US11510353B2
A mounting accuracy measurement chip includes a chip main body; and one or more protrusions provided on a mounting face of the chip main body, which serve as a contact surface with a mounting target at a position shifted from the mounting face of the chip main body. The one or more protrusions are disposed only within a range defined by a circle whose center is center of gravity of the mounting face and whose radius is half the length of the longest distance from center of gravity to the outer edge of chip main body. Further, a mounting accuracy measurement kit includes the above-mentioned mounting accuracy measurement chip and placement portion, having a degree of adhesiveness, to which the contact surface of mounting accuracy measurement chip, which can be placed, adheres.
US11510343B2
An information handling system includes a vibration source, a vibration sink, and a damping seal. The damping seal includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface may be placed in physical communication with the vibration source. The bottom surface may be placed in physical communication with the vibration sink. The damping seal may be compressed in between the vibration source and the vibration sink. The compression of the damping seal in between the vibration source and the vibration sink may provide an airflow seal within the information handling system. The damping seal may be molded from a semi-rigid material to provide vibration damping from the vibration source to a vibration sensitive component of the information handling system.
US11510341B2
An actuator usable in a cooling system is described. The actuator includes an anchored region and a cantilevered arm. The cantilevered arm extends outward from the anchored region. The cantilevered arm includes a step region, an extension region and an outer region. The step region extends outward from the anchored region and has a step thickness. The extension region extends outward from the step region and has an extension thickness less than the step thickness. The outer region extends outward from the extension region and has an outer thickness greater than the extension thickness.
US11510339B1
A two-phase liquid immersion cooling system is described in which heat generating computer components cause a dielectric fluid in its liquid phase to vaporize. Advantageously, a pH indicator is employed to monitor the dielectric fluid.
US11510334B2
A server cabinet which can be assembled and disassembled by means of a buckle instead of screws includes a fixing plate and a sliding rail structure. The fixing plate defines restriction holes. The sliding rail structure comprises a rail assembly and a buckle. The rail assembly includes first and second limiting portions. The second limiting portion passes through the restriction hole and is disposed on a first side of the fixing plate. The first limiting portion, with a first limiting hole, is disposed on a second side of the fixing plate opposite to the first side. The second limiting portion, with a second limiting hole, communicates with the first limiting hole. The buckle is hooked and passes through the first limiting hole to abut the first side, and can be disengaged from the first side by rotation.
US11510330B2
A display module and a display device are provided. The display module is used in the display device having a camera lens, and the display module includes a display panel and a cover plate. A camera hole is defined in a position of the display panel corresponding to the camera lens. The cover plate is disposed on the display panel. A recess is defined in a side surface of the display panel to form a receiving hole which is disposed correspondingly to the camera hole. A ring-shaped blocking layer is disposed in the receiving hole to block a periphery of the camera hole.
US11510327B2
An electronic device includes a housing assembly, a sliding rail assembly, an elastic telescopic assembly and a flexible screen. The sliding rail assembly is assembled to the housing assembly and includes a sliding rail including opposite front and rear surfaces. The elastic telescopic assembly is located at the rear surface of the sliding rail and assembled to the housing assembly. The flexible screen has a part thereof provided at the front surface of the sliding rail and fixed to the housing assembly, and includes a telescopic end extending around an edge of the sliding rail to the rear surface of the sliding rail and coupled to the elastic telescopic assembly stressed by the telescopic end to extend and retract, and the sliding rail is slidable outwards from the housing assembly to extend the flexible screen and slidable towards the housing assembly from an outside to retract the flexible screen.
US11510324B2
Electronic device with a volumetric transformable display includes a set of peripheral elements with flat faces arranged to move relative to the device core. Peripheral elements have displays on external faces and electrical contacts on internal faces. Stationary configurations of the device are defined by a plurality of fixed permanent magnets attached to internal faces of the peripheral elements.
US11510316B2
A component carrier with an electrically insulating layer having a front side and a back side, a first and a second electrically conductive layer covering the front side and the back side of the electrically insulating layer, respectively. A through hole extends through both electrically conductive layers and the electrically insulating layer. An overhang is formed along one of the electrically conductive layers and sidewalls of the electrically insulating layer structure delimiting the through hole. An annular plating layer covers the sidewalls and fills part of the overhang such that a horizontal extension of the overhang after plating is less than 20 μm and/or such that a ratio between a horizontal extension of the overhang after plating and a width of a first window through the first electrically conductive layer and/or a width of a second window through the second electrically conductive layer is smaller than 20%.
US11510315B2
A multilayer substrate includes a base body including a first main surface, a first external electrode provided on the first main surface and made of metal foil, a first interlayer connection conductor, and a second interlayer connection conductor having higher conductivity than the first interlayer connection conductor. The base body includes insulating base material layers that are stacked on one another. The first interlayer connection conductor is provided at least in an insulating base material layer on which the first external electrode is provided, and is connected to the first external electrode. The second interlayer connection conductor is disposed inside the base body, and is connected to the first external electrode through the first interlayer connection conductor.
US11510313B2
An electronic device includes a substrate and a flexible printed circuit board. The substrate includes a plurality of first pins disposed on the substrate. The flexible printed circuit board includes a plurality of second pins disposed on the flexible printed circuit board. The first pins and the second pins are bonded to each other to form a plurality of bonding points. The bonding points include at least one central bonding point and at least one first bonding point. The at least one central bonding point is located in a central area of the electronic device. The at least one first bonding point is located in a first area of the electronic device. The first area is located outside the central area. A line width of the at least one first bonding point is greater than a line width of the at least one central bonding point.
US11510312B2
Disclosed are various embodiments related to a circuit board included in an electronic device. According to one embodiment, the circuit board may comprise: a core layer including an upper surface and a lower surface and formed as a substrate made of a prepreg material; a first flexible copper clad laminate including a plurality of conductive layers and laminated on the upper surface; at least one first substrate layer laminated above the first flexible copper clad laminate and including a conductive layer formed on the substrate made of a prepreg material; a second flexible copper clad laminate including a plurality of conductive layers and laminated on the lower surface; and at least one second substrate layer laminated under the second flexible copper clad laminate and including a conductive layer formed on the substrate made of a prepreg material. Various other embodiments are also possible.
US11510300B2
A method of determining light effects based on analysis of media content comprises allowing (401) a user to influence a video weight and an audio weight. The video weight represents a weight of video content in the determination of the light effects and the audio weight represents a weight of audio content in the determination. The method further comprises obtaining (405) information relating to the video content and/or information relating to the audio content, determining (407) the light effects to be rendered while the media content is being rendered. The method also comprises storing a light script specifying the light effects and/or controlling (409) one or more light sources to render the light effects. The light effects are determined based on the information relating to the video content in dependence on the video weight and based on the information relating to the audio content in dependence on the audio weight.
US11510299B2
The present disclosure is for a light-emitting diode light string control system, which comprises: a switching unit having a power input end, a power output end connected to the light string, and a controlled end. A control unit is connected to the controlled end of the switching unit. A second power-generating unit is also connected to the light-emitting diode light string. The light-emitting control command sent by the control unit is in a carrier wave mode to realize brightness variation of the light string, which saves costs and simplifies the control circuit. A short-circuit protection unit is employed to provide fast and reliable response in real time.
US11510297B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide control systems and methods for controlling a pulsed laser diode and a sensing device including a pulsed laser diode. An exemplary control system includes a distance detector configured to generate a distance signal indicating a distance between the pulsed laser diode and an object reflecting pulsed laser beams emitted by the pulsed laser diode. The control system may also include a controller configured to dynamically control power supplied to the pulse laser diode based on the distance signal.
US11510293B1
An automatic driver-dimming-mode detection protocol includes subjecting, via a dimming bus, a luminaire driver to a first driver control signal of test analog voltages. Forcing the luminaire driver, via the first driver control signal, into a power output response that includes: (a) a constant output power mode, or (b) at least two discernable different output power levels. Detecting a dimming mode of the luminaire driver. The step of detecting the dimming mode of the luminaire driver includes: measuring, via a power metering circuit, a power metering measurement corresponding to the power output response; and based on the power metering measurement of the luminaire driver being: (a) the constant output power mode, determining that the luminaire driver is a digital dimming mode type (e.g., DALI), or (b) the at least two discernable different output power levels, determining that the luminaire driver is an analog dimming mode type (e.g., 0-10V).
US11510288B2
A glazing includes at least one glass sheet provided on one of the faces with an electrical network having resistance strips and collector strips, in which at least one portion of one face includes at least one strip obtained from an electrically conductive composition including a silver paste, the strip being in contact with another strip obtained from an electrically conductive composition including a copper paste, the other strip obtained from an electrically conductive composition including a copper paste being completely covered with a protective enamel layer.
US11510282B2
A base station determines, based on transmission quality information of a fronthaul and channel quality information of a terminal, a resource and a transmission scheme of the fronthaul assigned to the terminal, and controls, based on determined information, the transmission scheme of a signal to be transmitted to the fronthaul using the determined resource.
US11510269B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for signaling between an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) and a non-AP MLD that support multi-link communication in a wireless local area network (WLAN). In some implementations, a multi-link association may include a first link (referred to as an anchor link) and one or more other links (referred to as auxiliary links). The signaling may include control information to activate or deactivate auxiliary links dynamically based on communication load, throughput requirements, or quality of service (QoS). The signaling also may include requests, acknowledgments, or negotiation regarding multi-link connections. Furthermore, signaling and timing information may be used to coordinate when auxiliary links are used for communication or when to promote an auxiliary link to an anchor link.
US11510265B2
In order to provide a communication system capable of charging control in accordance with a bearer used by a UE even when the UE performs dual connectivity, a communication system according to the present disclosure includes a communication terminal (11) configured to communicate with a communication device (12) and a communication device (13) by using a different radio bearer for each of the communication device (12) and the communication device (13), and a control device (14) configured to determine whether to cause the communication device (12) to measure the traffic of each radio bearer.
US11510264B2
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, by the UE from a network, a mobile subscriber identifier for the UE, the mobile subscriber identifier being exclusively assigned to the UE within a wireless tracking area of the network, and transmitting, by the UE to a relay node, an initial message of an access procedure for accessing a user data service of the network, wherein the initial message comprises a request to connect to a control node of the network, and wherein the initial message includes the mobile subscriber identifier, and an indication to relay the initial message over a first signaling radio bearer (SRB) to the control node.
US11510256B2
Provided is a setting method of a Wi-Fi doorbell (2), in which a Wi-Fi doorbell (2) comprising a camera capable of reading a two-dimensional code and a mobile communication terminal (4) comprising a display unit (6) capable of displaying the two-dimensional code are used. The setting method comprises steps of causing the display unit (6) to display a two-dimensional code in which password information for enabling the Wi-Fi doorbell (2) to connect to a network (5) via a Wi-Fi router (20) is embedded reading the two-dimensional code by the camera (9) of the Wi-Fi doorbell (2); and setting the Wi-Fi doorbell (2) to a state where the Wi-Fi doorbell (2) can perform communication with a remotely disposed server (3) via the Wi-Fi router (20), based on the read two-dimensional code.
US11510253B2
A random access control method can be applied to electronic devices and include: determining, when a medium access control layer receives a beam failure instance indication sent by a physical layer, whether a count value of a beam failure indication counter is greater than or equal to a preset value; detecting, when the count value of the beam failure indication counter is greater than or equal to the preset value, whether the electronic device is currently performing a random access; triggering, when the electronic device is not currently performing the random access, a new random access. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the user device can be prevented from occupying resources for a contention free random access (CFRA) for a long time.
US11510252B2
A terminal is disclosed including a receiver a receiver that receives a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including comprising information regarding reconfiguration with synchronization; and a processor that monitors a quasi co-location of a demodulation reference signal antenna port for a downlink control channel in a control resource set based on information regarding random access resources within the information regarding the reconfiguration with synchronization. In other aspects, a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.
US11510247B2
Embodiments provide efficient channel access utilizing a channel assessment mode and include determining that a predetermined condition exists on a radio bandwidth (e.g., unlicensed band); and, in response to determining that the predetermined condition exists on the radio bandwidth, initiating the channel assessment mode on the mobile device, where the channel assessment mode is configured to implement a channel assessment scheme configured for efficiently accessing a channel on the radio bandwidth. Some embodiments monitor the radio bandwidth for one or more triggering events indicative of interference; and detect at least one of the one or more triggering events indicative of interference on the radio bandwidth in order to determine the predetermined condition exists. These triggering events may include determining a current/historic packet collision probability is above a threshold, detecting signals that identify another radio access system, detecting a channel utilization ratio above a threshold, and determining a current/historic data throughput.
US11510243B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for a beam-based channel access countdown procedure. In one aspect, a channel sensing beam may be permitted to include one or more transmit beams and, thus, may differ from a transmit beam that is to be used for a transmission. As such, defining a manner in which a channel access countdown procedure is performed is desirable. Some aspects described herein provide techniques and apparatus for a beam-based channel access countdown procedure. In some aspects, the systems, methods, and apparatuses described herein provide a beam-based channel access countdown procedure that allows a single channel sensing beam, including multiple transmit beams, to be utilized in association with determining channel availability for the multiple transmit beams, thereby improving performance of beam-based directional transmissions.
US11510242B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a radio communication method, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device of the present disclosure comprises a processing circuit and is configured to use a group common-physical downlink control channel (GC-PDCCH) to transmit information about a termination position of a downlink transmission using an unlicensed spectrum. The electronic device, the radio communication method, and the computer readable storage medium of the present disclosure can be used to better design a GC-PDCCH according to characteristics of an NR communication system.
US11510240B2
A method and an apparatus for entering a connected state with a network for continuing transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. The method may include starting a Time Alignment Timer (TAT). The method may include leaving a connected state with a network. The method may include performing transmission with a configured grant, wherein the configured grant is received from the network, while in leaving the connected state. The method may include performing a random access (RA) to the network, after the TAT is expired.
US11510233B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to one or more other UEs in a group of wireless network devices that includes the first UE and the one or more other UEs, an indication that the UE is a current sidelink scheduler for the UEs in the group of wireless network devices. The UE may receive, from at least one other UE in the group of wireless network devices, a scheduling request for a sidelink communication to be transmitted by the at least one other UE. The UE may transmit, to the at least one other UE, a grant of resources for the sidelink communication to be transmitted by the at least one other UE. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11510232B2
A resource allocation assignment for a set of scheduled TTIs can be received from a network in a first TTI belonging to the set of scheduled TTIs. A first set of resources for receiving a first portion and a second set of resources for receiving a second portion of a first downlink user data in the first TTI can be determined based on the resource allocation assignment. The first downlink user data corresponding to at least a first transport block in the first and the second set of resources can be received. A third set of resources for receiving a first portion and a fourth set of resources for receiving a second portion of a second downlink user data in a second TTI belonging to the set of scheduled TTIs can be determined based on the resource allocation assignment. The second downlink user data corresponding to at least a second transport block in the third and the fourth set of resources can be received.
US11510224B2
Certain embodiments may relate to communication systems, and, for example, some embodiments may relate to allocating resources of one or more network slices in a communication system.
US11510222B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that handling of a protocol data unit (PDU) by the UE is preempted. The UE may transmit an indication that the preempted PDU is preempted. The indication may be generated by a physical layer of the UE, or by a MAC layer of the UE. The UE may receive information for a transmission of the preempted PDU. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11510219B1
Methods and systems for citizens broadband radio service (CBRS) device (CBSD) interference management is described. A method for managing shared spectrum network interference includes determining, by a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) device (CBSD) granted shared spectrum by a spectrum access system (SAS), a number of mobile devices in a defined number of regions in a cell covered by the CBSD, assigning, by the CBSD, a greater number of antennas to a cell edge region from the defined number of regions than a remaining regions in the defined number of regions, and assigning, by the CBSD, at least 8 antennas to each mobile device of a defined number of mobile devices of the number of mobile devices in the cell edge region to transmit non-overlapping and directive beams to mitigate interference at the cell edge region.
US11510212B2
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information on a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, receiving a TCI state indication associated with downlink (DL) transmissions in a plurality of downlink (DL) time slots, decoding the TCI state indication, and applying the TCI state indication to a reception of the DL transmissions in the plurality of DL time slots.
US11510204B1
Systems and methods are provided for determining, at a beamformee, to transmit data signals from transmitting spatial streams at one or more beamformers. Next, a gain resulting from an uplink transmit beamforming protocol may be determined to exceed an overhead of the transmit beamforming protocol. In response to the determination, the uplink transmit beamforming protocol may be conducted. This protocol includes, transmitting trigger frames to the beamformers to obtain channel data regarding channels between each of the transmitting antennae and the active receiving antennae, receiving responses to the trigger frames from each of the beamformers, generating the channel data based on the received responses, feeding back the channel data to each of the beamformers, scheduling the uplink transmit beamforming protocol based on the channel data, and receiving an integrated data signal from the beamformers based on a processing of the data signals via the uplink transmit beamforming protocol.
US11510196B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for communicating transport block repetitions are disclosed. An example method performed by a wireless device includes receiving an assignment of radio resources corresponding to two or more transmissions with first start and length pairs, each transmission comprising a transport block repetition, where at least one of the first start and length pairs violates a time-domain allocation restriction. The wireless device determines second start and length pairs for the two or more transmissions such that the time-domain allocation restriction is not violated. The wireless device transmits the two or more transmissions according to the determined second start and length pairs.
US11510183B2
Method is provided, including: determining, by a base station, a current time period in which an end moment of a current control channel is located in a first transmission time interval (TTI), where the first TTI includes at least two time periods, and a start moment of a data channel corresponding to a control channel that ends in each of the at least two time periods is located in a different TTI; sending, by the base station to user equipment in the first TTI, control information carried on the current control channel, where the control information is configured to schedule a current data channel corresponding to the current control channel; determining, by the base station, a second TTI in which a start moment of the current data channel is located; and exchanging, by the base station, data of the current data channel with the user equipment in the second TTI.
US11510179B2
Disclosed herein is a method of transmitting a sidelink signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system including selecting a plurality of resources from two or more frequency resources, and transmitting a sidelink signal based on the plurality of selected resources, wherein the UE selects the plurality of resources based on i) continuity of frequency resources ii) maximum power reduction (MPR) in sequence.
US11510175B2
This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a communication method and a communication apparatus, to reduce service delay due to uplink data cannot be directly sent by a terminal when the terminal is in an inactive state. The method in this application includes: receiving a first message from a first access network device; then releasing or suspending a configured dedicated signaling radio bearer SRB and resetting protocol entities corresponding to a configured data radio bearer DRB. The first message is used to indicate to a terminal to enter a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, and the first message carries an identifier of the terminal in the radio resource control (RRC) inactive state and radio access network notification area (RNA) information.
US11510149B2
A user equipment that supports a first set of beams accumulates transmit power control (TPC) commands to generate an accumulated correction factor during communication between the user equipment and a base station that supports a second set of beams. The user equipment is configured to use a first subset of the first set of beams during the communication and the base station is configured to use a second subset of the second set of beams during the communication. The user equipment detects a change in the first subset or the second subset. The user equipment resets the accumulated correction factor in response to detecting the change. In some cases, the user equipment generates a plurality of correction factors for a corresponding plurality of closed-loop processes. The user equipment resets some or all of the plurality of correction factors in response to detecting the change.
US11510147B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may obtain one or more measurements associated with a sidelink resource pool that includes one or more time and frequency resources allocated to sidelink transmissions to or from the UE. The UE may transmit, to an assisted UE, sidelink signaling that includes signaling to wake up the assisted UE and resource assistance information indicating the one or more measurements associated with the sidelink resource pool. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11510145B2
A wake-up radio unit for a wireless communication device is disclosed, wherein the wireless communication device has a plurality of wireless communication receivers. The wake-up radio unit is adapted to wake up any of the plurality of wireless communication receivers by receiving a wake-up signal, selecting one or more of the plurality of wireless communication receivers based on the wake-up signal, and waking up the selected one or more wireless communication receiver. In some embodiments, wherein each of the plurality of wireless communication receivers is adapted to receive in accordance with respective standard, the wake-up signal may comprise a set of symbols selected from a collection of possible sets of symbols. Each such set of symbols may indicate, at least in part, one or more corresponding standards. Then, the wake-up radio unit may be adapted to select one or more of the plurality of wireless communication receivers based on the wake-up signal by identifying the set of symbols of the received wake-up signal, and selecting the one or more wireless communication receivers adapted to receive in accordance with the one or more corresponding standards indicated by the identified set of symbols. Corresponding arrangement, wireless communication device, method and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11510142B2
A communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure relates to schemes for improving an operation of a terminal in an RRC inactive mode.
US11510141B2
A method, a user equipment, and a network side device for monitoring a physical downlink control channel are provided. The method includes: receiving a physical layer signaling or an MAC layer signaling from a network side, wherein the physical layer signaling or the MAC layer signaling indicates a monitoring behavior of the UE or a plurality of UEs including the UE with respect to a PDCCH; determining the monitoring behavior of the UE with respect to the PDCCH according to the physical layer signaling or the MAC layer signaling.
US11510135B2
An object is that, in a mobile communication, a communication terminal that performs a non-cellular communication can access a service network that provides a service. A network access method to be performed by a communication system 8 forming a core network of the mobile communication and to cause a UE 7 performing the non-cellular communication to access a slice 5 providing the service comprises: an acquisition step of acquiring from the UE 7, terminal identification information identifying the UE 7; and an access step of referring to correspondence information correlating the UE 7 and the slice 5, and causing the UE 7 to access the slice 5 correlated with the UE 7 identified by the terminal identification information acquired in the acquisition step.
US11510129B2
Disclosed in implementations of the present disclosure are a method for relay transmission and a relay node. The method comprises: a relay layer of a first node receives target data sent by a second node, wherein the second node is an anchor node or a relay node, the first node is wirelessly connected to the second node, the anchor node is wiredly connected to a core network, and a destination node of the target data is a third node; and the relay layer of the first node processes the received target data.
US11510118B2
This application provides a server switching method and apparatus, and a communications system. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a first notification message, where the first notification message includes an address of a second server; sending, by the terminal, to-be-sent service data to a first server and the second server based on the first notification message; receiving, by the terminal, downlink data from the first server; obtaining, by the terminal, data processing indication information; when obtaining the data processing indication information, sending, by the terminal, the to-be-sent service data to the second server; and receiving, by the terminal, downlink data from the second server. The server switching method and apparatus, and the communications system in the embodiments of this application can implement seamless switching, ensure service continuity, avoid service interruption caused when a terminal switches between servers, and help meet an end-to-end latency requirement.
US11510115B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method. According to the method, a mark is added to a data packet. After user equipment is handed over from an original device to a target device, and before a user plane network element receives a handover notification, the user plane network element sends, through a path used before handover, a data packet that carries a first mark to the original device. The original device modifies the first mark in the data packet to a second mark, and then forwards, to the target device, a data packet whose mark is modified and that carries the second mark. After receiving the handover notification, the user plane network element sends, to the target device, a data packet that carries a fourth mark. The target device can distinguish between sources of the received data packets based on different marks in the received data packets.
US11510110B2
A method of processing state information relating to user equipment in a communications system comprising a radio access network, the method comprising: maintaining current state information relating to the user equipment; and on the basis of a change of connection of the user equipment from a first cell to a second cell: transmitting a current value associated with a given state information part to the target radio access node in response to detecting at least one of one or more predetermined triggers that indicate that the target radio access node may not have received the current value from the source radio access node; or relying on the target radio access node having received the current value from the source radio access node if said at least one of said one or more predetermined triggers is not detected.
US11510100B2
A wireless device receives, from a base station, a radio resource control message comprising at least one packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) configuration parameter indicating Ethernet header compression for a data radio bearer. The wireless device receives, from the base station and based on the at least one PDCP configuration parameter, mapping information between: a source medium access control (MAC) address and a destination MAC address; and a corresponding header compression index. The wireless device receives a compressed Ethernet packet: compressed based on the mapping information; and comprising the corresponding header compression index.
US11510097B2
Method and computing device for inferring an optimal wireless data transfer rate using a neural network. The method comprises storing a predictive model generated by a neural network training engine in a memory of a computing device. The method comprises determining, by a processing unit of the computing device, parameters of a data transfer through a wireless communication interface of the computing device. The method comprises executing, by the processing unit, a neural network inference engine using the predictive model for inferring an optimal data transfer rate based on the parameters of the data transfer through the wireless communication interface. The method comprises configuring the wireless communication interface to operate at the optimal data transfer rate. For example, the computing device consists of an environment control device (ECD). The ECD may consist of an environment controller, a sensor, a controlled appliance, and a relay.
US11510096B2
Artificial Intelligence (AI) means are disclosed for enabling network operators to optimize 5G and 6G messaging performance, in real-time. AI models, or fieldable algorithms derived therefrom, can select an appropriate modulation scheme according to network conditions. Modulation variables can then be adjusted to optimize performance, such as throughput or failure rates, for low or high traffic densities. Three development phases are described: network data acquisition including faults experienced under various network conditions, AI structure tuning for accurate prediction of performance, and implementation of a fieldable algorithm based on the AI structure. Network operators can use the fieldable algorithm to compare predicted performance metrics in real-time, according to various operating conditions (such as available modulation schemes), and thereby adjust particular modulation parameters (such as amplitude or phase levels).
US11510090B2
Disclosed are techniques for using a channel state information (CSI) report framework to support positioning measurements in a wireless network. More particularly, a base station may identify one or more reference signal resources to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) for obtaining at least one positioning measurement and configure the reference signal resources to be transmitted at least partially outside a current bandwidth that the base station and the UE are using to communicate data and control information. Accordingly, the base station may transmit, to the UE, a CSI report setting that indicates the positioning measurement to be reported and specifies that the positioning measurement is to be obtained from the configured reference signal resources.
US11510082B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for beam indication set reuse. A method for a wireless communication that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving signaling configuring the UE with a beam indication set. The method includes receiving an indication to apply the configured beam indication set to multiple bandwidth parts (BWPs) and/or multiple component carriers (CCs). The method includes applying the beam indication set to a BWP or CC based on the indication. The beam indication set may be for uplink or downlink communications. The beam indication set may be a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state set or spatial relation set. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11510080B2
Methods and apparatuses for beam reporting. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, configuration information on a beam reporting and a set of uplink (UL) reporting resources; receiving at least one reference signal (RS) resource; measuring the at least one RS resource for calculating the beam reporting; and transmitting the beam reporting on at least one UL reporting resource from the set of UL reporting resources after an event occurs.
US11510073B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring communication traffic in a communication network including a plurality of cell sites and a plurality of collector circuits over a time period, storing information about the communication traffic and information about available network resources in a database and predicting where additional capacity will be needed in the communication network at a future time, wherein the predicting is based on the information about the communication traffic. The subject disclosure may further include improving assignment of additional capacity in the communication network between the plurality of cell sites and the plurality of collector circuits based on the information about available network resources and communicating with network switches to assign the additional capacity within the communication network and initiate communication in the communication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11510062B2
A system, method and computer program product for computer based open innovation, includes an asset valuation device receiving asset information regarding one or more tangible or non-tangible assets, and generating a valuation signal, based on the asset information; a self-executing code device receiving the valuation signal, and generating a self-executing code signal, based on the valuation signal; an air router device having both a low band radio channel, and an internet router channel for redundant internet communications, and a malicious code removal device for scrubbing malicious code from data received, receiving the valuation signal, and generating a node voting request signal, based on the valuation signal; and a mesh network having a plurality of node devices receiving the node voting request signal, and generating vote confirmation signals, based on the node voting request signal.
US11510058B2
Methods to support User Plane Separation (UPS) and User Plane Local offloading (UPL) for Fifth Generation (5G) non-Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) access are provided, including solutions for untrusted non-3GPP, trusted non-3GPP, and fixed/wireline communications via a Non-3GPP interworking Function (N3IWF) node. Three UPS solutions methods are provided, as well as UPL solution methods for 5G non-3GPP access involving N3IWFs with or without separated Control Plane (CP) and User Plane (UP) that are combined with a User Plane Function (UPF). Solutions to allow multiple CP entities to control the same single UP entity are also provided.
US11510043B2
A method for performing maintenance of a facility for use with a server, a plurality of communication sensors arranged throughout the facility, and a portable communication device, the method for use with a cleaning module, quality control module, and inspection module.
US11510037B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor mobile internet usage are disclosed. An example method includes identifying, by executing an instruction with a processor, an application associated with a request for Internet content, the request sent at an identified time; determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, that the application is operating in a background mode at the identified time by identifying a uniform resource location (URL) corresponding to the request, the URL included in the request when the application is operating in the background mode; and crediting, by executing an instruction with the processor, the Internet content as a background application when the application is operating in the background mode at the identified time.
US11510034B2
An IP Multimedia Subsystem Service Control Point (IMS-SCP) module of a carrier network may provide trigger management for a request for a circuit switched (CS) call. For example, an IMS-SCP module may receive an request for a CS call associated with a user equipment. The IMS-SCP module may determine handling of the request for the CS call includes one or more first operations by a first feature platform and one or more second operations by a second feature platform. In response to the determining, the IMS-SCP module may perform trigger management associated with the request for the CS call. The trigger management may include invoking, by the IMS-SCP module, the one or more first operations of the first feature platform and, subsequent to the invoking the one or more first operations, invoking the one or more second operations of the second feature platform.
US11510020B2
A binaural hearing system includes first and second hearing devices communicatively coupled by way of a binaural communication link. The first hearing device determines that a signal quality measure of a wireless signal transmitted by the remote audio source is greater than an upper threshold level. In response, both hearing devices enter a wireless audio rendering mode in which they render a remote audio stream from the remote audio source to a user. While operating in the wireless audio rendering mode, both hearing devices determine that a signal quality measure of the remote audio stream drops below a lower threshold level. In response to this determination, both hearing devices exit the wireless audio rendering mode.
US11510008B2
The present invention relates to a stick-type vibrating driver and, more specifically, to a stick-type vibrating driver implemented so as to enable vibration to be transmitted, by using a planar movable coil plate and a stick-shaped magnet, to an object to be vibrated. The stick-type vibrating driver according to the present invention can comprise: an outer body formed in a stick shape; a magnetic circuit part formed inside the outer body, and having a pair of magnetic bodies spaced apart with the movable coil plate therebetween; a vibrating part formed inside the outer body, and vertically vibrating according to the driving of the magnetic circuit part in a state in which the upper and lower ends of the movable coil plate are fixed; and upper and lower metal suspensions respectively connected between the outer body and the vibrating part.
US11510004B1
A method for delivering an optimized acoustic signal to a targeted sound field includes determining a bright zone having a high acoustic energy sound delivery region and a dark zone having low acoustic energy sound delivery region. The system selects a finite impulse response (FIR) filter set associated with a plurality of loudspeakers, and generates, via the plurality of loudspeakers and based on the FIR filter set, an acoustic signal having a sound pressure due to the combined loudspeakers (p) at an observation point r in a sound field disposed in the bright zone. The acoustic signal is delivered such that the sound pressure due to the combined loudspeakers at the observation point is approximately equal to unity acoustic energy at the observation point when the sound pressure due to the combined loudspeakers is generated via a single loudspeaker of the plurality of loudspeakers, and the remaining loudspeakers of the plurality of loudspeakers are off.
US11509993B2
The technology disclosed herein enables ambient noise level determination at an endpoint using a secondary audio capture system for the endpoint. In a particular embodiment, a method includes during a communication session, receiving an audio signal representing sound captured by a secondary audio capture system for an endpoint on the communication session. A primary audio capture system for the endpoint captures voice communications from a user of the endpoint for the communication session. The method further determining an ambient noise level for the endpoint from the audio signal and, in response to determining that the ambient noise level satisfies a loudness criterion, presenting a notification to the user about the ambient noise level.
US11509990B2
The disclosure relates to a headband for a headset, the headband comprising a first strip and a second strip detachably assembled together. The first strip comprises at least one through opening and the second strip is detachably connected via the through opening to the first strip as a cover. The second strip comprises first and second parts at least partly covering the first strip. The disclosure further relates to a headset comprising a headband and a method for assembly of a headband for a headset.
US11509986B1
Methods and systems for restricting use of a set of wired headphones to use with a particular controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device may employ wired headphones having a near field communication (NFC) functionality storing a serial number, or the like, of a particular controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device. Controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media devices read information stored in the NFC functionality of a set of wired headphones being used with the device and determine if the NFC functionality of the set of wired headphones being used with the device has the serial number of the device stored in the NFC functionality. The controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device may then enable, or disable, output of sound to the wired headphones in response to the device serial number matching with, or not matching with, the serial number stored in the wired headphones NFC functionality, respectively.
US11509984B2
A microphone module, including a substrate assembly, two sensing structures, and two housings, is provided. The substrate assembly has at least one through hole and at least one circuit structure electrically connected to at least one pad. The through hole includes two holes formed on opposite sides of the substrate assembly. The sensing structures are disposed on and cover the two holes. The two sensing structures and the through hole collectively form a communicating cavity. A size of the communicating cavity in an axial direction is greater than that in a radial direction. The two housings are respectively disposed on the opposite sides of the substrate assembly and respectively shield the two sensing structures. Each of the housings, the substrate assembly, and the corresponding sensing structure form an inner cavity. The housings each has a sound hole. The inner cavity communicates with the outside through the sound hole.
US11509978B1
Systems and methods for utilizing backup paths to restore service in a network are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes obtaining a route list as defined by a user, the route list including a plurality of explicitly-configured backup routes for restoring service between a source node and a destination node in a network when a working route is unavailable. The method also includes receiving input designating one or more of the explicitly-configured backup routes as one or more last-resort routes. In response to determining that the working route is unavailable and that the plurality of explicitly-configured backup routes, excluding the one or more last-resort routes, are unavailable, the method includes automatically computing one or more implicitly-computed backup routes. For restoring service between the source node and destination node, the method also includes utilizing one of the one or more implicitly-computed backup routes before utilizing one of the one or more last-resort routes.
US11509976B2
A modification of a sensor data management system to enable discrete sensor applications. A sensor data control system enables discrete sensor applications to control the configuration, collection, processing, and distribution of sensor data produced by selected sensors at various monitored locations. The sensor service offered by the sensor data control system can be leveraged by any sensor application having an interest in any part of one or more monitored locations.
US11509971B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a CATV node, a first device, and at least one micro distribution system. The CATV node transmits CATV RF signals to the first device, which converts the RF signals to optical signals. Each micro distribution system includes a micro node receiving the optical signals from the first device and converting the optical signals to RF signals. Each micro distribution system further includes at least two strings of taps independently coupled to the micro node and receiving the RF signals from the micro node. Each string of taps is terminated at an end by a low pass filter (LPF). For each string of taps, the received RF signals are passed from the micro node along the taps and blocked by the LPF, while a powering signal is passed along the taps and through the LPF.
US11509969B2
Methods, Systems, and Apparatuses are described to implement voice search in media content for requesting media content of a video clip of a scene contained in the media content streamed to the client device; for capturing the voice request for the media content of the video clip to display at the client device wherein the streamed media content is a selected video streamed from a video source; for applying a NLP solution to convert the voice request to text for matching to a set of one or more words contained in at least close caption text of the selected video; for associating matched words to close caption text with a start index and an end index of the video clip contained in the selected video; and for streaming the video clip to the client device based on the start index and the end index associated with matched closed caption text.
US11509966B2
A method and device for information processing. A server receives an information acquisition request sent by a viewing account. The information acquisition request includes a target multimedia information identifier. In response to the information acquisition request, the server acquires a total quantity, a first quantity, a second quantity, and a third quantity of comments in a first comment set corresponding to the target multimedia information identifier. The server determines a first target quantity according to the total quantity, the first quantity, the second quantity, and the third quantity. The first target quantity is a quantity of comments allowed to be displayed to the viewing account in the first comment set. The server sends the first target quantity the viewing account.
US11509965B2
Systems and associated methods are described for providing content recommendations. The system receives a plurality of sets of range values, each of which corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of parameters for recommending the content. The system selects different values within each of the plurality of sets of range values over time and provides a plurality of content recommendations to users based on the selected different values. The system then analyze users' behavior in response to the provided plurality of content recommendations. The system further updates at least one set of range values based on the analyzed users' behavior.
US11509957B2
A display apparatus includes presence detection circuitry for detecting an individual in proximity to the display apparatus; a display for displaying video content and a user interface; a processor in communication with the user input circuitry, the display, and the search history database; and non-transitory computer readable media in communication with the processor that stores instruction code. The instruction code is executed by the processor and causes the processor to: a) determine, from the presence detection circuitry, a user in proximity of the display apparatus; b) determine one or more program types associated with the user; c) determine available programs that match the predicted one or more programs; and d) update the user interface to depict a listing of one or more of the available programs that match the predicted one or more programs.
US11509949B2
Embodiments provide for methods, computer program products, and systems to improve media playback comprising receiving a variant stream, identifying respective maximum segment durations for a plurality of different types of client devices that will play media content contained in the variant stream, generating, using the variant stream, a respective playlist for each of the plurality of different types of client devices, wherein the respective playlists each contain different maximum segment durations, and delivering the respective playlists to at least one of the plurality of different types of client devices via a distribution network.
US11509943B1
A system and method for remunerating a display of a cognate substitute image sequence is disclosed. Images sequences in received video content are examined for sequences that are cognate to known image sequences. When detected, such sequences are replaced with cognate substitute image sequences to create a modified video image stream that is displayed on a display screen. A reasonable remuneration for displaying the cognate substitute image is automatically calculated. This monetary charge reflects the nature of the image sequence, the time it was displayed for, the time at which was displayed and the number of electronic devices within viewing range of the display at the time of display. This remuneration is accumulated, and equivalent digital assets automatically transferred between client and provider accounts at an appropriate time.
US11509932B2
A video coding/decoding method and device, according to the present invention, may enable: deriving an intra-frame prediction mode of a current block; configuring a reference pixel for the intra-frame prediction of the current block; and carrying out the intra-frame prediction of the current block on the basis of the intra-frame prediction mode and the reference pixel. The intra-frame prediction mode of the current block is derived on the basis of any one of MPM candidates or a predetermined default mode.
US11509926B2
Provided is a video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus, the video decoding method including: determining prediction mode information of a current block and an index indicating a prediction candidate, from a bitstream; determining a prediction candidate list according to the prediction mode information; when the prediction mode information of the current block indicates a pre-set prediction mode, determining a motion vector indicated by the index indicating the prediction candidate from the prediction candidate list, and determining a prediction motion vector of the current block based on at least one of pieces of motion prediction information related to the motion vector; and determining a motion vector of the current block based on the prediction motion vector, wherein the pre-set prediction mode is a prediction mode different from a skip mode and a merge mode.
US11509922B2
A computer system for the creation of subliminal image or watermarks where the apparent video is an “obvious” image and a subliminal or “clandestine” image or watermark is hidden within the data structure. The concept is envisioned for the cloaking of images, sound, video or like digitized non-coded information. The cloaked files may be intended for storage, transmission, or clandestine placement in a public file system. The watermark may be used for the subliminal marking of a source of a file, its creation, or for tagging copyrighted information.
US11509918B2
A semiconductor device and electronic device with reduced power consumption are provided. The semiconductor device includes an encoder, a decoder, and a source driver circuit. An output terminal of the encoder is electrically connected to an input terminal of the source driver circuit, and an output terminal of the source driver circuit is electrically connected to an input terminal of the decoder. The encoder converts input image data into feature-extracted image data, and the decoder restores the feature-extracted image data to the original image data. In addition, provision of a circuit that performs convolution processing using a weight filter for the encoder enables calculation using a convolutional neural network.
US11509915B2
Devices, systems and methods for applying intra-block copy (IBC) in video coding are described. In general, methods for integrating IBC with existing motion compensation algorithms for video encoding and decoding are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video encoding using IBC includes determining whether a current block of the current picture is to be encoded using a motion compensation algorithm, and encoding, based on the determining, the current block by selectively applying an intra-block copy to the current block. In a representative aspect, another method for video encoding using IBC includes determining whether a current block of the current picture is to be encoded using an intra-block copy, and encoding, based on the determining, the current block by selectively applying a motion compensation algorithm to the current block.
US11509906B2
Provided is an image decoding method including determining a current chroma block having a rectangular shape corresponding to a current luma block included in one of a plurality of luma blocks, determining a piece of motion information for the current chroma block and a chroma block adjacent to the current chroma block by using motion information of the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block, and performing inter prediction on the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block by using the piece of motion information for the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block to generate prediction blocks of the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block.
US11509904B2
Techniques, devices, and systems for video processing are described. In one example aspect, a video processing method includes determining, for a conversion between a block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a manner in which information for a Matrix-based Intra Prediction (MIP) coding technique is coded in the bitstream representation. A prediction block of the block is determined using the MIP coding technique based on performing a matrix vector multiplication operation on previously coded samples of the video. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
US11509902B2
There is provided a method for processing an input signal (700). The input signal (700) is processed at least by converting the input signal (700) from a first colour space to a second colour space, to produce a first processed signal. The processed signal is encoded by a first encoding module (703) to generate a first encoded signal (710). A decoded signal is generated by decoding the first encoded signal (710). The decoded signal is processed at least by converting the decoded signal from the second colour space to the first colour space to produce a second processed signal. The second processed signal and the input signal (700) are processed by a second encoding module (707) to generate a second encoded signal (720).
US11509895B2
An image encoding/decoding method using a pixel value range constituting an image is disclosed, wherein the image decoding method using a pixel value range constituting an image comprises the steps of: receiving a bitstream; acquiring information of a pixel value range forming a first unit image included in the received bitstream; and decoding the first unit image on the basis of the acquired information of the pixel value range. Therefore, compression efficiency can be improved in an image encoding or decoding process.
US11509891B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: obtaining a reference sample line index of a current block and most probable mode (MPM)-related information; constructing an alternative MPM list on the basis of the reference sample line index; deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the alternative MPM list and the MPM-related information; and generating a predicted block of the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, wherein the alternative MPM list is constructed on the basis of an intra prediction mode of an upper adjacent block of the current block and an intra prediction mode of a left adjacent block of the current block.
US11509890B2
The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to encode and/or decode video data. A prediction mode is determined for intra prediction coding a current data unit, where the determined prediction mode is a most probable mode of a plurality of most probable modes determined for the current data unit. The MPM information of the determined prediction mode is encoded using a coding bin, including context encoding the bin based on whether the bin is a first coding bin for the MPM information.
US11509882B2
A three-dimensional display apparatus includes: a display layer and a transmissive phase modulator, wherein the transmissive phase modulator is disposed on a light exit side of the display layer, and includes a plurality of modulation units; and each of the modulation units is configured to perform phase modulation on light received by the modulation unit, and is configured such that a picture displayed by the display layer is presented as a contiguous curved virtual image after being processed by the transmissive phase modulator.
US11509877B2
An image display device includes a processor that sets a location of a virtual image plane on which a virtual image is formed according to depth information included in first image data and generates second image data obtained by correcting the first image data based on the set location of the virtual image plane; an image forming optical system including a display element configured to modulate light to form a display image according to the second image data and a light transfer unit that forms the virtual image on the virtual image plane, the virtual image corresponding to the display image formed by the display element, the light transfer unit comprising a focusing member; and a drive unit that drives the image forming optical system to adjust the location of the virtual image plane.
US11509874B2
To provide a video projector which improves visibility in response to changes in projection environment, a video projector has an initial level setter, a level adjuster, a projection display, an image capture, and a projection histogram calculator. The initial level setter performs a prescribed initial level setting on an input video signal and outputs an initial display signal. The level adjuster adjusts the level of the initial display signal on the basis of a projection image and outputs a display signal. The image capture captures the projection image projected on a projection surface by the projection display based on the display signal. The projection histogram calculator prepares a projection histogram for each color. The level adjuster adjusts the level of the initial display signal for each color on the basis of the projection histogram.
US11509872B2
A projection video display apparatus includes a video input unit, a light source, a display element, a projection optical system, and a variable light adjusting function which changes the amount of light incident on the display element. Display modes using the variable light adjusting function are prepared, and one display mode of the display modes can be selected from a menu screen. Further, the display modes of the display video using the variable light adjusting function includes: a first display mode where the input video is displayed while changing a light adjusting amount in accordance with light adjusting control information, which is input from external equipment and is capable of controlling the variable light adjusting function in unit of frame of a projected video; and a second display mode where the input video is displayed while changing a light adjusting amount in accordance with the input video.
US11509861B2
The interactive and shared surface technique described herein employs hardware that can project on any surface, capture color video of that surface, and get depth information of and above the surface while preventing visual feedback (also known as video feedback, video echo, or visual echo). The technique provides N-way sharing of a surface using video compositing. It also provides for automatic calibration of hardware components, including calibration of any projector, RGB camera, depth camera and any microphones employed by the technique. The technique provides object manipulation with physical, visual, audio, and hover gestures and interaction between digital objects displayed on the surface and physical objects placed on or above the surface. It can capture and scan the surface in a manner that captures or scans exactly what the user sees, which includes both local and remote objects, drawings, annotations, hands, and so forth.
US11509859B2
The present invention provides a video decoding method and a camera. Said method comprises: loading a video, and decoding each frame from the video; calculating, for any two adjacent frames, a first optical flow field; calculating, according to the first optical flow field, a second optical flow field of a position where a frame is to be inserted, the position being located between two adjacent frames; using the second optical flow field to calculate a corresponding pixel position, in a previous frame of two adjacent frames, of each pixel of the frame to be inserted, and assigning the pixel value of the previous frame to the pixel of the frame to be inserted; and placing the inserted frame and the decoded original frame together according to a time sequence, so as to reconstitute a video having a high frame rate. The present invention eliminates or improves discrete motion, providing a more fluent viewing experience.
US11509857B2
In aspects of personal content managed during extended display screen recording, a screen recording system includes a wireless device that provides digital image content for display on an extended display device, and a screen recording session on the wireless device captures the digital image content and audio data. The wireless device implements a content control module that can determine the screen recording session would capture personal content associated with a user of the wireless device. The content control module can initiate a private screen review mode in which the personal content is displayable on a display screen of the wireless device and is prevented from visual display on the extended display device. The content control module can also generate a shareable screen recording that includes the audio data and the digital image content displayed on the extended display device, without including the personal content.
US11509850B2
An image sensor chip includes an internal voltage generator for generating internal voltages using an external voltage received at a first terminal of the image sensor chip, a temperature sensor for generating a temperature voltage, a selection circuit for outputting one of the external voltage, the internal voltages, and the temperature voltage, a digital code generation circuit for generating a digital code using an output voltage of the selection circuit, and a second terminal for outputting the digital code from the image sensor chip.
US11509845B2
A method of defect pixel correction, includes, receiving at least one center pixel signal in a plurality of frames, receiving a plurality of neighboring pixel signals adjacent the center pixel in the plurality of frames, determining a brightness of the center pixel signal, determining the brightness of the plurality of neighboring pixel signals, determining if the brightness of the center pixel signal exceeds a wounded pixel threshold of the plurality of neighboring pixel signals, determining a location of the center pixel having the brightness greater than the wounded pixel threshold in at least one frame, determining a number of reoccurrences of the center pixel having the brightness greater than the wounded pixel threshold, determining if the number of reoccurrences exceeds a defect pixel threshold and updating the at least one center pixel signal to a mean of the plurality of neighboring pixel signals.
US11509841B2
An image sensor including a pixel that includes: a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit, each of which generates an electric charge through photoelectric conversion of light; an output unit that outputs a first signal generated based upon the electric charge generated in the first photoelectric conversion unit and a second signal generated based upon an electric charge generated in the second photoelectric conversion unit; and an adjustment unit that adjusts a capacitance at the output unit upon outputting of the first signal and the second signal from the output unit.
US11509839B2
A multimedia file and methods of generating, distributing and using the multimedia file are described. Multimedia files in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can contain multiple video tracks, multiple audio tracks, multiple subtitle tracks, data that can be used to generate a menu interface to access the contents of the file and ‘meta data’ concerning the contents of the file. Multimedia files in accordance with several embodiments of the present invention also include references to video tracks, audio tracks, subtitle tracks and ‘meta data’ external to the file. One embodiment of a multimedia file in accordance with the present invention includes a series of encoded video frames and encoded menu information.
US11509837B2
In general, techniques are described regarding initiating a recursive blending of a plurality of frames following a camera transition. One or more processors may, subsequent to a transition from a first camera mode to a second camera mode, blend one or more pixels of a first frame with one or more pixels of a second frame to produce a first blended frame, the first frame captured via a first camera, and the second frame captured via a second camera. The one or more processors may then output the first blended frame.
US11509832B2
Systems and methods for a low light surveillance system with dual video streams are described. A video camera may include an image sensor and an infrared blocking filter. Responsive to detecting low light conditions, the infrared blocking filter may be disabled and the full spectrum video data from the camera may be sent in one video stream that is processed for user display, such as rendering in gray scale, and another video stream that is used for analytics processing, such as event detection.
US11509830B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The device includes a display, a plurality of cameras, a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor. The processor implements the method, including: displaying on the display, a preview of a first image acquired using a first camera from among the plurality of cameras, receiving a first input while the preview is displayed, wherein the first input is received before reception of a second input adjusting a magnification level of the preview, in response to receiving the first input, activating a second camera from among the plurality of cameras, receiving the second input for adjusting the magnification of the preview when a second image, distinct from the first image, is acquired using the activated second camera, and displaying the preview, based on at least a part of the second image and at least partially based on receiving the second input.
US11509829B2
There is provided with an electronic apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first number of values related to a specific function, the first number of values each being able to take one of N values, and a display control unit configured to perform control to display a first number of display items, each display item corresponding to a respective one of the first number of values acquired by the acquisition unit, each of the first number of display items being able to represent one of n values, where n is smaller than N. A value represented by each display item is determined according to a plurality of values other than the value corresponding to the display item out of the first number of values acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11509825B2
The present invention is concerning to an image management system that communicates with a first communication terminal via a communication network, the image management system comprising: an image storage unit configured to store image data; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the first communication terminal, link information that includes image identification information for identifying the image data and includes predetermined-area information that indicates a predetermined area in the image data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the first communication terminal, the image data that is indicated by the image identification information included in the link information received by the receiving unit and the predetermined-area information included in the link information.
US11509820B2
The disclosure can provide a method for shooting a video. The method includes: obtaining a target music file for shooting the video and a preset shooting duration; obtaining shooting guidance information based on beat information of the target music file and the preset shooting duration; the shooting guidance information including a number of clips of the video within the preset shooting duration and a clip duration of each of the clips; and displaying the shooting guidance information in a shooting interface.
US11509819B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating and providing pose guides that are tailored to a context of a camera viewfinder stream. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems determine a context of the camera viewfinder stream and provide sample pose images that correspond with the determined context. In response to a selection of a sample pose image, the disclosed systems generate and display a pose guide that is customized to the proportions of a subject depicted in the camera viewfinder stream. The disclosed systems further iteratively modify portions of the generated pose guide to indicate that the subject depicted in the camera viewfinder stream is coming into alignment with the generated pose guide. The disclosed systems automatically capture a digital image when the subject is in total alignment with the generated pose guide.
US11509815B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a camera module including a lens positioned on one side of an electronic device; a display positioned on the other side of the electronic device; and a processor electrically coupled to the camera module and the display, wherein the processor is configured to acquire a preview image through the camera module, determine whether a human object corresponding to a person is included in the preview image, determine an imaging mode of the electronic device based at least on the type and change of at least one object included in the determination and the preview image, and display, through the display, at least one indicator associated with the determined photographing mode. Various other embodiments are possible.
US11509806B2
An example image capture device includes memory configured to store display content and image information received from a camera sensor, the camera sensor being configured to receive light through at least a portion of a display. The image capture device includes one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to determine a camera sensor blanking period. The one or more processors are configured to control the display to display content via one or more of a plurality of pixels in the at least a portion of the display during the camera sensor blanking period. The one or more processors are configured to control the display to not display content via the one or more of the plurality of pixels outside of the camera sensor blanking period.
US11509797B2
An apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate shape information of an object in a captured image, a component acquisition unit configured to acquire an auxiliary light component representing intensity of an auxiliary light at each pixel of the captured image based on a light amount characteristic representing a light amount of the auxiliary light received by the object when the auxiliary light is emitted and the shape information of the object, a first correction unit configured to generate a first corrected image in which color of the captured image is corrected according to environmental light, a second correction unit configured to generate a second corrected image in which color of the captured image is corrected according to the auxiliary light, and a combining unit configured to combine the first corrected image and the second corrected image at a combination ratio calculated based on the auxiliary light component.
US11509792B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a communication apparatus capable of preventing a decrease in the speed of communication with an external device due to execution of a handover when the communication apparatus is connected to the external device, and also directed to a control method and a recording medium. A communication apparatus provides, by using a first communication portion that uses a first communication method, communication information for performing communication based on a second communication method to an external device, and causes a second communication portion that uses the second communication method to connect with the external device using the second communication method, and performs control in such a manner that, in a case where the second communication portion connects with the external device, the first communication portion is used to provide communication information to no other external devices.
US11509788B2
An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to allow software to be installed onto the information processing apparatus even if a requirement is determined to be unsatisfied and to provide presentation so as to indicate that the software that has been installed is unavailable. The requirement is defined to run after installation the software to be installed.
US11509786B2
A document feeder includes an apparatus body to which a document feed unit is attached, a sheet feed tray that moves up and down toward the document feed unit, an open/close cover attached openably and closably to the apparatus body and opens the document transport path and the document feed unit when opened, and a unit pressing arm attached to the open/close cover. When the open/close cover is closed, the unit pressing arm presses the document feed unit toward the sheet feed tray.
US11509785B2
In a scanner, a medium transport apparatus includes an apparatus main body including a medium transport path from a supply unit, which supplies a medium, to a discharge unit, which discharges the medium, a switcher that switches an attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to a mounting surface on which the apparatus main body is mounted, and a controller that, when the attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to the mounting surface is switched, performs control in accordance with the attitude after the switching.
US11509784B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a processor is configured to: read an image of at least one of a first surface or a second surface of a medium with the medium folded; discriminate whether the image is of the first surface or the second surface based on an identification image in the image; specify, based on the image, a surface on which a folding deviation occurs; and determine a correction direction of the folding deviation according to whether the surface on which the folding deviation occurs is the first surface or the second surface.
US11509783B2
A numerical key unit 70 mounted in a mounting portion 12 of an image forming apparatus 1 and card reader of inputting information to the image forming apparatus 1 includes a casing 71 mounted on the mounting portion 12, an operating key 100 comprised of a hardware key capable of inputting information on a numerical value, a substrate 73 provided inside the casing 71, a main assembly-side cable 76 connected to a connector 85 mounted on the substrate 73 and electrically connecting the image forming apparatus 1 and the numerical key unit 70, and a first opening 71a through which the main assembly-side cable 76 is inserted. The first opening 71a is provided on a bottom of the casing 71 so that in a thickness direction of the substrate 73, the main assembly-side cable 76 is exposed to an outside of the casing 71 from a surface on a side opposite from a surface where the operating key 100 is provided.
US11509780B2
A method for delivering a fax to a fax recipient includes receiving a multipage fax transmitted at a fax server. As each page of a multipage fax is received, a page event notification is generated. Each page of the multipage fax file is converted into a corresponding page file. A page complete notification is generated upon completion of conversion of each page of the multipage fax file into the page file. Access is enabled to the page file of the multipage fax file responsive to receipt of the page complete notification associated with the page file. Access to the page file is enabled while subsequent pages of the multipage fax are being received and converted to the associated fax file.
US11509774B2
A device controller connected to a communication terminal and a plurality of devices via a network includes an acquisition unit configured to receive first control information for controlling a plurality of devices of predetermined type from the communication terminal, the first control information including specific information for identifying a control target device selected from the plurality of devices, a device identification unit configured to identify the control target device on the basis of the specific information included in the first control information, a generation unit configured to generate second control information for causing the control target device to execute control details indicated by the first control information, the second control information being different from the first control information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the second control information.
US11509773B2
Echo reduction. At least one example embodiment is a method including producing, by a loudspeaker, acoustic waves based on a far-microphone signal; receiving, at a local microphone, an echo based on the acoustic waves, and receiving acoustic waves generated locally, the receiving creates a local-microphone signal; producing an estimated-echo signal based on the far-microphone signal and a current step-size parameter; summing the local-microphone signal and the estimated echo signal to produce a resultant signal having reduced echo in relation to the local-microphone signal; and controlling the current step-size parameter. The controlling current step size may include: calculating a convergence value based on a cross-correlation of the local-microphone signal and the resultant signal; and updating the current step-size parameter based on the convergence value.
US11509768B2
Techniques for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system comprising: determining a first ordering of a plurality of contacts according to a behavioral pairing strategy with a balanced contact utilization; determining a second ordering of the plurality of contacts according to a performance-based routing strategy with an unbalanced contact utilization; determining a third ordering of the plurality of agents according to a combination of the first ordering and the second ordering having a skewed contact utilization between the balanced contact utilization and the unbalanced contact utilization; and outputting a hybrid behavioral pairing model based on the third ordering for connecting an agent to a contact of the plurality of contacts in the contact center system.
US11509766B2
A method and system to preserve group call audio during a cloud-based group call service upgrade are provided. Audio duplication requests are received and managed through a message broker and instances of an audio distribution service. When a determination is made that an audio distribution service needs to be upgraded, the group call is preserved by generating new instances of the audio distribution service. The new instances of the audio distribution service are added to a queue of the message broker, and old instance of the audio duplication service are gracefully shutdown. Each new instance of the audio distribution service is used to route an audio stream associated with each of the original audio duplication requests, while the olds instances of the audio duplication service are being gracefully shutdown.
US11509757B2
A wireless internet monitoring system comprising an application on a plurality of mobile devices recording the strength of a wireless internet signal received at a mobile device along with a GPS coordinates of the mobile device at time of said recording, wherein said application transmits the monitored signal strength along with said GPS coordinates to a backend application executed on a server. The backend application consolidates the monitored signal strength and said GPS coordinates with one or more previously monitored signal strength and GPS coordinate and preparing a geographical map of the monitored signal strength to be displayed by the application on the mobile device.
US11509750B2
A system with co-resident data-plane and network interface controllers embodying a method for network switching of a data packet incoming from a network at a packet input processor portion of a network interface resource comprising the packet input processor, a packet output processor, and a network interface controller, implemented on a chip, to a target entity, is disclosed. Additionally, the system embodying a method for network switching of a data packet outgoing from an internal facing interface of a network interface controller portion of the network interface resource to a network is disclosed.
US11509734B1
A social networking system maintains characteristics with its users, with various characteristics, such as age, specified by the users (i.e., “asserted characteristics”). The social networking system selects content for a user based at least in part on the characteristics associated with the user. To account for potential inaccuracies in an asserted age of a user, the social networking system clusters users based on ages of other users connected to users. The online system receives verified ages for users in a cluster from a trusted third party system that maintains more accurate characteristics for users than the social networking system. By comparing the asserted ages for users in the cluster to the verified ages for users in the cluster, the social networking system determines an accuracy of the asserted ages for users in the cluster. The accuracy may be used when selecting content for the users.
US11509733B2
Disclosed are a method and devices for determining a location context of a first device. The method includes receiving, at the first device, a wireless signal from a second device, determining a proximity of the first device to the second device based on the wireless signal, and determining an area inference based on characteristics of the second device and based on the determined proximity of the first device to the second device. The area inference includes a category of the area. The method also includes assigning an area label to the first device based on the area inference, and providing the area label to an application to enhance the performance of the application.
US11509726B2
Techniques are disclosed for managing media playback among an ad hoc group of playback devices. Such techniques may involve building a session among the playback devices in which playback devices communicate information regarding their playback capabilities. Based on the playback capabilities of the devices, playback mode may be derived for the session. Playback operations may be synchronized among the devices that are members of the session, in which devices receive identification of asset(s) to be rendered pursuant to the playback operation and timing information of playback of the asset. The devices may stream the playback assets directly from media sources when they are capable of doing so. In this manner, communication resources are conserved.
US11509707B1
Systems and methods for embedding remote applications into HyperText Markup Language (HTML) pages. An example method comprises: identifying, within a HTML page rendered by a browser, a frame referencing a remote application; determining at least one of: a size of a window for rendering output of the remote application on a virtual desktop produced by a virtual execution environment running the remote application or a position of the window on the virtual desktop; causing a remote access session to be established with the virtual execution environment; transmitting a first message specifying at least one of: the size of the window on the virtual desktop or the position of the window on the virtual desktop; and causing the frame to be displayed within the HTML page by the browser for rendering output of the remote application.
US11509700B2
From a stream management service, indications of transmissions of data records of a first data stream via a persistent network connection associated with a subscription are provided to a stream processing application. In response to detecting that a transfer throttling condition associated with the subscription has been met, a delay is introduced before additional data records are transmitted via the same persistent network connection. After a subscription expiration period has elapsed, an indication of the expiration is provided to the application via the persistent connection.
US11509699B2
According to an exemplary embodiment, multiple users participate in a session to watch source media content (e.g., a movie or a video). Typically, an end user accesses the session via a mobile app executing on the user's mobile device, while the session itself is hosted in a server-based collaboration infrastructure. The source media content comprises at least one branching storyline. At a branch, a storyline in the source media content (typically a series of connected video clips) branches in at least two directions. According to the approach herein, and to facilitate the collaboration, upon reaching the branch, the participants in the session vote to determine the direction the story should then take going forward. Votes cast by the participants then determine which path the story advances. In so doing, the participants—working collaboratively—act as the producers or directors of the movie. In this manner, the system provides an entertaining and collaborative session that is highly interactive and enables the users themselves to determine how the story plays out.
US11509689B2
A system and method for accelerating a cybersecurity event detection and remediation includes extracting corpora of feature data from a suspicious electronic communication, wherein the corpora of feature data comprise at least one corpus of text data extracted from a body of the suspicious electronic communication; computing at least one text embedding value for the suspicious electronic communication; evaluating the text embedding values of the corpus of text data against an n-dimensional mapping of adverse electronic communication vectors, the n-dimensional mapping comprising a plurality of historical electronic communication vectors derived for a plurality of historical electronic communications; identifying whether the suspicious electronic communication comprises one of an adverse electronic communication based on the evaluation of the text embedding value, and accelerating a cybersecurity event detection by routing data associated with the suspicious electronic communication to one of a plurality of distinct threat mitigation routes.
US11509687B2
Techniques and systems for determining a malicious derivative entity within a network are provided herein. A method for determining a malicious derivative entity may include receiving, by a network-based authentication system, a plurality of network transactions. A first attribute of a network transaction within the plurality of network transactions may be identified. The method may also include identifying a plurality of entities for the first attribute. The network-based authentication system may generate a first visual representation of a relationship between the first attribute and the plurality of derivative entities. Each of the derivative entities and the first attribute may be represented as nodes within the first visual representation. A first score for each of the nodes may be determined based on a degree of centrality of the nodes within the first visual representation. One network transaction may be blocked based on at least one node exceeding a first threshold.
US11509683B2
A system for generating a cyber-attack to penetrate a network. The system includes an identification module configured to identify at least one vulnerability of the network by examining at least one of a node of the network, data transmission within the network, or data received from a cyber defense mechanism; a generation module configured to generate a cyber-attack based on the at least one vulnerability of the network, and a goal to be achieved by the cyber-attack. The system includes a penetration module configured to penetrate the network with the cyber-attack and determine an effectiveness rating of the penetration; and a feedback module configured to provide a feedback to the identification module based on at least the effectiveness rating of the penetration.
US11509669B2
A system and a method are disclosed for describing a mechanism for tracking malicious activity detected on a network. For example, based on network data collected from a server, the disclosed system may detect malicious activity originating from a client device directed to the server. To detect the malicious activity, network data may be captured by the server and analyzed. When malicious activity is detected, the system may track the malicious activity, using the network data, to an earliest connection date of a client device from where the malicious activity potentially originated. The earliest connection date may indicate a potential start date of the malicious activity.
US11509663B2
A method for managing wireless device communications including establishing active, persistent, and repetitive communications with a wireless device operating in a coverage area of a local wireless network. In an example, the local wireless network is an overlay to a portion of a macro wireless network. The repetitive communications include placing a call to the wireless device, completing a call connection to the wireless device, sending a message to the wireless device, receiving and processing a response to the message from the wireless device, and persistently repeating a call function of the placing a call, completing a connection, sending a response, and receiving and processing the response until a specified termination event. In an example, the termination event is a power off of the wireless device.
US11509660B2
A subscriber information authentication system that compares network-obtained and device-obtained information to verify that a device being used in connection with a user account is authenticated for that account. Certain subscriber information may be associated with the account during a registration process. In subsequent attempts to access the account, the registered subscriber information may be used in conjunction with information obtained from a telecommunication network and from a device to verify that the device is authorized. The information from the telecommunication network may be queried using Signaling System No. 7 (“SS7”) protocols. The device authorization may be performed, for example, to ensure that a device being used for device-based verification is the device a user purports it to be.
US11509653B2
An end-user computing device may utilize an imaging device to capture input from an electronic tag of a physical asset. The end-user computing device may generate supplemental digital data associated with the input. The end-user computing device may transmit the input and the supplemental digital data to an authentication and digital assets server. The authentication and digital assets server may authenticate the physical asset and transmit the authentication results to the end-user computing device, which may display the authentication results. If the authentication of the physical asset is successful, the authentication and digital assets server may select one or more digital assets and transmit the one or more digital assets to the end-user computing device. The end-user computing device may display the one or more digital assets.
US11509644B2
Various systems and methods of establishing a trusted pairing relationship between IoT devices, through the exchange of authentication service proof of possession tokens, are described herein. In an example, a trusted pairing relationship is established between IoT devices, through access control and credential resources based on communication via intermediary devices and services. The IoT devices may request or receive access to or information from a resource based on the trusted relationship.
US11509642B2
A computer server is disclosed that may include a processing unit and a computer-readable memory that may store computer-executable instructions that are executable by the processing unit to cause the computer server to perform various operations. The computer server may receive location data from a mobile client device and may compare the location data to predefined secure location definitions, which may be trusted or private locations. The computer server may receive a request from the mobile client device to access network resources or services, and the computer server may determine, using a result of comparing the location data and the one or more predefined secure location definitions, an authentication process for providing the mobile client device with access to the network resources or services. The computer server may execute the authentication process and may provide the mobile client device with access to the network resources or services.
US11509636B2
Various embodiments are directed to a system and method for establishing a secure communication pathway between a network-connected device and a computing platform. Such configurations encompass encrypting a device-specific installation package passed to the device using a device-generated cryptography key, verifying the identity of the computing platform at the device, encrypting a response message via a platform-generated cryptography key, transmitting the response message to the computing platform, verifying characteristics of the device via the response message, and establishing a secure communication platform upon verification of the device.
US11509632B2
A communication system includes a mediation apparatus communicating with a device via a local network and an information processing apparatus communicating with the mediation apparatus through firewall. The information processing apparatus including a first control device. The mediation apparatus includes a second control device transmitting to the information processing apparatus through the firewall a first request for requesting transmission of a first command for the device, and a second request for requesting transmission of a second command for the mediation apparatus. In response to receiving the first command, the second controller transmits to the device via the local network a device command. In response to receiving the second command, the second controller performs a second-command dependent instruction. In response to receiving the first request and the second request, the first control device transmits respectively the first command and the second command to the mediation apparatus.
US11509625B2
A communication apparatus sets a first obtaining method for obtaining IP addresses of a first network interface and an external server with which the communication apparatus communicates via the first network interface, and a second obtaining method for obtaining IP addresses of a second network interface and an external server with which the communication apparatus communicates via the second network interface. If the first obtaining method is manual obtaining, if the second obtaining method is automatic obtaining, and if setting of a default gateway has been set with respect to the first network interface, the communication apparatus controls communications by using at least the IP address of the second network interface obtained by the automatic obtaining without using the IP address of the external server obtained by the automatic obtaining via the second network interface.
US11509624B2
A local area network tracking system and method of use is described herein. An exemplary embodiment of the system comprises a central tracker server that registers and tracks third-party vendor kiosks when the kiosks connect to a retail store local area network. The unique tracker server system is configured to efficiently route web application traffic on the same retail store local area network. The tracker server stores a local IP address and a unique identifier for each vendor kiosk connected to a particular retail store network. Customers connected to the network are routed to the tracker server to obtain the IP address for a suitable vendor kiosk, with which the customer can establish a direct wireless connection to that kiosk over the retail store network. The system described herein can be implemented without modifying any aspect of the retail store LAN infrastructure.
US11509618B2
A server has a processor and a memory storing a message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to maintain a message thread between users of client devices. The message thread module serves a message thread with a new text entry to a client device in response to a request for the message thread from a user. Message thread state change is collected from the client device, where the message thread state change represents an indication to automatically delete the new text entry of the message thread after the duration of a transitory display period on the client device unless an indication of a gesture applied to a display screen presenting the new text entry of the message thread is received from the client device during the transitory display period. The message thread state change is queued at the server along with additional message thread state changes associated with the collecting operation performed for additional users associated with the message thread. The message thread is revised based upon the message thread state change and the additional message thread state changes to form shared message thread state. The shared message thread state is stored. The shared message thread state is supplied in response to a request for the message thread from a user.
US11509615B2
A system according to various exemplary embodiments includes a processor and a user interface coupled to the processor, the user interface comprising an input device and a display screen. The system further comprises a sensor component coupled to the processor, the sensor component comprising a location sensor for determining location information associated with the system, and memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising: retrieving sensor information from the sensor component, the sensor information including location information from the location sensor; retrieving, from the memory, avatar information associated with a user of the system; generating a customized graphic based on the sensor information and the user's avatar information; and presenting the customized graphic within an electronic message via the display screen of the user interface.
US11509612B2
Systems and methods are provided for facilitating the presentation of expressive intent and other status information with messaging and other communication applications. The expressive intent is based on expressive effect data associated with the message recipients and/or message senders. The expressive intent can be conveyed through avatars and modified message content. The avatars convey gestures, emotions and other status information and the presentation of the avatars can be reactive to detected state information of the message recipient(s), message sender(s) and/or corresponding messaging device(s).
US11509610B2
A real-time messaging system platform receives from, a communication application installed on a first user communication device, a first user identifier, an indication that a messaging service message composed by the first user is being directed to a first destination associated with a second user, and an identification of data present in the messaging service message. The identification of the data and a message transmission history of the first user is used to enable selection of a message of a first entity. The selected message of the first entity is caused to be displayed by the communication application within a message framework that frames the first user messaging service message. The first entity message is caused to be included in the messaging service message transmitted to the second user device, wherein the first entity is not provided with access to the identity of the first user or the second user.
US11509604B1
A system is provided for enforcing time-based user access levels in a computing infrastructure of an organization. The system includes a processor and a computer readable medium operably coupled thereto, to perform operations which include executing a synchronization of the time-based user access levels, obtaining a first login identifier (ID) of a plurality of login IDs for a group of employees of the organization, identifying a position ID and an employment status ID for the first login ID, determining a current time and a last login timestamp for the first login ID, determining a time-based access rule for the group of employees, determining whether a time period from the last login timestamp to the current time violates the time-based access rule, and setting, for the synchronization of the first login ID, at least a first access level of the first login ID to computing resources.
US11509594B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a packet in a communication system, the method comprising: generating drop information indicating at least one source packet to be dropped among source packets to be transmitted and whether or not to drop each of the other source packets except the at least one source packet; performing forward error correction (FEC) encoding on the drop information and the other source packets except the at least one source packet; generating a repair packet comprising repair data for restoring the drop information and a repair symbol for restoring the other source packets except the at least one source packet; and transmitting the other source packets except the at least one source packet and the repair packet.
US11509586B2
A management device includes an obtaining unit that obtains the attribute data of at least a communication performed among terminal devices in a communication system; a determining unit that performs a predetermined determination operation based on the attribute data obtained by the obtaining unit, and outputs the likelihood of the communication being followed by other communication relevant to the communication; and a communication control unit that, based on the output of the determining unit, controls the period of time during which the terminal devices involved in the communication are able to use the line of the communication system on a priority basis.
US11509585B1
Methods, computer readable media, and devices for balancing traffic of multiple realms across multiple resources such that a load balancing algorithm delivers equal flows of traffic to the multiple resources are disclosed. One method may include identifying a high risk realm and two low risk realms from among a plurality of realms, identifying three resources from among a plurality of resources, and distributing the high risk realm, the first low risk realm, and the second low risk realm across the three resources such that the high risk realm and a first low risk realm share a first resource, the high risk realm and a second low risk realm share a second resource, the two low risk realms share a third resource, traffic of the high risk realm is load balanced equally, and traffic of the two low risk realms is load balanced unequally.
US11509582B2
A computer-implemented system is disclosed for managing bandwidth usage rates in a packet switched network. The system includes one or more servers configured to execute computer program steps. The computer program steps comprises monitoring bandwidth usage rate at a first provider interface, determining if bandwidth usage rate at the provider interface exceeds a bandwidth usage rate limit; and rerouting Internet traffic from the provider interface having bandwidth that exceeds the bandwidth usage rate limit to a second provider interface having available bandwidth capacity.
US11509581B2
A method for a hypervisor to implement flow-based local egress in a multisite datacenter is disclosed. The method comprises: determining whether a first data packet of a first data flow has been received. If the first data packet has been received, then the hypervisor determines a MAC address of a first local gateway in a first site of a multisite datacenter that communicated the first data packet, and stores the MAC address of the first local gateway and a 5-tuple for the first data flow. Upon determining that a response for the first data flow has been received, the hypervisor determines whether the response includes the MAC address of the first local gateway. If the response includes a MAC address of another local gateway, then the hypervisor replaces, in the response, the MAC address of another local gateway with the MAC address of the first local gateway.
US11509573B2
[Problem] Change the distribution logic flexibly. [Solution] A control apparatus includes a communication unit (NIC20) configured to receive a packet from a network, a plurality of first control units (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) configured to function as a plurality of virtual control units (VM1a, 1b, 1c, . . . ), a distribution circuit (Balancer 10a) configured to distribute the received packet to a plurality of dispatchers, a plurality of second control units (Dispatcher 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d) configured to distribute the packet distributed by the distribution circuit to the plurality of virtual control units (VM1a, 1b, 1c, . . . ), in which the distribution circuit is configured by a PLD.
US11509563B2
A master test system may comprise cable modem termination systems, resource servers, provisioning/Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) servers, call management system (CMS) servers, Data over Cable Service Interface Specification/Wide Area Network (DOCSIS/WAN) servers, test controller servers, etc. Servers on the master test system may facilitate tests of devices under test (DUTs) coupled to the master test system. Servers on the master test system and/or slave test systems may facilitate tests of DUTs coupled to slave test systems that are coupled to the master test system. The slave test system(s) may comprise resource servers and test controller servers. In various implementations, the servers on the slave test system(s) may facilitate tests of DUTs coupled to the slave test system(s).
US11509561B2
Techniques are described for generating and using an extended Bi-directional Forwarding Detection (BFD) control packet in a network. The extended BFD control packet includes a control message that includes a BFD session information, an identifier associated with the device sending the BFD control packet, and a payload part. The extended BFD control packet may be used to perform packet loss and/or packet delay related measurements.
US11509558B2
A method of estimating network latency including receiving intercept data (representing observations of requests sent by a client node and responses to the respective requests from a host node), detecting a burst of network traffic bounded by a first idle interval and/or second idle interval, and estimating download and/or upload latencies associated with the burst, wherein the download latency is estimated to be an amount of time between observation of an inferred first request of the burst from the client node until observation of a first response from the host node following the inferred first request, and the upload latency is estimated to be an amount of time between observation of a last inferred data packet of the burst from the host node to the client node until observation of a last inferred ACK packet from the client node following the last inferred data packet from the host node.
US11509549B2
A server apparatus receives a device ID indicating one electrical home appliance among one or more electrical home appliances and a gateway ID indicating that the one electrical home appliance belongs to a same owner, a same group, or a same home as the one or more electrical home appliances, determines whether or not the one electrical home appliance is a newly connected electrical home appliance, using a management database that manages device IDs indicating the one or more electrical home appliances and the gateway ID, and when it is determined made that the one electrical home appliance is a newly connected electrical home appliance, provides an information device, which is associated with the gateway ID and which differs from the one electrical home appliance, with notification information for confirming whether or not it is to be permitted to collect the log information from the one electrical home appliance.
US11509528B2
One example method includes connecting to a server component, transmitting, to the server component, information concerning a hardware configuration associated with an asset having a capability that is fully utilized during a first time period and the capability is idle during a second time period, receiving, from the server component, cluster connection information, and using the cluster connection information to temporarily connect the asset to the cluster as a node of the cluster so that the capability is available during idle time to perform a workload of the cluster.
US11509525B1
Systems and methods for device control by a natural language processing system are disclosed. A user may desire to utilize a voice-enabled device to associate an accessory device with a hub device without having to utilize third-party software associated with the accessory device and/or the hub device. The user may provide a user utterance to associate the accessory device with the hub device. Audio data corresponding to the user utterance may be analyzed and utilized to generate and send directive data to a third-party remote system to transition the hub device to a join mode. Upon association completion, audio may be output confirming that the association has been established successfully.
US11509524B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises determining which functional splits between processing performed in a baseband controller and processing performed in a remote unit are supported by each remote unit served by the baseband controller. The method further comprises determining at least one functional split in the processing performed in the baseband controller and the processing performed in the remote units to use. The method further comprises, for each said at least one functional split and each remote unit associated with that functional split, configuring the processing performed in the baseband controller and the processing performed in that remote unit are configured to use that functional split and configuring a respective interface between the baseband controller and that remote unit are configured for communicating front-haul data therebetween using that functional split.
US11509518B2
A method of diagnosing faults in a utility supply network involves receiving performance data indicative of performance of the utility supply network, and receiving historical performance data indicative of a historical performance of the utility supply network and a fault associated with the historical performance data. A fault in the utility supply network is determined based on a comparison of the performance data with the historical performance data.
US11509517B2
A SOAM virtualization system for a network having at least first and second maintenance entities coupled to each other comprises a network controller coupled to at least one of the first and second maintenance entities through a tunnel for virtualizing a SOAM network function on the at least one of the first and second maintenance entities to which the network controller is coupled. The network controller may be coupled to the first and second maintenance entities through first and second tunnels, respectively. The first maintenance entity may an originator device, and the second maintenance entity may be a destination device, with the network controller virtualizing the SOAM network function on both devices. The network controller may send a packet containing a tunnel header and a SOAM frame via the first tunnel to the originator device, which then sends the packet containing the SOAM frame to the destination device.
US11509513B2
A power transmitter includes: a first switch coupled between a first node and a reference voltage node; a second switch configured to be coupled between a power supply and the first node; a coil and a capacitor coupled in series between the first node and the reference voltage node; a first sample-and-hold (S&H) circuit having an input coupled to the first node; and a timing control circuit configured to generate a first control signal, a second control signal, and a third control signal that have a same frequency, where the first control signal is configured to turn ON and OFF the first switch alternately, the second control signal is configured to turn ON and OFF the second switch alternately, and where the third control signal determines a sampling time of the first S&H circuit and has a first pre-determined delay from a first edge of the first control signal.
US11509508B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for wireless communication that can be used to reduce the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of data transmissions by increasing the degree of randomness with which data is scrambled for transmission over a wireless medium. In some implementations, a transmitting device may determine a set of scrambling initialization bits, and may generate a scrambling sequence based on the set of scrambling initialization bits and an 11th-order polynomial. The transmitting device may provide an indication of the set of scrambling initialization bits in a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU). The transmitting device may scramble one or more portions of the PPDU based on the scrambling sequence. The transmitting device may transmit the PPDU over a wireless medium. In some instances, the set of scrambling initialization bits consists of 11 bits, and may be included in a Service field of the PPDU.
US11509504B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including a communication circuit and a processor. The processor may be configured to communicate with an external electronic device based on a specified protocol, using the communication circuit, to receive first information at least including type information of the external electronic device based on the specified protocol, using the communication circuit, and to determine a positioning master for measuring a distance between the electronic device and the external electronic device based at least on the first information among the electronic device and the external electronic device. Other various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.
US11509501B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for automatic port identification. The present technology can involve determining that a wireless device has connected to a network device on a network, and determining which of the ports on the network device the wireless device has connected to. The determining the port connected to the wireless device can involve determining respective traffic patterns to be provided to selected ports on the network device, determining a traffic pattern transmitted by the wireless device, determining that the traffic pattern transmitted by the wireless device has a similarity to a traffic pattern from the respective traffic patterns, and based on the similarity, determining that a port associated with the traffic pattern is connected to the wireless device. The present technology can also involve selecting a port policy for the port.
US11509496B2
An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. Multimedia content is reproduced in the electronic device. After the reproduction of the multimedia content in the electronic device, a display of the electronic device is controlled to display a plurality of objects respectively indicating a plurality of external devices which is identified by the electronic device. In response to input to an object among the plurality of objects, an external device indicated by the object is authorized to continuously reproduce multimedia content.
US11509494B2
In one embodiment, a method is performed. A device may include an interface in communication with a network. The device may determine whether an all-active multi-homed ethernet segment (ES) associated with the interface is enabled. On a condition that an all-active multi-homed ES is enabled, the device may determine an ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) designated forwarder (DF) state of the all-active multi-homed ES. If the all-active multi-homed ES is enabled and has an ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) designated forwarder (DF) state, the device may enter a protocol independent multicast (PIM) designated router (DR) state. If an all-active multi-homed ES is enabled and does not have an EVPN DF state, the device may enter a PIM non-DR state.
US11509491B2
Presented herein are embodiments of a power-over-Ethernet (PoE) breakout system that may be used to breakout a PoE port from a PoE information handling system into a number of breakout ports. In one or more embodiments, a PoE breakout system comprises: a PoE port for connecting to a PoE information handling system, such as a PoE switch; a plurality of breakout ports for connecting to powered devices, wherein each breakout port is configured to supply power to a powered device; and a power management module electrically coupled to the PoE port and configured to supply power to each breakout port according to a configuration that sets a power level for that breakout port. In one or more embodiments. the PoE breakout system comprises a data communications module that switches data traffic to a correct PoE breakout port according to its intended powered device.
US11509488B2
Determining whether to allow access to a message is disclosed. A message is received from a sender. The message is associated with a first time-to-live (TTL) value. A determination is made that the first time-to-live value has not been exceeded. The determination is made at least in part by obtaining an external master clock time. In response to the determination, access is allowed to the message.
US11509485B2
Identity authentication method, system, and computing device are disclosed. The method includes: an identity authentication method is provided, which includes: a first device establishing a communication connection with a second device, and obtaining encrypted information through the Internet, where the first device is a device that is allowed to access the Internet, and the second device is a device that is not allowed to access the Internet; the first device encrypting identity information of an account that is logged into the second device by using the encrypted information, and sending the encrypted identity information to the second device; and the first device receiving a verification result that is returned by the second device, wherein the second device verifies the encrypted identity information based on verification information.
US11509484B1
Systems and methods relating to settlement of securities without revealing ownership including the end owner are described. In some implementations, ownership or control of a security may be managed by using group membership technology to revoke the signing rights of the seller and adding signing rights to the buyer. Group membership with group signatures allow for one group public key and a plurality of private keys, where each private key is associated with a group member. Signatures create by different group members are indistinguishable to verifiers but a group manager is able to determine which member has signed, link member signatures, implement controls and/or limits, and revoke and add signatory capability when needed. In some implementations, revocation of signatory capability is done with the cooperation of a Digital Certificate Authority.
US11509475B2
A method for a system includes forming within an app running upon a user smart-device, an ephemeral ID having data associated with a server and anonymous data, outputting the ephemeral ID to a first receiver associated with a first computer and to a second receiver associated with a second computer system separate from the first, receiving from the first receiver an identifier and a nonce, providing the identifier and the nonce to the server, receiving from the server a token associated with the first computer system authorizing access to the first computer system but not the second computer system by the user smart-device, storing the token for facilitated authentication of the user smart-device, and providing the token to the first receiver.
US11509474B2
A method and apparatus for obtaining a privacy set intersection are provided. The method may include: encrypting a privacy set of an intersection initiator by using a homomorphic encryption algorithm to generate a cipher text, a cipher text function, a public key, and a private key of the intersection initiator; delivering the cipher text, the cipher text function, and the public key of the intersection initiator to an intersection server; receiving a to-be-decrypted function value of a privacy set of the intersection server from the intersection server; and decrypting the to-be-decrypted function value of the privacy set of the intersection initiator by using the private key, to obtain an intersection element of the privacy set of the intersection initiator and the privacy set of the intersection server.
US11509466B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to, upon receiving an authorization message, transmit a plurality of new authentication keys to a respective plurality of control modules, the memory including an expiration time for the authorization message; update a listing of the control modules with respective statuses of the transmissions of the respective new authentication keys to the respective control modules, wherein each status is one of successful or unsuccessful; upon at least one status being unsuccessful, prevent the authorization message from expiring at the expiration time; after preventing the authorization message from expiring, retransmit the respective new authentication keys to each control module for which the respective status is unsuccessful; and then expire the authorization message.
US11509464B2
An improved system implements Fitness Gradient Consensus including hash distance and bucket consensus variations within a digital blockchain by calculating the highest fitness value among competing blocks to resolve conflicts and allocate the rewards associated with building new blocks. The consensus system applies conflict resolution formulas to incentivize block-building nodes to share blocks generated, as it completes construction, to improve chances of a reward, resulting in enhanced speed and security of blockchain. The hash distance consensus utilizes a hash distance scalar value as part of its fitness metric, and the bucket consensus assigns tokens to buckets and calculates an aggregate value of the assigned tokens. A trust-but-verify variant increases transactional throughput and reduces linearity and computational constraints. The system also utilizes novel record types, such as token genesis, transfer, transaction, trade order, settlement, proposition, determination, and pattern linkage records to facilitate the automation of financial, commercial and legal processes.
US11509463B2
Techniques for computer security, and more specifically timestamp-based key generation techniques, are described. Some implementations provide a table of key generation processes that is shared as a secret between a first computing system and a second computing system, both of which have synchronized clocks. Both computing systems use the same technique for selecting a key generation process from the table, such as based on a random number generator seeded with a timestamp. Since the computing systems have synchronized clocks, they both select and use the same key generation process, thereby generating the same encryption key without the need to communicate the key from one system to another. Furthermore, both computing systems may synchronize their clocks to a private time server that maintains a clock that runs faster or slower than standard time. Security is maintained by one or more of restricting access to the time server, using secret key generation processes, and/or using a secret random number generator.
US11509458B2
A method and system for securely replicating encrypted deduplicated storages. Specifically, the method and system disclosed herein entail the replication and migration of encrypted data between storage systems that support deduplication. More specifically, a first encrypted data, which may have been encrypted using a first public cryptographic key and consolidated on a source storage system, may be translated into an interim (yet still encrypted) state using a first split private cryptographic key. Thereafter, using a compound conversion key, the interim state data may be further translated into a second encrypted data, which may be characterized as being encrypted by a second public cryptographic key. Therefore, substantively, the method and system disclosed herein may be directed to the translation of encrypted data from one encryption scheme to another while in-flight from a source storage system to a target storage system.
US11509453B2
A method for data analysis according to an embodiment includes acquiring, from a client device, a ciphertext for a precomputation result generated by applying some of a plurality of operations for performing an analysis algorithm based on target data to the target data, and generating an encrypted computation result for remaining operations of the plurality of operations by using the ciphertext.
US11509442B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting and receiving channel quality information in a wireless communication system for supporting a Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) and a device therefor and, more particularly, the method comprising: transmitting and receiving a random access preamble; transmitting and receiving a random access response on the basis of the random access preamble; and transmitting and receiving channel quality information via a narrowband physical uplink shared channel (NPUSCH) on the basis of the random access response, wherein when the random access preamble is transmitted and received on the basis of a narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH) order in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, the channel quality information is measured on the basis of a UE-specific search space (USS) set in the RRC connected state.
US11509426B2
A wireless device receives configuration parameters indicating: a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes of a cell; a subset of the plurality of HARQ processes; and a HARQ process identifier offset. A downlink control information (DCI) comprising a first HARQ process identifier and a resource assignment is received. The first HARQ process identifier indicates a HARQ process in the subset of the plurality of HARQ processes. A second HARQ process identifier is determined based on the first HARQ process identifier and the HARQ process identifier offset. The second HARQ process identifier indicates a second HARQ process of the plurality of HARQ processes. Based on the resource assignment, a transport block of a HARQ buffer associated with the second HARQ process is transmitted.
US11509425B2
A method for determining a HARQ-ACK feedback time, a method for indicating a HARQ-ACK feedback time, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The method includes: receiving a downlink control signaling, wherein the downlink control signaling carries a HARQ-ACK feedback time parameter, and the downlink control signaling is used to activate a downlink semi-persistent scheduling configuration; receiving semi-persistent scheduling data for downlink transmission on a first time-domain resource; and determining the HARQ-ACK feedback time of the semi-persistent scheduling data for the downlink transmission, based on the HARQ-ACK feedback time parameter and the first time-domain resource.
US11509404B2
An automated calibration unit has several ports for connecting with respective ports of a test and measurement instrument to be calibrated. The automated calibration unit has a frequency conversion circuit that is non-linear and reciprocal in amplitude and phase. The automated calibration unit has at least one switching circuit with several switch states. The automated calibration unit is configured to selectively connect each one of the several ports to another one of the several ports depending on the switch state, thereby providing a through connection via the frequency conversion circuit. The automated calibration unit is configured to selectively connect each one of the several ports to at least one of several calibration standards respectively depending on the switch state. Further, a frequency conversion circuit and a method of performing calibration of a test and measurement instrument are described. Moreover, a method of absolute power calibration transfer is described.
US11509402B2
A method for recognizing a user carrying a terminal capable of receiving a radio signal coming from a device equipped with an antenna suitable for transmitting the signal. The signal is intended to be transmitted between the device and the terminal by using electromagnetic wave conduction capacities of the body of the user when at least one part of his/her body is in the vicinity of the antenna. When the user makes a characteristic movement, to move the part of his/her body close to the antenna, the device transmits a characteristic signal of the movement. The method includes: receiving a signal coming from the device; generating a characteristic datum of the movement; obtaining at least one signature; comparing the characteristic datum with the signature; and depending on the results of the comparison, recognizing the user.
US11509399B2
An optical module includes: a quantum photonic integrated circuit; a temperature controller; and a housing configured to house the photonic integrated circuit and the temperature controller. The photonic integrated circuit is attached to the temperature controller, such that the photonic integrated circuit is in thermal communication with the temperature controller, and the temperature controller is attached directly to the housing, such that the temperature controller is in direct thermal communication with the housing.
US11509395B2
A data transmission method includes receiving, by an optical line terminal (OLT) from an optical network unit (ONU), uplink burst data that includes a synchronization data block and a payload, where the synchronization data block includes first synchronization data, wherein the first synchronization data includes a first preamble and an ONU identifier, and a first bandwidth occupied by the first frequency distribution of the first synchronization data is narrower than a second bandwidth occupied by the second frequency distribution of the payload, and obtaining, by the OLT from the first synchronization data, the ONU identifier.
US11509382B2
In a mmW network, a UE and a base station may establish a link using a RACH procedure. A base station may transmit, in a beamformed signal, a message to a UE during a RACH procedure. The message to the UE may include a value indicating a request for beam information. The base station may receive a message from the UE during the RACH procedure that includes a beam information report comprising the beam information.
US11509368B1
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device may receive a request for beamforming information associated with line-of-sight (LoS) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication from a second wireless device. The first wireless device may generate a channel estimation matrix for a channel between rectangular antenna arrays of the respective wireless devices, the channel estimation matrix including one or more quadratic terms for the LoS MIMO communication. The first wireless device may generate a first sub-matrix and a second sub-matrix based on the channel estimation matrix. The first wireless device may transmit an indication of a set of precoders for the LoS MIMO communication, the set of precoders based on a symmetry associated with the first and second sub-matrices, and may receive the LoS MIMO communication from the second wireless device based on the set of precoders.
US11509366B2
A method, system and apparatus for realizing FD_MIMO in codebook-based transmissions. The method, system and apparatus include the combing of one or more horizontal codebooks and one or more vertical codebooks. A 2D beamformer for downlink transmissions is generated based on the combination of the one or more horizontal codebooks and one or more vertical codebooks.
US11509362B2
Interference in preamble signals and pilot signals in cooperative transmission using interference suppressing technology is avoided. A wireless apparatus for transmitting a wireless signal on which directivity control has been performed to stations in a wireless system including at least one wireless apparatus is provided with a known signal generating unit which generates a known signal to be added to the wireless signal, a weighting processing unit which performs weighting on the known signal generated by the known signal generating unit, and a wireless processing unit which transmits the known signal on which the weighting has been performed by the weighting processing unit.
US11509356B2
The wireless communications system comprises: a plurality of remote units, wherein each remote unit is configured to convert a respective RF signal into a plurality of time and frequency samples, perform a noise estimation corresponding to the plurality of time and frequency samples, compute a plurality of coefficients corresponding to the plurality of time and frequency samples that have an amplitude greater than at least a predefined threshold value, and multiply each of the plurality of coefficients by its corresponding time and frequency sample to create a plurality of weighted time and frequency samples; at least an intelligent switching unit, coupled to the plurality of remote units, wherein the intelligent switching unit is configured to receive the plurality of weighted time and frequency samples from each of the plurality of remote units, temporally align the pluralities of weighted time and frequency samples, compute a set of weighted sums of time and frequency samples and transmit the set of weighted sums of time and frequency samples; and a baseband processing unit coupled to the intelligent switching unit and configured to receive the set of weighted sums of time and frequency samples, and compute a remaining portion of baseband protocol stack processing on the set of weighted sums of time and frequency samples.
US11509355B2
A base station includes a controller configured to configure an MRS resource set comprising a group of MRS resources, each MRS resource comprising a set of MRS antenna ports. If at least two MRS antenna ports belong to a same MRS resource, then the at least two MRS antenna ports are quasi co-located with respect to a first set of QCL parameters, else if the at least two MRS antenna ports belong to a same MRS resource set, then the at least two MRS antenna ports are quasi co-located with respect to a second set of QCL parameters, and else the at least two MRS antenna ports are not quasi co-located with respect to either the first set or the second set of QCL parameters. The MRS is a CSI-RS for estimating a CSI and at least one of the first set and the second set of QCL parameters.
US11509352B2
A method for transmitting signals using a high frequency based integrated circuit beamforming antenna is disclosed. The method may comprise transferring an output signal of a radio frequency (RF) module to an RF transceiving unit; transferring an output signal of the RF transceiving unit to a signal converting unit including a feeding pillar; and transferring a wave signal from the signal converting unit to a traveling wave antenna unit, and the feeding pillar may convert the output signal of the RF transceiving unit to the wave signal.
US11509345B2
A wireless communication module includes a wireless module board including an antenna, a frequency converter mounted on the wireless module board and configured to change a frequency of a wireless signal, an amplifier phase shifter mounted on the wireless module board and configured to change a phase and an intensity of the wireless signal, a band-pass filter mounted on the wireless module board so as to be provided between the frequency converter and the amplifier phase shifter, and a band-rejection filter formed on the wireless module board and composed of at least a portion of a plurality of wiring layers electrically connecting the frequency converter, the amplifier phase shifter, and the band-pass filter to each other.
US11509344B2
A radio frequency module includes: a first low-noise amplifier including a first amplification element as an input stage and a second amplification element as an output stage; a second low-noise amplifier including a third amplification element as an input stage and the second amplification element as an output stage, the third amplification element being different from the first amplification element; a first matching circuit connected to an input terminal of the first low-noise amplifier; and a module substrate including a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposite to each other, wherein the first amplification element is disposed on one of the first principal surface and the second principal surface, and the first matching circuit is disposed on the other of the first principal surface and the second principal surface.
US11509336B2
A radio-frequency circuit includes a first power amplifier that outputs a first transmission signal and a second power amplifier that outputs a second transmission signal having a frequency different from a frequency of the first transmission signal. In a period in which the first transmission signal the second transmission signal are simultaneously outputted, at least one of the first power amplifier or the second power amplifier reduces transmission power of the at least one of the first power amplifier or the second power amplifier to cause a power component of intermodulation distortion superimposed on a transmission signal output from the first power amplifier and the second power amplifier to be less than or equal to a threshold value.
US11509335B2
A radio frequency (RF) multiplexer circuit is provided. The multiplexer includes a first circuit coupled between a first input terminal and a first output terminal. The first circuit is configured and arranged to transfer a first RF signal coupled at the first input terminal to the first output terminal as a first output signal when a first control signal is at a first logic value. The multiplexer includes a second circuit coupled between a second input terminal and the first output terminal. The second circuit is configured and arranged to transfer a second RF signal coupled at the second input terminal to the first output terminal as a second output signal having a gain higher than the gain of the second RF signal when the first control signal is at a second logic value.
US11509334B2
The present disclosure relates to a decoding method. The decoding method includes a sequentially determining series of source bits from a codeword by performing a first decoding operation and a second decoding operation. For instance, a series of N source bits may be divided into a first bit group of X source bits and a second bit group of Y source bits. The initial X source bits are sequentially determined in the first decoding operation and the remaining Y source bits are sequentially determined in the second decoding operation. The first decoding operation includes sorting at least 2L reliability values, which are calculated from L bit sequences, where L is an integer greater than 0. The second decoding operation includes determining a source bit in each of the L bit sequences, based on the at least 2L reliability values.
US11509331B2
The present technology relates to a data processing device and a data processing method, which are capable of securing excellent communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. In group-wise interleave, an LDPC code in which a code length N is 16200 bits and an encoding rate r is 10/15 or 12/15 is interleaved in units of bit groups of 360 bits. In group-wise deinterleave, a sequence of the LDPC code that has undergone the group-wise interleave is restored to an original sequence. For example, the present technology can be applied to a technique of performing data transmission using an LDPC code.
US11509330B2
A method of compressing data is described in which the compressed data is generated by either or both of a primary compression unit or a reserve compression unit in order that a target compression threshold is satisfied. If a compressed data block generated by the primary compression unit satisfies the compression threshold, that block is output. However, if the compressed data block generated by the primary compression unit is too large, such that the compression threshold is not satisfied, a compressed data block generated by the reserve compression unit using a lossy compression technique, is output.
US11509329B2
The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods to compress an input signal representing a parameter in an electric power system. In one embodiment, a system includes a data acquisition subsystem to receive an input signal comprising a plurality of high-speed representations of electrical conditions. A linear prediction subsystem generates an excitation signal estimate based on the input signal, a plurality of linear prediction coefficients based on the input signal, and an estimated signal based on the excitation signal estimate and the plurality of linear prediction coefficients. An error encoding subsystem may generate an encoding of an error signal based on a difference between the input signal and the estimated signal. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may store an encoded and compressed representation of the input signal comprising the excitation signal estimate, the plurality of linear prediction coefficients, and the encoding of the error signal.
US11509324B2
An analog-to-digital conversion system includes an analog-to-digital converter and a power supply. The analog-to-digital converter is configured to convert an analog input signal to generate a digital output signal, and configured to generate a control signal according to a state of converting the analog input signal. The power supply is configured to provide a supply voltage to the analog-to-digital converter, and change the ability to provide the supply current of the power supply according to the control signal to stabilize the supply voltage.
US11509311B1
A temperature-controlled oscillating device includes a supporting base, a mounting glue, an IC, at least one conducting medium, a temperature sensor, a quartz crystal package, and a heater. The mounting glue is formed on the supporting base. The IC is formed on the mounting glue. The conducting medium and the temperature sensor are formed on the IC. The quartz crystal package is formed on the conducting medium. The quartz crystal package includes a first quartz substrate, a second quartz substrate, and a third quartz substrate. The heater is formed on the quartz crystal package or the IC. There is no base arranged between the IC and the quartz crystal package.
US11509310B2
Systems and methods related to charge locking circuits and a control system for qubits are provided. A system for controlling qubit gates includes a first packaged device comprising a quantum device including a plurality of qubit gates, where the quantum device is configured to operate at a cryogenic temperature. The system further includes a second packaged device comprising a control circuit configured to operate at the cryogenic temperature, where the first packaged device is coupled to the second packaged device, and where the control circuit comprises a plurality of charge locking circuits, where each of the plurality of charge locking circuits is coupled to at least one qubit gate of the plurality of qubit gates via an interconnect such that each of the plurality of charge locking circuits is configured to provide a voltage signal to at least one qubit gate.
US11509308B1
A low power sequential circuit (e.g., latch) uses a non-linear polar capacitor to retain charge with fewer transistors than traditional CMOS sequential circuits. In one example, a sequential circuit includes pass-gates and inverters, but without a feedback mechanism or memory element. In another example, a sequential uses load capacitors (e.g., capacitors coupled to a storage node and a reference supply). The load capacitors are implemented using ferroelectric material, paraelectric material, or linear dielectric. In one example, a sequential uses minority, majority, or threshold gates with ferroelectric or paraelectric capacitors. In one example, a sequential circuit uses minority, majority, or threshold gates configured as NAND gates.
US11509305B2
An electronic chip includes a chip core including an input terminal, an output terminal, an external pad, and an input-output circuit coupled to the chip core and the external pad. The input-output circuit includes an enable terminal coupled to the chip core, a connection terminal coupled to the external pad, a switchable diode device coupled between a supply voltage and a reference voltage, and a levelling circuit. The switchable diode device is coupled to the connection terminal and the enable terminal and is configured to operate as a diode in response to a control signal in a first state applied to the enable terminal and to operate as an open circuit in response to the control signal in a second state applied to the enable terminal. The levelling circuit is coupled to the connection terminal, the input terminal of the chip core, and the output terminal of the chip core.
US11509301B2
An electronic switch includes a current sensor and a semiconductor switch having two semiconductors configured to carry and disconnect a current in both directions, and a control circuit configured to operate the semiconductor switch by pulse-width modulation and to determine a phase control factor of the pulse-width modulation as a function of measurement values of the current sensor such that in fault-free operation, the electronic switch remains in the ON state and that two limit values exist for protection. The electronic switch is operated by pulse-width modulation when a first one of the two limit values is exceeded, and the electronic switch is switched off when a second one of the two limit values, which is greater than the first limit value, is exceeded. The electronic switch is configured to reduce an edge steepness of a switching edge as the phase control factor decreases.
US11509290B2
A filter includes a series arm resonator that defines at least a portion of a signal path connected between first and second terminals, a parallel arm resonator including one end that is grounded, a first inductor including one end that is connected to one end of the series arm resonator and another end that is connected to another end of the parallel arm resonator, and a second inductor including one end that is connected to another end of the series arm resonator and another end that is connected to the other end of the parallel arm resonator. A relative band width of the parallel arm resonator is smaller than a relative band width of the series arm resonator.
US11509284B2
An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer, an IDT electrode, a high-acoustic-velocity support substrate, and a low-acoustic-velocity film. The high-acoustic-velocity support substrate is located on an opposite side of the piezoelectric layer from the IDT electrode in the thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer. The low-acoustic-velocity film is disposed between the high-acoustic-velocity support substrate and the piezoelectric layer in the thickness direction. The high-acoustic-velocity support substrate includes a base region and a surface region disposed nearer to the low-acoustic-velocity film than the base region in the thickness direction and whose crystal quality is worse than that of the base region. The surface region includes first and second layers disposed nearer to the base region than the first layer in the thickness direction and whose crystal quality is better than that of the first layer.
US11509277B2
A resonator has a resonator body and a frame at least partially surrounding the resonator body, the resonator body being coupled to the frame by at least one tether. The resonator body, frame and at least one tether comprise silicon carbide. A plurality of interdigitated electrodes are disposed on the silicon carbide resonator body. The resonator body preferably comprises 6H silicon carbide and preferably has a crystalline c-axis oriented generally parallel to a thickness direction of the resonator body.
US11509253B2
An electric drive system includes a rechargeable energy storage unit, a power inverter, an electric motor and a controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. A transfer of electrical power between the rechargeable energy storage unit and the electric motor is governed by a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching frequency. The controller is configured to determine a current switching frequency based in part on a PWM type, a PWM switching frequency style and an inverter direct current voltage. A PWM scalar is determined based in part on the current switching frequency and a maximum value of a control reference frequency. The controller is configured to transmit a command signal to regulate the transfer of electrical power based in part on the PWM scalar, the PWM switching frequency being proportional to a product of the PWM scalar and the control reference frequency.
US11509247B2
A safety device includes a safety module and a safety control module in order to reduce a speed of an unwanted clutch engagement when a malfunction of a motor for a clutch control actuator occurs, such as by the power supply for the motor being interrupted, so that a driver can have more time to react in such situation.
US11509237B2
A power conversion device includes first and second current detectors. A coil is connected a first power terminal through the first and second current detectors. A first switch has a source terminal connected to the coil and a second semiconductor switch has a drain terminal connected to the coil. A first diode is connected between a drain terminal of the first semiconductor switch and a second power supply terminal. A second diode is connected between a source terminal of the second semiconductor switch and the second power terminal. A capacitor is connected in parallel with the first and second diodes. A control circuit is configured to turn the first and second semiconductor switches on or off based on current detections of the first and second current detectors.
US11509222B2
A voltage converter system includes a switch configured to switch between first and second states responsive to a first control signal. Timer circuitry is configured to generate a timing signal representing a duration of the first state based on input and output voltages of the voltage converter system. Control logic is coupled to the switch and the timer circuitry, and configured to generate the first control signal based on a second control signal. The second control signal is based on a feedback voltage and a reference voltage. Timer control circuitry is coupled to the control logic and the timer circuitry, and configured to: detect a phase difference between the first control signal and the second control signal; and adjust the timer circuitry to change the duration based on the phase difference.
US11509221B2
Direct current-direct current (DC-DC) converters including buck converters are described. These DC-DC converters may be configured to reduce oscillations that would otherwise arise in the output reference voltage due to ringing effects without significantly lengthening the duration of the transient period. These DC converters may leverage a feedback voltage generated by sensing the current flowing through the inductor of the buck converter. The feedback voltage may compared to a threshold, and the signal resulting from the comparison may be used to vary the reference voltage. The DC-DC converter may be operated in a “partial reset mode,” in which the voltage generated by sensing the inductor's current is reduced to a value greater than zero in response to the feedback voltage reaching the threshold. Reducing the sense voltage in this manner may reduce the duration of the transient period.
US11509218B2
A wireless power receiver includes a rectifier configured to convert a radio frequency (RF) voltage signal generated based on an RF input to a direct current (DC) voltage, and a boost converter configured to generate a voltage for battery charging using the RF voltage signal as a switching signal.
US11509215B2
Recently, it is desired to improve responsiveness in case where a drop in the output voltage is prevented. A power supply control device is provided, comprising a switch control unit for controlling an ON/OFF state of a switching device of a boosting chopper using an oscillation wave, a voltage acquisition unit for acquiring DC output voltage corresponding to an output of the boosting chopper, and an oscillation control unit for reducing a change speed of the oscillation wave during at least a part of a period during which the switching device is in an ON state, in response to a drop in the DC output voltage.
US11509200B2
A process for making a continuous bar winding (4) for an electric machine is described, comprising: a) a step of providing a template (10) having a template axis (X) and a circular array of slots (11) extended about said template axis (X), said circular array of slots having a number of slots equal to a number of slots of the stator or of the rotor of said electric machine, each slot (11) of said circular array having a first and a second open end face (11A, 11B) which are axially spaced from one another and a third open end face (11C), said third face (11C) being a longitudinal face extended between said first and second end faces (11A, 11B) b) a step of providing a conductive bar (20); c) a step of locking a locking portion (21) of said conductive bar; d) a step of inserting the conductive bar (20) into the slots (11) of said array and shaping the conductive bar (20) so that such conductive bar (20) repeatedly passes through the slots (11) of said array from the side of the first open end faces (11A) to the side of the second open end faces (11B) and vice versa, so that said bar (20) has a plurality of bar portions (20B, 20E, 20H) received in the slots (11) of said array and a plurality of connecting portions (20C, 20D; 20F, 20G) projecting beyond said first and second open end faces (11A, 11B), each of said connecting portions joining a pair of said bar portions (20B, 20E, 20H) received in the slots (11) of said array; in which said step d) comprises: d1) an operation of inserting a first bar portion (20B) of said plurality of bar portions into a respective slot (11) of said circular array of slots (11) through said third face (11C) of such slot (11); d2) an operation of shaping a first connecting portion (20C, 20D) of said plurality of connecting portions (20C, 20D; 20F, 20G); d3) an operation of inserting a second bar portion (20E) of said plurality of bar portions (20B, 20E, 20H) into a further slot (11) of said array, different from the slot (11) into which said first bar portion (20B) has been inserted, through said third face (11C) of the further slot (11); in which said first connecting portion (20C, 20D) joins said first and second bar portions (20B, 20E) projecting beyond the second end faces (11B) of the slots (11) in which said first and second bar portions (20B, 20E) have been inserted.
US11509199B2
The present invention relates to electric submersible pumps that have two or more permanent magnet motors and more specifically to such systems wherein permanent magnet motors are aligned using phase and pole alignment marks.
US11509196B2
Motor vehicle comprising an electric motor for driving the motor vehicle and a power converter device for supplying an alternating current to the electric motor, the power converter device having a cooling device, and the cooling device comprising at least one coolant connection, which is fluidically connected to a coolant port of the electric motor to form a common cooling circuit.
US11509183B2
The invention relates to an inverter, notably configured to be on-board an automobile vehicle, comprising: power components configured to convert DC electrical energy into AC electrical energy so as to supply an electric motor, notably configured to drive the vehicle, a casing housing the components of the inverter and comprising a first part forming a first housing, housing said power components and a second part forming a second housing, housing filtering components configured to filter DC electrical energy supplied to the power components, notably from a battery of the vehicle, said second casing part being formed at least in part by a set-back with respect to said first part from an outer face of the casing comprised in the first part.
US11509182B2
A guiding device is for the winding of electrically conductive wires about a plurality of poles of a rotor of an electric machine that are distributed about a shaft extending axially in the rotor. The device includes a guide head that is able to be mounted on the shaft. The guide head includes a metallic basic structure provided with a plurality of arms that extend radially from an inner part of the metallic basic structure provided with a central orifice, and a plastics structure overmoulded on the metallic basic structure, in a set-back manner with respect to an internal cylindrical surface of the central orifice, such that the internal cylindrical surface of the central orifice of the metallic basic structure is designed to be in direct contact with the shaft of the rotor for mounting on the shaft of the rotor with an interference fit.
US11509171B2
A controller for generating a sequence of pulse is disclosed. The controller includes a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) modules. Each PWM Module configured to generate a first sequence of pulses and a second sequence of pulses each having a width that is modulated by a PWM value stored in a PWM register of the PWM module. Each PWM module includes two outputs. The first sequence of pulses is outputted on the first output and the second sequence of pulses is outputted on the second output. The controller also includes a memory having a plurality of memory tables and a plurality of direct memory access (DMA) modules. Each memory table configured to store PWM values to be written into the PWM register and each DMA module is coupled to a respective PWM module in the plurality of PWM modules and to a respective memory table in the plurality of memory tables and configured to write a PWM value from the memory table into the PWM register in response to a DMA trigger. The controller further includes a core coupled to the plurality of memory tables and configured to write the PWM values into the plurality of memory tables.
US11509167B2
A method may include determining that an information handling system is placed on a wireless charging pad. The wireless charging pad is communicatively coupled to a wireless docking station. The method may further include receiving, at the wireless charging pad, a first unique identifier from the wireless docking station. A wireless dock connection is initiated between the wireless docking station and the information handling system in response to receiving the first unique identifier.
US11509164B2
Systems and methods are provided for solar energy management that can charge a battery from a solar panel as well as operate without a battery, using the same equipment. This multi-modal functionality provides the ability to incrementally increase capacity and extend the availability of electricity from daytime-only to a continuous supply irrespective of solar conditions.
US11509163B2
A single- or multi-phase DC to AC converter system suited for solar energy installations achieves cost reduction by eliminating low-frequency power transformers. One DC input polarity is selectively switched to an output terminal when the instantaneous AC output from a second output terminal is desired to be of the opposite polarity, while the other DC input polarity is used to form an approximation to a segment of a sine wave of the desired polarity at the second output terminal. The approximation for each phase is built in a multilevel fashion by outputting, at different times, voltage levels that differ by an integer multiple of a predetermined voltage step size, to the respective live AC output terminal through an associated low pass filter. A common-mode AC signal is thereby created on the balanced DC input lines at a frequency which is the AC output frequency times the number of phases, and which is useful for detecting ground faults in the DC circuit.
US11509159B2
A device for controlling battery operation includes a battery cell, a thermal cutoff, and a battery management system. The thermal cutoff is coupled in series between the battery cell and a system load of the device. The thermal cutoff has at least three terminals. A first terminal of the thermal cutoff is electrically-coupled to the battery cell and a second terminal of the thermal cutoff is electrically-coupled to the system load. The thermal cutoff includes a permanent failure mechanism having an open state and closed state wherein the closed state allows electrical communication between the first terminal and the second terminal. The battery management system is electrically-coupled to a third terminal of the thermal cutoff. The permanent failure mechanism permanently switches to the open state in response to an electrical signal from the battery management system.
US11509152B2
A base station comprising: a wireless power receiver module to wirelessly receive energy from a portable device; a wireless transceiver module adapted to establish a wireless data communication with the portable device so as to wirelessly receive/transmit data; a wired interface for wired connection to an accessory device; a power distribution module coupled to the wireless power receiver module and adapted to supply the energy received from the portable device both to the accessory device, via the wired interface, and to the wireless transceiver module; a communication module coupled to the wireless transceiver module and to the wired interface, adapted to adapt data wirelessly received from the portable device, via the wireless transceiver module, into data suitable to be transmitted in a wired way to the accessory device, via the wired interface, and vice versa, to adapt data received in a wired way from the accessory device, via the wired interface, into data suitable to be transmitted wirelessly to the portable device, via the wireless transceiver module; wherein the base station is passive, devoid of any internal power source.
US11509149B2
A modular device charging station connectible to a power source through a cable includes an input endcap defining a power connector slot and a plurality of input locator pins in a predefined layout. A cradle body is defined by a device receptacle, with an input side having a power connector socket connectible to the cable and defining one or more input side locator holes receptively engageable with the input locator pins. An output side A pass-through power connector plug and a plurality of output locator pins in the predefined layout are on an output side. A terminating endcap defines a plug pocket and a plurality of terminating-side locator holes in the predefined layout receptively engageable with the output locator pins. A charging circuit with a power signal input is connected to the power connector socket, and the pass-through power connector plug is electrically connected to the power connector socket.
US11509145B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for management and control of interconnected energy storage modules, such as battery packs, that can form a larger energy storage system. The disclosure also relates to methods and system for the measurement of cell impedances in a battery pack in-situ and on-line and using active balancing circuits that may already be present in the battery pack. The methods and systems can inject disturbances of different frequencies and measure impedance by using the active balancing circuits present in the battery pack, which can transform an active balancer into a dual active balancer and impedance measurement system. The speed up of impedance measurement energy storage modules can be accomplished by using multi-tone, orthogonal or spread spectrum waveforms applied simultaneously on all or a sub-set of the active balancer circuits in an active balancer.
US11509133B2
A transient voltage suppression device includes at least one diode string, a power clamp device, at least one first bypass diode, and at least two second bypass diodes. The diode string is coupled between a power terminal and a common bus and coupled to an input output (I/O) port. The power clamp device is coupled between the power terminal and the common bus. The first bypass diode is coupled between the common bus and a ground terminal. The second bypass diodes are coupled in series, coupled between the common bus and the ground terminal, and coupled to the first bypass diode in reverse parallel. Alternatively, the first bypass diode and the second bypass diodes are replaced with at least one bi-directional electrostatic discharge (ESD) device.
US11509117B2
A light emitting element (semiconductor laser element) includes a multilayer structure in which a substrate, semiconductor layers to, an insulating layer, and a metal layer are stacked in order. The light emitting element includes a plurality of light emitting portions each of which emits a laser beam. The plurality of light emitting portions each include a ridge (ridge waveguide). The distance from a specific position in an active region in at least one of the light emitting portions to an inner surface of the metal layer is different from that in another of the light emitting portions.
US11509116B2
An internal laser component of an optical device comprises: a waveguide that defines a guided mode of a first optical wave characterized by a first propagation constant associated with a first effective refractive index. An optical antenna grating comprises: a waveguide that defines a guided mode of a second optical wave characterized by a second propagation constant associated with a second effective refractive index, and a grating structure configured to emit a portion of the second optical wave in a selected direction. The internal laser component and the optical antenna grating are configured to provide a relationship between the first effective refractive index and the second effective refractive index such that the selected direction is substantially insensitive to a change in a temperature of a thermal environment in which the internal laser component and the optical antenna grating are thermally coupled.
US11509115B2
An electrically pumped photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser, the epitaxy structure has a first mesa, the first mesa has multiple air holes and forming a photonic crystal structure, the epitaxy structure further has a second mesa, the second mesa and photonic crystal structure is facing the same direction; a first metal electrode arranged on the insulating layer, and covering the photonic crystal structure; a second metal electrode arranged on the second mesa and protruding out of the groove, making the first metal electrode and the second metal electrode face the same direction; and further make the first metal electrode connect to the first connecting metal and make the second metal electrode connect to the second connecting metal for making the photonic crystal structure become flip chip.
US11509107B2
A method for producing a multi-core cable includes arranging first and second contact elements in a contact carrier having first and second longitudinal channels connecting a contacting side to a cable side, and first and second through-openings respectively crossing the first and second longitudinal channels, and a second through-opening crossing the second longitudinal channel. The first and second longitudinal channels and the first and second through-openings are sealed in a fluid-tight manner by inserting two first sealing pieces into the first through-opening and two second sealing pieces into the second through-opening. In an injection-molding method, a connecting piece is formed connecting the contact carrier to the outer sheath of the cable by overmolding at least a rear section of the contact carrier comprising the first and second through-openings and a section of the cable protruding on the cable side.
US11509102B1
A powered wall plate comprising a wall plate, at least two electrical plug prongs, an electrical circuit, and an electrical feature. The wall plate has a front surface opposite a rear surface and at least one opening sized to expose a first electrical receptacle of an electrical device. The at least two electrical plug prongs originate within the wall plate and extend rearward from the rear surface, and are configured to removably mate with a second electrical receptacle of the electrical device. The electrical circuit is located between the front surface and the rear surface. The electrical feature is exposed on the wall plate and is configured to receive power from the at least two electrical plug prongs through the electrical circuit. The wall plate may have a profile with a first thickness and a second thickness. The second thickness may be less than three times the first thickness.
US11509088B2
A dual row low profile high voltage connector, having a minimal height and meeting high voltage requirements and a method of assembling thereof, includes a male housing and a female housing, and further includes a terminal position assurance (TPA) device and a connector position assurance (CPA) device, the TPA device ensuring that a terminal, housed within the female housing, provides a secondary lock, so as to ensure that the terminal is secured or locked within the female housing. The CPA device assures that the male and female housings remain locked. The terminal is housed within the female housing to meet a minimal height requirement and having dual rows of terminals inserted therein the female. The TPA device and the CPA device function in pre-lock or full-lock positions. A method also improves clearance and creepage by allowing a clearance or electrical path to extend around an inserted TPA between terminals.
US11509085B2
A connecting socket configured to connect a connector is provided. The connecting socket includes a conductive member, an opening, and an electronic member. The conductive member has a recess. The opening is formed on an end of the connecting socket and communicates with the recess. The electronic member is accommodated in the recess, and has a main body and a plurality of cantilever structures. Each of the cantilever structures includes a fixed end, a free end, a first contact point, and a second contact point. The fixed end is connected to the main body. The free end is disposed between the opening and the fixed end. The first contact point and the second contact point are disposed on opposite surfaces of the cantilever structure. When the connecting socket is connected to the connector, the first and second contact points respectively contact the connector and the conductive member.
US11509080B2
An electrical connector assembly includes a carrier having an upper surface and a lower surface. The carrier includes a plurality of contact openings therethrough. The electrical connector assembly includes contacts coupled to the carrier and passing through the corresponding contact openings. Each contact has a conductive polymer column extending between an upper mating interface and a lower mating interface. The conductive polymer column includes an inner core manufactured from a first material and an outer shell manufactured from a second material. The second material has a higher electrical conductivity than the first material. The first material has a lower compression set than the second material.
US11509073B2
An antenna array apparatus includes: first antenna elements arranged to form a first radiation pattern with a recessed portion at the center of the first radiation pattern; and second antenna elements arranged to form a second radiation pattern with a convex portion at the center of the second radiation pattern.
US11509066B2
Provided is an apparatus including a plurality of antenna modules and a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of holes embedded with a heat sink. Each antenna module includes an antenna substrate, a plurality of three-dimensional (3-D) antenna cells mounted on a first surface of the antenna substrate, and a plurality of packaged circuitry mounted on a second surface of the antenna substrate. The plurality of packaged circuitry are electrically connected with the plurality of 3-D antenna cells. Each antenna module is mounted on the plurality of holes via a corresponding packaged circuitry of the plurality of packaged circuitry.
US11509060B2
A filter-antenna and a method for making a filter-antenna. The filter antenna includes a microstrip antenna, such as a patch antenna, integrated with an absorptive (e.g., bandstop) filter for absorbing or dissipating energy.
US11509056B2
A radio frequency antenna array uses lenses and RF elements, to provide ground-based coverage for cellular communication. The antenna array can include two spherical lenses, where each spherical lens has at least two associated RF elements. Each of the RF elements associated with a given lens produces an output beam with an output area. Each lens is positioned with the other lenses in a staggered arrangement. The antenna includes a control mechanism configured to enable a user to move the RF elements along their respective tracks, and automatically phase compensate the output beams produced by the RF elements based on the relative distance between the RF elements.
US11509053B2
A dual broadband and multiband antenna system of reduced dimension is preferably an external antenna for vehicles. The antenna system comprises first and second radiating elements and a flat ground plane in common for the two radiating elements. The two radiating elements are placed above the ground plane, with each radiating element being folded to form vertical and horizontal surfaces. The two vertical surfaces are orthogonal to the ground plane and parallel to each other. The horizontal surfaces are coplanar between vertical surfaces and parallel to the ground plane. Two parasitic elements are connected with the ground plane, and are parallel or coplanar with the horizontal surfaces, and extend partially around respectively the first and second radiating elements. The antenna system is preferably adapted to operate on the LTE communication network and provides 5G communication services.
US11509051B2
A reception power supplying unit generates each of reception signals before and after a switching operation. A signal processing circuit generates each of difference signals before and after the switching operation on the basis of the reception signal and a reference signal. A phase difference detector calculates, as a transmission phase difference, the phase difference between transmission power supplying units on the basis of the respective difference signals, and adjusts a phase shift amount on the basis of the transmission phase difference and a set phase difference that is previously set.
US11509042B2
A novel and useful radome suitable for use in an automotive radar system that employs patch antenna arrays. In one embodiment, the radome is a ‘U’ shaped half cylinder for patch antenna arrays such as on a printed circuit board (PCB). The patch antennas may or may not be situated in the same plane. Each array has its own half cylinder associated with it. Each array may have a different antenna pattern with different gain and side lobes. In this case, each patch antenna array has its own radome configured appropriately. Alternatively, the radome comprises a half sphere shape (or bubble shape) whereby each antenna port has its own individual half sphere shaped radome. This functions to improve the performance of the radome by increasing the number of curved dimensions from one to two.
US11509041B2
Provided are an antenna of a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal. The antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a ground plate located on one side of the dielectric substrate, and a near-feed unit, a near-ground unit and a coupling unit that are arranged on the other side of the dielectric substrate; the near-ground unit has one end connected to the coupling unit and the other end connected to the ground plate; the coupling unit and the near-ground unit are equivalent to a Left-Handed (LH) inductor; the near-feed unit is equivalent to a Right-Handed (RH) inductor; the coupling unit is coupled to the near-feed unit and is equivalent to an LH capacitor; the coupling unit is coupled to the ground plate and is equivalent to an RH capacitor; and the near-feed unit, the near-ground unit, the coupling unit and the ground plate form a Composite Right-Left-Handed Transmission Line (CRLH-TL) structure.
US11509040B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body; a ground provided in the interior of the terminal body; a first conductive member distanced from the ground, electrically supplied from a first supply unit, and surrounding one side of the ground; a second conductive member disposed on one side of the first conductive member, electrically supplied from a second supply unit, and surrounding the other side of the ground; and a junction portion, disposed at one point on the first conductive member, for grounding same to the ground, wherein one end of the first conductive member is distanced from the ground to form a first open slot, one end of the second conductive member is distanced from one end of the first conductive member to form a second open slot, the other ends are connected to the ground, and the first and second conductive members are oriented so as to cross each other.
US11509034B2
A directional coupler includes a main line through which a signal is transmitted, first and second sub-lines that are selectively coupled to the main line, and a common output port that outputs a detection signal generated by the signal transmitted through the main line, wherein a first degree of coupling between the main line and the first sub-line is different than a second degree of coupling between the main line and the second sub-line.
US11509032B2
A radio frequency waveguide communication system includes a guided electromagnetic transmission network, and a cooling air source. The guided electromagnetic transmission network includes one or more remote node in fluid communication with one or more waveguides. The cooling air source is in fluid communication with the guided electromagnetic transmission network and is configured to provide pressurized cooling air to the waveguide. The waveguides direct the pressurized cooling air to the remote node.
US11509024B2
A method arranges a contact element on a battery cell of a battery layer of a battery stack for a battery device of a vehicle. Further, a contact element for a battery cell of a battery layer of a battery stack for a battery device of a device includes a contact plate section, a transition section and a positive pole section. The contact plate section surrounds the transition section and the transition section surrounds the positive pole section. The contact plate section and the positive pole section are arranged at a distance to one another and in parallel or at least substantially in parallel. Still further, battery stack having at least one battery layer with at least one battery cell includes a contact element that is arranged on the battery cell.
US11509019B2
The present application relates to an electrochemical device. The electrochemical device includes: at least one electrode, the at least one electrode having a first surface; and a fiber coating layer, the fiber coating layer including a fiber and being disposed on the first surface. The electrochemical device has the advantages of high energy density, strong liquid retention ability, good drop resistance, good chemical stability and the like since its fiber coating layer has small thickness, high porosity and stronger interfacial adhesion to the electrode.
US11509018B2
A battery package including a fixing member, a device including the same, and a battery package manufacturing method are provided. The battery package includes: a battery module including a plurality of battery cells; a tray disposed at a lower end of the battery module and receiving the battery module; and a bracket adjacent to one side of the tray and mounted and coupled to one side surface of the lower end of the battery module, wherein at least one of a surface of the bracket in contact with the battery module and a surface of the tray in contact with the one side surface of the lower end of the battery module and disposed adjacent to the bracket may have a wedge shape.
US11509015B2
An energy storage module according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a plurality of energy storage devices each including a case; a glass paper sheet provided between the energy storage devices, brought into contact with the case, and mainly composed of a glass fiber; and a holding member holding the plurality of energy storage devices and the glass paper sheet, wherein the glass paper sheet is compressed between the energy storage devices.
US11509013B2
A storage battery module includes battery cells, a first member and a second member opposing the first member across a substrate. The first member closes the space between adjacent terminals, and covers an open surface of a housing in a state where the terminals of the battery cells are exposed. The first member is formed of a material having a thermal resistance greater than or equal to a first threshold. The substrate opposing the battery cells across the first member has holes through which the terminals are inserted and a conductor formed therein so as to electrically connect the terminals. The second member opposing the first member across the substrate surrounds the terminals projecting from the holes and covers the substrate with the terminals exposed from the holes. The second member is formed of a material having a thermal resistance greater than or equal to a second threshold.
US11509002B2
A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells, wherein each of the battery cells is provided with first and second terminals connected to first and second cell electrodes, respectively; a first conductor electrically connecting at least a first and a second battery cell via one of the terminals of each of the first and second battery cells; and an electric heating element arranged to allow heating of at least the first and second battery cells via heating of the first or second terminal thereof. The battery pack includes at least a first metal plate capable of conducting both electric current and heat, wherein the first metal plate forms the first conductor and wherein the electric heating element is arranged onto the first metal plate so as to allow heating of at least the first and second battery cells via the first metal plate and further via the terminals connected to the first metal plate.
US11508990B2
A lithium secondary battery includes: a cathode, an anode; and an electrolyte between the cathode and the anode, wherein the cathode includes a cathode active material represented by Formula 1 below, and the electrolyte includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous solvent, and a compound represented by Formula 2, where x, y, z, M, A, L1, a1, and R1 to R4 are defined as described in the disclosure.
US11508985B2
The present invention relates to an electrode assembly. The electrode comprises: a plurality of unit electrodes formed by connecting a plurality of electrodes made of an electrode mixture having a solid shape to each other; a separator interposed between the plurality of unit electrodes; and an electrode tab attached to the unit electrode, wherein the electrode tab comprises first and second electrode tabs, which are respectively attached to the unit electrodes and have different specific resistance.
US11508967B2
The present invention relates to an electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery and a method of producing the same, and more particularly, to an electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery, which has little change in a physical property of a copper foil before and after vacuum drying in a process of producing an electrolytic copper foil, thereby exhibiting excellent cycle life in a battery test at a high-density negative electrode, and preventing cracking. The electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery is produced from a plating solution containing Total Organic Carbon (TOC), zinc, and iron by using a drum, in which a ratio of the TOC to the zinc and the iron contained in the electrolytic copper foil follows Formula 1 below: TOC/(zinc+iron)=1.3 to 1.5. Formula 1:
US11508965B2
A method of making a prelithiated anode for use in a lithium-ion battery includes providing a current collector having an electrically conductive layer and a metal oxide layer overlaying the electrically conductive layer. The metal oxide layer has an average thickness of at least 0.01 μm. A continuous porous lithium storage layer is deposited onto the metal oxide layer by a CVD process. Lithium is incorporated into the continuous porous lithium storage layer to form a lithiated storage layer prior to a first electrochemical cycle when the anode is assembled into the battery. The anode may be incorporated into a lithium ion battery along with a cathode. The cathode may include sulfur or selenium and the anode may be prelithiated.
US11508963B2
A thick film electrode for a lithium secondary battery is provided. The lithium secondary battery includes a thick film electrode including a cathode including a cathode active material and an anode including an anode active material. The cathode and the anode have a thickness in a range of 250 μm to 1500 μm, and are laser-etched such that one or more grooves are formed in the cathode and the anode.
US11508958B2
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed herein includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode active material layer, an insulating layer, and a boundary layer which are provided on the positive electrode current collector. The boundary layer is positioned between the positive electrode active material layer and the insulating layer, and is in contact with the positive electrode active material layer and the insulating layer. The positive electrode active material layer contains a positive electrode active material. The insulating layer contains an inorganic filler. The boundary layer contains the positive electrode active material contained in the positive electrode active material layer and the inorganic filler contained in the insulating layer. The boundary layer contains hydrated alumina. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains lithium fluorosulfonate.
US11508946B2
A method of manufacturing a display device includes: providing a first substrate, a second substrate, and a plurality of connection lines, wherein the first substrate has a base substrate, wherein the second substrate faces the first substrate, and wherein the plurality of connection lines are disposed between the base substrate and the second substrate; grinding a side surface of the base substrate, a side surface of the second substrate, and side surfaces of the plurality of connection lines; and simultaneously transferring a conductive film and laser-curing the conductive film, wherein the conductive film is transferred to the ground side surface of the base substrate, the ground side surface of the second substrate, and the ground side surfaces of the plurality of connection lines.
US11508942B2
The present disclosure relates to an OLED display substrate including a base substrate, a thin film transistor array layer and a planarization layer on the base substrate, and an anode, a pixel definition layer, a cathode, and a light emitting layer on a side of the planarization layer away from the base substrate, the pixel definition layer defining pixel regions, the light emitting layer being located on a side of the pixel definition layer away from the base substrate. The display substrate further includes a light guide that is in contact with the light emitting layer and is used to lead out light from the light emitting layer, so as to test the led-out light and adjust light emission.
US11508934B2
A display device includes, a display region, and a peripheral region arranged outside of the display region, the peripheral region includes, a first inorganic insulating layer, a first organic insulating layer arranged on the first inorganic insulating layer, and a second inorganic insulating layer arranged on the first organic insulating layer, wherein a part of the first inorganic insulating layer in the display region side from a slope of the first inorganic insulating layer is in contact with the second inorganic insulating layer, the slope of the first inorganic insulating layer is exposed at the end part of the periphery region, and includes a bottomed hole with a concave and convex part, and the density of a fluorine ions in the concave and convex part is more than 100 times greater than the density of the fluorine ions in the first inorganic insulating layer arranged in the display region.
US11508931B2
A light-emitting device includes a first electrode, an electron transport layer (ETL), a second electrode being a transparent conductive electrode (TCE) including electrically conductive nanoparticles; an emissive layer (EML) in electrical contact with the first electrode and the second electrode; and an ultrathin metal layer between the TCE and the ETL, wherein the ultrathin metal layer provides an energy step between the TCE and the ETL.
US11508923B2
A technique, comprising: forming in situ on a support substrate: a first metal layer; a light-absorbing layer after the first metal layer; a conductor pattern after the light-absorbing layer; and a semiconductor layer after the conductor pattern; patterning the semiconductor layer using a resist mask to form a semiconductor pattern defining one or more semiconductor channels of one or more semiconductor devices; and patterning the light-absorbing layer using the resist mask and the conductor pattern, so as to selectively retain the light-absorbing layer in regions that are occupied by at least one of the resist mask and the conductor pattern.
US11508919B2
Devices and methods relating stretchable electronics are disclosed. Some disclosed embodiments relate to a stretchable electronic film comprising an insulating polymer and less than 1 wt % of a semiconducting polymer. Other disclosed embodiments relate to manufacturing a multi-layered, stretchable electronic device characterized by a single peel-off step for integrating all components of the device rather than a multi-peel synthesis of the device.
US11508917B2
This invention generally relates to a method for preparing and transferring a monolayer or thin film. In particular this present invention is an improved version of the Langmuir-Schaefer technique for preparing and transferring a monolayer or thin film, incorporating in situ thermal control of the substrate during the transfer process.
US11508909B2
An organic electronic material containing a charge transport compound having at least one of the structural regions represented by formulas (1), (2) and (3) shown below. In the formulas, Ar represents an arylene group or heteroarylene group of 2 to 30 carbon atoms, a represents an integer of 1 to 6, b represents an integer of 2 to 6, c represents an integer of 2 to 6, and X represents a substituted or unsubstituted polymerizable functional group. —Ar—O—(CH2)a—O—CH2—X (1) —Ar—(CH2)b—O—CH2—X (2) —Ar—O—(CH2)c—X (3)
US11508907B2
An ink used in forming a functional layer of a self-luminous element by a printing method, the ink including a functional material and a mixed solvent. The mixed solvent includes solvents each having different vapor pressures. The functional material is dissolved or dispersed in the mixed solvent. A solvent that has a lowest vapor pressure among the solvents has a viscosity of at least 53 mPa·s, and a viscosity of the mixed solvent is 15 mPa·s or less.
US11508906B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first and a second wirings; a third wiring disposed between them; a first phase change layer disposed between the first and the third wirings; a first conducting layer disposed on a first wiring side surface of the first phase change layer; a second conducting layer disposed on a third wiring side surface of the first phase change layer; a second phase change layer disposed between the third and the second wirings; a third conducting layer disposed on a third wiring side surface of the second phase change layer; and a fourth conducting layer disposed on a second wiring side surface of the second phase change layer. The first and the fourth conducting layers have coefficients of thermal conductivity larger or smaller than the coefficients of thermal conductivity of the second and the third conducting layers.
US11508904B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate; forming a first liner on the MTJ; forming a second liner on the first liner; forming an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on the MTJ, and forming a metal interconnection in the IMD layer, the second liner, and the first liner to electrically connect the MTJ. Preferably, the first liner and the second liner are made of different materials.
US11508901B2
A piezoelectric component that has a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric ceramic layer and a sintered metal layer on at least a first main surface of the piezoelectric ceramic layer and containing a non-precious metal, and a protective layer containing an elastic body covering first and second opposed main surfaces of the piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric ceramic layer contains 90 mol % or more of a perovskite compound that contains niobium, an alkali metal, and oxygen. A thickness of the piezoelectric element is 100 μm or less.
US11508900B2
The present application provides a human joint energy harvesting apparatus for capturing the biomechanical energy of a joint to generate electrical energy. The generated electrical energy may provide a real-time power supply to the wearable electronics. The apparatus employs a linear slide rail mechanism and cooperates with the user's first limb and second limb to form a slider-crank mechanism, which converts the rotating motion of the joint into a linear motion of the linear slide rail mechanism. The bending beam converts the linear motion of the linear slide rail mechanism into a bending motion. A piezoelectric film may be bonded to the upper and lower surfaces of the bending beam. During walking, the bending beam is deformed, causing the piezoelectric film to be stretched or compressed to generate electrical energy. To harvest more energy, the bending beam used in the apparatus is designed to be subjected to forced motion and free vibration, and a proof mass is attached to it. The present application also provides a wearable electronic device equipped with the human joint energy harvesting apparatus.
US11508897B2
A driver for a circuit with a capacitive load, includes a power converter configured to receive a DC input voltage from an input stage, generate a switching voltage at a switching node, and output an output voltage forming an analog waveform at an output stage. The power converter includes a first switch connected between an inductive device and a ground, a second switch connected between the inductive device and the output stage, and a controller to control the first switch and the second switch. The analog waveform has an amplitude at least two times greater than the input voltage.
US11508893B2
A semiconductor sintered body comprising a polycrystalline body, wherein the polycrystalline body comprises silicon or a silicon alloy, and the average grain size of the crystal grains constituting the polycrystalline body is 1 μm or less, and the electrical conductivity is 10,000 S/m or higher.
US11508871B2
An improved heterostructure for an optoelectronic device is provided. The heterostructure includes an active region, an electron blocking layer, and a p-type contact layer. The electron blocking layer is located between the active region and the p-type contact layer. In an embodiment, the electron blocking layer can include a plurality of sublayers that vary in composition.
US11508867B2
The present invention provides a single photon avalanche diode device. The device has a logic substrate comprising an upper surface. The device has a sensor substrate bonded to an upper surface of the logic substrate. In an example, the sensor substrate comprises a plurality of pixel elements spatially disposed to form an array structure. In an example, each of the pixel elements has a passivation material, an epitaxially grown silicon material, an implanted p-type material configured in a first portion of the epitaxially grown material, an implanted n-type material configured in a second portion of the epitaxially grown material, and a junction region configured from the implanted p-type material and the implanted n-type material.
US11508862B2
The invention discloses a conductive paste for forming the electrode on the surface of solar cell, which contains conductive powder, mixed glass and organic phase; wherein, the mixed glass comprises the following two types of glass components: the first type of glass is at least one selected from the tellurium glass which does not contain lead substantially and having tellurium, bismuth, lithium as the essential component; The second type of glass is at least one kind of lead silicate glass, which having lead and silicon as essential components and does not contain tellurium substantially. The invention also provides a solar cell prepared by printing the conductive paste as a surface electrode and a manufacturing method of the solar cell. The solar cell made of the conductive paste of this invention has good EL performance in inspection, excellent ohmic contact of the cell, high cell conversion efficiency, better reliability, and strong bonding strength, the adhesion performance is taken into account while improving reliability and ohmic contact.
US11508861B1
A method of making a photovoltaic module includes the step of obtaining a frontsheet having a glass layer, a light scattering encapsulant layer, and a polymer layer. The light scattering encapsulant layer includes a first region, a plurality of first portions extending from the first region, and at least one area located between the first portions. The first portions of the light scattering encapsulant layer has a first light scattering value and a second portion defined by the area has a second light scattering value different from the first light scattering value. The method includes the steps of obtaining at least one solar cell, an encapsulant, and a backsheet, and laminating the frontsheet, the encapsulant, the at least one solar cell, and the backsheet.
US11508859B2
The disclosure discloses a method for forming a doped epitaxial layer of contact image sensor. Epitaxial growth is performed in times. After each time of epitaxial growth, trench isolation and ion implantation are performed to form deep and shallow trench isolation running through a large-thickness doped epitaxial layer. Through cyclic operation of epitaxial growth, trench isolation and ion implantation, the photoresist and hard mask required at each time do not need to be too thick. In the process of trench isolation and ion implantation, the photoresist and etching morphologies are good, such that the lag problem of the prepared contact image sensor is improved. By forming the large-thickness doped epitaxial layer by adopting the method for forming the doped epitaxial layer of the contact image sensor, a high-performance contact image sensor applicable to high quantum efficiency, small pixel size and near infrared/infrared can be prepared.
US11508848B2
The present disclosure teaches semiconductor devices and methods for manufacturing the same. Implementations of the semiconductor device may include: a semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor fin positioned on the semiconductor substrate; and a gate structure positioned on the semiconductor fin, where the gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer on a part of a surface of the semiconductor fin and a gate on the gate dielectric layer; where the gate includes a metal gate layer on the gate dielectric layer and a semiconductor layer on a side surface of at least one side of the metal gate layer; and where the semiconductor layer includes a dopant, where a conductivity type of the dopant is the opposite of a conductivity type of the semiconductor fin. The present disclosure can improve a work function of the device, thereby improving a current characteristic of the device during a working process, reducing the short channel effect (SCE), and lowering a leakage current.
US11508840B2
In SiC-MOSFETs including Schottky diodes, passage of a bipolar current to a second well region formed in a terminal portion sometimes reduces a breakdown voltage. In a SiC-MOSFET including Schottky diodes according to the present invention, the second well region formed in the terminal portion has a non-ohmic connection to a source electrode, and a field limiting layer lower in impurity concentration than the second well region is formed in a surface layer area of the second well region which is a region facing a gate electrode through a gate insulating film.
US11508837B2
An epitaxial structure for a high-electron-mobility transistor includes a substrate, a nucleation layer, a buffer layered unit, a channel layer, and a barrier layer sequentially stacked on one another in such order. The buffer layered unit includes at least one multiple quantum well structure containing a plurality of p-i-n heterojunction stacks. Each of the p-i-n heterojunction stacks includes p-type, i-type, and n-type layers which are alternately stacked along a direction away from the nucleation layer, and which are made of materials respectively represented by chemical formulas of AlxGa(1-x)N, AlyGa(1-y)N, and AlzGa(1-z)N. For each of the p-i-n heterojunction stacks, x gradually decreases and z gradually increases along the direction away from the nucleation layer, and y is consistent and ranges from 0 to 0.7.
US11508824B2
Gallium nitride transistors having multiple threshold voltages are described. In an example, a transistor includes a gallium nitride layer over a substrate, a gate stack over the gallium nitride layer, a source region on a first side of the gate stack, and a drain region on a second side of the gate stack, the second side opposite the first side, wherein the gate stack has a gate length in a first direction extending from the source region to the drain region, the gate stack having a gate width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the source region and the drain region. The transistor also includes a polarization layer beneath the gate stack and on the GaN layer, the polarization layer having a first portion having a first thickness under a first gate portion and a second thickness under a second gate portion.
US11508821B2
A semiconductor device includes a layer of a first semiconducting material, where the first semiconducting material is epitaxially grown to have a crystal structure of a first substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a layer of a second semiconducting material disposed adjacent to the layer of the first semiconducting material to form a heterojunction with the layer of the first semiconducting material. The semiconductor device further includes a first component that is electrically coupled to the heterojunction, and a second substrate that is bonded to the layer of the first semiconducting material.
US11508816B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate including a well region and an adjustment region over the well region. An isolation structure is disposed over the substrate and at least partially surrounds the well region and the adjustment region. An epitaxial layer is disposed over the adjustment region and surrounded by the isolation structure. A gate structure is disposed on the epitaxial layer. The present disclosure also provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure.
US11508808B2
Provided is a rectifier device for a vehicle alternator including a rectifying element for rectifying in an alternator. The rectifying element has an Enhanced Field Effect Semiconductor Diode (EFESD). The EFESD includes a lateral conducting silicide structure and a field effect junction structure integrating side by side. A rectifier, a generator device, and a powertrain for a vehicle are also provided.
US11508807B2
Embodiments relate to a semiconductor device structure including a first channel layer having a first surface and a second surface, a second channel layer having a first surface and a second surface, and the first and second channel layers are formed of a first material. The structure also includes a first dopant suppression layer in contact with the second surface of the first channel layer, and a second dopant suppression layer parallel to the first dopant suppression layer. The second dopant suppression layer is in contact with the first surface of the second channel layer, and the first and second dopant suppression layers each comprises carbon or fluorine. The structure further includes a gate dielectric layer in contact with the first and second dopant suppression layers and the first surface of the first channel layer, and a gate electrode layer disposed on the gate dielectric layer.
US11508803B2
The disclosure discloses an array substrate, a display panel, and a display device. A first power signal line is configured to be formed by electrically connecting a first signal line located in a first source-drain metal layer and a second signal line located in a second source-drain metal layer through a via hole, which is equivalent to that the first power signal line is composed of the first signal line and the second signal line connected in parallel, and the equivalent resistance of the parallel-connected first signal line and second signal line included in the first power signal line is smaller than the resistance of any of the signal lines. Thus, the resistance of the first power signal line may be effectively reduced, so that an IR drop of a display panel with an array substrate may be reduced, and the display uniformity of the display panel is improved.
US11508789B2
The present disclosure provides a display device with a display panel, an input sensing unit, and a protective member. The input sensing unit is disposed on the display panel. The protective member includes an insulating material and is disposed on the input sensing unit. The protective member includes a first protective portion and a second protective portion disposed on the first protective portion, where a first modulus of the first protective portion is greater than a second modulus of the second protective portion. The second protective portion with the lower modulus absorbs external impacts, and the first protective portion with the higher modulus disperses the absorbed impact and prevents the display panel from being deformed by an external force. Therefore, the impact resistance of the display device is improved.
US11508780B2
A method of manufacturing a display apparatus, a display apparatus, and a structure for manufacturing a display apparatus are provided. The method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes: forming a micro-light-emitting diode (LED) chip on a relay substrate such that a chip-side electrode is exposed; transferring the micro-LED chip from the relay substrate to a driving substrate including a driving substrate-side electrode; and bonding the chip-side electrode to the driving substrate-side electrode.
US11508777B2
An infrared solid state imaging device includes: a first PN junction diode has a first shortest length that is a shortest length from a first junction surface to a second junction surface; a PN junction diode has a second shortest length that is a shortest length from the second junction surface to a third junction surface, the second shortest length being different from the first shortest length; an insulating film serving as an element isolation region which establishes electrical isolation between a first region of the first PN junction diode and a fourth region of the second PN junction diode, and so on; and a metal wire provided on a second region of the first PN junction diode and a third region of the second PN junction diode, wherein the first PN junction diode and the second PN junction diode are connected in series.
US11508776B2
An image sensor semiconductor package (package) includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor (CIS) die has a first surface with a photosensitive region and a second surface opposite the first surface of the CIS die. The second surface of the CIS die is coupled with the first surface of the PCB. A transparent cover is coupled over the photosensitive region of the CIS die. An image signal processor (ISP) is embedded within the PCB. One or more electrical couplers electrically couple the CIS die with the PCB. A plurality of electrical contacts on the second surface of the PCB are electrically coupled with the CIS die and with the ISP. The ISP is located between the plurality of electrical contacts of the second surface of the PCB and the CIS die.
US11508774B2
An image sensor device is disclosed, which blocks noise of a pad region. The image sensor device includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface that are arranged to face each other, a pad disposed over the first surface of the substrate, and a through silicon via (TSV) formed to penetrate the substrate, and disposed at both sides of the pad in a first direction.
US11508772B2
An image sensor including a substrate and an image sensing element is provided. The substrate has an arc surface. The image sensing element is disposed on the arc surface and curved to fit a contour of the arc surface. The image sensing element has a front surface and a rear surface opposite to the front surface and has at least one bonding wire, the bonding wire is connected between the front surface and the substrate, and the rear surface of the image sensing element directly contacts the arc surface. In addition, a manufacturing method of the image sensor is also provided.
US11508771B2
An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a pixel element isolation film extending through an interior of the semiconductor substrate and defining a plurality of active pixels in the semiconductor substrate, and a dummy element isolation film extending through the interior of the semiconductor substrate and extending along at least one side of the active pixels in a plan view and defining a plurality of dummy pixels in the semiconductor substrate. The pixel element isolation film may have a first end that is substantially coplanar with the first surface and has a first width in a first direction parallel to the first surface, and the dummy element isolation film has a first end that is substantially coplanar with the first surface and has a second width that is greater than the first width of the pixel element isolation film.
US11508766B2
Implementations of a molded image sensor chip scale package may include an image sensor having a first side and a second side. A first cavity wall and a second cavity wall may be coupled to the first side of the image sensor and extend therefrom. The first cavity wall and the second cavity wall may form a cavity over the image sensor. A transparent layer may be coupled to the first cavity wall and the second cavity wall. A redistribution layer (RDL) may be coupled to the second side of the image sensor. At least one interconnect may be directly coupled to the RDL. A mold material may encapsulate a portion of the RDL, a portion of the image sensor, and a side of each cavity wall, and a portion of the transparent layer.
US11508756B2
A memory cell arrangement is provided that may include: a plurality of electrode layers, wherein each of the plurality of electrode layers comprises a plurality of through holes, each of the plurality of through holes extending from a first surface to a second surface of a respective electrode layer; a plurality of electrode pillars, wherein each of the plurality of electrode pillars comprises a plurality of electrode portions, wherein each of the plurality of electrode portions is disposed within a corresponding one of the plurality of through holes; wherein the respective electrode layer and a respective electrode portion of the plurality of electrode portions form a first electrode and a second electrode of a capacitor and wherein at least one memory material portion is disposed in each of the plurality of through holes in a gap between the respective electrode layer and the respective electrode portion.
US11508746B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatus includes a first conductive contact; a second conductive contact; levels of conductive materials stacked over one another and located over the first and second conductive contacts; levels of dielectric materials interleaved with the levels of the conductive materials, the levels of conductive materials and the levels of dielectric materials formed a stack of materials; a first conductive structure located on a first side of the stack of materials and contacting the first conductive contact and a first level of conductive material of the levels of conductive materials; and a second conductive structure located on a second side of the stack of materials and contacting the second conductive contact and a second level of conductive material of the levels of conductive materials.
US11508742B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device structure comprises forming a stack structure over a substrate, the stack structure comprising tiers each independently comprising a sacrificial structure and an insulating structure and longitudinally adjacent the sacrificial structure. A masking structure is formed over a portion of the stack structure. A photoresist is formed over the masking structure and over additional portions of the stack structure not covered by the masking structure. The photoresist and the stack structure are subjected to a series of material removal processes to selectively remove portions of the photoresist and portions of the stack structure not covered by one or more of the masking structure and remaining portions of the photoresist to form a stair step structure. Semiconductor devices and additional methods of forming a semiconductor device structure are also described.
US11508733B2
An integrated circuit device includes: a substrate including active regions; a device isolation film defining the active regions; a word line arranged over the active regions and the device isolation film and extending in a first horizontal direction; and a gate dielectric film arranged between the substrate and the word line and between the device isolation film and the word line, in which, in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction, a width of a second portion of the word line over the device isolation film is greater than a width of a first portion of the word line over the active regions. To manufacture the integrated circuit device, an impurity region is formed in the substrate and the device isolation film by implanting dopant ions into the substrate and the device isolation film, and a thickness of a portion of the impurity region is reduced.
US11508726B2
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. In one form, the method includes: providing a base, a gate structure being formed on the base, a source/drain doped layer being formed within the base on both sides of the gate structure, and an initial dielectric layer being formed on the base exposed from the gate structure, the initial dielectric layer covering a top of the gate structure, and a source/drain contact plug electrically connected to the source/drain doped layer being formed within the initial dielectric layer on the top of the source/drain doped layer; removing a portion of a thickness of the initial dielectric layer to form a dielectric layer exposing a portion of a side wall of the source/drain contact plug; forming an etch stop layer on at least the side wall of source/drain contact plug exposed from the dielectric layer; etching the dielectric layer on the top of the gate structure using etch stop layers on side walls of adjacent source/drain contact plugs as lateral stop positions, to form a gate contact exposing the top of the gate structure; forming, within the gate contact, a gate contact plug electrically connected to the gate structure. Implementations of the present disclosure facilitate enlargement of a process window for forming a contact over active gate.
US11508718B2
A semiconductor device includes first well regions in a substrate and spaced apart from each other, a connection doped region between the first well regions, and a first interconnection line electrically connected to the connection doped region through a first contact. The first well regions and the connection doped region include impurities of a first conductivity type, and a concentration of the impurities in the connection doped region is higher than that in the first well regions. The first well regions extend into the substrate to a depth larger than that of the connection doped region. A first portion of the connection doped region is disposed in the first well regions and a second portion of the connection doped region contacts the substrate.
US11508717B2
A silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) includes a semiconductor body including a first main surface and an active device region. First through fourth surface contact areas at the first main surface are arranged directly one after another along a lateral direction. The semiconductor body is electrically contacted at each surface contact area. First and third SCR regions of a first conductivity type directly adjoin the first and third surface contact areas, respectively. Second and fourth SCR regions of a second conductivity type directly adjoin the second and fourth surface contact areas, respectively. The second SCR region at least partially overlaps a first well region of the first conductivity type at the first main surface. The first SCR region at most partially overlaps the first well region at the first main surface, and is electrically connected to the second SCR region. The third SCR region is electrically connected to the fourth SCR region.
US11508715B2
Solid-state lighting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and more particularly LED chip structures with electrical overstress protection are disclosed. LED chip structures are disclosed that include built-in electrical overstress protection. An exemplary LED chip may include an active LED structure that is arranged as a primary light-emitting structure and a separate active LED structure that is arranged as an electrical overstress protection structure. The electrical overstress protection structure may be electrically connected in reverse relative to the primary light-emitting structure. In this manner, under normal operating conditions, forward current will flow through the primary light-emitting structure to generate desired light emissions, and during an electrical overstress event, reverse current may flow through the electrical overstress protection structure, thereby protecting the light-emitting structure from damage.
US11508711B2
A memory die includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack, and each of the memory stack structures includes a respective vertical semiconductor channel and a respective memory film, drain regions located at a first end of a respective one of the vertical semiconductor channels, and a source layer having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is located at a second end of each of the vertical semiconductor channels, and a semiconductor wafer is not located over the second surface of the source layer.
US11508710B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device package includes the following steps. A redistribution structure is formed on a carrier. A plurality of second semiconductor devices are disposed on the redistribution structure. At least one warpage adjusting component is disposed on at least one of the second semiconductor devices. A first semiconductor device is disposed on the redistribution structure. An encapsulating material is formed on the redistribution structure to encapsulate the first semiconductor device, the second semiconductor devices and the warpage adjusting component. The carrier is removed to reveal a bottom surface of the redistribution structure. A plurality of electrical terminals are formed on the bottom surface of the redistribution structure.
US11508701B2
Each of a plurality of light emitting elements has a hexagonal shape with a center. An interior angle at each of corners is less than 180°. The plurality of light emitting elements include a first light emitting element having a first lateral side surface and a second light emitting element having a second lateral side surface. An orientation of the hexagonal shape of the second light emitting element is rotated by 30 degrees plus 30°+60°×N (N is an integer) with respect to the center of the second light emitting element relative to an orientation of the hexagonal shape of the first light emitting element such that the second lateral side surface is not parallel to the first lateral side surface.
US11508698B2
Each of a plurality of semiconductor elements included in a semiconductor package includes a front-surface electrode being provided on a semiconductor substrate on a side opposite to a conductor substrate, a back-surface electrode being joined to the conductor substrate, a control pad configured to control current flowing between the front-surface electrode and the back-surface electrode, a frame being electrically connected to the front-surface electrode, a portion of the frame being exposed from a surface of a sealing material from which a lower surface of the conductor substrate is exposed, and a plurality of terminal blocks being electrically connected to a plurality of first pads, a portion of the plurality of terminal blocks being exposed from a surface of the sealing material, the surface being provided on a side opposite to the surface of the sealing material from which the lower surface of the conductor substrate is exposed.
US11508688B2
The present invention has: a heater; and a bonding tool having a lower surface on which a memory chip is adsorbed; and an upper surface attached to the heater, and is provided with a bonding tool which presses the peripheral edge of the memory chip to a solder ball in a first peripheral area of the lower surface and which presses the center of the memory chip (60) to a DAF having a heat resistance temperature lower than that of the solder ball in a first center area. The amount of heat transmitted from the first center area to the center of the memory chip is smaller than that transmitted from the first peripheral area (A) to the peripheral edge of the memory chip. Thus, the bonding apparatus in which the center of a bonding member can be heated to a temperature lower than that at the peripheral edge can be provided.
US11508687B2
A semiconductor package may include a substrate including a first coupling terminal and a second coupling terminal, a first chip disposed on the substrate, the first chip including a first pad and a second pad, and a connection structure connecting the first coupling terminal to the first pad. A portion of the connection structure may be in contact with a first side surface of the first chip. The connection structure may include a connection conductor electrically connecting the first pad to the first coupling terminal.
US11508677B2
A semiconductor structure and a method of forming the same are provided. A method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure includes: providing a substrate; depositing a first dielectric layer over the substrate; attaching a waveguide to the first dielectric layer; depositing a second dielectric layer to laterally surround the waveguide; and forming a first conductive member and a second conductive member over the second dielectric layer and the waveguide, wherein the first conductive member and the second conductive member are in contact with the waveguide. The waveguide is configured to transmit an electromagnetic signal between the first conductive member and the second conductive member.
US11508668B2
A semiconductor package structure and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package structure are provided. The semiconductor package structure includes a device package and a shielding layer. The device package includes an electronic device unit and has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a third surface connecting the first surface to the second surface. The shielding layer is disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the device package. A common edge of the second surface and the third surface includes a first portion exposed from the shielding layer by a first length, and a common edge of the first surface and the third surface includes a second portion exposed from the shielding layer by a second length that is different from the first length.
US11508665B2
A method includes forming a plurality of dielectric layers, which processes include forming a first plurality of dielectric layers having first thicknesses, and forming a second plurality of dielectric layers having second thicknesses smaller than the first thicknesses. The first plurality of dielectric layers and the second plurality of dielectric layers are laid out alternatingly. The method further includes forming a plurality of redistribution lines connected to form a conductive path, which processes include forming a first plurality of redistribution lines, each being in one of the first plurality of dielectric layers, and forming a second plurality of redistribution lines, each being in one of the second plurality of dielectric layers.
US11508664B2
An interconnect structure may include a graphene-metal barrier on a substrate and a conductive layer on the graphene-metal barrier. The graphene-metal barrier may include a plurality of graphene layers and metal particles on grain boundaries of each graphene layer between the plurality of graphene layers. The metal particles may be formed at a ratio of 1 atom % to 10 atom % with respect to carbon of the plurality of graphene layers.
US11508661B2
An integrated circuit includes a set of active regions in a substrate, a first set of conductive structures, a shallow trench isolation (STI) region, a set of gates and a first set of vias. The set of active regions extend in a first direction and is located on a first level. The first set of conductive structures and the STI region extend in at least the first direction or a second direction, is located on the first level, and is between the set of active regions. The STI region is between the set of active regions and the first set of conductive structures. The set of gates extend in the second direction and overlap the first set of conductive structures. The first set of vias couple the first set of conductive structures to the set of gates.
US11508657B2
Semiconductor devices having inductive structures, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate and at least one circuit component coupled to the substrate. The semiconductor device can further include an inductive structure carried by the substrate and having a stack of alternating first and second layers. In some embodiments, the first layers comprise an oxide material and the second layers each include a coil of conductive material. The coils of conductive material can be electrically coupled (a) together to form an inductor and (b) to the at least one circuit component.
US11508656B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: a first redistribution structure including a first dielectric layer; a die adhered to a first side of the first redistribution structure; an encapsulant laterally encapsulating the die, the encapsulant being bonded to the first dielectric layer with first covalent bonds; a through via extending through the encapsulant; and first conductive connectors electrically connected to a second side of the first redistribution structure, a subset of the first conductive connectors overlapping an interface of the encapsulant and the die.
US11508654B2
A non-volatile storage apparatus comprises a non-volatile memory structure and a plurality of I/O pads in communication with the non-volatile memory structure. The I/O pads include a power I/O pad, a ground I/O pad and data/control I/O pads. The non-volatile storage apparatus further comprises one or more capacitors connected to the power I/O pad and the ground I/O pad. The one or more capacitors are positioned in one or more metal interconnect layers below the signal lines and/or above device capacitors on the top surface of the substrate.
US11508643B2
Methods and apparatus of forming a thermal interface with condensate are described. In an example, a device may be disposed in a test environment or a test apparatus. An amount of condensate may be accumulated on a heat sink to coat the heat sink with a layer of condensate. The coated heat sink may be disposed on the device, where the layer of condensate is directed towards the device, and the disposal of the coated heat sink causes the layer of condensate to spread among voids between the heat sink and the device to form a thermal interface that includes the condensate. A test may be executed on the device with the thermal interface comprising the condensate between the coated heat sink and the device.
US11508640B2
A semiconductor package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, a molding compound, a heat dissipation module and an adhesive material. The first and second semiconductor dies are different types of dies and are disposed side by side. The molding compound encloses the first and second semiconductor dies. The heat dissipation module is located directly on and in contact with the back sides of the first and second semiconductor dies. The adhesive material is filled and contacted between the heat dissipation module and the molding compound. The semiconductor package has a central region and a peripheral region surrounding the central region. The first and second semiconductor dies are located within the central region. A sidewall of the heat dissipation module, a sidewall of the adhesive material and a sidewall of the molding compound are substantially coplanar.
US11508637B2
A semiconductor device and method is disclosed. Devices shown include a die coupled to an integrated routing layer, wherein the integrated routing layer includes a first width that is wider than the die. Devices shown further included a molded routing layer coupled to the integrated routing layer.
US11508633B2
A conductive structure, includes: a plurality of conductive layers; a plurality of conductive pillars being formed on the plurality of conductive layers, respectively; and a molding compound laterally coating the plurality of conductive pillars. Each of the plurality of conductive pillars is a taper-shaped conductive pillar, and is tapered from the conductive layers.
US11508621B2
A semiconductor device includes semiconductor nanostructures disposed over a substrate, a source/drain epitaxial layer in contact with the semiconductor nanostructures, a gate dielectric layer disposed on and wrapping around each channel region of the semiconductor nanostructures, a gate electrode layer disposed on the gate dielectric layer and wrapping around each channel region, and insulating spacers disposed in spaces, respectively. The spaces are defined by adjacent semiconductor nanostructures, the gate electrode layer and the source/drain region. The source/drain epitaxial layer includes multiple doped SiGe layers having different Ge contents and at least one of the source/drain epitaxial layers is non-doped SiGe or Si.
US11508615B2
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The semiconductor device structure includes a device, a conductive structure disposed over the device, and the conductive structure includes a sidewall having a first portion and a second portion. The semiconductor device structure further includes a first spacer layer including a third portion and a fourth portion, the third portion surrounds the first portion of the sidewall, and the fourth portion is disposed on the conductive structure. The semiconductor device structure further includes a first dielectric material surrounding the third portion, and an air gap is formed between the first dielectric material and the third portion of the first spacer layer. The first dielectric material includes a first material different than a second material of the first spacer layer, and the first dielectric material is substantially coplanar with the fourth portion of the first spacer layer.
US11508612B2
A cost effective process flow for manufacturing semiconductor on insulator structures is parallel is provided. Each of the multiple semiconductor-on-insulator composite structures prepared in parallel comprises a charge trapping layer (CTL).
US11508611B2
Implementations disclosed herein generally provide a lift pin that can improve the deposition rate and uniform film thickness above lift pin areas. In one implementation, the lift pin includes a first end coupling to a shaft, the first end having a pin head, and the pin head having a top surface, wherein the top surface is planar and flat, and a second end coupling to the shaft, the second end having a flared portion, wherein the flared portion has an outer surface extended along a direction that is at an angle of about 110° to about 140° with respect to a longitudinal axis of the lift pin.
US11508609B2
Some examples provide a vacuum wafer chuck assembly for supporting a wafer. An example chuck assembly comprises a chuck hub and a centering hub disposed within the chuck hub. Chuck arms are mounted to the chuck hub, with each chuck arm extending radially between a proximal end adjacent the chuck hub, and a distal end remote therefrom. A plurality of centering cams is provided, each cam mounted at or towards a distal end of a chuck arm and being movable radially inwardly or outwardly relative to the centering hub to engage or release an edge of a supported wafer in response to a rotational movement of the centering hub. At least one vacuum pad is provided for supporting the wafer during a wafer centering or wafer processing operation.
US11508594B2
A substrate container system comprises a container body having a bottom face, a front opening that enables passage of a substrate, and a back opening opposing the front opening, the back opening having a width smaller than that of the front opening; and a back cover that covers the back opening and establishes sealing engagement with the container body, wherein the back cover comprises a first gas inlet structure that bendingly extends under the bottom face of the container body upon assembly; wherein the first gas inlet structure comprises a downward facing gas intake port opposing the bottom face of the container body.
US11508584B2
Films are modified to include deuterium in an inductive high density plasma chamber. Chamber hardware designs enable tunability of the deuterium concentration uniformity in the film across a substrate. Manufacturing of solid state electronic devices include integrated process flows to modify a film that is substantially free of hydrogen and deuterium to include deuterium.
US11508579B2
Implementations of die singulation systems and related methods may include forming a plurality of die on a first side of a substrate, forming a backside metal layer on a second side of a substrate, applying a photoresist layer over the backside metal layer, patterning the photoresist layer along a die street of the substrate, and forming a groove at the pattern of the photoresist layer only partially through a thickness of the backside metal layer. The groove may be located in the die street of the substrate. The method may also include etching through a remaining portion of the backside metal layer located in the die street, removing the photoresist layer, and singulating the plurality of die included in the substrate by removing substrate material in the die street.
US11508577B2
Embodiments herein describe techniques, systems, and method for a semiconductor device. Embodiments herein may present a semiconductor device including a substrate and an insulator layer above the substrate. A channel area may include an III-V material relaxed grown on the insulator layer. A source area may be above the insulator layer, in contact with the insulator layer, and adjacent to a first end of the channel area. A drain area may be above the insulator layer, in contact with the insulator layer, and adjacent to a second end of the channel area that is opposite to the first end of the channel area. The source area or the drain area may include one or more seed components including a seed material with free surface. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11508574B2
A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a stage to have a plurality of pins to hold a semiconductor substrate having a first surface on which a film to be etched is formed and a second surface positioned on an opposite side to the first surface; a nozzle to eject a liquid chemical toward the first surface of the semiconductor substrate from above the stage; and an optical measurer to radiate light toward the second surface of the semiconductor substrate from a side of the stage during ejection of the liquid chemical, and to measure a displacement amount of the semiconductor substrate based on a state of reception of light reflected on the second surface.
US11508569B2
This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for treating a semiconductor substrate having a pattern disposed on a surface of the substrate. The methods can include a) supplying a sublimating material to a substrate having a pattern disposed on a surface thereof; b) maintaining the sublimating material on the surface for a time sufficient to modify the surface; c) solidifying the sublimating material on the surface; and d) removing by sublimation the sublimating material disposed on the surface.
US11508567B2
A mass spectrometer includes a controller operable to: transfer first ions of a first charge into an ion trap; apply an RF pseudopotential that radially confines the first ions in an elongate ion channel of the trap; generate a first potential well that confines the first ions within a first volume; after a specified pre-cooling time, transfer second ions of a second, opposite charge into the trap; apply one or more additional DC potentials that generate a second potential well that confines the second ions within a second volume, the first potential well being within the second potential well; cause, after cooling the second ions, the first ions and the second ions to interact and generate product ions; and generate at least one third potential well that confines the product ions, that is adjacent to the second potential well and that has a same polarity as the first potential well.
US11508565B2
An ion guide device includes a plurality of ring electrodes disposed in parallel, wherein each ring electrode includes at least 4 electrode units separated from each other, a channel for ion transmission is formed inside the plurality of ring electrodes, and an arrangement direction of the plurality of ring electrodes defines an axial direction of ion transmission; an radio-frequency voltage source, for applying out-of-phase radio-frequency voltages on the neighboring electrode units belonging to the same ring electrode, and applying in-phase radio frequency voltages on a neighboring electrode units along the axial direction, thereby forming an radio-frequency multipole field that confine ions in the ion guide device; and a direct-current voltage source, wherein the ions are transmitted off-axis and focused to a position closer to an inner surface of the ring electrode under a combined action of the radio-frequency voltage and the direct-current voltage.
US11508558B2
Embodiments described herein generally related to a substrate processing apparatus, and more specifically to an improved showerhead assembly for a substrate processing apparatus. The showerhead assembly includes a chill plate, a gas plate, and a gas distribution plate having a top surface and a bottom surface. A plurality of protruded features contacts the top surface of the gas distribution plate. A fastener and an energy storage structure is provided on the protruded features. The energy storage structure is compressed by the fastener and axially loads at least one of the protruded features to compress the chill plate, the gas plate and the gas distribution plate.
US11508556B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a microwave introducing module provided at a ceiling portion of a processing chamber and configured to introduce a microwave for generating plasma of a gas into the processing chamber; and a plurality of gas supply holes formed at the ceiling portion of the processing chamber and configured to introduce the gas into a plasma processing space. Each of the plurality of gas supply holes includes a fine hole and a cavity that is expanded from the fine hole and opened to the plasma processing space. A diameter of the cavity on the plasma processing space side is 3 mm or more and is ⅛ or less of a wavelength of a surface wave of a microwave in the plasma.
US11508555B2
A plasma processing apparatus 100 is equipped with a shower head 16 and a placing table 2 facing each other. A first RF power supply 10a is configured to apply a RF power to any one of the shower head 16 or the placing table 2 without igniting plasma. A measuring device 204 is configured to measure a physical quantity of the RF power applied by the first RF power supply 10a. A process controller 91 is configured to acquire an inter-electrode distance by using the measured physical quantity of the RF power in a correlation function of the inter-electrode distance and the physical quantity of the RF power.
US11508550B2
There is provided an image processing method capable of generating an image representative of a magnetic field distribution. The method starts with acquiring phase images providing visualization of electromagnetic fields respectively in a plurality of columns. Then, each of the electromagnetic fields in the columns within the phase images is separated into magnetic field and electric field components. An image representative of a magnetic field distribution is created based on the separated magnetic field components. The step of separating each electromagnetic field includes separating the electromagnetic field in a first one of the columns into magnetic field and electric field components based on the electromagnetic field in a second one of the columns, the latter electromagnetic field having an electric field component oriented in the same direction as that in the first column.
US11508549B2
Beam intercept profiles are measured as a particle beam transversely scans across a probe. A current of beam particles, a detector intensity, or image pixel intensities can variously be measured to obtain the profiles. Multiple profiles are used to determine geometric parameters which in turn can be used to configure equipment. In one application, transverse beam intercept profiles are measured for different waist heights of the particle beam. Steepness of the several profiles can be used to determine a height of the probe as the height at which the profile is steepest. The known probe height enables placing the probe in contact with a substrate at another known height. In another application, transverse beam intercept profiles of orthogonal probe edges are used to position a beam waist, reduce spot size, or reduce astigmatism. Techniques are applicable to SEM, FIB, and nanoprobe systems. Methods and apparatus are disclosed, with variations.
US11508545B2
An object of the invention is to provide a grid assembly which is easy to assemble and is high in assembly reproducibility, and an ion beam etching apparatus including it. A grid assembly is constructed of three grids each in the shape of a circular plate, which are stacked one on top of another. The grid assembly includes three fixing holes for fixing the three grids, and three positioning holes for positioning the three grids. In assembly, the three grids are stacked one on top of another on a first ring so that positioning pins provided on the first ring are inserted into the positioning holes. Then, a second ring is stacked on top of the three grids, and bolts are inserted into the fixing holes. Thus, positioning is performed by using the fixed positioning pins and thereafter the fixing can be performed, which facilitates the assembly.
US11508531B2
A photovoltaic device (10) is provided that comprises serially arranged photovoltaic device cells (10A, 10B). Each cell having a transparent electrode layer region electrical conductors (121A, . . . , 124A) forming an electric contact with the transparent electrode layer region, a photo-voltaic stack portion (14A, 14B) that extends over the transparent electrode region (11A, 11B) and over an insulated portion of the electrical conductors, a further electrode region (15A, 5B) that extends over the photovoltaic stack portion (14A,14B). A further electrode region (15A) of a photovoltaic device cell (10A) extends over electric contacts formed by exposed ends (12B1) of the electrical conductors of a subsequent photovoltaic device cell (10B).
US11508530B2
An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body having a dielectric layer; a solid electrolyte layer in contact with the dielectric layer of the anode body; and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution contains a solvent and a solute. The solvent contains a glycol compound. The solute contains an acid component and a base component. A mass of the acid component in the solute is greater than a mass of the base component in the solute. The acid component contains a first aromatic compound having a hydroxyl group.
US11508525B2
A capacitor according to an embodiment includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface and provided with one or more first through holes each extending from the first surface to the second surface, a first conductive layer covering the first surface, the second surface, and side walls of the one or more first through holes, a second conductive layer facing the first surface, the second surface, and the side walls of the one or more first through holes, with the first conductive layer interposed therebetween, and a dielectric layer interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
US11508523B2
A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including a multi-layer unit having a side surface facing in a direction of a first axis and including internal electrodes laminated in a direction of a second axis orthogonal to the first axis and having end portions on the side surface, and a side margin including a first inner layer adjacent to the side surface and including a first region containing a glass component, a first outer layer outside of the first inner layer, and a ridge positioned at an end portion of the first outer layer in the direction of the second axis and including a second region containing a glass component at a lower concentration than a concentration of the glass component of the first region, the side margin having a dimension of 13 μm or less in the direction of the first axis; and an external electrode.
US11508515B2
A common mode choke coil includes a core, and first and second coils opposed to each other and wound on the core. The core can have a square shape, or an elongated shape having a long axis and a short axis when viewed in a direction along a central axis of the core. Each of the first and second coils is a single-layer coil. An area of a cross-section of the core taken perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the core is constant in the circumferential direction of the core. The cross-section of the core has a quadrilateral shape.
US11508508B2
A vehicle, an inductor assembly for power electronics in a vehicle, and a method of providing and cooling an inductor assembly are provided. According to one example, the vehicle is provided with an inductor assembly in a vehicle electrical system with a variable voltage converter (VVC). The inductor assembly includes a core formed from a plurality of core segments spaced apart from one another to define gaps therebetween, with each of the plurality of core segments forming an internal fluid passage extending therethrough. The inductor assembly has a winding surrounding at least one of the plurality of core segments. A fluid system is connected to the core to provide pressurized fluid to the fluid passages of the plurality of core segments to circulate fluid through the core of the inductor assembly.
US11508507B2
A magnetic wiring circuit board includes an insulating layer; a wire disposed on a one-side surface in a thickness direction of the insulating layer and having a one-side surface in the thickness direction disposed to face the one-side surface in the thickness direction of the insulting layer at spaced intervals thereto, an other-side surface in the thickness direction in contact with the one-side surface in the thickness direction of the insulating layer, and side surfaces each connecting an end edge of the one-side surface in the thickness direction to an end edge of the other-side surface in the thickness direction; and a magnetic layer containing a magnetic particle having a shape of an aspect ratio of 2 or more and embedding the wire.
US11508502B2
A soft magnetic alloy or the like combining high saturated magnetic flux density, low coercive force and high magnetic permeability μ′ having the composition formula (Fe(1−(α+β))X1αX2β)(1−(a+b+c+d+e))BaSibCcCudMe. X1 is one more elements selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni, X2 is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, N, O and rare earth elements, and M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Ti, Mo, W and V. 0.140
US11508449B2
Processing logic in a memory device initiates a program operation on a memory array, the program operation comprising a program phase and a program verify phase. The processing logic further causes a negative voltage signal to be applied to a first selected word line of a block of the memory array during the program verify phase of the program operation, wherein the first selected word line is coupled to a corresponding first memory cell of a first plurality of memory cells in a string of memory cells in the block, wherein the first selected word line is associated with the program operation.
US11508446B2
The present invention provides a method for access a flash memory module, wherein the method includes the steps of: sending a read command to the flash memory module to read a plurality of memory cells of at least one word line of the flash memory module by using a plurality of read voltages, wherein each memory cell is configured to store a plurality of bits, each memory cell has a plurality of states, the states are used to indicate different combinations of the plurality of bits; obtaining readout information from the flash memory module; analyzing the readout information to determine numbers of the states of the memory cells; determining if the memory cells are balance or unbalance according the numbers of the states of the memory cells to generate a determination result; and referring to the determination result to adjust voltage levels of the plurality of read voltages.
US11508436B2
A memory device includes: a cell array that includes a first region including first memory cells and a second region including second memory cells; first word lines connected to each of the first memory cells; second word lines connected to each of the second memory cells; a first bit line commonly connected to the first memory cells and the second memory cells; a row decoder that selects one of the first word lines and one of the second word lines in parallel during a data read operation; and a sense amplifier between the first region and the second region and electrically connected to the first bit line during the data read operation.
US11508429B2
Memory system performing hammer refresh operation and method of controlling refresh of memory device
A memory system includes a memory controller and a memory device. The memory controller generates refresh commands periodically by an average refresh interval. The memory device performs a normal refresh operation and a hammer refresh operation during a refresh cycle time. The memory device includes a memory cell array including memory cells connected to a plurality of wordlines, a temperature sensor configured to provide temperature information by measuring an operation temperature of the memory cell array and a refresh controller configured to control the normal refresh operation and the hammer refresh operation. The refresh controller varies a hammer ratio of a unit hammer execution number of the hammer refresh operation executed during the refresh cycle time with respect to a unit normal execution number of the normal refresh operation executed during the refresh cycle time.
US11508424B2
A first memory cell is coupled to first and third interconnects. A second memory cell is coupled to second and fourth interconnects. A first sense amplifier has a first terminal coupled to the first interconnect and a node of a first potential and a second terminal located close to a node of a second potential and coupled to the third interconnect and has a potential difference between the first and second terminals. A second sense amplifier has a third terminal coupled to the fourth interconnect and a node of a third potential and a fourth terminal located close to a node of a fourth potential and coupled to the second interconnect and has a potential difference between the third and fourth terminals.
US11508422B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for operating a memory device or devices are described. A memory device or module may introduce latency in commands to coordinate operations at the device or to improve timing or power consumption at the device. For example, a host may issue a command to a memory module, and a component or feature of the memory module may receive the command and modify the command or the timing of its execution in manner that is invisible or non-disruptive to the host while facilitating operations at the memory module. In some examples, components or features of a memory module may be disabled to effect or introduce latency in operation without affecting timing or operation of a host device. A memory module may operate in different modes that allow for different latencies; the use or introduction of latencies may not affect other features or operability of the memory module.
US11508418B2
A system to perform a reference voltage training operation may include: a controller configured to output a dock signal, a chip selection signal, a command address and data; and a semiconductor device configured to enter a training mode to control the level of a reference voltage when the chip selection signal and the command address are a first logic level combination in synchronization with the clock signal, configured to enter an ID setting mode to set a storage ID when the chip selection signal and the command address are a second logic level combination, and configured to enter an ID selection mode to update a voltage code that is generated in the training mode when the chip selection signal and the command address are a third logic level combination.
US11508413B1
Systems and methods for editing a media composition from media assets are provided. An editing device receives a media asset associated with a scene to be rendered in a media composition. The editing device receives a script including script elements that index script sections associated with the scene and metadata. The editing device edits the media composition with segments of the media asset based on a comparison of the segments, the script elements, and the metadata.
US11508412B2
A video image editing device or the like, capable of editing a wraparound video image generated by using a plurality of video images captured by multi-viewpoint cameras to be comfortably viewable by viewers, is provided. Based on information about the positions and the sizes of X subjects, a polynomial expression regarding the position of the subject and a polynomial expression regarding the size of the subject are generated. Correction or interpolation of the positions of the H subjects is performed by a polynomial approximation curve using the polynomial expression regarding the position of the subject, correction or interpolation of the sizes of the N subjects is performed by a polynomial approximation curve using the polynomial expression regarding the size of the subject, and the sizes of the N subjects are expanded or contracted with an expansion/contraction parameter p. An intermediate image is generated from two images of the same size corresponding to the photographing devices adjacent to each other, and a wraparound video image is generated, with a parameter indicating the length of the wraparound video image being represented by Tp.
US11508410B2
A tape cartridge for retaining a magnetic tape, the tape cartridge being configured to be selectively positioned substantially within a tape drive, includes a cartridge body and a cartridge hub. The cartridge body includes a cartridge length from a front to a rear of the cartridge body, and a cartridge width from a first side to a second side of the cartridge body. The cartridge hub is positioned within the cartridge body. The cartridge hub is configured so that the magnetic tape is wound around the cartridge hub within the cartridge body. The cartridge hub includes a hub diameter. The cartridge length and the cartridge width provide boundaries for a maximum wound tape diameter as the magnetic tape is wound around the cartridge hub within the cartridge body. A ratio of the maximum wound tape diameter to the hub diameter is at least approximately 3.50:1.
US11508401B1
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a magnetic recording head of a magnetic recording device that facilitates generating a downtrack magnetic bias field to enhance writing. During magnetic writing using the magnetic recording head, a bias current is directed in a cross-track direction on the trailing side of the main pole. Bias current flowing in the cross-track direction on a leading side of the main pole is reduced or eliminated. The bias current flowing in the cross-track direction on the trailing side of the main pole facilitates generating a magnetic field in a downtrack direction. The magnetic field in the downtrack direction is a bias field generated using the bias current. The magnetic bias field in the downtrack direction facilitates enhanced writing performance and increased areal density capability (ADC) for magnetic recording.
US11508394B2
Disclosed are a device and method for wirelessly communicating. The device according to one example embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise a transceiver and a controller connected to the transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to identify at least one additional sample on the basis of a digital signal by using a neural network model and upscale the digital signal by adding the at least one identified additional sample to a plurality of samples of the digital signal.
US11508391B2
A voice enhancing device amplifies and clarifies the voice of a user with hypophonia or other voice issues. The device includes a collar of either rigid or a soft material that is shaped to comfortably sit on the shoulders of the user. One or more microphone arrays are adjustably mounted to the collar to capture audio of the user talking. An electronics module enhances the captured audio signal and generates an enhanced audio signal that drives at least one speaker adjustably attached to the collar. The electronic controller implements one or more of an AGC amplifier to correct amplitude variation in spoked words, adaptive filtering to actively filter out background noise, a variable attack and decay function to improve intelligibility of the spoken words, a diphthong modification function to clarify the spoken words, and an echo cancelation function to reduce echo and feedback in the enhanced audio.
US11508389B2
To provide an audio signal processing apparatus, an audio signal processing system, and an audio signal processing method that include: a first converting part that converts an input data sequence of an audio signal into frequency data using an IIR system DFT at each processing timing, a window processing part that performs window processing on the frequency data using a window function, a signal processing part that performs predetermined signal processing on the frequency data on which window processing has been performed, and a second converting part that converts the frequency data, on which the signal processing has been performed, into a time-axis data sequence.
US11508387B2
Selecting audio noise reduction models for noise suppression in an information handling system (IHS), including performing calibration and configuration of an audio noise reduction selection model, including: identifying contextual data associated with contextual inputs to the IHS; training, based on the contextual data, the audio noise reduction selection model, including generating a configuration policy including configuration rules, the configuration rules for performing actions for selection of a combination of audio noise reduction models to reduce combinations of noise sources associated with the IHS; performing steady-state monitoring of the IHS, including: monitoring the contextual inputs of the IHS, and in response, accessing the audio noise reduction selection model, identifying configuration rules based on the monitored contextual inputs, applying the configuration rules to select a particular combination of audio noise reduction models, applying particular combination of audio noise reduction models to reduce a particular combination of noise sources associated with the IHS.
US11508385B2
Disclosed is a method of processing a residual signal for audio coding and an audio coding apparatus. The method learns a feature map of a reference signal through a residual signal learning engine including a convolutional layer and a neural network and performs learning based on a result obtained by mapping a node of an output layer of the neural network and a quantization level of index of the residual signal.
US11508378B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a microphone to receive audio, a communicator, a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions, and a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions. The processor is configured to determine whether the received audio includes a predetermined trigger word; based on determining that the predetermined trigger word is included in the received audio; activate a speech recognition function of the electronic device; detect a movement of a user while the speech recognition function is activated; and based on detecting the movement of the user, transmit a control signal, to a second electronic device to activate a speech recognition function of the second electronic device.
US11508374B2
A method and system for voice commands recognition. The system comprises a video camera and a microphone producing an audio/video recording of a user issuing vocal commands and at least one processor connected to the video camera and the microphone. The at least one processor has an associated memory having stored therein processor executable code causing the processor to perform the steps of: obtain the audio/video recording from the video camera and the microphone; extract video features from the audio/video recording and store the result in a first matrix; extract audio features from the audio/video recording and store the result in a second matrix; apply a speech-to-text engine to the audio portion of the audio/video recording and store the resulting syllables in a text file; and identify via a neural network the vocal commands of the user based on the first matrix, the second matrix and the text file.
US11508360B2
This document relates to machine learning. One example includes a method or technique that can be performed on a computing device. The method or technique can include obtaining a task-adapted generative model that has been tuned using one or more task-specific seed examples. The method or technique can also include inputting dialog acts into the task-adapted generative model and obtaining synthetic utterances that are output by the task-adapted generative model. The method or technique can also include populating a synthetic training corpus with synthetic training examples that include the synthetic utterances. The synthetic training corpus may be suitable for training a natural language understanding model.
US11508355B1
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for discerning aspects of user speech to determine user intent and/or other acoustic features of a sound input without the use of an ASR engine. To this end, a processor may receive a sound signal comprising raw acoustic data from a client device, and divides the data into acoustic units. The processor feeds the acoustic units through a first machine learning model to obtain a first output and determines a first mapping, using the first output, of each respective acoustic unit to a plurality of candidate representations of the respective acoustic unit. The processor feeds each candidate representation of the plurality through a second machine learning model to obtain a second output, determines a second mapping, using the second output, of each candidate representation to a known condition, and determines a label for the sound signal based on the second mapping.
US11508350B2
An apparatus for synthesizing an engine sound according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a memory for storing a plurality of explosion sound samples corresponding to a plurality of cylinders included in a cylinder module, respectively; a sound output unit; and a processor for calculating explosion periods of the plurality of cylinders, and overlapping the plurality of samples stored according to the calculated explosion periods on explosion noises of corresponding cylinders, respectively, to output a synthesized virtual engine sound through the sound output unit.
US11508345B1
Systems and methods for facilitating transactions of musical stems between users of an online gaming platform and mixing of the musical stems are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information regarding tracks; transmit a purchase request regarding a given stem; receive a notification of the assignment of the right to use the given stem, wherein the assignment is recorded on a blockchain; obtain the given stem, generate an arrangement based on one or more stored tracks and the given stem, and playing back the generated arrangement.
US11508342B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of haptic systems for digital musical instruments. In embodiments, the haptic systems comprise a shoulder rest that has been modified with haptic elements capable of generating a feedback signal to a user of a digital musical instrument.
US11508337B2
An image processing apparatus according to the present invention, includes: an input unit configured to receive a predetermined user operation for an image displayed on a display; a change unit configured to perform control of increasing a display range of the display in a case where the predetermined user operation is received by the input unit; a processing unit configured to perform gradation conversion on the image to improve gradation of a high brightness portion, based on the display range increased by the change unit; and a control unit configured to perform control of enabling the increase in the display range in accordance with the predetermined user operation in a case where the image satisfies a predetermined condition and disabling the increase in the display range in accordance with the predetermined user operation in a case where the image does not satisfy the predetermined condition.
US11508323B2
A display panel, a display device and a method for driving the display panel. The display panel includes: a rotation axis; at least one display area located at one side of the rotation axis; wherein the display area includes a plurality of display sub-areas; and a plurality of driving-control modules corresponding to the plurality of display sub-areas. The plurality of display sub-areas are sequentially arranged along a first direction; the first direction is directed from the rotation axis to the display area; when the display panel rotates around the rotation axis, areas passed by the plurality of display sub-areas form a plurality of imaging sub-areas. The plurality of driving-control modules are configured to control the plurality of display sub-areas to have different display parameters, respectively, thereby enabling imaging brightness of the plurality of imaging sub-areas to be within a preset brightness range.
US11508320B2
A pixel of an OLED display device includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first transistor configured to generate a driving current, a second transistor configured to transfer a data voltage to a first node, a third transistor configured to diode-connect the first transistor, a fourth transistor configured to transfer an initialization voltage to the second node, a fifth transistor configured to transfer a reference voltage to the first node, a sixth transistor configured to couple a drain of the first transistor and an anode of an organic light emitting diode, a seventh transistor configured to transfer the initialization voltage to the anode of the organic light emitting diode, an eighth transistor configured to transfer the initialization voltage to the drain of the first transistor, and the organic light emitting diode.
US11508315B2
An embodiment relates to a pixel sensing circuit and a pixel sensing method and, more particularly, to a pixel sensing circuit and a pixel sensing method for reducing the size of a source driver IC by sharing some components in a pixel sensing circuit and for sensing a pixel using a pixel sensing circuit in which some components are shared.
US11508307B2
A display device that can correct the threshold voltage of a driving transistor without a correction of image data is provided. A display device including a pixel provided with a driving transistor, a display element, and a memory circuit and a correction data generation circuit is related. One of a source and a drain of the driving transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the display element, and a gate of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the memory circuit. In a first period, the correction data generation circuit generates correction data that is data for correcting the threshold voltage of the driving transistor. In a second period, first data is written to the memory circuit. In a third period, second data is supplied to the pixel, whereby third data in which the second data is added to the first data is generated. In a fourth period, an image corresponding to the third data is displayed by the display element.
US11508279B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a gate driving circuit, a display device, and a method for driving a display device. It is possible to reduce deterioration of the transistor controlled by a first QB node and a second QB node by alternately driving the first QB node and the second QB node of a gate circuit. In addition, by sensing a deterioration deviation between a transistor controlled by the first QB node and a transistor controlled by the second QB node and adjusting a driving period of the first QB node and a driving period of the second QB node based on the sensing result, it is possible to maximize or at least increase the lifetime of the transistor controlled by the first QB node and the transistor controlled by the second QB node, thereby improving the reliability of the gate circuit.
US11508273B2
A display driver includes image processing circuitry, driver circuitry, and test circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to generate first output data during a first display update period and generate second output data during a second display update period. The driver circuitry is configured to update a display panel based on the first output data during the first display update period and update the display panel based on the second output data during the second display update period. The test circuitry is configured to test the image processing circuitry during a test period disposed between the first display update period and the second display update period.
US11508272B2
Described is a display system for a vehicle. The display system uses one or more active displays integrated into a new vehicle or coupled as an aftermarket product in an existing vehicle. The new vehicle with integrated displays of the system may be provided to a purchaser for a reduced cost for participation in the advertisement system. The system operates to provide nearby vehicle occupants, pedestrians, or others with advertisement and/or emergency messages using the displays. The display system can show advertising messages or emergency messages on the active displays that are relevant to the location of the vehicle. The system may operate to prioritize the advertisement messages or emergency messages that will be displayed based on determinations made by a server of the system.
US11508270B2
An electronic price and/or product display device (2), which comprises a reflective screen (21) for displaying information, and a signalling device (28) for signalling an internal state or a state change of the display device (2) by superimposing said state or state change in a visually perceptible manner directly in the viewing direction of the screen.
US11508269B2
A portable, self-illuminating traffic sign having a sign face with two opposite sides. One side indicates a first traffic signal, and the other side indicates a second traffic signal. Light assemblies are attached to each side of the sign. The light assemblies emit light that may match the predominant color of one of the sides of the sign. A battery may be disposed in a pole that connects to the sign. A handlegrip allows for the sign to be held and provides a switch to allow for the lights to be selectively turned on and off. The light assemblies are disposed within collar assemblies so as to reduce, or prevent, light emitted from the light assemblies reflecting off of the sign faces.
US11508268B2
A display device includes: a display panel; and a cover window on the display panel. The display panel and the cover window include a flat area, and a bendable area adjacent to the flat area. The cover window includes: patterns at the bendable area along a first direction; and dummy patterns at the flat area along the first direction, the dummy patterns including a first dummy pattern, and a second dummy pattern adjacent to the first dummy pattern. A length of the first dummy pattern is different from a length of the second dummy pattern.
US11508265B2
A shelf edge system and/or light box system which can be easily and conveniently attached to an existing shelf system, and which has a display system capable of attracting the attention of shoppers in a store.
US11508264B2
A method of manufacturing a label with a suspension handle includes providing a first layered material including a support layer and a releasable first front layer. A front surface of the first front layer is coated with a first detachment promoter layer, leaving a zone free of the first promoter layer. A handle area of the first promoter layer is coated with a second detachment promoter layer. A second layered material includes a second front layer and an adhesive layer. While the second detachment promoter layer is wet, the components are coupled, so the adhesive layer adheres to the free zone. The second detachment promoter layer-adhesive layer solidifies to bind the layers. In the second layer thickness, a suspension handle is separated from the handle area. A secondary label is superposed only over the first layer detachment promoter, and forms a label surround in the first front layer.
US11508257B2
There is described a method for controlling, in a display, a virtual image of a displaying object for which displaying is controllable. The method comprises providing a curved mirrored surface opposing the displaying object to produce the virtual image. The location of an observer is determined, with respect to the curved mirrored surface. A position of the virtual image can then be determined for the observer at the location, wherein this virtual image provides at least one of parallax and a stereoscopic depth cue. The displaying object is controlled to produce the virtual image as determined.
US11508248B2
Disclosed is a method for predicting collisions and conflicts between multiple moving bodies. A method for predicting and avoiding collisions and conflicts between multiple moving bodies comprises the steps of: creating objects by modeling the shape of each of multiple moving bodies; creating two-dimensional circles by modeling the objects by using size information of the objects; modeling the two-dimensional circles into moving disks by using at least one of the moving speeds of the moving bodies, the monitoring time window for the moving bodies, and the size information of the two-dimensional circles; computing a Voronoi diagram between the moving disks and calculating edges of the Voronoi diagram; and during the monitoring time window for the moving bodies, calculating a flipping event in which at least one of the edges of the Voronoi diagram is converted into a vertex and then converted into another edge, and a collision event by which a collision between a pair of moving disks defining an edge of the Voronoi diagram is predicted, and calculating whether actual collisions occur between moving disks triggering the flipping event and between moving disks triggering the collision event, in chronological order of the occurrence of the flipping event and the collision event.
US11508242B2
A controller and a control method are capable of improving safety by automatic emergency deceleration action while suppressing a motorcycle from falling over. One arrangement also obtains a brake system that includes such a controller. In the controller, the control method, and the brake system, a control mode that causes the motorcycle to take the automatic emergency deceleration action is initiated in response to trigger information generated in accordance with peripheral environment of the motorcycle. In the control mode, automatic emergency deceleration that is deceleration of the motorcycle generated by the automatic emergency deceleration action is controlled in accordance with a lean angle of the motorcycle.
US11508231B2
A system and method for electronic notification of a person(s) in proximity to a given location at the time assistance is needed. A networked system of wireless radio, sound and/or light-based beacons are provided for communicating with a person's smartphone, computer system, or other electronic device. Wireless radio, sound and/or light-based beacons selectively broadcast a configurable data set within a given area of the beacon. The strength of the signal can vary depending on the alert type, time to respond requirements and specific characteristics of the location that would affect the time to respond. Software running on the person's smartphone, computer system, tablet or other electronic device preferably receives the signal(s) broadcast by the wireless radio, sound and/or light-based beacons and decoding the data set broadcast. Depending on the configuration of the system, the decoded data set can cause the software to provide an alert to the person, which can include, but is not limited to, the location and type of alert. The alert may take the form of a visual message on the display of the person's smartphone, computer system, or other electronic device, an audible alert, vibration, and/or other available alerting mechanism on the person's smartphone, computer system or other electronic device.
US11508226B2
The inventory control system process includes steps for printing a circuit to a sheet stock having at least one ID tag formed therewith such that the circuit is carried by the ID tag, assigning a unique identification code to the circuit associated with the ID tag, removing the ID tag carrying the circuit from the sheet stock, associating the removed ID tag with a product, and entering the product into an inventory control system secured in connection with a user account accessible only by an authorized user associated with the user account, for real-time location tracking of the product thereof by way of the circuit.
US11508224B2
A security system architecture and method of operation that combines a local security network with control panel and sensors, a central monitoring station (CMS), and a separate operator computer server that provides a web portal for both the homeowner and CMS, that maintains a persistent connection between the control panel and CMS allowing failsafe dual-path signaling. This dual-path signaling technique is extended to provide an effective “smash and grab alarm”, and various approaches to dual-path signal management are disclosed including handshaking, persistent domain monitoring, relayed Operator 3-to-CMS signaling, etc. Improved processes for remotely accessing video are also disclosed along with an improved process for remote control panel configuration, and control panel interfacing with home automation appliances.
US11508223B2
A disclosure and claims to systems and methods for allowing rapid detection and display of an emergency condition using a plurality of specially-constructed multifunction sensors and display units, which allow building evacuation plans to be evaluated, modified, and transmitted to building occupants.
US11508215B2
A system for managing bets comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores information associated with a field of participants for an event, each participant associated with particular odds for the event. The processor receives a bet that a lead participant from the field of participants will finish in a particular subset of finishing positions in the event, wherein the bet is associated with customized odds. The processor further select one or more additional participants from the field of participants to add to the bet such that the odds associated with the lead participant combined with the odds associated with the one or more selected additional participants at least approximates the customized odds for the bet.
US11508206B2
The present disclosure provides a gaming system including a central controller, a central display which includes a plurality of display segments and a plurality player stations. The display segments are configured to each separately display one of a plurality of games, to co-act to display a plurality of games, or to co-act to display one game. Each player station is configured to enable a player to play one or more of the games displayed by the display segments. The gaming system enables a plurality of players to play a group game on the central display, a plurality of players to simultaneously play multiple group games on the central display, and a plurality of players to each simultaneously play multiple individual games on the central display.
US11508203B2
Some embodiments may include interaction among sports books. Various other systems and methods are described.
US11508201B2
Disclosed is a bucket applied in a vending machine, including a bucket body, a first driving mechanism and a second driving mechanism. The bucket body includes an inner cavity and two ports in communication with the inner cavity respectively. The two ports are arranged at an interval in a first preset direction. The first driving mechanism and the second driving mechanism are arranged at an interval in the bucket body in a second preset direction, and are respectively configured to detachably mate with a dispensing assembly of a storage column of the vending machine, to provide power to the dispensing assembly. Also disclosed is a vending machine including multiple storage columns and the aforementioned bucket.
US11508199B2
Disclosed is a control method of a control device, the control method including determining whether a movable object is located in a first area using a detection sensor, activating a first mode among operation modes of the control device when it is determined that the movable object is located in the first area, acquiring user confirmation information from a terminal when the first mode is activated wherein the user confirmation information corresponds to user-specific information stored in the terminal and is provided to the terminal by a server before the terminal provides the user confirmation information to the control device, transmitting processing request information based on the user confirmation information to the server so that the server performs processing on the user confirmation information, acquiring a processing result for the user confirmation information from the server, and providing the processing result for the user confirmation information to the terminal.
US11508191B1
A vehicle interface device for diagnosing, scanning and programming an electrical system of a vehicle having a housing and being connectable to an electrical system of a vehicle, a local diagnostic computer, and a remote diagnostic computer. The vehicle interface device is selectively switchable for operation in either a local mode or a remote mode. In the local mode, the vehicle interface device is connected with the local diagnostic computer and operates as a pass-thru device. In the remote mode, the vehicle interface device is connected with the remote diagnostic computer.
US11508189B2
An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by an accident processing node, an accident report from a transport, determining, by an accident processing node, a time and location parameters of the accident based on the report, querying, by an accident processing node, transport profiles on a storage based on the time and location parameters, and responsive to the transport profiles containing data corresponding to the time and location parameters, sending a request to access the transport profiles.
US11508182B2
An electronic circuit adapted to drive a panel including a plurality of fingerprint sensing zones is provided. The electronic circuit includes a fingerprint sensing circuit. The fingerprint sensing circuit is configured to determine at least two fingerprint sensing zones to perform a fingerprint sensing operation according to a touch area and receive a fingerprint sensing signal corresponding to fingerprint sensing data from the at least two fingerprint sensing zones. The fingerprint sensing circuit rearranges the fingerprint sensing data from the at least two fingerprint sensing zones. In addition, an electronic device and a method for sensing a fingerprint image are also provided.
US11508179B2
Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a screen provided with a first polarizer, a second polarizer arranged below the screen, and an optical fingerprint identification module arranged below the second polarizer. The polarization direction of the first polarizer is the same with the polarization direction of the second polarizer. The first polarizer and the second polarizer are configured to filter a first optical noise. The second polarizer is configured to filter a second optical noise. The first optical noise is light from screen light of the screen and directing to the optical fingerprint recognition module. The second optical noise is light from the screen light, directing away from the optical fingerprint recognition module and reflected by a glass cover on an outer side of the screen.
US11508173B2
Various disclosed embodiments can resolve output inaccuracies produced by many machine learning models. Embodiments use content order as input to machine learning model systems so that they can process documents according to the position or rank of instances in a document or image. In this way, the model is less likely to misclassify or incorrectly detect instances or the ordering between predicted instances. The content order in various embodiments can be used as an additional signal to classify or make predictions.
US11508170B2
Digital handwriting synthesis techniques and systems are described that are configured to process text represented using text fields into one or more digital ink strokes to represent the text as handwritten data when rendered in a user interface of a computing device. Additionally, the digital handwriting synthesis techniques are configurable using normalization parameters to adjust an output from a machine learning model such that these techniques are extensible across a wide range of machine learning models and may be used to support a wide range of different digital ink styles. Further, the techniques described herein also support customization via “few shot conditioning” in which the digital ink styles may be further customized based on a user input and in this way support previously unseen digital ink styles.
US11508163B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for training a lane line identifying model. The method includes: acquiring a first image of a lane line, the first image being generated using a generating model based on a second image of the lane line, the first image and the second image of the lane line being associated with different physical environments respectively; acquiring lane line information in the second image of the lane line; and training the lane line identifying model using the first image and the acquired lane line information of the lane line.
US11508157B2
The disclosure provides an objective identification device, comprising: a classifier training circuit configured to extract objective characteristics based on training samples and perform offline training based on the objective characteristics to obtain a classifier; and a calculation circuit is configured to identify an objective in an image based on a particle swarm optimization algorithm, wherein each of particles is defined as an object having a predefined size in the image; and a fitness value of each of particles is calculated based on the classifier and the objective characteristics of the particle in the particle swarm optimization algorithm, the fitness value representing a probability that the particle belongs to the objective. The disclosure also provides an objective identification method and driving assistance device. According to the disclosure, not only the identification rate can be increased but also application scenarios having different identification rate requirements can be satisfied.
US11508156B2
A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera and an electronic control unit (ECU) with an image processor. The ECU generates a reduced resolution frame of captured image data and the ECU determines a reduced resolution detection result based on pedestrian detection using the reduced resolution frame of captured image data. The ECU, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data, generates a cropped frame of captured image data and the ECU determines a cropped detection result based on pedestrian detection using the cropped frame of captured image data. Responsive to determining the reduced resolution detection result and determining the cropped detection result, the ECU merges the reduced resolution detection result and the cropped detection result into a final pedestrian detection result. The final pedestrian detection result is indicative of presence of a pedestrian within the field of view of the camera.
US11508153B2
A method for generating a tag of a video, an electronic device, and a storage medium are related to a field of natural language processing and deep learning technologies. The detailed implementing solution includes: obtaining multiple candidate tags and video information of the video; determining first correlation information between the video information and each of the multiple candidate tags; sorting the multiple candidate tags based on the first correlation information to obtain a sort result; and generating the tag of the video based on the sort result.
US11508137B2
A three-dimensional object for which three orthogonal object axes are set is disposed in a virtual space. One or two of the three object axes are determined as an enlargement/reduction axis, based on an orientation of the three-dimensional object in the virtual space. A user's operation input is associated with the enlargement/reduction axes. The three-dimensional object is at least enlarged or reduced based on the association of the user's operation input with the enlargement/reduction axes.
US11508135B2
The subject technology selects a set of augmented reality content generators from available augmented reality content generators, the selected set of augmented reality content generators comprising at least one augmented reality content generator for applying a three-dimensional (3D) effect. The subject technology causes display of a carousel interface including selectable graphical items, each selectable graphical item corresponding to a respective augmented reality content generator. The subject technology receives a selection of a first selectable graphical item from the selectable graphical items, the first selectable graphical item including a first augmented reality content generator for applying a first 3D effect. The subject technology applies, to first image data and first depth data, the first augmented reality content generator corresponding to the selected first selectable graphical item. The subject technology generates a message including the applied first augmented reality content generator to the first image data and the first depth data.
US11508132B2
A method for inserting objects from a 2D image into another environment while keeping the spatial relationships of the objects in the 2D image intact is provided. A device comprising circuitry configured to carry out the method and a computer program product adapted to carry out the method are also provided.
US11508128B2
A system for viewing a shared virtual reality having a plurality of virtual reality headsets. Each headset producing a shared virtual reality that is viewed by persons wearing the headsets. The system comprises a communication network to which each headset is in communication to send and receive a virtual orientation and a virtual position associated with each person of the persons wearing the headsets. The system comprises a computer in communication with each headset through the network which transmits a virtual audience that is viewed by each headset. The virtual audience formed from the virtual orientation and the virtual position associated with each person wearing the headset over time as each person views the virtual story, so each person views in the headset the person is wearing the virtual story, the virtual orientation and virtual position of each other person of the persons wearing the headset. A method for viewing a shared virtual reality. A non-transitory readable storage medium which includes a computer program stored on the storage medium in a non-transient memory for viewing a shared virtual reality.
US11508122B2
Disclosed are techniques for estimating a 3D bounding box (3DBB) from a 2D bounding box (2DBB). Conventional techniques to estimate 3DBB from 2DBB rely upon classifying target vehicles within the 2DBB. When the target vehicle is misclassified, the projected bounding box from the estimated 3DBB is inaccurate. To address such issues, it is proposed to estimate the 3DBB without relying upon classifying the target vehicle.
US11508119B2
In one embodiment, a computing system accesses a three-dimensional (3D) model of an environment, the 3D model comprising a virtual representation of an object in the environment. The computing system accesses an image of the object captured by a camera from a camera pose. The computing system accesses light source parameters associated with a virtual representation of a light source in the environment. The computing system renders, using the 3D model, pixels associated with the virtual representation of the object based on the light source parameters, the pixels being rendered from a virtual perspective corresponding to the camera pose. The computing system determines updated light source parameters based on a comparison of the rendered pixels to corresponding pixels located in the image of the object.
US11508118B2
Systems and methods for provisioning real-time three-dimensional maps, including: at a first processing stage: updating a three-dimensional map of an environment based on received point cloud data; extracting three-dimensional proposals of objects of the environment; projecting the three-dimensional proposals onto a two-dimensional image of the environment; generating two-dimensional proposals of the objects of the environment; at a second processing stage: detecting the objects of the environment from the two-dimensional image of the environment; generating two-dimensional bounding boxes of the objects of the environment; matching the two-dimensional bounding box with a particular two-dimensional proposal of the two-dimensional proposals; and labeling, for each two-dimensional proposal that is matched to a two-dimensional bounding box, the three-dimensional proposal corresponding to the two-dimensional proposal with semantic information associated with the two-dimensional bounding box that is matched to the two-dimensional proposal to update the three-dimensional map.
US11508108B2
A method for generating one or more visual representations of a porous media submerged in a fluid is provided. The method can be performed using a computing device operated by a computer user or artist. The method includes defining a field comprising fluid parameter values for the fluid, the fluid parameter values comprising fluid velocity values and pore pressures. The method includes generating a plurality of particles that model a plurality of objects of the porous media, the plurality of objects being independently movable with respect to one another, determining values of motion parameters based at least in part on the field when the plurality of particles are submerged in the fluid, buoyancy and drag forces being used to determine relative motion of the plurality of particles and the fluid, and generating the one or more visual representations of the plurality of objects submerged in the fluid based on the values of the motion parameters.
US11508102B2
The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for image processing. The method may include obtaining an image including at least one of a first type of artifact or a second type of artifact. The method may include determining, based on a trained machine learning model, at least one of first information associated with the first type of artifact or second information associated with the second type of artifact in the image. The trained machine learning model may include a first trained model and a second trained model. The first trained model may be configured to determine the first information. The second trained model may be configured to determine the second information. The method may include generating a target image based on at least part of the first information and the second information.
US11508100B2
A computer-implemented method is for providing a difference image data record. In an embodiment, the method includes a determination of a first real image data record of an examination volume in respect of a first X-ray energy, and a determination of a multi-energetic real image data record of the examination volume in respect of a first X-ray energy and a second X-ray energy, the second X-ray energy differing from the first X-ray energy. The method further includes the determination of the difference image data record of the examination volume by applying a trained function to input data, wherein the input data is based upon the first real image data record and the multi-energetic real image data record, as well as the provision of the difference image data record.
US11508093B2
A screen coding method and system based on mass center coincidence. The screen coding method based on mass center coincidence includes: constructing a plurality of coding unit models composed of a combination of a plurality of geometric figures with coincident mass centers, where vertices of the geometric figures do not coincide; and filling in data information to each vertex of the coding unit models according to a method of data information arrangement of a plurality of data combinations to generate a coding unit so as to implement different data lengths of the same coding unit. As such, a data length of the coding unit can be controlled, so that when more data needs to be coded, the overall size of the coding unit does not need to be changed, which greatly improves coding efficiency.
US11508081B2
A sealed active marker apparatus of a performance capture system is described to provide protective housing for active marker light components coupled to a strand and attached via a receptacle, to an object, such as via a wearable article, in a live action scene. The receptacle includes a protrusion portion that permits at least one particular wavelength range of light emitted from the enclosed active marker light component, to diffuse in a manner that enables easy detection by a sensor device. A base portion interlocks with a bottom plate of the receptacle to secure the strand within one or more channels. A sealant material coating portions of the apparatus promotes an insulating environment for the active marker light component.
US11508080B2
Systems and methods for self-supervised learning for visual odometry using camera images captured on a camera, may include: using a key point network to learn a keypoint matrix for a target image and a context image captured by the camera; using the learned descriptors to estimate correspondences between the target image and the context image; based on the keypoint correspondences, lifting a set of 2D keypoints to 3D, using a learned neural camera model; estimating a transformation between the target image and the context image using 3D-2D keypoint correspondences; and projecting the 3D keypoints into the context image using the learned neural camera model.
US11508075B2
Disclosed are target tracking methods and apparatuses. The target tracking apparatus performs target tracking on an input image obtained in a first time period within a single time frame, using a light neural network in a second time period of the single time frame. The target tracking apparatus may perform target tracking on input images generated within the same time frame.
US11508065B2
This disclosure generally pertains to methods and systems for automatically detecting acquisition errors in a medical image using machine learning. Certain embodiments relate to methods for the development of deep learning algorithms that perform machine recognition of specific features and conditions in imaging and other medical data. Another embodiment provides systems for detecting acquisition errors in an X-ray image, the system comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a preprocessing quality control module that, when executed by at least one electronic processor, is configured to generate associated classifications identifying characteristics of the medical image.
US11508064B2
A method includes: acquiring a training data set including pieces of training data, each of the pieces including an image of a training target, first annotation data representing a rectangular region in the image, and second annotation data; training, based on the image and the first annotation data, an object detection model specifying a rectangular region including the training target; training, based on the image and the second annotation data, a neural network; and calculating a first index value related to a relationship of a pixel number, the trained estimation model and the calculated first index value being used in a determination process that determines, based on the calculated first index value and a second index value relationship between a pixel number in an output result and an estimation result, whether or not a target in a target image is normal.
US11508052B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for identifying light flares in images. An example method may involve receiving an image from an imaging device, the image including data indicative of a flare artifact originating from a region of the image. The example method may also involve determining, based on the image data, a first array of pixels extending radially outwards from the region and a second array of pixels extending radially outwards from the region. The example method may also involve creating, based on the image data, a flare array, the flare array including the first array of pixels and the second array of pixels. The example method may also involve determining, based on the flare array, a peak flare artifact value indicative of a size of the flare artifact. The example method may also involve determining, based on the peak flare artifact value, a flare artifact score for the imaging device.
US11508051B2
A computerized model compatibility regulation method for imaging applications first performs a target domain B application by computing means using at least one image X and target domain B image analytics to generate a target domain B application output for X. The method then applies a reference domain A application by computing means to generate reference domain A application output for X. The method further performs a compatibility assessment to generate at least one compatibility result for X. In addition, the method checks the compatibility result for X and if the check output is incompatible, the method performs online correction to generate a corrected application output for X.
US11508049B2
In various examples, a deep neural network (DNN) is trained for sensor blindness detection using a region and context-based approach. Using sensor data, the DNN may compute locations of blindness or compromised visibility regions as well as associated blindness classifications and/or blindness attributes associated therewith. In addition, the DNN may predict a usability of each instance of the sensor data for performing one or more operations—such as operations associated with semi-autonomous or autonomous driving. The combination of the outputs of the DNN may be used to filter out instances of the sensor data—or to filter out portions of instances of the sensor data determined to be compromised—that may lead to inaccurate or ineffective results for the one or more operations of the system.
US11508048B2
Method and system for generating composite PET-CT image based on non-attenuation-corrected PET image
The present disclosure discloses a method and a system for generating a composite PET-CT image based on a non-attenuation-corrected PET image. The method includes: constructing a first generative adversarial network and a second generative adversarial network; obtaining a mapping relationship between a non-attenuation-corrected PET image and an attenuation-corrected PET image by training the first generative adversarial network; obtaining a mapping relationship between the attenuation-corrected PET image and a CT image by training the second generative adversarial network; and generating the composite PET-CT image by utilizing the obtained mapping relationships. According to the present disclosure, a high-quality PET-CT image can be directly composited from a non-attenuation-corrected PET image, and medical costs can be reduced for patients, and radiation doses applied to the patients in examination processes can be minimized.
US11508044B2
A method for translating an image, a method for training an image translation model, and related electronic devices are proposed. In the method for translating an image, an image translation request carrying an original image is obtained. A down-sampled image is generated by down sampling the original image. A pre-translated image, a mask image, and deformation parameters are generated based on the down-sampled image. A size of the pre-translated image and a size of the mask image are the same as a size of the original image. A deformed image is obtained by deforming original image based on the deformation parameters. The deformed image, the pre-translated image and the mask image are fused to generate a target translation image.
US11508041B2
The present disclosure concerns a method for reconstructing a point cloud representing a 3D object from an inverse-projected point cloud obtained by inverse-projecting at least one depth image of an original point cloud, said at least one depth image being obtained by projecting points of the original point cloud onto at least one surface, said method comprising the steps of detecting at least one missing part in the inverse-projected point cloud, and completing said at least one missing part based on points in the neighborhood of said at least one missing part.
US11508038B2
An image processing method for generating an estimated image in which a defocus blur shape in a captured image is corrected includes a first step of acquiring input data including the captured image and shape designating information that designates a defocus blur shape in the estimated image, and a second step of inputting the input data to a machine learning model and of generating the estimated image.
US11508030B2
A post capture imagery processing system is provided. The system is for use with aerial imagery and includes a server having a processor and a memory and a software application providing instruction to the server to process the captured aerial imagery, such as spherical imagery. The server further includes instructions to geo-rectify the spherical imagery. The geo rectifying of the spherical imagery may include one of use of a third party GIS map to associate corresponding data with the spherical imagery in order to produce a geo-referenced spherical image, or calculate the geo-references by a software application performing particular operations on the server.
US11508029B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to: set a geometrical transformation region for use in generating a geometrical transformation image into which a sample image is geometrically transformed, based on a replacement target region set in a part of an original image; generate the geometrical transformation image by geometrically transforming the sample image such that the transformed sample image has a shape of the geometrical transformation region; and replace the replacement target region using the geometrical transformation image.
US11508028B2
A graphics processing unit configured to process graphics data using a rendering space which is sub-divided into a plurality of tiles, the graphics processing unit comprising: a plurality of processing cores configured to render graphics data; cost indication logic configured to obtain a cost indication for each of a plurality of sets of one or more tiles of the rendering space, wherein the cost indication for a set of one or more tiles is suggestive of a cost of processing the set of one or more tiles; similarity indication logic configured to obtain similarity indications between sets of one or more tiles of the rendering space, wherein the similarity indication between two sets of one or more tiles is indicative of a level of similarity between the two sets of tiles according to at least one processing metric; and scheduling logic configured to assign the sets of one or more tiles to the processing cores for rendering in dependence on the cost indications and the similarity indications.
US11508021B2
Processes and systems determine sustainability of a virtual infrastructure of a distributed computing system. In one aspect, sustainability metrics are determined based on power usage by resources of the virtual infrastructure. Processes and systems also determine metrics that represent power wasted by idle virtual objects of the virtual infrastructure, reclaimable capacities of resources used by the virtual infrastructure, and one or more recommendations for reducing CO2 emissions and power wastage by the virtual infrastructure based on one or more of the sustainability metrics, the power wasted metrics, and the reclaimable capacity. Processes and systems display the sustainability metrics, power wasted metrics, and reclaimable capacity of the objects in a graphical user interface (“GUI”). The GUI displays alerts identifying objects wasting power and at least one recommendation for reducing CO2 emissions and power wastage. A user may execute one or more of the recommendations for reducing CO2 emissions and power wastage.
US11508013B2
Systems and methods for pet insurance enrollment, adjustment, and utilization are provided herein. In some embodiments, one or more pet insurance offerings and a pet insurance enrollment process are available to a user through a mobile application on a mobile computing device. In some embodiments, a preliminary premium rate is calculated based on background information provided by a user through the mobile application. In some embodiments, a pet tracker forms a portion of the system, and an adjusted premium rate can be calculated based on pet monitoring data received directly or indirectly from the pet tracker. In some embodiments, pet monitoring data acquired from a plurality of pet trackers are used to develop, inform, and refine one or more pet insurance actuarial models.
US11508012B2
Pursuant to some embodiments, systems, methods, apparatus and computer program code for proactive underwriting are provided. Pursuant to some embodiments, a computer implemented processing method is provided which includes identifying, by an insurance processing platform, an action by an entity that matches at least a first trigger rule. A proactive underwriting template is selected based on the at least first trigger rule, where the proactive underwriting template defines a number of data items required to complete the proactive underwriting template. The insurance processing platform is operated to automatically collect data associated with the plurality of required data items, and to perform a proactive underwriting analysis using the collected data. An underwriting determination is then rendered based on the proactive underwriting analysis.
US11508011B1
A system for analyzing the environment of a vehicle i) receives a plurality of data from at least one sensor associated with a vehicle, such that the plurality of data includes at least one environmental condition at a location; (ii) analyzes the plurality of data to determine the at least one environmental condition at the location; (iii) determines a condition of a building at the location based upon the at least one environmental condition; (iv) determines an insurance product for the building based upon the determined condition associated with the building; and (v) generates an insurance quote for the insurance product. As a result, the speed and accuracy of insurance providers learning about potential clients and the conditions of the potential client's property and needs is increased.
US11508002B2
A totemic system and method operating to sell preselected goods and services proximal to a totem and simultaneously to a remote consumer of beauty products in communication with an optimized remote beauty-consultant, to stimulate the consumer to travel to the totem's location for said goods or services. The method displays transactional information and facilitates beauty product sales, comprising at least one remote offer from a beauty consumer, at least one remote response from a beauty consultant regarding appropriate products available nearby as displayed to said consultant by a content database. The method facilitates brand and store loyalty, combining software and human interaction, preferably at retail location or by closing online sales.
US11508000B2
A number of embodiments can include a system. The system can include one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage devices storing computing instructions. The computing instructions can be configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: receiving a request for a picked order that can comprise: a conveyance type; and one or more goods; estimating a fulfillment time interval to make ready the one or more goods of the picked order by: evaluating whether the picked order is able to be batched in a picked order batch; and when the picked order is able to be batched, evaluating the conveyance type to determine a conveyance type average fulfilment time interval; determining, using the fulfillment time interval, as estimated, and the conveyance type average fulfilment time interval, a receivable clock time at which to promise the one or more goods for receipt by a receiver; and communicating the receivable clock time to an electronic device of the receiver. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.
US11507997B2
Systems and methods relating to recommending vehicles similar to a first vehicle based on telematic data and vehicle manufacturing data and using machine learning techniques, and systems and methods for ranking recommended vehicles according to evaluation criteria are disclosed.
US11507995B2
An information recommendation system and method of the present invention provide a user interface for the user to operate and thereby to generate some confirmation signals. A processing unit calculates recommendation parameters respectively based on aforesaid confirmation signals which includes a temperature confirmation signal, a physique confirmation signal, a residence confirmation signal, and a wearing habit confirmation signal. In another word, the generation of the recommendation information is based on the user's residence temperature and climate as well as the user's physique and wearing habits, and in particular, by further calculating on every recommendation parameters. Therefore, the products recommended by the recommendation information can better match the user's residence and habits whereby increasing the product fitness and decreasing the chances of waste due to unfitness.
US11507994B2
Systems and methods relating to recommending vehicles similar to a first vehicle based on telematic data and vehicle manufacturing data and using machine learning techniques, and systems and methods for ranking recommended vehicles according to evaluation criteria are disclosed.
US11507991B2
This application relates to systems and methods for scaling and assembling framed images, and to offering the framed images for purchase. In some embodiments, a computing device is configured to receive a first customer selection of a frame style and a frame size, where the frame size indicates dimensions of a frame window. The computing device is also configured to receive a second customer selection of a mat style. Further, the computing device is configured to determine, based at least on the dimensions of the frame window and the mat style, a mat size, where the mat size includes dimensions of a mat window. The computing device is also configured to determine, based at least on the dimensions of the mat window, an image size for an image. For example, the computing device may execute a rule-based model, or a machine learning model, to determine the image size.
US11507985B2
A computer-readable medium that, when executed on a server, establishes processes for providing a brand sponsorship environment, the processes including providing a computer-implemented platform establishing a sponsorship junction involving, in case 1, a set of trigger-monitorable activities defined by a set of sponsoring brands or, in case 2, a subset of the trigger-monitorable activities defined by the set of sponsoring brands.
US11507984B2
A machine is configured to generate in real time personalized online banner images for users based on data pertaining to user behavior in relation to an image of a product. For example, the machine receives a user selection indicating one or more data features associated with the user. The one or more data features include a data feature pertaining to user behavior in relation to an image of a product. The machine generates, using a machine learning algorithm, a data representation of the machine learning algorithm based on the one or more data features including the data feature pertaining to user behavior in relation to the image of the product. The data representation includes one or more data features pertaining to one or more characteristics of online banner images. The machine generates an online banner image for the user based on the data representation.
US11507978B2
Systems and methods are disclosed configured to identify a location where current or predicted ride requests exceed a threshold within a time period. Driver location information for one or more drivers is used to identify a driver to satisfy the identified current or predicted ride requests at the location that exceed the threshold within the time period. In response to determining that a driver has at least a first likelihood of accepting a ride request at the location within the time period, item content is selected using a history of establishments frequented by the driver. The selected item of content, associated with a token, is provided for presentation on a display to the driver. In response to determining that the identified driver accepted the ride request at the location within the time period, the token is enabled to be utilized by the identified driver at an entity.
US11507972B2
The technology described herein is directed towards a system that provides a user propagated search platform. The system maintains campaign data for offers that when active, are made available to users of the platform. When a user of a (typically mobile) device selectively attaches to an active offer, the user device clones that offer, and as the user device travels, propagates the clone of the offer to other users (their user devices) for potential attachment. Those other users can in turn attach to the clone, to facilitate further propagation. The campaign data, as provided by a campaign producer such as a merchant, can specify various parameters, including location areas for attachment and clone travel, start and end times for a campaign's offer, different zones that can control different clone-related actions, and incentives for a user to attach to and propagate a clone of an offer.
US11507966B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed identification of demand for documentation for particular languages and facilitate modification of documentation to the particular languages based upon demand. A multi-region document revision model which includes a correction factor, provides for monitoring of how information is being consumed in different regions via different platforms. Identification is performed for demand for documentation for particular languages and facilitates modification of documentation to the particular languages based upon demand. Various internal and external social media platforms are searched to provide a data set which can then be used to customize a language set for a particular language. In certain implementations the documentation includes respective semantic files which are used by a /business unit to validate and update the documentation.
US11507965B2
A tire inventory decision support system (100) optimizes tire allocations across a plurality of trade areas for local tire dealers, as well as regional trade areas for tire repositories as regional fulfillment hubs. The system defines trade areas having demographic tire demand characteristics and corresponding to an available inventory population for respective dealers. For each trade area, optimal dealer inventory populations are projected for tire sizes and brands, based in part on the available inventory population for the dealer an actual inventory population for the associated tire repository. The system compares the optimal inventory population for each dealer to actual inventory population, and selectively generates dealer interfaces displaying recommendations for tire inventory modification based on value propositions as disparities between the optimal and actual inventory populations. The system may further identify value propositions for inventory reallocation by regional hubs themselves, based on aggregated inventory for associated dealers.
US11507959B2
A transaction card receives a first input containing a first touch sequence from a first user and including first touch gestures, determines that the first touch sequence corresponds to a first reference touch sequence associated with the first user, and initiates a first operating mode, associated with the first touch sequence, that is associated with the first user and causes the transaction card to perform a first function. The transaction card receives a second input containing a second touch sequence that is different from the first touch sequence, from a second user and including second touch gestures, and initiates, based on determining that the second touch sequence corresponds to a second reference touch sequence, a second operating mode, associated with the second touch sequence, that is associated with the second user and causes the transaction card to perform a second function that is different from the first function.
US11507957B2
A real-time fraud prevention system enables merchants and commercial organizations on-line to assess and protect themselves from high-risk users. A centralized database is configured to build and store dossiers of user devices and behaviors collected from subscriber websites in real-time. Real, low-risk users have webpage click navigation behaviors that are assumed to be very different than those of fraudsters. Individual user devices are distinguished from others by hundreds of points of user-device configuration data each independently maintains. A client agent provokes user devices to volunteer configuration data when a user visits respective webpages at independent websites. A collection of comprehensive dossiers of user devices is organized by their identifying information, and used calculating a fraud score in real-time. Each corresponding website is thereby assisted in deciding whether to allow a proposed transaction to be concluded with the particular user and their device.
US11507956B2
A system for alerting a user of undesired components in purchase items is provided. The system comprises receiving a list of undesired components of purchased items, and defining an alert to a user of an undesired component in a purchased item, the alert comprising an alert timing configuration and an undesired component identification. The system further comprises receiving a notice that the user purchased an item, determining whether a listing of the purchased item has been automatically collected, and generating a list of components of the purchased item when the purchased item listing has been automatically collected, and obtaining from the user the list of components of the purchased item when the purchased item listing has not been automatically collected. The system further determines whether the purchased item contains an undesired component, and upon determining that the purchased item contains art undesired component, sends the alert to the user.
US11507953B1
A method for optimizing transaction authorization conversion rates using machine learning includes retrieving payment transaction parameters and authorization results for a plurality of past payment transactions from a database, generating a transaction success model comprising authorization success factors for each of a plurality of payment transaction parameters using a machine learning training phase based on the retrieved payment transaction parameters and authorization results, receiving, at an acquirer processor, a payment transaction from a merchant, modifying one or more parameters of the payment transaction according to the generated transaction success model, and submitting the modified payment transaction to a financial institution for processing.
US11507943B1
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium has instructions executed by a processor to maintain a digital wallet with digital identities. Each digital identity has identity attributes different than identity attributes associated with a real individual utilizing the digital identity, an associated attribute for compartmentalized network activity, a digital identity key pair, and a designated block chain. Interactions between the digital identities of the digital wallet and a digital identity services platform are supported.
US11507940B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a payment card amplification device comprising a card reader, an amplifier, an antenna, and a power supply. The card reader is configured to read payment card information from a payment card and generate an output signal comprising the payment card information. The amplifier is coupled to receive the card reader output signal and configured to generate an amplified signal comprising the payment card information. The antenna is coupled to receive the amplified signal and transmit the payment card information, wherein the transmitted payment card information can be read by a payment terminal. The power supply is coupled to a power source and configured provide power to the card reader and the amplifier.
US11507935B1
A mobile wallet computing system associated with a mobile wallet database includes a mobile wallet circuit structured to present a mobile wallet interface a mobile wallet user. The mobile wallet interface includes a first portion that includes a graphical depiction of a user payment vehicle associated with a financial institution, the first portion including a first interaction point that enables the user to initiate a sequence to engage in a mobile wallet transaction using the mobile wallet. The interface also includes a second portion that includes a second interaction point and a third interaction point, the second interaction point enabling the user to access a functionality enabling the user to indicate a transaction preference for a transaction with an entity other than the mobile wallet provider or financial institution, the third interaction point enabling the user to indicate a preference to initiate communications with the financial institution.
US11507931B1
In one embodiment, a method enrolling, by a payment service system and in a data store maintained by the payment service system, a payment service account associated with a payee for a direct payout program for transactions associated with a transaction facilitation service between a plurality of payers and the payee in response to requests associated with the transaction facilitation service. The method includes receiving a transaction request for a payment associated with a transaction between a payer and the payee. The method includes identifying a financial account of the payee based on retrieving an association of the payment service account with the payee identifier and the financial account. The method includes causing a transfer of a first amount of funds to the financial account and a second amount to the transaction facilitation service. The first amount of funds and the second amount of funds correspond to the transaction amount.
US11507928B2
A secure chain of data blocks is maintained at a given computing node. The given computing node is part of a set of computing nodes in a distributed network of computing nodes wherein each of the set of computing nodes maintains the secure chain of data blocks. The secure chain of data blocks maintained at each computing node comprises one or more data blocks that represent one or more accident related transactions associated with a vehicle. In response to a risk assessment operation, one or more data blocks are added to the secure chain of data blocks maintained at the given computing node.
US11507921B2
A system and method for assigning a medical device to a patient is disclosed. A method includes determining, responsive to determining that a wireless connection is formed between a first wireless communication device of a medical device and a second wireless communication device inside a medical treatment area currently associated with a patient of a medical facility, that the medical device moved into the medical treatment area currently associated with the patient, automatically, responsive to detecting that the medical device moved into to the medical treatment area associated with the patient, obtaining device identity information from the medical device, and updating, based on the obtained device identity information, a patient record of the patient currently associated with the treatment area to reflect that the medical device has been assigned to the patient currently associated with the treatment area.
US11507914B2
Examples of cognitive procurement are described. In an example embodiment, procurement-specific data sources associated with at least one of a process, an organization, and an industry relevant for procurement operations are monitored. From the monitored procurement-specific data, an operation behavioral pattern is identified. Subsequently, a behavior model of an order is constructed using the operation behavioral pattern and a pre-existing behavior model library. A procurement interaction indicating a query for processing the order is received from a user. The order is tracked by the cognitive order concierge. Using the behavior model, a potential event relating to the order is predicted, the potential event being indicative of an issue affecting the order. Accordingly, the issue affecting the order is proactively remediated to automatically troubleshoot the order. In an example, the user is notified as per the remediation requirement.
US11507908B2
A system for value prediction for dynamic performance optimization includes a project value predictor that receives a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and an initiative relating to an active project having a closure date. The KPI is associated with a KPI period including multiple intervals. The project value predictor operates to identify a relevant cluster of KPIs for the KPI based on historical data, forecast a future value of the KPI based on attributes/features of the KPI relative to the closure date, predict a possibility of failure of the KPI using a trained data model to pre-classify the KPI, categorize the KPI based on the future value or the pre-classification, where the KPI is categorized as failure based on the future value being less than a target KPI value after the KPI period and added to list for retraining the model based on the categorization. The system also leads to the identification and subsequent validation of Initiatives that impact the KPIs with quantification of the level of impact.
US11507904B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that enable operators to initiate segments. In one aspect, a method includes providing, to an electronic device of a third party operator, an interface that enables the operator to provide features of a segment that the operator is willing to operate for a segment provider that provides segments for clients. Data specifying the features of the segment is received from the electronic device. A determination that the features of the segment include a departure code, a destination code, a departure date, and a jet for the segment is made. A distribution output is calculated based at least on the features of the segment. An interface is updated to present the distribution output to the third party operator. The segment is created in response to detecting interaction with the interface control that confirms the segment.
US11507898B2
The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing machine diagnostic and/or prognostic information in connection with optimizing an overall business operation over a time horizon.
US11507892B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for determining a target recommendation for a transaction based on historical transaction data. An example technique for determining the target recommendation for a transaction based on historical data includes receiving a request for a target recommendation and transaction parameters from a user. Based on the transaction parameters, one or more subsets of historical transaction data are retrieved, and a respective weight applied to generate the target recommendation. Based on which of the one or more retrieved subsets of historical transaction data and respective weight(s) applied generate the target recommendation, a confidence level is generated. A determination is made whether the confidence level meets a minimum confidence level. Based on the determination that the confidence level meets the minimum confidence level, the target recommendation is provided.
US11507885B2
A machine learning device that searches for a first parameter of a component of a servo control device that controls a servo motor includes: a solution detection unit that acquires a set of evaluation function values used during machine learning or after machine learning, plots the set of evaluation function values in a search range of the first parameter or a second parameter used for searching for the first parameter, and detects whether a search solution is at an edge of the search range or is in a predetermined range from the edge; and a range changing unit that changes the search range to a new search range of the first parameter or the second parameter based on the estimation made on evaluation function values of an evaluation function expression when the search solution is at the edge of the search range or is in the predetermined range.
US11507883B2
Fairness and output authenticity for secure distributed machine learning is provided by way of an encrypted output of a garbled circuit which is simultaneously provided to a garbler and an evaluator by an output discloser. Related systems, methods and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US11507862B2
A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for determining skill adjacencies using a machine learning model. A computer calculates first similarity scores between first skill vectors obtained from one or more training datasets and second similarity scores between the first skill vectors and skill category vectors pre-calculated from job requisitions, using both a reference corpus word embedding model and a target corpus word embedding model. The computer generates features extracted from the first similarity scores and the second similarity scores. Based on the features, the computer trains a machine learning model for classifying combinations of skills as adjacent and non-adjacent. The machine learning model is used to determine skill adjacencies between skills extracted from the job requisitions and skills extracted from resumes.
US11507857B2
A system for using artificial intelligence to present geographically relevant user-specific recommendations based on vehicle operator attentiveness includes at least a transport communication device installed in a vehicle, at least a driving condition sensor designed and configured to monitor driving conditions and generate at least a driving condition datum, at least an operator sensor, designed and configured to monitor a vehicle operator and generate at least an operator state datum, an attention state module, designed and configured to generate an attentiveness level as a function of the at least a driving condition datum and the at least an operator state datum, a location interface component, designed and configured to determine geographical location, and a recommender module, designed and configured to receive at least a local attraction datum, generate an associated output message as a function of the attentiveness level and geographical location, and provide the output message to the operator.
US11507853B2
A knowledge driven architecture for information system lifecycle development is disclosed. The architecture includes a knowledgebase repository including a knowledge engine to store a first set of knowledge models associated with an information system development; an upstream subsystem to feed a second set of knowledge models to the knowledge engine and update the knowledge engine with a final set of knowledge models; a downstream subsystem to provide one or more features corresponding to the information system development to a user. The downstream subsystem includes an engineering knowledge module to systematise one or more aspects of an information system engineering lifecycle and includes a project scaffolding manager to generate code template, an architectural knowledge module to systematise one or more features associated with architecture and design lifecycle of the information system, a planning and governance module to systematise one or more features associated with information system planning and governance life cycle.
US11507851B2
An artificial intelligence (AI) system that utilizes a machine learning algorithm, such as deep learning, etc. and an application of the AI system is provided. A method, performed by a server, of integrating and managing a plurality of databases (DBs) includes obtaining a plurality of knowledge graphs related to DBs generated from the plurality of DBs having different structures from one another, inputting the plurality of knowledge graphs related to DBs into a learning model related to DB for determining a correlation between data in the plurality of DBs, and obtaining a virtual integrated knowledge graph output from the learning model related to DB and including information about a correlation extracted from the plurality of knowledge graphs related to DBs.
US11507838B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to optimize execution of a machine learning model are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a quantizer to quantize a layer of a model based on an execution constraint, the layer of the model represented by a matrix. A packer is to pack the quantized layer of the matrix to create a packed layer represented by a packed matrix, the packed matrix having non-zero values of the matrix grouped together along at least one of a row or a column of the matrix. A blocker is to block the packed layer into a blocked layer by dividing the non-zero values in the packed matrix into blocks. A fuser is to fuse the blocked layer into a pipeline. A packager is to package the pipeline into a binary.
US11507835B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for managing the storage of dynamic neural network data within bit-addressable memory devices, such phase change memory (PCM) arrays or other storage class memory (SCM) arrays. In some examples, a storage controller determines an expected amount of change within data to be updated. If the amount is below a threshold, an In-place Write is performed using bit-addressable writes via individual SET and RESET pulses. Otherwise, a modify version of an In-place Write is performed where a SET pulse is applied to preset a portion of memory to a SET state so that individual bit-addressable writes then may be performed using only RESET pulses to encode the updated data. In other examples, a storage controller separately manages static and dynamic neural network data by storing the static data in a NAND-based memory array and instead storing the dynamic data in a SCM array.
US11507832B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for tuning behavior of a machine learning (ML) model by providing an alternative loss function used during training of a ML model, the alternative loss function enhancing reliability of the ML model, calibrating the confidence of the ML model after training, and reducing risk in downstream tasks by providing a mapping between the confidence of the ML model to the expected accuracy of the ML model.
US11507830B2
A system and method for providing object-level driver attention reasoning with a graph convolution network that include receiving image data associated with a plurality of image clips of a surrounding environment of a vehicle and determining anchor object-ness scores and anchor importance scores associated with relevant objects included within the plurality of image clips. The system and method also include analyzing the anchor object-ness scores and anchor importance scores associated with relevant objects and determining top relevant objects with respect to an operation of the vehicle. The system and method further include passing object node features and edges of an interaction graph through the graph convolution network to update features of each object node through interaction with other object nodes and determining importance scores for the top relevant objects.
US11507826B2
A computer system uses Learning from Demonstration (LfD) techniques in which a multitude of tasks are demonstrated without requiring careful task set up, labeling, and engineering, and learns multiple modes of behavior from visual data, rather than averaging the multiple modes. As a result, the computer system may be used to control a robot or other system to exhibit the multiple modes of behavior in appropriate circumstances.
US11507824B2
A method of generating training spectra for training of a neural network includes generating a plurality of theoretically generated initial spectra from an optical model, sending the plurality of theoretically generated initial spectra to a feedforward neural network to generate a plurality of modified theoretically generated spectra, sending an output of the feedforward neural network and empirically collected spectra to a discriminatory convolutional neural network, determining that the discriminatory convolutional neural network does not discriminate between the modified theoretically generated spectra and empirically collected spectra, and thereafter, generating a plurality of training spectra from the feedforward neural network.
US11507821B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an efficient and versatile neural network circuit while significantly reducing the size and cost of the circuit. The neural network circuit comprises: memory cells 1 which are provided in the same number as that of pieces of input data I, and each of which performs a multiplication function by which each piece of input data I consisting of one bit is multiplied by a weighting coefficient W; and a majority determination circuit 2 for performing an addition/application function by which the multiplication results of the memory cells 1 are added up, an activation function is applied to the addition result, and a piece of one-bit output data is outputted.
US11507818B2
A system includes a first unit configured to generate a plurality of modulator control signals, and a processor unit. The processor unit includes: a light source or port configured to provide a plurality of light outputs, and a first set of optical modulators coupled to the light source or port and the first unit. The optical modulators in the first set are configured to generate an optical input vector by modulating the plurality of light outputs provided by the light source or port based on digital input values corresponding to a first set of modulator control signals in the plurality of modulator control signals, the optical input vector comprising a plurality of optical signals. The processor unit also includes a matrix multiplication unit that includes a second set of optical modulators. The matrix multiplication unit is coupled to the first unit, and is configured to transform the optical input vector into an analog output vector based on a plurality of digital weight values corresponding to a second set of modulator control signals in the plurality of modulator control signals applied to the second set of optical modulators. At least one optical modulator of at least one of the first set of optical modulators or the second set of optical modulators is configured to modulate an optical signal based on a first modulator control signal among the plurality of modulator control signals, and the first unit is configured to shape the first modulator control signal to include bandwidth-enhancement associated with a change in amplitude associated with a corresponding change in successive digital values corresponding to the first modulator control signal.
US11507814B1
Disclosed herein includes a system, a method, and a device for improving power efficiency of a neural network implemented in an AI chip. In a neural network, large amounts of computations for multiply and accumulate can result in frequent toggles or transitions in states of logic circuits in the AI chip. Such frequent toggles or transitions of states of logic circuits can cause a large overall power consumption. In one aspect, to minimize the number of toggles, a sequence or order of computations can be rearranged. In one approach, total hamming distances for weights or input strings in different arrangements or sequences can be identified, and an arrangement or a sequence of weights or input strings with a reduced or minimum total hamming distance can be identified. An arrangement or a sequence of weights that render a reduced total hamming distance can be identified.
US11507806B2
Systems and/or devices for efficient and intuitive methods for implementing artificial neural networks specifically designed for parallel AI processing are provided herein. In various implementations, the disclosed systems, devices, and methods complement or replace conventional systems, devices, and methods for parallel neural processing that (a) greatly reduce neural processing time necessary to process more complex problem sets; (b) implement neuroplasticity necessary for self-learning; and (c) introduce the concept and application of implicit memory, in addition to explicit memory, necessary to imbue an element of intuition. With these properties, implementations of the disclosed invention make it possible to emulate human consciousness or awareness.
US11507805B2
The computer-implemented or hardware-implemented method of entity identification, comprising: a) providing a network of nodes with input from a plurality of sensors; b) generating, by each node of the network, an activity level, based on the input from the plurality of sensors; c) comparing the activity level of each node to a threshold level; d) based on the comparing, for each node, setting the activity level to a preset value or keeping the generated activity level; e) calculating a total activity level as the sum of all activity levels of the nodes of the network; f) iterating a)-e) until a local minimum of the total activity level has been reached; and g) when the local minimum of the total activity level has been reached, utilizing a distribution of activity levels at the local minimum to identify a measurable characteristic of the entity. The disclosure further relates to a computer program product and an apparatus for entity identification.
US11507803B2
The invention relates to a system for generating synthetic digital data, comprising a receiver configured to receive a measured signal, in particular an RF signal, a converter configured to convert the measured signal to digital data representing signal characteristics of the measured signal, a trainable neural network encoder and a trainable neural network decoder, wherein, during a training routine, the neural network encoder is configured to receive the digital data and to generate a compressed representation of the digital data, and the neural network decoder is configured to generate a reconstruction of the digital data based on the compressed representation, and wherein the trained neural network decoder is configured to receive random or pseudorandom data and to generate synthetic digital data representing measured signal characteristics based on the random or pseudorandom data.
US11507802B2
The present disclosure relates to a system, and method for computer-based recursive learning of artificial intelligence (AI) apprentice agents. The system includes a system circuitry in communication with a database and a memory. The system circuitry is configured to receive a new data-structure comprising one or more inputs and a goal, and convert, using a perception agent, the one or more inputs of the new data-structure into one or more input feature parameters of the new data-structure. The system circuitry is configured to obtain, using a reasoning agent, an action for the new data-structure, and determine, using an evaluation agent, whether the action for the new data-structure generates the goal of the new data-structure. When it is determined that the action generates the goal of the new data-structure, the system circuitry is further configured to store the new data-structure in the database.
US11507801B2
A method for detecting defects in a semiconductor device includes pre-training a pre-trained convolutional neural network (CNN) model using a sampled clean data set extracted from a first data set; training a normal convolutional neural network model and a label-noise convolutional neural network model using first data of the first data set and the pre-trained convolutional neural network model. The method also includes outputting a first prediction result on whether second data of a second data set is good or bad using the second data and the normal convolutional neural network model; and outputting a second prediction result on whether second data is good or bad using the second data and the label-noise convolutional neural network model. The first prediction result is compared with the second prediction result to perform noise correction when there is a label difference. Third data created as results of the noise correction is added to the sampled clean data set. The normal convolutional neural network model and the label-noise convolutional neural network model are additionally using the sampled clean data set with the third data added.
US11507800B2
Semantic segmentation techniques and systems are described that overcome the challenges of limited availability of training data to describe the potentially millions of tags that may be used to describe semantic classes in digital images. In one example, the techniques are configured to train neural networks to leverage different types of training datasets using sequential neural networks and use of vector representations to represent the different semantic classes.
US11507799B2
Provided is a method of operating a neural network computing device that is configured to communicate with an external memory device and execute a plurality of layers. The method includes computing a first input address, based on first layer information of a first layer among the plurality of layers and a first memory management table, and updating the first memory management table to generate a second memory management table, reading first input data to be input to the first layer from the external memory device, based on the computed first input address, computing a first output address, based on the first layer information and the second memory management table, and updating the second memory management table to generate a third memory management table, and storing first output data output from the first layer, based on the first output address, in the external memory device.
US11507792B2
An apparatus and method of combining more than one RFID technology to give operational benefits and new applications to RFID tags is disclosed. The RFID tags comprise UHF and/or HF tag functions which are either located in a single chip or located separately in two chips with a connection between the chips allowing the exchange of information. These RFID tags may then be used in a retail environment to assist in marketing, inventory control, and/or EAS operations.
US11507789B2
Disclosed is an electronic device for a vehicle, including a processor receiving first image data from a first camera, receiving second image data from a second camera, receiving first sensing data from a first lidar, generating a depth image based on the first image data and the second image data, and fusing the first sensing data for each of divided regions in the depth image.
US11507788B2
An analysis method implemented by a computer includes: generating a refine image by changing an incorrect inference image such that a correct label score of inference is maximized, the incorrect inference image being an input image when an incorrect label is inferred in an image recognition process; and narrowing, based on a score of a label, a predetermined region to specify an image section that causes incorrect inference, the score of the label being inferred by inputting to an inferring process an image obtained by replacing the predetermined region in the incorrect inference image with the refine image.
US11507785B2
A classifier network has at least two distinct sets of refined data, wherein the first two sets of refined data are sets of numbers representing the features values data received from sensors or a manufactured part. Performing, via at least two distinct types of support vector machines using an associated feature selection process for each classifier independently in a first layer, anomaly detection on the manufactured part. Then, using the stored data including refined data of at least two different types of data transforms and performing, via at least a two distinct types of support vector machines in a second layer, an associated feature selection process for each classifier independently. Forming at least four distinct compound classifier types for anomaly detection on the part using the stored data or coefficients. The ensemble of second layer support vector machine outputs compare the results to determine the presence of an anomaly.
US11507780B2
An image analysis device 10 includes: a generation unit 11 which generates a similar set, which is a set of similar pieces of learning data selected from among a plurality of pieces of learning data, each including an image and information that represents an object to be recognized that is displayed in the image; and a learning unit 12 which uses the generated similar set to learn parameters for a predetermined recognition model that allow the predetermined recognition model to recognize the object to be recognized that is displayed in each image included in the generated similar set.
US11507774B2
A method for selecting a deep learning network which is optimal for solving an image processing task obtaining a type of the image processing task, selecting a data set according to the type of problem, and dividing selected data set into training data and test data. Similarities between different training data are calculated, and a batch size of the training data is adjusted according to the similarities of the training data. A plurality of deep learning networks is selected according to the type of problem, and the plurality of deep learning networks is trained through the training data to obtain network models. Each of the network models is tested through the test data, and the optimal deep learning network with the best test result is selected from the plurality of deep learning networks appropriate for image processing.
US11507768B2
An information processing apparatus includes an estimation unit configured to estimate, based on a feature of a person of interest contained in an image captured in each of a plurality of regions and a feature of a previously set registered person, a certainty that the person of interest is the registered person, and an updating unit configured to, with respect to a first person of interest subjected to image capturing in a first region out of the plurality of regions, in a case where a period for which a state in which a certainty that a second person of interest contained in an image captured in a second region different from the first region is the registered person is larger than a threshold value is kept is longer than a predetermined period, perform updating in such a way as to lower a certainty that the first person of interest in the first region is the registered person, and, in a case where the period for which the state in which the certainty that the second person of interest is the registered person is larger than the threshold value is kept is shorter than the predetermined period, perform updating in such a way as not to lower the certainty that the first person of interest in the first region is the registered person.
US11507756B2
A system and method implemented on a computing device for analyzing a digital corpus of unstructured interlocutor conversations to discover intents, goals, or both intents and goals of one or more parties to the conversations, by grouping the conversation utterances according to semantic similarity clusters; selecting the best utterance(s) that mostly likely embody a party's stated goal or intent; creates a set of candidate intent names for each cluster based upon each intent utterance in each conversation in each cluster; rates each candidate intent (or goal) for each intent name; and selects the most likely candidate intent (or goal) name for the purposes of subsequent automation of future conversations such as, but not limited to, automated electronic responses using Artificial Intelligence and machine learning.
US11507754B1
Methods and systems are presented for analyzing feedback data associated with a content and generating an interactive graphical representation of the feedback data. Upon receiving a request from a user, a feedback analysis system may access feedback data associated with a content from a content hosting server. The feedback data may include comments submitted by viewers of the content. The feedback analysis system may analyze the comments and generate an interactive graphical representation of the feedback data. The interactive graphical representation may include icons that represents keywords that are relevant to the comments and sentiments of the viewers derived based on the comments. Upon receiving a selection of an icon, the feedback analysis system may present a comment that corresponds to the keyword and/or sentiment represented by the icon.
US11507748B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for outputting information. The method may include: obtaining a sentence to be identified; Performing word segmentation on the to be identified sentence to obtain a word sequence; Inputting a word sequence into a pre-trained multi-task element recognition model based on sequence labeling and entity word prediction, and outputting the identified entity words, entity categories and entity word positions, where the multi-task element recognition model includes a sequence labeling network for performing sequence labeling tasks and an entity word predicting network for performing entity word predicting task, and the sequence labeling network is fused with the entity word predicting network through a fusion module.
US11507730B1
The disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for executing a documentation application displaying a graphical user interface having an editable field configured to receive textual input. The system receives a first portion of a textual input in the editable field, which includes a command character designating the first portion of the textual input as a link insertion command. The system receives a second portion of textual input in the editable field and, before entry of the textual input is complete, the system analyzes the second portion of the textual input to identify an external platform service. The system then accesses, using an application programming interface, first hosted data hosted by the external platform service. The first hosted data may be displayed in line with the textual input and used to generate a complete link path. Once complete, the link path is replaced with a selectable graphical object that is operable, when selected, to redirect the user to the external platform service.
US11507728B2
A computerized-method for automatically documenting automatically-discovered actions of a business-process for automation thereof is provided herein. The computerized-method includes operating a build-automation-document module. The build-automation-document module includes: (i) retrieving the set of automatically-discovered actions of the business process for automation thereof. Each action is of a related type and related to an application to complete the business process via the applications portal. (ii) for each action of the set of automatically-discovered actions, extracting an associated routine-name of a routine; (iii) grouping similar actions by related window in related application and type of action into clusters of actions; (iv) removing clusters of actions which are not necessary to an automated business process; (v) sorting the clusters of actions in an order for automatically performing the business process; and (vi) saving the sorted automatically-discovered actions into a file to be presented on a display unit that is associated to the computerized system.
