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| US12294515B2 |
Quality sensing network management
One aspect provides a system and method for selecting a path for a data flow in a network. During operation, a first node receiving the data flow can determine flow information that specifies a destination node. The system estimates a Quality of Experience (QoE) value of each node based on the flow information and current operating status of each node. A management service generates a QoE topology of the network based on connectivity among the nodes and the QoE value associated with each node; determines a plurality of potential paths between the first node and the destination node, with each potential path comprising a plurality of intermediate nodes; and selects a path that provides best QoE performance based on the QoE topology. Selecting the path comprises computing a cumulative QoE value of each potential path based on QoE values of the intermediate nodes included in the potential path. |
| US12294508B2 |
Network nodes and methods therein for notification delivery
The present disclosure provides a method in a Network Function, NF, producer. The method includes transmitting, to a Service Communication Proxy, SCP, a notification request for delivering a notification. The notification request contains a Uniform Resource Identifier, URI, having a predetermined service path indicating that the notification request is associated with a default notification subscription. |
| US12294504B2 |
System and method of browsing offline and queried content
Embodiments of systems and methods for browsing offline and queried content are presented herein. Specifically, embodiments may receive a request that a content associated with a request be managed at the user cache on a mobile device. Embodiments may also determine whether the requested content is in a cache associated with the mobile application and, if the content is not in the cache, deliver the requested content to the mobile application for presentation to a user. Embodiments may also receive a notification that the requested content was stored in the cache associated with the mobile application. |
| US12294502B2 |
Time-sensitivity task identification service according to predicted connectivity issues
Disclosed are various examples identifying time-sensitive tasks being performed by a user of a client device that may be affected by a network connectivity issue associated with the client device and alerting the user interacting with the client device of the identified time-sensitive tasks. Network connectivity data associated one or more client devices can be used to identify patterns and context in network connectivity loss based at least in part on location, time, date, etc. Additionally, user context data associated with a user can be analyzed to predict whether the user will experience any connectivity issues and identify any tasks or action items being performed by the user interacting with the client device that may be considered time-sensitive. A user can be notified of a potential connectivity issue that may affect the ability for the user to complete a time-sensitive task. |
| US12294498B2 |
Real time qubit allocation for dynamic network topographies
Qubit allocation for dynamic network topographies is disclosed. In one example, a processor device of a computing system implements a configuration to quantum definition (C2Q) service that performs real time qubit allocation for dynamic network topographies. The C2Q service can ensure synchronization between a configuration file for a network topography and a quantum definition file for qubits allocated to the network topography. |
| US12294496B2 |
Methods and systems for service policy orchestration in a communication network
Methods and systems are provided for service policy orchestration in a communication network. An orchestration of a distributed event policy may be initiated at a service policy execution factory (SPEF). The initiating may include selecting a service event object with an associated unique service instance identifier and an associated unique service event identifier; defining service requirements that may include or relate to one or more of type of an event, a criticality, a lifetime, and generic service execution rule(s); including the service requirements in the service event object; and sending the service event object and the unique service instance ID to a service policy orchestration factory (SPOF) for performing one or more actions relating to the orchestration of the distributed event policy. In response to receiving an SPOF feedback message that indicates a successful updating of the event repository, the orchestration of the distributed event policy may be terminated. |
| US12294494B2 |
Configuration system for a data network, data network, and configuration method
A configuration system includes a network data analysis circuit configured to receive and process network usage data from a plurality of access points of the data network to obtain processed network usage data. The network usage data include information about communication channels used by the respective access points. The processed network usage data include information about conflicts between the access points regarding the communication channels. An evaluation circuit is configured to generate a chord diagram based on the processed network usage data. The chord diagram includes a plurality of segments, each assigned to at least one of the communication channels or no communication channel, and the access points being each assigned to at least one of the segments. The chord diagram comprises chords interconnecting the segments having access points assigned thereto, between which there is an actual conflict and/or a potential conflict. |
| US12294491B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, update method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium in which program is stored
An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an updating method, and a program that can properly update software even when a network function has a redundant configuration are provided. An information processing apparatus (1) includes: an information acquiring unit (2) configured to acquire redundant configuration information contained in network definition information from a MANO implementation apparatus performing instantiation of network functions by using the network definition information that contains the redundant configuration information being information about a redundant configuration of the network functions, and implementing MANO for the network functions; and an update control unit (3) configured to propose an update sequence of nodes in updating software of the nodes that execute processing for providing the network functions, based on the redundant configuration information. |
| US12294489B2 |
Proximal playback devices
Systems and methods disclosed herein include, determining a proximity of the first networked device to a second networked device, determining whether there is a wired network connection existing between the first networked device and the second networked device, and in response to determining the proximity and the existence of a wired network connection, reconfiguring one or more operational parameters of one or both of the first networked device and the second networked device. |
| US12294484B2 |
Method and apparatus for handling sidelink radio link failure in a wireless communication system
A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment-to-User Equipment (UE-to-UE) Relay. In one embodiment, the method includes the UE-to-UE Relay establishing a first PC5 unicast link with a first UE and establishes a second PC5 unicast link with a second UE. The method further includes the UE-to-UE Relay initiating a Layer-2 link release procedure to release the second PC5 unicast link if a sidelink radio link failure is detected on the first PC5 unicast link. |
| US12294483B2 |
Fault recovery plan determining method, apparatus, and system, and computer storage medium
This application discloses a fault recovery plan determining method, apparatus, and system, and a computer storage medium, and belongs to the field of network technologies. First, a control device obtains a similar known fault that is in a plurality of known faults and whose fault root cause and a fault root cause of a target fault in a network meet a similarity condition. Then, the control device obtains a fault recovery plan corresponding to the similar known fault. The control device determines, based on the fault recovery plan corresponding to the similar known fault, a fault recovery plan corresponding to the target fault. |
| US12294482B2 |
IoT application learning
A system and method for performing automated learning of an Internet-of-Things (IoT) application are disclosed. The automated learning is based on generation of application-agnostic events, allowing the automated learning to be performed without prior knowledge of the IoT application. |
| US12294480B2 |
Methods for network maintenance
Methods, systems, and devices for network maintenance are described. A controller may receive an indication that the performance of a network device has decreased. The indication may include case identification data associated with the network device. The controller may request proactive network maintenance (PNM) data associated with the network device based on receiving the case identification data. The controller may transmit the PNM data to a machine learning (ML) engine. The ML engine may transmit, to the controller, an indication of a predetermined operation predicted to improve the performance of the network device. The controller may transmit the predetermined operation to a client device based on receiving the indication of the predetermined operation. The ML engine may receive feedback indicating whether an execution of the predetermined operation improved the performance of the network device. The ML engine may a training data set based on the feedback. |
| US12294472B2 |
Software-based cross domain solutions
A computer-implemented method, in accordance with one aspect of the present invention, includes receiving, by a sender multi-protocol gateway (MPG) implemented in software, data from a sender application for transmission to a receiver endpoint. The data is validated against a predefined schema definition by the sender MPG. In response to successfully validating the data, a service request is made, by the sender MPG, using preconfigured information. An endpoint of the service request is a receiver MPG configured to forward the validated data to a receiver application in communication with the receiver endpoint. The receiver MPG is configured to not reply in any way to the sender MPG and sender application in response to receiving the service request. |
| US12294471B2 |
Network layer performance and security provided by a distributed cloud computing network
A first computing device of a distributed cloud computing network receives an IP packet that is destined to an origin server of an origin network. The first computing device processes the received IP packet and encapsulates the IP packet inside an outer packet to generate an encapsulated packet, where the outer packet has a source IP address that is advertised as an anycast IP address at the distributed cloud computing network, and a destination IP address of an origin router of the origin network. The encapsulated packet is transmitted to the origin router. |
| US12294469B2 |
Boundary clock synchronized loop
In one embodiment, a synchronized communication system includes a plurality of network devices, and clock connections to connect the network devices in a closed loop configuration, wherein the network devices are configured to distribute among the network devices a reference clock time from any selected one of the network devices. |
| US12294468B2 |
Building controller with managed multiport switch
A building controller is configured to control one or more building system components of a building control system. In one example, the building controller includes a housing and one or more wiring terminals that are accessible from outside of the housing. A controller is housed by the housing and is operatively coupled to the one or more wiring terminals. The controller is configured to output one or more control commands on one or more of the wiring terminals. A managed network switch is housed by the housing and includes a plurality of network switch ports that are each accessible from outside of the housing and are each configured to be releasably secured to one or more network cables. The building controller is configured to receive user input for configuring one or more managed characteristics of the managed network switch. |
| US12294464B2 |
Terminal, base station, transmission method, and reception method
If repetition transmission is applied to a response signal for a downlink data signal and an uplink signal, the uplink signal is repeatedly transmitted using a certain number of consecutive subframes starting with a first subframe, at which the repetition transmission of the uplink signal starts, and the response signal is repeatedly transmitted using at least the certain number of consecutive subframes starting with a second subframe, at which the repetition transmission of the response signal starts. The first subframe is set to be the same as the second subframe. |
| US12294462B2 |
Acknowledgment management techniques for uplink multi-user transmissions
Acknowledgment management techniques for UL MU transmissions are described. In various embodiments, an AP may observe a limit with respect to a number of TIDs for which corresponding A-MPDUs are to be acknowledged in a given immediate/compressed multi-user (MU) block ACK (BA). In some embodiments, the AP may indicate such a TID limit in a broadcast transmission, such as a beacon or management frame. In various other embodiments, the AP may indicate such a TID limit in a response for a capability request, such as a Probe Response, or in a specific allocation frame, such as a trigger frame, for all STAs participating in UL MU transmissions. In various embodiments, a single TID limit may be indicated that is understood to apply to each STA. In some other embodiments, the AP may indicate a respective TID limit for each of multiple STAs. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US12294460B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting HARQ feedback
A user equipment (UE) and a method for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback are provided. The method includes: receiving a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) configuration that indicates a specific PUCCH format of a PUCCH and whether a sidelink (SL) HARQ feedback is allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH; generating a first HARQ feedback in response to first data received via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); generating a second HARQ feedback in response to second data received via a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); and transmitting uplink control information (UCI) including at least a portion of the first HARQ feedback and at least a portion of the second HARQ feedback via the PUCCH in a case that the PUCCH configuration indicates that the SL HARQ feedback is allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH and the first HARQ feedback overlaps the second HARQ feedback in a time domain. |
| US12294458B2 |
Data processing method and device in passive optical network system
A data processing method including receiving a data flow sent by an encoder side, where the data flow is a bit stream on which interleaving encoding is used, the data flow includes synchronization information, and the synchronization information is distributed in the data flow based on a first permutation interval, obtaining, from the data flow, first data information based on a first value interval and a first value length, where the first value interval is equal to the first permutation interval, and a difference between the first value length and a length of the synchronization information is less than or equal to a preset error value, and when a similarity between the first data information and the synchronization information exceeds a preset similarity threshold, performing de-interleaving on the data flow based on a start location of the first data information. |
| US12294456B2 |
Blind detection method for control channel, terminal, and storage medium
The disclosure relates to a blind detection method for a control channel, a terminal, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining downlink control information (DCI) of a plurality of subframes through blind detection of the control channel; and determining validity of the DCI of the plurality of subframes in repetition times adopted in blind detection of the control channel to obtain a decision result. |
| US12294455B2 |
Receiving interference and noise power fluctuations reports from a user equipment
A base station is configured to receive channel state information (CSI) from a user equipment (UE). The base station transmits configuration information including one or more interference measurement resources (IMRs) allocated for measurement by the UE, receives a reference CSI report from the UE, receives a new CSI report including interference and noise power fluctuation feedback from the UE and selects a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the UE based on at least the interference and noise power fluctuation feedback and the reference CSI report. |
| US12294453B2 |
Coded bit transmission method and apparatus
A coded bit transmission method and apparatus, to improve spectrum resource utilization and a data rate of a Wi-Fi system, where the method includes: A sender performing channel coding on information bits according to a used MCS, to generate coded bits; and the sender distributing the coded bits to a plurality of channel sets or a plurality of resource units according to a distribution rule. The MCS is an MCS used for each of the plurality of channel sets, or an MCS used for each of the plurality of resource units. |
| US12294448B2 |
Systems and methods for unifying local channels with over-the-top services
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for unifying local channels with Over-the-Top (OTT) services (e.g., Internet-streaming media services). In one example aspect, a location is determined. Based on the determined location, a list of local channels available for broadcast in the geographic area is retrieved. The list of local channels is then compared to a list of channels offered via at least one OTT service. Based on the comparison with the OTT service channel offering, a subset of available local channels may be determined. The electronic programming guide (EPG) data and other programming metadata associated with the local channels may be downloaded and provided to the OTT service. The local channels, along with the EPG data and programming metadata, may be merged with the OTT service so that the local channels may be streamed via the OTT service. |
| US12294447B2 |
System and method for handling stacked channels
A satellite reception assembly may include a housing configured to support receipt and handling of a plurality of satellite signals. The housing may include circuitry incorporating integrated stacking architecture for supporting and/or providing channel and/or band stacking whereby particular channels or bands, from multiple satellite signals that are received via the satellite reception assembly, may be combined onto a single output signal that may be communicated from the satellite reception assembly to a gateway device for concurrent distribution thereby to a plurality of client devices serviced by the gateway device. |
| US12294446B2 |
Methods, infrastructure equipment, and communications devices
A method for operating an infrastructure equipment forming part of a non-terrestrial network, NTN, of a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises transmitting a plurality of spot beams, each of the spot beams providing a wireless access interface for transmitting signals to and/or receiving signals from communications devices within a coverage region formed by the each of the spot beams, determining, for one or more of the spot beams, that the coverage region formed by the one or more of the spot beams is at least partially located within a geographical region in which NTN services are not permitted, and changing a utilisation state of each of the one or more of the spot beams from a first utilisation state to a second utilisation state. |
| US12294441B2 |
Terminal and base station
A terminal to be installed in a machine having rotor blades in a communication system in which the terminal and a base station transmit and receive data via a relay station to and from each other, includes a rotor blade state monitoring unit that monitors a rotor blade state by measuring the timing at which the rotor blades block a communication path in midair between the relay station and the terminal, and a transceiver that transmits the rotor blade state to the base station and transmit the data using radio resources allocated by the base station. |
| US12294440B2 |
Using transient reflective surfaces to reflect a signal from access point equipment to signal receiving equipment
The technologies described herein are generally directed to detecting reflective surfaces for use reflecting a signal from access point equipment to destination equipment in advanced networks, e.g., at least a fifth generation (5G) network. For example, a method described herein can include receiving a request, from access point equipment, to establish a communications session between the access point equipment and destination equipment. The method can further include based on a source of surface information, predicting that a transient reflective surface is going to be located at a first geographic location and is going to be usable by the access point equipment to reflect a signal to the destination equipment, resulting in reflected path information corresponding to a reflected path for the communications session. Further, the method can include, in response to the request, communicating to the access point equipment, the reflected path information. |
| US12294439B2 |
Meta-structure wireless infrastructure for beamforming systems
Examples disclosed herein relate to a meta-structure based reflectarray for beamforming wireless applications and a method of operation of passive reflectarrays in an indoor environment. The method includes receiving, by a plurality of passive reflectarrays, a Radio Frequency (RF) signal from a source. The method also includes reflecting, by the plurality of passive reflectarrays, the RF signal to generate a plurality of RF beams to a respective target coverage area, in which each of the plurality of RF beams increases a multipath gain along a signal path between a corresponding passive reflectarray to the respective target coverage area. |
| US12294437B2 |
System and method for link recovery with discontinuous reception
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and method for beam failure recovery between a UE and a base station operating in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode. In an embodiment, the UE receives a frame from a base station for determining a radio link quality of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The UE determines whether the frame is received only during the DRX ON state of the DRX mode and that the radio link quality of the PDCCH is less than an acceptable quality threshold. In response, the UE transmits a recovery message to the base station indicating a change to a communication beam used to receive the frame. |
| US12294434B2 |
CSI feedback for multi-PDSCH transmission
Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for implementing Channel State information (CSI) feedback for multi-Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmissions in a wireless communication system. Some embodiments enable a user equipment (UE) to determine Channel Quality Indicators (CQI) and/or Precoding Matrix Indicators (PMI) for multi-PDSCH transmissions that account for effects of a duration of the multi-PDSCH transmission including the maximum interval between the first and last PDSCH transmissions on the CQI and PMI determinations. Some embodiments include a base station that detects a need for a change in a beam direction and adjusts the beam direction accordingly based on the PMI determinations. Some embodiments enable a desired hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-ACK feedback transmission from a single multi-PDSCH transmission. Some embodiments include performing HARQ bundling with an update to the Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook based on the multi-PDSCH transmission. |
| US12294433B2 |
Signal to interference plus noise ratio measurement method and apparatus, device, and medium
A signal to interference plus noise ratio measurement method, a terminal device, and a medium are provided. The signal to interference plus noise ratio measurement method includes receiving configuration information from a network side device. The signal to interference plus noise ratio measurement method further includes performing Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) measurement by using information that is of a Reference Signal (RS) resource used for a SINR measurement and that is included in the configuration information, where a number of measurement times of the RS resource in the SINR measurement meets a preset rule. |
| US12294430B2 |
Signal processing device and base station antenna
The present disclosure relates to a signal processing device and a base station antenna. The signal processing device comprises: a substrate; a beam-forming network, which is provided on one side of the substrate; and a calibration circuit, which is provided on the same side of the substrate on which the beam-forming network is provided; wherein the beam-forming network is connected to the calibration circuit via a connecting trace on the substrate. |
| US12294426B2 |
Data transmission method and apparatus
Embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method and an apparatus, and relate to the communication field, to indicate a plurality of codebooks or a plurality of sounding reference signal (SRS) resource combinations. The method includes: A terminal device receives first information, where the first information is used to indicate a plurality of codebooks; and the terminal device performs data transmission based on the plurality of codebooks, where each of the plurality of codebooks corresponds to one beam. Alternatively, a terminal device is configured to receive second information, where the second information is used to indicate N SRS resource combinations, where N is an integer greater than 1; and the terminal device performs data transmission based on the N SRS resource combinations, where each of the N SRS resource combinations corresponds to one beam. Embodiments of this application are applied to a 5G communication system. |
| US12294424B2 |
Transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state indications for tilted antenna arrays
A device includes at least a first and a second antenna array module. The first antenna array module serves a first frequency band, the first antenna array module having a first antenna array surface that is substantially perpendicular to a first boresight and oriented substantially parallel to a first surface of the device adjacent to the first antenna array module, the second antenna array module serves a second frequency band, the second antenna array module having a second antenna array surface that is substantially perpendicular to a second boresight and oriented at an angle relative to a second surface of the wireless communication device adjacent to the second antenna array module, and the device transmits an indication of a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for use in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, the set of TCI states being selected based on the angle. |
| US12294421B2 |
Measuring an interference from a neighboring device
A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for measuring an interference from a neighboring device. The method may performed by a device and comprise: measuring, by the device, an interference based on a reference signal from a neighboring device, which is served by a neighboring cell; and transmitting, by the device, a measurement report to a serving cell, the measurement report including a measured value of the interference. One or more steps of measuring the interference and transmitting the measurement report may be performed based on configuration information. The configuration information includes one or more of start information, end information, a timer or a threshold. |
| US12294420B2 |
Method, computer program, device and radiofrequency system for estimating interference on a radiofrequency system using a set of channels
A method includes: determining a set of all possible configurations of occupation or non-occupation of a set of transmission bands, defined as a set of possible vectors; building a matrix from a stacking of all the possible vectors; obtaining measurements of occupation of at least a part of the set of channels, at respective time instants; and computing probabilities using a channel transition function so as to determine, for each transmission band, an estimated activation rate, on the basis of the measurements. The estimated activation rate corresponds to an occupation rate of a transmission band by an interferer within the given observation time window, and the probabilities computations include an iterative resolution of a non-linear optimization problem with a constraint derived from the Gibbs' inequality. |
| US12294417B2 |
Measuring device and a measurement method for determining a total radiated power
A test system for determining a total radiated power of an antenna over the air comprises a measuring device and the base station. The measuring device is embodied to establish a communications connection to the base station to be tested over the air and to initiate and use over the air a function for fixing a present beam-lock function of the base station to be tested. The measuring device is further embodied to identify and measure a maximum effective isotropic radiated power, and to determine the total radiated power from previously known antenna characteristics and the measured maximum effective isotropic radiated power. |
| US12294416B2 |
Intra-automobile power and communications via fiber
An automobile includes an electronic control unit (ECU), at least one fiber optical cable, and a sensor unit. The ECU is operational to generate an optical power signal and a first optical communications signal. The fiber optical cable transports the optical power signal and the first optical communications signal. The sensor unit is operational to convert the optical power signal into an electrical power, convert the first optical communications signal into an electrical control signal, measure a first parameter related to the automobile, and generate a second optical communications signal that conveys the first parameter as measured. The fiber optical transports the second optical communications signal to the electronic control unit. The ECU is further operational to convert the second optical communications signal into a first electrical sensed signal that conveys the first parameter, and take an action based on the first parameter in the first electrical sensed signal. |
| US12294414B2 |
Method and device for multi-wavelength plug-and-play quantum key distribution without time delay due to wavelength conversion
The present specification provides a method and a device, the method, performed by a device, for transmitting a first pulse train in a quantum communication system being characterized by: receiving a random access (RA) preamble from another device; transmitting an RA response (RAR) to the other device as a response to the RA preamble; performing a radio resource control (RRC) connection process with the other device; receiving data from the other device; and decoding the data on the basis of key information, wherein a first pulse train is generated in a laser diode of the device, and the key information is determined on the basis that the first pulse train passes through both a first path and a second path and is then transmitted from the device to the other device via a quantum channel. |
| US12294413B2 |
Ultrafast temporal filtering for quantum communications
A quantum communication method comprising: at a sender, preparing photons encoded in a single spatial, spectral, and temporal (SST) mode to form a quantum signal; and introducing the quantum signal into a quantum channel; at a receiver, a detector and filtering system optically processing the quantum signal and rejecting background noise photons in the quantum channel, and performing active temporal filtering by switching the polarization of the quantum signal without substantially adding noise; and wherein the active temporal filtering minimizes saturation of the detector. |
| US12294412B2 |
Signal demodulation method and apparatus, computer storage medium and device
Disclosed are a signal demodulation method and apparatus, a computer storage medium and a device. The method comprises: acquiring a signal to be demodulated; performing direct current blocking and bias processing on the signal to obtain a processed signal; comparing the processed signal with a preset decision signal, and obtaining a demodulation signal according to a comparison result. Thus, direct current blocking processing on a modulation signal can avoid dynamic changes of DC components caused by average power changes of carrier signals, avoiding wrongly demodulating the modulation signal. Bias processing after the direct current blocking on the modulation signal can further realize an AC signal decision without introducing a negative pressure source. A real-time decision on the processed signal via the preset decision signal can dynamically adapt the average power of carrier signals, thereby ensuring to correctly demodulate the modulation signal and improving the accuracy of demodulation results. |
| US12294404B1 |
Protective case for portable electronic devices
A protective case for portable electronic devices, having a case assembly with a frame assembly. The frame assembly has first and second longitudinal frame members and first and second transversal frame members. The case assembly further has a rear wall joining the first and second longitudinal frame members and the first and second transversal frame members at a substantially perpendicular disposition. The rear wall has at least two apertures, wherein the at least two apertures have cooperative shapes and dimensions to removably receive heads of inserts, and the at least two apertures. |
| US12294402B2 |
Radio control transmitter
A radio control transmitter comprising a grip portion gripped by an operator at the time of performing remote control of a control target, a base portion disposed at one end of the grip portion, and a head portion disposed at the other end of the grip portion and having an operating unit configured to control the control target, and configured to transmit a control signal to the control target in response to an operation of the operating unit is described herein. The head portion includes a fitting hole in which a plurality of round holes are continuously arranged in a width direction of the head portion is formed at a bottom portion of a housing of the head portion, and a horizontal angle of the trigger centered on a holding position of the base end is changed in a stepwise manner. |
| US12294397B2 |
CSI assisted CRS-IM advanced receivers
A UE receives configuration for interference mitigation pattern(s) indicating which resource elements in a time-frequency resource space should be measured. The UE performs interference measurements based on the received one or more interference mitigation patterns. A network node determines configuration for interference mitigation pattern(s0 indicating which resource elements in a time-frequency resource space should be measured by a user equipment. The network node sends, toward the user equipment, the configuration for use by the user equipment to perform interference measurements of the one or more interference mitigation patterns. |
| US12294395B2 |
Multi-mode antenna tuner circuit and related apparatus
A multi-mode antenna tuner circuit and related apparatus are provided. The multi-mode antenna tuner circuit can be configured to operate in a low-current mode or a high-power mode. When operating in the high-power mode, the multi-mode antenna tuner circuit can provide full-fledged functionalities and consume a higher amount of current. In contrast, in the low-current mode, the multi-mode antenna tuner circuit provides reduced functionality and consumes a lower amount of current. In this regard, in a wireless communication apparatus employing multiple multi-mode antenna tuner circuits, it is possible to opportunistically configure some multi-mode antenna tuner circuits to operate in the low-current mode based on an operating environment (e.g., frequency band, location, etc.) and internal state (e.g., battery level, signal strength, etc.) of the wireless communication apparatus. As a result, it may be possible to reduce consumption and heat dissipation without compromising performance of the wireless communication apparatus. |
| US12294387B2 |
Decoding of error correction codes based on reverse diffusion
Disclosed herein are systems and method for training neural network based decoders for decoding error correction codes, comprising obtaining a plurality of training samples comprising one or more codewords encoded using an error correction code and transmitted over a transmission channel where the training samples are subject to gradual interference over a plurality of time steps and associate the encoded codeword(s) with an interference level and a parity check syndrome at each of the plurality of time steps, using the training samples to train a neural network based decoder to decode codewords encoded using an error correction code by (1) estimating a multiplicative interference included in the encoded codeword(s) based on reverse diffusion applied to the encoded codeword(s) across the time steps, (2) computing an additive interference included in the encoded codewords based on the multiplicative interference, and (3) recovering the codeword(s) by removing the additive interference. |
| US12294386B2 |
Optimizations of memory-utilization and PCM processing schedules for an LDPC decoder
The disclosure generally relates to improvements of a log-likelihood ratios (LLRs) memory structure and memory capacity of a decoding hardware (also referred to as a decoder) in decoding a sequence of codewords encoded with a low-density parity-check (LDPC) code (e.g. a quasi-cyclic (QC) LDPC code). Further, the disclosure relates to the optimization of a processing schedule of a parity check matrix (PCM) describing the LDPC code so as to reduce or minimize the number of patch LLRs that need to be (simultaneously) stored in an LLR memory of a decoder. |
| US12294382B2 |
Single slope analogue to digital converter and operating method thereof
Disclosed herein is a method of operating a single slope analog-to-digital converter (ADC), which includes receiving an input signal from a sensor or a ramp signal from a ramp generator according to a state of a switch and sampling the received input or ramp signal, comparing, by a comparator, whether the sampled ramp signal is present in a predetermined input range in a state in which the ramp generator maintains an off state and outputting the comparison result, generating, by a logic part, a flag signal indicating a high or low according to the comparison result by the comparator and providing the flag signal to the ramp generator, and sampling, by the ramp generator, a reference voltage of the comparator according to the flag signal based on an off or on state. |
| US12294381B2 |
Analog to digital converter and operation method thereof
The analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a sample and hold circuit configured to sample an analog input voltage and hold the sampled voltage. The sample and hold circuit includes: an analog switch configured to generate a boosting voltage obtained by adding a constant voltage to the analog input voltage, and output an analog output voltage corresponding to the analog input voltage by using the boosting voltage; and a capacitor in which the analog output voltage is charged. |
| US12294380B2 |
Power saving encoding for isolated galvanically data transmission
A data channel includes a power constrained first channel portion to receive energy from a limited power source and a non-power constrained second channel portion to receive energy from a different power source than the first channel portion. The first channel portion includes an ADC circuit to output an ADC data sample, a first transmitter circuit configured to serially transmit data that includes ON bits and OFF bits, and logic circuitry configured to derive transmit data from the ADC data sample. The transmitter circuit uses more energy transmitting the ON bits than the OFF bits, and the derived transmit data has a reduced number of the ON bits from the ADC data sample. The second channel portion includes a first receiver circuit to receive the derived transmit data from the first transmitter circuit of the first channel portion. |
| US12294379B2 |
Clock generating circuit and semiconductor apparatus using the same
A clock generating circuit includes a first division circuit and a second division circuit. The first division circuit is configured to generate a first group of internal clock signals by dividing a clock signal. The second division circuit is configured to generate a second group of internal clock signals by dividing a delayed clock signal, the delayed clock signal generated by an internal circuit delaying the clock signal. An operation timing of the second division circuit can be adjusted based on one of the first group of internal clock signals generated by the first division circuit. |
| US12294378B1 |
Offset calibration method and circuit applied to comparator array
Disclosed are an offset calibration method and circuit applied to a comparator array. The offset calibration circuit includes a global calibration voltage generation module, integrators, comparators, a global logic control circuit, and local logic control circuits; an entire comparator array shares the single global calibration voltage generation module, and each of the comparators only needs to introduce an integrator circuit, such that a large calibration range and a small calibration step are achieved, a long calibration cycle and a large circuit area are required, and the requirements for a low area are satisfied. The offset calibration method provided by the present disclosure is similar to a binary search algorithm, which is adopted to search for the offset voltage, the calibration step of 1 2 N Vref can be realized by only N cycles, and short calibration time is thus realized. |
| US12294374B2 |
Pulse width distortion correction
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a signal detection circuit having a signal detection circuit input and a signal detection circuit output. The IC further includes a reference voltage circuit having a reference voltage circuit input and a reference voltage circuit output. The IC also includes a comparator having a first comparator input and a second comparator input. The first comparator input is coupled to the reference voltage circuit output, and the second comparator input is coupled to the signal detection circuit output. The IC includes a clamp circuit having a clamp circuit input and a clamp circuit output. The clamp circuit input is coupled to the signal detection circuit, and the clamp circuit output is coupled to the reference voltage circuit output. |
| US12294373B2 |
Method for transferring a control signal between a first digital domain and a second digital domain, and corresponding system-on-a-chip
A system-on-a-chip includes a first digital domain and a second digital domain. An interface circuit includes a level-shifting circuit for converting a signal between the first digital domain and the second digital domain. The first digital domain includes a control circuit configured to generate a control signal for transmission to the second digital domain. The control signal includes a pulse having a nominal duration adapted to the level-shifting circuit. At the input of the level-shifting circuit, the interface circuit includes, in the first domain, a conditional pulse-stretching circuit that lengthens a duration of the pulse of the control signal to at least the nominal duration when a duration of the pulse of the control signal is shorter than the nominal duration and non-zero. |
| US12294372B2 |
Low power crystal oscillator with automatic amplitude control
A low power crystal oscillator circuit has a high power part and a low power part. Crystal oscillation is initialized using the high power part. An automatic amplitude control circuit includes a current subtractor that decreases current in the high power part as an amplitude of the crystal oscillation increases. A current limiting circuit may limit current in the low power part in order to further reduce power consumption by the low power crystal oscillator circuit. Additionally, an automatic amplitude detection circuit may turn off the high power part after the amplitude of the crystal oscillation reaches a predetermined level in order to further reduce power consumption of the low power crystal oscillator circuit, and may turn back on the high power part after the amplitude of the crystal oscillation reaches a second predetermined level in order to maintain the crystal oscillation. |
| US12294370B1 |
Area optimized ferroelectric or paraelectric based low power multiplier
A low power adder uses a non-linear polar capacitor to retain charge with fewer transistors than traditional CMOS sequential circuits. The non-linear polar capacitor includes ferroelectric material, paraelectric material, or non-linear dielectric. The adder may include minority gates and/or majority gates. Input signals are received by respective terminals of capacitors having non-linear polar material. The other terminals of these capacitors are coupled to a node where the majority function takes place for the inputs. |
| US12294361B2 |
Output stage of ethernet transmitter
An output stage of an Ethernet transmitter is provided. The output stage is coupled to a resistor and includes a first output terminal, a second output terminal, a first transistor, and a first transistor group. The resistor is coupled between the first output terminal and the second output terminal. The first transistor has a first source, a first drain, and a first gate, the first source being coupled to a first reference voltage and the first drain being coupled to the second output terminal. The first transistor group is coupled to the first reference voltage and the first output terminal. The first transistor group includes multiple transistors which are connected in parallel, and the magnitude of the current flowing to the first output terminal is related to the number of transistors that are turned on. |
| US12294358B2 |
Integrated electronic system with an improved power-on reset circuit and method for controlling the integrated electronic system
A resettable digital stage operates when a supply voltage is higher than a threshold. A non-volatile memory stores a digital code read by a reading stage. A main power-on reset circuit generates a main reset signal controlling reset of the reading stage. A resettable volatile memory coupled to the reading stage stores a default value when reset. An auxiliary power-on reset circuit generates an auxiliary reset signal controlling reset of the volatile memory. Upon deactivation of the reset, the reading stage loads the digital code into the volatile memory. The main power-on reset circuit functions in a non-trimmed configuration response to the stored default value and in a trimmed configuration responsive to the stored digital code. The main power-on reset circuit has first and second operative thresholds which respectively fall within a first and second non-trimmed voltage range or within a first and second trimmed voltage range. |
| US12294355B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
A semiconductor integrate circuit device includes: an output transistor connected between a voltage input terminal to which a DC voltage is input and a voltage output terminal; a control circuit that controls on/off of the output transistor; a proportional current generation circuit capable of generating a current proportionally smaller than a current flowing through the output transistor; an overcurrent detection circuit capable of detecting an overcurrent state of an output current by determining whether a current flowing through the output transistor is equal to or greater than a first predetermined current value, based on the current generated by the proportional current generation circuit; and a retry circuit that generates and outputs a signal for intermittently turning off the output transistor in response to the overcurrent detection circuit detecting the overcurrent state. |
| US12294354B2 |
Resonator-assisted LC filter exhibiting high-pass and bandpass behavior
A filter circuit includes a first inductor circuit connected in series with a second inductor circuit, and a first capacitor circuit connected in series with a second capacitor circuit. The first inductor circuit and the second inductor circuit are connected between a first input/output port and a second input/output port of the filter circuit. A third inductor circuit is connected between a reference node and a first node that is between the first inductor circuit and the second inductor circuit. A resonator circuit is connected to a second node between the first capacitor circuit and the second capacitor circuit. A fourth inductor circuit is connected between the resonator circuit and the reference node. In some embodiments, another resonator circuit is connected between the input port and the output port of the filter circuit. |
| US12294351B2 |
Acoustic wave device with mini bus bars
An acoustic wave device, and an acoustic wave filter and electronics module including the same. The acoustic wave device comprises a first interdigital transducer electrode having a first bus bar and a first plurality of electrode fingers extending from the first bus bar, the first bus bar having a width of 3 μm or less in a direction parallel to the extension of the first plurality of electrode fingers, and a second interdigital transducer electrode having a second bus bar and a second plurality of electrode fingers extending from the second bus bar and interleaved with the first plurality of electrode fingers, the second bus bar having a width of 3 μm or less in a direction parallel to the extension of the second plurality of electrode fingers. The acoustic wave device allows for improvements in power durability when used in an acoustic wave filter, without an increase in size of the acoustic wave filter. |
| US12294344B2 |
Integrated circuit comprising an adaptation and filtering network including a direct current power supply stage, and corresponding adaptation and filtering process
The integrated circuit includes a power amplifier, an antenna, and a matching and filtering network including a direct current power supply stage on an output node of the power amplifier, a first section, and a second section. The direct current power supply stage and the two sections include inductor-capacitor “LC” arrangements configured to have an impedance that is matched to the output of the power amplifier in the fundamental frequency band. The LC arrangements of the direct current power supply stage and of the first section are furthermore configured to have resonant frequencies that are respectively adapted to attenuate harmonic frequency bands of the fundamental frequency band. |
| US12294342B2 |
Audio equalization of audio environment
An example method of operation may include determining a frequency response to a measured chirp signal detected from one or more speakers, determining an average value of the frequency response based on a high limit value and a low limit value, subtracting a measured response from a target response, and the target response is based on one or more filter frequencies; determining a frequency limited target filter with audible parameters based on the subtraction, and applying an infinite impulse response (IIR) biquad filter based on an area defined by the frequency limited target filter to equalize the frequency response of the one or more speakers. |
| US12294341B2 |
Automatic gain control circuit, corresponding receiver, transmitter and method
A receiver or transmitter circuit includes a signal propagation path between a radio-frequency (RF) signal node and a baseband processing circuit. Variable gain circuitry is configured to vary a gain applied to a signal propagating between the RF signal node and the baseband processing circuit. The variable gain circuitry varies the gain via first, coarse steps as well as via second, fine steps. This facilitates fine matching of the gains experienced by signals propagating over the in-phase and the quadrature branches in the transmitter and/or receiver circuit. |
| US12294335B2 |
Receiver front end for digital isolators
In at least one embodiment, a method for operating a receiver includes configuring a receiver front-end circuit of the receiver according to a selected power consumption configuration. The method includes adjusting a quiescent current of a programmable flat gain stage coupled to the receiver front-end circuit according to the selected power consumption configuration to compensate for any gain loss of the receiver front-end circuit in the selected power consumption configuration. The selected power consumption configuration may be a reduced power consumption configuration and the programmable flat gain stage may be configured to at least partially compensate for the gain loss of the receiver front-end circuit in the reduced power consumption configuration. |
| US12294331B2 |
Mount assemblies with chemical flashings
Chemical flashings for track assemblies and mount assemblies employed in solar power installations are disclosed. In some embodiments, a track assembly having a base, a pair of rails, a sealant receiving cavity and a round groove extending into the base from the bottom of the base, and a compressible round seal disposed within the base extending past the bottom is disclosed. In some embodiments, a mount assembly having a vertical structure, a sealant receiving cavity and a round groove extending into the base from the bottom of the base, a compressible round seal disposed within the base extending past the bottom, and an excess sealant cavity is disclosed. |
| US12294328B2 |
Power conversion device
With the aim of improving the reliability of a power conversion device for driving a motor, this power conversion device is provided with a rectifying portion for rectifying an AC voltage and outputting a DC voltage, a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the DC voltage, an inverter portion into which the DC voltage is input and which outputs AC power, an inverter drive portion for outputting a gate signal to the inverter portion, a regenerative braking portion connected in parallel with the smoothing capacitor, a regenerative braking drive portion for outputting a gate signal to the regenerative braking portion, a control portion for outputting drive signals to the inverter drive portion and the regenerative braking drive portion, a regenerative braking overcurrent detecting portion for outputting an overcurrent detection signal if the current flowing through the regenerative braking portion exceeds a determination value, and a latch portion into which the overcurrent detection signal output from the regenerative braking overcurrent detecting portion is input and which outputs a gate output interruption signal to the control portion, wherein switching elements of the inverter portion and the regenerative braking portion stop in an off state when the regenerative braking overcurrent detection portion detects an overcurrent. |
| US12294327B2 |
Electromagnetic brake control device and control device
An electromagnetic brake controller for controlling a negative-actuated electromagnetic brake includes an output terminal connectable to the electromagnetic brake and a brake control section that outputs, through the output terminal, a brake control signal to be provided to the electromagnetic brake. The brake control section outputs a brake control signal for releasing the electromagnetic brake in response to a normal brake command and a safety brake command both indicating ON and outputs a brake control signal for applying the electromagnetic brake in response to at least one of the normal brake command or the safety brake command indicating OFF. The electromagnetic brake controller performs both safety control and normal control over the electromagnetic brake connected to the output terminal. |
| US12294325B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamically changing an inverter switching frequency in an electric motor
An electric motor for a pump is provided. The electric motor includes a motor controller configured to convert alternating current (AC) power supplied to a variable frequency variable voltage power for driving the electric motor at a motor output according to a commanded motor output. The motor controller includes an inverter configured to generate the variable frequency variable voltage power according to the commanded motor output and a microcontroller coupled to the inverter. The microcontroller is configured to control the inverter to operate at a first switching frequency when the motor output is less than a threshold motor output and control the inverter to operate at a second switching frequency when the motor output is greater than the threshold motor output, wherein the second switching frequency is less than the first switching frequency. |
| US12294321B2 |
Methods and system for estimating electric machine position offset
Systems and methods for operating an electric drive system for an electric or hybrid vehicle is described. In one example, the drive system is operated by suppling a pulsed torque current command while supplying a zero flux current command. The torque current command and the flux current command make up winding current commands for an electric machine. |
| US12294317B2 |
Piezoelectric ultrasonic motor with a more stable vibration body
A piezoelectric ultrasonic motor including: a columnar body having two opposite bottom surface portions and a plurality of side surface portions surrounding a region between the two bottom surface portions, and having a through hole that penetrates between the two bottom surface portions; a driving shaft inserted through the through hole of the columnar body; and a flexible printed circuits (FPC) on which a plurality of sheet-like piezoelectric elements are mounted, wherein the FPC has an FPC main body bringing the plurality of piezoelectric elements into contact respectively with the plurality of side surface portions of the columnar body and wound around the columnar body, and can supply driving electric power to the plurality of piezoelectric elements. |
| US12294313B2 |
Drive system and control device for drive system
A drive system (1) drives a multi-phase AC motor (2) having a plurality of windings. The drive system (1) includes a first power converter (3U), a second power converter (3V), a first conversion controller (20U), and a second conversion controller (20V). The first power converter (3U) causes a current to flow through a winding of a first phase of the multi-phase AC motor (2). The second power converter (3V) causes a current to flow through a winding of a second phase of the multi-phase AC motor (2). The first conversion controller (20U) decides on either a three-level phase voltage waveform or a five-level phase voltage waveform on the basis of setting information for designating a type of phase voltage waveform and controls the first power converter (3U) so that the decided phase voltage waveform is output from the first power converter (3U). The second conversion controller (20V) controls the second power converter (3V) so that a phase voltage waveform having the same type as the phase voltage waveform of the first power converter (3U) is output from the second power converter (3V) on the basis of the setting information for designating the type of phase voltage waveform. |
| US12294311B2 |
Auxiliary pre-charging device of power converter, pre-charging method and power converter
The present invention provides an auxiliary pre-charging device for a power converter. The power converter includes at least one power unit with an input end being connected to a medium and high voltage AC power source, and an output end being connected to a low voltage DC bus, wherein the auxiliary pre-charging device includes a switch, a transformer, a pre-charging resistor, and a rectifier sequentially connected in series, one end of the switch is connected to the medium and high voltage AC power source, and an output end of the rectifier is connected to the low voltage DC bus. The present invention also provides a pre-charging method for a power converter, which uses the aforementioned auxiliary pre-charging device to start pre-charging at the low-voltage output end of the power converter. |
| US12294305B2 |
Multi-phase power converter and control method thereof
A multi-phase power converter and a control method thereof according to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure can minimize a temperature deviation between switches by varying the magnitude of current to be handled by a power conversion module of the multi-phase power converter based on the temperature of the switch. |
| US12294303B2 |
Power supply system and multipath power converter circuit thereof
A power supply system includes: a switching buck-boost converter configured to operate an inductor, so as to convert an input power at a first node to a first output power at a second node, wherein first output voltage of the first output power is higher than, lower than or equal to an input voltage of the input power; a battery coupled to a third node; a first transistor coupled between the first node and the third node; and a second transistor coupled between the second node and the third node. The switching buck-boost converter, the first transistor and the second transistor operate to supply power to a load circuit and/or to charge the battery, wherein the load circuit is coupled to the second node in a removable manner to receive power. |
| US12294301B2 |
Power supply circuit and light-emitting diode (LED) driving system using power supply circuit
A power supply circuit and a light-emitting diode (LED) driving system using the power supply circuit are provided. The power supply circuit includes a linear conversion circuit, a first capacitor, and a direct current-direct current (DC-DC) conversion circuit, where an alternating current input signal is rectified to form a first rectified voltage. The linear conversion circuit receives the first rectified voltage and has an output terminal connected to the first capacitor. After the power supply circuit is started, the linear conversion circuit controls the first rectified voltage to charge the first capacitor in a time period when the first rectified voltage is near a trough. The DC-DC conversion circuit receives a first capacitor voltage and performs power conversion to output a supply voltage. At least part of the linear conversion circuit and at least part of the DC-DC conversion circuit can be integrated with an LED driving circuit. |
| US12294298B2 |
Switching converter with analog on-time extension control
A system includes: 1) a battery configured to provide an input voltage (VIN); 2) switching converter circuitry coupled to the battery, wherein the switching converter circuitry includes a power switch; 3) a load coupled to an output of the switching converter circuitry; and 4) a control circuit coupled to the power switch. The control circuit includes: 1) a switch driver circuit coupled to the power switch; 2) a summing comparator circuit configured to output a first control signal that indicates when to turn the power switch on; and 3) an analog on-time extension circuit configured to extend an on-time of the power switch by gating a second control signal with the first control signal, wherein the second control signal indicates when to turn the power switch off. |
| US12294291B2 |
Power conversion system
A voltage generated in a DC line at the time when a sub module is deactivated in the event of a short-circuiting fault in the DC line is suppressed. A power conversion system includes a power converter including a leg circuit, a control device, and a voltage suppression circuit connected to a DC line. The leg circuit includes a plurality of sub modules connected in series, and at least one of them is a first sub module implemented by a sub module in a full-bridge configuration or a 1.5 half-bridge configuration. When the control device detects a short-circuiting fault in the DC line, it stops a switching operation of the plurality of sub modules. The voltage suppression circuit is configured to suppress a voltage generated in the DC line when the switching operation is stopped. |
| US12294290B2 |
Controller for power converter
A power converter has a capacitor and a power conversion unit having a series-connected unit composed of an upper arm side switching element and a lower arm side switching element. The capacitor is connected in parallel with the serios connection unit. The power conversion unit supplies electric power to a motor. A controller for the power conversion unit has a frequency characteristics estimation part estimating frequency characteristics of a battery current of the battery when a current is flowing between the power convertor and the battery, a ripple current setting part determining a ripple frequency of a ripple current contained in the battery current based on the frequency characteristics of the battery current, and a control part performing a switching control of the switching elements based on the ripple frequency in order to generate the ripple current. |
| US12294289B2 |
Systems and methods for resonant converter thermal and ripple current improvement using two stage voltage loop
A system includes: an alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) converter (AC-DC converter), the AC-DC converter including a bulk capacitor; a DC-DC converter connectable to the AC-DC converter; and one or more controllers configured to control the system by performing operations, the operations including: determining a current demand of a load, the load being connectable to the DC-DC converter, for a charging cycle of the load; performing a first comparison of the current demand to one or more current demand thresholds; and generating a voltage setpoint for the bulk capacitor based on the first comparison, wherein the generation of the voltage setpoint limits output current ripple of the DC-DC converter for the charging cycle. |
| US12294288B2 |
System, method, and circuit for alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) stabilizing path for a power supply
Techniques, methods, circuits, and systems are provided for providing stabilization for a circuit. One example system includes a switching converter coupled to a power source; a low-pass filter coupled to a load device; a direct current (DC) path; and an alternating current (AC) path, where the DC path and the AC path are provided between the switching converter and the low-pass filter, and where the AC path provides a non-phased information signal to be used to compensate for a phase delay occurring in the DC path. In a more specific implementation, the DC path can be configured to provide control, at low frequency, for an output to the load device. In addition, an error amplifier can be to the DC path and the AC path, where the low-pass filter and the error amplifier can be configured to determine a switchover between the AC path and DC path. |
| US12294286B2 |
Power conversion device and voltage control method
The invention discloses a power conversion device and a voltage control method. The power conversion device includes a first stage circuit configured to generate a first output voltage, a second stage circuit configured to receive the first output voltage and generate an output current and a second output voltage, and a control unit configured to control the first stage circuit according to a set value of the output current, thereby adjusting the first output voltage. The invention can be adapted to a wide range load voltage by adjusting the first output voltage of the first stage circuit according to the set value of the output current of the second stage circuit. |
| US12294284B2 |
Electric motor and drive system for heat transfer
Electric motor including: a rotor whose rotating shaft extends along an axis of extension, a stator disposed around the rotor, a front bearing and a rear bearing configured to be assembled by forming an internal cavity in which the rotor and the stator are housed, the front bearing comprising a cylindrical portion extending along the axis of extension, and a lid having bell shape that completely covers the rear bearing and at least the cylindrical portion of the front bearing, the lid comprising an internal chamber which extends at least partly around the internal cavity, a heat-transfer fluid inlet and a heat-transfer fluid outlet fluidly connected to the internal chamber so as to allow a heat-transfer fluid to circulate in the internal chamber. |
| US12294280B2 |
Integrated axial flux motor assemblies including planetary gearsets
An axial flux motor includes: a ring-shaped stator, a ring-shaped rotor and a planetary gear set. The ring-shaped stator includes a stator core and segments arranged on the stator core, where each of the segments includes a laminated stack and windings wrapped around the laminated stack. The ring-shaped rotor defines an inner open area and including a body and permanent magnets arranged on the body adjacent to and spaced from the segments. The planetary gear set is disposed within the inner open area and configured to receive an input torque from the rotor and provide an output torque, which is greater than the input torque. |
| US12294279B2 |
Motor
A motor that is a wound field synchronous motor and includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a plurality of winding portions configured to have a preset cross-section for generating a uniform effective air gap. The winding portions are spaced from each other a predetermined distance apart along a circumferential direction of the rotor. A field coil is wound around the plurality of winding portions. |
| US12294271B2 |
Vibration actuator and vibration presenting apparatus
Provided is a vibration actuator that includes: a coil; a core around which the coil is wound, the core including both ends projecting from the coil; a yoke formed of a magnetic material and disposed opposite to the both ends of the core at a position adjacent to the both ends of the core with a gap provided between the yoke and the both ends of the core in a direction orthogonal to a winding axis of the coil; and an elastic part fixed between the core and the yoke and configured for elastic support to enable a movement between the core and the yoke in a direction opposite to at least one of the both ends of the core. |
| US12294269B2 |
Motor, compressor, and fan motor
A motor includes a stator core having an annular shape, a coil wound around a tooth of the stator core, a first terminal electrically connected to the coil, a housing that houses the first terminal, and a second terminal at least partially inserted into the first terminal housed in the housing. The second terminal includes an electrical connecting portion inserted into the first terminal and electrically connected to the first terminal. The housing includes a first restricting portion that restricts movement, in a circumferential direction of the stator core, of a portion of the second terminal other than the electrical connecting portion. |
| US12294263B2 |
Stator coil for eliminating torque uneveness
A stator coil including a continuous three-phase coil group the linear portions in the linear portion groups of the respective phases being arranged side by side in order in the continuous three-phase coil group, wherein in each of first slots that are every other slots from among the slots, the linear portions of a same phase are accommodated in order and stacked in a radial direction of the stator core, and in each of second slots that are every other slots different from the first slots from among the slots, the linear portions of two phases that are same as two phases of the linear portions in the first slots on opposite sides of the second slot are accommodated in a number of layers stacked, the number being equal to a number of layers stacked in the first slots, and stacked in the radial direction of the stator core. |
| US12294262B2 |
Rotating electric machine
In a rotating electric machine, an armature winding includes segmented conductors that include a coil side portion, housed in slots of the armature, and a coil end portion protruding from an armature core on both sides in an axial direction. The coil side portions are housed in the slots so as to form 2N+1 layers in a radial direction. The coil end portion connects two coil side portions respectively housed in the slots that are a predetermined pitch apart in a circumferential direction. The coil end portion includes a first coil end portion connecting the coil side portions of differing layers in the radial direction and a second coil end portion connecting the coil side portions of the same layer. On both ends in the axial direction, any of the plurality of coil side portions that are housed in the slots is connected to the second coil end portion. |
| US12294260B2 |
Electric machine, displacement device for an electric machine, and powertrain for a motor vehicle
An electric machine designed as a permanently excited synchronous machine, including a rotor with a rotor body arranged on a rotor shaft, a stator, and a displacement device that generates a relative axial movement between the rotor body and the stator based on a torque produced between the rotor shaft and the rotor body. The displacement device has first and second displacement elements and at least one rolling body arranged between the first and second displacement elements. The first displacement element is axially movable and rotatable to a limited degree on the rotor shaft, and the second displacement element is connected to the rotor shaft rotationally fixed. The displacement elements provide that upon rotation of the first displacement element relative to the second or vice versa, the rotor body is pushed on the rotor shaft axially against the spring force. |
| US12294259B1 |
Electro-magnetic generator with pendulum structure for converting kinetic energy to electrical energy
An electro-magnetic generator is disclosed, comprising a housing containing an arched array of metal coils and a magnet connected to a inverted pendulum. The inverted pendulum is configured to move the magnet relative to the bottom surface of the arched array of metal coils, generating an electrical current in one or more of the metal coils through electromagnetic induction. Each coil in the array includes a first terminal and a second terminal for electrical output. The generator further includes a plurality of current rectifier circuits, each connected to the first and second terminals of the respective metal coils, ensuring that the output current flows in a unified direction. The outputs from the rectifier circuits are summed together to create a combined current, which is routed to a battery terminal for storage. A voltage regulator is connected to the battery terminal to stabilize the electrical output. |
| US12294258B2 |
Multi-excitation-source axial-flux permanent-magnet motor with partitioned, hierarchical, and variable poles, and variable-condition driving control system
The present disclosure provides a multi-excitation-source axial-flux permanent-magnet motor with partitioned, hierarchical, and variable poles, and a variable-condition driving control system. The motor mainly includes a main magnetic pole and an auxiliary magnetic pole. The main magnetic pole is responsible for providing a main air gap flux and is connected in series with a dual-stator magnetic circuit. The auxiliary magnetic pole is responsible for adjusting an air gap field and is connected in parallel with the dual-stator magnetic circuit. Magnetic fluxes of the main magnetic pole and the auxiliary magnetic pole together constitute the air gap field. The present disclosure can control a flux path of the auxiliary magnetic pole by controlling the magnitude of a current applied to a field winding, thereby adjusting an air gap flux, expanding a speed range of the motor, and achieving variable-condition operation of the motor. |
| US12294254B2 |
Mechanical strength of connection of wound rotor generator/motor
A rotor of a wound rotor motor/generator comprising a plurality of rotor windings including a line rotor coil and a star rotor coil. The rotor coil couples to an L-conductor having an L-shaped profile such that a portion of the L-conductor extends from the line rotor coil toward the star rotor coil. A line connector bar couples the L-conductor to a rotor lead such that the line rotor coil is electrically coupled to the rotor lead. The star rotor coil couples to an L-support having an L-shaped profile such that a portion of the L-support extends from the star rotor coil toward the line rotor coil. An insulator is positioned between the L-conductor and the L-support to electrically insulate the L-support from the L-conductor. Lastly, an insulating rope couples the L-conductor to the L-support. |
| US12294240B2 |
Motor
A motor includes a rotor and stator. The stator includes a stator iron core having a substantially annular yoke, and a plurality of teeth extending from the yoke toward the rotor. Each tooth includes an extending portion with a winding wire wound in a concentrated manner to form a coil, and flange portions extending circumferentially from a tip end portion of the extending portion. The plurality of teeth include adjacent first second teeth with coils having identical phases, and adjacent third and fourth teeth with coils having different phases. A first magnetic resistance circumferentially from a tip end portion of the first flange portion to a center of the extending portion of the first tooth is higher than a second magnetic resistance circumferentially from a tip end portion of the second flange portion to a center of the extending portion of the third tooth. |
| US12294239B2 |
Planar drive system and a method for installation and removal of stator modules
A planar drive system (10) includes at least two stator modules (12) and a frame (14). Each of the stator modules (12) has a base body (16) with a transport surface (18) and a rear side (20) opposite the transport surface (18), and further a mounting plate (22) which is detachably mounted on the rear side (20) of the base body (16). The frame (14) includes a plurality of receptacles (24) for receiving a stator module (12), with the stator modules (12) insertable into the receptacles (24) of the frame (14) with the transport surface (18) forward and are lockable in the receptacle (24) by a locking mechanism (26). Also described is a method for the installation and removal of stator modules (12) in a planar drive system (10). |
| US12294238B2 |
Uninterruptible power supply system with engine start-up
An uninterruptible power supply system has a regulated power source, an electrical generator electrically interconnected to the regulated power source, an engine having a main shaft integral with or coupled to the shaft of the electrical generator, a rotating rectifier mounted onto a shaft of the electrical generator, a mains power supply, a switch connected between the electrical generator, the mains power supply and a synchronous machine of the regulated power source, a synchronous generator, and an uninterruptible load. The regulated power source has a housing, a synchronous machine, a synchronous generator, and a flywheel sharing a common shaft. The electrical generator has a shaft coupled to a combustion engine. The switch transfers power from the synchronous machine to the electrical generator to cause the electrical generator to rotate its shaft or the main shaft of the engine. A short-stop load is supplied power from the electrical generator. |
| US12294232B2 |
Portable power supply
A portable power supply including an internal power source, an AC output, a DC output, and an input unit configured to receive power from a first external source. The portable power supply further includes a first power conversion unit configured to convert the power received from the first external source to a first DC power used for charging the internal power source, an AC power conversion unit configured to convert power output by the internal power source to an AC power used for powering a first peripheral device connected to the AC output, and a DC power conversion unit configured to convert power output by the internal power source to a second DC power used for powering a second peripheral device connected to the DC output. |
| US12294219B2 |
Battery energy storage-based controller for improving microgrid power quality
A microgrid system includes a synchronous generator configured to convert mechanical power into electric power, an energy storage system configured to store and supply electric power, a controller configured to control operation of the energy storage system; and a point of common coupling bus connecting the synchronous generator and the battery energy storage system, wherein a controller parameter of the controller is determined based on a level of a disturbance using a trained artificial neural network in response to occurrence of the disturbance in the synchronous generator. |
| US12294218B2 |
Full-distributed reactive voltage control method and device, and storage medium
A fully-distributed reactive voltage control method, includes: establishing a power grid reactive voltage optimization model of a power grid; parting the power grid reactive voltage optimization model into a plurality of area reactive voltage optimization models of a plurality of areas of the power grid; converting a power flow equation constraint in each of the plurality of area reactive voltage optimization models to a linear regression model; solving the linear regression model by using a robust recursive regression algorithm to obtain a solution result of the linear regression model; solving each of the plurality of area reactive voltage optimization models by using the solution result of the linear regression model, a gradient projection algorithm, and an alternating direction multiplier algorithm, so as to realize a reactive voltage optimization control of each of the plurality of areas. |
| US12294215B2 |
Redundant power supply, in particular for data centers, and method and computer program for the operation thereof
A redundant power supply is provided having a first power supply, which is connectable to a busbar by a first tie switch and is disconnectably connected to a first load by a first line system, and having a second power supply, which is connectable to the busbar by a second tie switch and is disconnectably connected to the first load by a second line system, and having a third power supply, which is connectable to the busbar by a third tie switch and is disconnectably connected to a second load by a third line system, and having a fourth power supply, which is connectable to the busbar by a fourth tie switch and is disconnectably connected to the second load by a fourth line system. All of the tie switches are open during trouble-free operation. |
| US12294214B1 |
Method and system for optimized scheduling of integrated energy system and electronic apparatus
A method and a system for optimized scheduling of an integrated energy system are provide. The method includes: respectively obtaining marginal distribution functions of electricity price, hydrogen price, wind power, photovoltaic power, and load within a preset time period according to historical data to predict relevant parameters; adjusting a predicted value of the load based on a dynamic change in an unit electricity use consumption resource within the preset time period, and obtaining a load value after performing a demand response based on the electricity price to reduce a peak-valley difference of the load; considering decision-maker preferences, establishing an optimization scheduling model that simultaneously considers economic and environmental factors; converting the multi-objective model into a single-objective model and using the CPLEX solver to solve the model. |
| US12294213B2 |
Monitoring system for remotely monitoring a state of pole-mounted equipment in a power distribution or transmission grid, grid equipment having the monitoring system, and corresponding method
A monitoring system for remotely monitoring a state of pole-mounted equipment in a power distribution or transmission grid is provided. The pole-mounted equipment includes an indicator device configured to present state information indicative of a state of the pole-mounted equipment. The monitoring system includes a status monitoring device movable via a drive or propulsion system. The status monitoring device is configured to obtain the state information from the indicator device when located within a communication range of the indicator device. |
| US12294208B2 |
Support system for electrical boxes
A mounting system for a first support and a second support for electrical components can include a first mounting interface and a second mounting interface. The first mounting interface can include a first channel, and a first insertion slot extending from inside of the first channel to outside of the first channel. The second mounting interface can include a second channel and a first interface arm, and a second interface arm. The second channel can be configured to nest within the first channel. The first interface arm can extend through the first insertion slot when the second channel is nested within the first channel. The second interface arm can be spaced laterally from the second channel and can engage an outside surface of the first channel when the second channel is nested within the first channel. |
| US12294202B2 |
Vacuum break switch mass
An underarm gang operated vacuum break switch (underarm switch) has an electrically live portion under a mounting arm, which provides advantages over the standard vacuum break switch, which have the electrically live portion above the mounting arm. Because the non-electrified mounting arm is above the electrified portion, the underarm switch is safer for perching birds and other wildlife. The nature of the underarm switch also provides other benefits including a disconnect blade that when opened creates a visual gap to ensure electrical discontinuity along with a safety locking arm tied to deactivating the underarm switch. Adding to the safety measures is a visual indicator that shows an electrician when the switch is live and safe to open the disconnect blade. Other safety measures include a shock absorber assembly and inertia slowing mass protecting electrical contacts within the vacuum break switch from failing. |
| US12294200B2 |
Wearable and replaceable pouch or skin for holding a portable battery pack
A wearable pouch operable to hold at least one portable battery pack and other power or communications equipment. The wearable pouch includes a main body with a front side, a back side opposite the front side, at least one sealable opening, and at least one opening for at least one lead from the at least one portable battery pack secured within the wearable pouch. |
| US12294192B2 |
Two-part electrical power contact for a charging circuit for charging an electric vehicle
An electrical power contact, for a fixed electrical outlet of a vehicle for connecting a battery of the vehicle to an external DC electrical source, consists of two conductive parts mechanically cold-assembled through snap-riveting, connecting part and a connection terminal. A first of the two conductive parts is provided with a shoulder and with a protruding portion protruding with respect to the shoulder, the other conductive part comprising a wall having a bearing face bearing against the shoulder and a free face opposite the bearing face. The wall is has a through-hole opening onto a counterbore forming a recess for the free face. The protruding portion passes through the through-hole and has a head housed in the counterbore. |
| US12294188B2 |
Fuse-equipped connector, and connector structure
Provided is a fuse-equipped connector including: a housing; a fuse terminal configured to be attached to the housing; a holder configured to be attached to the housing; and a fuse configured to be attached to the holder, and be electrically connected to the fuse terminal, wherein the housing includes a lock portion, and the holder includes a lock receiving portion configured to be elastically locked to the lock portion, the holder includes a fuse accommodating portion in which the fuse is to be removably accommodated, the fuse includes a terminal portion, and the fuse terminal includes a fuse elastic contact portion configured to come into elastic contact with the terminal portion of the fuse. |
| US12294187B2 |
Electrical connector with an improved grounding member and an improved metal shell
An electrical connector includes a housing having a base portion and a tongue portion, two rows of terminals having signal terminals and ground terminals, a grounding member, and a metal shell. The grounding member is formed by bending a metal plate to have two long plates with fingers in contact with corresponding ground terminals. The base body defines a mating face and an outer face. A positioning groove is formed between a first side plate and the outer wall face. The metal shell is provided with an inner plate of which the lower edge is cut into a specific shape to form a locking edge. The metal shell has an inner shell and an outer shell. |
| US12294184B2 |
Legible confirmation of mated connection system
A connector assembly includes a first housing having an indicium imprinted thereon and a movable member movable from a first position configured to render the indicium illegible to an optical scanning device to a second position configured to render the indicium legible to the optical scanning device. The indicium is visible when the movable member is in the first position and when the movable member is in the second position. A method of mating a connector assembly having a movable member and an indicum imprinted thereon is also presented. |
| US12294182B2 |
Connector
A connector includes a housing and an outer conductor. The outer conductor includes a first outer conductor and a second outer conductor. The housing includes a fitting hole into which the second outer conductor is fitted. The first outer conductor includes a first lock portion. In the state where the first outer conductor is located at a normal insertion position, the first lock portion is arranged so as to face the back side in the fitting direction of the second outer conductor in the fitting hole. The second outer conductor includes a second lock portion that is locked to the first lock portion in the state where the first outer conductor is located at the normal insertion position. In the state where the second lock portion is locked to the first lock portion, the second outer conductor is retained in the fitting hole. |
| US12294180B2 |
Fluid system connector
A connector including a plug configured to mechanically mate with a socket to establish a connection from a first conduit to a second conduit. The plug is configured to mechanically engage the first conduit and the socket is configured to mechanically engage the second conduit. In examples, the plug is configured to insert into a socket well of the socket. The connector includes an electromagnet configured to energize and produce a magnetic field when the plug mechanically mates with the socket. The electromagnet is configured such that the magnetic field generates an electromagnetic force on a plug armature of the plug to help sustain the mechanically mating of the plug and the socket. The connector may include a user device configured to provide an output indicating when the plug is mechanically mated or unmated with the socket. |
| US12294179B2 |
Plug-in connector arrangement and electrical plug-in connector
The invention relates to a plug-in connector arrangement (1), having a first fastening element (5) that can be mounted on an assembly (2, 4) and having an electrical plug-in connector (7) that is connected to the first fastening element (5). Provision is made for the plug-in connector (7) to be connected to the first fastening element (5) in such a way that the plug-in connector (7) can be moved along at least one degree of freedom in translational movement (x, y, z). The plug-in connector (7) has a first guide means (14) in order to provide, together with an electrical mating plug-in connector (8), approximate guidance which positions the plug-in connector (7) and the mating plug-in connector (8) relative to one another in order to be plugged together. |
| US12294176B2 |
Connector
A connector includes: a terminal fitting; an electric wire connected to the terminal fitting; a housing in which the terminal fitting is stored; a shield shell disposed so as to surround an outer periphery of the housing; and a waterproof cover having a tubular shape and made of an elastic material, the waterproof cover being provided so as to surround an outer periphery of the shield shell and configured to be in close contact with the outer periphery of the shield shell. The shield shell is brought into close contact with a close-contact portion of the waterproof cover. The waterproof cover includes at least one protruding strip portion provided at the close-contact portion, the at least one protruding strip portion protruding from a tubular inner surface of the waterproof cover and extending in a peripheral direction. |
| US12294171B2 |
High voltage electrical terminal with compliant contact insert
An electrical connector includes a generally planar terminal and a U-shaped retainer. The electrical connector also includes a resilient spring disposed intermediate the terminal and the retainer. A contact insert distinct from the resilient spring is disposed intermediate the spring and the terminal. The contact insert defines an array of paired negative and positive protrusions. The spring is configured to exert a normal connection force on the array of paired negative and positive protrusions and form electrical contact points between the terminal and a planar mating terminal inserted into a gap between the spring and the contact insert through the array of paired negative and positive protrusions. An electrical connector assembly and a method of manufacturing such an electrical connector assembly are also provided. |
| US12294170B2 |
System for charging electrical micromobility vehicles
A system for charging electrical micromobility vehicles includes a post (20); a socket (30) located in the post (20); and a plug (40) to be mounted on the vehicle. The socket (30) has a longitudinal opening (34) arranged vertically on the post (20). The height (H) of the opening (34) of the socket (30) is larger than the height (h) of the plug (40). The socket (30) has a socket first and second contact means (31, 32). The plug (40) has a plug first and second contact means (41, 42) arranged so that when the plug (40) is inserted into the socket (30) at any position along the height (H) of the opening (34), the socket first and second contact means (31, 32) form an electrical connection with the corresponding plug first and second contact means (41, 42). |
| US12294162B1 |
Passive loop antenna assembly
A passive loop antenna assembly is configured to detect distant rock fractures. The loop antenna assembly has a loop antenna spun around an enclosure ring. An enclosure is arranged around the enclosure ring and further has an opening portion exposing a portion of the loop antenna. A wave guide assembly is arranged over the loop antenna and has amplifier circuitry that is wired to two leads from the loop antenna. A support structure is joined to the enclosure, the wave guide, and a turntable. A base is joined to the turntable and further has roller guides, roller bearings, and base feet. |
| US12294161B2 |
Arrangement of a waveguide assembly and its manufacturing process
An arrangement for communication satellites including a payload bay. The arrangement includes an assembly of waveguides, waveguide fixation interfaces for fixing the waveguides to electronic equipment and/or components and a mechanical structure including a plurality of links interconnecting at least some of the waveguides to ensure the stability of the waveguide assembly. The arrangement further includes at least one heat pipe that is arranged to heat or cool one or more of the waveguides. The arrangement is formed in a single piece by 3D printing. |
| US12294158B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes an antenna unit having an antenna body having a feed point and a ground point between a first end and a second end. The antenna body has an operating band with a resonance of a first wavelength. An electrical length of the antenna body from the feed point to the ground point is greater than or equal to ¼ and less than ½ of the first wavelength. An electrical length from the first end to the feed point is greater than or equal to ⅛ and less than or equal to ¼ of the first wavelength. An electrical length from the second end to the ground point is greater than or equal to ⅛ and less than or equal to ¼ of the first wavelength. The antenna body is adapted to operate in a slot mode and in a wire mode. |
| US12294157B2 |
Dual-frequency antenna and electronic device
A dual-frequency antenna and an electronic device are provided, and belong to the field of communication technology. The dual-frequency antenna includes a first antenna unit and a second antenna unit opposite to each other, and a filtering unit therebetween. An operating frequency band of the first antenna unit is a first frequency band; an operating frequency band of the second antenna unit is a second frequency band; the filtering unit is configured to reflect an electromagnetic wave of the first frequency band and to transmit an electromagnetic wave of the second frequency band; the first antenna unit is configured to receive the electromagnetic wave of the first frequency band and to reflect the received electromagnetic wave of the first frequency band by the filtering unit; and the second antenna unit is configured to receive and reflect the electromagnetic wave of the second frequency band transmitted by the filtering unit. |
| US12294156B2 |
Antenna device
An antenna device includes a substrate and four antenna units. The four antenna units are disposed on the substrate. Each of the four antenna units includes an L-shaped radiation portion, a hook-shaped coupling portion and a ground portion. The hook-shaped coupling portion is adjacent to the L-shaped radiation portion. The ground portion is disposed around the L-shaped radiation portion and the hook-shaped coupling portion. One end of the hook-shaped coupling portion is connected to the ground portion. |
| US12294153B2 |
Array antenna
An array antenna includes a flexible substrate formed by stacked liquid crystal polymer (LCP) layers and has at least one feed point. At least one serial antenna is arranged on the flexible substrate, and a microstrip is extended from the feed point to connect a plurality of radiating elements in series to form the serial antenna. The tail end one of the radiating elements of the serial antenna is connected to one end of a ground microstrip, and another end of the ground microstrip is short-circuited to the ground. The length of the ground microstrip is approximately one fourth of the wavelength of the center frequency of the array antenna. Feeding sections where microstrips feeding to the radiating elements are in a horn and/or groove shape. Desired frequency and bandwidth may be obtained by adjusting lengths and widths of feeding sections respectively. |
| US12294152B2 |
Radio frequency module and wireless device
The present invention provides a radio frequency module including: an interposer; a plurality of antenna element groups that include first electrodes and a second electrode and are configured such that the first electrodes are aligned in line shapes in at least a first direction on a first surface of the interposer; and meta material portions that are provided at the interposer and affect electromagnetic properties of the plurality of antenna elements. The meta material portions include electromagnetic band gap structures provided by forming predetermined geometric patterns near both sides of the first electrodes along at least the first direction. The radio frequency module can thus have a reduced size and a broad band/a high gain. |
| US12294151B2 |
Inline slotted waveguide antenna
An antenna arrangement having a stacked layered structure. The antenna arrangement including a radiation layer having a surface. The surface is delimited by a surface boundary. A first and a second slot extend along a first slot axis and second slot axis, respectively, and are arranged on the surface. The antenna arrangement also includes a distribution layer facing the radiation layer. The distribution layer is arranged to distribute a radio frequency signal to the first and second slots. The distribution layer includes a distribution layer feed and a ridge arranged to form a first ridge waveguide intermediate the distribution layer and the radiation layer. The ridge includes a first section connected to a second section via a curved section. The first section extends along a first ridge axis and the second section extends along a second ridge axis different from the first ridge axis. |
| US12294149B2 |
Radiofrequency window
Disclosed is an RF window. The RF window comprises a first and a second cavity and a plate of dielectric material positioned there between. At least one of the first and second cavities comprises a taper, beginning at the plate, such that the at least one of the first and second cavities reduces in diameter in a direction away from the plate. |
| US12294148B2 |
Antenna
An antenna includes a first conductor plate and a second conductor plate, the second conductor plate being disposed in the first conductor plate so as to be apart from the first conductor plate with a distance between both plates; wherein the first conductor plate includes a first U-shaped portion, the first U-shaped portion being formed in a U-shape so as to include a first side portion, a second side portion opposed to the first side portion, and a first front portion connected between the first side portion and the second side portion; wherein the second conductor plate includes a second U-shaped portion, the second U-shaped portion being formed in a U-shape so as to include a third side portion, a fourth side portion opposed to the third side portion, and a second front portion connected between the third side portion and the fourth side portion. |
| US12294147B2 |
Communications device with helical slot radiating antenna and related antenna device and method
A communications device may include an RF device, and an antenna coupled to the RF device. The RF device may have a conductive ground plane, a conductive support rod carried by the conductive ground plane and extending outwardly therefrom, and a conductive body coupled to and surrounding the conductive support rod. The conductive body may have a helical slot to define a helical slot radiating antenna. |
| US12294146B2 |
Antenna module
An antenna module is provided. An antenna module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: a circuit board; a radiation pattern formed on at least one surface of the circuit board and formed in a loop shape to have an empty space part formed at a central part thereof; a first shielding sheet stacked on the upper surface of the circuit board to include an area corresponding to the empty space part; and a second shielding sheet stacked on the lower surface of the circuit board to include an area corresponding to the empty area part, wherein the first shielding sheet and the second shielding sheet are disposed such that the areas corresponding to the empty space part on the opposite surfaces of the circuit board overlap each other. |
| US12294142B2 |
Antenna arrangement for mobile radio systems, a stacked antenna system and a mobile radio antenna comprising the antenna arrangement and the stacked antenna system
An antenna arrangement comprises an antenna which has an antenna body and a radiator arrangement. An antenna holder comprises a base portion. An upper side of the antenna holder points to-wards an underside of the antenna body and an underside of the antenna holder points towards an electrically conductive base plate. Only a supporting part of the underside of the antenna body rests on the base portion, so that a receiving space is formed be-tween another part of the underside of the antenna body and the base portion. The base portion of the antenna holder is electrically non-conductive, whereby the another part of the underside of the antenna body is capacitively coupled to the base plate via the receiving space. |
| US12294141B2 |
Antenna calibration boards having non-uniform coupler sections
Base station antenna calibration boards are provided. A base station antenna calibration board includes directional couplers and radio frequency (RF) transmission lines that are coupled to the directional couplers, respectively. Moreover, a first pair of the directional couplers has a coupler section that is between and coupled to a first pair of the RF transmission lines and that has a non-rectangular interior shape. Related base station antennas are also provided. |
| US12294139B2 |
Electronic device including antenna
An electronic device is provided, which includes a display unit included in a first housing; a second housing; and a hinge part configured to couple the first housing and the second housing. The display unit includes a first PCB; a first antenna pattern at least partially disposed at a first side surface of the first housing adjacent to the hinge part; a conductive member electrically connected to the first antenna pattern; and a first conductive plate electrically connected to at least a portion of the conductive member. The second housing includes a second conductive plate electrically connected to the first conductive plate; a third conductive plate electrically connected to the second conductive plate; and a second PCB at which a ground electrically connected to the third conductive plate is disposed. |
| US12294132B2 |
Reconfigurable power divider/combiner
Methods and apparatus for implementing a circuit capable of operating as a passive power divider or combiner are described. In at least some embodiments multiple modes of operation are supported with one of the modes being a mode in which power is not communicated along one of the paths in the circuit, e.g., because the path leads to an inactive component or element. The methods and apparatus are well suited for use in communications devices and/or transceiver circuits. The passive nature of the power combiner/divider allows the device in some embodiments to act as a power divider when signals pass through the circuit in a first direction, e.g., during a transmit mode of operation, and to act as a power combiner when signals pass through the circuit in the other direction, e.g., during a receive mode of operation. |
| US12294130B2 |
Radio-frequency component comprising several waveguide devices with ridges
Radio-frequency component including several waveguide devices, for example antennas or polarizers, arranged in an array for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic signals. The radio-frequency component includes several ridges and each waveguide device includes: at least one inner wall; an upstream opening in the direction of propagation of the signals during emission; and a downstream opening in the direction of propagation of the emitting signals, linked to the upstream opening so that the emitting signals are transmitted from the upstream opening to the downstream opening. The arrangement of the ridges in the openings upstream of the radiofrequency component may be different from the arrangement of the ridges in the openings downstream of the radio-frequency component. The arrangement of ridges in the downstream openings of each waveguide device includes no more and no less than three ridges. |
| US12294128B2 |
Systems and methods for energy generation during hydrogen regasification
Energy generation systems and methods are disclosed. An energy generation system includes a fuel tank configured to store a fuel in liquid form and a power generating device including a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine configured to receive the fuel and generate electrical energy with the fuel. The energy generation system also includes an expander connected between the fuel tank and the power generating device, the expander configured to receive the fuel as a gas and a generator connected to the expander so as to generate electrical energy when fuel passes through the expander. |
| US12294125B2 |
Systems and methods for powering down a generator including a fuel cell
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to safely ceasing fuel cell (FC) operation and idling components of a generator. In one embodiment, a method includes ceasing power generation by reducing fuel to an FC within a generator while maintaining energy to sensitive components by a battery. The method also includes idling a direct current (DC) converter and a load inverter associated with the power generation before idling the battery. The method also includes, upon successfully completing tests and powering down non-critical components of the generator, entering the generator into a standby status. |
| US12294121B2 |
End cover assembly, housing assembly, battery cell, battery, and electric equipment
An end cover assembly includes: an end cover with a through hole for injecting electrolyte and a first clamping portion, wherein the first clamping portion is disposed along a circumferential direction of the through hole and is located on one side of the end cover away from an interior of the battery cell; a sealing ring for sealing the through hole; and a pressure relief device covering at least part of the sealing ring and closing the through hole; wherein the pressure relief device includes a second clamping portion, and is rotatable such that when the pressure relief device is rotated to a first position, the second clamping portion is clamped with the first clamping portion; and when the pressure relief device is rotated to a second position, the second clamping portion is disengaged from the first clamping portion. |
| US12294118B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack includes at least one battery cell, a circuit board electrically connected to the at least one battery cell, and a conductive block electrically connecting the at least one battery cell and the circuit board to each other, the conductive block having a first surface, the first surface including a first metal and a second metal different from the first metal, and a second surface in contact with the first surface along an edge, the second metal including the second metal. |
| US12294116B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules including a first battery module and a second battery module; and a busbar electrically connecting the first battery module and the second battery module, wherein the first battery module or the second battery module includes a vent hole in a portion corresponding to a portion of the busbar. |
| US12294113B2 |
Separator for non-aqueous secondary battery and non-aqueous secondary battery
An embodiment according to the invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, containing a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that contains resin A and resin B1; (1) resin A: a copolymer containing vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and hexafluoropropylene (HFP), in which a molar content of HFP monomer unit with respect to a total molar quantity of VDF monomer unit and HFP monomer unit is from more than 1.5 mol % to 3.5 mol %, and (2) resin B1: a copolymer containing VDF, HFP, and a monomer of formula (1), in which a molar content of HFP monomer unit with respect to a total molar quantity of VDF monomer unit, HFP monomer unit, and a monomer unit of formula (1) is from more than 3.5 mol % to 15 mol % (R1 to R3: H, a halogen atom, a carboxyl group, etc., or a C1-5 alkyl group; X: a single bond, a C1-5 alkylene group, etc., Y: H, a C1-5 alkyl group, etc.): |
| US12294110B2 |
Battery module and battery pack including the same
A battery module includes a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells is stacked; a module frame configured to accommodate the battery cell stack and including a plurality of venting holes in at least one surface; end plates disposed at both sides of the battery cell stack; and an anti-inflammatory cover configured to cover the plurality of venting holes. |
| US12294096B2 |
Battery and method of manufacturing same
An internal terminal is disposed inside a battery case and so as to be spaced apart from the battery case. An external terminal is disposed outside the battery case and spaced apart from the battery case, and the external terminal is connected to the internal terminal through a terminal mounting hole. An electrically insulating resin is disposed so as to fill a gap between the battery case and the internal terminal and a gap between the battery case and the external terminal, and the electrically insulating resin is joined to the battery case, to the internal terminal, and to the external terminal. At least one of the internal terminal and the external terminal includes a protruding portion protruding into the terminal mounting hole, and the internal terminal and the external terminal are joined to each other at a tip of the protruding portion. |
| US12294092B2 |
Membrane electrode assembly including anode having hydrogen reducion catalyst and carbon monoxide oxidation catalyst and fuel cell
A membrane electrode assembly includes a cathode, an anode and a proton-conductive membrane, wherein the cathode includes a first metal-containing catalyst and a proton-conductive ionomer, the anode includes a proton-conductive ionomer, a second metal-containing catalyst that catalyzes the reaction of hydrogen to protons, and a third metal-containing catalyst that catalyzes the reaction of CO to CO2, a total mass ratio of platinum of the second catalyst and platinum of the third catalyst to a total mass ratio of metals of the second catalyst and the third catalyst, with the exception of platinum, is greater than 3:1, and the total mass per unit area of platinum of the second catalyst and platinum of the third catalyst is less than 0.4 mg/cm2. |
| US12294091B2 |
Method of providing a cleaned gas diffusion layer for electrochemical applications
A method of providing a cleaned gas diffusion layer for electrochemical applications includes providing a gas diffusion layer such that a first side of the gas diffusion layer is arranged on a first vacuum conveyor belt, cleaning an exposed second side of the gas diffusion layer, the second side being situated opposite the first side of the gas diffusion layer, transferring the partially cleaned gas diffusion layer to a second vacuum conveyor belt partially situated opposite the first vacuum conveyor belt, wherein the first vacuum conveyor belt and the second vacuum conveyor belt have a transfer region in which the gas diffusion layer is transferred from the first vacuum conveyor belt to the second vacuum conveyor belt such that the first side of the gas diffusion layer is exposed, and cleaning the first side of the gas diffusion layer. |
| US12294084B2 |
Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery, preparing method thereof and rechargeable lithium battery including the same
A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a lithium nickel-based metal composite oxide, wherein the positive active material includes secondary particles in which a plurality of primary particles are aggregated, a first boron coating portion present on the outer surfaces of the secondary particles, and a second boron coating portion present on surfaces of the primary particles inside the secondary particles, and a weight of the first boron coating portion is greater than a weight of the second boron coating portion. |
| US12294074B2 |
Anode slurry
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an anode slurry that gives an all solid state battery with suppressed fluctuation of restraining pressure. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an anode slurry for an all solid state battery, the anode slurry including a Si-based anode active material, a first dispersion medium and a second dispersion medium; and the anode slurry satisfying: (i) when a hydrogen bond term σH of Hansen solubility parameter of, the Si-based anode active material, the first dispersion medium, and the second dispersion medium, are respectively regarded as σHSi, σH1 and σH2, and when ΔσH1=σHSi−σH2, and ΔσH2=σHSi−σH2, the ratio ΔσH2/ΔσH1, which is a ratio of ΔσH2 with respect to ΔσH1 is 0.96 or less; (ii) when T1 designates a boiling point of the first dispersion medium, and T2 designates a boiling point of the second dispersion medium, T2−T1≤3° C.; and (iii) when W1 designates a content of the first dispersion medium and W2 designates a content of the second dispersion medium, 0.1≤W2/(W1+W2)≤0.25. |
| US12294073B2 |
Heat shield
The present invention relates to a heat shield (1) for use in systems and apparatuses which are operated by batteries, in particular for electric vehicles, wherein the heat shield (1) is constructed at least from an impact-absorbing layer (4), from a heat-protection layer (5) made of a material which is resistant to high temperatures, optionally from a gas-tight, heat-distributing layer (8), and from a layer (6) with intumescent properties and also from a carrier plate (7) for the layers, which provides shielding. |
| US12294072B2 |
Cell pack thermal management apparatus and method
A cell pack thermal management device suitable for use with a cell pack. The device has a plurality of flexible conduits, an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold. The plurality of flexible conduits are fluidly connectable between the intake manifold and the exhaust manifold to provide a plurality of fluid paths between the intake manifold and the exhaust manifold. At least one of the intake manifold and the exhaust manifold has a manifold body, a plurality of conduit ports adapted to fluidly mate with an inlet or the outlet port of each respective flexible conduit, and a system port. The plurality of conduits ports and the system port are fluidly connected within the manifold body by a series of channels tuned for even flow distribution. |
| US12294070B2 |
Battery module, and battery rack and power storage device, each comprising same battery module
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked on each other; a module case configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells; and a plurality of thermal runaway prevention units provided in the module case and respectively disposed between the plurality of battery cells along a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells. |
| US12294068B2 |
Battery temperature regulating apparatus
A battery temperature regulating apparatus includes an onboard battery, a temperature regulating plate, a heat exchanger including a container and a first internal passage, first to third passages, a radiator, a valve, a temperature sensor, and a control device including a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to execute, in cooperation with a program included in the memory, a process including determining whether a temperature of the onboard battery is higher than an upper threshold of a proper temperature range, determining whether a heat source is in the container at least based on the temperature of a first heat medium detected by the temperature sensor, and if the temperature of the onboard battery is higher than the upper threshold and that the heat source is in the container, controlling the valve in such a way as to allow the first heat medium to flow through the heat exchanger. |
| US12294066B2 |
Method for generating smoke in cell pack
A method for generating smoke in a cell pack by which a very small amount of smoke can be generated from a specific single unit cell among unit cells constituting the cell pack. The method causes smoke generation in a cell pack in which unit cells are connected and which includes a positive electrode output terminal for electrically connecting the positive electrode terminal of the unit cell and an external device, and a negative electrode output terminal for electrically connecting the negative electrode terminal of the unit cell and an external device. By attaching a heating means to the negative electrode output terminal, the electrode body of a specific single unit cell is heated through the negative electrode output terminal to which the heating means is attached. As a result, it is possible to cause the generation of a small amount of smoke from the specific single unit cell. |
| US12294062B2 |
Battery system and method for equalization of battery pack
A battery system comprises a battery pack, an equalization unit, and a battery ECU. The battery pack includes a plurality of blocks connected in series. The equalization unit performs equalization control to equalize the plurality of blocks in voltage. The battery ECU obtains a determined equalization time, and controls the equalization unit to end the equalization control when the equalization time has elapsed since the equalization control was started. |
| US12294061B2 |
Battery resistance measurement device, vehicle and battery resistance measurement method
A battery resistance measurement system measures an electrical resistance of a battery and comprises a determination unit and a measurement unit. The determination unit determines, based on whether a predetermined condition is satisfied, whether a target battery has switched from a charged state to a discharged state in which while the target battery receives supplied electric power the target battery outputs electric power larger than the supplied electric power. The measurement unit starts measuring the electrical resistance of the target battery at a time when the determination unit determines that the target battery is switched from the charged state to the discharged state. |
| US12294057B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte solution and lithium secondary battery including the same
A non-aqueous electrolyte solution has improved high-temperature stability and high-temperature durability and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution may include a lithium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; and a compound represented by Formula 1 of a specific structure: wherein R1 and R2 are described herein. |
| US12294049B2 |
Method of preparation of a garnet-type inorganic material
The present invention relates to a method of preparation of a garnet-type inorganic material. It also relates to the garnet-type inorganic material itself. The process comprises the following steps: (1) bringing an aqueous solution S comprising (i) a salt of zirconium, (ii) a salt of lanthanum and (iii) a salt of the element A or a precursor of an oxide of element A into contact with an aqueous solution of a basic compound, as a result of which a precipitate suspended in the reaction medium is obtained; (2) stirring the reaction medium obtained at the end of step (1) for at least 30 min; (3) bringing the precipitate obtained at the end of step (2) into contact with an additive selected in the group consisting of: anionic surfactants; nonionic surfactants; polyethylene glycols; carboxylic acids and their salts; and surfactants of the carboxymethylated fatty alcohol ethoxylate type; (4) calcining in air the precipitate recovered at the end of the previous step at a temperature which is at least 400° C.; (5) bringing into contact the product obtained at the end of step (4) with a salt of lithium; (6) calcining in air the product obtained at the end of step (5) at a temperature between 700° C. and 1100° C.; 20 the inorganic compound M comprising or consisting essentially of a garnet oxide or garnet-type oxide containing, as constituent elements, the elements Li, La, Zr and at least one element A selected in the group consisting of Al, Ga, Nb, Fe, W, Ta, or a mixture thereof. |
| US12294048B2 |
Finishing tape and secondary battery comprising same
Disclosed are a finishing tape which is capable of reducing flow of an electrode assembly in a casing and a secondary battery including the same. As an example, disclosed is a finishing tape comprising: a first layer formed of a resin and forming a substrate; and a second layer formed on at least one side of the first layer and including a microsphere structure. |
| US12294045B2 |
Light-emitting device having light-emitting units including epitaxial structure and conductive structure
A light-emitting device includes a lead frame having a first surface on which a patterned conductive layer is provided, and a light-emitting element. The light-emitting element includes an insulating substrate formed on the first surface, a plurality of light-emitting units formed on the insulating substrate, at least one first electrode, at least one second electrode and at least a pair of bonding wires. The first and second electrodes are respectively placed in electrical connection with a first one and a second one of the light-emitting units, and are disposed outward of the light-emitting units. Each of the pair of bonding wires is disposed to electrically connect a respective one of the first and second electrodes to the patterned conductive layer. |
| US12294044B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device may include a display panel including a pad disposed on a substrate and a driving unit including a bump electrically connected to the pad. The pad may include a first layer disposed on the substrate and including a conductive material, a second layer disposed on the first layer and including patterns arranged in a first direction and spaced apart from each other, and a third layer disposed on the second layer and including a conductive material. The first layer may include portions protruding toward the substrate and respectively corresponding to the patterns. |
| US12294039B2 |
Optoelectronic component, semiconductor structure and method
A semiconductor structure comprises an n-doped first layer, a p-doped second layer doped with a first dopant, and an active layer disposed between the n-doped first layer and the p-doped second layer and having at least one quantum well. The active layer of the semiconductor structure is divided into a plurality of first optically active regions, at least one second region, and at least one third region. Here, the plurality of first optically active regions are arranged in a hexagonal pattern spaced apart from each other. The at least one quantum well in the active region comprises a larger band gap in the at least one second region than in the plurality of first optically active regions and the at least one third region, the band gap being modified, in particular, by quantum well intermixing. The at least one second region encloses the plurality of first optically active regions. |
| US12294035B2 |
Heterostructure optoelectronic device for emitting and detecting electromagnetic radiation, and manufacturing process thereof
An optoelectronic device with a semiconductor body that includes: a bottom cathode structure, formed by a bottom semiconductor material, and having a first type of conductivity; and a buffer region, arranged on the bottom cathode structure and formed by a buffer semiconductor material different from the bottom semiconductor material. The optoelectronic device further includes: a receiver comprising a receiver anode region, which is formed by the bottom semiconductor material, has a second type of conductivity, and extends in the bottom cathode structure; and an emitter, which is arranged on the buffer region and includes a semiconductor junction formed at least in part by a top semiconductor material, different from the bottom semiconductor material. |
| US12294032B2 |
Segmented Schottky diode
A semiconductor device includes a Schottky diode on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. The Schottky diode includes a guard ring with a first guard ring segment contacting a barrier region on a first lateral side of the barrier region, and a second guard ring segment contacting the barrier region on a second, opposite, lateral side of the barrier region. The first and second guard ring segments extend deeper in the semiconductor layer than the barrier region. The Schottky diode further includes a drift region contacting the barrier region, and may include a buried layer having the same conductivity type as the barrier region, extending at least partway under the drift region. The barrier region is isolated from the substrate dielectric layer of the SOI substrate by an isolation region having the same conductivity type as the guard ring. A metal containing layer is formed on the barrier region. |
| US12294030B2 |
Nano-sheet-based complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor devices with asymmetric inner spacers
A semiconductor structure includes a first pair of source/drain features (S/D), a first stack of channel layers connected to the first pair of S/D, a second pair of S/D, and a second stack of channel layers connected to the second pair of S/D. The first pair of S/D each include a first epitaxial layer having a first dopant, a second epitaxial layer having a second dopant and disposed over the first epitaxial layer and connected to the first stack of channel layers, and a third epitaxial layer having a third dopant and disposed over the second epitaxial layer. The second pair of S/D each include a fourth epitaxial layer having a fourth dopant and connected to the second stack of channel layers, and a fifth epitaxial layer having a fifth dopant and disposed over the fourth epitaxial layer. The first dopant through the fourth dopant are of different species. |
| US12294029B2 |
Doped polar layers and semiconductor device incorporating same
The disclosed technology generally relates to ferroelectric materials and semiconductor devices, and more particularly to semiconductor memory devices incorporating doped polar materials. In one aspect, a capacitor comprises a crystalline polar layer comprising a base polar material substitutionally doped with a dopant. The base polar material comprises one or more metal elements and one or both of oxygen or nitrogen. The dopant comprises a metal element of one of 4d series, 5d series, 4f series or 5f series that is different from the one or more metal elements, such that a ferroelectric switching voltage of the capacitor is different from that of the capacitor having the base polar material without being doped with the dopant by more than about 100 mV. |
| US12294027B2 |
Semiconductor device having doped epitaxial region and its methods of fabrication
Embodiments of the present invention describe a epitaxial region on a semiconductor device. In one embodiment, the epitaxial region is deposited onto a substrate via cyclical deposition-etch process. Cavities created underneath the spacer during the cyclical deposition-etch process are backfilled by an epitaxial cap layer. The epitaxial region and epitaxial cap layer improves electron mobility at the channel region, reduces short channel effects and decreases parasitic resistance. |
| US12294026B2 |
High electron mobility transistor with improved barrier layer
A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a barrier layer on the buffer layer; forming a gate dielectric layer on the barrier layer; forming a work function metal layer on the gate dielectric layer; patterning the work function metal layer and the gate dielectric layer; forming a gate electrode on the work function metal layer; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode adjacent to two sides of the gate electrode. |
| US12294025B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus and manufacturing method of semiconductor apparatus
A region for adjusting a carrier lifetime is easily formed by a method in which damage to a predetermined surface of a semiconductor substrate is small. Provided is a semiconductor apparatus including: a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface; a first region provided in a region on an upper surface side of the semiconductor substrate and having a first chemical concentration peak of a first impurity at a first depth position; and a second region provided in a region different from the first region in the semiconductor substrate and having a second chemical concentration peak of the first impurity at the first depth position. At the first depth position, a concentration of a recombination center of the second region is lower than a concentration of the recombination centers of the first region. |
| US12294023B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having corner spacers adjacent a fin sidewall
A device includes a fin protruding from a semiconductor substrate; a gate stack over and along a sidewall of the fin; a gate spacer along a sidewall of the gate stack and along the sidewall of the fin; an epitaxial source/drain region in the fin and adjacent the gate spacer; and a corner spacer between the gate stack and the gate spacer, wherein the corner spacer extends along the sidewall of the fin, wherein a first region between the gate stack and the sidewall of the fin is free of the corner spacer, wherein a second region between the gate stack and the gate spacer is free of the corner spacer. |
| US12294020B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes, first to third semiconductor regions, a first conductive part, a first gate electrode. The first semiconductor region is located on the first electrode and electrically connected with the first electrode. The second semiconductor region is located on the first semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region is located on a portion of the second semiconductor region. The first conductive part is located in the first semiconductor region with a first insulating part interposed. The first gate electrode is located on the first conductive part with a first inter-layer insulating part interposed. The first gate electrode faces the second semiconductor region via a first gate insulating layer. The second electrode is located on the second and third semiconductor regions and electrically connected with the second and third semiconductor regions, and the first conductive part. |
| US12294019B2 |
Method for manufacturing nitride semiconductor device and nitride semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor device including: forming N-type regions in a nitride semiconductor layer; implanting ions of an acceptor element into a region sandwiched by the N-type regions in the nitride semiconductor layer; and forming a P-type region sandwiched by the N-type regions by subjecting the nitride semiconductor layer to heat treatment and activating the acceptor element. The forming the N-type regions includes implanting ions of a donor element to the nitride semiconductor layer such that concentration of the donor element in the N-type regions is equal to or greater than concentration of the acceptor element in the P-type region. The implanting ions of the acceptor element includes implanting ions of the acceptor element such that concentration of the acceptor element in the P-type region is 1×1019 cm−3 or more and 1×1021 cm−3 or less. |
| US12294017B2 |
Semiconductor gate-all-around structure having carbon-doped anti-punch-through (APT) layers over wells
A metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) includes a substrate and a well over the substrate, the well including dopants of a first conductivity-type. The well includes an anti-punch-through (APT) layer at an upper section of the well, the APT layer including the dopants of the first conductivity-type and further including carbon. The MOSFET further includes a source feature and a drain feature adjacent the APT layer, being of a second conductivity-type opposite to the first conductivity-type. The MOSFET further includes multiple channel layers over the APT layer and connecting the source feature to the drain feature, wherein the multiple channel layers are vertically stacked one over another. The MOSFET further includes a gate wrapping around each of the channel layers, such as in a gate-all-around device, wherein a first portion of the gate is disposed between a bottommost one of the channel layers and the APT layer. |
| US12294015B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a first display area and a second display area; a first pixel circuit part positioned on the first display area; a first light-emitting element electrically connected to the first pixel circuit part; a second pixel circuit part positioned in the second display area; second light-emitting elements electrically connected to the second pixel circuit part; and a driving circuit part electrically connected to the first pixel circuit part and the second pixel circuit part and overlapping the second light-emitting elements in a plan view. |
| US12294013B2 |
Image-capture element and image capture device
Provided is a highly-sensitive image-capture element and an image capture device that can be simply manufactured, have little polarization dependency, and have micro-spectroscopic elements capable of separating incident light into three wavelength ranges integrated facing a pixel array. An image capture element has a transparent layer having a low refractive index made of SiO2 or the like and a plurality of micro-lenses laminated on a pixel array in which pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are disposed in an array. Inside the transparent layer having the low refractive index, micro-spectroscopic elements composed of a plurality of microstructures having constant thickness (length in a direction perpendicular to the pixel array) formed of a material such as SiN having a higher refractive index than that of the transparent layer is embedded. |
| US12294010B2 |
Solid-state image sensing device and electronic device
The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensing device and an electronic device for reducing noises. The solid-state image sensing device includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a charge holding unit for holding charges transferred from the photoelectric conversion unit, a first transfer transistor for transferring charges from the photoelectric conversion unit to the charge holding unit, and a light blocking part including a first light blocking part and a second light blocking part, in which the first light blocking part is arranged between a second surface opposite to a first surface as a light receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion unit and the charge holding unit, and covers the second surface, and is formed with a first opening, and the second light blocking part surrounds the side surface of the photoelectric conversion unit. |
| US12294007B2 |
Array substrate and display panel
An array substrate and a display panel are provided. The array substrate includes transistors. Each transistor includes an active portion and a first gate, and the active portion is disposed on the substrate. The active portion includes at least one semiconductor portion and at least one epitaxial sharp corner portion connected to the semiconductor portion and protruding from the semiconductor portion in a first direction. In the first direction, the epitaxial sharp corner portion is located on one side of the semiconductor portion, the first gate is located on the semiconductor portion and the epitaxial sharp corner portion, and the first gate extends along the first direction. |
| US12293999B2 |
3D semiconductor package including memory array
Routing arrangements for 3D memory arrays and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a memory array including a gate dielectric layer contacting a first word line and a second word line; and an oxide semiconductor (OS) layer contacting a source line and a bit line, the gate dielectric layer being disposed between the OS layer and each of the first word line and the second word line; an interconnect structure over the memory array, a distance between the second word line and the interconnect structure being less than a distance between the first word line and the interconnect structure; and an integrated circuit die bonded to the interconnect structure opposite the memory array, the integrated circuit die being bonded to the interconnect structure by dielectric-to-dielectric bonds and metal-to-metal bonds. |
| US12293998B2 |
Display device
A display device may include a plurality of light emitting elements on a substrate and arranged in a matrix form along a first arrangement direction and a second arrangement direction crossing the first arrangement direction, and a first sub pixel area and a second sub pixel area each overlapping at least a portion of the plurality of light emitting elements, spaced from each other in a first direction, and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second direction and the first arrangement direction may be non-parallel to each other. |
| US12293997B2 |
3D printable feedstock inks for signal control or computation
The present disclosure relates to a method for forming an electrically conductive ink able to be deposited through a print nozzle during a 3D printing operation. The method may involves providing an electrically non-conductive flowable material adapted to be flowed through a print nozzle during a 3D printing operation. A predetermined quantity of chiplets may then be mixed into flowable material, in accordance with a predefined percolation threshold, to form a percolating chiplet network within the polymer as the ink is flowed through the print nozzle and deposited on a surface. The chiplets each form an engineered electronic component, and ones of the chiplets randomly connect, in accordance with the predefined percolation threshold, to form an electrically conductive circuit having a predetermined circuit characteristic. |
| US12293996B2 |
Semiconductor package including heat dissipation structure
A semiconductor package includes a first substrate, a first electronic component disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate and provided with a cavity disposed in one surface of the second substrate, a first connection member connecting the first and second substrates to each other, a heat dissipation structure disposed on the second substrate and spaced apart from the first connection member, a second connection member disposed on the second substrate, and a via disposed on the second substrate, spaced apart from the heat dissipation structure, and connected to the first connection member. The second substrate includes a first region in which the cavity is disposed and a second region connected to the first substrate, and the heat dissipation structure is disposed in each of the first and second regions of the second substrate. |
| US12293992B2 |
Semiconductor assemblies with systems and methods for managing high die stack structures
A semiconductor device includes a rigid flex circuit that has a first rigid region and a second rigid region that are electrically connected by a flexible portion. A first die is mounted to a first side of the first rigid region. A second die is mounted to a second side of the second rigid region. The first and second sides are on opposite sides of the rigid flex circuit. The flexible portion is bent to hold the first and second rigid regions in generally vertical alignment with each other. |
| US12293988B2 |
Semiconductor package and method of forming the same
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die and a redistribution structure. The semiconductor die is laterally surrounded by a molding compound, and the semiconductor die has a conductive pillar and a complex compound sheath sandwiched between the conductive pillar and the molding compound. The redistribution structure is electrically connected with the semiconductor die and comprises a first via portion at a first side of the redistribution structure and a second via portion at a second side of the redistribution structure, and a base angle of the second via portion is greater than a base angle of the first via portion. |
| US12293985B2 |
Integrated circuit packages and methods of forming the same
Provided are integrated circuit packages and methods of forming the same. An integrated circuit package includes an integrated circuit structure, a first die stack and a dummy die. The first die stack includes a plurality of first die structures and is bonded to the integrated circuit structure at a first side of the first die stack. The dummy die includes a plurality of through substrate vias, is located aside the first die stack and is electrically connected to the integrated circuit structure at the first side of the first die stack. In some embodiments, the height of the through substrate vias of the dummy die is the same as the height of the first die stack. |
| US12293983B2 |
Conductive pillar, method for manufacturing the same, and method for manufacturing bonded structure
Provided is a method for manufacturing a conductive pillar capable of bonding a substrate and a bonding member with high bonding strength via a bonding layer without employing an electroplating method, and a method for manufacturing a bonded structure by employing this method. A method for manufacturing a conductive pillar 1 includes, in sequence, the steps of forming a resist layer 16 on a substrate 11 provided with an electrode pad 13, the resist layer 16 including an opening portion 16a on the electrode pad 13, forming a thin Cu film 17 by sputtering or evaporating Cu on a surface of the substrate 11 provided with the resist layer 16 including the opening portion 16a, filling the opening portion 16a with a fine particle copper paste 12c, and sintering the fine particle copper paste 12c by heating the substrate 11 filled with the fine particle copper paste 12c. |
| US12293982B2 |
Semiconductor structure having hybrid bonding pad
A semiconductor structure and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor substrate, a first conductive pad, and a first hybrid bonding pad. The first conductive pad is over the first semiconductor substrate. The first hybrid bonding pad is on the first conductive pad. The first hybrid bonding pad includes nano-twins copper. A thickness of the first hybrid bonding pad is less than a thickness of the first conductive pad. |
| US12293981B2 |
Electronic circuit comprising a RF switches having reduced parasitic capacitances
The present disclosure relates to an electronic circuit comprising a semiconductor substrate, radiofrequency switches corresponding to MOS transistors comprising doped semiconductor regions in the substrate, at least two metallization levels covering the substrate, each metallization level comprising a stack of insulating layers, conductive pillars topped by metallic tracks, at least two connection elements each connecting one of the doped semiconductor regions and formed by conductive pillars and conductive tracks of each metallization level. The electronic circuit further comprises, between the two connection elements, a trench crossing completely the stack of insulating layers of one metallization level and further crossing partially the stack of insulating layers of the metallization level the closest to the substrate, and a heat dissipation device adapted for dissipating heat out of the trench. |
| US12293969B2 |
Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate including a first surface; a dielectric layer disposed over the first surface of the substrate; a first conductive line surrounded by the dielectric layer and extended over the first surface of the substrate; a second conductive line disposed adjacent to the first conductive line, surrounded by the dielectric layer and extended parallel to the first conductive line; a conductive via disposed over the first conductive line and extended through the dielectric layer; and a cross section of the conductive via substantially parallel to the first surface of the substrate, wherein the cross section of the conductive via is at least partially protruded from the first conductive line towards the second conductive line. Further, a method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure is also disclosed. |
| US12293968B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a stacked body in which a plurality of conductive layers including upper conductive layers and lower conductive layers are stacked to be apart from each other in a first direction, and which includes a stairs-shaped end portion, the upper conductive layers functioning as select gate lines for a NAND string, and the lower conductive layers functioning as word lines for the NAND string, a plurality of pillar structures each including a semiconductor layer extending in the first direction through the stacked body, and a first contact connected to two or more first upper conductive layers stacked successively, and provided to extend over upper surfaces of the two or more first upper conductive layers. |
| US12293966B2 |
Conductive structure including copper-phosphorous alloy and a method of manufacturing conductive structure
The present disclosure provides a method for forming a multilayer wiring structure, which includes: forming a patterned copper-phosphorous alloy layer over a carrier by performing a plating operation, and forming a dielectric layer over the patterned copper-phosphorous alloy layer. The forming the patterned copper-phosphorous alloy layer includes providing a plating solution having a copper source and a phosphorous source. |
| US12293964B2 |
Package substrate and semiconductor structure with package substrate
A package substrate and a semiconductor structure with the package substrate are provided. The package substrate includes a body and a conductive layer. The body includes an opening region. The conductive layer is disposed at the opening region. The conductive layer includes a first conductive bridge and a second conductive bridge. The first conductive bridge and the second conductive bridge are disposed at intervals. The first conductive bridge is provided with at least one first via. The first conductive bridge and the second conductive bridge are disposed at intervals in the opening region. |
| US12293961B2 |
Method of manufacture for a cascode semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a cascode HEMT semiconductor device including a lead frame, a die pad with an indentation attached to the lead frame, and a HEMT die attached to the die pad. The HEMT die includes a HEMT source and a HEMT drain on a first side, and a HEMT gate on a second side. The device further includes a MOSFET die attached to the source of the HEMT die, and the MOSFET die includes a MOSFET source, a MOSFET gate and a MOSFET drain. The MOSFET drain is connected to the HEMT source, and the MOSFET source includes a MOSFET source clip. The MOSFET source clip includes a pillar so to connect the MOSFET source to the HEMT gate, and the connection between the MOSFET source to the HEMT gate is established by a conductive material. |
| US12293957B2 |
Optimization of the thermal performance of the 3D ICs utilizing the integrated chip-size double-layer or multi-layer microchannels
A three-dimensional integrated circuit apparatus includes a three-dimensional integrated circuit including a group of integrated double-layer microchannels (DLMC) and multi-layer microchannels (MLMC) with optimized thermal performance for the three-dimensional integrated circuit. A heat source can be uniformly distributed in each layer and can be conducted through the layers down to the substrate and up to a spreader and a heat sink, and eventually to ambient air through forced convective heat transfer above the heat sink and natural convective heat transfer under the substrate. |
| US12293955B2 |
High power module package structures
In a general aspect, a package includes a semiconductor die disposed between a first high voltage isolation carrier and a second high voltage isolation carrier. The semiconductor die is thermally coupled to the first high voltage isolation carrier. The package also includes a molding material disposed in a space between the semiconductor die and the first high voltage isolation carrier, and a conductive spacer disposed between the semiconductor die and the second high voltage isolation carrier. The conductive spacer is thermally coupled to semiconductor die and to the second high voltage isolation carrier. A longitudinal dimension of the conductive spacer is greater than a longitudinal dimension of the semiconductor die. The molding material encapsulates the semiconductor die and the conductive spacer. |
| US12293953B2 |
Edge bend for isolation packages
A semiconductor isolation package includes a leadframe that includes a plurality of leadframe leads. At least one of the plurality of leadframe leads includes a lead body having a first end that comprises an external pin portion and a second end. The lead body has a leg portion coupled to a central lead portion that is coupled to an edge bend portion. The edge bend portion is formed by a first bend on the lead body proximate the second end between the central lead portion and edge bend portion. The first bend is in the direction of the first end on the leg portion. The edge bend assists in shielding electronic fields. Other aspects are presented. |
| US12293951B2 |
Semiconductor package structure having ring portion with recess for adhesive
A package structure is provided. The package structure includes a substrate, a cover element, a semiconductor device, a protruding element, an adhesive element, and an electrical connector. The cover element is disposed on the substrate and having a recess. The semiconductor device is disposed on the substrate and disposed in the space surrounded by the cover element. The protruding element extends from the substrate and disposed in the recess. The adhesive element is disposed in the recess. The electrical connector is in contact with the substrate and the semiconductor device. |
| US12293949B2 |
Semiconductor module and method for manufacturing semiconductor module
There are provided a semiconductor module capable of preventing the peeling of a sealing resin on the side where a connection section used for the connection to a semiconductor element is arranged and a manufacturing method for a semiconductor module. A semiconductor module includes: an outer frame; sealing resins; gate signal output terminals, and partition sections laid across the outer flame to partition a space into a plurality of housing sections, in the partition sections which the gate signal output terminals with connection sections exposed are arranged. The partition sections have through holes where sealing resins are formed, the sealing resins connecting adjacent housing sections and the sealing resin formed in the through hole being continuous with the sealing resins formed in the housing sections. |
| US12293948B2 |
Flip chip semiconductor device package with mold compound seal
In a described example, an apparatus includes: a semiconductor die with a component on a device side surface; a die seal surrounding the component on the device side surface; a package substrate having bond pads on a die side surface; a package substrate seal formed on the die side surface of the package substrate corresponding to the die seal on the semiconductor die; the semiconductor die flip chip mounted on the bond pads of the package substrate with solder joints connecting post connects on the semiconductor die to the bond pads of the package substrate; a mold compound seal formed by the die seal and the package substrate seal; and mold compound covering a portion of the semiconductor die, a portion of the die side of the package substrate, and contacting the mold compound seal, the mold compound spaced from the component. |
| US12293947B2 |
Gap patterning for metal-to-source/drain plugs in a semiconductor device
A method may include forming a mask layer on top of a first dielectric layer formed on a first source/drain and a second source/drain, and creating an opening in the mask layer and the first dielectric layer that exposes portions of the first source/drain and the second source/drain. The method may include filling the opening with a metal layer that covers the exposed portions of the first source/drain and the second source/drain, and forming a gap in the metal layer to create a first metal contact and a second metal contact. The first metal contact may electrically couple to the first source/drain and the second metal contact may electrically couple to the second source/drain. The gap may separate the first metal contact from the second metal contact by less than nineteen nanometers. |
| US12293945B2 |
Semiconductor chip and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor chip includes a chip constituent substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and including a layer containing gallium nitride. The chip constituent substrate is provided with a semiconductor element, and components constituting the semiconductor element are located more in an area adjacent to the first surface than in an area adjacent to the second surface. The chip constituent substrate is formed with a through hole penetrating the chip constituent substrate from the first surface to the second surface. The through hole defines a first opening adjacent to the first surface and a second opening adjacent to the second surface, and the first opening is larger than the second opening. |
| US12293944B2 |
Semiconductor device with self-aligned vias
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a conductive line over a substrate; forming an etch stop layer (ESL) over the conductive line, the ESL extending continuously along an upper surface of the conductive line and along an upper surface of a first dielectric layer adjacent to the conductive line, where a first lower surface of the ESL contacts the upper surface of the conductive line, and a second lower surface of the ESL contacts the upper surface of the first dielectric layer, the first lower surface being closer to the substrate than the second lower surface; forming a second dielectric layer over the ESL; forming an opening in the second dielectric layer, the opening exposing a first portion of the ESL; removing the first portion of the ESL to expose the conductive line; and filling the opening with an electrically conductive material to form a via. |
| US12293942B2 |
Methods for depositing gap filling fluids and related systems and devices
Methods and systems for manufacturing a structure comprising a substrate. The substrate comprises plurality of recesses and a plurality of lateral spaces. The recesses and lateral spaces are at least partially filled with a gap filling fluid. |
| US12293939B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
Described herein is a technique capable of forming a film on a substrate with good uniformity. According to one aspect of the technique of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: processing a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle comprising: (a) supplying a source gas; (b) discharging at least the source gas; (c) supplying a reactive gas; and (d) discharging at least the reactive gas. The substrate is kept stationary while each cycle is performed, and a rotation angle of rotating the substrate is calculated based on the predetermined number of times after each cycle is completed. |
| US12293932B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus, elevator and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A technique for improving uniformity of film thickness on substrates, includes a substrate processing apparatus having a substrate retainer including substrate and partition plate supports; a reaction tube; a first driver vertically moving the substrate retainer into or out of the reaction tube; a second driver vertically moved by the first driver and rotating the substrate retainer to change a distance between a substrate and a partition plate by moving at least one of the substrate or the partition plate support; a heater; a gas supplier comprising a nozzle; a gas exhauster; and a controller controlling the first driver, the second driver and the gas supplier such that a gas is supplied to the substrate while changing at least one of a relative position of the substrate and a relative position of the partition plate with respect to a hole of the nozzle by driving the second driver. |
| US12293924B2 |
Ion exposure method and apparatus
A method of exposing a wafer to a high-tilt angle ion beam and an apparatus for performing the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a patterned mask layer over a wafer, the patterned mask layer including a patterned mask feature; exposing the wafer to an ion beam, a surface of the wafer being tilted at a tilt angle with respect to the ion beam; and moving the wafer along a scan line with respect to the ion beam, a scan angle being defined between the scan line and an axis perpendicular to an axis of the ion beam, a difference between the tilt angle and the scan angle being less than 50°. |
| US12293921B2 |
Methods of cutting a fine pattern, methods of forming active patterns using the same, and methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same
In a method of cutting a fine pattern, a line structure is formed on a substrate. The line structure extends in a first direction, and includes a pattern and a first mask. The pattern and the first mask include different materials. A sacrificial layer is formed on the substrate to cover the line structure. The sacrificial layer is partially etched to form a first opening partially overlapping the line structure in a vertical direction. A portion of the first mask, an upper portion of the pattern and/or a portion of the sacrificial layer under the first opening are partially etched using an etching gas having no etching selectivity among the pattern, the first mask and the sacrificial layer. A lower portion of the pattern under the upper portion thereof is removed to divide the pattern into a plurality of pieces spaced apart from each other in the first direction. |
| US12293920B2 |
Structure manufacturing method
A structure is manufactured by forming a mask that has an opening pattern on a surface of a substrate, etching the surface of the substrate with the mask to form a recessed portion corresponding to the opening pattern of the mask, forming a thin film including aluminum on a bottom surface of the recessed portion in a state where the mask remains, treating the thin film including aluminum with hot water to change the thin film into a fine recessed and projected layer including alumina hydrate smaller than the recessed portion, etching the bottom surface of the recessed portion, on which the fine recessed and projected layer is formed, in a state where the mask remains to form a fine recessed and projected structure on the bottom surface of the recessed portion, and thereafter removing the mask and the fine recessed and projected structure, which remains after the etching step. |
| US12293919B2 |
Alternating etch and passivation process
Tin oxide films are used as spacers and hardmasks in semiconductor device manufacturing. In one method, tin oxide layer (e.g., spacer footing) needs to be selectively etched in a presence of an exposed silicon-containing layer, such as SiOC, SiON, SiONC, amorphous silicon, SiC, or SiN. In order to reduce damage to the silicon-containing layer the process involves passivating the silicon-containing layer towards a tin oxide etch chemistry, etching the tin oxide, and repeating passivation and etch in an alternating fashion. For example, passivation and etch can be each performed between 2-50 times. In one implementation, passivation is performed by treating the substrate with an oxygen-containing reactant, activated in a plasma, and the tin oxide etching is performed by a chlorine-based chemistry, such as using a mixture of Cl2 and BCl3. |
| US12293914B2 |
Semiconductor device structure and method for preparing the same
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device structure with fine patterns and a method for forming the semiconductor device structure, which prevents the collapse of the fine patterns. The semiconductor device structure includes a first target structure and a second target structure disposed over a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first spacer element disposed over the first target structure, wherein a topmost point of the first spacer element is between a central line of the first target structure and a central line of the second target structure in a cross-sectional view. |
| US12293913B1 |
Directed self-assembly enabled subtractive metal patterning
Described herein are IC devices include tight-pitched patterned metal layers, such as metal gratings, and processes for forming such patterned metal layers. The processes include subtractive metal patterning, where portions of a metal layer are etched and replaced with an insulator to form the metal grating. Masks for etching portions of the metal layer are generated using directed self-assembly (DSA). In some examples, multiple etching steps are performed, e.g., to generate metal lines at a first pitch, and to add additional lines at half of the first pitch. In some examples, additive metal patterning is performed in addition to subtractive metal patterning. |
| US12293911B2 |
Structure including SiOCN layer and method of forming same
A method for forming a layer comprising SiOCN on a substrate is disclosed. An exemplary method includes thermally depositing the layer comprising SiOCN on a surface of the substrate. The layer comprising SiOCN can be used for various applications, including spacers, etch stop layers, and etch resistant layers. |
| US12293910B2 |
Interconnect structure for semiconductor devices
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes: forming a first conductive feature in a first dielectric layer disposed over a substrate; forming a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer; etching the second dielectric layer using a patterned mask layer to form an opening in the second dielectric layer, where the opening exposes the first conductive feature; performing an ashing process to remove the patterned mask layer after the etching; wet cleaning the opening after the ashing process, where the wet cleaning enlarges a bottom portion of the opening; and filling the opening with a first electrically conductive material. |
| US12293906B2 |
Mn—Ta—W—Cu—O-based sputtering target, and production method therefor
Provided is a Mn—Ta—W—Cu—O-based sputtering target including, in the component composition, Mn, Ta, W, Cu, and O. The sputtering target has a relative density of at least 90%, and includes a crystal phase of Mn4Ta2O9. Also provided is a production method for the sputtering target. |
| US12293899B2 |
Plasma generation device comprising porous ceramic dielectric
This disclosure relates to a plasma generator including a porous ceramic dielectric. More specifically, this disclosure relates to a plasma generator for air purification capable of effectively generating ozone for removing bacteria, viruses, etc., and minimizing pressure loss while increasing air purification capacity by including a porous ceramic dielectric coated with an antibacterial material. |
| US12293894B2 |
X-ray source shielding
As an x-ray tube expands and contracts during heating and cooling, its hermetic seal can be damaged. A more robust hermetic seal, particularly as the x-ray tube is heated and cooled, is desirable. The x-ray tube described herein can include a proximal-housing 13 and a distal-housing 14, which can be connected to each other by an interface-ring 15 for improved hermetic seal. Added x-ray tube weight, of material used for blocking x-rays, can make it difficult to transport the x-ray tube. Reducing this weight is desirable. A maximum outer diameter Dp of the proximal-housing 13 can be greater than a maximum outer diameter Dd of the distal-housing 14, for improved blocking of x-rays. This diameter difference can allow improved x-ray shielding with less material. |
| US12293893B2 |
Electron source, manufacturing method therefor, and device comprising electron source
A manufacturing method for an electron source according to the present disclosure includes steps of: (A) cutting out a chip from a block of an electron emission material, (B) fixing a first end portion of the chip to a distal end of a support needle, and (C) sharpening a second end portion of the chip. The step (A) includes forming first and second grooves which constitute first and second surfaces of the chip in the block by irradiating a surface of the block with an ion beam. The first end portion of the chip includes the first surface and the second surface with the surfaces forming an angle α of 10 to 90°. The step (B) includes forming a joint between the distal end of the support needle and the first end portion of the chip. |
| US12293890B2 |
Contact monitoring apparatus for a three-pole changeover contact
A contact monitoring means for monitoring an electrical, three-pole changeover contact includes: a signal generator, which generates a monitoring signal; a coupling means, which is connected downstream from the signal generator; a sensing circuit, which is connected downstream from the coupling means and which is coupled or can be coupled to the changeover contact. The monitoring signal generation of the signal generator and thus the monitoring signal and/or a signal derived from the monitoring signal can be changed as a function of a switching position of the changeover contact by means of the sensing circuit, which is coupled to the signal generator via the coupling means. The contact monitoring means also includes an evaluation means, which detects the monitoring signal and/or the signal derived from the monitoring signal and/or a change of the monitoring signal and/or a change of the signal derived from the monitoring signal. |
| US12293888B2 |
Medium voltage switching apparatus
A switching apparatus including one or more electric poles. For each electric pole, the switching apparatus includes a first pole terminal, a second pole terminal, a ground terminal, and a plurality of fixed contacts spaced apart one from another. For each electric pole, the switching apparatus further includes a movable contact and a vacuum interrupter. The movable contact is reversibly movable about a corresponding rotation axis. The vacuum interrupter includes a movable arc contact reversibly movable along a corresponding translation axis. For each electric pole, the switching apparatus further includes a motion transmission mechanism operatively coupled to a contact shaft solidly coupled to the movable arc contact. The motion transmission mechanism is actuatable by the movable contact to cause a movement of said movable arc contact along said translation axis, when said movable contact moves about said rotation axis. |
| US12293886B2 |
Switch device
A switch device includes a case serving as a base portion and a knob attached to a fitting portion provided in the vicinity of an upper end of a cylindrical portion, in which the knob rotates in a seesaw-like manner around a rotary shaft member provided in the fitting portion, the knob includes an operation portion capable of being pulled up, the operation portion being provided on the front end side defined using the rotary shaft member as a boundary, and an abutment portion provided on the rear end side defined using the rotary shaft member as the boundary, the case includes a stopper portion configured to contact the abutment portion when the operation portion is pulled up, and the knob includes an extending portion extending toward the rear end side, the abutment portion being provided in the extending portion. |
| US12293884B2 |
Key assembly and keyboard
A key assembly, which includes a support plate, a flexible circuit board, a buffer block, and a pressing assembly. The support plate has a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other. The support plate has an accommodating portion that is recessed from the first surface to a side of the second surface, and the accommodating portion limits an accommodating groove. The flexible circuit board is superposed on the first surface, and the flexible circuit board has a through hole that is correspondingly connected to the accommodating groove. The buffer block is disposed in the accommodating groove, and passes through the through hole. The buffer block has a buffer support surface that protrudes from the flexible circuit board away from one side surface of the support plate. The pressing assembly includes a keycap, a support mechanism, and a connecting rod. |
| US12293869B2 |
Manufacturing method for anisotropic bonded magnet
A manufacturing method for a bonded magnet, in particular a manufacturing method for an anisotropic bonded magnet. The present invention solves the problem that the existing manufacturing method under the condition of heating magnetic powders performs magnetic field orientation after a binder is melted, resulting in low production efficiency, a complicated mould structure, high process costs, thereby affecting wide use of an anisotropic bonded magnet. A manufacturing method for an anisotropic bonded magnet comprising the following steps: 1) mixing anisotropic magnetic powders and a thermosetting binder; 2) adding the mixture of step 1) to a mould cavity, performing pressure forming under an oriented magnetic field, and performing demagnetization, so as to obtain a green body; and 3) loading the green body of step 2) into a vacuum furnace for thermal curing, so as to obtain an anisotropic bonded magnet. In the present application, forming is performed in a magnetic field at normal temperature or in a cold state, avoiding magnetic powders being bonded to each other, improving the effect of magnetic field orientation, and the mould has a simple structure, is easy to operate, and provides high efficiency, thereby lowering cost. |
| US12293868B2 |
NdFeB permanent magnet with high coercivity and high resistivity and method for preparing the same
The invention discloses an NdFeB permanent magnet with high coercivity and high resistivity and a method for preparing the same. The method comprises the steps of: spraying powdery slurry containing heavy rare earth compounds, oxides and/or carbides on a flaky NdFeB permanent magnets blank after it is subjected to surface cleaning process; then stacking magnets on top of each other, and performing three-stage heat treatment on the stacked magnets to obtain the NdFeB permanent magnet with high coercivity and high resistivity. Heavy rare earth penetrates into interior of the flaky magnets at a high temperature, so that coercivity of the flaky magnets is improved. However, part of the heavy rare earth elements or alloy elements and carbide powder or oxide powder, which are not penetrated into the flaky magnets, form an interlayer bonding two of flaky magnets together. |
| US12293865B2 |
Manufacturing method of wireless charging module
The present disclosure disclosed a wireless charging module manufacturing method. The method includes the following steps: forming a first heat dissipating layer on a surface of a coil; and securing a magnetic shield part to the surface of the coil away from the first heat dissipating layer. A wireless charging module is manufactured by the method. By completely cover the coil with the first heat dissipating layer in the present disclosure, the first heat dissipating layer possesses excellent heat radiation, effectively improving the heat dissipation of the coil. The thickness of the first heat dissipating layer is controllable. Therefore, an effective and highly stable heat dissipating performance can be provided without increasing the thickness and cost of the wireless charging module. |
| US12293864B2 |
Coil component and manufacturing method therefor
Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a coil pattern embedded in an element body and helically wound in a plurality of turns. The element body includes a support body having a cavity formed therein and a first insulating layer stacked on the support body so as to cover the cavity, thereby forming a hollow space inside the element body. The coil pattern includes a plurality of first sections formed along an inner wall of the cavity and a plurality of second sections formed on the first insulating layer. One ends of the plurality of first sections are connected respectively to their corresponding one ends of the plurality of second sections. The other ends of the plurality of first sections are connected respectively to their corresponding other ends of the plurality of second sections. |
| US12293851B2 |
Irradiation devices, systems and methods
The invention provides an irradiation system, devices, and methods. The irradiation system includes a shielded housing; at least one canister disposed within the shielded housing, the at least one canister containing a material for irradiation within an interior volume of the at least one canister; wherein the at least one canister has a body disposed between a first end cap disposed at a first end of the canister and a second end cap disposed at a second end of the canister opposed to the first end; an ionizing radiation source disposed within the shielded housing adapted for emitting an ionizing radiation having at least one selected incident irradiation field geometry directed generally at the body of the at least one canister; wherein at least one canister is disposed on a rotating mechanism for rotating the at least one canister about a central horizontal or longitudinal axis extending from an isocenter of the first end cap to an isocenter of the second end cap for increasing uniform distribution of radiation of the material contained within the canister. |
| US12293847B2 |
Apparatus for saturating buffer material and method for saturating buffer material by using the same
An apparatus for saturating a buffer material includes a jig for fixing and supporting a buffer material to prevent an increase of a volume of the buffer material. The jig is provided to surround at least a portion of the buffer material. The apparatus further includes a case having a space in which the jig supporting the buffer material is accommodated, a supply unit configured to supply water vapor into the case to adjust a saturation level of the buffer material, and a control unit configured to control the supply unit to stop the supply of water vapor when the saturation level of the buffer material reaches a preset critical saturation level. |
| US12293846B2 |
Control rod remote disconnect mechanism
A control rod drive mechanism having a torque tube, a control rod assembly including a connecting rod and a spider, a lock cam assembly rotatably secured to a bottom end of the connecting rod and including a locking cam, and a locking collar disposed non-rotatably within the spider, the locking collar including a locking recess with an entry slot, wherein in a first axial position the lock cam assembly is rotatable with respect to the torque tube, and a second axial position the lock cam assembly is non-rotatable with respect to the torque tube. |
| US12293845B2 |
AI driven smart patient labeling system
In an approach for automatically identifying one or more updates in a Scientific Drug Label (SL) relevant to a patient and incorporating the one or more updates into a Patient Drug Label (PL), a processor receives a pair of documents, wherein the pair of documents include the SL and the PL. A processor converts a complex medical language of the SL into a simplified patient friendly language. A processor identifies one or more words, one or more phrases, or one or more sentences that have been modified, inserted, or deleted. A processor searches for a location in the PL that closely maps to the one or more words, the one or more phrases, or the one or more sentences to the SL. A processor incorporates the one or more words, the one or more phrases, or the one or more sentences in a mapped location of the PL. |
| US12293841B1 |
Systems and methods for metabolic outcome predictions
A method may receive historical metabolic values for an individual having a first medical condition. A method may provide a first subset of the historical metabolic values to a machine learning model to train a generative machine learning model. A method may generate a first predicted metabolic value based on the first subset of historical metabolic values. A method may calculate a root mean square error (RMSE) between the first predicted metabolic value and a corresponding actual metabolic value of a second subset of historical metabolic values. A method may train the generative machine learning model to minimize the RMSE. A method may generate a trained generative machine learning model based on the training. |
| US12293839B2 |
Candidate screening for a target therapy
Techniques are provided for candidate screening for a target therapy. A plurality of medical codes corresponding to patient billing data are identified. A candidate classification model for a target therapy is generated by selecting a set of medical codes from the plurality of medical codes and assigning a weight to each medical code selected. The candidate classification model is applied to patient billing data for a plurality of patients to generate a set of target therapy scores. The patient billing data includes associations between one or more patients of the plurality of patients and one or more medical codes of the plurality of medical codes. Each target therapy score corresponds to a patient of the plurality of patients, and is calculated based on weights for one or more medical codes associated with the patient. |
| US12293834B2 |
Interactive medical communication device
An interactive medical communication device is disclosed. The device implements multiple modes including an environmental diagnostics mode configured to detect conditions and potential hazards in an area around a user of the device; a virtual assistant mode configured to provide guidance, encouragement, education, mental health treatment, and decision-making assistance to the user; an area scanning mode configured to analyze and provide information to the user about objects in a field of vision of the user; a telehealth mode configured to connect the user to a preferred wellness provider or to a recommended wellness provider; and a vitals diagnostics mode configured to measure the vitals of the user and to contact medical assistance if needed. |
| US12293829B2 |
System and method for vestibular and/or balance rehabilitation
A system and method for vestibular and/or balance rehabilitation by monitoring and measuring head motion data of a user having vestibular impairment. The system as includes a user device, a head tracking device, and a remote server device. The user device receives therapeutical configuration data prescribed by a therapist using the remote server device. A visual and auditory and/or haptic stimuli is generated in the user interface according to the received therapeutic configuration data during a training session or initial assessment session. Head motion data from the head tracking device during the training session is received along with user inputted data pertaining to symptoms of the user. The remote server device receives and processes the head motion and positional data, the user inputted symptoms data and communicates a set of updated therapeutic configuration data to the user device based on the processed data for use in a next training session. |
| US12293827B2 |
Inferring a condition of a medical analyzer
A computer-implemented method for inferring a condition of at least one analytical device based on at least one automatic notification received over a network from the analytical device is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, at a data processing agent, at least one automatic notification from at least one analytical device, processing, at the data processing agent, the at least one automatic notification, to thus identify one or more characteristics of the at least one automatic notification from the at least one analytical device, inferring, at the data processing agent, the condition of the at least one analytical device, by applying the one or more identified characteristics to a model; and generating, at the data processing agent, a notification reporting the inferred condition of the analytical device. |
| US12293818B2 |
Kiosk to dispense medication such as medicine for opioid addiction
The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of a kiosk including a chassis having a patient compartment and a medication compartment. A patient does not have access to the medication compartment in the patient compartment. A dispense structure extends from the patient compartment to the medication compartment such that a dosage of medication may be dispensed to the patient when within the patient compartment. After the medication is dispensed to the patient, a medical professional observes the patient ingest the medication through a video conference display within the patient compartment. A biometric scanner may be in electrical communication with a lock in mechanical cooperation with a door hingedly coupled to the chassis to limit access to the medication compartment. An insulated safe with an internal chamber wherein the internal chamber's temperature is regulated. A medication is stored within the internal chamber of the insulated safe at a selected temperature by regulating the temperature within the internal chamber of the insulated safe. |
| US12293816B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods including color-coded substrates for spot-correction of blemishes, acne, and secondary skin concerns
A computer-implemented method and system for tracking skin concerns. Color-coded substrates come in different colors, each color being associate with a different skin concern. The color-coded substrates include at least one hydrocolloid and active agent. The color-coded substrates can come in different area-specific shapes for applying on different areas of the skin or face. The color-coded substrates can come in different dosages. A computing device, such as a smartphone, can be used to take scans of the skin with or without substrates, and the computing device is configured to analyze the skin and color-coded substrates based on color or shape or other symbols to make recommendations so that a subject will be able to track the progress of any skin concern. |
| US12293814B2 |
Evaluation of prescribed devices or services
Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for evaluating prescribed optical devices during use. A method can include matching a user profile with a prescribed optical device, matching the prescribed optical device with a plurality of members of a distribution system of the prescribed optical device, requesting information about the prescribed optical device through a user interface, receiving information in response to requesting the information, and sending feedback based on the received information to one of the members of the distribution system. One or more network devices can generate a user interface including information associated with the prescribed optical device and the user profile. The user interface can be adapted based on a primary or secondary user of the network device. The user interface can also be adapted as the user progresses in age, treatment schedule, and/or other factors that support evaluation of the prescribed optical device. |
| US12293810B2 |
System and method to facilitate interoperability of health care modules
A system for facilitating interoperability among health care modules includes an interface configured to receive a first electronic record from a first health care module. The first electronic record has a first data structure. The system also includes a processor communicatively coupled to the interface. The processor is configured to analyze the first electronic record having the first data structure, and, based on the analysis, extract a portion of data from the first electronic record. The processor further creates a second electronic record using the portion of data from the first electronic record, where the second electronic record has a second data structure. The second data structure is configured to be compatible with a second health care module. The interface is further configured to transmit the second electronic record for display to the second health care module. |
| US12293807B2 |
Offset calibration training method for adjusting data receiver offset and memory device therefor
An offset calibration training method for adjusting a data receiver offset and a memory device therefor are provided. A method of performing a data receiver offset calibration includes storing a first parameter code, which is used to set a default data receiver offset calibration for the data receiver offset calibration, in a mode register, storing a second parameter code, which is used to set an optional data receiver offset calibration for the data receiver offset calibration, in the mode register, training the default data receiver offset calibration based on the first parameter code for the data receiver offset calibration, and training the optional data receiver offset calibration based on the second parameter code for the data receiver offset calibration. |
| US12293803B2 |
Built-in self-test burst patterns based on architecture of memory
Methods, systems, and devices related to built-in self-test burst patterns based on architecture of memory. A controller can be coupled to a memory device. The controller can include built-in self-test (BIST) circuitry. The BIST circuitry can include registers configured to store respective write burst patterns and read burst patterns based on an architecture of the memory device. |
| US12293801B2 |
Memory interface and semiconductor memory device and semiconductor device including the same
A semiconductor device has a memory controller configured to provide a data strobe signal, and a memory device configured to receive a data signal provided from the memory controller or output a data signal to the memory controller, wherein the memory device includes a memory interface including a plurality of DQ driving circuits, the memory interface being configured to generate a plurality of phase clock signals based on the data strobe signal, determine a number of phase clock signals provided to the plurality of DQ driving circuits based on an operating frequency of the memory device, and provide the determined number of phase clock signals to the plurality of DQ driving circuits. |
| US12293793B2 |
Non-volatile memory device, memory system including the same and read method of memory system
Disclosed are a non-volatile memory device, a memory system including the same and a read method of the memory system, in which the non-volatile memory device includes a first storage in which a basic offset level for a read retry operation is stored, a second storage in which an additional offset level for the read retry operation is stored, and a voltage generator suitable for adjusting, when the read retry operation is performed, a read voltage by using the basic offset level and further by selectively using the additional offset level depending on a read operation. |
| US12293790B2 |
Memory for programming data states of memory cells
Memories might include a controller configured to cause the memory to apply a first voltage level indicative of a data state of a memory cell of an array of memory cells to a control gate of a transistor, retain the first voltage level on the control gate of the transistor, connect a first source/drain of the transistor to a data line corresponding to the memory cell while applying a second voltage level to a second source/drain of the transistor and while retaining the first voltage level on the control gate of the transistor, and apply a programming pulse to a control gate of the memory cell while the data line is connected to the first source/drain of the transistor. |
| US12293786B2 |
Method for reading memory, a memory, a memory system, and electronic device
A method includes applying a first read voltage to a word line corresponding to a first word line address in a first read request instruction. The method also includes detecting an obtained second read request instruction. The method further includes when the second word line address included in the second read request instruction is the same as the first word line address, applying a second read voltage to the word line corresponding to the first word line address after the end of the application of the first read voltage. |
| US12293785B2 |
Circuit module with reliable margin configuration
A circuit module with reliable margin configuration, may include a main circuit, a first auxiliary circuit and a second auxiliary circuit. When the first auxiliary circuit is on, the second auxiliary circuit may be on or off according to whether a control signal is of a first level or a second level. When the first auxiliary circuit and the second auxiliary circuit are both on, the first auxiliary circuit and the second auxiliary circuit may jointly cause an operation parameter of the main circuit to be a first value. When the first auxiliary circuit is on and the second auxiliary circuit is off, the first auxiliary circuit may cause the operation parameter to be a second value. An operation margin of the main circuit may cover a range between the first value and the second value. |
| US12293783B2 |
Voltage management for improved tRP timing for FeRAM devices
Systems and methods related to a memory device that includes a command interface configured to receive read commands and write commands to invoke read and write operations. The memory device also includes a memory bank having multiple memory cells implemented using ferroelectric layers between plate lines and digit lines. The memory device also includes bank control circuitry configured to control operation of the memory bank. The operation of the memory bank includes programming both high and low logic values as a write back to the multiple memory cells during a read and write phase where the read and write operations are performed after sensing values from the multiple memory cells. |
| US12293779B2 |
Techniques for automatically extracting compelling portions of a media content item
In various embodiments, a clip application computes a set of appearance values for an appearance metric based on shot sequences associated with a media content item. Each appearance value in the set of appearance values indicates a prevalence of a first character in a different shot sequence associated with the media content item. The clip application then performs one or more clustering operations on the shot sequences based on the set of appearance values to generate a first shot cluster. Subsequently, the clip application generates a clip for the media content item based on the first shot cluster. The clip application transmits the clip to an endpoint device for display. Advantageously, relative to primarily manual approaches, the clip application can more efficiently and reliably generate clips for media content items. |
| US12293775B2 |
Voice control method and apparatus, chip, earphones, and system
A voice control method and apparatus, a chip, earphones, and a system. The method includes: recognizing (001) whether a voice signal includes a keyword; in response to the voice signal including the keyword, executing (001a) an instruction corresponding to the keyword or sending the instruction; before recognizing whether the voice signal includes the keyword, determining (002) whether the voice signal is from a target user and, in response to the voice signal being from the target user, starting to recognize (001) whether the voice signal includes the keyword; or during recognizing whether the voice signal includes the keyword, determining (002) whether the voice signal is from the target user and, in response to the voice signal being from a non-target user, stopping recognizing (003a) whether the voice signal includes the keyword. The voice control method reduces the power consumption of voice control and improves the endurance. |
| US12293774B2 |
System and method of image processing for ultra-low bandwidth audio
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of receiving an original audio signal for an interval; creating a time-series graphical image of the original audio signal for the interval; compressing the time-series graphical image, thereby creating a reduced resolution image; recreating a retrieved audio signal from the reduced resolution image; determining whether a comparison of the retrieved audio signal to the original audio signal meets a quality threshold; responsive to meeting the quality threshold, compressing the reduced resolution image further and repeating the recreating and determining steps; and transmitting a last reduced resolution image that meets the quality threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12293773B2 |
Automatically selecting a sound recognition model for an environment based on audio data and image data associated with the environment
A system for automatically selecting a sound recognition model for an environment based on audio data and image data associated with the environment. The system includes a camera, a microphone, a memory including a plurality of sound recognition models, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive the audio data associated with the environment from the microphone, receive the image data associated with the environment from the camera, and determine one or more characteristics of the environment based on the audio data and the image data. The electronic processor is also configured to select the sound recognition model from the plurality of sound recognition models based on the one or more characteristics of the environment, receive additional audio data associated with the environment from the microphone, and analyze the additional audio data using the sound recognition model to perform a sound recognition task. |
| US12293766B2 |
Time reversed audio subframe error concealment
A method and a decoder device of generating a concealment audio subframe of an audio signal are provided. The method comprises generating frequency spectra on a subframe basis where consecutive subframes of the audio signal have a property that an applied window shape of first subframe of the consecutive subframes is a mirrored version or a time reversed version of a second subframe of the consecutive subframes. Peaks of a signal spectrum of a previously received audio signal are detected for a concealment subframe, and a phase of each of the peaks is estimated. A time reversed phase adjustment is derived based on the estimated phase and applied to the peaks of the signal spectrum to form time reversed phase adjusted peaks. |
| US12293765B2 |
Authentication method and apparatus with transformation model
An authentication method and apparatus using a transformation model are disclosed. The authentication method includes generating, at a first apparatus, a first enrolled feature based on a first feature extractor, obtaining a second enrolled feature to which the first enrolled feature is transformed, determining an input feature by extracting a feature from input data with a second feature extractor different from the first feature extractor, and performing an authentication based on the second enrolled feature and the input feature. |
| US12293764B2 |
Determining suggested subsequent user actions during digital assistant interaction
Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process includes receiving an utterance including a user request, determining, based on the user request, a domain associated with the user request, determining, based on the domain, a first subsequent user action and a second subsequent user action, determining, based on the domain, a first parameter for the first subsequent user action and a second parameter for the second subsequent user action, in accordance with a determination that a first score associated with the first subsequent user action is higher than a score associated with the second subsequent user action, selecting the first subsequent user action as a suggested subsequent user action, and providing the suggested subsequent user action. |
| US12293763B2 |
Application integration with a digital assistant
Systems and processes for application integration with a digital assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, receiving a natural-language user input; identifying, with the one or more processors, an intent object of a set of intent objects and a parameter associated with the intent, where the intent object and the parameter are derived from the natural-language user input. The method further includes identifying a software application associated with the intent object of the set of intent objects; and providing the intent object and the parameter to the software application. |
| US12293762B2 |
Multi-mode guard for voice commands
Embodiments may be implemented by a computing device, such as a head-mountable display, in order to use a single guard phrase to enable different voice commands in different interface modes. An example device includes an audio sensor and a computing system configured to analyze audio data captured by the audio sensor to detect speech that includes a predefined guard phrase, and to operate in a plurality of different interface modes comprising at least a first and a second interface mode. During operation in the first interface mode, the computing system may initially disable one or more first-mode speech commands, and respond to detection of the guard phrase by enabling the one or more first-mode speech commands. During operation in the second interface mode, the computing system may initially disable a second-mode speech command, and to respond to the guard phrase by enabling the second-mode speech command. |
| US12293759B2 |
Method and device for presenting a CGR environment based on audio data and lyric data
In one implementation, a method of generating CGR content to accompany an audio file including audio data and lyric data based on semantic analysis of the audio data and the lyric data is performed by a device including a processor, non-transitory memory, a speaker, and a display. The method includes obtaining an audio file including audio data and lyric data associated with the audio data. The method includes performing natural language analysis of at least a portion of the lyric data to determine a plurality of candidate meanings of the portion of the lyric data. The method includes performing semantic analysis of the portion of the lyric data to determine a meaning of the portion of the lyric data by selecting, based on a corresponding portion of the audio data, one of the plurality of candidate meanings as the meaning of the portion of the lyric data. The method includes generating CGR content associated with the portion of the lyric data based on the meaning of the portion of the lyric data. |
| US12293756B2 |
Computing system for domain expressive text to speech
A computing system obtains text that includes words and provides the text as input to an emotional classifier model that has been trained based upon emotional classification. The computing system obtains a textual embedding of the computer-readable text as output of the emotional classifier model. The computing system generates a phoneme sequence based upon the words of the text. The computing system, generates, by way of an encoder of a text to speech (TTS) model, a phoneme encoding based upon the phoneme sequence. The computing system provides the textual embedding and the phoneme encoding as input to a decoder of the TTS model. The computing system causes speech that includes the words to be played over a speaker based upon output of the decoder of the TTS model, where the speech reflects an emotion underlying the text due to the textual embedding provided to the encoder. |
| US12293748B2 |
Noise reduction assembly and new energy equipment
A noise reduction assembly includes an outer frame and a partition plate. An accommodating cavity is arranged in the outer frame; the partition plate is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the partition plate and the outer frame form a noise reduction channel, the noise reduction channel includes a first noise reduction section, a second noise reduction section and a third noise reduction section that are communicated in sequence, and the channel cross-sectional areas of the first noise reduction section and the third noise reduction section are both smaller than the channel cross-sectional area of the second noise reduction section. The technical solution of the present application may reduce the noise of a new energy equipment having the noise reduction assembly during operation. |
| US12293747B2 |
Musical instrument
A musical instrument includes: an acoustic portion that makes sound in response to vibration; an exciter that includes an exciter body and a vibrating portion vibrating with respect to the exciter body, and excites the acoustic portion; and a support portion that is attached to the acoustic portion and supports the exciter body such that the vibration is transmitted from the vibrating portion to the acoustic portion. The support portion supports the exciter body such that the exciter body is elastically displaced with respect to the acoustic portion. A resonance frequency of a vibration system including the exciter body and the support portion is lower than the lowest resonance frequency of the acoustic portion. |
| US12293745B2 |
System and method for creating a sensory experience by merging biometric data with user-provided content
Systems and methods for generating sensory outputs (e.g., tactile, scent, and/or flavor) based on biometric/neurometric user data are provided. One exemplary method comprises receiving an incoming signal from a bio-generated data sensing device worn by a user; receiving an input signal representing sensory content experienced by the user in association with generation of the incoming signal; populating a common vocabulary with one or more values determined based on the input signal; determining a set of output values based on the incoming signal, the common vocabulary, which comprises a list of possible output values, and a parameter file, which comprises a set of instructions for applying the common vocabulary to the incoming signal to derive the set of output values; generating an output array comprising the set of output values; and providing the output array to an output delivery system configured to render the output array as a sensory output. |
| US12293744B2 |
Head joint for wind instrument, having mouthpiece and reed portion formed thereon, and wind instrument comprising same
The present invention relates to a head joint for a wind instrument, having a mouthpiece and a reed portion, and a wind instrument comprising same and, more particularly, to a head joint for a wind instrument, having a mouthpiece and a reed portion, and a wind instrument comprising same, the head joint allowing for an extended range of one octave lower, i.e. extended lower notes, than the range of a two-side-open wind instrument by adding the range of a one-side-open wind instrument, which is played through a reed, to the range of a two-side-open wind instrument which only has a mouthpiece.The head joint for a wind instrument, having a mouthpiece and a reed portion, according to the present invention has a tubular shape having one end closed, wherein the mouthpiece and the reed portion are formed, so as to be spaced apart from each other, at a certain distance from the end. |
| US12293741B2 |
User interface for a flashlight mode on an electronic device
An electronic device having a display and a physical input mechanism detects a request to display a flashlight user interface. In response to detecting the request, the device displays the flashlight user interface. While displaying the flashlight user interface, the electronic device detects an interaction with the physical input mechanism. In response to detecting the interaction, the electronic device changes a property of the illumination source that is used as the flashlight. |
| US12293735B2 |
Driving method of liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display panel
A liquid crystal display panel and a driving method of a liquid crystal display panel. The driving method includes: providing a first gate signal to a first gate line corresponding to a first row of sub-pixels among the plurality of rows of sub-pixels, in which the first gate signal includes an on period and an off period used to control the first row of sub-pixels to be turned on and off respectively; writing, during the on period of the first gate signal, a plurality of first data signals to sub-pixels among the first row of sub-pixels through the plurality of data lines, and during the on period of the first gate signal, a first writing time length of a negative polarity data signal is less than a second writing time length of a positive polarity data signal. |
| US12293731B2 |
Emission profile tracking for electronic displays
This disclosure provide various techniques for tracking emission profiles on an electronic display. An emission profile may be applied to the electronic display in order to illuminate certain pixels and deactivate (e.g., turn off) certain pixels in the electronic display to facilitate refreshing (e.g., programming with new image data) the deactivated pixels. A real-time row-based average pixel level or average pixel luminance calculation architecture may track the one or more EM profiles to accurately model EM profile behavior, which may enable accurate calculation of the average pixel level or average pixel luminance of the electronic display at any one point in time. The accurate average pixel level or average pixel luminance calculations effectuated by the EM profile tracking may be used to reduce the IR drop, improve real-time peak-luminance control, and improve the performance of under-display sensors, among other advantages. |
| US12293727B2 |
Degradation compensator, display device having the same, and method for compensating image data of the display device
A degradation compensator including a compensation factor determiner configured to determine a compensation factor based on a distance between adjacent sub-pixels, and a data compensator configured to apply the compensation factor to a stress compensation weight to generate compensation data for compensating image data. |
| US12293726B2 |
Gate driving circuit and display device
The present application provides a gate driving circuit and a display device including a pull-up module, an isolation module, a pull-down maintaining module, and an inverting module. A coupling effect of an electric potential variation of a first node on an electric potential of a second node is blocked by providing the isolation module. Therefore, in a case that a clock signal fluctuates so that the electric potential of the first node fluctuates, that a change of the electric potential of the first node spreads to the electric potential of the second node is blocked, and the electric potential of the second node is stabilized. A failure of the gate driving circuit is improved. |
| US12293725B2 |
Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
A display substrate, a manufacturing method and a display device are provided. At least one of the plurality of shift register units in the scan driving circuit includes an output circuit including an output transistor and an output reset transistor; a length of the active layer of the output transistor/the output reset transistor in the first direction is a first length/a second length, and a sum thereof is an output active length; a smaller one of minimum width of the active layer of the output transistor and the output reset transistor in a second direction is a first output active width, the first direction intersects the second direction; a ratio of the output active length to the first output active width is within a first predetermined ratio range greater than or equal to 3 and less than or equal to 11. |
| US12293724B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a timing controlling unit configured to generate an image data, a data control signal and a gate control signal; a data driving unit configured to generate a data signal using the image data and the data control signal; a gate driving unit configured to generate a gate1 signal, an odd gate2 signal, an even gate2 signal, a gate3 signal, a gate4 signal and an emission signal using the gate control signal; and a display panel displaying an image using the gate1 signal, the odd gate2 signal, the even gate2 signal, the gate3 signal, the gate4 signal and the emission signal. A rising timing of the emission signal and a falling timing of the gate3 signal are changed according to a duty ratio. |
| US12293720B2 |
Pixel circuit, driving method, display substrate and display device
A pixel circuit includes: data writing sub-circuit coupled to data signal terminal, scanning signal terminal and fourth node; first light-emitting control sub-circuit coupled to first voltage terminal, first light-emitting control terminal and second node; driving sub-circuit coupled to first node, the second node and third node; storage sub-circuit coupled to the first node and the fourth node; compensation sub-circuit coupled to compensation signal terminal, the first node and the third node; second light-emitting control sub-circuit coupled to the third node, second light-emitting control terminal, and an electrode of light-emitting element; first initialization sub-circuit coupled to first reset signal terminal, first initialization signal terminal and the fourth node; second initialization sub-circuit coupled to second reset signal terminal, second initialization signal terminal and an electrode of the light-emitting element; third initialization sub-circuit coupled to third reset signal terminal, third initialization signal terminal and the third node. |
| US12293715B2 |
Pixel circuit, driving method and display device
A pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a first energy storage circuit, a first driving circuit, a second driving circuit, a first driving control circuit, a second driving control circuit, a second energy storage circuit and a first control data voltage writing-in circuit; the first control data voltage writing-in circuit controls to write a first control data voltage into the third node under the control of a first writing-in control signal; both the first terminal of the first driving circuit and the first terminal of the second driving circuit are electrically connected to a power supply voltage terminal, the first driving circuit is used to drive the light emitting element under the control of a potential of the control terminal thereof, and the second driving circuit is used to drive the light emitting element under the control of a potential of the control terminal thereof. |
| US12293714B2 |
Display device
A display device includes display pixels each including a light emitting part including a light emitting element and a pixel driver applying a driving current to the light emitting element, and light sensing pixels each including a light sensing part including an optical element and a sensing driver, the sensing driver applying a sensing current to a sensing line according to a photocurrent of the optical element. The sensing driver includes a first sensing transistor controlling the sensing current flowing through the sensing line according to a voltage of a first electrode of the optical element, and a second sensing transistor initializing the first electrode of the optical element to a first level voltage. A channel layer of the first sensing transistor and a channel layer of the second sensing transistor are made of different materials. |
| US12293709B2 |
Pixel circuit and driving method for same, display panel, and display apparatus
Present disclosure provide a pixel circuit and a driving method, a display panel, and a display apparatus. The pixel circuit includes: a driving transistor, a gate connected to a first node, a first electrode connected to a second node, a second electrode connected to a third node; a control module, connected to the first node and including a first unit and a second unit that are connected in series, an intermediate node arranged between first unit and second unit; a voltage regulation module, wherein a driving cycle of the pixel circuit includes a writing frame and holding frame, the writing frame includes a first non-light-emission period, the holding frame includes a second non-light-emission period, and the voltage regulation module is configured to adjust, in the second non-light-emission periods in holding frame, a voltage of intermediate node electrically connected thereto to a first voltage. |
| US12293707B2 |
Pixel circuit and display including the same
A pixel circuit may include a first transistor that provides a data signal to a first node according to a scan signal, a second transistor that initializes the first node, a first capacitor that is coupled between one terminal to which a light emission signal is provided and the first node, a second capacitor that is coupled between the first node and a second node, a third transistor that includes a gate coupled to the second node and one terminal coupled to a third node, a fourth transistor that includes a gate coupled to the second node and one terminal coupled to the third node, a fifth transistor that is coupled between the second node and the third node, a drive transistor that includes a gate to which a voltage corresponding to the voltage at the third node is supplied, and a micro light emitting diode that is coupled to the drive transistor. |
| US12293705B2 |
Pixel compensation circuit, drive method thereof, and display panel
Disclosed are a pixel compensation circuit, a drive method thereof, and a display panel. The pixel compensation circuit includes a drive transistor, a data write module, a first initialization module, a second initialization module, a storage capacitor, and a light-emitting device. The drive timing of the pixel compensation circuit includes a threshold voltage compensation stage in which a detected threshold voltage of the drive transistor is less than an actual threshold voltage of the drive transistor. |
| US12293704B2 |
Pixel compensation circuit, method of compensating pixel and display panel
The present application provides a pixel compensation circuit, a method of compensating pixel, and a display panel. The pixel compensation circuit includes a compensation transistor, a driving transistor, a reset transistor, a first switching transistor, a second switching transistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a light-emitting device. Compared with the pixel compensation circuit in prior art, the present application does not need to adopt a plurality of array substrate gate driving circuit to achieve compensation function. That is, the scanning signal lines adopted by the present application are less, which is convenient to achieve narrow bezel of display products. |
| US12293701B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided by the present application. A first part and a second part of part of a first scanning signal line are connected through a third part, and/or a fourth part and a fifth part of part of the first scanning signal line are connected through a sixth part, so that a load of a hole-digging area is similar or even consistent with a load of other areas, thereby improving a display effect. |
| US12293699B2 |
Driving substrate, and display panel
Disclosed are a driving substrate and a display panel. The driving substrate is configured to drive a light-emitting unit to emit light and includes a base including a display region, multiple rows of scan lines and multiple data lines arranged on the base, and a scan driving circuit. Multiple pixel regions are defined by the multiple rows of scan lines and the multiple data lines crossing each other longitudinally and horizontally. The pixel regions are located in the display region. Row directions of the multiple pixel regions are substantially parallel to the scan lines. The scan driving circuit is arranged in the display region of the base and includes multiple scan driving units which are cascaded. A same scan driving unit is arranged in pixel regions in at least two rows among the plurality of pixel regions and capable of outputting at least one row of gate scanning signal. |
| US12293693B2 |
Current sensor and display device including the same
A display device may include a display panel which displays an image based on image data, a power supply which provides a driving voltage to the display panel through a power line, a current sensor which generates first current data including average, minimum, and maximum sensing currents of a first period based on sensing currents generated by sampling a current flowing through the power line at a sampling frequency, generates second current data including average, minimum, and maximum sensing currents of a second period less than the first period based on the sensing currents, and includes a first controller controlling the image data or the power supply based on the second current data, and a timing controller which communicates with the current sensor, and includes a second controller controlling the image data or the power supply based on the first and second current data. |
| US12293691B2 |
Display device and computer readable media
A display device includes pixels having different arrangements of subpixels and reducing a color edge. The display device includes a display unit where a plurality of first pixels including subpixels of three colors and second pixels including subpixels of the three colors are alternately arrayed in row and column directions, an arrangement of the subpixels in the first pixel and an arrangement of the subpixels in the second pixel differing from each other, and a luminance allocation unit allocating luminance of a subpixel of a first color among the three colors in the first pixel to a subpixel of the first color in the second pixel adjacent to the first pixel with a predetermined ratio and allocating luminance of the subpixel of the first color in the second pixel to the subpixel of the first color in the first pixel adjacent to the second pixel with a predetermined ratio. |
| US12293690B2 |
Display panel, integrated chip, and display apparatus
Provided display panel includes pixel circuit and light emitting element. The pixel circuit includes drive module including a drive transistor, bias adjustment module to provide a bias adjustment signal to a first pole or a second pole of the drive transistor and initialization module to provide initialization signal to the light emitting element. Operation modes include a first mode and a second mode, and brightness level of the display panel in the first mode greater than that in the second mode. The pixel circuit includes data writing frame and holding frame, data writing frame in first mode corresponds to initialization signal of Vi11, holding frame in first mode corresponds to initialization signal of Vi12, data writing frame in second mode corresponds to bias adjustment signal of Vs21, holding frame in second mode corresponds to bias adjustment signal of Vs22, and |Vi11−Vi12|≠|Vs21−Vs22|. |
| US12293684B2 |
Flexible display device
Disclosed is a flexible display device. The flexible display device includes a housing, a winding shaft, a flexible display panel, a supporting member, a separating member and a pressing member. The housing has an opening provided thereon. The winding shaft is rotatably provided in the housing. The flexible display panel has one end connected to the winding shaft and another opposite end extending out of the housing through the opening. The supporting member has one end connected to the winding shaft and another opposite end extending out of the housing through the opening. The separating member is provided on the housing to separate the flexible display panel and the supporting member partially. The pressing member is provided on the housing to connect the flexible display panel and the supporting member. |
| US12293683B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device including a display panel, a cushion member disposed below the display panel, an electronic module inserted into a hole defined by the display panel and the cushion member, and a light blocking pattern disposed on the electronic module with the display panel therebetween. The electronic module is spaced apart from a sidewall configured to define the hole in a first state in which the display panel and the cushion member are folded and a second state in which the display panel and the cushion member are unfolded. |
| US12293677B2 |
Aircraft cockpit training simulator and associated method
An aircraft cockpit training simulator includes a plurality of aircraft cockpit simulation panels and power over Ethernet (POE) cabling extending therebetween. Each panel includes a simulator user interface device, an input circuit or an output circuit, a POE interface circuit, and a distributed controller coupled to the input circuit or output circuit and POE interface device and asynchronously communicating with other controllers using a publish/subscribe protocol. A host controller is coupled to the distributed controllers via the POE cabling and operates the aircraft cockpit simulation panels using a host computer model. The distributed controllers may operate independent of the host computer model. |
| US12293672B2 |
Method and system for drone observation management
A computer-implemented method and system for observation management of a drone is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes generating suitability scores for at least first and second of potential drone flight paths that correspond to first and second out-of-Line Of Sight (LOS) time intervals. The computer-implemented method also includes generating a recommendation message that recommends one of the first and second potential drone flight paths as more suitable than one or more others of a plurality of potential flight paths for the drone. |
| US12293671B2 |
Flight plan rules based conformity check
Whenever an avionics computer system receives a flight plan, the avionics computer system performs rules-based conformity checks with respect to a predefine set of rules/thresholds. The rules may be general aviation best practices (no rate of elevation change beyond some threshold, no single change in direction beyond some threshold, etc.) or specific to the aircraft (no violation of an operational ceiling, no violation of some defined fuel reserve, etc.). Violations of the rules and criteria are communicated to crew members via visual indicia of such violations, including the relative severity. |
| US12293670B2 |
Generating a flight plan of a semi-autonomous drone
A system for generating an environment for an operation using a set of assets includes processor(s) configured to obtain data associated with task(s) to be performed by a set of assets, wherein: 1) the set of assets comprises semi-autonomous drones and 2) the data associated with the task(s) comprises other drone flight plan(s); determine a discretized representation of the geographic location, wherein the discretized representation comprises discrete elements each corresponding to a volume associated with the geographic location; annotate the discretized representation with the other drone flight plan(s) to create an annotated representation; determine a first flight plan of one drone, wherein the first flight plan is determined based on the annotated representation; and communicate information pertaining to the first flight plan to at least one other asset. |
| US12293665B2 |
Wireless communication device and driving assistance device
A wireless communication device according to the present disclosure is set to be mounted on a vehicle including at least one wheel. The wireless communication device includes an input circuit, and an output circuit. The input circuit is set to connect to a lean angle detection circuit capable of detecting a lean angle of the vehicle with a traveling direction of the vehicle as a rotation axis. The output circuit is configured to repeatedly transmit a wireless signal including at least a position of the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, and the lean angle of the vehicle at predetermined time intervals. |
| US12293664B2 |
Parking monitoring and assistance for transports
An example operation may include one or more of parking a transport in an initial space, determining an average time of an event attended by at least one occupant associated with the transport, moving the transport to at least one other space when an elapsed time of the event is less than the average time and when the at least one other space is available and closer to an event location than the initial space, and moving the transport to a final space when the event is completed, and the final space is a location of a device associated with the at least one occupant. |
| US12293658B2 |
Reproduction system, reproduction method, and storage medium
A reproduction system includes an external detection unit configured to acquire external information of an own vehicle, a vehicle sensor configured to acquire vehicle information of the own vehicle, a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions, and at least one processor connected to the storage medium, the at least one processor executing the computer-readable instructions to generate external time-series data indicating an external situation of the own vehicle in time series based on the external information, generate vehicle time series data indicating a driving situation of the own vehicle in time series based on the vehicle information, generate, based on the external time-series data and the vehicle time-series data, a moving image that reproduces a movement history of the own vehicle at a specific traffic location, and cause a display device to display the moving image. |
| US12293656B2 |
Information processing device for selecting notification to prompt safety action performed by user in accordance with user behavior
Provided is an information processing device including a control unit that: stores a plurality of first notifications for prompting a safety action in association with the safety action to be taken by a user; selects one first notification from among the plurality of the first notifications when a determination is made to prompt the user to take the safety action in accordance with a behavior of the user; and outputs a presentation instruction for the selected one first notification. |
| US12293655B1 |
Tactile directional guide system
The tactile directional guide system provides directional information in the form of vibrations for use during emergency evacuations and the like. The tactile directional guide system includes a vibrational module adapted for mounting on a support surface, such as the floor or wall of a hallway or corridor, as non-limiting examples. The vibrational module includes a plurality of members linearly arrayed along a longitudinal direction and a plurality of vibrators respectively coupled to the plurality of members. A controller is in communication with the plurality of vibrators and is configured to selectively sequentially actuate the plurality of vibrators in either a forward longitudinal direction or a rearward longitudinal direction to provide a tactile directional output. |
| US12293654B2 |
Bodily vibration generation device and bodily vibration presentation apparatus
A sensory vibration generation apparatus includes an electromagnetic actuator that includes: a plate-shaped base part on which an electromagnet consisting of a core and a coil is arranged, a movable body including a magnetic yoke disposed opposite the electromagnet with a gap and the movable body having a shape that allows a portion of the coil to be inserted at a position opposite to the coil, and an elastic body connected to each of the plate-shaped base part and the movable body so that the plate-shaped base part and the magnetic yoke are displaced relative to each other by energizing the electromagnet, wherein the electromagnetic actuator vibrates in one direction of a vibration direction with an input driving signal to the coil. The apparatus further includes a rectifier configured to acquire the driving signal by performing half-wave rectification on an alternating current signal. |
| US12293649B1 |
Alarm scoring based on alarm event data in a storage environment having time-controlled access
According to some embodiments, a system is provided. The system comprises a computing system that is configured to receive an alarm signal from a premises monitoring system that is configured to monitor a premises, receive alarm event data associated with an alarm event, store the alarm event data associated with the alarm event in at least one data store of the computing system, enforce an access control policy on the alarm event data stored in the at least one data store, the access control policy restricting access to the alarm event data based on time and a plurality of roles of a plurality of users of the computing system, perform at least one analytics operation on the alarm event data associated with the alarm event, and update a value of a current alarm score based on an output of the at least one analytics operation. |
| US12293648B2 |
Systems and method for closed loop tracking of hand hygiene compliance
An apparatus for tracking hand hygiene in a bathroom includes at least a radio and a controller. The radio is configured to receive a direct connection probe from a mobile device. The controller is configured to receive sensor data associated with hand hygiene and match the sensor data associated with hand hygiene with an identifier for the mobile device based on the direction connection probe to determine whether a hand hygiene threshold is met. |
| US12293645B2 |
Systems and methods for cargo management, verification, and tracking
Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for management, verification, and tracking of cargo, such as by providing digital cargo handler identification authentication. |
| US12293641B2 |
Gaming systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features
The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game. |
| US12293630B2 |
Head-to-head jai alai wagering system and method
A wagering system includes an interface module to receive odds data generated by an odds generator. The odds data comprises real time odds with respect to a plurality of wager options corresponding to a competition. The interface module generates display data that includes the plurality of wager options and corresponding real time odds for presentation on a graphical display of a user device. The use device is configured to receive user inputs comprising wager requests including wager amounts based on the displayed real time odds with respect to wager options of the plurality or wager options. The wager requests are given a time stamp corresponding to a time the wager request was submitted by the user. The time stamp is used to determine the real time odds applicable to the wager request. If a comparison of the real time odds applicable to the time stamp and the displayed real time odds the wager request was based indicates that the real time odds applicable to the time the wager request was submitted, a notification is generated for presentation on the user device that prompts the user to confirm the wager request subject to the updated real time odds or resubmit the wager request with a modified wager amount if the user wishes to continue with the wager based on the updated real time odds. |
| US12293625B2 |
Using non-optical short-range 3D-tracking gesture and motion controllers at an electronic gaming machine
Devices, systems and methods are provided. A gaming device includes a non-optical gesture input device to detect gesture inputs performed by a user, a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to receive a first gesture input value from the non-optical gesture input device and that corresponds to a user-specific gesture that the user performs, associate the first gesture input value with a first gaming device operation to be performed by the gaming device, and responsive to receiving the first gesture input value that is associated with the first gaming device operation, cause the gaming device to perform the first gaming device operation. |
| US12293624B2 |
Methods and apparatus for dispensing solid articles
A dispensing apparatus for dispensing articles includes a dispensing outlet, laterally opposed, elongate first and second guide walls defining a singulating channel therebetween, a dispensing path extending through the singulating channel to the dispensing outlet, and a drive system. The drive system includes a belt and a belt actuator operable to drive the belt. The dispensing apparatus is configured to convey articles on the belt in a dispensing direction along the dispensing path toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed. The singulating channel is configured to singulate the articles as the articles are conveyed along the dispensing path and through the singulating channel toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed. The first guide wall extends laterally across the singulating channel at an oblique angle to vertical to overhang at least a portion of the singulating channel and engage articles conveyed along the singulating channel. |
| US12293619B2 |
Automated architectural specification generation and hardware identification
A method according to one embodiment includes determining, by a server, a location of a door in an architectural drawing and a room function of a room secured by the door based on an analysis of the architectural drawing, determining, by the server, proper access control hardware to be installed on the door based on the room function, a category of access control hardware, and a predictive machine learning model associated with the category of access control hardware, and generating, by the server, a specification based on the determined proper access control hardware. |
| US12293618B2 |
Method of providing information related to status of electric vehicle
A method of providing information related to a charge status of an electric vehicle includes monitoring, with a system controller in communication with an electrical system within the vehicle, information related to a charge status of the vehicle, and, displaying, with the system controller, for a person in proximity of the vehicle, information related to a charge status of the vehicle. |
| US12293616B2 |
Supplementing vehicle service content with scan tool initialization links
In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a computing device, textual vehicle service content. The method further includes identifying, by the computing device, a vehicle scan tool function relevant to associated text at a location within the textual vehicle service content. The method additionally includes modifying, by the computing device, the textual vehicle service content to include a selectable link at the location of the associated text, wherein the selectable link is selectable to initialize a vehicle scan tool to perform the identified vehicle scan tool function on a vehicle. The method also includes providing, by the computing device, the modified textual vehicle service content including the selectable link. |
| US12293614B2 |
Verifying mobile telematics with vehicle information
Systems, devices, and methods for verifying mobile telematics with vehicle information can include receiving, from a mobile device, first trip information recorded by the mobile device during a trip undertaken by a connected vehicle; in response to receiving the first trip information from the mobile device, transmitting a request for second trip information stored on the connected vehicle; receiving the second trip information; and verifying that the mobile device was in the connected vehicle based on the first trip information and the second trip information. Methods include comparing mobile device telematics information with telematics information received from a vehicle to confirm that the telematics information accumulated by the mobile device corresponds to a vehicle and a trip. |
| US12293613B2 |
Systems and methods for vehicular computation management
Systems and methods are provided for vehicular computation management. The system includes, onboard a vehicle, electric control units (ECUs), a battery, a communication system, and a controller. The controller is configured to monitor energy consumption, operate the vehicle as a computational hub when the energy consumption is less than a threshold, including providing computational resources to an external node, determine whether the vehicle has excess energy and computational capacity when the energy consumption is equal to or greater than the threshold, including determining a usage of each of the ECUs and determining an energy consumption of tasks executing thereon, and operate the vehicle as a hybrid computational hub when the vehicle has excess energy and computational capacity, including providing excess computational capacity of the ECUs to the external node. |
| US12293609B2 |
Use of universal baggage source messages in off-airport locations
The disclosure describes a method and system for luggage management involving electronically acquiring an originating International Air Transport Association (IATA) bag tag number from a luggage item's bag tag associated with an originating travel carrier. The method recycles the IATA bag tag number that would otherwise be discarded as a unique identifier to query a database for an expanded or universal baggage source message (UBSM) that enumerates a passenger's travel path or itinerary to off-airport locations. The method and system accommodate various modes of travel and lodging entities and provide capabilities to track the location of passenger's luggage, transport the luggage to specific locations enumerated in the travel itinerary of the passenger such as a hotel room or cruise ship cabin, and update the UBSM of the current status and location of the luggage in off-airport locations. |
| US12293606B2 |
Spoofing detection device, spoofing detection method, and recording medium
To provide a technology of more accurately detecting spoofing in face authentication, without increasing a scale of a device configuration and a burden on a user. A spoofing detection device includes a facial image sequence acquisition unit, a line-of-sight change detection unit, a presentation information display unit, and a spoofing determination unit. The facial image sequence acquisition unit acquires a facial image sequence indicating the face of a user. The line-of-sight change detection unit detects information about a temporal change in the line-of-sight from the facial image sequence. The presentation information display unit displays presentation information presented to the user as part of an authentication process. The spoofing determination unit determines the likelihood of the face indicated by the facial image sequence being spoofing on the basis of the information about the temporal change in the line-of-sight with respect to the presentation information. |
| US12293605B2 |
Browblade adapter mechanism
An eyebrow device includes a brow ink pen or pencil connected to a reciprocating or oscillating electric driver, wherein at least one of a stroke length, stroke angle, stroke force, arc length, and cycle rate of the brow ink pen or pencil are adjustable. A computer-implemented method of shaping an eyebrow with ink, includes: creating, by a computing device, a pre-altered eyebrow of a user; creating, by the computing device, a plurality of eyebrow shaping effects; creating, by the computing device, a questionnaire in which the user selects at least one eyebrow shaping effect from the plurality of eyebrow shaping effects; and providing, by the computing device, instructions for an eyebrow device how to shape the pre-altered eyebrow of the user to resemble the eyebrow shaping effect selected by the user. |
| US12293603B2 |
Electronic device and method of manufacturing the same
An electronic device includes a display panel, a biometric information sensing layer disposed under the display panel and including a sensor, and an optical pattern layer disposed between the display panel and the biometric information sensing layer and including a plurality of transmissive portions and a light blocking portion. The light blocking portion includes a light blocking layer disposed on the biometric information sensing layer, an intermediate layer disposed on the light blocking layer, and a metal layer disposed on the intermediate layer. |
| US12293602B1 |
Detection and mitigation of unsafe behaviors using computer vision
In some examples, a system can access video data collected from one or more image sensors, the video data showing a region of interest proximate to a machine. The system can execute an object detection model to detect that a person is within the region of interest proximate to the machine based on the video data. The system can detect a motion status of a component of the machine. The system can execute a pose estimation model on the video data to estimate a pose of the person with respect to the machine. The system can detect a safety rule violation based on the pose of the person with respect to the machine, and the motion status of the machine. The system can transmit a signal to a controller of the machine in response to detecting the safety rule violation. |
| US12293596B1 |
Detecting synthetic visual media
Method and system for detecting synthetic visual media comprising the steps of receiving visual media, wherein the visual media is synthetic visual media or genuine visual media. Identifying at least one feature within the visual media. Identifying a first portion of the visual media and second portion of the visual media, the first portion of the visual media containing the at least one feature and the second portion of the visual media not including the at least one feature. Providing the first portion and the second portion to a trained machine learning (ML) model. The trained ML model providing data indicating the visual media to be synthetic and/or genuine. |
| US12293594B2 |
Superresolution metrology methods based on singular distributions and deep learning
Methods for determining a value of an intrinsic geometrical parameter of a geometrical feature characterizing a physical object, and for classifying a scene into at least one geometrical shape, each geometrical shape modeling a luminous object. A singular light distribution characterized by a first wavelength and a position of singularity is projected onto the physical object. Light excited by the singular light distribution that has interacted with the geometrical feature and that impinges upon a detector is detected and a return energy distribution is identified and quantified at one or more positions. A deep learning or neural network layer may be employed, using the detected light as direct input of the neural network layer, adapted to classify the scene, as a plurality of shapes, static or dynamic, the shapes being part of a set of shapes predetermined or acquired by learning. |
| US12293590B1 |
Construction zone determining method and construction zone determining device
A processor determines whether a construction related item has been detected or not ahead of a subject vehicle based on vehicle surrounding information obtained by a sensor and determines that a point separated by a predetermined distance ahead of the subject vehicle from the construction related item is an end point of the road construction section when determining that the construction related item has been detected. The predetermined distance when the construction related item is detected and another vehicle is not detected around the detected construction related item is shorter than the predetermined distance when the construction related item is detected and the other vehicle is detected around the detected construction related item. |
| US12293588B2 |
Object detection device, object detection system, mobile object, and object detection method
A processor of an object detection device is configured to search for a pair of coordinates associated with a disparity approximately equal to a target disparity satisfying a predetermined condition in a second direction of a disparity map, update a first pair of coordinates to the found pair of coordinates, and calculate a height of an object corresponding to the target disparity on the basis of the first pair of coordinates. In the disparity map, a disparity acquired from a captured image is associated with a pair of two-dimensional coordinates formed by a first direction and the second direction intersecting the first direction. When a second pair of coordinates associated with a disparity approximately equal to the target disparity is present within a predetermined interval from the first pair of coordinates, the processor is configured to update the first pair of coordinates to the second pair of coordinates. |
| US12293587B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and signage apparatus
An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to: acquire a first image that is obtained by capturing an external appearance of a first vehicle that is operated as an on-demand bus; and provide the first image to a first user who is to get on board the first vehicle. |
| US12293585B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a display control unit that displays, on a screen, a map of a search area, a camera icon indicating a location of a surveillance camera in the map, and a person image of a search target person; an operation receiving unit that receives an operation of superimposing, on the screen, one of the person image or the camera icon on the other; and a processing request unit that requests a matching process between the person image and a surveillance video captured by the surveillance camera corresponding to the camera icon based on the operation. |
| US12293580B2 |
Systems and methods for augmented reality using web browsers
Systems and methods for displaying augmented reality content relative to an identified object are disclosed. The systems and methods can include a set of operations. An operation can include providing a first image. An operation can include determining interest points in the first image. An operation can include identifying an object in the first image. An operation can include identifying augmented reality content associated with the object. An operation can include determining a first transformation for displaying the augmented reality content in the first image relative to the identified object. An operation can include providing the interest points and the first transformation. An operation can include determining a second transformation for displaying the augmented reality content in a second image relative to the identified object using, at least in part, the first transformation and the interest points. An operation can include displaying, by a user device, the augmented reality content. |
| US12293577B2 |
Systems and methods for image processing using natural language
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a machine learning model for generating a predicted executable command for an image. The learning model includes an interface configured to obtain an utterance indicating a request associated with the image, an utterance sub-model, a visual sub-model, an attention network, and a selection gate. The machine learning model generates a segment of the predicted executable command from weighted probabilities of each candidate token in a predetermined vocabulary determined based on the visual features, the concept features, current command features, and the utterance features extracted from the utterance or the image. |
| US12293576B2 |
Determining type of to-be-classified image based on signal waveform graph
An image classification method, apparatus, and device. The method includes: inputting a to-be-classified image dataset, where the image dataset includes to-be-classified images; cropping each of the to-be-classified images with a center of the to-be-classified image as a reference center point to obtain an image having a preset size and including a specific region as a standard image; selecting a pixel array of any single channel in the standard image and drawing a corresponding signal waveform graph based on the pixel array; and determining a type of the to-be-classified image. After the standard image including the specific region is obtained by cropping the to-be-classified image, the pixel array of the any single channel is selected from the standard image, and then the signal waveform graph is drawn based on the selected pixel array of the single channel, to classify the to-be-classified image based on the drawn signal waveform graph. |
| US12293571B2 |
Image processing system, image processing device, endoscope system, interface, image processing method and information storage medium
An image processing system includes an interface to which an annotation result on a learning image captured inside a living body is input and a processor including hardware. The processor acquires metadata including difficulty information indicating difficulty of the annotation of the learning image itself, determines reliability information indicating reliability of the annotation result based on the metadata, and outputs a dataset in which the learning image, the annotation result, and the reliability information are associated with each other, as data used in generating a trained model used in inference based on deep learning on an inference target image captured inside a living body. |
| US12293570B2 |
Medical image learning method and medical image processing device
A trained first model is generated through first learning using a first learning image group constituted of a normal image which is a medical image having no region of interest. An input image group including at least the medical image different from the first learning image group is input to the trained first model, and abnormality detection is performed. The extracted image used for learning to prevent erroneous recognition is sorted according to a result of the abnormality detection, and second learning using a second learning image group including at least the extracted image is performed. A second model that detects the region of interest is generated through the second learning. |
| US12293568B2 |
System and method for facial recognition
In an example, based upon a first image of a face of a first person, a plurality of augmented images may be generated. Based upon the first image and the plurality of augmented images, a first set of facial feature representations may be generated. A second image comprising a representation of a face of a second person may be identified. A second facial feature representation may be generated based upon the second image. It may be determined, based upon the second facial feature representation and the first set of facial feature representations, that the second person is the first person. |
| US12293565B2 |
Method and apparatus for classifying object and recording medium storing program to execute the method
A method of classifying an object according to an embodiment includes extracting a first feature by transforming rectangular coordinates of points included in the box of the object, obtained from a point cloud acquired using a LiDAR sensor, into complex coordinates and performing Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) on the complex coordinates, obtaining an average and a standard deviation as a second feature, the average and the standard deviation being parameters of a Gaussian model for the points included in the box of the object, and classifying the type of object based on at least one of the first feature or the second feature. |
| US12293564B2 |
Sky determination in environment detection for mobile platforms, and associated systems and methods
Identifying interfering features in the detection of an environment adjacent to a mobile platform, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A representative method can include identifying candidate regions from a color image obtained by a color vision sensor carried by a mobile platform, filtering out a first region subset of regions based, at least in part, on non-image data obtained by a second sensor carried by the mobile platform, determining a second subset of regions as corresponding to an interfering feature based, at least in part, on color information, and performing environment detection based, at least in part, on the second subset of regions. Furthermore, the method can comprise transforming data corresponding to the subset of regions to integrate with non-color environment data obtained from another sensor carried by the mobile platform. |
| US12293558B2 |
Meter recognition apparatus, meter monitoring system, and monitoring method therefor
A meter monitoring system (200) includes: a wireless gateway (202), a monitoring device (201), and at least one meter recognition apparatus (100). The meter recognition apparatus (100) includes: an image acquirer (1), a processor (2), and a wireless transceiver (3). The image acquirer (1) is configured to acquire images of a display side of a monitoring meter (4) at set time intervals. The processor (2) is coupled to the image acquirer (1) and configured to determine, according to an image of the images acquired by the image acquirer (1) and based on an image processing algorithm, monitoring data displayed by the monitoring meter (4). The wireless transceiver (3) is coupled to the processor (2) and configured to send the monitoring data determined by the processor (2) to the wireless gateway (202). The wireless gateway (202) is configured to transmit the received monitoring data to the monitoring device (201). |
| US12293557B2 |
Image processing method and device, equipment, and computer-readable storage medium
An image processing method and device, an equipment, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes the following. An image is obtained. Object detection is performed on the image with an object detection network to obtain an object detection result. The object detection network is a network obtained by performing object detection on sample images in a sample image set based on at least one cluster center value with an initial object detection network and training iteratively the initial object detection network based on results of the object detection. The at least one cluster center value is obtained by clustering labeled regions in a labeled region set corresponding to the sample image set based on preset attribute information. The image is processed based on the object detection result. |
| US12293554B2 |
Prediction for geometry point cloud compression
A method comprises: for each of a plurality of dimensions: identifying a reference position for the dimension, the reference position for the dimension being a position in a reference frame for the respective dimension, and the reference frame for the respective dimension and a reference frame for at least one other dimension in the plurality of dimensions being different reference frames in a plurality of reference frames; identifying an inter predictor for the respective dimension, wherein a predictor has a coordinate value in the respective dimension corresponding to a coordinate value in the respective dimension of the inter predictor for the respective dimension; and encoding or decoding the current point based on the predictor. |
| US12293553B2 |
Data compression
The present concepts relate to lossless data compression techniques for reducing the size of a data structure. Certain data in the data structure that can be either recovered from another source or rebuilt from other available information may be removed from the data structure. To further reduce data size, the retained data in the data structure may be packed into a smaller-bit encoding data type. Additionally, to reduce the data size even more, the packed data may be zipped using a lossless data compression algorithm. To regain the original data structure, the process may be reversed. The zipped data may be unzipped using a lossless data decompression algorithm. The packed data may be unpacked into the original bit-sized data encoding. The removed data may be restored by either recovering it from another source or rebuilding it from other available information. |
| US12293549B2 |
Electronic device providing augmented reality/virtual reality and operating method thereof
According to an embodiment, an electronic device for providing augmented reality and operating method includes: transmitting color information indicating colors of a plurality of pixels forming a first frame and depth information indicating depths of the plurality of pixels to a first external electronic device connected through the communication circuit; obtaining color information and depth information of a second frame following the first frame; calculating an amount of change of depth information of at least one object included in the first frame and the second frame based on the depth information of the first frame and the depth information of the second frame; and transmitting the depth information of the second frame together with the color information of the second frame to the first external electronic device based on that the amount of change of the depth information is greater than or equal to the specified depth threshold. |
| US12293544B2 |
Information processing system, information processing method, and recording medium
An information processing system providing a service by using a video captured by an imaging device includes a processor; and a storage storing instructions causing the processor to execute processes of: acquiring video data from the imaging device, estimating an installation angle of the imaging device based on the video data, generating a detection model for detecting a predetermined target from the video based on the installation angle, and providing the service by inputting the video data to the detection model. |
| US12293543B1 |
Computer vision techniques using projections of map data into image data
Techniques for performing computer vision operations for a vehicle using image data of an environment of the vehicle are described herein. In some cases, a vehicle (e.g., an autonomous vehicle) can determine a predicted position (including a predicted depth) and/or a predicted trajectory for an object in the vehicle environment based on data generated by projecting a map object described by the map data for a vehicle environment to image data of the vehicle environment. |
| US12293538B2 |
Computer vision classifier defined path planning for unmanned aerial vehicles
Methods and systems are described herein for enabling aerial vehicle navigation in GPS-denied areas. The system may use a camera to record images of terrain as the aerial vehicle is flying to a target location. The system may then detect (e.g., using a machine learning model) objects within those images and compare those objects with objects within an electronic map that was loaded onto the aerial vehicle. When the system finds one or more objects within the electronic map that match the objects detected within the recorded images, the system may retrieve locations (e.g., GPS coordinates) of the objects within the electronic map and calculate, based on the coordinates, the location of the aerial vehicle. Once the location of the aerial vehicle is determined, the system may navigate to a target location or otherwise adjust a flight path of the aerial vehicle. |
| US12293537B2 |
Virtual reality experience safe area updating method and apparatus
A virtual reality experience safe area updating method and apparatus are provided. belonging to a Virtual Reality technical field. Virtual reality experience safe area update unit, including: A safe area setting module configured to set an initial safe area; obstacle detecting module, configured to detect obstacle around the user; the safe area update module is configured to update the range of the safe area according to the detected obstacle. |
| US12293533B2 |
Depth map image generation method and computing device therefor
A computing device is provided. The computing device includes a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, in which the processor may execute the one or more instructions to generate a first predicted depth map image for a learning red/green/blue (RGB) image using a neural network, and train the neural network based on a difference between a learning depth map image having depth information and the first predicted depth map image. The learning depth map image may match 1:1 and may be generated based on the same setting change for a basic spherical image. |
| US12293532B2 |
Image processing method, apparatus, and device, path planning method, apparatus, and device, and storage medium
A method of depth map completion is described. A color map and a sparse depth map of a target scenario can be received. Resolutions of the color map and the sparse depth map are adjusted to generate n pairs of color maps and sparse depth maps of n different resolutions. The n pairs of color maps and the sparse depth maps can be processed to generate n prediction result maps using a cascade hourglass network including n levels of hourglass networks. Each of the n pair is input to a respective one of the n levels to generate the respective one of the n prediction result maps. The n prediction result maps each include a dense depth map of the same resolution as the corresponding pair. A final dense depth map of the target scenario can be generated according to the dense depth maps. |
| US12293530B2 |
Tracking method for tracking measurement system, tracking system, and tracking apparatus
A tracking method for a tracking measurement system including a tracking apparatus is provided. The method includes acquiring a current tracking distance between the tracking apparatus and a to-be-tracked object, and determining, based on the current tracking distance, a tracking parameter level for the tracking apparatus. |
| US12293527B2 |
Powder flow measurement in additive manufacturing systems
A powder flow monitoring system may include a computing device configured to receive image data representing illuminated powder of a powder stream between a powder delivery device and a build surface of a component, generate a representation of the powder stream based on the image data, and output the representation of the powder stream for display at a display device. |
| US12293515B2 |
Choroidal neovascularization classification
A method for identifying a type of choroidal neovascularization in a retina of a human eye is disclosed, the method comprising receiving, in a processor, optical coherence tomography data of the eye; generating, in the processor, volume segments of the eye using the optical coherence tomography data and a neural network; and identifying, in the processor, the type of choroidal neovascularization in the eye, using the volume segments, the type of choroidal neovascularization comprising one or more of the following: classic choroidal neovascularization and occult choroidal neovascularization. |
| US12293514B2 |
Method of, and computerized system for labeling an image of cells of a patient
The method of labeling an image of cells of a patient, in particular an immunocytochemistry image comprises the following steps. First, a digital image of a stained immunocytochemistry biological sample of the patient is received. Following by the step that a computerized classification of cells in the digital image based on color, shape or texture in the digital image, the digital image is labeled by application of a trained neural network on at least one portion of the digital image which comprises a digital image of one cell classified under a first category during the computerized classification. |
| US12293511B2 |
Anomaly detection system in the automatic placement of composites during the manufacturing of structural elements
A system for inspecting structural elements during their manufacturing capable of detecting anomalies in the automatic placement of composite materials through computer vision, comprising an image capture module that can be integrated into an ATL machine extracting data from the images, from which an artificial vision module obtains information on the anomalies detected with computer vision, information that a human-machine interface module automatically translates into a language understandable to humans. By avoiding the need to manually enter data for the inspection, human errors are avoided, and the information obtained for each inspection can be automatically saved for record storage. The system is designed to inspect large structural element compounds, such as aircraft wings. |
| US12293510B2 |
Inspection system, inspection apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
An inspection apparatus obtains a scanned image by reading a printed product, calculates a weighting factor of a weighting filter based on a difference between a value of a pixel of interest in a reference image used in creation of the printed product and values of peripheral pixels of the pixel of interest, performs filter processing by using the weighting filter having the weighting factors, with respect to a pixel of interest in the scanned image, which corresponds to the pixel of interest in the reference image, thereby shifting the pixel of interest in the scanned image, and create an inspection target image by calculating the weighting factors and performing the filter processing with respect to the shifted pixel of interest, and inspects quality of the printed product by collating the inspection target image with the reference image. |
| US12293509B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for determining presence or absence of print abnormality
An image processing apparatus is configured to determine presence or absence of print abnormality in a target image by comparing a reference image or reference images, each of which is a print result to be a reference, and the target image, which is a print result to be an inspection target. The image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set an inspection condition for a printed product, and a comparison unit configured to compare the reference image or reference images and the target image using a number of the reference images set based on the inspection condition. |
| US12293508B2 |
Device and method for testing the contents of a switchgear cabinet following installation according to a plan
A device for testing the contents of a switch cabinet following installation of equipment components (2a-2e) according to a plan and the wiring thereof via terminals (6) provided therefor by means of designated electrical cables (5), includes a camera unit (7) for the at least two-dimensional image capture of the components (2a-2e) fully installed and wired on an installation board (4) of a switch cabinet (1). The device can further include an evaluation unit (8) for carrying out a comparison between an imaged layout (100), on the basis of the image capture, of the actual state with a provided plan layout (200) of the target state. |
| US12293506B2 |
Method to locate defects in e-coat
A method of locating a defect in an e-coat on a surface can include acquiring an image of the surface. A correction coefficient can be applied to the image to form an adjusted image. The correction coefficient can relate pixel values of the image to a calibration value. The adjusted image can be separated into a spectral component which can be modified by a block average determination to create a modified spectral component. The spectral components can be compared with the modified spectral components to form a difference image. The difference image can be dilated and eroded. A region of interest can be identified from an image region using a blob detection. The defect can be classified as a defect type. The defect can be repaired or a coding parameter can be altered based on the defect. |
| US12293501B2 |
Imaging tool for vibration and/or misalignment analysis
Systems and methods can be used for analyzing image data to determine an amount of vibration and/or misalignment in an object under analysis. In some instances, as operating equipment heats up during operation, temperature changes of various portions of the operating equipment leads to changes in dimensions of such portions, leading to misalignment. Multiple sets of data representative of the operating equipment in multiple operating conditions can be used to determine an amount of misalignment due to thermal offsets. Hot and cold temperatures of the equipment can be used to calculate thermal growth of various portions of the equipment, which can be used to determine an amount a misalignment due to thermal offsets. Additionally or alternatively, image data representing the equipment can be used to observe changes in alignment between states. |
| US12293499B2 |
Vehicle imaging station
A vehicle imaging station for capturing images of scratches on a vehicle, the vehicle imaging station including a tunnel having an entrance and an exit with one or more walls defining an enclosure between the entrance and exit to define a tunnel volume containing a vehicle pathway having a central axis. The station further includes a relatively bright reflection surface; a relatively dark reflection surface; and a camera array including one or more cameras arranged with: a first field of view including a first portion of the tunnel volume in which a relatively bright image defined by the relatively bright reflection surface will be reflected to be visible to the camera array by a vehicle moving along the vehicle pathway; a second field of view including a second portion of the tunnel volume in which a relatively dark image defined by the relatively dark reflection surface will be reflected to be visible to the camera array by a vehicle moving along the vehicle pathway. |
| US12293496B2 |
Virtual reality display method, device and storage medium
A virtual reality display method and apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The virtual reality display method includes: rendering display data of a plurality of screens in sequence by utilizing one thread of at least two threads, and after rendering the display data of the plurality of screens, correcting the rendered display data by using the at least two threads. |
| US12293491B2 |
Automated panoramic image connection for autoplay with transitions
Connecting images to generate a virtual tour is provided. The system receives images and metadata captured by a first client device, and detects features of the images to establish an order. The system identifies, based at least in part on the images and the metadata, a position for a virtual camera. The system connects, in the order, the images with the position of the virtual camera persisting across the images. The system generates a virtual tour from the connected images with a linear path along the persistent position of the virtual camera based on a configuration file comprising a constraint configured to disable branching along the linear path. The system delivers a viewer application that executes in a client application on a second client device. The system streams, to the viewer application, the virtual tour based at least in part on the configuration file. |
| US12293488B2 |
Image inpainting apparatus and image inpainting method
The present invention relates to an image inpainting apparatus and an image inpainting method, the image inpainting apparatus including: a background inpainting part configured to generate a background-inpainted image by carrying out inpainting on a background with respect to an input image in which a region to be inpainted is set up; an object inpainting part configured to generate an object image by carrying out inpainting on an object; and an image overlapping part configured to generate an output image by causing the background-inpainted image and the object image, which are generated, to overlap each other. |
| US12293486B2 |
Image processing method, image processing system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for processing image with one or more brightness ranges
An image processing method includes following operations: generating, by a processor, a sliding window for a target pixel in a plurality of pixels in image data; generating, by the processor, an original brightness histogram of the sliding window according to an original bit depth; generating, by the processor, a low-bit-depth brightness histogram of the sliding window according to a low bit depth; determining, by the processor, a target low-bit-depth range from the low-bit-depth brightness histogram according to the target pixel; extracting, by the processor, a partial original brightness histogram from the original brightness histogram according to the target low-bit-depth range; and performing, by the processor, a histogram equalization process on the partial original brightness histogram according to the original bit depth to generate a final brightness value of the target pixel. |
| US12293479B2 |
Augmented reality eyewear with 3D costumes
Eyewear providing an interactive augmented reality experience to allow a user of an eyewear device to display a 3D overlay image on a viewed person. The user can select the overlay image from a list of images, such as costumes, stored in memory or generated by the user. The images can be sorted in memory based on common attributes. Registration points of the person are continuously aligned with registration points of the overlay as the person moves such that the user appears to be wearing the 3D costume during movement. By aligning the registration points, the costume adapts to different body types and heights. The coloring of the costume can change based on the environment, such as the lighting, or to contrast with colors viewed in a viewfinder. |
| US12293478B2 |
Rerendering a position of a hand to decrease a size of a hand to create a realistic virtual/augmented reality environment
The technology disclosed relates to a method of realistic rendering of a real object as a virtual object in a virtual space using an offset in the position of the hand in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space. An offset between expected positions of the eye(s) of a wearer of a head mounted device and a sensor attached to the head mounted device for sensing a position of at least one hand in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space is determined. A position of the hand in the three-dimensional (3D) sensory space can be sensed using a sensor. The sensed position of the hand can be transformed by the offset into a re-rendered position of the hand as would appear to the wearer of the head mounted device if the wearer were looking at the actual hand. The re-rendered hand can be depicted to the wearer of the head mounted device. |
| US12293475B2 |
Apparatus and method for earbud augmented reality
Augmented reality (AR) devices, systems and methods are provided to argument captured images of objects of interest. Image data can be obtained for an object of interest by an imaging device of an ear-worn device worn by a user. Augmenting information is generated to augment onto an image of the object. The augmented image is adjusted based on the detection on whether the object is in a field of view (FOV) of the imaging device. |
| US12293471B2 |
Cross reality system supporting multiple device types
A cross reality system enables any of multiple types of devices to efficiently and accurately access previously stored maps and render virtual content specified in relation to those maps. The cross reality system may include a cloud-based localization service that responds to requests from devices to localize with respect to a stored map. Devices of any type, with native hardware and software configured for augmented reality operations may be configured to work with the cross reality system by incorporating components that interface between the native AR framework of the device and the cloud-based localization service. These components may present position information about the device in a format recognized by the localization service. Additionally, these components may filter or otherwise process perception data provided by the native AR framework to increase the accuracy of localization. |
| US12293470B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for facilitating navigation in an extended scene
A method, apparatus and system for facilitating navigation toward a region of interest in an extended scene of video content include determining a timeline including information regarding at least one region of interest in the video content and displaying, in a portion of the video content currently being displayed, a visual indicator indicating a direction in which to move in the video content to cause the display of the at least one region of interest. In one embodiment of the present principles a timeline is attached to the content and carries information evolving over time about the region(s) of interest. A renderer processes the timeline and provides navigation information to a user using available means such as a graphical representation or haptic information, or a combination of several means. |
| US12293465B2 |
Method and apparatus for constructing three-dimensional face mesh, device, and storage medium
A method, an apparatus and a storage medium for constructing a three-dimensional (3D) facial mesh using artificial intelligence is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a facial point cloud of a target object; determining, through an expansion calculation, pixel coordinates on a facial texture image of the target object that correspond to 3D data points in the facial point cloud, as index information of the 3D data points; performing triangulation on pixels on the facial texture image to obtain triangulation information; constructing an initial 3D facial mesh according to the triangulation information, the index information, and the facial point cloud; determining a non-core region in the initial 3D facial mesh; smoothing the non-core region in the initial 3D facial mesh; and replacing the non-core region in the initial 3D facial mesh with the smoothed non-core region to obtain a 3D facial mesh of the target object. |
| US12293464B2 |
Systems and methods for generating a proxy mesh for a polygonal mesh that includes sub-meshes
A method, device, and computer-readable storage medium for generating a proxy mesh. The method includes: receiving an input polygonal mesh that includes multiple sub-meshes, each of which is a polygonal mesh, where the input polygonal mesh is a computer representation of a three-dimensional (3D) object; generating a voxel volume representing the input polygonal mesh, wherein the voxel volume comprises voxels that approximates a shape of the 3D object, wherein a first set of voxels of the voxel volume includes voxels that are identified as boundary voxels that correspond to positions of polygons of the multiple sub-meshes of the input polygonal mesh; determining a grouping of two or more sub-meshes that together enclose one or more voxels of the voxel volume other than the voxels in the first set of voxels; and generating a proxy mesh corresponding to the input polygonal mesh based on the grouping of two or more sub-meshes. |
| US12293462B2 |
Tile sequencing mechanism
An apparatus to facilitate graphics rendering is disclosed. The apparatus comprises sequencer hardware to operate in a tile mode to render objects, including performing batch formation to generate one or more batches of received objects, performing tile sequencing for each of the objects to compute tile fill intersects for each of the objects and performing a play sequencing of each of the objects. |
| US12293457B2 |
Positioning method based on semantic information, device and computer-readable storage medium
A method includes: performing semantic segmentation on an RGBD image to obtain a semantic label of each pixel of the image; performing reconstruction of a point cloud based on the image and mapping the semantic label of each pixel of the image into the point cloud to respectively obtain a semantic point cloud of a current frame with the semantic labels and a three-dimensional scene semantic map with the semantic labels; generating two-dimensional discrete semantic feature points for each of three-dimensional semantic point clouds in the current frame and the semantic map to obtain a corresponding two-dimensional semantic feature point image, and performing a three-dimensional semantic feature description on each feature point in the two-dimensional semantic feature point image; and performing feature matching on all feature points in the current frame and all feature points in the semantic map to obtain positioning information based on the three-dimensional semantic feature description. |
| US12293456B2 |
Overlay trees for ray tracing
A method and a processing device for performing rendering are disclosed. The method comprises generating a base hierarchy tree comprising data representing a first object and generating a second hierarchy tree representing a second object comprising shared data of the base hierarchy tree and the second hierarchy tree and difference data. The method further comprises storing the difference data in the memory without storing the shared data, and generating an overlay hierarchy tree comprising the shared data, the difference data, and indication information indicating nodes of the overlay hierarchy tree that comprise the difference data. The method further comprises rendering the first object using the data stored for the base hierarchy tree, and rendering the second object using any one or a combination of the shared data, the difference data, and the indication information. |
| US12293453B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and display apparatus for performing a collision avoidance process for avoiding a collision of a virtual camera against a target object
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an image capture control unit. The image capture control unit performs, depending on a positional relationship between a target object that moves in a virtual space and a virtual camera that moves in the virtual space and captures an image of a target object, a collision avoidance process for avoiding a collision of the virtual camera against the target object. |
| US12293449B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and program
There is provided an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program capable of switching a viewpoint more appropriately. The processing device includes a virtual image generation unit that generates a virtual image based on viewpoint image-related information related to a first viewpoint image and model data corresponding to a subject of the viewpoint image according to band information regarding transmission of the viewpoint image, and a display control unit that performs control to display the generated virtual image before displaying the first viewpoint image. For example, the present technology can be applied to a reproduction device that reproduces VR content. |
| US12293447B2 |
Computerized system and method for cloud-based content creation, enhancement and/or rendering
The disclosed systems and methods provide a cloud-based framework for the creation and/or enhancement of high quality media content for dissemination over a computerized network. The disclosed framework is configured to operate in accordance with at least one of a content creation, content enhancement and/or rendering template. Such templates can function as rules engines that call specific types of ML or AI algorithms or routines that modify the input data according to the type of template being used. Thus, the disclosed framework can be utilized for creating new high-quality media, improving upon existing media and/or reformatting media for rendering upon dissemination. |
| US12293446B2 |
Machine learning avatar for consolidating and presenting data in virtual environments
Processes, systems, and devices generate a training set comprising a first presentation having a first visual aid and a first audio description. The first visual aid and the first audio description are based on initial data retrieved from a first data source using a first indexing technique. The machine-learning system is trained using the first presentation and the initial data retrieved from the first data source using the first indexing technique. The machine-learning system generates a second presentation having a second visual aid and a second audio description. The second visual aid and the second audio description are based on refreshed data retrieved from the first data source using the first indexing technique. The machine-learning system presents the second presentation via an avatar in a virtual meeting room. The avatar is generated by the machine-learning system to present the second visual aid and the second audio description. |
| US12293443B2 |
Method and apparatus for spatial locating
A method and apparatus for spatial locating. The method includes: acquiring feature area information and a current image captured by a camera (102); searching the current image for a feature area of an interactive device based on the feature area information, to determine position information, the position information being used to indicate the position of the feature area in the current image (104); determining first pose information associated with the position and attitude of the feature area relative to the camera (106) based on the position information; calculating a re-projection error of the feature area in the current image (108) based on the feature area information and the first pose information; and if the re-projection error is less than or equal to a preset threshold, determining current pose information associated with the position and attitude of the interactive device currently in a global coordinate system (110) based on the first pose information. |
| US12293437B2 |
De-streaking algorithm for radial k-space data
Systems and methods include segmentation of a first image of a subject to identify locations of anatomical structures of the subject, determination of a region of interest of the subject based on the locations of anatomical structures, determination of a coil-mixing matrix based on the region of interest, control of an MR scanner to acquire radial trajectory k-space data of the subject from each of a plurality of RF coils of the MR scanner, application of the coil-mixing matrix to the radial trajectory k-space data of the subject acquired from each of the plurality of RF coils to generate first radial trajectory k-space data, reconstruction of a second image of the subject based on the first radial trajectory k-space data, and display of the second image. |
| US12293428B2 |
Computer system arranging transport services for users based on the estimated time of arrival information
A system can receive a request for transport from a computing device of a user while the user is riding a transit vehicle of a transit service, the request specifying a start location and a destination for the user. The system can determine an estimated time of arrival (ETA) of the transit vehicle to an arrival location that corresponds to the start location. The system can determine an ETA of a vehicle to the start location based on location data of the vehicle, and determine that the ETA of the vehicle to the start location is within a threshold amount of time of the ETA of the transit vehicle to the arrival location. The system can select the vehicle to service the request for the user, and transmit a transport invitation indicating the start location to the computing device associated with the vehicle. |
| US12293425B1 |
Intelligent and integrated (I3) 21st century communications back-end and mobile network for hospitality applications
An intelligent backoffice and handheld/mobile distributed computing network includes varying, multi-modes of contact, and parallel operational capabilities for use in completing remotely initiated hospitality tasks in the hospitality market. The network includes synchronized servers, hospitality software applications linked with the servers and with handheld/mobile compatible versions available to be remotely accessed for use by handheld/mobile equipped users and including two or more different handheld/mobile computers with their respective and different mobile operating systems, and a master database. Middleware/Framework Communications Control Software (MFCCS) links these components to intelligently execute and support completion of the hospitality application task requests. |
| US12293422B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and program
An information processing device calculates a rate related to growth of a plant from sensing data, and performs control to display a sample position image arranged according to a sensing position of each piece of the sensing data in a map region of a user interface screen in an image mode determined according to a rate calculated from each piece of the sensing data. |
| US12293420B2 |
Autonomous accounting anomaly detection engine
Novel tools and techniques are provided for detecting and correcting anomalous events in real-time in as users enter data into a general ledger. In various embodiments, a computing system may receive one or more user inputs. The computing system might analyze the one or more user inputs to determine whether there are one or more anomalous transactions associated with the one or more user inputs by obtaining historical information associated with the one or more user inputs and correlating, using one or more machine learning algorithms, the historical information and the one or more user inputs to detect one or more anomalies. Based on the correlation between the historical information and the one or more first user inputs, the computing system might detect at least one anomalous transaction and might generate one or more recommended actions to correct the at least one anomalous transaction. |
| US12293418B2 |
Method and system for vehicular collision reconstruction
A system for accident reconstruction can include and/or be configured to interface with any or all of: a set of models, a set of modules, a processing system, client application, a user device (equivalently referred to herein as a mobile device), a set of sensors, a vehicle, and/or any other suitable components. A method for accident reconstruction includes collecting a set of inputs; detecting a collision and/or one or more features of the collision; reconstructing the collision; and producing an output based on the reconstruction. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include training a set of models and/or modules, and/or any other suitable processes. |
| US12293414B1 |
Intelligent asset evaluation systems using multi-modal data analysis with neural network architectures and personalization
This disclosure relates to an asset evaluation system that collects multi-modal asset data, extracts asset features using a neural network architecture, and generates personalized value scores based on user profiles. The system analyzes image and textual content to extract asset features, correlates those features with personalization data in user profiles, and generates tailored asset analysis results. The system can predict a value score for each user profile-asset pair in a manner that goes beyond mere consideration of asset pricing, and which accounts for specific personalization parameters stored in each user profile, such as parameters corresponding to the user's technical capabilities and certifications, risk tolerance, investment preferences, timeline requirements, available resources, and potential synergies with existing assets. Additionally, in certain embodiments, the asset evaluation system may employ a distributed architecture that utilizes multiple interconnected processing nodes to efficiently handle large-scale data processing. |
| US12293412B1 |
Generation of time-interval-specific support vector machine
A system may receive request electronic data messages and counter-request electronic data messages from various network participant nodes within a defined time interval. The system may extract data from the electronic data messages to generate input codes including indicators that characterize execution values and imputed variability levels for the electronic data messages and/or characterize the message types of the electronic data messages. The input codes are used to generate a time-interval-specific support vector machine for the defined time interval. The system may then generate dummy data including execution value and imputed variability level tuples. The dummy data is used to map boundary levels from the time-interval-specific support vector machine versus execution values. |
| US12293411B2 |
Secure decentralized system and method
A node associated with an individual and/or organization receives a storage identifier for new data associated with a consumer and/or business. A node and distributed data sources are used to share the new consumer and/or business data with a network of nodes. The node updates a node with the storage identifier for the new consumer and/or business data. The node receives, from a device associated with the individual and/or organization, a request for the new data. The node obtains the storage identifier for the new data from the node. The node obtains the new data by using the storage identifier to search the distributed data sources. The node provides the new consumer and/or business data to the device. The node performs actions to obtain additional new consumer and/or business data from the distributed data sources or provide the additional new consumer and/or business data to the distributed data sources. |
| US12293409B2 |
Tax return document generation
Technology is described for generating a tax return document. In one example, a payment service system presents a user interface on a mobile device of a user. Based on user selection of an icon of the user interface, the payment service system determines tax liability of the user and generates tax return documents on behalf of the user. The tax liability and tax return documentation is based at least in part on a user profile of the user stored at the payment service system and on financial data associated with services provided to the user by the payment service system. |
| US12293405B2 |
Event-based distribution of cryptographically secured digital assets
A method of event-based distribution of a cryptographically secured digital asset includes receiving, from a computing device associated with a user, an indication that the computing device is located at a predetermined venue within a predetermined window of time, receiving an indication that a conditional triggering event has occurred during the predetermined window of time, receiving, from the computing device, a unique owner identification (ID) code associated with the user, and transmitting a request to record a transfer of the cryptographically secured digital asset to the user on a distributed blockchain ledger. The request comprises both a unique digital asset ID code and the unique owner ID code, and transmitting the request to record the transfer of the cryptographically secured digital asset on the distributed blockchain ledger occurs only after the indication is received that the conditional event has occurred. |
| US12293404B2 |
Interactive shopping system and method
An interactive shopping system, or smart cart. The system allows a user to select items in a store and complete a purchase without having to wait in lines or interact with store personnel. The system can have a container for holding products selected by at least one user, a user interface, a scanner in communication with the user interface, a processor in communication with the user interface, and a data storage comprising computer instructions executable by the processor. A user can select products, place them within the container, scan the products, and initiate a payment transaction to complete a purchase. |
| US12293402B2 |
Recommendations based upon explicit user similarity
A system and method for providing recommendations to individuals on a social network, in which the recommendations include information indicating the similarity of the individuals to one another, to aid the individuals in judging the degree to which the opinions of the others are applicable to the themselves. |
| US12293401B2 |
Automatically generating personalized and context-aware explanation formats for a recommendation
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented method. A non-limiting example of the computer-implemented method includes accessing, using an explanation generator module of a processor system, information of a recommendation associated with an application, information of the application, and information of a user of the application. The explanation generator module of the processor system is used to determine an explanation format of an explanation of the recommendation based at least in part on the information of the recommendation associated with the application, the information of the application, and the information of the user of the application. |
| US12293400B2 |
Methods, systems, and media for providing information based on grouping information
Methods, systems, and media for recommending information based on grouping information are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying a first item of interest to a user of a user device; receiving data corresponding to the first item; classifying, using a hardware processor, the data to obtain one or more attributes of the first item; identifying a second item similar to the first item based on similarity of the one or more attributes of the first item to one or more attributes of the second item; identifying a plurality of bundles of items that each includes the second item; ranking the plurality of bundles of items; and selecting a bundle of items from the plurality of bundles of items for recommendation to the user of the user device. |
| US12293398B2 |
Computerized system and method for applying transfer learning for generating a multi-variable based unified recommendation
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content providing, searching and/or hosting systems supported by or configured with devices, servers and/or platforms. The disclosed systems and methods provide a novel recommendation framework that automatically applies transfer learning from a knowledge-base and generating a multi-variable based unified recommendation. The framework dynamically develops a universal word dictionary between a source language and a target language based on Natural Language Processing (NLP word embeddings. This not only leverages the accuracy of multi-lingual product embeddings, but also increases the efficiency and effectiveness in how it can be applied. The disclosed systems and methods, therefore, provides a novel computerized solution for how different knowledges learnt from one electronic platform can be adapted to a global platform for providing global users electronic information. |
| US12293397B2 |
Energy management system
A method of operating an energy management system includes: obtaining first energy usage data of a first device; storing the first energy usage data in a database of the energy management system; storing a user preference in the database; recording a measured energy usage data of the first device; determining a difference between the first energy usage data to the measured energy usage data; determining that the difference exceeds a threshold specified in the user preference; retrieving second energy usage data of a second device; and displaying a recommendation including the second device. |
| US12293389B2 |
Tap to subscribe to text message alerts
A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for providing text message alerts. A telephony interface module receives an alert enrollment request from a client device. The alert enrollment request is received through a first type of communication channel. The alert enrollment request includes a protocol specific portion that includes a communication endpoint identifier assigned to the client device. A data database management module links the communication endpoint identifier to an opt-in record. A text message interface module communicates, based on the client device identifier being linked to the opt-in record, an alert to the client device through a second type of communication channel. The alert is addressed to the client device based on the communication endpoint identifier linked to the opt-in record. |
| US12293385B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
According to an embodiment, a mobile terminal displays a flyer in a first display region of a display device (display unit). The mobile terminal generates a product list containing pieces of information of a plurality of products included in the flyer and displays the generated product list in a second display region of the display device. Further, the mobile terminal generates a shopping note of a product selected from the product list by an operator and displays the generated purchase list on the display device. |
| US12293378B2 |
Method and system for simulation and calibration of markets
A method for creating a realistic agent-based simulation of an over-the-counter market and using data from the real market to calibrate the simulator is provided. The method includes: assigning, to each of a group of agents, a type value that relates to a state of the respective agent; receiving agent-specific data that relates to market-based observations, market-based actions, and market-based rewards; generating a market simulation based on the assigned type values and the received agent-specific data; and calibrating the market simulation based on actual market data. |
| US12293377B2 |
Risk clustering and segmentation
Monitoring transaction activity for system requests for a set of entities authorized to request services of a system is described. Entities with high feature values for respective features of the set of activity based features are identified to produce a set of outlier entities. The outlier entities are filtered from the set of entities. A set of clusters are created from the filtered set of entities based on the set of activity based features so that each entity in the filtered set of entities is assigned to a cluster. Values for the set of activity based features are established for each cluster. A risk is assigned for each cluster based on the values of one or more of the set of activity based features. Each of the filtered set of entities are monitored based on the risk assigned to the respective clusters to which the respective entities belong. |
| US12293373B2 |
Associating disturbance events to accidents or tickets
Methods and systems to provide a form of probabilistic labeling to associate an outage with a disturbance, which could itself be either known based on the available data or unknown. In the latter case, labeling is especially challenging, as it necessitates the discovery of the disturbance. One approach incorporates a statistical change-point analysis to time-series events that correspond to service tickets in the relevant geographic sub-regions. The method is calibrated to separate the regular periods from the environmental disturbance periods, under the assumption that disturbances significantly increase the rate of loss-causing events. To obtain the probability that a given loss-causing event is related to an environmental disturbance, the method leverages the difference between the rate of events expected in the absence of any disturbances (baseline) and the rate of actually observed events. In the analysis, the local disturbances are identified and estimators of their duration and magnitude are provided. |
| US12293372B2 |
Systems and methods for deterring bot access of computer resource
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to receiving a request from a remote device for access to an online computer-based service, transmitting to the remote device a request for a verifiable token encoding a verifiable credential containing an issuer's digital signature signed with a private key and an identifier indicating that a holder of the verifiable credential is human. If the verifiable token was not received, access to the online computer-based service is inhibited. If the verifiable token is received, its validity is confirmed utilizing an associated public key. If the validity is confirmed, the request from the remote device for access to the online computer-based service is determined to be from a human and the remote device is enabled to access the online computer-based service. |
| US12293366B2 |
System, method, and computer program product for real-time automatic authorization of a payment transaction
Provided is a computer-implemented method for real-time automatic authorization of a payment transaction that is independent of an authorization input from a consumer. The method may include receiving first data associated with a consumer, generating a payment transaction classification model based on the first data associated with the consumer, receiving second data associated with the consumer, determining whether to process a payment transaction in real-time between the consumer and a merchant independent of an authorization input received from the consumer using the payment transaction classification model and the second data associated with the consumer, and processing a payment transaction between the consumer and the merchant based on determining to process the payment transaction in real-time between the consumer and the merchant. |
| US12293365B2 |
Authentication based on biometric identification parameter of an individual for payment transaction
Provided is a computer-implemented method for authenticating a customer during payment transactions based on biometric identification parameters of the customer that includes receiving image data associated with an image template for identification of a customer, receiving image data associated with an image of a biometric identification parameter of the customer during a payment transaction between the customer and a merchant, establishing a short-range communication connection with a user device associated with the customer during the payment transaction between the customer and the merchant, authenticating an identity of the customer for the payment transaction via the short-range communication connection, determining an account identifier of an account of the customer based on authenticating the identity of the customer for the payment transaction, and processing the payment transaction using the account identifier of the account of the customer. A system and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US12293361B2 |
System and method for processing a transaction using account information on file
Provided are a system and method for identifying a transaction as a card on file payment transaction. The method may include receiving an authorization request message for a transaction from a merchant computing device, detecting payment account information and an identifier which are included in the authorization request message, where the identifier identifies the payment account information as being from a payment account on file, and authorizing the transaction based on the detected payment account information and the detected identifier. |
| US12293358B2 |
Mitigation of cryptographic asset attacks
Disclosed is a computing system and method for protecting access to a particular resource. The computing device can identify a first cryptographic token in a first digital wallet. The first cryptographic token is configured to provide access to a particular resource. The computing device can generate a second cryptographic token bound to the first cryptographic token. The computing device can transfer the second cryptographic token to a second digital wallet based on the first cryptographic token. The computing device can access the particular resource based on the second cryptographic token being in the second digital wallet. |
| US12293357B2 |
Deploying physical diamond tokens on a blockchain
A diamond asset comprising one or more diamonds and an encryption chip is used to asset-back a cryptographic token that can be used to conduct transactions. The cryptographic token is written to a blockchain using a smart contract that is configured to enable a transaction associated with the token in response to two or more of: a signature by the encryption chip, a signature by the owner of the diamond asset, and a validation of a visual layout of the diamond asset. |
| US12293356B2 |
Control method, device, and recording medium
A control method includes: obtaining first transaction data that includes a first variable indicating first information on a first contract made between a first user and a second user, and a second variable set to a predetermined value indicating second information is undetermined; storing the first transaction data into the distributed ledger; executing storing processing of reading out the second variable, and storing it into a rewritable storage in a server; obtaining second transaction data that includes a third variable indicating third information on a second contract made between the first user and a third user, and a change command for changing the second variable, based on the third variable; storing the second transaction data into the distributed ledger; and executing change processing of changing, according to the change command, the second variable from the predetermined value, after the second transaction data is stored into the distributed ledger. |
| US12293355B2 |
Status system with data security for transactions
Examples described herein include systems, methods, instructions, and other implementations for data security. One example includes receiving a status inquiry associated with a secure transaction, a merchant system, and a client device. The status inquiry is processed to determine that the merchant system associated with the status inquiry has been previously validated and that the status inquiry is from the merchant system. Then, in response to the determination that the merchant system has been previously validated, postback data including a tokenized client account number associated with client information is accessed and the tokenized client account number is transmitted. The tokenized client account number facilitates processing the secure transaction without the merchant system having access to the client information. |
| US12293354B2 |
Peer-to-peer selectable digital money system
A digital currency system that may make use of a distributed network in validating coin ownership as part of processing of transactions of coins of the currency. Compute devices may include both wallet modules and teller modules, with the wallet modules used for user access to digital currency related functions and the teller modules used for processing transactions of the many users. The system may provide automatic denomination coin unit change. The digital currency may be transformed into a physical representation. The digital currency may be virtual currency or cryptocurrency. |
| US12293351B2 |
Peer-to-peer data object transfer and state management
Particular embodiments determine, at least in part by a computing device of a payment service, to associate a data object with a user account that is associated with a stored balance managed by the payment service. The computing device associates an amount of the data object with a distinct stored balance associated with the user account. The distinct stored balance is associated with a condition of use. The computing device monitors transaction data associated with users of the payment service. The computing device identifies, from the transaction data, a transaction associated with an identifier associated with the user account. Based on a determination that the transaction satisfies the condition of use, processing payment for the transaction using at least a portion of the distinct stored balance prior to using the stored balance. |
| US12293349B2 |
Systems and methods for enrollment and identity management using mobile imaging
Systems and methods for automatic enrollment and identity verification based upon processing a captured image of a document are disclosed herein. Various embodiments enable, for example, a user to enroll in a particular service by taking a photograph of a particular document (e.g., his driver license) with a mobile device. One or more algorithms can then extract relevant data from the captured image. The extracted data (e.g., the person's name, gender, date of birth, height, weight, etc.) can then be used to automatically populate various fields of an enrollment application, thereby reducing the amount of information that the user has to manually input into his mobile device in order to complete the enrollment process. In some embodiments, a set of internal and/or external checks can be run against the data to ensure that the data is valid, has been read correctly, and is consistent with other data. |
| US12293348B2 |
System and method for link-initiated verification and validation of users
Dynamic-link verification process between a mobile phone and a controlled resource. The process begins with engagement by a mobile phone with an initiator that is linked with a specific verification event that triggers a text message to auto-populate on the mobile phone. The mobile phone sends the auto-populated message to initiate the verification of the user for access to a resource controlled by a third party. Approval or denial of access to a controlled resource is sent to the mobile device and the third party. |
| US12293347B2 |
Computerized agent external to an instant messaging (IM) service for enhancing an IM session managed by the IM service
A method of adding a computerized agent to an instant messaging (IM) session managed by an IM service for identifying automatically textual instructions to perform a transaction related to participant(s) of the IM session, comprising: using a computerized agent subscribed to an IM service by a telephone number and participates in an IM session managed by an IM service to acquire text content in an IM session and analyzing at least the text content of the IM session to identify automatically textual instructions to perform a transaction from the user which uses the IM client module, automatically instructing an operation of the transaction and submitting by the computerized agent at least one IM message in the IM session. |
| US12293345B2 |
Accessibility self-service terminal (SST) with devices and modules for custom configurations
A host device is included within a housing of a first peripheral; the host devices includes an internal connection within the housing to the first peripheral. Each composited integrated peripheral device includes two or more second peripherals. A combination of the host device, the composite integrated peripheral devices, standalone peripheral devices, and accessory modules is identified. Housings associated with the combination are attached to, placed on, or placed adjacent to one or more of the accessory modules of the combination. In an embodiment, accessory modules are arranged in a layout that defines a clearance area for custom access and the corresponding peripherals of the combination are connected to the host device. The host device processes self-service transactions for customers with disabilities using the corresponding peripherals and the accessory modules within the layout. |
| US12293339B2 |
System and method for cashless gaming
A cashless gaming method including receiving payment for a selected gaming ticket having a predefined fixed value, the gaming ticket being redeemable at a cashless-enabled gaming machine for an associated amount of wagerable credits, and issuing the fixed value gaming ticket to the player responsive to receiving the payment. |
| US12293334B2 |
Online collaboration platform
An example method to facilitate online collaboration includes granting access to a collaboration space to multiple client devices, each associated with a corresponding one of multiple users, the multiple users including a first user and a second user. The method includes receiving input from the first user to create a first set of graphical objects in the collaboration space. The method includes receiving input from the second user to create a second set of graphical objects in the collaboration space. The method includes applying different visual attributes to graphical objects authored by different users to visually identify an author or creator of each graphical object such that all graphical objects of the first set of graphical objects have a first visual attribute and all graphical objects of the second set of graphical objects have a second visual attribute that is different than the first visual attribute. |
| US12293333B2 |
Information exchange method and apparatus for document processing, electronic device, and storage medium
The present disclosure relates to an information interaction method and apparatus for document processing, and an electronic device and a storage medium. A control method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes: displaying a document processing interface, wherein the document processing interface is used for displaying a processed document and a processing mark thereof; and in response to a first operation event for a group creation identifier associated with the document processing interface, creating a communication group on the basis of at least one of a person associated with the processed document, the processed document or the processing mark. |
| US12293329B2 |
Inventory system and method
Disclosed are a method, control system, storage and retrieval equipments, and handling equipments. The control system is configured to: determine a target inventory receptacle from inventory receptacles in a storage area of an inventory system; and determine a target storage and retrieval equipment and a target handling equipment, and send a dispatching instruction to the target storage and retrieval equipment and the target handling equipment. The target storage and retrieval equipment is configured to: drive, in response to the dispatching instruction, to a position specified in the dispatching instruction, take out the target inventory receptacle, and directly or indirectly undertake the target inventory receptacle to the target handling equipment. The target handling equipment is configured to: drive, in response to the dispatching instruction, to a position specified in the dispatching instruction, undertake the target inventory receptacle, and transport the target inventory receptacle from the storage area to a workstation. |
| US12293323B2 |
Autonomous loading and unloading of packages relating to a vehicle
An approach for routing one or more packages and delivering the one or more packages to one or more autonomous vehicles is disclosed. The approach receives shipment request from the one or more vendors, receives package status (e.g., status that the one or more packages is ready to be routed, dimension and weight of the one or more packages) of the one or more packages from the one or more vendors, receives vehicle status (e.g., size and available storage space in the vehicles, location and transit time of the vehicles) from the one or more autonomous vehicles. The approach receives the status of the delivery units (e.g., available automated delivery unit, current path and time of completion). The approach determines an optimal routing path for the one or more packages based on the shipment request, package status and vehicle status and outputs the optimal routing path. |
| US12293322B2 |
Systems and methods of merging retail products between containers to optimize storing capacity of retail storage facilities
Automated storage and retrieval systems for managing storage of inventory at a retail facility include a storage structure with storage locations configured to store containers that contain retail products, and a conveying system that conveys the containers between the storage locations and a product picking station. A processor-based control circuit analyzes one or more business rules governing product merging between the containers being conveyed toward the picking station by the conveying system to identify two containers that are eligible for the product merging therebetween. When the control circuit detects that the two containers identified as product merging eligible arrived at the picking station, these two containers are kept by the conveying system at the picking station until all of the products are removed from a first one of these two containers and merged together with the products stored in a second one of these two containers. |
| US12293317B2 |
Smart meter electrical arc prediction
Embodiments predict an occurrence of one or more hot sockets among a meter installation of a plurality of smart meters. Embodiments receive historical data over a predefined time period from the plurality of smart meters, the historical data including, for each smart meter, an amount of daily consumption of electricity for the meter, historical meter events for the meter, and all service orders associated with the meter. Embodiments pre-process the historical data to generate hot socket features. Embodiments train a machine algorithm using the hot socket features, and use the trained machine algorithm to predict the occurrence of one or more hot sockets. |
| US12293315B2 |
System and method for load balancing carrier devices among stations in a packing system
A system and method for load balancing within a packing system may identify locations of carrier devices in the packing system based on optical communications between the carrier devices and route communication devices disposed at different locations along the routes of the packing system. The system and method can identify zones associated with different segments of the routes, determine whether a number and/or density of the carrier devices in a zone exceeds a threshold, and, responsive to the number and/or the density exceeding the threshold, (a) the carrier devices are directed to move to reduce the number and/or the density of the carrier devices and/or (b) the task performed by one or more of the task stations of the packing system is changed. |
| US12293313B1 |
Systems and methods for accessing a decision tree
A system comprises one or more modules to access a business rule, deconstruct the business rule into a condition and an associated action, determine a set of questions relevant to the condition, place the set of questions into a question queue, order the question queue, and present the question queue to a user. A system comprises one or more modules to determine a subject of the request received from a user, use the subject to obtain a set of relevant questions, examine each question and determine whether an answer to a current question is available in a storage area, and present the current question when the answer is not available. A system comprises one or more modules to access a decision tree, determine a current node, determine an estimated number of nodes between the current node and a leaf node, and present a representation using the estimated number of nodes. |
| US12293308B2 |
Bit prediction method and system using a statistical model
Methods and apparatus for bit prediction and data compression are provided. In the bit prediction method and apparatus, a specific Suffix Trie is used to maintain a statistical model to predict the next bit in a bit-stream. The statistic model provides the probability for each next or following bit in the bit stream, where an entropy encoder/decoder further encodes/decodes the predicted bit. The algorithm simplicity and its high performance relies on the combination of the specific method of Suffix Trie construction and growing, and the specific way to compute, update and propagate the probability across Suffix Trie nodes. The specific and particular method to grow the Suffix Trie in conjunction with the specific method to compute, update, and propagate the probability across Suffix Trie nodes are key aspects and subject matter of the present invention. |
| US12293298B2 |
Reducing training times of deep neural networks through efficient hybrid parallelism
Presented are systems and methods to automatically find efficient parallelization strategies for deep neural networks (DNNs). A computation graph comprising an efficiently ordered sequence of vertices aids in computing the best parallelizing strategy in a relatively short time. Effectiveness of the parallelization strategies is evaluated on various DNNs, and the performance of the strategies proposed by various embodiments is compared against data parallelism, expert-designed strategies, and other state-of-the-art approaches. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed strategies outperform a baseline data parallelism strategy and achieve better performance than expert-designed strategies and state-of-the-art approaches. |
| US12293297B2 |
Learning and deploying compression of radio signals
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned compact representations of radio frequency (RF) signals. One of the methods includes: determining a first RF signal to be compressed; using an encoder machine-learning network to process the first RF signal and generate a compressed signal; calculating a measure of compression in the compressed signal; using a decoder machine-learning network to process the compressed signal and generate a second RF signal that represents a reconstruction of the first RF signal; calculating a measure of distance between the second RF signal and the first RF signal; and updating at least one of the encoder machine-learning network or the decoder machine-learning network based on (i) the measure of distance between the second RF signal and the first RF signal, and (ii) the measure of compression in the compressed signal. |
| US12293295B2 |
Histological image analysis
A computer implemented system for determining an overall-classifier for one or more source-histological-images. The system comprising: a first tile generator (204) configured to generate a plurality of first-tiles (206; 306) from the one or more source-histological-image (202; 302); and a second tile generator (205) configured to generate a plurality of second-tiles (207; 307) from the one or more source-histological-images (202; 302). The first-area of the first-tiles (206; 306) is larger than the second-area of the second-tiles (207; 307); and the second-resolution of the second-tiles (207; 307) is higher than the first-resolution of the first-tiles (206; 306). The system also includes a machine-learning network (211; 311) configured to process the plurality of first-tiles (206; 306) in order to determine a first-classifier (218; 318); a machine-learning network (215; 311) configured to process the plurality of second-tiles (207; 307) in order to determine a second-classifier (219; 319); and a classifier combiner configured to combine the first-classifier (218; 318) and the second-classifier (219; 319) to determine the overall-classifier (232; 332). |
| US12293294B2 |
Systems and methods for image or video performance heat map generation
A method is disclosed. The method may include receiving an image or video; extracting a plurality of features from the image or video; executing a neural network using the plurality of features to obtain a performance score for the image or video, the neural network comprising an input layer, a plurality of intermediate layers subsequent to the input layer, and a regression layer or a classification layer; extracting values from one or more signals between an intermediate layer and the regression layer or the classification layer; for each of the plurality of features, calculating, based on at least one of the one or more values, an impact score indicating an impact the feature had on the performance score; and generating, based on one or more impact scores for the plurality of features, indications indicating an impact different features of the image or video had on the performance score. |
| US12293293B2 |
Machine learning using structurally regularized convolutional neural network architecture
Machine learning architectures to perform pattern recognition such as a structurally regularized convolutional neural network architecture, along with corresponding methods of operation, are provided. One such architecture includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, where the processor receives data including a pattern to be recognized, decomposes the data into of sub-bands, and processes each of the sub-bands with a respective convolutional neural network (CNN) to generate outputs, where each of the CNNs operates independently of the other CNNs. The processor aggregates the outputs of the CNNs, and trains, using the aggregated output, the CNNs to recognize the pattern. |
| US12293292B2 |
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) detector selection using neural network
A method and system for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) detector selection using a neural network is herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method includes generating a labelled dataset of features and detector labels, training a multi-layer perceptron (MLP) network using the generated labelled dataset, and selecting a detector class from a plurality of detector classes based on outputs of the trained MLP network. |
| US12293290B2 |
Sparse local connected artificial neural network architectures involving hybrid local/nonlocal structure
The present invention in a first embodiment is a method of constructing a geometry-induced sparse local connected network architecture, the method comprising: choosing a geometry, choosing a direction of data flow in the geometry, choosing a node set as a finite subset of the geometry, choosing local edges between each node and nodes in preceding layers with respect to the geometry and direction of data flow, and choosing sparse nonlocal edges between each node and nodes in preceding layers with respect to the geometry and direction of data flow. |
| US12293288B2 |
Systems and methods of data preprocessing and augmentation for neural network climate forecasting models
Methods and systems for training a neural network (NN)-based climate forecasting model on a pre-processed multi-model ensemble of global climate simulation data from a plurality of global climate simulation models (GCMs), are disclosed. The methods and systems perform steps of determining a common spatial scale and a common temporal scale for the multi-model ensemble of global climate simulation data; spatially re-gridding the multi-model ensemble to the common spatial scale; temporally homogenizing the multi-model ensemble to the common temporal scale; augmenting the spatially re-gridded, temporally homogenized multi-model ensemble with synthetic simulation data generated from the spatially re-gridded, temporally homogenized multi-model ensemble; and training the NN-based climate forecasting model using the spatially re-gridded, temporally homogenized, and augmented multi-model ensemble of global climate simulation data. Embodiments of the present invention enable accurate climate forecasting without the need to run new dynamical global climate simulations on supercomputers. |
| US12293285B2 |
Utilizing a neural network model to predict content memorability based on external and biometric factors
A device may receive target user category data identifying a target user, daily user data associated with the target user, real-time user data associated with the target user, and content data. The device may convert the target user category data, the daily user data, the real-time user data, and the content data into embedded target user category data, embedded daily user data, embedded real-time user data, and embedded content data. The device may process the embedded target user category data, the embedded daily user data, and the embedded real-time user data, with a neural network model, to determine a real-time user state and may determine a real-time user memory score. The device may process the embedded content data, the real-time user state, and the real-time user memory score, with the neural network model, to determine a memorability score and may perform one or more actions based on the memorability score. |
| US12293283B2 |
Reinforcement learning using meta-learned intrinsic rewards
There is described methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training a reinforcement learning system. The reinforcement learning system comprises an agent configured to perform actions based upon a policy and an intrinsic reward system configured to generate intrinsic reward values for the agent based upon the actions taken by the agent. The method comprises training the reinforcement learning system based upon a plurality of tasks. The training comprises updating the agent's policy based upon the intrinsic reward values generated by the intrinsic reward system and updating the intrinsic reward system based upon an extrinsic reward value obtained based upon the task being performed by the agent. The training further comprises re-initializing the agent's policy when an expiration criterion associated with the agent is met. |
| US12293279B2 |
Neural network based mask synthesis for integrated circuits
A system uses machine learning models, such as neural networks for generating mask design from a circuit design. The machine learning models have inputs and outputs which are localized to a small region of the circuit design. The machine learning model takes as input features describing the circuit design in the neighborhood of a location and generates an offset distance as output. The system uses the offset distance to generate features of the mask design, for example, main features or assist features corresponding to a circuit design polygon. The system may use the offset distance for target optimization by modifying the circuit design polygon to obtain a circuit design polygon that has improved manufacturability. |
| US12293274B2 |
Method and apparatus for unification based coding for neural network model compression
A method of unification based coding for neural network model compression is performed by at least one processor and includes receiving a layer uniform flag indicating whether a quantized weight of an input neural network is encoded using a uniform coding method, and determining whether the quantized weight is encoded using the uniform coding method, based on the received layer uniform flag. The method further includes, based on the quantized weight being determined to be encoded using the uniform coding method, encoding the quantized weight, using the uniform coding method, and based on the quantized weight being determined to not be encoded using the uniform coding method, encoding the quantized weight, using a non-uniform coding method. |
| US12293270B1 |
Iterative attention-based neural network training and processing
An iterative attention-based neural network training and processing method and system iteratively applies a focus of attention of a trained neural network on syntactical elements and generates probabilities associated with representations of the syntactical elements, which in turn inform a subsequent focus of attention of the neural network, resulting in updated probabilities. The updated probabilities are then applied to generate syntactical elements for delivery to a user. The user may respond to the delivered syntactical elements, providing additional training information to the trained neural network. |
| US12293268B2 |
Ancestry painting
Displaying an indication of ancestral data is disclosed. An indication that a genetic interval corresponds to a reference interval that has a likelihood of having one or more ancestral origins is received. One or more graphic display parameters are determined based at least in part on the indication. An indication of the one or more ancestral origins is visually displayed using the one or more graphic display parameters. |
| US12293267B1 |
AI-assisted remote guidance using augmented reality
Technology embodied in a computer-implemented method for receiving a multi-modal input representing a query associated with a physical object, processing the multi-modal input to identify the physical object, and determining, based in part on an identification of the physical object and by accessing a language processing model, at least one response to the query associated with the physical object. The method also includes determining a sequence of actions associated with the at least one response, the sequence including at least one action that involves an interaction with at least one portion of the physical object. The method further includes generating a digital representation of the at least one action, and providing the digital representation to a user-device for presentation on a display. The digital representation includes a gesture-icon representing the action, the gesture-icon being overlaid on a digital twin of the physical object. |
| US12293265B1 |
Apparatus and method for model optimization
An apparatus and method for model optimization. is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory instructs the processor to generate a positive feedback function of an optimal measurement, wherein generating the positive feedback function further comprises identifying, using an optimal machine-learning model, a first set of parameter changes to a subsystem corresponding to the optimal measurement, and generate a negative feedback function of the suboptimal measurement, wherein generating the negative feedback function comprises identifying, using a suboptimal machine-learning model, a second set of parameter changes to a subsystem corresponding to the suboptimal measurement. |
| US12293263B2 |
System, method, and model structure for using machine learning to predict future sport outcomes based on match state transitions
A system and method using machine learning prediction that estimates future sport outcomes by mathematically representing current and future match states as a Bayesian network parameterized by underlying machine learning models. |
| US12293262B1 |
Adaptive machine learning training via in-flight feature modification
Techniques for adaptive machine learning training via in-flight feature modification are described. A training monitor captures training data during the training of a machine learning model, and a metric generator creates metrics such as feature importance metrics based on the data. A rule evaluation engine determines whether any modification conditions are met for any of the features based on the metrics, and based on such a determination can cause the in-flight training job to be modified. |
| US12293250B2 |
Data capture device
A data capture device includes: a primary housing supporting a data capture assembly and having inner and outer surfaces joined by a perimeter wall; and a mounting accessory coupled to the inner surface. The mounting accessory mounts the device on an operator index finger in either of: a side-mounted mode in which the primary housing is between the index finger and a thumb; and a top-mounted mode, in which the primary housing is on a back of the index finger. The device includes an accessory trigger on the mounting accessory and a primary trigger supported on the outer surface. In the top-mounted mode, the accessory trigger is between the index finger and the thumb, for activation by the thumb. In the side-mounted mode, the primary trigger is disposed on the side of the index finger for activation by the thumb of the operator. |
| US12293247B2 |
RF communication device without temporary connection line, and manufacturing method
It is described an RF communication device comprising: i) an RF antenna functionality; ii) at least one antenna pad connected to the RF antenna functionality; iii) a further functionality which is not an RF antenna functionality; and iv) at least one non-antenna pad electrically connected to the further functionality. The antenna pad and the non-antenna pad are arranged to be short-circuited with each other, and the non-antenna pad is electrically connected via a connection line to the further functionality within the RF communication device.Further, a method of manufacturing an RF communication device is described. |
| US12293245B2 |
Information storage method and information storage medium with increased storage density by multi-bit coding
The invention relates to a method for storage of information and to an information storage medium with increased storage density by multi-bit coding. |
| US12293241B2 |
Automated generation of application programming interfaces for microservices
Described are techniques for exposing an endpoint for a software function used by microservices. The techniques include obtaining software classes of a plurality of microservices and analyzing the software classes to identify a software function that is eligible for conversion to an application programming interface (API) format. The techniques further include determining a server microservice, which hosts a software class that includes the software function, and one or more client microservices that use the software function. The techniques further include generating deployable source code implementing an API that exposes the software function hosted by the server microservice to the one or more client microservices. The API uses a software wrapper to encapsulate software function semantics used by a monolith application refactored into the plurality of microservices. |
| US12293237B2 |
Systems, methods and devices for determining work placement on processor cores
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium for computing including determination of work placement on processor cores are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry to identify a favored core of the processor cores. The one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry may be configured to determine whether to migrate a thread to or from the favored core. In some embodiments, the determination may be by a process executed by a driver and/or by an algorithm executed by a power control unit of the processor. |
| US12293235B2 |
Systems and methods for managing multi-component, multi-deployment infrastructure-as-code configurations for cloud computing platforms
A system and method employed by an infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tool that is configured for defining IaC configurations comprising containers of interconnected components of a cloud computing platform. A system includes a graph generator configured to generate a graph of dependencies between the interconnected components of the cloud computing platform based at least in part on user-defined input-output relationships between the interconnected components. The IaC tool is configured to use the graph of dependencies to automatically determine a sequence of the provisioning or deployment of the interconnected components of the cloud computing platform. The system further includes a remote procedure call interface configured to enable communications between the IaC tool and the cloud computing platform, the remote procedure call interface further configured to enable the provisioning or deployment of the interconnected components of the cloud computing platform, in the determined sequence. |
| US12293231B2 |
Packet processing load balancer
Examples described herein include a device interface; a first set of one or more processing units; and a second set of one or more processing units. In some examples, the first set of one or more processing units are to perform heavy flow detection for packets of a flow and the second set of one or more processing units are to perform processing of packets of a heavy flow. In some examples, the first set of one or more processing units and second set of one or more processing units are different. In some examples, the first set of one or more processing units is to allocate pointers to packets associated with the heavy flow to a first set of one or more queues of a load balancer and the load balancer is to allocate the packets associated with the heavy flow to one or more processing units of the second set of one or more processing units based, at least in part on a packet receive rate of the packets associated with the heavy flow. |
| US12293227B2 |
Memory allocation in a hierarchical memory system
A memory allocator in a computer system comprising a plurality of CPU cores (5101-5104) and a first (530) and a second (5120) memory unit having different data access times and wherein each one of the first and the second memory units is divided into memory portions wherein each memory portion (SLICE 0-3) in the second memory unit is associated with at least one memory portion (A-G) in the first memory unit, and wherein each memory portion in the second memory unit is associated with a CPU core. If at least a predetermined number of memory portions in the first memory unit being part of the available requested memory is associated with the memory portion in the second memory unit that is associated with the CPU core on which the requesting application is running, the requested available memory is allocated to the requesting application. |
| US12293220B2 |
Context-driven framework to migrate the applications and its dependencies by analyzing the relationships
Embodiments described herein relate to methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable mediums storing instructions for creating and executing migration workflows to replicate or migrate data (collectively referred to herein as ‘migration’) from one device or set of devices to another device or set of devices (e.g., from one computing environment to another). The method of migration involves obtaining relationship information with regards to the applications that will be migrated from one device to another device or set of devices, and classifying the applications based on their relationships such as HAS-A and IS-A. Based on these classifications, one or more embodiments of the invention generate a relationship matrix in order to assign priority to the migration of each individual application. The applications are then migrated based on the matrix and assigned priorities. |
| US12293218B2 |
Method and apparatus for a step-enabled workflow
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and an apparatus including processing circuitry configured to receive workflow information of a workflow. The processing circuitry generates, based on the workflow information, the workflow to process input data. The workflow includes a first processing task, a second processing task, and a first buffering task. The first processing task is caused to enter a running state where a subset of the input data is processed and output to the first buffering task as first processed subset data. The first processing task is caused to transition to a paused state based on an amount of the first processed subset data in the first buffering task being equal to a first threshold. State information of the first processing task is stored in the paused state. Subsequently, the second processing task is caused to enter a running state where the first processed subset data is processed. |
| US12293214B2 |
Transaction exchange platform to determine secondary workflows for transaction object processing
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions in accordance with corresponding workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Further, the microservices may leverage machine-learning models to determine whether transaction objects may be more effectively processed using alternative or secondary workflows. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for dynamic and flexible reconfiguration of workflows. |
| US12293210B2 |
Live mounting a virtual machine in a public cloud based on accessing a simulated virtual disk as an internet small computer systems interface (ISCSI) target
A native cloud-based VM in a cloud computing environment of choice is live-mounted without requiring nesting techniques. All operating system data needed to live-mount the VM is accessed over ISCSI. The disclosed technology: supports both Windows and Unix-like (e.g., Linux) operating systems; handles any number of partitions of the root file system without repeated mounting, exporting, and unmounting; and uses only internet protocols (e.g., HTTP, (SCSI) to live-mount the VM. The live-mounted VM gains access to a variety of secondary copies, e.g., made with file-level techniques or with block-level techniques, made within or outside the public cloud computing environment, made from other VMs having the same or a different hypervisor than the public cloud computing environment, and/or made from non-virtualized sources. Access to snapshots as a data source for the live-mounted VM is also disclosed. Thus, a streamlined and source-agnostic technology is disclosed for live-mounting VMs in a public cloud. |
| US12293209B2 |
Isolated physical networks for network function virtualization
A method includes, with a Virtual Network Function (VNF) component associated with a VNF, communicating with an access network over a first physical network connected to a first physical network interface of a physical machine associated with the VNF component. The method further includes, with the VNF component, communicating with a core network over a second physical network connected to a second physical network interface of the physical machine, the second network being isolated from the first network. |
| US12293205B2 |
System and methods for provisioning different versions of a virtual application
A computing device may include a memory and a processor cooperating with the memory and configured to provide first and second application layers that include different versions of a virtual application accessible by a client device. The first and second versions of the virtual application are isolated from each other in their respective application layers, each with separate application libraries. |
| US12293201B2 |
Computing network for implementing a contextual navigation and action user experience framework and flattening deep information hierarchies
A contextual navigation and action user experience framework that facilitates workflows across multiple contexts and levels of object hierarchy is disclosed. Exemplary features include a swapper interface, an action toolbar with contextual buttons and contextual tabs, and a toolkit that provides an overview portal to view alerts, cross reference information, and perform actions on objects and insights that are important to the user across an entire product suite. |
| US12293200B2 |
Asynchronous distributed data transfer system
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a distributed analytics development platform (DADP) capable of automatically maintaining a multiple user development environment in real-time. In an illustrative example, a DADP includes a user interface (UI) layer, an application programming interface (API) layer, and an orchestration layer. The orchestration layer, for example, includes tool instances deployed for each of the multiple users. The orchestration layer may further include a multi-instance common orchestration service (COS) having an orchestration service instance (OSI) deployed in each of the tool instances. The COS, for example, may access a current state of each tool instance associated with the user in the orchestration layer and update a dynamic system state profile based on a current state of each of the tool instances. Various embodiments may advantageously provide an autonomously updated analytic development environment for deployment and maintenance of the tool instances in real-time. |
| US12293197B2 |
Configuration file generation method and apparatus, electronic device, medium and program product
The present application relates to a configuration file generation method and apparatus, an electronic device, a medium and a program product. The method is applied to a shooting application and comprises: in response to a creation operation, displaying a creation interface, the creation interface comprising a preset material set used for generating a configuration file; in response to a material selection operation, selecting one or more raw materials from the material set; in response to an editing operation for the raw material(s), editing layer information of a layer corresponding to the raw material(s), rendering a generated first target material and displaying same; and, in response to a generation operation, on the basis of layer information of layer corresponding to the first target material, generating a first target configuration file used for image editing. |
| US12293176B2 |
Version history based upgrade testing across simulated information technology environments
A method and system for version history based upgrade testing across simulated information technology (IT) environments. At least with respect to computing, an upgrade may entail the replacement of a product—in the form of hardware, software, and/or firmware—with a newer or better version, which may serve to bring the product up to date, improve the characteristic(s) of the product, and/or resolve any issue(s) inflicting the product. Further, through the process of upgrade testing, an upgrade may be assessed to determine its impact on an operability of varying environments following application of the upgrade thereon. The disclosed method and system, accordingly, propose a framework directed to conducting upgrade tests within simulated IT environments—each reflective of different computing resources and upgrade histories—where results of the simulations may be examined to ascertain which environment configurations (if any) may cause the tested upgrade to fail. |
| US12293175B2 |
Method of updating BMC firmware of a server
A method of updating firmware of a BMC of a server, the server includes the BMC and a PLD, the method includes: in response to receipt of a firmware update instruction to update the firmware of the BMC, the BMC storing in the PLD a firmware configuration file that contains current settings; the BMC updating the firmware after storing the firmware configuration file in the PLD; the BMC being reset after updating the firmware; and the BMC executing an initializing process that includes sub-steps of reading the firmware configuration file from the PLD and applying the current settings contained in the firmware configuration file to the firmware. |
| US12293174B1 |
Method and system for memory management within machine learning inference engine
A method includes receiving a machine learning (ML) network model in high-level code; generating an internal representation (IR), the IR is mapped to components in a multi-processing tile device; determining whether a first processing tile with a first on-chip memory (OCM) has a same dimension for an input/output tensor data as a second processing tile with a second OCM performing a same primitive function based on the IR; allocating a same memory address range within the first and the second OCM for the same primitive function if the first processing tile has the same dimension for the input/output tensor data as the second processing tile for the same primitive function; linking the memory address range of the first OCM to the memory address range of the second OCM to form a grouped memory space within the first and the second OCM respectively; and compiling low-level instructions based on the linking. |
| US12293169B2 |
Self-creating, self-improving, and self-simulating artificial intelligence
An example computer implemented method for generating an artificial intelligence (AI) model from a self-creating script coded in a programming language includes receiving an objective for the AI model and obtaining at least first action code corresponding to a first action, where the first action is associated with an action objective similar to the objective. The method further includes generating at least a second action code based on one of the first action code and a specification of the programming language and comparing a first outcome of the first action code and a second outcome of the second action code. The method further includes inserting one of the first action code and the second action code into the self-creating script based on the comparing the first outcome of the first action code and the second outcome of the second action code and executing the self-creating script including the one of the first action code and the second action code to satisfy the objective. |
| US12293168B2 |
Generating digital assistants from source code repositories
A machine-learning model is trained using a training set that comprises labeled examples. Each example is a source code repository for an application and each label is a digital assistant for the application. The trained machine-learning model receives a source code repository as input and generates a digital assistant as output. The machine-learning model may be trained using the transformer architecture that is based on attention mechanisms without using recurrence and convolution. Prior to use in training, a collection of source code repositories may be filtered to remove repositories or files that use unknown or unsupported programming languages, that are labeled with incorrect or invalid digital assistant definitions, that include too many or too few files, or that include too many or too few lines of code. A separate machine-learning model may be trained for each programming language, for each digital assistant definition framework, or for each language/framework pair. |
| US12293163B1 |
Split accumulator with a shared adder
In a multiply accumulate (MAC) unit, an accumulator may be implemented in two or more stages. For example, a first accumulator may accumulate products from the multiplier of the MAC unit, and a second accumulator may periodically accumulate the running total of the first accumulator. Each time the first accumulator's running total is accumulated by the second accumulator, the first accumulator may be initialized to begin a new accumulation period. In one embodiment, the number of values accumulated by the first accumulator within an accumulation period may be a user-adjustable parameter. In one embodiment, the bit width of the input of the second accumulator may be greater than the bit width of the output of the first accumulator. In another embodiment, an adder may be shared between the first and second accumulators, and a multiplexor may switch the accumulation operations between the first and second accumulators. |
| US12293162B2 |
Semiconductor device, data generation methods used for the same, and method of controlling the same
A semiconductor device includes: a local memory outputting a plurality of pieces of weight data in parallel; a plurality of product-sum operation units corresponding to the plurality of pieces of weight data; and a plurality of unit selectors corresponding to the product-sum operations units, supplied with a plurality of pieces of input data in parallel, selecting the one piece of input data from the supplied plurality of pieces of input data according to a plurality of pieces of additional information each indicating a position of the input data to be calculated with the corresponding product-sum arithmetic unit calculator in the pieces of input data, and outputting the selected input data. Each of the plurality of product-sum arithmetic units performs a product-sum operation between the weight data different from each other in the plurality of pieces of weight data and the input data outputted from the corresponding unit selector. |
| US12293161B2 |
Systems and methods for providing real-time automated language translations
Systems and methods for providing one-to-one and audio and video calls or for providing multi-party audio or video conferences also provide language translation services. When language translation services are provided, a party to a call or conference hears both the audio of the speaker, and a translated version of the speaker's audio. |
| US12293159B1 |
Grammar practice item creation using language models
Automatic content generation by one or more computing devices can include receiving data comprising an original sentence with a grammar artifact of interest. Thereafter, a plurality of distractor candidates are generated based on the original sentence with the grammar artifact of interest. At least one machine learning-based language model then scores each of the distractor candidates. These scores characterize a likelihood of the corresponding distractor candidate being selected as part of an assessment by a subject. The distractor candidates can be filtered to result in a filtered list of distractor candidates from which the x top scoring distractor candidates can be selected. A grammar practice item is then generated based on the original sentence and the x top scoring distractor candidates. The grammar practice can then be provided. Related apparatus, systems, and articles are also described. |
| US12293157B2 |
Semantic matching between a source screen or source data and a target screen using semantic artificial intelligence
Semantic matching between a source screen or source data and a target screen using semantic artificial intelligence (AI) for robotic process automation (RPA) workflows is disclosed. The source data or source screen and the target screen are selected on a matching interface, semantic matching is performed between the source data/screen and the target screen using an artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) model, and matching graphical elements and unmatched graphical elements are highlighted, allowing the developer to see which graphical elements match and which do not. The matching interface may also provide a confidence score of the individual matches, provide an overall mapping score, and allow the developer to hide/unhide the matched/unmatched graphical elements. Activities of an RPA workflow may be automatically created based on the semantic mapping that can be executed to perform the automation. |
| US12293154B2 |
Extractive method for speaker identification in texts with self-training
A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for identifying a speaker in at text based work. Labeled and unlabeled instances corresponding to one or more speakers are extracted. Pseudo-labels are inferred for the extracted unlabeled instances based on the labeled instances. One or more of the unlabeled instances are labeled based on the inferred pseudo-labels. |
| US12293144B2 |
Producing automated sensory content and associated markers in HTML document publishing
A sensory content production system generates sensory associated with concepts identified in an electronic document. Definitions of each concept are identified, and the concepts are stored in connection with their associated definitions. Sensory content is generated for the concepts and concepts definitions and stored in connection with each other in a sensory content layer. Availability of sensory content is indicated to users by interactive markers. |
| US12293143B2 |
Detection and tagging of paragraphs spanning columns, pages, or other reading units
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for detecting and tagging of paragraphs that span columns, pages, or other reading units are provided. For example, a method can include obtaining a set of candidate paragraphs for a document. The method can also include identifying a pair of candidate paragraphs spanning columns from among the set of candidate paragraphs. The method can further include outputting a tagged paragraph corresponding to the pair of candidate paragraphs spanning columns. |
| US12293141B2 |
Integrated circuit stack verification method and system for performing the same
A method of verifying an integrated circuit stack includes adding a first dummy layer to a first contact pad of a circuit, wherein a location of the first dummy layer is determined based on a location of a second contact pad of a connecting substrate. The method further includes converting the first dummy layer location to the connecting substrate. The method further includes adjusting the first dummy layer location in the circuit in response to a determination that the first dummy layer location is misaligned with the second contact pad. The method further includes performing a first layout versus schematic (LVS) check of the connecting substrate including the first dummy layer in response to a determination that the first dummy layer is aligned with the second contact pad. |
| US12293134B2 |
Voice assisted remote screen sharing
According to some embodiments, a method includes: receiving, by a client device, speech of a user during a screen sharing session; transcribing, by the client device, the speech into text; analyzing, by the client device, the text to identify one or more UI elements referenced within the speech, the one or more UI elements visible within the screen sharing session; and highlighting the one or more UI elements visible on the client device. |
| US12293133B2 |
Electronic device, control method thereof, and sound output control system of the electronic device
Provided are an electronic device, a control method thereof, and a sound output control system of the electronic device, for example, a technique for controlling sound that is output from an electronic device located in the same space as a voice recognition device. The electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a communication device comprising communication circuitry configured to detect a voice recognition device within a specified distance of the electronic device; a storage device comprising a memory configured to store identification information of the detected voice recognition device; and a controller configured to compare, based on the communication device receiving identification information from a server of a voice recognition device that has received a voice command from a user, the received identification information with the identification information stored in the storage device, and to control, based on the controller determining that the received identification information is identical to the stored identification information, the electronic device to stop outputting sound. |
| US12293126B2 |
Device capability discovery method and P2P device
A device capability discovery method and a P2P device are provided, and relate to the communications field and the distributed hardware field, to shorten time consumed to obtain capability information of a discovered device. A P2P device receives a probe request frame from another device. The P2P device returns a probe response frame including capability information of the P2P device. A device that receives the probe response frame can obtain a capability of the device in a device discovery phase. Alternatively, a P2P device sends a probe request frame including capability information of the P2P device to another device, so that the another device can obtain a capability of the device in a device discovery phase. |
| US12293124B2 |
System and method for synchronized streaming of a video-wall
A system is disclosed for processing and streaming real-time graphics by a video-server for synchronized output via secondary-network connected display adapters to multiple displays arranged as a video-wall. This system enables the video-server to leverage performance advantages afforded by advanced GPUs, combined with low-cost Smart displays or System-on-Chip devices to deliver advanced realtime video-wall capabilities over the network while offering flexibility in the selection of network display adapters and still achieving synchronized output of multiple sub-image streams to selected end-point displays. This has applications generally in the field of real-time multiple-display graphics distribution as well as specific applications in the field of network video-walls. A method and computer readable medium are also disclosed that operate in accordance with the system. |
| US12293122B2 |
Data transmission system, method, service system, device, and storage medium
The present disclosure provides a data transmission system a method, a service system, a device, and a storage medium. The system comprises: a user terminal provided for generating, in response to an input operation of a user, a virtual network console VNC operation instruction, and sending the VNC operation instruction to a data processor DPU; the DPU, hard-wired with a server and configured with a virtual display device and a virtual input device, provided for simulating, through the virtual input device, an input operation indicated by the VNC operation instruction, and transmitting generated input operation signals to the server; the server provided for, in response to the input operation signals, generating display data after receiving the input operation signals, and transmitting the display data to the DPU. |
| US12293121B2 |
Systems and methods for adjusting an image displayed via a food and/or drink container
A food and/or drink container includes an enclosure forming a space configured to receive a food and/or drink, a display coupled to the enclosure, and a processor communicatively coupled to the display. The processor is configured to receive an indication of a current location of the food and/or drink container and cause the display to output imagery based on the current location. |
| US12293120B2 |
Data processing device, image forming device, control method therefor, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for displaying information based on whether a user is permitted to use a function
Embodiments of the disclosure include an image forming device that: receives job information for executing a function of the image forming device from a terminal, the job information including user information; based on the user information included in the received job information, determines whether a user corresponding to the user information is permitted to use a function specified by the job information; in response to a determination that the user is permitted to use the function, executes a job based on the job information; and in response to a determination that the user is not permitted to use the function, notifies the terminal of an error. Using user information included in job information sent from the terminal, whether a corresponding user has the right to execute a job is determined, and if the user has no right, the terminal is notified of an error. |
| US12293117B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium
Provided is a method of controlling an information processing apparatus configured to execute an extension application associated with printing data generation software operatable in the information processing apparatus to extend a function, the method including: obtaining input data including printing setting; displaying a screen related to a specific function on a display unit in a case where it is determined based on the printing setting that the specific function is executed; editing the input data, such that the specific function is executed, to convert the input data into printing data; and transmitting the printing data to a printing apparatus after the screen is displayed on the display unit in the displaying. |
| US12293116B2 |
Printing apparatus for comparing a read image to a correct image to determine if the read image is free of abnormalities
A printing apparatus connectable to an inspection apparatus in a communicable manner according to the present invention includes a reception unit configured to receive an inspection job including at least information indicating whether a correct answer image is to be registered, an analysis unit configured to analyze the received inspection job, and, a control unit configured to perform control so that the correct answer image is transmitted to the inspection apparatus in a case where the correct answer image is to be registered, and to perform control so that an instruction to select the correct answer image is transmitted to the inspection apparatus in a case where the correct answer image is not to be registered, as a result of the analysis. |
| US12293112B2 |
Intelligent storage protocol modification of a distributed storage system
A method includes, responsive to receiving a modified first reservation command from a storage controller, identifying, by a storage drive, a first range of storage based on a first range identifier of the modified reservation command. The method also includes granting, by the storage drive, a reservation for access to the storage drive on behalf of a first host controller by associating the reservation for the first range with a second range of storage. |
| US12293111B2 |
Pattern forming for heterogeneous erase blocks
A method of using flash storage devices with different sized erase blocks is provided. The method includes allocating a plurality of erase blocks of heterogeneous erase block sizes to a RAID stripe, to form a tile pattern having the heterogeneous erase block sizes in the RAID stripe. The method includes writing the RAID stripe across the flash storage devices in accordance with the allocating, and stopping the writing the RAID stripe, responsive to contents of the RAID stripe reaching a threshold. |
| US12293107B2 |
Method and apparatus to perform a multiple bit column read using a single bit per column memory accessible by row and/or by column
A memory accessed by rows and/or by columns in which an array of bits can be physically stored physical one-bit wide columns with each bit of the multi-bit wide logical column stored in a one-bit physical column in a different physical die. The multi-bit column is read by reading a one-bit physical column in each of the different physical die in parallel. The multi-bit wide logical column is arranged diagonally across M physical rows and M one-bit physical columns with each bit of the multi-bit wide logical column in the logical row stored in a different physical row and physical one-bit wide column in one of plurality of dies. |
| US12293106B2 |
Storage device, storage system, and control method
According to one embodiment, a storage device comprises a nonvolatile memory, and a controller configured to perform a first data write operation in a first mode, and to perform a second data write operation in a second mode. Data of a first number of bits is written per memory cell in the first mode. Data of a second number of bits is written per memory cell in the second mode. The second number is larger than the first number. The controller reserves one or more free blocks as write destination block candidates of the first data write operation, perform the first data write operation for one of the write destination block candidates, and perform a garbage collection. |
| US12293104B2 |
Cross-blockchain data migration
A cross-blockchain data migration method includes obtaining, by a first node in a first blockchain network, from a first blockchain in the first blockchain network, first service data information corresponding to a first data structure mode stored in a first block in the first blockchain and obtaining a second data structure mode associated with a second block in a second blockchain corresponding to a second blockchain network. The method further includes converting the first service data information to second service data information corresponding to the second data structure mode and establishing a hash mapping relationship between the first service data information and the second service data information in the first blockchain. The method also includes migrating the second service data information to a second node in the second blockchain network based on the hash mapping relationship. |
| US12293101B2 |
Data relocation operation techniques
Methods, systems, and devices for data relocation operation techniques are described. A memory system may include blocks of memory cells, for example, within a non-volatile memory device of the memory system. The memory system may identify a command to perform a data relocation operation associated with a block of memory cells and may select between a first procedure and a second procedure for performing the data relocation operation. The memory system may select between the first procedure and the second procedure based on whether one or more parameters associated with the data relocation operation satisfy a threshold. For example, the memory system may select the first procedure if the one or more parameters satisfy the threshold and may select the second procedure if the one or more parameters do not satisfy the threshold. The memory system may perform the data relocation operation using the selected procedure. |
| US12293097B2 |
Systems and methods for near-storage processing in solid state drives
Provided are systems, methods, and apparatuses for computational offload to storage systems. The method can include a first processing element issuing a first request to the storage device; a storage device, responsive to the first request, obtaining first data on the storage device and providing the first data to the first memory for storage; the second processing element reading the first data from the first memory and performing at least one of an operation or a computation on the first data to generate second data; and the second processing element providing the second data to the first processing element. |
| US12293096B2 |
Memory system
A memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a memory controller configured to receive a command including an access target in the non-volatile memory and setting information from an external device and configured to control a writing operation or a reading operation to the access target. The memory controller has a condition setting circuit. The condition setting circuit is capable of performing the writing operation or the reading operation under a plurality of different conditions. The memory controller performs the writing operation or the reading operation under one of the plurality of different conditions selected by the condition setting circuit in accordance with the setting information. |
| US12293094B2 |
Systems and methods for storage device resource management
A method includes sending an enumeration of a resource unit of the computing device to a first computing system tenant and to a second computing system tenant. The enumeration is sent through a first protocol and indicating a managing protocol associated with managing the resource unit. The method further includes receiving a first request from the first computing system tenant to reserve the resource unit. The first request is received through the managing protocol. The method further includes receiving a second request from the second computing system tenant to reserve the resource unit. The second request is received through the managing protocol. The method further includes sending, to the second computing system tenant, an indication that the resource unit is reserved by the first computing system tenant. The indication is sent through the managing protocol. |
| US12293073B2 |
Virtual smart phone
In embodiments of the present invention, a virtual phone is provided which includes a touch screen mounted on an enclosure that includes a processor, memory, wireless communication port, and a power port. The virtual phone further includes a software application executing on the processor to control image display on the touch screen and emulate features of a handheld device presented in the image in response to a user touching a presented feature. The virtual phone further includes a configuration of a user-specific handheld device that is derived from the user-specific handheld device is stored in a memory that is accessible to the processor; wherein the virtual phone presents a visual representation of the user-specific handheld device on the touch screen based on the configuration. |
| US12293070B2 |
Just-in-time snap layouts
Systems and methods for reconfiguring application windows in a display. An example method includes displaying a first application window and a second application window; receiving a drag input for moving the first application window; based on the drag input entering an invocation region, displaying a layout menu with a plurality of display layouts, each of the display layouts including one or more snap zones; receiving a hover of the first application window over a particular snap zone of a particular display layout of the plurality of display layouts; based on the hover of the first application window over the particular snap zone, displaying a zone-indicator pane corresponding to the particular snap zone; receiving a drop input of the first application window over the particular snap zone; and in response to the drop input, resizing and repositioning the first application window according the particular snap zone. |
| US12293069B2 |
Screen capturing method and electronic device
A screen capturing method includes: In a screen split state, an electronic device displays N applications respectively by using N split screens, where one split screen is configured to display an interface of one application, and N is a positive integer greater than 1; further, the electronic device receives a screen capturing operation for a target split screen, where the target split screen includes at least one split screen; finally, in response to the screen capturing operation, the electronic device displays, in full screen, an interface of an application corresponding to each split screen in the target split screen, and generates a screenshot picture, where the screenshot picture includes a full-displayed interface of the application corresponding to each split screen in the target split screen. |
| US12293064B2 |
Method for display-mode switching, terminal, and storage medium
A method for display-mode switching, a terminal, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes the following. A first application-interface is displayed in a first display mode and a second application-interface is displayed in a second display mode. A switching operation for the first application-interface is received, where the switching operation indicates switching a display mode of an application-interface. In response to the switching operation, the second application-interface is displayed in the first display mode and the first application-interface is displayed in the second display mode, where an application-interface displayed in the first display mode has a smaller size than an application-interface displayed in the second display mode. |
| US12293063B2 |
Display orientation locking method, electronic device, and medium
A locking method and apparatus, an electronic device and a medium are provided. The locking method, applied to an application program on an electronic device, in which the method includes: displaying, in response to the electronic device meeting a set condition, a setting control in a current display interface of the application program, in which the setting control is configured to control a locking status of a display orientation of media data played by the application program; changing, in response to the setting control being triggered, the locking status of the display orientation, in which the current display interface includes the media data and an attribute control of the media data, the setting control includes a lock control and an unlock control, the lock control is configured to lock the display orientation, and the unlock control is configured to unlock the display orientation. |
| US12293062B2 |
Music sharing method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a music sharing method, a system, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: displaying a lyric video template display interface associated with a target song when an instruction associated with lyric video template display is triggered; receiving a video editing operation performed by a user for a selected lyric video template on the lyric video template display interface, the lyric video template being generated based on at least one of lyrics of the target song, a segment of the target song, an effect of the lyrics, and a video background matching the target song or the lyrics; and generating a lyric video based on the video editing operation performed by the user for the selected lyric video template on the lyric video template display interface. |
| US12293059B2 |
Apparatus and method for rendering visual content on a display screen
An apparatus, method and computer program is described for rendering visual content on a display screen. The apparatus comprises a means for rendering visual content on a display screen. The means for rendering is configured to render said visual content at a first rendering position on said display screen. The apparatus further comprises a means for detecting a user gaze direction through an eye correction means towards said first rendering position. The apparatus further comprises a means for receiving data relating to optical properties of said eye correction means at said detected user gaze direction. The apparatus further comprises a means for determining if said optical properties at said detected gaze direction provide a threshold level of suitability for viewing said visual content. |
| US12293052B2 |
Electronic device
Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a display panel and an input sensing part disposed on the display panel and including a first area, a second area configured to surround the first area, and a third area configured to surround the second area. The input sensing part includes first to third nodes, which are disposed on the first to third area, respectively, and each of the first to third nodes includes a first connection pattern and a second sensing pattern including a third pattern and a fourth pattern spaced apart from each other in a second direction. At least a portion of the second nodes has a shape different from that of each of the first nodes, and at least portion of the third nodes a shape different from that of each of the first nodes. |
| US12293050B2 |
Touch capacitive surface with metadata for transmission
A touch-capacitive surface system can include a plurality of touch surfaces positioned along a target body. Each of the plurality of touch surfaces can include a capacitive surface. A touch controller electrically can couple to each of the plurality of touch surfaces. The touch controller can detect a touch from a particular touch surface of the plurality of touch surfaces. The system can include a project source and at least one computing device in communication with the touch controller and the projection source. The at least one computing device can generate, via the projection source, projected content at least partially onto the target body in response to the touch controller detecting the touch from the particular touch surface. |
| US12293047B2 |
Input device with an electrostatic capacity detector
An input device includes: a panel on which a pressing operation is performed by an operating body; a substrate provided on a back surface side of the panel; a first electrode provided on the substrate; a holder that is provided on a back surface side of the substrate, includes a second electrode at a part facing the first electrode, and engages with the panel; a push-in detector that detects electrostatic capacity between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a vibration device held by the holder. The holder moves relative to the substrate when the pressing operation is performed on the panel, has rigidity and conductivity, and covers the second electrode from its back surface side. |
| US12293042B2 |
Shielding for electronic device displays with touch sensors
An electronic device may have a display with touch sensors. One or more shielding layers may be interposed between the display and the touch sensors. The shielding layers may include shielding structures such as a conductive mesh structure and/or a transparent conductive film. The shielding structures may be actively driven or passively biased. In the active driving scheme, one or more inverting circuits may receive a noise signal from a cathode layer in the display and/or from the shielding structures, invert the received noise signal, and drive the inverted noise signal back onto the shielding structures to prevent any noise from the display from negatively impacting the performance of the touch sensors. In the passive biasing scheme, the shielding structures may be biased to a power supply voltage. |
| US12293041B2 |
Display device having touch sensor and method of driving same
The present disclosure provides a display device having a touch sensor, which includes a display panel including a touch sensor configured to display an image and sense presence or absence of a touch, a driver configured to time-division drive the display panel and the touch sensor, and a controller configured to control the driver, wherein the driver outputs a set voltage during a transition period between a display period in which an image is displayed on the display panel and a touch sensing period in which the touch sensor is sensed. |
| US12293036B2 |
Waterproof-state recognition and processing method and device applicable to capacitive touch screen
A waterproof-state recognition and processing method and device is applicable to a capacitive touch screen. The method and device can differentiate a water-affected region from a water-free region, and allow a touch-responding operation for the water-free region when the water-affected region exists. The method includes: scanning the screen to obtain data of multiple channels of the screen; determining whether any of the data reaches a waterproof threshold; when any of the data reaches the waterproof threshold, performing a waterproof-state process; when none of the data reaches the waterproof threshold, determining whether any of the data reaches a finger-touch threshold; when any of the data reaches the finger-touch threshold, performing a finger-touch-state process; and when none of the data reaches the finger-touch threshold, performing an idle-state process. |
| US12293033B2 |
Display antenna
Provided is a display antenna including a display including a plurality of light emitters arranged in a grid, an antenna array having an antenna assembly in which a plurality of patch antennas through which light in a wavelength band of a visible region is transmitted is disposed in a grid, the antenna array being disposed to be superimposed on the display, and a phase shifter disposed in a gap region sandwiched between the plurality of light emitters, connected to at least one of the plurality of patch antennas, and configured to shift a signal to be transmitted and received. |
| US12293030B2 |
Touchpad device
A touchpad device includes a substrate, a touch panel, and a balancing assembly. The substrate is provided with an elastic resilient member. The touch panel is disposed above the substrate and has an inner surface, and the inner surface has a first corner, a second corner, a third corner, and a fourth corner. The balancing assembly is disposed between the touch panel and the substrate and includes a first balancing bar, a second balancing bar, a third balancing bar, and a fourth balancing bar. Two ends of the first balancing bar, two ends of the second balancing bar, two ends of the third balancing bar, and two ends of the fourth balancing bar are respectively adjacent to the elastic resilient member and the first corner, the elastic resilient member and the second corner, the elastic resilient member and the third corner, and the elastic resilient member and the fourth corner. |
| US12293027B2 |
Method for operating an appliance using hand gestures
A method of using a remote server to operate a first appliance of a plurality of appliances connected to an external network includes receiving one or more images from a second appliance of the plurality of appliances, analyzing the one or more images to detect a hand gesture, identifying a responsive action associated with the hand gesture, and instructing the first appliance to implement the responsive action. |
| US12293020B2 |
Method and device for tactilely reading time on a touch screen
The present invention relates to a device and method that generates a tactile presentation, which indicates time on a mobile device. The mobile device includes a touch screen, a processor, and the functionality to be activated to electrovibrate in at least one portion of the touch screen. The processor receives electrical signals specifying and displaying a current time on the touch screen. The touch screen generates electrovibrations that vary in response to the time to provide the tactile presentation of the time on the touch screen. The haptic feedback is configured to emulate shapes such as a numeric character or other discernable shape in a location on a portion of the touch screen, so that a user by contacting the touch screen can sense the numeric character or shape generated by the haptic feedback and determine the time elapsed within an hour without having to view the touch screen. |
| US12293019B2 |
Method, computer program and head-mounted device for triggering an action, method and computer program for a computing device and computing device
A method and a head-mounted device for triggering an action with relation to a selected object in a field of view of a user comprising detecting a pre-defined brain activity pattern of the user using a brain activity sensor of a head-mounted device worn by the user. The pre-defined brain activity pattern expresses a user command to select an object on which a gaze of the user is focused. The method comprises determining a direction of the gaze of the user at a time of the detection of the pre-defined brain activity pattern. The method comprises capturing an image of the field of view of the user at the time of the detection of the pre-defined brain activity pattern. The method comprises providing at least a part of the image to a computing entity, to cause the computing entity to trigger the action with relation to the selected object. |
| US12293014B2 |
Information processing apparatus and control method
An information processing apparatus includes a processor that processes the image data of the image stored in a memory in order to detect a face area with a face captured therein and an orientation of the face from the image, and controls the screen brightness of a display unit based on the orientation of the face detected by the processing. When the detected face orientation falls within a preset first angle range, the processor determines that the face orientation is a first orientation, and even when the detected face orientation is out of the first angle range, the processor determines that the face orientation is the first orientation depending on the amount of change in the detected orientation of the face changing in a direction of the first orientation. |
| US12293012B2 |
Head-mounted device, control method and control program for head-mounted device
A head-mounted device includes a mounted member that is mounted on a head of a user, a sensor unit, which is a detection device, that detects a posture of the mounted member, a control device that switches a control mode according to the posture detected in the sensor unit, and a video output device and an audio output device as output devices that perform output operations according to the control mode in the control device. |
| US12293011B2 |
Method and system for managing virtual reality user assessment recordings
A method may include obtaining a user assessment recording of a user assessment that is performed by a user. The user assessment recording may include virtual reality (VR) image data and an avatar of the user based on image data from a camera device. The user assessment recording may be a mixed-reality recording of the user assessment. The method may further include obtaining a selection of a time step for the user assessment recording. The method may further include obtaining VR image data of the time step from the user assessment recording. The method may further include presenting a VR space of the user assessment based on the time step and the VR image data. The method may further include transmitting a command that updates one or more user records in response to presenting the VR space using a headset. |
| US12293010B1 |
Context-sensitive portable messaging based on artificial intelligence
Systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed in regard to causing a first artificial-intelligence-based expression to be presented via a portable unit based on a user-provided component or a current presentation context (or both). In some variants the presentation is tailored to a delivery zone of the expression or to behavior or other attributes of an intended target. |
| US12293009B1 |
Artificially intelligent systems, devices, and methods for learning and/or using visual surrounding for autonomous object operation
Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to computing devices and/or systems, and may be generally directed to devices, systems, methods, and/or applications for learning operation of an application or an object of an application in various visual surroundings, storing this knowledge in a knowledgebase (i.e. neural network, graph, sequences, etc.), and enabling autonomous operation of the application or the object of the application. |
| US12293008B2 |
Security device
One example discloses a security device, including: a bulk security capacitance, including a first endpoint and a second endpoint, and having, a first layer including a first set of conductive elements, the first endpoint, and the second endpoint; and a second layer including a second set of conductive elements; wherein the first set of conductive elements and the second set of conductive elements together form at least two bulk capacitors in series; wherein the first and second layers are separated by a distance; and wherein the first and second endpoints are configured to be coupled to a tamper detection circuit configured to detect a change in the bulk security capacitance. |
| US12293004B2 |
Computer system and device for controlling use of secure media recordings
A network system is provided that enables a user to record media in connection with a user operating a service application to participate in a transport service. In examples, the network system includes a user computing device on which media is recorded and stored in an unrenderable state. The user can elect to make a media recording submission for a particular service activity (e.g., trip provided or received by user). In response to the media recording submission, the user computing device identifies one or more media files that contain media data which depict the service activity. The identified media files are transmitted to a service computing system where the media files can be rendered. |
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Device and method for redacting records based on a contextual correlation with a previously redacted record
A process of redacting records based on a contextual correlation with a previously redacted record. In operation, an electronic computing device obtains redaction metadata associated with a previously redacted record and uses the redaction metadata to identify a segment within an unredacted record that was redacted to generate the previously redacted record. The device then processes the segment to detect characteristics of a person or the object captured in the unredacted record and further redacted in the redacted record. The device also determines a context in which the redacted person or object was captured within the segment of the unredacted record. The device then redacts a person or object captured in other unredacted records when such person or object is contextually related to the redacted person or object captured in the unredacted record corresponding to the previously redacted record. |
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Systems and methods for identifying personal identifiers in content
Provided herein are systems and methods for identifying personal identifiers in content. An entity engine may receive content to identify candidate personal identifiers. The entity engine may determine that a text string in the content matches to a data format specified in entity definitions corresponding to types of personal identifiers and a rule for finding a geographic or linguistic term in the content correlated to the specific type of personal identifier. Each entity definition may specify a data format for finding a specific type of personal identifier in content. The data format corresponds to a type of personal identifier. The entity engine may identify, according to a rule of the first entity definition, a geographic or linguistic term in the content correlated to the type of personal identifier. The entity engine may classify the text string as the type of personal identifier, for preventing data breach or exfiltration. |