisements associated with these words or phrases fluctuate over time based on their popularity of the words or phrases, the automated bidding and buying of advertisements may be used to purchase advertisements associated with words or phrases at a price desirable to a given ad purchaser. By automatically purchasing such advertisements, the return on investment (ROI) for an advertiser may be improved. |
| US12045861B2 |
Systems and methods for generating travel-related recommendations using electronic communication data
Disclosed are systems and methods for generating recommendations to users based on historical travel information and electronic communication data. The disclosed systems and methods provide a novel framework for automating the transmission of electronic travel-related recommendations to users by consistently monitoring electronic messages received at an electronic communication mailbox corresponding to a user. The disclosed framework operates by leveraging historical user data, data parsed from electronic communication mailbox corresponding to a user, or various vendor information, and using the aforementioned data as inputs for travel-related recommendation models, in order to generate and transmit the optimal travel-related recommendations to a user. |
| US12045857B2 |
System for providing impressions based on consumer preferences for future promotions
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are disclosed for providing an impression to a consumer based on consumer preferences for future promotions. The methods include accessing consumer preferences for future promotions that specify at least one promotion request relating to a provider or a promotion category, and one or more promotion qualities, analyzing a plurality of promotions to identify those that satisfy the consumer preferences, and providing an impression to the consumer indicating the availability of the identified promotions. In embodiments, the methods can be used to identify promotions that are combinable with additional promotions offered by the same provider. Corresponding apparatus and computer program products are also provided. |
| US12045856B2 |
Sales promotion using product comparison
Methods and apparatus are disclosed regarding an e-commerce system that promotes sales of products based on product comparisons. Some embodiments may present a marketing message that justifies a price difference between presented products based on attribute differences between the presented products. |
| US12045855B2 |
Systems and/or methods for distributing advertisements from a central advertisement network to a peripheral device via a local advertisement server
Certain exemplary embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems and/or methods for distributing advertisements from a central advertisement network to one or more peripheral devices at a location via a local advertisement server. In certain exemplary embodiments, the local advertisement server within a location receives advertisements from the central advertisement network and rebroadcasts them to peripheral devices within that location. Advertising information may be tracked and reported, e.g., for accounting, revenue-sharing, and/or other purposes in certain exemplary embodiments. Thus, in certain exemplary embodiments, the distribution of advertisements is provided to peripherals via a non-web- and non-PC-dependent network. Moreover, in certain exemplary embodiments, reporting and advertising related communications are substantially bi-directional regardless of device type. Certain exemplary embodiments provide revenue sharing among some or all of the central advertising network provider, the proprietors of locations, operators tasked with maintaining the local ad server and/or the peripheral devices, etc. |
| US12045854B2 |
Geospatially informed resource utilization
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting physical location usage for a plurality of particular locations. Methods can include obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the given geographic area, wherein the 3D representation depicts a view of the given geographic area from a specified viewing perspective. For the given geographic area, traffic data is obtained indicating different traffic volumes during different time periods and one or more traffic characteristics. The 3D representation is segmented into a plurality of particular locations. For each particular location among the plurality of particular locations and based on the traffic data, a viewability score is determined that indicates an aggregate amount of time that the particular location is viewable by traffic passing the different locations. Physical location usage is then adjusted based on the viewability scores for the plurality of particular locations. |
| US12045852B2 |
Systems and methods for online traffic filtration by electronic content providers
Systems and methods are disclosed for traffic filtration by content providers. One method includes receiving a content request from a device of a user; determining whether one or more container tags are associated with requested content; determining, prior to responding to the content request, whether the content request is by a user based on the content request and the one or more container tags; generating, prior to responding to the content request, an ad request based on the content request and the one or more container tags; determining, prior to responding to the content request, an ad request recipient based on the generated ad request and the one or more container tags; transmitting the ad request to the determined ad request recipient; and transmitting, over the electronic network to the device, a response to the content request when the content request is determined to be by a user. |
| US12045851B2 |
Constraint-based optimization
Systems and methods for constraint-based optimization, comprising: an AI demand forecasting engine, an optimization engine, a user-defined objective, and a user-defined set of constraints. Using historical sales data, the AI demand forecasting engine generates a plurality of entities, each entity defined by a placement of an item in a promotion platform; and forecasts the objective associated with each entity. The optimization engine generates a plurality of plans, each plan consisting of a unique subset of entities. Plans that violate at least one constraint are eliminated by the optimization engine, leaving a set of candidate solutions. An optimum plan is selected from the set of candidate solutions based on maximization of the objective. |
| US12045850B2 |
Method and system for automated application of fuel discounts from carriers to contracted drivers
Receiving, at a server, an identifier from a user to authorize fuel payment at a fuel station. Associating the identifier with a carrier, the carrier being entitled to a fuel discount at the fuel station. Authorizing the fuel station to provide fuel to the user with the fuel discount, which may be variable. The identifier may be received from a mobile application, a company credit card, a personal credit card, a virtual credit card, and/or an onboard electronic logging device (ELD). The authorizing of the fuel station to provide fuel to the user with the fuel discount may be limited by an amount and/or a type of fuel. A system is provided that includes a receiver module, and a server, and a transmitter module. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for operating a fuel discount sharing application is provided. |
| US12045847B2 |
Predictions based on analysis of big data
Systems as described herein may analyze big data to generate predictions for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings and/or other subscription-based software. A prediction system may receive small business transaction data comprising payment information between a plurality of merchants and a software vendor. The prediction system may receive enterprise merchant insights information. The prediction system may identify, based on the small business transaction data and the enterprise merchant insights information, recurring transactions using a first machine learning model. The prediction system may generate an average contract price and a confidence score, using a second machine learning model. The prediction system may generate a recommendation comprising a renewal rate. Based on a determination that a service provided by the software vendor is coming due for renewal, the prediction system may send, to a particular merchant, an alert associated with the renewal and the recommendation. |
| US12045846B1 |
System and method of demand planning for substitutable items
A system and method are disclosed for planning a product assortment based on a sales forecast without using a cross elasticity by receiving a percentage pricing change for at least two substitutable products of an inventory in a supply chain network having one or more supply chain entities, and at least two substitutable products are grouped in the same product category and at least one of at least two substitutable products is grouped in a product assortment, calculating an average percent pricing change for the product category including at least two substitutable products and a direct effect factor and cross-effect factor for each of at least two substitutable products, and identifying an item of at least two substitutable items to be removed from the product assortment based, at least in part, on a substitutable demand calculated by modeling a price increase of a substitutable item to infinity. |
| US12045845B2 |
Methods and apparatus to compensate for server-generated errors in database proprietor impression data due to misattribution and/or non-coverage
Methods and apparatus to compensate impression data for misattribution and non-coverage are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a first request from a first type of computing device; sending a request for demographic information corresponding to requests received at a first internet domain from the first type of computing device; generating an aggregated audience distribution including a first audience distribution of a first household aggregated with a second audience distribution of a second household; normalizing the aggregated audience distribution to generate a misattribution correction matrix, the misattribution correction matrix including a probability that an impression of the media is attributable to a first demographic group when the database proprietor determines the impression corresponds to a person in a second demographic group; and compensating misattribution error in the impressions by re-assigning the impressions from the second demographic group to the first demographic group using the misattribution correction matrix. |
| US12045844B2 |
Instant personal electronic parking system and method
A personal electronic parking system and method adapted to identify, track, predict, alert, manage and collect payment, and enforce on-street and off-street parking, the system including a central cloud network adapted to generate and manage user data and parking data, a user interface adapted to show users parking information relevant to the user, a unique machine-readable code, wherein the code provides identification of a specific vehicle used by the user, one or more sensors, one or more meter devices adapted to connect with the central cloud network and the user interface, and a parking payment and enforcement portal. |
| US12045839B1 |
System and method for evaluating rules
A system and method reduces or minimizes the number of characteristic values required to evaluate a rule by selecting elements of the rule in an order most likely to allow evaluation of the rule without requiring evaluation of other elements of the rule. The selection may be a function of one or both of the structure of the rule and the probability that an element will resolve to a particular value of true or false. |
| US12045836B2 |
Intelligent system for online customer assistance
A computer-implemented systems and methods for online customer assistance are disclosed. The computer-implemented system comprises a user interface, a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to execute instructions to receive a request for assistance from a customer via the user interface, identify at least one last-ordered product, and aggregate customer specific information, one or more previously-ordered products, and the customer specific information that may include product delivery information. Furthermore, the at least one processor may be configured to execute instructions to determine an action pattern of the customer for the at least one last-ordered product, assigning a priority to the order for the at least one last-ordered product or previously-ordered products, determine a response to the customer based on the priority of the order, and provide the response to the request from the customer device via the user interface. |
| US12045833B2 |
Transaction exchange platform with a messenger microservice to update transactions
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for pausing the processing of transactions during a workflow. Other aspects may provide for a messaging microservice that permits communications between the transaction exchange platform and external third-parties. |
| US12045825B2 |
Linguistic transformation based relationship discovery for transaction validation
From transaction data, a graph modeling a set of relationships between transaction elements is constructed, a node of the graph representing a transaction element, an edge of the graph representing a relationship between two transaction elements. Using a part of speech analysis model, a subset of the nodes is tagged with a corresponding first part of speech tag. An alternative part of speech tag is generated for a tagged node. A set of tagged nodes is grouped into a word group including at least one tagged node having an alternative part of speech tag. The word group is validated against a grammar of a natural language. Responsive to the validating determining that the word group conforms to the grammar, a set of additional nodes representing the word group is added to the graph. Using the modified graph, a transaction in the transaction data is validated. |
| US12045823B2 |
Systems and methods for validating an instrument
Disclosed are methods and systems for validating instruments. For instance, a request to generate a cashier's check may be received from an application executing on a drawer's computing device. Request information may be stored within a data storage entry for the check, and a code to be printed on the check may be generated to include at least a portion of the request information. Instructions may be provided to a printing system to cause the check to be printed with the code, where the printed check is invalid. Instructions may be provided to the application and/or printing system to cause display of a prompt to facilitate a reading of the code to validate the check. When information within the code is read by and received from the printing system, the check may be validated, which triggers a transfer of funds from the drawer's account. Otherwise, the check may remain invalid. |
| US12045821B1 |
System to facilitate payment processing
A point-of-sale (POS) system may use biometric or other contactless techniques to determine tokenization data that attributes a transaction with a particular payment account for settlement. A first payment method specified by a user for use at the POS may be issued by a first bank that does not participate in tokenization. A second payment account associated with a different entity and issued by a second bank that does support tokenization is associated with the first payment method. The POS transaction completes, using a token associated with the second payment account. Another transaction then takes place in which the second bank charges the first bank for the amount of the completed transaction. |
| US12045817B2 |
Card authentication technique selection via machine learning
Systems and techniques for facilitating card authentication technique selection via machine learning are provided. In various embodiments, a processor can access an attribute vector associated with a financial payment card. In various instances, the processor can determine, via execution of a machine learning model, whether to authenticate the financial payment card with a zero-dollar authentication technique or instead with a tokenization authentication technique, based on the attribute vector. In various cases, the processor can execute the zero-dollar authentication technique with respect to the financial payment card, when the processor determines that the financial payment card should be authenticated with the zero-dollar authentication technique. In various aspects, the processor can execute the tokenization authentication technique with respect to the financial payment card, when the processor determines that the financial payment card should be authenticated with the tokenization authentication technique. |
| US12045811B2 |
Secure and confidential custodial transaction system, method and device using zero-knowledge protocol
A system, device and method of confidential secure custodial transfers of asset between entities utilizing transaction agents implemented via a distributed ledger (e.g. a blockchain). In particular, the transaction agents securely record each of the transactions on the ledger utilizing obfuscated or proxy data state such that information about the transactions cannot be gleaned from the ledger. In particular, the transaction agents are able to enforce business rules of the system by requesting zero-knowledge proofs from participants to the transaction (e.g. sender and recipient) in place of actual data for the transaction. The zero-knowledge proofs are able to be designed to prevent an observer of the distributed ledger from determining any information of the transaction that is taking place. |
| US12045806B1 |
Sending secure proxy elements with mobile wallets
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for securely sending and using proxy element in a mobile wallet system. Through a user interface associated with a proxy originator wallet, user input may be received that defines the parameters of the proxy element. The parameters may include one or more of a spending limit, a time duration, a use number condition, and a transfer condition, and a product condition. A request may be sent from the proxy originator wallet to a proxy approver system to create the proxy element. The originator wallet may receive a proxy grant acknowledgement from the proxy approver system. The grant acknowledgement may instructions for obtaining credentials for the proxy element. The proxy element including the parameters and the instructions for obtaining credentials may be sent to a mobile wallet of a recipient. The recipient mobile wallet may use the proxy element for payment or non-payment transactions. |
| US12045800B1 |
Detecting device presence indication
In some examples, a payment service system receives an indication of an initiation of a transaction at a merchant device, the indication including transaction information indicative of a payment instrument associated with the transaction. The payment service system transmits, to a mobile device, a request for the mobile device to monitor for one or more signals of other devices within a proximity of the mobile device. The payment service system receives, from the mobile device, information related to monitoring for the one or more signals of other devices within the proximity of the mobile device. The payment service system determines whether the received information related to the monitoring for the one or more signals of other devices satisfies a threshold for a presence indication. The payment service system performs at least one action based at least on whether the threshold for the presence indication is satisfied. |
| US12045799B2 |
Method and system for authenticating digital transactions
A system and computer-implemented method for authenticating digital transactions. The method includes receiving a device registration request and a device attestation response including at least a device integrity status from a device. In response to the device registration request, the method includes providing a device registration response to the device, based on validation of the device integrity status. Further, the method includes receiving a first payment transaction request and an enrolment request from the device via an application to authenticate a second payment transaction request using a first type of authentication technique. Finally, the method includes enrolling the device to the first type of authentication technique and providing a second token to the device based on a result of the first payment transaction request, wherein the second token is used for authenticating the second payment transaction request. |
| US12045798B2 |
Telephone call purchase with payment using mobile payment device
A mobile payment method includes making a mobile payment request an automated response system of a merchant store for a purchase. A mobile number of a mobile device is provided to the automated response system. Payment information including the mobile number and a payment amount is sent from the automated response system to the mobile payment server. A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link is created by the mobile payment server and contains transaction information. The URL link is sent to the mobile device where a customer selects the URL link to set up a Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) session. A program script is downloaded. A payment transaction is confirmed by the mobile device which generates and sends encrypted payment data to a payment network through the mobile payment server. |
| US12045797B2 |
Method and system for remote management of access to appliances with financing option
Embodiments described herein include methods and systems for remotely managing appliances, including enabling communication between a user of the appliance and third party systems. The third party systems can include any entity that has a relationship with the user of the appliance, such as a payment infrastructure handling incremental payments for the appliance, and managing access to the appliance accordingly. In some embodiments, the appliance being controlled is a mobile phone that also includes third party operating system software. Various methods for preventing alteration or replacement of the third party operating system are also described. |
| US12045791B2 |
Zero client self-service terminal (SST) with middleware delivered services
An ultra-thin Self-Service Terminals (SSTs) is provided. The ultra-thin SST lacks an Operating System (OS). When the ultra-thin SST is powered on, firmware of the ultra-thin SST connects to a virtualized environment over a first network connection and a Virtual Machine (VM) instance having the OS is loaded within the virtualized environment. The OS of the VM instance obtains middleware services from a second network connection to a middleware environment. The middleware services provided authentication, management, and audit services for the VM instance based on the ultra-thin SST. |
| US12045789B2 |
Techniques for locking and unlocking tokenized tokens
In embodiments of the present invention, systems are provided for an interface configured to handle a unique identifier for a first digital token, a cryptographic token generation system that generates a second digital token that is unique and cryptographically secure, and a linking system configured to generate a one-to-at-least-one link between the second digital token generated by the cryptographic token generation system and the first digital token, such that the second digital token provides a unique digital tokenization of the first digital token. In embodiments, a rule system is configured to manage and apply a set of rules to the second digital token, wherein the set of rules includes a lock rule that restricts one or more transaction actions involving the second digital token and an unlock rule that removes the restriction of the one or more transaction actions involving the second digital token. |
| US12045787B2 |
Cash delivery application
Systems, methods, and apparatuses described herein relate to a method for delivering cash to a user. The method includes receiving a cash delivery request from a first user device of the user. The method includes generating a cash authentication code (CAC) for the cash delivery request to be verified by a cash dispenser machine. The method may include transmitting the cash delivery request and the CAC to a second user device of a driver. The method may include determining a route for the driver from a first location of the driver, to a second location of a cash dispenser machine, and to a third location of the customer to deliver the cash delivery request. The method may include instructing the cash dispenser machine to dispense cash in response to authenticating the second user device based on the CAC and determining that the first current location is at the second location. |
| US12045785B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An information processing apparatus is provided with: an obtaining portion that obtains purchase information on a commodity or a service purchased by a user; a deciding portion that decides on a quantity of virtual currency to be provided to the user, based on the purchase information; a providing portion that provides the user with the virtual currency of the quantity decided on; an accepting portion that accepts, from the user, an exchange request to exchange the virtual currency for a substitute; a determining portion that determines, when the exchange request is accepted, whether or not it is within a predetermined period from a point of time when the virtual currency was provided; and an exchange processing portion that performs processing related to exchange of the virtual currency when it is determined that it is within the predetermined period. |
| US12045781B2 |
Managing changed versions of data of a listing associated with an entity
A changed version of first data of a listing associated with an entity provided via a webpage generated by a provider system is identified. The provider system is caused to revert to the first data of the listing associated with the entity. A first communication is transmitted to a client device associated with the entity, wherein the communication identifies the changed version of the first data. In response to receiving an indication from the client device of an acceptance of the changed version of the first data, the changed version of the first data is applied to the provider system. |
| US12045780B2 |
Online interview method and system
One or more embodiments of the present specification relates to an online interview method and system. The method includes: establishing communication connection between an interviewing terminal and an interviewed terminal through a network; and acquiring communication information between the interviewing terminal and the interviewed terminal. The communication information includes one or more types of audio information, video information, and text information. The interviewing terminal includes one or more of a first host terminal, a second host terminal, and a text processing terminal. The first host terminal is configured to host an interview, and the first host terminal displays an interview outline and/or information of the interviewed terminal. The second host terminal is configured to host the interview and/or participate in the consultation of interview questions. The text processing terminal converts the audio information and/or the audio information in the video into corresponding text information. |
| US12045779B2 |
System, method, and computer program for automatically removing data from candidate profiles that may influence bias
A system and method relate to excluding biasing data from talent profiles, including identifying one or more classes of bias, obtaining a first talent profile, wherein the first talent profile comprises an identifier of a person, and a plurality of values characterizing aspects of the person, determining, from the plurality of values, a first value that is indicative of influences over at least one of the one or more classes of bias, and removing or substituting the first value in the first talent profile to generate a second talent profile. |
| US12045777B2 |
Method and system for electronic transaction management and data extraction
A system and method for end-to-end transaction management, for example, for a structured finance market. The system and method digitizes and deconstructs complex interconnected transaction documents. The system creates transparency around the complexities of the transactions, generating significant efficiencies for existing market participants and enabling access to previously hidden and/or inaccessible data. In some embodiments, the platform supports a selected ecosystem (compared to specific use-cases within a market vertical) with a seamless integration of frameworks and schemas for the organization and structure of provisions, analytical tools extracting the required data, and the creation of metrics to informatively assess and calibrate the market. The system advantageously creates a digital language providing a tool, which will further enable the digitization of the finance ecosystem. |
| US12045776B2 |
Computerized system and method for modifying components of healthcare orders which are associated into cross-phase groups
Computerized methods for modifying at least one component of a clinical order are provided. The methods may include receiving a clinical order, the clinical order having a first component associated with a first phase and a second component associated with a second phase, wherein the first and second components have a first attribute in common, receiving an indication to modify the first attribute of the first component, and modifying the first attribute of the first component and the second component based on the indication received. The methods may further include associating the first and second components of the clinical order to form a cross-phase group and displaying the first and second components in association with an electronic record, e.g., an electronic medical record, in conjunction with a cross-phase group identifier to identify the components as members of the cross-phase group. Computerized systems for performing the disclosed methods are also provided. |
| US12045767B1 |
System for determining and augmenting delivery routes
Systems and/or methods receive an indication associated with a delivery to an address and determine a route associated with the delivery. The systems and/or methods determine a threshold distance to the address associated with displaying images of an environment along the route. As a device associated with a delivery personnel travels within the threshold, the device displays the image(s) of the environment. Additional image(s) are presented based on arriving at the address. The additional image(s) represent a structure associated with the address. The route is displayed along with the additional image(s) to allow the delivery personnel to efficiently make the delivery. |
| US12045765B1 |
Light-based guidance for package tracking systems
A package tracking system comprises a package room for holding packages intended for delivery to one or more package recipients, an optical sensing device positioned to capture one or more images of each package brought to the package room, one or more light sources, and a computing system including a processor, memory, and executable code stored on the memory. The processor executes the executable code to detect a presence and location of a given package held in the package room based on the one or more images captured by the optical sensing device and on package identification information relating to the given package. The processor further executes the executable code to cause the one or more light sources to shine on or near the given package in the package room to provide light-based guidance specific to the given package. |
| US12045764B2 |
Automated dispatch and delivery confirmation
A delivery management system and method is disclosed. A system receives storage chamber sensor data corresponding to material stored in a storage chamber, transport container data corresponding to material stored in a transport container, proximity sensor data corresponding to a proximity of the transport container to the storage chamber, and engagement sensor data corresponding to engagement between the storage chamber and the transport container. The system generates a confirmation of delivery of the material to the storage chamber based on the storage chamber sensor data, the transport container sensor data, the proximity sensor data, and the engagement sensor data and transmits an invoice for the delivery of the material based on the confirmation. Other systems and aspects are also described. |
| US12045763B2 |
Method and system for tracking a load
A method is provided for tracking a load when loading a vehicle. The load is provided with a load communication module and the vehicle includes, at an entrance, at least two entrance communication modules and, at a distance from the entrance and from the entrance communication modules, at least one vehicle communication module. The method includes, when the load is delivered to the vehicle, first communicating, by the load communication module with the at least two entrance communication modules and then communicating, by the load communication module with the vehicle communication module. |
| US12045760B2 |
Cooked food delivery device, and franchise food truck integrated management system and method thereof
A franchise food truck integrated management system and method thereof are disclosed. When food trucks are distributed in each region across a country, orders for food menu items are received in real time and the orders are assigned to suitable food trucks for delivery. The food truck integrated management method includes: receiving, by a server, a food ingredient order request from a first food truck; determining, by the server, a food ingredient supply route to the first food truck; and supplying order-requested food ingredients to the first food truck according to the determined supply route. There is provided an effect that a number of food trucks that are distributed and operated in each region may receive food ingredients before the food ingredients run out, whereby ordered food menu items may be cooked in a timely manner and the food menu items may be provided at any time. |
| US12045758B2 |
Informed mobility platform for a customer service supervisor or user within a distribution facility
Systems and methods for informed mobility platform for a customer service supervisor within a distribution facility are disclosed. One embodiment may be a supervisor mobile terminal including a transceiver circuit, a user interface and a controller. The transceiver circuit may wirelessly communicate with a server computer a plurality of sets of data relating to the customer service activities. The user interface may display at least one set of the plurality of sets of data and receive an instruction to modify the at least one set of data the plurality of sets of data. The controller may control the user interface to modify the at least one set of data based on the instruction and control the transceiver circuit to wirelessly communicate the modified data with the server computer such that the at least one set of data stored in the server computer is updated with the modified data. |
| US12045756B2 |
Machine learning methods and systems for cataloging and making recommendations based on domain-specific knowledge
ML methods and systems for cataloging and making recommendations based on domain-specific knowledge are disclosed. An example method includes: cataloging, using knowledge engines, data to develop knowledge repositories for respective domains; obtain current domain state data; obtain future domain state data; analyze, using first ML models, one or more of (i) data from the knowledge repositories, (ii) the first domain state data, and (iii) the second domain state data to identify a recommended set of one or more regulations, standards, policies and/or rules for a desired second domain state; analyze, using second ML models, (i) the recommended set and (ii) a current data and architecture state for a current computing environment to generate a summary of one or more cloud deployment options for migrating a current computing environment to a future computing environment for a future domain state; and cause the summary to be displayed on a computing device. |
| US12045753B2 |
System for detecting accident risk in working place
A system for detecting an accident risk in a working place that can determine a work stage of the working place where various kinds of works, such as a cargo loading and unloading workshop, are performed or determine whether or not there is a risk that an accident may occurs in the working place is disclosed. In the disclosed system for detecting the accident risk in the working place, a camera is used to photograph the working place, only information about an object recognized by analyzing the image is transmitted to the server without transmitting the photographed image to the server, thereby minimizing an amount of information transmitted from the camera to the server. |
| US12045752B2 |
System for managing consumer packaged goods
A system for managing consumer packaged goods (CPGs) is disclosed. The system includes a front end and a back end. The front end includes a mobile, airborne platform equipped with a digital image capturing device, and a wireless communications device. The backend is in communication with the front end via the wireless communications device, and includes a combinational convolutional neural network which derives models based on input data, a convolutional neural network which generates perception scoring utilizing input put from said combinational convolutional neural network, and a recurrent neural network which makes behavior predictions based on input from said convolutional neural network. The front end captures images of CPGs on a shelf, wherein the CPGs are subject to depletion over time, and wherein the backend generates predictions regarding the depletion state of the CPGs on the shelf as a function of time. |
| US12045750B2 |
Systems and methods to characterize units of work based on business objectives
Systems and methods for units of work based on business objectives are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment configured to facilitate interaction by users, the environment state information defining units of work and business objectives associated with the units of work; obtain progress information, the progress information for individual business objectives conveying progress toward fulfillment of the individual business objectives; update objective records for the business objectives based on the progress information so that the progress of the business objectives is maintained by the objective records; and/or perform other operations. |
| US12045746B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium
A controller of an information processing apparatus selects a plurality of second users as targets to whom a proposal regarding provision of a predetermined service is to be made, from a plurality of first users who are potential recipients of the predetermined service. Furthermore, the controller transmits a message proposing provision of the predetermined service to apparatuses that are each associated with respective one of the plurality of second users. Furthermore, the controller determines an upper limit number of the second users to be selected, based on an acceptance probability that is a probability of the second users accepting the proposal. |
| US12045735B1 |
Interactive template for multimodal content generation
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for generating multimodal content utilizing multimodal templates. One method includes presenting, in a user interface (UI), a template-selection option with one or more templates. Each template comprises a sequence of operations, where each operation comprises a prompt for creating items using generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools. Further, each operation in the template is multimodal to be configurable to create text and configurable to create one or more images. The method further includes detecting a selection of a template in the UI. For each operation in the selected template, perform operations comprising: presenting, in the UI, the prompt associated with the operation; in response to receiving an input for the prompt, selecting a GAI tool based on a mode of the operation; providing the input to the selected GAI tool to generate the item; and presenting, in the UI, the generated item. |
| US12045726B2 |
Adversarially generated communications
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for adversarially generated communication. In some implementations, first information is used as input for a generator machine-learning network. Information is taken from both the generator machine-learning network and target information that includes sample signals or other data. The information is sent to a discriminator machine-learning network which produces decision information including whether the information originated from the generator machine-learning network or the target information. An optimizer takes the decision information and performs one or more iterative optimization techniques which help determine updates to the generator machine-learning network or the discriminator machine-learning network. One or more rounds of updating the generator machine-learning network or the discriminator machine-learning network can allow the generator machine-learning network to produce information that is similar to the target information. |
| US12045720B2 |
Systems and methods for distributed data analytics
The invention provides systems and method for generating device-specific artificial neural network (ANN) models for distribution across user devices. Sample datasets are collected from devices in a particular environment or use case and include predictions by device-specific ANN models executing the user devices. The received datasets are used with existing datasets and stored ANN models to generate updated device-specific ANN models from each of the stored instances of the device ANN models based on the training data. |
| US12045716B2 |
Federated learning system and method for detecting financial crime behavior across participating entities
A method of updating a first neural network is disclosed. The method includes providing a computer system with a computer-readable memory that stores specific computer-executable instructions for the first neural network and a second neural network separate from the first neural network. The method also includes providing one or more processors in communication with the computer-readable memory. The one or more processors are programmed by the computer-executable instructions to at least process a first data with the first neural network, process a second data with the second neural network, update a weight in a node of the second neural network by a delta amount as a function of the processing of the second data with the second neural network, and update a weight in a node of the first neural network as a function of the delta amount. A computer system for updating a first neural network is also disclosed. Other features of the preferred embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US12045715B2 |
Artificial neural network
A computer-implemented method of training an artificial neural network (ANN) by generating a first learned parameter for use in normalising input data values during a subsequent inference phase of the trained ANN. The method includes, for each of a series of batches of training data values, deriving a batch variance of the batch of training data values and a running variance of all training data values already processed in the training phase; generating an approximation of a current value of the first learned parameter so that a first scaling factor dependent upon the approximation of the first learned parameter and the running variance, is constrained to be equal to a power of two; and normalizing the batch of input data values by a second scaling factor dependent upon the approximation of the current value of the first learned parameter and the batch variance. |
| US12045713B2 |
Detecting adversary attacks on a deep neural network (DNN)
A method, apparatus and computer program product to protect a deep neural network (DNN) having a plurality of layers including one or more intermediate layers. In this approach, a training data set is received. During training of the DNN using the received training data set, a representation of activations associated with an intermediate layer is recorded. For at least one or more of the representations, a separate classifier (model) is trained. The classifiers, collectively, are used to train an outlier detection model. Following training, the outliner detection model is used to detect an adversarial input on the deep neural network. The outlier detection model generates a prediction, and an indicator whether a given input is the adversarial input. According to a further aspect, an action is taken to protect a deployed system associated with the DNN in response to detection of the adversary input. |
| US12045708B2 |
Analog neuron with S-domain characteristic
An analog element for use as a neuron in a recurrent neural network is described, the analog element having memory of a prior layer state and being a continuous time circuit rather than having a discrete clocking interval. The element is characterized and described by the Laplace s-domain operator, as distinct from a digital solution that uses the z-domain operator appropriate for quantized time descriptions. Rather than using an all-pass filter, the analog equivalent of a unit delay in the z-domain, a finite gain integrator, which is a simpler circuit, may be used to provide the delay in the analog s-domain. The resulting circuit may be easily implemented at the transistor level. |
| US12045704B2 |
System, method, and computer program product for time-based ensemble learning using supervised and unsupervised machine learning models
Provided are systems for ensemble learning with machine learning models that include a processor to receive a training dataset of a plurality of data instances, wherein each data instance comprises a time series of data points, add an amount of time delay to one or more data instances to provide an augmented training dataset, select a first plurality of supervised machine learning models, select a second plurality of unsupervised machine learning models, train the first plurality of supervised machine learning models and the second plurality of unsupervised machine learning models based on the augmented training dataset, generate an ensemble machine learning model based on outputs of the supervised machine learning models and unsupervised machine learning models, and generate a runtime output of the ensemble machine learning model based on a runtime input to the ensemble machine learning model. Methods and computer program products are also provided. |
| US12045703B2 |
Artificial intelligence and/or machine learning models trained to predict user actions based on an embedding of network locations
A computer-implemented method can facilitate delivery of targeted content to user devices in situations in which historic tracking data (e.g., cookie data) is generally unavailable and/or unreliable. A p-dimensional embedding of websites can be generated based on a group of user devices for whom tracking data is available. Conversion event data that indicates indicating whether that audience member performed a conversion action can be received. A machine learning model can be trained using the conversion event data and the positions of websites appearing in the conversion event data within the p-dimensional embedding to predict a likelihood of conversion and/or a type of content to provide given a position in the p-dimensional embedding. When an indication that a user device is accessing a website is received, a position of that website in the p-dimensional embedding can be determined and targeted content can be delivered to the user device. |
| US12045695B2 |
System and methods for privacy preserving cross-site federated learning
Data samples are transmitted from a central server to at least one local server apparatus. The central server receives a set of predictions from the at least one local server apparatus that are based on the transmitted set of data samples. The central server trains a central model based on the received set of predictions. The central model, or a portion of the central model corresponding to a task of interest, can then be sent to the at least one local server apparatus. Neither local data from local sites nor trained models from the local sites are transmitted to the central server. This ensures protection and security of data at the local sites. |
| US12045693B2 |
Packaging and deploying algorithms for flexible machine learning
Techniques for using scoring algorithms utilizing containers for flexible machine learning inference are described. In some embodiments, a request to host a machine learning (ML) model within a service provider network on behalf of a user is received, the request identifying an endpoint to perform scoring using the ML model. An endpoint is initialized as a container running on a virtual machine based on a container image and used to score data and return a result of said scoring to a user device. |
| US12045687B2 |
Barcode readers with 3D camera(s)
Methods and systems include using three-dimensional imaging apparatuses to capture three-dimensional images and analyze resulting three-dimensional image data to enhance captured two-dimensional images for scanning related processes such as object identification, symbology detection, object recognition model training, and identifying improper scan attempts or other actions performed by an operator. Imaging systems such as bi-optic readers, handheld scanners, and machine vision systems are described using three-dimensional imaging apparatuses and described capturing three-dimensional images and using with captured two-dimensional images. |
| US12045685B2 |
System for monitoring loading and unloading or area transfer of goods
A system for monitoring loading and unloading of goods or area transfers of goods. A terminal is positioned close to the point of passage of the goods. The goods being in containers, each container includes a barcode or a container carrier having a barcode. The terminal includes an image capturing device, configured to capture a photograph or film at the time when at least one container or container carrier passes in front of the terminal. A flash connected to the image capturing device triggers when a photograph or film is captured. A control unit includes a microcontroller driving the system and the database. A processing unit to process the photograph or film to identify the barcode captured in the photograph or film. A triggering unit to trigger the capture of a photograph or film based on at least detection of a container indicating passage in front of the terminal. |
| US12045683B2 |
Chemically treated, RFID equipped mesh tire labels and methods of making and using the same for identification and tracking purposes during and post-tire manufacture
A chemically treated, RFID equipped mesh tire label configured to be integrally incorporated within a vulcanized tire and to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire during and post tire vulcanization, the label comprising: a mesh face layer configured to be adhered to an outer surface of an unvulcanized tire; a mesh backing layer attached to the mesh face layer and adapted to be integrally incorporated in a vulcanized tire after subjecting a green tire to a vulcanization process; and an RFID device affixed between the mesh face and mesh backing layers, the RFID device that is configured to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information upon being read with an RFID reader during and post tire vulcanization. |
| US12045679B2 |
Method for making a metallic credit card
A method of making a metallic credit card from an existing plastic credit card including the steps of cutting the existing plastic credit card from each side edge, peeling the plastic top layer from its bottom plastic substrate, removing its EMV chip, and attaching it to a metallic substrate. The metallic substrate can further be laser engraved with the user's personal information. An alternate embodiment of the method of making a metallic credit card includes the steps of placing the existing plastic credit card into a metal casing, heating the metal casing and existing plastic credit card to loosen the EMV chip from the plastic layers of the credit card, cutting an incision into the side of the credit card to access and remove the EMV chip, and then attaching the EMV chip to a metallic substrate. |
| US12045678B2 |
Providing application programming interface endpoints for machine learning models
One or more virtual machines are launched at an application platform. At each of the one or more virtual machines, a machine learning model execution environment is instantiated for an instance of a machine learning model. A respective instance of the machine learning model is loaded to each machine learning model execution environment. Each loaded instance of the machine learning model is associated with an application programming interface (API) endpoint which can receive input data for the loaded instance of the machine learning model from a client device and return output data produced by the loaded instance of the machine learning model based on the input data. |
| US12045665B2 |
Systems and methods for managing resource availability
Systems and methods for managing resource availability are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for managing resource availability may include: (1) receiving, by a deployment computer program, an identification of a rack to build; (2) retrieving, by the deployment computer program, a plurality of application placement profiles for a plurality of applications; (3) selecting, by the deployment computer program, a subset of the applications to deploy to the rack, wherein the deployment computer program optimizes the selection based on metrics in the application placement profiles and a capacity of the rack; and (4) deploying, by the deployment computer program, the subset of applications to the rack. |
| US12045662B2 |
Data re-encryption for software applications
Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program receives a request to execute a task for re-encrypting a set of data associated with an application that has been encrypted with a first encryption key. The task is for re-encrypting the set of data using a second encryption key. The program further determines an amount of work to complete the task. The program also divides the task into a set of subtasks based on the amount of work. The program further assigns each subtask in the set of subtasks to a node in a plurality of nodes for execution of the subtask. The plurality of nodes are configured to implement the application. |
| US12045660B2 |
Method and apparatus for a configurable hardware accelerator
Method and apparatus for process accelerator (PA) using configurable hardware accelerators is provided. The PA can include a plurality of processing elements (PEs). The PEs of the PA can be used to accelerate a process and/or one or more threads. PEs can include PE local memory which due to the memories' close physical proximity to the PE can result in reduced energy consumption. The plurality of PEs can be daisy-chain connected or DMA mode can be used to write the result of a PE directly into the PE local memory of another PE for further processing. |
| US12045654B2 |
Memory management through control of data processing tasks
A module manages usage of a memory in a computer by scheduling data processing tasks. The module determines whether a memory associated with a computer is available for performing a data processing task. In response to determining that the memory is not available for performing the data processing task, the module generates a factory object for the data processing task. The factory object specifies instructions to produce the data processing task. After the factory object is generated, the module receives a request to perform the data processing task. The module produces the data processing task by using the factory object in response to the request and determine again whether the memory is available for performing the data processing task. In response to determining that the memory is now available for performing the data processing task, the module performs the data processing task by using the memory. |
| US12045653B2 |
Field specialization to reduce memory-access stalls and allocation requests in data-intensive applications
A computer-implemented method and related systems for reducing memory access stalls and memory allocation requests in data-intensive applications are provided. Invariants associated with execution paths that access data in a memory of the data-intensive application are identified. At least one field specialization technique using at least one speccode segment is then applied. The speccode segment exploits the identified invariants, thereby reducing at least one of memory stalls and memory allocation requests in a data-intensive application. The field specialization technique may include specialized software prefetching, a data distribution-based hash function, process to CPU binding, memory segment reuse, or memory layout optimization, or any combination thereof. |
| US12045645B2 |
Multi-thread wireless communications processor with granular thread processes
A communication processor is operative to adapt the thread allocation to communications processes handled by a multi-thread processor on an instruction by instruction basis. A thread map register controls the allocation of each processor cycle to a particular thread, and the thread map register is reprogrammed as the network process loads for a plurality of communications processors such as WLAN, Bluetooth, Zigbee, or LTE have load requirements which increase or decrease. A thread management process may dynamically allocate processor cycles to each respective process during times of activity for each associated communications process. |
| US12045644B2 |
Pseudo-random way selection
A method includes receiving a first request to allocate a line in an N-way set associative cache and, in response to a cache coherence state of a way indicating that a cache line stored in the way is invalid, allocating the way for the first request. The method also includes, in response to no ways in the set having a cache coherence state indicating that the cache line stored in the way is invalid, randomly selecting one of the ways in the set. The method also includes, in response to a cache coherence state of the selected way indicating that another request is not pending for the selected way, allocating the selected way for the first request. |
| US12045643B1 |
Power aware load placement for sub-lineups
Techniques are described for enabling a service provider to determine the power utilization of electrical lineups and sub-lineups powering physical servers in a data center and place virtual machine instances into the physical servers based on the power utilization and a user-specified preference of a virtual machine instance type. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes determining a power utilization for each sub-lineup of a plurality of sub-lineups of each lineup of a plurality of lineups, wherein each sub-lineup comprises a plurality of racks of physical servers, selecting a sub-lineup for the virtual machine instance based at least in part on the power utilizations for the plurality of sub-lineups, selecting a virtual machine slot for the virtual machine instance from a plurality of candidate virtual machine slots of the physical servers of the sub-lineup based on the user-specified preference, and causing the virtual machine slot of a physical server of the sub-lineup to execute the virtual machine instance. |
| US12045642B2 |
Virtual machine management method and apparatus for cloud platform
A virtual machine management method and apparatus for a cloud platform includes, when a client selects a Bring Your Own License mode, obtaining a first client image file, where the first client image file carries a first software operating environment, configuring the first client image file based on the first license, to generate a first cloud platform image file, creating a first virtual machine based on the first cloud platform image file, where the first software operating environment is set on the first virtual machine, and exempting a license fee of the software in the first software operating environment in the first virtual machine. |
| US12045640B2 |
System, apparatus and method for accessing multiple address spaces via a data mover
In one embodiment, a data mover accelerator is to receive, from a first agent having a first address space and a first process address space identifier (PASID) to identify the first address space, a first job descriptor comprising a second PASID selector to specify a second PASID to identify a second address space. In response to the first job descriptor, the data mover accelerator is to securely access the first address space and the second address space. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US12045638B1 |
Assistant with artificial intelligence
Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a method for providing an encounter via a virtual assistant with artificial intelligence, the method including detecting, by one or more processors, an encounter request from a user. |
| US12045631B2 |
Page loading method and display apparatus
The present application discloses a page loading method and a display apparatus. While launching an application, a URL of the application, a code package, and a URL of a loading page are obtained; when the URL of the application is a target protocol URL, a loading parameter is read from the code package; the loading parameter is written into the URL of the loading page to generate a new URL of the loading page; and based on the new URL of the loading page, a loading page including display content corresponding to the loading parameter is presented on a display. |
| US12045625B2 |
Method for operating an electronic data processing system and electronic data processing system
A method is disclosed for operating an electronic data processing system (10) operable under an operating system. The electronic data processing system has a boot system (13) for selectively loading an operating system from one of a plurality of storage media (12, 30). The boot system is accessible to an external user after the user executes an identification protocol with the boot system. The identification protocol is a challenge-response protocol based on a challenge generated by the boot system. More particularly, the challenge is randomly generated by the boot system and communicated to the user in an outgoing message and the user generates a response to the challenge as an incoming message to the boot system. A specific application is related to an electronic data processing system, and to a weighing scale (1), where the authentication system includes the electronic data processing system. |
| US12045620B2 |
Move elimination
A data processing apparatus is provided that comprises rename circuitry for performing a register rename stage of a pipeline in respect of a stream of operations. Move elimination circuitry performs a move elimination operation on the stream of operations in which a move operation is eliminated and the register rename stage performs an adjustment of an identity of registers in the stream of operations to compensate for the move operation being eliminated and demotion circuitry reverses or inhibits the adjustment in response to one or more conditions being met. |
| US12045616B2 |
Storage organization for transposing a matrix using a streaming engine
In some examples, a circuit includes an interface configured to couple to a memory that includes a set of outputs to provide a set of data from the memory. The circuit further includes a rotator coupled to the interface that includes a first set of multiplexors that each include a set of inputs coupled to the set of outputs of the interface and an output. The circuit further includes a storage circuit coupled to the rotator that includes a register file coupled to the outputs of the first set of multiplexors an alignment network. The alignment network includes a second set of multiplexors that each include a set of inputs coupled to the register file and an output. |
| US12045615B1 |
Processing of synchronization barrier instructions
A system, e.g., a system on a chip (SOC), may include one or more processors. A processor may execute an instruction synchronization barrier (ISB) instruction to enforce an ordering constraint on instructions. To execute the ISB instruction, the processor may determine whether contexts of the processor required for execution of instructions older than the ISB instruction are consumed for the older instructions. Responsive to determining that the contexts are consumed for the older instructions, the processor may initiate fetching of an instruction younger than the ISB instruction, without waiting for the older instructions to retire. |
| US12045614B2 |
Streaming engine with cache-like stream data storage and lifetime tracking
A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream defined by plural nested loops. An address generator produces address of data elements. A steam head register stores data elements next to be supplied to functional units for use as operands. The streaming engine fetches stream data ahead of use by the central processing unit core in a stream buffer constructed like a cache. The stream buffer cache includes plural cache lines, each includes tag bits, at least one valid bit and data bits. Cache lines are allocated to store newly fetched stream data. Cache lines are deallocated upon consumption of the data by a central processing unit core functional unit. Instructions preferably include operand fields with a first subset of codings corresponding to registers, a stream read only operand coding and a stream read and advance operand coding. |
| US12045611B1 |
Reconfigurable neural network processing based on subgraph recognition
In one example, a method comprises: receiving input codes, wherein the input codes represent a computational dataflow graph; traversing the computational dataflow graph to identify single-entry-single-exit (SESE) subgraphs of the computational dataflow graph, wherein each SESE subgraph has a sequence of nodes comprising a root node and a child node and representing a sequence of element-wise operators, wherein the root node receives a single input tensor, and wherein the child node outputs a single output tensor; determining a merged operator for each SESE subgraph; and generating executable instructions for the computational dataflow graph to be executed by a hardware accelerator having a first execution unit and a second execution unit, wherein the executable instructions comprise first executable instructions for the merged operators targeted at the first execution unit, and second executable instructions for other operators of the computational dataflow graph targeted at the second execution unit. |
| US12045604B2 |
Electronic apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method
An electronic apparatus installable with firmware updatable via a network includes an input unit configured to receive an operation performed by a user; and circuitry configured to display, on a display, a first screen for displaying a first function of firmware that can be installed on the electronic apparatus, and a second screen for displaying a second function of the firmware, the second function including a plurality of second functions and the second screen including a plurality of second screens prepared for each one of the plurality of second functions, enable the first function in response to an operation for the first function displayed on the first screen, and enable the second function in response to an operation for the second function displayed on the second screen. The circuitry enables the second functions selected from the plurality of second functions respectively displayed on the plurality of second screens. |
| US12045599B2 |
Distribution package generation device, distribution package communication system, distribution package transmission method, and storage medium
A center device includes an update data storage unit in which new data and new difference data for updating to the new data from old data are stored for, among electronic control units mounted on a vehicle, a target device targeted for data update. The center device generates, using the new data, a first verification value for verifying integrity in the vehicle, and generates, using the new difference data, a second verification value for verifying integrity of the new difference data in the vehicle. The center device generates a package including the new difference data, the first verification values and the second verification values for a plurality of the target devices. The center device generates, using the distribution package, a third verification value for verifying integrity of the distribution package in the vehicle, and transmits the distribution package along with the third verification value to the in-vehicle device. |
| US12045597B2 |
Method and mechanism for operating system image installation based on decoupled architecture
A system and method for providing operating system (OS) installation images in a computer system including a deployment server and a target computer device such as a target server. The deployment server executes a bundle builder that receives a configuration file for a system layer, a kernel layer, and an application layer. Files are collected according to the configuration file. Packages for a system layer, a kernel layer, and an application layer are assembled in a combined OS installation image. The combined OS installation image is sent to the target server. |
| US12045596B2 |
Deployment of a computing environment
In some implementations, a device may determine that a computing environment is to be deployed. The computing environment may be associated with an infrastructure configuration. The device may obtain, from a repository, one or more definition files for the infrastructure configuration. The repository may include definition files associated with multiple infrastructure configurations. The device may cause deployment of the computing environment based on the one or more definition files. |
| US12045594B2 |
Application deployment platform
A computer-implemented method includes defining a deployment pipeline for each application of a collection of applications, the deployment pipeline comprising an ordered plurality of waves of deployment wherein the ordered plurality of waves of deployment comprises a set wave of deployment and a variable wave of deployment with the set wave of deployment comprising deployment to a plurality of locations that is the same for each application in the collection of applications. For each application in the collection of applications, a list of locations selected by a respective user for the variable wave of deployment is received such that two applications of the collection of applications deploy to different locations during their respective variable wave of deployment. An indication that the build of the application has been created is received and in response, one of the plurality of waves of deployment is executed. |
| US12045587B2 |
Controlling visibilty of UI regions in continuous integration environment
A technique for managing a user interface in a continuous integration (CI) environment includes providing user-interface (UI) regions in a UI page downloaded from a server. The UI regions correspond to respective parameters of a CI job. In response to a change in a particular parameter associated with a UI region, the technique further includes updating, by the server, the UI page to contain code configured to hide a specified set of other UI regions, such as those rendered irrelevant based on the parameter change. |
| US12045580B2 |
Translation pen and control method therefor
A translation pen includes: a pen body, an indication component, an image collector and a first processor. The pen body has a pen tip end. The indication component is arranged on the pen tip end. The image collector is arranged on the pen body, and the image collector is configured to: collect an image including a text to be translated according to a position indicated by the indication component, and send the image collected. The first processor is arranged in the pen body and electrically connected to the image collector, and the first processor is configured to: receive the image sent by the image collector, and recognize the text to be translated in the image. |
| US12045579B1 |
Systems and methods for generating legal document drafts
Systems and methods for generating legal document drafts for individual cases based on case content and exemplary segments of legal documents. Exemplary implementations may: store case content for individual cases, obtain first case content for a first case from electronic storage, provide the first case content and/or user-provided context values as input to a large language model, provide one or more prompts to the large language model that configure the model to generate a first document draft, obtain output from the large language model including the first document draft, provide the first document draft to a user, and/or other exemplary implementations. |
| US12045577B2 |
Computer implemented method for the automated analysis or use of data
A computer implemented method for the automated analysis or use of data is implemented by a voice assistant. The method comprises the steps of: (a) storing in a memory a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language (‘machine representation’); the machine representation including representations of user speech or text input to a human/machine interface; and (b) automatically processing the machine representations to analyse the user speech or text input. |
| US12045574B2 |
Systems and methods for generating indications of real-time communication sessions
Systems and methods are described for generating indications of real-time communication sessions. An ongoing communication session is monitored to identify a most recent subset of communications, the most recent subset of communications being defined by a sliding window. The most recent subset of communications is analysed to identify one or more relevant words, based on at least a user-specific relevancy criterion, the user-specific relevancy criterion being relevant to a user-specific topic associated with a given user profile. Responsive to identifying the one or more relevant words, an indication of the ongoing communication session is provided to a user device associated with the given user profile. |
| US12045571B2 |
Computer-based systems having data structures configured for machine learning classification of entities and methods of use thereof
At least some embodiments are directed to an entity classification system receives informational data associated with an entity. The informational data includes sentences associated with the entity. The entity classification system utilizes a first machine learning model to determine a first contextual meaning among words of a sentence associated with the entity based on a first word embedding technique, and determines at least one category associated with the entity based at least in part on the first contextual meaning. The entity classification system utilizes a second machine learning model to determine a second contextual meaning shared by a set of sentences based on a second embedding technique, and determines a subcategory of the category associated with the entity based at least in part on the second contextual meaning. The entity classification system generates an output including the category and subcategory associated with the entity. |
| US12045567B1 |
Natural language processing based determination of service controls for external services used by an organization
A system determines service controls for organizations. The system receives documents from external systems representing reports storing information describing service controls for external services. The service controls are represented using natural language text. The system encodes the service controls using a natural language model to generate encoded service controls. The system determines similarity scores for pairs of service controls. The system determines one or more representative service controls for a category of external services based on similarity scores of pairs of the service controls. The system stores a mapping from categories of external services to representative service controls determined from the set of service controls corresponding to the category of external services. The system uses the mapping for determining representative service controls for external services corresponding to a set of services used by an organization. |
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Combining multiple messages from a message queue in order to process for emoji responses
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing an untrained machine learning model with a combined message and an appropriate emoji reaction icon. An embodiment operates by receiving a first and second user message. The first and second user comprises a first and second user text or a first and second user-inserted emoji reaction icon, respectively. The first or second user text is associated with a first or second system-specified emoji reaction icon, respectively. Thereafter, the first user message is determined to be associated with the second user message, the combined message is created based on the first and second messages, and the appropriate emoji reaction is identified as associated with the combined message. The combined message and associated appropriate emoji reaction icon are then sent to an untrained machine learning model configured to for training. |
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Information provision system and information provision method
An object of the present invention is to provide an information provision system and an information provision method by which a user is able to easily acquire desired knowledge data. In an information provision system 1, a suggestion server 400 stores question text strings associated with response contents in advance, receives an input text string input by a user 10 by using a user terminal 100, performs morphological analysis for the input text string and each of the question text strings, calculates a score indicating to what extent each of the question text strings is related to the input text string based on results of the morphological analysis for the question text strings and a result of the morphological analysis for the input text string, and causes the user terminal 100 to display at least one of the question text strings. The score of the at least one of the question text strings satisfies a predetermined condition. |
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Dynamically generating shared spreadsheets according to user references in spreadsheet data
Editing and sharing spreadsheets of a spreadsheet editor system are disclosed. Interactions pertaining to requests of users of the spreadsheet editor system may be treated via natural language queries that are received at an interface of said system. When a first user attempts to share a spreadsheet with a second user, various spreadsheet filtering techniques may cause a new version of the given spreadsheet to be generated for the second user depending on permissions and metadata of one or both users of the editable spreadsheet system. References of the second user may additionally be used to modify a spreadsheet for viewing by the second user. |