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| US12184144B2 |
Electric devices, generators, and motors
Simple to manufacture electric generators or motors and methods of manufacturing such are disclosed. Such devices are preferably manufactured from 2-dimensionally cut, flat stock materiel. The generator or motor has two large diameter rotors to enable, for example, useful generation of electricity at low revolutions per minute. The frame of the generator includes stators sidewalls with castellations on the periphery of the walls. Castellated end plates removably interlock with the stators. The rotors drive magnets past the stators in the frame of the device. In preferred embodiments, rotors are driven by human legs or arms, low speed wind, or water with low or zero water drop distance. |
| US12184141B2 |
Stator for motor and motor including the same
A stator for a motor includes a hole formed at a center thereof by arranging a plurality of assemblies along a circumferential direction (C) of the stator. Each of the plurality of assemblies includes: a stator core; a bobbin; a coil; and a plurality of bus bars disposed on the bobbin. The plurality of bus bars include first to third bus bars. In the plurality of assemblies, both ends of the first bus bar in the circumferential direction (C) and both ends of the second bus bar in the circumferential direction (C) are spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction (C) while being spaced apart from each other in a radial direction (R) or an axial direction (A) of the stator. |
| US12184140B2 |
Motor, flat-wire motor winding, coil winding assembly, and winding method
A motor winding includes a wire defining a rectangular cross-section and wound in a continuous direction about a coil axis to form a continuous coil including: a first coil segment spiraling in a first plane, defining a first external terminal, and defining a first interior end inset from the first external terminal and arranged on a first side of a coil axis; a second coil segment spiraling in a second plane parallel and offset from the first plane, defining a second exterior terminal parallel to the first external terminal, and defining a second interior end inset from the second exterior coil end and arranged on a second side of the coil axis opposite the first interior end; and a junction extending between the first plane and the second plane to couple the first interior end of the first coil segment to the second interior end of the second coil segment. |
| US12184135B2 |
Rotor core manufacturing method, and rotor core molding system therefore
A rotor core manufacturing method and system allow for molding permanent magnets in an unmolded rotor core to provide an electric motor molded rotor core. The unmolded rotor core includes a shaft and rotor core body having a central through-hole along a longitudinal axis, magnet cavities around the axis with magnets therein. The shaft lies in the central through-hole and projects therefrom, and the molded rotor core includes the rotor core body having the magnets fixed in the cavities. The method includes inserting an unmolded rotor core between the first and second molds of a rotor core molding system; moving the molds together to clamp the rotor core body of the unmolded rotor core with a predetermined pressure; providing a molding material into the magnet cavities; letting the molding material cure within the magnet cavities to a molded rotor core; opening the molds and removing the molded rotor core. |
| US12184130B2 |
Motor
A motor includes a motor control circuit having a ground terminal, and a current limiting part disposed on a path electrically connecting the ground terminal and an external ground terminal included in an external circuit disposed outside the motor. |
| US12184125B2 |
Spoked rotor having deflectable magnet-retaining spokes
A rotor includes magnets and a core including arcuately arranged pole segments. Each pole segment includes first and second prongs that extend away from the rotor axis and are at least in part arcuately spaced apart to define a cutout therebetween. Each pair of arcuately adjacent pole segments defines therebetween a respective magnet-receiving slot, with the first prong of one of the pole segments and the second prong of the other of the pole segments defining the slot. The magnets are received in slots, such that each of the magnets is at least in part interposed between one of the pairs of adjacent pole segments. The magnets and the pole segments are dimensioned and configured so that at least one of the first and second prongs is deflected by the magnet received in the respective slot, such that the prongs cooperatively apply a clamping force on the magnet. |
| US12184124B2 |
Combination of vacuum and positive pressure in motor stator potting process
A method of manufacturing an electric motor assembly includes inserting the pump motor stator into a vacuum chamber. The pump motor stator comprises a housing having a cavity formed therein and a pump motor stator located within the cavity. The pump motor stator contains an integral cooling tube located radially inward of the stator. The method also includes applying a vacuum to the pump motor stator in the vacuum chamber and flowing a potting material into a gap between the stator and the cooling tube and the stator, the gap extending a first distance longitudinally between the stator and the cooling tube. Pressure is applied to the potting material to push the potting material further into the gap. |
| US12184122B2 |
Enhancements to cooling means for axial flux generators
A generator comprising a series of spaced annular stators sandwiched between a series of rotors, the rotors each being separated by annular collars, the annular collars defining a central cavity; at least one cooling gas source for supplying gas to the central cavity; vents through the annular collars for providing a means of egress for the cooling gas from the central cavity radially outwards over the rotors and the annular stators and the front, rear and side walls of coils embedded in the annular stators. |
| US12184118B2 |
Backup power supply control system, backup power supply system, and moving vehicle
A backup power supply control system includes: a first semiconductor switch that switches a main power supply line to an electrically conductive state or an electrically non-conductive state; and an auxiliary power supply switch that switches an auxiliary power supply line to the electrically conductive state or the electrically non-conductive state. A first driving unit controls, in a non-failure state, a second semiconductor switch, connected between a gate and source of a first semiconductor switch, OFF and thereby controls the first semiconductor switch ON. The first driving unit ensures, in the failure state, at least a gate-plateau voltage of the first semiconductor switch as a drive voltage for the second semiconductor switch. When a failure detection unit detects the failure state, the first driving unit controls the first semiconductor switch OFF by controlling the second semiconductor switch ON and a second driving unit controls the auxiliary power supply switch ON. |
| US12184114B2 |
Battery system
A battery system comprising a controller and a solid-state lithium secondary battery, wherein, the controller estimates an end part cathode potential Ve2 from a voltage relaxation amount ΔV2; the end part cathode potential Ve2 is a local potential of an end part of the cathode; and the voltage relaxation amount ΔV2 is generated by diffusion of, into the non-facing part of the anode, lithium transferred to the facing part of the anode from the cathode of the solid-state lithium secondary battery is a charged state, and wherein the controller controls execution and inexecution of charging of the solid-state lithium secondary battery so that the end part cathode potential Ve2 is equal to or less than a potential Vlimit at which a change in crystal structure of the cathode active material occurs. |
| US12184113B2 |
Charge method for battery, storage medium, and terminal
A charge method for a battery, a storage medium, and a terminal are provided and include: acquiring a discharge current of the battery when the battery is in a charge state; determining whether the discharge current is smaller than a predetermined current threshold value; if yes, determining whether the discharge current is in a stable state within a predetermined time period; and selecting a target voltage from a plurality of sample voltages in a predetermined voltage set according to a result of the stable state, adopting the target voltage as a charge voltage to charge the battery, and continuing to perform the determining whether the discharge current is smaller than the predetermined current threshold value. |
| US12184112B2 |
Battery pack including function to stop charging in response to first or second condition
A battery pack includes an attaching portion, a battery, a voltage detection circuit, a current acquisition circuit, a next current calculation circuit, a first charging stop circuit, and a second charging stop circuit. The attaching portion is electrically and mechanically connected to the battery charger. The first charging stop circuit stops charging of the battery in response to a first condition being satisfied. The second charging stop circuit stops the charging of the battery in response to a second condition different from the first condition being satisfied. |
| US12184110B2 |
Power supply architecture with bidirectional battery idealization
A power management system for use in a device comprising a battery and one or more components configured to draw electrical energy from the battery may include a first power converter configured to electrically couple between charging circuitry configured to provide electrical energy for charging the battery and the one or more downstream components and a bidirectional power converter configured to electrically couple between the charging circuitry and the battery, wherein the bidirectional power converter is configured to transfer charge from the battery or transfer charge from the battery based on a power requirement of the one or more components and a power available from the first power converter. |
| US12184109B2 |
Power supply unit for aerosol generation device
A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device that generates an aerosol by heating an aerosol source, the power supply unit including: a power supply; a connector electrically connectable to an external power supply; a first load; a charging IC including an input terminal connected to the connector, a charging terminal connected to the power supply, and an output terminal connected to the first load, and configured to convert electric power input to the input terminal and output the converted electric power from the charging terminal; and a discharge path configured to connect the power supply and a second load without passing through the charging IC, in which the charging IC is configured to supply electric power input from the power supply to the charging terminal to the first load via the output terminal. |
| US12184105B2 |
Charger, charge indicator, and associated methods
A system and method for charging battery packs is provided. The system may include a charging pad comprising a power supply, a charging pad surface, and a microcontroller unit. The power supply may provide charging power. The charging pad surface may include a first charging region and a second charging region. The microcontroller unit may control delivery of charging power to the first charging region and the second charging region such that a device placed in contact with the first charging region is given a higher charging priority than a device placed in contact with the second charging region. |
| US12184104B2 |
Reference jig
The evaluation jig includes a pair of female terminals connectable to a pair of male terminals of a charging connector and an electric wire that connects the paired female terminals to each other. The electric wire has a cross-sectional area of 70 mm2 or more and 95 mm2 or less. The electric wire has a length of 2 m or more. |
| US12184098B2 |
Power supply device
A positive electrode-side input terminal is connected to a first positive electrode-side battery terminal, a negative electrode-side input terminal is connected to a second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a first switch is connected between a first negative electrode-side battery terminal and a second positive electrode-side battery terminal, a second switch is connected between a second positive electrode-side battery terminal and a first connection point between the positive electrode-side input terminal and the first positive electrode-side battery terminal, a third switch is connected between the first negative electrode-side battery terminal and a second connection point between the negative electrode-side input terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a positive electrode-side output terminal is connected to a line connecting the second switch and the second positive electrode-side battery terminal, and a negative electrode-side output terminal to a line connecting the negative electrode-side input terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal. |
| US12184092B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling wireless power transmission
A wireless power transmitter for transmitting power to a wireless power receiver, including a controller configured to determine whether a foreign object is present; and a transmission part configured to transmit wireless power according to whether the foreign object is present, wherein the controller receives a foreign object detection status packet including at least one of a reference quality factor and a reference peak frequency from the wireless power receiver, and detects whether the foreign object is present based on the foreign object detection status packet, wherein the controller transmits a NAK response indicating that the foreign object is present or an ACK response indicating that the foreign object is not present to the wireless power receiver, and wherein the transmission part transmits a first power to the wireless power receiver according to the transmitted NAK response or transmits a second power greater than the first power to the wireless power receiver according to the transmitted ACK response. |
| US12184091B2 |
Method for detecting foreign material, and apparatus and system therefor
A power reception method for a wireless power receiver, the power reception method including storing information on a reference quality factor and a reference peak frequency; generating a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet including the information on the reference quality factor and the reference peak frequency; transmitting the FOD status packet to a wireless power transmitter; and receiving a foreign object detection indicator indicating whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter in response to the FOD status packet, wherein the FOD status packet has a length of two bytes, wherein one byte of the FOD status packet includes a 6-bit reservation field and a 2-bit mode field, and wherein all bits of the reservation field are recorded as zero. |
| US12184083B2 |
Synchronous rectifier for use in a wireless power transfer system and method for synchronous rectification in wireless power transfer
A rectifier for use in a receiver of a wireless power transfer system for receiving wireless power transferred for a transmitter of the wireless power transfer system. The rectifier comprises a field effect transistor (FET) comprising: a source terminal electrically connected to ground; a drain terminal electrically connected to a receive element of the receiver. The receive element is for extracting power from the transmitter of the wireless power transfer system. The FET further comprises a gate terminal electrically connected to the receive element. The gate terminal is driven by a gate signal in phase with an input signal received at the receive element. |
| US12184079B2 |
Wireless power supply system
A wireless power supply system supplies power to an electrical device by wireless power supply. The electrical device is equipped with a power receiving unit including a power receiving coil. The wireless power supply system includes a flat surface, a power transmitting unit, and a standing portion. The electrical device is placed on the flat surface. The power transmitting unit includes a power transmitting coil disposed below the flat surface. The power transmitting unit supplies power to the power receiving unit by the wireless power supply. The standing portion defines, on the flat surface, a boundary between the outside and the inside of a placement area for the electrical device for supplying power from the power transmitting unit to the power receiving unit by the wireless power supply. The standing portion protrudes from the flat surface. |
| US12184075B1 |
Closed clean energy generation and reuse system for use in mission critical facilities
A master system for collocated, grid-independent energy generation and usage outside of a typical energy grid dependent system. The system uses a short-coupled delivery system between generation, storage and usage points to prevent line and system energy losses. As a result, the system generates and promotes hyper-efficient end use of electrical and thermal energy, as well as waste products produced during energy generation. Moreover, as a closed system, all waste energy can be reused and/or repurposed within the system, thereby promoting higher energy efficiencies. The versatility of the system is such that it can be implemented across any application that requires efficient energy storage and consumption, especially those involving higher levels of security and control. |
| US12184074B2 |
DC/DC converter using a differential geometric controller
Systems and methods relating to the conversion of DC power to AC power suitable for an AC power grid. DC power is received from one or more PV panels and is converted into DC power useful for charging an energy storage subsystem. The energy storage subsystem feeds into a DC/DC converter that converts the low voltage DC power into high voltage DC power suitable for a DC/AC inverter. The DC/AC inverter then converts the high voltage DC power into AC power suitable for an AC grid. A low voltage DC/DC converter can be used that is based on a differential geometry approach such that adjustable parameter values for components within the converter converge to nominal values as system parameters evolve. |
| US12184073B2 |
Energy storage system, on/off-grid switching method, and power conversion system
An energy storage system includes at least two power conversion systems PCSs, output terminals of the at least two PCSs are connected in parallel to connect to an alternating current power grid, and input terminals of the at least two PCSs are connected to an energy storage power supply. The first PCS is any one of the at least two PCSs. The voltage detection circuit detects a power grid voltage at a parallel connection point of the output terminals of the at least two PCSs. When determining, based on the power grid voltage at the parallel connection point, that islanding occurs in the alternating current power grid, the controller adjusts an angle of an output voltage of the first PCS to a reference angle, so that angles of output voltages of the at least two PCSs are the same. |
| US12184072B2 |
Phasor identification via synchronous messaging
A node in a power distribution system is described. The node includes an electrical connection to a single-phase power signal from an AC mains power source, a wireless communication interface configured to receive a first phase synchronization message, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether the first phase synchronization message is acceptable and detect a zero-crossing event on the single phase power signal subsequent to the receipt of the first phase synchronization message in response to determining that the first phase synchronization message is acceptable. The controller is further configured to calculate a time difference between the receipt of the first phase synchronization signal and the detected zero-crossing event, determine a local phase angle based on the time difference, and establish an identity of the single phase power signal based on the local phase angle. |
| US12184070B1 |
Controlling local generation capacity independently of the power grid
A power system connectable to an electric utility grid includes a local bus connected to at least one source of electrical energy; a connection to an electric utility grid; an inverter electrically interposed between the electric utility grid and the local bus, the inverter having an AC side and a DC side; a user-selectable switch electrically connected between the electric utility grid and the inverter, the switch having an open position and a closed position; and a local controller in communication with the inverter and the switch, the local controller configured to selectively open the switch to disconnect the power system from the electric utility grid and to selectively close the switch to reconnect the power system to the electric utility grid. |
| US12184069B2 |
Managing electric vehicle loads on an electric grid
Systems and methods for performing actions in response to charging events, such as charging events associated with a specific electric vehicle and/or a specific charging station, are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may receive a request from an electric vehicle to identify a charging station from which to charge a battery of the electric vehicle, provide information associated with the electric vehicle to one or more charging stations proximate to the electric vehicle, receive from the one or more charging stations information identifying parameters associated with potential charging events provided by the one or more charging stations, and provide the information identifying the parameters associated with potential charging events provided by the one or more charging stations to the electric vehicle. |
| US12184059B2 |
Fault protection testing in a high-power switching system
A power system including a gate driver configured with test circuitry to detect faults is disclosed. The power system may be configured to test the fault detection circuitry in order to confirm its ability to detect faults. Various methods and circuit implementations are disclosed to determine the ability of the system to detect faults. The testing may include different configurations and protocols in order to make conclusions about which components are likely responsible for a failure. These components may include components included in the gate driver or externally coupled to the gate driver. The disclose approach does not significantly add complexity because a test input to initiate a test may be communicated from a low voltage side to a high voltage side over a shared communication channel. |
| US12184056B2 |
Power cord LCDI and hotspot detector circuit
A LCDI power cord circuit is provided. The circuit includes energizing shielded wires and monitoring the energized shields for surges, e.g., arcing, and/or voltage drops, e.g., shield breaks detected by a Power Cord Fault Circuit (PCFC). In addition to shield breaks the PCFC also monitors the energized shields for shield degradation due to, for example, galvanic corrosion. |
| US12184055B2 |
Arc detection device, solar inverter, indoor wiring system, breaker, solar panel, solar panel- attached module, and junction box
An arc detection device includes a voltage detector connected between a first wire and a second wire to detect a voltage between the first wire and the second wire, the first wire connecting a positive electrode of a DC/DC converter and a plurality of DC/DC converters and branching from the positive electrode of the DC power source into the plurality of DC/DC converters, the second wire connecting a negative electrode of the DC/DC converter and the plurality of DC/DC converters and branching from the negative electrode of the DC/DC converter into the plurality of DC/DC converters; and an arc determiner that determines an occurrence of an arc based on the voltage detected by the voltage detector. |
| US12184052B2 |
Circuit assembly and electrical junction box
The present disclosure enables a cost reduction for a circuit assembly including electronic components. A circuit assembly includes: an electronic component; a conductive plate to which the electronic component is connected; and a holding member that holds the conductive plate. The conductive plate includes a mounting portion on which the electronic component is mounted, and a fiducial mark for positioning and mounting the electronic component. The fiducial mark is constituted by a hole formed in the conductive plate. |
| US12184048B2 |
Stripping method for conductor elements for a hairpin coil
A method of manufacturing a plurality of conductor elements includes providing the plurality of conductor elements, each conductor element includes a conductor end section having an electrically insulating surface coating; securing the conductor end sections of the conductor elements with respect to each other; and simultaneously removing at least a portion of the electrically insulating surface coatings of the conductor end sections using a machining surface of a stripping tool being moved along the conductor end sections. |
| US12184047B2 |
Easy pull electrical conduit
An easy pull conduit for receipt of wire and/or wire bundles reduces the resistance to pulling wire and/or wire bundles. The conduit has an inner surface and a boron nitride coating applied to the inner surface. An aluminum EMT conduit having the boron nitride coating exhibits a 55 percent reduction in pull force compared to a bare aluminum conduit. A method for reducing the pull force required to pull wire and/or wire bundles through a conduit is also disclosed. |
| US12184046B2 |
Electrical junction box
An electrical junction box includes: a case that is insulative; a relay that is attached to the case; a busbar that is connected to a terminal of the relay; and a first heat dissipation member that is connected to the relay so as to be able to transfer heat. The case includes a first case member and a second case member that is coupled to the first case member and that provides a housing space between the first case member and the second case member, the first heat dissipation member includes a first layer portion that is stacked on the first case member within the housing space, and the busbar includes a second layer portion that is stacked on the first case member and the first layer portion outside the case. |
| US12184045B2 |
Apparatus for providing an electrical connection to at least one electrical component
An apparatus for providing an electrical connection to at least one electrical component comprising a first busbar, a second busbar, wherein during the electrical operation the first busbar and the second busbar have a different potential with respect to one another and are arranged parallel to one another, a first insulation element and a second insulation element. The first insulation element and the second insulation element overlap in part in an axial direction but are arranged spaced from one another in the radial direction at least in part between the first busbar and the second busbar. In addition, at least the first busbar has a contacting means for providing an electrical contact to an electrical component, wherein the second insulation element is arranged in the region of the contacting means. |
| US12184042B2 |
Economical pre-chamber spark plug
A pre-chamber spark plug includes (i) a middle electrode with a first noble metal body which has a first end spark face, (ii) a ground electrode with a second noble metal body which has a second end spark face, (iii) a housing, with the ground electrode being fixed in the housing, (iv) an insulator which electrically insulates the middle electrode with respect to the ground electrode, and (v) a cap, which together with a part of the housing, defines a pre-chamber. The first end spark face and the second end spark face are arranged oppositely at a distance from one another. |
| US12184041B2 |
Spark plug
A spark plug includes a center electrode extending along an axial line and includes a front end portion projecting from an insulator, in a section including the axial line, the front end portion includes a proximal end positioned at a front end of the insulator and an electrode tip end. At least one outline appearing in the section and connecting the proximal end and the electrode tip end of the front end portion to each other includes one or more recessed portions recessed toward the axial line, and a value R/A obtained by dividing a curvature radius R of a rear-end recessed portion, of the one or more recessed portions, closest to the proximal end by a distance A between the rear-end recessed portion and the electrode tip end in the direction of the axial line is more than or equal to 0.12. |
| US12184039B2 |
Multi kW class blue laser system
The invention may be embodied in other forms than those specifically disclosed herein without departing from itMulti-kW-class blue (400-495 nm) fiber-delivered lasers and module configurations. In embodiments, the lasers propagate laser beams having beam parameter products of <5 mm*mrad, which are used in materials processing, welding and pumping a Raman laser. In an embodiment the laser system is an integration of fiber-coupled modules, which are in turn made up of submodules. An embodiment has sub-modules having a plurality of lensed blue semiconductor gain chips with low reflectivity front facets. These are locked in wavelength with a wavelength spread of <1 nm by using volume Bragg gratings in an external cavity configuration. An embodiment has modules having of a plurality of submodules, which are combined through wavelength multiplexing with a bandwidth of <10 nm, followed by polarization beam combining. The output of each module is fiber-coupled into a low NA fiber. In an embodiment a kW-level blue laser system is realized by fiber bundling and combining multiple modules into a single output fiber. |
| US12184036B2 |
Two-dimensional photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser
A two-dimensional photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser includes an active layer, a two-dimensional photonic crystal, and electrodes. The two-dimensional photonic crystal contains a plate-shaped base material arranged on one side of the active layer and different refractive index portions arranged at lattice points of a predetermined lattice in the base material and having a refractive index different from that of the base material, a band edge frequency for each position in an electric current supply region, which is at least a part of the two-dimensional photonic crystal, is monotonically increased in one direction parallel to the base material. Such a two-dimensional photonic crystal occurs when the different refractive index portion has a refractive index smaller than that of the base material, a filling factor, which is a ratio of a volume occupied by the different refractive index portion in a unit lattice constituting the lattice, is monotonically increased in the one direction. |
| US12184033B1 |
High optical gain laser media-based on chalcone compound derivatives
A laser device includes a medium container, a gain medium contained in the medium container and optics configured to direct the laser to a sample. The optics preferably include no optical resonator around the gain medium. The gain medium is configured to receive energy to emit a laser and includes a first solvent and a compound dissolved therein. The compound conforms to formula (1): where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group. The laser media can function in both liquid as well as solid state and has shown a high optical gain of the order of 3.2 cm−1 in pulsed and continuous wave modes. |
| US12184032B2 |
Laser apparatus
A laser apparatus includes: a laser oscillator that includes a mirror and emits a laser beam; and an external resonator that includes a nonlinear optical crystal that functions as a phase conjugate mirror. The phase conjugate mirror reflects the laser beam and produces a phase conjugate wave that reaches the mirror of the laser oscillator, and the mirror of the laser oscillator and the phase conjugate mirror cause laser oscillation such that a wavelength and a phase of the laser beam oscillated by the laser oscillation are automatically fixed. |
| US12184026B2 |
Terminal block configured to receive non-stripped wire ends
A terminal block receiving non-stripped wire ends includes an insulating casing, a conductive part installed within the casing, and a displacement tool. The conductive part includes a cooperating slot defined by two cooperating blades forming an insulation-displacement contact connection of a non-stripped wire end. The cooperating blades are parallel to a connection axis of the connection part. The displacement tool displaces the non-stripped wire end in a direction of the connection axis from a disconnected position to a connected position. In the connected position, the two cooperating blades are in electrical contact with a central conducting core of the non-stripped wire end. The displacement tool is attached to the insulating casing by a connection element of the terminal block. |
| US12184025B2 |
High frequency electrical connector assembly
A connector assembly that includes a receptacle with inner and outer shells which have a front end for mating with a mating connector and a back end configured to connect to a printed circuit board. Receptacle primary and secondary ground connections are located on one of the shells. A plug with an outer shell that supports a pin contact to mate with the socket contact. The outer shell of the plug has a front end for mating with the front end of the receptacle and a back end that is configured to connect to a coaxial cable. Plug primary and secondary ground connections are located on the outer shell. When the receptacle and plug are mated, the primary ground connections form a primary grounding path through the assembly and the secondary ground connections form a secondary grounding path through the assembly, thereby electrically connecting the plug with the board. |
| US12184021B2 |
Electrical wiring devices with screwless connection terminals
Electrical wiring devices that incorporate clamp-type wire terminal connections are described. The electrical wiring devices include for example, single and duplex blade-type electrical receptacles, blade-type locking electrical receptacles, single or multi-pole electrical switches, combination switches and blade-type receptacles, blade-type plugs for electrical cords and blade-type connectors for electrical cords. The electrical wiring devices include a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a wire terminal and a plunger. |
| US12184018B2 |
Type-c and USB two-in-one interface wireless radio frequency receiver
A type-c and USB two-in-one interface wireless radio frequency receiver, including a USB interface, a USB portion, a Type-c portion, an upper cover, a lower cover, a handle, and a connecting magnet. The USB portion is connected to the Type-c portion and placed on the lower cover. The USB interface and the type-c interface are fixed in the same storage device, but they are only physically fixed together, and the internal data is stored separately and is not mixed. When exporting data, the corresponding USB or type-c interface will be used, so that no matter which interface is used, this two-in-one receiver will meet the needs. A handle with a rotary design is further provided to protect the Type-c portion from damage. The upper side of the handle is fixed to a fixing rope via the fixing hole, so as to tie the device and facilitate to carry it around. |
| US12184013B2 |
Rear camera system for a vehicle with a trailer
A vehicle plug for transmitting power and signals between a vehicle and a trailer includes a power conductor and one or more video signal conductors. The power conductor is configured to provide power to one or more electrical components of the trailer, the one or more electrical components of the trailer includes one or more video cameras. The one or more video signal conductors are configured to receive video signals from the one or more video cameras of the trailer. |
| US12184012B2 |
High speed, high density electrical connector with shielded signal paths preliminary class
A modular electrical connector with separately shielded signal conductor pairs. The connector may be assembled from modules, each containing a pair of signal conductors with surrounding partially or fully conductive material. Modules of different sizes may be assembled into wafers, which are then assembled into a connector. Wafers may include lossy material. In some embodiments, shielding members of two mating connectors may each have compliant members along their distal portions, such that, the shielding members engage at points of contact at multiple locations, some of which are adjacent the mating edge of each of the mating shielding members. |
| US12184008B2 |
Connector assembly
A connector assembly includes a first connector having a connector cover, a head guide formed on the connector cover, an arm guide connected to the connector cover, a first connector body connected to the arm guide, and a connector lever connected to the first connector body. A second connector is slidable along the first connector body and engageable to the connector lever. A slider is slidable along the head guide and the arm guide, and a position of the slider changes by being pressed by the second connector. The slider presses and deforms the connector lever. The connector assembly further includes an elastic body disposed on the arm guide and supporting the slider. |
| US12184007B2 |
Electric plug connector
The disclosure relates to an electrical plug connector, with a housing with at least one insertion opening for a complementary plug connector and a contact carrier, arranged in the housing, for the electrical contacts accessible through the insertion opening(s). Two concentrically arranged housing parts are connected to one another via a base on the end opposite the at least one insertion opening. Between the housing parts, an annular intermediate space is formed as an annular receiving opening for the plug extension of a complementary plug connector. A receiving space for the contact carrier is provided inside the internal housing part. |
| US12184006B2 |
Conductor connection terminal having first and second housings with electrically joined busbars
A conductor connection terminal having a first insulating material housing and a second insulating material housing. The first and the second insulating material housings each have a plurality of conductor insertion openings arranged side by side for inserting an electrical conductor in a conductor insertion direction into the insulating material housing. The first insulating material housing has a first busbar and the second insulating material housing has a second busbar, and at least two conductor insertion openings of the first insulating material housing and the second insulating material housing are each associated with a clamping spring having a clamping leg. The clamping leg and the respective busbar form a clamping point for an electrical conductor to be clamped. |
| US12184002B2 |
Connector
To provide a connector that is compact and reliable and can easily be produced, in addition to achieving narrow spacing between protruding parts having a plurality of terminals mounted thereto. Such a connector is therefore provided that includes half body parts, each of which includes a connector main body and a plurality of terminals mounted to the connector main body, and a main body end part formed on each end of the connector main body with the connector main bodies of the half body parts opposite each other. The connector main body is an integrated member and includes a protruding part that extends in the longitudinal direction thereof and holds the terminals, along with an embedded part connected to each end in the longitudinal direction of the protruding part. The main body end part includes a cover part that covers at least part of the embedded part of the connector main body. The cover part is a member integrated with the embedded part. |
| US12184000B2 |
Biasing covers with clips
In some examples, the disclosure describes a connector comprising a cover comprising a cover top, a first clip coupled to a first end of the cover, the first clip including a first lever and a first hook, a second clip coupled to a second end of the cover, the second clip including a second lever and a second hook, and a biasing member coupled to the cover top and disposed between the first clip and the second clip, the biasing member to apply pressure to the connector while the connector is disposed between the biasing member and the first hook and the second hook. |
| US12183999B2 |
Separable interface cable structure for high voltage under-module power input
A semiconductor package provides a low profile connection to a bottom side of the semi-conductor package. The semi-conductor package includes a computer processor die and a substrate. The computer processor die is mounted on to a top surface of the substrate. The substrate is mounted on to a printed circuit board. A voltage regulator is coupled to the printed circuit board. A top surface of the voltage regulator is coupled to a bottom surface of the substrate. The package also includes a connector device. The connector device includes a cable configured to conduct power from an upstream source, and a low-profile connector module attached to an end of the cable. The connector module is configured to interface to a bottom surface of the voltage regulator. |
| US12183996B2 |
Electronic device including antenna
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first conductive patch, a second conductive patch, a third conductive patch, and a wireless communication circuit. The first conductive patch includes a first edge facing the second conductive patch, a second edge perpendicularly meeting the first edge at a first corner, a third edge parallel to the first edge, and a fourth edge that is parallel to the second edge and perpendicularly meets the third edge at a second corner. The second conductive patch and the third conductive patch each have a shape identical to that of the first conductive patch. The wireless communication circuit feed power to a first point of the first edge, a second point of a fifth edge of the second conductive patch, and a third point of a sixth edge of the third conductive patch. |
| US12183993B2 |
Proximity-coupled loop antenna
A proximity-coupled loop antenna. The proximity-coupled loop antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a ground plane having a direct-fed strip cut therefrom, a radio frequency port, a coupled strip cut therefrom, a first edge cut therefrom parallel the direct-fed strip and a second edge cut therefrom adjacent the first edge situated on the dielectric substrate, the first and second edges of the ground plane having a total length of approximately one-quarter wavelength of the lowest resonant frequency of the antenna and forming a conductive resonant edge. |
| US12183992B2 |
Compound antenna device for omnidirectional coverage
A composite antenna device (10) configured for omnidirectional operation, comprising a first antenna system (100) configured for use in a first frequency band of a first frequency range (FR2), comprising multiple first antenna elements (110, 110A) arranged in a cylindrical configuration; a second antenna system (200) configured for use in a second frequency band of a second frequency range (FR1) at a frequency which is lower than the first frequency band; and a housing (11) enclosing the first and second antenna systems, wherein the first and the second antenna systems are configured for omnidirectional operation about an axis (12) of the composite antenna device. |
| US12183990B2 |
Transmission line coupled antenna and detuning circuit
A radio frequency (RF) circuit is provided for use with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner to transmit an RF receive signal to an amplifier circuit, the RF circuit comprising: a transmission line; an antenna electrically connected to a first end portion of the transmission line; an impedance transformation circuit; an impedance matching and detuning circuit electrically connected between the transmission line and the impedance transformation circuit, wherein the impedance matching and detuning circuit includes: multiple reactive impedance elements; and two or more switches operable to controllably switch between configuring the multiple reactive impedance elements to cause matching of overall impedance of the RF circuit to a prescribed input impedance seen at the amplifier circuit at a prescribed RF frequency during a receive mode of the MRI scanner, and to cause an increase of impedance at the antenna, to reduce sensitivity of the antenna to RF signals at the prescribed frequency during an excitation mode of the MRI scanner. |
| US12183988B2 |
Half duplex mode digital beamforming device
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first digital beamformer (DBF) associated with a first subset of antennas of a phased array antenna, the first DBF including a transmit section associated with transmission of a first signal at a first frequency in a transmit mode and a receive section associated with receiving of a second signal at a second frequency in a receive mode, the second frequency being different from the first frequency. The apparatus includes a second DBF associated with a second subset of antennas of the phased array antenna. The first and second DBFs are configured to receive a local oscillator signal having the first frequency from a common local oscillator in the transmit mode and receive the local oscillator signal having the second frequency from the common local oscillator in the receive mode. |
| US12183987B2 |
Phase shifter, method for manufacturing same, and electronic device
Provided are a phase shifter, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. The phase shifter includes: a first substrate and a second substrate that are oppositely arranged, and heat conduction structures arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. Orthographic projections of the heat conduction structures and orthographic projections of phase shifting units on the same substrate do not overlap each other. |
| US12183985B2 |
Low-loss switchable panel antennas
A switchable antenna comprises an RF port, an antenna array that includes at least a first column of radiating elements, a second column of radiating elements and a third column of radiating elements, and a feed network coupled between the RF port and the antenna array. The feed network includes a first switch having a first output that is coupled to each of the columns of radiating elements and a second output and a second switch having a first input coupled to the first output of the first switch and a second input coupled to the second output of the first switch, and a first output coupled to the second column of radiating elements. |
| US12183982B2 |
Rotatable antenna system with wireless rotatable interconnect
A rotatable antenna is disclosed comprising a wireless rotatable interconnect comprising: a stator coil pad, a rotor coil pad, and a radiating element coupled to the rotor coil pad. In an embodiment, changes in a rotation of the rotor coil pad about an axis change a pointing direction of the radiating element. Moreover, a first channel of a plurality of wireless channels transfers power from the stator coil pad to the rotor coil pad and a second channel of the plurality of wireless channels transfers data between the stator coil pad and the rotor coil pad. Also, a data encoder may be coupled to the rotor coil pad that modulates at least a portion of the data transmitted through the second channel of the plurality of wireless channels onto a radio frequency (RF) signal, and provides the RF signal to the radiating element. |
| US12183975B2 |
Antenna apparatus
An antenna apparatus includes: a parabolic reflector; a dielectric support pedestal; a sub-reflector connected to an upper part of the dielectric support pedestal; and a waveguide connected to a lower part of the dielectric support pedestal, wherein the parabolic reflector has a curved surface in which a ratio of a focal length to a diameter is greater than a preset value, and at least one corrugation configured to suppress a cross polarization is formed in a region of the dielectric support pedestal. |
| US12183967B2 |
Mobile communicator and method of communicating data with a mobile communicator
A method and system facilitate communication between a constellation of satellites and a mobile platform-mounted mobile communicator. The method and system may include the use of a first antenna suited for operation using a first frequency band in a first geographic region and a second antenna suited for operation using either the first or a second frequency band in a second geographic region. The method and system may use a controller to determine which antenna to activate based on one or more of a geographic indicator or a signal indicator. The system used by the method to facilitate the communication may have one or more enclosures over the antennas and controller for mounting to a mobile platform. |
| US12183964B2 |
Mobile device with high radiation efficiency
A mobile device with high radiation efficiency includes a ground element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a third radiation element, a fourth radiation element, and a dielectric substrate. The first radiation element has a feeding point. The second radiation element is coupled to the first radiation element. The first radiation element is coupled through the third radiation element to the ground element. The fourth radiation element is coupled between the first radiation element and the third radiation element. The first radiation element, the second radiation element, the third radiation element, and the fourth radiation element are disposed on the dielectric substrate. An antenna structure is formed by the first radiation element, the second radiation element, the third radiation element, and the fourth radiation element. |
| US12183962B2 |
Terminated spread-spectrum waveguide-to-coaxial converter
Disclosed is a terminated spread-spectrum waveguide-to-coaxial converter, which relates to the technical field of waveguide converters. The converter includes an upper cavity, a lower cavity, a cover plate and a connector, where a waveguide cavity is formed between the upper cavity and the lower cavity, openings are formed on a left side and a right side of the waveguide cavity, the cover plate is fixed to an outer side of a left end opening of the waveguide cavity, the connector is fixed to an outer side of the cover plate, and a coaxial inner conductor on the connector passes through a through hole formed on the cover plate to enter the waveguide cavity. |
| US12183956B2 |
Battery module, battery pack, apparatus, and failure handling method
This application relates to a battery module, a battery pack, an apparatus, and a failure handling method. The battery module includes: a plurality of battery units configured to be serially-connected, where the plurality of battery units include a failed battery unit and at least one non-failed battery unit after the battery module fails; and a conductive part, electrically connected to the at least one non-failed battery unit, and configured to make a current bypass an electrode assembly of the failed battery unit so that the battery module resumes working. This application simplifies a maintenance process of the battery module, reduces maintenance cost, and improves working efficiency of the battery module. |
| US12183952B2 |
Battery pack with enhanced structure for preventing short circuit and shock
Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes a plurality of cell assemblies respectively having a cell housing for accommodating battery cells and arranged in a front and rear direction; a first metal plate mounted at a top portion of the cell housing and integrally contacting upper electrode terminals of the battery cells; and a second metal plate mounted at a bottom portion of the cell housing and integrally contacting lower electrode terminals of the battery cells. The cell housing includes a side portion that has a slit forming a gap into which a part of the first metal plate and a part of the second metal plate are bent and inserted in an upper and lower direction and a perforated hole formed in a direction intersecting the slit. The bent part of the first metal plate mounted to any one cell housing is overlapped with the bent part of the second metal plate mounted to another the cell housing adjacent thereto inside the perforated hole. |
| US12183945B2 |
Spacers for providing protection of electrochemical battery enclosures and systems and methods therefor
A secondary battery includes a constraint and an electrode assembly disposed within the constraint. The electrode assembly includes a population of unit cells including an electrode current collector layer, an electrode layer, a separator layer, a counter-electrode layer, and a counter-electrode current collector layer in stacked succession in a longitudinal direction. The electrode layer includes an electrode active material, and the counter-electrode layer includes a counter-electrode active material. One of the electrode active material and the counter-electrode material is a cathodically active material and the other of the electrode active material and the counter-electrode material is an anodically active material. A subset of the unit cell population includes at least one extended spacer member located between the electrode current collector layer and the counter-electrode current collector layer, the at least one spacer member extending a distance SD in an x-axis direction beyond an x-axis edge of the constraint. |
| US12183937B2 |
Motor vehicle battery module, motor vehicle having an electric drive motor and a battery module, and method for producing a motor vehicle battery module and a motor vehicle
Motor vehicle battery modules having an energy content of at least 5 kWh for use as energy storage for electric cars. Such a battery module includes multiple individual batteries, each of which has at least one housing and at least one galvanic cell disposed within the housing. The battery module further includes a joining device, by which the individual batteries are assembled to form a battery module that can be handled as a whole. The battery module has, on its outside, a spray-applied protective layer that includes a wax and surrounds at least sections of the battery module. |
| US12183936B2 |
Battery pack and vehicle comprising same battery pack
Discussed is a battery pack including: a battery module assembly including a plurality of battery modules including a plurality of battery cells; a pack tray on which the battery module assembly is accommodated; and a tray bar arranged on at least one side edge of the pack tray. |
| US12183932B2 |
Electrochemical flow devices and methods of making the same
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electrochemical device comprising a tube having an outer surface defining an interior volume of the tube; a first hollow fiber positioned in the interior volume of the tube, the first hollow fiber comprising: a first membrane defining an interior volume of the first hollow fiber; one or more first electrodes positioned in the interior volume of the first hollow fiber; and at least a first portion of a first electrolyte fluid positioned in the interior volume of the first hollow fiber; one or more second electrodes positioned in the interior volume of the tube and outside of the interior volume of the first hollow fiber; and a second electrolyte fluid positioned in the interior volume of the tube and outside of the interior volume of the first hollow fiber. Also disclosed herein are methods of making an electrochemical device. |
| US12183931B2 |
Current collecting member, secondary battery, and method for manufacturing secondary battery
This application provides a current collecting member, a secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing a secondary battery. The current collecting member includes a substrate and a support plate, the substrate is disposed on a side of a body of the electrode assembly in the transverse direction and extends in a direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, the support plate extends from an outer end of the substrate in the longitudinal direction and folds back to a side of the substrate farther from the body. The support plate includes a bending portion and a connecting portion, the bending portion is connected to the substrate and bent into an arc shape, and the connecting portion extends from an end of the bending portion farther from the substrate; and a first tab of the electrode assembly is connected to the connecting portion and bent along a surface of the bending portion. |
| US12183926B2 |
Lithium secondary battery polymer material and manufacturing method therefor
A polymer material for a lithium secondary battery having ionic conductivity and electronic conductivity at the same time, and a method for preparing the same. The polymer material includes a polythiophene-based polymer and a conductive polymer, and the polymer material may be formed by forming a polythiophene-based polymer, forming a conductive polymer, and heat-treating the polythiophene-based polymer and the conductive polymer. |
| US12183911B2 |
Positive particle electrode for a secondary battery and method for producing same from a nanofibre membrane structure
A positive electrode of an active material of interconnected polycrystalline and porous particles for secondary battery has been developed to achieve greater diffusion, excellent specific capacity and life cycle. The active material of the positive electrode for secondary battery is obtained from a hot-pressing process to which the composite fiber membrane is subjected with the precursors of the active metals and the polymer, obtaining morphologies such as monocrystalline particles, two-dimensional plates, and bars. |
| US12183908B2 |
Battery, power consumption device, and method and device for producing battery
Provided is a battery, a power consumption device, a method and device for producing a battery. The battery includes: a battery module and a box body, the battery module accommodated in the box body; the battery module including: N rows of battery cells, each row of battery cells arranged along a first direction, and the N rows of battery cells arranged along a second direction, and N being an integer greater than 1; N−1 spacer plate(s), the spacer plate extending along the first direction and disposed between two adjacent rows of battery cells, and the spacer plate fixedly connected to each of the battery cells in the two rows of the battery cells; where a fixing structure is provided on an end portion of the spacer plate in the first direction, and the spacer plate is fixed to the box body via the fixing structure. |
| US12183904B2 |
Vehicle battery system
A vehicle battery assembly having a battery stack that includes a plurality of modules. The plurality of modules fastened by vertical and horizontal bolts. The battery stack includes cooling plates that is configured to be flexible and non-rigid placed between the modules. The cooling plates have improved isolation of structural stresses from the battery assembly. |
| US12183902B2 |
Apparatus for battery cooling considering battery expansion
Disclosed herein are implementations of a cooling apparatus for use with a battery or battery pack. The battery may be a lithium-ion battery, and the battery pack may be two or more lithium-ion batteries. A cooling apparatus may include a heatsink. The heatsink may have a clearance portion configured to allow expansion of the lithium-ion battery. The cooling apparatus may include a metal plate coupled to the heatsink. The heatsink may be configured to contact the battery on at least three sides. |
| US12183900B2 |
Method for recovering waste lithium cobalt oxide battery
Disclosed is a method for recovering a waste lithium cobalt oxide battery, the method comprising: feeding a lithium cobalt oxide battery black powder in a column-shaped container, adding a first acid to the column-shaped container for heat leaching until solids in the column-shaped container are not reduced any more so as to obtain a first leachate and leaching residues, wherein the first acid is a weak acid, and a filtering structure is arranged at the bottom of the column-shaped container; and adding a second acid to the column-shaped container containing the leaching residues for heat leaching until solids in the column-shaped container are not reduced any more so as to obtain a second leachate and graphite, wherein the second acid is a strong acid. |
| US12183892B2 |
Electrode assembly manufacture and device
Embodiments of a method for the preparation of an electrode assembly, include removing a population of negative electrode subunits from a negative electrode sheet, the negative electrode sheet comprising a negative electrode sheet edge margin and at least one negative electrode sheet weakened region that is internal to the negative electrode sheet edge margin, removing a population of separator layer subunits from a separator sheet, and removing a population of positive electrode subunits from a positive electrode sheet, the positive electrode sheet comprising a positive electrode edge margin and at least one positive electrode sheet weakened region that is internal to the positive electrode sheet edge margin, and stacking members of the negative electrode subunit population, the separator layer subunit population and the positive electrode subunit population in a stacking direction to form a stacked population of unit cells. |
| US12183891B2 |
Layered electrode body and bonding device for layered electrode body
A layered electrode body manufacturing device comprising: a negative electrode cut drum cuts a negative electrode single plate at a first width, generates a negative electrode plate, and conveys same; a negative electrode heat drum heats the negative electrode plate; a positive electrode cut drum cuts a positive electrode single plate at a second width, generates a positive electrode plate, and conveys same; a positive electrode heat drum heats the positive electrode plate; and a bonding drum which positions the negative electrode plate on a first separator single plate, positions a second separator single plate thereon, and positions and bonds the positive electrode plate thereon. The pressing forces between the bonding drum, and the negative and positive electrode heat drums are adjusted. At least a portion of two sides from the outer edge part of the electrode plate is bonded to a separator, and the other two sides are not. |
| US12183890B2 |
All-solid-state secondary battery
An all-solid-state secondary battery includes a laminated body in which a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer are laminated via a solid electrolyte layer, a first external terminal, and a second external terminal, the laminated body has a first side surface parallel to a laminating direction and a second side surface parallel to the laminating direction and perpendicular to the first side surface, the first external terminal and the second external terminal are connected to the first side surface, and the laminated body has a warp in the laminating direction satisfying Equations (1) and (2): 0.5°≤((A1+A2)/2)≤5° (1) A1≤8.0° (2) here, A1 is a warp angle of the laminated body when seen from a side of the first side surface, and A2 is a warp angle of the laminated body when seen from a side of the second side surface. |
| US12183889B2 |
Lithium-sulfur battery electrolyte and lithium-sulfur battery comprising same
An electrolyte for a lithium-sulfur battery including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive. The non-aqueous organic solvent includes an ether compound and a heterocyclic compound. The heterocyclic compound includes one or more double bonds and comprises an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. The additive includes a carbonate compound. |
| US12183888B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same
A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, a fluorine-based linear ether solvent, a fluorine-based cyclic carbonate solvent, and a fluorine-based lithium compound, wherein the fluorine-based linear ether solvent and the fluorine-based cyclic carbonate solvent are present in a weight ratio of 6:4 to 9:1. In some embodiments, a lithium secondary battery having the non-aqueous electrolyte solvent has improved high-temperature storage characteristics. |
| US12183882B2 |
Solid electrolyte membrane, method for manufacturing same, and all-solid-state battery comprising same
The present disclosure relates to a solid electrolyte membrane including a polymer electrolyte material and a porous polymer sheet which form a composite with each other in such a manner that the pores of the porous polymer sheet filled with the polymer electrolyte material, and a method for manufacturing the same. Since the porous polymer material and the solid electrolyte material form a composite with each other, it is possible to obtain a solid electrolyte membrane having excellent strength and a small thickness of 50 μm or less, and thus to improve the energy density of a battery. |
| US12183880B2 |
Vitreous solid electrolyte sheets of Li ion conducting sulfur-based glass and associated structures, cells and methods
A lithium ion-conductive solid electrolyte including a freestanding inorganic vitreous sheet of sulfide-based lithium ion conducting glass is capable of high performance in a lithium metal battery by providing a high degree of lithium ion conductivity while being highly resistant to the initiation and/or propagation of lithium dendrites. Such an electrolyte is also itself manufacturable, and readily adaptable for battery cell and cell component manufacture, in a cost-effective, scalable manner. |
| US12183877B2 |
All solid battery
An all solid battery includes a multilayer chip in which plurality of internal electrodes are alternately exposed to two side faces. A thickness SE of a solid electrolyte layer is 1 μm or more and 50 μm or less in an intersection portion in which two internal electrodes next to each other connected to different external electrodes overlap with each other. Thicknesses EL1 and EL2 of the two internal electrodes are 1 μm or more and 200 μm or less. In one of two non-intersection portions, a length EM from one of the pair of external electrodes contacting the one of the two non-intersection portions to an internal electrode spaced from the one of the pair of external electrodes in a distance direction is 50 μm or more and 800 μm or less. EM/(SE+EL1/4+EL2/4) is 20 or less. |
| US12183875B2 |
Sealed battery and assembled battery
The present disclosure provides a joining technique capable of improving strength and reducing electrical resistance of a connecting portion that performs heterometal interjunction in a sealed battery. A mode of the sealed battery disclosed herein includes an electrode body, a battery case, a positive electrode internal terminal, a positive electrode external terminal, a negative electrode internal terminal, and a negative electrode external terminal. In the sealed battery, in a connecting portion between the negative electrode internal terminal and the negative electrode external terminal, an upper end of the negative electrode internal terminal and the negative electrode external terminal are stacked with a plated layer interposed therebetween and, at the same time, the negative electrode internal terminal and the negative electrode external terminal are joined to each other via the plated layer. In addition, a rough surface having a plurality of recessed portions is formed on the upper surface of the negative electrode external terminal having been stacked with the plated layer interposed therebetween, and a part of the plated layer penetrates into the recessed portions. Accordingly, a connecting portion having high strength and low resistance can be formed between the negative electrode internal terminal and the negative electrode external terminal. |
| US12183871B2 |
Pressure module, in particular for lithium-ion battery cells
The invention relates to a pressure module (1) for a battery cell, wherein: the pressure module is an elastomer component for compensating for swelling, and has a simultaneous cooling or heating function, for rechargeable batteries; and the pressure module (1) comprises an outer covering (2) made of a polymer material which surrounds a cavity (9) that has a channel structure; and connections for the inlet (5) and outlet (6) for the thermal transfer medium are provided in the outer covering (2); wherein the outer covering (2) has two main faces opposite one another which are interconnected via the edges thereof, wherein structural elements (10a, 10b; 19a, 19b) are provided on the inner faces (7, 8) and are arranged so as to correspond to one another and to interact with one another so as to define and stabilise the channel structure for conducting the thermal transfer medium. |
| US12183869B2 |
Secondary battery
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a secondary battery, and the objective of the present invention is to provide a secondary battery, which has drop-impact resistance, by providing an electrode assembly having a relatively thick inner circumferential and a relatively thin outer circumferential tab. To this end, disclosed is a secondary battery, which comprises an electrode assembly comprising: an anode plate having an inner circumferential tab formed at a wound front end thereof; a separator covering the anode plate; and a cathode plate having an outer circumferential tab formed at a wound distal end thereof. |
| US12183868B2 |
Integrated chip and manufacturing method therefor, and full-color integrated chip and display panel
A manufacturing method for an integrated chip is used for forming and processing an electrode structure of the integrated chip. The method includes step S1 and step S2. In step S1, a light-emitting portion is manufactured, and the light-emitting portion includes multiple light-emitting unit groups distributed in the form of a matrix. In step S2, conductive terminals multiple first electrodes and conductive terminals of multiple second electrodes of the light-emitting portion are electrically led out to form multiple first pin electrodes and multiple second pin electrodes. The first pin electrodes and the second pin electrodes are used for being electrically connected to a circuit substrate. |
| US12183862B2 |
Light emitting device
A method of manufacturing a light emitting device including: providing an intermediate structure including an light emitting element and a support body; securing a plate-shaped intermediate resin member and the light emitting element with a light-transmissive member such that the intermediate resin member includes first resin extended portions extending outwardly in the first direction respectively from both short sides of the light emitting element in a plan view; cutting the intermediate resin member at cutting positions along the second direction to obtain a resin member with a concave lower surface, a maximum distance from the light emitting element to a respective one of the cutting positions in the first direction being longer than a maximum length of the light emitting element in the second direction; and forming a covering member to cover lateral surfaces of the resin member such that an upper surface of the resin member is exposed. |
| US12183858B2 |
Light wavelength conversion medium and composition for forming light wavelength conversion medium
The present embodiments provide a light wavelength conversion medium excellent in emission intensity and durability, and also a light wavelength conversion medium-forming composition used for forming that medium. The conversion medium according to the embodiment comprises a rare earth complex comprising a rare earth ion and a nonionic ligand, a nonionic compound substitutable for the nonionic ligand, and a polymer or a solvent. |
| US12183856B2 |
Light emitting element and reflective-type encoder
A light emitting element includes: a substrate; a mesa portion formed on the substrate and including an active layer, a first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer; a metal layer including a first metal part disposed on a top surface of the mesa portion and connected to the second semiconductor layer and a second metal part formed integrally with the first metal part and extending along a side surface of the mesa portion; an insulating layer formed on the side surface; and a resin layer formed on the insulating layer. The first metal part includes an opening region formed with a light passage opening and a connection region for external connection. The second metal part is formed on the side surface via the insulating layer and the resin layer and overlaps the active layer when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the substrate. |
| US12183855B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode which are spaced apart from each other in a second direction, light-emitting elements spaced apart from each other in the first direction, a first contact electrode electrically contacting the light-emitting elements, and a second contact electrode electrically contacting the light-emitting elements. The first contact electrode electrically contacts the first electrode through a first contact portion disposed on the first electrode, the second contact electrode electrically contacts the second electrode through a second contact portion disposed on the second electrode, the first contact portion is disposed on an end portion in the first direction of the first contact electrode, and the second contact portion is disposed on an end portion in the first direction of the second contact electrode. |
| US12183854B2 |
Display device
A display device comprises a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the substrate, a first insulating layer disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, first light emitting elements disposed on the first insulating layer, a first connection electrode disposed on the first electrode to contact first ends of the first light emitting elements and a second connection electrode disposed on the second electrode to contact second ends of the first light emitting elements, a second insulating layer disposed on the first light emitting elements, the first connection electrode and the second connection electrode, second light emitting elements disposed on the second insulating layer, a third connection electrode disposed on the first connection electrode to contact first ends of the second light emitting elements, and a fourth connection electrode disposed on the second connection electrode to contact second ends of the second light emitting elements. |
| US12183850B2 |
Micro-LED structure and micro-LED chip including same
A micro-LED chip includes multiple micro-LEDs. At least one micro-LED of the multiple micro-LEDs includes: a first type conductive layer; a second type conductive layer stacked on the first type conductive layer; and a light emitting layer formed between the first type conductive layer and the second type conductive layer. The light emitting layer is continuously formed on the whole micro-LED chip, the multiple micro-LEDs sharing the light emitting layer. The micro-LED chip further includes: a top spacer formed on a top surface of the light emitting layer; a bottom spacer formed on a bottom surface of the light emitting layer; and an isolation structure formed between adjacent micro-LEDs. |
| US12183849B2 |
Micro-LED structure and micro-LED chip including same
A micro-LED chip includes multiple micro-LEDs. At least one micro-LED of the multiple micro-LEDs includes: a first type conductive layer; a second type conductive layer stacked on the first type conductive layer; and a light emitting layer formed between the first type conductive layer and the second type conductive layer. The light emitting layer is continuously formed on the whole micro-LED chip, the multiple micro-LEDs sharing the light emitting layer. A profile of the first type conductive layer perpendicularly projected on a bottom surface of the second type conductive layer is surrounded by an edge of the second type conductive layer. |
| US12183846B2 |
Device and method for removing metal gallium, and laser lift-off system
The present disclosure relates to a device and method for removing metal gallium, and a laser lift-off system. The device includes a device body, and the device body includes a process chamber (10), wherein fluid used for removing metal gallium left on the surfaces of multiple Micro Light Emitting Diode (Micro-LED) chips after laser lift-off is contained in the process chamber (10); and a temperature of the fluid is greater than or equal to a melting point of metal gallium. |
| US12183845B2 |
Group III-V device on group IV substrate using contacts with precursor stacks
A semiconductor structure includes a group IV substrate and a patterned group III-V device over the group IV substrate. Precursor stacks having at least one precursor metal are situated over at least one portion of the patterned group III-V device. A blanket dielectric layer is situated over the patterned group III-V device. Contact holes in the blanket dielectric layer are situated over each precursor stack. A filler metal is situated in each contact hole and over each precursor stack. The patterned group III-V device can be optically and/or electrically connected to group IV devices in the group IV substrate. Additional contact holes in the blanket dielectric layer can be situated over the group IV devices and filled with the filler metals. |
| US12183835B2 |
Synaptic device
Provided is a synaptic device including a substrate, a channel layer on the substrate, a gate dielectric layer on the channel layer; and a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer, wherein the gate dielectric layer includes a charge supply dielectric film and a piezoelectric film, wherein the charge supply dielectric film includes a metal oxide or metal sulfide, wherein the piezoelectric film includes a piezoelectric material that converts a pressure stimulation into an electrical signal, wherein accordance to a change in a signal applied to the gate electrode, a magnitude and aspect of a current flowing through the channel layer are changed. |
| US12183834B2 |
Cool electron erasing in thin-film storage transistors
A storage transistor has a tunnel dielectric layer and a charge-trapping layer between a channel region and a gate electrode, wherein the charge-tapping layer has a conduction band offset that is less than the lowering of the tunneling barrier in the tunnel dielectric layer when a programming voltage is applied, such that electrons direct tunnel into the charge-trapping layer. The conduction band of the charge-trapping layer has a value between −1.0 eV and 2.3 eV. The storage transistor may further include a barrier layer between the tunnel dielectric layer and the charge-trapping layer, the barrier layer having a conduction band offset less than the conduction band offset of the charge-trapping layer. |
| US12183829B2 |
Thin film transistor, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device
Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor, a thin film transistor, and an electronic device. The method of manufacturing a thin film transistor includes forming an oxide semiconductor layer, forming a gate electrode overlapped with at least a portion of the oxide semiconductor layer, and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer, wherein the forming of the oxide semiconductor layer includes preparing a precursor solution for an oxide semiconductor, and performing spray pyrolysis of the precursor solution for the oxide semiconductor to obtain a c-axis aligned crystalline oxide semiconductor. |
| US12183823B2 |
Fin field-effect transistor with a gate structure having a dielectric protection layer
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin. The semiconductor device includes a gate spacer over the semiconductor fin. A lower portion of the gate spacer surrounds a first region and an upper portion of the gate spacer surrounds a second region. The semiconductor device includes a gate dielectric within the first region. The semiconductor device includes a metal gate within the first region. The semiconductor device includes a dielectric protection layer, in contact with the gate dielectric layer, that includes a first portion within the second region and a second portion lining a top surface of the metal gate. |
| US12183820B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes, first to third semiconductor regions, first and second conductive parts, a first conductive region, a first electrode region, and a conductive layer. The first-conductivity-type third semiconductor region is on the second-conductivity-type second semiconductor region, which is on a portion of the first-conductivity-type first semiconductor region, which is on and electrically connected to the first electrode. A portion of the first conductive part faces the second semiconductor region side surface. A portion of the second conductive part faces the first semiconductor region side surface. The second electrode is on and electrically connected to the second and third semiconductor regions. The first electrode region is electrically connected to the first conductive region, which is on and electrically connected to the second conductive part. The conductive layer is electrically connected to the second electrode and to the first conductive and/or first electrode region. |
| US12183817B2 |
Monolithic semiconductor device and hybrid semiconductor device
A monolithic semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a second nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the first nitride semiconductor layer and having a band gap larger than a band gap of the first nitride semiconductor layer; a first transistor disposed on the substrate and including the first nitride semiconductor layer and the second nitride semiconductor layer, the first transistor being of a high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) type for power amplification; and a first bias circuit disposed on the substrate and including a second transistor of the HEMT type disposed outside a propagation path of a radio-frequency signal inputted to the first transistor, the first bias circuit applying bias voltage to a gate of the first transistor. |
| US12183815B2 |
Non-linear HEMT devices
High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs) are described with a circular gate, with a drain region disposed within the circular gates and circular source region disposed around the circular gates. The circular gate and the circular source region may form complete circles. |
| US12183814B1 |
Multi-channel transistor
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to multi-channel transistors and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a gate structure; a single channel layer in a channel region under the gate structure; a drift region adjacent to the gate structure; and multiple channel layers in the drift region coupled to the single channel layer under the gate structure. |
| US12183813B2 |
Cell structure and semiconductor device using same
A cell structure and a semiconductor device using the same. The cell structure comprises a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of slot units are provided at the top end of the semiconductor substrate; a corresponding carrier barrier region is provided at the bottom of each slot unit; a conductive material is provided in each slot; source body regions are provided between the adjacent slot units; one or more source regions are closely attached on the surface of each source body region, and the source regions and the source body regions are in contact with a first metal layer at the top of the semiconductor substrate; a first semiconductor region and a second metal layer in contact with the first semiconductor region are provided at the bottom of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US12183812B2 |
Methods of manufacture of advanced wafer bonded heterojunction bipolar transistors
Methods of manufacturing heterojunction bipolar transistors are described herein. An exemplary method can include providing an emitter/base stack comprising a substrate, a base over the substrate, and/or an emitter over the base. The exemplary method further can include forming a collector. The exemplary method also can include wafer bonding the base to the collector. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein. |
| US12183809B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes the following steps. A first recess and a second recess are formed in a first region and a second region of a semiconductor substrate, respectively. A bottom surface of the first recess is lower than a bottom surface of the second recess in a vertical direction. A first gate oxide layer and a second gate oxide layer are formed concurrently. At least a portion of the first gate oxide layer is formed in the first recess, and at least a portion of the second gate oxide layer is formed in the second recess. A removing process is performed for removing a part of the second gate oxide layer. A thickness of the second gate oxide layer is less than a thickness of the first gate oxide layer after the removing process. |
| US12183805B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a semiconductor fin. A gate structure is over the semiconductor fin, in which the gate structure has a tapered profile and comprises a gate dielectric. A work function metal layer is over the gate dielectric, and a filling metal is over the work function metal layer. A gate spacer is along a sidewall of the gate structure, in which the work function metal layer is in contact with the gate dielectric and a top portion of the gate spacer. An epitaxy structure is over the semiconductor fin. |
| US12183802B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a gate dielectric layer is formed over a channel region made of a semiconductor material, a first barrier layer is formed on the gate dielectric layer, a second barrier layer is formed on the first barrier layer, a first work function adjustment layer is formed on the second barrier layer, the first work function adjustment layer and the second barrier layer are removed. After the first work function adjustment layer and the second barrier layer are removed, a second work function adjustment layer is formed over the gate dielectric layer, and a metal gate electrode layer is formed over the second work function adjustment layer. |
| US12183801B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a gate structure on a substrate, forming a source/drain region adjacent to two sides of the gate structure, forming an epitaxial layer on the source/drain region, forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer on the gate structure, forming a contact hole in the ILD layer to expose the epitaxial layer, forming a low stress metal layer in the contact hole, forming a barrier layer on the low stress metal layer, and forming an anneal process to form a first silicide layer and a second silicide layer. |
| US12183799B2 |
Semiconductor device with gate isolation features and fabrication method of the same
A semiconductor device includes a first channel member over a first backside dielectric feature, a first gate structure engaging the first channel member, a second channel member over a second backside dielectric feature, a second gate structure engaging the second channel member, and a first isolation feature includes a first portion laterally between the first and second backside dielectric features and a second portion laterally between the first and second gate structures. The first isolation feature is in physical contact with the first and second gate structures. |
| US12183798B2 |
Threshold voltage modulation for gate-all-around FET architecture
A method of forming a gate stack structure includes forming a dipole metal layer on a high-κ gate dielectric layer on a semiconductor structure formed on a substrate, annealing the dipole metal layer, and removing the dipole metal layer. The dipole metal layer comprises dopants in the high-κ gate dielectric layer. |
| US12183793B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor device structure with metal-semiconductor compound layer
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a semiconductor strip structure over a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor strip structure has a first doped region and a spacing region connected to the first doped region, and the spacing region is an undoped region. The method includes performing an implantation process over the first doped region and the spacing region to convert a first upper portion of the first doped region and a second upper portion of the spacing region into a continuous disorder region. The method includes forming a metal-semiconductor compound layer over the semiconductor strip structure to continuously cover the first doped region and the spacing region after the implantation process. |
| US12183790B2 |
Semiconductor device structure and methods of forming the same
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a source/drain epitaxial feature having a first semiconductor material, a first semiconductor layer having a first doped region and a first undoped region adjacent the first doped region, and the first doped region is in contact with the first semiconductor material. The structure further includes a second semiconductor layer disposed over the first semiconductor layer, and the second semiconductor layer includes a second doped region and a second undoped region adjacent the second doped region. The second doped region is in contact with the first semiconductor material. The structure further includes a gate electrode layer surrounding at least the first undoped region and the second undoped region. |
| US12183788B2 |
Semiconductor arrangement comprising a source pad, gate pad, drain pad, backside interconnect line, and backside contact, and backside conductive line and method of making
A method of forming a semiconductor arrangement includes forming a first source pad over a semiconductor layer. A first nanosheet is formed contacting the first source pad. A gate pad is formed adjacent the first nanosheet. A first drain pad is formed over the gate pad and contacting the first nanosheet. A backside interconnect line is formed under the gate pad and the first source pad. A first backside contact is formed contacting at least one of the backside interconnect line, the first source pad, or the gate pad. |
| US12183783B2 |
Stacked structure including two-dimensional material and method of fabricating the stacked structure
A stacked structure may include a first material layer, a two-dimensional material layer on the first material layer, and a second material layer on the two-dimensional material layer. The two-dimensional material layer may include a plurality of holes that each expose a portion of the first material layer. The second material layer may be coupled to the first material layer through the plurality of holes. |
| US12183781B1 |
Power semiconductor packaging and manufacturing method thereof
The power semiconductor device comprises a base that includes a substrate and an epitaxial layer located above the substrate, with the base comprising a unit area and a peripheral area surrounding the unit area. A junction layer is located within the peripheral area and above the epitaxial layer. A barrier layer is located within the unit area and above the epitaxial layer. A first electrode is located on the junction layer and a second electrode is located on the barrier layer. The epitaxial layer includes a doped channel located within the peripheral area, extending between the junction layer and the base substrate. Current flows from the substrate through the doped channel and the junction layer to the first electrode. |
| US12183774B2 |
Power converter
To provide a technique of reducing gate oscillation while suppressing reduction in switching speed. A semiconductor device according to the technique disclosed in the present description includes: a first gate electrode in an active region; a gate pad in a first region different from the active region in a plan view; and a first gate line electrically connecting the first gate electrode and the gate pad to each other. The first gate line is formed into a spiral shape. The first gate line is made of a different type of material from the first gate electrode. |
| US12183770B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device according to an example of the present disclosure includes a substrate on which a plurality of sub-pixels are defined; a plurality of LEDs including a first LED, a second LED, and a third LED that are disposed in the plurality of respective sub-pixels on the substrate; and at least one buffer layer disposed between the first LED and the substrate, wherein the first LED is in contact with an upper surface of the at least one buffer layer, and the second LED and the third LED are in contact with an upper surface of the substrate. Accordingly, the plurality of LEDs emitting light of different colors using the buffer layer can be respectively formed on one substrate, thereby allow for omission of a transfer process. |
| US12183769B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A display device includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixels; a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other on the substrate; a light emitting element located between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a conductive pattern on the light emitting element. The light emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and the conductive pattern overlaps the active layer and does not overlap the first semiconductor layer or the second semiconductor layer. |
| US12183768B2 |
Display device and tiled display including the same
A display device includes a substrate comprising a display part, a pad part, and a bending part between the display part and the pad part, a display layer disposed on a first surface of the display part and comprising pixels, a pad electrode disposed on a first surface of the pad part, and a metal layer disposed on a second surface of the display part and on a second surface of the pad part. The second surface of the display part is opposite to the first surface of the display part, and the second surface of the pad part is opposite to the first surface of the pad part. A thickness of the bending part is smaller than at least one of a thickness of the display part and a thickness of the pad part. A planar shape of the bending part is determined by the metal layer. |
| US12183767B2 |
Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor image sensor and method of making
A pixel includes a workpiece having a protrusion and a bulk, wherein the protrusion is above the bulk. The pixel further includes a protrusion doping region in the protrusion. The pixel further includes an isolation structure in the protrusion, wherein the isolation structure surrounds the protrusion doping region. The pixel further includes a photosensitive device, wherein the photosensitive device is in the bulk and the protrusion. |
| US12183764B2 |
Channel pattern design to improve carrier transfer efficiency
The present disclosure relates to an image sensor integrated chip. The image sensor integrated chip includes a photodiode region disposed within a substrate having a first semiconductor material region. A second semiconductor material region is disposed onto the substrate. A patterned doped layer is arranged between the substrate and the second semiconductor material region. The second semiconductor material region includes a sidewall connecting to a bottom surface of the second semiconductor material region. The sidewall extends through the patterned doped layer. A bottom surface of the second semiconductor material region is directly over the photodiode region. |
| US12183759B2 |
Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system, mobile body, and semiconductor substrate
An apparatus includes a first substrate having a pixel area and a second substrate superimposed on the first substrate, a first processing unit for processing signals output from a plurality of pixels, and a second processing unit for performing processing based on a neural network calculation model. At least part of the first processing unit and at least part of the second processing unit are disposed on either the first substrate or the second substrate. A wiring density of a plurality of first wirings connected to the first processing unit is different from a wiring density of a plurality of second wirings connected to the second processing unit. |
| US12183758B2 |
Circuit board, semiconductor device, and electronic device
Provided is a circuit board comprising a first conductor periodically arranged with a first periodic width in a first region, a second conductor periodically arranged with a second periodic width in the first region, a third conductor periodically arranged with a third periodic width in a second region, and a fourth conductor periodically arranged with a fourth periodic width in the second region. The first periodic width and the second periodic width, and the third periodic width and the fourth periodic width are in a rational number relationship, the first periodic width and the fourth periodic width are same or substantially same, the first region and the second region have a conductor structure mirror-symmetrical or substantially mirror-symmetrical in a first direction. A first power supply is connected to the first conductor and the third conductor and a second power supply is connected to the second conductor and the fourth conductor. |
| US12183757B2 |
Solid-state imaging device
There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a first substrate including a photoelectric converter and an electric charge accumulation section for each pixel, the electric charge accumulation section in which a signal electric charge generated in the photoelectric converter is accumulated; a second substrate including a semiconductor layer and a pixel transistor, the semiconductor layer being stacked on the first substrate, and the pixel transistor that includes a gate electrode opposed to the semiconductor layer, and reads the signal electric charge of the electric charge accumulation section; and a through electrode that is provided in the first substrate and the second substrate, and electrically couples the first substrate and the second substrate to each other and is partially in contact with the gate electrode. |
| US12183756B2 |
Imaging device
An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first substrate including a sensor pixel that performs photoelectric conversion; a second substrate including a pixel circuit that outputs a pixel signal on a basis of electric charges outputted from the sensor pixel; and a third substrate including a processing circuit that performs signal processing on the pixel signal. The first substrate, the second substrate, and the third substrate are stacked in this order, and a concentration of electrically-conductive type impurities in a region on side of the first substrate is higher than a concentration of electrically-conductive type impurities in a region on side of the third substrate, in at least one or more semiconductor layers in which a field-effect transistor of the pixel circuit is provided. |
| US12183754B2 |
Single-photon avalanche diodes with deep trench isolation
Structures for a single-photon avalanche diode and methods of forming a structure for a single-photon avalanche diode. The structure includes a semiconductor layer having a first well and a second well defining a p-n junction with the first well, and an interlayer dielectric layer on the semiconductor layer. A deep trench isolation region includes a conductor layer and a dielectric liner. The conductor layer penetrates through the semiconductor layer and the interlayer dielectric layer. The conductor layer has a first end, a second end, and a sidewall that connects the first end to the second end. The dielectric liner is arranged to surround the sidewall of the conductor layer. A metal feature is connected to the first end of the conductor layer. |
| US12183753B2 |
Image sensor and method of making
An image sensor includes a first photodiode and a second photodiode. The image sensor further includes a first color filter over the first photodiode; and a second color filter over the second photodiode. The image sensor further includes a first microlens over the first color filter and a second microlens over the second color filter. The image sensor further includes a first electro-optical (EO) film between the first color filter and the first microlens, wherein a material of the first EO film is configured to change refractive index in response to application of an electrical field. The image sensor further includes a second EO film between the second color filter and the second microlens, wherein a material of the second EO film is configured to change refractive index in response to application of an electrical field. |
| US12183752B2 |
Array substrate
An array substrate is disclosed. The array substrate includes a semiconductor layer integrated with a PIN photoelectric diode and an active area. The PIN photoelectric diode includes a P-type semiconductor area, an N-type semiconductor area, and an I-type semiconductor area defined between the P-type semiconductor area and the N-type semiconductor area. A gate electric current is introduced at a location corresponding to the I-type semiconductor area, so as to enhance light sensitivity. |
| US12183751B2 |
Fluorine passivation in a pixel sensor
Implementations described herein reduce electron-hole pair generation due to silicon dangling bonds in pixel sensors. In some implementations, the silicon dangling bonds in a pixel sensor may be passivated by silicon-fluorine (Si—F) bonding in various portions of the pixel sensor such as a transfer gate contact via or a shallow trench isolation region, among other examples. The silicon-fluorine bonds are formed by fluorine implantation and/or another type of semiconductor processing operation. In some implementations, the silicon-fluorine bonds are formed as part of a cleaning operation using fluorine (F) such that the fluorine may bond with the silicon of the pixel sensor. Additionally, or alternatively, the silicon-fluorine bonds are formed as part of a doping operation in which boron (B) and/or another p-type doping element is used with fluorine such that the fluorine may bond with the silicon of the pixel sensor. |
| US12183750B2 |
Pixel array and image sensor including the same
A pixel array and an image sensor including the pixel array are provided. The pixel array included in the image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and a plurality of column lines each commonly connected to pixels arranged on a same column from among the plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes four subpixels. Each of the four subpixels includes four photoelectric conversion devices; a floating diffusion region storing electric charges generated by the four photoelectric conversion devices; and four transmission gates configured to transmit the electric charges generated by the four photoelectric conversion devices to the floating diffusion region. Four floating diffusion regions included in the four subpixels are electrically connected to one another via internal wiring. Each of the plurality of pixels further includes a reset gate, a first driving gate and a first selection gate. |
| US12183745B2 |
Display panel and display apparatus
A display panel and a display apparatus includes sub-pixels, and First and second regions arranged along a first direction. First sub-pixel groups in the first region and second sub-pixel groups in the second region are arranged along the first direction, and each include at least two sub-pixels arranged along the second direction. A number of the sub-pixels in the second sub-pixel group close to the first region is greater than a number of the sub-pixels in the second sub-pixel groups away from the first region. The first sub-region of the second region is closer to the first region than the second sub-region. From the first region to the second region, a variation rate of the numbers of the sub-pixels in the second sub-pixel groups in the first sub-region is greater than a variation rate of the numbers of the sub-pixels in the second sub-pixel groups in the second sub-region. |
| US12183744B2 |
Display substrate, display device, display substrate, method of forming display substrate, and method of forming display device
A display substrate, a display device, a method of forming a display substrate, and a method of forming a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: a first insulation structure, including a display area and a frame area, where the frame area is arranged around the display area, and at least one first groove is arranged in the first insulation structure of the display area; a first wiring layer arranged on the first insulating structure and covering a side surface and a bottom surface of the first groove; a second insulation structure arranged on the first wiring layer, where at least one first through-hole is formed in the second insulation structure of the frame area; a first conductive structure covering a part of an upper surface of the second insulating structure and at least a sidewall and a bottom surface of the first via-hole. |
| US12183742B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first and second channel patterns on a substrate, each of the first and second channel patterns including vertically-stacked semiconductor patterns; a first source/drain pattern connected to the first channel pattern; a second source/drain pattern connected to the second channel pattern, the first and second source/drain patterns having different conductivity types; a first contact plug inserted in the first source/drain pattern, and a second contact plug inserted in the second source/drain pattern; a first interface layer interposed between the first source/drain pattern and the first contact plug; and a second interface layer interposed between the second source/drain pattern and the second contact plug, the first and second interface layers including different metallic elements from each other, a bottom portion of the second interface layer being positioned at a level that is lower than a bottom surface of a topmost one of the semiconductor patterns. |
| US12183740B2 |
Stacked field-effect transistors
Provided is a stacked field-effect transistor (FET). The stacked FET comprises a top device, a bottom device, and a transition region between the top device and the bottom device. The transition region includes a plurality of inner spacers and a first inter-layer dielectric (ILD). The ILD is formed between each of the plurality of inner spacers. The top and bottom devices have a first channel sheet thickness in a gate region and a second channel sheet thickness between inner spacers. The second channel sheet thickness is larger than both the first channel sheet thickness and the first distance. |
| US12183739B2 |
Ribbon or wire transistor stack with selective dipole threshold voltage shifter
Integrated circuitry comprising a ribbon or wire (RoW) transistor stack within which the transistors have different threshold voltages (Vt). In some examples, a gate electrode of the transistor stack may include only one workfunction metal. A metal oxide may be deposited around one or more channels of the transistor stack as a solid-state source of a metal oxide species that will diffuse toward the channel region(s). As diffused, the metal oxide may remain (e.g., as a silicate, or hafnate) in close proximity to the channel region, thereby altering the dipole properties of the gate insulator material. Different channels of a transistor stack may be exposed to differing amounts or types of the metal oxide species to provide a range of Vt within the stack. After diffusion, the metal oxide may be stripped as sacrificial, or retained. |
| US12183737B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including a substrate; gate structures spaced apart from each other on the substrate, each gate structure including a gate electrode and a gate capping pattern; source/drain patterns on opposite sides of the gate structures; first isolation patterns that respectively penetrate adjacent gate structures; and a second isolation pattern that extends between adjacent source/drain patterns, and penetrates at least one gate structure, wherein each first isolation pattern separates the gate structures such that the gate structures are spaced apart from each other, the first isolation patterns are aligned with each other, and top surfaces of the first and second isolation patterns are each located at a level the same as or higher than a level of a top surface of the gate capping pattern. |
| US12183734B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a first active pattern extending lengthwise along a first direction and a second active pattern extending lengthwise along the first direction and spaced apart from the first active pattern in the first direction. The device also includes a field insulating film between the first active pattern and the second active pattern. An upper surface of the field insulating film is lower than or coplanar with upper surfaces of the first and second active patterns. The device further includes an element isolation structure in an isolation trench in the first active pattern and the field insulating film. An upper surface of the element isolation structure is higher than the upper surfaces of the first and second active patterns. |
| US12183732B2 |
Semiconductor devices including an isolation insulating pattern on a boundary region of a substrate and between first active patterns and second active patterns
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a boundary region between first and second regions, first active patterns on the first region, second active patterns on the second region, and an isolation insulating pattern on the boundary region between the first and second active patterns. A width of at least some of the first active patterns have different widths. Widths of the second active patterns may be equal to each other. A bottom surface of the isolation insulating pattern includes a first bottom surface adjacent to a corresponding first active pattern, a second bottom surface adjacent to a corresponding second active pattern, and a third bottom surface between the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface. The third bottom surface is located at a different height from those of the first and second bottom surfaces with respect to a bottom surface of the substrate. |
| US12183731B2 |
Dummy device for core device to operate in a safe operating area and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device and a method for a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device comprises a core transistor having a drain configured to receive a first voltage, and a first dummy device connected to the drain of the core transistor, the first dummy device having a first dummy transistor and a second dummy transistor. Wherein a gate and a source of the first dummy transistor are connected to each other. Wherein a drain of the second dummy transistor is connected to the source of the first dummy transistor. Wherein a gate of the second dummy transistor is connected to the drain of the core transistor. |
| US12183730B2 |
Silicon controlled rectifier
A silicon-controlled rectifier includes a semiconductor body including a first main surface, an active device region, a first, a second, a third and a fourth surface contact area at the first main surface and arranged directly one after another along a first lateral direction, wherein the semiconductor body is electrically contacted at each of the first to fourth surface contact areas, and a first, a second, a third and a fourth SCR region, wherein the first and third SCR regions are of a first conductivity type and directly adjoin the first and third surface contact areas, respectively, and wherein the second and fourth SCR regions are of a second conductivity type and directly adjoin the second and fourth surface contact areas, respectively, wherein the first SCR region is electrically connected to the fourth SCR region, and the second SCR region is electrically connected to the third SCR region. |
| US12183727B2 |
Flexible display device
A flexible display device may include a display panel including a display area and a bending area extending from one side of the display area to be bent, a back plate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, a cushion tape disposed on a rear surface of the back plate, a driver integrated circuit (IC) disposed in a pad portion extending from the bending area, and a functional tape adhered between the cushion tape and the back plate and disposed to face the driver integrated circuit, so that effects capable of improving an EMI shielding function with a low cost, together with an adhesive function, and deriving an optimum efficiency, may be provided. |
| US12183725B2 |
Display device with plurality of color filter patterns
A display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first pixel including a first sub-emission area and a second sub-emission area that are spaced from each other, and first light-emitting elements in the first and second sub-emission areas, the first light-emitting elements being configured to emit light having a first color; a light blocking pattern on the first pixel to cover an area between the first sub-emission area and the second sub-emission area and including a plurality of openings respectively corresponding to the first and second sub-emission areas; and a first color filter including a plurality of first color filter patterns disposed on the first and second sub-emission areas. |
| US12183720B2 |
Arrangements for light emitting diode packages
Solid-state lighting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and more particularly LED packages are disclosed. Arrangements for LED packages are disclosed that provide improved reliability and improved emission characteristics in a variety of applications, including outdoor LED displays as well as general illumination. LED packages are disclosed with linear arrangements of LED chips and corresponding lenses to provide improved visibility and color mixing at higher viewing angles. LED packages are disclosed that include different types of lenses that are arranged within the same LED package depending on desired emission characteristics. Body structures for LED packages are disclosed that include arrangements for improved adhesion with encapsulant materials and optional potting materials to provide improved moisture barriers. |
| US12183716B2 |
Monolithic conductive columns in a semiconductor device and associated methods
A semiconductor device having monolithic conductive columns, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. The semiconductor device can include a semiconductor die and a molding material. The semiconductor die may have a semiconductor substrate, a conductive pad, an opening, a non-conductive liner, and a plug of non-conductive material. The conductive pad may be at a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The opening may extend through the semiconductor substrate from the conductive pad to a second surface and define a side wall. The liner may coat the side wall and the plug may fill the opening. A second opening may be formed through the semiconductor device and the opening and a conductive material plated therein. The molding material may be laterally adjacent to the semiconductor die. |
| US12183715B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor structure
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure employing a via structure. The method includes forming a first conductive pad on a first semiconductor device; forming a second conductive pad on the first conductive pad; connecting a second semiconductor device to the first semiconductor device; and forming a via structure in the second semiconductor device, The via structure contacts the second conductive pad, and the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad are formed of different metal materials. |
| US12183713B2 |
Semiconductor module, method for manufacturing same, and semiconductor module mounting body
A semiconductor module that enables reduction of manufacturing costs, a method for manufacturing the same, and a semiconductor module mounting body. The semiconductor module having a plurality of stacked dies includes: a first die; a second die disposed side by side with respect to the first die in a direction intersecting with a stacking direction; a third die disposed in the stacking direction, so as to straddle the first die and the second die and that is electrically connected to wiring surfaces of the first die and the second die opposing the third die; projection terminals projecting from the wiring surfaces of the first die and the second die and that project in a space adjacent to at least one of side surfaces of the third die in the direction intersecting with the stacking direction; and rewiring layers disposed so as to overlap with the projection terminals. |
| US12183711B2 |
Methods of determining a sequence for creating a plurality of wire loops in connection with a workpiece
A method of determining a sequence for creating a plurality of wire loops is provided. The method includes (a) providing workpiece data for a workpiece. The workpiece data includes (i) position data for bonding locations of the workpiece, and (ii) wire loop data for a plurality of wire loops providing interconnection between ones of the bonding locations. The method also includes (b) analyzing the workpiece data. The step of analyzing includes considering overlap conditions between ones of the plurality of wire loops, considering wire loop heights of ones of the plurality of wire loops, considering lateral bend conditions between ones of the plurality of wire loops, and considering wire loop positions for ones of the plurality of wire loops. The method also includes (c) providing a sequence of creating the plurality of wire loops in connection with the workpiece at least partially based on the results of step (b). |
| US12183707B2 |
Packaged semiconductor device having improved reliability and inspectionability and manufacturing method thereof
Packaged device having a carrying base; an accommodation cavity in the carrying base; a semiconductor die in the accommodation cavity, the semiconductor die having die pads; a protective layer, covering the semiconductor die and the carrying base; first vias in the protective layer, at the die pads; and connection terminals of conductive material. The connection terminals have first connection portions in the first vias, in electrical contact with the die pads, and second connection portions, extending on the protective layer, along a side surface of the packaged device. |
| US12183705B2 |
Semiconductor device structure with composite bottle-shaped through silicon via
A semiconductor device structure includes a silicon layer disposed over a first semiconductor die, and a first mask layer disposed over the silicon layer. The semiconductor device structure also includes a second semiconductor die disposed over the first mask layer, and a through silicon via penetrating through the silicon layer and the first mask layer. A bottom surface of the through silicon via is greater than a top surface of the through silicon via, and the top surface of the through silicon via is greater than a cross-section of the through silicon via between and parallel to the top surface and the bottom surface of the through silicon via. |
| US12183704B2 |
Semiconductor package and method for manufacturing the same
Provided is a semiconductor package including a first semiconductor chip having a bottom surface adjacent to a first active layer and an top surface opposite to the bottom surface; a first adhesive layer disposed on the top surface of the first semiconductor chip; a first conductive stud disposed on the bottom surface of the first semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the first active layer; a first conductive post disposed outside the first semiconductor chip; a redistribution structure disposed under the first semiconductor chip and including a redistribution pattern connected to the first conductive stud and the first conductive post and a redistribution insulation layer surrounding the redistribution pattern; and a molding layer surrounding the first semiconductor chip, the first adhesive layer, the first conductive stud, and the first conductive post on the redistribution structure. Also, a top surface of the molding layer, a top surface of the conductive post, and a top surface of the first adhesive layer may be coplanar. |
| US12183703B2 |
Leadframes in semiconductor devices
In one instance, a method of forming a semiconductor package with a leadframe includes cutting, such as with a laser, a first side of a metal strip to a depth D1 according to a cutting pattern to form a first plurality of openings, which may be curvilinear. The method further includes etching the second side of the metal strip to a depth D2 according to a photoresist pattern to form a second plurality of openings. At least some of the first plurality of openings are in fluid communication with at least some of the second plurality of openings to form a plurality of leadframe leads. The depth D1 is shallower than a height H of the metal strip, and the depth D2 is also shallower than the height H. Other embodiments are presented. |
| US12183702B2 |
Electronic package with varying interconnects
A flip chip device and methods for fabrication are provided. An interconnect layer for a device include a plurality of solder bumps arranged within the interconnect layer. A first subset of the plurality of solder bumps has a first cross-sectional area, where the first subset is arranged along a first position at a first edge of the interconnect layer. A second subset of the plurality of solder bumps has a second cross-sectional area, where the second subset is arranged at a second position of the interconnect layer. A third subset of the plurality of solder bumps is arranged between the first position and the second position, where the third subset has a plurality of cross-sectional areas. |
| US12183701B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer, a barrier electrode layer formed on the insulating layer, a Cu electrode layer that includes a metal composed mainly of copper and that is formed on a principal surface of the barrier electrode layer, and an outer-surface insulating film that includes copper oxide, that coats an outer surface of the Cu electrode layer, and that is in contact with the principal surface of the barrier electrode layer. |
| US12183700B2 |
Semiconductor device package and method of manufacture
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture are described herein. The methods include forming a local organic interconnect (LOI) by forming a stack of conductive traces embedded in a passivation material, forming first and second local contacts over the passivation material, the second local contact being electrically coupled to the first local contact by a first conductive trace of the stack. The methods further include forming a backside redistribution layer (RDL) and a front side RDL on opposite sides of the LOI with TMVs electrically coupling the backside and front side RDLs to one another. First and second external contacts are formed over the backside RDL for mounting of semiconductor devices, the first and second external contacts being electrically connected to one another by the LOI. An interconnect structure is attached to the front side RDL for further routing. External connectors electrically coupled to the external contacts at the backside RDL. |
| US12183698B2 |
Structure and method for isolation of bit-line drivers for a three-dimensional NAND
Embodiments of a three-dimensional (3D) memory device and fabrication methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the 3D memory device includes a peripheral circuitry formed on a first substrate. The peripheral circuitry includes a plurality of peripheral devices on a first side of the first substrate, a first interconnect layer, and a deep-trench-isolation on a second side of the first substrate, wherein the first and second sides are opposite sides of the first substrate and the deep-trench-isolation is configured to provide electrical isolation between at least two neighboring peripheral devices. The 3D memory device also includes a memory array formed on a second substrate. The memory array includes at least one memory cell and a second interconnect layer, wherein the second interconnect layer of the memory array is bonded with the first interconnect layer of the peripheral circuitry, and the peripheral devices are electrically connected with the memory cells. |
| US12183697B2 |
Semiconductor device having a metal pad and a protective layer for corrosion prevention due to exposure to halogen
Semiconductor devices, integrated circuits and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes depositing a first dielectric layer over a metal pad disposed over a workpiece, forming a first opening in the first dielectric layer to expose a portion of the metal pad, after the forming of the first opening, forming a second dielectric layer over the exposed portion of the metal pad, depositing a first polymeric material over the second dielectric layer, forming a second opening through the first polymeric material and the second dielectric layer to expose the metal pad, and forming a bump feature over the exposed metal pad. |
| US12183691B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method of forming the same
A semiconductor structure and a method of forming the same are disclosed. A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes the following operations. An insulating layer is formed over a substrate. A metal feature is formed in the insulating layer. An argon-containing plasma treatment is performed to the insulating layer and the metal feature. |
| US12183684B2 |
Semiconductor device packaging methods
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for forming a thin-form-factor semiconductor device package. In certain embodiments, a glass or silicon substrate is patterned by laser ablation to form structures for subsequent formation of interconnections therethrough. The substrate is thereafter utilized as a frame for forming a semiconductor device package, which may have one or more embedded dies therein. In certain embodiments, an insulating layer is formed over the substrate by laminating a pre-structured insulating film thereon. The insulating film may be pre-structured by laser ablation to form structures therein, followed by selective curing of sidewalls of the formed structures. |
| US12183682B2 |
Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes: semiconductor dies, separated from one another, and including die I/Os at their active sides; and a redistribution structure, disposed at the active sides of the semiconductor dies and connected to the die I/Os, wherein the redistribution structure includes first and second routing layers sequentially arranged along a direction away from the die I/Os, the first routing layer includes a ground plane and first signal lines laterally surrounded by and isolated from the first ground plane, the first signal lines connect to the die I/Os and rout the die I/Os from a central region to a peripheral region of the redistribution structure, the second routing layer includes second signal lines and ground lines, and the second signal lines and the ground lines respectively extend from a location in the peripheral region to another location in the peripheral region through the central region. |
| US12183678B2 |
Backside power rail structure and methods of forming same
Nanostructure field-effect transistors (nano-FETs) including isolation layers formed between epitaxial source/drain regions and semiconductor substrates and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a power rail, a dielectric layer over the power rail, a first channel region over the dielectric layer, a second channel region over the first channel region, a gate stack over the first channel region and the second channel region, where the gate stack is further disposed between the first channel region and the second channel region and a first source/drain region adjacent the gate stack and electrically connected to the power rail. |
| US12183672B2 |
Fail-open isolator
A device includes first and second device terminals, a fuse, a first circuit, a first transistor, and a control circuit. The fuse terminal couples to the first device terminal. The first circuit couples to the second fuse terminal. The second fuse terminal has a first voltage. The first transistor has a first control input and first and second current terminals. The first current terminal couples to the second fuse terminal, and the second current terminal couples to the second device terminal. The control circuit: turns “on” the first transistor into a saturation region if the first voltage exceeds a threshold and a current through the fuse exceeds a trip threshold current of the fuse; and turns “on” the first transistor into a linear region if the first voltage exceeds a threshold and a current through the fuse is below the trip threshold current of the fuse. |
| US12183671B2 |
Hybrid metal line structure
The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip that includes a substrate, a first metal line, and a hybrid metal line. The first metal line includes a first metal material and is within a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer over the substrate. The hybrid metal line is also within the first ILD layer. The hybrid metal line includes a pair of first metal segments that comprise the first metal material. The hybrid metal line further includes a second metal segment that comprises a second metal material that is different from the first metal material. The second metal segment is laterally between the pair of first metal segments. |
| US12183665B2 |
Semiconductor package
Disclosed is a semiconductor package comprising a package substrate, an interposer substrate on the package substrate and including a first redistribution substrate, a second redistribution substrate on a bottom surface of the first redistribution substrate, and an interposer molding layer between the first redistribution substrate and the second redistribution substrate, a connection substrate on the interposer substrate and having a connection hole that penetrates the connection substrate, a first semiconductor chip on the interposer substrate and in the connection hole, a second semiconductor chip on the interposer substrate, in the connection hole and horizontally spaced apart from the first semiconductor chip, and a connection semiconductor chip in the interposer molding layer and on the bottom surface of the first redistribution substrate. |
| US12183664B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package may include a redistribution substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on a top surface of the redistribution substrate, and a conductive terminal provided on a bottom surface of the redistribution substrate. The redistribution substrate may include an under-bump pattern including a via portion in contact with the conductive terminal and a wire portion on the via portion and an insulating layer covering top and side surfaces of the under-bump pattern. A central portion of a bottom surface of the via portion may be provided at a level higher than an edge portion of the bottom surface of the via portion. |
| US12183648B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor module
In a semiconductor device, when a first surface of a first member is viewed in plan, a plurality of circuit blocks are disposed in an inner region of the first surface. The second member is joined to the first surface of the first member in surface contact with the first surface. The second member includes one or more circuit blocks. A conductive protrusion protrudes from the second member on an opposite side to the first member. One of the circuit blocks in the second member constitutes a first amplifier circuit including a plurality of first transistors that are connected in parallel to each other. At least one of the circuit blocks in the first member overlaps at least one circuit block in the second member in a plan view. |
| US12183647B2 |
Packaging of a semiconductor device with dual sealing materials
The present invention provides a semiconductor device including an insulating layer, a conductive layer bonded to one main surface of the insulating layer, a semiconductor element arranged such that the upper surface of the semiconductor element faces a direction same as the one main surface of the insulating layer, an upper electrode provided on the upper surface of the semiconductor element, a wiring member that has one end electrically bonded to the upper electrode of the semiconductor element and has another end electrically bonded to the conductive layer, and has a hollow portion, a first sealing material, and a second sealing material, in which the first sealing material seals at least part of the semiconductor element so as to be in contact with the semiconductor element, and the second sealing material seals the wiring member so as to be in contact with the wiring member. |
| US12183641B2 |
Method for evaluating semiconductor substrate
A method for evaluating electrical characteristics of a semiconductor substrate, the method including the steps of: forming a p-n junction on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; mounting the semiconductor substrate on a wafer chuck provided with an equipment for performing light irradiation on the surface of the semiconductor substrate and an equipment for measuring the quantity of the light for the irradiation; performing light irradiation on the surface of the semiconductor substrate for a predetermined time; and measuring an amount of carriers generated after the light irradiation of the p-n junction at least after turning off the light irradiation. This provides a method for evaluating a semiconductor substrate that allows the same evaluation in a wafer state as when an actual solid-state image sensor has been formed without producing a device by using process equipment when evaluating characteristics corresponding to residual image characteristics of a wafer. |
| US12183640B2 |
Semiconductor device and methods of formation
A cladding sidewall layer footing is removed prior to formation of a hybrid fin structure. Removal of the cladding sidewall layer footing prevents a metal gate footing from forming under the hybrid fin structure when the cladding sidewall layer is removed to enable the metal gate to be formed around the nanostructure channels of a nanostructure transistor. Cladding sidewall layers can be formed in an asymmetric manner to include different lengths and/or angles, among other examples. The asymmetric cladding sidewall layers enable asymmetric metal gate structures to be formed for p-type and n-type nanostructure transistors while preventing metal gate footings from forming under hybrid fin structures for p-type and n-type nanostructure transistors. This may reduce a likelihood of short channel effects and leakage within the nanostructure transistors yield of nanostructure transistors formed on a semiconductor substrate. |
| US12183638B2 |
In-situ formation of metal gate modulators
A method includes forming a gate dielectric on a semiconductor region, depositing a work-function layer over the gate dielectric, depositing a silicon layer over the work-function layer, and depositing a glue layer over the silicon layer. The work-function layer, the silicon layer, and the glue layer are in-situ deposited. The method further includes depositing a filling-metal over the glue layer; and performing a planarization process, wherein remaining portions of the glue layer, the silicon layer, and the work-function layer form portions of a gate electrode. |
| US12183637B2 |
Fin field-effect transistor and method of forming the same
A method includes depositing a first work function layer over a first and second gate trench. The method includes depositing a second work function layer over the first work function layer. The method includes etching the second work function layer in the first gate trench while covering the second work function layer in the second gate trench, causing the first work function layer in the first gate trench to contain metal dopants that are left from the second work function layer etched in the first gate trench. The method includes forming a first active gate structure and second active gate structure, which include the first work function layer and the metal dopants left from the second work function layer in the first gate trench, and the first work function layer and no metal dopants left behind from the second work function layer, respectively. |
| US12183635B2 |
Wafer processing method and wafer processing apparatus
A wafer processing apparatus including a supporting unit having a frame fixing section fixing the frame, and a wafer table having a front side and a rear side, the front side including a supporting face supporting the wafer and a transparent plate, a liquid layer forming unit including a nozzle section and forming a layer of a liquid on the supporting face of the wafer table, an imaging unit including an imaging camera positioned adjacent to the rear side of the wafer table and opposite to the supporting face on the front side of the wafer table and an air blowing nozzle blowing air to a region between the wafer table and the adhesive sheet. |
| US12183630B2 |
Additive interconnect formation
A semiconductor substrate has a metal via in the substrate, and has, on the substrate, a metal line that is less than 8 nanometers (nm) wide and at least 20 nm tall. A method for making a semiconductor structure includes forming a metal via in a substrate; forming a mandrel atop and offset from the via; depositing a metal-containing liner onto the mandrel; exposing the top of the mandrel by anisotropically etching the liner, thereby defining a separate portion of the liner at each side of the mandrel; and growing a metal line on each portion of the liner. |
| US12183626B2 |
Metal interconnect structure having cap layer with different thicknesses and method for fabricating the same
A metal interconnect structure includes a first metal interconnection in an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate, a second metal interconnection on the first metal interconnection, and a cap layer between the first metal interconnection and the second metal interconnection. Preferably, a top surface of the first metal interconnection is even with a top surface of the IMD layer and the cap layer is made of conductive material. |
| US12183623B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. A substrate including a first device region and a second device region is provided. A first isolation structure is formed in the substrate of the first device region and a second isolation structure is formed in the substrate of the second device region. Ion implantation on the first isolation structure is performed. The first isolation structure and the second isolation structure are etched back to form a first recess in the first isolation structure and a second recess in the second isolation structure. |
| US12183621B2 |
Methods for adjusting surface topography of a substrate support apparatus
Systems, method and related apparatuses for adjusting support elements of a support apparatus to approximate a surface profile of a wafer. The support apparatus may include a group of mutually lateral adjacent support elements, each mutually lateral adjacent support element is configured to independently move at least vertically and comprising an upper surface. The support apparatus may further include a thermal energy transfer device operably coupled to each of the mutually lateral support elements, and an actuator system operably coupled to each of the support elements to selectively move one or more of the mutually lateral support elements vertically. |
| US12183610B2 |
Substrate storage container
A substrate storing container includes: a container main body; a lid body which is attachable to and detachable from a container main body opening portion, and which is able to block the container main body opening portion; and a component which is attached to the container main body or to the lid body. A connected part between the component and the container main body, the lid body or another component includes press-fit fixing portions, which are positioned by means of press fitting while being fixed to each other; and impulse welding portions which are formed by impulse welding, to maintain the positioning and fixing in the press-fit fixing portions. |
| US12183608B2 |
Substrate container with enhanced flow field therein
A substrate container with enhanced flow field therein includes a box, at least one offset inflation mechanism and at least one gas diffusion mechanism. The offset inflation mechanism is disposed outside internal receiving space of the box. The offset inflation mechanism has a gaseous chamber extending in the same direction as a bottom panel. The gas diffusion mechanism includes a base, a partition wall and at least one diffusion member. The base masks an outlet of the gaseous chamber to form an auxiliary gaseous chamber. The partition wall extends perpendicularly to the bottom panel to form a vertical first gas channel in communication with the auxiliary gaseous chamber. The diffusion member and the partition wall together define a second gas channel. The partition wall has at least one gap whereby the first gas channel and the second gas channel are in communication with each other. |
| US12183607B2 |
Semiconductor process system and method
A system includes a first mask, a second mask and a mask container. The first mask includes a first identification code and a second identification code. The second mask includes a third identification code and a fourth identification code. The mask container is configured to store the first mask and the second mask. The first identification code is different from the third identification code. In response to a pattern, for performing a photolithography process, on the first mask, that is different from a pattern on the second mask, the second identification code is different from the fourth identification code. In response to the pattern on the first mask being the same as the pattern on the second mask, the second identification code is the same as the fourth identification code. |
| US12183606B2 |
Methods and assemblies for gas flow ratio control
A master controller identifies a flow ratio setpoint for at least one of a process gas or a carrier gas flow to a process chamber through a set of mass flow controllers. The master controller determines a flow setpoint for the at least one of the process gas or the carrier gas through the set of mass flow controllers based on the identified flow ratio setpoint. The master controller controls the at least one of the process gas flow or the carrier gas flow through each of the set of mass flow controllers according to the determined flow setpoint for each of the set of mass flow controllers and based on a back pressure reading provided by a back pressure sensor. |
| US12183605B2 |
In-situ semiconductor processing chamber temperature apparatus
Methods and systems for in-situ temperature control are provided. The method includes delivering a temperature-sensing disc into a processing region of a processing chamber without breaking vacuum. The temperature-sensing disc includes one or more cameras configured to perform IR-based imaging. The method further includes measuring a temperature of at least one region of at least one chamber surface in the processing region of the processing chamber by imaging the at least one surface using the temperature-sensing disc. The method further includes comparing the measured temperature to a desired temperature to determine a temperature difference. The method further includes adjusting a temperature of the at least one chamber surface to compensate for the temperature difference. |
| US12183602B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus for processing substrates
The disclosure relates to substrate processing apparatus, with a first and second reactor, each reactor configured for processing a plurality of substrates; and, a substrate handling robot constructed and arranged to transfer substrates between a substrate cassette at a substrate transfer position and the first and second reactor. The apparatus is constructed and arranged with a maintenance area between the first and second reactors to allow maintenance of the reactors from the maintenance area to both the first and second reactor. |
| US12183601B2 |
Structural body and heating apparatus
A structural body (2, 2A to 2E) according to the present disclosure includes a base (10, 10D, 10E), a first electrode layer (111), a second electrode layer (112), a first via conductor (131), a second via conductor (132), and a connection conductor (133). The base (10, 10D, 10E) is composed of a ceramic. The first electrode layer (111) and the second electrode layer (112) are located inside the base (10, 10D, 10E). The first via conductor (131) and the second via conductor (132) are located inside the base (10, 10D, 10E) and connect the first electrode layer (111) and the second electrode layer (112). The connection conductor is located inside the base (10, 10D, 10E), and connects the first via conductor and the second via conductor. |
| US12183599B2 |
Substrate treatment device and substrate treatment method
A substrate holder holds a substrate at a predetermined position. An etching solution supply unit supplies an etching solution to the substrate at the predetermined position. A rotating unit rotates the substrate holder about a predetermined rotation axis. A temperature distribution acquisition unit acquires the temperature distribution in a peripheral area around the substrate area occupied by the substrate when the substrate is arranged at the predetermined position in a chamber. A feature value calculator calculates, from the temperature distribution, a feature value relating an etching amount of the substrate by the etching using the etching solution. |
| US12183593B2 |
Manufacturing method for manufacturing a package structure
A manufacturing method for manufacturing a package structure is provided. The manufacturing method includes: (a) providing a carrier having a top surface and a lateral side surface, wherein the top surface includes a main portion and a flat portion connecting the lateral side surface, and a first included angle between the main portion and the flat portion is less than a second included angle between the main portion and the lateral side surface; (b) forming an under layer on the carrier to at least partially expose the flat portion; and (c) forming a dielectric layer on the under layer and covering the exposed flat portion. |
| US12183588B2 |
Wet etching method
A wet etching method is provided in the present disclosure. The method includes providing a substrate, where a layer to-be-etched is on a surface of the substrate; and performing etching treatments on the layer to-be-etched till a thickness of the layer to-be-etched reaches a target thickness. Each etching treatment includes performing a first etching process, where the substrate is at a first rotation speed; after the first etching process, performing a second etching process, where a rotation speed of the substrate is reduced from the first rotation speed to a second rotation speed, and a liquid film of a chemical solution on the surface of the substrate is increased to a first thickness; and after the second etching process, performing a third etching process, where the substrate is at a third rotation speed, and the third rotation speed is lower than or equal to the first rotation speed. |
| US12183586B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor structure
An embodiment of the application provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a first region and a second region. The method includes the following steps: providing a base, an insulating layer, and a mask layer that are stacked in sequence, where the first region has at least one trench penetrating the mask layer and the insulating layer, and the mask layer has an upper surface in the second region higher than that in the first region; forming a first protection layer, where an upper surface and a sidewall of the mask layer in the first region are covered with the first protection layer; after the first protection layer is formed, removing the mask layer in the second region; subsequent to removal of the mask layer in the second region, removing the first protection layer; and removing the mask layer in the first region. |
| US12183583B2 |
Remote source pulsing with advanced pulse control
A method of etching a substrate that includes: generating a first plasma from a first gas flowing into a first chamber by applying a first power pulse to a first electrode located in the first chamber over a first time duration; and forming a recess in a substrate located in a second chamber, the forming including: providing radicals from the first chamber into the second chamber; applying a plurality of second power pulses to a second electrode located in the second chamber during a second time duration to generate a second plasma in the second chamber from a second gas flowing into the second chamber, the first chamber being pressurized higher than the second chamber; and applying a plurality of third power pulses to a third electrode located in the second chamber during a third time duration to accelerate ions of the second plasma. |
| US12183579B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a material layer over a semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of spacer masks over the material layer; patterning the material layer into a plurality of masks below the spacer masks, wherein patterning the material layer comprises an atomic layer etching (ALE) process; and etching the semiconductor substrate through the masks. |
| US12183578B2 |
Method for forming and patterning a layer and/or substrate
In an embodiment, a method for forming features for semiconductor processing. A first mandrel and a second mandrel are formed on a substrate. A first spacer is formed along a first sidewall of the first mandrel, and a second spacer is formed along a second sidewall of the second mandrel. A gap is defined between the first spacer and the second spacer. The gap is filled by a gap-filling material. In some examples, the gap-filling material includes a doped silicon material. In some examples, the first spacer and the second spacer each include a doped silicon material. |
| US12183576B2 |
Preparation method for semiconductor structure
Disclosed is a preparation method for a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; an epitaxial layer and an epitaxial structure that are stacked on the substrate in sequence. The epitaxial layer is doped with a doping element. In the forming process, a sacrificial layer is formed on the epitaxial layer, and the sacrificial layer is repeatedly etched, such that a concentration of the doping element in the epitaxial layer is lower than a preset value. In this application, the sacrificial layer is formed on the epitaxial layer, and the sacrificial layer is repeatedly etched, such that the concentration of the doping element in the epitaxial layer is lower than the preset value, so as to prevent the doping element in the epitaxial layer from being precipitated upward into an upper-layer structure, ensure the mobility of electrons in a channel layer, and improve the performance of a device. |
| US12183573B2 |
Device and method for high pressure anneal
Embodiment methods for performing a high pressure anneal process during the formation of a semiconductor device, and embodiment devices therefor, are provided. The high pressure anneal process may be a dry high pressure anneal process in which a pressurized environment of the anneal includes one or more process gases. The high pressure anneal process may be a wet anneal process in which a pressurized environment of the anneal includes steam. |
| US12183568B2 |
Excimer lamp and UV irradiation unit including the same
An excimer lamp includes a discharge tube, a band-shaped foil electrode provided in the discharge tube, and a dielectric configured to cover the foil electrode and maintain close contact with the foil electrode. The foil electrode extends along the axis of said discharge tube. The opposite sides of the foil electrode are flattened along the width direction of the foil electrode. Both edge portions of the foil electrode are pointed. |
| US12183561B2 |
Cover with a sensor system for a configurable measuring system for a configurable sputtering system
A cover for a configurable measuring system of a configurable sputtering system which is adapted for sputtering multilayer coatings with varying compositions and comprising a plurality of sputtering zones and having a plurality of apertures on which the cover is detachably attachable, and wherein the cover comprises a sensor system for in situ detection of a property of the multilayer coating on a substrate, wherein said at least one sensor system is attached to the cover. |
| US12183560B2 |
Gas injection process kit to eliminate arcing and improve uniform gas distribution for a PVD process
Embodiments of process shield for use in process chambers are provided herein. In some embodiments, a process shield for use in a process chamber includes: an annular body having an upper portion and a lower portion extending downward and radially inward from the upper portion, wherein the upper portion includes a plurality of annular trenches on an upper surface thereof and having a plurality of slots disposed therebetween to fluidly couple the plurality of annular trenches, wherein one or more inlets extend from an outer surface of the annular body to an outermost trench of the plurality of annular trenches. |
| US12183559B2 |
Apparatus for temperature control in a substrate processing chamber
An adapter for a deposition chamber includes an adapter body extending longitudinally about a central axis between an upper side and lower side opposite the upper side. The adapter body has a central opening about the central axis. The adapter body has a radially outer portion having a connection surface on the lower side and a radially inner portion having a coolant channel and a stepped surface on the lower side. At least a portion of the coolant channel is spaced radially inwardly from a radially inner end of the connection surface. At least the portion of the coolant channel is disposed longitudinally below the connection surface between the connection surface and the stepped surface. |
| US12183556B2 |
Methods and systems for increasing energy output in Z-pinch plasma confinement system
Methods and systems are provided for increasing energy output from Z-pinch and other plasma confinement systems. In one example, a system may include memory storing instructions that, if executed by one or more processors, cause the system to adjust one or more parameters to generate a magnetic field which is sufficiently strong to axially compress a fuel gas to induce thermonuclear fusion and increase a fusion energy gain factor greater than a fusion energy gain factor limit attainable by the thermonuclear fusion. In certain examples, adjusting the one or more parameters may include adjusting a duty cycle of a discharge current applied to the fuel gas based, at least in part, on an amount of thermal collisions between fusion byproducts and the fuel gas. In certain examples, by adjusting the duty cycle, the magnetic field may be adjusted to induce or increase the thermal collisions. |
| US12183555B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the same
Provided are a substrate processing apparatus and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same. The substrate processing apparatus includes a lower electrode assembly, an upper electrode assembly disposed on the lower electrode assembly, and a plasma processing region between the lower electrode assembly and the upper electrode assembly. The lower electrode assembly includes a substrate support supporting a substrate, a coupling ring assembly surrounding the substrate support, an edge ring on the coupling ring assembly, and at least one upper contact pad contacting a lower surface of the edge ring and contacting at least one of the substrate support and the coupling ring assembly, the at least one upper contact pad being conductive. The coupling ring assembly includes a coupling ring and a conductive side contact pad in contact with a side surface of the substrate support and an inner surface of the coupling ring. |
| US12183554B2 |
Bottom and middle edge rings
A middle ring configured to be arranged on a bottom ring and to support a moveable edge ring and further configured to be raised and lowered relative to a substrate support includes an upper surface that is stepped, an annular inner diameter, an annular outer diameter, a lower surface, a guide feature in the upper surface defining the annular outer diameter, an inner annular rim in the upper surface defining the annular inner diameter, and a groove defined in the upper surface between the guide feature and the inner annular rim. |
| US12183553B2 |
Baffle implementation for improving bottom purge gas flow uniformity
The present disclosure generally relates to an apparatus for improving azimuthal uniformity of a pressure profile of a processing gas. In one example, a processing chamber includes a lid, sidewalls, and a substrate support defining a processing volume. A bottom bowl, a chamber base, and a wall define a purge volume. The purge volume is disposed beneath the processing volume. The bottom bowl includes a first surface having a first equalizer hole. A passage couples the processing volume to the purge volume via the first equalizer hole and an inlet. The passage is positioned above the first equalizer hole. The chamber base has a purge port coupleable to a purge gas line for supplying a purge gas to the purge volume. A baffle is disposed in the purge volume at a height above the purge port, and is configured to deflect a trajectory of the purge gas. |
| US12183551B2 |
Gas nozzle, manufacturing method of gas nozzle, and plasma treatment device
A gas nozzle according to the present disclosure includes a supply hole having a tubular shape and configured to guide a gas and an injection hole connecting to the supply hole. The gas nozzle configured to inject the gas from the injection hole is made from ceramics or single crystal including an oxide, a fluoride, or an oxyfluoride of a rare earth element or an yttrium aluminum composite oxide as a primary component. An arithmetic mean roughness Ra of an inner circumferential surface forming the supply hole is smaller on an outflow side than on an inflow side of the gas. |
| US12183548B2 |
High bandwidth architecture for centralized coherent control at the edge of processing tool
Embodiments disclosed herein include a processing tool. In an embodiment, the processing tool comprises a power supply, an impedance matching network coupled to the power supply, a cathode, wherein the power supply is configured to supply power through the impedance matching network to the cathode, and a processing module, wherein the processing module is communicatively coupled to the power supply and the impedance matching network. |
| US12183545B2 |
Plasma reactor
Provided is a plasma reactor including a reactor body having a gas inlet at a side thereof, a gas outlet at another side thereof, and an annular loop space therein, a magnetic core provided in a shape surrounding a portion of the reactor body, and wound with a primary coil for receiving power from a power unit, so as to generate plasma by exciting a gas in the annular loop space, and a control unit for determining whether the plasma is in an off state, by comparing, to a reference value, an electrical parameter related to an output of the primary coil. |
| US12183538B2 |
Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a stage on which a wafer can be placed. A separator separates a beam of impurities to be introduced into the wafer into an ion component and a neutral component. A controller switches the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus between a first mode and a second mode, where in the first mode, the ion component is introduced into the wafer and in the second mode, the neutral component is introduced into the wafer. |
| US12183534B2 |
High-voltage direct current relay capable of improving insulation capability
A high-voltage direct current relay capable of improving insulation capability, including a ceramic cover, two fixed contacts for respectively providing inflow and outflow current and one movable contact spring; a through hole for assembling the fixed contact being provided at a top wall of the ceramic cover; one segment of a body of the fixed contact being in clearance fitted with the through hole of the ceramic cover, a first step surface downward being provided at an outer peripheral wall of one segment of the body of the fixed contact, at a corresponding position, a second step surface upward being provided at an inner peripheral wall of the through hole of the ceramic cover, and the projections of the first step surface and the second step surface on the horizontal plane having an overlapped region. |
| US12183532B2 |
Fuse and method for manufacturing fuse
Therefore, the invention of the present application provides a fuse in which a position and a posture of a fuse element are easily stabilized and which is easily assembled, and a method for manufacturing the fuse. A fuse including a fuse element having a fusing portion; and a casing accommodating the fusing portion; where the fuse element has a long shape extending in a longitudinal direction of the casing and at least two or more fuse elements are provided; the fuse element has one end portion side coupled to each other by a coupling portion; a first holding portion that holds the fuse element is provided in one opening of the casing; and a locking portion that locks the coupling portion of the fuse element is provided in the first holding portion. |
| US12183528B2 |
Electromagnetic relay
The electromagnetic relay includes a fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, a drive device, a contact case, at least one magnet, and at least one yoke. The fixed terminal includes a fixed contact. The movable contact piece includes a movable contact disposed to face the fixed contact. The drive device moves the movable contact piece in a direction in which the movable contact comes into contact with the fixed contact and in a direction in which the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact. The contact case is made of resin. The contact case houses the fixed contact and the movable contact piece. The at least one magnet is disposed around the contact case for generating a magnetic field inside the contact case. The at least one yoke is fixed to the contact case. |
| US12183517B2 |
Power electronic assembly with a housing and with a capacitor device arranged therein
A power electronic assembly with a housing and a capacitor device therein. The capacitor device has capacitor elements, each with a first and a second capacitor contact device, and a capacitor busbar having a first metal shaped body with a first contact point and a second metal shaped body with a second contact point. The first metal shaped body of first polarity has a plurality of first terminal contact devices each connected to a first capacitor contact device and the second metal shaped body of second polarity has a plurality of second terminal contact devices each connected to a second capacitor contact device. The individual current paths each formed from a first partial current path between the first contact point and a first terminal contact device and a second partial current path between the second terminal contact device associated with the first and the second contact point each have the same current path length. |
| US12183512B2 |
Dielectric composition and multilayer ceramic capacitor
A dielectric composition that contains a first complex oxide represented by (BixNa1-x)TiO3—CaTiO3 and having a perovskite structure as a main component; and at least one second complex oxide having a perovskite structure selected from the group consisting of BaZrO3, SrZrO3, CaZrO3, NaNbO3, and NaTaO3 as an auxiliary component. A tolerance factor t when the at least one second complex oxide is BaZrO3, NaNbO3, or NaTaO3 is 0.9016≤t≤0.9035, a tolerance factor t when the at least one second complex oxide is SrZrO3 is 0.9005≤t≤0.9025, and a tolerance factor t when the at least one second complex oxide is CaZrO3 is 0.9000≤t≤0.9020. |
| US12183511B2 |
Energy storage device
The present disclosure relates to an energy storage device comprising: a housing for accommodating an electrolyte; an electrode element accommodated inside the housing; a case coupled to one side of the housing; and an electrode terminal inserted into the case so as to be electrically connected to the electrode element, wherein the case comprises: a base part having a through-hole into which the electrode terminal is inserted; and a sealing part coupled to the base part so as to seal the space between the base part and the electrode terminal, and the sealing part includes a terminal sealing member located at the through-hole so as to come into close contact with the electrode terminal, thereby sealing the space between the base part and the electrode terminal. |
| US12183509B2 |
System for generating a magnetic field
Generally, a system for generating a magnetic field having a desired magnetic field strength and/or a desired magnetic field direction is provided. The system can include a plurality of magnetic segments and/or a plurality of ferromagnetic segments. Each magnetic segment can be positioned adjacent to at least one of the plurality of magnetic segments. Each ferromagnetic segment can be positioned adjacent to at least one of the plurality of magnetic segments. In various embodiments, a size, shape, positioning and/or number of magnetic segments and/or ferromagnetic segments in the system, as well as a magnetization direction of the magnetic segments can be predetermined based on, for example, predetermined parameters of the system (e.g., a desired magnetic field strength, direction and/or uniformity of the magnetic field, a desired elimination of a magnetic fringe field and/or total weight of the system) and/or based on a desired application of the system (e.g., performing a magnetic resonance imaging of at least a portion of a patient and/or performing a magnetic resonance spectroscopy of a sample). |
| US12183508B2 |
Support structure for superconducting coil
An assembly of supported superconducting coils may include support structure including a flexible mounting band attached to a surface of a coil and which extends axially beyond the radially outer surface of the coil. The flexible mounting band may be attached to a support structure at multiple locations. The coil may be attached to one or more other coils by the flexible mounting band. |
| US12183507B2 |
High temperature superconductor magnet
A High Temperature Superconductor, HTS, magnet comprising a coil formed of nested concentric windings. Each winding comprises HTS material. The HTS magnet further comprises a conductor element comprising an electrical contact surface through which to supply electric current to a portion of at least one of the windings. The surface provides electrical contact between the conductor element and an axial edge of the coil substantially around the path of the at least one of the windings. |
| US12183505B2 |
Electrical rotary transformer for inductive energy transmission
An electrical rotary transformer for inductive energy transmission may include a rotary transformer stator, a rotary transformer rotor rotatable relative to the rotary transformer stator, and a capacitive coupler for capacitive electrical signal transmission between the rotary transformer stator and the rotary transformer rotor. The rotary transformer stator may include a primary coil. The rotary transformer rotor may include a secondary coil inductively couplable to the primary coil. The capacitive coupler may be partly formed on the rotary transformer stator and the rotary transformer rotor. The capacitive coupler may include two plate capacitors that may each include a first and a second plate element. The two first plate elements may be arranged on the stator. The two second plate elements may be arranged on the rotary transformer rotor. The first plate element and the second plate element of each plate capacitor may be disposed opposite one another for capacitive coupling. |
| US12183502B2 |
Inductor component
An inductor component includes an element assembly formed of an insulator material and an inner electrode arranged in the element assembly. The insulator material contains a base material formed of an amorphous material containing B, Si, O, and K and a crystalline filler and includes a filler-poor glass portion in a region along the inner electrode. The content of the crystalline filler in the filler-poor glass portion is lower than the content of the crystalline filler in the element assembly excluding the filler-poor glass portion. |
| US12183501B2 |
Inductor component
An inductor component comprising an element body including a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to each other, and a bottom surface connected between the first end surface and the second end surface; a coil disposed in the element body and including a coil conductor layer wound in a planar shape on a vertical plane for the first end surface, the second end surface, and the bottom surface; and a first external electrode and a second external electrode embedded in the element body so as to be exposed from at least the bottom surface and electrically connected to the coil. The first external electrode has an end edge extending in a direction orthogonal to the vertical plane, and the end edge is formed into an uneven shape. |
| US12183498B2 |
Power conversion device
A power conversion device includes an electronic component, a first printed board, a first cooling body, a second printed board, a second cooling body, a third printed board, and a third cooling body. The second cooling body extends from a second principal surface toward a first principal surface of the first printed board. The third cooling body extends from a second principal surface toward the first principal surface of the first printed board. |
| US12183492B2 |
Room-temperature multiferroicity material, method for preparing same, and electronic device comprising same
The present invention relates to a room-temperature multiferroicity material, a method for preparing same, and an electronic device comprising same. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a room-temperature multiferroicity material according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a compound in chemical Formula (2) below in a compound matrix in chemical formula (1) below. Chemical formula (1) (Pb1-xTMx)Fe1/2Nb1/2O3 (in chemical formula (1), TM comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni and Co, and x is a number greater than 0 and smaller than 1). Chemical formula (2) ABO3 (in chemical formula (2), A comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of Pb, Bi and Ba, and B comprises Ti and/or Zr). |
| US12183490B2 |
Hybrid circuit protection device
A hybrid circuit protection device includes a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) component, a voltage-dependent resistor, a gas discharge tube (GDT), and first and second conductive leads that are respectively connected to the PTC component and the GDT. The voltage-dependent resistor and the PTC component are electrically connected in series, the GDT is electrically connected to the voltage-dependent resistor and the PTC component, and the GDT has a breakdown voltage greater than a varistor voltage of the voltage-dependent resistor as determined at 1 mA. |
| US12183486B2 |
Wiring member
A wiring member includes: a wire-like transmission member; a sheet member including a main surface on which the wire-like transmission member is disposed; and at least one adhesive tape member whose one main surface is an adhesive surface. The at least one adhesive tape member surrounds the wire-like transmission member in a state where the adhesive surface faces toward the wire-like transmission member. The at least one adhesive tape member extends outward from the wire-like transmission member and is adhered to the sheet member with interposition of the adhesive surface. |
| US12183484B2 |
Controlled cable attenuation
A cable comprising a conductor in a center of the cable, a dielectric layer surrounding the conductor and a resistive coating may be provided. The resistive coating may be applied to an exposed portion of the conductor and disposed with the dielectric layer. The resistance of the resistive coating when combined with an impedance of the cable prior to application of the resistive coating reaches a target impedance. |
| US12183479B2 |
Chemical foaming agents containing tosyl groups
Chemical foaming agents having p-toluenesulfonyl groups. Processes for preparing foamed polyolefin compositions using chemical foaming agents having p-toluenesulfonyl groups. Articles of manufacture containing formed polyolefins prepared using chemical foaming agents having p-toluenesulfonyl groups. |
| US12183476B2 |
Low density iridium and low density stacks of iridium disks
The disclosure pertains to improvements in a gamma radiation source, typically containing low-density alloys or compounds or composites of iridium in mechanically deformable and compressible configurations, within an encapsulation, and methods of manufacture thereof. |
| US12183475B2 |
Method and apparatus for the production of high purity radionuclides
An apparatus is for the automated production of a daughter radionuclide from a parent radionuclide using a generator comprising a solid medium onto which the parent nuclide is fixed and whereby the daughter nuclide is formed by radioactive decay of the parent nuclide. The apparatus includes a fluid circuit including a chromatography column having a head port and a tail port, at least one connection port for connecting the generator to the fluid circuit, at least one inlet port for connecting fluid sources to the fluid circuit and at least one valve controlled by an electronic control unit for selectively connecting the chromatography column, the connection port and the at least one inlet port in various configurations. The various configurations include a first elution configuration for circulating an A1′ solution exiting the generator and containing the daughter radionuclide, through the chromatography column from the head port to the tail port for loading the chromatography column with the daughter radionuclide; a first washing configuration for circulating an A2 washing solution from a solution inlet through the chromatography column from the head port to the tail port; and a second washing configuration for circulating an A2′ washing solution from a solution inlet through the chromatography column from the tail port to the head port. |
| US12183471B2 |
Single-loop nuclear power plant with pressurized coolant
Single-loop nuclear power plant with a pressurized coolant, comprising a power generating unit and a throttling device having an impeller, which are interconnected by an outlet pipe and a feed pipe, and a steam turbine connected to the throttling device and to a condenser connected to the throttling device, vertically divided into a steam zone, a high pressure zone, and a low pressure zone by horizontal partitions. The high pressure zone is connected to the the feed pipe and is connected to the low pressure zone by throttling nozzles provided in the partition between said zones, and the low pressure zone is connected to the steam zone by a vertical pipe which passes through the horizontal sealed partitions and the high pressure zone. The single-loop nuclear power plant is provided with an electric motor to rotate the impeller. |
| US12183469B1 |
Method and system for accurately tracking and informing of health and safety for group settings
A user score of a test for assessing a risk of a user of having or developing a contagious illness may be obtained, for each user of a plurality of users entering in a group setting. A group score based on the user scores associated with the plurality of users in the group setting may be generated. The group score indicating a group risk of a presence or development of the contagious illness in the group setting may be communicated for display. Group scores associated with a plurality of group settings may be obtained and communicated for display. A message may be communicated to a mobile user device indicating a group setting as a current high risk group setting, being associated with a score that is outside a limit set by a threshold value and with a location in proximity to a current location of the mobile user device. |
| US12183465B2 |
Dynamic and locally-faithful explanation of machine learning models for precision medicine
A method of explaining a machine learning model, including: receiving a plurality of disease states for a patient over time from a database, wherein the disease states have a plurality of features; generating a plurality of locally faithful explanation models for the patient for the disease states based upon the machine learning model; calculating an explanation with respect to one feature of the plurality of features over time using the locally faithful explanation models; and calculating the importance of the one feature of the plurality of features over time based upon the plurality of locally faithful explanation models. |
| US12183456B2 |
Recycling components in medical devices
Embodiments herein describe tracking the use of medical devices to update their remaining life. In addition to tracking the remaining life of the overall device, the embodiments herein can track the remaining life of each component which may be greater than the life of the medical device. Unlike typical modular devices which are replaced after they break or exceed their expected life, one-time use (or limited use) medical devices may be limited to use by a specific patient before they are discarded. The embodiments herein can use communication between healthcare providers and a tracker database to track the usage of a medical device and update the remaining life of its components to identify components that can be recycled after the medical device is no longer being used. |
| US12183455B2 |
Healthcare charge capture and prioritization system and method
A healthcare charge capture and prioritization system for assisting healthcare providers with capturing their procedures and prioritizing code selection for claim submission is presented. The system can analyze healthcare claim-related data for ranking and ordering Current Procedural Technology (CPT) and International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) codes to reduce the utilization of additional processing resources and network utilization from repeated system denials. Additionally; the present disclosure can generate and track analytics relevant to a patient encounters and provider action, It is an object of the invention to provide a system for processing and managing patient interactions, processing and managing healthcare-related charge entry, processing and prioritizing healthcare-related procedure technology codes, and processing and prioritizing disease and related health problem codes. |
| US12183453B2 |
Methods and systems for improving infection control in a building
A building management system (BMS) for a medical facility that includes a plurality of rooms with at least one of the rooms having a plurality of sensors. An elevated infection risk determination system is operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors for determining when an elevated infection risk occurs in one or more of the rooms. The BMS may include a memory for storing one or more programmable infection risk compliance parameters, an input port for receiving an elevated infection risk alert for the particular room in the medical facility, a control port for providing control commands to one or more building components of the building management system, and a controller. The controller may be configured to provide control commands via the control port in response to receiving the elevated infection risk alert for the particular room based at least in part on one or more programmable infection risk compliance parameters to help mitigate the elevated infection risk in the particular room. |
| US12183452B2 |
Algorithm orchestration of workflows to facilitate healthcare imaging diagnostics
Techniques for orchestrating execution of algorithms on medical images according to pre-defined workflows and techniques for managing workflow and model execution are provided. In an embodiment, a system comprises a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components comprise an algorithm catalog that comprises algorithm information identifying algorithms available for processing medical images, the algorithm information comprising algorithm execution instructions for executing the algorithms as web-services; and an onboarding component that adds the algorithm information to the algorithm catalog in response to reception of the algorithm information via an onboarding user interface of an algorithm management application, wherein based on inclusion of the algorithm information in the algorithm catalog, the algorithms are made available for incorporating into workflows for executing the algorithms on the medical images. |
| US12183450B2 |
Constructing trained models to associate object in image with description in sentence where feature amount for sentence is derived from structured information
A processor derives a first feature amount for an object included in an image by a first neural network, structures a sentence including description of the object included in the image to derive structured information for the sentence, and derives a second feature amount for the sentence from the structured information by a second neural network. The processor trains the first neural network and the second neural network such that, in a feature space to which the first feature amount and the second feature amount belong, a distance between the derived first feature amount and second feature amount is reduced in a case in which the object included in the image and the object described in the sentence correspond to each other. |
| US12183442B2 |
Medicine sorting device
Drugs can be sorted irrespective of whether or not drug data is registered. A drug sorting device includes a conveying/sorting unit configured to: accommodate drugs determined to have drug data corresponding to image data into a confirmed area of a second accommodating portion for each type; and accommodate drugs determined to have no drug data corresponding to the image data into a temporarily determined area. |
| US12183439B2 |
Procedure for the global unified registration and universal identification of donors
A procedure for the global unified registration and universal identification of donors is described. The method includes a creation of one or more donor profiles, relevant medical data profiles, and a public common donor identifier from an initial registration. The procedure further includes identifying the donor by a donation center through a personal and non-transferable code for access to the data, the public common donor identifier and the stored profiles. The procedure automatically updates donor's data, profiles, and donation history in a database accessible by different donation centers. |
| US12183436B2 |
String graph assembly for polyploid genomes
Exemplary embodiments provide methods and systems for string graph assembly of polyploid genomes. Aspects of the exemplary embodiment include receiving a string graph generated from sequence reads of at least 0.5 kb in length; identifying unitigs in the string graph and generating a unitig graph; and identifying string bundles in the unitig graph by: determining a primary contig from each of the string bundles; and determining associated contigs that contain structural variations compared to the primary contig. |
| US12183433B2 |
Systems and methods for prioritizing variants of unknown significance
Systems and methods involve generating a priority score for a variant of a gene based on its potential significance to a disease or other condition. The prevalence of a variant, the mutation rate of a gene containing a variant, and/or pathogenicity scores associated with a variant may be utilized to determine a priority score. Priority scores may be calculated for multiple variants, and the variants may be ranked based on the generated priority scores. |
| US12183432B2 |
Shared decoder circuit and method
A circuit includes a series of a first latch circuit, selection circuit, second latch circuit, and pre-decoder. A control circuit, based on a clock signal, outputs control signals to the selection circuit and first and second latch circuits, and, to the pre-decoder, a pulse signal including a first pulse during a first portion of a clock period in response to a read enable signal having a first logical state, and a second pulse during a second portion of the clock period in response to a write enable signal having the first logical state. Based on the control signals, the selection circuit and first and second latch circuits output read and write addresses to the pre-decoder during the respective first and second clock period portions, and the pre-decoder outputs a partially decoded address in response to each of the read address and first pulse, and the write address and second pulse. |
| US12183429B2 |
Turbo mode SRAM for high performance
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for enabling turbo mode for static random access memory (SRAM) devices. A cell circuit is coupled between a bit line pair and configured to perform read or write operations of a memory device. A sense amplifier circuit is coupled between the bit line pair and configured to sense a voltage differential between the bit line pair. A tracking circuit includes a tracking bit line (DBL) and is configured to monitor operation of the cell circuit and send a sense amplifier enable signal to the sense amplifier at a predetermined frequency rate based on a voltage level of the DBL. A turbo circuit is coupled to a turbo signal and configured to modify the voltage of the tracking bit line enabling sending of the sense amplifier enable signal at a rate faster than the predetermined frequency rate. |
| US12183428B2 |
Memory circuit and method of operating the same
A memory circuit includes a NAND logic gate configured to receive a first bit line signal and a second bit line signal, and to generate a first signal. The memory circuit further includes a first P-type transistor coupled to the NAND logic gate, and configured to receive a first clock signal. The memory circuit further includes a first N-type transistor coupled to the NAND logic gate, and configured to receive a first pre-charge signal. The memory circuit further includes a first latch coupled to the NAND logic gate, and configured to latch the first signal in response to at least the first clock signal or the first pre-charge signal. |
| US12183427B1 |
System and method for write clock double data rate duty cycle correction
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for duty cycle correction is provided. The method may include receiving a signal at a duty cycle adjuster and performing serializer clock duty cycle correction at the duty cycle adjuster. The method may further include performing true clock duty cycle correction at a transmitter duty cycle adjuster and performing complementary duty cycle distortion correction at the transmitter duty cycle adjuster. |
| US12183420B2 |
Memory array with compensated word line access delay
Systems and method for sensing an accessed voltage value associated with a memory cell is described. In different embodiments, a memory array may include a different number of sense components. Moreover, each sense component may receive latching signals to latch the accessed voltage value of memory cells of the memory array based on different timings. For example, the memory array may latch digit line voltages of memory cells positioned farther from a respective word line driver at a later time based on a latching signal with a higher delay. Such memory arrays may include circuitry to receive and/or generate the delayed latching signals as well as selection circuitry for latching the digit line voltages based on a selected delayed latching signals. |
| US12183419B2 |
Programmable column access
Methods, systems, and devices for programmable column access are described. A device may transfer voltages from memory cells of a row in a memory array to respective digit lines for the memory cells. The voltages may be indicative of logic values stored at the memory cells. The device may communicate respective control signals to a set of multiplexers coupled with the digit lines, where each multiplexer is coupled with a respective subset of the digit lines. Each multiplexer may couple a digit line of the respective subset of digit lines with a respective sense component for that multiplexer based on the respective control signal for that multiplexer. |
| US12183414B2 |
Memory device and method of testing the memory device for failure
A memory device, and a method of testing the memory device for failure, includes a first chip including a memory cell array and a second chip overlapping with the first chip. The second chip includes: a semiconductor substrate including a peripheral circuit area and a lower test area; a plurality of sub-test pads and an input pad, disposed on the lower test area of the semiconductor substrate and spaced apart from each other; a plurality of sub-test circuits respectively connected to the plurality of sub-test pads; and a detection circuit connected to a plurality of terminals of the plurality of sub-test circuits, the detection circuit configured to output a detection signal changed according to a plurality of signals input from the plurality of terminals. |
| US12183408B2 |
Operating a memory unit using a low-power direct-current (DC) power source
Operating a memory unit using a low-power DC source. The low-power DC source provides lesser power than that required to operate the memory unit. In an embodiment, charge from the low-power source is stored on a charge storage device in a first time interval. The memory unit is operated using the charge storage device as a second power source in a second time interval. A portion of one of the first time interval and the second time interval does not overlap with the other one of the first time interval and the second time interval. |
| US12183401B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device includes a first semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor substrate, a first memory cell and a second memory cell provided between the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, a first word line electrically connected to the first memory cell, a second word line electrically connected to the second memory cell, a first transistor that is provided on the first semiconductor substrate and electrically connected between the first word line and a first wiring through which a voltage is applied to the first word line, and a second transistor that is provided on the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected between the second word line and a second wiring through which a voltage is applied to the second word line. |
| US12183400B2 |
Three dimensional stacked nonvolatile semiconductor memory having a controller configured to execute a program operation on memory cells
A three dimensional stacked nonvolatile semiconductor memory according to an example of the present invention includes a memory cell array comprised of first and second blocks. The first block has a first cell unit which includes a memory cell to be programmed and a second cell unit which does not include a memory cell to be programmed, and programming is executed by applying a program potential or a transfer potential to word lines in the first block after the initial potential of channels of the memory cells in the first and second cell units is set to a plus potential. In the programming, the program potential and the transfer potential are not applied to word lines in the second block. |
| US12183398B2 |
Memory system with semiconductor storage device and memory controller for performing read verification
A memory system includes a memory controller and a semiconductor storage device. The semiconductor storage device performs a program operation of performing a software program loop including applying a write voltage to a word line, performing program verification for performing write determination of a first data value, and increasing a set value of the write voltage if determining that writing of the first data value is not completed, and generates an index based on first information obtained according to a progress of writing the first data value in the program operation. The memory controller determines whether to perform read verification of reading data from the plurality of memory cells based on the index. |
| US12183392B2 |
Bistable circuit and electronic circuit
A bistable circuit includes a pair of inverter circuits each including a first FET being connected between a power supply line and an intermediate node and having a gate coupled to an input node and a first conductivity type channel, a second FET being connected between the intermediate node and an output node and having a gate coupled to the input node and the first conductivity type channel, a third FET being connected between the intermediate node and a bias node, a fourth FET being connected between the output node and a control line and having a gate coupled to a word line and a second conductivity type channel, wherein the pair of inverter circuits are connected in a loop shape, and gates of the third FETs of the pair of inverter circuits are coupled to one of the input and output nodes of the pair of inverter circuits. |
| US12183390B2 |
Memory device data loss prevention
Disclosed is a memory device which includes a memory core that includes a plurality of memory cells, and control logic that receives a first active command and a first row address from an external device and activates memory cells corresponding to the first row address from among the plurality of memory cells in response to the first active command. The control logic includes registers and counters. The control logic records the first row address in one of the registers, counts an activation count of the first row address by using a first counter of the counters, and counts a lifetime count of the first row address by using a second counter of the counters. |
| US12183389B2 |
NAND flash programming and method of applying read pulse before end of program
A semiconductor storage device of an embodiment includes: a plurality of memory strings each including a plurality of memory cell transistors, the plurality of memory strings being connected in parallel to one another; and a control circuit configured to control a write operation on at least part of the plurality of memory cell transistors. The write operation is executed in response to reception of the write command and the address. The control circuit determines, based on the address, whether to perform a first voltage application operation before the write operation ends. The first voltage application operation applies a predetermined voltage to the plurality of word lines. |
| US12183388B2 |
Application processors and electronic devices including the same
An application processor includes a memory interface and a memory controller. The memory interface is connected to a semiconductor memory device through first data input/output (U/O) pads and second data I/O pads. The memory controller exchanges data with the semiconductor memory device by controlling the memory interface. The memory interface includes a training circuit to perform duty training of first data signals and second data signals by adjusting a duty of each of the first data signals with respect to a first reference voltage and adjusting a duty of each of the second data signals with respect to a second reference voltage. |
| US12183387B2 |
Logical operations using memory cells
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to logical operations using memory cells. An example apparatus comprises a first memory cell controlled to invert a data value stored therein and a second memory cell controlled to invert a data value stored therein. The apparatus may further include a controller coupled to the first memory cell and the second memory cell. The controller may be configured to cause performance of a logical operation between the data value stored in the first memory cell and the data value stored in the second memory cell. |
| US12183378B2 |
Method and system for forming birefringent voxels
A method for forming birefringent voxels comprises simultaneously generating a first seed pulse and a first data pulse. The first seed pulse and the first data pulse are spatially-separated laser pulses having different amplitudes. The first seed pulse is focused at a first seed location, and the data pulse is focused at a first data location. The first seed location and the first data location are separated by a predetermined distance along a scan path, with the first seed location being ahead of the first data location. Subsequently, a second seed pulse and a second data pulse are generated, and focused at a second seed location and second data location, respectively. The second seed and data locations are separated by the predetermined distance. The second data location is the same as the first seed location, resulting in formation of a birefringent voxel. |
| US12183375B1 |
Magnetic disk device and method of controlling magnetic disk device
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, and a controller including an offtrack write table, positioning the magnetic head, and registering an address at which data in a track is written and a positioning error of the magnetic head at the address for the track, in the offtrack write table. When writing data to a first sector, the controller corrects a positioning target position of the first sector, based on a positioning error of a second sector located on two tracks away in a radial direction from the first sector. |
| US12183371B1 |
Electronic device that includes a gas phase component
An electronic device including a housing having an interior gas space, at least one electronic component positioned within the housing, an environmental control module positioned within the housing, wherein the environmental control module contains a sorbent, and a relative humidity sensor in communication with the interior gas space, wherein the interior gas space is maintainable at a relative humidity of 0% as measured by the relative humidity sensor. The interior gas space may include between about 97% and about 99.9% helium expressed as a molar fraction and at least a portion of the remainder as molecular oxygen. The sorbent can include at least one of a type A zeolite, a type X zeolite, or a type Y zeolite. |
| US12183365B2 |
Glass spacer and hard disk drive device
A ring-shaped glass spacer is to be arranged in contact with a magnetic disk in a hard disk drive device. A film that contains at least one of tin oxide, zinc oxide, and titanium oxide is formed on each surface of a main surface, and an outer circumferential edge surface, and an inner circumferential edge surface of the glass spacer. The thickness of the film on a center portion of the outer circumferential edge surface of the glass spacer is larger than the thickness of the film on a center portion of the inner circumferential edge surface of the glass spacer. |
| US12183349B1 |
Voice message capturing system
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for capturing voice messages are provided. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving, by one or more processors of a mobile user device, a user input indicative of a voice message at a first time. The method can further include identifying contextual data indicative of one or more computing devices within proximity of the mobile user device. The method can include providing a set of data for storage in one or more memory devices of the mobile user device. The set of data can indicate the voice message and the contextual data indicative of the computing devices. The method can further include providing an output indicative of the voice message and the contextual data to one or more secure computing devices at a second time. |
| US12183347B2 |
Digital assistant processing of stacked data structures
Processing stacked data structures is provided. A system receives an input audio signal detected by a sensor of a local computing device, identifies an acoustic signature, and identifies an account corresponding to the signature. The system establishes a session and a profile stack data structure including a first profile layer having policies configured by a third-party device. The system pushes, to the profile stack data structure, a second profile layer retrieved from the account. The system parses the input audio signal to identify a request and a trigger keyword. The system generates, based on the trigger keyword and the second profile layer, a first action data structure compatible with the first profile layer. The system provides the first action data structure for execution. The system disassembles the profile stack data structure to remove the first profile layer or the second profile layer from the profile stack data structure. |
| US12183346B2 |
Hub device, multi-device system including the hub device and plurality of devices, and method of operating the same
A hub device, a multi-device system including the hub device, and a method of operating the same may include: converting, by the hub device, received voice input into text; identifying, by the hub device, a device capable of performing an operation corresponding to the text; identifying which device stores a function determination model corresponding to the device capable of performing the operation corresponding to the text, from among the hub device, and a plurality of other devices connected to the hub device; and based on the identified device that stores the function determination model being a device that is different from the hub device, transmitting at least part of the text to the identified device. |
| US12183343B2 |
Message filtering based on dynamic voice-activated rules
Embodiments include methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable storage media for voice-activated message filtering rule generation. Some embodiments may include receiving a spoken command from a communication device, parsing the spoken command to identify an element of the spoken command, generating a message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command, determining whether the generated message rule has been met, and sending a message to the communication device in response to determining that the message rule has been met. |
| US12183342B2 |
Proactive incorporation of unsolicited content into human-to-computer dialogs
Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media are described related to automated assistants that proactively incorporate, into human-to-computer dialog sessions, unsolicited content of potential interest to a user. In various implementations, based on content of an existing human-to-computer dialog session between a user and an automated assistant, an entity mentioned by the user or automated assistant may be identified. Fact(s)s related to the entity or to another entity that is related to the entity may be identified based on entity data contained in database(s). For each of the fact(s), a corresponding measure of potential interest to the user may be determined. Unsolicited natural language content may then be generated that includes one or more of the facts selected based on the corresponding measure(s) of potential interest. The automated assistant may then incorporate the unsolicited content into the existing human-to-computer dialog session or a subsequent human-to-computer dialog session. |
| US12183338B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method for controlling speech recognition request
An electronic apparatus and a controlling method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor configured to: receive one or more speech recognition requests from at least one of a plurality of external apparatuses, each of the one or more speech recognition requests including a start command recognized by the at least one of the plurality of external apparatuses; identify whether a number of the one or more speech recognition requests within a time section exceeds a predetermined threshold; control speech recognition to be performed based on the number of the one or more speech recognition requests not exceeding the predetermined threshold; and transmit a result of the speech recognition to the at least one of the plurality of external apparatuses. |
| US12183337B2 |
Voice command trigger words
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for context-based speech processing. A current context may be determined. A subset of trigger words or phrases may be selected, from a plurality of trigger words, as trigger words that a computing device is configured to recognize in the determined current context. The computing device may be controlled to listen for only the subset of trigger words during speech recognition. |
| US12183329B2 |
Electronic device for processing user utterance and operation method therefor
According to various embodiments, provided is a control operation comprising: receiving a first utterance from a device; determining a specific category corresponding to the received first utterance from among a plurality of categories; determining a first domain for processing of the first utterance from among a plurality of domains related to the determined specific category; acquiring information enabling an operation corresponding to the first utterance to be performed based on the determined first domain; receiving a second utterance from the device; identifying whether processing of the second utterance is possible in the determined first domain; based on identifying that the processing of the second user utterance based on the first domain is not possible, checking a second domain among the plurality of domains, and identifying whether processing of the second utterance based on the second domain is possible; and based on identifying that the processing of the second utterance based on the second domain is possible, acquiring information enabling an operation corresponding to the second utterance to be performed based on the second domain. An operation of determining a domain corresponding to a user utterance of the electronic device may be performed using an artificial intelligence model. |
| US12183326B2 |
Speech recognition error correction method, related devices, and readable storage medium
A speech recognition error correction method and device, and a readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring to-be-recognized speech data and a first recognition result of the speech data, re-recognizing the speech data with reference to context information in the first recognition result to obtain a second recognition result, and determining a final recognition result based on the second recognition result. In the method, the speech data is re-recognized with reference to context information in the first recognition result, which fully considers context information in the recognition result and the application scenario of the speech data. If any error occurs in the first recognition result, the first recognition result is corrected based on the second recognition. Therefore, the accuracy of speech recognition can be improved. |
| US12183324B2 |
Speech recognition and codec method and apparatus, electronic device and storage medium
The present disclosure provides speech recognition and codec methods and apparatuses, an electronic device and a storage medium, and relates to the field of artificial intelligence such as intelligent speech, deep learning and natural language processing. The speech recognition method may include: acquiring an audio feature of to-be-recognized speech; encoding the audio feature to obtain an encoding feature; truncating the encoding feature to obtain continuous N feature fragments, N being a positive integer greater than one; and acquiring, for any one of the feature segments, corresponding historical feature abstraction information, encoding the feature segment in combination with the historical feature abstraction information, and decoding an encoding result to obtain a recognition result corresponding to the feature segment, wherein the historical feature abstraction information is information obtained by feature abstraction of recognized historical feature fragments. |
| US12183323B2 |
Method of recognizing speech offline, electronic device, and storage medium
The present disclosure provides a method of recognizing speech offline, electronic device, and a storage medium, relating to a field of artificial intelligence such as speech recognition, natural language processing, and deep learning. The method may include: decoding speech data to be recognized into a syllable recognition result; transforming the syllable recognition result into a corresponding text as a speech recognition result of the speech data. |
| US12183319B2 |
Electronic musical instrument, method, and storage medium
An electronic musical instrument includes: a plurality of keys that include at least first keys corresponding to a first pitch range and second keys corresponding to a second pitch range; and at least one processor, configured to perform the following: in accordance with a key operation in the first pitch range, determining a syllable position contained in a phrase; and in accordance with a key operation in the second pitch rang, instructing a sound production of a digitally synthesized sound corresponding to the determined syllable position. |
| US12183317B2 |
Call environment generation method, call environment generation apparatus, and program
Provided is a technique to generate a call environment that prevents call contents from being heard by a person other than a person speaking on the phone in a case where call voice is output from a speaker. Speakers installed in an automobile are denoted by SP1, . . . , SPN, a first filter coefficient used to generate an input signal for a speaker SPn is denoted by Fn(ω), and a second filter coefficient that is different from the first filter coefficient and is used to generate an input signal for the speaker SPn is denoted by {tilde over ( )}Fn(ω). A call environment generation method includes: an acoustic signal generation step of generating, when detecting a start signal of a call, a call-time acoustic signal that is obtained by adjusting volume of an acoustic signal to be reproduced during the call, by using a predetermined volume value; a first local signal generation step of generating a sound signal Sn as an input signal for the speaker SPn from a voice signal of the call by using the first filter coefficient Fn(ω); and a second local signal generation step of generating an acoustic signal An as an input signal for the speaker SPn from the call-time acoustic signal by using the second filter coefficient {tilde over ( )}Fn(ω). |
| US12183310B2 |
Depth based foveated rendering for display systems
Methods and systems for depth-based foveated rendering in the display system are disclosed. The display system may be an augmented reality display system configured to provide virtual content on a plurality of depth planes using different wavefront divergence. Some embodiments include determining a fixation point of a user's eyes. Location information associated with a first virtual object to be presented to the user via a display device is obtained. A resolution-modifying parameter of the first virtual object is obtained. A particular resolution at which to render the first virtual object is identified based on the location information and the resolution-modifying parameter of the first virtual object. The particular resolution is based on a resolution distribution specifying resolutions for corresponding distances from the fixation point. The first virtual object rendered at the identified resolution is presented to the user via the display system. |
| US12183304B2 |
Display panel and method for manufacturing same, and display device
Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes: a base substrate, including a display region and a periphery region at least partially surrounding the display region, wherein the display region includes a first display region and a second display region disposed at least on one side of the first display region, a light transmittance of the first display region being greater than a light transmittance of the second display region; a plurality of first pixel units disposed on the base substrate and in the first display region; and a plurality of signal lines disposed at least in the first display region and electrically connected to the plurality of first pixel units, wherein the plurality of signal lines include a plurality of first signal lines and a plurality of second signal lines. |
| US12183303B2 |
Display device
A display device with a variant-shape display region other than the rectangular display region is configured to form a scanning line drive circuit along the variant-shape display region. The scanning line drive circuit includes bus wiring group with clock wiring for supplying clocks with three or more phases and the power supply wiring for supplying power, and the unit circuits for configuring the shift register including five or more transistors. The bus wiring and the unit circuits are formed on the different regions so as not to cross with one another. |
| US12183298B2 |
Display panel, display apparatus and driving method thereof
Disclosed are a display panel, a display apparatus, a driving method thereof. The display panel includes: a first base substrate; scanning lines; data lines; sub-pixels, in regions divided by the scanning lines and the data lines, at least two sub-pixels adjacent in a first direction and a second direction constitute a pixel island, the sub-pixels constitute pixel islands, each pixel island includes n sub-pixel rows in the second direction; scanning signal input lines, in one-to-one correspondence to the scanning lines; control signal lines; fixed potential lines; and control circuits, located between the adjacent sub-pixels. One pixel island is connected to at least n control circuits, one control circuit corresponds to one row of sub-pixels in the pixel island. The control circuits are configured to: transfer, under control of control signal lines, signals provided by the scanning signal input lines or the fixed potential lines to the scanning lines. |
| US12183297B2 |
Display compensation method and device, and display panel
The present disclosure provides a display compensation method and device, and a display panel. The display compensation method includes: determining a central pixel column, a first pixel column, a second pixel column, a third pixel column, and a fourth column, in a predetermined direction; determining a target pixel area according to grayscale values of pixel units contained in each pixel column; and adjusting the grayscale value of each pixel unit in the target pixel area to be equal to one actual grayscale value of a picture to be displayed. |
| US12183296B2 |
Display, method for controlling display, and display system
A display, a method for controlling the display, and a display system are provided. The method for controlling the display includes the following steps. analyzing an image after receiving image information to determine whether there is at least one object in the image; obtaining a block corresponding to each object in each of multiple frames of the image, and identifying object information in each block, wherein the object information includes an object type, reference point coordinates, and a frame time; obtaining a number of a target object according to the object type; calculating a moving speed of each target object according to the frame time and the reference point coordinates; and controlling brightness of a light source of the display according to the number and the moving speed. The disclosure can dynamically adjust the brightness of the light source according to different conditions. |
| US12183287B2 |
Semiconductor device, display apparatus, and electronic device
A semiconductor device including a display pixel circuit and an imaging pixel circuit is provided. The semiconductor device includes first and second circuits; the first circuit includes a light-emitting device; and the second circuit includes a light-receiving device, first to fifth transistors, and a first capacitor. The light-receiving device includes first and second terminals, and the light-emitting device includes third and fourth terminals. A first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second transistor, and a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the third transistor and a first terminal of the first capacitor. A second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the fourth transistor and a first terminal of the fifth transistor. A second terminal of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the first terminal of the light-receiving device, the second terminal of the light-receiving device is electrically connected to the third terminal of the light-emitting device, and the fourth terminal of the light-emitting device is electrically connected to a wiring. |
| US12183283B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a base layer; a display element layer on the base layer, and including a light emitting element, a light detection element, and a photovoltaic element adjacent to one another; a light shielding layer on the display element layer, and having a plurality of opening parts; and a color filter layer on the display element layer, and covering the plurality of opening parts. The light detection element and the photovoltaic element are located at the same layer as each other, the light detection element is to detect an external input based on incident light from the outside, and the photovoltaic element is to generate electrical energy based on the incident light. |
| US12183281B2 |
Display panel and display method thereof, and display apparatus
Disclosed are a display panel and a display method thereof, and a display apparatus. The display panel includes multiple pixel units, a pixel unit includes multiple sub-pixels, a sub-pixel includes a pixel drive circuit, a sense compensation circuit, and an element to be driven, and the display panel further includes a detection unit and a compensator; the pixel drive circuit is configured to drive the element to be driven in active time; the sense compensation circuit is configured to sense electrical characteristics of the element to be driven in blank time; the detection unit is configured to detect whether a currently displayed picture is a still picture, send a first notification to the compensator when the currently displayed picture is a still picture, and send a second notification to the compensator when the currently displayed picture is a non-still picture. |
| US12183277B2 |
Pixel circuit, display panel, and display device
Provided is a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a semiconductor layer on a side of a base substrate, wherein the semiconductor layer is configured to form an active layer of each of various transistors in the pixel circuit; a first metal layer on the side of the base substrate, wherein the first metal layer is configured to form a gate electrode of the transistor and a first capacitive electrode of a storage capacitor in the pixel circuit; and a second metal layer on the side of the base substrate, wherein the second metal layer is configured to form a second capacitive electrode of the storage capacitor. |
| US12183275B2 |
Display substrate and display panel
A display substrate and a display panel are provided. The display substrate includes: sub-pixels, a data line, a scan signal line, a first light-emitting control signal line, and a second light-emitting control signal line, each sub-pixel includes a pixel circuit that includes a first light-emitting control sub-circuit, a second light-emitting control sub-circuit, and a data writing sub-circuit, the first light-emitting control sub-circuit is connected to the first light-emitting control signal line; the second light-emitting control sub-circuit is connected to the second light-emitting control signal line; the data writing sub-circuit is connected to the scan signal line; the first light-emitting control signal line, the scan signal line, and the second light-emitting control signal line extend along a first direction and are arranged along a second direction, and the scan signal line is between the first light-emitting control signal line and the second light-emitting control signal line in the second direction. |
| US12183271B2 |
Pixel array and display apparatus
The present disclosure provides a pixel array and a display apparatus. The pixel array includes a plurality of first sub-pixels having a first color, a plurality of second sub-pixels having a second color, and a plurality of third sub-pixels having a third color; wherein at least a portion of at least one first sub-pixel of the plurality of first sub-pixels includes an inward indentation, at least a portion of at least one second sub-pixel of the plurality of second sub-pixels includes an inward indentation, and at least one of the plurality of third sub-pixels adjacent to the at least one second sub-pixel includes an outward protrusion corresponding to the inward indentation of the at least one second sub-pixel. |
| US12183269B2 |
Pulse width modulation (PWM) control apparatus and method for improving dynamic false contour of display device
A display apparatus is capable of improving a dynamic false contour. The display apparatus may control to change an order of a plurality of pulses of which widths are modulated for an emission time set within one frame, or divide pulses corresponding to the most significant bit (MSB) and the second significant bit (MSB-1) of image data among the pulses into two or more sub-pulses, and output the sub-pulses. |
| US12183268B2 |
Display device
A display device can include a light emitting element and a pixel circuit including a driving transistor; a first capacitor connected between the driving transistor and a first node; a first transistor connected between the first capacitor and a data line to operate based on a first scan signal; a first light emission transistor connected between the first capacitor and a reference voltage line to operate based on a light emission signal; and a second light emission transistor connected between the driving transistor and a low-potential voltage line to operate based on the light emission signal. The first scan signal sequentially includes a dummy scan signal section and driving scan signal section for turning on the first transistor, and the light emission signal includes a coupling period for turning on the first and second light emission transistors between the dummy scan signal section and the driving scan signal section. |
| US12183266B1 |
Gate driving circuit and display panel
The present disclosure provides a gate driving circuit and a display panel. by the control of one of the fourth node, the output end of the second output module, and the first node of the shift register of the next stage, the voltage regulating module may utilize a low voltage signal to stabilize or reduce the gate voltage of the second transistor, so that the second transistor is stable or preferably in the cut-off state to reduce the leakage current. In this way, voltage level of the second gate driving signal can be maintained at a high voltage level or a pulse amplitude. |
| US12183264B2 |
Display apparatus and method of driving the same
A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display panel including first pixels and second pixels, and a display panel driver which drives the display panel. In a first mode, the display panel driver drives both the first pixels and the second pixels. In a second mode, the display panel driver drives the second pixels in a first part for one frame, and drives the first pixels in a second part for the one frame. |
| US12183263B2 |
Display control apparatus, display apparatus, and electronic device
This application discloses a display control apparatus, a display apparatus, and an electronic device, relates to the field of electronic circuit technologies. A specific solution is as follows. An adjustment unit in the display control apparatus outputs an adjustment voltage in a write frame to a control-end back channel of a drive thin-film transistor in a light-emitting drive unit, so that the influence of negative bias of a threshold voltage of the drive thin-film transistor caused by a negative voltage of a first reset voltage, and therefore a transfer characteristic curve of the drive thin-film transistor shifts forward in the write frame, that is, the threshold voltage of the drive thin-film transistor shifts forward, making it easier for the drive thin-film transistor to turn on in the write frame, and increasing the brightness of the drive thin-film transistor in the write frame. |
| US12183255B2 |
Display method and display device of display panel
A display method of a display panel includes determining whether the display panel is in a frequency conversion state, if the display panel is in a frequency conversion state, acquiring a first frequency and a second frequency corresponding to two adjacent frames consecutively for multiple times, determining whether the display panel is in a first display mode according to a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency obtained multiple times, and if the display panel is in the first display mode, turn off a brightness adjustment function of the display panel. |
| US12183254B2 |
Control method and electronic device
A control method includes obtaining a brightness level parameter of a display screen, controlling a refresh rate of the display screen at a target refresh rate if the brightness level parameter is less than or equal to a target brightness level, and obtaining display data based on a target time interval corresponding to the target refresh rate. The display data obtained based on the target time interval includes at least two adjacent display data that are the same. |
| US12183253B2 |
Display apparatus and method of driving the same
A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a driving controller, which receives input image data including a plurality of normal image frames and a plurality of black image frames, receives a flag indicating a type of each of frames included in the input image data, generates intermediate image data by adjusting a grayscale of the input image data based on the input image data and the flag, and generates a data signal based on the intermediate image data where the type includes a normal image frame and a black image frame; and a data driver, which generates a data voltage based on the data signal and outputs the data voltage to the display panel. |
| US12183245B2 |
Optical compensating system and method
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical compensating system and method. Specifically, there may be provided an optical compensating method, comprising generating a first photographed image for a first area of a display panel including an overlapping area, generating a second photographed image for a second area of the display panel including the overlapping area, extracting a camera gamma value for the second area, calculating a reference grayscale value in the overlapping area, using the camera gamma value for the second area, generating a corrected luminance value of the overlapping area by applying weights on the basis of the position to the reference grayscale value, generating compensation data from the corrected luminance value, and transmitting the compensation data to a display device. |
| US12183240B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel includes a first pixel group including sub-pixels coupled to a first scan line and located in first through N-th sub-pixel columns, where N is an even number greater than or equal to 2, a second pixel group including sub-pixels coupled to the first scan line and located in (N+1)-th through 2N-th sub-pixel columns, a third pixel group including sub-pixels coupled to a second scan line adjacent to the first scan line and located in the first through N-th sub-pixel columns, and a fourth pixel group including sub-pixels coupled to the second scan line and located in the (N+1)-th through 2N-th sub-pixel columns. The first pixel group and the second pixel group are driven during a first scan on time in which the first scan line is driven. Consecutive N−1 sub-pixels among the sub-pixels of the third pixel group and one sub-pixel among the sub-pixels of the fourth pixel group are driven during a first portion of a second scan on time in which the second scan line is driven, and consecutive N−1 sub-pixels among the sub-pixels of the fourth pixel group and one sub-pixel among the sub-pixels of the third pixel group are driven during a second portion of the second scan on time. |
| US12183230B2 |
Display substrate, detection method therefor, and display device
A display substrate, a detection method, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a substrate, including a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region; multiple subpixels, multiple data lines, arranged in the display region; a first control signal line, a second control signal line, a crack detection line, and at least one data detection line, arranged in the peripheral region, and the crack detection line is provided around the display region; multiple display screen detection units, arranged in the peripheral region, configured to transmit, according to a control signal provided by the first control signal line, a detection signal provided by the at least one data detection line to at least one of the multiple data lines; multiple crack detection units, arranged in the peripheral region. |
| US12183229B2 |
Display device
A display device according to the invention includes: a display panel and a driving chip mounted on the display panel. The display panel includes: a base layer, pixels, signal lines, fan-out lines, and a selection circuit. The base layer includes a first region, a second region bent with respect to a bending axis, and a third region adjacent to the second region. The pixels are arranged in the first region, and the signal lines are arranged in the first region and connected to the pixels. The fan-out lines are arranged in the second region and connected to the signal lines. The selection circuit is arranged between the fan-out lines and the driving chip in the third region and connected to the fan-out lines and the driving chip. |
| US12183228B2 |
Method and apparatus for inspecting display device
An apparatus for inspecting a display device including a touch sensor may include: a power source generator configured to generate a pixel voltage of the display device; and a variable impedance circuit electrically connected to an output terminal of the power source generator, wherein the variable impedance circuit may include: a variable resistance circuit electrically connected to the power source generator and an output terminal of the variable impedance circuit, and including resistors connected in parallel with each other; and a variable capacitor circuit electrically connected to the power source generator and a ground voltage source. |
| US12183227B2 |
Display device having a detection line and method for inspection thereof
A display device includes a display area configured to include a plurality of pixels and a plurality of data lines connected to the pixels. A hole area is disposed within the display area. A hole crack detection line is disposed adjacent to the hole area and surrounds the hole area. The device includes first and second detection lines which include first and second detection transfer lines and first and second detection receiving lines, respectively. A test controller electrically connects the first detection receiving line to a first data line and the second detection receiving line to a second data line. Pixels connected to the first data line that is connected to a first bright-line transistor and pixels connected to the second data line that is connected to a second bright-line transistor are configured to emit light when a crack occurs in the hole crack detection line. |
| US12183222B2 |
Personal identification marking label device
The present invention relates to a novel identification label that can be customized. The labels are designed to be either integrated or removably attached on exterior surface of consumer product containers allowing users to avoid potential confusion with respect to ownership, use or control of their containers. The label has an opaque scratch-off blank surface that can be removed to create a personalized identification mark. The label may have an UV-ink coating or can have a label layer for creating identification mark when the scratch-off blank surface is scratched. The labels are designed to be affixed on any personal item to prevent items from accidentally being misidentified. |
| US12183221B2 |
Adhesive label for pet bottles and method of forming the label
The present invention relates to a label made of a synthetic resin film in a roll-type, and disclosed is a label 20 coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein an adhesive portion 21 of a certain width coated with the pressure sensitive adhesive is formed at the intervals of one label which is to be attached to a PET bottle, and wherein the adhesive portion 21 consists of a front end adhesive portion 21a which is attached to the PET bottle and a rear end adhesive portion 21b which is attached to overlap on the front end adhesive portion 21a, and cutting is made at a cutting line 22 between the front end adhesive portion and the rear end adhesive portion 21b. As the synthetic resin film, a general non-shrinkable film as well as a heat-shrinkable film may be used. |
| US12183220B2 |
Electronic visually-assisted driver communication system
The invention provides an innovative electronic driver courtesy system designed to improve road communication. The system includes a driver courtesy housing with an emissive display, power source, control module, and communication module, all attached to a vehicle for external visibility. It also involves an electronic device for user operation, featuring a screen with a graphical interface, microphone, processor, memory, and communication module for data transmission with the driver courtesy housing. Key features include voice commands or user interface engagement for sending textual messages, displayed on the vehicle's emissive display. This system enables drivers to convey specific messages to other road users, enhancing communication clarity and road safety. The invention overcomes limitations of traditional driver communication methods and modern distractions. It integrates smartphone technology with vehicle display systems to offer a safer communication method on roads. |
| US12183219B2 |
Digital kakemono
The kakemono-type electronic display device, which can be reconfigured between a stowed configuration and an operational configuration, includes a structure including a set of paired adjacent profiled panels, hinging means between two adjacent profiled panels, and a set of electronic display screens, an electronic display screen of the set of electronic display screens being associated with and fitted to a profiled panel of the set of profiled panels, the hinging means being arranged such that, in the stowed configuration, the structure is accordion-folded. |
| US12183218B2 |
Adaptive learning environment driven by real-time identification of engagement level
Computer-readable storage media, computing devices, and methods associated with an adaptive learning environment associated with an adaptive learning environment are disclosed. In embodiments, a computing device may include an instruction module and an adaptation module operatively coupled with the instruction module. The instruction module may selectively provide instructional content of one of a plurality of instructional content types to a user of the computing device via one or more output devices coupled with the computing device. The adaptation module may determine, in real-time, an engagement level associated with the user of the computing device and may cooperate with the instruction module to dynamically adapt the instructional content provided to the user based at least in part on the engagement level determined. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US12183214B2 |
System and/or method for directed aircraft perception
The method can include performing inference using the system; and can optionally include training the system components. The method functions to automatically interpret flight commands from a stream of air traffic control (ATC) radio communications. The method can additionally or alternatively function to train and/or update a natural language processing system based on ATC communications. Additionally, the method can include or be used in conjunction with collision avoidance and/or directed perception for traffic detection associated therewith. |
| US12183213B1 |
Unmanned vehicle recognition and threat management
Systems and methods for automated unmanned aerial vehicle recognition. A multiplicity of receivers captures RF data and transmits the RF data to at least one node device. The at least one node device comprises a signal processing engine, a detection engine, a classification engine, and a direction finding engine. The at least one node device is configured with an artificial intelligence algorithm. The detection engine and classification engine are trained to detect and classify signals from unmanned vehicles and their controllers based on processed data from the signal processing engine. The direction finding engine is operable to provide lines of bearing for detected unmanned vehicles. |
| US12183210B2 |
Flight reporting method and apparatus
A flight reporting method can be performed by a reporting party, the reporting party including an unmanned aerial vehicle and/or unmanned aerial vehicle controller, the method including: determining flight reporting information, the flight reporting information including a first flight task to be reported; sending the flight reporting information to an unmanned aircraft system traffic management UTM device through a cellular network so that the UTM device can review the first flight task to obtain a review result; receiving the review result returned by the UTM device through the cellular network, the review result including review pass or review fail; according to the review result, determining whether to perform the first flight task. |
| US12183208B1 |
Autonomous services vehicles
An autonomous vehicle may include equipment configured to provide one or more services to a user in the presence of the vehicle; a device processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by the device processor to perform the following steps: receiving and executing dispatch instructions by autonomously driving to a location designated by a user; and providing the one or more services to the user at the designated location. The non-transitory computer readable medium may include instructions for syncing a cash state of the vehicle with the cash state of one or more other vehicles in the same fleet as the vehicle. |
| US12183207B2 |
Dispatching provider devices utilizing multi-outcome transportation-value metrics and dynamic provider device modes
The present application discloses systems, methods, and computer-readable media that utilize computing devices to model multi-outcome transportation-value metrics that account for spatio-temporal trajectories across locations, times and other contextual features, and then utilize computer networks to dispatch provider devices to locations based on the multi-outcome transportation-value metrics. Moreover, the disclosed systems can utilize these multi-outcome transportation-value metrics and/or other models to manage and utilize dynamic transportation dispatch modes to more efficiently align provider devices and requestor devices across computer networks. For instance, the disclosed system can dispatch a provider device based on a discounted multi-outcome transportation-value metric. Furthermore, the disclosed system can dynamically determine prioritized dispatch mode provider device slots, fill provider device slots based on performance metrics, and then select provider device from between a prioritized transportation dispatch mode and another transportation dispatch mode based on prioritization metrics corresponding to a transportation request. |
| US12183206B2 |
Motion state determination apparatus of vehicle
A motion state determination apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a sensor for obtaining observation data on a target object, a route data storage unit, a route component predictor that calculates component parallel and vertical to the route of a motion-dimension prediction value and a prediction error, a first coordinate transformer that transforms a motion-dimension prediction value and a prediction error into those on a coordinate system the same as a first coordinate system, a filter that calculates a motion-dimension estimation value and an estimation error, a second coordinate transformer that transforms a motion-dimension estimation value and an estimation error into a component parallel to the route and a component vertical to the route and a motion-dimension prediction value and a prediction error, and a state determinator that determines a motion state of the target object. As a result, the frequency of an erroneous determination can be decreased. |
| US12183204B2 |
Trajectory prediction on top-down scenes and associated model
Techniques are discussed for determining prediction probabilities of an object based on a top-down representation of an environment. Data representing objects in an environment can be captured. Aspects of the environment can be represented as map data. A multi-channel image representing a top-down view of object(s) in the environment can be generated based on the data representing the objects and map data. The multi-channel image can be used to train a machine learned model by minimizing an error between predictions from the machine learned model and a captured trajectory associated with the object. Once trained, the machine learned model can be used to generate prediction probabilities of objects in an environment, and the vehicle can be controlled based on such prediction probabilities. |
| US12183201B1 |
Machine learning parking determination
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products for machine learning parking determination. A method includes receiving an image of a parking spot taken by an image sensor. A method includes processing an image of a parking spot using a machine learning model to determine a likelihood that the parking spot is occupied. A method includes communicating to a user, on an electronic display screen of a hardware computing device, whether a parking spot is occupied or available based on a determined likelihood that the parking spot is occupied. |
| US12183197B2 |
Free lock detection of a micromobility transit vehicle systems and methods
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods associated with free lock detection of a micromobility vehicle. Data from one or more sensors of the micromobility vehicle may be received and compared to a threshold stored or determined for the micromobility vehicle. Based on the comparing, an indication of free locking the micromobility vehicle may be determined and one or more notifications of the indication may be generated and sent for display on a mobile device. A parking condition of the micromobility vehicle may also be determined, such as utilizing image data of the micromobility vehicle. The image data may be analyzed to determine whether the micromobility vehicle is parked within a designated parking area distinguished through distinct coloring, patterns, signs, placards, markers, or images. |
| US12183196B2 |
Vehicle control method and apparatus, device and computer storage medium
A vehicle control method and apparatus, a device and a computer storage medium are disclosed, which relates to the technical fields of autonomous driving and intelligent transportation. A specific implementation solution involves: determining vehicles in a preset geo-fencing region; determining a vehicle weight of each said vehicles according to a vehicle type and a waiting duration of each said vehicles; estimating, according to the vehicle weights of the vehicles in each of lanes in the geo-fencing region and positions of the vehicles in each said lanes, a duration to be waited in each said lanes; and generating a control instruction for each said vehicles according to the respective durations to be waited in each said lanes and the respective positions of the vehicles in each said lanes, the control instruction including a state instruction and/or a target speed instruction. |
| US12183195B2 |
Determining right of way
Techniques for determining right of way through an intersection are discussed herein. Routes through the intersection may be associated with respective priorities. The route associated with an inbound lane devoid of yield or stop markers may be determined as being associated with the highest priority. The hierarchy of the other priorities may be organized based on whether the number of times routes associated with each respective priority intersects the route associated with the highest priority. The routes and the priorities are saved in a data structure, and the data structure is transmitted to an autonomous vehicle for controlling the autonomous vehicle through the intersection. |
| US12183194B2 |
Distributed maintenance decision and support system and method
The present disclosure is directed to a computer that receives weather information from a weather service provider (“WSP”) server and automatic vehicle locating system (“AVL”) collected information from an AVL server, accesses a material performance specification for at least one treatment material, and determines, based on the weather information and/or AVL collected information and the material performance specification, a treatment recommendation for a selected roadway segment and/or route. |
| US12183191B2 |
Vehicle-enabled officer assistance
An enforcement vehicle includes monitors an identified stopped vehicle using one or more sensors of the enforcement vehicle, to determine if any change to the stopped vehicle indicates a likelihood of escalation based on predefined escalation characteristics. The enforcement vehicle detects at least one escalation characteristic via the monitoring and automatically enacts a predefined vehicle reaction based on a predicted type of escalation determined from one or more detected at least one escalation characteristics. |
| US12183188B2 |
Information processing device, information processing system, information processing method, and display device
An information processing device includes a control unit that controls display of a crosswalk on a road on which a vehicle travels. The control unit outputs information for displaying the crosswalk in a range that is determined based on a state of a pedestrian crossing the road. |
| US12183187B2 |
Methods and devices for transferring data using sound signals
A method of transmitting data comprises modulating data symbols for transmission onto a sonic carrier signal and transmitting the modulated data using an electroacoustic transducer. The modulated data is transmitted by transmitting a portion of the modulated data for a first duration; pausing transmission for a second duration; and repeating the transmitting and pausing with further portions of the modulated data. |
| US12183186B1 |
Geofencing with satellite systems
A system may employ one or more satellite sensors to monitor an area; detect a body or thing that should not be present in an area; formulate a response, such as documentation, notifying authorities, or deploying unmanned aerial vehicles; and execute the response. Monitoring an area can be based on a request for surveillance at the area. |
| US12183181B2 |
Apparatus and related method for proximity awareness
An apparatus for enabling proximity awareness, including: a proximity assessing unit having an Ultra-Wide Band interface to determine a distance between said apparatus and a neighbouring device and/or an orientation of said apparatus with respect to a neighbouring device; a first determining unit determining one or more apparatus parameters; a second determining unit determining one or more neighbouring device parameters; a stimulus generating unit generating a stimulus; and a selecting unit selecting a type and/or an intensity of said stimulus in function of a combination of said distance and/or said orientation, said one or more apparatus parameters and said one or more neighbouring device parameters. |
| US12183176B2 |
Mobile device detection
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for the detection, following a trigger event, of a device that may be sending and/or receiving signals within a space associated with a wireless network. A wireless signal receiver may be activated and may identify the device by detecting transmissions from the device, such as WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular or other wireless transmissions. The wireless signal receiver may extract, without connecting the device to a local network, information from the transmission that may identify the device. The wireless signal receiver may send the information to an alarm monitor and may be placed in a dormant state. |
| US12183169B2 |
Gaming machine and methods of allowing a player to play gaming machines having replaceable reels
A gaming device for providing an award to a player is described. The gaming device includes a controller that is configured to display a game including a plurality of reels being displayed within a grid. Each of the plurality of reels includes a plurality of symbol positions that are each being displayed with a corresponding symbol. The controller randomly generates a first outcome and spins and stops the plurality of reels to display the first outcome. The controller also detects a triggering condition and responsively selects a reel and replaces the selected reel with a replacement reel. The replacement reel includes a number of symbol positions being displayed in the grid that is less than a number of symbol positions included with the selected reel. The controller randomly generates a second outcome, spins and stops the plurality of reels including the replacement reel. |
| US12183167B2 |
Coin operated game machine
A coin operated game machine is adapted to operate through a plurality of coins, and includes a machine bed unit, an operation unit, and a back-end unit. The machine bed unit includes a main body defining a sealed space, and an operation table dividing the sealed space into a game region and a recognition region. The operation unit includes a coin-passing mechanism, a token-passing mechanism, a plurality of game tokens for being outputted to the sealed space, and an identification module identifying each of the game tokens that falls to the recognition region. The back-end unit includes a ticket-passing module configured to output at least one ticket according to identification of the identification module. |
| US12183166B2 |
Gaming devices and methods for enhancing gaming payouts based on matched game play predictions
Systems, apparatuses and methods for increasing or otherwise enhancing gaming awards based on correctly predicted occurrences. In a poker context, a prediction of an occurrence may be made, such as predicting a characteristic of a poker card. The prediction is compared to a random selection among a plurality of available items, such as comparing the predicted characteristic of the poker card to a random selection among a plurality of poker card characteristics. Where the prediction is correct, the player may be awarded with enhanced payouts on current and/or future game plays, and in some embodiments concurrent correct predictions results in increasingly higher enhanced payouts. |
| US12183157B2 |
Systems and methods for playing a wagering game in which symbols are populated from one or more reels to a bingo card
An electronic gaming machine includes a display device, a memory device, and a processor. The processor displays a matrix of symbol positions formed by a plurality of reels. The processor also displays a bingo card. The processor determines an outcome that includes a first plurality of symbols to display in the matrix of symbol positions and evaluates the outcome to determine a win amount. The processor populates the matrix of bingo positions with the first prize symbol to a bingo position of the matrix of bingo positions corresponding to a position of the prize symbol in the matrix of symbol positions. The processor evaluates the matrix of bingo positions to determine whether a predefined winning pattern is formed and, in response, determines an award value based at least in part on numerical values of prize symbols forming the predefined winning pattern in the matrix of bingo positions. |
| US12183156B2 |
System for promoting play on electric gaming devices and engagement with casino personnel
A method for promoting play on electronic gaming devices and for promoting engagement with casino personnel comprising in which a code is displayed on a sign. When the code is received in a text from an identified player, drawing entries are associated with the player as a function of play on the gaming devices. At least one drawing entry is also associated with the player when he or she actuates a service button on a gaming device. Drawing prizes, if any, are revealed in response to another text from the player. |
| US12183154B2 |
Secondary game feature for winning back a primary wagering game wager
A processor circuit of a gaming system determines that a game play condition associated with a primary wagering game has been met. Based on a wager amount of a wager for a primary wagering game and a determination that a game play condition has been met, a secondary wagering game comprising a second paytable is executed. Based on a result of the secondary wagering game indicating a winning result, a secondary game is awarded based on the second paytable, wherein a maximum award of the second paytable does not exceed the wager amount. The primary wagering game is also executed, and, based on a result of the primary wagering game indicating a winning result, award a primary game award based on a first paytable. |
| US12183147B2 |
Systems, methods and devices for monitoring betting activities
A platform, device and process for capturing images of the surface of a gaming table and determining the quantity, identity, and arrangement of chips bet at a gaming table. Image data is captured corresponding to the one or more chips positioned in at least one betting area on a gaming surface of the respective gaming table and the data is processed to filter out the background, establish a two dimensional grid of points of interests and corresponding histograms for classifying the one or more chips through identifying a dominant classification of each row in the grid of points of interests. |
| US12183146B2 |
Coin handling apparatus and coin handling method
A coin handling apparatus includes the following: a cassette attachment unit where a cassette is detachably attached; a coin supply unit that supplies a coin to the cassette; and a control unit that causes the cassette attached to the cassette attachment unit to perform a first confirmation operation for confirming that a coin remains in the cassette when the cassette does not satisfy a predetermined condition, and operates the coin supply unit to supply a coin to the cassette attached to the cassette attachment unit without causing the cassette to perform the first confirmation operation when the cassette satisfies the predetermined condition. |
| US12183143B2 |
Facial recognition template stored on mobile credential
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising executable code that causes one or more processors to: receive, at a reader device from a credential device of a user, at least one of a first image of the user or a first representation of a face of the user; if a first image of the user was received, then generate, at the reader device, a generated representation of the face of the user using the first image; capture, at the reader device, a second image of the user and generate a second representation of the face of the user using the second image; determine a likelihood of a match between the second representation and at least one of the first representation and the generated representation; and permit access by the user to a secure asset in instances where the likelihood of a match meets a threshold. |
| US12183140B2 |
Lotte lockbox and parcel management system
A lockbox and parcel management system is implemented in which a lockbox having multiple compartments is controllable via an access device that locks and unlocks respective compartments upon receiving a proper access code input. A user may place an order with an e-commerce service using an e-commerce application or website. The e-commerce service, upon receiving the order, may transmit order information to a lockbox remote service which can communicate with a user device associated with the user who placed the order, the access device for the lockbox, and a deliverer's device from the delivery company. The lockbox remote service or authorized user/owner may set access codes for the deliverer to open and place a parcel in a lockbox's compartment for safe and secure storage until the user arrives home. |
| US12183139B2 |
Facial recognition frictionless access control
An access control system can include a camera that detects an image regarding a subject, a database maintaining information, a facial recognizer that receives the image and identifies a facial feature of the subject based on the received image and the facial information maintained by the database, and a processor to alert security or another user when an authorized user accessing an area of a building is under duress, when an unauthorized user is accessing an area of a building by tailgating after an authorized user, when an authorized user has not provided two-factor authentication, or when an authorized user is in a particular area of the building. |
| US12183137B2 |
UWB device and control method thereof
An ultra-wide band (UWB) device including a memory configured to store one or more instructions, a communications part configured to perform UWB communications with a mobile device, one or more processors configured to execute the one or more instructions to perform a ranging together with the mobile device on basis of a reception window, counts a standby counter wherein when the ranging fails, and enter a sleep mode when the standby counter is equal to or greater than a maximum standby count. |
| US12183128B2 |
Testing method for automated driving system, electronic device and storage medium
A testing method for an automated driving system, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided, and relate to the technical field of artificial intelligence, such as intelligent transportation and automated driving. The method includes: acquiring record data of a sensor device, the record data including a plurality of frames of data collected by the sensor device of a vehicle, each frame of data including a timestamp, and a first frame and a last frame of the record data corresponding to a same vehicle position; and writing the record data repeatedly to generate test data for testing the automated driving system; and updating the timestamp of each frame of data in the record data in the process of repeated writing, according to a number of times of a current repeated writing and a time duration corresponding to the record data. |
| US12183127B2 |
Tire slip state determination method
A tire slip state determination method includes: detecting rotation fluctuations of a power transmission member and a wheel body of a wheel; determining, based on an amplitude ratio of a rotation fluctuation amplitude of the wheel body to a rotation fluctuation amplitude of the power transmission member and a phase delay of the rotation fluctuation of the wheel body relative to the rotation fluctuation of the power transmission member, whether a vibration mode of the wheel body and the tire is an elastic slip mode or a sliding slip mode; and determining that the tire is in the sliding slip state when the vibration mode is the sliding slip mode. The amplitude ratio and the phase delay are calculated by using, as a tire driving radius, an effective rolling radius in a region in which a relationship between a dynamic load radius and the effective rolling radius is linear. |
| US12183126B2 |
Autonomous vehicle data management platform
A data management platform for Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) is provided. An AV can partition raw data into ingestion objects. The AV can transform the ingestion objects and generate associated manifests. The AV can offload first copies of the manifests in real-time to a data center. At a later time, the AV can offload second copies of the manifests to an AV servicing station. The station can upload the second copies to the data center. If the manifests match, then the station can notify the AV that it is safe to erase the manifests and transformed objects from local storage after offloading completes. If the manifests do not match and a Service Level Agreement (SLA) is violated, then the AV can be docked for further diagnosis. If no SLA is applicable, then the error can be annotated and the transformed objects can be discarded. |
| US12183122B2 |
Information processing device
An information processing device according to the present invention includes: a storage means that stores reference attribute information representing an attribute of a person corresponding to a target place; an extraction means that extracts person attribute information representing an attribute of a person in a captured image obtained by capturing an image of the target place; and a detection means that detects a predetermined person in the captured image based on the reference attribute information and the person attribute information. |
| US12183121B2 |
Method for generating a video comprising blink data of a user viewing a scene
A method performed by a computer for generating a video comprising blink data of a user viewing a scene depicted as video data, where the blink data is overlayed on the video data. The method includes receiving sensor data. The sensor data includes at least the video data including at least one video frame, and gaze tracking data at least indicative of viewed positions within the scene depicted by at least one video frame of the video data. The method includes processing the sensor data to generate blink data indicative of blink motion of at least one eye of the user. The method includes generating a video overlay by rendering the blink data. generating an output video by mixing the video data and the video overlay. |
| US12183119B2 |
Face identification using millimeter-wave radar sensor data
Facial identification of subjects using a millimeter wave radar sensor, including: transmitting a radar signal onto faces of subjects using the millimeter wave radar sensor; receiving and accumulating reflected radar data, wherein the reflected radar data is received from channels of multiple receiving antennas; converting the reflected radar data into an image form suitable as an input to a convolutional neural network; and performing the facial identification on the image form using a classifier trained by the convolutional neural network. |
| US12183117B2 |
User authentication using pose-based facial recognition
A method includes receiving data indicative of an image of a face of an unknown user of the computing device while the computing device is in a reduced access mode locked state. The method also includes determining whether the unknown user is the known user by at least comparing the image of the face of the unknown user to one or more images of a plurality of images of a face of a known user of the computing device. The method further includes setting the computing device to an increased access mode in response to determining that the unknown user is the known user. |
| US12183110B2 |
Autonomous aerial vehicle projection zone selection
A processing system of an autonomous aerial vehicle including at least one processor may determine informational data to present for at least one person, capture at least a first image via at least one imaging sensor of the autonomous aerial vehicle in a vicinity of the at least one person and determine a first position and a first orientation of the at least one person. The processing system may then identify, based upon the first position and the first orientation of the at least one person, a plurality of candidate projection areas, each candidate projection area comprising a contiguous area within the at least the first image that is deemed to be visible to the at least one person, select one of the plurality of candidate projection areas as a projection zone, and project the informational data on the projection zone via a projector. |
| US12183108B2 |
Determining whether a user has possession of a transaction card and/or whether the user is authorized to possess the transaction card
A device receives a transaction request concerning a transaction and a transaction card from a transaction terminal, and determines, based on the transaction request, information concerning the transaction card. The device sends, based on the transaction request and to a user device, a query concerning possession of the transaction card by a user of the user device, where the query includes an instruction for the user to confirm possession of the transaction card via a component of the user device. The device receives, from the user device and after sending the query to the user device, a response concerning possession of the transaction card by the user, and determines, based on the response and the information concerning the transaction card, whether the user has possession of the transaction card. The device performs, based on determining whether the user has possession of the transaction card, at least one action. |
| US12183104B2 |
Handwriting recognition pipelines for genealogical records
Disclosed herein relates to example embodiments for recognizing handwritten information in a genealogical record. A computing server may receive a genealogical record. The genealogical record may take the form of an image of a physical form having a structured layout, fields, and handwritten information. The computing server may divide the genealogical record into a plurality of areas based on the structured layout. The computing server may identify, for a particular area, a type of field that is included within the particular area. The computing server may select a handwriting recognition model for identifying the handwritten information in the particular area. The handwriting recognition model may be selected based on the type of the field. The computing server may input an image of the particular area to the handwriting recognition model to generate text of the handwritten information. The computing server may store the text of the handwritten information. |
| US12183100B2 |
System and method for generating best potential rectified data based on past recordings of data
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for data processing are disclosed. A processor receives a digital document; applies an optical character recognition (OCR) algorithm on said received digital document by utilizing an OCR tool; identifies defective data extracted by the OCR tool resulted from relatively inferior image quality of the received digital document; implements an auto rectification algorithm on the identified defective data; automatically generates, in response to implementing the auto rectification algorithm, corresponding auto-rectified data for each identified defective data; records the defective data and corresponding auto-rectified data at a field level; receives user input data on said recorded auto-rectified data; determines whether the auto-rectified data is correct or not; and populates, based on determining that the auto-rectified data is correct, a machine learning model with said received user input data to be utilized for subsequently received digital document. |
| US12183096B2 |
Depth-based digital fingerprinting
Digital fingerprints include data indicative of interior features or structures of an object. The physical object may be rigid or malleable. The digital fingerprints may also include data indicative of features on an exterior surface of the object. Digital fingerprints may uniquely identify an object with respect to other objects, even with respect to other objects of a same type or class of objects. The technology may be relatively invariant to changes in scale, rotation, affine, homography, perspective, and illumination as between a reference digital fingerprint and a later acquired or generated digital fingerprint. Digital fingerprints may be used to authenticate an object as being a second instance or appearance of a previously digitally fingerprinted object. |
| US12183089B2 |
Assembly for a vehicle, lighting unit, vehicle, and vehicle comprising an assembly
An arrangement or a projection headlight with a modulator, in particular with a DMD, is disclosed. In this case, a projection lens of the arrangement not only images the image content of the modulator in the surrounding area, but also images the surrounding area on the modulator. The modulator can thus guide the imaging of the surrounding area to a camera and reflect light from a light source into the surrounding area. |
| US12183087B2 |
Semantically aware keypoint matching
A method for keypoint matching performed by a semantically aware keypoint matching model includes generating a semanticly segmented image from an image captured by a sensor of an agent, the semanticly segmented image associating a respective semantic label with each pixel of a group of pixels associated with the image. The method also includes generating a set of augmented keypoint descriptors by augmenting, for each keypoint of the set of keypoints associated with the image, a keypoint descriptor with semantic information associated with one or more pixels, of the semantically segmented image, corresponding to the keypoint. The method further includes controlling an action of the agent in accordance with identifying a target image having one or more first augmented keypoint descriptors that match one or more second augmented keypoint descriptors of the set of augmented keypoint descriptors. |
| US12183081B2 |
Scanners to characterize and distinguish anomalies based on multiple mode scans
An example method to characterize an anomaly includes obtaining information about an item using a first mode scan and detecting whether the item contains an anomaly based on the information. The method further includes determining, responsive to detecting the anomaly, an area of interest of the item corresponding to a location of the anomaly, and determining a strategy including a procedure to obtain other information of the area of interest. The method refines a characterization of the anomaly based on the other information, and compares the characterization of the anomaly to a predetermined criterion. The method iteratively revises the strategy to perform additional available procedures, to further refine the characterization of the anomaly. When the characterization of the anomaly meets the predetermined criterion corresponding to a prohibited item, the method identifies the anomaly as prohibited. |
| US12183075B2 |
Method and system for alarm verification based on video analytics
A method and system for alarm verification based on video analytics of a plurality of alerts issued by an alert system, wherein the alert system includes at least one sensor, are provided herein. The system may include: a server comprising a computer processor and an interface for communicating with the alert system, wherein the computer processor is configured to: receive at least one alert issued by the alert system; receive at least one video clip associated with the at least one alert; and analyze, by the computer processor, using video analytics algorithms, the at least one video clip, and determine whether the at least one alert is reliable above a predefined threshold. |
| US12183074B2 |
Dynamic input system for smart glasses based on user availability states
A dynamic user interface (UI) input system and method for smart glasses based on availability states of a user is provided. In embodiments, a method includes determining, by a computing device of smart glasses, an initial availability state of a user's hands for a user interface (UI) navigation event based on incoming image data; selecting, by the computing device, a UI configuration and a control profile for the UI navigation event from stored UI configurations and control profiles of the user based on the initial availability state of the user's hands; and initiating, by the computing device, the UI navigation event based on the selected UI configuration and the control profile, wherein content is displayed in a virtual UI of the smart glasses according to the UI configuration, and UI navigation by the user is controlled based on the control profile. |
| US12183073B2 |
Real property monitoring systems and methods
Systems and methods of the present disclosure include receiving an aerial image that includes a view of property (e.g., real property, personal property, or other types of property), automatically identifying the property included in the aerial image, automatically determining one or more characteristics of the property based at least in part on the aerial image, and automatically adjusting an insurance policy term for an insurance policy relating to the property based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the property. Certain embodiments include automatically determining the one or more characteristics of the property also based at least in part on data received from one or more smart home devices associated with the property, one or more public records relating to the property, a supplemental image accessed from a camera located in or around the property, and so forth. |
| US12183066B2 |
Method of deep learning-based examination of a semiconductor specimen and system thereof
A computerized system and method of training a deep neural network (DNN) is provided. The DNN is trained in a first training cycle using a first training set including first training samples. Each first training sample includes at least one first training image synthetically generated based on design data. Upon receiving a user feedback with respect to the DNN trained using the first training set, a second training cycle is adjusted based on the user feedback by obtaining a second training set including augmented training samples. The DNN is re-trained using the second training set. The augmented training samples are obtained by augmenting at least part of the first training samples using defect-related synthetic data. The trained DNN is usable for examination of a semiconductor specimen. |
| US12183065B2 |
Bone fracture detection and classification
Method and apparatus are provided for assisting with bone fracture detection. In particular, image data of a medical image is received in a processing unit from a device, which may be an imaging device, a data detection device or an image storage device. A bone structure is identified in the medical image. A fracture line in the identified bone structure is determined. A bone feature, which may include a portion of an outline of the identified bone structure, a point of the fracture line on an outline of the identified bone structure, a relative displacement of bone parts of the identified bone structure, or a combination thereof is detected. The bone feature may be classified and a corresponding output generated. |
| US12183056B2 |
Adversarially robust visual fingerprinting and image provenance models
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media that utilize a deep visual fingerprinting model with parameters learned from robust contrastive learning to identify matching digital images and image provenance information. For example, the disclosed systems utilize an efficient learning procedure that leverages training on bounded adversarial examples to more accurately identify digital images (including adversarial images) with a small computational overhead. To illustrate, the disclosed systems utilize a first objective function that iteratively identifies augmentations to increase contrastive loss. Moreover, the disclosed systems utilize a second objective function that iteratively learns parameters of a deep visual fingerprinting model to reduce the contrastive loss. With these learned parameters, the disclosed systems utilize the deep visual fingerprinting model to generate visual fingerprints for digital images, retrieve and match digital images, and provide digital image provenance information. |
| US12183055B2 |
Image processing method and apparatus, training method and apparatus of machine learning model, and storage medium
An image processing method includes a first step of acquiring a captured image, and a second step of generating a first map based on the captured image using a machine learning model. The first map is a map indicating a magnitude and range of a signal value in an area where an object in a luminance saturation area in the captured image is spread by a blur generated in an imaging step of the captured image. |
| US12183054B2 |
Feature vector generation using neural networks
The present invention enables accelerated feature vector crafting with a high level of trustworthiness. Heretofore, a system (10) is set up from a data source verification apparatus (12) for verifying the at least one data source (14-1, . . . , 14-n) that generates the new specimen data and a feature vector crafting apparatus (18) for crafting at least one new feature vector from the new specimen data. The feature vector crafting apparatus (18) receiving data after verification of data sources (14-1, . . . , 14-n). The feature vector crafting apparatus (18) automatically generates new feature vectors from new data for forwarding there to an artificial intelligence infrastructure (20). |
| US12183050B1 |
Inferencing using neural networks
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to use data obtained from an inferred object to determine whether to re-infer the same inferred object. In at least one embodiment, data obtained from inferencing a tracked object among a set of images is used to adjust a set of conditions. |
| US12183047B2 |
Methods and systems for removing objects from view using machine learning
A method for generating an unobstructed bowl view of a vehicle that includes obtaining a plurality of images from a plurality of cameras disposed on the vehicle and determining a plurality of depth fields. The method further includes detecting a plurality of distorted objects in the plurality of images with a first machine-learned model that assigns a class distribution to the detected distorted object and estimating a distance of each distorted object from its associated camera using the plurality of depth fields. The method further includes assigning an object weight to each distorted object in the plurality of distorted objects and removing at least one distorted objects from the plurality of images. The method further includes replacing each of the at least one removed distorted objects with a representative background generated by a second machine-learned model and stitching and projecting the plurality of images to form the unobstructed bowl view. |
| US12183044B2 |
Three-dimensional content processing methods and apparatus
Methods, systems, and apparatus for processing of three-dimensional visual content are described. One example method of processing three-dimensional content includes parsing a level of detail (LoD) information of a bitstream containing three-dimensional (3D) content that is represented as one geometry sub-bitstream and one or more attribute sub-bitstreams; and generating, based on the LoD information, decoded information by decoding at least a portion of the geometry sub-bitstream and the one or more attribute sub-bitstreams corresponding to a desired level of detail; and reconstructing, using the decoded information, a three-dimensional scene corresponding at least to the desired level of detail. The bitstream conforms to a format organized according to multiple levels of details of the 3D content. |
| US12183042B2 |
Measure of the color of an area of interest target in relationship with color measurement targets
A mobile phone accessory for a smartphone, including a support, handling casing, an inner face, an orifice for association with an AOI target, located within a light incident spot, and a rear wall portion, a lighting element, to illuminate the spot, a camera field of view, to make a reflection photo of the spot and its content, a scattering plate, having a scattering opening with a center and a center, a number of color measurement targets, sufficient to accurately measure the color of the AIO target, selected to have defined colors within a narrow gamut of colors representing the whole range of AOI target colors, and forming together a color measurement unity, through the scattering opening is seen the spot, the color measurement targets being located within the internal space and fixed on the inner face of the front wall portion, sidely with the measurement orifice. |
| US12183039B2 |
Camera calibration
The description relates to cameras, and camera calibration for enhancing user experiences. One example can receive a first image of a user at a first location relative to a camera. The first image can include the user's upper body but does not include the user from head to toe. The example can receive a second image of the user at a second location relative to a camera. The second image can include the user's upper body but does not include the user from head to toe. The example can estimate a distance of the second location from the first location relative to the camera and calibrate a height and tilt angle of the camera from the first image, the second image, and the estimated distance and without a full body image of the user. |
| US12183036B2 |
Image processing method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium
This disclosure provides an image processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining, by an electronic device, a reference surface model of a first skeleton posture of a virtual object; obtaining one or more second skeleton postures of the virtual object; generating an one or more exemplary surface models of the one or more second skeleton postures based on the reference surface model and the one or more second skeleton postures; determining a posture transformation matrix between the first skeleton posture and the second skeleton posture; and converting the exemplary surface model and the reference surface model to a same coordinate space based on the posture transformation matrix, to generate the virtual object according to the reference surface model and the one or more exemplary surface models in the coordinate space. |
| US12183034B2 |
System and method for utilization of displacement sensor during placement of vehicle service fixture
A machine-vision vehicle service system, and methods of operation, incorporating at least one displacement sensor to acquire measurements associated with physical floor surfaces in proximity to a vehicle undergoing service or inspection. The acquired measurements are utilized to guiding placement of ADAS target components on a floor surface accounting for deviations from an established vehicle reference plane. |
| US12183032B2 |
Method and apparatus for simultaneous localization and mapping, and computer-readable storage medium
Provided is a method of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), the method including obtaining a structure of a current image frame, obtaining a structure re-identification constraint based on the structure of the current image frame, and obtaining a SLAM result based on the structure re-identification constraint. By introducing the structure re-identification constraint in a bundle adjustment process to obtain the SLAM result, error accumulation may be more easily controlled, and accuracy and robustness in obtaining the SLAM result may be improved. |
| US12183031B2 |
Determining positions of server computers within racks
System and methods for determining positions of server computers within a rack are disclosed. Unit Identification (UID) lights of the server computers are turned ON to determine positions of server computers relative to other server computers or relative to other server computers and non-server levels. The non-server levels include empty levels and levels with equipment that are not server computers. The positions of server computers are identified based on images of the servers captured by a camera or by polling the states of the UID lights. |
| US12183029B2 |
Device position correction method and device position correction system
A device position correction method applicable to a wearable device is provided. The device position correction method includes the following steps. A wearable device image is received. An object detector detects the wearable device position, which is the position in the wearable device image. A limb detection model detects a plurality of skeleton points and a limb position, which is the position of a limb in the wearable device image, in order to determine which body part corresponds to the limb. According to the skeleton points and the limb position, correction information related to the wearable device position is generated. |
| US12183025B2 |
Soil sensing target selection
Implementations are described herein for optimizing soil sensing spatial selection. In various implementations, object recognition processing may be performed on one or more images captured by a vision sensor carried by a vehicle as the vehicle travels through the agricultural field. Based on the object recognition processing, one or more plants depicted in the one or more images may be identified, and one or more locations of the one or more identified plants relative to the vehicle may be determined. One or more soil sensing targets may be selected on the ground at one or more selected distances from the one or more locations of the one or more identified plants relative to the vehicle. One or more manipulators carried by the vehicle may be operated to perform soil sensing at the one or more soil sensing targets. |
| US12183023B2 |
Methods and apparatus for depth estimation using stereo cameras in a vehicle system
A method comprises: receiving, at a processor, a first image from a first camera from a stereo camera pair and a second image from a second camera from the stereo camera pair. The method also includes determining, at the processor using a machine learning model, a first set of objects in the first image. The processor determines an object type. The processor identifies a second set of objects in the second image associated with the first plurality of objects. The method also includes calculating, at the processor, a set of disparity values between the first image and the second image based on (1) an object from the first set of objects, (2) an object from the second set of objects and associated with the object from the first set of objects, and (3) an object type of the object from the first set of objects. |
| US12183020B2 |
Method and apparatus to complement depth image
A method and apparatus for complementing a depth image are provided. The method includes obtaining a color image and a corresponding depth image, obtaining a first depth image based on the color image, using a first deep neural network (DNN), obtaining a second depth image based on the depth image and an intermediate feature image generated by each intermediate layer of the first DNN, using a second DNN, and obtaining a final depth image by merging the first depth image and the second depth image. |
| US12183017B2 |
Capsule endoscope image three-dimensional reconstruction method, electronic device, and readable storage medium
A method of three-dimensional reconstruction of capsule endoscope images is described. The method combines two algorithms for obtaining image depth information values to improve the calculation accuracy of image depth values, and thus to increase the image three-dimensional reconstruction rate and improve the image identification precision. |
| US12183015B2 |
Interacting multi-model tracking algorithm using rest state model
In an embodiment, a method includes: obtaining depth data indicative of a time-resolved measurement of a 3-D position of a moveable target in a field-of-view of a depth sensor; and processing the depth data using an interacting multi-model (IMM) tracking algorithm, the IMM tracking algorithm providing, for each one of multiple iterations, tracking data comprising a respective estimate of the 3-D position of the moveable target, wherein the IMM tracking algorithm comprises a first model providing a first output, a second model providing a second output, and a fusion module fusing the first output and the second output to provide the tracking data, wherein the first model models a movement state of the moveable target, and wherein the second model models a rest state of the moveable target. |
| US12183012B2 |
High-precision semi-automatic image data labeling method, electronic apparatus, and storage medium
Disclosed are a high-precision semi-automatic image data labeling method, an electronic apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The high-precision semi-automatic image data labeling method may include: displaying a to-be-labeled image, the to-be-labeled image comprising a selected area and an unselected area; acquiring a coordinate point of the unselected area and a first range value; executing a grabcut algorithm based on the coordinate point of the unselected area and the first range value acquired, and obtaining a binarized image divided by the grabcut algorithm; executing an edge tracking algorithm on the binarized image to acquire current edge coordinates; updating a local coordinate set based on the current edge coordinates acquired; updating the selected area of the to-be-labeled image based on the local coordinate set acquired. |
| US12183011B2 |
Confidence-based segmentation of multiple units
Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to robotic devices and artificial intelligence. More specifically, some embodiments relate to modeling uncertainty in neural network segmentation predictions of imaged scenes having a plurality of objects. In some embodiments, a computer vision system for guiding robotic picking utilizes a method for uncertainty modeling that comprises receiving one or more images of a scene comprising a plurality of distinct objects, generating a plurality of segmentation predictions each comprising one or more object masks, identifying a predefined confidence requirement, wherein the confidence requirement identifies a minimum amount of required agreement for a region, and outputting one or more object masks based on the confidence requirement. The systems and methods disclosed herein leverage the use of a plurality of hypotheses to create a distribution of possible segmentation outcomes in order model uncertainty associated with image segmentation. |
| US12183009B2 |
Imaging method and imaging apparatus
In an imaging method, a first image is generated at a first capture time by an imaging apparatus, the first image representing part of an object to be depicted. A second image is generated at a second capture time after the first capture time, the second image representing the part of the object to be depicted. A further first image is generated based on the first image using a predefined model relating to a development over time of a contrast agent present in the object to be depicted when generating the first image, the further first image taking into account development over time of the contrast agent from the first capture time to the second capture time. A further second image is generated as a function of the second image and further first image, wherein an effect of the contrast agent on the second image is at least partially compensated. |
| US12183008B2 |
Device agnostic systems and methods for acquiring and analyzing images from an ultrasound probe
A method includes obtaining a first frame of a probed region acquired using a first probe device at a first time, and a first set of control parameters used to acquire the first frame. Processing the first frame includes segmenting features from the first frame after first probe-specific effects are reduced in the first frame based on the first set of control parameters. The method includes, when the first frame contains a respective attribute present in a second frame acquired at a time earlier than the first time using a second set of control parameters, displaying information related to differences in the respective attribute in the first frame and the second frame. The second frame is obtained by processing the one or more features segmented from the second frame after one or more second probe-specific effects are reduced in the second frame. |
| US12183006B2 |
Target positioning method, apparatus and system
A target positioning method is provided to include: determining, in response to determining that a video frame image including a target lesion is detected from a video stream, location information of the target lesion on the video frame image; tracking the target lesion according to the location information of the target lesion on the video frame image, and determining location information of the target lesion on a video frame image in the video stream. |
| US12183003B2 |
PET quantitative localization system and operation method thereof
The present disclosure provides an operation method of a PET (positron emission tomography) quantitative localization system, which includes steps as follows. The PET image and the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the patient are acquired; the nonlinear deformation is performed on the MRI and the T1 template to generate deformation information parameters; the AAL (automated anatomical labeling) atlas is deformed to an individual brain space of the patient, so as to generate an individual brain space AAL atlas, where the AAL atlas and the T1 template are in a same space; lateralization indexes of the ROIs of the individual brain space AAL atlas corresponding to the PET image normalized through the gray-scale intensity are calculated; the lateralization indexes are inputted into one or more machine learning models to analyze the result of determining a target. |
| US12182999B2 |
Artificial intelligence-based colonoscopic image diagnosis assisting system and method
A system and method for assisting colonoscopic image diagnosis based on artificial intelligence include a processor, which is configured to analyze each video frame of a colonoscopic image using at least one medical image analysis algorithm and detects a finding suspected of being a lesion in the video frame. The processor calculates the coordinates of the location of the finding suspected of being a lesion. The processor generates display information, including whether the finding suspected of being a lesion is present and the coordinates of the location of the finding suspected of being a lesion. |
| US12182996B2 |
Systems and methods to process electronic images to identify attributes
A computer-implemented method may identify attributes of electronic images and display the attributes. The method may include receiving one or more electronic medical images associated with a pathology specimen, determining a plurality of salient regions within the one or more electronic medical images, determining a predetermined order of the plurality of salient regions, and automatically panning, using a display, across the one or more salient regions according to the predetermined order. |
| US12182993B2 |
Visual inspection apparatus and visual inspection methods
A visual inspection apparatus includes a stage on which a FCBGA type semiconductor package having a lid is placed, a camera located above the stage, a coaxial illumination device located between the camera and the stage, an oblique illumination device located between the camera and the stage, and a control device. The control device is configured to irradiate the FCBGA type semiconductor package with illumination lights by the coaxial illumination device and the oblique illumination device, capture the FCBGA type semiconductor package by the camera to obtain the captured image, integrate a number of pixels of a predetermined pixel value by a binarization process of the captured image to obtain a determination value, and compare the determination value with a predetermined value to determine a non-defective product or a defective product. |
| US12182986B2 |
Image-based acceptance learning device, image-based acceptance determination device, and image reading device
An image-based acceptance learning device (2) learns a result of determination as to whether a planar object (1) is acceptable or defective based on at least one of a three-dimensional shape or a color on a surface of the planar object (1). The device (2) includes a surface image receiver (3) to receive an inputted two-dimensional data being image data of the surface of the planar object (1), a determination information receiver (4) to receive an inputted determination information indicating the result of determination as to whether the planar object (1) corresponding to the two-dimensional data is acceptable or defective, and a learner (5) to learn, based on the two-dimensional data and the determination information, a relevant area (1R) including the three-dimensional shape or the color on the surface in the two-dimensional data. The relevant area is a basis for the determination information. |
| US12182982B1 |
Optical and other sensory processing of complex objects
Systems and methods for optical and other sensory analysis of nutritional and other complex objects are disclosed. For example, techniques may include capturing an RGB-D image of a food using an integrated camera; inputting the RGB-D image into an instance detection network configured to detect food items; segmenting a plurality of food items from the RGB-D image into a plurality of masks, the plurality of masks representing individual food items; classifying a particular food item among the individual food items using a multimodal large language model; estimating a volume of the particular food item by overlaying an RGB image associated with the RGB-D image with a depth-map to create a point cloud; and estimating the calories of the particular food item using the estimated volume and a nutritional database. |
| US12182981B2 |
Image processing apparatus and operating method of the same
An image processing apparatus and a method of operating the same are provided. The method includes: a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to obtain first frequency coefficient information by converting a first image into a frequency domain in units of blocks having a preset size, obtain correlation information indicating a correlation between at least one block of the first frequency coefficient information and a first kernel, generate a weight corresponding to the first frequency coefficient information based on the correlation information, generate second frequency coefficient information by rearranging coefficients included in the first frequency coefficient information, wherein the one or more of the coefficients having a same frequency is arranged into a same group, and obtain quality information of the first image based on the weight and the second frequency coefficient information. |
| US12182980B2 |
Cognitive filtering of content from shared screen display
Methods, computer program products, and/or systems are provided that perform the following operations: obtaining source display content; identifying one or more objectionable portions included in the source display content; modifying the one or more objectionable portions included in the source display content to filter content in the one or more objectionable portions; generating a filtered display content, wherein the filtered display content includes the one or more modified objectionable portions and one or more non-objectionable portions of the source display content; and providing the filtered display content for rendering of a shared presentation. |
| US12182978B2 |
Projector, image projection system, and method for controlling projector
A projector includes a projection section that projects a first image on a projection surface, a control section that causes the projection section to project a pattern image for installation including a first pattern that is located at an end of the first image, which overlaps with a second image, and a second pattern that is so disposed that a first straight line section is located in a position separate from the end by a distance, and a correction section that corrects the first image based on a captured image containing an image of a first area of the second image, and the first area is an area that overlaps with an area having a width corresponding to the distance measured from the end of the first image in a state in which the first image and the second image overlap with each other. |
| US12182977B2 |
Image processing method and image display device
An image processing method is applied to an image display device, the image display device includes a lens having distortion coefficients and a display screen. The image processing method includes: dividing a display region of the display screen into image regions according to the distortion coefficients of the lens, an outer boundary line of each image region enclosing a polygon, a geometric center of the polygon enclosed by the outer boundary line of the image region coinciding with a geometric center of the lens, and distortion coefficients of positions of the lens on which vertexes of the polygon enclosed by the outer boundary line of the image region are mapped being the same; and performing anti-distortion processing on coordinates of vertexes of the image region according to a distortion coefficient corresponding to the vertexes of the image region to obtain texture coordinates of the vertexes of the image region. |
| US12182976B2 |
Image processing method, smart device, and computer readable storage medium
Methods, apparatuses and computer-readable storage mediums for processing images to remove moiré patterns. The method entails running an image processing model to perform moiré pattern removal processing on an original image to obtain a target image. The image processing model may include a network model trained according to a moiré pattern training data set. The image processing model can also include a multi-band module, which may be configured to process the original image to obtain an N-layer Laplacian pyramid of the original image, and obtain a first processing result feature map based on feature maps corresponding to N spatial frequency bands of the N-layer Laplacian pyramid, with N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. The image processing model can include obtaining the target image according to the first processing result feature map. |
| US12182975B2 |
Method for processing image, related device and storage medium
A method for processing an image includes first obtaining a media image. The media image has a target scene object at least partially shielded. A target shielding object is determined from the media image. The target shielding object at least partially shields the target scene object. Image inpainting is performed on a first region of the media image corresponding to the target shielding object to generate a target media image. |
| US12182974B2 |
Endoscopic surgery system, image processing apparatus, and image processing method
The present disclosure relates to an endoscopic surgery system, an image processing apparatus, and an image processing method that enable better endoscopic observation.Motion components at the time of imaging are estimated on the basis of an image captured by an endoscope, a degree of reliability indicating a degree that the motion components are motion components for the entire image is set, and a correction amount used when correction processing of correcting a blur is performed on the image is controlled according to the degree of reliability. For example, in a case where the motion components are single motion components, the degree of reliability is set to 1.0, and in a case where the motion components are a plurality of motion components, the degree of reliability is set to 0.0. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an endoscopic surgery system used in surgery using an endoscope. |
| US12182973B2 |
Camera and method for acquiring image data
A camera includes an image sensor having a first recording channel of a first sensitivity for recording first image data including first pixels and a second recording channel of a second sensitivity lower than the first sensitivity for recording second image data including second pixels. The first pixels and second pixels are associated with one another by capturing a same object area. A control and evaluation unit processing the image data is configured to suppress noise effects in the second image data using a noise suppression filter that assigns a new value to a respective considered second pixel based on second pixels in a neighborhood of the considered second pixel. The noise suppression filter takes the second pixels in the neighborhood into account with a weighting that depends on how similar first pixels associated with the second pixels are to the associated first pixel of the respective considered second pixel. |
| US12182970B2 |
X-ray imaging restoration using deep learning algorithms
A general workflow for deep learning based image restoration in X-ray and fluoroscopy/fluorography is disclosed. Higher quality images and lower quality images are generated as training data. This training data can further be categorized by anatomical structure. This training data can be used to train a learned model, such as a neural network or deep-learning neural network. Once trained, the learned model can be used for real-time inferencing. The inferencing can be more further improved by employing a variety of techniques, including pruning the learned model, reducing the precision of the learned mode, utilizing multiple image restoration processors, or dividing a full size image into snippets. |
| US12182968B2 |
Image processing method, apparatus, and device
An image processing method, where, in the method, a special image filter is generated, and super-resolution is performed on an image based on the image filter. The image filter includes filter parameters corresponding to each pixel in an image that requires super-resolution processing, and pixels with different texture features correspond to different filter parameters. The image super-resolution method, apparatus, device, and the like may be applied to various scenarios such as a video, a game, and photographing. |
| US12182966B2 |
Systems and methods for machine learned image conversion
A computer system is provided for converting images through use of a trained neural network. A source image is divided into blocks and context data is added to each pixel block. The context blocks are split into channels and each channel from the same context block is added to the same activation matrix. The action matrix is then executed against a trained neural network to produce a changed activation matrix. The changed activation matrix is then used to generate a converted image. |
| US12182958B2 |
Training machine learning models to perform neural style transfer in three-dimensional shapes
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for training a machine learning model to perform style transfer. The technique includes applying one or more augmentations to a first input three-dimensional (3D) shape to generate a second input 3D shape. The technique also includes generating, via a first set of neural network layers, a style code based on a first latent representation of the first input 3D shape and a second latent representation of the second input 3D shape. The technique further includes generating, via a second set of neural network layers, a first output 3D shape based on the style code and the second latent representation, and performing one or more operations on the first and second sets of neural network layers based on a first loss associated with the first output 3D shape to generate a trained machine learning model. |
| US12182957B2 |
Neural style transfer in three-dimensional shapes
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing style transfer. The technique includes generating an input shape representation that includes a plurality of points near a surface of an input three-dimensional (3D) shape, where the input 3D shape includes content-based attributes associated with an object. The technique also includes determining a style code based on a difference between a first latent representation of a first 3D shape and a second latent representation of a second 3D shape, where the second 3D shape is generated by applying one or more augmentations to the first 3D shape. The technique further includes generating, based on the input shape representation and style code, an output 3D shape having the content-based attributes of the input 3D shape and style-based attributes associated with the style code, and generating a 3D model of the object based on the output 3D shape. |
| US12182953B2 |
Augmented reality object management system
Interference-based augmented reality hosting platforms are presented. Hosting platforms can include networking nodes capable of analyzing a digital representation of scene to derive interference among elements of the scene. The hosting platform utilizes the interference to adjust the presence of augmented reality objects within an augmented reality experience. Elements of a scene can constructively interfere, enhancing presence of augmented reality objects; or destructively interfere, suppressing presence of augmented reality objects. |
| US12182947B2 |
Systems and methods for displaying and adjusting virtual objects based on interactive and dynamic content
Systems and methods for overlaying virtual objects in a virtual environment based on user interest and user interactions are disclosed. The methods analyze a live view of a surface viewed through camera or a transparent lens and determine if the policies of the surface allow overlaying of virtual objects. The method fetches a virtual object and calculates a score based on user interest, user gaze, and user engagement. Virtual objects that meet the policies of the surface and a scoring criterion are overlayed on the surface in the virtual environment and enhanced based on a plurality of enhancement factors. Virtual objects are also overlayed in frames of a live broadcast based on their scores. Virtual objects displayed on a conference call interface, which may be meeting tools or icons associated with other conferencing functionality, are enhanced, or removed from the user interface based on their utilization. |
| US12182944B2 |
Authoring and presenting 3D presentations in augmented reality
Various methods and systems are provided for authoring and presenting 3D presentations. Generally, an augmented or virtual reality device for each author, presenter and audience member includes 3D presentation software. During authoring mode, one or more authors can use 3D and/or 2D interfaces to generate a 3D presentation that choreographs behaviors of 3D assets into scenes and beats. During presentation mode, the 3D presentation is loaded in each user device, and 3D images of the 3D assets and corresponding asset behaviors are rendered among the user devices in a coordinated manner. As such, one or more presenters can navigate the scenes and beats of the 3D presentation to deliver the 3D presentation to one or more audience members wearing augmented reality headsets. |
| US12182938B2 |
System and method for virtual modeling of indoor scenes from imagery
A method and system for generating a virtual representation of a physical scene, including receiving scene data corresponding to the physical scene, processing the scene data to determine scene components and scene priors corresponding to the scene components, generating, by a plurality of neural networks, dense geometric representations based at least in part on the scene priors, where each dense geometric representation corresponds to a scene component in the scene components, generating a virtual model of the physical scene based at least in part on the dense geometric representations, and generating a virtual representation of the physical scene based at least in part on the scene data, the virtual representation being aligned with the virtual model. |
| US12182936B2 |
Systems and methods for pitch determination
Systems and methods are provided for pitch determination. An example method includes obtaining an image depicting a structure, the image being captured via a user device positioned proximate to the structure. The image is segmented to identify, at least, a roof facet of the structure. An eave vector and a rake vector which are associated with the roof facet are determined. A normal vector of the roof facet is calculated based on the eave vector and the rake vector, and compared to a vector indicating a vertical direction such as gravity. The angle made out by the normal and a gravity vector may be utilized to calculate the pitch of the roof facet. |
| US12182930B2 |
Enclosed multi-view visual media representation
Images may be captured at an image capture device mounted on an image capture device gimbal capable of rotating the image capture device around a nodal point in one or more dimensions. Each of the plurality of images may be captured from a respective rotational position. The images may be captured by a designated camera that is not located at the nodal point in one or more of the respective rotational positions. A designated three-dimensional point cloud may be determined based on the plurality of images. The designated three-dimensional point cloud may include a plurality of points each having a respective position in a virtual three-dimensional space. |
| US12182928B2 |
System and methods for generating a 3D model of a pathology sample
A system and a method for generating a combined 3D model (95) of a sample comprising a sample imaging system (1) configured to generate a first 3D model (25) of the sample, a slice imaging system (2) configured to generate a second 3D model (615) of the sample, and a combiner engine (90) configured to generate a combined 3D model (95) based on the first 3D model and the second 3D model of the sample. |
| US12182927B2 |
Denoising techniques suitable for recurrent blurs
Recurrent blurring may be used to render frames of a virtual environment, where the radius of a filter for a pixel is based on a number of successfully accumulated frames that correspond to that pixel. To account for rejections of accumulated samples for the pixel, ray-traced samples from a lower resolution version of a ray-traced render may be used to increase the effective sample count for the pixel. Parallax may be used to control the accumulation speed along with an angle between a view vector that corresponds to the pixel. A magnitude of one or more dimensions of a filter applied to the pixel may be based on an angle of a view vector that corresponds to the pixel to cause reflections to elongate along an axis under glancing angles. The dimension(s) may be based on a direction of a reflected specular lobe associated with the pixel. |
| US12182925B2 |
Split rendering for extended reality (XR) applications
A method (20, 40) for reducing undesirable visual effects, such as judder, in a video image having one or more frames is disclosed. A server node (16) generates graphics layers from 3D objects, and augments the layers with the Z-layer information and motion information for the objects. The server node then groups (28, 30, 32) the graphics layers, encodes (34) the groups into a video stream such that every video frame of the stream is a composite video frame of the graphics layers, adds (36) the motion information to the composite video frame, and sends (38) the stream to a client device (18). Upon receipt, the client device extracts (44) the motion information, compensates the positions of the graphics layers using the Z-layer information and the motion information, and applies a selected positional time-warp algorithm to compensate for the translational and rotational movement of the user's head (50). The resultant layers are then combined into a video image and rendered (52) for the user. |
| US12182924B2 |
3D gaze point for avatar eye animation
Systems and methods for avatar eye animation is provided. The method include obtaining a first gaze vector of a user associated with a first eye of the user and obtaining a second gaze vector of the user associated with a second eye of the user. The method further includes determining a first point in a three-dimensional (3D) virtual space that the user is looking toward. The method also includes creating a second point in the 3D virtual space corresponding to the first point in the 3D virtual space. The method then includes rendering a first eye and a second eye of an avatar of the user in the 3D virtual space based on the second point in the 3D virtual space such that the first eye and the second eye of the avatar are looking toward the second point in the 3D virtual space. |
| US12182921B2 |
Avatar style transformation using neural networks
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a method for transforming a motion style of an avatar from a first style to a second style. The program and method include: retrieving, by a processor from a storage device, an avatar depicting motion in a first style; receiving user input selecting a second style; obtaining, based on the user input, a trained machine learning model that performs a non-linear transformation of motion from the first style to the second style; and applying the obtained trained machine learning model to the retrieved avatar to transform the avatar from depicting motion in the first style to depicting motion in the second style. |
| US12182919B2 |
Joint audio-video facial animation system
The present invention relates to a joint automatic audio visual driven facial animation system that in some example embodiments includes a full scale state of the art Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition (LVCSR) with a strong language model for speech recognition and obtained phoneme alignment from the word lattice. |
| US12182916B2 |
Information display using electronic diffusers
Embodiments of systems and methods for using electronic diffusers to implement message indicators are described. A segment of a diffuser attached to an electronic device is configured to indicate an informational message in response to signals that result in a change to an optical property. A set of information to be displayed using the segment is determined, and a signal is transmitted to the segment to display the information. |
| US12182915B2 |
Floorplan image tiles
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a floorplan user interface. One of the methods includes receiving, from a user device, a request for presentation of image content that depicts a floorplan; determining whether one or more criteria for providing image tiles instead of a vector image that depicts the floorplan are satisfied, each of the image tiles having the same tile size, having a file size that is smaller than a vector image file size for the vector image, and depicting a portion of the floorplan; and in response to determining that the one or more criteria for providing image tiles instead of a vector image that depicts the floorplan are satisfied, providing, to the user device, one or more image tiles from the image tiles to cause the user device to present the one or more image tiles on a display. |
| US12182912B2 |
Systems and methods of generating a design based on a design template and another design
An apparatus includes a processor configured to receive, during editing of a first design, user input indicating that a first design element has a first content role. The processor is configured to generate a content signature of the first design indicating that the first design element has the first content role, to generate a second design based on a design template, and to update the second design by applying the content signature to the second design. Generating the second design includes, based on determining that the design template includes a second design element having the first content role, adding a third design element having the first content role to the second design. Applying the content signature to the second design includes transferring content from the first design element to the third design element. The processor is configured to generate a graphical user interface including an image of the second design. |
| US12182908B2 |
System and method for image reconstruction
The disclosure relates to a system and method for image reconstruction. The method may include the steps of: obtaining raw data corresponding to radiation rays within a volume, determining a radiation ray passing a plurality of voxels, grouping the voxels into a plurality of subsets such that at least some subset of voxels are sequentially loaded into a memory, and performing a calculation relating to the sequentially loaded voxels. The radiation ray may be determined based on the raw data. The calculation may be performed by a plurality of processing threads in a parallel hardware architecture. A processing thread may correspond to a subset of voxels. |
| US12182907B1 |
Thematic map preparation method and apparatus, storage medium and electronic device
Thematic map preparation method and apparatus, a storage medium and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: preparing a map style master based on an aimed application field; generating metadata information corresponding to the map style master, wherein the metadata information includes a mapping relationship between each of the geographical units in the map style master and the initial color identification corresponding thereto, and the metadata information further includes location information about the legend in the map style master; processing original input data, and acquiring an attribute color identification of each geographical unit in the original input data; and replacing the initial color identification corresponding to each of the geographical units in the map style master with the attribute color identification, and updating the legend, so as to obtain a thematic map of the original input data when aimed at the application field. |
| US12182905B2 |
Method, processing device, and display system for virtual information display based on spatial positioning
A method, a processing device, and a system for information display are provided, and the system includes a light transmissive display. A first information extraction device extracts spatial position information of a user, and a second information extraction device extracts spatial position information of a target object. The processing device performs the following steps. Display position information of virtual information of the target object on the display is determined according to the spatial position information of the user and the spatial position information of the target object. The display position information includes a first display reference position corresponding to a previous time and a second display reference position corresponding to a current time. An actual display position of the virtual information on the display corresponding to the current time is determined according to a distance between the first display reference position and the second display reference position. The virtual information is displayed on the display according to the actual display position. |
| US12182904B2 |
Information processing device and information processing method
The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program causing a user to be able to appropriately select a fashion item. An information processing device includes a display control unit configured to control display of try-on images including images in which fashion items are superimposed on a user trying on try-on items corresponding to the fashion items. The information processing device is provided in, for example, a moving object such as a cart. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that performs electronic commerce of a fashion system. |
| US12182901B2 |
Interleaving and rearrangement to reduce a number of dimensions of image
An image data processing method is provided. In the method, a first image data set that includes image data arranged according to a first data format is acquired. The first data format has a first number of dimensions. Interleaving and rearrangement are performed on the image data in the first image data set based on a convolution operation to obtain a second image data set. The image data in the second image data set is arranged according to a second data format. The second data format has a second number of dimensions. The second number of dimensions of the second data format is less than first number of dimensions of the first data format. A target output result is generated based on the convolution operation performed on the second image data set and a second weight data set. Apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterpart embodiments are also contemplated. |
| US12182899B2 |
Apparatus and method for scheduling graphics processing resources
An apparatus and method for scheduling workloads across virtualized graphics processors. For example, one embodiment of a graphics processing apparatus comprises first graphics processing resources to process graphics commands and execute graphics data; workload scheduling circuitry to schedule workloads for execution on the first graphics processing resources; and workload queuing circuitry to implement a local queue to store local workload entries, each local workload entry associated with a locally-submitted workload and an external workload queue to store external workload entries, each external workload entry associated with an externally-submitted workload submitted for execution by an external graphics processing apparatus, in one embodiment, the workload scheduling circuitry schedules the locally-submitted workloads identified in the local queue and externally-submitted workloads identified in the external workload queue for processing by specified portions of the first graphics processing resources. |
| US12182897B2 |
Methods and systems for protecting digital content against artificial intelligence-based unauthorized manipulation of the digital content
A device may receive digital content and may process the digital content, with at least one of an optimization-based poisoning model or a statistical-based poisoning model, to generate at least one of first poisoning data or second poisoning data, respectively. The device may generate new digital content based on the digital content and the at least one of the first poisoning data or the second poisoning data. The device may provide the new digital content to one or more devices to be accessed by at least one deepfake model used to create fake digital content and may perform one or more actions based on the new digital content. |
| US12182894B2 |
Methods for determining an allocation scheme of accident rescue resource in a smart city and internet of things systems
The present disclosure provides a method for determining an allocation scheme of accident rescue resource in a smart city. The method comprises: obtaining accident information of an accident point based on the object platform; sending the accident information to the management platform based on the sensor network platform; determining resource demand of the accident point based on the accident information through the management platform; obtaining available resource of at least one candidate rescue point based on the object platform; sending the available resource to the management platform based on the sensor network platform; determining the allocation scheme of rescue resource based on the resource demand and the available resource through the management platform; and sending the allocation scheme of rescue resource to the user platform through the service platform. |
| US12182892B2 |
Customer identification value for electronic devices
A method is provided. In some examples, the method includes reading a first customer identification value from a first memory on a device and reading a second customer identification value from a first field in a certificate. The method also includes determining whether the first customer identification value matches the second customer identification value. In addition, the method includes reading application data from a second field in the certificate in response to determining that the first customer identification value matches the second customer identification value. The method further includes writing the application data to a second memory on the device in response to determining that the first customer identification value matches the second customer identification value. |
| US12182891B2 |
Systems and methods for executing a customized home search
A home cost analysis server for executing a customized home search may include a processor programmed to define a user budget constraint, receive a list of available homes, and determine an initial monthly cost for each home. The processor may also identify one or more additional home costs based on historical insurance claim data. The processor may also display available homes that satisfy the user budget constraint. |
| US12182889B2 |
Media management system
Described herein are various techniques for managing media related to a construction project, which may relate to one or more buildings to be built and/or renovated as part of the construction project. In accordance with techniques described herein, the media may be managed according to information regarding the construction project that is stored by one or more other systems separate from a media management system. The other systems may be construction information management systems that each store information regarding a construction project, including information relating to planning and/or execution of the construction project. For example, the media management system may generate tags based on the information regarding the construction project, may be trained to recognize features in the media that relate to the tags, and add the appropriate tags to the media based on the recognized features. |
| US12182885B1 |
Method of collating, abstracting, and delivering worldwide viewpoints
The present invention provides a system and method for presenting global issues to users and followers of a social media platform, allowing the users and followers to provide viewpoints on the global issues, ensuring that the users providing the viewpoints are authentic, and analyzing the various viewpoints to develop statistical data including the location of those providing viewpoints. The present invention also allows a user to present a global issue for consideration by users of the platform, for example, a social media internet-based website, and allows followers of the user to provide their viewpoints on such global issue. Simultaneously, the location of the followers will be collected and collated along with their responses. |
| US12182880B1 |
Vehicle inspection systems and methods
Vehicle inspection systems and methods are disclosed. A system disclosed includes a frame configured to be mounted to a vehicle, wherein the frame comprises an extendable arm. The system also includes at least one camera for taking imagery of a damaged vehicle at an accident scene in support of a damage assessment, wherein the at least one camera is coupled with the extendable arm. The system also includes at least one damage filter associated with the at least one camera. The damage filter creates filtered imagery based on the imagery of the damaged vehicle. |
| US12182878B2 |
Safe state to safe state navigation
Systems and methods are provided for navigating a host vehicle. In one implementation, a system may include a processing device configured to receive an image acquired by an image capture device; determine a planned navigational action for accomplishing a navigational goal of the host vehicle; analyze the at least one image to identify a first target vehicle ahead of the host vehicle and a second target vehicle ahead of the first target vehicle; determine a next-state distance between the host vehicle and the second target vehicle that would result if the planned navigational action was taken; determine a stopping distance for the host vehicle based on a maximum braking capability of the host vehicle and a current speed of the host vehicle; and cause the vehicle to implement the planned navigational action if the stopping distance is less than the determined next-state distance. |
| US12182872B1 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying hazardous conditions and predicting policy transaction behavior
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for programmatically predicting policy transactions using machine learning. |
| US12182870B2 |
Remediation site portfolio risk scoring
The system may project and prioritize remediation timelines and costs, such that owners may prioritize spend across a portfolio of contaminated properties to maximize the overall effect of contamination remediation efforts, and to increase the likelihood of regulatory acceptance of proposed remediation strategies. The system may include a method for developing, an extreme event risk score based on operational environment data, legislative environment data and a data environment; determining a remediation score based on harm reduction data, cost data, sustainability data, resiliency data, the extreme event risk score and the data environment; determining a remediated risk score based on an initial risk score and the remediation score; determining a risk rating pre-remediation based on the initial risk score and an information depth score; and determining the risk rating post-remediation based on the remediated risk score and the information depth score. |
| US12182867B1 |
Trading different orders utilizing minimum processing times
An exchange computer system can implement a method to implement a minimum processing time to provide a more balanced and equitable environment for trading. The exchange computer system receives a first message related to an electronic order determines a first time at which the first message is received, and applies a time stamp indicative of the first time. A minimum processing time is determined for processing message(s) related to the electronic order. The exchange computer system determines whether a time elapsed from the first time satisfies the minimum processing time and blocks transmission of the first message until the time elapsed from the first time satisfies the minimum processing time. In some cases, the exchange computer system can also determine whether a second elapsed time from the first time satisfies the minimum processing time, and upon satisfaction, transmits the first message. |
| US12182866B2 |
Transaction flow with master account ledger and escrow ledger
A system and method for completing a sale of digital shares representing an interest in an asset in an exchange, wherein the exchange comprising a transfer agent, includes registering, by the transfer agent, a user on an exchange; presenting to the user, by the transfer agent an interface allowing the user to select an interest in an asset to sell; communicating, by the transfer agent, with a broker dealer to transmit a sell contract to the user; pairing, by the transfer agent, a buyer with the user to sell the interest in the asset to the buyer; and executing, by the transfer agent, a sale of digital shares representing the interest in the asset. |
| US12182865B2 |
Exchange feed for trade reporting having reduced redundancy
The disclosed embodiments relate to communication of messages from a database to participants whereby messages, or at least a portion of the content thereof, indicative of changes in the database, due to one or more transactions between two or more participants, are structured so as to reduce redundant data therein and prioritize the transmission of that portion of the message which summarizes the event and result thereof. Further, these event reporting messages may further consolidate, or otherwise be combined with, the corresponding directed reporting messages communicated to the particular participants participating in the reported transaction while preserving the anonymity of those participants to which messages are particularly directed. |
| US12182863B2 |
Private currency and trade engine
A method may include storing information in a supply mesh. The supply mesh may include two or more value links. The method may include determining that a first value link of the two or more value links fulfills a value link condition of a second value link. The method may include providing a transaction proposal to the first value link. The transaction proposal may include an amount of private currency. The method may include receiving, from the first value link, a transaction acceptance to the transaction proposal. The method may include transferring the amount of private currency from the second value link to the first value link. The method may include confirming completion of a transaction between the first value link and the second value link. The transaction may be based on the transaction proposal. Other methods and systems are also disclosed. |
| US12182860B2 |
Automated lending data collection and verification system and methods
A system includes a processing circuit having one or more processors coupled to memory, the processing circuit configured to generate a requestor token comprising information of an applicant and determine verification information is required to process an application associated with the applicant. The processing circuit is further configured to retrieve the verification information based on previously stored information corresponding to the applicant, generate a task comprising a requirement to fulfill based on determining additional information is required, and provide a list of tasks comprising the task to the applicant. |
| US12182852B2 |
Contactless remote shopping assistance
In an approach to facilitate contactless remote shopping assistance, a computer-implemented method includes one or more processors configured for receiving first order data from a user device corresponding to an order of items to be retrieved from a parking lot of a retail entity proximate to a retail entity location, transmitting the first order data to the retail entity, and assigning the order to a mobility device stationed at the retail entity. The method further includes transmitting order retrieval instructions to the mobility device causing the mobility device to navigate the retail to secure the items, receiving an indication that the mobility device secured the items, and transmitting order delivery instructions to the mobility device. The method further includes receiving a second indication that the mobility device transported the items to the parking lot and placed the items in a vehicle associated with a user of the user device. |
| US12182851B2 |
Systems and methods for managing lists using an information storage and communication system
A system includes a processor and an information wallet application stored on machine readable storage media coupled to the processor and including program logic that causes the processor to receive a shopping list from a first information wallet adapter stored on a user computing device, send the shopping list to a second information wallet adapter stored on a merchant computing device, receive merchant data from the second information wallet adapter, wherein the merchant data includes one of price data and quantity data for at least one item included in the shopping list, and send the merchant data to the first information wallet adapter. The system also includes a cloud storage computing system accessible by the information wallet storage application and configured to communicate with the first and second information wallet adapters in order to store and retrieve shopping list data associated with the shopping list. |
| US12182850B2 |
Shopping system and method
A shopping system (102) for facilitating shopping of customers from retailers is provided herein. The shopping system (102) includes a shopping list module (202) configured to enable a plurality of customers to create their shopping list having a plurality of items. The shopping system (102) further includes a retail module (204) configured to enable a plurality of retailers to provide a dynamic pricing and promotions for items in the shopping list. The shopping system (102) further includes a cart module (206) configured to enable the plurality of customers to choose a retailer based upon the pricing, and book a cart with the retailer. |
| US12182844B2 |
Generalized enterprise catalog classification for shorthand item descriptors
A system and a method are disclosed for classifying shorthand item descriptors in accordance with an enterprise catalog. An enterprise data management system uses one more models to determine items in the enterprise catalog that match a shorthand descriptor of an item. Shorthand item descriptors may originate from various transaction data such as at point-of-sale (POS) machines or online ordering systems. The enterprise data management system uses a first model to determine a normalized representation of the shorthand item descriptor. The enterprise data management system furthers used a second model to classify the normalized representation as one or more items included in the enterprise catalog, where the second model is trained through a supervised machine learning process using data corresponding to an enterprise catalog of one or more particular enterprises. |
| US12182840B2 |
System and method of matching a seller of a vehicle to a buyer of a vehicle
Systems, methods, and media for matching a seller of a vehicle with a buyer of a vehicle in a dealer-to-dealer transaction are described. Information indicative of a vehicle may be obtained from the seller of the vehicle. The vehicle may be matched with a buyer based at least in part on information associated with the buyer and information indicative of the vehicle. Bid offers may be presented to the seller on behalf of the buyer. When a vehicle price is agreed upon, a financial transaction and transportation of the vehicle may be facilitated by the matching system. |
| US12182839B1 |
Real time avatar
A system includes a server having a database stored thereon, an operator device, and a coordinating device communicatively coupled with the server and with the operator device, wherein the coordinating device comprises a processor and a memory, and wherein the memory is configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the coordinating device to perform various steps. The steps include receiving account data, from the server, corresponding with an account of a plurality of accounts saved to the database, receiving preference data, from the operator device, corresponding with preferences of an operator of the operator device and relating to the account data. The steps also include generating an avatar reflecting the account data in accordance with the preference data, and displaying the avatar on a display. |
| US12182838B2 |
Systems and methods for customizing electronic marketplace applications
An application configured to be dynamically and/or incrementally updated to tailor capabilities of the application to areas of interest of a user is disclosed. The application receives one or more task-specific modules for enhancing a task-specific capability of the application. The one or more task-specific modules are identified from among a plurality of task-specific modules, based on user data indicative of interaction of the user with an electronic marketplace. The one or more task-specific modules are used to update a general module configured to implement the task-specific capability of the application to create a customized application. The customized application is used to perform a task-specific operation based on an input provided by the user, and a result of the task-specific operation to be presented to the user. |
| US12182827B2 |
Systems and methods for determining competitive market values of an ad impression
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for determining competitive market values for an ad impression on an advertiser exchange. An engine executing on a device may receive a candidate set of inputs associated with ad impressions. The engine may determine competitive market values for an ad impression on an advertiser exchange. The engine may determine candidate clearing prices based on the candidate set of inputs and history of clearing prices on the advertiser exchange. The engine may generate, based on the candidate clearing prices, a competitive market value prediction for the ad impression on the advertiser exchange. The competitive market value prediction may comprise a distribution function of predicted clearing prices on the advertiser exchange. The engine may generate, based on the competitive market value prediction, a fair market value bid for the ad impression in the context of a specific ad campaign. |
| US12182822B2 |
Method and system for collecting and parsing market data from various sources
Systems and methods for converting unstructured text messages into usable order details. Component parts corresponding to structure and quote data indicative of a transaction are parsed from unstructured text messages. The parsing includes matching character strings in the messages with a hierarchy of expressions and identifying the component parts based on the matching and a transaction deal status. The unstructured text messages are displayed in a first window of a graphical user interface (GUI) in real-time including automatically highlighting the identified component parts of the messages and displaying a selectable web link configured to launch a web interface. The identified component parts are displayed in a second window of the GUI in a normalized format in real-time. An editable order ticket comprising the component parts is created upon selection of the selectable web link in the first window and displayed in a newly launched web interface. |
| US12182817B2 |
Systems and methods of verifying origin of request for payment
A method for verifying origin of request for payments may include a financial institution computer program: receiving a request for a payment URL from a merchant, the payment URL provided for a transaction with a customer; generating the payment URL, wherein the payment URL comprises a pointer to a network location for the financial institution; providing the payment URL to a customer electronic device; receiving, from the customer electronic device and at a browsed URL, a stored or pinned certificate of domain for the payment URL; (5) comparing the stored or pinned certificate of domain for the payment URL to a certificate of domain for the browsed URL; presenting a payment page in response to a match; and returning an error in response to a mismatch. |
| US12182798B1 |
Systems and methods for activating a transaction card
Systems and methods for activating a transaction card are provided. A method includes: receiving a uniform resource locator (URL) and an encrypted key stored on a contactless transaction card from a first contactless communication between the contactless transaction card and a customer device; decrypting the encrypted key to identify information regarding the contactless transaction card; providing a web site associated with the URL for display, wherein the web site comprises a field automatically populated based on the identified information regarding the contactless transaction card; activating the contactless transaction card in response to verifying the identified information regarding the contactless transaction card; receiving information associated with the contactless transaction card from a second contactless communication between the contactless transaction card and the customer device; and resetting a credential for accessing an account associated with the contactless transaction card. |
| US12182796B2 |
Method and system for providing financial transaction using empty card
A method and a system for providing a financial transaction using an empty card are provided. The method for providing a financial transaction using an empty card includes receiving, by a server, a virtual card number generated by a program included in a user terminal, searching, by the server, for an empty card storage location at which the empty card is registered, in a storage location search algorithm based on the virtual card number, searching, by the server, for a real card number storage space linked to a user identification (UID) assigned to the found empty card storage location, extracting, by the server, a real card number stored in the real card number storage space, and performing, by the server, a financial transaction progress or a financial transaction progress request with the extracted real card number. |
| US12182793B2 |
User authentication and transaction staging
There is presented a method and a computing device for user authentication and transaction staging on a user device. The method comprises authenticating a user of the user device by a first device verification method and generating transaction credentials at the user device. The method further comprises generating at least one optical code data corresponding to the transaction credentials and displaying the at least one optical code on the user device in a form suitable for scanning by a second device to progress a transaction with the second device. |
| US12182792B2 |
Systems and methods for using a transaction identifier to protect sensitive credentials
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods of securely transmitting account credentials, such as a token. A user device and application can initially select an account, and then obtain a transaction identifier associated with the account. The user device can provide the transaction identifier to a resource provider, which can then directly exchange the transaction identifier for the account credentials. |
| US12182791B1 |
Systems and methods for remote deposit of checks
Remote deposit of checks can be facilitated by a financial institution. A customer's general purpose computer and image capture device may be leveraged to capture an image of a check and deliver the image to financial institution electronics. Additional data for the transaction may be collected as necessary. The transaction can be automatically accomplished utilizing the images and data thus acquired. |
| US12182790B2 |
Systems and methods for performing transactions
A wearable device, such as a finger ring worn by a user, communicates information about a user to a reader that uses the information in order to perform a transaction. Such wearable device may be conveniently carried by and accessible to the user such that utilization of the device for the transaction is less burdensome for the user, thereby encouraging use of the device for particular transactions. Indeed, in some cases, such as when the device is implemented as a finger ring or other type of jewelry, the user may be encouraged to carry the device in an exposed manner such that it is readily available for the transaction without the user having to search in a wallet, pocket, or purse for the device. |
| US12182788B1 |
Cash deposit at point of sale using deposit product inventory item systems and methods
A system for receiving cash deposits at a point of sale includes a processor; a product inventory database; a communication interface; a product inventory item reader; and a purchase instrument reader. The processor is configured to receive a product code from the product inventory item reader; access the product inventory database to recognize the product code as a deposit product code; receive signals indicating an amount of a deposit associated with the deposit product code; receive signals from the purchase instrument reader identifying an account for the deposit; and send signals to a transaction processing network via the communication interface to thereby effect the deposit of the amount into the account. |
| US12182785B2 |
Content delivery systems that use blockchain to manage content
A content delivery network uses blockchain to manage content. In various implementations, the content delivery network may specify access rights to content in a blockchain network and allow a content access device to access content when the blockchain network is unavailable using a local copy of the blockchain and reconciling upon reconnection. In some implementations, the content delivery network may track storage of available content in a blockchain and use the blockchain to provide different copies of requested items when the different copies can be provided faster, more efficiently, at a lower cost, and so on. In yet other implementations, the content delivery network may record changes to properties of content in a blockchain and evaluate received disputes by using the blockchain to determine whether a change to the properties of the content occurred prior to the dispute. |
| US12182783B2 |
Adaptive daily withdrawal limits for smart chip ATM transactions
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a first transaction request including a first transaction amount, determining that the first transaction amount would cause a violation of a daily spending limit, determining to apply an adaptive daily spending limit (ADSL) override, generating an approval message indicating that the first transaction request is approved based on the application of the ADSL override, transmitting the approval message to the ATM, and dispensing the first transaction amount in a currency by the ATM. |
| US12182777B1 |
Systems and methods for online payment transactions
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for generating a shared budget for an account associated with a first user and a second user, wherein the first user is associated with a first client device and the second user is associated with a second client device. A notification may be transmitted to the second client device based on an attempted purchase via the first client device. The notification may be displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the second client device, and may include information related to the attempted purchase, such as the cost of one or more items, total value of the shared budget, remaining value in the shared budget, and so on. The second user may approve or decline the purchase request. |
| US12182776B1 |
Systems and methods for identity verification of math-based currency account holders
Math-based currency (“MBC”) transactions are inherently quasi-anonymous. Systems and methods of registering customers with a financial institution for the purposes of opening a MBC account are described. During the registration process, the financial institution gathers and stores certain information relating to the customers having MBC accounts. This information may later be used to provide verification of MBC transactions to other parties involved in the MBC transactions. |
| US12182769B2 |
Configurable settings for automatic updates of calendar items
Techniques of configuring settings for automatic update of calendar items in an electronic calendar systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a server can receive and store update configuration records indicating that a change to a start date, start time, an end date, an end time, or location of a meeting would render a meeting update actionable. Upon receiving an incoming meeting update, the server can determine whether the incoming meeting update contains a change to one of a start date, start time, an end date, an end time or location. If true, the server can automatically modify, without any input from the recipient, a scheduled meeting appointment in the calendar folder of the recipient according to the received incoming meeting update. |
| US12182768B2 |
Virtual meeting participation
A method for participating in a virtually-attended meeting including: determining that a user is virtually attending a meeting; monitoring the virtually-attended meeting for a triggering event; detecting an occurrence of the triggering event; determining whether to send a high-level notification to the user; capturing a portion of the virtually-attended meeting; and sending the high-level notification. Also disclosed is a method where the high-level notification is sent to a second user along with a message from the first user about how to respond to the notification. Also disclosed is a corresponding system. |
| US12182767B1 |
Complex task cognitive planning and execution system
Disclosed is a system for determining sequences of operations that will automatically execute one or more tasks specified by a user. In some embodiments, the sequences of operations are based on operations that have been previously performed by users and recorded by the system. The system interprets an intention of a user based on analysis of terms used by the user to indicate a request. The system generates a sequence of operations, executable by an operating system associated with a client device that will perform one or more tasks specified or implied by the request of the user. |
| US12182763B2 |
Systems and methods for multi-party distributed active co-browsing
Systems and methods are provided for collaborative session including co-browsing in a virtual workspace. The system includes a server-side network node including logic to access a web application using a uniform resource locator (URL) of the web application. The server-side network node includes logic to generate a first model of the web application corresponding to the current state of the web application. The server-side network node includes logic to provide a spatial event map identifying events in the virtual workspace, the events identified by the spatial event map are related to the first model of the web application. The system includes logic to create a second model of the web application as a result of updates to the current state of the web application. The system includes logic to generate an update patch using a difference between the second model and the first model of the web application. |
| US12182762B2 |
Equipment maintenance and automated inventory management using predictive modeling
A computer system performs automated inventory management. A service level is determined, using a predictive model, for a count of inventory units for one or more sites of a plurality of sites, wherein the predictive model is provided with a reorder point and reorder quantity as input. In response to determining that the service level does not satisfy a threshold value, the reorder point is adjusted. The adjusted reorder point is determined to yield a service level, according to the predictive model, that satisfies the threshold value. Instructions are automatically transmitted to cause a reorder of inventory units in response to determining that a count of inventory units is below the adjusted reorder point. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for performing automated inventory management in substantially the same manner described above. |
| US12182756B2 |
Fleet management with adaptive stop detection radius
Embodiments detect stops by an entity on a pre-planned trip that includes a plurality of stops. For each stop of the plurality of stops, embodiments determine a distance to a nearest stop and generate a geofence for each of the stops, each geofence having a radius having a size based on the distance. Embodiments detect the entity entering one of the geofences and, based on the detecting the entity entering one of the geofences, determine that the entity has stopped at a corresponding stop. |
| US12182751B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting disguised non-performing assets (NPAs) and predicting potential NPAs in agriculture
Agriculture is impacted due to various parameters that results into heavy losses to the crops. Existing methods rely on manual inventories from fields and statistical results are prone to errors thus classification of crops may not be accurate. Present disclosure provides systems and methods for detection and prediction of disguised and potential non-performing assets (NPAs) in agriculture. Disguised NPAs detection involves, obtaining satellite data from sources and natural calamity, detecting of crop for past years, crop growth, estimating yields, market prices for individual years, AC zones, etc. wherein a generate performance score is generated for each field for classifying crop as disguised NPA. Predicting potential NPAs includes obtaining current season satellite data, data received from the fields via sensors, determining crop protocol being followed, forecast weather, estimating cumulative growth, feedback received from fields, projected yield, estimating crop losses, and then performance score is generated for predicting crops as potential NPA. |
| US12182747B2 |
Software with improved view of a business process
The proper visualization of a business process plays a key role in analyzing, changing, simulating and monitoring the business process. Most BPMS systems today, provide a modeling environment where the business user can define and visualize business processes as BPMN diagrams. Some more advanced systems (such as Savvion Business Manager) enable monitoring of the business process at run-time via a color-coded view of the process diagram. While process diagram is an important view of the process, it lacks the level of abstraction needed to provide information in an optimal way to the business users. The proposed visualization, called the 360 degree view provides an optimal view of a business process without losing important details about the process. |
| US12182744B2 |
Systems and methods for supply management
Systems and methods are described for managing a supply of building blocks for one or more products. An example method includes: obtaining demand data for each building block from a plurality of building blocks; obtaining substitution data for the plurality of building blocks; providing the demand data and the substitution data as input to a predictive model; receiving as output from the predictive model a predicted optimal production quantity for each building block; and facilitating a production of the plurality of building blocks according to the predicted optimal production quantities. |
| US12182740B2 |
Online data validation
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide visual verification of electronic data. The computer system comprises a hardware processor and a data verifier in communication with the hardware processor. The data verifier is configured to execute program code for: receiving a request to verify data listed in an electronic document; determining a set of a characteristics about the data; determining, from the characteristics, an endpoint for a data steward that maintains data records about the data; generating a query from the data; forwarding the query to the endpoint that was determined; in response to receiving a query response, determining whether the query response matches the data; and in response to determining that the query response matches the data, sending a verification of the data. |
| US12182735B2 |
Quester evaluation for additive manufacturing of a vehicle part
A system for evaluating a measure of appropriateness of additive manufacturing (AM) to manufacture a vehicle part of a vehicle is provided. The system includes a plurality of data source importers to import a plurality of datasets from a plurality of data sources to a data collection system with a composite dataset including data of the plurality of datasets. The system also includes a dataset manager system (DMS) to manage the data collection system. The system further includes a client application coupled to the DMS. The client application receives a user request for the measure of appropriateness of AM to manufacture the vehicle part of the vehicle during a lifecycle of the vehicle. In response to the user request, the client application produces the measure of appropriateness using an evaluation of a plurality of assessments on the data retrieved from the composite dataset. |
| US12182733B2 |
Label inference system
Provided is a label inference system including a data generator configured to generate a training set and a test set, each including a plurality of images labeled with experts' annotations, a data trainer configured to perform training for a base model based on the generated training set and test set, a determiner configured to identify whether an evaluation metric f1 of the training model satisfies a base evaluation metric f1base, and a data inference unit configured to perform inference using the training set, the test set, and an unlabeled data set with the training model satisfying the base evaluation metric f1base. |
| US12182728B1 |
Price-demand elasticity as feature in machine learning model for demand forecasting
A system and method are disclosed to identify one or more price-demand elasticity causal factors and to forecast demand using the one or more price-demand elasticity causal factors. Embodiments include a computer comprising a processor and memory. Embodiments train a machine learning model to identify one or more external causal factors that influence demand for one or more products. Embodiments train the machine learning model to generate one or more price-demand elasticity causal factors to predict a target outcome for a given product demand. Embodiments predict, with the machine learning model, a demand for the one or more products based, at least in part, on the identified one or more external causal factors and the generated one or more price-demand elasticity causal factors. |
| US12182721B2 |
Deep learning-based anomaly detection in images
A method comprising: receiving, as input, training images, wherein at least a majority of the training images represent normal data instances; receiving, as input, a target image; extracting (i) a set of feature representations from a plurality of image locations within each of the training images, and (ii) target feature representations from a plurality of target image locations within the target image; calculating, with respect to a target image location of the plurality of target image locations in the target image, a distance between (iii) the target feature representation of the target image location, and (iv) a subset from the set of feature representations comprising the k nearest the feature representations to the target feature representation; and determining that the target image location is anomalous, when the calculated distance exceeds a predetermined threshold. |
| US12182718B2 |
Creating diversity in artificial intelligence and machine learning
The present invention concern systems and methods for maintaining diversity in AI and ML environments through the cooperation of various AI and ML systems such that they optimize for social and cultural diversity. The examination of behavior, infrastructure, and governance, mimicking of genetic biodiversity, and application of the foregoing to machine reasoning mitigates the tendency of systems to find optimized or single best solutions. AI and ML environments may thus derive multiple diverse solutions that contribute to richer ecosystems in which human beings may function and thrive. |
| US12182714B2 |
Methods for detecting events in sports using a convolutional neural network
A method of identifying a defensive alignment and an offensive alignment in a set-piece is disclosed herein. A computing system receives one or more streams of tracking data. The computing system identifies a set-piece contained in the one or more streams of tracking data. The computing system identifies a defensive alignment of a first team and an offensive alignment of a second team. The computing system extracts, via a convolutional neural network, one or more features corresponding to a type of defensive alignment implemented by the first team by passing the set-piece through the convolutional neural network. The computing system scans the set-piece, via a machine learning algorithm, to identify one or more features indicative of a type of offensive alignment implemented by the second team. The computing system infers the type of defensive alignment implemented by the first team. |
| US12182713B2 |
Multi-task equidistant embedding
Systems and techniques for multi-task equidistant embedding are described that process categorical feature data to explore feature interactions. A digital analytics system enforces an equidistant relationship among features within a category while extracting high-order feature interactions by punishing both positive correlations and negative correlations among low-dimensional representations of different features. By enforcing an equidistant embedding, information is retained and accuracy is increased while higher order feature interactions are determined. Further, the digital analytics system shares knowledge among different tasks by connecting a shared network representation common to multiple tasks with exclusive network representations specific to particular tasks. |
| US12182703B2 |
Methods and apparatus to detect a text region of interest in a digital image using machine-based analysis
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to analyze characteristics of text of interest using a computing system. An example apparatus includes a text detector to provide text data from a first image, the first image including a first text region of interest and a second text region not of interest, a color-coding generator to generate a plurality of color-coded text-map images, the plurality of color-coded text-map images including color-coded segments with different colors, the color-coded segments corresponding to different text characteristics, and a convolutional neural network (CNN) to determine a first location in the first image as more likely to be the first text region of interest than a second location in the first image corresponding to the second text region that is not of interest based on performing a CNN analysis on the first image and the plurality of color-coded text-map images. |
| US12182702B2 |
Method and information processing apparatus that perform transfer learning while suppressing occurrence of catastrophic forgetting
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method executed by an information processing apparatus in order to cause a neural network to learn a Tth task corresponding to a Tth learning set is provided. The method includes: for each of a plurality of units, determining an importance degree of the unit in the Tth task; for each of a plurality of layers, determining dissimilar tasks from among a first task to a (T−1)th task, the dissimilar tasks being not similar to the Tth task in terms of behaviors in the layer; and in learning that uses the Tth learning set, suppressing updating of weight parameters of the plurality of units included in the plurality of layers in accordance with importance degrees in the dissimilar tasks determined for each of the plurality of layers. |
| US12182701B2 |
Memory and training method for neural network based on memory
The present invention discloses a memory and a training method for neural network based on memory. The training method includes: obtaining one or more transfer functions of a memory corresponding to one or more influence factors; determining a training plan according to an ideal case and the one or more influence factors; training the neural network according to the training plan and the one or more transfer functions to obtain a plurality of weights of the trained neural network; and programming the memory according to the weights. |
| US12182699B2 |
Training device and training method that perform inference processing using a fusion DNN model
A training device or the like according to the present disclosure trains a fusion deep neural network (DNN) model by (i) using training data that includes two or more modal information items and ground truth labels of the two or more modal information items and (ii) performing knowledge distillation that is a technique in which knowledge obtained as a result of a teacher model being trained is used to train a student model. The fusion DNN model includes: two or more DNNs; and a fusion that includes a configuration in which portions of the two or more DNNs are fused and that receives an input of features that are outputs of the two or more DNNs. |
| US12182698B2 |
Interpretable visualization system for graph neural network
Use a computerized trained graph neural network model to classify an input instance with a predicted label. With a computerized graph neural network interpretation module, compute a gradient-based saliency matrix based on the input instance and the predicted label, by taking a partial derivative of class prediction with respect to an adjacency matrix of the model. With a computerized user interface, obtain user input responsive to the gradient-based saliency matrix. Optionally, modify the trained graph neural network model based on the user input; and re-classify the input instance with a new predicted label based on the modified trained graph neural network model. |
| US12182697B2 |
System and method for training artificial neural networks
A computing device includes one or more processors, a first random access memory (RAM) comprising magnetic random access memory (MRAM), a second random access memory of a type distinct from MRAM, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors. The computing device receives first data on which to train an artificial neural network (ANN) and trains the ANN by, using the first RAM comprising the MRAM, performing a first set of training iterations to train the ANN using the first data, and, after performing the first set of training iterations, using the second RAM of the type distinct from MRAM, performing a second set of training iterations to train the ANN using the first data. The computing device stores values for the trained ANN. The trained ANN is configured to classify second data based on the stored values. |
| US12182696B2 |
Spiking neuron device and combinatorial optimization problem calculation device
To provide a spiking neuron apparatus able to efficiently implement a simulation of a spiking neuron. A spiking neuron apparatus using a coherent Ising machine, the coherent Ising machine including: a resonator unit for amplifying a plurality of optical pulses; a measurement unit for measuring phases and amplitudes of the optical pulses to obtain a measurement result; and a feedback configuration for computing and feeding back an interaction related to a certain optical pulse using a coupling coefficient of Ising Model on the basis of the measurement result, the feedback configuration feedback inputting correlation determined by two coupling coefficients with opposite signs to two predetermined optical pulses of the optical pulses, the spiking neuron apparatus simulating a state of a spiking neuron using one of values of two optical pulses finally obtained by the measurement unit. |
| US12182693B2 |
Memory device and neural network apparatus
A memory device according to an embodiment can be used for storing weights for a neural network. An update circuit changes a difference between charge amounts accumulated in first/second accumulation circuits in the memory device. An output circuit outputs, as a weight, a signal corresponding to the difference between the charge amounts. The update circuit performs the change of the difference by changing, when the update amount is positive, the electric charges accumulated in the first accumulation circuit in a first direction by a charge amount corresponding to an absolute value of the update amount, the first direction being either an increasing direction or a decreasing direction, and changing, when the update amount is negative, the electric charges accumulated in the second accumulation circuit in the first direction by a charge amount corresponding to an absolute value of the update amount. |
| US12182692B2 |
Neural network operation method and apparatus based on a chip having an operation array
An operation method based on a chip having an operation array is provided, including: obtaining a neural network model including D neural network layers, each neural network layer being used for operating M*N neurons; determining, from M*N*D neurons of the D neural network layers, K neurons to be operated corresponding to each operation clock cycle, and inputting the K neurons to K rows of operation units of an operation array; and performing an operation on the inputted K neurons in the each operation clock cycle by using the operation array. The M*N*D neurons are mapped to K dimensions and then allocated to the K rows of operation units. The operation array is used for operating the neural network model in a full-load operation mode. |
| US12182691B1 |
Increasing performance of computational array accelerators
To improve performance of a computational array, the architecture of the array can be modified to allow the processing engines of a column to operate in parallel and the clock frequency of the array to be increased. The processing engines of each column of the array can be grouped into a series of row groups. The processing engines of each row group can be loaded with input values, and computations on the input values can be carried out in parallel to generate the column output. One or more flip-flop stages can be inserted into the computational logic of each of the processing engines. The computational logic can then be distributed across the flip-flop stages to reduce the propagation delay between flip-flop stages of the processing engine, hence allowing the clock frequency of the array to be increased. |
| US12182686B2 |
Neural hardware accelerator for parallel and distributed tensor computations
Networks and encodings therefor are provided that are adapted to provide increased energy efficiency and speed for convolutional operations. In various embodiments, a neural network comprises a plurality of neural cores. Each of the plurality of neural cores comprises a memory. A network interconnects the plurality of neural cores. The memory of each of the plurality of neural cores comprises at least a portion of a weight tensor. The weight tensor comprising a plurality of weights. Each neural core is adapted to retrieve locally or receive a portion of an input image, apply the portion of the weight tensor thereto, and store locally or send a result therefrom via the network to other of the plurality of neural cores. |
| US12182685B2 |
Training a neural network using stochastic whitening batch normalization
A neural network system, comprising: instructions for implementing at least a SWBN layer in a neural network, and wherein the instructions perform operations comprising: during training of the neural network system on a plurality of batches of training data and for each of the plurality of batches: obtaining a respective first layer output for each of the plurality of training data; determining a plurality of normalization statistics for the batch from the first layer outputs; generating a respective normalized output for each training data in the batch; updating the whitening matrix by a covariance matrix; performing stochastic whitening on the normalized components of each first layer output; transforming the whitened data for each training data; generating a respective SWBN layer output for each of the training data from the transformed whitened data for each training data in the batch; and providing the SWBN layer output. |
| US12182678B1 |
Systems and methods for aligning large multimodal models (LMMs) or large language models (LLMs) with domain-specific principles
A system and method aligns generative artificial intelligence (a large language model (LLM) or a large multimodal model (LMM) with the principles of a specific domain so that the generative artificial intelligence is better able to respond to a user query in the specific domain. The system and method may post-train an already trained generative artificial intelligence system or fine tune the training of the generative artificial intelligence system to align that generative artificial intelligence system with the principles of the specific domain. The system and method may be used to align the generative artificial intelligence system to a plurality of different domains. |
| US12182677B1 |
Apparatus and methods for conditioning raw data based on temporal interpolations to generate optimal extrapolations of an entity
An apparatus for conditioning raw data based on temporal interpolations to generate optimal extrapolations of an entity, comprising a processor and a memory containing instructions configuring the processor to receive raw data associated with a temporal element from an entity condition the raw data, wherein conditioning the raw data includes clustering the raw data into primary clusters, wherein clustering the raw data includes dividing each primary cluster into a plurality of secondary clusters each contains a corresponding temporal interpolation, and ranking the plurality of secondary clusters as a function of the corresponding temporal interpolations, determine an extrapolation for each secondary clusters of the ranked plurality of secondary clusters based on the conditioned raw data, and generate a progression model as a function of the extrapolations. |
| US12182676B2 |
Concurrent optimization of machine learning model performance
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for concurrently performing inferences using a machine learning model and optimizing parameters used in executing the machine learning model. An example method generally includes receiving a request to perform inferences on a data set using the machine learning model and performance metric targets for performance of the inferences. At least a first inference is performed on the data set using the machine learning model to meet a latency specified for generation of the first inference from receipt of the request. While performing the at least the first inference, operational parameters resulting in inference performance approaching the performance metric targets are identified based on the machine learning model and operational properties of the computing device. The identified operational parameters are applied to performance of subsequent inferences using the machine learning model. |
| US12182670B1 |
Automated dimensionality reduction for machine learning anomaly detection pipeline
An anomaly detection system is disclosed capable of reporting anomalous processes or hosts in a computer network using machine learning models trained using unsupervised training techniques. In embodiments, the system assigns observed processes to a set of process categories based on the file system path of the program executed by the process. The system extracts a feature vector for each process or host from the observation records and applies the machine learning models to the feature vectors to determine an outlier metric each process or host. The processes or hosts with the highest outlier metrics are reported as detected anomalies to be further examined by security analysts. In embodiments, the machine learnings models may be periodically retrained based on new observation records using unsupervised machine learning techniques. Accordingly, the system allows the models to learn from newly observed data without requiring the new data to be manually labeled by humans. |
| US12182668B2 |
Method and system to classify sensor data with improved training robustness
A method to classify sensor data with improved robustness against label noise. A predicted label may be computed for a novel input with improved robustness against label noise by estimating a label which is most likely under repeated application of a base training function to the training labels incorporating noise according to a noise level and subsequent application of a base classifier configured according to the base prediction function to the novel input. |
| US12182667B2 |
Noisy intermediate-scale quantum service analysis for cloud based support
A system and method including calculating a plurality of risk scores associated with a pool of quantum computers, and selectively distributing, based on the plurality of risk scores, each of the plurality of blocks to a single quantum computer of the pool of quantum computers to cause the single quantum computer to generate a block output by processing the block. |
| US12182665B2 |
Characterization of time-correlated quantum errors through entanglement
Errors that affect a quantum computer can be efficiently measured and characterized by placing the quantum computer in a highly-entangled state such as a Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state, accumulating quantum errors in the highly entangled state, and then measuring the accumulated errors. In some approaches, the error characterization includes measuring parity oscillations of the GHZ state and fitting a quantum error model to a power spectrum of the parity oscillations. The fitted quantum error model can be used to select a suitable fault-tolerant error correction scheme for the quantum computer given its environmental noise. |
| US12182664B2 |
Quantum chip system, quantum computing processing system and electronic apparatus
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a quantum chip system, a quantum computing processing system and an electronic apparatus, wherein one quantum chip system includes at least one first qubit, each first qubit includes at least two control electrodes, and a first event register for controlling the control electrode, wherein each first event register is configured for storing a control signal of the control electrode, and each first qubit corresponds to at least two first event registers. |
| US12182661B2 |
Computing platform with heterogenous quantum processors
In some aspects, a hybrid quantum-classical computing platform may comprise: a first quantum processor unit (QPU); a second QPU; and a shared classical memory, the shared classical memory being connected to both the first QPU and the second QPU, wherein the shared classical memory is configured to share data between the first QPU and the second QPU. In some embodiments, the first QPU operates at a higher repetition rate and/or clock rate than the second QPU and the second QPU operates with a higher fidelity than the first QPU. |
| US12182658B2 |
Indicia reader for size-limited applications
An indicia-reading module is capable of integration into the smallest face of thin-profile smart device. The module employs chip-on-board packaging and a customized sensor enclosure to eliminate the stack-up height found in conventional packaging. The module also employs a customized frame to reduce volume by integrating circuit subassembly circuit boards into a unique architecture and by serving as the lenses for the illuminator and the aimer, thereby eliminating the need for any extra lenses or holders. |
| US12182653B2 |
RFID terminal and method of using the same
The present disclosure provides a RFID terminal and a method of using the same. The RFID terminal includes: a directional antenna module configured to directionally receive a signal transmitted by an electronic tag on an item in a region to be read; a camera configured to collect an image of the region to be read; and a control unit configured to screen information of a target item according to the image of the region to be read captured by the camera. |
| US12182651B2 |
RFID read and write power setting system and method
A system and method for configuring Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) read and write power levels includes an RFID module that generates RF signals, a digital step attenuator that attenuates RF signals, an antenna that transmits attenuated RF signals, and an RF shield that isolates the antenna from an RFID label supply roll. A floor read power is determined by iteratively interrogating an RFID label while decreasing the RF signal power until the label fails to respond to the interrogation. A ceiling read power is determined by iteratively interrogating the RFID label while increasing the RF signal power until multiple labels respond to the interrogation. The read power level is set between the floor read power and the ceiling read power. The write power level is determined by iteratively attempting to program the RFID module while increasing the write power from the read power level until successfully written. |
| US12182650B2 |
Reading apparatus and reading method
A reading apparatus includes a synchronizing signal output unit, a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, an acquisition unit, and a transmission unit. The synchronizing signal output unit outputs a synchronizing signal. The first imaging unit images a read target at an imaging position from a first direction in synchronism with the synchronizing signal. The second imaging unit images the read target at the imaging position from a second direction in synchronism with the synchronizing signal. The acquisition unit acquires a first image of the read target captured by the first imaging unit in synchronism with the synchronizing signal, and a second image of the read target captured by the second imaging unit in synchronism with the synchronizing signal. The transmission unit correlates the first image and the second image, and transmits the correlated first image and second image. |
| US12182648B2 |
Card-reading circuit, card reader, and card-reading system
The present application belongs to the technical field of circuits. Disclosed are a card-reading circuit, a card reader, and a card-reading system. The card-reading circuit comprises a connection module and a communication control module. The connection module comprises a first connection unit and a second connection unit, and the communication control module comprises a first communication control unit and a second communication control unit. The first communication control unit is connected between a second end of the first connection unit and a reading end of a central processing unit, and the second communication control unit is connected between a second end of the second connection unit and the reading end of the central processing unit. At the same moment, one of the first communication control unit and the second communication control unit is operating. A card reader used by the card-reading circuit can realize the double-sided card reading of an integrated circuit card which is made of a metal material. |
| US12182647B2 |
Transaction card with lightweight core
Provided are transaction cards with a reduced weight core. In some approaches, a transaction card may include a body having a first outer layer opposite a second outer layer, and a corrugated core between the first outer layer and the second outer layer, wherein the corrugated core comprises a plurality of alternating peaks and valleys coupled to the first outer layer and the second outer layer. The transaction card may further include an identification chip positioned through the first outer layer, wherein the identification chip is directly coupled to the corrugated core. |
| US12182646B2 |
Radio frequency identification method and apparatus
This disclosure provides a radio frequency identification method and system, to improve a radio frequency identification success rate. The method includes: An electronic tag receives an energy signal transmitted by an excitation device via a first frequency band, and receives a control signal transmitted by the excitation device via a second frequency band, where the first frequency band is different from the second frequency band. The electronic tag demodulates the control signal from the second frequency band, and modulates, based on the control signal, description information describing a product to a reflected signal such that the reflected signal is modulated with the description information and has a same frequency band as the first frequency band. The electronic tag transmits the reflected signal to a receiver. |
| US12182644B2 |
Printing apparatus, method for controlling printing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium
A printing apparatus, having a first head including first nozzles and first driving elements, a second head including second nozzles and second driving elements, first flow paths, a second flow path, and a controller, is provided. The controller is configured to acquire a first printing color gamut and, after loading the second flow path with the ink in the custom color, operate the first and second driving elements to print patches for first imaging color values. The first printing color gamut is a gamut including a custom color within a printing color gamut in a predetermined color space. The printing color gamut is a gamut including color values of colors printable in the inks in basic colors and the custom color. The first imaging color values are color values falling within the first printing color gamut among color values in image data of the image to be printed. |
| US12182641B2 |
User interface for searching and generating graphical objects linked to third-party content
The disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for executing a documentation application displaying a graphical user interface having a content-creation field configured to receive textual input. A link-creation window may be generated, which facilitates browsing third-party content without leaving a current application. Using the disclosed interface, a user can generate a selectable graphical object that links to third-party content from within the context of the content-creation field interface. |