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| US12218666B1 |
Application specific integrated circuit accelerators
An application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip includes: a systolic array of cells; and multiple controllable bus lines configured to convey data among the systolic array of cells, in which the systolic array of cells is arranged in multiple tiles, each tile of the multiple tiles including 1) a corresponding subarray of cells of the systolic array of cells, 2) a corresponding subset of controllable bus lines of the multiple controllable bus lines, and 3) memory coupled to the subarray of cells. |
| US12218664B2 |
Backside power supply techniques
Various implementations described herein are related to a device having logic that operates in multiple voltage domains. The device may include a backside power network with rows of segmented supply rails coupled to the logic. The rows of segmented supply rails may include alternating rail breaks that define an interchanging directional supply of power to the logic in the multiple voltage domains. |
| US12218663B2 |
Control device
A control device comprising: a body comprising a printed circuit, a mobile actuator able to move in pivoting relative to the body about an axis 50 of rotation, a torsion spring comprising two end strands resting against two respective bearing surfaces of the actuator, said torsion spring being designed to urge the actuator to rotate towards a position of rest, at least one magnet rigidly secured to the actuator, a magnetic-field sensor arranged on the printed circuit facing the magnet and designed to detect the angular position of the magnet and to produce an electric signal dependent on the detected angular position, characterized in that it comprises two end-stops rigidly secured to the body, a respective elastic element being arranged between each end-stop and the body, each end-stop comprising a bearing surface bearing on a respective end strand of the torsion spring. |
| US12218655B2 |
Wide voltage gate driver using low gate oxide transistors
A gate driver circuit includes first through third transistors, a first voltage clamp, and control logic. The first transistor has a first control input and first and second current terminals. The first current terminal couples to a first voltage terminal. The first voltage clamp couples between the first voltage terminal and the first control input. The second transistor couples between the first control input and the second voltage terminal. The third transistor couples between the first control input and the second voltage terminal. The third transistor is smaller than the second transistor. The control logic is configured to turn on both the second and third transistors to thereby turn on the first transistor, and the first control logic configured to turn off the second transistor after the first transistor turns on while maintaining in an on-state the third transistor to maintain the first transistor in the on-state. |
| US12218651B2 |
Method of preparing radio frequency filter
The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a radio frequency filter, including: a substrate; a supporting electrode protruded on a front surface of the substrate; and a thin film structure formed on the substrate and spaced with the substrate by the supporting electrode. An end surface of a top end of the supporting electrode is in sealing contact with a front surface of the thin film structure. |
| US12218648B2 |
Acoustic wave element, filter element, and communication apparatus
An acoustic wave element 1 according to the present disclosure includes a piezoelectric substrate 2 and an IDT electrode 3 on the piezoelectric substrate 2. The IDT electrode 3 includes a multilayer structure of a first layer 35 comprised of Al containing 10% or less of a sub-component and a second layer 37 comprised of a CuAl2 alloy. The second layer 37 enables the acoustic wave element 1 to have excellent electric power resistance. |
| US12218644B2 |
Acoustic resonator
A resonator comprising a piezoelectric film which creates an acoustic path that is slightly longer in a central region of the resonator than at an edge of the resonator. |
| US12218640B2 |
Superconducting amplification circuit
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating superconducting circuitry. In one aspect, an amplification circuit includes: (1) a superconducting component; (2) an amplifier coupled in parallel with the superconducting component such that the superconducting component is in a feedback loop of the amplifier; (3) a voltage source coupled to a first input of the amplifier; (4) one or more resistors coupled to a second input of the amplifier; and (5) an output terminal coupled to an output of the amplifier. |
| US12218638B2 |
Electronic device and electroacoustic conversion apparatus
There is provided an electronic device including a switching element unit that applies a voltage based on a direct-current power supply to one end of an electroacoustic converter in response to a first pulse signal and applies a voltage based on the direct-current power supply to another end of the electroacoustic converter in response to a second pulse signal, and a delay circuit that generates a delay based on a communication frequency in at least one of the first pulse signal and the second pulse signal. |
| US12218637B2 |
Drain switched split amplifier with capacitor switching for noise figure and isolation improvement in split mode
An amplifier circuit configuration capable of processing non-contiguous intra-band carrier aggregate (CA) signals using amplifiers is disclosed herein. In some cases, each of a plurality of amplifiers is an amplifier configured as a cascode (i.e., a two-stage amplifier having two transistors, the first configured as a “common source” input transistor, e.g., input field effect transistor (FET), and the second configured in a “common gate” configuration as a cascode output transistor, (e.g. cascode output FET). In other embodiments, the amplifier may have additional transistors (i.e., more than two stages and/or stacked transistors). The amplifier circuit configuration can be operated in either single mode or split mode. A switchable coupling is placed between the drain of the input FETs of each amplifier within the amplifier circuit configuration. During split mode, the coupling is added to the circuit to allow some of the signal present at the drain of each input FET to be coupled to the drain of the other input FET. |
| US12218633B2 |
Power amplifier circuit
A power amplifier circuit according to the present disclosure includes an amplifier circuit serving as a differential amplifier circuit configured to be activated by a supply voltage that is variable in accordance with amplitude of a signal, a bias circuit configured to output a bias to be supplied to the amplifier circuit, and first and second dispersion circuits respectively provided for a pair of differential signals outputted from the amplifier circuit and configured to control dependence of gain of the differential amplifier circuit on the supply voltage. |
| US12218632B2 |
Amplification systems and methods with one or more channels
Systems and methods are provided for amplifying multiple input signals to generate multiple output signals. An example system includes a first channel, a second channel, and a third channel. The first channel is configured to receive one or more first input signals, process information associated with the one or more first input signals and a first ramp signal, and generate one or more first output signals. The second channel is configured to receive one or more second input signals, process information associated with the one or more second input signals and a second ramp signal, and generate one or more second output signals. The first ramp signal corresponds to a first phase. The second ramp signal corresponds to a second phase. The first phase and the second phase are different. |
| US12218630B2 |
Oscillator
An oscillator includes a resonator element, an oscillation circuit configured to oscillate the resonator element to generate a clock signal, a temperature sensor, a digital control circuit configured to operate based on the clock signal and output a control signal based on a temperature detected by the temperature sensor, a temperature control circuit configured to output a control voltage based on the control signal, a temperature control element configured to control a temperature of the resonator element based on the control voltage, and a clock signal abnormality detection circuit configured to detect an abnormality in the clock signal. The clock signal abnormality detection circuit stops an output of the control voltage to the temperature control element performed by the temperature control circuit when the abnormality in the clock signal is detected. |
| US12218628B2 |
Integrated photovoltaic panel circuitry
A photovoltaic module is presented, which may include a photovoltaic panel and a converter circuit having a primary input connected to the photovoltaic panel and a secondary output galvanically isolated from the primary input. The primary input may be connectible to multiple input terminals within a junction box and at least one of the input terminals may be electrically connected to a ground. The photovoltaic module may include multiple interconnected photovoltaic cells connected electrically to multiple connectors (for example bus-bars). The photovoltaic module may include input terminals operable for connecting to the connectors and an isolated converter circuit. The isolated converter circuit may include a primary input connected to the input terminals and a secondary output galvanically isolated from the primary input. |
| US12218626B2 |
Multiple actuator system for solar tracker
A solar tracking system is provided and includes a solar array, a support structure configured to support the solar array, a base configured to rotatably support the support structure, and an articulation system configured to articulate the support structure relative to the base. The articulation system includes a gearbox that is coupled to the support structure and an actuator that is configured to extend and retract. The actuator includes a first end portion and a second, opposite end portion, wherein the first end portion is rotatably coupled to the base and the second end portion is coupled to the gearbox. Extension of the actuator causes the support structure to rotate about the base in a first direction and retraction of the actuator causes the support structure to rotate about the based in a second, opposite direction. |
| US12218625B2 |
Clamp assembly for solar tracker
In an example, the solar tracker has a clamp assembly configured to pivot a torque tube. In an example, the assembly has a support structure configured as a frame having configured by a first and second anchoring region. In an example, the support structure is configured from a thickness of metal material. In an example, the support structure is configured in an upright manner, and has a major plane region. In an example, the assembly has a pivot device configured on the support structure, a torque tube suspending on the pivot device and aligned within an opening of the support, and configured to be normal to the plane region. In an example, the torque tube is configured on the pivot device to move about an arc in a first direction or in a second direction such that the first direction is in a direction opposite to the second direction. |
| US12218624B2 |
Solar tracker assembly with concentric drive journals
A solar tracker assembly including a drive mechanism including a rotating drive rotatable about a drive mechanism axis of rotation and a table pivoted by the rotating drive. The table includes first and second torque tube beam segments; first and second drive journals affixed to opposite sides of the rotating drive, longitudinal center lines of the drive journals coincident with the drive mechanism axis of rotation. The table further includes first and second bearings, an end of the first torque tube beam segment coupled to the first bearing to rotate about the first bearing axis of rotation and an end of the second torque tube beam segment coupled the second bearing to rotate about the second bearing axis of rotation. The first and second bearing axes of rotation are vertically offset from the longitudinal center lines of the first and second drive journals and the drive mechanism axis of rotation. |
| US12218623B1 |
Systems and methods for multi-position solar panel arrays
Aspects of this disclosure relate to multi-position solar panel arrays. Solar panel arrays may be configured for movement between regions that may allow for a dual use of land, such as for both agricultural production and electricity generation. Moveable frames may be configured for mounting solar panels to form a moveable solar panel array. A plurality of solar panel arrays may be configured for movement along rails between a first position and at least a second position, whereby the solar panel arrays may be arranged for solar power generation in each of these positions. |
| US12218622B2 |
Device and method for fixing a support structure for a solar panel to a corrugated roof
The invention relates to a device fixing a support structure for at least one solar panel, in particular a support rail of a support structure for at least one solar panel, to a corrugated roof comprising at least one corrugated roof plate, said device defines a receiving space for receiving at least part of a crest of at least one corrugated roof plate and being configured for co-action with at least one fastening element for fastening of the device onto the corrugated roof. |
| US12218619B2 |
System and method for detecting resolver signal for motor control
The present disclosure provides a system and method for detecting a resolver signal of a motor allowing accurate detection of a peak magnitude, a peak time, a peak point, etc. of a resolver output signal. A bandpass filter and a moving average processor are configured to remove noise introduced into the resolver output signal and maintain a magnitude of the resolver output signal at original magnitude without change. A phase compensation process performed by a lead phase compensator can compensate a phase delay time for the resolver output signal. |
| US12218617B2 |
Controller for electric motor
A controller for an electric motor comprises: an estimator configured to estimate a position of a rotor by using a d-axis current, a q-axis current, a d-axis voltage command value, and a q-axis voltage command value from which a noise is removed by a filter having a first time constant when a torque command value is equal to or greater than zero, and estimate a rotational speed of the electric motor and the position by using the d-axis current, the q-axis current, the d-axis voltage command value, and the q-axis voltage command value from which a noise is removed by a filter having a second time constant smaller than the first time constant when the torque command value is less than zero. |
| US12218615B2 |
Maintaining a temperature of an electric motor below a threshold temperature while the electric motor is stalled to generate heat
An electronic apparatus includes an electric motor, driver circuitry to drive the electric motor, a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the electric motor, and one or more processors. The one or more processors control the driver circuitry to drive the electric motor according to a predetermined voltage signal to cause the electric motor to stall and generate heat, receive information about the temperature of the electric motor detected by the temperature sensor while the electric motor is stalled, and maintain a temperature of the electric motor below a threshold temperature value while the electric motor is stalled based on the information about the temperature of the electric motor detected by the temperature sensor while the electric motor is stalled. |
| US12218612B2 |
Inverter unit
An inverter unit (100) includes an inverter (110), an inverter housing (120) and an insulating member (130). The inverter (110) drives an electric motor (200) and includes at least one power module (112) for converting a High Voltage (HV) Direct Current (DC) to a three-phase Alternating Current (AC) that drives the electric motor (200). The inverter housing (120) receives the inverter (110). The power module (112) is mounted on an end wall (120a) of the inverter housing (120) by means of bolts (114). The insulating member (130) corresponding to each bolt (114) is disposed between a head portion (114a) of the corresponding bolt (114) and the power module (112). |
| US12218609B2 |
Virus-based piezoelectric energy generation
The present invention provides for a modified virus, such as a recombinant M13 phage, which in an array, such as a film, is capable of producing piezoelectricity. The modified virus comprises a coat protein can displays a negatively charged amino acid sequence. The present invention provides for a device comprising a piezoelectric element comprising a suitable virus, such as the modified virus, a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is in contact with a first electrode and the second surface is in contact with a second electrode, wherein when pressure is applied to the film, the film is capable of generating an electric current. The present invention provides for a method of making the device, and a method for generating electricity using the device. |
| US12218608B2 |
Three-level power converter and control method
A method includes detecting a voltage signal of a three-level power converter, the voltage signal indicative of a capacitor voltage balancing in the three-level power converter, and dynamically adjusting an operating variable to adjust the voltage signal until the capacitor voltage balancing in the three-level power converter satisfies a criteria. |
| US12218606B2 |
Power conversion device
A first voltage control circuitry controls a first representative value, i.e., an average-value corresponding value of DC capacitor voltages of all converter cells to follow an overall voltage command value. A phase balance control circuitry controls second representative values, i.e., average-value corresponding values of DC capacitor voltages of the converter cells in leg circuits for respective phases to follow the first representative value. A positive-negative balance control circuitry controls deviations of third representative values, i.e., average-value corresponding values of the DC capacitor voltages of the converter cells in the positive and negative arms of the leg circuits for respective phases to become zero between the positive and negative arms. An individual balance control circuitry controls DC capacitor voltages of all the converter cells to follow the third representative values. |
| US12218605B2 |
Power conversion device and vehicle
A power conversion device includes a main body portion that converts inputted current, an output portion that is separate from the main body portion and includes an output terminal portion that outputs current converted by the main body portion, and a conductive member that connects the main body portion and the output portion with each other and transmits the current from the main body portion to the output terminal portion. |
| US12218604B2 |
Power converter, power conversion controller, and control method
A power converter includes a converter, an inverter, and a control unit. The converter converts electric power supplied from a power supply side to DC power. The inverter is provided on an output side of the converter. The control unit is configured to calculate a control difference between a target value for a target control voltage in a DC section provided on the output side of the converter and a feedback value using a DC voltage of the DC section as the feedback value, to perform a nonlinear operation process on the control difference, and to calculate an operation value based on a result of the nonlinear operation process and control the converter using the operation value. |
| US12218600B2 |
Flyback converter and power supply system with dynamic under voltage protection
The present disclosure relates to a flyback converter and a power supply system. The flyback converter comprises: a transformer; a first switching transistor and a second switching transistor; a first inductor and a first capacitor; and a control circuit. The control circuit includes an under voltage protection module configured to determine an under voltage protection threshold proportional to an output voltage of the flyback converter and to trigger an under voltage protection action of the flyback converter in a case that an input voltage of the flyback converter is less than the under voltage protection threshold. By setting an adaptive under voltage protection threshold, a system-restart phenomenon of the flyback converter after an input power failure or a shutdown may be avoided, and a PFC circuit may be turned off to optimize the standby power consumption and the low load efficiency in fast charging applications using an flyback topology. |
| US12218598B2 |
Quasi-resonant isolated voltage converter
A converter includes a transformer having a primary and secondary windings. The primary winding has first and second winding terminals. A switch network has first-sixth switch network terminals. The first switch network terminal couples to the first winding terminal. The second switch network terminal couples to the second winding terminal. A first transistor has a first control input and first and second current terminals. The second current terminal couples to the third switch network terminal. A second transistor has a second control input and third and fourth current terminals. The fourth current terminal couples to the fourth switch network terminal. A third transistor has a third control input and fifth and sixth current terminals. The fifth current terminal couples to the fifth switch network terminal. A fourth transistor has a fourth control input and seventh and eighth current terminals. The seventh current terminal couples to the sixth switch network terminal. |
| US12218595B2 |
Double-boost DC/DC converter
A voltage balancing circuit for a double-boost DC/DC converter includes a split DC-link having a first midpoint, outer directional devices and inner switches parallel-connected to the DC-link, wherein the outer directional devices are connected to capacitors of the split DC-link and to the inner switches. The inner switches are connected to each other at a second midpoint. A DC source terminal, to which a DC source is connectable in parallel over inductances to the inner switches, is included. An inductance is connected to the midpoint of the DC link and to the midpoint of the inner switches. |
| US12218590B2 |
Soft start for Buck converter
An integrated circuit device includes: a Buck converter; and a control circuit for the Buck converter, which includes: a comparator configured to compare a feedback voltage of the Buck converter with a reference voltage that increases from a first voltage to a second voltage; a pulse-width modulator configured to generate a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal having a timing-varying pulse width proportional to the reference voltage; an AND gate configured to generate a first control signal by performing a logic AND operation on an output of the comparator and the PWM signal; a pulse generator configured to generate a second control signal by generating a pulse in response to a rising edge in the output of the comparator; and a selection circuit configured to, based on an output voltage of the Buck converter, select the first control signal or the second control signal as a control signal for the Buck converter. |
| US12218589B2 |
Control circuit for DC-DC converters with current limit and control method thereof
A control circuit for a DC-DC converter has an over-current comparison circuit, an adaptive voltage position (AVP) control circuit and a switching control circuit. The over-current comparison circuit provides an over-current comparison signal by comparing an output current with a current limit value. The AVP control circuit provides a position signal based on a voltage identification code, an output voltage, an output current and the over-current comparison signal. The switching control circuit controls the DC-DC converter based on the position signal. When the output current is smaller than the current limit value, the output voltage varies along a first voltage position curve, and otherwise, the output voltage varies along a second voltage position curve. |
| US12218588B2 |
Front-end architecture for a low-voltage power supply system
A front-end architecture system includes a system voltage input and a controller electrically connected to the system voltage input. The controller is configured and adapted to provide a voltage output to at least one controller output. The controller includes a single-ended primary-inductor converter (SEPIC) and a monitoring and switchover circuit. A method for controlling a voltage input to a low-voltage power supply (LVPS) includes receiving a system voltage input with a controller, wherein the controller includes a single-ended primary-inductor converter (SEPIC) and a monitoring and switchover circuit. The method includes providing a voltage output of the controller to at least one controller output. The method includes receiving the voltage output with a low-voltage power supply (LVPS) electrically connected to the at least one controller output. |
| US12218587B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling operation modes of DC-to-DC voltage converters
Voltage converter and method for converting an input voltage to an output voltage. For example, a voltage converter for converting an input voltage to an output voltage includes: a coil; multiple switches including one or more switches connected to the coil; a modulation signal generator configured to: receive the output voltage and one or more detection signals indicating a magnitude of a coil current flowing through the coil; and generate a first signal and a second signal based at least in part upon the output voltage and the one or more detection signals; and an operation mode controller configured to: receive the input voltage, the output voltage, the first signal, and the second signal; and generate one or more mode signals based at least in part upon the input voltage, the output voltage, the first signal, and the second signal. |
| US12218585B2 |
Charge pump system with low ripple output voltage
A system includes a charge pump system having a plurality of enable signal input terminals and an output terminal, the charge pump system configured to provide an output voltage at the output terminal; and a detection circuit connected to the enable terminals and the output terminal of the charge pump system, the detection circuit configured to compare the charge pump system output voltage to a plurality of predefined input detection voltage levels, and to selectively output a plurality of enable signals to the charge pump system enable signal input terminals in response to the comparison. |
| US12218581B2 |
Power converter
Circuits and methods for protecting a multi-level power converter using no more than two high-voltage FET switches while allowing all or most other power switches to be low-voltage FET switches. Some embodiments provide protective high-voltage top and bottom FETs designed to saturate before the remaining low-power FET switches saturate. Other embodiments may use only low-power FETs for the power switches but provide protective circuits configured to be in an always-ON (conducting) state when in normal power conversion operation, and to quickly switch to an OFF (non-conducting) state in the event of transients or a fault condition. Optionally, one or more of the protective circuits may be used in a controlled manner to limit or block current flow during certain types of fault conditions and/or to limit in-rush current during startup of a power converter. |
| US12218571B2 |
Motor cooling system and motor cooling monitoring method
In a motor cooling system 1, a determination unit 33 is configured to perform periodic sampling of a driving current Ip or a rotation speed Np of an oil pump 23, and detect a decrease in cooling oil of a motor 2 when it is determined that a standard deviation of the driving current Ip or the rotation speed Np with respect to a plurality of sampling points is larger than a preset threshold value. The threshold value is set on the bases of a measurement value of the driving current Ip or the rotation speed Np of the oil pump 23 which is obtained by an operation test of the motor 2 in a state in which the cooling oil has decreased. |
| US12218570B2 |
Rotating electric machine
A rotating electric machine including a rotor, a stator, and a case forming outflow holes through which a refrigerant flows out toward an extra-slot conductor of a stator coil. The outflow holes are arranged above the extra-slot conductor, and when the bending direction of the extra-slot conductor with respect to an intra-slot conductor arranged on the outermost diameter side in a slot in the stator coil on an upper portion of the stator is a coil bending direction, the first outflow hole is arranged on the bending direction side with respect to a vertical line passing through the rotation center axis, and the second outflow hole is arranged on a side opposite to the bending direction with respect to the vertical line, and the arrangement angle of the second outflow hole with reference to the vertical line is larger than the arrangement angle of the first outflow hole with reference to the vertical line. |
| US12218568B2 |
System for a generator set
Systems and apparatuses include an asynchronous electrical machine coupled to an engine, a power supply selectively coupled to the electrical machine by a power supply switch device, and an electrical output coupled to the electrical machine by an output switch device. The electrical machine is structured to produce electricity when the power supply switch device is open, the output switch device is closed, and the electrical machine is mechanically driven by the engine, or perform as a starter motor to start the engine when the power supply switch device is closed, the output switch device is open, and the electrical machine mechanically drives the engine. |
| US12218560B2 |
Electric power unit
An electric power unit includes: a rotary electric machine unit an electrical unit disposed above the rotary electric machine unit; and a cooling unit. The electrical unit includes a protrusion protruding outward from a left end portion of the rotary electric machine housing portion of the rotary electric machine in a left-right direction. The cooling unit includes: a cooling fan configured to generate cooling air by rotating integrally with a rotary shaft of the rotary electric machine; and an air guide unit configured to guide the cooling air. The air guide unit includes cooling air flow paths provided between the cooling fan and the electrical unit. The closer to the protrusion of the electrical unit a cooling air flow path is disposed, the larger opening area of the introduction port the cooling air flow path has. |
| US12218559B2 |
Drive apparatus
A drive apparatus includes: a motor having a shaft; a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft; a housing for the motor and holding the bearing in a bearing holding portion; an insulating member between the bearing and the bearing holding portion; and an oil passage. The bearing holding portion includes a holding tubular portion holding the bearing from radially outside, and a holding bottom portion extending radially inward from an end on one side in the axial direction of the holding tubular portion. The insulating member includes an insulating tubular portion extending in the axial direction along the holding tubular portion, and an insulating bottom portion extending in the radial direction along the holding bottom portion. The holding tubular portion has a penetrating portion penetrating radially inside and outside. The oil passage includes a first channel inside the penetrating portion and a second channel connecting the first channel and the bearing. |
| US12218557B2 |
Vibration motor and terminal device
A vibration motor is used for a terminal device. The terminal device is provided with a middle frame having a first avoiding hole. The vibration motor includes a housing. The housing is provided with an accommodating space inside. The housing includes a first wall plate. The first wall plate is provided with a first protruding portion that protrudes outwards. The first protruding portion is hollow inside so that a first accommodating compartment is formed. The first accommodating compartment communicates with the accommodating space. When the vibration motor is mounted on the middle frame, an outer surface of the first wall plate faces the middle frame and the first protruding portion is accommodated in the first avoiding hole. |
| US12218556B2 |
Rotating electric machine
A rotating electric machine includes: a field system including a magnet section having a plurality of magnetic poles whose polarities alternate in a circumferential direction; and an armature arranged to face the field system and including a multi-phase armature coil. Either of the field system and the armature is configured as a rotor. The field system also includes a soft-magnetic core having at least one magnet-receiving hole in which the magnet section is received and held. The armature coil has electrical conductor sections arranged at positions facing the field system and at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. In the armature, inter-conductor members are provided between the electrical conductor sections in the circumferential direction. The inter-conductor members in each part of the armature corresponding to one magnetic pole are magnetically saturated by magnetic flux from one magnetic pole of the magnet section when the electrical conductor sections are not energized. |
| US12218552B2 |
Sensor arrangement and method for joining a sensor arrangement of this kind
As is further apparent from FIGS. 1 to 4, the illustrated exemplary embodiment of the measuring apparatus 10 comprises a second housing 12 and a metal shielding plate 14 that encompasses the second housing 12. In so doing, the metal shielding plate 14 is formed in a closed manner and pushed over the second housing 12. The second housing 12 is formed in the illustrated exemplary embodiment as a synthetic material housing. The measuring element 16.2 is formed in the illustrated embodiment as a TMR component 16.2A that is based on the TMR effect (tunnel magneto-resistive effect) and cooperates with the permanent magnet 22 that is arranged on the end of the shaft 26A of the brushless EC motor in order to detect the prevailing rotational position of the shaft 26A. It is naturally also possible to use other measuring elements 16.2 that are suitable to detect the prevailing rotational position of the shaft. In the illustrated exemplary embodiment of the measuring apparatus 10, a sensor electronic system 16 comprises in addition to the measuring element 16.2 a circuit board 16.1 on which is positioned and fastened the measuring element 16.2, and multiple current rails 16.3 are pressed into the circuit board [16] 16.1 and held in position by the second housing 12. As a consequence, the rotational position signal that is detected by the measuring element 16.2 is transmitted by way of the circuit board 16 and the current rails 16.3 to a (not illustrated) control device. |
| US12218551B2 |
Rotor carrier for an electric machine and electric machine having the same
A rotor carrier for an electric machine having a sleeve-shaped receiving region and at least one flange-like carrier region connected to a hub or shaft. The receiving region has on its outer circumferential surface at least one driving groove extending in axial direction, and a plurality of radial oil bore holes are provided in the receiving region so as to be distributed over the circumference. An encoder wheel having a nonmagnetic material is provided at an axial end of the rotor carrier, and in that the encoder wheel protrudes over the receiving region in radial direction to serve as an axial limit for a rotor lamination stack. |
| US12218549B2 |
Rotary electric machine
According to one embodiment, a rotary electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. In a stator iron core of the stator, tips of the teeth defining openings of the slots through which the armature windings of different phases pass include a pair of chamfers. A rotor iron core of the rotor includes a plurality of grooves the outer peripheral surface of which is concave along a central axis line. Each of the grooves forms a wave shape, and includes a first groove portion disposed in a leading side of the rotation direction and a second groove portion disposed in a trailing side of the rotation direction. The first groove portion and the second groove portion are asymmetric with respect to d-axis. |
| US12218548B2 |
Embedded magnet rotor and rotary electric machine
According to an embodiment, an embedded magnet rotor comprises: a rotor shaft, a rotor core having permanent magnet housing spaces; and flat plate-shaped permanent magnets. Permanent magnet housing spaces each extend more radially outward than a position where the permanent magnet is held by a magnet holding outer projection and each have a communication opening communicating with a gap space. A radial thickness of each of the two chips sandwiching the communication opening and a circumferential width of the communication opening are in such a dimensional relation as to prevent a fragment produced by break of the permanent magnet from protruding from the communication opening and coming into contact with the stator. |
| US12218544B2 |
Battery swapping station having mode in which battery pack is operated at time of power supply interruption
The present invention relates to a battery swapping station having a mode in which a battery pack is operated at the time of power supply interruption that is capable of, when the supply of power to a battery swapping station (BSS) configured to charge a swappable battery is interrupted due to power failure or system error, enabling the BSS system to be operated without interruption. |
| US12218534B2 |
Semiconductor circuit for balancing energy sources
A semiconductor circuit includes a first selection circuit which selects a first battery or a first capacitor, a second selection circuit which selects a second battery or a second capacitor, a voltage measuring circuit which measures a first voltage of the first battery or the first capacitor selected by the first selection circuit, and measures a second voltage of the second battery or the second capacitor selected by the second selection circuit, a controller which compares the first voltage and the second voltage to generate a comparison result, and a switching circuit which receives a signal based on a target output voltage, connects the first battery or capacitor selected by the first selection circuit, and the second battery capacitor selected by the second selection circuit in an interconnection relationship based on the comparison result to provide to an output terminal an output voltage responsive to the target output voltage. |
| US12218533B1 |
Multi-bus energy storage system
A multi-bus, energy storage system includes an energy storage bus that provides energy storage; a power demand bus that provides power delivery; and a supervisory system comprised of a system supervisor. |
| US12218526B2 |
Method for detecting foreign material, and apparatus and system therefor
A wireless power transmitter that transmits power to a wireless power receiver, the wireless power transmitter including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with the wireless power receiver; and a controller, wherein the wireless communication unit receives a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet, and at least one of a signal strength packet, an end power transfer packet, a power control hold-off packet, a control error packet, a renegotiation packet, an eight-bit reception power packet, and a charging status packet to which a byte encoding technique is applied from the wireless power receiver, wherein the controller determines whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of the FOD status packet, wherein the wireless communication unit transmits, to the wireless power receiver, a foreign object detection indicator indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of a result of the determination, wherein the FOD status packet includes information on a reference quality factor or a reference peak frequency, wherein the byte encoding technique is a technique of inserting a start bit, a stop bit, and a parity bit into an encoded binary bit stream of a packet having a length of 8 bits. |
| US12218524B2 |
Wireless power transmitting device and method of detecting foreign substances by wireless power transmitting device
A wireless power transmitting device according to an embodiment of the present specification transmits wireless power to a wireless power receiving device, and includes a power conversion circuit including a primary coil for transmitting the wireless power to the wireless power receiving device and a communication/control circuit for communicating with the wireless power receiving device and controlling the power conversion circuit, wherein, to detect foreign substances between the wireless power receiving device and the wireless power transmitting device, the communication/control circuit stops the transmission of the wireless power for a slot time, detects the foreign substances on the basis of a change in the voltage or current of the primary coil within the slot time, and sets the slot time to start from a point in time when the current of the primary coil is 0. |
| US12218523B2 |
Modular wireless power transmitters for powering multiple devices
A modular wireless power transfer system includes a first wireless transmission system and one or more secondary wireless transmission systems. The first wireless transmission system is configured to receive input power from an input power source, generate AC wireless signals, and couple with one or more other antennas. Each of the one or more secondary wireless transmission systems includes a secondary transmission antenna, the secondary transmission antenna configured to couple with one or more of another secondary transmission antenna, the first transmission antenna, one or more receiver antennas, or combinations thereof. The one or more secondary wireless transmission systems are configured to receive the AC wireless signals from one or more of the first wireless transmission system, another secondary wireless transmission system, or combinations thereof and repeat the AC wireless signals to one or more of the secondary transmission antennas, the one or more receiver antennas, or combinations thereof. |
| US12218520B2 |
Wireless power transceiver device and an associated method thereof
A wireless power transceiver (WPT) device is disclosed. The WPT device includes an energy module and a magnetic interfacing unit comprising a transceiver coil. Further, the WPT device includes a controller configured to generate one of a first control signal and a second control signal based on at least one first parameter of the energy module and at least one second parameter of one of a plurality of external devices. Also, the WPT device includes a bi-directional driver configured to transmit at least one of a first AC signal and a second AC signal through the transceiver coil if the first control signal is received from the controller, and receive at least one of the first AC signal and the second AC signal if the second control signal is received from the controller. |
| US12218514B2 |
Energy harvesting information supported user equipment scheduling
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of energy harvesting information supported User Equipment (UE) scheduling. The method includes reporting, to a network device in the radio network, energy harvesting capability of the terminal device indicating a first energy value (ΔEt) collected during a first time interval (Δt) and a second energy value (EAvg) averaged over a second time interval; and communicating with the network device to transmit data according to scheduling information received from the network device and determined based on the energy harvesting capability of the terminal device. In this way, the terminal device may be scheduled by the network based on its energy harvesting capability, to maintain a trade-off between harvested energy utilization and fairness in scheduling from Passive IoT UEs. |
| US12218508B2 |
Electrical generator with an electrical bus connectable to different electrical power sources and different loads
An electrical generator that is configured to simultaneously output different types of electrical power so that electrically powered components that require different types of electrical power can be simultaneously powered by the electrical generator. The electrical generator can be used at any location where electrically powered components that require different types of electrical power are utilized. Instead of or in addition to outputting different types of electrical power, the electrical generator can also be configured to output at least one type of electrical power as well as a cooling liquid for use in cooling an external heat generating component. |
| US12218504B2 |
Bipole power transmission networks
A bipole power transmission network includes a first upstream power converter which has a first DC terminal that is connected with a first transmission conduit which extends, in-use, to a first downstream power converter. The first upstream power converter has a second DC terminal that is connected with a return conduit which extends, in-use, to the first downstream power converter and a second downstream power converter. The first upstream power converter has at least one first AC terminal electrically connected with a first AC power source. The bipole power transmission network includes a second upstream power converter which has a third DC terminal that is connected with the return conduit, and a fourth DC terminal which is connected with a second transmission conduit that extends, in-use, to the second downstream power converter, and at least one second AC terminal electrically connected with a second AC power source. |
| US12218503B2 |
Energy system and energy transfer adjustment method
In an energy system in a community provided with a plurality of unit grids, each of which is an energy transfer network of a single-unit facility including a power load, the unit grids each include a photovoltaic generator, supply power generated by the photovoltaic generator thereof to the power load thereof, and, as an electric vehicle moves, form a cooperative grid that transfers power stored in a mobile storage battery mounted on the electric vehicle to and from another of the unit grids, and some of the unit grids whose geographical positional relationship is not fixed form a virtual grid for transferring power as a combination of the unit grids that form the cooperative grids changes in accordance with a destination of the electric vehicle. |
| US12218501B1 |
Adaptive electric power capacitor system
An adaptive electric power capacitor system includes a number of normally in-service capacitor modules and a number of normally out-of-service reserve capacitor modules. Each capacitor module includes a controller-sensor and a switch allowing the capacitor to be independently switched into or out of service while only momentarily taking the entire capacitor bank out of service during the switching operation. For example, a failed in-service capacitor module may be switched out of service, while a reserve capacitor module is switched into service to replace the failed capacitor module. In addition to providing built-in reserve capacitors, the adaptive capacitor system manages the capacitors for the electric phases taking into account unbalanced reactive power loads among the electric power phases to mitigate the unbalanced reactive power state. |
| US12218499B2 |
Hydraulic compressed air energy storage system
A hydraulic compressed air energy storage system includes air and liquid tanks, each of which includes interdependent volumes of liquid and air. Each tank includes dedicated passages through which incoming air may be fed, forcing outflow of liquid, or incoming liquid may be fed, forcing outflow of air. Compressed air tanks are connected to a first group of the air and liquid tanks. The system further includes a pump and a liquid turbine, the liquid turbine being electrically connected to a generator for generating electric power. During charging of the system, liquid is pumped through the first group of air and liquid tanks, and air is expelled from the first group of air and liquid tanks and compressed in the compressed air tanks. During discharging of the system, compressed air is released from the compressed air tanks, and said compressed air pumps liquid through the liquid turbine, thereby generating electricity. |
| US12218497B1 |
Optically switched circuit breaker with cascaded transistor topology
A disclosed switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker, includes a transistor switch circuit connected between a power input terminal and a load terminal, and, connected to the power input terminal and bypassing the transistor switch circuit, a switchable bypass leg that is optically switched by a series-connected photoconductive semiconductor switch (PCSS). The transistor switch circuit includes at least one cascade of three or more series-connected transistors, and at least one resistor network configured to divide a voltage from a voltage source across a cascade of series-connected transistors. Operating the switch apparatus includes detecting whether a sensed electric current is in a fault condition, opening the transistor switch circuit upon detecting a fault condition, and then closing the PCSS so that the electric current is diverted onto a switchable bypass path. The opening of the transistor switch circuit comprises turning OFF a normally-ON transistor switch circuit. |
| US12218492B2 |
Arrangement for the assembly and wiring of electrical components in switchgear construction and a corresponding method
An arrangement for the assembly and wiring of electrical components in switchgear construction, the arrangement comprising a robot with an end effector designed as a gripper, a mounting plate holding device, with which a mounting plate is held in a mounting position with respect to the robot, and a component supply in the access area of the robot, via which components to be mounted on the mounting plate are provided for removal by the robot, wherein a controller of the robot has machine data for controlling the robot including position data for the arrangement of components on a mounting plane of a mounting plate to be equipped, wherein the robot has an optical imaging system which is adapted to detect an orientation of a mounting plate with respect to the robot, the controller of the robot being adapted to provide the position data with an offset representing the orientation of the mounting plate with respect to the robot as a function of the detected orientation. A corresponding method is further described. |
| US12218484B2 |
Variable-width waveguide for semiconductor optical amplifier devices
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a semiconductor optical amplifier including a semiconductor-based gain medium configured to receive a drive current and a variable-width waveguide coupled to the in the semiconductor-based gain medium, the variable-width waveguide including a plurality of narrow width regions and a plurality of wide width regions positioned alternately along a longitudinal axis of the waveguide. The variable-width waveguide further includes a plurality of transition regions having an adiabatically varying widths. Each transition region connects adjacent ones of the plurality of narrow width and width regions and the waveguide has a reduced drive current density in the plurality of wide width regions relative to the drive current density in the plurality of narrow width regions. |
| US12218483B2 |
Tunable RF synthesizer based on offset optical frequency combs
Systems and methods for a tunable RF synthesizer based on offset optical frequency combs is provided herein. An exemplary system includes two lasers, a first laser generating a first laser output and a second laser generating a second laser output; and a coupler that receives the first and second laser outputs. Further, the system includes a resonator having first and second sections coupled to one another, the coupler coupling the first and second laser outputs into the resonator; a splitter that couples the first section to the second section, the splitter splitting a first proportion of the first laser output and a second proportion of the second laser output onto different paths within the resonator; and a controller that controls the splitter to change a size of the first proportion in relation to the first laser and the second proportion in relation to the second laser. |
| US12218482B2 |
Laser beam generation device and laser processing apparatus including the same
A laser beam generation device includes power supply units, LD modules, a combiner, and a control device. The LD modules receive currents from the power supply units, and output laser beams. The combiner collects the laser beams and outputs one laser beam. The control device generates control signals such that power of the laser beam becomes a laser output setting value and such that the currents become current command values. Phases of pulses of the control signals are shifted from each other by 60 degrees. |
| US12218480B2 |
Semiconductor optical amplifier integrated laser
A semiconductor optical amplifier integrated laser includes a semiconductor laser oscillator portion that oscillates laser light having a wavelength included in a gain band and a semiconductor optical amplifier portion that amplifies laser light output from the semiconductor laser oscillator portion. The semiconductor laser oscillator portion and the semiconductor optical amplifier portion have one common p-i-n structure, the common p-i-n structure includes an active layer, a cladding layer provided apart from the active layer, and a common functional layer formed in the cladding layer, and the common functional layer includes a first portion that reflects light having a wavelength within the gain band in the semiconductor laser oscillator portion and a second portion that transmits light having a wavelength within the gain band in the semiconductor optical amplifier portion. |
| US12218478B2 |
Folded optical conjugate lens
An optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate having first and second faces. An emitter is disposed on the first face of the semiconductor substrate and is configured to emit a beam of radiation through the substrate. At least one curved optical surface is formed in the second face of the semiconductor substrate. A first reflector is disposed on the first face in proximity to the emitter, and a second reflector is disposed on the second face in proximity to the curved optical surface, such that the second reflector reflects the beam that was emitted through the semiconductor substrate by the emitter to reflect back through the semiconductor substrate toward the first reflector, which then reflects the beam to pass through the semiconductor substrate so as to exit from the semiconductor substrate through the curved optical surface. |
| US12218475B2 |
Connector
One aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a connector enabling good heat dissipation. A connector 11 according to the one aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a housing 13 made of metal, a flat plate-like busbar 14 to be held in the housing 13, a first ceramic member 18 to be interposed between one flat surface 14a of the busbar 14 and a first contact portion 17 of the housing 13, a second ceramic member 20 to be interposed between another flat surface 14a of the busbar 14 and a second contact portion 19 of the housing 13, and a bolt 21 and a nut 22 for collectively fastening the busbar 14, the first and second ceramic members 18, 20 and the first and second contact portions 17, 19. |
| US12218471B2 |
Electrical connector and cable grounding structure thereof
An electrical connector and a cable grounding structure thereof are disclosed. A grounding structure is bridged between a connection body of the electrical connector and each cable, and includes a bridging portion, at least one clamping portion, at least one docking portion, and an elastic portion. The clamping portion is disposed on the bridging portion for clamping a covering layer of each cable, and the docking portion is extended from the bridging portion toward the connection body and electrically connected to connection body, and the elastic portion is attached and pressed against the covering layer of each cable, so as to provide good grounding contact and prevent the issue of skewing the cables and other factors that affects the soldering yield. |
| US12218463B2 |
Lossy material for improved signal integrity
An electrical contact for an electrical connector includes a contact body and a lossy material located on the contact body. An electrical connector includes contacts with a lossy material located on the contact body. A method of applying a lossy material to a contact for an electrical connector includes providing a contact and applying the lossy material to the contact. |
| US12218460B2 |
Rugged plug and unplugging method thereof
This disclosure is directed to a rugged plug having a connector, an elastic inner sheath and a slidable rigid sheath. The connector has a coupling end. The elastic inner sheath sleeves the connector. The elastic inner sheath has an elastic arm, and a hook is protruded from one lateral side of the elastic arm. The hook protrudes from the side of the elastic inner sheath and a tip of the hook is a curved surface, an actuating slope is defined on the elastic arm, and a direction normal to the actuating slope is biased toward the coupling end of the connector. The slidable rigid sheath movably sleeves the elastic inner sheath, the slidable rigid sheath cover the actuating slope and the hook is located outside the slidable rigid sheath, the slidable rigid sheath has an actuating structure and the actuating structure abuts against the actuating slope. |
| US12218455B1 |
Extendable electrical outlet enclosure
An extendable electrical outlet enclosure with a tubular main body, a bezel, a cap, at least one extension tube, and a back plate. The tubular main body has a first end, a second end, and a wall extending between the first end and second end. The tubular main body also has an electrical device support that extends inward from the wall and defines a separation between an electrical plug section and a wiring section. The bezel surrounds an opening in the main body at the first end and allows the cap to removably mount to the electrical enclosure. The at least one extension tube attaches to the tubular main body at the second end and has a leading end, a trailing end, and an outer wall extending between the leading end and the trailing end. The back plate couples with the at least one extension tube at the trailing end. |
| US12218454B2 |
Connector for hardline coaxial cable
A coaxial cable connector includes a nut housing having a rearward cable receiving end and a forward end opposite said rearward end, a front nut assembly coupled to the forward end of the nut housing, and a conductive metal tubular insert shaft supported within the nut housing or the front nut assembly. The front nut assembly includes an entry body housing and a conductive terminal pin extending from a forward end of the front nut assembly, and the conductive metal tubular insert shaft has a rearward end portion. A nonconductive plastic tubular support sleeve has a forward end portion coupled with the rearward end portion of the conductive metal tubular insert shaft, a tubular gripping ferrule radially surrounds the metal insert shaft and the plastic support sleeve, and a tubular outer sleeve radially surrounds at least a portion of said gripping ferrule. The gripping ferrule and the tubular outer sleeve are configured to be moved relative to one another in an axial direction such that the gripping ferrule and the tubular outer sleeve are configured to engage one another, thereby causing the gripping ferrule to radially compress around the conductive metal tubular insert shaft and the nonconductive plastic tubular support sleeve. |
| US12218451B2 |
Electrical connector set
An electrical connector set includes a first substrate having a first conductor, and a first internal terminal having a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion that are mounted on the first conductor of the first substrate and a projecting portion extending in a curved shape between the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion. The electrical connector set further includes a second substrate having a second conductor, and a second internal terminal having a third mounting portion that is mounted on the second conductor of the second substrate and a recessed portion forming the third mounting portion at a bottom portion, in which the projecting portion of the first internal terminal and the recessed portion of the second internal terminal are configured to be fitted to each other. |
| US12218448B2 |
Board connecting connector
A connector is provided with a connecting member including a contact point portion, a housing for holding the connecting member and a protecting member displaceable with respect to the connecting member to a protection position for protecting the contact point portion and a connection position for bringing the contact point portion into contact with a circuit board. The housing includes a lock portion for holding the protecting member at the protection position. |
| US12218446B2 |
Electrical connector pair
An electrical connector pair 1 includes a receptacle connector 1a and a plug connector 1b. The receptacle connector 1a includes a first partition wall 12a, and the plug connector 1b includes a second partition wall 12b. When the receptacle connector 1a and the plug connector 1b are fitted together, the first partition wall 12a partitions a portion of the boundary between a third holder and a fourth holder where the second partition wall 12b is not formed such that a first contact 10a and a third contact 10b cannot be seen from a second contact and a fourth contact. |
| US12218443B2 |
Wireless communication device and wireless communication method
A wireless communication device and a wireless communication method capable of improving the directivity of an antenna in a desired direction for a low cost are provided. According to one example embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a printed board having a substrate surface; a ground plane having a plate shape that is disposed on the substrate surface, connected to the ground potential, and is parallel to the substrate surface; an omnidirectional antenna that is disposed alongside the ground plane on the substrate surface in one direction in a plane parallel to the substrate surface, and is caused to emit radio waves by being supplied with power; and a parasitic antenna that is disposed away from the ground plane in a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface and resonates with the omnidirectional antenna supplied with power. |
| US12218441B2 |
Element having antenna array structure
An element includes a coupling line in which a first conductor layer, a dielectric layer, and a second conductor layer are stacked in this order, and which is connected to the second conductor layer in order to mutually synchronize a plurality of antennas at a frequency of a terahertz wave; and a bias line connecting a power supply for supplying a bias signal to a semiconductor layer and the second conductor layer. A wiring layer in which the coupling line is formed and a wiring layer in which the bias line is formed are different layers. The bias line is disposed in a layer between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. |
| US12218433B2 |
Communication apparatus for vehicle and control method therefor
A communication apparatus for a vehicle according to an embodiment and a control method therefor are disclosed. The communication apparatus for a vehicle comprises: an antenna unit including a first antenna and a plurality of second antennas; a first switch for switching a first path to the first antenna and a second path to each of the plurality of second antennas; a second switch for switching a second path to any one of the plurality of second antennas; a length adjustment unit that is connected to the second path to the one second antenna connected to the second switch and adjusts the resonance length of the connected second antenna; and a communication control unit that generates a switching signal for connection to any one of the plurality of second antennas according to the state of the first antenna. |
| US12218426B2 |
Low-profile single-chain beam-steerable MMW lens antenna
An antenna module and communication device containing the antenna module are disclosed. The antenna module is disposed in a metal cavity. The antenna module includes a switched beam mm-wave antenna array having radiating elements separated by less than a wavelength of the radiating elements. The array is fed by a single transceiver chain. The array is disposed at the focal length of a low-profile mm-wave lens configured to steer the beam. A sub-10 GHz antenna is disposed closer to the opening of the cavity than the lens. The lens is a Fresnel Zone Plate lens having a focal length of less than about the wavelength of the beam, or a Saucer lens having shells of different refractive indexes and having a profile that is more than 6 times smaller than a Luneburg lens with a same focal length. |
| US12218422B2 |
Antenna device
An antenna device includes: a conductive ground conductor plate; a plate-shaped radiating element disposed without being in contact with the ground conductor plate; a feeding line including a conductor and a shield member that surrounds the conductor, the shield member being connected to the ground conductor plate; and a conductive feeding element that includes a facing plate portion that faces the radiating element with an air layer provided therebetween, and is connected to the conductor. |
| US12218419B2 |
Antenna module and antenna system applying the antenna module
An antenna module, comprising: a first antenna device, which is an AiM (Antenna in Module) and comprises at least one first antenna; a first FPC (flexible printed circuit), coupled to an outer surface of the first antenna device via a conductive structure; and at least one second antenna device, coupled to the first FPC, comprising at least one second antenna. By this way, an antenna module which can change directions of antennas via simplified structures is provided. Further, an antenna system applying the antenna module is also provided. |
| US12218418B2 |
Enclosure for an antenna arrangement, and a method of manufacturing an enclosure for an antenna arrangement
An apparatus comprising an enclosure for an antenna arrangement including physically integrated parts including a first part of relatively dense, injection moldable plastic and a second part of less dense, injection moldable plastic. The first part and the second part are contiguous. |
| US12218415B2 |
Antenna encapsulation
A micro-module includes a module substrate, an antenna having antenna walls and an antenna top surface disposed on or over the module substrate, and a sealant disposed on the module substrate surface and on at least a portion of the antenna walls. The sealant extends to at least the antenna top surface. The antenna walls and sealant form an enclosed area of the module substrate surface surrounded by the antenna walls and sealant. A module circuit is disposed on or in the module substrate in the enclosed area. The module circuit is electrically connected to the antenna and is responsive to electrical signals received from the antenna. A cap is disposed on or over the antenna top surface and the sealant, encapsulating the module circuit. |
| US12218413B2 |
Microwave-doppler detecting module and device thereof
A microwave-doppler detecting module and device thereof are provided, wherein the microwave-doppler detecting module includes an electromagnetic reflecting surface and at least a pair of antithetical dipoles spacingly disposed to the electromagnetic reflecting surface. When the first and second radiating source poles respectively extended from a first and second feed ends of the pair of antithetical dipoles are respectively fed by the same excitation signal feed source at the first feed end and the second feed end, the current and the potential distribution of the first radiating source pole and the second radiating source pole can present an antithetical distribution state and antithetically coupled to the midpoint of the connection of the first feed end and the second feed end, so as to reduce the size requirement of the microwave-doppler detecting module and to avoid detection dead zone from occurring. |
| US12218412B2 |
Antenna structure capable of transmitting a WiGig band and head-mounted wireless transmission display device
An antenna structure capable of transmitting a WiGig band for a head-mounted wireless transmission display device including a display screen and an overhead device is disclosed. The antenna structure includes at least two body portions, each of the body portions having at least a signal transceiving end, the body portions are respectively arranged at left and right sides of the display screen, and signal transceiving ends of the body portions are extended outward from the left and right sides of the display screen respectively. |
| US12218411B2 |
5G ultra-wideband monopole antenna
An ultra-wideband monopole antenna for 5G application is disclosed comprising a first quarter wavelength conductor and a second quarter wavelength conductor, for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves. A flat portion of the first quarter wavelength conductor and a flat portion of the second quarter wavelength conductor are preferably arranged and located perpendicular and intersecting to each other. Two curved wings of the first quarter wavelength conductor and two curved wings of the second quarter wavelength conductor are preferably arranged and located concentrically and having a same center. The first and second quarter wavelength conductors are joined to deliver ultra wideband frequency in the range of 600-960 MHz and 1710-6000 MHz. |
| US12218409B2 |
Electronic device including an antenna
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing having a front surface and a rear surface, a first antenna, a second antenna, a printed circuit board, and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding sheet. The first antenna may be disposed inside the housing. The second antenna may be disposed in an area surrounded by a radiator of the first antenna when viewed from above the rear surface. The printed circuit board may include a wireless communication module for operating the first antenna and the second antenna, and may be electrically connected to the first antenna and the second antenna. The first antenna may be positioned between the rear surface and the EMI shielding sheet. |
| US12218407B2 |
Antenna module and device including same
The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system, such as long term evolution (LTE). An antenna device is provided. The antenna device includes a first printed circuit board (PCB), a second PCB for a plurality of antenna elements, and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) coupled through a first surface of the first PCB. The second PCB may include a radio frequency (RF) routing layer including RF lines for the respective plurality of antenna elements. The first PCB may include a feeding structure for connecting the RF routing layer and the RFIC. The second PCB may be electrically connected to a second surface of the first PCB opposite to the first surface of the first PCB, through a first surface of the second PCB. The second PCB may be coupled to the plurality of antenna elements. |
| US12218406B2 |
Display module and mobile terminal
The present disclosure provides a display module and a mobile terminal. The display module includes a screen cover plate, a first antenna array, a first flexible circuit board, and a first radio frequency integrated circuit; where the first antenna array is arranged in a first region of the screen cover plate; the first radio frequency integrated circuit is arranged on the first flexible circuit board, and is electrically connected to the first antenna array through the first flexible circuit board. |
| US12218402B2 |
Device for securing and releasing a first module and a second module in a space
The disclosure relates to a device for securing a first module and a second module in a space between a first mount and a second mount. The device comprises a biasing apparatus configured to urge the first module and the second module away from each other, thereby urging the first module against the first mount and urging the second module against the second mount. Further, the device comprises a release apparatus configured to move the first module and the second module toward each other, thereby moving the first module away from the first mount and moving the second module away from the second mount. The device provides an uncomplicated and flexible mounting and demounting of the first module and second module, thus attaining a flexible and uncomplicated attachment of each module to the respective mount and a flexible and uncomplicated detachment of each module from the respective mount. |
| US12218401B2 |
Dielectric covers for antennas
An electronic device may be provided with wireless communications circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include centimeter and millimeter wave transceiver circuitry and a phased antenna array. A dielectric cover may be formed over the phased antenna array. The phased antenna array may transmit and receive wireless radio-frequency signals through the dielectric cover. The dielectric cover may have first and second opposing surfaces. The second surface may face the phased antenna array and may have a curvature. The curvature of the second surface may include one or more recessed regions of the dielectric cover. The one or more recessed regions of the second surface may serve to maximize and broaden the coverage area for the phased antenna array. The first surface may be conformal to other structures in the electronic device. |
| US12218400B2 |
Antenna device
The antenna device includes: an array antenna including an antenna board on which a plurality of element antennas is mounted on one surface and an integrated circuit is mounted on an other surface; a power supply including a power supply board on which a power supply component is mounted; a base supporting the antenna board in such a manner that the integrated circuit is connected to one surface of base, supporting the power supply board in such a manner that the power supply component is connected to an other surface of base, and to the base heat generated by the integrated circuit and the power supply component connected to the base being transferred; a mount supporting the base, being fixed to a moving body, and to the mount heat being transferred from the base; a radome; and a skirt dissipating heat transferred from the mount. |
| US12218398B2 |
Micro-subminiature microwave gyromagnetic circulator
The present invention relates to a micro-subminiature microwave gyromagnetic circulator comprising a housing and a first ceramic ring ferrite, a central conductor, a second ceramic ring ferrite and a medium ferrule mounted inside the housing; the medium ferrule comprises a pin, and a foot of the central conductor is provided with a through-hole matching the pin; the pin comprises an extension and a fixed portion which are connected, wherein the diameter of the extension is smaller than the diameter of the fixed portion, the pins and the feet are welded at the through-holes via solder paste, and a tin-containing tank is provided at the connection between the extension and the fixed portion. The microwave gyromagnetic circulator can be micro-subminiature without decreasing bandwidth. The structure stability and conduction stability of the microwave gyromagnetic circulator are improved by welding the central conductor to the pin and providing a tin-containing tank on pin. |
| US12218393B2 |
Fuel cell utility product assembly
The present disclosure generally relates to a fuel cell product assembly comprising a foundational frame assembly comprising a frame rail, a hot box cover removably supported by the foundational frame assembly to define a hot box area, one or more fuel cell assemblies housed in the hot box area and configured to produce electricity, and plumbing configured to supply a fuel or an oxidant to the one or more fuel cell assemblies, wherein at least a portion of the plumbing routes through and is protected by a longitudinal section of the frame rail. |
| US12218386B1 |
Fire suppression for energy storage devices
An energy storage device container can suppress fires and can comprise a compartment configured to receive an energy storage device and a chamber configured to hold a fire suppressive agent, the chamber being positioned above the compartment. A barrier can be positioned between the compartment and the chamber and can physically separate the fire suppressive agent from the energy storage device to inhibit the fire suppressive agent from entering the compartment when the barrier is in a first physical state. The barrier can change from the first physical state to a second physical state in response to thermal energy having a threshold temperature to allow the fire suppressive agent to enter the compartment to contact the energy storage device. |
| US12218381B2 |
Battery and electrode body holder
A battery is provided in which an electrode tab group is hardly damaged. In the herein disclosed battery, an electrode body includes an electrode body main body part, a positive electrode tab group protruding from a first end part, and a negative electrode tab group protruding from a second end part. The positive electrode tab group and the negative electrode tab group are folded and bent to make tip ends of electrode tabs respectively configuring these tab groups be arranged along a second side wall of the battery case. A portion of the folded and bent electrode tab is joined to the electrical collector body of the same pole. The battery includes a spacer between the electrode body main body part and the second side wall, and the spacer is to regulate movement of the electrode body. |
| US12218380B2 |
Manufacturing method for electrode assembly and electrode assembly manufacturing equipment
An electrode assembly manufacturing method includes the steps of: assembling an electrode stack; performing a primary heat press operation on the electrode stack while engaging the electrode stack with a gripper; and then performing a secondary heat press operation on the electrode stack while the gripper is disengaged from the electrode stack. The secondary heat press operation may include applying heat and pressure to the electrode stack for a time period from 5 seconds to 60 seconds under a temperature condition from 50° C. to 90° C. and under a pressure condition from 1 Mpa to 6 Mpa. The step of assembling the electrode stack may include alternately stacking first and second electrodes on an elongated separator sheet, and sequentially folding the separator sheet over a previously-stacked one of the electrodes before a subsequent electrode is stacked. An apparatus for performing the manufacturing method is also disclosed. |
| US12218373B2 |
Battery module and battery module manufacturing method
A battery module includes a box shaped housing case that is open at an upper side, a battery stack in which plural battery cells are stacked along a horizontal direction, and that is housed inside the housing case, and plural types of shim that are made of different materials and that are disposed between the battery stack and the housing case in a state in which the battery stack is pressed along the stacking direction of the battery cells. |
| US12218368B2 |
Battery assembly and electronic device including the same
Disclosed is an electronic device which includes an adhesive member interposed between a housing and a battery and including at least one adhesive layer in absence of a base or substrate, a first adhesive cover member interposed between the adhesive member and the battery, to surround a portion of the battery, such that the first adhesive cover member is detachably attached to the battery, and a second adhesive cover member spaced apart from the first adhesive cover member to surround another portion of the battery. Adhesive force of the adhesive member is stronger than adhesive force of at least one of the first adhesive cover member or the second adhesive cover member, and a partial area of the second adhesive cover member interposed between the battery and the adhesive member may have adhesive force stronger than adhesive force of a remaining area of the second adhesive cover member outside the partial area. |
| US12218366B2 |
Busbar and battery laminate
A battery module includes: a plurality of batteries stacked together; and a busbar that electrically connects the plurality of batteries with each other. The busbar has: a main body that extends along axis X along which the batteries are stacked together; and a plurality of connectors that protrude from the main body along an axis that intersects with the axis along which the batteries are stacked together, and are electrically connected with terminals of the batteries, respectively. The plurality of batteries are divided into a plurality of battery units. Each of the plurality of battery units includes at least two of the plurality of batteries. The busbar connects the at least two of the plurality of batteries of each of the battery units with each other in parallel. The busbar connects the battery units with each other in series. |
| US12218365B2 |
Power supply device, electric vehicle equipped with said power supply device, and power storage device
A power supply device includes a battery block formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells in a thickness with separator interposed between corresponding battery cells, a pair of end plates disposed on respective end faces of the battery block, and a binding bar coupled to the pair of end plates to fix the battery block in a compressed state together with the end plates. Separator includes heat-insulating sheet and elastic layer layered on a surface of heat-insulating sheet, elastic layer having elastic protrusion that is partially in adhesion to a case surface of battery cell and is deformed by expansion of battery cell, and deformation space is provided for elastic protrusion pressed by battery cell to be displaced in an outer peripheral direction orthogonal to a pressing direction. |
| US12218362B2 |
Flame-retardant and explosion-proof battery pack for electric vehicle and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention discloses a flame-retardant and explosion-proof battery pack for an electric vehicle and a manufacturing method thereof, the battery pack comprising: at least one battery brick consisting of batteries, which are electrically connected to define a positive electrode welding sheet and a negative electrode welding sheet; a battery brick positive electrode conducting wire and a battery brick negative electrode conducting wire, which are electrically connected to the positive electrode welding sheet and the negative electrode welding sheet, respectively; and a cover and a battery of brick container, which define a first storage space that is sufficient to accommodate the batteries, wherein the first storage space is filled with a flame-retardant oil so that the batteries are immersed in the flame-retardant oil, and the positive electrode conducting wire and the negative electrode conducting wire are exposed outside the first storage space to form a battery brick assembly. |
| US12218359B2 |
Conductive material dispersion, and electrode and lithium secondary battery manufactured using the same
A conductive material dispersion includes a carbon-based conductive material, a main dispersant, an auxiliary dispersant, and a dispersion medium, wherein the main dispersant is a nitrile-based copolymer and the auxiliary dispersant is a copolymer including an oxyalkylene unit and at least one selected from the group consisting of a styrene unit and an alkylene unit. |
| US12218356B2 |
Composition for non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer, battery member for non-aqueous secondary battery, method of producing laminate for non-aqueous secondary battery, and non-aqueous secondary battery
Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that can cause a battery member for a non-aqueous secondary battery to display a balance of both high blocking resistance and high process adhesiveness. The composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains a particulate polymer having a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion covering at least a portion of an outer surface of the core portion. The core portion is formed of a polymer A and the shell portion is formed of a polymer B including not less than 1 mol % and not more than 30 mol % of a sulfo group-containing monomer unit. |
| US12218354B2 |
Negative-electrode active material and preparation method thereof, secondary battery, and battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such secondary battery
This application discloses a negative-electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a secondary battery, and a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus that include such secondary battery. The negative-electrode active material includes a core and a coating layer covering at least part of a surface of the core, where the core includes artificial graphite, the coating layer includes amorphous carbon, a volume-based particle size distribution of the negative-electrode active material satisfies Dv99≤24 μm, a volume-based median particle size Dv50 of the negative-electrode active material satisfies 8 μm≤Dv≤15 μm, Dv99 is a particle size corresponding to a cumulative volume distribution percentage of the negative-electrode active material reaching 99%, and WO is a particle size corresponding to a cumulative volume distribution percentage of the negative-electrode active material reaching 50%. |
| US12218345B2 |
High-nickel electrode sheet and method for manufacturing same
The present invention relates to an electrode sheet comprising: a first cathode mixture layer which is formed in a central portion of a holding part and contains a first cathode active material of lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide; and a second cathode mixture layer which is formed at one end or both ends of the first cathode mixture layer and contains a second cathode active material lower in nickel content than the first cathode active material, wherein a rolling density b of the second cathode mixture layer is lower than a rolling density a of the first cathode mixture layer, whereby the electrode sheet has the effect of improving the energy density while suppressing a reaction with water. |
| US12218343B2 |
Electrode manufacturing method comprising cleaning step using laser, electrode manufactured by method, and secondary battery comprising same
The present technology relates to an electrode manufacturing method, an electrode manufactured by the method, and a secondary battery comprising same, the electrode manufacturing method comprising a cleaning step performed by laser irradiation, in lines corresponding to each other in a direction perpendicular to an electrode current collector, onto a top-coated electrode mixture layer and a back-coated electrode mixture layer of the electrode current collector, and may prevent a mismatch of the electrode mixture layers and may significantly reduce the degree of sliding occurrence at the boundary region. |
| US12218342B2 |
Energy storage device
One aspect of the present invention is an energy storage device including: an electrode having a mixture layer containing active material particles; and a separator having an inorganic layer facing the mixture layer, the inorganic layer containing inorganic particles, in which the active material particles have two or more peaks in volume-based particle size distribution, and an average particle diameter of the inorganic particles is 1.2 μm or less. |
| US12218341B2 |
Electroactive materials for metal-ion batteries
This invention relates to particulate electroactive materials consisting of a plurality of composite particles, wherein the composite particles comprise: (a) a porous carbon framework including micropores and/or mesopores having a total volume of at least 0.6 cm 3/g, wherein at least half of the micropore/mesopore volume is in the form of pores having a diameter of no more than 2 nm; and (b) an electroactive material located within the micropores and/or mesopores of the porous carbon framework. The D 90 particle diameter of the composite particles is no more than 10 nm. |
| US12218337B2 |
Power storage device electrode, method for manufacturing the same, power storage device, and electronic device
To provide a highly reliable power storage device. To provide a long-life power storage device. To provide a power storage device electrode having high adhesion with a current collector. To reduce or inhibit electrochemical decomposition of an electrolytic solution or the like on a surface of an electrode. The power storage device electrode includes a current collector and a second electrode layer provided over the current collector and including a second binder and an active material. A first electrode layer including a first binder and conductive particles is provided between the current collector and the second electrode layer. At least part of a surface of the active material is provided with a coating film, and the coating film is porous. |
| US12218333B2 |
Heat dissipation device of energy storage system and heat dissipation method for energy storage system
The present disclosure provides a heat dissipation device of an energy storage system and a heat dissipation method for an energy storage system, wherein the heat dissipation device comprises: a housing, wherein at least one frame is provided in the housing, the energy storage system is placed in the at least one frame, a curved-surface guide plate is provided on the top of the at least one frame, at least one air conditioner is hung outside the housing, a cold air outlet of each air conditioner is connected to the curved-surface guide plate; a guide cavity is formed between a concave surface of the curved-surface guide plate and the at least one frame, a spreader plate is provided in the guide cavity, and the spreader plate is configured to adjust a flow direction of gas in the guide cavity. |
| US12218332B2 |
Battery pack comprising heat diffusion preventing member
A battery pack includes a heat diffusion preventing member. The battery pack can effectively prevent the diffusion of heat or fire generated in any one battery module from among battery modules accommodated in the battery pack, and can have various applications such as vehicles or power storage devices. |
| US12218328B1 |
Systems and methods for thermal management of an energy storage system
A method for thermal management performed by a controller of an energy storage system, where the energy storage system includes at least a first battery module, a second battery module, a first battery management system (BMS) node, and a second BMS node. The first BMS node is configured to control operation of the first battery module, and the second BMS node is configured to control operation of the second battery module. The method includes (a) determining a first temperature profile difference representing a difference between an actual temperature profile of the first battery module and a desired temperature profile of the first battery module, (b) determining a first operation adjustment representing a desired change in operation of the first battery module for decreasing the first temperature profile difference, and (c) controlling the first BMS node to change operation of the first battery module according to the first operation adjustment. |
| US12218327B2 |
Battery heating via heat collected from coolant passing through hollow windings of electric machine
Responsive to a temperature of a battery being less than a threshold temperature, a controller directs coolant from hollow wires wound within slots of a stator to a coolant circuit for the battery. Responsive to the temperature being greater than the threshold temperature, the controller directs the coolant from the hollow wires back to the hollow wires while bypassing the coolant circuit. |
| US12218326B2 |
Temperature control system, a vehicle provided therewith and a method for controlling the operation thereof
A temperature control system for a vehicle, comprising a main circuit comprising a tubing in which there is provided a coolant, a main circuit pump configured to pump said coolant through the tubing in a first direction. Connected in parallel to the main circuit are first and second sub-circuits for cooling or heating of components connected thereto. In the sub-circuits there are provided first and second pumps that pump coolant through said sub-circuits from a first end to second end at which the respective sub-circuit is connected the main circuit. The first end is upstream the second end as seen in the first direction in the first circuit, and the first end of the first sub-circuit and the first end of the at least one second sub-circuit are joined to a common tubing section which in its turn is connected to the tubing of the main circuit. |
| US12218321B2 |
Catalyst device for lead-acid battery, and lead-acid battery
Provided is a catalyst device for a lead-acid battery, the catalyst device being capable of reducing gas release from an electrolyte solution and a decrease in electrolyte solution due to the leakage, thus providing a lead-acid battery having a long life, and being capable of ensuring safety even in excessive flow of gas. Also provided is a lead-acid battery including the catalyst device. A catalyst device for a lead-acid battery, including: a catalyst layer including a catalyst to accelerate a reaction for generating water or water vapor from oxygen and hydrogen; and a porous membrane including thermoplastic resin having a melting point or a glass transition temperature of 160° C. or less, and wherein at least one surface of the catalyst layer is in contact with the porous membrane, and the porous membrane has a planar size being equal to or greater than that of the catalyst layer. Also a lead-acid battery including the catalyst device. |
| US12218320B2 |
Battery module and manufacturing method therefor
A battery module and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The battery module includes a pair of cylindrical battery cells, a pair of PTC elements at one side of the pair of battery cells, a connection member at an opposite side of the pair of cylindrical battery cells from the one side of the pair of cylindrical battery cells, and a connector having four wires connected to a single connection terminal and configured to electrically connect an external system and the pair of cylindrical battery cells via the connection terminal is provided. |
| US12218310B2 |
Weavable, conformable, wearable and flexible components for advanced battery technology
The invention, relates to flexible, thin trim batteries for use in a variety of applications including, but not limited to, flexible electronics, flexible energy storage systems, wearable textile-like energy devices and various other integrated electronic and mobile device-based applications. The flexible, thin, film batteries allow the design and development of weavable, conformable, wearable and flexible components for advanced battery technology. The invention relates to flexible energy storage system that include an electrospun, textile-like, weaved assembly including a flexible cathode, a flexible anode, and an electrolyte. The electrolyte can include a flexible gel-polymer and a nanostractured filler. |
| US12218303B2 |
Prelithiated hybridized energy storage device
An energy storage device can include a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the first electrode includes an electrochemically active material and a porous carbon material, and the second electrode includes elemental lithium metal and carbon particles. A method for fabricating an energy storage device can include forming a first electrode and a second electrode, and inserting a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, where forming the first electrode includes combining an electrochemically active material and a porous carbon material, and forming the second electrode includes combining elemental lithium metal and a plurality of carbon particles. |
| US12218297B2 |
Display device
Provided is a display device comprising a substrate, a first active layer on the substrate and extending along a first direction, and a first conductive layer between the substrate and the first active layer, and including a first conductive pattern and a second conductive pattern spaced apart from each other in the first direction, wherein the first active layer conformally reflects a step difference of the first conductive layer, and includes a branched structure in a space between the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern. |
| US12218295B2 |
Micro LED display and manufacturing method therefor
Various embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method for manufacturing a micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) display. The disclosed manufacturing method may include coating a face of a substrate including a circuit portion with a first thickness of a polymer adhesive solution containing a plurality of metal particles, attaching an array of micro LED chips on the polymer adhesive solution, physically connecting a connection pad for each of the array of micro LED chips to the metal particles through heating and pressing the attached plurality of micro LED chips to descend through the polymer adhesive solution, and chemically bonding the metal particles to the connection pad and the circuit portion through heating and pressing so that the micro LED chips are electrically connected to the circuit portion. Various other embodiments are also possible. |
| US12218292B2 |
Polarized-light-emitting SMD LED lamp bead and method for batch manufacturing the same
The invention relates to a polarized-light-emitting SMD (surface-mounted device) LED (light-emitting diode) lamp bead and a method of batch manufacturing the same; the LED lamp bead comprises an SMD LED lamp bead bracket and N LED light-emitting die(dice) on its inner bottom surface, wherein a polarizing film is horizontally disposed above the LED light-emitting die, and first light-transmitting glue is filled between the inner bottom surface of the bracket and the lower surface of the polarizing film. |
| US12218285B2 |
Display device
A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate, a driving layer, a light-emitting element, and a light-shielding element. The substrate has a surface. The driving layer includes a thin-film transistor. The thin-film transistor is disposed on the surface. The light-emitting element has a P-end and an N-end. The light-emitting element is disposed on the driving layer and arranged in such a way that a virtual line connecting the P-end and the N-end is parallel to the surface of the substrate. The light-shielding element is disposed between the light-emitting element and the thin-film transistor for blocking a light emitted from the light-emitting element from irradiating the thin-film transistor. |
| US12218282B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer; a semiconductor pillar formed on the first semiconductor layer, including a second semiconductor layer and an active layer, wherein the semiconductor pillar comprises an outmost periphery; a first contact layer formed on the first semiconductor layer and including a first contact portion and a first extending portion, wherein the first extending portion continuously surrounds an entirety of the outmost periphery of the semiconductor pillar and the first contact portion; a second contact layer formed on the second semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer including multiple first openings exposing the first contact layer and multiple second openings exposing the second contact layer; a first electrode contact layer connected to the first contact portion through the multiple first openings and covering all of the first contact layer; a second electrode contact layer connected to the second contact layer through the multiple second openings. |
| US12218279B2 |
Optoelectronic device and method for manufacturing the same
An optoelectronic device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer on the second semiconductor layer and including a plurality of first openings exposing the first semiconductor layer, wherein the first openings include a first group and a second group; a third electrode on the first insulating layer and including a first extended portion and a second extended portion, wherein the first extended portion and the second extended portion are respectively electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer through the first group of the first openings and the second group of the first openings, and wherein the number of the first group of the first openings is different from the number of the second group of the first openings; and a plurality of fourth electrodes on the second insulating layer and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer, wherein in a top view of the optoelectronic device, the first extended portion is located between the fourth electrodes. |
| US12218277B2 |
Flip-chip light-emitting diode
A flip-chip light-emitting diode includes an epitaxial structure including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer that are sequentially disposed on one another in such order. The epitaxial structure is formed with first holes and second holes respectively at a first region and a second region that are independent from each other. Each of the first and second holes extends through the second semiconductor layer and the active layer, and partially exposes the first semiconductor layer. A surface of the first semiconductor layer exposed by the first holes has a total area smaller than a total area of a surface of the first semiconductor layer exposed by the second holes. |
| US12218274B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device and display apparatus
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting structure in the form of a rod, including a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a side surface connecting the first and second surfaces; a regrowth semiconductor layer surrounding an entire side surface of the light emitting structure and having a first thickness in a first position along a perimeter of the side surface and a second thickness, different from the first thickness, in a second position along a perimeter of the side surface; a first electrode on the first surface of the light emitting structure and connected to the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer; and a second electrode on the second surface of the light emitting structure and connected to the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer. |
| US12218273B2 |
ULED chip, uLED substrate and method for manufacturing the same, el inspection method for uLED substrate, and el inspection apparatus
A micro light-emitting diode (μLED) chip includes a first electrode layer, a second semiconductor layer located on a surface of the first electrode layer, and a first semiconductor layer located on a side of the second semiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer, and a light-emitting layer located between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor is electrically connected to the first electrode layer, and is configured to transmit first carriers. The first semiconductor layer is configured to transmit second carriers. The light-emitting layer is configured to be excited to emit light upon combination of the first carriers and the second carriers. A surface of the first semiconductor layer away from the light-emitting layer is a concave-convex microstructure, and convex portions of the concave-convex microstructure are configured to receive an electron beam. |
| US12218267B2 |
Preparation method and application of an Er doped Ga2O3 film
The present invention discloses an Er doped Ga2O3 film, together with its preparation method and the application in the field of luminescence. The preparation method contains steps of: (1) the films are deposited by means of Radio-Frequency magnetron sputtering onto the heated substrates after the pre-sputtering for at least 5 minutes, selecting Er doped Ga2O3 target or Er and Ga2O3 targets, with the ambient of Ar and O2; (2) the films as prepared in step (1) are thermally treated at the temperature higher than 300° C. in the ambient of O2 or N2, in order to optically activate Er3+ and crystalize Ga2O3 hosts meanwhile, followed by natural cooling, obtaining the Er doped Ga2O3 films as described. The preparation technology of the present invention is simple, with a good process compatibility. It is believed that the present invention will be widely used in the field of silicon-based integrated light sources, semiconductor luminescence, optical communication, with broad application prospects. |
| US12218258B2 |
Doped region structure and solar cell comprising the same, cell assembly, and photovoltaic system
The disclosure relates to the technical field of solar cells, and provides a solar cell and a doped region structure thereof, a cell assembly, and a photovoltaic system. The doped region structure includes a first doped layer, a passivation layer, and a second doped layer that are disposed on a silicon substrate in sequence. The passivation layer is a porous structure having the first doped layer and/or the second doped layer inlaid in a hole region. The first doped layer and the second doped layer have a same doping polarity. By means of the doped region structure of the solar cell provided in the disclosure, the difficulty in production and the limitation on conversion efficiency as a result of precise requirements for the accuracy of a thickness of a conventional tunneling layer are resolved. |
| US12218257B2 |
Compact capacitor structure
A capacitor structure, including a transistor structure, a first metal conductive structure and a second metal conductive structure, is provided. The transistor structure includes a first ladder-shaped frame of a polycrystalline silicon layer and multiple first metal strips of a first metal layer. The first ladder-shaped frame is electrically isolated from the multiple first metal strips, and encircles a part of the multiple first metal strips. The first ladder-shaped frame forms a gate of the transistor structure. The multiple first metal strips form a drain and a source of the transistor structure. The first metal conductive structure is substantially overlapped with the first ladder-shaped frame. The second metal conductive structure is electrically connected to the multiple first metal strips, in which the second metal conductive structure is disposed across and electrically isolated from the first ladder-shaped frame and the first metal conductive structure. |
| US12218248B2 |
Semiconductor device
An object is to stabilize electric characteristics of a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor to increase reliability. The semiconductor device includes an insulating film; a first metal oxide film on and in contact with the insulating film; an oxide semiconductor film partly in contact with the first metal oxide film; source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film; a second metal oxide film partly in contact with the oxide semiconductor film; a gate insulating film on and in contact with the second metal oxide film; and a gate electrode over the gate insulating film. |
| US12218247B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the semiconductor device
A transistor with a high on-state current and a semiconductor device with high productivity are provided. Included are a first oxide, a second oxide, a third oxide, and a fourth oxide over a first insulator; a first conductor over the third oxide; a second conductor over the fourth oxide; a second insulator over the first conductor; a third insulator over the second conductor; a fifth oxide positioned over the second oxide and between the third oxide and the fourth oxide; a sixth oxide over the fifth oxide; a fourth insulator over the sixth oxide; a third conductor over the fourth insulator; and a fifth insulator over the first insulator to the third insulator. The fifth oxide includes a region in contact with the second oxide to the fourth oxide and the first insulator. The sixth oxide includes a region in contact with the fifth oxide, the first conductor, and the second conductor. The fourth insulator includes a region in contact with at least the sixth oxide, the third conductor, and the fifth insulator. |
| US12218242B2 |
Semiconductor structure
A semiconductor structure includes at least a fin structure, a gate structure over the fin structure, a connecting structure, a first dielectric structure over the gate structure, and a second dielectric structure. The fin structure extends in a first direction, and the gate structure extends in a second direction different from the first direction. The connecting structure is disposed over the fin structure and isolated from the gate structure. The second dielectric structure extends in the first direction. The first dielectric structure and the second dielectric structure include a same material. A top surface of the first dielectric structure and a top surface of the second dielectric structure are substantially aligned with each other. |
| US12218239B2 |
Structure and method for providing line end extensions for fin-type active regions
A semiconductor structure includes an isolation feature formed in the semiconductor substrate and a first fin-type active region. The first fin-type active region extends in a first direction. A dummy gate stack is disposed on an end region of the first fin-type active region. The dummy, gate stack may overlie an isolation structure. In an embodiment, any recess such as formed for a source/drain region in the first fin-type active region will be displaced from the isolation region by the distance the dummy gate stack overlaps the first fin-type active region. |
| US12218238B2 |
Growth structure for strained channel, and strained channel using the same and method of manufacturing device using the same
Disclosed are a growth structure for a strained channel, and a strained channel using the same and a method of manufacturing a device using the same. The growth structure for a strained channel includes a support substrate, a strain-relaxed buffer (SRB) layer disposed on a support substrate, a base growth layer grown to have one composition on the SRB layer, and a strained channel layer grown to have another composition on the base growth layer. The strained channel layer may include at least one of a tensile-strained channel layer or a compressively strained channel layer. |
| US12218228B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method
Provided is a semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor substrate including a bulk donor; an active portion provided on the semiconductor substrate; and an edge termination structure portion provided between the active portion and an end side of the semiconductor substrate on a upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; wherein the active portion includes hydrogen, and has a first high concentration region with a higher donor concentration than a bulk donor concentration; and the edge termination structure portion, which is provided in a range that is wider than the first high concentration region in a depth direction of the semiconductor substrate, includes hydrogen, and has a second high concentration region with a higher donor concentration than the bulk donor concentration. |
| US12218225B1 |
Radical treatment in supercritical fluid for gate dielectric quality improvement to CFET structure
The present disclosure provides a method that includes providing a semiconductor structure having a bottom channel region and a top channel region over the bottom channel region; forming a gate dielectric layer over and wrapping around top channels in the top channel region; performing a radical treatment on the dielectric layer in a supercritical fluid; and forming a metal gate electrode on the dielectric layer. |
| US12218224B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor device
Semiconductor structures and methods of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor structure according to the present disclosure includes at least one first semiconductor element and at least one second semiconductor element over a substrate, a dielectric fin disposed between the at least one first semiconductor element and the at least one second semiconductor element, a first work function metal layer wrapping around each of the at least one first semiconductor element and extending continuously from the at least one first semiconductor element to a top surface of the dielectric fin, and a second work function metal layer disposed over the at least one second semiconductor element and the first work function metal layer. |
| US12218220B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor structure and semiconductor structure
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes: depositing a thin-film stacked structure on a substrate; forming a first hole in the thin-film stacked structure; growing an epitaxial silicon pillar in the first hole; etching the thin-film stacked structure and the epitaxial silicon pillar along a first direction to form a first trench, the first trench passing through a center of the epitaxial silicon pillar and dividing the epitaxial silicon pillar into a first half pillar and a second half pillar; forming a first isolation layer; forming a first channel region of a first doping type, and forming a second channel region of a second doping type; and forming a gate dielectric layer and a gate conductive layer on a surface of each of the first channel region and the second channel region. |
| US12218218B2 |
Nanostructures formed over a substrate and a gate structure wrapping around the nanostructures
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a plurality of first nanostructures stacked over a substrate in a vertical direction. The semiconductor device structure includes a first gate structure surrounding the first nanostructures. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first gate spacer layer formed adjacent to the first gate structure. A topmost first nanostructure has a first portion directly below the gate spacer layer and a second portion directly below the first gate structure, and the first portion has a first height along the vertical direction, the second portion has a second height along the vertical direction, and the first height is greater than the second height. |
| US12218216B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor devices having gate spacers with bottom portions recessed in a fin
A semiconductor device and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a fin structure with a fin top surface disposed on the substrate, a source/drain (S/D) region disposed on the fin structure, a gate structure disposed on the fin top surface, and a gate spacer with first and second spacer portions disposed between the gate structure and the S/D region. The first spacer portion extends above the fin top surface and is disposed along a sidewall of the gate structure. The second spacer portion extends below the fin top surface and is disposed along a sidewall of the S/D region. |
| US12218206B2 |
Power semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a power semiconductor device includes forming a channel separation pattern on a substrate; forming a passivation layer on the substrate and the channel separation pattern; forming a gate hole, a source hole, and a drain hole penetrating the passivation layer in a same process step; and simultaneously forming a gate electrode pattern, a source electrode pattern, and a drain electrode pattern. The gate electrode pattern may be formed on the channel separation pattern. A side surface of the gate electrode pattern and a side surface of the channel separation pattern may have a step difference. |
| US12218204B2 |
Semiconductor device
Disclosed in an embodiment is a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor structure, which comprises a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein: the first conductive semiconductor layer comprises a first super lattice layer comprising a plurality of first sub layers and a plurality of second sub layers, the first and second sub layers being alternately arranged; the semiconductor structure emits ions of indium, aluminum, and a first and second dopant during a primary ion irradiation; the intensity of indium ions emitted from the active layer includes a maximum indium intensity peak; the doping concentration of the first dopant emitted from the first conductive semiconductor layer includes a maximum concentration peak; the maximum indium intensity peak is disposed to be spaced from the maximum concentration peak in a first direction; the intensity of indium ions emitted from the plurality of first sub layers has a plurality of first indium intensity peaks; the doping concentration of the first dopant emitted from the plurality of first sub layers has a plurality of first concentration peaks; and the plurality of first indium intensity peaks and the plurality of first concentration peaks are disposed between the maximum indium intensity peak and the maximum concentration peak. |
| US12218199B2 |
Transistor gate structures and methods of forming the same
In an embodiment, a device includes: a first nanostructure; a second nanostructure; a gate dielectric around the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure, the gate dielectric including dielectric materials; and a gate electrode including: a work function tuning layer on the gate dielectric, the work function tuning layer including a pure work function metal, the pure work function metal of the work function tuning layer and the dielectric materials of the gate dielectric completely filling a region between the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure, the pure work function metal having a composition of greater than 95 at. % metals; an adhesion layer on the work function tuning layer; and a fill layer on the adhesion layer. |
| US12218197B2 |
Gate oxide of nanostructure transistor with increased corner thickness
A device includes a semiconductor nanostructure, and an oxide layer, which includes horizontal portions on a top surface and a bottom surface of the semiconductor nanostructure, vertical portions on sidewalls of the semiconductor nanostructure, and corner portions on corners of the semiconductor nanostructure. The horizontal portions have a first thickness. The vertical portions have a second thickness. The corner portions have a third thickness. Both of the second thickness and the third thickness are greater than the first thickness. A high-k dielectric layer surrounds the oxide layer. A gate electrode surrounds the high-k dielectric layer. |
| US12218194B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate including an active region; a plurality of conductive structures formed over the semiconductor substrate; an isolation layer filling a space between the conductive structures and having an opening that exposes the active region between the conductive structures; a pad formed in a bottom portion of the opening and in contact with the active region; a plug liner formed conformally over a sidewall of the opening and exposing the pad; and a contact plug formed over the pad inside the opening. |
| US12218192B2 |
Metal substrate structure for a semiconductor power module
A method can be used for manufacturing a metal substrate structure for a semiconductor power module. A plurality of terminals are welded to a metal top layer. After the welding, a dielectric layer is coupled between the metal top layer and a metal bottom layer. The dielectric can be laminated or molded, as examples. |
| US12218191B1 |
Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor structure includes a silicon carbide layer, which has a unit region and a termination region surrounding the unit region. A first guard ring structure is located in the termination region of the silicon carbide layer, and adjoins a top surface of the silicon carbide layer. The first guard ring structure may include at least one first guard ring well region. A second guard ring structure is located in the silicon carbide layer and below the first guard ring structure. The second guard ring structure may include at least one second guard ring well region, which corresponds to the at least one first guard ring well region in a vertical direction. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure is also provided. |
| US12218189B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a drift region, a dielectric film, and an anti-type doping layer. The drift region has a first type conductivity. The anti-type doping layer is located between the drift region and the dielectric film, and has a second type conductivity opposite to the first type conductivity so as to change a current path of a current in the drift region, to thereby prevent the current from being influenced by the dielectric film. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a method for reducing an influence of a dielectric film are also disclosed. |
| US12218188B2 |
Deep trench intersections
A semiconductor device has a deep trench in a semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor device, with linear trench segments extending to a trench intersection. Adjacent linear trench segments are connected by connector trench segments that surround a substrate pillar in the trench intersection. Each connector trench segment has a width at least as great as widths of the linear trench segments connected by the connector trench segment. The deep trench includes a trench filler material. The deep trench may have three linear trench segments extending to the trench intersection, connected by three connector trench segments, or may have four linear trench segments extending to the trench intersection, connected by four connector trench segments. |
| US12218187B2 |
SiC semiconductor device
An SiC semiconductor device includes an SiC semiconductor layer including an SiC monocrystal that is constituted of a hexagonal crystal and having a first main surface as a device surface facing a c-plane of the SiC monocrystal and has an off angle inclined with respect to the c-plane, a second main surface at a side opposite to the first main surface, and a side surface facing an a-plane of the SiC monocrystal and has an angle less than the off angle with respect to a normal to the first main surface when the normal is 0°. |
| US12218185B2 |
Thin film capacitor and electronic circuit substrate having the same
To provide a thin film capacitor in which warpage is less likely to occur. A thin film capacitor includes: a metal foil having roughened upper and lower surfaces; a dielectric film covering the upper surface of the metal foil and having an opening through which the metal foil is partly exposed; a dielectric film covering the lower surface of the metal foil and made of a dielectric material having a thermal expansion coefficient smaller than that of the metal foil; a first electrode layer contacting the metal foil through the opening; and a second electrode layer contacting the first dielectric film without contacting the metal foil. The lower surface of the metal foil is thus covered with the dielectric film having a small thermal expansion coefficient, thereby making it possible to prevent the occurrence of warpage. |
| US12218180B2 |
Multi-layered resistor with a tight temperature coefficient of resistance tolerance
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip (IC). The IC comprises a substrate. A resistor overlies the substrate. The resistor comprises a first metal nitride structure, a second metal nitride structure spaced from the first metal nitride structure, and a metal structure disposed between the first metal nitride structure and the second metal nitride structure. A first dielectric structure is disposed over the substrate and the resistor. |
| US12218179B2 |
Display device having light blocking part in non-display area and tiled display device including the same
A display device including: a substrate having a display area and a non-display area extending around the display area, the display area having emission areas and a light blocking area; a thin film transistor layer on the substrate and including thin film transistors; a light emitting element layer on the thin film transistor layer and including light emitting elements; a wavelength conversion layer on the light emitting element layer to convert a peak wavelength of light provided from at least some of the light emitting elements; and a color filter layer on the wavelength conversion layer. The color filter layer includes: color filters in each of the emission areas; a first light blocking part in the light blocking area; and a second light blocking part in the non-display area. |
| US12218178B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate; a plurality of pixels provided on the substrate; and a plurality of inorganic light emitting elements provided on each of the pixels. The inorganic light emitting elements each include a semiconductor substrate having a first face facing the substrate and a second face provided in a convex shape on a side opposite from the first face; and a plurality of semiconductor nanowires provided on the first face, the semiconductor nanowires extending in a direction perpendicular to the first face. |
| US12218175B2 |
Display device having banks with at least two areas having different widths
A display deice includes a pair of first color sub-pixels arranged in a display area in a first direction, each of the pair of first color sub-pixels including at least one first color light emitting element, and a bank enclosing the pair of first color sub-pixels. The bank includes at least two areas having different widths in an area corresponding to each of the pair of first color sub-pixels. |
| US12218174B2 |
Electronic device with micro-photoelectric units
An electronic device may include: a display panel comprising a pixel flexible substrate, a driving circuit, a display medium formed from an organic light-emitting material, and a plurality of shielding units; and a plurality of micro photoelectric units adjacent to a protection layer and away from the display panel. The plurality of micro-photoelectric units may comprise respective micro-photoelectric elements, and at least one of the micro-photoelectric elements may be, or may include, a sensor element. The protection layer may serve to protect the plurality of micro-photoelectric units while being located at one side of the plurality of micro-photoelectric units. Each of the plurality of micro photoelectric units may be configured to emit light toward an object, and to receive the light reflected, scattered, refracted, or diffracted by, or penetrating through, the object, or receive a signal generated from the light after being reflected, scattered, refracted, or diffracted by, or penetrating through, the object. |
| US12218170B2 |
Light detection device
A photodetecting device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of avalanche photodiodes each including a light receiving region disposed at a first principal surface side of the semiconductor substrate, the avalanche photodiodes being arranged two-dimensionally at the semiconductor substrate, and a through-electrode electrically connected to a corresponding light receiving region. The through-electrode is provided in a through-hole penetrating through the semiconductor substrate in an area where the plurality of avalanche photodiodes are arranged two-dimensionally. At the first principal surface side of the semiconductor substrate, a groove surrounding the through-hole is formed between the through-hole and the light receiving region adjacent to the through-hole. A first distance between an edge of the groove and an edge of the through-hole surrounded by the groove is longer than a second distance between the edge of the groove and an edge of the light receiving region adjacent to the through-hole surrounded by the groove. |
| US12218166B2 |
CSI with controllable isolation structure and methods of manufacturing and using the same
A metal grid within a trench isolation structure on the back side of an image sensor is coupled to a contact pad so that a voltage on the metal grid is continuously variable with a voltage on the contact pad. One or more conductive structures directly couple the metal grid to a contact pad. The conductive structures may bypass a front side of the image sensor. A bias voltage on the metal grid may be varied through the contact pad whereby a trade-off between reducing cross-talk and increasing quantum efficiency may be adjusted dynamically in accordance with the application of the image sensor, its environment of use, or its mode of operation. |
| US12218164B2 |
Semiconductor image-sensing structure and method for forming the same
A semiconductor image sensing structure includes a substrate having a first region and a second region, a metal grid in the first region, and a hybrid metal shield in the second region. The hybrid metal shield includes a first metallization layer, a second metallization layer disposed over the first metallization layer, a third metallization layer disposed over the second metallization layer, and a fourth metallization layer disposed over the third metallization layer. An included angle of the second metallization layer is between approximately 40° and approximately 60°. |
| US12218161B2 |
Optical sensor, optical sensor unit, optical sensor device, and information terminal device
An optical sensor includes a wavelength filter configured to transmit light in a specific wavelength range and a magnetic element including a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a spacer layer sandwiched between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer. The light passing through the wavelength filter is applied to the magnetic element and the light applied to the magnetic element is detected. |
| US12218159B2 |
Image sensor and manufacturing method thereof
An image sensor includes a storage device, where the storage device includes a memory element, a first dielectric layer and a light shielding element. The memory element includes a storage node and a storage transistor gate, where the storage transistor gate is located over the storage node. The first dielectric layer is located over a portion of the storage transistor gate. The light shielding element is located on the first dielectric layer and includes a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is electrically isolated from the memory element, where the light shielding element is overlapped with at least a part of a perimeter of the storage transistor gate in a vertical projection on a plane along a stacking direction of the memory element and the light shielding element, and the stacking direction is normal to the plane. |
| US12218156B2 |
Display device having power line electrically connected to electrode layers located above and below transistor
A display device includes: a first electrode layer; a semiconductor layer including a source region, a drain region, and a channel region, wherein at least a portion of the source region or the drain region overlaps the first electrode layer; a second electrode layer arranged adjacent to the channel region; a third electrode layer overlapping the second electrode layer and at least a portion of the source region or the drain region; and a power line electrically connected to the first electrode layer and the third electrode layer. |
| US12218148B2 |
Display module having glass substrate formed with side wirings and method for manufacturing same
Provided is a display module including a glass substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) layer provided on a front surface of the glass substrate, a driving circuit provided on a rear surface of the glass substrate and configured to drive the TFT layer, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED) electrically connected to the TFT layer, a plurality of first connection pads provided at intervals in a portion of the front surface of the glass substrate and electrically connected to a TFT circuit provided in in the TFT layer, a plurality of second connection pads provided at intervals in a portion of the rear surface of the glass substrate and electrically connected to the driving circuit, and a plurality of side wirings extending from the lateral surface of the glass substrate to a portion of an insulating layer and extending to another portion of the insulating layer. |
| US12218146B2 |
Array substrate, display panel and display device
An array substrate includes a display area, and the array substrate includes an anti-cracking dam, a metal lead and a first data line, wherein the anti-cracking dam is arranged on a side of the array substrate and located in the display area, and the anti-cracking dam is arranged to surround a through-hole extending through the array substrate; the metal lead is arranged to at least partially surround the anti-cracking dam; the first data line includes a first section and a second section separated from each other by the through-hole; the first section of the first data line is connected to the first end of the metal lead, and the second section of the first data line is connected to the another end of the metal lead. |
| US12218143B2 |
Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof
An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate, an active layer, a first insulating layer, a first metal layer, a second insulating layer, and a second metal layer. The array substrate includes a thin film transistor (TFT) area, and the second metal layer includes a source-drain metal sub-layer located in the TFT area. The TFT area is defined with an active layer exposed area. The array substrate includes a barrier layer, and an orthographic projection of the barrier layer on the active layer at least partially covers an orthographic projection of the active layer exposed area on the active layer. |
| US12218142B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a substrate; a polycrystalline silicon film on the substrate; and a first buffer film between the substrate and the polycrystalline silicon film and having one surface contacting the polycrystalline silicon film and another surface opposite to the one surface, wherein the one surface of the first buffer film has a first root mean square (RMS) roughness range, and the first RMS roughness range is 1.5 nm or less. |
| US12218140B2 |
Integrated circuit including integrated standard cell structure
Integrated circuits including an integrated standard cell structure are provided. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a first transistor gated by a first input and connected to a first power supply rail and an output, a second transistor gated by a second input and connected to the first power supply rail and the output, a floating third transistor and a fourth transistor that are connected to the first power supply rail and a third power supply rail, a fifth transistor gated by the first input and connected to a second power supply rail, a sixth transistor gated by the second input and connected to the second power supply rail, a seventh transistor gated by the second input and connected to the fifth transistor and the output, and an eighth transistor gated by the first input and connected to the sixth transistor and the output. |
| US12218138B2 |
Air gap formation between gate spacer and epitaxy structure
A semiconductor device includes source/drain regions, a gate structure, a first gate spacer, and a dielectric material. The source/drain regions are over a substrate. The gate structure is laterally between the source/drain regions. The first gate spacer is on a first sidewall of the gate structure, and spaced apart from a first one of the source/drain regions at least in part by a void region. The dielectric material is between the first one of the source/drain regions and the void region. The dielectric material has a gradient ratio of a first chemical element to a second chemical element. |
| US12218136B2 |
Semiconductor device having a Fin at a S/D region and a semiconductor contact or silicide interfacing therewith
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin, a gate structure, source/drain structures, and a contact structure. The semiconductor fin extends from a substrate. The gate structure extends across the semiconductor fin. The source/drain structures are on opposite sides of the gate structure. The contact structure is over a first one of the source/drain structures. The contact structure includes a semiconductor contact and a metal contact over the semiconductor contact. The semiconductor contact has a higher dopant concentration than the first one of the source/drain structures. The first one of the source/drain structures includes a first portion and a second portion at opposite sides of the fin and interfacing the semiconductor contact. |
| US12218133B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
Provided is a three-dimensional semiconductor device and its fabrication method. The semiconductor device includes a first active region on a substrate and including a plurality of lower channel patterns and a plurality of lower source/drain patterns that are alternately arranged along a first direction, a second active region on the first active region and including a plurality of upper channel patterns and a plurality of upper source/drain patterns that are alternately arranged along the first direction, a first gate electrode on a first lower channel pattern of the lower channel patterns and on a first upper channel pattern of the upper channel patterns, and a second gate electrode on a second lower channel pattern of the lower channel patterns and on a second upper channel pattern of the upper channel patterns. The second gate electrode may include lower and upper gate electrodes with an isolation pattern interposed therebetween. |
| US12218131B2 |
Semiconductor device including gate separation region
A semiconductor device including a gate separation region is provided. The semiconductor device includes an isolation region between active regions; interlayer insulating layers on the isolation region; gate line structures overlapping the active regions, disposed on the isolation region, and having end portions facing each other; and a gate separation region disposed on the isolation region, and disposed between the end portions of the gate line structures facing each other and between the interlayer insulating layers. The gate separation region comprises a gap fill layer and a buffer structure, the buffer structure includes a buffer liner disposed between the gap fill layer and the isolation region, between the end portions of the gate line structures facing each other and side surfaces of the gap fill layer, and between the interlayer insulating layers and the side surfaces of the gap fill layer. |
| US12218130B2 |
Semiconductor structure cutting process and structures formed thereby
Methods of cutting gate structures, and structures formed, are described. In an embodiment, a structure includes first and second gate structures over an active area, and a gate cut-fill structure. The first and second gate structures extend parallel. The active area includes a source/drain region disposed laterally between the first and second gate structures. The gate cut-fill structure has first and second primary portions and an intermediate portion. The first and second primary portions abut the first and second gate structures, respectively. The intermediate portion extends laterally between the first and second primary portions. First and second widths of the first and second primary portions along longitudinal midlines of the first and second gate structures, respectively, are each greater than a third width of the intermediate portion midway between the first and second gate structures and parallel to the longitudinal midline of the first gate structure. |
| US12218129B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device including fin field-effect transistors, includes a first gate structure extending in a first direction, a second gate structure extending the first direction and aligned with the first gate structure in the first direction, a third gate structure extending in the first direction and arranged in parallel with the first gate structure in a second direction crossing the first direction, a fourth gate structure extending the first direction, aligned with the third gate structure and arranged in parallel with the second gate structure, an interlayer dielectric layer disposed between the first to fourth gate electrodes, and a separation wall made of different material than the interlayer dielectric layer and disposed between the first and third gate structures and the second and fourth gate structures. |
| US12218127B2 |
Electrostatic discharge circuit having stable discharging mechanism
The present invention discloses an electrical discharge circuit having stable discharging mechanism. A voltage-dividing circuit generates a detection signal such that a first inverter outputs an inverted detection signal. A first PMOS and a first NMOS are coupled through a first terminal between the voltage input terminal and a ground terminal. A second NMOS is coupled between a second terminal and the ground terminal. A first PMOS control terminal is coupled to the second terminal. A first and a second NMOS control terminals respectively receive the inverted detection signal and the detection signal. A resistor and a capacitor are coupled through the control terminal coupled to the second terminal and between the voltage input terminal and the ground terminal. A second inverter receives an inverted boosted detection signal from the control terminal to output a boosted detection signal to control an electrostatic discharge MOS to discharge the voltage input terminal. |
| US12218121B2 |
Semiconductor devices having improved layout designs, and methods of designing and fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a first logic gate defined within a first unit cell footprint on a semiconductor substrate. The first logic gate includes a first field effect transistor including a first gate electrode and a first source/drain region, and a second field effect transistor including a second gate electrode and a second source/drain region. A first wiring pattern is provided, which extends in a first direction across a portion of the first unit cell footprint. The first wiring pattern is electrically connected to at least one of the first gate electrode and the second source/drain region, and has: (i) a first terminal end within a perimeter of the first unit cell footprint, and (ii) a second terminal end, which extends outside the perimeter of the first unit cell footprint but is not electrically connected to any current carrying region of any semiconductor device that is located outside the perimeter of the first unit cell footprint. |
| US12218113B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device includes a substrate, a data conductive layer on the substrate and including a first voltage line, a via layer on the data conductive layer, a light emitting element on the via layer, a first contact electrode on the light emitting element and contacting a first end of the light emitting element, and a second contact electrode on the light emitting element and contacting a second end of the light emitting element, wherein the second contact electrode is electrically connected to the first voltage line through a first contact hole penetrating the via layer. |
| US12218111B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus including a plurality of display modules each including a module substrate and a plurality of light emitting devices mounted on the module substrate, and a support substrate on which the display modules are disposed and including electrodes, in which the module substrate includes through-holes penetrating the module substrate and vias disposed in the through-holes, and the light emitting devices are electrically connected to the electrodes of the support substrate through the vias. |
| US12218109B2 |
Arrangement having semiconductor components that emit electromagnetic radiation and production method therefor
In an embodiment an arrangement includes a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor components arranged in a common plane, wherein each semiconductor component is laterally delimited by side faces, and wherein each semiconductor component includes a semiconductor body having an active region configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, a radiation outlet side configured to couple out the electromagnetic radiation, a rear face opposite to the radiation outlet side, and a contact structure arranged on the rear face, an output element, an electrically insulating insulation layer and an electrical connection structure, wherein the insulation layer is arranged between side faces of adjacent semiconductor components, wherein the output element is arranged at the radiation outlet sides of the semiconductor components, wherein the electrical connection structure is electrically conductively connected with the contact structure, and wherein the connection structure includes an adhesive layer, a growth layer and a connection layer. |
| US12218108B2 |
Package and manufacturing method thereof
A package includes a first die, a second die, and an encapsulant. The first die includes a first capacitor. The second die includes a second capacitor. The second die is stacked on the first die. The first capacitor is spatially separated from the second capacitor. The first capacitor is electrically connected to the second capacitor. The encapsulant laterally encapsulates the second die. |
| US12218107B2 |
Electrical redundancy for bonded structures
An element that is configured to bond to another element is disclosed. A first element that can include a first plurality of contact pads on a first surface. The first plurality of contact pads includes a first contact pad and a second contact pad that are spaced apart from one another. The first and second contact pads are electrically connected to one another for redundancy. The first element can be prepared for direct bonding. The first element can be bonded to a second element to form a bonded structure. The second element has a second plurality of contact pads on a second surface. At least one of the second plurality of contact pads is bonded and electrically connected to at least one of the first plurality of contact pads. |
| US12218102B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip including a first semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of first through electrodes penetrating at least a portion of the first semiconductor substrate. A plurality of second semiconductors include a second semiconductor substrate, the plurality of second semiconductor chips being stacked on the first semiconductor chip. A plurality of bonding pads are arranged between the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of second semiconductor chips. A chip bonding insulating layer is arranged between the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of second semiconductor chips. At least one supporting dummy substrate is stacked on the plurality of second semiconductor chips and having a support bonding insulating layer arranged on a lower surface thereof. |
| US12218101B2 |
Three-dimensional stacking semiconductor assemblies and methods of manufacturing the same
Semiconductor device packages and associated assemblies are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the semiconductor device package includes a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a first metallization layer positioned at the first side of the substrate, and a second metallization layer in the substrate and electrically coupled to the first metallization layer. The semiconductor device package further includes a metal bump electrically coupled to the first metallization layer and a divot formed at the second side of the substrate and aligned with the metal bump. The divot exposes a portion of the second metallization layer and enables the portion to electrically couple to another semiconductor device package. |
| US12218100B2 |
Semiconductor package
Provided is a semiconductor package including a first semiconductor chip provided on a package substrate, an interconnection substrate provided on the package substrate, the interconnection substrate having a side surface facing the first semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip provided on the interconnection substrate and extended to a region on a top surface of the first semiconductor chip, wherein the interconnection substrate includes a lower interconnection layer facing the package substrate, an upper interconnection layer facing the first semiconductor chip, and a passive device between the lower interconnection layer and the upper interconnection layer, and wherein the passive device is electrically connected to the second semiconductor chip. |
| US12218098B2 |
Chip assembling on adhesion layer or dielectric layer, extending beyond chip, on substrate
An electronic module is disclosed. In one example, the electronic module includes a first substrate, a first dielectric layer on the first substrate, at least one electronic chip, which is mounted with a first main surface directly or indirectly on partial region of the first dielectric layer, a second substrate over a second main surface of the at least one electronic chip, and an electrical contacting for the electric contact of the at least one electronic chip through the first dielectric layer. The first adhesion layer on the first substrate extends over an area, which exceeds the first main surface. |
| US12218096B2 |
Semiconductor package and method of forming the same
A semiconductor package and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor package includes: a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a back side, the semiconductor substrate having a chip area and a dummy area; a front structure below the front side, and including an internal circuit, an internal connection pattern, a guard pattern, and a front insulating structure; a rear protective layer overlapping the chip area and the dummy area, and a rear protrusion pattern on the rear protective layer and overlapping the dummy area, the rear protective layer and the rear protrusion pattern being on the back side; a through-electrode structure penetrating through the chip area and the rear protective layer, and electrically connected to the internal connection pattern; and a rear pad electrically connected to the through-electrode structure. The internal circuit and the internal connection pattern are below the chip area, and the guard pattern is below the chip area adjacent to the dummy area. |
| US12218092B2 |
Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a semiconductor chip, connection pins and a molding member. The package substrate includes wiring patterns provided respectively in insulation layers, and has insertion holes extending from an upper surface of the package substrate in a thickness direction that expose portions of the wiring patterns in different insulation layers. The semiconductor chip is disposed on the package substrate, and has a first surface on which chip pads are formed. The connection pins are provided on the chip pads, respectively, and extend through corresponding ones of the insertion holes and electrically connect to the portions of the wiring patterns, respectively, that are exposed by the insertion holes. The molding member is provided on the package substrate to cover the semiconductor chip. |
| US12218091B2 |
Superconducting bump bonds for quantum computing systems
A quantum computing system can include a first substrate including one or more quantum control devices. The quantum computing system can include a second substrate including one or more quantum circuit elements. The quantum computing system can include one or more tin contact bonds formed on the first substrate and the second substrate. The tin contact bonds can bond the first substrate to the second substrate. The tin contact bonds can be or can include tin, such as a tin alloy. |
| US12218090B2 |
Semiconductor packaging method, semiconductor assembly and electronic device comprising semiconductor assembly
A semiconductor packaging method, a semiconductor assembly and an electronic device are disclosed herein. The semiconductor packaging method comprises providing at least one semiconductor device and a first carrier board. The at least one semiconductor device has a passive surface with first alignment solder parts formed thereon, and the first carrier board has a plurality of corresponding second alignment solder parts formed thereon. The method further comprises forming alignment solder joints by aligning and soldering the first alignment solder parts to respective ones of the second alignment solder parts; removing the first carrier board after attaching a second carrier board to the active surface of the at least one semiconductor device; forming a molded package body on one side of the second carrier board to encapsulate the at least one semiconductor device; and removing the second carrier board to expose the connecting terminals. |
| US12218089B2 |
Packaged semiconductor device and method of forming thereof
A semiconductor device includes a first die, a second die on the first die, and a third die on the second die, the second die being interposed between the first die and the third die. The first die includes a first substrate and a first interconnect structure on an active side of the first substrate. The second die includes a second substrate, a second interconnect structure on a backside of the second substrate, and a power distribution network (PDN) structure on the second interconnect structure such that the second interconnect structure is interposed between the PDN structure and the second substrate. |
| US12218088B2 |
Semiconductor device
In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first chip including a substrate, a first plug on the substrate, and a first pad on the first plug, and a second chip including a second plug and a second pad under the second plug. The second chip includes an electrode layer electrically connected to the second plug, a charge storage layer provided on a side face of the electrode layer via a first insulator, and a semiconductor layer provided on a side face of the charge storage layer via a second insulator. The first and second pads are bonded with each other, and the first and second plugs are disposed so that at least a portion of the first plug and at least a portion of the second plug do not overlap with each other in a first direction that is perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. |
| US12218087B2 |
Semiconductor device with composite conductive features and method for fabricating the same
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor structure and a first connecting structure, wherein the first connecting structure includes a first connecting insulating layer positioned on the first semiconductor structure, two first conductive layers positioned in the first connecting insulating layer, and a first porous layer positioned between the two first conductive layers. A porosity of the first porous layer is between about 25% and about 100%. The first semiconductor structure includes a plurality of first composite conductive features, wherein at least one of the plurality of first composite conductive features includes a first protection liner, a first graphene liner in the first protection liner and a first core conductor in the first graphene liner. |
| US12218086B2 |
Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing same
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package includes bonding first the and second structures, such that a first bonding structure is directly bonded to a second bonding structure. The forming of the first structure includes; forming a blocking layer on a metallic material layer including a first portion covering a concaved portion of the metallic material layer and a second portion covering a non-concaved portion of the metallic material layer, performing a first planarization process to remove the second portion of the blocking layer while the first portion of the blocking layer remains, performing a second planarization process to remove the non-concaved portion of the metallic material layer and expose the barrier layer on the insulating layer, performing a wet etching process to remove the barrier layer on the insulating layer and the blocking layer to form the first bonding pad including the barrier layer in the opening and the metallic material layer and forming a recessed portion below an upper surface of the metallic material layer on the barrier layer while removing the barrier layer on the insulating layer. |
| US12218085B2 |
Substrate, electronic device, and method for manufacturing substrate
In a wired substrate, heat dissipation performance is improved while an increase in an amount of metal is inhibited.The substrate includes a transmission line, an insulating material, and a heat storage material. In the substrate provided with the transmission line, the insulating material and the heat storage material, the transmission line transmits a predetermined electrical signal from a semiconductor chip. The transmission line for transmitting the predetermined electrical signal from the semiconductor chip is wired in the insulating material. The heat storage material has a higher thermal conductivity than the insulating material to which the transmission line is wired and accumulates latent heat accompanying phase transition that occurs within an operating temperature range of the semiconductor chip. |
| US12218084B2 |
Overvoltage protection device with trench contact
An overvoltage protection device includes a semiconductor body including a substrate region disposed beneath an upper surface of the semiconductor body, first and second contact pads disposed over the upper surface of the semiconductor body, a trenched connector formed in the semiconductor body, a vertical voltage blocking device formed in the semiconductor body, wherein the trenched connector includes a trench that is formed in the upper surface of the semiconductor body and extends to the substrate region, and a metal electrode disposed within the trench, wherein the metal electrode forms an electrically conductive connection between the first contact pad and the substrate region, and wherein the voltage blocking device is connected between the second contact pad and the substrate region. |
| US12218083B2 |
Method of making an individualization zone of an integrated circuit
The invention relates to a method for making an individualization zone of a microchip comprising a first (10A) and a second (20A) level of electrical tracks (10, 20), and a conductor layer (30A) comprising via holes (30), the method comprising the following steps: providing at least one dielectric layer (200, 201, 202) having a thickness hd, forming a metal mask layer (300) having a thickness hm and a residual stress σr on the at least one dielectric layer (200, 201, 202), etching the layer (300) so as to form line patterns (310) of width l, etching the at least one dielectric layer (200, 201, 202) between the line patterns (310) so as to form trenches (210) separated by walls (211), filling the trenches (210) with an electrically conductive material so as to form the electrical tracks (10, 10KO) of the first level (10A), forming via holes (30, 30OK, 30KO1, 30KO2) of the conductor layer (30A), forming the second level (20A) of electrical tracks (20, 20OK), the method being characterized in that the thicknesses hd and hm, the residual stress σr, and the width l are chosen so that the line patterns (310) and the underlying walls (211) have random oscillations after etching of the at least one dielectric layer (200, 201, 202). |
| US12218075B2 |
Package structure
A package structure includes an encapsulant, a patterned circuit structure, at least one electronic component and a shrinkage modifier. The patterned circuit structure is disposed on the encapsulant and includes a pad. The electronic component is disposed on the patterned circuit structure, and includes a bump electrically connected to the pad. The shrinkage modifier is encapsulated in the encapsulant and configured to reduce a relative displacement between the bump and the pad along a horizontal direction in an environment of temperature variation. |
| US12218074B2 |
DC and AC magnetic field protection for MRAM device using magnetic-field-shielding structure
In some embodiments, the present application provides an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a chip comprising a semiconductor device. A shielding structure abuts the chip. The shielding structure comprises a first horizontal region adjacent to a first horizontal surface of the chip. The first horizontal region comprises a first multilayer structure comprising a first dielectric layer and two or more metal layers. The first dielectric layer is disposed between the two or more metal layers. |
| US12218071B2 |
Panel level packaging for multi-die products interconnected with very high density (VHD) interconnect layers
A foundation layer and methods of forming a conductive via are described. A die pad is formed over a die. A seed layer is deposited over the die pad and the foundation layer. A first photoresist layer is deposited over the seed layer, and the first layer is patterned to form a conductive line opening over the die pad. A conductive material is deposited into the conductive line opening to form a conductive line. A second photoresist layer is deposited over the first layer, and the second layer is patterned to form a via opening over the conductive line. The conductive material is deposited into the via opening to form the conductive via, where the conductive material only deposits on portions of exposed conductive line. The second and first layers are removed. Portions of exposed seed layer are recessed, and then a top surface of the conductive via is exposed. |
| US12218067B1 |
Through-wafer coaxial transition
An electronic assembly, comprising a carrier wafer of a first material, having a top wafer surface and a bottom wafer surface; said carrier wafer comprising a through-wafer cavity having walls that join said top wafer surface to said bottom wafer surface; and an insulator of a second material, different from the first material, having insulator top and bottom surfaces, joined by insulator side surfaces, and having a conducting via that passes through said insulator between said insulator top surface and said insulator bottom surface; wherein the insulator is held in said through-wafer cavity by direct contact of the insulator side surfaces with an attachment metal that fills said through-wafer cavity. |
| US12218066B2 |
Monolithic formation of a set of interconnects below active devices
An additional set of interconnects is created in bulk material, allowing connections to active devices to be made from both above and below. The interconnects below the active devices can form a power distribution network, and the interconnects above the active devices can form a signaling network. Various accommodations can be made to suit different applications, such as encapsulating buried elements, using sacrificial material, and replacing the bulk material with a dielectric. Epitaxial material can be used throughout the formation process, allowing for the creation of a monolithic substrate. |
| US12218064B2 |
Molded silicon interconnects in bridges for integrated-circuit packages
Disclosed embodiments include silicon interconnect bridges that are in a molded frame, where the molded frame includes passive devices and the silicon interconnect bridge includes through-silicon vias that couple to a redistribution layer on both the silicon interconnect bridge and the molded frame. |
| US12218063B2 |
EMIB architecture with dedicated metal layers for improving power delivery
Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages with a bridge that comprise improved power delivery architectures. In an embodiment, a bridge comprises a substrate and a routing stack over the substrate. In an embodiment, the routing stack comprises first routing layers, where individual ones of the first routing layers have a first thickness, and a second routing layer, where the second routing layer has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. |
| US12218060B2 |
Integrated chip with graphene based interconnect
The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a substrate. A first conductive feature is over the substrate. A second conductive feature is over the substrate and is adjacent to the first conductive feature. The first and second conductive features are separated by a cavity. A dielectric liner extends from the first conductive feature to the second conductive feature along a bottom of the cavity and further extends along opposing sidewalls of the first and second conductive features. A dielectric cap covers and seals the cavity. The dielectric cap has a top surface that is approximately planar with top surfaces of the first and second conductive features. The first conductive feature and the second conductive feature comprise graphene intercalated with one or more metals. |
| US12218057B2 |
Integrated circuit with backside interconnections and method of making same
A method of making an integrated circuit includes steps of etching an opening in an insulating mask to expose a first dummy contact on a backside of the integrated circuit, depositing a conductive material into the opening, the conductive material contacting a sidewall of the first dummy contact, and recessing the conductive material to expose an end of the first dummy contact. The method also includes steps of depositing an insulating material over the conductive material in the opening, removing the first dummy contact from the insulating mask to form a first contact opening, and forming a first conductive contact in the first contact opening, the first conductive contact being electrically connected to the conductive material. |
| US12218053B2 |
Semiconductor device with metal spacers and method for fabricating the same
The present application discloses a semiconductor device including a substrate, an active area in the substrate, a first plug positioned above the active area, second plugs positioned above the active area, metal spacers positioned above the first plug and the plurality of second plugs, and air gaps respectively positioned between the plurality of metal spacers. The active area includes a narrow portion having a first width and two side portions having a second width, wherein the narrow portion is disposed between the two side portions, and the first width is less than the second width from a top view. |
| US12218049B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the semiconductor structure are disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a first die including: a fuse structure including a pair of conductive segments, wherein the pair of conductive segments are separated by a void and one of the pair of conductive segments is electrically connected to a bonding pad of the first die; and a second die over and bonded to the first die, the second die including an inductor electrically connected to the one of the pair of conductive segments. |
| US12218043B2 |
Interposer, semiconductor package including the same, and method of fabricating the interposer
Provided is an interposer for a semiconductor package, the interposer including an interposer substrate comprising a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, a first through-electrode structure and a second through-electrode structure each passing through the interposer substrate and protruding from the first main surface, a connection terminal structure contacting both the first through-electrode structure and the second through-electrode structure, and a photosensitive polymer layer arranged between the connection terminal structure and the interposer substrate, and between the first through-electrode structure and the second through-electrode structure. |
| US12218042B2 |
Via plug resistor
Disclosed herein are via plug resistors for incorporation into electronic substrates, and related methods and devices. Exemplary via plug resistor structures include a resistive element within and on a surface of a via extending at least partially through an electronic substrate and first and second electrodes coupled to the resistive element. |
| US12218041B2 |
Integrated circuit (IC) packages employing a capacitor-embedded, redistribution layer (RDL) substrate for interfacing an IC chip(s) to a package substrate, and related methods
Integrated circuit (IC) packages employing a capacitor-embedded, redistribution layer (RDL) substrate and related fabrication methods. The embedded capacitor can be coupled to a power distribution network (PDN) to provide decoupling capacitance to reduce current-resistance (IR) drop. The RDL substrate is disposed between the IC chip(s) and the package substrate to minimize distance between the embedded capacitor(s) and the IC chip(s) to reduce the parasitic inductance in the PDN, thus reducing PDN noise. With the RDL substrate disposed between the package substrate and the IC chip(s), the RDL substrate needs to support through-interconnections between the package substrate and the IC chip(s). In this regard, the RDL substrate includes an outer RDL layer adjacent to the IC chip(s) to support small pitch metal interconnects as well as provide fan-out capability. This provides enhanced connectivity compatibility with higher-density die interconnect IC chips while also supporting a closer located embedded capacitor in the PDN. |
| US12218040B2 |
Nested interposer with through-silicon via bridge die
An electronic package includes an interposer having an interposer substrate, a cavity that passes into but not through the interposer substrate, a through interposer via (TIV) within the interposer substrate, and an interposer pad electrically coupled to the TIV. The electronic package includes a nested component in the cavity, wherein the nested component includes a component pad coupled to a through-component via. A core via is beneath the nested component, the core via extending from the nested component through the interposer substrate. A die is coupled to the interposer pad by a first interconnect and coupled to the component pad by a second interconnect. |
| US12218034B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing semiconductor structure
A semiconductor structure includes a base, a conductive pillar at least located in the base, connecting structures and an electrical connection layer. At least one connecting structure is electrically connected to an end of the conductive pillar, the material of the connecting structure is different from that of the conductive pillar, and a total area of an orthographic projection of the connecting structure on the base is less than an area of an orthographic projection of the conductive pillar on the base. The electrical connection layer is electrically connected to an end of the connecting structure distal from the conductive pillar. |
| US12218030B2 |
Electronic module comprising a semiconductor package with integrated clip and fastening element
An electronic module includes a semiconductor package, and a clip connected to the semiconductor package. The clip is connected to or includes at least one fastening element which is configured to make a connection to an external heat sink. |
| US12218020B2 |
Semiconductor packages
A semiconductor package includes a circuit structure, a first redistribution layer, a second redistribution layer, a first encapsulant, a bus die and a plurality of through vias. The first redistribution layer is disposed over the circuit structure. The second redistribution layer is disposed over the first redistribution layer. The first encapsulant is disposed between the first redistribution layer and the second redistribution layer. The through vias surround the bus die. The first encapsulant is extended along an entire sidewall of the bus die, and a first surface of the bus die is substantially coplanar with top surfaces of the first encapsulant and the plurality of through vias. |
| US12218017B2 |
Glass carrier having protection structure and manufacturing method thereof
The invention discloses a glass carrier having a protection structure, comprising a glass body and a protection layer. The glass body has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a lateral surface. The protection layer covers the lateral surface of the glass body. The protection layer is a hard material with a stiffness coefficient higher than a stiffness coefficient of the glass body. The invention further discloses a manufacturing method of a glass carrier having a protection structure, comprising the following steps: covering the protection layer around the lateral surface of the glass body, wherein the protection layer is the hard material with the stiffness coefficient higher than the stiffness coefficient of the glass body. |
| US12218013B2 |
Gate structures for semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device with different gate structure configurations and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device are disclosed. The method includes depositing a high-K dielectric layer surrounding nanostructured channel regions, performing a first doping with a rare-earth metal (REM)-based dopant on first and second portions of the high-K dielectric layer, and performing a second doping with the REM-based dopants on the first portions of the high-K dielectric layer and third portions of the high-K dielectric layer. The first doping dopes the first and second portions of the high-K dielectric layer with a first REM-based dopant concentration. The second doping dopes the first and third portions of the high-K dielectric layer with a second REM-based dopant concentration different from the first REM-based dopant concentration. The method further includes depositing a work function metal layer on the high-K dielectric layer and depositing a metal fill layer on the work function metal layer |
| US12218011B2 |
Method of making 3D segmented devices for enhanced 3D circuit density
A method of microfabrication includes forming an initial vertical channel structure of semiconductor material protruding from a surface of a substrate such that the initial vertical channel structure has a current flow path that is perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. The initial vertical channel structure is segmented lengthwise into a plurality of independent vertical channel structure segments, each vertical channel structure segment having a respective current flow path that is perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. |
| US12218009B2 |
Semiconductor package and methods of forming the same
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first dielectric layer over a front side of a wafer, the wafer having a plurality of dies at the front side of the wafer, the first dielectric layer having a first shrinkage ratio smaller than a first pre-determined threshold; curing the first dielectric layer at a first temperature, where after curing the first dielectric layer, a first distance between a highest point of an upper surface of the first dielectric layer and a lowest point of the upper surface of the first dielectric layer is smaller than a second pre-determined threshold; thinning the wafer from a backside of the wafer; and performing a dicing process to separate the plurality of dies into individual dies. |
| US12218007B2 |
Self-aligned via formation using spacers
A method includes forming a first mandrel and a second mandrel over a dielectric layer, and forming a first spacer and a second spacer on the first mandrel and the second mandrel, respectively. The first spacer and the second spacer are next to each other with a space in between. The dielectric layer is etched to form an opening in the dielectric layer, with the opening being overlapped by the space, and with the first spacer and the second spacer being used as a part of an etching mask in the etching. A conductive material is filled into the opening. A planarization process is performed on the conductive material. |
| US12218006B2 |
System, device and methods of manufacture
Systems, devices and methods of manufacturing a system on silicon wafer (SoSW) device and package are described herein. A plurality of functional dies is formed in a silicon wafer. Different sets of masks are used to form different types of the functional dies in the silicon wafer. A first redistribution structure is formed over the silicon wafer and provides local interconnects between adjacent dies of the same type and/or of different types. A second redistribution structure may be formed over the first redistribution layer and provides semi-global and/or global interconnects between non-adjacent dies of the same type and/or of different types. An optional backside redistribution structure may be formed over a second side of the silicon wafer opposite the first redistribution layer. The optional backside redistribution structure may provide backside interconnects between functional dies of different types. |
| US12218002B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including a first interlayer insulating film; a conductive pattern in the first interlayer insulating film; a resistance pattern on the conductive pattern; an upper etching stopper film spaced apart from the resistance pattern, extending in parallel with a top surface of the resistance pattern, and including a first metal; a lower etching stopper film on the conductive pattern, extending in parallel with a top surface of the first interlayer insulating film, and including a second metal; and a second interlayer insulating film on the upper etching stopper film and the lower etching stopper film, wherein a distance from a top surface of the second interlayer insulating film to a top surface of the upper etching stopper film is smaller than a distance from the top surface of the second interlayer insulating film to a top surface of the lower etching stopper film. |
| US12217996B2 |
Conveying device
This conveying device 1 comprises: a chuck 2 that contactlessly holds a semiconductor chip 103 to face a holding surface 2B; and a guide 3 that has a guide probe 9 capable of abutting a chip side surface 103s of the semiconductor chip 103, and for the semiconductor chip 103 held by the chuck 2, the guide probe 9 limits the movement of the semiconductor chip 103 in the lateral direction which intersects a normal N to the holding surface 2B. The guide probe 9 is capable of reciprocating movement in which a probe tip 9a moves towards and away from the holding surface 2B. |
| US12217995B2 |
Method of mounting conductive balls using electrostatic chuck
Provided is a conductive ball mounting method using an electrostatic chuck. According to the conductive ball mounting method using an electrostatic chuck, when the process of mounting conductive balls onto a substrate through mounting grooves formed in the mask is performed, the occurrence of process defects can be prevented and conductive balls having very small sizes can be effectively mounted on the substrate. According to the conductive ball mounting method using the electrostatic chuck of the disclosure, the process of mounting conductive balls can be performed with high quality by preventing deformation of the mask without missing of some of the conductive balls. According to the conductive ball mounting method using the electrostatic chuck of the disclosure, the process of mounting small sizes of conductive balls on the substrate can be effectively performed. |
| US12217984B2 |
Wafer processing apparatus including EFEM and method of processing wafer
A wafer processing apparatus may include a plurality of equipment front end modules (EFEMs), a wafer transfer chamber, a wafer processing chamber, and a wafer transfer arm. Each of the plurality of EFEMs may include an EFEM chamber, a plurality of load ports provided at a side of the EFEM chamber, and a load lock provided at a side of the EFEM chamber to overlap with at least one of the plurality of load ports in a vertical direction. |
| US12217983B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a processing tank that stores a processing liquid and accommodates a plurality of substrates; a bubble forming section that includes a plurality of bubble pipes, wherein each of the plurality of bubble pipes is divided into a tubular first discharge unit and a tubular second discharge unit that is coaxial with the first discharge unit, wherein one end on a divided side of the first discharge unit and one end on the divided side of the second discharge unit is closed and a plurality of gas discharge holes are formed on the first and second discharge units, and the plurality of bubble pipes are disposed at an interval in a horizontal direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction below the plurality of substrates to be accommodated in the processing tank; and a plurality of flow rate adjustment units that are provided corresponding to each of the first discharge units and each of the second discharge units and independently adjust flow rate of an inert gas. |
| US12217982B2 |
Isolated volume seals and method of forming an isolated volume within a processing chamber
A method and apparatus for substrate processing and a cluster tool including a transfer chamber assembly and a plurality of processing assemblies. Processing chamber volumes are sealed from the transfer chamber volume using a support chuck on which a substrate is disposed. A seal ring assembly is coupled to the support chuck. The seal ring assembly includes an inner assembly, an assembly bellows circumscribing the inner assembly, and a bellows disposed between the inner and outer platform. An inner ring is disposed between inner assembly of the seal ring assembly and the bottom surface of the support chuck. An outer ring disposed between the seal ring assembly and the lower sealing surface of the process chamber wall. The support chuck is raised to form an isolation seal between the processing chamber volume and the transfer chamber volume using the bellows, the inner ring, and the outer ring. |
| US12217980B2 |
Apparatus for processing a wafer, and method of controlling such an apparatus
An apparatus for processing a wafer comprises: a rotatable chuck adapted to receive a wafer; a heating assembly comprising an array of light-emitting heating elements arranged to illuminate a wafer received by the rotatable chuck to heat the wafer; and one or more light sensors arranged to detect light emitted by the array of light-emitting heating elements. |
| US12217979B2 |
Temperature controlled substrate carrier and polishing components
Temperature controlled polishing pads are disclosed. In one aspect, a CMP system includes the use of any type of atomizing system to cool or remove energy and/or heat from the polishing pad of a CMP system. The atomizing system can use of any liquid medium in combination of any compressed gas through an orifice to cool or remove the energy and/or heat from the pad, thereby allowing for higher removal rates during CMP. |
| US12217978B2 |
Etching device and etching method using the same
An etching device includes a nozzle unit including at least one nozzle including an etching solution injection hole, an etching solution collection hole, and a sealing part. The etching solution injection hole is configured to provide an etching solution to an etching object, the etching solution collection hole is configured to collect the etching solution, and the sealing part surrounds the etching solution injection hole and the etching solution collection hole to prevent the etching solution from leakage. |
| US12217977B2 |
Method and apparatus for treating substrate
A substrate treating method includes moving a first component of a substrate treatment device to a preset position in response to a treating process of the substrate treatment device, detecting, by a plurality of position detection sensors, a position of the first component, vision-testing, by a vision sensor, a positional state of the first component, and determining an operational state of an error in the detection of the plurality of position detection sensors or a malfunction of the substrate treatment device based on a detection result obtained by the plurality of position detection sensor and a test result obtained by the vision sensor. |
| US12217976B2 |
Method of fabricating package
A method of fabrication a package and a stencil structure are provided. The stencil structure includes a first carrier having a groove and stencil units placed in the groove of the first carrier. At least one of the stencil units is slidably disposed along sidewalls of another stencil unit. Each of the stencil units has openings. |
| US12217962B2 |
Semiconductor manufacturing system, method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, and semiconductor device
A semiconductor manufacturing system includes a calculation unit that calculates an inclination degree of an incidence direction of an etchant in an etching device according to a worn state of a part of the etching device. A correction unit corrects a second exposure pattern so that an edge position in the second exposure pattern including an edge is shifted from a first exposure pattern according to the calculated inclination degree. An exposure device exposes a second resist film formed on the substrate from which a first resist pattern is removed with the second exposure pattern. A development device develops the second resist film and forms a second resist pattern on the substrate. The etching device performs etching processing on the substrate by using the second resist pattern as a mask. |
| US12217961B2 |
Hard mask trimming in method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a patterned hard mask on a patterned structure disposed on a substrate, such that a hard mask portion of the patterned hard mask is disposed on a fin portion of the patterned structure; and laterally trimming the hard mask portion by a lateral etching process. The lateral etching process includes a radical etching process and a chemical etching process. Alternatively, the lateral etching process includes a radical etching process, a plasma etching process, or a combination thereof, and a cleaning process. |
| US12217959B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium
There is provided a technique that includes: forming a film on a substrate by performing, simultaneously at least for a predetermined period: supplying a first precursor to the substrate, the first precursor containing a chemical bond of a predetermined element and nitrogen or a chemical bond of the predetermined element and carbon, containing a chemical bond of the predetermined element and hydrogen, and not containing a chemical bond of nitrogen and hydrogen; and supplying a pseudo catalyst to the substrate, the pseudo catalyst containing a Group 13 element and not containing the chemical bond of nitrogen and hydrogen, wherein in the act of forming the film, a substance containing the chemical bond of nitrogen and hydrogen is not supplied to the substrate. |
| US12217957B2 |
Engineered substrate structures for power and RF applications
A substrate includes a support structure comprising a polycrystalline ceramic core, a first adhesion layer encapsulating the polycrystalline ceramic core, a barrier layer encapsulating the first adhesion layer, a second adhesion layer coupled to the barrier layer, and a conductive layer coupled to the second adhesion layer. The substrate also includes a bonding layer coupled to the support structure, a substantially single crystal silicon layer coupled to the bonding layer, and an epitaxial semiconductor layer coupled to the substantially single crystal silicon layer. |
| US12217952B2 |
Mass correction
Disclosed is a method of mass spectrometry comprising the steps of: providing a library of matrix data, said matrix data comprising one or more physico-chemical properties of one or more matrix components as a function of retention time; chromatographically separating a sample, said sample containing at least some of said matrix components and one or more analyte components; analysing said sample at a plurality of retention times to obtain sample data, said sample data comprising one or more physico-chemical properties of one or more sample components as a function of retention time; and calculating one or more error values as a function of retention time based on a comparison between said sample data and said matrix data. |
| US12217950B2 |
Magnet system, sputtering device and housing cover
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, devices for a magnet system that includes a housing with a housing interior. The magnet system also includes a magnet holder disposed in the housing interior and supported by the housing, preferably stationary with respect thereto. The magnet system also includes a housing cover forming a fluid-tight chamber when mated with the housing, wherein the housing cover includes a gear stage, a generator, and a rotary coupling that couples the gear stage to the generator. |
| US12217946B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and substrate treatment apparatus using ether-CAT
Examples of a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes, in treatment of a substrate with the use of a plasma, acquiring an RF waveform from a reactor through an Ether CAT in real time, the RF waveform being a waveform relating to an electric power to be applied to an RF plate, and adjusting, by using the RF waveform, the electric power to be applied to the RF plate. |
| US12217940B2 |
Sensor data compression in a plasma tool
Systems and methods for compressing data are described. One of the methods includes receiving a plurality of measurement signals from one or more sensors coupled to a radio frequency (RF) transmission path of a plasma tool. The RF transmission path is from an output of an RF generator to an electrode of a plasma chamber. The method includes converting the plurality of measurement signals from an analog form to a digital form to sample data and processing the data to reduce an amount of the data. The amount of the data is compressed to output compressed data. The method includes sending the compressed data to a controller for controlling the plasma tool. |
| US12217937B2 |
Radio frequency source for inductively coupled and capacitively coupled plasmas in substrate processing chambers
A radio frequency (RF) source may be used to generate a capacitively coupled plasma to perform a plasma-based process on a substrate in a plasma processing chamber. A controller may cause the RF source and a switching element to route an RF signal to electrodes in the pedestal that generate the plasma in the processing chamber as part of a recipe performed on a substrate during etch or deposition processes. Between processes, the controller may cause the same RF source to generate a second RF signal that is instead routed by the switching element to inductive coils to generate an inductively coupled plasma for a cleaning process to remove film deposits on the interior of the plasma processing chamber. |
| US12217933B2 |
Detachable column unit of scanning electron microscope, and method for providing the same
The present invention provides a detachable column unit of a scanning electron microscope, and a method of providing the same, wherein the detachable column unit allows the column to be attached to and detached from the sample installation unit, and allows a simple correction related to the column, beam distortion, replacement of consumables, etc. Since problems related to the column are solved by replacing the column, the column has the advantage of being simple and easy to repair and maintain. |
| US12217930B2 |
Systems and methods for thermally conditioning a wafer in a charged particle beam apparatus
An improved particle beam inspection apparatus, and more particularly, a particle beam inspection apparatus including a thermal conditioning station for preconditioning a temperature of a wafer is disclosed. The charged particle beam apparatus may scan the wafer to measure one or more characteristics of the structures on the wafer and analyze the one or more characteristics. The charged particle beam apparatus may further determine a temperature characteristic of the wafer based on the analysis of the one or more characteristics of the structure and adjust the thermal conditioning station based on the temperature characteristic. |
| US12217927B2 |
Beam manipulation of advanced charge controller module in a charged particle system
A system and a method for manipulating a beam of an Advanced Charge Controller module in different planes in an e-beam system are provided. Some embodiments of the system include a lens system configured to manipulate a beam in the tangential plane and the sagittal plane such that the beam spot is projected onto the wafer with high luminous energy. Some embodiments of the system include a lens system comprising at least two cylindrical lens. |
| US12217923B2 |
Multi-mode air compressor pressure power switch
A multi-mode air compressor pressure switch is disclosed. A first mode of operation of the switch has a first range that includes a first cut-out pressure and a first cut-in pressure. A second mode of operation of the switch has a second range that includes a second cut-out pressure and a second cut-in pressure. The second range is smaller than the first range. The second mode of operation adds compressor output over the first mode of operation to extend operable time of a tool that is connected to a compressor that is controlled by the first mode and the second mode. |
| US12217918B2 |
High current, compact fusible disconnect switch with dual slider assembly and an actuator bias element
A fusible disconnect switch device is provided. The disconnect switch includes a switch actuator, an actuator bias element, and a slider assembly. The switch actuator is selectively positioned between an opened position and a closed position. The actuator bias element includes a first end acting on the switch actuator and a second end coupled to the switch housing. The slider assembly is linked to the switch actuator. The slider assembly includes a first slider and a second slider each slidably movable with respect to the switch housing along a linear axis. The first slider is independently movable relative to the second slider. The actuator bias element and the slider assembly are responsive to the position of the switch actuator to effect a switch closing operation and a switch opening operation. |
| US12217913B2 |
Chip parts
The present disclosure provides a chip part. The chip part includes a substrate, a capacitor portion and a substrate body portion. The capacitor portion includes a plurality of wall portions having a lengthwise direction and separated from each other by a trench formed on a first main surface of the substrate. The substrate body portion is formed around the capacitor portion using a portion of the substrate. The plurality of wall portions are formed of a plurality of pillar units. The capacitor portion, in the plan view, includes a first capacitor portion and a second capacitor portion. The first capacitor portion includes the plurality of wall portions having the lengthwise direction as a first lengthwise direction. The second capacitor portion includes the plurality of wall portions having the lengthwise direction as a second lengthwise direction orthogonal to the first lengthwise direction. |
| US12217909B2 |
Soft bistable magnetic actuator and fabrication method thereof, fatigue testing device and auto underwater vehicle
Disclosed are a soft bistable magnetic actuator, a fabrication method thereof, a fatigue testing device, and an auto underwater vehicle. The method for fabricating the soft bistable magnetic actuator includes the following operations: casting a soft precursor by injection molding, wherein the soft precursor consists of a soft deformable portion and a soft peripheral portion surrounded, the soft deformable portion is made of magnetic particles and polymer, and the soft peripheral portion is made of a magnetic particle, a mixture of organic liquid, and polymer; and extracting the organic liquid by an organic solvent shrinks the soft peripheral portion, buckles the soft deformable portion towards one side. |
| US12217906B2 |
Inductive component
In an embodiment, an inductive component includes at least one electrical conductor, a coil former with a hollow-shaped winding former, on a surface of which the at least one electrical conductor is wound around the winding former, a magnetic core arranged in a first cavity of the winding former and a potting material, wherein the at least one electrical conductor is surrounded by the potting material, wherein the potting material has no directly adherent contact with the magnetic core, wherein the magnetic core comprises a first part-body and a second part-body, which are connected to one another, wherein at least one of the first part-body or the second part-body of the magnetic core comprises a leg arranged in the first cavity of the winding former and at least one further leg arranged outside the first cavity of the winding former. |
| US12217902B2 |
Coil component
By overlapping the protruding portion of the first insulator and the protruding portion of the second insulator via the protruding portion of the substrate, the DC superposition characteristic of the coil component is improved. |
| US12217900B2 |
Thermal transfer system and method
Disclosed is a system for recharging a selected power source wirelessly, such as through a power transmission. The power source may be positioned within a subject and be charged wirelessly through the subject, such as tissue of the subject. A thermal transfer system is provided to transfer or transport thermal energy from a first position to a second position, such as away from the subject. |
| US12217898B2 |
Method for constructing a solenoid inductor
A method for constructing a solenoid inductor of an IC package with active/passive devices includes positioning an inner winding substantially around a magnetic core, positioning an outer winding substantially around the inner winding, and using a layered process to perform positioning the inner and outer windings. The layered process includes processing a first conducting layer as a bottom layer of the outer winding, above processing a first dielectric layer, above processing a second conducting layer as a bottom layer of the inner winding, above processing a second dielectric layer, above processing a magnetic core layer, above processing a third dielectric layer, above processing a third conducting layer as a top layer of the inner winding, above processing a fourth dielectric layer, above processing a fourth conducting layer as a top layer of the outer winding, above processing a fifth dielectric layer, and the inner and outer windings are electrically connected. |
| US12217897B2 |
Multilayer coil component
A multilayer coil component includes an element body, first and second coils, and a pair of external electrodes. The element body includes a plurality of insulator layers laminated in a first direction. The element body has a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first coil and the second coil are disposed in the element body and respectively have coil shafts along the second direction. The pair of external electrodes are disposed on the pair of end surfaces and electrically connected to both ends of the first coil and the second coil. The first coil includes a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer, and a first through hole conductor. The coil shaft of the first coil is disposed inside the second coil. |
| US12217891B2 |
Vertical magnetic structure for integrated power conversion
The present invention provides an inductor device comprising one or more interconnected columns of conductive material embedded in a supporting structure, wherein the one or more columns comprise an input terminal and an output terminal; and wherein each column is surrounded by a first magnetic layer. |
| US12217890B2 |
Subwavelength antennas, drivers, and systems
Embodiments generally relate to subwavelength antennas and, more particularly, extreme subwavelength antennas with high radiation efficiency. One embodiment and its derivatives achieve the objective of an extreme subwavelength dual acoustic and electromagnetic antenna by using spin-orbit torque in an array of nanomagnets. |
| US12217889B2 |
Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, and steel sheet serving as base sheet for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet
A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes an underlying steel sheet and a tension-insulation coating arranged on the surface of the underlying steel sheet, and a ten-point average roughness RzL in an L direction obtained when the tension-insulation coating is removed from the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with an alkaline solution, and then the surface of the underlying steel sheet is measured in a rolling direction is 6.0 μm or less. |
| US12217879B2 |
Nuclear power generator and fuel cartridges having variable electric load capacity to power a ship propeller
A system includes a load-following nuclear power generator including a nuclear reactor configured to generate variable amounts of electricity. The system also includes an electric drive and a propeller controlled by the electric drive. |
| US12217876B2 |
Method for recommending continuing education to health professionals based on patient outcomes
Methods and systems for providing health professionals with continued education are based on performance gaps identified from patient data available in transactional systems of record. The methods can include creating a repository of educational material, measuring patient and team level performance gaps, associating the identified performance gaps with appropriate educational material, alerting the person about the appropriate educational material, capturing a user's interaction with the educational materials, and issuing credits or rewards for substantial consumption of the educational materials. |
| US12217874B2 |
System and method for suggesting insurance eligible genetic efficacy tests
System and methods for suggesting insurance eligible genetic tests to a healthcare provider are disclosed. An EMR system is queried to retrieve insurance information, active medications, and diagnoses associated with a particular patient. An eligibility database is queried to retrieve insurance eligibly rules for a particular policy of a particular insurance providers based on the retrieved insurance information. A laboratory information system (“LIS”) applies the retrieved insurance eligibility rules to the retrieved active medications and diagnoses to determine eligible genetic tests. An electronic notification comprising an order form for each of the eligible genetic tests is transmitted from the LIS to the EMR. |
| US12217873B2 |
Neural input/output device (NIOD) systems and methods
A system can include: a neural input/output device (NIOD) implanted in a user; a real-time engine communicatively coupled with the NIOD; and a three-dimensional (3D) object communicatively coupled with the NIOD. |
| US12217871B2 |
Method and system for privacy-preserving health monitoring
Various embodiments of a health-monitoring system are disclosed. In one aspect, this health-monitoring system includes a server and a set of health-monitoring sensors communicatively coupled to the server. In some embodiments, the server is configured to establish a new profile for a person to be monitored by: receiving a new profile request for establishing the new profile; generating a unique person-ID for the received new profile request; creating a new entry including the unique person-ID for the person in a profile database; and transmitting the unique person-ID along with the profile photos of the person to the set of health-monitoring sensors. Moreover, each health-monitoring sensor in the set of sensors is configured to establish the new profile by adding a new entry for the person in a person-ID dictionary of the health-monitoring sensor based on the received person-ID and the profile photos of the person. |
| US12217869B2 |
Image diagnosis apparatus using deep learning model and method therefor
The present specification discloses an image diagnosis apparatus using a deep learning model and a method therefor, wherein tissue included in an input medical image is classified as being one of normal and abnormal for a disease by using the trained deep learning model using a weighted loss function in which different weights are assigned to a probability distribution of determining that a picture extracted from the input medical image is abnormal even though it is normal and a probability distribution of determining that the picture is normal even though it is abnormal. |
| US12217865B2 |
Method and system for enabling physician-smart virtual conference rooms for use in a telehealth context
A computer-implemented system includes a treatment device configured to be manipulated by an individual while the individual performs a treatment plan, a patient interface comprising an output device configured to present telemedicine information associated with a telemedicine session, and a computing device configured to: identify two or more types of healthcare providers to participate during the telemedicine session in the treatment plan associated with the individual; identify at least one healthcare provider associated with each of the two or more types of the healthcare providers; identify, based on schedules of the identified at least one healthcare provider, one or more available time slots for each respective healthcare provider; identify a first time slot of the available time slots; generate, based on the first time slot, a schedule event; and communicate the schedule event to each of the identified healthcare providers. |
| US12217863B2 |
Medical devices with circuitry for capturing and processing physiological
A medical device comprises a control system, processing modules, and a wire bundle connecting the control system to the processing modules, the wire bundle comprising control lines and data lines. Each processing module is coupled to a respective set of sensors arranged to interface with a biological tissue site, the sensors being configured to capture analog physiological signals generated from the biological tissue site. The control system is configured to generate a control signal on the control lines to initiate a data collection cycle by the processing modules. In response to the control signal, each processing module is configured to perform a respective data collection process which comprises (i) capturing and processing an analog physiological signal on each enabled sensor to generate a data sample for each analog physiological signal captured on each enabled sensor, and (ii) outputting data samples to the control system on the data lines. |
| US12217862B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring and/or managing a person's orientation over time
A monitoring system and method tracks a patient's position over time and ensures that proper turning or other manipulation is done within the time prescribed. Preferably, the techniques herein continuously monitor patient position and alert medical or other personnel of the need for turning or other patient manipulation. The system may be implemented within a medical or other care facility, or within a patient's home. |
| US12217859B2 |
Computer-based systems configured for real-time automated data indexing of resources across disparate electronic platforms and methods of use thereof
Described herein are systems and methods for real-time automated data indexing of resources across disparate electronic platforms, including automated data mapping and message translation for improved resource platform access. A cache may refresh (e.g., on a periodic basis) resource objects regarding resources and resource availability from each resource platform. The resources may include providers, and the information can include name/identifier, capabilities, type, availability, etc. unstructured responses obtained from calls to refresh the objects may be parsed and reformatted into a common format using platform-specific configurations, and then stored in a resource cache such that subsequent users can request the resource that is secured by interacting with the resource cache instead of the resource platform. The resource cache may store, index, and/or query the objects using the platform-specific configurations to improve the speed and real-time nature of appointments by leveraging the information aggregated from disparate resource platforms. |
| US12217855B1 |
Method and apparatus for altering 3D datasets
A method and apparatus for performing a simulation of a change of a three-dimensional dataset of a physical item is disclosed. Voxels within the three-dimensional dataset are modified to mimic the change. Some embodiments comprise using artificial intelligence algorithm to determine the change. Simulations can be performed over multiple time points. |
| US12217852B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program, learning device, learning method, learning program, and derivation model
An image acquisition unit acquires at least one target medical image having a representation format different from an MRI image. A tissue eigenvalue derivation unit has a derivation model constructed by machine learning using a plurality of teacher data to, in a case in which at least one medical image having the representation format different from the MRI image is input, output a tissue eigenvalue of MRI for the input medical image, and inputs the target medical image to the derivation model to derive the tissue eigenvalue for the target medical image. |
| US12217850B2 |
Systems and methods for capturing data from a medical device
A method for transferring data from a medical device to a server comprises receiving a video stream from the medical device, capturing an image from the video stream, transmitting the image to the server via a data network, and extracting the data from the image. The image may illustrate and/or represent data over a period of time. The method may also comprise transmitting, from a data module receiving the video stream from the medical device, a signal to a router that indicates that the data module is connected to the network. The method may also comprise transmitting a command to the data module to start capturing the image, transferring the image to the router, broadcasting a signal indicating that the data module has captured the image, receiving the broadcasted signal at the server, and storing the image at the server. |
| US12217848B2 |
Method and apparatus for adaptive radiation therapy based on plan library invoking
This application discloses a method and apparatus for Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) based on plan library invoking. The method includes: acquiring a medical image of the day and a target plan library of a target patient, where the target plan library includes a plurality of groups of images of the target patient and a radiation therapy plan corresponding to each set of images; and determining the radiation therapy plan corresponding to the target patient according to the medical image of the day and the target plan library. According to this application, a problem that high-speed ART cannot be achieved due to excessive time consumption during the designing of the radiation therapy plan in the related art is resolved. |
| US12217845B2 |
Integrated device and system for drug dispensing
In one embodiment, a device includes a plurality of vials each bearing a unique identifier and in discrete locations in the device and an alignment assembly for aligning one of the discrete locations with an access point for dispensing one of the plurality of vials. Computer instructions select a vial of the plurality of vials to be dispensed and inventory information of the plurality of vials is stored, including unique identifiers and a status for each vial. Instructions can deactivate dispensing of the vials based on a signal from an environmental sensor. A deactivation assembly deactivates dispensing of the vials based on the instructions. |
| US12217841B1 |
System, RFID chip, server and method for capturing vehicle data
A system includes a plurality of tracking devices, such as RFID tags, affixed to items, such as vehicles, a data collection engine, client devices and backend devices. The backend devices include trained machine learning models, business logic, and attributes of a plurality of events. A plurality of data collection engines and systems send attributes of new events to the backend devices. The backend devices can track the items and predict particular outcomes of new events based upon the attributes of the new events utilizing the trained machine learning models. |
| US12217840B2 |
Electronic healthcare record data blockchain system and process
An Electronic Health Record (EHR) data blockchain system configured to allow multiple entities (e.g., pharmacy industry entities and healthcare providers that can act as data, service, product and service providers, and consumers) to connect to an EHR patient transaction blockchain (e.g., EHR-DATA-BC) and an EHR Data Patient Portal (e.g., EHR-Data-PP) to provide a centralized location for messages and subsequent edits to ensure uniform message data is presented. The EHR data blockchain system can include an EHR Data API, an EHR patient transaction blockchain API, and an EHR patient transaction blockchain. The EHR data blockchain system can provide workflow on the blockchain that can utilize smart contracts to define workflow processes, expected outcomes, and financial costs. When a prescription transaction is complete, it will result in the settlement of each of the smart contracts that were added to the prescription workflow. |
| US12217838B2 |
Physical examination information distribution to distribution objects with workload information and matching model
There are provided a method and an apparatus for distributing physical examination information, an electronic device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product. The method includes: obtaining physical examination information and information of a plurality of distribution objects; inputting the physical examination information and the information of the plurality of distribution objects into an information matching model obtained by pre-training to obtain a matching degree between the physical examination information and the plurality of distribution objects; and determining a target distribution object from the plurality of distribution objects according to the matching degree between the physical examination information and each of the plurality of distribution objects, and distributing the physical examination information to the target distribution object. |
| US12217832B2 |
Deep learning-based variant classifier
The technology disclosed directly operates on sequencing data and derives its own feature filters. It processes a plurality of aligned reads that span a target base position. It combines elegant encoding of the reads with a lightweight analysis to produce good recall and precision using lightweight hardware. For instance, one million training examples of target base variant sites with 50 to 100 reads each can be trained on a single GPU card in less than 10 hours with good recall and precision. A single GPU card is desirable because it a computer with a single GPU is inexpensive, almost universally within reach for users looking at genetic data. It is readily available on could-based platforms. |
| US12217830B2 |
Estimating tumor purity from single samples
The disclosure provides methods for estimating tumor purity from tumor samples without use of matched-normal controls. A set of genomic regions are identified based on a nucleic acid sequence data that is aligned to a reference genome. Each genomic region of the set of genomic regions includes one or more nucleotide-sequence variants relative to a corresponding genomic region of the reference genome. A B-allele frequency distribution for the biological sample is determined based on a B-allele frequency determined for each genomic region of the set of genomic regions. The B-allele frequency distribution is processed using a trained machine-learning model to estimate a metric identifying tumor purity in the biological sample. |
| US12217828B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for efficiently optimizing a phenotype with a combination of a generative and a predictive model
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for efficiently optimizing a phenotype with a combination of a generative and a predictive model, training a phenotype prediction model based on experiential genotype vectors, training a genotype generation model based on sample genotype vectors, generating new genotype vectors, applying the phenotype prediction model to the new genotype vectors to generate scores, determining result genotypes based on a ranking of the available genotypes according to the scores, and generating a result based on the result genotypes, the result indicating one or more genetic constructs for testing. |
| US12217826B2 |
Memory array test structure and method of forming the same
A test structure for 3D memory arrays and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a memory array includes a first word line over a semiconductor substrate and extending in a first direction; a second word line over the first word line and extending in the first direction; a memory film contacting the first word line and the second word line; an oxide semiconductor (OS) layer contacting a first source line and a first bit line, the memory film being between the OS layer and each of the first word line and the second word line; and a test structure over the first word line and the second word line, the test structure including a first conductive line electrically coupling the first word line to the second word line, the first conductive line extending in the first direction. |
| US12217824B2 |
Finite time counting period counting of infinite data streams
Systems and methods for finite time counting period counting of infinite data streams is presented. In particular example systems and methods enable counting row accesses to a memory media device over predetermined time intervals in order to deterministically detect row hammer attacks on the memory media device. Example embodiments use two identical tables that are reset at times offset in relation to each other in a ping-pong manner in order to ensure that there exists no false negative detections. The counting techniques described in this disclosure can be used in various types of row hammer mitigation techniques and can be implemented in content addressable memory or another type of memory. The mitigation may be implemented on a per-bank basis, per-channel basis or per-memory media device basis. The memory media device may be a dynamic random access memory type device. |
| US12217821B2 |
Storage device and operating method with multiple channels
A storage device includes a memory device including a plurality of memory dies; and a memory controller for addressing a memory die among the plurality of memory dies by using an address latch enable (ALE) signal and a command latch enable (CLE) signal, which are input during predetermined N cycles, where N is a natural number, and controlling the memory device such that the memory die performs a memory operation. The memory controller may address the memory die by addressing a channel among a plurality of channels respectively connected to a plurality of package groups by using a chip enable (CE) signal. |
| US12217818B2 |
Bias generation circuit and memory circuit
A bias generation circuit and a memory circuit are provided. The bias generation circuit includes: a first load circuit coupled between a working voltage and an regulating node; a bias circuit configured to receive the working voltage and output a bias voltage according to the working voltage; a voltage stabilizing circuit coupled to an output end of the bias circuit and configured to receive a reference voltage and regulate a voltage of the regulating node according to the bias voltage and the reference voltage; and a second load circuit having one end coupled to the output end of the bias circuit and the other end coupled to the regulating node. |
| US12217816B2 |
Semiconductor wiring device and method
Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including transistors, semiconductor devices and systems. Example semiconductor devices and methods include a first transmission line and a second transmission line located over one another. A via is shown connecting the first transmission line and a second transmission line wherein a first side of the via and a side of the second transmission line are coplanar. A via is also shown connecting the first transmission line and a second transmission line wherein the second transmission line tapers downward from a line width to a via width. |
| US12217814B2 |
Remapping bad blocks in a memory sub-system
Disclosed is a system that comprises a memory device comprising a plurality of memory planes and a processing device, operatively coupled with the plurality of memory planes, to perform operations that include, identifying a first block residing on a memory plane of the memory device, wherein the first block is associated with an error condition; and responsive to identifying the first block, performing an error recovery operation to replace the first block with a second block, wherein the second block resides on the memory plane. |
| US12217813B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for tracking word line accesses
Counters may be provided for individual word lines of a memory for tracking word line accesses. In some examples, multiple counters may be provided for individual word lines. In some examples, the counters may be included on the word lines. The counters may be incremented responsive to word line accesses in some examples. In some examples, the counters may be incremented responsive for a time period for which a word line is held open. In some examples, the counters may be incremented responsive to both word line accesses and time periods for which the word line is held open. In some examples, count values for the counters may be written back to the counters after incrementing. In some examples, the count values may be written back prior to receiving a precharge command. |
| US12217811B2 |
Programmable logic device with design for test functionality
A programmable logic device (PLD) supports scan testing of configurable logical blocks using scannable word line (WL) shift register (WLSR) chains to enable writes to configurable memory bits while scan test data is input via a scan chain comprising scannable bit line (BL) shift registers (BLSRs). Input test data may be shifted onto BLs to write data into a configurable memory bit when a corresponding WL associated with the configurable memory bit is asserted. Logic blocks may comprise: latch-based configurable memory bits, scannable WLSRs forming a distinct WLSR chain in shift mode and driving corresponding WLs. Each WL, when asserted, enables writes to a corresponding configurable memory bit. A scannable BLSR receives serial scan test vector input in shift mode and drives a corresponding BL coupled to the configurable memory bit to write data to the configurable memory bit when the associated WL is asserted. |
| US12217809B2 |
One-time programmable bitcell for frontside and backside power interconnect
A bitcell of a one-time programmable memory includes: a write-once programmable circuit element and a node connected in series between a word line and a power rail; a select read device connected between the node and a bitline, the select read device having a gate electrode connected to a first signal line extending parallel to the word line; and a select write device connected between the word line and the power rail and in series with the write-once programmable circuit element and the node, the select write device having a gate electrode connected to a second signal line extending parallel to the bitline. |
| US12217806B2 |
Techniques for threshold voltage scans
Methods, systems, and devices for threshold voltage scans are described. A memory device may receive a configuration for scanning a memory array during a scanning procedure. The memory device may read, during the scanning procedure, one or more memory cells of the memory array using a first voltage value that is indicated by the configuration. The memory device may store, during the scanning procedure, a first value in a first counter in response to reading the one or more memory cells of the memory array. The memory device may determine whether to terminate the scanning procedure in response to one or both of determining that the first quantity of memory cells satisfies a threshold quantity of memory cells or determining that the first voltage value satisfies a threshold voltage value to be scanned. |
| US12217802B2 |
Non-volatile memory device, storage device including the same, and operating method thereof
A non-volatile memory device includes a meta area having a first region storing first initial data, and second regions storing second initial data, different from each other; a user area configured to store user data; an initialization register configured to store the first initial data or update the second initial data in whole or in part; and control logic configured to perform a read operation, a program operation, or an erase operation using the initial data stored in the initialization register. |
| US12217799B2 |
Parallelized defect detection across multiple sub-blocks in a memory device
A memory array includes a block including wordlines, bitlines, and strings each connected to a respective bitline. The block is divided into a sub-blocks. Each sub-block includes a respective set of the strings, and each string of the set of strings is located at a sub-block position within its respective sub-block. Control logic performs operations including selecting each sub-block, causing a first voltage to be applied to a dummy wordline to activate a first set of dummy cells and deactivate a second set of dummy cells, and causing a second voltage to be applied to a selected wordline. Each sub-block includes a single string corresponding to an open string connected to a dummy cell of the first set of dummy cells. The second voltage causes data to be read out from each open string to a respective page buffer. |
| US12217797B2 |
Storage device and operating method thereof
A method of operating a storage device includes: sensing an external voltage supplied from a host device; selecting a data transfer mode, where the data transfer mode is either a normal mode or a brown-out mode according to the external voltage; and performing a write operation or a read operation according to the selected mode, wherein: the data transfer mode is selected as the normal mode when the external voltage is within a normal range between a first operation voltage and a second operation voltage, and the data transfer mode is selected as the brown-out mode when the external voltage is within a low power range below the normal range and between the second operation voltage and a power-off detection voltage; and wherein one or more types of input/output operations of the host device are supported in both the normal mode and the brown-out mode. |
| US12217795B2 |
Memory and operating method thereof
A memory includes a memory device, a reading device and a feedback device. The memory device stores a plurality of bits. The reading device includes first and second reading circuits coupled to the memory device. The second reading circuit is coupled to the first reading circuit at a first node. The first and second reading circuits cooperates with each other to generate a first voltage signal at the first node based on at least one first bit of the plurality of bits. The feedback device adjusts at least one of the first reading circuit or the second reading circuit based on the first voltage signal. The first and second reading circuits generate a second voltage signal, different from the first voltage signal, corresponding to the bits, after the at least one of the first reading circuit or the second reading circuit is adjusted by the feedback device. |
| US12217793B2 |
Data transfer circuits in nonvolatile memory devices and nonvolatile memory devices including the same
A data transfer circuit in a nonvolatile memory device includes first repeaters, second repeaters and signal lines. The signal lines connect the first repeaters and the second repeaters, and include a first group of signal lines and a second group of signal lines alternatingly arranged. The first repeaters include a first group of repeaters activated in a first operation mode and a second group of repeaters activated in a second operation mode. The second repeaters include a third group of repeaters activated in the first operation mode and are connected to the first group of repeaters through the first group of signal lines floated in the second operation mode, and a fourth group of repeaters activated in the second operation mode and are connected to the second group of repeaters through the second group of signal lines floated in the first operation mode. |
| US12217790B2 |
Memory array connections
A device includes a substrate, a first sense amplifier disposed on the substrate, a first word line driver disposed on the substrate and situated adjacent the first sense amplifier in the x-direction, and a first memory array disposed above the first sense amplifier and above the first word line driver in the z-direction. A plurality of first conductive segments extend alternately in the x-direction and the y-direction, and are disposed between the first memory array and the first sense amplifier and configured to electrically connect the first sense amplifier to a first bit line of the first memory array. A plurality of second conductive segments extend alternately in the x-direction and the y-direction, and are disposed between the first memory array and the first word line driver and configured to electrically connect the first word line driver to a first word line of the first memory array. |
| US12217786B2 |
Memory device, memory system having the same and operating method thereof
A memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of wordlines and a plurality of bitlines, a target row refresh logic circuit configured to select a target row address from among a plurality of target row addresses as a refresh row address based on victim point values, and perform a refresh operation on first memory cells of the plurality of memory cells connected to a wordline of the plurality of wordlines indicated by the refresh row address, a victim point table configured to store the victim point values for the target row addresses, and a victim point accumulator configured to receive a first row address from an external device, and accumulate a first victim point value for at least one target row address corresponding to the first row address during a unit time period. |
| US12217785B2 |
Method of and apparatus for refreshing memory devices
An integrated circuit includes an array of word lines, and an array of memory cells configured to receive selection signals from the array of word lines. Each memory cell in the array of memory cells is connected to one or more data lines in a set of data lines. The integrated circuit also includes a read-write driver which is connected to the set of data lines and is configured to receive a flip-refresh control signal. The read-write driver has a catch circuit configured to store a first bit value related to a stored bit value in a selected memory cell. The read-write driver is configured to store into the selected memory cell a second bit value which is a bit inversion of the stored bit value. |
| US12217783B2 |
Semiconductor storage with two power source paths
A semiconductor storage according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes two power source paths, and a connection path that connects the power source paths. Each of the power source paths includes a power gate transistor and a current source transistor which are coupled in series. The connection path connects ends of the respective power source paths on a side of the current source transistor. The semiconductor storage further includes a storage element, and a switch element inserted between the connection path and the storage element. A back gate is coupled to an internal node in the current source transistor provided in a low-side path of the two power source paths. |
| US12217779B2 |
Method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium
A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium including: forming a diffusion preventing layer, wherein the magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate; an underlayer; a perpendicular magnetic layer; the diffusion preventing layer; and a protective layer, wherein the perpendicular magnetic layer has a multi-layer structure, the perpendicular magnetic layer includes an uppermost layer and at least one layer other than the uppermost layer, the uppermost layer including Co or Fe in magnetic particles, and the at least one layer other than the uppermost layer including an oxide, the diffusion preventing layer is provided between the perpendicular magnetic layer and the protective layer, and the diffusion preventing layer includes at least one component selected from a group consisting of Si, Ti, Cr, B, and Ru, or either a carbide, an oxide, or both, of the at least one component. |
| US12217777B2 |
Magnetic tape cartridge and magnetic recording and reproducing device
In the magnetic tape, a magnetic tape deformation amount after storage for 3 months each in a predetermined environment is 0.50 μm or less, a rate of a change in the magnetic tape deformation amount with respect to a change in relative humidity is 0.0001 μm/% to 0.0500 μm/%, and a rate of a change in magnetic tape deformation amount with respect to a change in temperature is 0.0010 μm/° C. to 0.1000 μm/° C. |
| US12217773B2 |
Disk device
A disk device according to one embodiment includes magnetic disks, a spindle motor, a housing, a first board, and a first connector. The magnetic disks are arranged in an axial direction. The spindle motor rotates the magnetic disks about a first rotation axis. The magnetic disks and the spindle motor are accommodated in an inner space in the housing. The housing includes a first wall having the spindle motor attached thereto, and a second wall protruding from the first wall to surround the inner space. The first board is attached to an outer surface of the second wall. The first connector is attached to the first board and is connected to an external device. Each of the magnetic disks has a diameter of 80 mm or more and 100 mm or less. The housing has a maximum dimension of 26.2 mm or more in the axial direction. |
| US12217771B2 |
System and method for representing long video sequences
Systems and procedures for transforming video into a condensed visual representation. An example procedure may include receiving video comprised of a plurality of frames. For each frame, the example procedure may create a first representation, reduced in one dimension, wherein a visual property of each pixel of the first representation is assigned by aggregating a visual property of the pixels of the frame having the same position in the unreduced dimension. The example procedure may further form a condensed visual representation including the first representations aligned along the reduced dimension according to an order of the frames in the video. |
| US12217769B1 |
Magnetic disk device and method
According to one embodiment, a controller of a magnetic disk device calculates a first power amount that is an amount of power required for an unload operation of a magnetic head based on a state of a VCM while the VCM is operating. The controller calculates a first set value based on the first power amount. When an amount of second data that is first data stored in a volatile memory and not yet written to a magnetic disk exceeds the first set value, the controller executes a first write operation of writing a part or all of the second data to the magnetic disk. When supply of power from outside is interrupted, the controller executes the unload operation and saving of the second data to a nonvolatile memory by using power generated by a back electromotive force of the second motor. |
| US12217754B2 |
Systems and methods for enabling topic-based verbal interaction with a virtual assistant
Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling verbal interaction with an NLUI application without relying on express wake terms. The NLUI application receives an audio input comprising a plurality of terms. In response to determining that none of the terms is an express wake term pre-programmed into the NLUI application, the NLUI application determines a topic for the plurality of terms. The NLUI application then determines whether the topic is within a plurality of topics for which a response should be generated. If the determined topic of the audio input is within the plurality of topics, the NLUI application generates a response to the audio input. |
| US12217752B2 |
System method and apparatus for combining words and behaviors
A system and method for integrating audio data collected, such as audio data and analytical data, to perform behavioral analysis on the audio data, using an application of acoustic signal processing and machine learning algorithms, by converting the audio data to text data and performing behavioral analysis on the text data. The behavioral analysis data from the audio application of acoustic signal processing is combined with machine learning algorithms and speech to text data to provide a call agent with feedback to assist in the next best action or insight into customer behaviors. |
| US12217750B2 |
Using multiple modality input to feedback context for natural language understanding
Input context for a statistical dialog manager may be provided. Upon receiving a spoken query from a user, the query may be categorized according to at least one context clue. The spoken query may then be converted to text according to a statistical dialog manager associated with the category of the query and a response to the spoken query may be provided to the user. |
| US12217746B2 |
Controller for a mobile drive, and method for controlling a mobile drive
A controller for a furniture drive includes an operating device which includes a speech controller. The speech controller includes a speech control subunit operatively connected to an adjustment drive, and a microphone interacting with the speech control subunit. The speech controller includes three speech control subunits arranged in the operating unit, with two of the speech control subunits forming actuators of adjustment functions and one of the speech control units forming an actuator of stopping the adjustment drive. |
| US12217745B2 |
Unified speech representation learning
A system obtains a first training data set comprising labeled speech data or both labeled and unlabeled data corresponding to a high-resource data set as well as latent speech representations based on the first training data set. The system trains a machine learning model on the first training data set to learn phonetically aware speech representations corresponding to the first training data set. The system applies the latent speech representations to a transformer context network to generate contextual representations. The system aligns each of the contextual representations with a phoneme label to generate phonetically-aware contextual representations. The system causes a refinement engine to further refine the machine learning model. |
| US12217735B2 |
Audio output module for use in artificial voice systems
The invention disclosed is an improved audio output module for use with an artificial voice generation device, having a housing separated into a sound system chamber, an interface chamber, and a power source chamber. The interface and power source chambers may be combined. The sound chamber is isolated from external air by the housing, the cover plate, and a separating wall, which separates it from other chambers of the module. Volumetric parameters based on speaker characteristics and design requirements can thus be implemented independent from the choice of interface type. The module is configurable to be mounted to an external structure or to a speech generating system. It may likewise be detachable from a quick release cradle and receive wireless audio signals from the speech generating system. |
| US12217732B2 |
Electronic device and noise cancellation method thereof
An electronic device and a noise cancelation method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a driver, a driven device, and an inertial measurement device. The driver is configured to generate a driving signal, and generate a noise prediction signal according to the driving signal. The driven device receives the driving signal to execute an operation, wherein the driven device generates a vibration noise according to generated vibrations when executing the operation. The inertial measurement device is configured to sense a position status of the electronic device to generate sensing information. The inertial measurement device receives the noise prediction signal, and compensates the sensing information according to the noise prediction signal to generate compensated sensing information. |
| US12217731B2 |
Sound insulation panel and sound insulation structure comprising the same
Disclosed herein is a sound insulation panel which is easy to manufacture and has a light weight. The sound insulation panel includes: a patterned plate comprising an edge plate and a separation plate extending into an inner region of the edge plate and dividing the inner region into a first elastic region and a second elastic region; and an elastic plate protruding from the patterned plate to be stepped with respect to the patterned plate and including a first elastic plate disposed in the first elastic region and a second elastic plate disposed in the second elastic region, the elastic plate blocking an air flow path and converting airborne sound waves into elastic waves, wherein the first elastic plate and the second elastic plate are displaced in opposite directions at a resonant frequency of the sound insulation panel. |
| US12217729B2 |
Music shaper
A music composition, editing, and playback system and method provides a user interface design based on geometric interpretation of music theory replacing traditional modern music notation with geometric shapes including chords represented by polygons that are colored with colors or hues. |
| US12217727B1 |
Lockable potentiometer apparatus and methods of use thereof
A volume lock apparatus for a guitar having a volume knob connected to a potentiometer shaft may include a toothed washer, an inner body, an outer body, and a set screw configuration to translate rotational movement from the outer body to the inner body and further configured to set an upper movement limit for the outer body. The Volume lock is an accessory that the user can easily install in place of the stock knob on a guitar's volume or tone potentiometer. It allows the user to stop the rotation of the guitars potentiometer by pressing the knob downward which engages the hirth joint in the outer body with the hirth joint in the toothed washer. |
| US12217726B2 |
Medical image processing apparatus
A medical image processing apparatus includes the following. A processor is configured to: acquire a medical image obtained by capturing an image of an observation target; detect a region of interest from the medical image; and cause a display to display report information and the medical image, the report information reporting that the region of interest has been detected. A screen displayed on the display has a first region in which the medical image is displayed, and a second region provided outside the first region. The second region is divided into four regions by using line segments passing through a center of the first region, and a detected location of the region of interest is reported by displaying the report information in one of the four regions. |
| US12217725B2 |
Notification handling in a user interface
Disclosed in some examples are display systems, methods, devices, and machine-readable mediums which provide for a gesture-based method for specifying a region of a display in which to show shared content. Also disclosed are pairing methods for associating the region of the display with a content source device, methods for sharing content within the region, and methods for providing input from the region back to the content source device. Also disclosed in some examples are display systems, methods, devices, and machine-readable mediums which provide for notification handling for user interfaces. |
| US12217724B2 |
Perceptual luminance nonlinearity-based image data exchange across different display capabilities
A handheld imaging device has a data receiver that is configured to receive reference encoded image data. The data includes reference code values, which are encoded by an external coding system. The reference code values represent reference gray levels, which are being selected using a reference grayscale display function that is based on perceptual non-linearity of human vision adapted at different light levels to spatial frequencies. The imaging device also has a data converter that is configured to access a code mapping between the reference code values and device-specific code values of the imaging device. The device-specific code values are configured to produce gray levels that are specific to the imaging device. Based on the code mapping, the data converter is configured to transcode the reference encoded image data into device-specific image data, which is encoded with the device-specific code values. |
| US12217720B2 |
Display device and driving method for the same
A display device includes a display panel including a display area in which an optical area and a normal area are disposed, and a non-display area, a first optical electronic device disposed to overlap the optical area and generating user information, and a display controller configured to acquire information on a viewing angle at which images on the display panel can be acceptably viewed based on the user information, and adjust a ratio between red, green, and blue colors in an image displayed in the optical area among the images displayed in the display area based on the viewing angle information. |
| US12217713B2 |
Display units with automated power governing
Display units for executing operational updates in a prioritized fashion are disclosed. A control subsystem is in electronic communication with an electronic display, sensor(s), and a thermal management subsystem. Requests to update established operational parameters for the electronic display and the thermal management subsystem are received at the control subsystem. The established operational parameters include operational parameters specific to sensor readings. The control subsystem determines which of the requests would provide a largest change to the established operational parameters if implemented, and prioritize that, largest, one of the requests for execution. |
| US12217712B2 |
Method for driving pixel array, device, and display panel
A method for driving a pixel array, a device, and a display panel are provided. The data lines electrically connected to the sub-pixels are electrically connected with data signal terminals through switch modules, respectively. The switch modules receive selection control signals to switch connection states of the data lines with the data signal terminals. The method includes: applying gate signals to a gate line corresponding to the first row of sub-pixels and a gate line corresponding to the second row of sub-pixels, respectively; and during a period of applying the gate signals to the second row of sub-pixels to control the second row of sub-pixels, after a first duration length of the gate signals applied to the first row of sub-pixels being switched from the on-state to the off-state, a selection control signal corresponding to the second row of sub-pixels controlling the switch modules to switch the connection states. |
| US12217708B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate, a first active pattern, a first gate electrode, a second active pattern, a second gate electrode, a first connecting pattern, and a second connecting pattern. The first connecting pattern is disposed on the second active pattern and is electrically connected to the first gate electrode, and the second connecting pattern is disposed on the first connecting pattern and is electrically connected to the first connecting pattern and the second active pattern. |
| US12217704B2 |
Organic light emitting display device
Discussed is an organic light emitting display device capable of achieving an enhancement in blue characteristics while having subpixels having a same size by designing a blue one of the subpixels using a hole only device (HOD) structure. The blue subpixel can include two blue emission material layers stacked to form the HOD structure. The blue subpixel can driven using two data lines and two driving transistors so that the two blue emission material layers alternately emit light on a frame basis. |
| US12217702B2 |
Display substrate and display apparatus
A display substrate and a display apparatus are disclosed, the display substrate includes multiple light emitting output lines connected with a light emitting drive circuit and multiple scan output lines connected with a scan drive circuit; at least one light emitting output line includes at least two light emitting output parts connected with each other, a scan output line has an integrally formed structure, or, a light emitting output line has an integrally formed structure, at least one scan output line includes at least two scan output parts connected with each other, or at least one light emitting output line includes at least two light emitting output parts connected with each other, at least one scan output line includes at least two scan output parts connected with each other; at least two light emitting output parts located on a same light emitting output line are arranged in different layers. |
| US12217701B2 |
Data compensating circuit and display device including the same
A data compensating circuit includes a stress data generating block which generates stress data for each pixel based on input image data or output image data, a memory control block which updates accumulated stress data for each pixel, a first compensating block which reads the accumulated stress data for each pixel from a first non-volatile memory device to generate afterimage compensation data for each pixel, a compensation data summing block which reads optical compensation data for each pixel from a second non-volatile memory device to generate luminance compensation data for each pixel by summing the afterimage compensation data for each pixel and the optical compensation data for each pixel, an internal memory device which stores the luminance compensation data for each pixel, and a second compensating block which generates the output image data by compensating for the input image data based on the luminance compensation data for each pixel. |
| US12217697B2 |
Display panel and display apparatus
A display panel and a display apparatus are disclosed. The display panel includes: a display region, including M first display regions sequentially disposed along a first direction, and a non-display region, including M first GOA circuits and M clock signal line groups; a first display region includes multiple first signal lines sequentially disposed along the first direction and extending along a second direction intersecting with the first direction, a clock signal line group includes multiple clock signal lines, signals of at least two clock signal lines respectively in at least two clock signal line groups are same; a first GOA circuit includes multiple first GOA units, multiple first GOA units in an m-th first GOA circuit are connected with at least one clock signal line in an m-th clock signal line group, and are connected with multiple first signal lines in an m-th first display region in one-to-one correspondence. |
| US12217693B2 |
Pixel driving circuit and display panel
A pixel driving circuit and a display panel are provided by the present application. An electrical potential of a control terminal of a driving module can be kept stable through a detection module by connecting the detection module with a control terminal of the driving module when detecting a threshold voltage of the driving module. In this way, an obtained threshold voltage of the driving module is accurate, to make the threshold voltage of the driving module can be accurately compensated, and a display uniformity and a stability of the display panel are improved. |
| US12217690B2 |
Under-display sensor operation
An example device includes a display panel; a fingerprint sensor configured to sense a fingerprint through the display panel; and processing circuitry configured to: responsive to activation of the fingerprint sensor: activate a local high brightness mode by at least increasing an amount of light radiated from a first portion of the display panel that overlies the fingerprint sensor; and temporarily decrease controlled brightness of a second portion of the display panel that is non-overlapping with the first portion. |
| US12217688B2 |
Display substrate and display device
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a first display region including first light emitting unit groups and first pixel circuit groups connected with the first light emitting unit groups, a second display region including second light emitting unit groups, second pixel circuit groups connected with the second light emitting unit groups and third pixel circuit groups, and a third display region including third light emitting unit groups connected with the third pixel circuit groups. Each light emitting unit group includes light emitting units of different colors. The light emitting unit includes a main body electrode, an area of the main body electrode of at least one color light emitting unit in the third display region is greater than that of a main body electrode of the same color light emitting unit in the first display region. |
| US12217683B2 |
Sub-pixel and display device including the same
Provided herein is a sub-pixel including first to seventh transistors, first and second capacitors, and a light emitting element, and a display device including the sub-pixel. A body terminal of the first transistor is connected to a first power line. In the sub-pixel and the display device including the sub-pixel in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, mitigation of the body effect may lead to an improvement in display quality. |
| US12217682B2 |
Light emitting display apparatus
A light emitting display apparatus includes a control driver configured to perform a deterioration prevention function, a scaler configured to transfer a deterioration prevention function activation request signal to the control driver and transfer a deterioration prevention function deactivation request signal to the control driver based on an analysis result of input image data when deterioration prevention function start information is received from the control driver, and a light emitting display panel configured to display images under the control of the control driver. |
| US12217681B2 |
Display device including compensation for current difference between circuit boards, and method of driving the same
A display device includes a display panel configured to display images, a plurality of circuit boards connected to one side of the display panel, a cable electrically connecting at least two of the plurality of circuit boards, voltage lines disposed on the cable, the plurality of circuit boards, and the display panel, a deviation compensation circuit configured to sense voltages transmitted through a circuit board on one side and a circuit board on the other side connected by the cable among the plurality of circuit boards and to output a signal based on the sensed voltages, and a variable circuit configured to compensate for a current difference between the circuit board on one side and the circuit board on the other side based on the signal output from the deviation compensation circuit. |
| US12217679B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a pixel circuit, a light-emitting element and an initialization signal line. The initialization signal includes an enabling level and a non-enabling level, and the enabling level of the initialization signal is configured to initialize a target node of the pixel circuit. The initialization signal line extends in a first direction, and includes a first initialization signal line and a second initialization signal line. The pixel circuit includes a first pixel circuit connected to the first initialization signal line and a second pixel circuit connected to the second initialization signal. A screen refresh cycle of the display panel includes a first stage, the first initialization signal line transmits the enabling level, and the second initialization signal line transmits the non-enabling level, in the first stage. |
| US12217677B2 |
Display device, method of driving display device, and electronic apparatus including display device
A display device includes a display panel displaying an image based on output image data, a voltage curve controller generating a converted peak luminance, a converted full white luminance, a converted peak grayscale, and a converted full white grayscale from a reference peak luminance and a reference full white luminance based on a gain mode and a gain value, and generating converted voltage curves including a first converted voltage curve from a first reference voltage curve based on the converted peak grayscale and the converted full white grayscale, and a driving voltage controller generating a driving voltage from the converted voltage curves based on a load and a maximum grayscale value of input image data. A voltage of the first converted voltage curve with respect to a peak grayscale is equal to a voltage of the first reference voltage curve with respect to the converted peak grayscale. |
| US12217676B2 |
Display device
A pixel circuit of a display device includes first to sixth thin-film transistors, and first and second capacitors. The first thin-film transistor generates a driving current, the sixth thin-film transistor is connected between a light-emitting element and the first thin-film transistor and controls a transfer of the driving current, and the second capacitor is connected between a gate electrode of the sixth thin-film transistor and the light-emitting element. |
| US12217672B2 |
Pixel circuit and driving method thereof, display substrate and display device
A pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, a display substrate and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving sub-circuit, a first switch sub-circuit and a first light-emitting control sub-circuit. The driving sub-circuit includes a control terminal connected with a first node, a first terminal connected with a second node and a second terminal connected with a third node, and is configured to control a driving signal from the first node to the third node for driving a light-emitting element; the first switch sub-circuit is configured to control conduction of the driving signal between the third node and a fourth node; the first light-emitting control sub-circuit is connected with a first electrode of the light-emitting element through a fifth node, and is configured to control conduction of the driving signal between the fourth node and the fifth node. |
| US12217665B2 |
Display device including multiple display regions for multi-frequency driving
A display device includes: a display panel including pixels, a data driving circuit, a scan driving circuit which drives a plurality of first scan lines and a plurality of second scan lines, and a driving controller which controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit to drive a first display area of the display panel at a first operating frequency and drive a second display area of the display panel at a second operating frequency lower than the first operating frequency while an operating mode is a multi-frequency mode. During the multi-frequency mode, first scan signals provided to first scan lines, which correspond to the second display area, of the plurality of first scan lines are maintained at inactive levels in predetermined frames, and second scan signals provided to the plurality of second scan lines transition to active levels at least twice in each of the predetermined frames. |
| US12217662B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a display panel having a first region and a second region defined in the display panel, in which the second region is adjacent to the first region in a first direction. The display panel includes: a first pixel disposed in the first region, a second pixel disposed in the second region, a first bias voltage line electrically connected to the first pixel to transmit a first bias voltage, and a second bias voltage line electrically connected to the second pixel to transmit a second bias voltage. A time point, at which a level of the first bias voltage is changed, differs from a time point at which a level of the second bias voltage is changed, when the display panel operates at a first frame frequency. |
| US12217656B2 |
Display panel
Disclosed is a display panel, which adopts two display screens arranged by splicing. The display screen includes a display area and a non-display area on at least one side of the display area. An LED substrate is disposed on the non-display area. The LED substrate includes a substrate and a light emitting device disposed on the substrate. A cover plate is provided on at least two display screens. A groove is provided on one side of the cover plate close to the LED substrate. A side surface of the substrate is disposed opposite to a groove wall of the groove. A part of the groove wall surface corresponding to the side surface of the substrate is a reflection interface. |
| US12217653B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting image data
Provided is a method for transmitting image data. The method includes acquiring initial image data of a to-be-displayed image in a display panel, wherein the display panel includes a plurality of pixels, and the initial image data includes pixel data of the plurality of pixels; compressing pixel data of a plurality of first pixels in the initial image data to acquire at least one piece of compressed pixel data, wherein the plurality of first pixels are disposed in a non-foveal region of the display panel, and a plurality of second pixels are disposed in a foveal region of the display panel; sending compressed image data to a driver chip of the display panel, wherein the compressed image data comprises the at least one piece of compressed pixel data and pixel data of the plurality of second pixels. |
| US12217651B2 |
Display substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display apparatus
A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display apparatus are provided. In the present disclosure, a first transistor group with oxide semiconductor as an active layer material is disposed on a side of a second transistor group with polysilicon as an active layer material away from the base, and an area enclosed by orthographic projections of the transistors in the first transistor group on the base is overlapped with an area enclosed by orthographic projections of the transistors in the second transistor group on the base. Stable performance of the transistors included can be ensured in a manufacturing process of the first transistor group and the second transistor group located in different layers, and at the same time, an area occupied by the driving circuit can be reduced so as to decrease a frame width of a display apparatus or improve resolution of the display apparatus. |
| US12217650B2 |
Driving circuit, display substrate and display device
A driving circuit includes an output circuit, a first node reset circuit and a second node control capacitor; the output circuit controls a driving signal terminal to output a driving signal under the control of a potential of a first node; the first node reset circuit controls to reset the first node under the control of a potential of a second node; the second node control capacitor is electrically connected to the second node; a width-to-length ratio of an output transistor included in the output circuit is less than or equal to a first predetermined width-to-length ratio; and/or a width-to-length ratio of a first node reset transistor included in the first node reset circuit is greater than or equal to a second predetermined width-to-length ratio; and/or, a capacitance value of the second node control capacitor is greater than or equal to a predetermined capacitance value. |
| US12217648B2 |
Adjustment of display panel
This disclosure provides an adjustment method of a display panel, including: obtaining one or more gamma voltages respectively corresponding to binding points of an extreme grey scale of the display panel as one or more first gamma voltages; obtaining one or more gamma voltages respectively corresponding to binding points of a secondary grey scale adjacent to the extreme grey scale as second gamma voltages; adjusting the gamma voltages corresponding to binding points of the secondary grey scale based on the first gamma voltages and the second gamma voltages to obtain one or more target gamma voltages of the binding points of the secondary grey scale; and adjusting a grey scale value of the extreme grey scale in a preset grey scale-ACC LUT of the display panel, so that a brightness value of the secondary grey scale in the preset grey scale-ACC LUT reaches a target brightness value. |
| US12217645B2 |
Calibration system for display apparatus and operating method thereof
An operating method of a calibration system for a display device obtains image information about an image displayed on display device and wavelength information about pixels of the image information using a hyperspectral camera included in an electronic device, transmits the obtained image information and wavelength information to a first application in the electronic device, generates calibration data about the obtained image information and wavelength information through the first application and transmits the calibration data to a second application in the display device, and performs color calibration of the display device based on the calibration data transmitted to the second application to display a color calibrated image. |
| US12217632B1 |
Method and apparatus for comparing colors
A Method and Apparatus for Comparing Colors have been disclosed. In one implementation a compliant membrane which is substantially transparent with an area having a shade/color is placed on the user's skin to see what the shade/color will look like on the skin. In one implementation a compliant substrate which is largely transparent with an area having a shade/color is placed on an inanimate object to see how the shade/color will appear on the inanimate object without the substrate itself causing an unnecessary barrier between the inanimate object and the shade/color. |
| US12217631B2 |
Scored labels and receipts
A labeling system, comprising at least one label, wherein the at least one label is configured to receive printing thereon, and wherein the at least one label further comprises a release coating layer; a paper layer; a primer layer deposited on the paper layer; and an adhesive layer deposited over the primer layer, wherein a plurality of score lines have been cut into the at least one label at predetermined locations, to predetermined depths, and in predetermined patterns. |
| US12217626B2 |
Injection training apparatus using 3D position sensor
Systems and methods are disclosed for an apparatus and method for practicing injection techniques through an injectable apparatus. The injectable apparatus may contain a camera that is configured to provide three-dimensional location information for a testing tool based on light attenuated from the testing tool after it is injected into a simulated human or animal body parts. A training tool may be connected to a user display device to generate a display of the injection apparatus as well as the performance parameters of a trainee. |
| US12217623B2 |
Demonstration device for photochromic lenses
A demonstration device for demonstrating at least one thermally-reversible characteristic of a photochromic optical article, such as an optical article having a photochromic material, having a housing defining an interior, and an inspection platform within the interior of the housing configured for supporting at least a portion of the optical article. The demonstration device further has at least one ultraviolet light source configured to radiate ultraviolet light into the interior of the housing, and at least one inspection light source configured to illuminate at least a portion of the interior of the housing. The demonstration device further has at least one heating device configured to heat at least a portion of the interior of the housing. The at least one heating device has at least one heat source and at least one fan. |
| US12217611B1 |
Coordinating a number of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to be deployed in a region under a set of constraints
A method for coordinating deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) within a designated region involves obtaining constraint data that specifies the operational limitations under which the UAVs are allowed to operate. A cost function is defined, having a set of cost terms corresponding to these constraints, including a term for the energy consumption of each UAV. This energy consumption is the power required by each UAV to travel from a source to a destination along a prescribed flight path. The method includes executing a UAV-capacity maximization function that generates flight paths for the UAVs based on the cost function, which adjusts the flight paths to minimize the total energy consumed while ensuring that the UAVs do not breach the operational constraints. |
| US12217610B2 |
UAM corridor visual indication
A system for graphical indication of a corridor is disclosed. The system may include a display and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive corridor position data of a corridor and aircraft position data indicative of a position of an aircraft. The processor may also be configured to determine a relative distance of the aircraft in relation to the corridor based on the corridor position data and the aircraft position data. The processor may further be configured to display a corridor graphic associated with the corridor based on the relative distance. |
| US12217607B2 |
Parking area recommendation method and apparatus, and medium
Provided are a parking area recommendation method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a medium. The parking area recommendation method includes: determining parking space occupancy data of a target parking lot; and selecting a target parking area from a plurality of candidate parking areas of the target parking lot according to the parking space occupancy data, where each candidate parking area includes at least two parking spaces. |
| US12217606B1 |
Timing or zone alert determination from vehicle events and/or an accident database
A system for timing or zone alert determination from vehicle events and/or an accident database includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a location of a translating object. The processor is configured to trigger a warning to the translating object based at least in part on its location and the existence of an associated hazard. |
| US12217604B2 |
System and method for driving assistance along a path
Various aspects of a system and method for driving assistance along a path are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, a unique identifier is received from a communication device at an electronic control unit (ECU) of a first vehicle. The unique identifier is received when the first vehicle has reached a first location along a first portion of the path. A communication channel is established between the first vehicle and the communication device based on the received unique identifier. Data associated with a second portion of the path is received by the ECU from the communication device based on the established communication channel. Alert information associated with the second portion of the path is generated by the ECU based on the received data. |
| US12217600B2 |
Designer control devices
A control device configurable to couple to one or more devices having different control functions and a method of facilitating remote control of at least one device having different control functions includes a processor that receives an instruction for at least one of the control functions and additional information from the at least one device, the processor including a plurality of processing algorithms, the additional information received from the at least one device including at least a locally transmitted data signal. The processor selectably processes the additional information using at least one of the processing algorithms and controls a touch sensitive display reconfigurable for the different control functions, such that the at least one control function and the selectably processed additional information are presented on the touch sensitive display. The processor also generates at least one control signal responsive to receiving the locally transmitted data signal. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12217599B2 |
Emergency lighting element
An emergency lighting element includes a planar, electrically operable radiation source for planar emission of electromagnetic radiation at a front side of the radiation source; and a long-afterglow layer over a whole area on the front side of the radiation source. A penetration depth into the long-afterglow layer for radiation emitted by the radiation source corresponds at least to a thickness of the long-afterglow layer. The long-afterglow layer comprises phosphorescent material, an absorption spectrum of the long-afterglow layer at least partly overlaps an emission spectrum of the radiation source and an emission spectrum of the long-afterglow layer lies substantially in a visible range. |
| US12217597B2 |
Detecting abnormal events for a monitoring system
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for detecting a state transition for sensors of a monitoring system, and determining whether the state transition is abnormal such that further action is warranted. The determination may be based on a history of state transitions in the monitoring system, and may be based on whether the same state transition has previously occurred at a corresponding time in the history, whether the new state has previously occurred following the corresponding time in the history, and other factors. |
| US12217589B2 |
Watching support system, watching support device, and watching support program
A watching support system ensures that a person in charge of watching can be efficiently and effectively arranged in a watching system capable of detecting a position of an object person with high power efficiency and accuracy. An object person terminal transmits identification information via short-range wireless communication. A detection terminal is carried by a person in charge of watching who detects and performs watching over an object person, and transmits the identification information transmitted from the object person terminal that can be communicated to a server. The server specifies the position of the object person terminal based on information transmitted from a detection terminal, acquires watching need information regarding a necessity of watching by the person in charge of watching, and outputs an instruction regarding watching to the detection terminal based on the watching need information. |
| US12217586B1 |
Apparatus for enabling installation of recessed ceiling components
One or more embodiments of the invention introduces a novel recessed mounting system for ceiling components such as smoke detectors, improving their installation, aesthetic integration, and functionality. By recessing all electronics into the ceiling, the system achieves a streamlined appearance, leaving only the sensing element exposed. The system comprises three major components: the recessed housing, the sensor module, and the finish trim. The recessed housing seamlessly integrates with remodel and new construction projects, providing an unobtrusive look. The sensor module supports various sensor types, ensuring adaptability to different detection needs. The finish trim offers customization options, enabling field changes from round to square shapes and providing a selection of custom finishes to match architectural elements. This innovative system enhances the aesthetic appeal, smoke detection capabilities, and ease of installation of smoke detectors in residential, commercial settings. |
| US12217584B2 |
Obscuration cloud generator
An obscuration cloud generation device (100) is disclosed. It may comprise a container (104) for holding an obscuration cloud generating canister (110), wherein a composition for forming the obscuration cloud is emitted from the obscuration cloud generating canister (110) in response to activating the obscuration cloud generating canister (110). It may further comprise a housing (101) having a frame (103) wherein the container (101) is removably held inside the frame (103). The housing (101) has an opening (105) and a door (102), the door (102) being movable between a closed state for covering the opening (105) and an open state for emission of the composition from the device (100) via the opening (105). The opening (105) is shaped and sized to allow the container (104) to be extracted from the housing (101) through the opening (105) when the door (102) is open to replace the obscuration cloud generating canister (110). |
| US12217581B2 |
Medium processing apparatus
The present disclosure provides a medium processing apparatus, including: a housing provided with a surface facing a customer operating the medium processing apparatus; and a rolled coin device housed in the housing and configured to process rolled coins formed by bundling a plurality of loose coins. The surface of the housing includes a designated area located in a height range conforming to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standard with respect to a height direction of the medium processing apparatus, and a rolled coin dispensing port of the rolled coin device for dispensing the rolled coins is arranged in the designated area. |
| US12217580B1 |
Detection of unauthorized objects on ATM
Information-security LoRa-wave sensing is used to protect ATMs with LoRa modulator with spread-spectrum modulation techniques and/or transparent laser-guided systems 3D image generation to scan/monitor ATM card slots and ATM keypads for skimmers, fake keypads, etc. Sensor(s) with a DCNN/StNet-based algorithm are trained on 3D dimensions for card slot and keypad. Normal vs. detected constant weight of the keypad as well as weight distribution when keys are depressed are detected. Normal vs. disrupted signals based on the foregoing are observed and used to detect unauthorized objects. NB-IoT LoRa-waves initiate an alarm process. Additional features, functionality, and details are disclosed. |
| US12217578B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing ATM deposit losses
A provider system includes one or more processors and non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instruction stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive, from an automated teller machine (ATM), deposit information corresponding to an interaction between a customer and the ATM, extract an event indicator value from the received deposit information, process the event indicator value, determine an event indicator trend for the ATM, and determine, based on the event indicator trend, a service condition of the ATM. |
| US12217568B2 |
Technician input-free reconfiguration of secured gaming system
A progressive pool controller within a gaming environment can have programmable contents thereof retrieved or changed without need for user interaction with the controller other than inserting a dynamically-linkable and reprogrammable storage device (e.g., a USB flash drive) into an I/O receptacle of the controller. The controller has a service automatically repeatedly executing therein, checking for insertion of the storage device, checking for recognizable commands within the inserted storage device after it is inserted, executing command following programs for the recognizable commands, saving output results of the executed programs into the inserted storage device and signaling that the storage device should be removed from the I/O receptacle upon completed execution of all the command following programs. Contents of the storage device remain encrypted when in transit and are exposed within secured confines of the controller. |
| US12217566B2 |
Systems and methods for simulating player behavior using one or more bots during a wagering game
An electronic gaming machine includes a display device and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a memory, which when executed, cause the processor to at least initiate a multiplayer game, select at least one bot of a plurality of bots from a bot selection table associated with each bot of the plurality of bots, each bot simulating a player behavior, determine an entry time for at least one bot of the plurality of bots in the simulated multiplayer game, and control the display device to simulate a selection, by the at least one bot, of at least one selectable item at the determined entry time. |
| US12217564B2 |
Banknote validation device and processing inspection apparatus
A banknote validation device includes a light source array which includes multiple light emission units; a light receiver configured to receive light emitting from the light emission units and to generate, upon receiving the light emitting from the light emission units, a detection signal corresponding thereto; a banknote channel arranged between the light source array and the light receiver; and a control circuit electrically connected to the light source array and the light receiver. The banknote channel is configured to receive a banknote to be validated to pass therethrough. The light receiver is arranged to correspond to multiple light emission units. The control circuit is configured to control the light emission units of the light source array to sequentially emit light according to a preset timing sequence of lighting. The present invention allows for inspection of a banknote to be validated with a simplified structure at the same accuracy. |
| US12217559B2 |
Locking devices, systems, and methods of use
Locking devices, systems, and methods for securing personal property to separate structures. Such a locking device includes a lock body, a cable within the lock body and having a first end accessible from an exterior of the lock body, a spool for extending and retracting the cable out of and into the lock body, a lock pin disposed at the first end of the cable, a cable lock incorporated into the lock body and configured to releasably secure the lock pin to the lock body, and an electronic communication and control unit incorporated into the lock body and configured to communicate with a remote device. The electronic communication and control unit controls the cable lock to secure and release the lock pin relative to the lock body to allow the remote device to wirelessly unlock the first end of the cable from the lock body. |
| US12217558B2 |
Fault remediation system for a vehicle
A fault remediation system for a vehicle includes one or more controllers in electronic communication with one or more consumed interfaces and one or more provided interfaces. The one or more controllers execute instructions to receive, from the one or more consumed interfaces, a consumed signal and perform fault detection upon the consumed signal to determine the presence of an active fault within the consumed signal. In response to detecting an active fault with the consumed signal, the one or more controllers select a remediation state from a group of two or more prospective remediation states based on a significance analysis of the consumed signal. The one or more controllers evaluate a relevant subfunction that corresponds to the consumed signal that the remediation state addresses for the presence of remediation tolerance and generates arbitration instructions based on the remediation tolerance. |
| US12217556B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, storage medium, and information processing system
An information processing device includes at least one processor. The processor communicates with a vehicle and receives deterioration information that is involved in deterioration of a part provided within a cabin of the vehicle; stores the received deterioration information; and estimates a deterioration degree of the part on the basis of the stored deterioration information. |
| US12217544B2 |
Method, apparatus and device for recognizing three-dimensional gesture based on mark points
A method and apparatus for recognizing a three-dimensional gesture based on mark points, a device and a storage medium are provided. An image collected by each camera is acquired; for each image, an identifier and a corresponding two-dimensional coordinate position of each mark point in the image are determined; a three-dimensional coordinate position of each mark point in a coordinate system of a corresponding camera is determined according to the two-dimensional coordinate position of each mark point and a calibration parameter of the corresponding camera; the three-dimensional coordinate position is converted to an initial three-dimensional coordinate position in a coordinate system of the designated space; and a target three-dimensional coordinate position of each mark point in the coordinate system of the designated space is determined according to the initial three-dimensional coordinate position of each mark point in each image and the identifier of the corresponding mark point. |
| US12217538B2 |
Automomous validation of proper mask wearing
Systems, and method and computer readable media that store instructions for. |
| US12217537B2 |
Gaming activity monitoring systems and methods
Embodiments relate to systems, methods and computer readable media for gaming monitoring. In particular, embodiments process images to determine presence of a gaming object on a gaming table in the images. Embodiments estimate postures of one or more players in the images and based on the estimated postures determine a target player associated with the gaming object among the one or more players. |
| US12217530B2 |
Under-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensors for foldable displays
An apparatus may include an ultrasonic sensor stack, a foldable display stack and a transmission enhancement layer. The foldable display stack may include a display stiffener and display stack layers. The display stack layers may form one or more display stack resonators configured to enhance ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in a first ultrasonic frequency range. In some implementations, a transmission enhancement resonator may include the display stiffener and the transmission enhancement layer. In some examples, the transmission enhancement resonator may include at least a portion of the ultrasonic sensor stack. The transmission enhancement resonator may be configured to enhance the ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in the first ultrasonic frequency range. |
| US12217528B2 |
Image processing apparatus for determining an object area where part of the object is occluded
An image processing apparatus includes a first detection unit configured to detect, from an image in which an object including a plurality of parts is captured, first feature points corresponding to the parts of the object, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a reliability indicating a likelihood that a position indicated by a feature point is a part corresponding to the feature point for each of the first feature points detected by the first detection unit, a second detection unit configured to detect a second feature point based on some of the first feature points for a part corresponding to a first feature point with the low reliability, and a determination unit configured to determine an area including the object based on some of the first feature points and the second feature point. |
| US12217526B2 |
Validating identification documents
The method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium embodiments described herein are directed to verifying documents. In various embodiments, a server may receive a first image of a front-side of a document. The server may extract a first feature of the front-side of the document from the first image and identify a first environmental feature from the first image. The server may receive a second image of a backside of the document and identify a second feature of the backside of the document from the second image. The server may also identify a second environmental feature from the second image. The server may verify the document by confirming that the first feature matches the second feature and the first environmental feature matches the second environmental feature. |
| US12217520B1 |
Apparatus and method for detecting content of interest on a slide using machine learning
An apparatus and method for detecting content of interest on a slide using machine learning. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory instructs the processor to receive a first image, comprising a macro image, identify areas of interest associated with the grids of the first image, receive a second image comprising a high magnification image associated with the areas of interest of the first image, classify, using at least a probed point, the grids of the first image, wherein classifying the grids of the first image includes classifying the grids into accepted grids of the grids and rejected grids of the grids, scan, using the image capturing device, the accepted grids to generate an output image, and display, using a display device, the output image. |
| US12217515B2 |
Training a codebook for trajectory determination
Techniques for training a codebook usable by a machine learned model to predict an object trajectory or scene data are described herein. For example, the techniques may include generating tokens representing discrete object behavior into a machine learned model that outputs a sequence of tokens that is usable by another machine learned model to generate the object trajectory (e.g., position data, velocity data, acceleration data, etc.) or the scene data associated with the environment. The object trajectory can be sent to a vehicle computing device for consideration during vehicle planning, which may include simulation. |
| US12217511B1 |
Real time management of detected issues
A method for real time management of detected issues, the method includes producing, by a classification unit having a neural network, a classification decision for sensed information obtained in an environment of a vehicle; generating, by one or more computing devices with auto-labeling capabilities, an automated ground truth labeling for the sensed information; detecting, by the one or more computing devices and based on a performance indication related to the automated ground truth labeling, an issue with respect to the classification decision; and responsive to the detecting, addressing the detected issue in a driving in the environment of the vehicle by a computer device associated with the vehicle, using a signature generated in association with at least the classification decision or with the detected issue. The neural network is in a same state in the producing of the classification decision, the detecting the issue, and the addressing the detected issue. |
| US12217508B2 |
Processing apparatus, processing method, and non-transitory storage medium
The present invention provides a processing system (20) including an image capturing unit (21) that captures an image of a person passing through a first area and generates a person image indicating an appearance of the person, an electromagnetic wave transmission/reception unit (22) that emits an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of 30 micrometers or more and 1 meter or less toward the person passing through the first area, and receives a reflected wave, a determination unit (23) that determines whether the person possesses a pre-designated object, based on a signal of the received reflected wave, and a registration unit (24) that registers, in a first list, the person image of the person determined to possess the pre-designated object. |
| US12217505B2 |
Image-based indoor positioning service system and method
Disclosed are an image-based indoor positioning service system and method. A service server includes a communication unit configured to receive a captured image of a node set in an indoor map, and a location estimation model generation unit configured to learn the captured image of the node received through the communication unit, segment the learned captured image to obtain objects, and selectively activate the objects in the learned image to generate a location estimation model. |
| US12217501B2 |
Identification apparatus, object identification method, learning apparatus, learning method, and recording medium
In an object identification apparatus, a foreground extraction unit performs a foreground extraction with respect to input images, and generates a foreground extraction result. A state extraction unit extracts a state for each foreground based on the foreground extraction result. An identification model selection unit selects one or more identification models based on the extracted state for each foreground by using a selection model. An identification unit identifies a moving object included in the input images using the selected identification model. |
| US12217500B2 |
Automatic terrain evaluation of landing surfaces, and associated systems and methods
Automatic terrain evaluation of landing surfaces, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A representative method includes receiving a request to land a movable object and, in response to the request, identifying a target landing area on a landing surface based on at least one image of the landing surface obtained by the movable object. The method can further include directing the movable object to land at the target landing area. |
| US12217496B2 |
Hand gesture detection method involves acquiring initial depth image using backbone and apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
Provided are a hand gesture detection method and device, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: obtaining an initial depth image including a hand to be detected, and performing detection processing on the initial depth image by using a backbone feature extractor and a bounding box detection model to obtain initial bounding boxes and a first feature map corresponding to the hand to be detected; determining one of the initial bounding boxes as a target bounding box; cropping, based on the target bounding box, the first feature map by using RoIAlign feature extractor, to obtain a second feature map corresponding to the hand to be detected; and performing, based on the second feature map, a three-dimensional gesture estimation processing on the hand to be detected by using a gesture estimation model to obtain a gesture detection result of the hand to be detected. |
| US12217493B2 |
Methods, systems, and media for generating video classifications using multimodal video analysis
Methods, systems, and media for generating video classifications using multimodal video analysis are provided. In some embodiments, a method for classifying videos comprising: receiving, from a computing device, a video identifier; parsing a video associated with the video identifier into an audio portion and a plurality of image frames; analyzing the plurality of images frames associated with the video using (i) an optical character recognition technique to obtain first textual information corresponding to text appearing in at least one of the plurality of image frames and (ii) an image classifier to obtain, for each of a plurality of objects appearing in at least one of the plurality of frames of the video, a probability that an object appearing in at least one of the plurality of images falls within an image class; concurrently with analyzing the plurality of image frames associated with the video, analyzing the audio portion of the video using an automated speech recognition technique to obtain second textual information corresponding to words spoken in the video; combining the first textual information, the probability of each of the plurality of objects appearing in the at least one of the plurality of frames of the video, and the second textual information to obtain a combined analysis output for the video; determining, using a neural network, a safety score for each of a plurality of categories that the video contains content belonging to a category of the plurality of categories, wherein the combined analysis output is input into the neural network; and, in response to receiving the video identifier, transmitting a plurality of safety scores corresponding to the plurality of categories to the computing device for the video associated with the video identifier. |
| US12217492B2 |
Track segment cleaning of tracked objects
Provided are methods for track segment cleaning of tracked objects using neural networks, which can include detecting a first track segment and a second track segment. The method includes applying a machine learning model trained to determine if the first track segment and second track segment capture real objects and if the first track segment and the second track segment are representative of an identical object exterior to a vehicle. The method further includes combining the first track segment and the second track segment to form a single track segment having a single trajectory in response to the first track segment and the second track segment being determined to be representative of the identical object. Systems and computer program products are also provided. |
| US12217491B2 |
Method for inspecting labeling on bounding box by using deep learning model and apparatus using same
According to the present invention, proposed is a method for inspecting a labeling operation, the method comprising, when a deep learning model for inspecting a labeling operation for a bounding box corresponding to an object included in an image is present and a computing apparatus uses the deep learning model, the steps of: performing, by the computing apparatus, first training on the deep learning model on the basis of a training image; obtaining, by the computing apparatus, an operation image and a bounding box labeling value therefor; calculating, by the computing apparatus, a score for inspection by performing a calculation while passing the operation image and the bounding box labeling value through the deep learning model; and determining, by the computing apparatus, whether the bounding box labeling value for the operation image is accurate on the basis of the score for inspection and performing any one of a pass process, a fail process, and a re-inspection process. |
| US12217490B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method and non-transitory computer readable medium
An object is to provide an image processing apparatus capable of appropriately distinguishing changes in an area that have occurred over a period of time. An image processing apparatus may include: a difference image generator means to generate a difference image from input SAR images; an intensity change feature extractor means to extract an intensity-based change feature from the difference image; a speckle change feature extractor means to extract speckle-based change features from the input SAR images; a combined feature extractor means to combine the intensity change feature and the speckle change feature to generate a complete representation of changes; and a classifier means to classify the pixels in several change classes using the combined feature and output a change map. |
| US12217486B2 |
Learning device, image processing device, parameter generation device, learning method, and image processing method
In a learning device, a first learning unit performs first machine learning using first training data including a first evaluation result for an evaluation target image to generate a first learned model outputting a second evaluation result for an input image, an evaluation unit uses the first learned model to acquire a plurality of the second evaluation results for a plurality of the input images, a generation unit selects a second image quality parameter from a plurality of first image quality parameters having different values, based on the plurality of the second evaluation results and generates second training data including the selected second image quality parameter, and a second learning unit performs second machine learning using the second training data to generate a second learned model outputting a third image quality parameter used for processing a processing target image. |
| US12217484B2 |
Method of unsupervised domain adaptation in ordinal regression
A method of jointly training of a transferable feature extractor network, an ordinal regressor network, and an order classifier network in an ordinal regression unsupervised domain adaption network by providing a source of labeled source images and unlabeled target images; outputting image representations from a transferable feature extractor network by performing a minimax optimization procedure on the source of labeled source images and unlabeled target images; training a domain discriminator network, using the image representations from the transferable feature extractor network, to distinguish between source images and target images; training an ordinal regressor network using a full set of source images from the transferable feature extractor network; and training an order classifier network using a full set of source images from said transferable feature extractor network. |
| US12217483B2 |
Systems and methods for processing electronic images for generalized disease detection
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a specialized machine learning model by receiving a generalized machine learning model generated by processing a plurality of first training images to predict at least one cancer characteristic, receiving a plurality of second training images, the first training images and the second training images include images of tissue specimens and/or images algorithmically generated to replicate tissue specimens, receiving a plurality of target specialized attributes related to a respective second training image of the plurality of second training images, generating a specialized machine learning model by modifying the generalized machine learning model based on the plurality of second training images and the target specialized attributes, receiving a target image corresponding to a target specimen, applying the specialized machine learning model to the target image to determine at least one characteristic of the target image, and outputting the characteristic of the target image. |
| US12217482B2 |
Processing apparatus, processing method, and computer readable medium
A processing apparatus (10) includes classification means (12) for classifying three-dimensional point group data acquired based on a reflected light from a structure to be inspected illuminated by light into clusters, which are units of a shape that corresponds to the structure to be inspected, based on positional information at each point of the data; and cluster association means (13) for determining whether a first cluster and a second cluster included in the classified clusters correspond to one structure to be inspected based on a positional relation between the classified clusters. |
| US12217481B2 |
Similar drawing search device, similar drawing search method, and computer-readable medium
A similar drawing search device according to an embodiment configured to search for a drawing similar to a target drawing from a drawing database that stores feature information on a shape of a component in each drawing and drawing information on the component in the drawing in association with each other for a plurality of drawings. The similar drawing search device configured to acquire, from the target drawing, feature information related to a shape of a component in the target drawing; acquire, from the target drawing, drawing information on the component in the target drawing; search the drawing database for a plurality of first similar drawings, based on the feature information of the target drawing; narrow down the plurality of first similar drawings to a plurality of second similar drawings, based on the drawing information of the target drawing; and display the plurality of second similar drawings. |
| US12217478B2 |
Utilizing prediction models of an environment
A method, system and product for utilizing prediction models of an environment. In one embodiment, using a model of an environment and based on a first scene of the environment, a predicted second scene of the environment is predicted. An observed second scene is obtained and compared to the predicted second scene. Based on the comparison between the predicted second scene and the observed second scene, an action is performed. |
| US12217476B1 |
Detection of synthetically generated images
The disclosure includes a system and method for detecting a synthetically generated image including receiving a first image; generating, based on the first image, a first image attribute distribution; and determining, based on the first image attribute distribution, whether the first image is synthetically generated; and issuing, responsive to determining that the first image is synthetically generated, a rejection. |
| US12217470B2 |
System and method for automatic video reconstruction with dynamic point of interest
A system and a method for an automatic video reconstruction to improve scene quality using a dynamic point of interest by finding a point or line of interest are provided. The method includes dividing a first video into a plurality of first frames; determining a first object of interest in the plurality of first frames; converting the plurality of first frames into a plurality of second frames based on the first object of interest; and reconstructing the first video into a second video based on the plurality of second frames. |
| US12217469B2 |
Photographing apparatus and authentication apparatus
A photographing apparatus includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a living body with beams of light having a plurality of wavelengths different from one another, a photographing unit configured to photograph the living body irradiated by the irradiation unit to generate image data of the living body, an image processing module configured to generate, based on the image data generated by the photographing unit, a plurality of pieces of wavelength separation image data, by separation into the plurality of wavelengths, and a control module configured to control, based on the image data and on the plurality of pieces of wavelength separation image data generated by the image processing module, irradiation light amounts of the beams of light having the plurality of wavelengths. |
| US12217468B2 |
Systems and methods for sanitizing surfaces and devices and methods for detecting an antimicrobial coating
A device for detecting a coating applied to a surface includes a portable housing, a light source, a light detector, and a processing unit. The light source emits a first light having a first wavelength. The coating includes a fluorophore that re-emits a second light having a second wavelength, which is different than the first wavelength, in response to excitation by the first light. The light detector receives the second light re-emitted from the coating. The processing unit is adapted to determine a re-emission intensity of the second light and to determine a coverage metric of the coating based on the re-emission intensity of the second light. The coverage metric is then used to infer the efficacy of the coating. |
| US12217466B2 |
Portrait stylization framework to control the similarity between stylized portraits and original photo
Systems and methods directed to controlling the similarity between stylized portraits and an original photo are described. In examples, an input image is received and encoded using a variational autoencoder to generate a latent vector. The latent vector may be blended with latent vectors that best represent a face in the original user portrait image. The resulting blended latent vector may be provided to a generative adversarial network (GAN) generator to generate a controlled stylized image. In examples, one or more layers of the stylized GAN generator may be swapped with one or more layers of the original GAN generator. Accordingly, a user can interactively determine how much stylization vs. personalization should be included in a resulting stylized portrait. |
| US12217464B2 |
Three-dimensional data encoding method and device, and three-dimensional data decoding method and device
Provided is a method of processing and transmitting three-dimensional data represented as a point cloud.The method of encoding three-dimensional (3D) data includes: generating a geometry image indicating position information of points, a texture image indicating color information of the points, and an occupancy map indicating occupancy information of the position information of the points in the geometry image, by projecting the points included in the 3D data onto a two-dimensional (2D) plane; generating a filtered occupancy map by performing filtering on the occupancy map; performing image padding on the geometry image and the texture image, based on the filtered occupancy map; and generating and outputting a bitstream including a padded geometry image, a padded texture image, a downsampled occupancy map, and information about the filtering performed on the occupancy map. |
| US12217462B2 |
Image processing method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium for reducing time delay caused by decoding an image sequence and improving the smoothness of image processing
This application discloses an image processing method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: receiving padding frame information transmitted by a server and an image frame set of a to-be-processed image sequence; inputting the image frame set to a cache queue of a decoder, and determining an image frame currently located at the first position of the cache queue as a target image frame; inserting padding frames between the target image frame and a next image frame subsequent the target image frame based on padding frame information, and performing the step of inserting padding frames between the target image frame and a next image frame subsequent the target image frame based on the padding frame information, until all image frames in the image frame set are decoded; and processing the decoded image frames and displaying a processing result. The solution reduces time delay caused by decoding an image sequence. |
| US12217458B1 |
Camera extrinsic parameter calibration method, image stitching method and apparatus thereof
The invention provides a camera extrinsic parameter calibration method, an image stitching method and an apparatus thereof. The calibration method can include: acquiring a plurality of images captured by the camera based on a plurality of sets of extrinsic parameters to be calibrated, wherein each of the plurality of sets of extrinsic parameters to be calibrated include a horizontal rotation angle and a vertical rotation angle; obtaining at least one matched image pair based on feature point matching among the plurality of images, wherein each matched image pair includes matched feature point pairs with a quantity satisfying a threshold condition; and calibrating the plurality of sets of extrinsic parameters to be calibrated according to a first difference representation between coordinate representations of each matched feature point pair of each matched image pair in a reference coordinate system. |
| US12217456B2 |
Guided batching
The present invention provides a method of generating a robust global map using a plurality of limited field-of-view cameras to capture an environment.Provided is a method for generating a three-dimensional map comprising: receiving a plurality of sequential image data wherein each of the plurality of sequential image data comprises a plurality of sequential images, further wherein the plurality of sequential images is obtained by a plurality of limited field-of-view image sensors; determining a pose of each of the plurality of sequential images of each of the plurality of sequential image data; determining one or more overlapping poses using the determined poses of the sequential image data; selecting at least one set of images from the plurality of sequential images wherein each set of images are determined to have overlapping poses; and constructing one or more map portions derived from each of the at least one set of images. |
| US12217454B2 |
Method and device with sensing data processing
A sensing data processing device is provided. The sensing data processing device may track keypoints within a full observable range of the sensing data processing device based on sensing data collected from a previous frame and a sensing data collected from a current frame through a reference sensor, the full observable range determined based on a combined field of view (FOV) of sensors, manage a new keypoint together with the keypoints in response to the new keypoint being detected, and perform localization of the device based on the managed keypoints. |
| US12217447B2 |
Security camera system with multi-directional mount and method of operation
A security camera system includes a base unit and sensor modules for generating image data. The base unit includes several mounting sockets arranged at different elevational and azimuthal directions around the base unit, and the sensor modules attach to the mounting sockets. Each mounting socket includes a socket ID, which is used to stitch together the image data from different sensor modules. The sensor modules are powered wirelessly via induction and communicate wirelessly with the base unit via wireless transceivers and antennas. The security camera system is capable of automatic detection of the location of the sensor modules, as the socket IDs for the mounting sockets to which the sensor modules are attached are identified by various means including wireless beacons, signal strength positioning and/or triangulation, or via a temporary provisioning bubble that arranges socket ID designators in fields of view of each of the attached sensor modules. |
| US12217445B2 |
Probability map-based ultrasound scanning
A system may include a probe configured to transmit ultrasound signals to a target of interest, and receive echo information associated with the transmitted ultrasound signals. The system may also include at least one processing device configured to process the received echo information using a machine learning algorithm to generate probability information associated with the target of interest. The at least one processing device may further classify the probability information and output image information corresponding to the target of interest based on the classified probability information. |
| US12217440B2 |
Improving the resolution of a continuous wavelet transform
A computer implemented method of decoding a signal. The method includes receiving a signal (which may be an electromagnetic signal), sampling the received signal to generate an input waveform having magnitude and phase components, applying a transform operation to the input waveform to generate a first decoded signal, and outputting the first decoded signal. The transform operation includes pre-processing the input waveform to generate a mirrored inverted waveform and applying a continuous wavelet transform to the mirrored inverted waveform to generate the first decoded signal. This allows inversion of the frequency and temporal resolution of the continuous wavelet transform, thereby enabling improved temporal and frequency decoding of a signal. The method is particularly suitable for signal filters and filtering units. |
| US12217439B2 |
Real-time marine snow noise removal from underwater video
Optical flow refers to the pattern of apparent motion of objects, surfaces, and edges in a visual scene caused by the relative motion between an observer and a scene. Optical flow algorithms can be used to detect and delineate independently moving objects, even in the presence of camera motion. The present invention uses optical-flow algorithms to detect and remove marine snow particles from live video. Portions of an image scene which are identified as marine snow are reconstructed in a manner intended to reveal underwater scenery which had been occluded by the marine snow. Pixel locations within the regions of marine snow are replaced with new pixel values that are determined based on either historical data for each pixel or a mathematical operation, such as one which uses data from neighboring pixels. |
| US12217437B2 |
Obstacle detection device
An obstacle detecting device includes: an image converting portion for converting, into a circular cylindrical image, an image captured by a camera installed on a vehicle; a detection subject candidate image detecting portion for detecting a detection subject candidate image through pattern matching; an optical flow calculating portion for calculating an optical flow; an outlier removing portion for removing an optical flow that is not a detection subject; a TTC calculating portion for calculating a TTC (TTCX, TTCY); a tracking portion for generating a region of the detection subject on the circular cylindrical image by tracking the detection subject candidate; and a collision evaluating portion for evaluating whether or not there is the risk of a collision, wherein the optical flow calculating portion calculates the optical flow based on the detection subject candidate image and the region. |
| US12217435B2 |
Methods and systems for segmenting images
The present disclosure is concerned with a computer implemented method for segmenting an image including a plurality of pixels. The method includes: processing the image to generate a first trimap and a second trimap, each trimap segmenting each pixel of the image into either a foreground region, a background region or an unknown region; performing a reconciliation algorithm on the first trimap and the second trimap to yield a merged trimap; processing the merged trimap and image to yield an alpha matte, the alpha matte including an alpha value for at least each pixel in the unknown region; and applying the alpha matte to the image to remove the background region therefrom. |
| US12217430B2 |
Systems and methods for processing x-ray images
The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for processing X-ray images. A method for processing an X-ray image may include obtaining an X-ray image; and determining a metal image based on the X-ray image by using a trained metal detection model. The metal image includes information of a metal object in the X-ray image. |
| US12217429B2 |
3D radiomic platform for imaging biomarker development
A platform is provided for generating 3D models of a tumor segmented from a series of 2D medical images and for identifying from these 3D models, radiomic features that may be used for diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment response assessment of the tumor. The radiomic features may be shape-based features, intensity-based features, textural features, and filter-based features. The radiomic features are compared to remove sufficiently redundant features, thereby producing a reduced set of radiomic features, which is then compared to separate genomic data and/or outcome data to identify clinically and biologically significant radiomic features for diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment response assessment, other applications. |
| US12217425B2 |
Method for discriminating suspicious lesion in medical image, method for interpreting medical image, and computing device implementing the methods
A method for interpreting an input image by a computing device operated by at least one processor is provided. The method for interpreting an input image comprises storing an artificial intelligent (AI) model that is trained to classify a lesion detected in the input image as suspicious or non-suspicious and, under a condition of being suspicious, to classify the lesion detected in the input image as malignant or benign-hard representing that the lesion is suspicious but determined to be benign, receiving an analysis target image, by using the AI model, obtaining a classification class of a target lesion detected in the analysis target image and, when the classification class is the suspicious, obtaining at least one of a probability of being suspicious, a probability of being benign-hard, and a probability of malignant for the target lesion, and outputting an interpretation result including at least one probability obtained for the target lesion. |
| US12217422B1 |
Compute system with skin disease identification mechanism and method of operation thereof
A method of operation of a compute system includes: qualifying a patient image for analyzing a suspected skin condition; detecting a skin area in the patient image; segmenting the skin area into a segmented image including the suspected skin condition; cropping the segmented image to form a cropped image including the suspected skin condition at a center of the cropped image; analyzing the suspected skin condition to identify a skin disease result and a disease subclass from the cropped image; and assembling a disease identification display including the patient image, a skin disease indication, an image match score, and the disease subclass for displaying on a device. |
| US12217420B2 |
Systems and methods for processing electronic images to determine testing for unstained specimens
A computer-implemented method may include receiving a collection of unstained digital histopathology slide images at a storage device and running a trained machine learning model on one or more slide images of the collection to infer a presence or an absence of a salient feature. The trained machine learning model may have been trained by processing a second collection of unstained or stained digital histopathology slide images and at least one synoptic annotation for one or more unstained or stained digital histopathology slide images of the second collection. The computer-implemented method may further include determining at least one map from output of the trained machine learning model and providing an output from the trained machine learning model to the storage device. |
| US12217418B2 |
Method and system for machine learning classification based on structure or material segmentation in an image
A system and method for classifying a structure or material in an image of a subject. The system comprises: a segmenter configured to segment an image into one or more segmentations that correspond to respective structures or materials in the image, and to generate from the segmentations one or more segmentation maps of the image (each of the segmentation maps representing the image) including categorizations of pixels or voxels of the segmentation maps assigned from one or more respective predefined sets of categories; a classifier that implements a classification machine learning model configured to generate, based on the segmentations maps, one or more classifications and to assign to the classifications respective scores indicative of a likelihood that the structure or material, or the subject, falls into the respective classifications; and an output for outputting a result indicative of the classifications and scores. |
| US12217416B2 |
Control method and system for surface-selective coating of an individual physical document with a liquid coating
A method is provided for surface-selective coating of a surface of an individual physical document, in particular a card-like document, with a liquid coating. The method includes: receiving or generating an actual image information by image sensors, which represents an actual image of the surface; and comparing the actual image information with reference image information, which represents a reference image of a reference surface corresponding to the surface, to determine, based on possible deviations between the actual image and the reference image, any deformation of the surface compared to the reference surface and to generate deformation information representing said deformation or alternatively the absence thereof. A coating device is then controlled based on coating information determined based on the deformation information and on geometry information that defines a target shape of a partial surface of the surface to be provided with the liquid coating. |
| US12217414B2 |
Identify carryback in unknown truck bed
A system for detecting carryback within a dump body of a haul truck may include at least one camera and at least one controller. The at least one camera is configured to generate a scan of an interior surface of the dump body. The at least one controller is configured to receive the scan of the interior surface of the dump body and determine a type of dump body by comparing the scan of the interior surface of the dump body with at least one scan of an interior surface of a known dump body. |
| US12217410B2 |
Decay detection system
A method may include obtaining a laser image of a food product. The method may include obtaining an ultraviolet (UV) image of the food product. The method may include determining a decay value of the food product, based on obtaining the laser image of the product and obtaining the UV image of the food product. |
| US12217403B2 |
Methods and systems to correct crosstalk in illumination emitted from reaction sites
Biosensor including an array of reaction sites and corresponding light sensors may experience crosstalk in which photons from one reaction site are detected by neighbors of its corresponding light sensor, and such crosstalk may be corrected using sharpening kernels corresponding to the sensors in the array. Such sharpening kernels may be derived from generative matrices, which themselves may be derived from point spread functions representing dispersion of illumination emitted from the reaction sites. |
| US12217399B2 |
Tone mapping circuit, image sensing device and operation method thereof
A tone mapping circuit includes: a tone mapping unit suitable for generating a corrected color image by correcting an input image corresponding to pixel data provided from a pixel array; and a noise removing unit suitable for calculating a deviation of the input image based on the input image and the corrected color image, and removing noise from the corrected color image to generate a new output image. |
| US12217393B2 |
Photo composites
Systems, methods, and/or computer-program products for generating a photo composite are configured to identify a facial photo, assign a community such as a genetic community to the identified facial photo, select and retrieve a subset of photos from a genetic community, determine a landmark in each photo of the subset of photos, compute and apply a similarity transform to each photo based and its landmarks, update estimates of transformed averaged landmarks, calculate a triangularization of the transformed averaged landmarks, warp images to the average image landmarks, and combine the intensities of the warped images. The communities are identified from genetic information. The facial photos are identified from a network of genealogical trees and/or a collection of historical records. |
| US12217390B2 |
Method for correcting image by device and device therefor
An example device for correcting an image includes a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor, by executing the one or more instructions, is further configured to obtain an image including a plurality of objects, identify the plurality of objects in the image based on a result of using one or more neural networks, determine a plurality of correction filters respectively corresponding to the plurality of identified objects, and correct the plurality of objects in the image, respectively, by using the plurality of determined correction filters. |
| US12217389B2 |
Codec for processing scenes of almost unlimited detail
Methods and apparatus for systems using a scene codec are described, where systems are either providers or consumers of multi-way, just-in-time, only-as-needed scene data including subscenes and subscene increments. An example system using a scene codec includes a plenoptic scene database containing one or more digital models of scenes, where representations and organization of representations are distributable across multiple systems such that collectively the multiplicity of systems can represent scenes of almost unlimited detail. The system may further include highly efficient means for the processing of these representation and organizations of representation providing the just-in-time, only-as-needed subscenes and scene increments necessary for ensuring a maximally continuous user experience enabled by a minimal amount of newly provided scene information, where the highly efficient means include a spatial processing unit. |
| US12217387B2 |
Learning method, learning system, learned model, program, and super resolution image generating device
Provided are a learning method and a learning system of a generative model, a program, a learned model, and a super resolution image generating device that can handle input data of any size and can suppress the amount of calculation at the time of image generation. A learning method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a learning method for performing machine learning of a generative model that estimates, from a first image, a second image including higher resolution image information than the first image, the method comprising using a generative adversarial network including a generator which is the generative model and a discriminator which is an identification model that identifies whether provided data is data of a correct image for learning or data derived from an output from the generator and implementing a self-attention mechanism only in a network of the discriminator among the generator and the discriminator. |
| US12217386B2 |
Image generation using one or more neural networks
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to generate images. In at least one embodiment, at least a first optical flow network (OFN) and at least a first reconstruction network (RN) can be used to generate one or more images based, at least in part, upon the OFN and the RN using a shared loss function. |
| US12217380B2 |
3-D reconstruction using augmented reality frameworks
System and method are provided for scaling a 3-D representation of a building structure. The method includes obtaining world map data including a first track of real-world poses for a plurality of images. The plurality of images comprises non-camera anchors. The method also includes detecting a discrepancy in at least one real-world pose of the first track. The method also includes in response to detecting a discrepancy, generating a new track of real-world poses. The method also includes calculating a scaling factor for a 3-D representation of the building structure based on sampling across a plurality of tracks. The plurality of tracks comprises at least the first track and the new track. |
| US12217377B2 |
Technologies for rendering portions of editable product designs
Systems and methods for rendering portions of editable product designs are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may support a design application that may apply a rendering algorithm to an editable product design, resulting in the application rendering the editable product design for viewing by a user in a first and a second portion of a user interface. In particular, the rendering algorithm may determine whether or not to adjust the editable product design from a first configuration and first orientation to a second configuration and/or a second orientation based on a selection from the user of a portion of the editable product design within the first portion of the user interface. Based on that determination, the application may render the editable product design in the second portion of the user interface in at least one of the second configuration and/or the second orientation. |
| US12217375B2 |
System for mixing or compositing in real-time, computer generated 3D objects and a video feed from a film camera
The system generates real-time augmented reality video for TV broadcast, cinema or video games. The system includes a monoscopic video camera including a body, a stereoscopic video camera, and a processor. The system includes sensors, including multiple non-optical sensors, which provide real-time positioning data defining the 3D position and 3D orientation of the monoscopic video camera, or enable the 3D position and 3D orientation of the monoscopic video camera to be calculated. The processor is configured to use the real-time positioning data automatically to create, recall, render or modify computer generated 3D objects. The processor is configured to determine the 3D position and orientation of the monoscopic video camera with reference to a 3D map of the real-world generated whilst the camera is being used to capture video. The processor is configured to track the scene without a requirement for an initial or prior survey of the scene. |
| US12217374B2 |
Surface aware lens
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for rendering three-dimensional virtual objects within real-world environments. Virtual rendering of a three-dimensional virtual object can be altered appropriately as a user moves around the object in the real-world through utilization of a redundant tracking system comprising multiple tracking sub-systems. Virtual object rendering can be with respect to a reference surface in a real-world three-dimensional space depicted in a camera view of a mobile computing device. |
| US12217373B2 |
Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for managing augmented reality interface for content provided by digital signage
A method for managing an augmented reality interface related to a content provided by a digital signage is provided. The method includes the steps of: acquiring a picture photographed by a device in relation to a content provided by a digital signage; and estimating identification information on the content with reference to a comparison target content related to the content and included in a content pool, and causing an augmented reality interface corresponding to the content to be displayed together with the photographed picture, on the basis of the identification information on the content. |
| US12217371B1 |
Selective depth analysis
Techniques are disclosed, whereby graphical information for a first image frame to be rendered is obtained at a first device, the graphical information comprising at least depth information for at least a portion of the pixels within the first image frame. Next, a regional depth value may be determined for a region of pixels in the first image frame. Next, the region of pixels may be coded as either a “skipped” region or a “non-skipped” region based, at least in part, on the determined regional depth value for the region of pixels. Finally, if the region of pixels is coded as a non-skipped region, a representation of the region of pixels may be rendered and composited with any other graphical content, as desired, to a display of the first device; whereas, if the region of pixels is coded as a skipped region, the first device may avoid rendering the region. |
| US12217366B2 |
Media distribution device and media distribution method
The present disclosure relates to a media distribution device, a media distribution method, and a program enabling to generate a guide voice more appropriately. A media distribution device includes a guide voice generation unit that generates a guide voice describing a rendered image viewed from a viewpoint in a virtual space by using a scene description as information describing a scene in the virtual space and a user viewpoint information indicating a position and a direction of the viewpoint of a user; and an audio encoding unit that mixes the guide voice with original audio, and encodes the guide voice. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a media distribution system that distributes 6DoF media. |
| US12217364B2 |
3D modeling user interfaces by introducing improved coordinates for triquad cages
A modeling system displays a three-dimensional (3D) space including a 3D object including a plurality of points and a cage model of the 3D object including a first configuration of vertices and quad faces. Each of the plurality of points is located at a respective initial location. The modeling system generates cage coordinates for the cage model including a vertex coordinate for each vertex of the cage model and four quad coordinates for each quad face of the cage model corresponding to each corner vertex of the quad. The modeling system deforms, responsive to receiving a request, the cage model to change the first configuration of vertices to a second configuration. The modeling system generates, based on the cage coordinates, the first configuration of vertices, and the second configuration of vertices, an updated 3D object by determining a subsequent location for each of the plurality of points. |
| US12217360B2 |
Virtual space connection device
A system receives, from a second space, a second picked-up image signal obtained by picking up by a second imaging unit, and projects in a first space an image on the basis of the second picked-up image signal. The system includes a region setting section that sets a specific output region, a signal processing section that generates post-processing image data by performing image signal processing on the second picked-up image signal in such a way that a luminance value of the image projected onto the specific output region becomes equal to or smaller than a specific value; and a device control section that causes projection of the image on the basis of the post-processing image data. |
| US12217356B2 |
Augmented reality wall with combined viewer and camera tracking
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed. A computing device is in communications with a display and one or more trackers that determine a location of a camera relative to the display. The computing device generates a digital scene for presentation on the display such that one or more objects shown in the digital scene have suitable perspective for the location of the camera as determined by the tracker. |
| US12217355B1 |
Systems and methods for optimized streaming of three-dimensional content
A three-dimensional (3D) streaming system and associated methods optimize 3D content streaming to remote devices by receiving 3D data that is distributed across a 3D space. The system partitions the 3D space into different regions, and compresses a different subset of the 3D data that is within each partitioned region as a separate compressed file. The system receives a request for a particular field-of-view in the 3D space and streams a set of compressed files that contain the different subset of 3D data for a set of the partitioned regions within the particular field-of-view. In response to a request for an updated field-of-view with a region that is not within the particular field-of-view, the system selects the compressed file that contains the 3D data within that region and streams the selected compressed file in response to the request for the updated field-of-view. |
| US12217353B2 |
Quantized ray intersection testing with definitive hit detection
Techniques are disclosed relating to intersection tests for ray tracing in graphics processors. In some embodiments, test circuitry is configured to perform an intersection test based on traversal of an acceleration data structure that includes hierarchically-arranged bounding volumes for a graphics scene, where the test operates on: reduced-precision representations of rays that are quantized versions of initial representations of the rays and reduced-representatives of primitives that are quantized versions of initial representations of the primitives. The test may generate a first result for a first ray and a first primitive that indicates that a line coincident with the first ray definitively intersects the first primitive. The graphics processor may record an intersection for the first ray with the first primitive, based on the first result, without performing an intersection test for the first ray using the initial representation of the first ray and the first primitive. |
| US12217351B2 |
Representing 3D shapes with probabilistic directed distance fields
The present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable mediums for representing shapes with probabilistic directed distance fields. In some embodiments, a method includes obtaining a camera representation and a latent shape vector representation of a scene. The camera representation indicates position information and direction information of a view of the scene. The method further includes calculating, based on the latent shape vector representation of the scene, a visibility score and a depth for each ray of a plurality of rays emanating from a corresponding plurality of positions and directions. The plurality of positions and directions are determined from the camera representation of the scene. The method further includes generating renders of geometric information of the scene using the visibility score and the depth of the plurality of rays. |
| US12217347B2 |
Interactive avatars in artificial reality
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to creating interactive avatars that can be pinned as world-locked artificial reality content. Once pinned, an avatar can interact with the environment according to contextual queues and rules, without active control by the avatar owner. An interactive avatar system can configure the avatar with action rules, visual elements, and settings based on user selections. Once an avatar is configured and pinned to a location by an avatar owner, when other XR devices are at that location, a central system can provide the avatar (with its configurations) to the other XR device. This allows a user of that other XR device to discover and interact with the avatar according to the configurations established by the avatar owner. |
| US12217345B2 |
Image processing method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium for game role generation and personalization
An image processing method and apparatus, a computer device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The image processing method includes: displaying a first application page, the first application page including an original role object and a face fusion control; acquiring a user face image of a target user in a case that the face fusion control is triggered; and displaying a target role object on a second application page, the target role object being obtained by fusing the user face image and the original role object, a display angle of the target role object matching posture information of the target user, and the posture information of the target user being determined according to the user face image. |
| US12217344B2 |
Wearing simulation device
A wearing simulation device includes a first animation generation unit that generates a first animation indicating a change in a movement of a body and a surface shape of the body from a second posture to a first posture, a second animation generation unit that generates a second animation indicating a change in a movement of the body and a surface shape of the body in a continuous movement, a third animation generation unit that generates a third animation by connecting the first animation and the second animation, and a simulation execution unit that makes the body wear a clothing model in at least one frame from beginning of the third animation, deforms the clothing model so as to follow the change in the movement of the body and the surface shape of the body in the frame after wearing, and simulates a shape change of the clothing model. |
| US12217342B1 |
Devices, methods and graphical user interfaces for goal-based animation
A computer-generated environment may include a virtual agent and a plurality of targets. Movements of the virtual agent to the plurality of targets can be defined and the movements of the virtual agent to the plurality of targets may be interpolated, such that to generate an interpolated animation path of movement of the virtual agent to the first target and to the second target. |
| US12217340B1 |
Multi-layer pre-generated content
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for the generation of content in advance to enable quickly customized communications for multiple types of customers. One method includes an operation for identifying components of an image design that specifies how the components are combined to generate an image. For one or more of the identified components, variations of the components are generated using one of several generative artificial intelligence (GAI) models. The method further includes detecting a request, comprising user attributes, for the image. For one or more of the identified components, a respective variation is selected based on the user attributes, and a response image is created utilizing the image design and the one or more selected variations. Further, the response image is presented on a computer user interface. |
| US12217333B2 |
Colors as an intelligent service
Systems and methods for providing color recommendations for content editing applications include receiving a color recommendation request from a content editing application that includes color information pertaining to a document being edited by the content editing application. At least one color is identified based on at least one of a predefined accessibility standard, predetermined telemetry data, and organizational/group preferences with reference to the color information in the color recommendation request using a color recommendation service. A color recommendation indicating the at least one identified color is provided from the color recommendation service to the content editing application. |
| US12217332B2 |
Coordinate generation system, coordinate generation method, and computer readable recording medium with stored program
A coordinate generation system, a coordinate generation method, a computer readable recording medium with stored program, and a non-transitory computer program product are provided. The coordinate generation system includes processing units and a neural network module. The processing units are configured to obtain four vertex coordinates of an image. The vertex coordinates include first components and second components. The processing unit is configured to perform the following steps: obtaining first vector based on the first components of the four vertex coordinates and repeatedly concatenating the first vector so as to obtain a first input; obtaining second vector based on the second components of the four vertex coordinates and repeatedly concatenating the second vector so as to obtain a second input; and obtaining first output coordinate components and second output coordinate components of output coordinates based on the first input, the second input, and parameters of the neural network module. |
| US12217329B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic detection and presentation of obscured real-world objects in augmented or mixed reality virtual content
A method for dynamic detection and presentation of obscured real-world objects in augmented or mixed reality virtual content may include an object of interest computer program executed by an electronic device: (1) receiving data for a virtual or augmented reality object to display on an image of a physical environment on a display of the electronic device; (2) receiving data for a physical object in the physical environment; (3) determining that the physical object is obscured by the virtual or augmented reality object; (4) generating a representation of the physical object; and (5) providing the representation of the physical object to a virtual reality or augmented reality computer program executed by the electronic device, wherein the virtual reality or augmented reality computer program is configured to display the physical object over the virtual or augmented reality object. |
| US12217320B2 |
Space recommendation method, device, and system based on air conditioning system, and storage medium
A space recommendation method based on an air conditioning system includes: obtaining a user space usage request that includes demand information of a user for a space; and determining a current energy consumption amount of each of a plurality of air conditioning units of the air conditioning system. Each of the plurality of air conditioning units includes a plurality of air conditioning terminal devices, the plurality of air conditioning terminal devices is respectively arranged in a plurality of spaces; determining a candidate space based on the current energy consumption amount; and recommending an available space based on the demand information and the candidate space. |
| US12217319B2 |
Method of interfacing discrete digital workshop information system
A method of interfacing a discrete digital workshop information system is provided, where the information system includes mutual integration among product lifecycle management (PLM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), a manufacturing execution system (MES), an energy management system (EMS), and a warehouse management system (WMS) of a finished product. A method of interfacing based on a data dictionary fusing different function datasets is proposed to solve the problems of a current discrete industry information system, such as single in function, a small amount of integrated information, a large number of “information islands” existing, incapable of achieving full-process informatization management and control, difficulty in product quality tracing and the like. By the method, it is possible to realize flexible production in a discrete manufacturing industry, precise management and control of a production process, significant improvement in product quality and significant reduction in operating costs. |
| US12217315B2 |
Systems and methods for generating contextually relevant device protections
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that can detect at least one activity by parsing text from an operation of a consumer electronics device and determine that the at least one activity matches a risk scenario. |
| US12217314B2 |
Systems and methods for electronically matching online user profiles
A matching computer system for electronically generating, matching, and providing online user profiles, and determining a trust score for a user based upon at least social media data and insurance data is provided. The matching computer system may be configured to register users within the matching computer system, receive consent from the users to capture the social media data, and collect the social media data and the insurance data from each registered user. The matching computer system may also be configured to retrieve the social media data and the insurance data associated with each registered user. The matching computer system may be further configured to determine a trust score for each registered user based upon each respective social media data and each respective insurance data. Each trust score represents a level of trustworthiness of the user. |
| US12217307B1 |
Virtual trading floor
A method is provided for a virtual floor trading implemented via an exchange computer system. The method includes maintaining a virtual environment that facilitates audio-visual interaction between a plurality of remote market participants; establishing a secure connection with a computing device; receiving, from the computing device, information relating to a financial instrument transaction order; providing the information relating to the financial instrument transaction order to the plurality of remote market participants; receiving a response to the financial instrument transaction order from at least one remote market participant from among the plurality of remote market participants; providing information relating to the response to the plurality of remote market participants; and facilitating a transaction based on the information relating to the financial instrument transaction order, the information relating to the response, and one or more order matching rules. |
| US12217306B2 |
Method for identifying anomalous transactions using machine learning
The present disclosure provides various transformations to be used in analysis of a large number of transactions to detect anomalies that would indicate potential fraudulent or criminal activity. Such transformations may be applied, for example, using a machine learning system. According to some examples, each of various transformations may be used to detect a particular type of behavioral anomaly. When multiple disparate transformations are considered together by the machine learning system, anomalous activity related to potential fraudulent or criminal activity can be detected more frequently and with greater accuracy. |
| US12217304B2 |
Non-transitory computer readable storage medium, system, and method of auction management
A system and process allowing for online participation in multiple simultaneous live auctions comprising an auction management system providing an advantageous user display enabling concurrent auction participation. |
| US12217303B2 |
Systems and methods for currency transfer using augmented reality environments
Disclosed embodiments may include a system providing for currency transfer using augmented reality environments. The system may receive, at a user device associated with a user, a first input indicating a first selection of a first augmented reality item. The system may receive a second input indicating a first movement of the first augmented reality item. The system may determine whether the first augmented reality item is in proximity to a purchasable item. In response to determining that the first augmented reality item is in proximity to the purchasable item, the system may initiate a transfer by receiving image data containing a computer readable code associated with the purchasable item, processing the image data, retrieving store account information and transfer information regarding the purchasable item, retrieving user account information, and transmitting, to an account processor, the user account information, the store account information, and the transfer information. |
| US12217301B1 |
System and method for coordinated online ordering at a drive-thru restaurant at a quick service restaurant facility
A system for coordinating pickup of online orders provided at a quick service restaurant facility having multiple drive through lanes. The system includes a designated drive through lane for each drive through store at the quick service restaurant facility and has a designated security or barrier gate at the facility. The customers order and pay prior to arriving to the QSR facility on an online application associated with each drive through store. An arrival time and identifying gate code is communicated to either the customer or a delivery driver to enter through the security gate. If the recipient of the arrival time and the code arrive too early, the recipient is directed to a waiting area at the facility. Otherwise, the recipient is allowed to pass through the barrier gate and provided with the previously ordered online food order and the order is verified as being associated with the identifying gate code. |
| US12217294B2 |
Product and content association
Methods and apparatus are disclosed regarding an e-commerce system that maintains references between products and relevant content. In some embodiments, methods and/or apparatus obtain content from one or more content providers via a computer network, identify a product from a product catalog of an electronic database that is related to the obtained content; and update references to relevant content maintained in an electronic database for the product to include a reference to the obtained content. |
| US12217293B2 |
Methods and apparatus for merchandise generation including an image
Methods and an apparatus for creation of physical articles of merchandise and associated virtual articles of merchandise based on a user selection of an image, such as a photo. A non-fungible token (NFT) may be associated with one or both of a physical article of merchandise and virtual article of merchandise, or associated with the image selected by the user. The NFT may be transferred with one or both of physical article of merchandise and virtual article of merchandise. |
| US12217289B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining a road usage charge
A method and apparatus for determining a distance travelled by a vehicle for the purpose of assessing and settling a road usage charge allows for determining a distance travelled with a vehicle. A mobile device can acquire odometer values which are subsequently reported to a system that confirms the distance drive and determines a road usage charge. Once the actual distance travelled by the vehicle is determined by the system, a road usage charge can be determined. Fuel excise taxes paid by the vehicle operator for fuel used by the vehicle and tolls can be subtracted from the road usage charge to determine a road usage settlement amount that can be paid from, or refunded to a financial account associated with the vehicle. |
| US12217288B2 |
Dynamically adjusting transportation provider pool size
The disclosed systems can regulate access to an online mode for a dynamic transportation matching system. For example, based on a provider efficiency parameter associated with the dynamic transportation matching system, the disclosed systems can prevent a transportation provider device from switching to the online mode within a geographic area. In addition, the disclosed systems can detect a pattern of behavior and, based on a comparison between the pattern of behavior and a behavioral threshold, cause a transportation provider device to switch from the online mode to an offline mode. Further, the disclosed systems can provide a map interface that indicates where a transportation provider device can switch from the offline mode to the online mode. Additionally, the disclosed systems can determine priorities associated with transportation provider devices and, based on the prioritization, selectively allow the transportation provider devices to switch from the offline mode to the online mode. |
| US12217287B2 |
Brand engine for extracting and presenting brand data with user interfaces
A method implements brand engine for extracting and presenting brand data with user interfaces. The method includes receiving a blueprint with a set of structure blocks extracted from a selected content. A structure block of the set of structure blocks includes a set of style parameter requests for a section of the selected content. The method further includes processing the set of structure blocks with a first set of smart blocks to generate a set of scores. A smart block of the first set of smart blocks includes brand data with style parameter selections. The method further includes selecting a second set of smart blocks, for the set of structure blocks, from the first set of smart blocks, using the set of scores. The method further includes presenting the second set of smart blocks with the brand data. |
| US12217286B2 |
Systems and interfaces for managing content
In some aspects, the described systems and methods provide for managing content. The method comprises receiving respective representations of a plurality of content elements, at least one of the plurality of content element having metadata information, displaying a representation of the content element in a user interface to a first user, sending the representation of the content element from the first user to a second user, indicating an edit request from the second user to the first user within the user interface, opening content element editing software via a link; performing at least one edit operation within an interface of the content element editing software on the content element based on the edit request; sending a representation of the edited content element from the first user to the second user; and approving the edited content element. |
| US12217284B2 |
Matching promotions to telecom user preferences using artificial intelligence
Promotional offers are offered to telecom subscribers in roaming network areas by recording promotional preferences of subscribers for receiving promotional calls, forwarding subscriber information from a local network telecom service provider to a roaming network service provider, and measuring with the roaming network telecom service provider the subscribers that are present within a roaming network geography. The subscribers can then be ranked by their duration within the roaming network geography, and promotional pools can be generated for the subscribers within the roaming network based on their preferences. Promotional offers can then be matched to the subscribers in the promotional pools based using the ranking of subscribers and the promotional preferences. |
| US12217281B2 |
Information distribution management device
To provide an information distribution management device configured to analyze distribution in consideration of the number of unique users.An advertisement management device 100 includes a heat map generation unit 101configured to generate a heat map indicating the necessity of advertisement distribution to a designated target layer for each of a plurality of units of digital signage 300 and for each time slot, a reach curve generation unit 103 configured to function as a viewing estimation unit that estimates the viewing frequency of unique users of the target layer for the digital signage 300to which the heat map is applied, and an evaluation unit 104 configured to evaluate the heat map on the basis of the number of viewers who are unique users of the target layer (equivalent to viewing frequency) and the total number of viewers who are all users to whom the heat map is applied (viewing frequency). |
| US12217280B2 |
Computer system and method for offering coupons
A computer system and method for offering coupons to a user is provided herein. The computer system includes a coupon offering server. The coupon offering server includes a shopping container image processor configured to detect a pre-purchase item in shopping container image data. The shopping container image processor includes an object detector module and a barcode detector module. The object detector module is configured to generate first detected item data, wherein the first detected item data includes an item detected in the shopping container image data using an object detection technique. The barcode detector module is configured to generate second detected item data, wherein the second detected item data includes an item detected in the shopping container image using a barcode detection technique. The computer system also includes a coupon matcher engine. The coupon matcher engine is configured to receive the first and second detected item data from the shopping container image processor and generate matched coupon data using the first and second detected item data. |
| US12217278B1 |
Lead management platform for targeted output generation
Aspects of the disclosure relate to using machine learning for customized communication output generation. A computing platform may receive lead information from an enterprise user device. Based on the lead information, the computing platform may generate lead management information indicating a communications that should be sent to an individual corresponding to the lead information, where the communications correspond to a plurality of communication types and are each sent on a particular date indicated in the lead management information. The computing platform may send the lead management information and one or more commands directing a communication storage system to select and send each of the communications to the individual on the particular date corresponding to each of the communications, which may cause a client device corresponding to the individual to display each of the communications on the particular date corresponding to each of the communications. |
| US12217277B2 |
System and method for in-store customer feedback collection and utilization
A system for managing customer feedback regarding a product or service is disclosed, particularly, at a point-of-sale location. The system includes a backend system and a frontend system wherein feedback from a customer regarding the product or service is collected using the frontend system. The feedback is transmitted to the backend system where one or more sales or business hypothesis are generated to present to the customer to acquire further feedback from the customer. One or more action items, such as product offering optimization, marketing campaign customization, and inventory management can be suggested based on the customer response to the generated hypothesis. |
| US12217276B2 |
Attribute selection for matchmaking
Methods and systems for assisting entities with improving the effectiveness of their profiles are disclosed. An example method is performed by one or more processors of a system and includes storing profile data including profiles identifying attributes associated with respective entities, obtaining a selection data vector including values each indicating a selection rate for a respective entity, generating, using a trained analysis model, selection prediction data predicting, for each respective change of a set of possible changes to a selected entity's profile, how the selection rate for the selected entity will change if the selected entity's profile is adjusted in accordance with the respective change, selecting, from the selection prediction data, one or more recommended changes likely to result in an increase in the selection rate for the selected entity, and outputting a prompt recommending that the selected entity make one or more recommended changes to the selected entity's profile. |
| US12217274B2 |
System and method for implementing automated harvesting of scanned contracts
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to programmatically accessing a contract management system and executing a complex series of interfaces to navigate to the part of the site where it may use previously cached metadata to execute searches for known contracts of interest. Once the workspace for each contract is located, heuristics and/or AI inside the driving code may seek out the scans of signed contracts, and use a managed web browser to download them. |
| US12217272B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for authentication of a product
A system, a method, and a device for authentication of a product includes one or more databases configured to store data of one or more products, and a user device communicatively coupled to the databases via a network. The user device includes at least one memory configured to store computer executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to receive, from an authenticator, product search data of the product, and to search the product in the databases based on the product search data. The product is listed by a user for authentication, and the product is authenticated by scanning an authentication tag attached to the product. The authentication tag is pre-programmed and becomes inactive when detached from the product. There is also a dual-purpose device for authenticating a commercial product and associating a brand with the authentication of the product. |
| US12217270B2 |
Certified quick response codes associated with top-level domains verified by trusted product certificate authority
A unique identifier can be associated with a commerce good. A computing system can receive a first query with a first value of a particular attribute and the unique identifier. The computing system can receive a second query with a second value of the particular attribute and the unique identifier. The computing system can determine a difference between the first value and the second value of the particular attribute. The computing system can determine that the difference between the first value and the second value meets a particular threshold. The computing system can determining an authenticity of the commerce good responsive to the difference meeting the particular threshold. |
| US12217267B2 |
System, method, and computer program for providing a multi-merchant electronic shopping cart for a shopping service
A system, method, and computer program are provided for providing a multi-merchant electronic shopping cart within a web browser. The shopping cart can be used at a plurality of unrelated merchant shopping sites and remains within the browser regardless of the displayed website. When a user selects the shopping cart, a user interface is displayed with information about a product on the website without navigating to a new webpage. If the product has options, the user is able to select for the options via the user interface. The user is also able to save products from a plurality of shopping sites to the shopping cart or purchase products from the shopping cart at one time. For each product to be purchased, a purchase transaction is conducted, on behalf of the user, with the merchant associated with the website from which the user added the product to the shopping cart. |
| US12217266B2 |
Antifraud resilient transaction identifier datastructure apparatuses, methods and systems
The Antifraud Resilient Transaction Identifier Datastructure Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“ARTID”) transforms PIN, unique user identifying device datastructure inputs via ARTID components into secure payment authorization outputs. The ARTID includes a virtual secure element datastructure transaction apparatus, comprising, a memory, a component collection in the memory, and a processor disposed in communication with the memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions from the component collection stored in the memory. ARTID includes instructions to: obtain request to generate a tamper resistant asset account from a requestor, and instantiate a new tamper resistant asset account, wherein the account is populated with the requestor identifier, unique requestor device identifier, a secure cryptographic element for the tamper resistant account. ARTID also includes instructions to provide a message to generate a new physical account card and an associated virtual account card associated with the tamper resistant asset account, and obtain a request to engage the virtual account card in a transaction, wherein the request includes the user access credential. ARTID also includes instructions to generate a card access event message from the request to engage the virtual account card, provide the card access event message to a payment network, and obtain a card access event authorization response. |
| US12217262B2 |
Time based risk management mechanisms
Techniques for identifying a fraudulent interaction of a user device using time based risk features are described herein. In embodiments, time stamp information provided by an external clock and time units may be maintained by a user device. The user device may include an authentication component that is communicatively coupled to a clock component that generates the time units. In response to conducting an interaction with an access device and user device first time information may be received from the access device. Second time information may be determined based at least in part on the time units from the clock component and the time stamp information. The second time information may be compared to the first time information. An authentication plan for the interaction may be determined based at least in part on the comparison of the second time information to the first time information. |
| US12217261B2 |
System for accessing non-fungible tokens
A system that allows owners of Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to access an NFT via a physical item. The physical item may include authenticating information that enables the system to verify ownership of an NFT that is maintained in a remote database, such as a blockchain ledger. The item thus enables the owner to quickly and securely access the digital asset associated with the NFT via a reader, such as a smart phone or other computing device. The system provides a method for binding an NFT to the physical item, and a corresponding method for accessing the NFT and the related digital asset later using the physical item. |
| US12217260B2 |
Systems and methods for automated identity verification
A system and method in accordance with examples may include an identity verification kiosk. The identity verification kiosk may include a display comprising a user interface; a card reader; a document scanner; a printer; and a processor in data communication with a server and a database storing user information. The processor may be configured to receive an identification verification request from the user interface; receive user information via the document scanner or the card reader; retrieve user information from the database; verify the identity of a user; and print a unique identifier on a document using the printer. |
| US12217257B2 |
Trustless deterministic state machine
The invention relates to distributed ledge technologies such as consensus-based blockchains. Computer-implemented methods for a trustless, deterministic state machine are described. The invention is implemented using a blockchain network, which may be, for example, a Bitcoin blockchain. A first transaction validate is received at a node in a blockchain network. The first transaction includes a first script that, as a result of being executed, causes the node to at least obtain a first set of field values of the first transaction, a second set of field values of a second transaction, and an input. The second transaction is obtained. The second transaction includes a second script that includes a set of rules and, as a result of being executed, causes the node to at least verify that the second script matches a third script embedded in the first set of field values, determine, based at least in part on the second set of field values, a current state, and determine, based at least in part on the current state, the input, and the set of rules, a next state. The first transaction is validated as a result of execution of the first script and the second script. |
| US12217255B2 |
Media licensing method and system using blockchain
Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure may overcome one or more of the aforementioned and other deficiencies experienced in conventional approaches to distribute media content digitally and manage associated intellectual property rights in a secure, immutable, efficient, and automatic manner. Intellectual property rights associated with media content can include copyright, trademarks, licenses to composition, synchronization, performance, recordings, etc. In particular, various embodiments provide media licensing management using blockchains. |
| US12217254B2 |
Method and system for controlling the performance of a contract using a distributed hash table and a peer-to-peer distributed ledger
A computer-implemented method (100) and system (1) for controlling the performance of a smart contract. The method includes storing a contract on or in a computer-based repository. The contract is associated with a licence between a first user (U1) and a second user (U2). The method further includes receiving, over a communications network, a transaction comprising a transfer of a token from an agent (A) to the first user (U1) or the second user (U2). The transaction comprises metadata that includes an identifier indicative of a location where the contract is stored. The method further includes querying a peer-to-peer distributed ledger (i.e. blockchain) to determine whether the transaction comprises at least one unspent output (UTXO). The method further includes, responsive to querying the peer-to-peer distributed ledger, determining whether to modify performance of the contract. The blockchain may be the Bitcoin blockchain. |
| US12217250B2 |
Secure contactless credential exchange
In some implementations, a credential device may receive a request to generate a virtual credential from a user device associated with a first unique identifier, wherein the request includes a second unique identifier associated with a terminal to receive the virtual credential. The credential device may generate the virtual credential based on the request and a primary credential associated with the first unique identifier, wherein the virtual credential is associated with the primary credential and valid only for an entity associated with the terminal. The credential device may transmit information associated with the virtual credential to the terminal associated with the second unique identifier. |
| US12217249B2 |
Blockchain based machine task access and authentication
Machines with credentials having multiple sensors can be authenticated and allowed a level of access to perform tasks based on the credential and a blockchain network or blockchain based platform using authenticatable values provided by the machines' sensor data, log data, location data. Requests for service can be managed by the blockchain based platform based on authentication values from the machine. |
| US12217246B2 |
Method and system for use of an EMV card in a multi-signature wallet for cryptocurrency transactions
A method for carrying out a cryptocurrency blockchain transaction through an integrated circuit payment card using a multi-signature blockchain wallet includes: storing, in an integrated circuit of a payment card, a first private key of a first cryptographic key pair and a transaction account number; receiving, by the integrated circuit, a blockchain transaction from a point of sale device, the blockchain transaction including unspent transaction outputs, destination addresses, a cryptocurrency amount for each destination address, and a first digital signature generated using a second private key of a second cryptographic key pair; digitally signing, by the integrated circuit, the blockchain transaction using the first private key to generate a second digital signature; and transmitting, by the integrated circuit, the digitally signed blockchain transaction including the first digital signature and the second digital signature to the point of sale device. |
| US12217244B2 |
Systems and methods for executing ecommerce express checkout transactions
Systems and methods are disclosed for executing an electronic transaction using a digital wallet. One method includes receiving an express checkout request and electronic transaction data from an electronic transaction browser. The digital wallet system may determine whether a user is enrolled in the digital wallet system. The digital wallet system may transmit a verification request to the electronic transaction browser upon determining the user is enrolled in the digital wallet system. The digital wallet system may receive a verification response from the electronic transaction browser. The digital wallet system may generate a graphical interface including predetermined user data. The digital wallet system may complete an electronic transaction based on the user response. |
| US12217235B2 |
Sensor-based transaction authorization via user device
A method that includes receiving, from one or more motion sensors in a device, data describing a signature arc in three-dimensional space, the signature arc having been generated by gesturing using the device; identifying, from the data describing the gestured signature arc, a plurality of points that correspond to the gestured signature arc in three-dimensional space; generating a curve along the identified plurality of points corresponding to the gestured signature arc; generating a two-dimensional representation of the gestured signature arc; and displaying, on a display screen, the generated two-dimensional representation of the gestured signature arc. |
| US12217234B2 |
Network switch and terminal device
An apparatus and a computer implemented method for managing data streams to a terminal device according to peak levels is disclosed. A streaming device (e.g., exchange device) may provide the data streams in response to requests received from the terminal devices. A network device in the communication path between the streaming device and the terminal device may route the data streams. At least one of the exchange device, the network device, and the terminal device is configured to identify an extended time period for a data stream between a streaming device and a terminal device, determine at least one representative time period within the extended time period, determine a quantity of discrete messages for the at least one representative time period, and calculate the coincident value for the streaming device and the terminal device over the extended time period based on the quantity of discrete messages, for the at least one representative time period, from the exchange device to at least the terminal device. |
| US12217232B2 |
Anonymity and traceability of digital property transactions on a distributed transaction consensus network
The present disclosure concerns methods and systems for increasing anonymity and traceability of a digital property management system that manages digital property transactions on a distributed transaction consensus network. The digital property management system comprises a sender's digital property manager and a recipient's digital property manager. The sender's digital property manager further comprises a sender's module and a sender's transaction node and the recipient's digital property manager further comprises a recipient' module and a recipient's transaction node. To increase anonymity of a remittance transaction between, sender's module is not allowed to access a recipient's virtual identification. Thus, recipient's module generates a token to temporarily replace a recipient's virtual identification. To increase anonymity, an encrypted label is generated for each sub-transaction to identify sub-transactions and their sequence in the same remittance set. |
| US12217231B2 |
Systems and methods for embeddable point-of-sale transactions
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for delivering online multi-media content in a manner that provides embedded point-of-sale transaction functionality so that a user can simultaneously view the online multi-media content and purchase product(s) and/or service(s) associated with and/or featured in such content. |
| US12217228B2 |
Systems and methods for point of sale deposits
The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for executing a point of sale deposit. In one embodiment, a system may include one or more memory devices storing software instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to receive transaction information related to a point of sale deposit from a client device, and generate a pending deposit transaction based on the transaction information. The one or more processors may be further configured to execute the software instructions to receive a first transaction token from the client device, receive a second transaction token from a third-party device, match the first transaction token to the second transaction token, and complete the pending deposit transaction based on the match. |
| US12217226B2 |
Systems and methods for allocating resources via information technology infrastructure
A system to allocate resources via information technology infrastructure is described. A server includes processors to provide to a plurality of devices, an electronic benefits account transaction application programming interface (“API”) configured to receive transaction requests from a plurality of heterogeneous electronic funding sources. The server can receive a request to initiate a single transaction to fund an electronics benefit account. The server can transmit data in an alert format indicating a denial of the single request responsive to a comparison of a value to one or more threshold limits. |
| US12217225B2 |
System and method for smart device communication and transaction processing
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for transaction processing using a smart device. In one embodiment, a system and method are introduced which enable the use of a third-party provider in conjunction with the smart device. The third-party provider can enable transaction processing and offloading, eliminating the need for processing via an application server. In another embodiment, a dynamic machine-readable code is further introduced for providing the communication between the third-party provider and the smart device. |
| US12217223B2 |
Inserting a further data block into a first ledger
A method is for inserting a further data block into a first ledger, the first ledger including data blocks. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a further medical dataset via an interface; determining the further data block via a calculation unit. The further data block includes the further medical dataset and a further link information. The further link information includes a hash of at least one of the data blocks of the first ledger. Finally, in an embodiment the method includes inserting the further data block into the first ledger via the calculation unit. |
| US12217220B2 |
Method for managing health service solid waste
A method is described for managing health service solid waste, in which the solid waste from the generating unit is collected, sorted, transformed and packaged at a Central Waste Transformation Facility (CTR) within the generating unit which conveys the sorted waste to a processing unit that sends back to the generating unit, in return, transformed products, inputs and/or energy for use in routine activities, conferring a commercial value on waste that is customarily sent to landfill. |
| US12217215B1 |
Systems and methods to selectively configure features of a user interface of a collaboration environment to limit distractions
Systems and methods to selectively improve a user interface of a collaboration environment by configuring features of the user interface to limit distractions are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment; manage information defining individual work unit pages for individual units of work; obtain input information conveying user input including user-initiated requests to tailor values of display parameters of the units of work; in response to the user input, generate tailored values of the display parameters of the individual units of work; effectuate presentation of the individual work unit pages in the instances of the user interface in accordance with the tailored values; and/or perform other operations. |
| US12217206B2 |
User experience scoring and user interface
Systems and methods are described for providing and configuring an overall user experience score. Mobile and desktop user devices can collect and send data to a server about an application installed on the devices and the health of the devices. The server can use the application data and device health information to determine three scores for the application: a mobile score for a mobile version, a desktop score for a desktop version, and a device health score. The server can determine an overall user experience score based on the lowest of the three scores. The server can cause the overall user experience score to be displayed in a first graphical user interface (“GUI”). A second GUI can allow an administrator to reconfigure scoring metrics for the user experience scores by moving elements on a sliding bar that changes thresholds. |
| US12217199B1 |
System and method for intermodal dual-stream-based resource optimization
Systems and techniques for optimizing hub resources and maximizing hub throughput based on dual-stream resource optimization (DSRO). In embodiments, a first flow of units arriving to the hub from customers to be loaded into departing trains is represented as a consolidation stream, and a second flow of units arriving to the hub via arriving trains to be unloaded and delivered customers is represented as a deconsolidation stream. A time-space network is generated for each of the consolidation and deconsolidation streams, and included in a DSRO model. Each stage of the streams is represented as a node of the corresponding time-space network in the DSRO model, which also models resource interdependence between the streams. An operating schedule based on the DSRO model optimizes the resources over a planning horizon to ensure they are allocated to both streams fairly so as to maximize the unit flow during operations. |
| US12217197B2 |
Transaction-enabled systems and methods for transaction execution with licensing smart wrappers
Transaction-enabled systems and methods for transaction execution with licensing smart wrappers are disclosed. An example system may include a smart contract wrapper configured to access a distributed ledger comprising a plurality of IP licensing terms for a plurality of IP assets comprising an aggregate stack of IP. The smart contract wrapper may be further configured to interpret an IP description value and an IP addition request and, in response to the request and IP description value, to add an IP asset to the aggregate stack of IP. A transaction execution circuit provides a transaction implementation command in response to at least one of a transaction geographic value or a transaction jurisdiction value. |
| US12217190B2 |
Decision making using integrated machine learning models and knowledge graphs
Aspects of the disclosure relate to machine learning models and knowledge graphs. A computing platform may receive event processing data. Using a machine learning mode, the computing platform may identify k nearest data points corresponding to the event processing data. Using a knowledge graph, the computing platform may identify k nearest data nodes corresponding to the event processing data. The computing platform may generate first weighted relative distances between the event processing data and the k nearest data points, and second weighted relative distances between the event processing data and the k nearest data nodes. Based on the weighted relative distances, the computing platform may identify a data cluster for the event processing data. The computing platform may send, based on the identified data cluster, event processing information and one or more commands directing an enterprise computing device to display the event processing information. |
| US12217184B2 |
Low-power, high-performance artificial neural network training accelerator and acceleration method
A method of accelerating training of a low-power, high-performance artificial neural network (ANN) includes (a) performing fine-grained pruning and coarse-grained pruning to generate sparsity in weights by a pruning unit in a convolution core of a cluster in a lower-power, high-performance ANN trainer; (b) selecting and performing dual zero skipping according to input sparsity, output sparsity, and the sparsity of weights by the convolution core, and (c) restricting access to a weight memory during training by allowing a deep neural network (DNN) computation core and a weight pruning core to share weights retrieved from a memory by the convolution core. |
| US12217183B2 |
Control system for railway yard and related methods
A control system is for a railway yard with railroad tracks. The control system may include RCLs and sets of railcars on the railroad tracks. The control system may include railyard sensors configured to generate railyard sensor data of the railroad tracks, and a server in communication with the RCLs and the railyard sensors. The server may be configured to generate a database associated with the sets of railcars based upon the railyard sensor data. The database may have, for each railcar, a railcar type value, a railcar logo image, and a vehicle classification value. The server may be configured to selectively control the RCLs to position the sets of railcars within the railroad tracks based upon the railyard sensor data. |
| US12217181B2 |
Visual observer for unmanned aerial vehicles
In some examples, a first device includes multiple fixed first cameras and a movable second camera. A processor is configured to receive, from at least one of the fixed first cameras, a plurality of first images of an airspace corresponding to an area of operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle, and detect, based at least on the first images, a candidate object approaching or within the airspace. Based on detecting the candidate object, the processor controls a movable second camera to direct a field of view of the movable second camera toward the candidate object. Based on one or more second images from the movable second camera captured at a first location and one or more third images from a third camera captured at a second location, the processor may determine that the candidate object is an object of interest and perform at least one action. |
| US12217178B2 |
Computer-based systems configured for detecting and splitting data types in a data file and methods of use thereof
A method for training a neural network model includes generating a training dataset with a plurality of data types and word samples belonging to each data type. A plurality of character strings stored in a plurality of data fields in a first data file are received where the plurality of character strings includes at least one word belonging to at least one data type in the plurality of data types. The at least one word from each of the plurality of character strings in each of the data fields are split and matched to the at least one data type using the neural network model. An ad hoc second data file with a plurality of data vectors is constructed based on a user selection of data field labels where each data vector includes words matched to a data type with a respective data field label. |
| US12217174B2 |
Intelligent messaging framework for vehicle ecosystem communication
An embodiment relates to a system of a vehicle comprising a first vehicle ecosystem module comprising a first communication system and a first vehicle ecosystem unit comprising a local environment matrix, and a global governance module that is internal or external to the system, wherein the global governance module comprises a learning agent and a second communication system comprising a protocol unit, wherein the learning agent is configured to learn continuously and update rules for an outcome of the first vehicle ecosystem module when power in the vehicle is turned on, wherein the system is configured for autonomous communication between the first vehicle ecosystem unit and a second vehicle ecosystem unit, wherein the second vehicle ecosystem unit is either internal or external to the system. |
| US12217169B2 |
Local neural implicit functions with modulated periodic activations
Systems and methods for signal processing are described. Embodiments receive a digital signal comprising original signal values corresponding to a discrete set of original sample locations, generate modulation parameters based on the digital signal using a modulator network, wherein each of a plurality of modulator layers of the modulator network outputs a set of the modulation parameters, and generate a predicted signal value of the digital signal at an additional location using a synthesizer network, wherein each of a plurality of synthesizer layers of the synthesizer network operates based on the set of the modulation parameters from a corresponding modulator layer of the modulator network. |
| US12217167B2 |
High performance computing system for deep learning
A computing system includes a host processor, a plurality of accelerators that communicate with the host processor based on a communication interface, and a plurality of memory nodes that are connected with the plurality of accelerators through an interconnection network. A first data link is established between a first accelerator of the plurality of accelerators and a first memory node of the plurality of memory nodes, and a second data link is established between the first accelerator and a second memory node of the plurality of memory nodes. |