US11418806B2
A method for decoding image frames at a client is described. The method includes generating an estimated image frame after receiving an encoded image frame of a stream of encoded image frames. The method further includes decoding the encoded image frame when the encoded image frame is received at a decode interval set for a frame rate of presentation. The method includes using the estimated image frame when a corresponding encoded image frame fails to arrive within the stream for presentation at the frame rate.
US11418804B2
A method of generating an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor, including making a first determination regarding whether a current layer of a current picture is an independent layer; making a second determination regarding whether reference picture resampling is enabled for the current layer; based on the first determination and the second determination, disabling wrap-around compensation for the current layer; and encoding the current layer without the wrap-around compensation.
US11418796B2
An example method includes determining, for each respective coding block of a plurality of coding blocks of a current coding tree unit (CTU) of video data in a current picture of video data, a respective search area of a plurality of respective search areas, wherein at least one of the plurality of search areas includes samples of the current picture located outside of the current CTU, and wherein at least one of the plurality of search areas does not include samples of the current picture located outside of the current CTU; selecting, for each respective coding block and from within the respective search area for the respective coding block, a respective predictor block of a plurality of predictor blocks; and reconstructing samples of each respective coding block based on samples included in a corresponding predictor block in the plurality of predictor blocks.
US11418793B2
A video coding device is configured to determine control point motion vectors (CPMVs) for an affine motion predicted block of video data. For a four parameter affine model, two CPMVs may be positioned at any two corners of the current block, such as top-left and bottom-right or bottom-left; top-right and bottom-left or bottom-right; or bottom-left and bottom-right. For a six parameter affine model, three CPMVs may be positioned at any three corners of the current block, such as top-left, bottom-left, and bottom-right; top-right, bottom-left, and bottom-right; or top-left, top-right, and bottom-right. The video coder may further predict the CPMVs using motion information of neighboring blocks to the determined CPMVs, code the CPMVs, and code the current block using the CPMVs. The video coder may be a video encoder or a video decoder.
US11418790B2
Techniques are described of hybrid coders that are configured to selectively use adaptive or non-adaptive coding techniques. A video coder (e.g., video encoder or video decoder) may code (e.g., encode or decode) first video data (e.g., a syntax element or value), for coding a first block, based on an adaptive context model (e.g., one or more adaptive context models) and code second video data, for coding a second block, based on a non-adaptive context model (e.g., one or more non-adaptive context models).
US11418780B2
Devices, systems and methods related to management of syntax flags with respect chroma formats in video processing are described. In one representative aspect, a video decoding method includes determining, for a conversion between a video and a coded representation of the video, whether a syntax element associated with an adaptive loop filtering (ALF) operation for a chroma component of the video is included in the coded representation based on a condition. The method also includes performing the conversion according to the determining.
US11418769B1
A system comprises an encoder configured to compress and encode data for three-dimensional volumetric content. The encoder also is configured to segment the three-dimensional volumetric content based on viewing areas, wherein different ones of the viewing areas correspond to visible portions of the volumetric content. The system may provide metadata to a client device to support viewport adaptive rendering of the three-dimensional volumetric content or may adaptively stream portions of the three-dimensional volumetric content to a rending device based on viewing areas of the three-dimensional volumetric content that are to be rendered at the rendering device.
US11418751B2
A method of an electronic device including an image sensor that acquires an optical signal corresponding to an object and a controller that controls the image sensor, is provided. The method includes identifying a mode for generating an image corresponding to the object by using the optical signal, determining a setting of at least one image attribute to be used for generating the image at least based on the mode, generating image data by using pixel data corresponding to the optical signal at least based on the setting, and displaying the image corresponding to the object through a display functionally connected to the electronic device at least based on the image data.
US11418748B2
An image sensor for stably generating pulses of a precharge signal is disclosed. The image sensor includes a divider configured to generate a plurality of divided clock signals by dividing one or ore input clock signal, a precharge pulse generator configured to generate a first pulse signal by selecting any one of the plurality of divided clock signals in response to decoding signals of a first group, and generate a second pulse signal by selecting any one of the plurality of divided clock signals in response to decoding signals of a second group, and a precharge signal generator configured to generate a precharge signal by combining the first pulse signal and the second pulse signal.
US11418745B2
An imaging apparatus including a ramp voltage generation circuit having a first period for outputting an offset voltage that sets a reference voltage for the comparator circuit, and a second period for outputting a reference voltage having a slope-shaped voltage waveform that varies with time, wherein the generation circuit has a first drive state in which a voltage change amount per unit time of the reference voltage in the second period is a first voltage amount, and a second drive state in which the voltage change amount per unit time of the reference voltage in the second period is a second voltage amount that is less than the first voltage amount, and wherein the offset voltage in the second drive state is less than a value obtained by multiplying the offset voltage in the first drive state by a ratio of the second voltage amount to the first voltage amount.
US11418743B2
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pulse shaping circuit that shapes an output from a diode of avalanche amplification type into a pulse, and a pulse conversion circuit that converts a pulse signal output from the pulse shaping circuit. The pulse conversion circuit converts a pulse signal having a first amplitude and output from the pulse shaping circuit into a pulse signal having a second amplitude smaller than the first amplitude.
US11418741B2
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic device that can be provided with phase difference pixels with a lower degree of difficulty in manufacturing. Provided is a solid-state imaging device including a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels is two-dimensionally arrayed, in which the pixel array unit has an array pattern in which a plurality of pixel groups each including neighboring pixels of an identical color is regularly arrayed, and among the plurality of pixel groups arrayed in the array pattern, pixels configuring a light-shielded pixel group are shielded in an identical direction side from light, the light-shielded pixel group being a pixel group including pixels each being shielded in a part of a light incident side from the light. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor including pixels for phase difference detection.
US11418732B2
The invention relates to a method allowing the use of the information accessible by fluorescence imaging to be optimized. For this purpose, it implements the combination of a protocol for calibration and synchronization of a pulsed light for exciting a fluorescent marker, with the operation in “rolling shutter” mode of a fluorescence camera. An appropriate correction factor allows the complete signal integrated by all of the photodiodes of the camera to be used so that no image is lost.
US11418730B2
The image capture system of the present disclosure comprises an illuminator comprising at least one infrared light LED or laser and one visible light LED, an image sensor that is sensitive to infrared light and visible light, a memory configured to store instructions, and a processor configured to execute instructions to cause the image capture system to emit infrared light, receive image data comprising at least one infrared image, and determine depth maps, visible focus settings, or infrared exposure settings based on the infrared image data.
US11418729B2
An image sensor including a pixel matrix and an opaque layer is provided. The pixel matrix includes a plurality of unblocked pixels, a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels. The opaque layer covers upon a first region, which is a part of each first pixel, and upon a second region, which is a part of each second pixel, but does not cover upon the unblocked pixels, wherein the first region and the second region are symmetrically arranged in a first direction, and uncovered regions of the first pixels and the second pixels are arranged to be larger at a pixel edge than at a pixel center.
US11418723B1
Disclosed here are various techniques to increase dynamic range of an image recorded from a display. A processor performing preprocessing splits an input image containing both bright and dark regions into two images, image A containing bright regions, and image B containing dark regions. The display presents image A and image B in alternating fashion. Camera is synchronized with the display to record image A and image B independently. In postprocessing, a processor obtains the recorded images A and B. The processor increases the pixel value of the recorded image A to obtain image A with increased pixel value. Finally, the processor increases pixel value of the image recorded from the display by combining the first recorded image with increased pixel value and the second recorded image.
US11418711B2
The lens interchangeable digital camera includes a sensor movement type shake correction mechanism that performs a sensor movement operation of moving an image sensor in a direction to cancel a shake. A characteristic data acquisition unit acquires optical characteristic data corresponding to optical characteristics of an imaging optical system of a lens unit mounted on a body mount. A determination unit determines whether or not adaptive optical characteristic data that can be handled by an image correction unit that performs image correction based on the optical characteristic data can be acquired. An operation deciding unit prohibits a shift operation which is at least a part of a sensor movement operation in an uncorrectable state where the image correction based on the adaptive optical characteristic data is not possible since the adaptive optical characteristic data cannot be acquired.
US11418706B2
The technology disclosed relates to adjusting the monitored field of view of a camera and/or a view of a virtual scene from a point of view of a virtual camera based on the distance between tracked objects. For example, if the user's hand is being tracked for gestures, the closer the hand gets to another object, the tighter the frame can become—i.e., the more the camera can zoom in so that the hand and the other object occupy most of the frame. The camera can also be reoriented so that the hand and the other object remain in the center of the field of view. The distance between two objects in a camera's field of view can be determined and a parameter of a motion-capture system adjusted based thereon. In particular, the pan and/or zoom levels of the camera may be adjusted in accordance with the distance.
US11418705B2
A detection system detects an occurred event at a plurality of positions with high accuracy. The detection system includes a plurality of cameras, each of which performs detection processing to output detection information, a network that transmits pieces of detection information from the plurality of cameras and a system control unit that provides notification of occurrence of a predetermined event on the basis of the pieces of detection information from the plurality of cameras. Each of the plurality of cameras includes an image capturing element that captures an image of a target object, and generates image-data frames that time-sequentially line up and a detection frame determination unit that determines relationship between the target object and a predetermined detection frame, and generates a result of the determination as the detection information.
US11418704B2
A dolly zoom effect can be applied to one or more images captured via a resource-constrained device (e.g., a mobile smartphone) by manipulating the size of a target feature while the background in the one or more images changes due to physical movement of the resource-constrained device. The target feature can be detected using facial recognition or shape detection techniques. The target feature can be resized before the size is manipulated as the background changes (e.g., changes perspective).
US11418703B2
Electronic equipment includes a first operating member having a detecting unit to detect touch and slide operations. Where a detecting unit touch detecting face is touched in the touch operation over a first and a second predetermined area, larger than the first predetermined area, or less, a first function is executed. Where the touch detecting face of the detecting unit is touched in the touch operation over more than the second predetermined area, a second function is executed. The touch detecting face is divided into a first, a second, and a third touch detecting face, in that order in a direction of the slide operation. A relation of 1.4≤W1/W2≤6.0 is satisfied. W1 represents a length of the touch detecting face in the direction of the slide operation, and W2 represents a length of the second touch detecting face in the direction of the slide operation.
US11418702B2
The implementations of the present disclosure provide a method for displaying a shooting interface, which is applied to a terminal in which an image acquisition component is integrated into a touch screen. The method includes: receiving a first operation signal, where the first operation signal is a signal configured to enable the image acquisition component to perform shooting; enabling the image acquisition component according to the first operation signal; and displaying a shooting interface on the touch screen, where the shooting interface is provided with a component location information which is a prompt information configured to indicate the location of the image acquisition component. The present disclosure also provides a device for displaying a shooting interface, and the terminal.
US11418700B2
Provided is a control device, an endoscope system, a processing method, and a program which can select a region other than the center region in an image to perform a predetermined process. An endoscope system includes an image generation unit which processes an image signal generated by an imaging unit to generate a display image to be displayed, a display controller which overlaps a plurality of select regions selectable according to an external operation to the display image and outputs the overlapped image to the display device, and an autofocus controller which performs a predetermined process on at least one select region selected according to the external operation.
US11418699B1
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for altering visual media. In some embodiments, user interfaces capturing visual media (e.g., via a synthetic depth-of-field effect), playing back visual media (e.g., via a synthetic depth-of-field effect), editing visual media (e.g., that has a synthetic depth-of-field effect applied), and/or managing media capture.
US11418694B2
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes: a camera; a first microphone; a second microphone; and a processor configured to: control the electronic apparatus to obtain first sound data through the first microphone, control the electronic apparatus to obtain second sound data through the second microphone, identify an object corresponding to the first sound data and the second sound data in image data obtained through the camera, obtain position information of the identified object from the image data, and change volume information of at least one of the first sound data or the second sound data based on the obtained position information.
US11418693B2
A vehicle includes a camera unit disposed in the vehicle to have a plurality of channels and configured to obtain an image around the vehicle, the camera unit including one or more cameras, a sensing device including an ultrasonic sensor, the sensing device configured to obtain distance information between an object and the vehicle, and a controller configured to match a part of the image around the vehicle with at least one mask, form map information based on the at least one mask and the distance information, determine at least one control point based on the map information, and obtain the image around the vehicle based on a priority of the camera unit corresponding to a surrounding type of the vehicle determined based on the control point.
US11418690B2
An extending-type functional assembly is mounted on a frame of a smart terminal, and electrically connected to a control unit of the smart terminal. The extending-type functional assembly comprises a body, a camera module, and a driving. The body comprises a rotating end and a free end, the rotating end is rotatably connected to the frame of the smart terminal, and the free end can be rotated into or out of the frame of the smart terminal. The camera module is disposed on the body, and the body can drive the camera module to move. When the free end is rotated out of the frame of the smart terminal, the camera module is exposed from the frame of the smart terminal; when the rotating end is rotated into the frame of the smart terminal, the camera module is hidden in the frame of the smart terminal.
US11418689B2
Display devices and electronic apparatuses with 3D camera modules are provided. An exemplary device comprises a display and a 3D camera module, wherein the 3D camera module comprises a depth camera module disposed at a backlight side of the display; the depth camera module comprises an edge-emitting laser and an imaging module; the edge-emitting laser is configured for emitting laser light, for the emitted laser light to penetrate the display to reach an object; and the imaging module is configured for receiving laser light reflected by the object that penetrates the display, and obtaining a depth image of the object based on the reflected laser light.
US11418688B2
Embodiments provide a camera module including a lens unit, a first board formed with an electromagnetic circuit, a second board spaced apart from the first board, the second board including a terminal for external electrical connection and being formed with an electromagnetic circuit, a first support member having one side coupled to the first board and the other side coming into contact with one surface of the second board, so as to maintain a constant distance between the first board and the second board, and an electromagnetic-field shield configured to receive the first board and the second board therein, the electromagnetic-field shield serving to inhibit outward leakage of an electromagnetic-field formed in each board.
US11418687B2
An embodiment comprises: a lens barrel; a holder; a filter disposed in the holder; a circuit board having an aperture; a reinforcing member including a first region corresponding to the aperture and a second region in which the circuit board is disposed; and an image sensor disposed in the first region of the reinforcing member, wherein the first region of the reinforcing member includes a protruding part protruding farther than the second region of the reinforcing member, and the image sensor is disposed on the upper surface of the protruding part.
US11418684B2
Matching timings of transmitting pieces of information for reproducing video and audio with presence and handling loss are provided. An information synchronization device is configured to synchronize, to a reference timestamp, data in which one or more labels for identifying respective one or more subjects on a video and one or more pieces of location information for identifying respective locations of the one or more subjects are respectively associated. The information synchronization device includes a reception unit for receiving the data at each time, a buffer for storing the received data, and a location information interpolation unit for generating, when pieces of the location information at times before and after the reference timestamp is stored into the buffer for any of the labels, location information of the label at the reference timestamp by interpolation using the pieces of the location information.
US11418681B1
A method in described in which a halftone matrix is generated using a kernel by mapping kernel values of each pixel to a halftone matrix value at a corresponding element of the halftone matrix. Where a plurality of pixels have the same kernel value, the kernel value is randomly mapped to a respective halftone matrix value in a range of halftone matrix values corresponding to the kernel value.
US11418679B2
An image processing apparatus that is capable of preventing an additional image from being arranged at a position that overruns from a displayed base image when a user carelessly designates such a position. The image processing apparatus including an instruction unit that instructs a composition position by a user's operation at which an additional image selected by a user is combined with a base image displayed on a display, and a controller that controls so as to combine the additional image with the base image at a composition position instructed by the instruction unit. When the composition position where at least a part of the additional image overruns from the base image is instructed by the instruction unit, the controller changes the composition position so that the additional image will fit into the base image and combines the additional image at the changed composition position.
US11418678B2
An electronic apparatus includes a first communication apparatus, a second communication apparatus, a serial bus, and a first control circuit. The second communication apparatus includes a storage device configured to store stored data. A first control circuit determines whether or not a first data amount of stored data serving as request target of request data matches a second data amount of stored data included in response data transmitted from the second communication apparatus via a second signal line of the serial bus in response to the transmission of the request data on the basis of a data amount specifying signal transmitted by a third signal line of the serial bus when the request data is transmitted from the first communication apparatus via a first signal line of the serial bus, and outputs a determination result.
US11418677B2
A method for preventing image modification, an image capturing device and an image verification method are disclosed. The image modification method includes: processing a compressed image of at least one frame to obtain feature data of the compressed image of the at least one frame; encrypting the feature data to generate a checksum; generating supplemental enhancement information, which at least includes a time parameter and the checksum; and transmitting and/or storing the supplemental enhancement information and the compressed image of the at least one frame together so as to verify authenticity of the compressed image of the at least one frame by using the supplemental enhancement information. The time parameter is a counter value of a counter in the image capturing device and the counter value continuously increases. With the above method, authenticity of image data can be verified.
US11418673B2
An illumination device and an image reading device are characterized by including: a rod-shaped light guide extending in a longitudinal direction and configured to guide light entering from an exterior and emit the light as linear light from a lateral surface; a light guide holding portion having a hole into which an end surface of the light guide is inserted; a supporter supporting the light guide holding portion slidably along the longitudinal direction; and a housing supporting or housing the light guide, the light guide holding portion and the supporter, at least the supporter being fixed to the housing, a direction of sliding of the light guide holding portion being restricted to the longitudinal direction by a supporter-side concave-convex portion that is a supporter-side groove portion or a supporter-side protruding portion at least one of which is formed on the supporter along the longitudinal direction.
US11418670B2
A printing apparatus connectable to an external power supply having outputtable voltage information, including: a printing head performing printing by electric power supplied from the external power supply; a resistor having an electric resistivity based on the printing head; a detector detecting a substantial voltage; and a controller configured to: obtain the voltage information from the external power supply; decide a tentative voltage; request the external power supply to output the tentative voltage; energize the resistor with the tentative voltage; decide the substantial voltage if a voltage corresponding to each of the obtained voltage information is supplied based on a result of the detector during the energizing of the resistor; decide an electric power supply voltage based on the substantial voltage; and request the external power supply to output the electric power supply voltage.
US11418669B2
An image processing apparatus includes a selection unit, a determination unit, and a control unit to set candidates to be selected by the selection unit. If determination unit determines that there is not a set of a size and an orientation of a document of which the orientation cannot be correctly determined, the control unit sets, as selection unit selection candidates, candidates of sets of sizes and orientations of a plurality of documents. If the determination unit determines that there is a set of a size and an orientation of a document of which the orientation cannot be correctly determined, the control unit sets, as selection unit selection candidates, candidates obtained by excluding the set of the size and the orientation of the document of which the orientation cannot be correctly determined from the candidates of the sets of the sizes and the orientations of the plurality of documents.
US11418668B2
An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus; and a recording material information detecting apparatus provided outside the image forming apparatus, wherein the recording material information detecting apparatus includes a recording material information detector that detects recording material information about a recording material, and the image forming apparatus includes: an image former; an operation detector; and a hardware processor.
US11418665B2
An image reading apparatus includes a first conveyance roller, a second conveyance roller, a first conveyance guide, a second conveyance guide configured to move between an opposed position being opposed to the first conveyance guide and a retracting position being retracted from the opposed position, and an image reading unit opposed to the first conveyance guide and configured to move in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction and read image information on a sheet. The second conveyance guide is configured to move to the retracting position in response to the image reading unit moving in the width direction and reading the image information on the sheet.
US11418663B2
An image forming apparatus a display unit includes a reception unit configured to receive a user operation, a setting unit configured to set, as a default language, a language selected by a plurality of operations, a changing unit configured to change, from the default language to a language different from the default language, a language to be displayed by a single operation, and a control unit configured to perform control in such a manner that in a case where the setting unit does not change the default language and the changing unit changes the language to be displayed to the language different from the default language, the language to be displayed is changed to the default language, whereas in a case where the setting unit changes the default language to another language, the language to be displayed is not changed from the other language.
US11418660B2
In a communication device, if a first touch on a touch panel is detected and, subsequently, a second touch is detected within a predetermined period of time from a time of the first touch and if an object displayed on the touch panel at a position at which the second touch is detected is an object used to select a destination, selection of the destination by the touch on the object is not performed. If a first touch on the touch panel is detected and, subsequently, a second touch is detected within a predetermined period of time from a time of the first touch and if an object displayed on the touch panel at a position at which the second touch is detected is not an object used to select a destination, processing to be activated by the touch on the object is performed.
US11418647B1
To enable analysis of the performance of a customer contact center handling interactions across multiple types of communication channels, a system is provided that collects and analyzes data across the multiple channels and allows a user, such as an analyst, to analyze customer journeys that comprise multiple interactions, or contacts, across multiple communication channel types. That analysis can be used to identify journeys with similar, perhaps problematic, characteristics and provide the analyst user with the ability to examine the collected data for each identified journey individually. Once a journey is selected, the system displays the collected data in a coordinated display of journey timeline, text history, and sequence of automatically detected significant events. This single-journey display, applied to multiple journeys in succession, allows the analyst to explicitly annotate problems or formulate hypotheses about problems that can then be quantified for impact by refining the initial multi-journey analysis.
US11418638B2
Embodiments are directed to an enclosure for an electronic device. In one aspect, an embodiment includes an enclosure having an enclosure component and an internal component that may be affixed along a bonding region. The enclosure component may be formed from an enclosure material and defines an exterior surface of the enclosure and an opening configured to receive a display. The internal component may be formed from a metal material different than the enclosure material. The bonding region may include an interstitial material that has a melting temperature that is less than a melting temperature of either one of the enclosure material or the metal material. The bonding region may also include one or more of the enclosure material or the metal material.
US11418634B2
A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a baseband packet (BBP) generator configured to generate a BBP including a header and payload data; a frame generator configured to generate a frame including the BBP; a signal processor configured to signal-process the generated frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit the signal-processed frame. The header includes information about a type of the payload data, whether an additional header exists, a length of the payload data, and a Least Significant Bit (LSB) of the length of the payload data. Therefore, various types of data are mapped on a physical layer based on information included in the header, and data processing efficiency is improved.
US11418633B2
Methods and apparatuses for scheduling and indicating scheduling information in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A station (STA) includes a transceiver configured to receive a header for a protocol data unit and a controller configured to identify common information for a plurality of STAs that are scheduled in the WLAN from a common field in the header and to identify user-specific information for the STA from a user-specific field in the header that follows the common field. An access point (AP) includes a controller configured to include common information for a plurality STAs that are scheduled in the WLAN in a common field in a header of a protocol data unit, and to include user-specific information for the STAs in a user-specific field in the header that follows the common field. The AP also includes a transceiver configured to transmit the protocol data unit including the header.
US11418632B2
In one embodiment, a system comprises logic to receive a data packet. The logic is further to identify, based on the data packet, a plurality of candidate rules. The candidate rules may comprise a first candidate rule from a first database of rules and a second candidate rule from a second database of rules. The logic is further to select a rule from among the plurality of candidate rules based on a priority associated with the rule and a determination that the rule matches the data packet. The rule specifies at least one action to be performed on the data packet.
US11418631B2
A communications apparatus includes a receiver and a processor. The receiver is configured to receive wireless signals. The wireless signals include a plurality of packets. The processor is coupled to the receiver and includes a first logic configured to perform operations of a first protocol layer and a second logic configured to perform operations of a second protocol layer higher than the first protocol layer. The operations of the first protocol layer includes: starting a timer in response to receiving a first packet with a first count value that is different from a deliver count value; and delivering a second packet with a second count value that is different from the deliver count value to the second logic before the timer expires.
US11418623B2
One example method includes configuring an input device based in part on a type of network with which the input device is expected to be used, configuring an output device based in part on a type of network with which the output device is expected to be used, registering the input device and the output device with an orchestrator, downloading a service needed to process a data stream generated by the input device, configuring an execution pipeline, and the execution pipeline includes the service, receiving the data stream from the input device and processing the data stream with the execution pipeline, and transmitting information relating to the processed data stream to the output device.
US11418618B2
A method for optimal placement of microservices of a micro-services-based application in a multi-tiered computing network environment employing 5G technology is presented. The method includes accessing a centralized server or cloud to request a set of services to be deployed on a plurality of sensors associated with a plurality of devices, the set of services including launching an application on a device of the plurality of devices, modeling the application as a directed graph with vertices being microservices and edges representing communication between the microservices, assigning each of the vertices of the directed graph with two cost weights, employing an edge monitor (EM), an edge scheduler (ES), an alerts-manager at edge (AM-E), and a file transfer (FT) at the edge to handle partitioning of the microservices, and dynamically mapping the microservices to the edge or the cloud to satisfy application-specific response times.
US11418615B2
A proxy device receives a resource request from a requestor via a client device. The resource request is associated with a hosted resource, and the hosted resource is associated with a version-control tag. The proxy device determines, based on the version-control tag, information indicating a current state of the hosted resource. The proxy device obtains user management information associated with the requestor, and conditionally dispatches a processed resource request from the proxy device to a resource host based, at least in part, on the current state of the hosted resource and the user management information.
US11418614B2
The present invention provides a system and method for processing subscription related data, wherein a subscription document of an existing subscription is received by a server via a user device. The subscription document is processed to extract pre-determined parameters; and primary parameters are obtained from service provider servers and secondary parameters are obtained from third party servers. The pre-determined parameters are correlated with the primary parameters and the secondary parameters and a customized output is generated. The customized output may be a comparative analysis of particulars of the existing subscription and new subscriptions.
US11418613B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for recording metadata about a microservice for requests to the microservice. A device configured as a proxy to one or more microservices of a service can receive a registration request to register a microservice of the one or more microservices with the device. Metadata can be received during registration of the microservice with the device. The metadata can identify an identifier of the microservice, a deployment version of the microservice and a region of deployment of the microservice. The device can store the metadata in association with the microservice and record the metadata of the microservice registered with the device in association with a plurality of requests. The device can identify, via a user interface and the metadata recorded to the log, a change in operation of the microservice in connection with one of the deployment version or the region of the microservice.
US11418608B2
Systems and methods for providing application services to a customer are provided. Customer-managed computing resources on a customer network may facilitate the provision of application services to a client device coupled to the customer network. Application instances providing the application services may execute either on the customer-managed computing resources or on computing resources managed by the service provider. Application services may be rendered to the customer while sensitive customer data maintains residency on storage resources on the customer network. Application instances may receive requests for services from the customer, and generate corresponding requests for particular data of the sensitive customer data. These requests may be conveyed to the endpoints on customer network capable of fulfilling the requests. Customer-managed computing resources and service provider-managed computing resources may be respective first and second subsets of a pool of shared computing resources, implemented as virtual private clouds (VPCs) accessible over respective private networks.
US11418601B2
Implementations disclose a handoff feature for a content sharing platform. A method includes maintaining a session history of a session that occurred at a first client device, the session history identified by a visit identifier (ID) and comprising a set of recently consumed content items on a content sharing platform, determining that a user associated with the session is active on a second client device, transmitting, to the second client device, a session continuation notification associated with the visit ID and a navigation end-point of the session, receiving, from the second client device, a request for a content item corresponding to the navigation end-point of the session, and transmitting, to the second client device, instructions to load the content item and to request additional components of the content item using the visit ID.
US11418598B2
A system for exchanging data in an aircraft between at least two on-board devices which are interconnected by a communication link clocked at a predetermined link frequency, a first device being configured so as to: acquire measuring signals at frequencies native to the measuring signals; create frames on the basis of the measuring signals according to the native frequencies; and transmit the frames at the predetermined link frequency to a second device via the communication link.
US11418593B2
A data distribution system includes a data distribution module and at least two host-bus adapters coupled to the data distribution module. The data distribution system includes a memory-management system including a plurality of memory regions. The memory-management system is coherent across the plurality of memory regions and an absolute address of each of the plurality of memory regions accessed by a same offset.
US11418580B2
A method begins by a processing module of a dispersed storage network (DSN) receiving a signature contribution request and payload, logging the request and determining whether a timestamp for the request compares favorably to a timing template. When the timestamp for the request compares favorably to the timing template the method continues with the processing modules determining whether the request compares favorably to a functionality template and when it compares favorably to a functionality template retrieving a key share based on sharing function parameters and outputting a signature result. When the timestamp for the request does not compare favorably to the timing template or the request does not compare favorably to the functionality template the method continues with the processing module outputting a signature contribution request rejection message.
US11418579B2
A control device configuration system may receive, store, process, and/or display control device configuration information. The control device configuration system may filter the control device configuration information based on user selections of configuration options for configuration parameters. The control device configuration system may identify compatible and incompatible configuration options for various configuration parameters. The control device configuration system may allow selections of the incompatible configuration options. The control device configuration system may adjust how it filters the control device configuration information based on the selections of the incompatible configuration options. The control device configuration system may implement a configuration model that includes configuration parameter groups for efficient evaluation of user selections.
US11418572B2
Methods and systems are provided for improving system responsiveness while increasing efficiency and scalability of network communication by combining reliable and unreliable network transports. A method and system is provided for client polling a status server to see if there is new data, receiving a notification that there is new data, sending a client request to a server premises which retrieves the new data from a database and returns the new data to the client. Communication with the status server uses an unreliable packet or a reliable packet, whereas communication between the client and the server premises uses reliable transport. A redundant cluster of status servers and methods is provided.
US11418571B1
An embodiment may involve a server-side log collected by a server device, where the server-side log includes a set of entries indicating a unique identifier, and wherein the unique identifier is assigned to a work item of a server-based application executed by the server device. The embodiment may further involve one or more processors configured to: receive, from a client device disposed upon a network, a client-side log, wherein the client-side log includes operational data related to usage of a client-based application executed by the client device; identify, from the operational data, the client-based application and one or more activities performed by the client-based application; determine that the one or more activities are related to the unique identifier; based on the one or more activities, determine an action that can be taken to improve efficacy of the server-based application; and write, to the persistent storage, a representation of the action.
US11418567B2
This application provides a media data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a client, a media presentation description (MPD) file, where the MPD file includes priority indication information, and the priority indication information is used to indicate a priority or priorities of one or more overlays; and processing, by the client, the one or more overlays based on the priority indication information.
US11418564B2
Disclosed herein are a transmitting method and a receiving method of point cloud data. The transmitting method may include encoding point cloud data, encapsulating a bitstream including the encoded point cloud data into a file, and transmitting the file, the bitstream is stored in one or more tracks of the file, the file further includes signaling data, the signaling data includes at least one parameter set and viewport-related information, and the viewport-related information includes at least first viewport information or second viewport information.
US11418563B2
Embodiments described herein involve an auxiliary zone contributing audio to a primary zone. In an example implementation, a network media system determines that a first zone in the network media system is playing back a first type of audio content and that a second zone in the network media system is not playing back audio content. While the first zone is playing back the first type of audio content and the second zone is not playing back audio content, the network media system forms a temporarily playback configuration. In the temporary playback configuration, the first zone plays back primary audio content including full frequency range audio content and the second playback device of the second zone plays back auxiliary audio content including low frequency range audio content.
US11418558B2
A method for real-time-capable data transmission between two networks includes a first real-time-capable communication system having a first real-time mechanism for real-time-capable data transmission set up in a first network. A second real-time-capable communication system having a second real-time mechanism for real-time-capable data transmission is set up in a second network. The first network and the second network are connected to one another via a mapping module which reciprocally maps the first real-time mechanism of the first real-time-capable communication system and the second real-time mechanism of the second real-time-capable communication system to one another. For real-time-capable data transmission from one of the two networks to the other of the two networks, a data packet is transmitted in the one of the two networks according to the real-time mechanism of the real-time-capable communication system set up in the network.
US11418555B1
Systems and methods stream an application on a computer system. A compressed archive of an installation directory of the application may be created and stored as a storage object. Two mount points may be established at the computer system. One mount point may provide a window to the storage object holding the compressed archive. The other mount point may present an interface to the installation directory. In response to requests by the application to access files from its installation directory, the systems and methods may retrieve the portion of the compressed archive containing that file from the storage object. The systems and methods may extract, e.g., decompress, the requested file from the retrieved page and serve it at the second mount point. The computer system may then provide the requested file to the application.
US11418554B2
A method performed at a server system includes providing to a device a media content item included in a listening session. The method includes receiving from the device characteristics of the listening session corresponding to a first time and determining, based on the characteristics, a default decision as to whether to provide a media content clip after the media item. The method includes receiving characteristics of the listening session corresponding to a second time and initiating a determination of a first decision as to whether to provide the media content clip after the media item. In accordance with the first decision being reached within a latency period, the media content clip is provided in accordance with the first decision. In accordance with the latency period being lapsed without the first decision being reached, the media content clip is provided in accordance with the default decision.
US11418553B2
The present disclosure relates to a video connection method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining matched video connection requests from a plurality of video connection requests; creating a video connection room for the matched video connection requests; generating identification information of the video connection room; and informing a first client and a second client of entering the video connection room and making a video connection by sending the identification information of the video connection room to the first client and the second client corresponding to the matched video connection requests respectively.
US11418552B2
Systems, devices, and techniques described herein are directed to device service capability discovery. An initiating user equipment (UE) can transmit a request to establish a communication session (e.g., a voice call, a video call, etc.) with a destination UE. The initiating UE can also transmit a request for capability information associated with the destination UE. The destination UE can provide capability information associated with features beyond those required for the communication session. Thus, capability information for a plurality of features can be determined in parallel with establishing a communication between an initiating UE and a destination UE. In some cases, an initiating UE can receive an error message in response to signaling to establish the communication session, in which case the initiating UE can update capability information associated with the destination UE.
US11418545B2
Methods and systems for removing sensitive information from a digital image. An instruction to share a digital image is received. It is then determined that the digital image contains a depiction of a corporate display medium that is classified as sensitive based on a policy and, based on the determination that the digital image contains the depiction of the corporate display medium that is classified as sensitive based on the policy, the digital image is processed to modify the depiction. The digital image is shared.
US11418542B2
A system for providing network data processing, comprising a processor operating one of more algorithms that are configured to interface with one or more clients to receive a client hello data message. A transport layer security extension extraction system operating on the processor and configured to extract an extension from the client hello data message. A transport layer security extension identification system operating on the processor and configured to process the extension from the client hello data message and to identify a data networking session using the extension.
US11418537B2
A malware inspection apparatus includes one or more memories, and one or more processors configured to, when a first terminal belonging to a first system is infected with malware, in response to receiving, from the first terminal, a first packet destined for a second terminal belonging to the first system, change a destination address of the first packet to an address of a third terminal belonging to a second system, and send the changed first packet to the third terminal.
US11418535B2
Techniques for performing root cause analysis in dynamic software testing via probabilistic modeling are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method includes initializing, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a threshold value, a defined probability value, and a counter value. The computer-implemented method also includes, in response to determining, by the system, that a probability value assigned to a candidate payload of one or more candidate payloads exceeds the defined probability value, and in response to determining, by the system, that the counter value exceeds the threshold value: determining, by the system, that a match exists between the candidate payload and an input point based on an application of the candidate payload to the input point resulting in a defined condition, wherein the one or more candidate payloads are represented by population data accessed by the system.
US11418529B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program are disclosed. The method may be performed by one or more processors and may comprise receiving first data representing an infrastructure of a computer network, the first data comprising an indication of hosts which form at least part of the computer network and one or more software resources on respective hosts. The method may also comprise receiving second data from a vulnerability scanning software, the second data comprising an indication of one or more vulnerabilities detected in the one or more software resources provided on at least some of the hosts of the computer network. Using a combination of the first data and the second data, output data may be generated representing a risk profile of the computer network infrastructure, the output data indicating one or more subsets of hosts, determined as being at risk of being affected by the detected vulnerabilities by virtue of the software resources they provide for output on a user interface.
US11418516B2
In particular embodiments, a consent conversion optimization system is configured to test two or more test consent interfaces against one another to determine which of the two or more consent interfaces results in a higher conversion percentage (e.g., to determine which of the two or more interfaces lead to a higher number of end users and/or data subjects providing a requested level of consent for the creation, storage and use or cookies by a particular website). The system may, for example, analyze end user interaction with each particular test consent interface to determine which of the two or more user interfaces: (1) result in a higher incidence of a desired level of provided consent; (2) are easier to use by the end users and/or data subjects (e.g., take less time to complete, require a fewer number of clicks, etc.); (3) etc.
US11418492B2
Data stored on a data asset may be migrated to another data asset while maintaining compliance to applicable regulations. A data asset may experience a failure. Based on the type of data stored by that data asset and the applicable regulations, requirements, and/or restrictions that relate to a transfer of that type data from that data asset, a target data asset may be determined. The data stored on the data asset may then be transferred to the target data asset. The disclosed systems may use data models and/or data maps in determining the requirements for a data transfer and selecting target data assets.
US11418491B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for dynamic firewall discovery on a service plane. The method includes the steps of identifying a source data packet for transmission from a source machine at a source site to a destination machine at a destination site, wherein the source data packet corresponds to a request for connection between the source machine and the destination machine over a WAN, inspecting the source data packet at a first firewall associated with the source site, marking the source data packet with a marker to indicate inspection by the first firewall, transmitting the marked source data packet to the destination site, determining at the destination site that the source data packet has been inspected based on the marker, and forwarding the source data packet to the destination machine at the destination site, without inspection of the source data packet by a second firewall associated with the destination site.
US11418482B2
A content provider has a plurality of content provider domain names, and a content delivery network (CDN) allocates a plurality of CDN domain names to the particular content provider. The content provider domain names are mapped to the CDN domain names. CDN domain names are bound to corresponding CDN clusters. The binding of the of CDN domain names to corresponding CDN clusters is modified.
US11418481B2
Systems and methods may include sending, to a network registrar, a first message including a first nonce generated by a host computing device, and receiving, from the network registrar, a second message including a second nonce, the second nonce being signed by the network registrar via a private key of a first public key infrastructure (PKI) key pair of the network registrar via a first signature. The method further includes sending a first neighbor advertisement (NA) message to the host computing device including the second nonce. The second nonce and the private key of the network registrar verifies the first signature from the network registrar, the verification of the first signature indicating that the router is not impersonating the network.
US11418465B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving a selection to add an event invite media overlay to a media content item, receiving content to be added to the event invite media overlay, the content corresponding to an event, and adding to the event invite media overlay, the content corresponding to the event to generate a custom event invite media overlay. The systems and methods further comprise causing display of the custom event invite media overlay on the media content item, receiving at least one user to which to send an invite to the event, and sending, to a second computing device associated with the at least one user, an invite to the event, the invite comprising the custom event invite media overlay and the media content item.
US11418462B2
Provided is a bot for a communication platform, wherein the bot is set up to read in an input data record, wherein the input data record includes a plurality of tickets or a plurality of numerical representations of tickets, listen in on at least one communication process between at least two persons on the communication platform, wherein the at least one communication process has at least one service case or at least one numerical representation of a service case, and generate an output data record, wherein the output data record has the input data record and the at least one communication process. A corresponding communication platform, a computer-implemented method, and a computer program product are also provided.
US11418452B2
An electronic device including a communication circuit receiving data transmitted from another electronic device, a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor electrically connected to the communication circuit and the memory and including a control core and a plurality of operation cores. The at least one processor may execute the stored instructions to cause the control core to receive the data from the communication circuit, to classify the received data into data flows of a specified number depending on an attribute of the data, and to respectively allocate the data flows to the plurality of operation cores.
US11418450B2
A novel method of operating a Distributed Cable Modem Termination System is provided. Each branch CMTS node in a distributed CMTS supports a complete CMTS system and with full-spectrum ports. One or more MAC domains are defined at each branch CMTS node. A MAC domain defined at a branch CMTS node includes only service flows of the CMs that are connected to the branch CMTS node. Identifiers of service flows coming from a branch CMTS node are always unique, i.e., two different service flows of the branch CMTS would always have different SIDs, even if they belong to different MAC domains. On the other hand, service flows belonging to different branch CMTS nodes are free to reuse the same identifiers.
US11418447B1
Implementations are described herein for leveraging an “out-of-band” communication channel between nodes of a process automation system. In various implementations, an out-of-band communication channel may be established between two or more process automation nodes of a process automation system. The out-of-band communication channel may be outside of a process automation network through which the two or more process automation nodes are communicatively coupled with other process automation nodes of the process automation system. The two or more process automation nodes may cooperate with one or more of the other process automation nodes to implement an at least partially automated process. One or more characteristics of the process automation system may be monitored, and based on the monitoring, traffic may be selectively diverted from the process automation network to the out-of-band communication channel.
US11418438B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a signaling packet processing method and an entity. The method may include: obtaining, by a gateway user plane entity, processing information of a target signaling packet; and receiving, by the gateway user plane entity, the target signaling packet, and processing the target signaling packet according to the processing information. Network costs can be reduced in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
US11418433B2
A control method for a spanning tree protocol (STP) of an EasyMesh network, wherein the STP includes a plurality of stations, includes assigning a bridge identification (ID) to each of the plurality of stations to classify the plurality of stations into a plurality of network layers; assigning a first station of the plurality of stations as a root bridge; determining a root port of each of the plurality of stations and a corresponding path cost to the root bridge; and blocking a designated port of a lower station of the plurality of stations at a lower layer of the EasyMesh network, when a network loop is detected.
US11418427B2
In an environment comprising a group of servers and at least two network devices, a link fault is detected. A data cable connects each of the servers to both network devices. An active communication path from one of the network devices to the servers is determined. In response to detecting a failure of the active communication path, a second of the network devices is indicated as the active network device. The configuration is detected by the network devices based on packets received at the network devices.
US11418426B2
A method for initializing the border gateway protocol (BGP) on network devices. The method includes initializing a plurality of BGP convergence variables corresponding to a plurality of BGP sessions with a plurality of peer network devices. The first network device initializes the plurality of BGP sessions with the plurality of peer network devices, and receives from each of the plurality of peer network devices, route updates and a plurality of markers. The BGP convergence variables are updated and it is determined that first network device has received all the route updates. The duration of the BGP session is less than a C_TIMEOUT value for that peer network device, exceeds an I_P_TIMEOUT value, where the C_TIMEOUT value is greater than the I_P_TIMEOUT value. The first network device updates a routing information base (RIB) using the route updates and updates a forwarding information base (FIB) using the updated RIB.
US11418422B1
A rate Detection Apparatus (RDA) includes a power spectral density (PSD) estimator and a rate selector. The PSD estimator is configured to receive samples of a signal, and to estimate a PSD of the signal. The rate selector is configured to identify a transmission rate of the signal responsively to the estimated PSD.
US11418419B2
According to one embodiment, a monitoring system includes an information processing device and a server, in which the information processing device includes an information transmission unit that transmits information related to operation log information to the server when the operation log information of the information processing device is detected, and the server includes a reception unit that receives the operation log information transmitted by the information transmission unit, a first operation modulation unit that generates frequency information indicating an operation of the information processing device based on the operation log information received by the reception unit, and a lighting control unit that blinks a lighting light source provided in a store to illuminate the store based on the frequency information generated by the first operation modulation unit.
US11418411B1
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: monitoring a plurality of data center assets contained within a data center; identifying a plurality of data center issues based upon the monitoring; performing a data center issue grooming operation, the data center issue grooming operation identifying a number of data center issues from the plurality of data center issues; and performing a data center issue prioritization operation, the data center issue prioritization operation prioritizing the number of data center issues from the plurality of data center issues, the prioritizing being for at least one of resolution and remediation.
US11418409B2
An architecture-specific web-based executable specification tool maintains specification information and metadata for chip and system on a chip (SoC) design. Metadata available in the development ecosystem may be leveraged to improve the specification-to-design process. A unified, integrated environment for subsystem creation, SoC integration, and SoC specification teams is presented using a tool that comprehends SoC constructs. A modern web-based framework (not stand-alone tool) provides collaboration capabilities and allows visual representation and manipulation of data. Connection fabrics (e.g., network on a chip (NoC)) and other project-specific infrastructure can be configured and synthesized on demand and brought in to the design using the common environment. Netlists and other connectivity data can be fed into automated RTL generation processes directly, or used as a reference for implementation design teams. Reports and automated software generation satisfy the needs of the design verification and software teams. Functional and performance testing feedback loops are also provided.
US11418405B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a topology of a network comprising a plurality of intermediary devices and intermediary paths. One method includes transmitting probes having a TTL value with a destination set to a destination device; receiving, for each probe transmitted, a response including an IP address of a responding device; determining whether more than one responding device has responded to the probes; determining whether more than one responding device has been found for two previous transmissions of probes when more than one responding device has responded to the probes; and transmitting, for each more than one responding device, probes having a decreased TTL value with a destination set to one of the IP addresses of the more than one responding devices, when more than one responding device has been found for two previous transmissions.
US11418395B2
Systems and methods may include a managerial server, such as an intermediary measurement, instrumentation, and discovery (MID) server, communicatively coupled to an instance hosted by a cloud service platform. The managerial server is also coupled to an agent. The managerial server is configured to receive a first result from a first check executed by the agent having a first check type and to transmit the first result to the instance using a connection type generic to multiple check types including the first check type. The managerial server is also configured to receive a second result from a second check executed by the agent having a second check type and to transmit the second result using a dedicated pipeline for the second check type.
US11418394B1
Techniques and mechanisms for using a domain-specific language (DSL) to express overall network behaviors by describing what network-level behavior is desired. A compiler breaks down the DSL into portions of executable code that are to be run at different network devices and locations of the network architecture. In some instances, the executable code output from the compiler may be used to determine what network functions, network devices, and/or network topology is required to implement the overall network behavior that is desired. In other examples, an inventory and/or topology of available network devices may be fed into the compiler, and the compiler may compile the DSL into executable code that is able to be supported by the inventory and/or topology of available network devices. Thus, the DSL can be used to describe overall network behaviors to easily generate executable code that is used to implement a desired network-level behavior.
US11418389B2
Methods, devices, and systems for management of a cloud computing environment for use by a software application. The cloud computing environment may be an N-tier environment. Multiple cloud providers may be used to provide the cloud computing environment.
US11418381B2
A system and method of deploying and managing an integration for a hybrid computing environment is disclosed. The proposed systems and methods provide an intelligent hybrid cloud architecture and environment that offers reduced deployment times, and little to no errors. The system incorporates an artificial intelligence (AI) powered solution that is API-enabled and pre-integrated with system chatbots, as well as providing a secure, accelerated integration with available cloud ecosystems. The proposed solution is able to analyze business processes and derive and build deep insights toward the enterprise cloud integration, improving security, design, and performance of the hybrid architecture.
US11418379B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for a terminal performing decoding in a wireless communication system. According to the present disclosure, a method and a device may be provided, the method comprising a step for receiving a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and a second DMRS configured according to particular patterns from a base station via DMRS symbols, wherein the first DMRS and the second DMRS are respectively transmitted on particular antenna ports and are positioned on the same time axial symbol as that of at least one other DMRS transmitted on another antenna port, and the position of the time axial symbol of the second DMRS is determined according to a slot format or the last symbol on which downlink data is transmitted, and data is decoded using at least one of the first DMRS or the second DMRS.
US11418376B2
Various aspects provide for communicating a first set of broadcast reference signals (RSs) in a first subframe that includes a synchronization (SYNC) channel and communicating a second set of broadcast RSs in a second subframe that follows the first subframe. The second subframe may immediately follow the first subframe. A portion of the SYNC channel may include information indicating a configuration of broadcast RSs in one or more other subframes. The broadcast RSs may be configured for timing-error estimation, frequency-error estimation, and/or channel estimation. Additional and alternative aspects, embodiments, and features are also provided herein.
US11418375B2
The present specification provides a method for receiving information on a guard symbol, which is performed by a node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving information on the guard symbol; and applying the information on the guard symbol, wherein the information on the guard symbol indicates the number of guard symbols for each combination of a mobile terminal (MT) operation and a distributed unit (DU) operation, and the guard symbol is a symbol that is not used on the basis of a transition between the MT operation and the DU operation.
US11418371B2
According to one embodiment, in a semiconductor integrated circuit, the second circuit samples an amplitude of the output second signal at a plurality of timings every given cycle in a period corresponding to a second period of the pattern. The second circuit controls a parameter relating to the frequency characteristic for the first circuit according to a first magnitude relation and a second magnitude relation. The first magnitude relation is a relation between an absolute value of a first amplitude and a first threshold. The first amplitude is an amplitude sampled at a first timing among the plurality of timings. The second magnitude relation is a relation between an absolute value of a second amplitude and the first threshold. The second amplitude is an amplitude sampled at a second timing. The second timing is a timing after the first timing among the plurality of timings.
US11418369B2
A PoDL system that uses a center-tapped transformer, for galvanic isolation of the PHY, has AC-coupling capacitors in series between the transmission wires and the transformer's secondary windings for blocking DC voltages generated by a PSE power supply. The center tap is conventionally connected to ground. As a result, one capacitor sees the full VPSE voltage across it, and the other capacitor sees approximately 0 V across it. Since the effective value of a ceramic capacitor significantly reduces with increasing DC bias voltages across it, the effective values of the capacitors will be very different, resulting in unbalanced data paths. This can lead to conversion of common mode noise and corrupt the data. To avoid this, a resistor divider is used to generate VPSE/2, and this voltage is applied to the center tap of the transformer. Therefore, the DC voltage across each capacitor is approximately VPSE/2, so their values remain equal.
US11418367B2
A method in a wireless receiver for estimating a channel. The method includes receiving a signal comprising a plurality of transmission layers, each layer having at least one reference signal according to a predefined reference signal sequence; determining a window size for performing a sampling operation, wherein the operation is performed in a transformed domain of the received signal; selecting a channel tap length, from a range of channel tap lengths, wherein the selection is based on the window size, a noise mean and a noise variance. The channel estimation is performed from a reference signal sequence for the at least one reference signal and based on samples corresponding to the selected channel tap length.
US11418361B2
A method of controlling a master device includes, providing a measured service level by measuring a service level with respect to requests of a master device that is connected to a slave device through an interconnect device and generates the request to demand services from the slave device and controlling a power level of a request control circuit included in the master device based on the measured service level. Power consumption of the master device and the system including the master device is reduced without performance degradation by controlling the power level of the request control circuit adaptively based on the measured service level.
US11418355B2
A power sourcing equipment includes a control logic circuit and current source circuits that are coupled to a powered device via first and second wire pairs of a network cable respectively. The control logic circuit controls one of the current source circuits to drain a current from the powered device via the first wire pair during a first interval, to detect a first voltage of the first wire pair and a second voltage of the second wire pair, and controls the current source circuits to respectively drain currents from the powered device via the first and the second wire pairs during a second interval, to detect a third voltage of the first wire pair and a fourth voltage of the second wire pair, and determines whether the powered device is a single signature or a dual signature according to the first to the fourth voltages.
US11418352B2
A method to generate a trusted certificate on an endpoint appliance located in an untrusted network, wherein client devices are configured to trust a first Certificate Authority (CA) that is administered by the untrusted network. In this approach, an overlay network is configured between the endpoint appliance and an origin server associated with the endpoint appliance. The overlay comprises an edge machine located proximate the endpoint appliance, and an associated key management service. A second CA is configured in association with the key management service to receive a second certificate signed by the first CA. A third CA is configured in association with the edge machine to receive a third certificate signed by the second CA. In response to a request from the appliance, a server certificate signed by the third CA is dynamically generated and provided to the appliance. A client device receiving the server certificate from the endpoint appliance trusts the server certificate as if the server certificate originated from the first CA, thereby enabling the endpoint appliance to terminate a secure information flow received at the endpoint appliance.
US11418350B2
A management system and a method for secure signing of certificates, which have a certificate signing subsystem set up in a device of a controlled management site, unless authorized externally, internal data of the subsystem cannot be accessed arbitrarily, and each unit applying for a certificate needs confirmation of identity to increase the security of certificate application and signing. In addition, the certificate signing subsystem is a device with arithmetic capability, which operates fast and can increase the efficiency of certificate signing. Because units or companies applying for certificates do not need to set up a certificate signing system by themselves, provided that they are connected to the certificate signing subsystem of the present invention, certificates can be applied for and obtained, thereby saving business operating costs.
US11418345B2
A database management system stores an entry in a journal. Upon storage of the entry, the journal comprises a plurality of threaded leaf nodes and a hierarchy of interior nodes comprising hash values computed from the threaded leaf nodes. A first set of hash values is provided to prove that the entry is stored in a first version of the journal. A second set is provided to prove that the entries stored in the first version of the journal are unmodified and stored in a second version of the journal.
US11418335B2
In some examples, a device includes a memory, a processor, and a controller separate from the processor to derive a security credential based on information comprising a key accessible by the controller. The controller communicates the derived security credential in a secure manner to a program code executable on the processor, and uses the derived security credential to protect data stored in the memory against unauthorized access.
US11418334B2
Systems and methods for performing modular inversion operations in a manner protected from external monitoring attacks. An example method comprises: determining, by a processor, a first masked value based on a public cryptographic key and a first random integer value; determining a second masked value based on the public cryptographic key and a second random integer value, and determining, based on the first masked value and the second masked value, a private cryptographic key represented by a modular inversion of the public cryptographic key.
US11418333B2
A system includes a communication channel monitor configured to calculate a hash value of a first encrypted code segment based on a measurement. A security module may derive a first encryption key using a key decryption function operation from the hash value of the first encrypted code segment. A processor decrypts the first encrypted code segment with a seed key retrieved from a storage device, and if the decryption is successful then executes the first decrypted code segment. The processor may retrieve a second one of the encrypted code segments, wherein the second encrypted code segment is a next encrypted code segment for execution after the first encrypted code segment according to a sequence of execution, decrypt the second encrypted code segment with the first encryption key, and if the decryption is successful then execute the second decrypted code segment.
US11418332B2
An operation method of a security device which includes a plurality of physical unclonable function (PUF) cells includes selecting a target PUF cell of the plurality of PUF cells, selecting at least two reference PUF cells of the plurality of PUF cells based on a sorted list, reading a plurality of sensing data from the target PUF cell and the at least two reference PUF cells, and determining a target bit corresponding to the target PUF cell based on the plurality of sensing data to output the determined target bit.
US11418331B1
Techniques are provided to import a cryptographic key into a key vault in which an application programming interface for the key vault does not support importing existing cryptographic keys into the key vault. A key management system obtains a cryptographic key from a first key vault. The cryptographic key includes a key value and attributes which describe the cryptographic key. The key management system imports the cryptographic key into a second key vault by generating a surrogate key in the second key vault which corresponds to the cryptographic key. The surrogate key includes a key attribute having a value which corresponds to the key value of the cryptographic key.
US11418328B2
Disclosed is a system for performing key management of an in-vehicle network. The key management system of the in-vehicle network includes a reception unit configured to receive a shared secret key of a central gateway and a domain gateway, a memory configured to store a program for performing key management of the in-vehicle network using the shared secret key, and a processor configured to execute the program. The processor generates a secret key to be stored in a node of the in-vehicle network using the shared secret key and a unique ID of the node.
US11418326B2
A method for securing data in a data cluster is performed by a data manager of a data cluster. The method includes receiving, by a data cluster, a write request for a user to write data to the data cluster, wherein the write request comprises an object identifier (OID) associated with data and a user identifier (UID) associated with the user; sending, to a key manager, an intermediate key request, wherein the intermediate key request comprises the UID; receiving, by the data cluster from the key manager, an intermediate key; processing the data to obtain a plurality of chunks and metadata associated with the plurality of chunks; generating an encryption key using the intermediate key and the OID; encrypting the metadata using the encryption key to generate encrypted metadata; deleting, after generating the encrypted metadata, the encryption key; and storing the encrypted metadata and the plurality of chunks in the data cluster.
US11418310B2
A method for operating a communications controller adapted for full duplex (FD) operation includes receiving a measurement report from a user equipment served by the communications controller, the measurement report indicating a first power margin between a current transmit power and a transmit power break point and a second power margin between the current transmit power and a maximum transmit power capable of supporting FD operation, performing FD link adaptation (LA) in accordance with the first power margin and the second power margin to adjust one or more FD configuration parameters of a link between the communications controller and the user equipment, wherein the link includes a downlink and an uplink, and instructing the user equipment to communicate over the link in accordance with the one or more FD configuration parameters.
US11418309B2
In the present disclosure, even if different UL-DL configurations are set for a plurality of unit bands, notification timing of error detection results for SCell is not dispersed complicatedly, and the processing relating to the error detection results can be simplified. At the reference notification timing of a response signal with respect to downlink data of a second unit band, if a sub-frame of the second unit band is an uplink communication sub-frame and a sub-frame of a first unit band is a downlink communication sub-frame, a control unit transmits the response signal with respect to the downlink data in a specific uplink communication sub-frame (for example, #2 or #7) set in the first unit band.
US11418302B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for communicating an uplink grant and a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) trigger. A wireless device may identify a pending collision for a slot of a carrier between a CSI-RS and uplink data. The wireless device may determine a communication configuration for the CSI-RS and the uplink data such that no collision occurs. The determined communication configuration for the CSI-RS may include delaying one of the colliding signals, transmitting only one of the colliding signals and suppressing the other, or reconfiguring the slot such that both signals can be transmitted successfully. Additionally, the UE and the base station may determine a CSI reporting configuration based on the determined communication configuration.
US11418301B2
A user terminal is disclosed that includes a transmitter that transmits uplink control information (UCI) using an uplink control channel and a processor that controls at least one of generation and transmission of the UCI based on a spreading factor of the uplink control channel. Additionally, at least one of a number of symbols and a position of a demodulation reference signal for the uplink control channel is fixed irrespective of the spreading factor.
US11418298B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relates to a method, device, and system for transmitting data. The method can include receiving a transport block (TB) transmitted by a transmitting terminal, the TB comprising a plurality of code blocks (CBs), and determining an erroneous CB in the TB, and determining, according to a preset affiliation between CBs and code block groups (CBGs), whether each CBG includes an erroneous CB, any CB corresponding to m CBGs in the affiliation, and m being a preset positive integer. The method can further include, for each CBG, if the CBG includes an erroneous CB, determining that feedback information corresponding to the CBG is a negative acknowledgement (NACK), and if the CBG does not comprise an erroneous CB, determining that the feedback information corresponding to the CBG is a positive acknowledgement (ACK), and transmitting the feedback information corresponding to each CBG to the transmitting terminal.
US11418293B2
Example hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback methods and apparatus are provided. One example method includes a network device obtains first indication information used to instruct a terminal device to feed back HARQ feedback information. The first indication information is obtained based on information amounts corresponding to a data channel and/or information amounts corresponding to a control channel that are in a reference slot and at least one first slot. The reference slot and the at least one first slot each correspond to a different component carrier of a plurality of component carriers serving the terminal. The reference slot and the at least one first slot have a same start moment, and at least two of the plurality of component carriers have different slot lengths. The network device sends, to the terminal device, indication information used to indicate at least the first indication information.
US11418291B2
The present application is related to a method and apparatus of using redundant bits in semi-statically configured HARQ-ACK feedback. A method of receiving information according to one embodiment comprises receiving a first number of code block groups from a base unit, wherein each code block within a code block group is independently decodable; determining a (HARQ-ACK) codebook size corresponding to the first number of code block groups; and transmitting a HARQ-ACK codebook to the base unit, wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook comprises the first number of HARQ-ACK bits with each bit corresponding to one code block group and a second number of padded bits. The first number plus the second number is equal to the determined HARQ-ACK codebook size. The present application enhances the downlink (DL) transmission performance and the uplink (UL) HARQ-ACK transmission reliability.
US11418288B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting and/or receiving feedback information for a data block group. One apparatus (102) includes a processor (202) that determines (502) a data block group size of a data block group for received data. Each data block in the data block group is independently decodable. The processor (202) generates (504) feedback information for the data block group of the received data. The feedback information is used for indicating a decoding status corresponding to the data block group. The apparatus (102) also includes a transmitter (210) that transmits (506) the feedback information for the data block group.
US11418287B2
Systems and methods for utilizing dynamic codes in a dynamic system comprising neural networks are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, training data is transmitted to an encoder block, the encoder block having an encoder neural network. Training data is encoded utilizing the encoder neural network of the encoder block, and then decoded by a decoder block, the decoder block having a decoder neural network. An end-end error is determined by comparing the training data that was transmitted to the encoder block against the decoded training data that was received from the decoder block. Encoder/decoder parameters to minimize the end-end error are optimized and transmitted. Upon receipt of the encoder/decoder parameter updates, the encoder block and the decoder block are initialized.
US11418283B2
A blind detection parameter acquisition method, a relevant device and a system are provided. The blind detection parameter acquisition method includes: detecting a signal or a channel to acquire a detection result; and acquiring a blind detection parameter corresponding to the detection result. The signal includes a wake-up signal or a go-to-sleep signal, and the channel includes a wake-up channel or a go-to-sleep channel.
US11418282B2
The present disclosure provides a transceiver for transmission of data coded according to a Bi-phase Mark Coding (BMC) protocol through a configurable channel (CC) of a USB type-C port. The transceiver includes: a transmitter configured to receive the coded BMC data and transmit the coded BMC data through the CC line. The transmitter includes: a low dropout (LDO) regulator configured to receive a reference voltage (VREF) and generate a local programmable supply voltage; a delay control logic configured to receive the BMC data, and including flipflops connected in series, wherein, output from each flipflop is delayed with respect to input received by the flipflop; and a transmitter driver configured to receive output from each flipflop of the delay control logic, the transmitter driver including a NMOS switches and a PMOS switches. The transceiver includes an eye correction receiver configured to receive output from the transmitter driver of the transmitter.
US11418280B2
The present disclosure relates to an information sending method and a device. In examples of the present disclosure, a terminal may send feedback information for a downlink subframe to a network device in a first feedback manner, that is, a first codebook of the feedback information is determined according to an instantly scheduled downlink subframe set.
US11418268B2
A transmission device identification system includes: one or more reception units; a feature output unit that outputs, for each of the one or more reception units, a feature of a reception signal of the reception unit, the feature being corrected based on a receiver characteristic of the reception unit; and an identification unit that identifies a transmission device that is a radio wave transmitting source based on the feature and a transmission radio wave feature, the transmission radio wave feature indicating a feature of a transmission radio wave for each transmission device.
US11418267B2
Provided is a receiver. The receiver according to the inventive concept includes a first filter circuit, a second filter circuit, and an amplifier. The first filter circuit provides a first path for first frequency components below first cutoff frequency of input frequency components and passes second frequency components except for the first frequency components of the input frequency components through second path. The second filter circuit attenuates third frequency components below a second cutoff frequency of the second frequency components. The amplifier amplifies the second frequency components including the attenuated third frequency components.
US11418266B2
A power over fiber system includes a power sourcing equipment, a powered device, an extender, and first and second optical fiber cables. The power sourcing equipment outputs feed light. The extender extends a laser wavelength of the feed light. The first optical fiber cable transmits the feed light from the power sourcing equipment to the extender. The second optical fiber cable transmits the feed light from the extender to the powered device. Based on a loss-to-transmission-length characteristic of the laser wavelength before extended by the extender and a loss-to-transmission-length characteristic of the laser wavelength after extended by the extender, the first optical fiber cable has a length that is equal to or shorter than a transmission length where a loss due to the laser wavelength before extended by the extender is equal to a loss due to the laser wavelength after extended by the extender.
US11418257B2
An LED may include a third contact, for example to increase speed of operation of the LED. The LED with the third contact may be used in an optical communication system, for example a chip-to-chip optical interconnect.
US11418245B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for reporting channel state information (CSI) with spatial and time domain compression. A method comprises receiving one or more signals from a second wireless communications device, determining a precoder matrix index (PMI) based on the signals, performing a channel-tap compression of the PMI and transmitting the channel-tap compressed PMI to the second wireless communications device.
US11418240B2
A user equipment (UE) (200, 500, 1530) transmits data to a base station (100, 500, 1520) in a wireless communication network. The UE (200, 500, 1530) comprises multiple antenna ports, and selects a precoding matrix from a respective first, second, third, or fourth set of precoding matrices according to a number of spatial layers. The first, second, third, and fourth sets of precoding matrices are available for all coherence capabilities and are comprised within a larger set of precoding matrices. The larger set comprises precoding matrices that are not available for all coherence capabilities. The first, second, third, and fourth sets of precoding matrices correspond to one, two, three, or four spatial layers, respectively. The number of columns in the selected precoding matrix is equal to the number of spatial layers and each column comprises a single non-zero element and one or more zero elements. The UE (200, 500, 1530) transmits data on the number of spatial layers according to the selected precoding matrix.
US11418238B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for providing channel state information associated with sidelink air interfaces. A method that may be performed by a first wireless node (e.g., a user equipment) includes receiving, from a base station, a reference signal (RS) configuration indicating one or more sidelink resource sets and transmitting, to one or more second wireless nodes, one or more sidelink reference signals based at least in part on the RS configuration. The method also includes receiving one or more feedback reports from the one or more second wireless nodes, wherein each of the feedback reports includes an ordered sequence of at least one parameter associated with a sidelink channel quality of the sidelink reference signals. The method further includes forwarding the one or more feedback reports to the base station.
US11418221B2
The disclosure provides a method and a polar code decoder for determining a to-be-flipped bit position when performing a successive cancellation list flip operation. The method includes: obtaining a polar code decoding tree generated by performing a successive cancellation list (SCL) operation on a polar code segment, and the polar code segment includes multiple bit positions, and each bit position in the polar code decoding tree includes multiple surviving paths and multiple pruned paths; in a post-processing stage for the SCL operation, estimating a correct path probability of each of the surviving paths and the pruned paths of the i-th bit position and accordingly estimating a reliability for the i-th bit position; selecting a specific bit position among the bit positions based on the reliability of each bit position; and performing an SCL flip operation on the polar code decoding tree based on the specific bit position.
US11418218B2
A decoding device that includes a decoding determination unit to determine a procedure of recovering and decoding missing packets in consideration of a packet missing pattern in data including a set of media packets and redundant packets generated by a two-dimensional XOR-based FEC encoding method. Further, a decoding unit executes the recovery of the missing packets according to the procedure determined by the decoding determination unit.
US11418208B2
A method for light-to-digital conversion includes setting a time integrator circuit into a reference condition and starting to integrate charge from a sensor device for the duration of an integration time. An integration signal is generated and is indicative of the integrated charge. The integration signal is compared with an adjustable reference signal. A first count is generated when the comparison indicates that the integration signal has reached an integration range, wherein the integration range is defined by a low and a high voltage. A second count is generated when the comparison indicates that the integration signal has reached the adjustable reference signal. The adjustable reference signal is incremented in discrete steps when a second count has been generated. Then, the time integrator circuit is reset into the reference condition, when the comparison indicates that the integration signal has reached the integration range. The generated first counts is collected as first count signal and the generated second counts are collected as second count signal. Finally, a digital output signal is generated depending on the first count signal and the second count signal.
US11418191B2
A capacitive sensing device can include multiple capacitive sensors. A first device controller is operatively connected to a portion of the capacitive sensors, while a second device controller is operatively connected to another portion of capacitive sensors. A common node or shield can be connected between the first device controller and the second device controller. Charging and discharging events of selected drive lines in the capacitive sensing device and/or of the common node or shield can be synchronized to reduce undesirable effects such as noise and/or to prevent the charging events and the discharging events from overlapping with each other. One or more reference capacitive sensors can be shared by the multiple device controllers.
US11418183B2
A positive-logic FET switch stack that does not require a negative bias voltage, exhibits high isolation and low insertion/mismatch loss, and may withstand high RF voltages. Embodiments include a FET stack comprising series-coupled positive-logic FETs (i.e., FETs not requiring a negative voltage supply to turn OFF), series-coupled on at least one end by an “end-cap” FET of a type that turns OFF when its VGS is zero volts. The one or more end-cap FETs provide a selectable capacitive DC blocking function or a resistive signal path. Embodiments include a stack of FETs of only the zero VGS type, or a mix of positive-logic and zero VGS type FETs with end-cap FETs of the zero VGS type. Some embodiments withstand high RF voltages by including combinations of series or parallel coupled resistor ladders for the FET gate resistors, drain-source resistors, body charge control resistors, and one or more AC coupling modules.
US11418181B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide for a circuit comprising a switch coupled between a first node and a second node, a first transistor having a gate terminal, a drain terminal coupled to the second node, and a source terminal coupled to a ground terminal, a logic gate having a first input, a second input coupled to a third node, and an output coupled to the gate terminal of the first transistor, and a comparator having a first input coupled to the second node, a second input coupled to a fourth node, and an output coupled to the first input of the logic gate.
US11418177B2
A propagation delay balance circuit includes a signal generating circuit, a path switching element, and a signal change detecting element. The signal generating circuit includes delay chains for outputting delay signals respectively. The path switching element has input terminals and output terminals. Each output terminal of the path switching element is electrically connected to the input terminal of each delay chain one-to-one, and input terminals of the path switching element are electrically connected one-to-one to the output terminals of the delay chains. The path switching element is controlled by the path switching controlling signal to change the one-to-one internal electrical connection between input terminals and output terminals of the path switching element. The signal change detecting element is electrically connected to the path switching element, and generates a path switching controlling signal according to delay signals of the path switching element.
US11418172B2
A two-terminal electrical protective device operates by harvesting energy from a small but non-zero voltage drop across a closed solid-state switch. From a default, open-circuit state, the device is remotely triggered by an AC signal to enter the desired conductive state. Power scavenged by an energy harvesting circuit while the device is in the conductive state, powers a gate drive circuit to hold the device in the conductive state for as long as current flows. When current stops, the device returns to the default open-circuit state.
US11418168B2
An acoustic resonator includes a membrane layer disposed on an insulating layer; a cavity formed by the insulating layer and the membrane layer and having a hydrophobic layer disposed on at least one of a portion of an upper surface of the cavity and a portion of a lower surface of the cavity; and a resonating portion disposed on the cavity and having a second electrode on a piezoelectric layer on a first electrode.
US11418166B2
An example integrated circuit package includes an acoustic wave resonator, the acoustic wave resonator including a Fresnel surface. In some examples, the Fresnel surface includes a plurality of recessed features and/or protruding features at different locations on the Fresnel surface, each of the plurality of features to confine main mode acoustic energy from a respective portion of the Fresnel surface in a central portion of the acoustic wave resonator.
US11418161B2
A digital to analog converter (DAC) can include a current mode DAC to receive an OC word from digital logic indicating an amount of current to add to or remove from sources of respective transistors of an amplifier and generate a current based on the OC word, an active output stage including a positive current mirror and a negative current mirror to generate a positive current and a negative current based on at least a portion of the generated current, and a plurality of outputs including a plurality of sink outputs and a plurality of source outputs to provide the positive and negative currents to the sources of the respective transistors.
US11418159B2
The present invention provides a differential signal offset adjustment circuit, wherein first and second transistors are respectively coupled between a power supply line and a first current source, and between the power supply line and a second current source. First and second resistors are respectively coupled between the first transistor and a first variable current source, and between the second transistor and a second variable current source. Third and fourth transistors are respectively coupled between a third resistor and a third current source, and between a fourth resistor and a fourth current source, and have input terminals respectively coupled to the first and second resistors. Fifth and sixth transistors are respectively coupled between the power supply line and a fifth current source, and between the power supply line and a sixth current source, and have input terminals respectively coupled to the third and fourth transistors. A fifth resistor is coupled between the third and fourth current sources.
US11418153B2
This application relates to amplifier circuitry and, in particular, to class-D amplifier circuits. The application describes amplifier circuitry (400) for receiving an input signal (Sin) and generating first and second driving signals (SoutP, SoutN) for driving a bridge-tied-load. The amplifier circuitry includes first and second class-D output stages (403p, 403n) for generating the first and second driving signals based on the input signal. A controller (406) controllably varies a common-mode component of the first and second driving signals based on an indication of amplitude of the first and second driving signals. The controller varies the common-mode component, at lower signal amplitudes, so the common-mode level of the first and second driving signals is moved away from an operating region that leads to distortion.
US11418149B2
A configurable passive mixer is described herein. According to one exemplary embodiment, a passive mixer for a wireless receiver comprises a plurality of passive mixer cores coupled in parallel with each mixer core configured to receive a same set of radio frequency input signals and a separately driven set of local oscillator input signals. Further, each mixer core is configured to be separately enabled or disabled so that the passive mixer can be selectively configured during operation to convert the same set of radio frequency input signals to a set of downconverted output signals that satisfy a certain performance requirement or performance parameter of the passive mixer.
US11418134B2
A vibration type motor includes first and second vibrators, a friction member configured to contact the first and second vibrators, a pressure member configured to press the first and second vibrators against the friction member, and first and second guide members configured to guide a relative movement between the first and second vibrators and the friction member. The first and second vibrators are spaced in a direction different from a relative movement direction between the first and second vibrators and the friction member. The first and the second guide member are provided between the first vibrator and the second vibrator in a direction different from the relative movement direction. A pressure center of a pressure applied to the first vibrator and the second vibrator by the pressure member is located between the first guide member and the second guide member.
US11418127B2
The present disclosure relates to a converter cell (4) for a power converter. The cell comprises a plurality of semiconductor devices (T) forming a half-bridge or full-bridge topology in the cell. The cell also comprises an energy storage (5) connected across the at least one switch leg (6). The cell also comprises a crowbar leg (7) connected across the at least one switch leg, comprising a plurality of series connected semiconductor crowbar switches (C) arranged to short-circuit the energy storage (5). The cell also comprises first and second AC terminals (A, B), wherein at least one of said AC terminals is connected to one of the at least one switch leg, between two of the plurality of series connected semiconductor devices of said switch leg, and connected to the crowbar leg, between two of the plurality of series connected crowbar switches of said crowbar leg.
US11418126B2
An inrush current suppression device is an inrush current suppression device that suppresses an inrush current flowing from a DC power supply through a mechanical switch, and includes: a first capacitor having one end connected to a positive terminal of the DC power supply through the mechanical switch; a semiconductor switching element connected to the other end of the first capacitor and a negative terminal of DC power supply between the other end of the first capacitor and the negative terminal of the DC power supply; a resistance element connected in parallel to the semiconductor switching element; and a control circuit for controlling the semiconductor switching element. The control circuit has a first output port, and controls ON time and OFF time of the semiconductor switching element by outputting a PWM signal from the first output port to the semiconductor switching element after the mechanical switch is closed.
US11418125B2
A bidirectional AC power converter, having a front-end comprising parallel sets of three switches in series, which connects multi-phase AC to coupling transformer through a first set of tank circuits, for synchronously bidirectionally converting electrical power between the multi-phase AC and a DC potential, and for converting electrical power between the DC potential to a bipolar electrical signal at a switching frequency, controlled such that two of each parallel set of three switches in series are soft-switched and the other switch is semi-soft switched; the coupling transformer being configured to pass the bipolar electrical power at the switching frequency through a second set of the tank circuits to a synchronous converter, which in turn transfers the electrical power to a secondary system at a frequency different from the switching frequency.
US11418122B2
An integrated circuit for a power supply circuit that generates an output voltage from an input voltage and includes an inductor and a transistor, the integrated circuit configured to switch the transistor to control a current of the inductor. The integrated circuit includes a first terminal that receives a power supply voltage, a second terminal that receives a voltage corresponding to an operation state of the integrated circuit, a storage circuit, a switching circuit that switches an operation mode of the integrated circuit based on voltage levels at the first and second terminals, the operation mode including a write mode, a test mode and a normal mode, a memory control circuit that writes setting information into the storage circuit, when the integrated circuit operates in the write mode, and a setting target circuit that operates based on the setting information stored in the storage circuit, when the integrated circuit operates in the test mode.
US11418121B2
An auxiliary converter coupled to an output of a main power converter comprising an auxiliary switch, a timing circuit, and an energy transfer element. The auxiliary switch coupled to the output of the main power converter. A timing circuit coupled to receive a control signal from a controller of the main power converter, wherein the controller regulates the output of the main power converter, the timing circuit configured to output an auxiliary drive signal to control switching of the auxiliary switch in response to the control signal. The energy transfer element coupled to the auxiliary switch, wherein the energy transfer element is configured to transfer energy from the output of the main power converter to a supply of the controller, the supply provides operational power for the controller of the main power converter.
US11418119B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit. In some examples, the circuit includes a timing circuit and a state machine circuit. The timing circuit determines a relationship between a duty cycle of a power converter and a threshold value. The state machine circuit is coupled to the timing circuit and includes a plurality of states including a buck state, a boost state, and a buck-boost state. The state machine circuit transitions among the plurality of states according to time domain control and voltage domain control, based at least partially on the determined relationship between the duty cycle and the threshold value, transitions among the states according to the time domain control when the time domain control indicates an exit from the buck-boost state, and transitions among the states according to the voltage domain control when the voltage domain control indicates the exit from a buck-boost state.
US11418114B2
This application discloses a boost power conversion circuit, a method, an inverter, an apparatus, and a system. In the conversion circuit, a voltage control circuit is added on a three-level boost. The voltage control circuit can be connected in series in a third closed loop, and the third closed loop is a loop including an inductor, a first switching transistor, a flying capacitor, a second diode, and an input end. The voltage control circuit clamps a voltage of a common point of the first diode and the second diode when a voltage on an input end of the boost power conversion circuit is less than a startup voltage of the boost power conversion circuit. The voltage borne by the second diode is reduced, so that a diode with relatively small voltage stress can be selected.
US11418111B2
A power conversion circuit board (1) is a circuit board on which a power conversion circuit configured to convert a direct current into an alternating current is mounted. A low-voltage circuit (10b) to which a low voltage is applied and a high-voltage circuit (10a) to which a high voltage is applied are separately disposed in different areas on the same circuit board surface. Furthermore, part of wiring of the high-voltage circuit (10a) is formed on the circuit board surface, and the other wiring is constituted by a bus bar provided at a predetermined distance from the circuit board surface.
US11418109B2
An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.
US11418101B2
Since wires connected to a linear motor are routed in a vacuum sample chamber, outgassing is generated from wire coating and efficiency of assembly operations is reduced. Further, there is a problem that thrust generation efficiency of the linear motor is reduced when a gap between a coil and a permanent magnet of the linear motor cannot be small. In order to solve the above problems, a linear motor for vacuum is provided, the linear motor for vacuum including: a mover having a permanent magnet; and a stator having a support member to which a coil is fixed, in which the support member includes a vacuum sealing portion that vacuum seals with a wall surface of a vacuum sample chamber, and a feed-through for supplying a current to the coil provided in the vacuum sample chamber.
US11418084B2
A generator includes an inverter cover which receives water intruding into a casing through a ventilation port provided on the casing and going along on a fuel tank existing in a periphery of an inverter to drop toward the inverter.
US11418079B1
A magnetic machine including a rotor in concentric arrangement with a stator. The rotor includes a plurality of protruding magnets arranged on a back iron and the stator includes a plurality of windings which interface with the plurality of protruding magnets. Illustrated embodiments of the rotor and stator form an in-runner machine where the stator surrounds an interior rotor or an out-runner machine where the rotor surrounds the stator.
US11418077B2
Rotor assembly with magnets and cooling channels and cooling channel separation element in the shaft
A rotor assembly for an electric machine includes a rotor core, a plurality of permanent magnets, which are arranged within a magnet pocket each, formed in the rotor core, with a clearance extending in the axial direction, and a shaft connected to the rotor core for conjoint rotation. A cooling channel arrangement is formed within the rotor assembly, and includes a first cooling channel extending within the shaft, a second cooling channel fluidically connected to the first cooling channel and extending in the radial direction along an end face of the rotor core, and a third cooling channel, which, adjoining the second cooling channel, extends in the axial direction through the clearances in the magnet pockets. The arrangement further includes a separation element, which separates an interior of the shaft into a first shaft portion, in which the first cooling channel extends, and into a second shaft portion.
US11418075B2
A rotor includes a shaft, a rotor core, magnets on a radial outside surface of the rotor core, and sheet-shaped magnetic portions provided on radial outside surfaces of some of the magnets. The magnets include first magnets in which the magnetic portions are on a circumferential portion in a radial outside surface of the first magnets and second magnets in which the magnetic portions are not on a radial outside surface of the second magnets. The first magnets and the second magnets are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction in each of a first portion and a second portion along the axial direction in the radial outside surface of the rotor core. The first magnets of the first portion and the second magnets of the second portion overlap each other, and the second magnets of the first portion and the first magnets of the second portion overlap each other.
US11418073B2
A rotor of an electric machine, in particular an electric motor, comprising a rotor body which circumferentially surrounds a shaft, and with a plurality of magnets. Each of the magnets is in each case arranged within a radially extending pocket of the rotor body, and each of the pockets is connected by means of an axially extending slot, each with a radially inner chamber of the rotor body. An electric machine is also provided.
US11418070B2
Phase coils include a first phase coil and a second phase coil, the phase coils are configured by connecting together end portions of the coil terminals of the first phase coil and the second phase coil that extend outward from identical radial positions in the slots axially outside the stator core so as to be radially outside a coil end group, and the coil terminals of the first phase coils of the phase coils of three phases include joint coil portions that extend outward from the slots within a pitch of one magnetic pole, are then bent so as to extend in an identical circumferential direction, and are placed in close proximity to the end portions of the coil terminals of the second phase coils that are intended for connection therewith.
US11418066B2
Described herein are techniques that increase the charging and/or discharging rate of a rechargeable battery, at least in part, by using frequency modulated (FM) signals having a frequency in the megahertz (MHz) frequency range. In some embodiments, the MHz frequency range may include any frequency between 0.1 MHz and 1 gigahertz (GHz). In some embodiments, a battery charger described herein may be configured to generate and transmit, to a battery, an FM signal modulated over a frequency range during a period of time, the FM signal having a frequency of at least 0.5 MHz during at least a first portion of the period of time. In some embodiments, a method described herein includes transmitting an FM signal modulated over a frequency range during a period of time and having a frequency of at least 0.5 MHz during at least a first portion of the period of time to a battery.
US11418065B2
The technology described herein is directed to wireless power chargers with integrated power receiving facilities. Indeed, embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing wireless power chargers with integrated power receiving facilities. In some implementations, a portable wireless power charging apparatus is disclosed. The portable wireless power charging apparatus includes one or more antennas configured to wirelessly receive directed wireless power from a wireless power transmission system via a first radiative wireless power transfer technology in a multipath wireless power delivery environment. The portable wireless power charging apparatus further includes a wireless power receiver configured to convert the wireless power received via the first radiative wireless power transfer technology to direct current (DC) power, and a wireless power transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the DC power to a portable electronic device via a nonradiative wireless power transfer technology.
US11418063B2
An electrically conductive material configured having at least one opening of various unlimited geometries extending through its thickness is provided. The opening is designed to modify eddy currents that form within the surface of the material from interaction with magnetic fields that allow for wireless energy transfer therethrough. The opening may be configured as a cut-out, a slit or combination thereof that extends through the thickness of the electrically conductive material. The electrically conductive material is configured with the cut-out and/or slit pattern positioned adjacent to an antenna configured to receive or transmit electrical energy wirelessly through near-field magnetic coupling (NFMC). A magnetic field shielding material, such as a ferrite, may also be positioned adjacent to the antenna. Such magnetic shielding materials may be used to strategically block eddy currents from electrical components and circuitry located within a device.
US11418057B2
Divergence of state estimation solutions for multi-area power grids typically occurs due to a single anomaly in the measurement set or network model, yet will cause failure of the state estimator to provide the solution for the entire system. Disclosed herein are methods and systems that allow detection, identification and isolation of the anomaly during the state estimation solution so that a large percentage of the system states can still be estimated, while isolating the anomaly that is causing the divergence for the estimator.
US11418056B2
A monitoring control system includes: at least one transmission monitoring control subsystem; and at least one distribution monitoring control subsystem. The transmission monitoring control subsystem and the distribution monitoring control subsystem respectively include an operation procedure creation unit that creates an operation procedure that defines a procedure of an operation for a facility installed in an electric power system, and an operation unit that, in a case an on-site operation that cannot be remotely performed on the facility is included in the operation procedure, transmits, to an on-site terminal associated with the on-site operation, a start confirmation instruction to confirm whether or not the on-site operation can be started and the operation procedure for the on-site operation. The monitoring control system performs monitoring control of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the operation procedure.
US11418054B2
Methods and apparatus according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a microgrid capable of connecting to a main electrical grid supplying electrical power at a frequency (or other characteristic, such as voltage). A sensor may provide a signal to a control system, wherein the signal corresponds to the frequency (or other characteristic) of the electrical power from the main electrical grid. The control system may compare the frequency (or other characteristic) of the electrical power from the main electrical grid to a first threshold, and automatically provide power from the microgrid to the main electrical grid if the frequency (or other characteristic) of the electrical power from the main electrical grid crosses the first threshold.
US11418046B2
A charge and discharge circuit includes: a charging loop, including a battery pack, a first switch module and a charging device connected in series, where, the charging loop is configured to charge the battery pack using the charging device, and precharge the charging device; and a discharging loop, including the battery pack, a second switch module and an electric device connected in series, where, the discharging loop is configured to make the battery pack discharge to the electric device, and precharge the electric device; where, the first switch module and the second switch module each include at least one switch, and a part of switches in the first switch module and the second switch module are semiconductor switches, and the other part of the switches in the first switch module and the second switch module are relays.
US11418036B2
A power system includes a photovoltaic cell panel, a first power conversion device converting the DC power from the photovoltaic cell panel into AC power, and outputting the AC power to an electric power grid, a DC-side switch device provided between the photovoltaic cell panel and the first power conversion device and opening upon a trouble, a storage battery, and a second power conversion device connected to a connection point between the photovoltaic cell panel and the DC-side switch device and controlling charging and discharging of the storage battery. The second power conversion device includes a normal charging control mode for charging the storage battery based on a command signal from the system host monitor. Disconnection charging control mode may be executed when the DC voltage of the connection point exceeds a predetermined threshold value even if the command signal does not instructs the normal charging control mode.
US11418035B2
A system includes a power source configured to provide constant-current power to a medium-voltage direct current (MVDC) bus. The system also includes a first rotating electrical machine configured to receive the power from the MVDC bus. The system further includes a plurality of second rotating electrical machines connected in series with the first rotating electrical machine, with a long distance transmission line between adjacent rotating electrical machines. In addition, the system includes a flywheel energy storage coupled to each of the rotating electrical machines, where each flywheel energy storage is configured to store inertial energy. Each of the rotating electrical machines is electrically connected to a battery or ultra-capacitor subsystem and a pulse forming network (PFN).
US11418029B2
A monitoring system includes in-field measurement devices adapted to generate measurement data of a power supply network, and a processing unit adapted to process the measurement data using a local network state estimation model to calculate local network state profiles used to generate a global network state profile. The processing unit is adapted to process the measurement data to provide a relevance profile comprising, for the in-field measurement devices, a relevance distribution indicating a probability where an origin of a contingency within the power supply network resides. The processing unit is adapted to compute a similarity between a candidate contingency profile formed by the generated global network state profile and by the calculated relevance profile and reference contingency profiles stored in a reference contingency database of the monitoring system to identify a reference contingency profile having a highest computed similarity as a recognized contingency within the power supply network.
US11418026B1
An electrostatic protection device for protecting an input port of an electronic circuit. The electrostatic protection device includes a first stacked coil, a second stacked coil, and an input terminal, wherein the second stacked coil is inductively coupled to the first stacked coil. The first stacked coil comprises a first coil input connected to the input terminal, a first coil output port connected to a lower frequency ESD protection circuit, and a first coil termination port connected to a termination load, and wherein the lower frequency ESD protection circuit comprises a lower frequency output. The second stacked coil comprises an output port connected to a higher frequency ESD protection circuit, and wherein the higher frequency ESD protection circuit comprises a higher frequency output. The electrostatic protection device comprises a summation circuit configured for outputting a summation of the higher frequency output and the lower frequency output.
US11418020B2
Testing device for testing an overcurrent protector, and method of operating the same. First and second switches are provided for connecting the first and second terminals of the overcurrent protector to first and second capacitors, respectively. The first and second capacitors are pre-charged to first and second voltages, where the second voltage is lower than the first. A controller switches the first and second switches to their test positions, which establishes a current path from the first capacitor to the second capacitor through the overcurrent protector. The first and second voltages are selected so that the peak current that would be generated in the current path is greater than the overcurrent threshold of the overcurrent protector.
US11418018B2
An arc detection circuit includes: a current detector that detects a current supplied from a power supply apparatus via a transmission path; a voltage detector that detects a voltage applied to the transmission path; and an arc determination unit configured to determine whether an arc has occurred in the transmission path based on the voltage, when one or more particular frequency components of the current exceed a first threshold.
US11418010B2
An optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate. A first set of thin-film layers is disposed on the substrate and defines a lower distributed Bragg-reflector (DBR) stack. A second set of thin-film layers is disposed over the lower DBR stack and defines an optical emission region, which is contained in a mesa defined by multiple trenches, which are disposed around the optical emission region without fully surrounding the optical emission region. A third set of thin-film layers is disposed over the optical emission region and defines an upper DBR stack. Electrodes are disposed around the mesa in gaps between the trenches and are configured to apply an excitation current to the optical emission region.
US11418008B2
Disclosed is a laser device. The laser device includes a substrate, a pump light source which is disposed on the substrate and provided with a light emitting layer configured to generate pump light, and an upper waveguide which is disposed above the pump light source in a first direction and provided with an upper resonator configured to allow laser light to be generated and resonate by using the pump light.
US11418006B1
An optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate and an optically-active structure, including epitaxial layers defining a lower distributed Bragg-reflector (DBR) stack, a quantum well structure with P- and N-doped layers disposed respectively on opposing sides of the quantum well structure, and an upper DBR stack. Electrodes are coupled to apply a bias voltage between the P- and N-doped layers. Control circuitry, disposed on the substrate, is configured to apply a forward bias voltage between the electrodes so as to cause the optically-active structure to emit an optical pulse through the upper DBR stack, and then to reverse the bias voltage between the electrodes so as to cause the optically-active structure to output an electrical pulse to the control circuitry in response to incidence of one or more of the photons, due to reflection of the optical pulse, on the quantum well structure through the upper DBR stack.
US11417992B2
The disclosed angled modular edge patching system is configured to be mounted to a ceiling, furniture or wall, facilitate cable management functions and enhance space utilization. The disclosed angled modular edge patching system including a patch panel element and a base, which are configured to be releasably engaged.
US11417989B2
A system may include an aircraft galley insert configured to be installed within an aircraft galley insert bay, a mounting plate attached to a rear of the aircraft galley insert, and a power connector assembly attached to the mounting plate. The power connector assembly may include compressible spring assemblies that compress as the power connector assembly is mated with a corresponding power connector assembly of the aircraft galley insert bay. The power connector assembly may self-align with the corresponding power connector assembly of the aircraft galley insert bay when the aircraft galley insert is installed within the aircraft galley insert bay.
US11417987B2
A soft neural interface connector apparatus includes a PCB having a two-dimensional array of solder balls, a transparent top board, a cushioning layer on one side of the transparent top board, and a soft neural interface including a flexible and/or stretchable microelectrode array (MEA) through which neural signals are obtained or delivered. The MEA includes a two-dimensional array of contact pads corresponding to the array of solder balls. The PCB, the transparent top board, the cushioning layer, and the MEA are stacked together such that the MEA is between the cushioning layer and the PCB, and the contact pads are aligned with and in electrical contact with associated solder balls. A magnetic connector system having at least one magnetic connector component on the transparent top board is magnetically connected with at least one magnetic connector component on the PCB to press the contact pads and associated solder balls together.
US11417983B2
Provided is an airtight terminal that is designed for an automotive electric compressor and that eliminates the need for use of a gasket. The airtight terminal includes a metallic outer ring having through holes formed for screw fastening and sealing holes arranged linearly, leads inserted through the sealing holes in the metallic outer ring, and pieces of an insulating material to seal gaps between the metallic outer ring and the respective leads. The metallic outer ring has a seal coat possessing elastic deformability. The seal coat is put on a predetermined surface of the metallic outer ring that is at least a contact surface to which an external device is attached. The seal coat is put in a shape of an oval embankment, and the sealing holes are disposed inside a region surrounded with the embankment-shaped coat. When the airtight terminal is attached to the external device such as an airtight container for an electric compressor, the airtight terminal is fastened with screws, with the embankment-shaped seal coat being pressed against an outer wall surface of the external device and being elastically deformed. At the same time, a terminal attachment hole formed in the outer wall surface of the external device is disposed inside the oval embankment of the seal coat. This can hermetically isolate an inside and an outside of the oval embankment from each other.
US11417980B2
An electrical plug includes an inner housing slidably received within an outer housing. The inner housing includes corrugations at an end of the inner housing to prevent an electrical cable from pulling out of the plug. The inner housing also includes a protrusion that is structured to be received in an aperture of the outer housing to couple the inner housing and the outer housing and provide a visual indicator of proper assembly. The electrical plug further includes fuse clips that increase the contact area between terminals and fuses of the plug, which improves reliability.
US11417976B2
An electrical connector includes a connector housing and a plurality of conductive terminals mounted in the connector housing. The plurality of conductive terminals include a plurality of ground terminals and a plurality of signal terminals. The ground terminals and the signal terminals are each made of a lossy metal. A surface of each of the signal terminals is coated with a low lossy metal.
US11417965B2
An antenna system, an apparatus, and a method for configuring an antenna system are provided. The antenna system includes a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface. The antenna system also includes a first planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) radiating element and a second PIFA radiating element disposed on the top surface of the dielectric substrate, each of the PIFA radiating elements having a F-head portion. The antenna system also includes at least two defected ground structures (DGSs) disposed on the bottom surface of the dielectric substrate and configured to provide isolation between the first and the second PIFA radiating element. Each DGS includes a varactor diode. The antenna system also includes a bias circuit corresponding to each of the at least two DGSs.
US11417951B2
An electronic device may have a cover layer and an antenna. A dielectric adapter may have a first surface coupled to the antenna and a second surface pressed against the cover layer. The cover layer may have a three-dimensional curvature. The second surface may have a curvature that matches the curvature of the cover layer. Biasing structures may exert a biasing force that presses the antenna against the dielectric adapter and that presses the dielectric adapter against the cover layer. The biasing force may be oriented in a direction normal to the cover layer at each point across dielectric adapter. This may serve to ensure that a uniform and reliable impedance transition is provided between the antenna and free space through the cover layer over time, thereby maximizing the efficiency of the antenna.
US11417949B2
This antenna module (100) includes a dielectric substrate (130) and radiation electrodes (121) and a ground electrode (GND) that are arranged on or in the dielectric substrate (130). A plurality of openings (122) are formed in at least one electrode out of the radiation electrode (121) and the ground electrode (GND), the plurality of openings (122) penetrating through the electrode but not penetrating through the dielectric substrate (130).
US11417938B2
In described examples, an integrated waveguide transition includes a substrate with a waveguide side and an opposing waveguide termination side. A first layer of metal covers a portion of the waveguide side, a second layer of metal is separated from the first layer of metal by a first layer of dielectric, and a third layer of metal covers a portion of the waveguide termination side and is separated from the second layer of metal by a second layer of dielectric. A substrate waveguide perpendicular to a plane of the substrate extends from the waveguide side to the waveguide termination side; and a length and a width of the substrate waveguide is defined by a fence of ground-stitching vias that short the first layer of metal and the second layer of metal to a plate of the third layer of metal that forms a back short.
US11417927B2
A battery system of a vehicle may include a main battery pack, a secondary battery pack, and one or more secondary contactors. The main battery pack is integrated into the vehicle and includes a first plurality of battery cells, a first DC bus coupled to the first plurality of battery cells, and main contactors coupled to the first DC bus to form a switched DC bus. The secondary battery pack includes a second plurality of battery cells, and a second DC bus coupled to the second plurality of battery cells. The second DC bus of the secondary battery pack is electrically coupled to the switched DC bus of the main battery pack via the secondary contactors. In some embodiments, the main battery pack includes control circuitry configured to communicate with control circuitry of the secondary battery pack to manage or monitor coupling of the battery packs.
US11417920B2
A power storage device includes at least one power storage cell, a heater that increases a temperature of the power storage cell, a pressing member that presses the heater against the power storage cell, and a sensor provided in the heater. The heater includes a base material and a heater wire provided on the base material. The base material includes a lead portion drawn from between the pressing member and the power storage cell. The heater wire includes a heater lead wire formed on the lead portion. The sensor is provided on the heater lead wire.
US11417918B2
In a battery monitoring system including a plurality of battery modules each including one or more cells, the battery modules are connected in series to each other. The battery monitoring system monitors the state of each cell based on the voltage value of the cell and the current value of the battery modules. A current detection unit detects the current value. Each voltage detection unit is associated with the corresponding one of the battery modules and detects the voltage value. Each slave unit is associated with the corresponding one of the battery modules, and wirelessly transmits information including synchronous current and voltage values detected by the current detection unit and the voltage detection unit. A master unit receives the information transmitted from the slave units. A central monitoring unit receives the information received by the master unit.
US11417915B2
A battery unit including a battery, a circuit board, a switching device which achieves charge or discharge of the battery, and a casing made up of a bottom and a peripheral wall. The battery is disposed on the bottom. The circuit board is arranged farther away from the bottom than from the battery. The switching device is located closer to the bottom than the circuit board is. The switching device has a visible area visually or optically perceived, as inwardly facing inside the casing from outside the circuit board, and includes a data-retaining area on which data on characteristics of the switching device is provided, for example, in the form of a code. This structure facilitates the ease with which the data on the characteristics of the switching device is visually or optically read out of the data-retaining area without having to have an increased size of the battery unit.
US11417914B2
The present application discloses a battery, an electronic device and a battery pack. The battery according to one embodiment comprises a battery cell assembly, the battery cell assembly including a first tab and a protection assembly. The protection assembly is connected to the first tab, and comprises a breaker and a first unidirectional conduction element, the breaker and the first unidirectional conduction element are connected in parallel. The battery, the electronic device and the battery pack provided by the embodiments of the present application may achieve overcharge protection on a soft package battery, and may meet a performance requirement of the soft package battery for discharge at large current.
US11417912B2
A secondary battery that includes a partial electrode assembly having a planar stacking structure in which a plurality of electrode constituting layers are stacked, the plurality of electrode constituting layers each include a pair of electrodes and a separator therebetween, and at least one of the pair of electrodes includes a double-sided electrode having an electrode material layer on opposed main surfaces of a current collector; and an outermost layer electrode surrounding the partial electrode assembly along at least a portion of a contour of the partial electrode assembly in a cross-sectional view thereof, the outermost layer electrode including a single-sided electrode having an outermost electrode material layer on one main surface of an outermost current collector.
US11417911B2
The invention provides a laminated all-solid-state battery that can increase volumetric energy density and maintain the shape of the all-solid-state battery, as well as a method for producing the laminated all-solid-state battery. The all-solid-state battery comprises a battery stack having two or more unit cells and an exterior film sealing the battery stack, wherein the battery stack has a hexahedron shape formed by a top surface and bottom surface in the stacking direction and first, second, third and fourth side walls, the exterior film is a single film covering the battery stack from the top surface and bottom surface in a manner covering the fourth side wall, and condition (i) is satisfied when collector tabs protrude from the first or third side wall or condition (ii) is satisfied when collector tabs protrude from the second side wall, as well as a method for producing the all-solid-state battery.
US11417910B2
Provided is a method of efficiently producing a laminate for a non-aqueous secondary battery having excellent process adhesiveness. The method of producing a laminate for a non-aqueous secondary battery is a method of producing a laminate for a non-aqueous secondary battery including an electrode and a separator that are affixed to each other and includes: a step (A) of supplying, to at least one of an affixing surface of the electrode and an affixing surface of the separator, a substance that can plasticize a polymer contained in a surface layer part at an affixing surface side of at least one of the electrode and the separator; and a step (B) of affixing the electrode and the separator to each other after step (A).
US11417908B2
Provided are a solid electrolyte composition containing an inorganic solid electrolyte having a conductivity of an ion of a metal belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table and a binder having a specific constituent component, a solid electrolyte-containing sheet in which the same solid electrolyte composition is used and a manufacturing method therefor, an all-solid state secondary battery and a manufacturing method therefor, a polymer having a specific constituent component, a non-aqueous solvent dispersion thereof, and a diol compound.
US11417903B2
An anode layer for a solid oxide electrochemical device comprises a metal support structure having an electrolyte-facing surface and a gas distribution-facing surface, the metal support structure defining pores having a pore diameter, anode catalyst supported within the metal support structure, channels formed within the gas distribution-facing surface of the metal support structure, and a first reformer catalyst deposited onto surfaces of the metal support structure defining the channels, the first reformer catalyst having a diameter greater than the pore diameter. The anode layer can further comprise a second reformer catalyst, with the first reformer catalyst reforming a first fuel and the second reformer catalyst reforming a second fuel.
US11417902B2
A controller of a fuel cell system detects catalytic layer deterioration and drainage malfunction by the following inspection process. The controller may: execute drainage of water from a fuel cell, and acquire first/second output voltages of the fuel cell when an output current density of the fuel cell is a first reference current density A1/A2 (A2>A1). When the first output voltage is lower than a first threshold voltage and the second output voltage is higher than a second threshold voltage, the controller may output a first determination signal indicating that the catalytic layer is deteriorated and the drainage is executed without malfunction. When the first output voltage is higher than the first threshold voltage and the second output voltage is lower than the second threshold voltage, the controller may output a second determination signal indicating that the catalytic layer is not deteriorated and the drainage is executed with malfunction.
US11417899B2
A fuel cell system to be mounted on a vehicle includes a fuel cell configured to generate electric power through chemical reaction of reactive gases, a gas-liquid separator configured to separate water from an off-gas discharged from the fuel cell and store the separated water, a discharge valve configured to drain the water flowing out through an opening at a bottom of the gas-liquid separator, an attitude control device configured to control an attitude of the gas-liquid separator relative to the vehicle, and an instruction device configured to send an instruction for a control target of the attitude of the gas-liquid separator to the attitude control device.
US11417898B2
A fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell module having first and second electrical supply terminals with an electrical output voltage applied thereto during operation of the fuel cell module. The electrical supply terminals are coupled to an electrical load, an air supply device that supplies air in an adjustable air quantity to the fuel cell module as one of the reactants for generating the output voltage, and a control device that controls an output power of the fuel cell module at the electrical supply terminals and adjusts the quantity of air supplied by the air supply device. The control device detects a load demand of the load and controls the output power of the fuel cell module in accordance with the detected load demand, to adjust and update the air quantity supplied by the air supply device in accordance with the detected load demand in air-ratio-controlled manner.
US11417895B2
A single cell includes a linear sealing portion bonded to a pair of gas separators, the sealing portion being provided between the gas separators. A fuel cell in which a plurality of single cells is laminated includes: a gasket provided between the single cells adjacent to each other; a first manifold communicating with an inside-cell gas passage; and a second manifold communicating with an inter-cell refrigerant passage. The gasket includes a first gasket placed to surround the outer periphery of the first manifold and configured to seal the first manifold, and a second gasket configured to seal the second manifold and an inter-cell refrigerant passage. When the fuel cell is viewed from the laminating direction, the first gasket, the sealing portion, and the second gasket are placed in this order from the first manifold toward the second manifold between the first manifold and the second manifold.
US11417884B2
A titanium disulfide-sulfur (TiS2—S) composite particle contains a titanium disulfide (TiS2) substrate having solid elemental sulfur (S) disposed directly on a surface of the TiS2. The TiS2 substrate has a layered crystalline hexagonal structure of space group P-3 ml and includes at least 100 distinct layers. The TiS2 and S are present in the composite in a weight ratio (TiS2:S) of 20:80 to 50:50. Cathodes and batteries containing the composite particle, as well as related methods, are also disclosed.
US11417872B2
Provided are a porous inorganic insulator-sulfur composite and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same. More particularly, provided are a composite having sulfur supported in pores of a porous inorganic insulator, a cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries or an interlayer, which includes the composite, and a lithium-sulfur battery including the cathode or the interlayer.
US11417871B2
A system for producing electrodes for lead-acid batteries is disclosed. An electrode that has been produced comprises at least one upper and/or one lower frame element as well as a lattice-shaped region that extends away from said upper or lower frame element and has a plurality of openings, the upper and/or lower frame element being of a greater thickness than the lattice-shaped region. Said system comprises the steps of: a) producing a profiled strip-shaped blank using a casting method in which the strip-shaped blank is formed, solely by means of said casting method, to have a greater thickness on one side in at least one of the regions which should eventually form the upper or lower frame element, than the thickness in regions which should eventually form the lattice-shaped region, and b) producing said lattice-shaped region with the openings in a subsequent expanded metal process.
US11417867B2
Disclosed is a display device that is capable of realizing low power consumption. The display device includes a first thin film transistor having a polycrystalline semiconductor layer in an active area and a second thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor layer in the active area, thereby realizing low power consumption, wherein at least one opening disposed in a bending area has the same depth as one of a plurality of contact holes disposed in the active area, whereby the opening and the contact holes are formed through the same process, and the process is therefore simplified.
US11417849B2
Integrated circuit structures, arrangements, and manufacturing processes are discussed herein. In one example, a method of forming a transistor structure includes forming a dielectric layer onto a gate element and forming a corrugated surface into the dielectric layer using at least an atomic layer etching (ALE) process to remove portions of the dielectric layer. The method also includes forming a semiconductor layer onto the corrugated surface and forming a source element and a drain element onto the semiconductor layer.
US11417847B2
A method for manufacturing a display substrate, a display substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The method includes: disposing a mask plate including an occlusion area above a base substrate, an orthographic projection of occlusion area on the base substrate partially overlapping a folding area of the base substrate; forming an inorganic layer pattern with an opening on the base substrate by using mask plate, an orthographic projection of opening on the base substrate partially overlapping the folding area of base substrate. An orthographic projection of opening on the base substrate partially overlaps the folding area of base substrate. The folding area of base substrate is occluded by mask plate. The inorganic layer is formed on the base substrate by using mask plate. Effect of conveniently and quickly removing a portion the inorganic layer located in the folding area can be achieved without removing the portion.
US11417845B2
An organic compound having a spiro-anthracene core and an aromatic or heteroaromatic group and/or an amino group bonded to the core, and an organic light-emitting diode and an organic light-emitting device including the organic compound are disclosed. Since the organic compound of the present disclosure has a rigid structure and a substantially narrow full width at half maximum (FWHM), it is possible to manufacture an organic light-emitting diode and an organic light-emitting device with lowered driving voltages and enhanced luminous efficiency and color purity using the organic compound.
US11417843B2
An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment includes a first electrode and a second electrode opposite of the first electrode, and at least one organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the at least one organic layer includes an amine compound represented by Formula 1 below.
US11417839B2
A memory device, a memory integrated circuit and a manufacturing method of the memory device are provided. The memory device includes a composite bottom electrode, a top electrode and a resistance variable layer disposed between the composite bottom electrode and the top electrode. The composite bottom electrode includes a first bottom electrode and a second bottom electrode disposed over the first bottom electrode. A sidewall of the second bottom electrode is laterally recessed from sidewalls of the first bottom electrode layer and the resistance variable layer.
US11417838B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate; forming a first metal interconnection and a second metal interconnection in the first IMD layer; forming a channel layer on the first metal interconnection and the second metal interconnection; forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on the channel layer; and removing the MTJ stack to form a MTJ.
US11417829B2
A three dimensional magnetic random access memory array that includes a sourceline formed on a substrate and a magnetic memory element pillar that includes a plurality of magnetic memory element pillars formed over the substrate. The three dimensional magnetic random access memory array also includes a transistor formed between the magnetic memory element pillar, the transistor being functional to electrically connect the sourceline and magnetic memory element pillar. A plurality of magnetic memory element pillars may be formed over the substrate with a transistor between each memory element pillar to selectively connect or disconnect each of the magnetic memory element pillars. The transistor can include an epitaxial semiconductor structure having a gate dielectric formed at a side of the epitaxial semiconductor and a gate material formed on the gat dielectric such that the gate dielectric material is between the gate material and the semiconductor material.
US11417827B2
A MEMS piezoelectric device includes a monolithic semiconductor body having first and second main surfaces extending parallel to a horizontal plane formed by first and second horizontal axes. A housing cavity is arranged within the monolithic semiconductor body. A membrane is suspended above the housing cavity at the first main surface. A piezoelectric material layer is arranged above a first surface of the membrane with a proof mass coupled to a second surface, opposite to the first surface, along the vertical axis. An electrode arrangement is provided in contact with the piezoelectric material layer. The proof mass causes deformation of the piezoelectric material layer in response to environmental mechanical vibrations. The proof mass is coupled to the membrane by a connection element arranged, in a central position, between the membrane and the proof mass in the direction of the vertical axis.
US11417826B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an ultrasonic sensor, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The ultrasonic sensor includes a substrate and at least one sensor component located on the substrate. The sensor component includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The substrate is provided with a groove on a side close to the sensor component, and the orthographic projection of the piezoelectric layer on the substrate has a portion overlapping with a region of the groove in the substrate.
US11417824B2
According to one embodiment, a sensor module includes at least one sensor and at least one switch. The sensor includes a first piezoelectric element. The first piezoelectric element includes a first electrode. The first piezoelectric element is set with a resonance frequency to resonate at a vibration frequency of a detection target. The switch includes a second piezoelectric element. The second piezoelectric element includes a second electrode connected to the first electrode and a third electrode electrically separated from the second electrode.
US11417820B2
An oxide superconductor includes: REBa2Cu3O7-x (RE being one element selected from a “RE element group” of Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Y, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu). The RE includes at least three types of metallic elements (M1, M2, and M3), and the three types of metallic elements are any element of the RE element group selected in order. In an oxide system satisfying R(M1)≤20 mol % and R(M2)≥60 mol % and R(M3)≤20 mol %, R(M1) being an average metallic element ratio of M1 in M1+M2+M3, SD(Ms)>0.15 is satisfied at a position at 50% of an average film thickness of a cross section including the c-axis, Ms being the metallic element of not larger of R(M1) and R(M3), SD(Ms) being a standard deviation/average value of a concentration of Ms.
US11417816B2
A thermoelectric element according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first metallic substrate; a first resin layer which is disposed on the first metallic substrate and comes in direct contact with the first metallic substrate; a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first resin layer; a plurality of P-type thermoelectric legs and a plurality of N-type thermoelectric legs disposed on the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the plurality of P-type thermoelectric legs and the plurality of N-type thermoelectric legs; a second resin layer disposed on the plurality of second electrodes; and a second metallic substrate disposed on the second resin layer, wherein a surface of the first metallic substrate that faces the first resin layer comprises a first region and a second region disposed inside the first region, wherein a surface roughness of the second region is greater than a surface roughness of the first region, wherein the first resin layer is disposed on the second region.
US11417815B2
The present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion module which can utilize sunlight and solar heat by using high output charge-transport-type thermoelectric conversion elements. The present invention provides A thermoelectric conversion module which comprises at least a thermoelectric conversion module-element in which charge-transport-type thermoelectric conversion elements are formed and a photothermal conversion substrate containing photothermal conversion material, wherein the thermoelectric conversion module-element comprises an insulating substrate, and n-type and/or p-type charge-transport-type thermoelectric conversion elements are formed on the insulating substrate, wherein the charge-transport-type thermoelectric conversion element comprises a charge transport layer and thermoelectric conversion material layers and electrodes, wherein the photothermal conversion substrate is disposed so that it absorbs external light and converts it into heat and transfers the heat to the electrodes or the thermoelectric conversion material layers disposed on the charge transport layers.
US11417814B2
An LED chip module includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. A first set of LED chip and a second set of LED chip are respectively set on the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate. The second set of LED chip is electrically connected to the first set of LED chip. A plastic shell is fixedly connected to the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate by injection molding to make the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate keep a predetermined space between each other and make a lower surface of the first electrode plate and a lower surface of the second electrode plate be respectively connected to two different polarity terminals of the power supply to drive the first set of LED chip and the second set of LED chip to emit light.
US11417810B2
An LED device includes: a first semiconductor layer of a first type; a second semiconductor layer of a second type; a light emitting layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer and configured to emit light; and a filter formed on the second semiconductor layer and configured to transmit light in the second wavelength band within the first wavelength band. The filter includes a defect layer, first refractive layers, and second refractive layers having a refractive index greater than a refractive index of the first refractive layers, the first refractive layers and the second refractive layers are formed alternately on one side and other side of the defect layer. A thickness of the defect layer is determined based on a center wavelength of the first wavelength band, a peak wavelength of the second wavelength band and a refractive index of the defect layer.
US11417809B2
A light emitting display apparatus is disclosed, which can improve light extraction efficiency of light emitted from a light emitting diode. The light emitting display apparatus comprises a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas having an opening area, an uneven portion arranged in the opening area, and a light emitting diode arranged over the uneven portion, the uneven portion may have roughness average value of about 0.19 to about 0.29 for a unit size.
US11417790B2
A photodetector having a small form factor and having high detection efficiency with respect to both visible light and infrared rays may include a first electrode, a collector layer on the first electrode, a tunnel barrier layer on the collector layer, a graphene layer on the tunnel barrier layer, an emitter layer on the graphene layer, and a second electrode on the emitter layer. The photodetector may be included in an image sensor. An image sensor may include a substrate, an insulating layer on the substrate, and a plurality of photodetectors on the insulating layer. The photodetectors may be aligned with each other in a direction extending parallel or perpendicular to a top surface of the insulating layer. The photodetector may be included in a LiDAR system.
US11417789B2
An electronic device is provided that includes a photodiode. The photodiode includes a semiconductor region coupled to a node of application of a first voltage, and at least one semiconductor wall. The at least one semiconductor wall extends along at least a height of the photodiode and partially surrounds the semiconductor region.
US11417782B2
The invention relates to a layered structure (1) with semiconducting materials on a support layer (3) comprising at least one planar semiconducting layer (6) and several electrodes, in particular a first (4) and second (5) one. The semiconducting layer (6) has a top (8) and bottom (7) flat face extending essentially parallel and spaced apart from one another by the height of the layer (10). The semiconducting layer (6) is also applied by the bottom flat face (7) to a flat face of the support layer (2) and the two electrodes are connected to the semiconducting layer in an electrically conducting manner. The at least two electrodes are applied by means of a structuring process and are disposed on two oppositely lying faces of the semiconducting layer and/or in planes at least approximately parallel between the two faces.
US11417779B2
The disclosure is applicable for the technical field of semiconductor devices manufacturing, and provides a gallium oxide SBD terminal structure. The gallium oxide SBD terminal structure comprises a cathode metal layer, an N+ high-concentration substrate layer, an N− low-concentration Ga2O3 epitaxial layer and an anode metal layer from bottom to top, wherein the N− low-concentration Ga2O3 epitaxial layer is within a range of certain thickness close to the anode metal layer; and a doping concentration below the anode metal layer is greater than a doping concentration on two sides of the anode metal layer. Namely, only a doping concentration of the part outside the corresponding area of the anode metal layer is changed, so that the breakdown voltage of the gallium oxide SBD terminal structure is improved under the condition of guaranteeing low on resistance.
US11417775B2
Disclosed herein are transistor gate-channel arrangements that may be implemented in nanowire thin film transistors (TFTs) with textured semiconductors, and related methods and devices. An example transistor gate-channel arrangement may include a substrate, a channel material that includes a textured thin film semiconductor material shaped as a nanowire, a gate dielectric that at least partially wraps around the nanowire, and a gate electrode material that wraps around the gate dielectric. Implementing textured thin film semiconductor channel materials shaped as a nanowire and having a gate stack of a gate dielectric and a gate electrode material wrapping around the nanowire advantageously allows realizing gate all-around or bottom-gate transistor architectures for TFTs with textured semiconductor channel materials.
US11417772B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an oxide semiconductor film on the substrate, a first gate structure on the oxide semiconductor film and a contact that is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, the contact being disposed on a boundary surface with the oxide semiconductor film, and including a metal oxide film that includes a transition metal.
US11417766B2
A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a plurality of first channel members and a first gate structure wrapping around each of the plurality of first channel members. The second transistor includes a plurality of second channel members and a second gate structure disposed over the plurality of second channel members. Each of the plurality of first channel members has a first width and a first height smaller than the first width. Each of the plurality of second channel members has a second width and a second height greater than the second width.
US11417760B2
A vertical semiconductor device includes a substrate, a buffer layer over the substrate, and a drift layer over the buffer layer. The substrate has a first doping type and a first doping concentration. The buffer layer has the first doping type and a second doping concentration that is less than the first doping concentration. The drift layer has the first doping type and a third doping concentration that is less than the second doping concentration.
US11417754B2
It is an object to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device which includes a thin film transistor having stable electric characteristics. It is another object to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device at lower cost with high productivity. In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes a thin film transistor where a semiconductor layer having a channel formation region, a source region, and a drain region are formed using an oxide semiconductor layer, heat treatment (heat treatment for dehydration or dehydrogenation) is performed so as to improve the purity of the oxide semiconductor layer and reduce impurities such as moisture. Moreover, the oxide semiconductor layer subjected to the heat treatment is slowly cooled under an oxygen atmosphere.
US11417753B2
A semiconductor device and method for making the semiconductor device comprising a flash memory cell is provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method includes: patterning a first gate material layer and a gate insulating film over a substrate, the first gate material layer comprising a first gate material, the gate insulating film disposed on the first gate material layer; forming a second gate material layer over the substrate, the gate insulating film, and side walls of the first gate material layer, the second gate material layer comprising a second gate material; etching the second gate material layer to expose the substrate and the gate insulating film and provide a portion of the second gate material layer along each of the side walls of the first gate material layer; and etching the gate insulating film and the first gate material layer so as to form a plurality of gate structures.
US11417738B2
Semiconductor structures and fabrication methods thereof are provided. The method includes: providing a substrate, the substate having a first opening; forming a first epitaxial layer in the first opening, the first epitaxial layer having a second opening; forming a stop layer on sidewall surfaces and a bottom surface of the second opening; forming a second epitaxial layer on a top surface of the stop layer; after forming the second epitaxial layer, forming a dielectric layer on the substrate, the dielectric layer having a third opening exposing a surface of the second epitaxial layer; forming a fourth opening in the second epitaxial layer by etching the second epitaxial layer exposed by the third opening until the stop layer is exposed; and forming a contact layer on sidewall surfaces and a bottom surface of the fourth opening by performing a semiconductor metallization process.
US11417733B2
Epitaxially coated semiconductor wafers of monocrystalline silicon comprise a p+-doped substrate wafer and a p-doped epitaxial layer of monocrystalline silicon which covers an upper side face of the substrate wafer; an oxygen concentration of the substrate wafer of not less than 5.3×1017 atoms/cm3 and not more than 6.0×1017 atoms/cm3; a resistivity of the substrate wafer of not less than 5 mΩcm and not more than 10 mΩcm; and the potential of the substrate wafer to form BMDs as a result of a heat treatment of the epitaxially coated semiconductor wafer, where a high density of BMDs has a maximum close to the surface of the substrate wafer.
US11417729B2
A method includes forming a first low-dimensional layer over an isolation layer, forming a first insulator over the first low-dimensional layer, forming a second low-dimensional layer over the first insulator, forming a second insulator over the second low-dimensional layer, and patterning the first low-dimensional layer, the first insulator, the second low-dimensional layer, and the second insulator into a protruding fin. Remaining portions of the first low-dimensional layer, the first insulator, the second low-dimensional layer, and the second insulator form a first low-dimensional strip, a first insulator strip, a second low-dimensional strip, and a second insulator strip, respectively. A transistor is then formed based on the protruding fin.
US11417724B2
A capacitor includes a lower electrode, a first dielectric layer provided on the lower electrode including a perovskite structure, an upper electrode including a perovskite structure, a first dielectric layer between provided on the lower electrode and the upper electrode; and a second dielectric layer, having a band gap energy greater than that of the first dielectric layer, provided between on the first dielectric layer and the upper electrode, the capacitor may have a low leakage current density and stable crystallinity, thereby suppressing a decrease in a dielectric constant.
US11417717B2
A partial transparent display device has a light transmitting function and a light emitting function in one area. The partial transparent display device includes a substrate, a transparent emission area, a driving emission area, and a pad part. The transparent emission area is disposed to be adjacent to one side of the substrate. The driving emission area is disposed to be adjacent to the transparent emission area and to be closer to the other side opposite to the one side. The pad part extends from the driving emission area and is disposed on the other side. The driving emission area includes driving emission pixels which are defined by scan lines, data lines, and pixel driving power supply lines. The transparent emission area includes transparent emission pixels which are defined without the scan lines, the data lines, and the pixel driving power supply lines.
US11417716B2
A display substrate includes a substrate (10) that is divided into a plurality of subpixel areas, a drive transistor (20) and a photodetector (30) in each of the plurality of subpixel areas, and an insulation layer (40) on the photodetector (30). The drive transistor (20) includes an electrode layer that includes a source electrode (21) and a drain electrode (22). The photodetector (30) is coupled to one of the source electrode (21) and the drain electrode (22). An entirety of an orthographic projection of the insulation layer (40) on the substrate is inside an orthographic projection of the electrode layer on the substrate (10).
US11417707B2
A nonvolatile memory device according to an embodiment includes a substrate and a gate structure disposed on the substrate. The gate structure includes at least one gate electrode layer and at least one interlayer insulation layer that are alternately stacked. In addition, the nonvolatile memory device includes a hole pattern penetrating the gate structure on the substrate, and a gate insulation layer, a first ion retention layer, a second ion retention layer, and a channel layer sequentially covering a sidewall surface of the gate electrode layer in the hole pattern. The first and second ion retention layers comprise ions exchangeable with each other.
US11417706B2
A semiconductor storage device includes lower and upper bit lines, word lines between the bit lines, and memory cells between the bit lines and the word lines. The memory cells are divided into logical slices and a memory cell from each logical slice is selected when carrying out a read or write operation. A first logical slice includes memory cells, each of which is between one of two bit lines and one of three word lines that are adjacent to each other. The two bit lines include one lower bit line and one upper bit line. A second logical slice includes memory cells, each of which is between one of three bit lines and one of three word lines that are not adjacent to each other. The three bit lines include one lower bit line and two upper bit lines.
US11417705B2
A memory cell is disclosed. The memory cell includes a word line contact, a cylindrical electrode having a top region and a bottom region, and RRAM material covering the surface of the cylindrical electrode from the top region to the bottom region. A select transistor contact is coupled to the bottom region of the cylindrical electrode.
US11417697B2
An imaging device suitable for focus detection of a pupil division phase difference method includes: a light receiving unit provided on a first surface side of a semiconductor substrate and having a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional form; and a read-out circuit provided on a second surface side of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the first surface side and configured to read signals from the pixels. Each of pixels has at least two photoelectric conversion elements and a separation region which is a region between the two photoelectric conversion elements and a separation region control electrode arranged on the second surface side of the separation region and configured to control a potential of the separation region.
US11417693B2
Provided is a module including an organic substrate, an image sensor mounted on an upper surface of the organic substrate, a wire connecting the image sensor and the organic substrate, and a wire sealing unit adhered to a side surface of the image sensor while encompassing the wire. A thermal conductivity of the wire sealing unit is higher than a thermal conductivity of the organic substrate.
US11417685B2
A fin transistor structure is provided. The fin transistor structure includes a first substrate. An insulation layer is disposed on the first substrate. A plurality of fin structures are disposed on the insulation layer. A supporting dielectric layer fixes the fin structures at the fin structures at waist parts thereof. A gate structure layer is disposed on the supporting dielectric layer and covers a portion of the fin structures.
US11417684B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor fin and a gate stack. The first semiconductor fin is over the substrate and includes a first germanium-containing layer and a second germanium-containing layer over the first germanium-containing layer. The first germanium-containing layer has a germanium atomic percentage higher than a germanium atomic percentage of the second germanium-containing layer. The gate stack is across the first semiconductor fin.
US11417682B2
Some embodiments include a NAND memory array having a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. The conductive levels include terminal regions, and include nonterminal regions proximate the terminal regions. The terminal regions are vertically thicker than the nonterminal regions, and are configured as segments which are vertically stacked one atop another and which are vertically spaced from one another. Blocks are adjacent to the segments and have approximately a same vertical thickness as the segments. The blocks include high-k dielectric material, charge-blocking material and charge-storage material. Channel material extends vertically along the stack and is adjacent to the blocks. Some embodiments include integrated assemblies. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US11417678B2
Provided is a semiconductor memory device including a substrate, an isolation structure, a first gate dielectric layer, a first conductive layer, a second gate dielectric layer, a second conductive layer, and a protective layer. The substrate has an array region and a periphery region. The isolation structure is disposed in the substrate between the array and periphery regions. The first gate dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate in the array region. The first conductive layer is disposed on the first gate dielectric layer. The second gate dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate in the periphery region. The second conductive layer is disposed on the second dielectric layer. The second conductive layer extends to cover a portion of a top surface of the isolation structure. The protective layer is disposed between the second conductive layer and the isolation structure.
US11417677B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first conductive layer, and a first structure that extends in a first direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of a stacked body and the stacking direction, and reaches a position deeper than an upper surface of the first conductive layer. The first structure has a first width at a bottom of the stacked body, and a second width narrower than the first width, in a first depth region from a position of the upper surface of the first conductive layer to a first depth position. A third conductive layer is connected to a side surface of the first conductive layer in the first depth region in a second direction orthogonal to the stacking direction and the first direction.
US11417668B2
An antifuse One-Time-Programmable memory cell includes a substrate, and a hybrid select transistor and a hybrid antifuse capacitor formed on the substrate. The hybrid select transistor includes a first gate dielectric layer formed on the substrate, wherein the first gate dielectric layer is thinner than 40 nm, a first high-voltage junction formed in the substrate, and a low-voltage junction formed in the substrate. The hybrid antifuse capacitor includes a second gate dielectric layer, wherein the second gate dielectric layer is thinner than 40 nm, which enables a low-voltage antifuse capacitor device, a second gate formed on the gate dielectric layer, a second high-voltage junction formed in the substrate, and a third high-voltage junction formed in the substrate.
US11417648B2
An intelligent power module (IPM) comprises a first, second, third and fourth die supporting elements, a first group of insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs), a second group of IGBTs, a first group of super-junction metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), a second group of super-junction MOSFETs, a fifth die supporting element, a low voltage IC, a high voltage IC, and a molding encapsulation. The low and high voltage ICs are attached to the fifth die supporting element. The molding encapsulation encloses the first, second, third and fourth die supporting elements, the first group of IGBTs, the second group of IGBTs, the first group of super-junction MOSFETs, the second group of super-junction MOSFETs, the fifth die supporting element, the low voltage IC, the high voltage IC.
US11417643B2
Embodiments relate to packages and methods of forming packages. A package includes a package substrate, a first device die, first electrical connectors, an encapsulant, a redistribution structure, and a second device die. The first device die is attached to a side of the package substrate, and the first electrical connectors are mechanically and electrically coupled to the side of the package substrate. The encapsulant at least laterally encapsulates the first electrical connectors and the first device die. The redistribution structure is on the encapsulant and the first electrical connectors. The redistribution structure is directly coupled to the first electrical connectors. The first device die is disposed between the redistribution structure and the package substrate. The second device die is attached to the redistribution structure by second electrical connectors, and the second electrical connectors are directly coupled to the redistribution structure.
US11417637B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to an integrated circuit package having a land-side capacitor electrically coupled to an embedded capacitor. One example integrated circuit package generally includes a package substrate having a first capacitor embedded therein, a semiconductor die disposed above the package substrate, and a second capacitor disposed below the package substrate and electrically coupled to the first capacitor.
US11417636B2
A display device includes a substrate and a display element layer on the substrate. The display element layer includes: first and second electrodes extending along a first direction and spaced apart from each other in a second direction; and light emitting elements electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. The first electrode has a first convex portion convex toward the second electrode and a first concave portion concave in a direction away from the second electrode, and the second electrode has a second convex portion convex toward the first electrode and a second concave portion concave in a direction away from the first electrode. The light emitting elements includes a first and second light emitting elements, respectively close to the first concave portion and the second concave portion based on an imaginary extension line extending in the first direction between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11417631B2
A semiconductor package includes: a first semiconductor package including: a first frame having a first through portion, a first semiconductor chip in the first through portion and having a first surface on which a first connection pad is disposed and a second surface on which a second connection pad is disposed, and a through via connected to the second connection pad, a first connection structure on the first surface and including a first redistribution layer, and a backside redistribution layer on the second surface; and a second semiconductor package on the first semiconductor package and including: a second connection structure including a second redistribution layer, a second frame on the second connection structure and having a second through portion, and a second semiconductor chip in a second through portion and having a third surface on which a third connection pad is disposed.
US11417628B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structures is provided. The method includes forming a first hybrid bonding layer over a first wafer having a logic structure, forming a second hybrid bonding layer over a second wafer having a first capacitor structure, bonding the first wafer and the second wafer through a hybrid bonding operation to connect the first hybrid bonding layer and the second hybrid bonding layer, thereby obtaining a first bonded wafer, and the first capacitor structure is electrically connected to the logic structure through the first hybrid bonding layer and the second hybrid bonding layer, and singulating the first bonded wafer to obtain a plurality of semiconductor structures.
US11417625B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes (i) a step of preparing a first semiconductor chip having a first electrode pad thereon and a second semiconductor chip having a second electrode pad thereon and larger in thickness than the first semiconductor chip, the second electrode pad being larger in size than the first electrode pad, (ii) a step of mounting the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip on the same planarized surface of a substrate having a uniform thickness, (iii) a step of bonding a ball formed by heating and melting a bonding wire to the second electrode pad, (iv) a step of first-bonding the bonding wire to the first electrode pad, and (v) a step of second-bonding the bonding wire to the ball.
US11417621B2
A memory die includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located between a drain-side dielectric layer and a source-side dielectric layer. Memory openings vertically extend through the alternating stack. Each of the memory openings has a greater lateral dimension an interface with the source-side dielectric layer than at an interface with the drain-side dielectric layer. Memory opening fill structures are located in the memory openings. Each of the memory opening fill structures includes a vertical semiconductor channel, a vertical stack of memory elements, and a drain region. A logic die may be bonded to a source-side dielectric layer side of the memory die.
US11417604B2
A method embodiment includes forming a patterned first photo resist over a seed layer. A first opening in the patterned first photo resist exposes the seed layer. The method further includes plating a first conductive material in the first opening on the seed layer, removing the patterned first photo resist, and after removing the patterned first photo resist, forming a patterned second photo resist over the first conductive material. A second opening in the patterned second photo resist exposes a portion of the first conductive material. The method further includes plating a second conductive material in the second opening on the first conductive material, removing the patterned second photo resist, and after removing the patterned second photo resist, depositing a dielectric layer around the first conductive material and the second conductive material.
US11417598B2
Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a prefabricated electrically conductive section; two or more metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFET) physically coupled together; and a back metal coupled to the two or more MOSFETs; wherein the electrically conductive section may be coupled to the back metal and may be configured to electrically couple the two or more MOSFETs together during operation of the two or more MOSFETs.
US11417597B2
Provided is a semiconductor package including a redistribution substrate, a connection substrate on the redistribution substrate, the connection substrate having an opening that penetrates the connection substrate, a semiconductor chip in the opening of the connection substrate, and a molding layer that covers the semiconductor chip and the connection substrate, and fills a space between the semiconductor chip and the connection substrate, the connection substrate includes a base layer, a plurality of vias that vertically penetrate the base layer, a plurality of first patterns on a top surface of the base layer and connected to the plurality of vias, and a plurality of second patterns on a bottom surface of the base layer and connected to the plurality of vias, an extension of the molding layer extends into a plurality of holes that are spaced apart from the plurality of vias and are formed to vertically penetrate the base layer.
US11417593B2
Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a die, having an active surface and an opposing backside surface, including a plurality of through silicon vias (TSVs); and an inductor including a first conductive pillar with a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the first end of the first conductive pillar is coupled to the backside surface of a first individual TSV; a second conductive pillar with a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the first end of the second conductive pillar is coupled to the backside surface of a second individual TSV, wherein the second end of the second conductive pillar is coupled to the second end of the first conductive pillar, and wherein the first and the second conductive pillars are at least partially surrounded in a magnetic material.
US11417592B2
Methods/structures of joining package structures are described. Those methods/structures may include a device disposed on first side of substrate and an array of conductive interconnect structures disposed on a second side of the first substrate. The conductive interconnect structures of the array may comprise a solder material, wherein the solder material comprises a low temperature alloying element concentration of less than about 5 percent. A second substrate is coupled to the array of conductive interconnect structures.
US11417591B2
A semiconductor module includes: a circuit board; a semiconductor chip having a first electrode pad on a first surface, bonded to the circuit board at a second surface that is opposite to the first surface, and having side surfaces intersecting the first surface and the second surface; an external terminal electrically connected to the first electrode pad; and an insulating member configured to fix the external terminal, wherein by the insulating member contacting the side surfaces of the semiconductor chip at a plurality of locations, parallel movement and rotational movement of the semiconductor chip relative to the insulating member in a plane parallel, to the first surface are restricted, and wherein the external terminal penetrates the insulating member.
US11417585B2
A device is provided that includes a heat conductive structure; a heat transfer structure for extracting heat from the heat conductive structure by means of a boundary layer; a motor for rotating the heat transfer structure relative to the heat conductive structure; and a vertical fixing mechanism for allowing the heat transfer structure to rotate above the heat conductive structure without making contact with the heat conductive structure so as to define a boundary layer between the heat conductive structure and heat transfer structure, wherein the heat transfer structure extracts heat from the heat conductive structure by means of the boundary layer, and wherein the heat conductive structure includes small geometric turbulators.
US11417584B2
The present technology relates to a semiconductor device that makes it possible to enhance a heat dissipation capacity without occurrence of a fluctuation in high frequency characteristics. A glass substrate is adhered to a wiring layer-attached glass substrate, and a heat dissipation part is formed between the wiring layer-attached glass substrate and the glass substrate. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a high-frequency module and a high-speed communication module.
US11417583B2
An LED module is disclosed. In an embodiment an LED module includes a thermally conductive substrate made of a multilayer ceramic, at least one LED on the substrate, passive SMD components arranged on the substrate, a passive component integrated in the substrate and a heat spreader configured to dissipate waste heat in horizontal and vertical directions.
US11417578B2
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a frame which has a first surface, holds the semiconductor element on the first surface, and is electrically connected with the semiconductor element; and a seal which has electrical insulation properties and seals the semiconductor element and the frame, wherein a through-hole is formed in the seal, the through-hole has a hole axis which extends in a direction intersecting with the first surface, and an inner peripheral end surface of the seal exposed inside the through-hole is inclined with respect to the hole axis.
US11417576B2
Representative implementations of techniques and devices provide seals for sealing the joints of bonded microelectronic devices as well as bonded and sealed microelectronic assemblies. Seals are disposed at joined surfaces of stacked dies and wafers to seal the joined surfaces. The seals may be disposed at an exterior periphery of the bonded microelectronic devices or disposed within the periphery using the various techniques.
US11417575B2
A board in an aspect of the present invention includes a substrate, a first film, a first layer, and a second film. The substrate has a first elastic modulus. The first film is at an upper surface of the substrate. The first layer is at a lower surface of the substrate. The first layer has a second elastic modulus lower than the first elastic modulus and has a first thermal expansion coefficient. The second film is at a lower surface of the first layer. The second film includes the same material as the first film and has a second thermal expansion coefficient lower than the first thermal expansion coefficient.
US11417571B2
A semiconductor device with different gate structure configurations and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a fin structure disposed on a substrate, and first and second gate structures on the fin structure. The first and second gate structures includes first and second interfacial oxide layers, respectively, first and second high-K gate dielectric layers disposed on the first and second IO layers, respectively, and first and second dopant control layers disposed on the first and second HK gate dielectric layers, respectively. The second dopant control layer has a silicon-to-metal atomic concentration ratio greater than an Si-to-metal atomic concentration ratio of the first dopant control layer. The semiconductor further includes first and second work function metal layers disposed on the first and second dopant control layers, respectively, and first and second gate metal fill layers disposed on the first and second work function metal layers, respectively.
US11417563B2
The invention is directed to an alignment assembly for changing the relative position of a plate of a pedestal assembly with respect to a processing chamber of a reactor. The alignment assembly is connected at a first end to a riser shaft of the heating assembly and at a second end to a drive shaft. One or more portions of the alignment assembly may be selectively axially rotated or laterally moved change the relative position of the plate with respect to the processing chamber as desired.
US11417560B2
A device for fixing different-sized base area objects with a vacuum including on a table: first, second, and third vacuum chambers. The third chamber extending the first and second chambers to the entire x direction extension, and the second chamber having parallel, line-forming grooves in the x direction and connected to each other by a first connection channel in the y direction and being released/closed serially relative to the first chamber by a line-switching device. The third chamber includes parallel, column-forming grooves extending in the y direction and connected to each other via a second connection channel in the x direction and being released/closed serially relative to the first chamber by a column-switching device. The third chamber being released/closed serially in the y direction by the line-switching device, in a simultaneous, segmented manner according to the number and positions of the line-forming grooves in correspondence with the second chamber.
US11417556B2
According to one embodiment, an electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic dielectric substrate, a base plate, and first and second porous parts. The ceramic dielectric substrate includes first and second major surfaces. The second major surface is opposite to the first major surface. The base plate supports the ceramic dielectric substrate and includes a gas feed channel. The first porous part is provided in the ceramic dielectric substrate and is opposite to the gas feed channel. The second porous part is provided in the base plate and is opposite to the gas feed channel. The ceramic dielectric substrate includes a first hole part positioned between the first major surface and the first porous part. The first porous part includes a first porous region including pores and a first dense region. The second porous part includes a second porous region including pores and a second dense region.
US11417545B2
A radiation shield and an assembly and a reactor including the radiation shield are disclosed. The radiation shield can be used to control heat flux from a susceptor heater assembly and thereby enable better control of temperatures across a surface of a substrate placed on a surface of the susceptor heater assembly.
US11417541B2
A mold chase has first and second mold clamps having corresponding teeth and recesses configured such that, when the mold chase is closed onto a sub-assembly having an IC die mounted onto and wire-bonded to a lead frame, there are gaps between the recesses and the leads of the lead frame that allow molding compound to extend along opposing sides of proximal ends of the leads to increase the metal-to-metal distance between adjacent leads, thereby reducing the chances of, for example, tin migrating during HAST testing to form undesirable conduction paths between adjacent leads. In some embodiments, the mold clamp teeth have chamfered edges that are tapered at the mold chase cavity to form wedge-shaped gaps that allow the molding compound to extrude along the proximal ends of the leads of MaxQFP packages having two levels of “J” leads and gullwing leads.
US11417540B2
In described examples, a method for encapsulating a semiconductor device includes the steps of immersing a layer of the semiconductor device in a liquid encapsulation material, irradiating portions of the liquid encapsulation material to polymerize the liquid encapsulation material, and moving the semiconductor device further from a surface of the liquid encapsulation material proximate to the layer. Immersing the semiconductor device is performed to cover a layer of the device in the liquid encapsulation material. Targeted locations of the liquid encapsulation material covering the layer are irradiated to form solid encapsulation material. The semiconductor device is moved from a surface of the liquid encapsulation material so that a new layer of the semiconductor device and/or of the solid encapsulation material can be covered by the liquid encapsulation material. The irradiating and moving steps are then repeated until a three dimensional structure on the semiconductor device is formed using the solid encapsulation material.
US11417539B2
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device first conductive layers are formed over a substrate. A first photoresist layer is formed over the first conductive layers. The first conductive layers are etched by using the first photoresist layer as an etching mask, to form an island pattern of the first conductive layers separated from a bus bar pattern of the first conductive layers by a ring shape groove. A connection pattern is formed to connect the island pattern and the bus bar pattern. A second photoresist layer is formed over the first conductive layers and the connection pattern. The second photoresist layer includes an opening over the island pattern. Second conductive layers are formed on the island pattern in the opening. The second photoresist layer is removed, and the connection pattern is removed, thereby forming a bump structure.
US11417537B2
A method of removing a metal-containing layer (e.g., tungsten) from a substrate is provided. The method includes generating a first plasma in a process volume of a plasma chamber when a patterned device is disposed on a substrate support in the process volume. The patterned device includes a patterned region and an unpatterned region; a substrate; a tungsten-containing layer formed over the substrate; a supporting layer disposed between the tungsten-containing layer and the substrate. The patterned region includes exposed surfaces of the supporting layer and the unpatterned region does not include any exposed surfaces of the supporting layer. The method further includes depositing a first film over the patterned region of the tungsten-containing layer with the first plasma; and removing portions of the unpatterned region of the tungsten-containing layer with the first plasma without depositing the first film over the unpatterned region.
US11417535B2
A technique protects a mask in plasma etching of a silicon-containing film. An etching method includes providing a substrate in a chamber included in a plasma processing apparatus. The substrate includes a silicon-containing film and a mask. The mask contains carbon. The etching method further includes etching the silicon-containing film with a chemical species in plasma generated from a process gas in the chamber. The process gas contains a halogen and phosphorus. The etching includes forming a carbon-phosphorus bond on a surface of the mask.
US11417534B2
Exemplary methods for removing nitride may include flowing a fluorine-containing precursor into a remote plasma region of a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may further include forming a plasma within the remote plasma region to generate plasma effluents of the fluorine-containing precursor and flowing the plasma effluents into a processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber housing a substrate. The substrate may include a high-aspect-ratio feature. The substrate may further include a region of exposed nitride and a region of exposed oxide. The methods may further include providing a hydrogen-containing precursor to the processing region to produce an etchant. At least a portion of the exposed nitride may be removed with the etchant.
US11417529B2
A p-n diode includes a first electrode, a n-GaN layer on the first electrode, a p-GaN layer on the n-GaN layer, and a second electrode on a first portion of the p-GaN layer. A region of the p-GaN layer surrounding the electrode is a passivated region. Treating a GaN power device having a p-GaN layer includes covering a portion of the p-GaN layer with a metal layer, exposing the p-GaN layer to a hydrogen plasma, and thermally annealing the p-GaN layer, thereby passivating a region of the p-GaN layer proximate the metal layer.
US11417528B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a carbon structure on a handle substrate at a first surface of the handle substrate. The method further includes attaching a first surface of a semiconductor substrate to the first surface of the handle substrate. The method further includes processing the semiconductor substrate and performing a separation process to separate the handle substrate from the semiconductor substrate. The separation process comprises modifying the carbon structure.
US11417520B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate. The semiconductor structure further includes a first III-V layer over the substrate, wherein the first III-V layer includes a first dopant type. The semiconductor structure further includes a second III-V layer over the first III-V layer, wherein the second III-V layer has a second dopant type opposite the first dopant type. The semiconductor structure further includes a third III-V layer over the second III-V layer, wherein the third III-V layer has the first dopant type. The semiconductor structure further includes a fourth III-V layer over the third III-V layer, the fourth III-V layer having the second dopant type. The semiconductor structure further includes an active layer over the fourth III-V layer. The semiconductor structure further includes a dielectric layer over the active layer.
US11417519B2
A semiconductor device and method for fabricating same is disclosed. Embodiments are directed to a semiconductor device and fabrication of same which include a flexible substrate and a buffer stack overlying the substrate. The buffer stack comprises at least one epitaxial buffer layer. An epitaxial doped layer comprised predominantly of silicon overlies the at least one epitaxial buffer layer. Mobility of the device is greater than 100 cm2/Vs and carrier concentration of the epitaxial doped layer is less than 1016 cm−3.
US11417516B2
Provided is a dielectric layer that has a rock salt structure in a room temperature stable phase. The dielectric layer is made of a compound having a chemical formula of BexM1-xO, where M includes one of alkaline earth metals and x has a value greater than 0 and not greater than 0.19. A semiconductor memory device also is provided that includes a capacitor composed of a lower electrode; a dielectric layer disposed on the lower electrode; and an upper electrode disposed on the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer has a rocksalt structure in a room temperature stable phase and is made of a compound having a chemical formula shown below, BexM1-xO, where M comprises an alkaline earth metal and x has a value greater than 0 and not greater than 0.19.
US11417514B2
There is provided a film forming method, including: forming a film containing silicon, carbon and nitrogen on a substrate in a first process; and oxidizing the film with an oxidizing agent containing a hydroxy group and subsequently supplying a nitriding gas to the substrate in a second process.
US11417508B2
A system for sampling a liquid includes a sample fluid conduit including a membrane having pores. The membrane prevents the passage of the sample liquid through the pores at a first pressure of the sample liquid in the sample fluid conduit. A surface sampling capture probe has a distal end. The capture probe includes a solvent supply conduit and a solvent exhaust conduit. A solvent composition flowing at the distal end of the capture probe establishes a liquid junction with the membrane and establishes a second pressure within the liquid junction at the membrane. The second pressure is lower than the first pressure. Sample liquid will be drawn through the pores of the membrane by the second pressure at the liquid junction. A method for sampling a liquid and for performing chemical analysis on a liquid are also disclosed.
US11417505B2
A CEM and an ion detector of one embodiment have a structure for enabling ion detection with higher sensitivity than the prior art. A channel electron multiplier includes a channel body, an input-side conductive layer, an output-side conductive layer, and an electrode. The channel body includes a channel, and a resistance layer and an electron emission layer formed on the channel's inner wall surface. The input-side conductive layer is provided on the channel body, and a part thereof extends into the tapered opening. The output-side conductive layer is provided on the tapered opening. The electrode has openings through which charged particles pass, and is disposed on an opposite side of the output end face to the input end face. The electrode and the input-side conductive layer are set to the same potential to eliminate the influence of an external electric field in the tapered opening.
US11417498B2
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a charged particle detector, comprising the steps of providing a sensor device, such as an Active Pixel Sensor (APS). Said sensor device at least comprises a substrate layer and a sensitive layer. The method further comprises the step of providing a mechanical supporting layer and connecting said mechanical supporting layer to said sensor device. After connection, the sensitive layer is situated in between said substrate layer and said mechanical supporting layer. By connecting the mechanical supporting layer, it is possible to thin said substrate layer for forming said charged particle detector. The mechanical supporting layer forms part of the manufactured detector. The detector can be used in a charged particle microscope, such as a Transmission Electron Microscope for direct electron detection.
US11417489B2
A circuit breaker with improved trip unit fixation is disclosed. Another circuit breaker and a system also perform the functions of the circuit breaker. A circuit breaker includes a frame and a trip unit mounted in the frame. The trip unit includes a terminal for securing a wire to the trip unit. One of a wall of the frame and the trip unit include a protrusion and the wall of the frame or the trip unit without the protrusion includes an opening. The protrusion conforms to the opening and the protrusion and opening are positioned to oppose movement of the trip unit in a direction of a force resulting from securing the wire in the terminal.
US11417484B2
A contactor is provided in the present utility model, the contactor comprising: a housing; a static iron core, a movable iron core, and a contact holder positioned in the housing, wherein the static iron core is fixed to the housing, the movable iron core and the static iron core are disposed opposite to each other, and the contact holder is fixed to the movable iron core; and a built-in switch positioned in the housing, wherein the built-in switch comprises a static contact piece fixed to the housing and a moving contact piece fixed to the contact holder, and the contact holder is configured to drive the moving contact piece to move so as to switch an on/off state of the built-in switch. The contactor of the present utility model has high expandability and improves the convenience of connecting to an external circuit module.
US11417469B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body and a protective layer provided at least on a first main surface or a second main surface of the multilayer body, in which the protective layer includes a carbon material, has a carbon content of about 70 atm % or more determined through exclusion of hydrogen, oxygen, and halogen contents, and has a sp3 percentage of about 10% or more as an index of C—C bond type.
US11417464B2
Described herein are concepts, system and techniques which provide a means to construct robust high-field superconducting magnets using simple fabrication techniques and modular components that scale well toward commercialization. The resulting magnet assembly—which utilizes non-insulated, high temperature superconducting tapes (HTS) and provides for optimized coolant pathways—is inherently strong structurally, which enables maximum utilization of the high magnetic fields available with HTS technology. In addition, the concepts described herein provide for control of quench-induced current distributions within the tape stack and surrounding superstructure to safely dissipate quench energy, while at the same time obtaining acceptable magnet charge time. The net result is a structurally and thermally robust, high-field magnet assembly that is passively protected against quench fault conditions.
US11417460B2
A technique facilitates use of an inductive coupler assembly with casing, e.g. well casing. An inductive coupler is formed as a female inductive coupler with an inductive coil. The inductive coupler is constructed for sliding movement along an exterior of the casing so that it may ultimately be positioned and secured at a suitable location along the casing. The inductive coupler is designed for connection with an electrical device, e.g. a sensor. The inductive coupler facilitates the transfer of sensor data and/or power signals across the casing. Signal transfer across the casing is further enabled by a male inductive coupler positioned within the casing at a location which allows it to cooperate with the exterior, female inductive coupler.
US11417455B2
Provided is a reactor including: a coil including two wound portions obtained by winding a winding wire; and a magnetic core in which the wound portions are arranged. The magnetic core includes: inner leg portions arranged inside the inner peripheries of the wound portions; a central leg portion provided between the wound portions; two outer leg portions that are provided outside the outer peripheries of the wound portions and between which the inner leg portions and the central leg portion are provided; and two coupling portions between which the inner leg portions, the central leg portion, and the outer leg portions, which are arranged in parallel, are sandwiched and with which these portions are coupled.
US11417454B2
A power circuit common mode filter includes: a U-shaped soft magnetic core and two cylindrical soft magnetic cores, wherein recessed grooves are provided at tops of two side walls of the U-shaped soft magnetic core, and the two cylindrical soft magnetic cores are movably installed in the U-shaped soft magnetic core; two ends of each of the cylindrical soft magnetic cores are embedded in the corresponding recessed grooves, and a coil is set on each of the two cylindrical soft magnetic cores in the U-shaped soft magnetic core; the U-shaped soft magnetic core and the cylindrical soft magnetic cores are both covered with a high-voltage-resist insulating material to form insulating layers; surfaces of the insulating layers at the recessed grooves are provided with electrode layers, and ends of the coil is fixedly connected to the electrode layers through soldering tin.
US11417448B2
A method for manufacturing a device having a three-dimensional magnetic structure includes applying or introducing magnetic particles onto or into a carrier element. A plurality of at least partly interconnected cavities are formed between the magnetic particles, which contact one another at points of contact, by coating the arrangement of magnetic particles and the carrier. The cavities are penetrated at least partly by the layer generated when coating, resulting in the three-dimensional magnetic structure. A conductor loop arrangement is provided on the carrier or a further carrier. When a current flows through the conductor loop, an inductance of the conductor loop is changed by the three-dimensional magnetic structure, or a force acts on the three-dimensional magnetic structure or the conductor loop by a magnetic field caused by the current flow, or when the position of the three-dimensional magnetic structure is changed, a current flow is induced through the conductor loop.
US11417435B2
Various example embodiments are directed towards an improved control drum, as well as systems, apparatuses, and/or methods for operating a nuclear reactor with a plurality of improved control drums. The control drum includes an outer shell, an inner shell, a plurality of tubes, the plurality of tubes including at least one neutron absorbing tube and at least one neutron scattering tube, and at least one baffle plate arranged between the outer shell and the inner shell, the at least one baffle plate including a plurality of perforations, and at least one perforation of the plurality of perforations configured to support a tube of the plurality of tubes.
US11417429B2
In one embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to a method for providing a recommended wellness behavior. User data is received for different wellness components, the user data including data related to physical health, finances, and psychology. A user's wellness is assessed by, for each wellness component, determining a difference between the current user score and a relevant demographic standard, and determining a predicted future score based thereon. A recommended behavior is determined based on an identification of the wellness components having greatest differences between the predicted future score and the demographic standard. An indicator of the recommended behavior is then output to the user.
US11417428B1
A system provides artificial intelligence health support for people. The system renders specific, targeted treatments for people by using a flow engine and a conversational service to call one or more conversational modules. The treatments for the people may be tracked. The flow engine and/or one or more of the modules may include different instructions to perform for different programs and/or goals that have been configured. The flow engine and/or one or more of the conversational modules may also include instructions to perform when certain features are active (which may be activated when certain programs and/or goals are configured), when data regarding activity for people are received, and so on. Other modules may be dedicated to particular programs and/or goals. Some modules may determine whether or not to perform various instructions repetitiously, and/or may determine to do so when a priority of a previous instruction is below a threshold.
US11417420B2
A computer implemented method for managing health-related data captures an image from a display of an exercise machine using a camera, has the images processed to extract the text data from the captured images, and analyzes the text data to identify information relating to extrinsic physical activity performed by a person at the exercise machine. The results are stored in memory and a profile specific to the person is updated. The profile comprises a log of past exercise activity that allows the person to track his or her activity and progress and overall health. The profile can be accessed by the person through a portal such as using a smart phone or a computer program or web browser. The results can be combined with other data to arrive at a health score which can be published through the portal while personal data remains masked from public inspection.
US11417411B2
A memory device includes a memory bank that includes a first set of memory rows in a first section of the memory bank, a first set of redundant rows in a first section of the memory bank, a second set of memory rows in a second section of the memory bank, and a second set of redundant rows in the second section of the memory bank. The memory bank also includes a repeater blocker circuit that when in operation selectively blocks a signal from transmission to the second section of the memory bank and blocker control circuitry that when in operation transmits a control signal to control the selective blocking of the signal by the repeater blocker circuit.
US11417402B2
A storage device having an improved operation speed includes memory blocks and a sudden power-off manager. The memory blocks connected to word lines as part of a super block. The sudden power-off manager in communication with the memory blocks and configured to, in response to a sudden power off, 1) select reference word lines among the word lines to group the word lines into word line zones defined using the reference word lines, 2) perform read operations on pages connected to the reference word lines to determine states of the pages connected to the reference word lines, 3) select a first erase page search zone among the word line zones based on results of the read operations, and 4) determine a first erase page located at a boundary between a program page and an erase page in the first erase page search zone.
US11417399B2
The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to the present technology, a method of operating a memory device including a program operation speed in which an effect of a disturbance is reduced, and including a plurality of memory blocks each including a plurality of memory cell strings each including a plurality of memory cells connected in series between a bit line and a source line, a plurality of source select transistors connected in series between the source line and the plurality of memory cells, and a plurality of drain select transistors connected in series between the bit line and the plurality of memory cells, includes applying a precharge voltage to the source line, and applying the precharge voltage to a first source select line connected to a source select transistor adjacent to the source line among source select transistors included in an unselected memory block among the plurality of memory blocks.
US11417381B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods operating the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a first data line located over a substrate, a second data line located over the first data line, a third data line located over the second data line and electrically separated from the first and second data lines, and a memory cell coupled to the first, second, and third data lines. The memory cell includes a first material between the first and second data lines and electrically coupled to the first and second data lines; a second material located over the first data line and the first material, the second material electrically separated from the first material and electrically coupled to the third data line; and a memory element electrically coupled to the second material and electrically separated from the first material and first and second data lines.
US11417380B2
Methods, systems, and devices for dual mode ferroelectric memory cell operation are described. A memory array or portions of the array may be variously operated in volatile and non-volatile modes. For example, a memory cell may operate in a non-volatile mode and then operate in a volatile mode following a command initiated by a controller while the cell is operating in the non-volatile mode. The memory cell may operate in the volatile mode and then operate in the non-volatile mode following a subsequent command. In some examples, one memory cell of the memory array may operate in the non-volatile mode while another memory cell of the memory array operates in the volatile mode.
US11417379B2
A magnetoresistive memory device includes a magnetic tunnel junction including a free layer, at least two tunneling dielectric barrier layers, and at least one metallic quantum well layer. The quantum well layer leads to the resonant electron tunneling through the magnetic tunnel junction in such a way that it strongly enhances the tunneling probability for one of the magnetization states of the free layer, while this tunneling probability remains much smaller in the opposite magnetization state of the free layer. The device can be configured in a spin transfer torque device configuration, a voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy, a voltage controlled exchange coupling device configuration, or a spin-orbit-torque device configuration.
US11417373B2
A dual-port, dual function memory device can be configured to perform operations on data written to the memory device using artificial intelligence (AI) circuitry, such as a neuromorphic array and/or a deep learning accelerator (DLA), of the memory device. The memory device can include a port dedicated for communication between the AI circuitry and a host device and another port dedicated for communication between a memory array of the memory device and a host device. Performing operations, such as image processing operations, using AI circuitry of a memory device can reduce data transfers, reduce resource consumption, and offload workloads from a host device.
US11417371B2
A quantizer generates a thermometer coded signal from an analog voltage signal. Data weighted averaging (DWA) of the thermometer coded signal is accomplished by controlling the operation of a crossbar switch controlled by a switch control signal to generate an output DWA signal. The output DWA signal is latched to generate a latched output DWA signal which is processed along with bits of the thermometer coded input signal in feedback loop to generate the switch control signal. The latching of the output DWA signal is performed in an input register of a digital-to-analog converter which operates to convert the latched output DWA signal to a feedback analog voltage from which the analog voltage signal is generated. The switch control signal specifies a bit location for a beginning logic transition of the output DWA signal cycle based on detection of an ending logic transition of the latched DWA signal.
US11417366B1
A method for synchronizing a plurality of presentation slide content with a soundtrack comprises obtaining the plurality of presentation slide content and the soundtrack including a plurality of audio samples. Each presentation slide content is associated with a metadata and each audio sample is indexed with a corresponding timecode. The method comprises detecting, triggering event that identifies a current audio sample of the soundtrack as an audio sample to transition from a first presentation slide content to a second presentation slide content. The method comprises obtaining a timecode indexed with the identified audio sample corresponding to the detected triggering event and associating the timecode with the metadata of the second presentation slide content to link the second presentation slide content with the identified audio sample. The method comprises generating a synchronized presentation multimedia file having the linked second presentation slide content with the identified audio sample.
US11417353B2
A method for detecting an audio signal and an apparatus, where the method includes determining a segmental signal-to-noise ratio (SSNR) of an audio signal in response to the audio signal being an unvoiced signal, reducing a reference voice activity detection (VAD) decision threshold to obtain a reduced VAD decision threshold, and comparing the SSNR with the reduced VAD decision threshold to determine whether the audio signal is an active signal.
US11417349B2
This application relates to methods and apparatus for transfer of multiple digital data streams, especially of digital audio data over a single communications link such as a single wire. The application describes audio interface circuitry comprising a pulse-length-modulation (PLM) modulator. The PLM is responsive to a plurality of data streams (PDM-R, PDM-L), to generate a series of data pulses (PLM) with a single data pulse having a rising and falling edge in each of a plurality of transfer periods defined by a first clock signal (TCLK). The timing of the rising and falling edge of each data pulse is dependent upon a combination of the then current data samples from the plurality of data streams. The duration and position of the data pulse in the transfer window in effect defines a data symbol encoding the data. Circuitry for receiving and extracting the data is also disclosed. An interface receives the stream of data pulses (PLM) and data extraction circuitry samples the data pulse to determine which of the possible data symbols the pulse represents and determines a data value for at least one received data stream.
US11417348B2
A method, system, and computer program to encode and decode a channel coherence parameter applied on a frequency band basis, where the coherence parameters of each frequency band form a coherence vector. The coherence vector is encoded and decoded using a predictive scheme followed by a variable bit rate entropy coding.
US11417347B2
A binaural room impulse response (BRIR) can be generated based on a position of a listener's head, and a plurality of head related impulse responses (HRIRs). Each of the plurality of HRIRs are selected for a respective one of a plurality of acoustic reflections which, when taken together, approximate reverberation of a room. Each of the acoustic reflections have a direction and a delay. The BRIR filter is applied to source audio to generate binaural audio output.
US11417343B2
A speaker identification system (“system”) automatically assigns a speaker to voiced segments in a call. The system identifies one or more speakers in a call using one or more speaker-identification parameters. The system processes the call to determine one or more speaker-identification parameters, such as a transcript of the call, a facial image of the speaker, a scene image, which is an image of a scene in which the speaker is located during the call, or textual data associated with the call such as names of the speaker or an organization that are retrieved from the scene images or video data of the call. The system analyzes one or more of the speaker-identification parameters and determines the identity of the speaker. The system then identifies the voice segments associated with the identified speaker and marks the voice segments with the identity of the speaker.
US11417327B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic device includes: a storage configured to store recognition related information and misrecognition related information of a trigger word for entering a speech recognition mode; and a processor configured to identify whether or not the speech recognition mode is activated on the basis of characteristic information of a received uttered speech and the recognition related information, identify a similarity between text information of the received uttered speech and text information of the trigger word, and update at least one of the recognition related information or the misrecognition related information on the basis of whether or not the speech recognition mode is activated and the similarity.
US11417324B2
Techniques are described for selectively adapting and/or selectively utilizing a noise reduction technique in detection of one or more features of a stream of audio data frames. For example, various techniques are directed to selectively adapting and/or utilizing a noise reduction technique in detection of an invocation phrase in a stream of audio data frames, detection of voice characteristics in a stream of audio data frames (e.g., for speaker identification), etc. Utilization of described techniques can result in more robust and/or more accurate detections of features of a stream of audio data frames in various situations, such as in environments with strong background noise. In various implementations, described techniques are implemented in combination with an automated assistant, and feature(s) detected utilizing techniques described herein are utilized to adapt the functionality of the automated assistant.
US11417322B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on a computer-readable storage medium, for transliteration for speech recognition training and scoring. In some implementations, language examples are accessed, some of which include words in a first script and words in one or more other scripts. At least portions of some of the language examples are transliterated to the first script to generate a training data set. A language model is generated based on occurrences of the different sequences of words in the training data set in the first script. The language model is used to perform speech recognition for an utterance.
US11417321B2
A device for changing a speech recognition sensitivity for speech recognition can include a memory and a processor configured to obtain a first plurality of speech data input at different times, apply a pre-trained speech recognition model to the first plurality of speech data at a plurality of different speech recognition sensitivities, obtain a first speech recognition sensitivity from among the plurality of different speech recognition sensitivities based on the pre-trained speech recognition model and the plurality of different speech recognition sensitivities, the first speech recognition sensitivity corresponding to an optimal speech recognition sensitivity at which a speech recognition success rate of the speech recognition model satisfies a set first recognition success rate criterion, and change a setting of the speech recognition sensitivity based on the first speech recognition sensitivity obtained from among the plurality of different speech recognition sensitivities.
US11417319B2
According to one embodiment, a dialogue system includes a setting apparatus and a processing apparatus. The setting apparatus sets in advance a plurality of words that are in impossible combination relationships to each other. The processing apparatus acquires speech of a user, and when a speech recognition result of an object included in the speech includes a word combination included in the plurality of words that are in impossible combination relationships to each other, output a notification to the user that processing of the object cannot be carried out.
US11417317B2
Aspects described herein may relate to the determination of data that is indicative of a greater range of speech properties than input text data. The determined data may be used as input to one or more speech processing tasks, such as model training, model validation, model testing, or classification. For example, after a model is trained based on the determined data, the model's performance may exhibit more resilience to a wider range of speech properties. The determined data may include one or more modified versions of the input text data. The one or more modified versions may be associated with the one or more speakers or accents and/or may be associated with one or more levels of semantic similarity in relation to the input text data. The one or more modified versions may be determined based on one or more machine learning algorithms.
US11417316B2
The present disclosure provides a speech synthesis method as well as an apparatus and a computer readable storage medium using the same. The method includes: obtaining a to-be-synthesized text, and extracting to-be-processed Mel spectrum features of the to-be-synthesized text through a preset speech feature extraction algorithm; inputting the to-be-processed Mel spectrum features into a preset ResUnet network model to obtain first intermediate features; performing an average pooling and a first down sampling on the to-be-processed Mel spectrum features to obtain second intermediate features; taking the second intermediate features and the first intermediate features output by the ResUnet network model as an input to perform a deconvolution and a first up sampling so as to obtain target Mel spectrum features corresponding to the to-be-processed Mel spectrum features; and converting the target Mel spectrum features into a target speech corresponding to the to-be-synthesized text.
US11417311B2
Water impermeable, air permeable membrane assemblies are described herein. In some embodiments, the assemblies include a polymer membrane and at least one support structure. Certain assemblies are configured to provide an acoustic impedance having phase angle of +45 degrees to −45 over a frequency range of 50 to 20,000 Hz.
US11417310B2
An inspection device is provided, including a base, a circuit assembly, an electrocardiogram sensor, a diaphragm, an annular member, and a positioning member. The base has a top surface, a bottom surface, a guiding portion, an opening, and an accommodating space. The guiding portion is formed on the top surface, the opening is formed on the bottom surface, and the accommodating space is formed between the top surface and the bottom surface. The circuit assembly is disposed in the accommodating space, and has a first contact and a second contact. The electrocardiogram sensor is disposed on the bottom surface and electrically connected to the circuit assembly. The diaphragm covers the opening. The annular member is rotatably connected to the base and has a guiding member. The guiding member is slidably connected to the guiding portion. The positioning member is affixed to the annular member and has a contacting portion.
US11417305B2
An hourglass transducer including a longitudinal driver, a shell, and a pair of endcaps is provided. The driver drives the transducer. The pair of endcaps is attached to ends of the driver and cap the shell enclosing the transducer. The shell includes a first shell end, a second shell end, and a pleated geometry. The first shell end and second shell end are structured with circular cross sections. The pleated geometry is between the first shell end and the second shell end. A perimeter of the pleated geometry is the same as perimeters of the circular cross sections of the first shell end and the second shell end.
US11417304B2
An electronic percussion instrument includes a body having a top opening and an internal support area, and a drumhead having a striking surface and a drumhead bottom surface opposite thereto, the drumhead is stretched over the top opening of the body and is configured to receive a percussion strike thereon, and at least one peripheral sensor disposed on the internal support area of the body, and at least one rising element configured to be flexible and disposed on the internal support area of the body, and a peripheral carrier, adapted to receiving vibrations from the periphery of the drumhead, the peripheral carrier is supported by the at least one rising element such that a pressing force is formed for setting a top circumferential edge of the peripheral carrier in contact with the drumhead bottom surface.
US11417300B2
The present invention relates to a saliva collector which comprises: a container which provides a space to accommodate at least one absorber; and a head wherein one end is detachably disposed on at least one part of a musical instrument and another end is detachably disposed so as to communicate with at least one part of a side of the container.
US11417296B2
[Problem] An information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium that enable change in display of real space without being noticed by a communicatee are to be proposed. [Solution] An information processing device, including: a determining unit that determines a gazing state or a non-gazing state of a first user present in first real space, for a display object displayed by a display device of the first user, the display object being associated with second real space different from the first real space; and a display control unit that changes appearance of the display object when the gazing state has been changed to the non-gazing state.
US11417294B2
A system to calibrate, monitor, and communicate compliance reporting of monochromatic imagery on an image presentation device includes a local terminal in operative communication with a remote host. The local terminal includes an image presentation device, an application-specific integrated circuit (“ASIC”), and a terminal application in communication with the ASIC. The terminal application is configured to initiate a verification task, via the ASIC, pertaining to an operating condition of the image presentation device and to communicate a verification report about a result of the verification task to a remote host. A system provides a mechanism to remotely monitor and calibrate medical imaging image presentation device and diagnosis devices to certify diagnosis quality and retain trustworthy data for legal compliance.
US11417288B1
The present invention provides a control circuit applied to a display panel, wherein the control circuit includes a receiving interface, an image processing circuit and a transmission interface. The receiving interface is configured to receive image data, wherein the image data has a variable frame rate. The image processing circuit is configured to receive the image data from the receiving interface, and perform a frequency multiplication operation on the image data according to a frame rate of the image data to generate output image data, wherein a frame rate of the output image data is a positive integer multiple of the frame rate of the image data. The transmission interface is configured to receive the output image data from the image processing circuit, and transmit the output image data to the display panel.
US11417283B2
Disclosed herein are a display device for low-speed driving and a driving method thereof. The display device according to embodiments of the present disclosure may set a reference compensation voltage for compensating a node voltage of each pixel during an image holding period after a refresh period where image data are input at the time of low-speed driving, and may compensate a node voltage of each sub pixel on the basis of a unit of at least one frame during each image holding period between the refresh periods, thereby making it possible to prevent a deterioration of image quality and reduce electricity consumption.
US11417282B2
A display device and a method of manufacturing the display device are provided. The display device comprises a pixel which is connected to a scan line and a data line intersecting the scan line, wherein the pixel comprises a light emitting element and a driving transistor controlling a driving current, which is supplied to the light emitting element, according to a data voltage received from the data line, wherein the driving transistor comprises a first active layer having an oxide semiconductor containing tin (Sn).
US11417281B2
One of a plurality of data signal lines or one of a plurality of control lines that is electrically coupled to a first lead wiring line, and another one of the plurality of data signal lines or another one of the plurality of control lines that is electrically coupled to a second lead wiring line are adjacent to each other. The first lead wiring line is provided in a first metal layer. The second lead wiring line is provided in a second metal layer being a layer different from the first metal layer. The first lead wiring line and the second lead wiring line are superposed on one another through intermediation of an inorganic insulating film.
US11417272B2
A pixel circuit and driving method are provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting device having a first terminal and a second terminal; a driving circuit, electrically connected to the first terminal of the light emitting device, for providing power to the light emitting device; a voltage comparator for generating a pulse width modulated signal having a duty cycle based on a data voltage and a reference voltage; an offset voltage detecting circuit, electrically connected to an output terminal of the voltage comparator, for detecting an input offset voltage of the voltage comparator; and a data voltage compensation circuit, electrically connected to the offset voltage detecting circuit, for compensating the data voltage according to the input offset voltage detected.
US11417271B2
A brightness adjustment method of a display panel, a display panel and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The display panel includes a display region. The brightness adjustment method includes: determining a target pulse width for a gate signal inputted into the display region according to data write time determined for the display region; and adjusting a pulse width of the gate signal to the target pulse width, to make the display region display target brightness corresponding to the display region.
US11417267B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device for adjusting voltage and an operation method therefor. The electronic device may comprise: a display; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: identify first information which relates to the brightness of at least one first content included in a first image layer and is to be displayed using the display, and second information which relates to the brightness of at least one second content included in a second image layer and is to be displayed using the display; adjust the brightness of the second content at least on the basis of a difference between the first information and the second information; and in a state where the second image layer is superimposed on the first image layer including the first content, display the at least one first content, and the second content the brightness of which has been adjusted, using the display. Other embodiments are also possible.
US11417257B2
The present disclosure relates to display devices, and more specifically, to a display device with a sensor circuit capable of sensing the presence or absence of an abnormality in a signal line located in a bending area. Through these, a display device is provided that enables an accurate check to be performed for the presence or absence of an abnormality, such as a crack, or the like in signal lines located in the bending area, and thus, has a normal bending structure without defects.
US11417251B2
A flexible circuit board, a display panel, a display device, and a test method are provided. The flexible circuit board includes a flexible circuit board body and a driving chip. First to third dummy terminals are provided on a surface of the flexible circuit board body. Fourth to sixth dummy terminals are electrically connected to a common node in the driving chip. An external sink current output line and an external sink current input line form an external sink current loop through the driving chip. A bonding resistance between the first and fourth dummy terminals is a first bonding resistance, and a bonding resistance between the second and the fifth dummy terminals is a second bonding resistance. The first bonding resistance and the second bonding resistance each are a resistance on the external sink current loop.
US11417249B2
A projection image apparatus includes an image display element that generate image light according to an input image signal, a transparent parallel plain plate that is swing-drive-controlled about one or two of two axes, the transparent parallel plain plate changing an optical path of the image light to perform pixel shift about the one or two of the two axes, a resampling processor that performs resampling process for the input image signal, and a controller that selectively executes one of the following three actions in response to a number of pixels and a frame rate of the input image signal, (1) to avoid the resampling process and the pixel shift, (2) the resampling process related to pixel shift about the one axis and pixel shift about the one axis, and (3) the resampling process related to pixel shift about the two axes and pixel shift about the two axes.
US11417241B2
Disclosed herein are anatomic models that comprise components that simulate canine components. The models may be used for development, experimentation, or training in the field of orthopedic surgical devices, and/or implant devices. The models may also be used for training of students in the veterinarian field for procedures performed in practice.
US11417238B2
A method, system and apparatus of determining search parameters for welding seam point calibration. The method includes determining, for a seam vertex point on a welding seam, three reference faces which are perpendicular to each other, based on geometry of an object to be weld in a virtual model; and determining a start point and a search point of a search motion for welding seam point calibration based on the three reference faces and predetermined criteria respectively for the start point and the search point. Three reference faces can be extracted automatically, and search parameters needed for the search instructions can be determined based thereon which enables automatic generation of search instructions and thus the time, manpower and cost for the welding seam point calibration can be reduced greatly.
US11417230B1
The present invention is a system, method, and teaching aid for continuously improving the system for educating students to a level of mastery and for systematically improving the mastery standard The invention includes a cost efficient system that enables multiple cycle of learning for each lesson, and the system is continuously reviewed and revised based on feedback showing the understanding and knowledge on the part of the students. Repetitive cycles of learning result in students with mastery level skill and confidence. The invention also includes a cost efficient method for creating the course and preparing instructors to teach the course.
US11417229B2
A method for coordinating remote user engagement and instructional demonstrations may include transmitting an instructor video signal from the instructor device, receiving a communication request from the remote audience device, assigning the remote audience device a queue position for a communication queue according to the received communication request, and indexing one or more audience devices automatically into an active speaker role according to the communication queue. The method may further provide for directing display of a countdown or restricting audio from other devices.
US11417218B2
A platooning controller and a method thereof include a processor configured to perform a platooning control and a communicator configured perform a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication in a platooning line. The processor calculates a waiting time for an expected departure of an outside vehicle based on surrounding information when the outside vehicle cuts in the platooning line during platooning. The processor forms a platoon again when the outside vehicle does not depart from the platooning line after the waiting time.
US11417217B2
A system, method, infrastructure, and vehicle for performing automated valet parking enable an unmanned vehicle to autonomously move to and park at an empty parking space by communicating with a parking infrastructure. The system, method, infrastructure, and vehicle enable an unmanned vehicle to autonomously move from a parking space to a pickup zone by communicating with a parking infrastructure.
US11417205B1
Methods and systems for a graduated process of increasing bandwidth and increasing complexity to identify and confirm a location of a target vehicle based on information received from motor vehicles are described. In one embodiment, a method for detection of a target vehicle includes requesting, from one or more remote devices in a geographic area, information associated with a target vehicle. The method also includes receiving, from the one or more remote devices, information associated with the target vehicle. The method further includes determining whether the received information associated with the target vehicle matches the requested information. Upon determining that the received information matches the requested information, the method includes increasing at least one of a bandwidth or a complexity level of the requested information associated with the target vehicle and decreasing the geographic area associated with the request.
US11417202B2
Systems and methods for detecting potential theft and identifying individuals having a history of committing theft use an electromagnetic emission associated with a personal electronic device associated with an individual is received from at least one of a sensor that is coupled to at least one of a traffic camera or an aerial drone camera. One or more signal properties of the electromagnetic emission are analyzed to determine an emission signature. Video data and video analytics are correlated with the emission signature to identify the individual having possession of the item. The emission signature and video data are stored for later use during a checkout. If an emission signature detected at a checkout station matches that of the individual having possession of the item, and the item is not processed through the checkout station, an alert is issued and the individual is flagged as a potential shoplifter.
US11417197B2
Pest control systems and methods are described. The systems comprise a portable electronic device which is configured to identify one or more of multiple PCDs within a range of a portable electric device which have been activated, and to provide an indication to a user corresponding to at least one of the identified activated PCDs.
US11417196B2
Alarm system arrangements (e.g., methods, apparatus, etc.) including receiving data originating from an entity located outside of a monitored premise, the data providing information detailing an impending request for temporary access of the monitored premise; and using the data to determine a predefined access plan to allow the temporary access to a predefined sub-area of the premises without triggering an alarm event, and to implement the predefined access plan at a time of receipt of an actual request for the temporary access. One example involves using the data to determine a predefined access plan which includes temporarily disabling of the alarm system's ability to recognize an alarm event with respect to activities occurring with respect to a predefined sub-area of the premises during the temporary access, and to implement the predefined access plan at a time relative to receipt of an actual request for the temporary access.
US11417192B1
A system includes a memory and at least one processor to perform one of (1) determine that a vehicle is within a geofence, receive a checkout notification in response to the user selecting a checkout user interface element displayed on a display, and disable the emergency countdown timer, (2) determine that the vehicle is within the geofence, display the checkout user interface on the display, fail to receive the checkout notification, and after the particular period of time, send the at least one of the text message and the automated call to the emergency responder requesting assistance for a person in a seat of the vehicle, and (3) determine that the vehicle is outside of the geofence and after the particular period of time, send at least one of a text message and an automated call to an emergency responder requesting assistance for the person in the seat of the vehicle.
US11417185B2
In order to achieve the object described above, a communication management system includes: a surveying instrument including a survey unit, a GPS device, a control unit, and a communication unit; a management server capable of communicating with the surveying instrument; and a remote terminal capable of communicating with the management server, wherein the remote terminal sets a usable range of the surveying instrument, and sets determination on entrance and exit of the surveying instrument into and from the usable range, and an operation responsive to results of the determination, and makes the management server store these, the surveying instrument transmits own GPS information to the management server, and the management server compares entrance and exit of the surveying instrument into and from the usable range with the GPS information and executes the determination, and executes the operation based on results of the determination.
US11417180B2
A method of detecting a ligature on a door is provided whereby the load applied by the door to a load sensing means and the movement of the door relative to the door frame are used to determine whether a ligature is being applied to the door to thereby trigger an alarm. Apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided.
US11417169B2
Interactions between a player, an electronic gaming machine being played by the player, and a control system that is interfaced with both the electronic gaming machine and the player's smart device are described. The player registers with the electronic gaming machine and also registers with the control system using an application residing on the player's smart device which establishes the player's identity and physical location as being within the venue containing the electronic gaming machine and/or near the electronic gaming machine. In one embodiment, when both registrations are active, a control command can be sent from the player's smart device that controls an operation of the electronic gaming machine.
US11417165B2
A vending machine interface includes a front panel, a product selection panel, and a piezoelectric element. The front panel bends in a normal direction when being pushed by a user. The product selection panel is disposed facing the front panel. A detection element is attached to the product selection panel and configured to detect bending of the front panel.
US11417157B2
A computer includes a processor. The processor is programmed to generate, upon detecting a vehicle entry device, a first data block including a hash of identification data for the entry device. The processor is further programmed, upon detecting a trip event, to generate a second data block including a hash of trip event data and a hash linking the second data block to the first data block.
US11417155B2
Data elements are identified, from a diagnostic request received from a remote server, to collect from controllers of the vehicle. The data elements are captured for inclusion in a diagnostic data message, responsive to receipt of the diagnostic request to allow the data elements to be collected without approval of the diagnostic request. The data elements are stored to the data storage. The remote server is queried for an approval status of the diagnostic request. Responsive to the approval status specifying that the diagnostic request is approved, the diagnostic data message is sent to the server. Responsive to the approval status failing to specify within a predefined time period that the diagnostic request is approved, the data elements are discarded from the data storage to maintain data privacy for the diagnostic request upon condition that the diagnostic request is not approved.
US11417153B2
A method of notifying an owner of a fault associated with a vehicle system of a vehicle. The method includes receiving, at a computing processor, one or more fault messages from a vehicle system of the vehicle. Each fault message includes a fault source identifying the vehicle system, a fault time identifying a time of the fault, and a fault description. The method also includes determining, by the computing processor, a fault value associated with the received one or more fault messages. The fault value indicative of a period of time or a number of events from an initial received fault message. The method also includes transmitting, from the computing processor to a third party in communication with the computing processor, the fault value. The method also includes receiving, from the third party, a service notification, and displaying, on a display in communication with the computing processor, the service notification.
US11417139B2
The present invention is a display device, comprising a display module, a fingerprint recognition module and a speaker module. The back of the display module is provided with a fingerprint recognition module and a speaker module. A common electrode layer is arranged between the fingerprint recognition module and the speaker module, so that the thickness of the display can be greatly reduced.
US11417138B2
An electronic device includes: a cover glass, including a first side and a second side; an ultrasonic wave transmitter and an ultrasonic wave receiver, arranged on the second side of the cover glass. Orthographic projections of the ultrasonic wave transmitter and the ultrasonic wave receiver onto the cover glass may be at two opposing ends of the cover glass. The ultrasonic wave transmitter is configured to emit an ultrasonic wave, the ultrasonic wave is able to enter the cover glass from an end, reflected between the first side and the second side for a plurality of times, emitted out of the cover glass from another end, and received by the ultrasonic wave receiver.
US11417136B2
Disclosed are techniques for quantifying body postures of a player employing a loop drive technique to strike a ball, such as performed in table tennis activities. A video recording of a player striking a ball with a loop drive technique is received and divided, using image processing techniques, into two segments: the first concerning player body postures before the ball is hit, and the second concerning body postures from the moment of impact between the ball and racket and the subsequent follow-through body postures. Then, image processing techniques are again leveraged to isolate and quantify specific body postures contributing to a loop drive technique in a given segment.
US11417128B2
Receive first context information (FCI) including entered in-field incident timeline information values from an in-field incident timeline application and a time associated with an entry of the FCI values. Access a mapping that maps in-field incident timeline information values to events having a pre-determined threshold confidence of occurring and identify an event associated with the received FCI. Determine a location associated with the entry of the FCI and a time period associated with the entry of the FCI. Access a camera location database and identify cameras that have a field of view including the location during the time period. Retrieve audio and/or video streams captured by the cameras during the time period. And provide the audio and/or video streams to machine learning training modules corresponding to machine learning models for detecting the event in and/or video streams for further training of the machine learning models.
US11417125B2
A system and method for recognition of license plate numbers from Bayer-domain image data is provided. The system acquires Bayer-domain image data of a scene comprising a vehicle and inputs such image data to a Deep Neural Network (DNN) model trained for license plate detection (LPD) and license plate recognition (LPR). The system extracts an LPD result as an output of the DNN model. Based on the LPD result, the system extracts, from the input Bayer-domain image data, a region-of-interest (RoI) comprising a license plate image associated with the vehicle. The system inputs the extracted RoI to the DNN model and extracts, as an output of the DNN model, an LPR result which indicates a confidence of the DNN model in recognition of a license plate number of the vehicle from the input RoI. The system determines the license plate number based on the extracted LPR result.
US11417121B1
The present disclosure is directed to apparatuses, systems and methods for automatically classifying images of occupants inside a vehicle. More particularly, the present disclosure is directed to apparatuses, systems and methods for automatically classifying images of occupants inside a vehicle by comparing current image feature data to previously classified image features.
US11417117B2
A method of detecting lanes includes the steps: capturing (S1) a camera image (K) of a vehicle environment by a camera device (2) of a vehicle (5); determining (S2) feature points (P1 to P15) in the camera image (K), which feature points correspond to regions of possible lane boundaries (M1, M2); generating (S3) image portions of the captured camera image (K) respectively around the feature points (P1 to P15); analyzing (S4) the image portions using a neural network to classify the feature points (P1 to P15); and determining (S5) lanes in the vehicle environment taking account of the classified feature points (P1 to P15).
US11417116B2
A trailering assist system includes a control and a camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle and having a field of view at least rearward of the vehicle. The control includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. The control, responsive to image processing of captured image data, transforms captured image data of the trailer hitch from a pivoting orientation of the portion of the trailer that pivots about the trailer hitch to a vertical orientation of the portion of the trailer that moves laterally across the transformed image data. The control transforms pivotal movement of the portion of the trailer about the trailer hitch to lateral movement of the trailer hitch in the transformed image data. The control determines a trailer angle of the trailer relative to the vehicle based on the lateral position of the trailer hitch in the transformed image data.
US11417114B2
A method and apparatus for processing information are provided. A specific embodiment of the method includes: identifying at least one obstacle from a point cloud collected by a lidar during a traveling process of a vehicle; for an obstacle in the at least one obstacle, determining an appearance rate of the obstacle within a life cycle corresponding to the obstacle; determining a confidence degree of a grid region of at least one grid region based on appearance rates of obstacles in the at least one obstacle; determining a target grid region from the at least one grid region based on the confidence degree, and determining whether an obstacle detected in the target grid region is an obstacle detected for a first time; and if yes, filtering out a point cloud corresponding to the obstacle detected in the target grid region for the first time.
US11417109B1
An event detection system for detecting events related to vehicles based on sensor data from the vehicles. An event detection service on a network may receive streams of sensor data from vehicles and apply machine learning techniques to train models and to analyze the data to detect vehicle-related events. Supervised and unsupervised techniques may be used to train the models and to detect known as well as anomalous events. Events may be detected based on data from one or from multiple vehicles. The system may respond to events by alerting entities and/or signaling vehicle control systems to respond to the events. Trained models may be downloaded to vehicles; the vehicle computer systems can then locally detect events. The downloaded models can be further trained on the vehicles, uploaded to the network, and integrated into the network-based models to improve the performance of the models.
US11417108B2
The present invention is a two-wheel vehicle riding person number determination system including an imaging means configured to image a two-wheel vehicle that is installed in a predetermined position and travels on a road, and a two-wheel vehicle riding person number determining means configured to process an image of the imaging means, extract a contour shape of an upper position of the two-wheel vehicle that travels on the road, detect humped shapes corresponding to heads of persons who ride on the two-wheel vehicle from the contour shape of the upper position of the two-wheel vehicle, and determine, on the basis of the humped shapes, whether or not the number of the persons who ride on the two-wheel vehicle is at least two persons or more.
US11417100B2
Provided is a method of generating a video synopsis of a sports game including: based on a video including a sports game and log information sequentially recording events occurring in the sports game, determining an event section of the video corresponding to a preset event; determining a search section in the video based on log information and the determined event section; detecting a preset object in at least one scene section included in a search section; and generating a first video based on the at least one scene section in which the preset object is detected.
US11417097B2
A video annotation system for deep learning based video analytics and corresponding methods of use and operation are described that significantly improve the efficiency of video data frame labeling and the user experience. The video annotation system described herein may be deployed at a network edge and may support various intelligent annotation functionality including annotation tracking, adaptive video segmentation, and execution of predictive annotation algorithms. In addition, the video annotation system described herein supports team collaboration functionality in connection with large-scale labeling tasks.
US11417092B2
Techniques described herein enable a user to interact with an automated assistant and obtain relevant output from the automated assistant without requiring arduous typed input to be provided by the user and/or without requiring the user to provide spoken input that could cause privacy concerns (e.g., if other individuals are nearby). The assistant application can operate in multiple different image conversation modes in which the assistant application is responsive to various objects in a field of view of the camera. The image conversation modes can be suggested to the user when a particular object is detected in the field of view of the camera. When the user selects an image conversation mode, the assistant application can thereafter provide output, for presentation, that is based on the selected image conversation mode and that is based on object(s) captured by image(s) of the camera.
US11417090B2
Systems and methods for anomaly detection are provided. The method includes structuring a multi-channel spatial-temporal sequence as a four-dimensional array. The method also includes decomposing the four-dimensional array to form a low-rank component representing a background signal and a residual component representing anomalies for each time point of the multi-channel spatial-temporal sequence. The method further includes determining a sequence of anomaly maps by stacking the residual components at all time points together. Anomalies are identified based on the sequence of anomaly maps.
US11417082B2
An image processing system identifies objects within images or video segments. To identify an object within an image, the system identifies one or more regions of an image that contain an object. In some examples, a tracklet is used to track an object though a plurality of image frames within a video segment allowing more than one image frame to be used in object detection, and thereby increasing detection accuracy. Various embodiments utilize a deep learning based object detection framework and similar object search framework that models the correlations present between various object categories. The system determines a category for each object detected using a hierarchical tree of categories to learn the visual similarities between various object categories. The hierarchical tree is estimated by analyzing the errors of an object detector which does not use any correlation between the object categories.
US11417080B2
An object detection apparatus 100 is provided with: a fish-eye image acquisition unit 10 configured to acquire a time series fish-eye image; a horizontal panorama image generation unit 20 configured to, for each frame, perform conversion to a horizontal panorama image in which a vertical direction in a real space is expressed in a perpendicular direction of the frame, and an azimuth is expressed equiangularly in a horizontal direction of the frame; an edge pair extraction unit 30 configured to extract a pair of edges in the perpendicular direction from the horizontal panorama image; a change rate extraction unit 40 configured to extract a change rate of an inter-edge distance between the pair of edges; a lower end region extraction unit 50 configured to extract a region of a lower end of an object providing the pair of edges; a distance change rate extraction unit 60 configured to calculate a distance from the object to the fish-eye camera based on the position of the region of the lower end of the object in the horizontal panorama image, and extract a change rate of the distance; and an object detection unit 70 configured to determine whether or not the object exists based on the change rate of the inter-edge distance and the change rate of the distance.
US11417078B2
The present disclosure relates to an image processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: performing feature extraction on a to-be-processed image to obtain a first feature map of the to-be-processed image; performing target region prediction on the first feature map to determine a first region where a target is located in the first feature map; and performing key point detection on the first feature map according to the first region to determine target key point information of the to-be-processed image. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, quick and accurate target key point detection can be implemented.
US11417075B2
Techniques, devices, and systems to improve detection and security of a displayed image on a screen of a computer device, such as a device, including detection of an object in an environment, where the object has an inverse-colorspace relationship in relation to the colorspace of the environment. A system includes: a first camera device configured to determine a first underlying colorspace corresponding to an environment, a second camera device configured to determine a second underlying colorspace corresponding to either i) an actual change in the environment or ii) a predicted change in the environment, and a computer device configured to determine an inverse colorspace of at least one of i) the first underlying colorspace or ii) the second underlying colorspace and configured to detect an object in the environment based on the inverse colorspace determination.
US11417068B1
A system and method for providing an augmented reality (AR) interaction zone to a user of a mobile device to provide remote access to a self-service terminal (SST) having a controller, a display for providing information and instructions to a user, a keypad for entering user data and user commands, and a camera (preferably a depth camera). A mobile device selectively initiates, based on a user command, a transaction by establishing a wireless communications channel with the SST. The controller generates the AR interaction zone based on signals from the camera, provides a signal to the mobile device to display an AR input field on an integral display, processes signals from the camera to monitor the AR interaction zone for user movement corresponding to input, identifies input based on the signals from the camera, and causes the SST to process a requested user transaction based on the identified input.
US11417050B2
A region image extractor extracts a region image from an omnidirectional image or a superimposed image obtained by superimposing a sphere image on the omnidirectional image. An image rotation unit corrects the tilt of the horizontal plane of the omnidirectional image by rotating the omnidirectional image through an operation to rotate the sphere image while the region image of the superimposed image is displayed on the head-mounted display. A vanishing point detector detects a vanishing point of the omnidirectional image. A front setting unit determines the front of the omnidirectional image based on the vanishing point and rotates the omnidirectional image so that the front of the omnidirectional image corresponds to the region image extracted when the user is facing forward.
US11417045B2
Dialog based testing is performed in conjunction with a three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality (VR) system including at least one loudspeaker, a microphone, and a 3D VR headset having a display for displaying 3D VR video and a gaze tracker integrated with the headset. The dialog based testing includes: rendering a 3D avatar via the display of the 3D VR headset; engaging in a dialog including causing the rendered 3D avatar to make utterances in accordance with the branching dialog script and receiving responses to the utterances from a test subject wearing the 3D VR headset including at least verbal responses received via the microphone and gaze activity recorded by the gaze tracker and traversing the branching dialog script including selecting branches of the branching dialog script based at least on the verbal responses received via the microphone; and grading the test subject based on the responses.
US11417044B2
A computer graphics display system and method which places moving and color changing geometric shapes, which represent tasks of a project, on a circular graph by means of a display such as a computer monitor, (similar to a radar screen) which alerts the user to impending delays to a project by means of visualization of the movement and color change of the geometric shapes or “blips” on the circular graph. The method comprises extracting information from planning calculations, then translating this information into an animated visual radial graphic display.
US11417042B2
Methods and systems are provided for generating animation for non-player characters (NPCs) in a game. The method includes operations for examining a scene for an NPC that is providing voice output. The method further includes operations for examining the voice output to identify am intensity modulation of the voice output. In addition, the method further includes processing the intensity modulation to predict body language signals (BLS) for the NPC. Moreover, the BLS is used to cause features of the NPC to react consistent with an emotion content of the intensity modulation identified in the voice output.
US11417032B2
Disclosed are processes including receiving at least a first and a second image data record corresponding to a first and a second point in time and including a first and a second one or more images of a wound; obtaining an image of the wound from a particular point of view corresponding to the first point in time by analyzing the first image data record; generating a simulated image of the wound from the particular point of view corresponding to the second point in time by analyzing the second image data record; and generating a visual time series view of the wound including at least the image of the wound from the particular point of view corresponding to the first point in time and the simulated image of the wound from the particular point of view corresponding to the second point in time.
US11417030B2
A method for coding information of a point cloud comprises obtaining the point cloud including a set of points in a three-dimensional space; partitioning the point cloud into a plurality of objects and generating occupancy information for each of the plurality of objects; and encoding the occupancy information by taking into account the distance between the plurality of objects.
US11417027B2
A medical image processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: acquire a data volume to be compressed; acquire a function relating color value to each data value of the data volume; and change a compression rate per region of the data volume based on color values in each region.
US11417023B2
A comparison area detection unit of image processing circuitry detects an image area of a fading determination object on the basis of an image signal generated by an image capturing unit using a color filter as a comparison area. A color information generation unit generates color information from the image signal of the comparison area and uses the color information as comparison target information. A color information comparison unit compares the color information of the fading determination object as fading determination reference information with the comparison target information. A fading information generation unit generates fading information indicating that a fading level of the color filter exceeds a predetermined level or the fading level of the color filter on the basis of comparison information indicating a comparison result between the fading determination reference information and the comparison target information. The fading state of the color filter can be detected with precision.
US11417021B2
A tissue analysis system and method for the spectral deconvolution of a RGB digital image obtained from a stained biological tissue sample, by estimating the stain component images that are obtained from a staining system configuration, where the reference stain vectors are assumed to be sampled from a known color distribution. The prior knowledge of stain variability of the staining system is adopted as initial reference stain vectors and statistical distribution of their variability. Based on the initial reference stain vectors distribution, the tissue analysis system determines both the reference stain vectors and stain component images of the input image. The image is then deconvoluted based on the reference stain vectors and stain component images.
US11417020B2
A method includes: obtaining a stereo pair of images from a stereo camera assembly of a mobile computing device, the stereo pair of images depicting a first marker and a second marker each associated with the mobile computing device; determining, from the stereo pair of images, a distance between the first and second markers; comparing a threshold to a difference between the determined distance and a reference distance corresponding to the first and second reference markers; and when the difference exceeds the threshold, generating an alert notification.
US11417009B2
Systems and methods for object measurement in accordance with aspects of the disclosure are described. One embodiment of the invention includes a system including a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, an input device, and an image capture device, wherein the processor obtains image data using the image capture device in response to input received from the input device indicating that image data should be captured, identifies a set of feature points within the obtained image data, completes the obtaining of the image data based on the set of feature points identified and in response to input received from the input device indicating that image data should no longer be captured, generates a model based on the set of feature points, measures the generated model with respect to a reference plane, and provides an indication of the measured size of the generated model.
US11417004B2
Disclosed are various embodiments of variable transform systems for three-dimensional engines. In some aspects, transform data is identified for an object. The object is associated with a base transform class of a three-dimensional engine. A variable transform class generates global transform data using the transform data. The global transform data is expressed according to a cartesian coordinate system used by the three-dimensional engine. The variable transform class provides the global transform data to the base transform class of the three-dimensional engine to position the object in world space.
US11417001B1
Image data from a camera and depth information from a depth sensor, such as a LiDAR system, are used to segment an image for decoding an optical pattern. The image data is spatially correlated with the depth information. The depth information is used to partition the image into one or more foreground segments and one or more background segments. Scanning for the optical pattern is performed on the one or more foreground segments.
US11416997B2
Provided are systems and methods that allow a user to capture images at low- and high-level magnification and then overlay the high-level magnification images on the low-level magnification image to ease review of the images. The high-level magnification images may be overlaid on the low-level magnification image based at least in part on the portion of the low-level magnification image from which the high-level image was originated.
US11416995B2
Methods and apparatuses for performing patient registration. 3D scan data from a 3D scanner, preoperative image data, first tracking data from a first tracking system, and second tracking data from a second tracking system are mapped to a common coordinate space. The 3D scan data and the first tracking data are mapped to each other using a transformation that is determined based on a calibration relating the 3D scan coordinate space and the tracking coordinate space. The 3D scan data and the preoperative image data are mapped to each other using a surface matching algorithm. The first tracking data and the second tracking data are mapped to each other based on tracking of the patient reference device.
US11416988B2
A method of visualizing at least one cosmetic skin attribute of a subject is provided. The method includes obtaining a digital image of the face of a person, defining a plurality of tiles across the image, analyzing each of the defined tiles for the at least one cosmetic skin attribute, assigning a single degree of indicium uniquely to each tile based on the analyzed at least one cosmetic skin attribute of the tile, and displaying at least some of the tiles so that a user can visualize the cosmetic skin attribute. The displayed tiles may be selected to indicate to user a cosmetic skin attribute condition that is better relative to the non-displayed tiles, based on the analyzed skin attribute.
US11416985B2
A medical image processing apparatus includes a medical image acquisition unit that acquires the medical image including a subject image, a medical image analysis result acquisition unit that acquires an analysis result obtained by analyzing the medical image, a display unit that displays at least one medical image and at least information on presence or absence of a treatment tool or a type of a treatment tool in the analysis result acquired by the medical image analysis result acquisition unit, and an input receiving unit that receives an input regarding whether or not the information on presence or absence of a treatment tool or a type of a treatment tool included in the analysis result is correct.
US11416982B2
Methods and systems for controlling a process for inspection of a specimen are provided. One system includes one or more computer subsystems configured for determining a statistical characteristic of difference images generated for multiple instances of a care area on a specimen and determining variation in the statistical characteristic compared to a statistical characteristic of difference images generated for multiple instances of the care area on one or more other specimens. In addition, the one or more computer subsystems are configured for determining one or more changes to one or more parameters used for detecting defects in the care area on the specimen based on the variation.
US11416977B2
Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable medium are described for automated image measurement for process development and optimization. An example method may include receiving an image of a product associated with a manufacturing process, wherein the product comprises a plurality of structures; identifying, using a trained machine learning model, a segment of the image that comprises a structure of the plurality of structures; determining a plurality of image measurements of the segment that comprises the structure; and storing the plurality of image measurements.
US11416974B2
An electronic device comprises a camera; a memory configured to store a plurality of tone mapping information sets, each of the tone mapping information sets comprising image information of an image frame and tone mapping information of the image frame; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: select a tone mapping information set based on user input; acquire a first image frame captured through the camera; obtain a first feature of the first image frame by analyzing the first image frame; identify a second feature of second image frame corresponding to the selected tone mapping information set, based on image information of the second image frame; compare the first feature and the second feature; based on the comparison result, apply tone mapping to the first image frame using tone mapping information of the second image frame; and store image data of the first image frame, in the memory.
US11416971B2
A system or method may be used to perform image processing. An example method may include extracting a plurality of sub-images corresponding to a plurality of regions of an image. A rating classification may be generated, using a machine learning trained model, for each of the plurality of sub-images, for example including a no-rating classification for at least one sub-image of the plurality of sub-images. The method may include creating, using the rating classification for each of the plurality of sub-images, a color map overlay of a grayscale image corresponding to the image. The color map overlay may include colors corresponding to respective rating classifications for the plurality of regions or a region without a color corresponding to the at least one sub-image having the no-rating classification. The method may include outputting the color map overlaid on the grayscale image.
US11416969B2
A mobile device comprising a client application configured to receive a display stream for a virtual display of a virtual device, render a remote display in a local system user interface (UI), register a device orientation change of the mobile device, send an orientation change event message to the server, change the local system UI orientation to match the new orientation of the remote system UI based on receipt of a UI orientation signal that indicates a new orientation of the remote system UI of the virtual device, transform the display stream to compensate for changing the local system UI orientation to match the new orientation of the remote system UI and render the remote display from the transformed display stream.
US11416948B2
An image is captured within an application transaction. Identifying information corresponding to the captured image is obtained and displayed for user confirmation. The identifying information is entered into an appropriate place within the transaction.
US11416946B1
A computer implemented method for determining a primary movement window from a vehicle trip is presented. A client computing device may be placed in a vehicle, be free to move with respect to movement of the vehicle, and include an accelerometer. A computer network may receive a plurality of telematics data originating from the client computing device. One or more processors may summarize the plurality of telematics data at a specified sample rate, convert the plurality of telematics data from a time domain to a spectral domain, select one or more data points from the converted telematics data, and determine that a total spectral power of the selected data points meets a threshold value. The one or more processors may identify a first primary movement window including the selected data points if the total spectral power of the selected data points does not meet the threshold value.
US11416945B2
Instances of claim data are received by an apparatus. Each instance of claim data corresponds to an entity. A claim vector is generated for each instance of claim data. The claim vector is added to a group of claim vectors that all correspond to a same entity. Each group of claim vectors is aggregated to generate an entity vector corresponding to the entity. Based at least in part on the entity vector and (a) an entity profile corresponding to the corresponding entity or (b) an entity cluster with which the entity is associated, at least one behavior signal value is determined for the entity. A behavior signal is amended to include the behavior signal value. The behavior signal comprises at least two behavior signal values. Each of the behavior signal values are associated with a different time period. The behavior signal is provided for display via an interactive user interface and/or further processing.
US11416942B1
Systems and methods are disclosed with respect to using a blockchain for managing the subrogation claim process related to a vehicle accident, in particular, determining fault as part of the subrogation process. An exemplary embodiment may include receiving an electronic notification of a vehicle collision; receiving sensor data (such as telematics, image, audio, vehicle operational, or other sensor data) related to the vehicle collision; determining a percentage of fault of the vehicle collision for one or more vehicles, vehicle systems, and/or drivers based upon, at least in part, analysis of the sensor data collected; and creating a blockchain for the vehicle collision with one or more links to the sensor image data and an indication of the percentage of fault(s) determined to facilitate blockchain-based claim handling.
US11416941B1
A computer device and method for managing multiple electronic sensors is provided where a server receives building condition data from a motion sensor, analyzes the received data, and activates (or reconfigures) a camera sensor to capture an image of the inhabitants present within the building; the server then identifies the inhabitant of the building and retrieves profile data associated with the identified inhabitant; the server then, based on the profile data, generates an instruction to modify one or more conditions within the building (e.g., the environmental conditions of the building) and transmits the instruction to one or more devices (e.g., an environmental device) within the building.
US11416939B1
A computer-implemented method, device, and system for communicating an impact of a financial decision or an investment strategy to a user through the use of virtual reality are provided. Providing a context for figuratively ‘seeing and feeling’ the results for a proposed financial strategy may assist the user in better understanding the impact of the financial strategy. Information provided in this context may educate the user with regards to the amount of income or savings required to achieve a goal over a time period. A goal for a user may be displayed as an image in a virtual reality scene based on gathered user information. The image representing the goal may be displayed according to a percent of clarity based on the financial amount needed to achieve the goal. The image may be changed based on the amount over a perceived virtual reality time period.
US11416938B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to order entry. In the electronic trading process, order entry involves setting one or more order entry parameters, sending one or more order entry parameters, or both setting and sending one or more order entry parameters. As will be described in more detail below, various order entry actions, such as moving a cursor across an order entry line, moving a cursor into an order entry region, pressing an order entry button, or performing a gesture, may be used to trigger the setting, sending, or both setting and sending of one or more order entry parameters. At least some embodiments relate to enabling an order entry action before the order entry action is able to set, send, or both set and send one or more order entry parameters.
US11416929B2
A trading platform adapted for pairs trading of unrelated securities from one or more asset classes using a single order approach is provided.
US11416927B1
Examples described herein relate to media, apparatuses and methods. In an embodiment, a digital funding group for transactions initiated by a user via a user computing device is established. Information relating to a prospective transaction is received via a client application. The client application monitors a system idle timer of the user computing device and resets the system idle timer at predetermined time intervals, thereby maintaining the user computing device in active mode. The client application performs an electronic search for a sponsorship opportunity related to the at least one prospective transaction, generates a displayable result set comprising at least one prospective sponsor; renders the displayable result set, and responsive to a user selection of a particular sponsor from the displayable result set, causes the particular sponsor to be added to the digital funding group.
US11416921B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to activate a hyperlink of a set of hyperlinks within a webpage of a source website. The method further includes executing a script to initiate an auction that is performed by an auctioning platform, wherein the auction comprises a bidding process that is associated with a set of third-party websites. The method further includes determining at least one preferred third-party website selected from the set of third-party websites. The method further includes outputting third-party digital content representative of characteristics of the preferred third-party website that are associated with the characteristics of the activated hyperlink. The method further includes outputting the first digital content while outputting a portion of source digital content representative of characteristics of the source website.
US11416920B2
A first device receives, via a blockchain node of the first device, data and constraints associated with a smart contract, where the smart contract is deployed via a blockchain node associated with a second device, the first and second devices are provided in a blockchain network, through their blockchain nodes. The first device provides, via the blockchain node, the data and constraints to an analytics engine of the first device, and performs, via the analytics engine, a data analytics technique on the data and constraints to generate an offer with optimized parameters. The first device provides the offer with the optimized parameters to the smart contract associated with the second device, and receives, via the blockchain node, a confirmation of a transaction associated with the smart contract. The first device causes the offer with the optimized parameters to be implemented based on receiving the confirmation of the transaction.
US11416918B2
An automated system/method for identifying and enabling viewer selection/purchase of products or services associated with digital content presented on a display device. Products within the digital content are identified and existing product placement data is ascertained. For products that do not include such data, other methodologies, with the assistance of third-party servers, are employed to assess identity and purchase availability. Viewer input designate products to assess or products can be automatically assessed. Viewers initiate purchase of identified products via the display device or other electronic devices controlled by viewers, such as via viewers' smart phones. Various processes for identifying products include use of AI processing, access to data on third-party servers, crowd sourcing and other methodologies. Various techniques for selecting products for purchases are employed including employing 3D codes (e.g., QR codes) alongside presented products to enable other portable electronic devices to facilitate purchase. Other features are described.
US11416915B2
Methods and systems for protecting seller privacy during an ecommerce transaction are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes, receiving, via an online listing configuration interface for a first session, one or more candidate pick up times and specific pick up locations for an item, determining a generalized version of the one or more specific pick up locations, displaying, via a second session, an online listing for the item, displaying, via the second session, the one or more candidate pick up times and the generalized versions of the one or more specific pick up locations, receiving, via the second session, a selection of one of the candidate pick up times and one of the generalized versions of one of the specific pick up locations, in response to receiving payment for the item, displaying a specific pick up location corresponding to the selected one generalized version.
US11416911B2
A method for automatically maintaining orders on a networked computer is described, comprising maintaining, by the networked computer, information on an order including one or more entries, said information being associated with at least one ordering entity, receiving, by the networked computer, data indicative of an update of the order from the at least one ordering entity via a network, processing the data by the networked computer, updating, by the networked computer, a summary of the order, and providing, by the networked computer, the summary to the at least one ordering entity via the network in response to a trigger. Furthermore, a network system enabling automatic maintenance of orders is described.
US11416910B1
Systems and techniques are generally described for generating visually blended recommendation grids. In some examples, a selection of a first item and a second item displayed on a display may be received. In various examples, the first item may be displayed in a first element of a grid and the second item may be displayed in a second element of the grid. In some examples, a third element of the grid that is disposed between the first element and the second element along an axis of the grid may be determined. In various examples, a third item may be determined for display in the third element of the grid based at least in part on a blended representation of an embedding of the first item and an embedding of the second item. The third item may be displayed in the third element of the grid.
US11416899B2
Disclosed is an estimation method for a whole life cycle cost of a power battery in echelon utilization. In this method, echelon utilization grades are established for the power battery according to an SOH of the power battery; a whole battery capacity model is constructed corresponding to the echelon utilization grades; a cost model is constructed corresponding to the echelon utilization grades; and a variation trend of the whole life cycle cost of the power battery is estimated according to the echelon utilization grades for the power battery, the power battery capacity model and the cost model, and a result of estimation is outputted.
US11416897B1
In some embodiments, a method includes in response to an integration tag included in a webpage at a first user interface being executed at a mobile device, receiving a mobile device identifier and a request to retrieve a purchase identifier. The method includes sending a first signal causing a frame to be provided within the webpage at the first user interface. The method includes in response to a first user input, receiving a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) POST request and determining a uniform resource identifier (URI). The method includes retrieving purchase information and sending a HTTP response message including the URI of the second user interface and the purchase information to deeplink to the second user interface and to cause the second user interface to be rendered at the mobile device with the purchase information pre-populated in an input field of a text message.
US11416895B2
A system has a display device attached to an automobile, with a display screen visible outside the automobile. Workstations specify location-based rules regarding image content to be displayed in specified geographic areas at specific times, and further specify a predetermined threshold of a number of automobiles that display a given threshold-limited image. An application server determines from the location-based rules a dynamic content schedule of image content to display at the display device when the automobile is in the given geographic region at a given display time. When the predetermined threshold of the number of automobiles displaying the threshold-limited image in the given geographic region is reached, an update to the dynamic content schedule is generated including a different image in place of the threshold-limited image, and a current image corresponding to the updated dynamic content schedule is displayed.
US11416893B2
Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform recording one or more actions of a user during an online browsing session; predicting, in real-time, a first user attribute for the user from one or more user attributes during the online browsing session based on the one or more actions of the user during the online browsing session; correlating the first user attribute, as predicted, for the user, wherein a first user preference of one or more user preferences is associated with the first user attribute, as predicted; and mapping each respective user preference of the one or more user preferences to a vector space, wherein: two or more user preferences of the one or more user preferences determined to be more similar to one another are closer together on the vector space than two or more user preferences of the one or more user preferences determined to be less similar to one another. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US11416888B1
A system for determining regulatory compliance of a digital promotion may include a user device and a regulatory offers server. The server may obtain, via the user device, a proposed digital promotion associated with a regulated product, a geographic region, and proposed promotional terms. A corresponding legal jurisdiction corresponding to the geographic region may be determined, and if the promotion is compliant based upon the regulations for the corresponding jurisdiction, the proposed promotion, and the proposed promotional terms may be determined. If the promotion is not compliant, the proposed promotional terms may be revised to generate a suggested compliant promotion based upon the regulations for the corresponding jurisdiction. A compliance indication may be communicated to the user device, and when not compliant, the suggested compliant digital promotion may also be communicated.
US11416881B2
This disclosure relates generally to method and system for forecasting sales based on N-Gram model. The present disclosure provides accurate prediction of sales for optimal operations to reduce the cost. The method receives a plurality of inputs of each product comprising a sales history, and a current price bin. The categorical sale(s) for each product is discretized based on the sales history by clustering each product sales history into a one or more groups based on a maximum sales velocity range. Further, a probability table is generated for the discretized categorical sales of each product based on computing a round off weighted mean and a median using a N-Gram model. Then, a smooth probability table is computed for the generated probability table. To forecast sales multistep prediction for the smooth probability table is computed based on at least one of a joint approach, a bootstrapped approach, and a step greedy approach.
US11416867B2
A device may receive transaction data associated with transactions. The transaction data may be associated with transaction entries that are associated with the transactions. The device may process, using a matching model, the transaction entries to classify the transaction entries into a set of matched transaction entries and a set of unmatched transaction entries. The device may update a transaction grouping model based on the set of matched transaction entries to create an updated transaction grouping model. The device may determine, using the updated transaction grouping model, that a subset of the set of unmatched transaction entries are associated with a same transaction. The device may classify the subset of the set of unmatched transaction entries as grouped transaction entries. The device may provide an indication that the grouped transaction entries and the set of matched transaction entries are reconciled transactions.
US11416865B2
A user may establish a relationship with a merchant so that the user can conduct repeated transactions with the merchant. The merchant computer associated with the merchant may store credentials associated with the user's account. The repeated transactions may not occur at regular intervals. The merchant may include an indicator in the authorization request messages for the user's transactions that indicates that the user is part of the established relationship. Hence, other entities that receive the indicator can accordingly identify and process the transaction as low risk, which results in higher approvals of the user's transactions conducted with the merchant.
US11416838B2
A checkout apparatus includes a memory that stores first information about one or more commodities registered in a registration process, a first interface configured to acquire an image of a predetermined region where registered commodities are to be placed, and a processor configured to identify commodities in the image acquired via the first interface by object recognition, determine whether each of the identified commodities is in the first information stored in the memory, and if one of the identified commodities is not in the first information, output an error signal.
US11416836B1
An automated teller machine (ATM) is provided. The ATM includes a network interface. The ATM includes an authentication circuit configured to receive data indicative of an interaction with the ATM by a user, detect that an individual computing device is in proximity to the ATM, determine that the individual computing device is not associated with a financial account, display a prompt comprising instructions to bind the individual computing device of the user to the financial account, receive data comprising a unique identifier of the individual computing device of the user, bind the individual computing device to the financial account based at least in part on the received unique identifier of the individual computing device of the user, and transmit, to the individual computing device, an application authorization, the application authorization authorizing an application to complete operations associated with the financial account via the bound individual computing device of the user.
US11416833B2
Disclosed are a payment service apparatus for providing product information to an offline merchant on the basis of location information and supporting payment processing based on a virtual currency and an operating method thereof. The present invention selects offline merchants positioned within a predetermined distance based on current location information of a user terminal and then selects a merchant that transmits a beacon signal having a maximum strength among beacon signals transmitted by beacons provided in the selected merchants and transmits product information for products being sold in the merchant to the user terminal, and when the information on the virtual currency amount of the one predetermined product together with a payment request for one predetermined product from the user terminal are received, completes transfer processing from an electronic wallet account of a user to the electronic wallet account of the merchant for a virtual currency amount of one predetermined product to support the user to easily purchase the product in the offline merchant.
US11416810B2
Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and control systems to provide a platform to facilitate implementation of an interface, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform that implements specialized logic to facilitate distribution of items in accordance with an automatically adaptive schedule, for example, via an interface. In some examples, a method may include predicting data representing, for example, a zone of time in which depletion of an item is predicted. The method may monitor whether to replenish the item, and transmit via a network an electronic message including one or more item characteristics associated with the item to be replenished. The method may also include receiving another electronic message, and transmitting a control message to a merchant computing system to initiate adaptive distribution to replenish the item, among other things.
US11416809B1
A system and method are disclosed for solving a hierarchy of objective functions using one or more hierarchical optimizations using explanation data stored in a database according to the one or more hierarchical optimizations, retrieving the explanation data, generating a response to a query for a goal violation by parsing the retrieved explanation data, and displaying the response.
US11416804B2
A method for delivering a plurality of items to a plurality of delivery locations uses a mobile transport vehicle to transport a plurality of delivery robots to a first robot drop location. The robots are released at the first robot drop location and travel to assigned, respective delivery locations, which are in the vicinity of the first robot drop location. After completing delivery, each of the robots may proceed to a first robot pick-up location which may be different from the first drop off location. The robots are collected by a mobile transport vehicle and are transported to a second robot drop off location. While being transported, the robots can be reloaded with items for delivery in the vicinity of the second drop off location. A system may include one or more such mobile transport vehicles and a plurality of such robots, under the control of a server.
US11416803B1
Apparatus and associated methods relate to dynamically managing quality of a sample in a public display space. In an illustrative example, a sample quality profile (SQP) may be generated in response to a sample update signal. The sample update signal may, for example, originate from a physical product display location. The sample update signal may, for example include data from a sensor(s) configured to detect a physical attribute(s) corresponding to the sample. The SQP may, for example, correlate the at least one physical attribute with at least one sample quality metric(s) (SQM). A predetermined minimum quality criterion(s) (MQC) corresponding to the product, sample, and/or showcase may, for example, be retrieved and compared to the SQM. If the SQM does not meet the MQC, then a sample request signal may, for example, be generated. Various embodiments may, for example, advantageously maintain an attractive product sample for display to potential customers.
US11416793B2
Disclosed herein is a software application for tracking the impact of a change event on a budget for a project. In one aspect, a computing system may receive user input defining a given change event that comprises a line item, and setting an estimated revenue for the line item to a dynamic amount that is to track a most-firm cost for the first line item. Based on the received user input and the estimated revenue for the line item, the computing system may create a data record that represents the given change event, detect a more-firm cost available for the line item, and based on detecting the more-firm cost available for the line item, (i) determine an updated most-firm cost for the line item and (ii) determine an updated estimated revenue for the line item to track the updated most-firm cost for the line item.
US11416788B2
The invention relates to a system for providing location information to a system residing on a network with respect to a service provider providing service for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and the location information is provided to the network with respect to a geofence system located within property.
US11416786B2
Improving the operations of a computer system that is located within a power grid and that is associated with its own power sources. Past operational characteristics of the power grid are analyzed to derive learned characteristics for the power grid. Future operational characteristics of the power grid are also monitored. A prediction regarding a future load event associated with the power grid is then generated using the learned characteristics and the monitored characteristics. In response to this prediction, one or more operations are performed to balance the computer system with the power grid during the future load event, and to ensure a determined availability of services associated with the computer system during the future load event.
US11416783B2
A method and a system for allocating a vehicle to a user are provided. An availability of a vehicle is detected in a geographical location for an allocation. Based on the historical travel data or a real-time travel-related intention of a set of users in the geographical area, a user is identified from the set of users. A notification message is transmitted to a user device of the identified user based on the detected availability of the vehicle in the geographical area. A user response message is received from the user device in response to the transmitted notification message. Based on the received user response message associated with the selected user, the vehicle is allocated to the selected user for a ride.
US11416780B1
A collection of clusters are selected to be used in training in an active learning workflow when using clusters to train supervised entity resolution in data sets. A collection of records is provided wherein each record in the collection has a cluster membership. A collection of record pairs is also provided, each record pair containing two distinct records from the collection of records, and each record pair having a similarity score. A collection of clusters is generated with uncertainty from the collection of records and the collection of record pairs. A subset of the collection of clusters with uncertainty is then selected using weighted sampling, wherein a function of the cluster uncertainty is used as the weight in the weighted sampling. The subset of the collection of clusters with uncertainty is the collection of clusters for training in and active learning workflow when using clusters to train supervised entity resolution in data sets.
US11416777B2
Techniques herein relate to improving quality of classification models for differentiating different user intents by improving the quality of training samples used to train the classification models. Pairs of user intents that are difficult to differentiate by classification models trained using the given training samples are identified based upon distinguishability scores (e.g., F-scores). For each of the identified pairs of intents, pairs of training samples each including a training sample associated with a first intent and a training sample associated with a second intent in the pair of intents are ranked based upon a similarity score between the two training samples in each pair of training samples. A particular pair of training samples with a highest similarity score is selected and provided as output with a suggestion for modifying the particular pair of training samples.
US11416761B2
A quantum computing system is adapted to prepare a cat state in a quantum circuit with fault tolerance t and circuit depth less than or equal to 4+4t by performing a series of operations that includes: performing a sequence of joint parity measurements on individual pairs of neighboring qubits in a series of qubits entangled to form an initial cat state; repeating the sequence of measurements over at least t-rounds; and disentangling a first set of alternating qubits from the initial cat state, the prepared cat state being formed by a remaining second set of alternating qubits, the second set of alternating qubits being interlaced with the first set of alternating qubits along a line of one-dimensional connectivity, the series of operations being sufficient to guarantee that a prepared cat state is has less than or equal to t number of faults.
US11416759B2
An event-based sensor includes a photoarray and a processing circuit. The photoarray includes an array of cells. Each cell includes a photosensor generating a sensor signal dependent on an intensity of light casted on the cell, and an intensity monitoring circuit outputting an ON signal when the light intensity is increasing and an OFF signal when the light intensity is decreasing. The processing circuit is configured to generate an event in response to the ON and OFF signals, filter out the events caused by flickering light, and pass the events caused by motion.
US11416755B2
The present system and method may generally include organizing the task flow of a virtual agent in a way that is controlled by a set of rules and set of conditional probability distributions. The system and method may include receiving a user utterance including a first task, identifying the first task from the user utterance, and obtaining a set of rules related to the plurality of tasks. The set of rules may determine whether pre-tasks and/or pre-conditions are to be executed before executing the first task. The set of rules may also determine whether post-tasks and/or post-conditions are to be executed after executing the first task. The system and method may include executing the task; running a probabilistic graphical model on the plurality of tasks to determine a second task based on the first task; suggesting to the user the second task; and updating the probabilistic graphical model after a threshold number of runs.
US11416753B1
Systems and methods to identify document transitions between adjacent documents within document bundles are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may train a model: obtain training information including a first training bundle and corresponding document separation markers; determine page-specific feature information pertaining to individual pages of the first training bundle; determine, based on the obtained page-specific feature information, page-specific feature values for individual features of the individual pages of the first training bundle; generate, for the individual pages of the first training bundle, a page-specific feature vector; train the model, using the training document bundles, to determine whether the first page and the second page are part of different document. Systems and methods may utilize the trained model to identify document transitions between adjacent documents within document bundles.
US11416746B2
The present disclosure provides a training method for generative adversarial network, which includes: extracting a first-resolution sample image from a second-resolution sample image; separately providing a first input image and a second input image for a generative network to generate a first output image and a second output image respectively, the first input image including a first-resolution sample image and a first noise image, the second input image including the first-resolution sample image and a second noise image; separately providing the first output image and a second-resolution sample image for a discriminative network to output a first discrimination result and a second discrimination result; and adjusting parameters of the generative network to reduce a loss function. The present disclosure further provides an image processing method using the generative adversarial network, a computer device, and a computer-readable storage medium.
US11416745B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for adversarial training of a neural network. One of the methods includes obtaining a plurality of training inputs; and training the neural network on each of the training inputs, comprising, for each of the training inputs: processing the training input using the neural network to determine a neural network output for the training input; applying a perturbation to the training input to generate an adversarial perturbation of the training input; processing the adversarial perturbation of the training input using the neural network to determine a neural network output for the adversarial perturbation; and adjusting the current values of the parameters of the neural network by performing an iteration of a neural network training procedure to optimize an adversarial objective function.
US11416733B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, relating to multi-task recurrent neural networks. One of the methods includes maintaining data specifying, for a recurrent neural network, a separate internal state for each of a plurality of memory regions; receiving a current input; identifying a particular memory region of the memory access address defined by the current input; selecting, from the internal states specified in the maintained data, the internal state for the particular memory region; processing, in accordance with the selected internal state for the particular memory region, the current input in the sequence of inputs using the recurrent neural network to: generate an output, the output defining a probability distribution of a predicted memory access address, and update the selected internal state of the particular memory region; and associating the updated selected internal state with the particular memory region in the maintained data.
US11416730B2
Radio-frequency device with radio-frequency signal carrying element and associated production method
A radio-frequency device comprises a radio-frequency chip, a first connecting element arranged over a chip surface of the radio-frequency chip, the first connecting element being designed to mechanically and electrically connect the radio-frequency chip to a circuit board, and a radio-frequency signal carrying element arranged over the chip surface and electrically coupled to the radio-frequency chip, the radio-frequency signal carrying element being covered by an electrically nonconductive material and being designed to transmit a signal in a direction parallel to the chip surface, wherein the first connecting element and the radio-frequency signal carrying element are arranged at a same level in relation to a direction perpendicular to the chip surface, and wherein the first connecting element is spaced apart from the radio-frequency signal carrying element by way of a region that is free of the electrically nonconductive material.
US11416727B1
Technology is described for providing and using a thermo-sensitive payment card. An example payment card comprises a card substrate and a personalization layer overlaying the card substrate. The personalization layer includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The first region includes an account number associated with an account of a user, and the account of the user is maintained by a payment service system that issues the payment card. At least one of the first region or the second region comprises a thermochromic ink such that application of heat to the first region or the second region having the thermochromic ink causes a change in color of the personalization layer so as to reveal the account number.
US11416725B1
A system and method for maintaining identification and traceability about the provenance of finished products that come from selected individual plants through said plant's life cycle, by using the individualized identification data over a period of time, events and processes in order to maintain correlation of individual plants to specific by-products in regard to traits or characteristics of those selected plants.
US11416724B2
An example operation method of an image forming apparatus includes obtaining, through a sensor in the image forming apparatus, toner data corresponding to an amount of toner remaining in a developing apparatus, obtaining, based on the toner data in every predetermined period, a linear prediction model predicting the amount of toner remaining in the developing apparatus according to a time at which the toner is supplied to the developing apparatus, predicting, based on the linear prediction model, an expected supply time required for the amount of toner remaining in the developing apparatus to reach a target level, and controlling an operation of supplying the toner to the developing apparatus according to a result of comparing the expected supply time with a predetermined reference supply time.
US11416722B2
A recording control device that controls a recording device that discharges a dot to perform recording includes an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge of an image represented by image data, and a recording control unit configured to generate dot data specifying the dot based on the image data and to cause the recording device to perform recording based on the dot data. The recording control unit causes an internal region, located on an inner side of an edge region including the edge of the image, to be recorded using a dot having a smaller size than that of a dot used for recording of the edge region, or to be dot-off.
US11416715B2
The present disclosure relates to face recognition apparatus and method capable of increasing a rate of face recognition using artificial intelligence by changing a captured image or video in contrast value in a dynamic manner. An operational method of a face recognition electronic apparatus using an artificial neural network may include: receiving from an ISP an image processed based on a set contrast parameter; detecting a facial image from the image; determining match probability values between the detected facial image with a plurality of facial images; determining whether or not a subject matching with the detected facial image is present on the basis of the match probability values; and if not, changing the contrast parameter. Accordingly, the face recognition performance can be improved by correcting an image in contrast that provides the best face recognition capability for each image when identifying a subject of a facial image by using artificial intelligence.
US11416714B2
A method, system, and apparatus for identifying and revealing objects from video identifies or infers objects from images or sequences of images upon a command, interrogative, or inferred interest of a user. The system is trained to identify or infer the objects using neural network or statistical learning-based models. The system may respond to the user in accordance with an expected user latency in requesting the system to reveal a specific object to the user. Semantic techniques may be applied to enable the system to interpret contextual or object attribute information that is provided by the users' communications to the system. The system may be applied in product promotional processes that are with respect to video that is associated with television, movies, and other video content.
US11416710B2
The present invention relates to representing image features used by a convolutional neural network (CNN) to identify concepts in an input image. The CNN includes a plurality of filters in each of a plurality of layers. The method generates the CNN based on a set of images for training with predetermined concepts in regions of the set of images. For a select layer of the CNN, the method generates integrated maps, Each integrated map is based on a set of feature maps in a cluster and relevance between the set of feature maps for the select layer and a region representing one of the features in the image data. The method provides a pair of a feature representation visualization image of a feature in the select layer and a concept information associated with the integration map.
US11416701B2
Provided are a device and method for analyzing spatiotemporal data of a geographical space including one or more regions. The method includes imaging spatiotemporally varying data, selecting a representative image according to each transition state based on a spatiotemporal change in the imaged data, grouping pixels in the selected image by clustering the pixels, and performing group-specific data analyses.
US11416698B2
Method for providing proof of presence at a predefined location, comprising: an initialing step (E1) during which initialization data of a digital device (10) are transmitted to a server (20), a computing step (E2) in which the device iteratively computes, at a refresh frequency (FMIN), a time index (INDT), a step (E3) of displaying a validation matrix barcode on the screen of the device, and a step (E4) of validating a presence at the predefined location, comprising a sub step (E41) of scanning the validation matrix barcode displayed on the screen of the device by means of a communication terminal (30).
US11416697B2
A handheld code reader may include a main structure, a handle extending from the main structure, and a trigger configured to be pulled by a finger of a user holding the handle. The code reader may further include a conductive element, an antenna configured to sense an inductive change caused by the trigger moving the conductive element, and electronics in electrical communication with the antenna, the electronics configured to determine when the inductive change is indicative of a user selecting to activate a pre-trigger aiming function.
US11416695B2
An induction system is disclosed for filtering the induction of objects to a plurality of object processing systems. The induction system includes an evaluation means for evaluating at least one characteristic of an object, and routing means for routing the object in one of a plurality of directions responsive to the evaluated characteristic, at least one of the plurality of directions leading to a selected one of the plurality of object processing systems.
US11416688B2
Embodiments described in this disclosure illustrate the use of self-/semi supervised approaches for label-efficient DST in task-oriented dialogue systems. Conversational behavior is modeled by next response generation and turn utterance generation tasks. Prediction consistency is strengthened by augmenting data with stochastic word dropout and label guessing. Experimental results show that by exploiting self-supervision the joint goal accuracy can be boosted with limited labeled data.
US11416687B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for recognizing speech. An embodiment of the method includes: in response to detecting a speech frame, converting the speech frame into a current text in real time; in response to there being no previously saved historical text, inputting the current text into a semantic parsing model to obtain a parsing result; in response to the parsing result including a valid intention slot, ending a speech endpoint detection to complete the recognition; and outputting an instruction corresponding to the valid intention slot.
US11416685B2
Artificial intelligence based document analysis systems and methods are disclosed. Embodiments of document analysis systems may allow the reuse of coded datasets defined in association with a particular code by allowing these datasets to be bundled to define a dataset for another code, where that code may be associated with a target corpus of documents. A model can then be trained based on that dataset and used to provide predictive scores for the documents of the target corpora with respect to the code. Furthermore, this code can be applied not just to the target corpus of documents, but additionally can be applied against any other corpora.
US11416682B2
Knowledge gaps in a chatbot are identified with reference to a domain-specific document and a set of QA pairs of the chatbot. Entities and/or entity values associated with the document are compared to the entities and/or entity values of the QA pairs. Entities of the document not associated with the QA pairs are identified as knowledge gaps. The QA pairs and knowledge gaps are ranked by relevance to the domain.
US11416679B2
The present invention provides a system comprising a user interface configured to receive text input by a user, a text prediction engine comprising a plurality of language models and configured to receive the input text from the user interface and to generate concurrently text predictions using the plurality of language models, and wherein the text prediction engine is further configured to provide text predictions to the user interface for display and user selection. An analogous method and an interface for use with the system and method are also provided.
US11416678B2
An addition unit 11, with regard to data indicating a conversation history including one or more sets of sentences formed from a problem sentence being a sentence indicating one problem, a question sentence being a sentence indicating a question for the one problem, and an answer sentence being a sentence indicating an answer to the question, adds a label indicating a problem state to the problem sentence within the data, a label indicating a question state to the question sentence within the data, and a label indicating an answer state to the answer sentence within the data. An extraction unit 12 extracts, from the data, a set of sentences with which the states indicated by the labels have been associated according to a state transition model that is a model configured from the one problem state, question state, and answer state, and that represents a transition of the states.
US11416675B1
As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for customizing an electronic form. Events occurring in association with use of an electronic form are collected. The electronic form is automatically customized, based on the events.
US11416671B2
The technology disclosed relates to systems and methods for device-dependent display of an article from a PDF file. The article can have multiple columns. The system can use a library to render the article from the PDF file. The rendering can include bounding boxes positioned at on-page coordinates that can include one or more images and multiple text blocks of glyphs. The system can partition the text blocks and images in two or more columns using dynamically adjusted valleys between columns. The system can set a reading order of the article after rendering. The system can merge and split text blocks to form paragraphs of text. The system includes logic to infer semantic information about typographic roles of the paragraphs from at least the font information. The system can cause display of the article in a device-dependent format using the semantic information and the reading order.
US11416668B2
One embodiment includes an apparatus, with materials having a text sub file with texts, an illustration sub file with illustrations, and a logic sub file with instructions for presenting at least a part of the materials. One embodiment includes materials with a logic sub file that can analyze an attribute of, and provide a response to, a user. Another embodiment is applicable to apparatus and methods using a limited voice recognition dictionary at least tailored for a piece of materials that includes illustrations. The piece of materials includes instructions. The another embodiment can also use a limited image dictionary. The apparatus can include a headset, and the illustrations can include a piece of audio. The apparatus can be implemented in a vehicle.
US11416666B1
A method for forming an integrated circuit (IC) is provided. The method includes obtaining an IC design; generating a layout according to the IC design; calculating a score of a region in the layout based on voltage levels in the region; and fabricating a semiconductor device according to the layout when the score of the region in the layout is equal to or less than a threshold value.
US11416664B2
The present description relates to a method based on artificial intelligence to implement a wide range of microelectronic circuits that can adapt by themselves to the usage conditions (e.g. loading changes), manufacturing variances or defects (e.g. process variations, device parameter mismatches, device model inaccuracies or changes, etc.), as well as environmental conditions (e.g. voltage, temperature, interference) in order to negate all or part of their effects on the circuit performance characteristics and achieve a very tight set of specifications over the wide range of conditions. Each microelectronic circuit is represented by a neural network model whose behavior is a function of the actual input signals, the usage and environmental conditions. An attached AI engine will infer from the model, the input signals, the usage conditions and the environmental conditions and create the adaptive changes required to modify the microelectronic circuit's behavior to negate all or part of their effects on the circuit performance characteristics and to achieve a very tight set of specifications.
US11416662B1
Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems, methods, and products for safety verification of an IC design. A computer executing an illustrative EDA tool may perform a static cone of influence (COI) analysis of a gate-level netlist of the IC design to determine whether faults injected at combinational logic at different COIs are safe or dangerous. The computer may leverage this determination to perform a register-transfer level (RTL) simulation by generating and injecting equivalent faults to sequential logic in the IC design. The computer may further flexibly allow RTL simulations under different assumptions based upon downstream observability of the faults injected to the sequential logic. Because, RTL simulations are significantly faster than the gate-level simulations, the computer may efficiently calculate DC of one or more safety mechanism in the IC design.
US11416659B1
Implementing an asymmetric memory having random port ratios using memory primitives can include detecting, using computer hardware, a hardware description language (HDL) random access memory (RAM) within a circuit design. The HDL RAM is asymmetric. Using computer hardware, a number of a plurality of memory primitives needed to implement the HDL RAM as a RAM circuit are determined based on a maximum port width ratio of the memory primitives defined as 1:N and a port width ratio of the HDL RAM defined as 1:M, wherein each of M and N is an integer and a power of two and M exceeds N. The RAM circuit is asymmetric. Using the computer hardware, a write circuit and/or a read circuit can be generated for a first port of the RAM circuit. Further, using the computer hardware, a write circuit and/or a read circuit can be generated for a second port of the RAM circuit.
US11416658B2
Improved energy conservation, including realization of a ZNET (Zero Net Energy including Transportation) paradigm, can be encouraged by providing energy consumers with a holistic view of their overall energy consumption. Current energy consumption in terms of space heating, water heating, other electricity, and personal transportation can be modeled by normalizing the respective energy consumption into the same units of energy. In addition, the passive always-on electricity consumption caused by inactive devices that contributes to the baseload of a building can be identified and addressed by the consumer, as appropriate by expressing baseload as a compound value that combines constant always-on loads and regularly-cycling loads. The baseload is estimated as the peak occurrence in a frequency distribution of net load data, after which the always-on load can be determined by subtracting out any regularly-cycling loads.
US11416640B2
A display device employs a patterned quantum rod layer having pixel elements driven by pixel splitting to generate a privacy viewing mode. The display device includes a patterned quantum rod layer having first pixel elements including first quantum rods wherein the first quantum rods are aligned in a first alignment direction, and second pixel elements including second quantum rods wherein the second quantum rods are aligned in a second alignment direction different from the first alignment direction. An electronic controller is configured to perform pixel splitting whereby the electronic controller drives the first pixel elements and the second pixel elements such that the patterned quantum rod layer has an off-axis luminance different from an on-axis luminance to generate a privacy viewing mode. The first alignment direction may be oriented 90° relative to the second alignment direction.
US11416635B1
Various examples are directed to computer-implemented systems and methods for providing a pseudonymous browsing mode. A method includes receiving, by a processor of a computer, input from a user requesting a level of anonymity for a session on an application or website, where the level of anonymity is between open browsing and completely incognito browsing. The processor programs an avatar configured to provide the level of anonymity to an identity of the user and data generated by the user based on the received input. The processor uses the avatar to control an amount of data shared by the user with the application or website to provide the level of anonymity to an identity of the user and data generated by the user.
US11416632B2
A method in an electronic device designates, with one or more processors of the electronic device, at least one data item stored within a memory of the electronic device for storage in a plurality of remote electronic devices. The method encrypts, with the one or more processors, the at least one data item to create at least one encrypted data item. The method divides, with the one or more processors, the at least one encrypted data item into a plurality of encrypted subset data items. The method then delivers, with a communication device, at least a first encrypted subset data item from the plurality of encrypted subset data items to a first remote electronic device and at least a second subset data item from the plurality of encrypted subset data items to a second remote electronic device.
US11416631B2
A computer-based system and method for monitoring of movement of data in a computer network, including: parsing a message, the message including one of a data access command sent to a computer database and a response to a data access command, to extract a template, metadata and data of the data access command, examining the template, metadata and data of the message to identify messages related to movement of data that is classified as sensitive, and generating a flow graph indicative of new locations of the sensitive data. Policy rules may be applied to the new locations of the sensitive data to monitor access to the new location.
US11416629B2
One example method includes connecting to a fileserver of a data protection system, initiating, at a client, an operation that is associated with a master pseudofs of the fileserver, creating, at the client, a client-specific pseudofs based upon the master pseudofs, and the client-specific pseudofs includes only those nodes of the master pseudofs that the client is authorized to access, and performing the operation using the client-specific pseudofs.
US11416617B2
There is disclosed a computing/data processing device comprising: a plurality of computing units, each computing unit comprising a computing resource; the computing device comprising at least three computing units, each computing unit comprising a/the same computing resource; each computing unit further comprising a computing unit access manager, each unit access manager being adapted to control access to the computing resource of the respective computing unit in response to at least one request; wherein, the computing unit access manager only allows a response to the at least one request if a majority of the computing units provide a same response to the at least one request; and wherein, the computing device comprising a network-on-a-chip, is provided on a chip and/or comprises an integrated chip (IC) or microprocessor. The IC beneficially comprises a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) device. In a preferred embodiment, the unit access manager controls access to the computing resource based on a token; the token comprising: a pointer to the respective computing resource, a set of rights relating to that computing resource, and a numerical representation of that computing resource.
US11416603B2
Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to detect process hijacking are disclosed herein. An example apparatus to detect control flow anomalies includes a parsing engine to compare a target instruction pointer (TIP) address to a dynamic link library (DLL) module list, and in response to detecting a match of the TIP address to a DLL in the DLL module list, set a first portion of a normalized TIP address to a value equal to an identifier of the DLL. The example apparatus disclosed herein also includes a DLL entry point analyzer to set a second portion of the normalized TIP address based on a comparison between the TIP address and an entry point of the DLL, and a model compliance engine to generate a flow validity decision based on a comparison between (a) the first and second portion of the normalized TIP address and (b) a control flow integrity model.
US11416595B2
An authentication system accesses an image of a face of a user. The face of the user is partially covered by a facial mask. The authentication system detects an area on the facial mask and generates a first identification of the user based on the area on the facial mask. The authentication system also detects an exposed area uncovered by the facial mask on the face of the user and generates a second identification of the user based on the exposed area. The authentication system compares the first identification of the user with the second identification of the user, and authenticates the user based on the comparison.
US11416585B2
The exemplary embodiments are related to a device, a system, and a method for implementing a mechanism that is configured to prevent the unauthorized execution of software. A user device is configured to execute a feature access function corresponding to an application feature included in an application. The feature access function is configured to receive one of a plurality of values each time the application is launched. During operation, the feature access function receives a value and determines whether a condition is satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, the value is returned which indicates that execution of the application feature is permitted.
US11416584B2
A license management system subtracts, a number of rights corresponding to a number of users set by a number of users setter from a number of owned rights for each unit period, and uses a first unit period that is an earliest unit period, in which the number of owned rights is expected to be insufficient with respect to a number of rights in a unit period, as a last unit period, in which content can be used by a plurality of users, to set same expiration of a valid period for all of the plurality of users.
US11416575B2
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for defining a data description model and a function description model for one or more of a plurality of machine-accessible public computing platforms; processing a complex task to define a plurality of discrete tasks each having a discrete goal; and executing the plurality of discrete tasks on the plurality of machine-accessible public computing platforms.
US11416571B2
A process for improving the searchability of incident-specific social media content posted via communication devices. In operation, an electronic computing device obtains incident information identifying an incident location and time of occurrence of the incident. The electronic computing device identifies a communication device located within a predetermined geographical area relative to the incident location during the time of occurrence of the incident. The electronic computing device then generates a concatenated string as a function of incident identifier associated with the incident and device identifier associated with the communication device and transmits an electronic message including the concatenated string to the communication device. The electronic message includes a link to enable the concatenated string to be attached to social media posts including incident-specific social media content posted via the communication device on social media networks.
US11416568B2
At least one analytical agent extracts a plurality of attributes from each of a plurality of member input vectors. Each member input vector includes raw data characterizing contextual aspects about an associated and different user. Thereafter, a content search vector is generated for each user by the at least one analytical agent that includes the attributes extracted from the member input vector associated with such user and weights corresponding to each attribute that are particular to such user. A search engine, accessing a content library, then matches each content search vector with one of a plurality of content workflows based on both the attributes and weights within such content search vector. A context engine then initiates execution of each matching content workflow which results in tailored messages specified by the matching content workflow being sent to the user associated with the matching content workflow.
US11416561B1
Techniques are described for enabling analysts and other users of an IT operations platform to identify certain data objects managed by the platform (for example, events, files, notes, actions results, etc.) as “evidence” when such data objects are believed to be of particular significance to an investigation or other matter. For example, an event generated based on data ingested from an anti-virus service and representing a security-related incident might include artifacts indicating an asset identifier, a hash value of a suspected malicious file, a file path on the infected endpoint, and so forth. An analyst can use various interfaces and interface elements of an IT operations platform to indicate which of such events and/or artifacts, if any, represent evidence in the context of the investigation that the analyst is conducting. In response, the IT operations platform can perform various automated actions.
US11416559B2
A computing device receives user selection of a data source and a natural language command directed to the data source. The device identifies a first keyword and a second keyword in the natural language command. The first keyword corresponds to a first data field from the data source and the second keyword expresses a limit on a range of data values for the first data field. The device generates a visual specification that specifies the data source, a plurality of visual variables, and a plurality of data fields from the data source, including the first data field. The visual variables determine characteristics of visual marks in a data visualization according to the second keyword, and each of the visual variables is associated with a respective data field of the plurality of data fields. The device generates and displays the data visualization based on the visual specification.
US11416556B2
In some examples, natural language dialogue system perturbation testing may include identifying semantic segments for conversation data for a natural dialogue system. For each semantic segment, a perturbed variant that includes a perturbation may be generated, and forwarded to the natural dialogue system. An updated response to the perturbed variant may be obtained from the natural dialogue system. A semantic similarity may be determined between an original response to a semantic segment and the updated response, and based on the semantic similarity between the original response and the updated response, a perturbability of the natural dialogue system may be determined. A determination may be made as to whether the perturbability of the natural dialogue system is greater than a specified perturbability threshold, and if so, a training corpus that includes a failed response to a perturbed variant may be utilized to train the natural dialogue system.
US11416548B2
An example operation may include one or more of generating a proposal to perform a ledger operation at a first node, informing one or more second nodes of the proposal, receiving a decision on consensus among the first node and the one or more second nodes for the proposal, and performing the ledger operation at the first node when there is consensus, wherein the ledger operation changes a state database of a ledger of the first node and wherein the state database corresponds to a blockchain stored in the ledger.
US11416539B2
A content artifact is received. Based on the content artifact, a content topic is identified. Based on the content artifact, a content sentiment score associated with the content topic is generated. Based on the content topic, a set of media is identified. For each medium within the set of media, a medium sentiment score associated with the content topic is identified. The content sentiment score is compared to the set of media sentiment scores to obtain a set of similarity scores. Based on the similarity scores, one or more media from the set of media are displayed to a user.
US11416534B2
A method may include obtaining multiple electronic documents and multiple topics associated with the electronic documents. The method may further include determining a similarity between a first topic and a second topic. The first topic may be associated with a first set of electronic documents. The method may further include refining the multiple topics based on the similarity between the first topic and the second topic by associating the first set of the electronic documents with the second topic and removing the first topic from the multiple topics. The method may further include building a document-classifier model by applying machine learning to at least one electronic document associated with each of the refined topics. The method may further include obtaining an electronic document and classifying the electronic document into one of the refined topics using the document-classifier model.
US11416531B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for parsing unstructured data with neural networks. In one implementation, a system for parsing unstructured data may include at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to: receive unstructured data; apply a classifier to the unstructured data to identify a type of the unstructured data; based on the identification, select a corresponding neural network; apply the selected neural network to the unstructured data to obtain structured data; and output the structured data.
US11416521B2
Classification for data intake operations in an enterprise ensures that sensitive data is not disseminated inappropriately, but incurs substantial time, effort and expense. A method of classifying data in a large set of data repositories captures a set of raw rules resulting from inputs indicative of evaluations and conclusions of data classification operations, typically by logging data classification operations, and identifies patterns in the set of raw rules by consolidating duplicative conditions and eliminating inconsequential conditions. External conditions and observations may be referenced for applying a context to the rules based on a usage or domain of the data, and data sets of disparate entities may be examined for anonymizing the data and combining with other sets of anonymized data.
US11416507B2
Techniques for processing combinations of timeseries data and time-dependent semantic data are provided. The timeseries data can be data from one or more Internet of things (IOT) devices having one or more hardware sensors. The semantic data can be master data. Disclosed techniques allow for time dependent semantic data to be used with the timeseries data, so that semantic data appropriate for a time period associated with the timeseries data can be used. Changes to semantic data are tracked and recorded, where the changes can represent a new value to be used going forward in time or an update to a value for a prior time period. Timeseries data and semantic data can be stored with identifiers that facilitate their combination, such as date ranges, identifiers of analog world objects, or identifiers for discrete sets of semantic data values.
US11416504B2
Detection, characterization, and prediction of real-time events occurring approximately periodically
Systems and methods for detection, characterization, and prediction of real-time events having approximate periodicity include detection of events from raw data that are approximately periodic. The detection includes analyzing raw data to determine approximately periodic chains of events. The raw data can be related to network management systems, financial monitoring systems, medical monitoring, seismic activity monitoring, or any system that performs some management or monitoring of an underlying system or network having time lasting events. The detected approximately periodic events could be characterized and presented in natural language as well as used for prediction of future events via supervised machine learning.
US11416501B2
A method for ranking genealogical records includes using a machine learning model to rank multiple searched records based on relevancy. The relevancy may be determined by identifying features included in a record and scaling each feature by a corresponding weight factor. In addition, a method for training a machine learning model and increasing the convergence speed of the training is described. To train the model, a machine learning process is used to optimize a ranking performance metric. A set of weights corresponding to multiple features are used to rank multiple past search records in a training set. An initial set of the weights are set by the expectation values of the weights. The weights are incrementally changed to optimize the ranking performance metric. The step size of the increment is determined based on the sensitivity of the ranking performance metric relative to the step size.
US11416497B2
Disclosed are embodiments for providing batch performance using a stream processor. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving a stream of events, where each event comprises a header including an event type field and a timestamp. and identifying that the header of a given event in the stream of events includes at least one secondary event in a list of secondary identifiers included in the header. A flag is set in a distributed database for the at least one secondary event, then writing the given event to a table in the distributed database occurs, the table selected based on a respective event type field and timestamp associated with the given event. Deduplicating the given event and the at least one secondary event in response to a close of books (COB) signal occurs, after which writing at least one deduplicated event to a storage device occurs, the at least one deduplicated event selected from the group consisting of the given event and the at least one secondary event.
US11416496B2
A system and method for continuous processing of data streams residing in distributed data sources. The method includes: receiving a plurality of data streams from a plurality of distributed data sources; processing each of the plurality of data streams using a plurality commands, the plurality commands are executed in parallel using a graph execution engine; and transporting, through a transport layer, each of the plurality of data streams using the plurality commands to at least one data sink.
US11416492B2
A method for organizing and searching objects from a plurality of databases includes querying an attribute of each entry stored in the plurality of databases; assigning a memory value for each of the attributes retrieved from each of the objects stored in the plurality of databases and storing the memory values for each of the attributes in a cache. At a client device, a search query is received and it is determined if the search query contains an attribute of the entry to be searched. Upon positive determination, a search is performed at the cache using the attribute contained in the search query; and upon negative determination, a search for the entry is performed at the plurality of databases.
US11416490B2
A computer-implemented method groups queries to reduce performance degradation. The method includes, receiving, by a database manager, a set of queries from one or more requestors, wherein each query of the set of queries includes an access plan. The method includes, determining, based at least on the access plan of each query, that a first query in the set of queries is incompatible with a second query of the set of queries. The method includes, grouping, in response to the first query and the second query being incompatible, the first query in a first group, and the second query in a second group, wherein the first group and the second group are included in a set of groups. The method includes, determining an order for each group of the set of groups. The method further includes, executing, in response to determining the order, each group in the determined order.
US11416487B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of selecting checkpoints of a database job. For instance, at compile time, temporal indicators associated with the query plans of the database job are determined. Each temporal indicator indicates first and second subsets of stages of the respective query plan. Values of attributes of each stage in at least each first subset are predicted using a machine learning technique. At the compile time, candidate stage(s) for each query plan are identified based on the respective candidate stage being a child of stage(s) in the corresponding second subset or not being a child of another stage in the respective query plan. The candidate stage(s) for each query plan are selectively chosen as respective checkpoint(s) based on whether the values of the attributes of each stage in at least the first subset of the stages of the respective query plan satisfy one or more criteria.
