US11696519B2
A device and a method of forming the same are provided. The device includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer over the substrate, a bottom electrode extending through the first dielectric layer, a first buffer layer over the bottom electrode, a phase-change layer over the first buffer layer, a top electrode over the phase-change layer, and a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer surrounds the phase-change layer and the top electrode. A width of the top electrode is greater than a width of the bottom electrode.
US11696513B2
This magnetoresistance effect element includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a tunnel barrier layer which is interposed between the first and second ferromagnetic layers, wherein the tunnel barrier layer has a spinel structure represented by a compositional formula X1-αYαOβ, and the tunnel barrier layer contains one or more additional elements selected from the group consisting of He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, P, C, B, and Si, and in the compositional formula, X represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Zn, Cd, Ag, Pt, and Pb, Y represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, and In, a range of α is 0<α≤1, and a range of β is 0.35≤β≤1.7.
US11696512B2
A magnetic domain wall moving element according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic recording layer, a ferromagnetic layer, and a non-magnetic layer arranged between the magnetic recording layer and the ferromagnetic layer, wherein the ferromagnetic layer contains an additive element dispersed therein, and the additive element is one or more of H, He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, N, C, Ag, Cu, Hg, Au, Pb, Zn, and Bi.
US11696498B2
A compound and an organic optoelectronic device, the compound being represented by Chemical Formula 1-3a-I or Chemical Formula 1-4a-I:
US11696497B2
The present disclosure provides a novel compound and an organic light-emitting device comprising the same. When the novel compound is applied as a hole transport material to an organic light emitting device, the novel compound allows the device to have improved drive voltage, efficiency and lifespan characteristics.
US11696493B2
The present invention relates to an organic electronic device comprising at least one inverse coordination complex, the N inverse coordination complex comprising: (i) a core consisting of one atom or of a plurality of atoms forming together a covalent cluster; (ii) a first coordination sphere consisting of at least four electropositive atoms having each individually an electronegativity according to Allen of less than 2,4; and (iii) a second coordination sphere comprising a plurality of ligands; wherein the first coordination sphere is closer to the core than the second coordination sphere; and all atoms of the core have a higher electronegativity according to Allen than any of the electropositive atoms of the first coordination sphere and a method for preparing the same.
US11696490B2
This relates to a device for detecting or converting light or heat energy, the device comprising: a Graphene sheet formed into a scroll such as to provide a monolayer structure in which the radius of curvature of the graphene sheet increases on increasing distance from the longitudinal axis of the scroll.
US11696482B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a base substrate having a display region and a hole region included in the display region; a touch sensor including a light blocking member disposed on the display panel, a first sensing insulating layer covering the light blocking member, a sensing electrode layer disposed on the first sensing insulating layer, and a second sensing insulating layer covering the sensing electrode layer; a polarizing layer disposed on the touch sensor; and a cover window disposed on the polarizing layer. At least one of the first sensing insulating layer and the second sensing insulating layer exposes at least a portion of the hole region.
US11696480B2
Disclosed are a display panel and a display device, the display panel including: a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area and a welding area; at least one barrier in the peripheral area and surrounding the display area, the barrier including a single-sided barrier structure between the display area and the welding area; an organic insulating structure including sub-insulating structures, each sub-insulating structure having a first boundary located between the display area and the single-sided barrier structure, for any two adjacent sub-insulating structures, the first boundary of the sub-insulating structure on a side away from the substrate being closer to the display area than the first boundary of the sub-insulating structure on a side proximal to the substrate; a distance between first boundaries of any two adjacent sub-insulating structures is greater than or equal to 20 μm; a touch electrode pattern; and a touch signal line.
US11696475B2
A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels. At least one of the pixel includes a light emitting diode, a first transistor connected between a power line receiving a power source voltage and an anode of the light emitting diode, a second transistor connected between a data line and a first reference node, a first capacitor connected between the power line and the first reference node, a second capacitor connected between the first reference node and a second reference node, a third transistor connected between the first reference node and a reference voltage line receiving a reference voltage, a fourth transistor connected between an initialization voltage line receiving an initialization voltage and a drain of the first transistor, and a fifth transistor connected between the drain of the first transistor and the anode of the light emitting diode.
US11696470B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area, a pixel circuit disposed on the substrate in the display area, where the pixel circuit includes a driving thin film transistor and a switching thin film transistor, and a display element connected to the pixel circuit. The driving thin film transistor includes a driving semiconductor layer having a single layer structure, the switching thin film transistor includes a switching semiconductor layer in which a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, which are oxide semiconductors, are sequentially stacked one on another, and a conductivity of the second layer of the switching semiconductor layer is greater than respective conductivities of the first layer and the third layer of the switching semiconductor layer.
US11696467B2
An organic light-emitting display device includes: a substrate; a first organic light-emitting layer disposed on the substrate; a pixel defining film disposed on the first organic light-emitting layer and having a first opening, which at least partially exposes the first organic light-emitting layer; and an optical path converter disposed on the pixel defining film to overlap with the first organic light-emitting layer and including a first optical path converting member, which has a first refractive index, and a second optical path converting member, which has a second refractive index that is lower than the first refractive index.
US11696459B2
Disclosed is a device that includes an emissive material or region including a host that is doped with a first material as an emitter that is an acceptor and a phosphorescent-capable second material as a sensitizer. The first material and the second material each has a first singlet state and a first triplet state. The first triplet state of the second material is not lower than the first triplet state of the first material. The second material transfers excitons to the first material and the excitons that transition to the first triplet state of the first material can be activated to the first singlet state of the first material through a thermal activation process.
US11696457B2
The present invention relates to a solar cell sheet comprising a first and a second substrate, which first and second substrates are flexible and suitable for roll to roll printing, and the solar cell sheet further comprises one or more self-contained solar cell units, wherein each self-contained solar cell unit comprises one or more solar cell modules, and each solar cell module comprises a plurality of serially connected solar cells, wherein each of the solar cell modules comprises: a first substrate portion of the first flexible substrate and a second substrate portion of the second substrate, a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes arranged between the first and second substrate portions; and at least one organic active layer arranged between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes; wherein, a continuous or discontinuous portion of a first adhesive material encircles each of the solar cell units. The present invention further relates to a method for producing the solar cell sheet comprising one or more self-contained solar units.
US11696455B2
A first transistor, a second transistor, a capacitor, and first to third conductors are included. The first transistor includes a first gate, a source, and a drain. The second transistor includes a second gate, a third gate over the second gate, first and second low-resistance regions, and an oxide sandwiched between the second gate and the third gate. The capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulator sandwiched therebetween. The first low-resistance region overlaps with the first gate. The first conductor is electrically connected to the first gate and is connected to a bottom surface of the first low-resistance region. The capacitor overlaps with the first low-resistance region. The second conductor is electrically connected to the drain. The third conductor overlaps with the second conductor and is connected to the second conductor and a side surface of the second low-resistance region.
US11696453B2
A device structure includes at least one selector device. Each selector device includes a vertical stack including, from bottom to top, a bottom electrode, a metal oxide semiconductor channel layer, and a top electrode and located over a substrate, a gate dielectric layer contacting sidewalls of the bottom electrode, the metal oxide semiconductor channel layer, and the top electrode, and a gate electrode formed within the gate dielectric layer and having a top surface that is coplanar with a top surface of the top electrode. Each top electrode or each bottom electrode of the at least one selector device may be contacted by a respective nonvolatile memory element to provide a one-selector one-resistor memory cell.
US11696452B2
There is described a two-terminal multi-level memristor element synthesised from binary memristors, which is configured to implement a variable resistance based on unary or binary code words. There is further described a circuit such as a synapse circuit implemented using a multi-level memristor element.
US11696451B1
To compensate switching of a dielectric component of a non-linear polar material based capacitor, an explicit dielectric capacitor is added to a memory bit-cell and controlled by a signal opposite to the signal driven on a plate-line.
US11696446B2
A semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array including a stacked body having insulating layers and conductive layers that are alternately stacked. The memory cell array includes a cell area and a contact area provided adjacent the cell area. The semiconductor storage device includes: a circuit below the memory cell array; a source layer between the memory cell array and the circuit; a first contact in the contact area, and coupled to the circuit; a second contact over the cell area and the contact area; a first wiring extending in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the second contact in the contact area; a second wiring above the second contact, extending along the second contact in the contact area, and connected to the first wiring; and third contacts between the second wiring and the second contact.
US11696445B2
A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming a microelectronic device structure. The microelectronic device structure comprises a stack structure comprising insulative structures and additional insulative structures vertically alternating with the insulative structures, a dielectric structure vertically extending partially through the stack structure, and a dielectric material vertically overlying and horizontally extending across the stack structure and the dielectric structure. Portions of at least the dielectric material and the dielectric structure are removed to form a trench vertically overlying and at least partially horizontally overlapping a remaining portion of the dielectric structure. The trench is substantially filled with additional dielectric material. Microelectronic devices, memory devices, and electronic systems are also described.
US11696442B2
A vertical memory device includes gate electrodes on a substrate, a channel extending through the gate electrodes, and a contact plug extending through the gate electrodes. The gate electrodes are stacked in a first direction substantially vertical to an upper surface of the substrate and arranged to have a staircase shape including steps of which extension lengths in a second direction substantially parallel to the upper surface gradually increase from a lowermost level toward an uppermost level. A pad at an end portion of each of the gate electrodes in the second direction has a thickness greater than those of other portions thereof. The channel extends in the first direction. The contact plug extends in the first direction. The channel contacts the pad of a first gate electrode among the gate electrodes to be electrically connected thereto, and is electrically insulated from second gate electrodes among the gate electrodes.
US11696439B2
Embodiments of 3D memory devices having staircase structures and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a memory array structure and a staircase structure in an intermediate of the memory array structure and laterally dividing the memory array structure into a first memory array structure and a second memory array structure. The staircase structure includes a first staircase zone and a bridge structure connecting the first memory array structure and the second memory array structure. The first staircase zone includes a first pair of staircases facing each other in a first lateral direction and at different depths. Each staircase includes a plurality of stairs. At least one stair in the first pair of staircases is electrically connected to at least one of the first memory array structure and the second memory array structure through the bridge structure.
US11696430B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell, which includes a read port and a write port. The write port includes a first pull-up Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) device and a second pull-up MOS device, and a first pull-down MOS device and a second pull-down MOS device forming cross-latched inverters with the first pull-up MOS device and the second pull-up MOS device. The integrated circuit structure further includes a first metal layer, with a bit-line, a CVdd line, and a first CVss line in the first metal layer, a second metal layer over the first metal layer, and a third metal layer over the second metal layer. A write word-line is in the second metal layer. A read word-line is in the third metal layer.
US11696425B2
An electromagnetic shield member including: a case including a groove in which an electric wire is to be housed; a cover configured to be attached to the case and cover the groove; and a pressing mechanism that is housed in the groove and configured to press the electric wire, wherein the pressing mechanism has a wall that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire in conjunction with the groove, and a presser provided on the wall and configured to press the electric wire.
US11696417B2
A power module including at least one substrate, a housing arranged on the at least one power substrate, a first terminal electrically connected to the at least one power substrate, a second terminal including a contact surface, a third terminal electrically connected to the at least one power substrate, a plurality of power devices arranged on and connected to the at least one power substrate, and the third terminal being electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of power devices. The power module further including a base plate and a plurality of pin fins arranged on the base plate and the plurality of pin fins configured to provide direct cooling for the power module.
US11696405B2
A display device may include a main flexible printed circuit including a first alignment mark and electrically connected to a first panel; and a touch flexible printed circuit including a second alignment mark and electrically connected to a second panel that is perpendicular to the first panel, wherein the main flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to the touch flexible printed circuit through a pad region, and the touch flexible printed circuit includes a first overcoat region disposed between the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark.
US11696403B2
A display device and an electronic apparatus. The display device includes a display panel, a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The display panel includes a light-outgoing side and a non-light-outgoing side opposite to the light-outgoing side; the first circuit board is electrically connected to the display panel and positioned at the non-light-outgoing side; and the second circuit board is configured to be electrically connected to the first circuit board, and the second circuit board includes a functional circuit in signal connection with the display panel.
US11696392B2
A transmission line includes connecting portion connected to the outside and a main body connected to the connecting portion. The connecting portion includes a terminal electrode connected to an external electrode, a signal conductor, and a ground conductor. The main body includes the signal conductor and the ground conductor. The connecting portion includes a first region including the terminal electrode, a second region adjacent to the first region along a signal transmission path, and a third region located between the second region and the main body. Impedance matching at the at least one of the connecting portions is achieved by the first region, the second region, and the third region.
US11696388B2
A system for generating and delivering a low temperature, wide, partially ionized tunable plasma stream is described. The system employs a fast rising, repetitive high voltage pulse generator, flowing gas, and a plasma head to produce the described atmospheric pressure plasma stream and its associated active species. The plasma head may have an exit slit with a relatively wide dimension to produce a relative wide plasma stream. Electrodes may be located proximate the exit slit, for example one in an interior of the plasma head via with gas flows toward the exit slit, and the other exterior to the plasma head and offset from the exit slit. The plasma may include baffle material to enhance a uniformity of flow through and across the exit slit. Plasma heads with having exit slit with different widths may be provided as a kit.
US11696385B2
A load controller in a load control system may communicate messages with load control devices for controlling electrical loads. The load controller may receive messages that comprise values for controlling different load control parameters over different overlapping fade times. The load controller may identify a shorter remaining fade time for controlling one of the load control parameters and may determine an updated target value for controlling another load control parameter over the shorter remaining fade time. The load controller may transmit a series of messages within a limited fade time using an updated target value for each message to control an electrical load at a fade rate that during a fade time that is longer than the limited fade time.
US11696381B2
A converter for driving a load has a main switch for controlling, at a switching frequency, the path of current flow through a power inductor and power commutation thereof so as to provide an output. A hysteretic control circuit generates a burst signal for turning on and off the power commutation to implement a burst mode operation with a burst frequency lower than the switching frequency. An adjusting circuit adjusts the upper threshold and/or the lower threshold of the hysteretic control in dependence on the detected burst signal. This burst mode hysteresis controlled converter in this way has the hysteresis adapted in dependence on the load being driven so that load regulation problems are reduced.
US11696367B2
A variety of techniques for concealing the content of a communication between a client device, such as a cell phone or laptop, and a network or cloud of media nodes are disclosed. Among the techniques are routing data packets in the communication to different gateway nodes in the cloud, sending the packets over different physical media, such as an Ethernet cable or WiFi channel, and disguising the packets by giving them different source addressees. Also disclosed are a technique for muting certain participants in a conference call and a highly secure method of storing data files.
US11696365B2
A system supports communications of video and data to hand held devices located within a public venue (e.g., sports stadium). A pod includes at least one of a synchronized server and wireless communications electronics. The pod includes an antennae integrated therein. The pod can be deployed as a communications node within the public venue and provides data including video through a data network from at least one server to hand held wireless devices located in the public venue. The pod can include a rechargeable power source sustaining self-contained operation of the wireless communication electronics. An optional solar cell can provide electrical power to charge the rechargeable power source. A pod can be embedded in the wall or floor surface of said public venue and can be provided in the form of a core hole plug.
US11696359B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a UE transmitting a request for a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle of a first duration; receiving an indication that a DRX cycle having a second duration has been assigned to the UE by a core network component; receiving a system information block (SIB) from a base station, the SIB comprising: a default paging cycle, and an indication that override of the default is supported; entering an inactive state in which a transceiver of the UE is in a low power state; and causing, while the UE is in the inactive state, the transceiver to periodically enter a higher power state to monitor its paging channel at a periodicity based on the second duration. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US11696357B2
A method of supporting a buffer status report (BSR) associated with a device-to-device (D2D) communication includes: establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with an evolved NodeB (eNB) and receiving configuration information associated with a D2D communication from the eNB, the configuration information including information of a resource allocation mode for a D2D data transmission and information of a timer associated with a BSR for a D2D data transmission; determining, by a user equipment (UE), a radio link failure (RLF), the RLF being associated with a connection problem of the RRC connection; initializing a re-establishment process for the RRC connection; canceling all BSRs for a D2D data transmission in response to the determined RLF, the canceled BSRs for a D2D data transmission being associated with a D2D data transmission scheduled by the eNB; and initializing the timer associated with a BSR for a D2D data transmission.
US11696356B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for logging a radio resource control (RRC) failure of user equipment (UE) and receiving the log. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for logging an RRC failure of UE may comprise the steps of: attempting random access; if the failure of random access is sensed, logging information on the failure; and if the success of random access is sensed, transmitting information on the failure logged before the success to a connected base station. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus and a method which effectively log a channel state or a connection failure can be provided.
US11696351B2
Techniques for establishing a bidirectional wireless communication link between two otherwise detachable devices when these devices are physically joined together for use as a physically joined device are provided. An example method includes receiving by a mobile computing device a short-range wireless signal from an RFID reader device; monitoring, by the mobile computing device, an RSSI associated with the signal from the RFID reader device; and establishing, by the mobile computing device, a wireless communication connection to the RFID reader device based on the measured RSSI associated with the signal from the RFID reader device being greater than a threshold RSSI value, wherein the threshold RSSI value is calibrated based on an RSSI value associated with the short-range wireless signal from the RFID reader device measured by the mobile computing device when the mobile computing device is physically joined to RFID reader device for use as a joined device.
US11696341B2
A method performed by a UE for implementing a random access procedure is provided. The method transmits a MSGA, monitoring an MSGB-RNTI within an MSGB time window starting from an earliest symbol of an earliest PDCCH occasion after the MSGA transmission. The method receives the MSGB in a first slot. The MSGB includes a success RAR that contains a HARQ Feedback Timing Indicator, a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) Resource Indicator, and a UE Contention Resolution Identity. The method determines, by a MAC entity of the UE, to instruct a lower layer to transmit a HARQ feedback in a second slot in response to the reception of the success RAR. The method delivers, by the MAC entity, the HARQ Feedback Timing Indicator and the PUCCH Resource Indicator to the lower layer, and performs, by the lower layer, a HARQ feedback delivery on an uplink (UL) resource.
US11696340B2
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for the Internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and 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 present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for handling message A retransmission during 2 step random access procedures.
US11696324B2
In an AP, a Trigger frame generator generates a trigger signal instructing an uplink signal transmission, the trigger signal including a terminal information field that includes a terminal ID subfield and a resource unit allocation information subfield, and a radio transmitter/receiver transmits the trigger signal. In a case where the trigger signal includes a first terminal information field specifying one or more contiguous resource units for random access, the Trigger frame generator sets an unused ID that is not to be used as a terminal ID in the first terminal information field.
US11696318B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless communication device may receive, from a second wireless communication device, an announcement associated with a first future communication and that indicates a set of resources associated with the first future communication. The first wireless communication device may communicate using the set of resources based at least in part on a determination that an estimated interference that will result from a second future communication using the set of resources satisfies an interference condition. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11696312B2
Techniques are provided for enabling user equipment (UE) positioning based on angle estimation in millimeter wave (mmW) bands. An example method for determining a location of a mobile device includes transmitting array gain information to a network entity, the array gain information including beam pattern information based at least in part on a sub-band and a state of the mobile device, receiving one or more reference signals in one or more sub-bands, wherein a receive beam for each of the one or more reference signals is based at least in part on the sub-band the one or more reference signals are being received in, and on a current state of the mobile device, determining measurement values based on the one or more reference signals, and determining the location of the mobile device based at least in part on the measurement values.
US11696309B2
Provided are a signal transmission method and system, and a control information transmission method and apparatus, the signal transmission method includes: a first communication node acquires M sending beams; the first communication node determines N sending beams for sending a first signal from the M sending beams; and the first communication node sends the first signal to a second communication node by using the N sending beams; where M is a natural number, and N is a natural number less than or equal to M.
US11696301B2
A scheduling entity can schedule regular or periodic control resources (CORESETs) that are relatively sparse in the time domain compared to dynamic CORESETS. Sparsely scheduled regular CORESETs can reduce the overhead incurred by a user equipment for monitoring the control channels in the CORESETs or search spaces. When the network has a burst of data to send, the scheduling entity can use downlink control information (DCI) piggybacked in physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resources to schedule dynamic CORESETs between the regular CORESETs. The dynamic CORESETs can provide resources for a PDSCH and/or physical downlink shared channel (PUSCH).
US11696294B2
Provided are time domain resource determination and detection methods and apparatuses, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes determining a time domain resource allocation pattern set. The time domain resource allocation pattern set includes at least one of a time domain resource allocation pattern set corresponding to a combination of a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) and a second SCS, where the first SCS is an SCS of a first channel signal, and the second SCS is an SCS of a second channel signal; a time domain resource allocation pattern set indicated by downlink control information (DCI) signaling; or a time domain resource allocation pattern set corresponding to a slot type. A time domain resource allocation pattern in the time domain resource allocation pattern set is used to indicate symbols occupied by the second channel signal.
US11696285B2
The present disclosure may provide a for receiving, by a terminal, a signal in a wireless communication system. Herein, the method for receiving, by the terminal, the signal may include: receiving common message configuration information and private message configuration information from a base station; receiving a signal including a common message and a private message from the base station; decoding the common message based on the common message configuration information; restoring a frequency signal by using the decoded common message; subtracting the restored frequency signal of the common message from the received signal; and decoding the private message.
US11696269B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support inter-slot bundling and frequency hopping. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving a message indicating inter-slot bundling for uplink channel inter-bandwidth part (BWP) frequency hopping repetitions. The method also includes receiving bundling information and redundancy value (RV) information for an uplink channel transmission and corresponding uplink channel transmission repetitions. The method includes transmitting the uplink channel transmission with inter-slot bundling and frequency hopping and based on the bundling information and the RV information. The method further include transmitting an uplink channel transmission repetition of the uplink channel transmission with inter-slot bundling and frequency hopping and based on the bundling information and the RV information. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11696258B2
A method and an apparatus for performing a radio resource selection and contention indication in a wireless communication system are provided. The method for performing, a user equipment (UE), the radio resource selection and contention indication in the wireless communication system includes selecting a plurality of sidelink resources from a sidelink resource pool and contending at least one of the sidelink resources reserved in advance from another UE.
US11696254B2
According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for receiving paging occasions and synchronization signals in a carrier frequency band comprises obtaining a first paging occasion configuration and a first synchronization signal configuration and determining that a paging occasion specified by the first paging occasion configuration at least partially overlaps in time with a synchronization signal specified by the first synchronization signal configuration. The method further comprises modifying at least one of the paging occasion configuration for the overlapping paging occasion and the synchronization signal configuration for the overlapping synchronization signal to frequency multiplex the paging occasion and the synchronization signal. The method further comprises receiving the paging occasion and the synchronization signal according to the at least one of the modified paging occasion configuration and modified synchronization signal configuration.
US11696233B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a user equipment, UE (10), for communicating in a wireless communication network. The UE (10) receives a wake-up signal with a multibit indication from a radio network node (12), wherein the multibit indication comprises a first bit indicating to start or not to start, for a first cell, an on-duration timer at one or more of the next occurrence of an on-duration, and a second bit indicating to apply dormancy or non-dormancy behavior on a second cell at the next occurrence of an on-duration for the second cell. The UE (10) further performs an action related to the wake-up signal taking the received multibit indication into account.
US11696231B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to reference signal (RS) designs that allow for tracking loop updates and paging of UEs using various RSs. One example method includes identifying reference signal (RS) monitoring occasions for a user equipment (UE) in an idle or inactive mode; and transmitting, to the UE, reference signals in the identified RS monitoring occasions, the RS monitoring occasions being associated with RS for tracking purposes and RS for an indication the UE is to wake up to process additional signaling.
US11696225B2
An access point (AP) may be configured by processing circuitry to operate as a coordinator AP for performing BSS channel level coordination. The coordinator AP is configured to assign non-overlapping channels to one or more coordinated APs of overlapping BSSs to schedule time-sensitive traffic to help ensure bounded latency, jitter and reliability per BSS. In some embodiments, the AP may be configured for performing transmission level coordination and may initiate a coordinated transmission opportunity (TXOP) for resource assignment to control contention access among managed BSSs. To perform the BSS channel level coordination, the coordinator AP is configured to encode a multi-AP trigger frame (M-TF) to initiate the coordinated TXOP. The M-TF may be encoded to include a time-sensitive operation IE indicating how each STA is to access the channel within the coordinated TXOP.
US11696224B2
Systems and methods of providing timing information for initial access in an unlicensed band are described. A UE monitors a new radio discovery signal (NRDS-U) window in an unlicensed band for a DRS transmission that is constrained to be transmitted within the NRDS-U window. The UE determines initial access information, including an offset that indicates when the DRS transmission occurs within the NRDS-U window, and engages in initial access dependent on the offset. The offset is from a radio frame or half radio frame boundary or the start of the NRDS-U window. The offset is indicated in three least/most significant bits an SSB index or from an sl-offset field in a MIB of the SSB. When the base station uses a DFS channel, the base station transmits a periodic signal to emulate a radar signal.
US11696217B2
A method, network device and terminal device for providing remaining minimum system information (RMSI) in a wireless network. A method comprises determining whether a SS/PBCH block in the SS burst set configures the RMSI. In response to that the SS/PBCH block configures the RMSI, transmitting one or more repeated RMSI within a first periodicity.
US11696206B2
Disclosed is an improved implementation of a flood fill mesh network that utilizes probability forwarding for rebroadcasting network messages. The forwarding probability may be determined based on analyzing a network topology map constructed by each network node relative to its neighbor nodes communicating on the network and derived from state information contained in synchronization frames broadcasted by the network nodes on the network. The forwarding probability may comprise a statistical probability that a message frame received by a network node will be forwarded to the intended destination network node by one or more of the network node's neighbor network nodes.
US11696205B2
A method for managing mobility in a wireless communication system includes determining an initial mobility management configuration for a user equipment (UE) in a serving cell based on cell configuration information. The method also includes identifying a current context of the UE based on reports received from the UE. The method further includes determining an updated mobility management configuration for the UE based on the current context of the UE. Additionally, the method includes transmitting a configuration message to update the UE with the updated mobility management configuration. The method also includes determining whether to trigger a handover of the UE based on comparison of the serving cell and neighbor cell measurements with thresholds. The method further includes triggering the handover based on the updated mobility management configuration.
US11696204B2
An operating method of a node in a wireless communication system, and a device using the method are provided. The method transmits a link instability signal notifying a child node of the instability of a link if the link with a parent node is unstable, monitors, during a connection recovery time, whether a link recovery signal is received from the parent node, and transmits, to the child node, a handover trigger signal if the link recovery signal has not been received within the connection recovery time.
US11696203B2
The invention relates to an improved handover procedure for a mobile terminal. Under control of the target base station, the mobile terminal is to perform a handoff to a target base station, wherein it is to be configured for communication with the target base station via a target radio cell comprising a downlink carrier and an uplink carrier. The mobile terminal receives a handoff command message for the handoff to the target base station including a handoff execution condition as trigger for executing handoff to the target base station. Then, the mobile terminal determines, based on the received handoff execution condition, whether or not the mobile terminal is to trigger execution of the handoff to the target base station. In case the mobile terminal determines that it is to trigger execution of the handoff to the target base station, the mobile terminal executes the handoff to the target base station.
US11696199B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and 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). The present 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. A method and equipment for handover are provided. The method includes informing, by a source base station, a source core network whether a direct data forwarding path is available, determining, by the source core network, whether to use direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding, informing, by the source core network, a target core network of information of direct data forwarding, indirect data forwarding or data forwarding being not possible, informing, by the target core network, a target base station of the information of direct data forwarding, indirect data forwarding or data forwarding being not possible, and allocating, by the target base station, tunnel information for data forwarding.
US11696195B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive physical-layer control information indicating to activate or deactivate a secondary cell; and activate or deactivate the secondary cell within a time period in accordance with the physical-layer control information, wherein the time period is based at least in part on a set of factors and based at least in part on the secondary cell being activated or deactivated by the physical-layer control information. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11696188B2
In a wireless communication system, a Session Management Function (SMF) transfers signaling to a User Plane Function (UPF) to deliver a wireless data service to a wireless User Equipment (UE). The UPF exchanges user data with the wireless UE over a source Radio Unit (RU) to deliver the wireless data service. A Radio Resource Control (RRC) detects the RU handover of the wireless UE from the source RU to a target RU and transfers an RU handover notice for the wireless UE the SMF. The SMF transfers new signaling to the UPF to modify the wireless data service for the wireless UE. The UPF exchanges additional user data with the wireless UE over the target RU to deliver the modified wireless data service to the wireless UE.
US11696185B2
Systems and methods discussed herein are directed to a reconcile decision engine in communication with a network provisioning catalog. The network provisioning catalog may provide network elements of the wireless communication network related to the user service attributes, e.g., network elements that implement various aspects of the user service attributes to provide services to users in accordance with service plans (also referred to as rate plans). The network provisioning catalog also provides required network service attributes for each network element, where the required network service attributes are related to the user service attributes. The reconcile decision engine may query various network elements to reconcile the various network elements with respect to user information, e.g., the user's billing profile. The reconcile decision engine may reconcile the user profile with respect to one or more of the network elements that need reconciliation.
US11696183B2
Systems and methods presented herein provide for reducing latency in wireless service through a communication link comprising a Modem Termination System (MTS) and a modem. The communication link is coupled with a virtualized wireless link. In one embodiment, a method includes transferring a buffer status report (BSR) from a user equipment (UE) through the communication link to a control portion of the virtualized wireless link, generating a wireless grant to allow the data of the UE through virtualized wireless link, and generating a backhaul grant for the UE to transfer data through the communication link based on the wireless grant information.
US11696170B2
Various solutions for single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) based congestion control with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a message with a back-off timer from the network node. The apparatus may determine whether an S-NSSAI of a protocol data unit (PDU) session is provided by the network node. The apparatus may start the back-off timer and associate the back-off timer with the S-NSSAI of the PDU session in an event that the S-NSSAI is provided by the network node.
US11696165B2
A method of transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), power measurement information related to beam reporting in a wireless communication system includes: receiving downlink control information (DCI) triggering reporting of the power measurement information; receiving a downlink reference signal for reporting of the power measurement information; and transmitting, to a base station, power measurement information determined based on the received downlink reference signal. A minimum required time for reporting of the power measurement information is (i) calculated as the sum of a first minimum required time from the last timing of the downlink reference signal to a transmission timing of the power measurement information and a second minimum required time between DCI triggering the downlink reference signal and reception of the downlink reference signal or (ii) calculated based on a pre-configured threshold value related to reporting of the power measurement information.
US11696164B2
A first configuration of a first set of random access channel occasions can be transmitted in a handover command message from a first cell. A second configuration of a second set of random access channel occasions of a second cell can be transmitted. The second set of random access channel occasions can be different from the first set of random access channel occasions. System information of the second cell can include the second configuration of the second set of random access channel occasions. A random access channel preamble can be received on a random access channel occasion. At least one selected from the first set of random access channel occasions and the second set of random access channel occasions can include the random access channel occasion. The first cell can be different from the second cell.
US11696163B2
Disclosed is a method by a terminal in a mobile communication system including receiving, from a base station, CSI measurement configuration information for a serving cell, measuring a first reference signal for obtaining reference signal received power (RSRP) information based on the first CSI configuration information related to the RSRP for the physical layer signaling, transmitting the RSRP information to the base station through the physical layer signaling, measuring a second reference signal for obtaining CSI, and transmitting the CSI to the base station, the first CSI configuration information including information indicating whether to use group based reporting for the RSRP information, and the first CSI configuration information including information indicating a number of antenna ports for the RSRP information when the group based reporting is not configured for the RSRP information.
US11696158B2
A network data analytics function, which may be implemented as a service, is disclosed which provides a new and improved network data analytics capability in 5G core networks.
US11696156B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which radio units (RUs), distributed units (DUs), or combinations thereof, may have a single hardware configuration that may be configured to implement different functions for radio frequency (RF) and baseband processing at a base station. A desired functionality for a RU or DU may be identified, and the RU or DU may be configured to implement the functionality through run-time configuration or boot images to implement a particular set of functions that may be needed for a particular cell or deployment. A RU or DU may be reconfigured following an initial configuration to perform different functions following the reconfiguration.
US11696155B2
Presented are Ergodic Spectrum Management (ESM) systems and methods that take advantage of the presence of statistical consistencies (“ergodicity”) and correlations, such as a wireless network's average dimensional consistencies of probability distributions (in time, space, and frequency) of channel gains, to adaptively learn qualitative and quantitative network/user behavior; estimate or predict network performance; and guide locally implemented radio resource management (RRM) decisions of wireless multi-user transmissions in a manner such as to reduce interference and improve latency; connection stability; efficiency; and overall wireless performance. ESM also enhances end-users' Quality of Experience (QoE) by allowing movement across bands and regions as users/devices roam. A remote-cloud-based resource management implementation of ESM's Learn-ed Resource Managers (LRMs) removes the need for heavy edge-computing close to radio cells.
US11696135B2
A malicious anchor node detection and target node localization method based on recovery of sparse terms, includes: S1: establishing an unknown disturbance term by using ranging value attack terms from an attacker to nodes in a wireless sensor network, and introducing a to-be-estimated location of a target node to the unknown disturbance term, to obtain an unknown sparse vector; S2: converting a problem of malicious anchor node detection and target node localization into a problem of recovery of the unknown sparse vector; S3: determining a location of an initial node according to a recursive weighted linear least square method, and recovering and reconstructing the unknown sparse vector with sparsity; and S4: determining a malicious anchor node determination range by approximating a threshold using a recovered value of the unknown sparse vector, to implement malicious anchor node detection, and recovering and determining location information of the target node.
US11696130B2
Provided is a mobile phone authentication method using implicit authentication, the method including the steps of: by a server, receiving behavior data and environment information data from a user terminal when a user checks an authentication number for authentication of a mobile phone user; by the server, detecting a start point of a behavior of the user for checking the authentication number by performing peak detection in the received behavior data, and storing behavior data from the detected start point; and by the server, extracting feature data from the received environment information data and learning the extracted feature data to build a learning model.
US11696126B2
A vehicle includes: a plurality of seats; an authentication executing processor configured to perform authentication on a user; and a controller configured to provide a connected car service based on whether the authentication is completed, wherein the controller controls the authentication executing processor to distinguish a seat on which the user sits and to perform the authentication based on the distinguished seat.
US11696124B2
Presented herein are techniques to facilitate secure communications with an Application Function (AF) for a client device that does not support Authentication and Key Management for Applications (AKMA) functionality. In one example, a method includes obtaining, by a user plane function (UPF), a first uplink data packet from a client device, wherein the first uplink data packet is to be communicated to an application; determining, by the UPF based on the first uplink data packet, whether the client device supports AKMA functionality; based on determining that the client device does not support the AKMA functionality, buffering at least the first uplink data packet by the user plane function and determining whether the application supports the AKMA functionality; and based on determining that the application supports the AKMA functionality, performing AKMA functionality by the UPF for the client device for data communications between the client device and the application.
US11696122B2
Uplink high efficiency location of a user equipment (UE) includes initiating periodic or triggered location in the UE by a location server (LS) in a wireless network. The UE enters an idle state and monitors for triggering events. After detecting an event, the UE transmits an uplink positioning signal (UPS) to a base station, where the UPS encodes UPS data comprising a UE ID, an ID for the LS, an authentication code (AC) and location measurements. UPS transmission occurs in an uplink positioning occasion shared with other UEs. The location measurements may be ciphered but other UPS data is unciphered. The base station obtains additional location measurements and transfers the UPS data and the location measurements to the LS. The LS authenticates the UE ID using the AC, determines the UE location using the location measurements and transfers the location to an external client.
US11696105B2
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.
US11696099B2
A configuration for virtual sensing via sensor sharing for C-V2X scheduling. The apparatus receives, from a first wireless device, a message indicating a threat entity within a threat zone. The threat entity transmits data that interferes with transmission of BSMs. The apparatus determines a candidate resource of a set of candidate resources on which to transmit a BSM based at least in part on the message indicating information related to the threat entity from the first wireless device. The apparatus transmits, to at least a third wireless device, the BSM on a determined candidate resource.
US11696095B2
Methods and techniques are described for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) using a location server and service based interfaces (SBIs) and SBI service operations in a Fifth Generation wireless network. The location server may be, e.g., a Location Management Function (LMF). The LMF may be in either a serving Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a UE or in a Home PLMN for a roaming UE. The LMF may receive a location service request for the UE using an SBI and may communicate with another entity in the network, through a second entity and using an SBI, to obtain location information for the UE measured by the other entity. The LMF may determine a location for the UE based on the location information.
US11696093B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for object positioning using mixture density networks, comprising: receiving radio frequency (RF) signal data collected in a physical space; generating a feature vector encoding the RF signal data by processing the RF signal data using a first neural network; processing the feature vector using a first mixture model to generate a first encoding tensor indicating a set of moving objects in the physical space, a first location tensor indicating a location of each of the moving objects in the physical space, and a first uncertainty tensor indicating uncertainty of the locations of each of the moving objects in the physical space; and outputting at least one location from the first location tensor.
US11696092B2
Disclosed are embodiments that determine a location of a first wireless device based on estimates of two other wireless devices. Each of the other wireless devices is assigned or defines its own plurality of regions. Each wireless device estimates a location of the first wireless device with respect to its assigned or defined plurality of regions. One of the estimates is then translated to the other device's plurality of regions. The two estimates are then combined to estimate the location of the first wireless device.
US11696080B2
Provided is a bone conduction hearing aid device, including: a housing, a piezoelectric vibration assembly and a vibration transmission element, the piezoelectric vibration assembly and the vibration transmission element are both arranged in the housing, a first end of the vibration transmission element is connected with the piezoelectric vibration assembly, a second end of the vibration transmission element is connected with the housing, and the housing includes a vibration output portion that outputs vibration through contact.
US11696079B2
A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn by a comprises an input unit for providing at least one electric input signal in a time-frequency representation; and a signal processor comprising a target signal estimator for providing an estimate of the target signal; a noise estimator for providing an estimate of the noise; and a gain estimator for providing respective gain values in dependence of said target signal estimate and said noise estimate. The gain estimator comprises a trained neural network, wherein the outputs of the neural network comprise real or complex valued gains, or separate real valued gains and real valued phases. The signal processor is configured—at a given time instance t—to calculate changes Δx(i,t)=x(i,t)−{circumflex over (x)}(i,t−1), and Δh(j,t−1)=h(j,t−1)−ĥ(j,t−2) to an input vector x(t) and to the hidden state vector h(t−1), respectively, from one time instance, t−1, to the next, t, and where {circumflex over (x)}(i,t−1) and ĥ(j,t−2) are estimated values of x(i,t−1) and h(j,t−2), respectively, where indices i, j refers to the ith input neuron and the jth neuron of the hidden state, respectively, where 1≤i≤Nch,x and 1≤j≤Nch,oh, wherein Nch,x and Nch,oh is the number of processing channels of the input vector x and the hidden state vector h, respectively, and wherein the signal processor is further configured to provide that the number of updated channels among said Nch,x and said Nch,oh processing channels of the modified gated recurrent unit for said input vector x(t) and said hidden state vector h(t−1), respectively, at said given time instance t is limited to a number of peak values Np,x, and Np,oh, respectively, where Np,x is smaller than Nch,x, and Np,oh, is smaller than Nch,oh.
US11696077B2
The present disclosure provides speaker device. The speaker device includes frame, vibration unit and magnetic circuit unit, where vibration unit includes diaphragm, voice coil and holder; holder includes holder body and first connecting portion; voice coil includes pair of first sides and pair of second sides; first side is provided with elastic support member fixed to frame and fixed to first connecting portion; elastic support member and first side enclose an accommodating space; magnetic circuit unit includes main magnetic body and an auxiliary magnetic body; auxiliary magnetic body includes first magnetic portion that is respectively spaced apart from first side and located in accommodating space; elastic support member include an auxiliary diaphragm; auxiliary diaphragm is provided with an avoiding groove. The present disclosure can increase volume of magnetic circuit unit to increase BL value, and can effectively reduce weight of vibration unit to improve sensitivity.
US11696071B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for corona detection using audio data are provided. In one example embodiment, the method includes obtaining, by one or more computing devices, audio data indicative of audio associated with an electrical system for at least one time interval. The method includes partitioning, by the one or more computing devices, the audio data for the time interval into a plurality of time windows. The method includes determining, by the one or more computing devices, a signal indicative of a presence of corona based at least in part on audio data collected within an identified time window of the plurality of time windows relative to audio data collected for a remainder of the time interval.
US11696070B2
Systems and methods for protecting a loudspeaker from excessive excursion include an audio source, an adaptive excursion protection filter, an audio clipper, an inverse excursion protection filter, an amplifier and a loudspeaker. The system performs operations including receiving an audio signal, applying an excursion protection filter, the excursion protection filter adapting in real-time to one or more speaker conditions, clipping the audio signal, applying an inverse excursion protection filter, and amplifying, using an amplification circuit, the audio signal for output to the speaker.
US11696062B2
A system for detecting a presence of a feature or function of an output device used with an electronic device. The system includes a connector associated with the output device, the connector having a magnetic region comprising one or more magnetized members to provide a magnetic field. The system further includes a magnetic sensor associated with the electronic device, the magnetic sensor being positioned proximate a connection port of the electronic device, the connection port being configured to receive the connector to enable the magnetic sensor to detect a presence of the magnetic field and to determine the feature or function of the output device. The system further includes control logic associated with the magnetic sensor, the control logic controlling the electronic device based on the presence of the magnetic field and according to the determined feature or function of the output device.
US11696061B2
The present disclosure relates to an earpiece for an ear. The ear comprises a concha cavity at least partially delimited by a concha floor, a concha side wall and a concha ceiling. The earpiece comprises a peripheral skirt comprising a positioning skirt portion which in turn comprises an outer skirt surface and an inner skirt surface, wherein a transition from the outer skirt surface to the inner skirt surface occurs at a skirt edge. The skirt edge extends at least partially circumferentially around a central axis of the earpiece, wherein the earpiece is adapted to be moved to a use position, at least partially within the concha cavity, in a direction parallel to the central axis, during insertion of the earpiece into the ear. When the peripheral skirt is in a non-influenced condition, at least a portion of the inner skirt surface faces the central axis.
US11696049B2
A system for dark current compensation in SPAD imagery is configurable to capture an image frame with the SPAD array and generate a temporally filtered image by performing a temporal filtering operation using the image frame and at least one preceding image frame. The at least one preceding image frame is captured by the SPAD array at a timepoint that temporally precedes a timepoint associated with the image frame. The system is also configurable to obtain a dark current image frame. The dark current image frame includes data indicating one or more SPAD pixels of the plurality of SPAD pixels that detect an avalanche event without detecting a corresponding photon. The system is also configurable to generate a dark current compensated image by performing a subtraction operation on the temporally filtered image or the image frame based on the dark current image frame.
US11696048B1
A pixel arrangement comprises a photodiode, a circuit node, a transfer transistor coupled to the photodiode and to the circuit node, an amplifier with an input coupled to the circuit node, a first and a second capacitor, a first transistor coupled to an output of the amplifier and to the first capacitor, a second transistor coupled to the first transistor and to the second capacitor, and a coupling transistor coupled to the circuit node and to the second capacitor.
US11696042B2
An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor, a filter array disposed on an optical path from a target object to the image sensor and including two-dimensionally-arranged optical filters, and a processing circuit that generates at least four pieces of spectral image data based on an image acquired by the image sensor. The optical filters include various types of optical filters with different spectral transmittance. Each of the at least four pieces of spectral image data indicates an image corresponding to one of at least four wavelength bands. The filter array includes at least one characteristic section. The processing circuit detects a relative position between the filter array and the image sensor based on the at least one characteristic section in the image acquired by the image sensor, and compensates for deviation between the relative position and a preliminarily-set relative position when the processing circuit detects the deviation.
US11696040B2
An image processing apparatus which superimposes an indicator image on a picked-up image, with inhibition of a subject from deteriorating in visibility. At least one processor of the image processing apparatus executes the set of instructions to: specify two points of a subject in a picked-up image; acquire three-dimensional positional information about the two points; detect a change about a state of the image processing apparatus; generate an indicator image corresponding to a length between the two points and the change, based on the three-dimensional positional information and the change; and superimpose the indicator image onto the picked-up image, to acquire a retouched image.
US11696036B2
A device includes a processor that is configured to detect that a first image is captured by the device; configure the device to capture images in a first resolution after detecting that the first image was captured; start a timer; restart the timer when a second image is captured before the timer expires; detect an event indicative of a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution; and configure the device to capture images in the second resolution after detecting the event indicative of the second resolution.
US11696034B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting of video analytics rules for camera movement. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining a rule that specifies a first set of coordinates applied to a first set of images from a camera, determining an amount and direction of movement of the camera after the rule was obtained, determining, based on the amount and direction of movement of the camera, a second set of coordinates applied to a second set of images captured after the camera moved.
US11696033B2
An imaging apparatus and an imaging method that further facilitate recording of a video within an extraction range while moving the extraction range within an angle of view are provided. An imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image sensor that captures a reference video which is a motion picture, a housing that accommodates the image sensor, a detection portion for detecting a motion of the housing, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute setting processing of setting an extraction range smaller than an angle of view within the angle of view in a case of capturing the reference video, extraction processing of extracting an extraction video within the extraction range from the reference video, movement processing of moving the extraction range within the angle of view over time in accordance with the motion detected by the detection portion, and recording processing of recording the extraction video during movement of the extraction range in the movement processing on a recording medium.
US11696026B2
A control apparatus includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire a hyperfocal length of a lens apparatus that is attachable to, detachable from, and communicable with an image pickup apparatus, using information acquired by communication between the lens apparatus and the image pickup apparatus, and a second acquiring unit configured to acquire a position of a focus lens in the lens apparatus according to the hyperfocal length.
US11696020B2
An electronic apparatus connected to an image capture apparatus receives an image capture instruction for requesting the image capture apparatus to perform image capture processing, in response to a user operation. If the image capture instruction is received, the electronic apparatus performs control to display a first image recorded by the image capture apparatus performing the image capture processing according to a capture request based on the image capture instruction from the electronic apparatus on a screen without a second image recorded by the image capture apparatus automatically performing the image capture processing according to satisfying a predetermined condition for automatic capturing. If the image capture instruction is not received, the electronic apparatus performs control to display both the first image and the second image on the screen.
US11696019B2
An accessory is detachably attachable to an electronic apparatus including a display. The accessory includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the electronic apparatus and an operation unit. If an operation is performed on the operation unit after the communication unit transmits information indicating a type of the accessory to the electronic apparatus, the communication unit transmits, to the electronic apparatus, a request for causing the display to display a setting image related to the accessory.
US11696015B2
Provided are a camera capable of preventing an erroneous operation with a compact configuration and has high operability, a setting method of the camera, and a setting program of the camera. A change in a setting value by the operation dial is switched between valid and invalid, and an operation by the operation dial becomes possible only in a case where the change in the setting value is valid. A setting value of an item to be set by the operation dial is displayed on a dial display provided on the operation dial.
US11696011B2
To prevent the capture and transmission of excluded data, the current pose and motion of a video camera are used to predict a pose and predicted FOV for the video camera over one or more future frames. The predicted pose and predicted FOV are used to generate cues to enforce an alignment condition to an allowed object or to prevent capture of a disallowed object. If the cues fail, an interrupt is generated to prevent capture of disallowed objects in the video signal and perhaps to deactivate the video camera. The predicted FOV prevents excluded data from entering the video signal and reaching circuitry or being processed downstream of the video camera. This can be implemented in real or near real time.
US11696009B2
A camera module includes a circuit board, a lens assembly, a filter, and a mounting frame. The lens assembly is arranged on the circuit board, the mounting frame is arranged between the circuit board lens assembly. A through hole penetrates the mounting frame. A protrusion extends from an inner surface defining the through hole toward a central axis of the through hole. The filter is mounted on a side of the protrusion facing away from the circuit board. A first barrier layer is arranged on an edge area of a surface of the filter facing away from the circuit board. A gap is formed between the filter and the inner surface. A second barrier layer is located in the gap, and a surface of the second barrier layer facing away from the circuit board is located at a side of the first barrier layer facing away from the circuit board.
US11696006B2
To achieve reductions in size and weight and a higher functionality of an imaging device, the imaging device comprises a first circuit board mounting a first heat-generating component for processing a signal from the imaging sensor, a first heat dissipation plate for transferring heat from the first heat-generating component to the housing; and a fan disposed adjacent to the first heat dissipation plate, air-cooling the first heat dissipation plate, wherein the fan is configured to take in the air in a rotation axis direction and discharges the air in an outer circumferential direction, and the discharged air is blown to heat dissipation fins of the heat sink of the first heat dissipation plate and discharged from the discharge port.
US11695997B2
A method and apparatus for performing an integrated search is provided. An interface is provided that allows users to search and select any data related to a searchable term. Searchable terms may comprise titles of content, actors, and tags. Upon receiving results from the initial search, the user progresses through the initial search by selecting a result from the initial search and conducting a further search of that selection. The search may progress through many layers of searching in order to find information useful to the user and the user may perform actions based upon results of the search. The search implements a display with two columns, the first column displaying selectable data, and the second column displaying results to the selected data. The search is further customizable based upon a privacy level selected by the user.
US11695987B2
Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (i.e., physical storage media) to perform media source detection based on frequency band selection and processing are disclosed. Example meters disclosed herein are to compare a first audio signal from a monitored media device with a second audio signal from a first one of a plurality of media sources in communication with the monitored media device to determine a sequence of match results, the first audio signal associated with media presented by the media device. Disclosed example meters are also to compute a standard deviation of time delays associated with respective ones of the match results. Disclosed example meters are further to determine whether the first one of the media sources is a source of the media presented by the monitored media device based on the standard deviation.
US11695983B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for distributed DCP over internet. A client-side digital content delivery device receives a digital cinema package (DCP) for a digital movie from a remote digital content delivery system. The DCP includes a unique digital watermark applied by the content delivery system. In response to receiving an input to cause playback of the digital movie, the client-side digital content delivery device compares a unique device identifier for a display device paired to the client-side digital content delivery device to an authorized unique identifier. If the unique device identifier matches the authorized unique identifier, the client-side digital content delivery device uses the DCP to causes presentation of the digital movie by the display device paired to the client-side digital content delivery device.
US11695967B2
A decoder is configured to decode a bitstream having a block based geometric partition having a plurality of orthogonal block boundaries by assigning a first plurality blocks on one side of an angled line segment a first common motion vector and by assigning a second plurality of blocks on the other side of the angled line segment a second common motion vector different than the first common motion vector. The decoder reconstructs the first plurality of blocks using the first common motion vector and the blocks in the second plurality of blocks using the second common motion vector.
US11695961B2
A video decoding device includes a demultiplexing unit which demultiplexes a video bitstream including video data of an encoded slice, first Supplemental-Enhancement-Information having information indicating segments where a refresh has completed in a current picture, and second Supplemental-Enhancement-Information having information indicating a synchronization starting picture and a synchronization completed picture, an extracting unit which extracts the information indicating segments where a refresh has completed in a current picture from a message which is part of the demultiplexed Supplemental-Enhancement-Information; and a video decoding unit which decodes image data from the demultiplexed video bitstream by using at least inter prediction, wherein the synchronization starting picture is a leading picture within a refreshing period, and the synchronization completed picture is the end position of the refreshing period.
US11695958B2
Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video signal by using edge-adaptive graph-based transform
The present invention provides a method for encoding a video signal based on an Edge Adaptive Graph-Based Transform (EA-GBT) including detecting a step edge or a ramp edge from a residual signal; generating a graph signal based on at least one of the step edge or the ramp edge; obtaining an EA-GBT coefficient by performing the EA-GBT for the graph signal; quantizing the EA-GBT coefficient; and entropy-encoding the quantized EA-GBT coefficient.
US11695952B2
An image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving a merge candidate of a current block from a neighboring block of the current block; adding the derived merge candidate to a merge candidate list; when the number of merge candidates previously added to the merge candidate list is less than a threshold value, adding at least one prediction area merge candidate included in a prediction area motion information table to the merge candidate list; deriving motion information about the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list; and performing motion compensation on the current block on the basis of the derived motion information.
US11695951B2
Systems and methods for reducing latency through motion estimation and compensation techniques are disclosed. The systems and methods include a client device that uses transmitted lookup tables from a remote server to match user input to motion vectors, and tag and sum those motion vectors. When a remote server transmits encoded video frames to the client, the client decodes those video frames and applies the summed motion vectors to the decoded frames to estimate motion in those frames. In certain embodiments, the systems and methods generate motion vectors at a server based on predetermined criteria and transmit the generated motion vectors and one or more invalidators to a client, which caches those motion vectors and invalidators. The server instructs the client to receive input from a user, and use that input to match to cached motion vectors or invalidators. Based on that comparison, the client then applies the matched motion vectors or invalidators to effect motion compensation in a graphic interface. In other embodiments, the systems and methods cache repetitive motion vectors at a server, which transmits a previously generated motion vector library to a client. The client stores the motion vector library, and monitors for user input data. The server instructs the client to calculate a motion estimate from the input data and instructs the client to update the stored motion vector library based on the input data, so that the client applies the stored motion vector library to initiate motion in a graphic interface prior to receiving actual motion vector data from the server. In this manner, latency in video data streams is reduced.
US11695947B2
A program map table in a transport stream comprising an elementary stream identifier indicating a particular elementary stream, a high dynamic range flag indicating the presence or absence of high dynamic range content within the elementary stream, and a wide color gamut flag indicating the presence or absence of wide color gamut content within the elementary stream.
US11695944B2
A video encoding method includes (i) determining a current bit rate of a communication channel between a destination device and a source device that stores an input video frame, and (ii) generating a current reconstructed frame and an encoded bitstream at least in part via inter-frame coding of a current input video frame of a sequence of input video frames using a previously-generated reconstructed frame generated at least in part via inter-frame coding of a previous input video frame. The current reconstructed frame is a compressed version of the current input video frame. When both (i) a subsequent bit rate, determined after said inter-frame coding, is less than a threshold and (ii) the current bit rate exceeds the threshold, the method includes: (a) generating a downscaled reconstructed frame at least in part by downscaling the current reconstructed frame; and (b) appending the encoded bitstream with a bit sequence representing the downscaled reconstructed frame.
US11695939B2
A method for determining coding unit (CU) partitioning of a largest coding unit (LCU) of a picture is provided that includes computing a first statistical measure and a second statistical measure for the LCU, selecting the LCU as the CU partitioning when the first statistical measure does not exceed a first threshold and the second statistical measure does not exceed a second threshold, and selecting CUs in one or more lower layers of a CU hierarchy of the LCU to form the CU partitioning when the first statistical measure exceeds the first threshold and/or the second statistical measure exceeds the second threshold.
US11695937B2
A better rate distortion ratio is achieved by making interrelationships between coding parameters of different planes available for exploitation for the aim of redundancy reduction despite the additional overhead resulting from the need to signal the inter-plane prediction information to the decoder. In particular, the decision to use inter plane prediction or not may be performed for a plurality of planes individually. Additionally or alternatively, the decision may be done on a block basis considering one secondary plane.
US11695936B2
A method for encoding a multi-view frame in a video encoder is provided that includes computing a depth quality sensitivity measure for a multi-view coding block in the multi-view frame, computing a depth-based perceptual quantization scale for a 2D coding block of the multi-view coding block, wherein the depth-based perceptual quantization scale is based on the depth quality sensitive measure and a base quantization scale for the 2D frame including the 2D coding block, and encoding the 2D coding block using the depth-based perceptual quantization scale.
US11695926B2
An image decoding method is disclosed in the present specification. An image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise determining a prediction mode of a current block and performing prediction with respect to the current block on the basis of the determined prediction mode.
US11695925B2
A video decoding method according to this document includes constructing a most probable mode (MPM) list by deriving MPM candidates for a current block based on a neighboring block adjacent to the current block, deriving an intra prediction mode for the current block based on the MPM list, generating predicted samples by performing prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode, and generating a reconstructed picture for the current block based on the predicted samples.
US11695915B1
An alignment apparatus for aligning a lens module with respect to an image sensor includes a holographic film including a test chart pattern from which a virtual image of the test chart pattern may be generated, and a light source for illuminating the holographic film. An image sensor holder is provided for mounting the image sensor and a lens module holder is configured and positioned for mounting the lens module between the holographic film and the image sensor such that the virtual image of the test chart pattern is viewable by the image sensor through the lens module. The virtual image thus viewable by the image sensor through the lens module is located at a virtual distance from the image sensor that is different from a physical position of the holographic film for aligning the lens module with respect to the image sensor.
US11695913B1
A mixed reality direct retinal projector system that may include a headset that uses a reflective holographic combiner to direct light from a light engine into an eye box corresponding to a user's eye. The light engine may include light sources coupled to projectors that independently project light to the holographic combiner from different projection points. The light sources may be in a unit separate from the headset that may be carried on a user's hip, or otherwise carried or worn separately from the headset. Each projector may include a collimating and focusing element, an active focusing element, and a two-axis scanning mirror to project light from a respective light source to the holographic combiner. The holographic combiner may be recorded with a series of point to point holograms; each projector interacts with multiple holograms to project light onto multiple locations in the eye box.
US11695906B2
An image processing device for a projection system includes an image generation unit and a brightness acquisition unit, and the image generation unit generates data for projecting the specific image, as a first portion in the first data for display, which corresponds to the first superimposed region, generates a second portion in the first data for display, which corresponds to the first non-superimposed region based on first input image data in the data of the projection target image, which corresponds to the first non-superimposed region, and the second brightness, and generates a third portion in the second data for display, which corresponds to the second superimposed region based on second input image data in the data of the projection target image, which corresponds to the second superimposed region, and the first brightness.
US11695899B2
Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles. The systems and methods include accessing, by a user device, a video discovery graphical user interface that includes a plurality of videos; receiving a user input that gradually reduces volume of the user device; determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced by the user input until a mute state has been reached in which audio output of the user device is disabled; and in response to determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced until the mute state has been reached, automatically causing subtitles of a first video of the plurality of videos to be displayed during playback of the first video.
US11695895B2
Vision sensor, image processing device including the same, and operating method of the vision sensor
Provided are a vision sensor, an image processing device including the same, and an operating method of the vision sensor. The vision sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a synchronization control module configured to receive a synchronization signal from an external image sensor and generate an internal trigger signal based on the synchronization signal, an event detection circuit configured to receive the internal trigger signal and detect whether an event has occurred in the plurality of pixels and generate event signals corresponding to pixels in which the event has occurred, and an interface circuit configured to receive the event signals and transmit to an external processor vision sensor data based on the trigger signal and at least one of the event signals, where the vision sensor data includes matching information for timing image frame information generated by the image sensor and the event signals generated by the vision sensor.
US11695893B2
An image forming apparatus including a plurality of sheet feeding cassettes includes a control unit. The control unit performs control. In a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied during execution of a print job to print image data, the control unit performs control to execute interruption processing of a correction job to print a correction patch. The control unit performs control to determine, from the plurality of sheet feeding cassettes, a sheet feeding cassette to be used for the correction job based on information on the sheet feeding cassette used for the print job.
US11695886B2
A state of a user operation performed on a mobile terminal is registered in a Web server that can be accessed from the mobile terminal and a multifunction peripheral (MFP) in association with information about the user, and the state of the user operation is handed over to the MFP based on the registered information by the user simply logging into the MFP.
US11695885B2
Provided is an image forming device capable of managing a printing result of a specific content as a use history of a user designated in advance. According to embodiments, an image forming device includes a printer, a memory, and a processor. The printer forms an image on a medium. The memory stores information indicating a designated user with respect to a specific content as a printing person to print the specific content. When printing of a specific content for which a designated user as a printing person is stored in the memory in correspondence is requested, the processor controls printing of the specific content by the printer with the designated user as the printing person.
US11695884B2
An image processing apparatus receives destination information for use in data transmission, performs control, based on the received destination information including a destination in an email address format, so that a first screen, which is used to transmit data external to the image processing apparatus, and on which a transmission destination of the data is displayed, based on the received destination information, is displayed on the operation unit, and performs control, based on the received destination information including only a destination in a fax format so that a second screen, different from the first screen and used to perform fax transmission, on which a transmission destination of the fax transmission is displayed, based on the received destination information, is displayed on the operation unit.
US11695869B2
A method and system for identifying an unwanted caller using a call answering system. The method comprises receiving, by a call records server, information about callers from a plurality of telephony devices and one or more phone number data sources, classifying, by the call records server, one or more of the callers as either wanted or unwanted callers based on the received information, and storing, by the call records server, the received information and the classification of the one or more of the callers into a directory. The method further comprises identifying, by a call answering server, that a call from a given caller from a phone number to a receiving telephony device is from an unwanted caller by searching the directory, and handling, by the call answering server, the call from the given caller according to one or more preferences of the user, the one or more preferences including rejecting the call from the receiving telephony device, playing a recorded message, and disposing of the call.
US11695857B2
In one embodiment a queue of drivers for a particular area is maintained, wherein the queue specifies an order in which drivers are selected for transportation requests from the particular area. A driver is selected from the queue for a first transportation request from the particular area. A placement of the driver within the queue of drivers is determined based on at least one characteristic of the first transportation request. An indication of the placement of the driver within the queue of drivers is communicated to a computing device associated with the driver.
US11695852B1
A method is used for managing overlapping communications regarding downtiering and invalidating cached data among nodes in a storage system. The method includes identifying, by a node, data to downtier. The node adds the data to an in progress table, and sends a request for permission to downtier the data to a peer node. The node receives permission from the peer node to downtier the data. In response to the permission to downtier the data, the node checks the in progress table for the data and takes an action based on a result of checking the in progress table.
US11695849B2
Techniques for transaction tracking for a high availability architecture are described herein. An aspect includes receiving a first request from a client, the first request corresponding to a start of a transaction having transaction affinity. Another aspect includes, based on receiving the first request from the client, generating a transaction tracking token. Another aspect includes sending the first request with the transaction tracking token to a gateway. Another aspect includes receiving a first response corresponding to the first request from the gateway, the first response including middleware instance information corresponding to a middleware instance, wherein a plurality of subsequent requests from the client corresponding to the transaction are processed by the middleware instance corresponding to the middleware instance information.
US11695848B2
A solution is provided that significantly reduces the complexity of existing solutions for creating interfaces in a computer system. More particularly, a middleware common to such solutions is removed and a low-level approach is taken where customer-specific logic is processed on an Extensible Stylesheet Language transformation (XSLT) processor instead. Additional transformations may also then be imported from external XSLT editors making it very easy to generate a backend configuration for interfaces.
US11695841B2
Systems and methods are introduced to enable cross-domain discovery. Systems and methods are also introduced to create representations of resources and information discovered from cross-domain discovery.
US11695839B1
A system is presented for matching user devices with resource devices. User preference and profile information are communicated from user devices to a queue management server. The user preference information is parsed and compared with resource information associated with a plurality of resources. Availability of the resource devices is forecasted based at least in part upon the resource information and resource devices are selected to service user devices based at least in part upon the comparison and the forecast. User devices are added to the end of data queues for the resource devices. The data queues are communicated to the user devices and the resource devices.
US11695836B2
A computer program and the like are provided that are capable of causing an information processing device connected to a private network, to automatically execute operation processing of a browser. The computer program is a computer program for causing the information processing device connected to the private network, to automatically execute the operation of the browser that accesses a web server on the private network, based on an instruction from a server connected to a global network, and causes the information processing device to execute the processing of: requesting the server to establish a connection; obtaining an operation instruction related to the operation processing which is push-transmitted from the server, by using the connection; executing the operation processing of the browser based on the obtained operation instruction; obtaining an execution result of the operation processing; and outputting the obtained execution result to the server.
US11695834B1
A method implemented in a Software as a Service (SaaS) management platform (SMP) is provided, including: identifying a plurality of SaaS applications used by a customer of the SMP; receiving, over a network, human resources (HR) data from an HR application, said HR data describing an organization chart of users that are employees of the customer of the SMP; providing, over a network, an administrator interface for rendering through a client device operated by an administrative user of the customer; receiving input from the client device via the administrator interface, said input identifying a given SaaS application and a managerial group within the organization chart; and responsive to receiving said input, then storing an approval setting for the managerial group for the given SaaS application, the approval setting determines whether a user within the managerial group requires approval to enable granting of a license to use the given SaaS application.
US11695828B2
Systems and methods for graph based artificial intelligence systems for identity management systems are disclosed. Embodiments of the identity management systems disclosed herein may utilize a network graph approach to peer grouping of identities of distributed networked enterprise computing environment. Specifically, in certain embodiments, data on the identities and the respective entitlements assigned to each identity as utilized in an enterprise computer environment may be obtained by an identity management system. A network identity graph may be constructed using the identity and entitlement data. The identity graph can then be clustered into peer groups of identities. The peer groups of identities may be used by the identity management system and users thereof in risk assessment or other identity management tasks.
US11695822B2
System and methods are provided for implementing a Unified Integration Pattern (UIP) protocol for centralized handling of data feeds between client systems. In embodiments, a method includes: receiving an authentication Application Program Interface (API) message and data file transfer request for a data transfer event from a sending client system in a network of distinct client systems; authenticating the sending client system based on the authentication API message; uploading a data file from the sending client system based on the authenticating; receiving a notification API message from the sending client system indicating that that uploading of the data file to the computer system is complete; sending the data file to a receiving client system in the network of distinct client systems based on API message and data file request and the notification API message; and sending a notification message to the sending client system regarding the data transfer event.
US11695816B2
A server for streaming a video to a client involves making the video available from the server to the client upon request in at least a temporal independent version and a temporal dependent version. The server is configured for: i) receiving a request from the client to receive a stream of the video from an arbitrary starting point in time; and ii) retrieving at least the first frame from the temporal independent version; and iii) retrieving frames subsequent to the at least first frame from the temporal dependent version; and iv) sending the at least first frame to the client and send the frames subsequent to the at least first frame to the client.
US11695808B2
A virtual collaboration system provides communication between a plurality of participants via a collaboration session that includes a corresponding plurality of participant devices. The collaboration session facilitates communication between the participant devices via a plurality of communication channels over which the participants communicate. For example, in some embodiments, the channels include one or more of a video channel, audio channel, or document sharing channel. A participant designates in which of the plurality of channels they will participate, and the designations are communicated to other participants. This provides a broader understanding of each participant's circumstances and ability to engage across the different channels with the plurality of participants.
US11695806B2
Some database systems may implement encryption services to improve the security of data stored in databases or on disks. The systems may implement encryption using multiple encryption keys. For example, a worker server may implement a system call interceptor, such as a filesystem in userspace (Fuse) driver. The system call interceptor may intercept system calls (e.g., associated with query or extract, transform, and load (ETL) jobs) as they enter or exit the kernel. The system call interceptor may determine whether data sets associated with the jobs are marked for encryption, and may perform an encryption process on the data sets. A worker may encrypt and store data sets on a worker disk or at a file store, or may retrieve and decrypt the data sets. The system may additionally manage encryption keys, and may provide mechanisms for archiving or revoking encryption keys while maintaining user access to stored data sets.
US11695805B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing monitoring and detection of fraudulent or unauthorized use in telephone conferencing systems or voice networks. In various embodiments, a computing system might monitor call activity through telephone conferencing system or voice network. In response to detecting use of the telephone conferencing system or voice network by at least one party based on the monitored call activity, the computing system might identify incoming and/or outgoing associated with a call initiated by the at least one party. The computing system might analyze the identified incoming and/or outgoing call data to determine whether the call initiated by the at least one party constitutes at least one of fraudulent use or unauthorized use of the telephone conferencing system or voice network. If so, the computing system might initiate one or more first actions.
US11695788B1
Described is a system for detecting adversarial activities based on detection of activity patterns in a multiplex network. The system detects one or more subnetworks that are matches to a template network of template nodes. The subnetworks are detected by filtering multiplex network nodes according to a filtering criteria that utilizes monotone function properties in the multiplex network. Nodes that do not meet the filtering criteria are eliminated, resulting in a list of candidate nodes in the multiplex network. The one or more subnetworks are formed from the list of candidate nodes. An activity pattern corresponding to a pattern of adversarial activity is identified in the one or more subnetworks. Based on the identified activity pattern, an alert of adversarial activity is generated and transmitted.
US11695783B2
A method of determining a confidence level associated with a device using heuristics of trust includes receiving, by an evaluating device, at least a communication from a first remote device, determining, by the evaluating device, an identity of the first remote device as a function of the at least a communication, calculating, by the evaluating device, at least a heuristic of trust as a function of the at least a communication and the identity, assigning, by the evaluating device, a first confidence level to the first remote device as a function of the at least a heuristic of trust, and assigning, by the evaluating device, an access right as a function of the first confidence level.
US11695780B2
A method and system for providing access to a location secured by an electronically activated locking mechanism, the method comprising: detecting a geographical position of a mobile device. Determining that the detected geographical position of the mobile device is proximate to the location secured by the electronically activated locking mechanism. Transmitting a signal causing the electronically activated locking mechanism to unlock.
US11695779B2
A computing support system is configured to programmatically manage support access to a computing system via a support technician console across multiple levels of support access. The system receives a request to authenticate a user requesting support for the computing system, issues one or more authentication challenges to the user to authenticate the identity of the user, receives one or more corresponding authentication challenge responses from the user based on the authentication challenge, and verifies a level of authentication based on the authentication challenge response, the level of authentication being selected from multiple levels of authentication. The system also determines a level of support access to the computing system based on the verified level of authentication and the identity of the user and programmatically enforces limits on the support access to the computing system via the support technician console based on the determined level of support access.
US11695773B2
Disclosed herein are system, method and computer readable storage medium for enabling access control to be performed on messages received in a first-party (corporate) data center from a third-party (cloud) data center. Based on a received update request from an update service in the third-party (cloud) data center, an access control system (“ACL”) controller generates an ACL entry for enabling access to a first-party (corporate) data center from a system, within the third-party data center where a system configuration change was performed by a cloud platform. The ACL controller then transmits the ACL entry to one or more devices within the first-party data center, enabling access from the updated system hosted in the third-party data center.
US11695761B2
A cloud-based communication framework. A first secure channel may be established for communication between an IT device and a cloud-computing platform. A request for a device user interface may then be received over the first secure channel. The request may be initiated by a user device via the cloud-computing platform. The device user interface may be retrieved and forwarded over a second secure channel to the cloud-computing platform for communication to the user device.
US11695758B2
A method for a multi-factor authentication, the method receives results of an initial authentication of a user. Responsive to confirming the initial authentication, an image of a secondary set of authentication options is presented. An option selection is received from the user, wherein the selection is determined by tracking eye movement of the user over the image that includes the set of second factor authentication options. User facial activity is tracked corresponding to the selection made from the secondary set of authentication options. The monitored facial activity is compared to a pre-established authentication condition to determine whether a match exists with the selected secondary set of authentication options, and responsive to facial activity monitored matching the authentication condition pre-established by the user and corresponding to the selection made from the secondary set of authentication options, authentication of the user is confirmed.
US11695754B2
An information processing system includes a file acquirer that acquires a file used in a meeting, an authentication processor that selects, if a password is set to the file acquired by the file acquirer, an authentication scheme of the password, based on meeting information about the meeting, and executes a process of authenticating the password by the selected authentication scheme, and a file executer that executes the file if the password is authenticated by the authentication processor.
US11695749B2
A mechanism for providing secure feature and key management in integrated circuits is described. An example integrated circuit includes a secure memory to store a secret key, and a security manager core, coupled to the secure memory, to receive a digitally signed command, verify a signature associated with the command using the secret key, and configure operation of the integrated circuit using the command.
US11695747B2
Disclosed are various approaches for extending a single sign-on (SSO) session to multiple devices. If a device is enrolled as a managed device with a management service, a SSO session can be extended to the device if the user has previously authenticated with an identity provider from another device. The user is authenticated on the second device using a user-and-device token issued by the management service with which the device is enrolled as a managed device.
US11695742B2
A security implementation method includes obtaining, by a first device, a security policy of a session and at least one key, and sending, by the first device, protected data to a second device, where the protected data is obtained by protecting security of session data of the session using the at least one key based on the security policy of the session, and the second device is configured to restore the protected data using the at least one key based on the security policy to obtain the session data, where when the first device is a terminal device, the second device is an access network node or a user plane node, or when the first device is an access network node or a user plane node, the second device is a terminal device.
US11695739B2
A computing system includes a processor, a network interface controller; a a secure classified remote access as a service application including instructions; and an information technology service management application including instructions wherein the information technology service management application is accessible to the secure classified remote access as a service application via the network interface controller; and wherein the instructions of the secure classified remote access application cause the system to: perform systematic monitoring operations and maintain a virtual hosting environment; perform a network vulnerability analysis; remediate a finding; and notify a user. A method includes performing systematic monitoring; performing a network vulnerability analysis; remediating a finding; and notifying a user. One or more non-transitory computer readable media include program instructions that when executed, cause a computer to: perform systematic monitoring; perform a network vulnerability analysis; remediate a finding; and notify a user.
US11695729B2
Systems and network devices configured to use Stateless Address Auto-Configuration (SLAAC) to provide different internet protocol (IP) address information to user equipment (UE) devices that are connected to the same local area network (LAN). A network device (e.g., default router, etc.) may determine whether a UE device is eligible to receive special treatment based on a link-layer address of the UE device. The network device send the UE device an unicast router advertisement that includes a special prefix in response to determining that the UE device is eligible to receive special treatment. The network device may send the UE device an unicast router advertisement that includes a base prefix for the LAN in response to determining that the UE device is not eligible to receive special treatment.
US11695728B2
To serve User Equipment (UEs) in a wireless communication network, a control-plane transfers a co-located User Plane Function (UPF) request for a wireless access point ID to a naming system. The naming system detects a co-location translation fault for the wireless access point ID and transfers the wireless access point ID to a controller. The controller determines co-located UPFs for the wireless access node. The controller transfers co-location translation information for the wireless access point ID and co-located UPF IDs to the naming system. The control-plane transfers another co-located UPF request for the wireless access point ID to the naming system. The naming system translates the wireless access point ID into the set of co-located UPF IDs. The naming system transfers the co-located UPF IDs to the control-plane. The control-plane signals the co-located UPFs to serve the UE over the wireless access point.
US11695704B2
Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for reducing the size of packet headers without reducing the range of packet lengths supported. A packet header includes a fixed-width length field. Using a linear encoding, the maximum packet size is a linear function of the fixed-width length field. Thus, to expand the range of sizes available, either the granularity of the field must be decreased (e.g., by changing the measure of the field from flits to double-flits) or the size of the field must be increased (e.g., by changing the size of the field from 4 bits to 5 bits). However, by using a non-linear encoding, the difference between the minimum and maximum size can be increased without decreasing the granularity within a first range of field values and without increasing the size of the length field.
US11695697B2
Some embodiments provide a novel way to insert a service (e.g., a third party service) in the path of a data message flow, between two machines (e.g., two VMs, two containers, etc.) in a public cloud environment. For a particular tenant of the public cloud, some embodiments create an overlay logical network with a logical overlay address space. To perform a service on data messages of a flow between two machines, the logical overlay network passes to the public cloud's underlay network the data messages with their destination address (e.g., destination IP addresses) defined in the logical overlay network. The underlay network (e.g., an underlay default downlink gateway) is configured to pass data messages with such destination addresses (e.g., with logical overlay destination addresses) to a set of one or more service machines. The underlay network (e.g., an underlay default uplink gateway) is also configured to pass to the particular tenant's public cloud gateway the processed data messages that are received from the service machine set and that are addressed to logical overlay destination addresses. The tenant's public cloud gateway is configured to forward such data messages to a logical forwarding element of the logical network, which then handles the forwarding of the data messages to the correct destination machine.
US11695691B2
Systems and methods for supporting dual-port virtual router in a high performance computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a dual port router abstraction can provide a simple way for enabling subnet-to-subnet router functionality to be defined based on a switch hardware implementation. A virtual dual-port router can logically be connected outside a corresponding switch port. This virtual dual-port router can provide an InfiniBand specification compliant view to a standard management entity, such as a Subnet Manager. In accordance with an embodiment, a dual-ported router model implies that different subnets can be connected in a way where each subnet fully controls the forwarding of packets as well as address mappings in the ingress path to the subnet.
US11695685B2
Various example embodiments for supporting candidate path selection in a communication system are presented. The support for candidate path selection may be based on candidate path preference information of the candidate paths where the candidate path preference information of the candidate paths may be configured for use by network devices in selecting between the candidate paths. The support for candidate path selection based on candidate path preference information of the candidate paths may be provided within the context of candidate path selection which may include failover switching. The support for candidate path selection based on candidate path preference information may be based on support for distribution of the candidate path preference information of the candidate paths to network devices and use of the candidate path preference information of the candidate paths by the network devices to support selection of the candidate paths.
US11695680B2
A method and system for providing communication analysis of the user equipment (UE) based on network analysis is disclosed. The method provides communication analysis of the UE in a form as UE communication statistics or UE communication prediction by analyzing network data collected from the network function (NF) device.
US11695679B1
Examples provide a network testing solution using a remote-controlled testing device. A test device includes a computing device for executing network performance testing logic and a cellular device. The test device controls the cellular device via a series of commands issued to the cellular device by the computing device. The test device is placed onto or inside a vehicle. As the vehicle moves through a geographical area, the test device automatically and autonomously performs network testing operations. The test data generated during the test is periodically uploaded to a central controller. The central controller aggregates test data received from a plurality of test devices assigned to a plurality of vehicles for a given campaign. The aggregated test data is analyzed and filtered to generate performance test results. A user can dynamically set up each campaign and assign test devices and vehicles to each campaign using a graphical user interface.
US11695677B2
A system and method for processing electronic data messages mitigate the transmission of one or more electronic messages including a sequence of data as a plurality of packets characterized by a sequence therebetween corresponding to the sequence of the data of the electronic message, each packet including data indicative of the sequence of that packet relative to the others of the plurality of packets, to a receiving system, prior to the sender determining that the message(s) is/are desired, alone or in conjunction with subsequently canceling or otherwise invalidating the message(s). The system and method mitigate such behavior by adding a timestamp when the packets are received, detecting if at least one of the received augmented packets of the electronic data message was received by the network interface in an order different from the sequence between the plurality of packets, and taking an action with respect to the electronic data message.
US11695675B1
A computer-implemented method for analyzing a user session within an online environment includes receiving, by a path analysis computer system, usage data related to a user session within an online environment, wherein the usage data includes a plurality of events occurring within the user session, and generating, by the path analysis computer system, a plurality of user paths for the user session based on the usage data, including generating a separate user path beginning with each of the plurality of events. Each of the user paths is generated by selecting one of the plurality of events as a starting event, and arranging the plurality of events subsequent to the starting event in order of occurrence, such that the user path includes the starting event and each of the subsequent events up to and including a final event.
US11695673B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein are related to a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. In some embodiments, the medium includes instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to identify, at an edge network, resource consumption data including a status that indicates whether a service hosted on a cluster of nodes on the edge network is powered on, a type of a resource being consumed by the service, a quantity of the resource being consumed by the service, and a time stamp associated with the resource being consumed by the service and provide, to a remote server in communication with the edge network, the resource consumption data. In some embodiments, the remote server meters resource consumption based on the resource consumption data.
US11695659B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for generating a unique ID for a sensor in a network. Once the sensor is installed on a component of the network, the sensor can send attributes of the sensor to a control server of the network. The attributes of the sensor can include at least one unique identifier of the sensor or the host component of the sensor. The control server can determine a hash value using a one-way hash function and a secret key, send the hash value to the sensor, and designate the hash value as a sensor ID of the sensor. In response to receiving the sensor ID, the sensor can incorporate the sensor ID in subsequent communication messages. Other components of the network can verify the validity of the sensor using a hash of the at least one unique identifier of the sensor and the secret key.
US11695656B2
The disclosure relates to 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). 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 apparatuses and methods for detecting a specific service through a network data analytics function (NWDAF) in a mobile communication system and analyzing a characteristic related to the service.
US11695655B1
Presented herein are systems and methods for managing networked environments. A computer system may provide a user interface for configuring a plurality of groups of servers each hosting a resource for an application. The user interface may include: a first element configured to select, upon interaction, at least one group of servers from the plurality of groups of servers to which to install a patch for the application; a second element configured to identify, upon interaction, a first group of servers of the plurality of groups of servers to which to transfer network traffic associated with the application and communicated with a second group of servers of the plurality of groups of servers; and a third element configured to provide, upon interaction, one or more performance indicators for at least one of a plurality of functions of the application.
US11695648B2
A method supports service level agreement monitoring in a software defined network. The software defined network has forwarding elements and a software defined network controller for controlling the forwarding elements. Data flows are transmitted between a first end-path forwarding element, of the forwarding elements, and a second end-path forwarding element, of the forwarding elements, via at least one intermediate forwarding element, of the forwarding elements. The software defined network controller configures the intermediate forwarding element such that a probe triggering packet is generated based on local information of the intermediate forwarding element. The software defined network controller configures at least one of the first end-path forwarding element or the second end-path forwarding element such that an end-to-end probing is triggered based on receiving the probe triggering packet. The end-to-end probing is performed in order to detect a service level agreement violation.
US11695646B1
Deep reinforcement learning is applied to self-orchestration in edge device computing for offloading within a spatial network community to reduce latency and bandwidth issues. A revised online policy gradient training algorithm based on importance sampling in addition to the use of DRL-based offloading provides for continued use of original sample training data. A request for help scheme supports edge-device cooperation among neighboring devices of the spatial network community by sharing edge device state information (EDSI) for governing task assignments.
US11695643B1
Systems and methods are disclosed to implement a time series anomaly detection system that uses configurable statistical control rules (SCRs) and a forecasting system to detect anomalies in a time series data (e.g. fluctuating values of a network activity metric). In embodiments, the system forecasts future values of the time series data along with a confidence interval based on seasonality characteristics of the data. The time series data is monitored for anomalies by comparing actual observed values in the time series with the predicted values and confidence intervals, according to the SCRs. The SCRs may be defined and tuned via a configuration interface that allows users to visually see how different SCRs perform over real data. Advantageously, the disclosed system allows users to create custom anomaly detection triggers for different types of time series data, without use of a monolithic detection model which can be difficult to tune.
US11695638B2
A network capacity planning system for forecasting and scheduling of network capacity for electronic devices is provided. A server monitors usage of a network associated with the electronic devices. The server analyzes a frequency of a transmission of data packets between the electronic devices and the network, and a time duration of a network busy time based on predetermined thresholds. The server uses results of the analysis to drive a dynamic mechanism, which identifies when a bandwidth associated with the network needs to be upgraded to support the growing network bandwidth requirements. The server adjusts a network capacity value of a network routing device associated with the network to support the required bandwidth for an operation of the electronic devices.
US11695628B2
Technologies for analyzing and optimizing workloads (e.g., virtual network functions) executing on edge resources are disclosed. According to one embodiment disclosed herein, a compute device launches a virtualized system including a virtual network function and a performance manager, the performance manager to monitor a current resource usage of the virtual network function as a function of a performance profile. The compute device determines, in response to a determination that one or more quality-of-service (QoS) requirements is not satisfied, whether one or more resources from the platform are available for satisfying the QoS requirements. The compute device receives, in response to a determination that the one or more resources are available for satisfying the QoS requirements, the one or more resources and updates the performance profile as a function of the received resources.
US11695623B2
The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for binding a network card in a multi-network card server, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring a target address of a target server, wherein a connection between the target server and the multi-network card server is to be established; querying an IP address library according to the target address to determine an operator to which the target address belongs, wherein the IP address library records a correspondence between IP addresses and operators; selecting a network card, according to the determined operator to which the target address belongs, corresponding to the determined operator from a plurality of network cards in the multi-network card server; and binding the selected network card to establish the connection between the multi-network card server and the target server. On the premise of avoiding the inter-operator connection, the present application realizes binding the corresponding network card to enable the automatic connection between the multi-network card server and the target server.
US11695620B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for determining relationships between events occurring in networks. Notifications describing events occurring in networks can be received and processed to determine groups of network event types. A root-cause network can be generated based on the events, with the nodes of the root-cause network representing different event types and the edges of the root-cause network indicating directional, causal relationships between the nodes. A received network event can be processed to determine potential causes of the received network event based on the root-cause network and other events received by the network.
US11695605B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for performing physical resource block (PRB) indexing in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) receives information on an offset between a synchronization signal (SS) block and a system bandwidth from a network through the SS block and performs the PRB indexing on the system bandwidth on the basis of the information on the offset.
US11695604B2
An integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node may receive a parent knowledge message, the parent knowledge message indicating whether a parent IAB node of the child IAB node has received an optional signaling message, determining to transition between first resources and second resources at a transition time, the first resources being associated with use of a mobile termination of the child IAB node, the second resources being associated with use of the distributed unit of the child IAB node, and determine a number of guard symbols provided by the parent IAB node at the transition time based on whether the parent knowledge message indicates that the parent IAB node has received the optional signaling message.
US11695602B2
A digital down converter (DDC) that improves efficiency by taking advantage of the periodicity of the coarse mixing process and the memory inherent in the convolution operation performed by decimation filters. In embodiments, the DDC filters and decimates a received signal to generate subfilter outputs and coarse mixes the subfilter outputs for each frequency band of interest. Accordingly, the DDC eliminates the need for separate decimation filters for each of the in-phase (I-phase) and quadrature (Q-phase) signals of each frequency band. In some embodiments, for each frequency band, the DDC combines the subfilter outputs into partial sums for each of the I- and Q-phases. In some of those embodiments, the coarse mixing operation is performed by multiplying the partial sums by real multiplicands and performing a simple post-rotation operation. In those embodiments, the DDC significantly reduces the number of multiplication operations required to perform the coarse mixing process.
US11695595B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication that a high Doppler configuration is activated. The UE may detect, based at least in part on receiving the indication that the high Doppler configuration is activated, a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) for a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) communication. The PTRS may be configured by the high Doppler configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11695591B2
A method of utilizing the same hardware network interface card (NIC) in a gateway of a datacenter to communicate datacenter tenant packet traffic and packet traffic for a set of applications that execute in the user space of the gateway and utilize a network stack in the kernel space of the gateway. The method sends and receives packets for the datacenter tenant packet traffic through a packet datapath in the user space. The method sends incoming packets from the NIC to the set of applications through the datapath in the user space, a user-kernel transport driver connecting the kernel network stack to the datapath in the user space, and the kernel network stack. The method receives outgoing packets at the NIC from the set of applications through the kernel network stack, the user-kernel transport driver, and the data path in the user space.
US11695573B2
An example operation may include one or more of receiving a data file with off-chain content that originated in a first security domain of a multi-domain blockchain network, verifying that the on-chain and off-chain content satisfies a cross-domain security policy between the first security domain and a second security domain within the multi-domain blockchain network with a different security policy than the first security domain, in response to verifying the on-chain and off-chain content, signing the on-chain portion of the data file with a signature of a cross-domain endorsement peer, transmitting the signed on-chain portion of the data file to an ordering service of the multi-domain blockchain network, and transmitting the off-chain portion of the data file to a cross-domain content controller in the first security domain.
US11695564B2
Embodiments of the inventive concept provide a system and method that verifies a user through a security token combined with biometric information processing techniques capable of changing and canceling the conventional encryption key without storing biometric information-related data corresponding to a user's personal information.
US11695561B2
Methods and apparatuses are described for decentralized authorization of user access requests in a distributed service architecture. A gateway node receives a user access request from a remote computing device. The gateway generates a signed and encrypted access token based upon the user access request using an authorization service node and a key management service node. The gateway transmits the access token, the user access request, and a security certificate received from the authorization service to a security proxy node of a microservice container. The security proxy validates the certificate and the access token. The security proxy decrypts the access token using a public key from the certificate, and determines user authorization to access a service endpoint node based upon the decrypted token. The security proxy transmits the user access request to the service endpoint, which provides the remote device with access to services based upon the user access request.
US11695558B2
A trust management system is provided for a network communication ecosystem having a plurality of participating entities. The trust management system includes a trust specification engine configured to define and manage trust relationships between a first entity and a second entity of the plurality of participating entities, a trust analysis engine configured to process the results of a trust query from the first entity to the second entity, a trust evaluation engine configured to evaluate the trust relationships managed by the trust specification engine, and a trust monitor configured to (i) monitor one or more trust triggers occurring relevant to at least one of the first and second entities, and (2) update a trust relationship between the first and second entities based on one or more monitored trust triggers.
US11695550B2
A method of exchanging a combined cryptographic key between a first node and a second node, the first node and the second node being connected through a first communication and a second communication network, wherein the first communication network is a quantum communication network wherein information is encoded on weak light pulses; and the first node and the second node being configured to: exchange one or more first cryptographic keys on the first communication network; exchange one or more second cryptographic keys using the second communication network; and form the combined cryptographic key by combining the one or more first cryptographic keys and the one or more second cryptographic keys, such that the first node and the second node share knowledge of the combined cryptographic key.
US11695540B2
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a memory storing a composite function in which at least two polynomials are composed and a processor configured to, based on a comparison operation command being received for a plurality of homomorphic ciphertexts, perform operation by reflecting the plurality of homomorphic ciphertexts to the composite function, and obtain a comparison result of the plurality of homomorphic ciphertexts based on the operation result, each of the at least two polynomials may output a value in a preset range for a value in a preset domain, and a domain of one of the at least two polynomials may be determined based on a range of a previous polynomial.
US11695536B1
A method for controlling configuration of an air interface between an access node and at least one user equipment device (UE), where the air interface is divided over time into frames and the frames are further divided at least into subframes, where the air interface operates in accordance with a time-division-duplex (TDD) configuration that defines at least a number of uplink subframes per frame for communication over the air interface. An example method includes (i) detecting at least a threshold high rate of uplink voice muting on the air interface, and (ii) responsive to at least the detecting, changing the TDD configuration to increase the number of uplink subframes per frame over the air interface.
US11695528B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configuration enhancements. A method generally receiving pre-configuration information for one or more reference signal transmissions, performing, at a first time during an ON duration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, measurements on one or more reference signals based, at least in part, on the pre-configuration information, determining if, at a second time during the ON duration after the first time, a trigger frame associated with the one or more reference signal transmissions has been received, and transmitting a measurement report corresponding to the measurements if a trigger frame has been received.
US11695522B2
A wireless access node (e.g. a master eNB (MeNB)) is described for a wireless communication system that comprises a first wireless access network and a second wireless access network supporting a dual connectivity terminal device arranged to communicate with both the wireless access node (MeNB) on the first wireless access network and a second wireless access node (e.g. a secondary eNB (SeNB)) on the second wireless access network is provided. The wireless access node comprises a communication unit and a controller. The controller is operably coupled to the communication unit and configured to control the communication unit to transmit a first message including configuration information for a secondary cell group (SCG) to perform a certain action, to the other base station, and to receive a second message in response to the first message from the other base station, and to control the communication to transmit a third message based on the second message to the terminal, wherein the configuration information includes multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) interest information.
US11695520B2
A method and apparatus may include configuring a split bearer. The split bearer is configured with a first data path between a user equipment and a first network node, and the split bearer is also configured with a second data path between the user equipment and a second network node. The split bearer is configured for a switching operation. The switching operation includes an operation where data transmission is restricted to be towards only one of the first data path and the second data path. The method also includes first transmitting on the split bearer towards the first data path. The method also includes performing the switching operation. The transmitting towards the first data path is switched to transmitting towards the second data path. The method also includes second transmitting on the split bearer towards the second data path.
US11695519B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive, on a downlink control channel and a first beam, first downlink control information (DCI), wherein the first DCI identifies a second DCI that is carried on a downlink shared channel; and receive multiple repetitions of the second DCI on the downlink shared channel on a plurality of second beams.
US11695518B2
Apparatus that sends uplink control information (UCI) from user equipment (UE) to a network node, generates elements of the UCI including at least one of hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback for one or more uplink (UL) resources, a scheduling request (SR), a channel state information (CSI) report and a beam related information report in response to a trigger set by the network node. The apparatus encodes the UCI elements for transmission via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of the one or more UL resources. The one or more UL resources may be UL slots or UL portions of downlink-uplink (DL-UL) slots received from a network node.
US11695516B2
In an example, a second UE receives a first SCI and a second SCI from a first UE in a first slot. A groupcast sidelink transmission is scheduled by the first SCI and the second SCI. The second SCI indicates a location indication, associated with a location of the first UE, and a communication range. A PSFCH resource is determined based upon the first SCI. The second UE doesn't transmit a NACK indication on the PSFCH resource if location information of the second UE is available, the groupcast sidelink transmission isn't successfully decoded, and the second UE is outside the communication range. The second UE transmits the NACK indication on the PSFCH resource if the location information isn't available and the groupcast sidelink transmission isn't successfully decoded, or if the location information is available, the groupcast sidelink transmission isn't successfully decoded, and the second UE is within the communication range.
US11695515B2
A data sending method is provided. The method includes: allocating, by a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of a first network node, data packets to at least one hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) unit of at least two cells, where the at least two cells use different radio access technologies RATs, the at least two cells share one HARQ unit or each of the at least two cells is corresponding to one HARQ unit, and the HARQ unit is a HARQ entity and/or a HARQ process; and sending, by the first network node, the data packets to a second network node by using the at least two cells. According to the foregoing solution, the data packets are allocated to the at least one HARQ unit of the at least two cells by using a shared MAC layer, so as to effectively reduce an end-to-end delay.
US11695514B2
Transmission of information in a wireless network is performed by allocating a channel from a transmitter to a receiver. The channel has at least one time slot with each time slot having a plurality of symbols. Each slot contains at least one reference symbol (RS). As information becomes available for transmission, it is classified as prioritized information (PI) and other information. One or more priority symbols are generated using the digital samples of the priority information. Other symbols are generated using the other data. Priority symbols are transmitted on the channel in a manner that separation of priority symbol(s) and a reference symbol does not exceed a time duration of one symbol. For example, Rank Indicator (RI) is transmitted using symbol k, ACKNAK is transmitted using symbol k+1; and the reference signal (RS) is transmitted using symbol k+2, wherein symbols k, k+1, and k+2 are consecutive in time. The other symbols are transmitted in available locations.
US11695510B2
A self-contained operation using a time-unit configuration taking into consideration HARQ processes is performed. In base station, transmission section transmits a downlink signal in a downlink transmission region in a time unit composed of the downlink transmission region, an uplink transmission region, and a gap interval that is a switching point from the downlink transmission region to the uplink transmission region; and reception section receives an uplink signal in the uplink transmission region in the time unit. Each time unit includes the downlink transmission region and the uplink transmission region for each of HARQ processes.
US11695506B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and 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). The present 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. A method and apparatus according to an embodiment may allow a terminal or a base station to configure parameters for supporting limited buffer rate matching (LBRM) by using higher layer signaling or enable a suitable configuration to be made in a case of not configuring parameters for supporting the LBRM using the higher layer signaling.
US11695505B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. An encoder of a wireless device may receive a transport block (TB) for transmission and segment the transport block into a set of multiple, smaller data segments that respectively correspond to a plurality of code blocks of the TB. The encoder may generate a code block level (CB-level) error detection code (EDC) for a subset of the data segments. The encoder may generate a transport block-level (TB-level) EDC for the TB using the data segments. Each of the code blocks (CBs) may be of the same size and may include one of the data segments. A subset of the CBs may include a data segment from the subset of the data segments and one of the CB-level EDCs. The remaining CBs that are not part of the subset may include a remaining data segments and the TB-level EDC.
US11695495B2
Various embodiments are described that relate to random noise addition to a communication. A first secure network can employ a first encryption scheme and a second secure network can employ a second encryption scheme. In order to communicate between the first secure network and the second secure network such that the schemes are not decipherable, random noise can be added to a communication designated to transfer from the first secure network to the second secure network.
US11695493B1
A coherent passive optical network includes a downstream transceiver and first and second upstream transceivers in communication with an optical transport medium. The downstream transceiver includes a downstream processor for mapping a downstream data stream to a plurality of sub-bands, and a downstream transmitter for transmitting a downstream optical signal modulated with the plurality of sub-bands. The first upstream transceiver includes a first local oscillator (LO) for tuning a first LO center frequency to a first sub-band of the plurality of sub-bands, and a first downstream receiver for coherently detecting the downstream optical signal within the first sub-band. The second upstream transceiver includes a second downstream receiver configured for coherently detecting the downstream optical signal within a second sub-band of the plurality of sub-bands. The downstream processor dynamically allocates the first and second sub-bands to the first and second transceivers in the time and frequency domains.
US11695487B2
Systems and methods for broadcasting wireless data via one or more retransmission schemes to increase the packet reception in a wireless system. One or more devices of the system are configured to listen for an initial data packet from a source device. Should one or more devices successfully receive the initial packet, each device that received the packet can unconditionally retransmit a copy of the payload of the initial packet such that any device that failed to receive the initial packet payload has an opportunity to receive it during the respective retransmissions. Similarly, each device of the system can send acknowledgements to the other system devices that indicate whether they received the initial packet. Should one or more of the devices successfully receive the initial packet, the devices can conditionally retransmit a copy of the missing payload when one or more devices indicates they have failed to receive it.
US11695480B2
A high-speed optical transceiver integrated chip drive circuit with phase delay compensation function includes a transmitting end drive circuit to drive the laser to emit light to transmit signals and a receiving end drive circuit to optimize the signal degradation caused by the signal sent by the transmitting end drive circuit to the laser via the transmission backplane; a long code phase lead adjustment circuit is arranged on the main channel of the transmitting end drive circuit, and a long code phase lag adjustment circuit is set on the main channel of the receiving end drive circuit. The present invention is used to optimize high-speed signals and solve the problem that the CML drive circuit at the receiving end or the laser drive circuit at the transmitting end cannot compensate the difference between the group delay and phase delay for the high-speed signal after passing through the backplane (Laser device).
US11695478B2
Examples relate to apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a remote unit and a central unit of an optical line terminal. In particular, a central unit apparatus for an optical line terminal comprises one or more interfaces configured to communicate with one or more remote unit apparatuses via one or more communication links. The apparatus further comprises a processor configured to receive information on one or more upstream reports from the remote unit apparatuses, the upstream reports relate to one or more optical networks used by the remote unit apparatuses to communicate with a plurality of optical network users. The processor further determines information on bandwidth assignments for the plurality of optical network users based on the information on the one or more upstream reports and transmits the information on bandwidth assignments to the one or more remote unit apparatuses.
US11695475B2
A test instrument for providing an optics troubleshooting technique of an optical transceiver is disclosed. The test instrument may comprise a processor and a memory, which when executed by the processor, performs the optics troubleshooting technique. The optics troubleshooting technique may include identifying a test signal from the optical transceiver. The optics troubleshooting technique may include determining signal power associated with the signal. The optics troubleshooting technique may further include applying one or more expert mode settings. In some examples, the one or more expert mode settings may be applied in a predefined order until an acceptable BER result is achieved over a predefined test period. In this way, test instrument may determine which of the one or more expert mode settings is responsible for the acceptable BER result.
US11695473B2
[Problem] To determine a time difference between clocks which, for example, are placed far apart from each other with high accuracy at low cost. [Solution] In a time comparison system 20, an intermediate station 21 disperses a single optical signal 21c in the spatial region using the optical complex amplitude modulation to simultaneously transmit the optical signal 21c to a plurality of comparative stations 22 and 23 apart from each other. The intermediate station 21 transmits the optical signal 21c while changing the transmission angle using phase modulation, performs intensity scanning for the reflected light c1 of the optical signal 21c, and detects the peak intensity to determine the directions of the comparative stations 22 and 23. The reflected light c1 of the optical signal 21c transmitted to the comparative stations 22 and 23 of which the direction have been determined, is detected to determine a round-trip propagation delay time between the intermediate station 21 and each of the comparative stations 22 and 23. The difference calculation unit 25 calculates a sum of time difference between each of times to and tb associated with the comparative stations 22 and 23 and the time tc associated with the intermediate station 21, and the determined propagation delay time to determine time information of each of the comparative stations 22 and 23. Based on the result of subtracting, from the time information of the comparative stations 22, the time information of the comparative stations 23, the time difference between the comparative stations 22 and 23 is determined.
US11695471B2
A device for the reception of ADS-B messages for a satellite is disclosed including an array of sources and a beamforming module, a ground footprint of a field of view defining a service area, different service areas being associated with different positions of the satellite, a ground footprint of a beam defining a spot in the service area, the beamforming module being configured to form each beam by applying combination coefficients, the reception device having a processing circuit configured to obtain information representative of a position of the satellite and to modify a set of combination coefficients so as to adapt the surface area and/or or the shape of the formed spots to a geographical distribution of the aircrafts within the service area associated with the position of the satellite.
US11695470B2
Methods and systems are described for providing end-to-end beamforming. For example, end-to-end beamforming systems include end-to-end relays and ground networks to provide communications to user terminals located in user beam coverage areas. The ground segment can include geographically distributed access nodes and a central processing system. Return uplink signals, transmitted from the user terminals, have multipath induced by a plurality of receive/transmit signal paths in the end to end relay and are relayed to the ground network. The ground network, using beamformers, recovers user data streams transmitted by the user terminals from return downlink signals. The ground network, using beamformers generates forward uplink signals from appropriately weighted combinations of user data streams that, after relay by the end-end-end relay, produce forward downlink signals that combine to form user beams.
US11695469B2
A multi-link satellite processor is described that provides command or control information to a vehicle via multi-link satellite downlink signals. Embodiments of the invention provide an Earth-based multi-link satellite processor that process information to generate the command information and to transmit the command information to commercial satellite or low-Earth orbit and satellites. The command information is provided to a vehicle via the multi-link satellite downlink signal in which one or more commercial satellites and at least one low-Earth orbiting satellite are used to generate the multi-link satellite downlink signal.
US11695467B2
A device includes a primary sector and secondary sectors communicatively coupled to the primary sector. The processor included in the primary sector is configured to down convert a Radio Frequency (RF) signals with a first frequency to an analog baseband (IQ) signal with a second frequency, and receive a second digital baseband signal that comprises a first digital baseband signal and a digital echo signal. The first digital baseband signal comprises a training sequence signal. Further, the processor estimates a plurality of filter taps of the FIR filter based on the digital echo signal and estimate the digital echo signal in the received second digital baseband signal based on the first digital baseband signal and the plurality of filter taps of the FIR filter. The estimated digital echo signal is removed from at least one current digital baseband signal based on the down conversion of the RF signals.
US11695458B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for determining a power to be used for a set of antenna ports for a physical uplink shared channel transmission. In some embodiments, a User Equipment (UE) comprises processing circuitry configured to derive a power P to be used for uplink power control for a physical uplink shared channel transmission and determine a power to be used for a set of antenna ports based on the power P according to a rule that depends on whether the UE is utilizing codebook based transmission or non-codebook based transmission for the physical uplink shared channel transmission. The set of antenna ports is antenna ports on which the physical uplink shared channel transmission is transmitted with non-zero power.
US11695453B2
A method by which a first wireless device maintains beamforming in a wireless AV system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: transmitting a packet including a non-training field and a plurality of training fields to a second wireless device, wherein the non-training field is transmitted on the basis of the best sector combination from among a plurality of candidate sector combinations predetermined between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, and the plurality of training fields is transmitted on the basis of the plurality of candidate sector combinations; receiving candidate beam feedback information as a response to the plurality of training fields; determining, on the basis of the candidate beam feedback information, whether a channel change due to an obstacle occurs; and updating the best sector combination on the basis of the candidate beam feedback information when it is determined that the channel change occurs.
US11695452B2
A system, in a radio frequency (RF) transmitter device, selects one or more reflector devices that comprises an active reflector device, along an optimized non-line-of-sight (NLOS) radio path based on a defined criteria. Further, the selected one or more reflector devices are controlled based on one or more conditions. The optimized NLOS radio path is determined from a plurality of NLOS radio paths. In an RF receiver device that communicates with the selected one or more reflector devices using the determined optimized NLOS path. The active reflector device comprises at least a first antenna array and a second antenna array. The first antenna array transmits a first set of beams of RF signals to at least the RF transmitter device and the RF receiver device. The second antenna array receives a second set of beams of RF signals from at least the RF transmitter device and the RF receiver device.
US11695446B2
According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus creates a prediction model taking into consideration of the actual fluctuation of a self-interference signal. The communication apparatus selects, where the self-interference signal has largely fluctuated, a prediction model in accordance with a fluctuation pattern at an early stage of the fluctuation. The communication apparatus generates a cancel signal by control applying a gain and an amount of phase shift represented by the prediction model.
US11695443B2
A dynamic specific absorption rate (SAR) may be implemented by monitoring and controlling power utilization of the various radio frequency (RF) emitting components over time within a mobile device. Power utilization may be tracked and modified to control the time-averaged RF exposure over a rolling time window. Periodically calculations of the updated rolling averages for RF transmissions may be performed based on the transmission data received from the mobile device components, and the continuously updated rolling averages of RF transmissions may be compared to time-average power utilization limits. Based on such comparisons, the mobile device may dynamically adjust the current transmissions of the radio transceivers and other RF emitting components on the mobile device.
US11695439B2
A semiconductor chip includes a first wireless communication circuit, a local oscillator (LO) buffer, and an auxiliary path. The first wireless communication circuit has a signal path, wherein the signal path has a mixer input port and a signal node distinct from the mixer input port. The auxiliary path is used to electrically connect the LO buffer to the signal node of the signal path. The LO buffer is reused for a transmit (TX) function through the auxiliary path.
US11695422B2
A delay locked loop circuit includes a first delay locked loop and a second delay locked loop having different characteristics. The first delay locked loop performs a delay-locking operation on a reference clock signal to generate a delay locked clock signal. The second delay locked loop performs a delay-locking operation on the delay locked clock signal to generate an internal clock signal.
US11695421B1
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of integrated circuits, and specifically to a delay-locked loop, a control method for a delay-locked loop, and an electronic device. The delay-locked loop includes: a secondary path configured to perform frequency division on an input clock signal to generate a frequency-divided clock signal, adjust the frequency-divided clock signal having a first frequency to obtain an output clock signal in a locking process of the delay-locked loop, and adjust the frequency-divided clock signal to make the frequency-divided clock signal have a second frequency when the delay-locked loop is locked in a standby state, wherein the second frequency is lower than the first frequency; and a primary path configured to output, when obtaining a target instruction, an output clock replica signal having a same phase as the output clock signal.
US11695420B2
Disclosed is technology that is driven using a positive feedback loop of a feedback field-effect transistor and is capable of performing a logic-in memory function. The logic-in-memory inverter includes a metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor, and a feedback field-effect transistor in which a drain region of a nanostructure is connected in series to a drain region of the metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor, wherein the logic-in-memory inverter performs a logical operation is performed based on an output voltage VOUT that changes depending on a level of an input voltage VIN that is input to a gate electrode of the feedback field-effect transistor and a gate electrode of the metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor while a source voltage VSS is input to a source region of the nanostructure and a drain voltage VDD is input to a source region of the metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor.
US11695419B2
A switch device includes a main module, which includes at least one main electronic control circuit, connections to the electrical system of a building and/or to equipment or devices to be controlled, one or more touch sensors or contacts connected to the at least one main electronic control circuit, a main box-shaped housing element for the preceding components, and one or more systems that provide a reversible electric or electronic and mechanical connection of the main module to an accessory module.
US11695413B2
A Schmitt trigger circuit includes a first and second set of transistors, a first and second feedback transistor, and a first and second circuit. The first set of transistors is connected between a first voltage supply and an output node. The first voltage supply has a first voltage. The second set of transistors is connected between the output node and a second voltage supply. The second voltage supply has a second voltage. The first feedback transistor is connected to the output node, a first node and a second node. The second feedback transistor is connected to the output node, a third node and a fourth node. The first circuit is coupled to and configured to supply the second supply voltage to the second node. The second circuit is coupled to and configured to supply the first supply voltage to the fourth node.
US11695411B2
Disclosed is a transmitter which includes a channel driver that includes a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor connected between a power node and a ground node and outputs a voltage between the pull-up transistor and the pull-down transistor as a transmit signal, and a pre-driver that controls the pull-up transistor and the pull-down transistor in response to a driving signal and controls the channel driver such that the transmit signal is overshot at a rising edge of the driving signal and the transmit signal is undershot at a falling edge of the driving signal.
US11695393B2
A latch array including a row of master latches coupled to columns of slave latches. Each master latch includes an OR-AND-Inverter (OAI) gate cross-coupled with a NAND gate to receive and latch an input data, and each slave latch includes an AND-OR-Inverter (AOI) gate cross-coupled with a NOR gate to receive and latch the data from the master latch, and an inverter including an input coupled to the AOI gate and an output to produce an output data based on the input data. Alternatively, each master latch includes an AND-OR-Inverter (AOI) gate cross-coupled with a NOR gate to receive and latch an input data, and each slave latch includes an OR-AND-Inverter (OAI) gate cross-coupled with a NAND gate to receive and latch the data from the master latch, and an inverter including an input coupled to the OAI gate and an output to produce an output data.
US11695389B2
An acoustic wave device includes an element substrate having piezoelectricity, a functional electrode on a first main surface of the element substrate, an extended wiring line electrically connected to the functional electrode and extending from the first main surface to a side surface of the element substrate, an external terminal electrically connected to the extended wiring line and on a second main surface of the element substrate, a first resin portion to seal the acoustic wave device, and a second resin portion at least between the extended wiring line on the side surface and the first resin portion. The second resin portion has a lower Young's modulus than the first resin portion.
US11695386B2
A solidly mounted resonator having an electromagnetic shielding structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The solidly mounted resonator includes: a substrate; an acoustic-wave reflecting layer formed on the substrate; a resonance function layer formed on the acoustic-wave reflecting layer; and a metal shielding wall formed on the substrate, wherein the metal shielding wall surrounds an effective region in the acoustic-wave reflecting layer and the resonance function layer. The electromagnetic shielding structure is formed simultaneously with the resonator, and it is not necessary to provide an additional electromagnetic shielding device. An influence of an external or internal electromagnetic interference source on the resonator is avoided while ensuring a small dimension and a high performance of the resonator.
US11695376B2
A phase-synchronized RF power generator includes: an RF power amplifier for amplifying an RF power signal; a first directional coupler; an isolator for adjusting impedance mismatch generated by the first directional coupler, and transferring the RF power signal transferred by the first directional coupler to the output terminal; a second directional coupler for transferring part of the feedback signal transferred by the first directional coupler to be compared with a frequency of a reference signal provided by a crystal oscillator, and transferring rest of the feedback signal to a feedback loop; a digital phase shifter for adjusting a phase of the feedback signal transferred by the second directional coupler at predetermined intervals; an analog phase shifter for continuously adjusting the phase of the feedback signal discretely adjusted by the digital phase shifter; and a frequency comparator.
US11695367B1
The present disclosure relates to a day-night photovoltaic system. More specifically, power supplied to a solar panel from a DC power supply part is output as a final output power PV together with power produced by the solar panel during the daytime, and is output as the final output power together with an ultra-high frequency wavelength generated by the sun explosion and induced to the solar panel during the night time. This provides the effects of stably supplying the power not only during the daytime but also during the night time.
US11695364B2
A motor/generator/transmission system includes: an axle; a stator ring having a plurality of stator coils disposed around the periphery of the stator ring, wherein each phase of the plurality of stator coils includes a respective set of multiple parallel non-twisted wires separated at the center tap with electronic switches for connecting the parallel non-twisted wires of each phase of the stator coils all in series, all in parallel, or in a combination of series and parallel; a rotor support structure coupled to the axle; a first rotor ring and a second rotor ring each having an axis of rotation coincident with the axis of rotation of the axle, at least one of the first rotor ring or the second rotor ring being slidably coupled to the rotor support structure and configured to translate along the rotor support structure in a first axial direction or in a second axial direction.
US11695363B2
Systems and methods for determining proper phase rotation in a linear motor that may be used in an ESP system, where the phase rotations associated with power and return strokes are initially unknown. The method includes providing power to the motor for multiple cycles and monitoring the load (e.g., by monitoring current drawn by the motor) on the motor to determine in which direction (phase rotation) the load on the motor increases. This direction corresponds to the power stroke of the motor. The direction of increasing load is then associated with the power stroke and the motor is operated normally.
US11695361B2
An electric machine is provided. A polyphase machine is provided. A power inverter is electrically connected to the polyphase machine. A controller is electrically connected to the power inverter, wherein the controller provides switching signals to the power inverter, wherein the controller comprises a trajectory calculator that provides an optimized trajectory for transitioning the polyphase machine from a first torque to a second torque.
US11695349B2
A method for controlling a power converter, which in particular has partial power converters connected in parallel, is provided. The method includes determining a nominal voltage for the power converter; and dividing an output voltage for the power converter into a number of, in particular equal, voltage ranges. The voltage ranges are limited by a discrete upper voltage limit and a discrete lower voltage limit and the voltage ranges can be adjusted by switching the power converter, in particular the partial power converters. The method includes allocating the nominal voltage a voltage range with a discrete upper and lower voltage limits; allocating a first switch setting to the lower voltage limit; allocating a second switch setting to the upper voltage limit; and switching between the first switch setting and the second switch setting so that the power converter generates an actual voltage corresponding to the nominal voltage.
US11695339B2
A circuit includes an output node and an amplifier and first and second branches coupled between power supply and reference nodes. The first branch includes a first switching device coupled between a first amplifier input and the reference node, the second branch includes a second switching device coupled between the output node and a second amplifier input, and a third switching device is coupled between the power supply and output nodes. Responsive to a first voltage level on the power supply node, each of the first and second switching devices is switched off and the third switching device is switched on, and responsive to a second voltage level on the power supply node greater than the first voltage level, each of the first and second switching devices is switched on and the third switching device is switched off.
US11695336B2
A power management circuit included in a computer system regulates a voltage level of a power supply node used by other circuits in the computer system. The power management circuit includes a control circuit and multiple phase circuits coupled to the regulated power supply node via corresponding inductors. The control circuit selectively activates particular ones of the multiple phase circuits allowing them source respective currents to the regulated power supply node. The control circuit also selectively activates particular ones of other phase circuits that are external to the power management circuit and coupled to the regulated power supply node via their own corresponding inductors. Once activated, the external phase circuits source respective currents to the regulated power supply node via their corresponding inductors.
US11695335B2
A method comprises configuring a power converter to operate as a boost converter, the power converter comprising a low side switch and a high side switch, during a first dead time after turning off the low side switch and before turning on the high side switch, configuring the power converter such that a current of the power converter flows through a high speed diode, and after turning on the high side switch, configuring the power converter such that the current of the power converter flows through a low forward voltage drop diode.
US11695330B2
A switched power circuit to control a common-mode signal. The switched power circuit includes a first switch and a second switch configured to generate switch mode voltage between a first node and a second node. The switched power circuit further includes a feedback circuit that is configured to detect common-mode voltage generated between the first node and the second node by a first signal generated by the first switch and a second signal generated by the second switch, and incrementally adjust a timing parameter of the first signal to adjust the common-mode signal.
US11695327B2
Embodiments of a power converter are disclosed. In an embodiment, the power converter comprises a power factor correction (PFC) stage circuit, an emulation circuit and a controller. The PFC stage circuit is configured to produce an output signal on an output terminal. The PFC stage circuit includes an inductor coupled between a rectifier and the output terminal and a switch coupled to the inductor. The emulation circuit is connected to the PFC stage circuit to generate an emulated current that corresponds to current through the inductor of the PFC stage circuit. The emulated current is generated based on a voltage signal at a node between the inductor and the output terminal and a sensed current at a sense resistor connected to the rectifier. The controller is connected to the emulation circuit to receive the emulated current and generate a control signal for the switch of the PFC stage circuit based on the emulated current.
US11695321B2
A gate drive adapter circuit includes an input circuit, an output circuit, and a charge pump circuit. The input circuit is configured to receive pulses suitable for controlling a silicon power transistor. The output circuit is coupled to the input circuit. The output circuit is configured to translate the pulses to voltages suitable for controlling a silicon-carbide power transistor. The charge pump circuit is coupled to the input circuit and to the output circuit. The charge pump circuit is configured to generate a negative voltage. The output circuit is configured to apply the negative voltage to translate the pulses.
US11695318B2
A method performed by a control system of a power electronics converter. A first part of a grid-side current controller runs a first feedback control algorithm having a first control cycle time and includes at least proportional control using a proportional gain. A third part of the controller runs a third feedback control algorithm having the first control cycle time and acting on an output from the first control algorithm after SOA limits have been applied and includes counteracting the proportional control of the first feedback control algorithm. A second part of the controller runs a second feedback control algorithm having a second control cycle time, less than the first control cycle time, and acting on an output from the third control algorithm with the same polarity as the first control algorithm and includes proportional control using the proportional gain.
US11695315B2
Magnetic transmissions and related methods are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic screw comprising an elongate body, a nut selectively magnetically coupled to the magnetic screw, and a potential energy storage system and/or a resistive force component. The nut is configured to be displaced relative to the elongate body in a first direction in response to manipulation of a magnetic field between the magnetic screw and the nut when the nut is magnetically coupled to the magnetic screw. In embodiments including a potential energy storage system, the potential energy storage system may store potential energy when the nut is displaced in the first direction. In embodiments including a resistive force component, the resistive force component may resist motion of the nut in the first direction by applying a resistive force to the nut at least partially in an opposing second direction.
US11695310B2
A motor, a cooling device, and a cooling method are disclosed. The cooling device is mounted on a stator of the motor. The cooling device includes a sleeve and a spiral duct. A wall of the sleeve has a spiral groove extending along the sleeve. The sleeve is sleeved onto the stator. The spiral duct is mounted in the spiral groove. The spiral duct has a first spiral form corresponding to the spiral groove, so that the spiral duct is correspondingly installed in the spiral groove. The spiral duct has a second spiral form extending along the spiral duct. A twisted spiral cooling channel is formed along the spiral pathway. A cooling fluid flowing through the twisted spiral cooling channel is subjected to the continuously changing cross-section of the twisted spiral cooling channel to enhance the swirl intensity, thereby improving the convection heat transfer effectiveness.
US11695301B2
A wireless charging method includes: acquiring a charging type supported by a wireless charging device after handshake communication with the wireless charging device; and selecting a first receiving assembly and/or a second receiving assembly to charge batteries of a foldable-screen electronic device based on the charging type. By arranging the first receiving assembly and the second receiving assembly on the foldable-screen electronic device, at least one of the receiving assemblies can be selected for wireless charging the batteries of the electronic device when one side surface of the foldable-screen electronic device is proximal to the wireless charging device, thereby improving charging efficiency and shortening charging time. User experience can be improved as the users do not need to select a specified side surface for charging.
US11695300B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for low power excitation of wireless power transmitters configured to transmit high power. The exemplary systems and methods include disabling a power factor correction circuit of the transmitter, and adjusting one or more variable impedance components of the impedance network to obtain a minimum attainable impedance. The variable impedance components can be configured to operate between the minimum attainable impedance and a maximum attainable impedance. The systems and methods can include adjusting a phase shift angle associated with one or more transistors of the inverter and driving the transmitter such that the transmitter resonator coil generates a magnetic flux density less than or equal to a field safety threshold.
US11695286B2
The evaluation jig includes a pair of female terminals connectable to a pair of male terminals of a charging connector and an electric wire that connects the paired female terminals to each other. The electric wire has a cross-sectional area of 70 mm2 or more and 95 mm2 or less. The electric wire has a length of 2 m or more.
US11695281B2
A battery overcharge preventing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a voltage distribution unit connected to both ends of at least one battery cell in a battery module including multiple battery cells, the voltage distribution unit being configured to distribute a voltage of the at least one battery cell according to a preset ratio; a voltage sensing unit operating so as to allow a control current to flow when the voltage distributed by the voltage distribution unit is greater than a preset reference voltage; and a second relay configured to block, by operation of the voltage sensing unit, operation of a first relay that establishes an electrical connection between the battery module and a charging module.
US11695272B1
An apparatus includes a first diode and a second diode connected in series between a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal, a switch connected between the first voltage terminal and the second voltage terminal, and a clamping threshold circuit connected between a common node of the first diode and the second diode, and a gate of the switch, wherein the clamping threshold circuit is configured such that in response to a voltage surge applied to the common node of the first diode and the second diode, the switch is turned on once the voltage surge is greater than a predetermined threshold.
US11695257B2
A spark plug has an insulator having a through hole formed along an axial direction, a center electrode which is partially inserted into a portion of the through hole on a forward end side in the axial direction, and a glass seal portion which is in contact with the insulator and the center electrode within the through hole, in which the glass seal portion contains glass and an electrically conductive substance. The glass contains an Si component and a B component in a total amount of 50 mass % or more, as reduced to SiO2 and B2O3, a Zn component in an amount of 20 mass % to 35 mass % as reduced to ZnO, and an alkali metal component. The glass contains, as the alkali metal component, an Na component in an amount less than 1 mass % as reduced to Na2O.
US11695253B2
A semiconductor laser diode is specified, the semiconductor laser diode includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer having a main extension plane and which, in operation, is configured to generate light in an active region and emit light via a light-outcoupling surface, the active region extending from a back surface opposite the light-outcoupling surface to the light-outcoupling surface along a longitudinal direction in the main extension plane, the semiconductor layer sequence having a surface region on which a first cladding layer is applied in direct contact, the first cladding layer having a transparent material from a material system different from the semiconductor layer sequence, and the first cladding layer being structured and having a first structure.
US11695246B2
A cable termination that enables the attachment of SMA connectors to controlled-impedance cables with a conductive foil wrap shield; for the separate ferrule embodiment, the sheath is stripped back on the cable, exposing the foil shield surrounding the dielectric; a ferrule is slid or clamped over the foil shield and bonded; the face of the ferrule is dressed so that the foil shield and dielectric are flush with the ferrule face and the signal conductor protrudes from the face this cable subassembly is installed in the boss of a housing that prevents movement of the ferrules relative to each other and so that each ferrule face is aligned with an opening in the boss through which an SMA connector barrel is attached to the ferrule a cover secures the cable subassembly in the housing.
US11695243B2
Cable connector installation tools are provided. In one aspect, a tool includes removable nubs configured to set trim distances from the end of a cable to a blade in the tool. In another aspect, a tool includes jaws configured to force end connector components together, one of which being temporarily engaged by an interface nub.
US11695241B2
An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a metal casing. The electrical connector includes an insulating body and a number of conductive terminals. The insulating body includes a slot. Each conductive terminal includes an abutting portion. The metal casing includes a receiving cavity. When a mating connector is inserted into the receiving cavity and has not yet made contact with the conductive terminals of the electrical connector, a better shielding effect can be achieved. Some of the abutting portions are adapted for electrically connecting with a circuit board, and some of the abutting portions of the conductive terminals are connected with a cable. The metal casing includes a hook portion locking with a lock surface of the circuit board. Therefore, the metal casing can be prevented from detaching from the circuit board in case an external force is applied to pull the cable.
US11695233B2
A charging coupler has a grip, an electrical connector and a cable holder. The grip has a front opening and a rear opening on two ends thereof The grip has a first half-tube and a second half-tube connected with each other along a longitudinal direction thereof. The first half-tube has a first latch portion and a groove extending along edges thereof to connect the second half-tube. The second half-tube has a second latch portion and a rib extending along edges thereof to connect the first half-tube. The rib is substantially matched with the groove, and a sealant is filled in a gap between the rib and the groove. The first latch portion is latched with the second latch portion to tighten connection of the first half-tube and the second half-tube. The electrical connector is arranged on the front opening, and the cable holder is arranged on the rear opening.
US11695228B2
A housing of a connector has end faces at both ends thereof in a pitch direction. The end faces correspond to protruding blocks of a mating connector 50, respectively. Two guide members are distinct and separated from each other. Each of the guide members has a side portion and two supporting portions. The guide members correspond to the end faces, respectively. Accordingly, the side portion and the supporting portions correspond to one of the end faces. The side portion is located apart from the end face corresponding thereto in the pitch direction. The side portion, the supporting portions and the end face corresponding to the side portion form a receiving portion. The receiving portion guides and receives the protruding block corresponding to the end face forming the receiving portion when the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other.
US11695227B2
A connector with a tolerance module includes a socket and a plug adapted to the socket, wherein the socket includes a first housing, the plug includes a tolerance module and a third housing, the tolerance module includes a second housing, the second housing includes second contact members, the second housing is movably arranged on the third housing in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the connector, and the second contact members are floatingly assembled in the second housing to enable displacement in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the connector. The second housing only generates translational motion without displacement when the connector is inserted. The tolerance of the plug and the socket is realized by the floating assembly of the second contact members in the second housing.
US11695225B2
An electrical connection system includes a mounting stud having a base configured for mounting to a conductive surface. One or more one ring-shaped lugs, formed of an electrically conductive material, are configured for being positioned on the mounting stud for surrounding the mounting stud. The ring-shaped lug includes one or a plurality of interior channels extending around the inside diameter thereof. A contact spring is seated within a respective interior channel and is electrically conductive and dimensioned to extend radially inwardly from the channel and contact the mounting stud when the ring-shaped lug is positioned thereon. The contact spring is configured to at least partially collapse in the radial direction and to provide a spring bias against the mounting stud for providing an electrical connection between the ring-shaped lug and mounting stud. A locking cap is positioned on the mounting stud over the at least one ring-shaped lug for locking with the mounting stud and securing the ring-shaped lugs on the mounting stud for a secure electrical connection.
US11695220B2
An array antenna includes an antenna substrate including a first ceramic member, an insertion member and a second ceramic member sequentially stacked, antenna pattern portions arranged on the antenna substrate in an array form, and shielding vias disposed inside the antenna substrate and extending in a thickness direction of the antenna substrate. The shielding vias are disposed in thickness areas of the antenna substrate corresponding to the antenna pattern portions.
US11695213B2
An apparatus includes a housing and a circuit including an inductor and at least one capacitor in electrical communication with the inductor. The circuit has a resonance frequency and bounds a non-electrically-conductive region of the housing. The circuit is configured to be operable as an antenna.
US11695202B2
An apparatus, method and computer program product is disclosed. The apparatus may comprise means for receiving a performance metric for an antenna array comprised of a plurality of radiating elements, the performance metric being based on performance data associated with the antenna array, the antenna array having a radiating configuration represented by configuration parameters. The apparatus may also comprise means for updating the configuration parameters dependent on the received performance metric by means of estimating new configuration parameters for moving the performance metric towards a target value. The apparatus may also comprise means for re-configuring the radiating configuration of the antenna array based on the updated configuration parameters such that the physical geometry of the antenna array is changed.
US11695197B2
Radiating elements, antenna assemblies, and base station antennas including the same. For example, a radiating element is provided that includes a feed stalk and a radiator mounted on the feed stalk. The feed stalk includes a dielectric substrate, a first metal pattern printed on a first major surface of the dielectric substrate, and a second metal pattern printed on a second major surface of the dielectric substrate that is opposite the first major surface. The first metal pattern includes a first feed transmission line and a first feed welding region electrically connected to the first feed transmission line. The second metal pattern includes a second feed welding region electrically connected to the first feed welding region.
US11695195B2
An antenna includes a self-supporting electrically conductive wire having a width (W) and extending longitudinally along a length and between first and second ends of the conductive wire. The conductive wire forms one or more loops and comprises an electrically conductive layer disposed on and aligned with an adhesive layer. A width and a length of each of the conductive and adhesive layers are substantially co-extensive with the width and the length of the conductive wire.
US11695192B2
An adapter for coupling a coaxial transmission line to a waveguide, wherein the center conductor of the coaxial line passes via a back short of the waveguide through an iris and that terminates to the inside wall of the waveguide.
US11695187B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a functionalized separator having a zwitterionic coating thereon. The method includes preparing a porous separator; coating a linker on a surface of the porous separator; and chemically reacting zwitterions with the linker such the zwitterions are grafted to the linker on the surface of the separator. The zwitterions grafted to the linker acts as a monolayer to functionalize the surface of the separator. The functionalized separator may disallow elution of polysulfide compound in a lithium-sulfur battery. Further, the functionalized separator may increase ion conductivity of electrolyte of the lithium-sulfur battery and thus ensure high output characteristics.
US11695182B2
A battery pack (2; 602) includes: an outer case (12; 612); one or more battery cells (90a-90j); and a cell case (80), which is housed in the outer case (12; 612) and houses the battery cell(s) (90a-90j). The outer case (12; 612) has: an upper surface (wall) (14b), in which a terminal-opening part (22a) for exposing a terminal (102) is provided; a bottom wall (15e); and a plurality of side surfaces (walls) (15a-15d) extending upward from the bottom wall (15e). The battery cell(s) (90a-90j) is (are) disposed parallel to the bottom wall (15e). An opening (40a-40j) is provided in a specific side surface (15b, 15d), from among the plurality of side surfaces (15a-15d), that faces an end surface of the battery cell(s) (90a-90j) in a longitudinal direction.
US11695180B2
A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode; a case including an inner space accommodating the electrode assembly, and an opening; a cap plate coupled to the case at the opening and including a terminal hole exposing the inner space; an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly through the terminal hole and overlapping the cap plate; electrode tabs respectively connected to the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electrolyte solution in the inner space, and at least one electrode tab of the electrode tabs has an inclined portion that is inclined at a first angle with respect to a surface of the electrode assembly facing the at least one electrode tab.
US11695178B2
The present invention features a pouch comprising a single layer of polymer material having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is disposed to define an interior space surrounded by the second surface of the pouch, and wherein the first surface is disposed to define the exterior of the pouch, wherein the single layer has a uniform thickness between the first surface and second surface, wherein the polymer material comprises a liquid crystal polymer, and wherein the pouch has a water vapor transmission rate of less than 0.1 g/m2/day between the interior space and the first surface of the pouch.
US11695170B2
Provided are a battery-level Ni—Co—Mn mixed solution and a preparation method for a battery-level Mn solution, the steps thereof comprising: acid dissolution (S1), alkalization to remove impurities (S2), synchronous precipitation of calcium, magnesium, and lithium (S3), deep ageing to remove impurities (S4), synergistic extraction (S5), and refining extraction (S6). The steps of deep ageing to remove impurities (S4) and synergistic extraction (S5) comprise: performing deep ageing on a filtrate obtained from the step of synchronous precipitation of calcium, magnesium, and lithium (S3), and after performing filtration to remove impurities, obtaining an aged filtrate; using P204 to extract the aged filtrate and obtain a loaded organic phase, and subjecting the loaded organic phase to staged back-extraction to obtain the battery-level Ni—Co—Mn mixed solution and a Mn-containing solution. By means of the cooperation between the multiple process steps of synchronous precipitation of calcium, magnesium, and lithium (S3), deep ageing to remove impurities (S4), and synergistic extraction (S5), the impurity content of the obtained battery-level Ni—Co—Mn mixed solution is significantly lowered, and the battery-level Ni—Co—Mn mixed solution can be directly used to prepare a lithium battery ternary precursor material. At the same time, the battery-level Mn solution can also be obtained, which is favorable for large-scale applications of the process and increasing economic benefits.
US11695167B2
A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
US11695165B2
A battery system includes: first and second battery modules connected between first and second system terminals in parallel; and a controller controlling the first and second battery modules. The first battery module includes a first battery and a first main switch, and a first balancing switch and a first balancing resistor, which are connected to the first main switch in parallel. The second battery module includes a second battery and a second main switch, and a second balancing switch and a second balancing resistor, which are connected to the second main switch in parallel. The controller is configured to detect a first battery voltage and a second battery voltage, and when an absolute value of a difference between the first and second battery voltages is greater than a first reference value, to open the first and second main switches and to close the first and second balancing switches.
US11695164B2
A battery pack management device capable of reducing power consumption while transmitting and receiving data between a master BMS and a slave BMS by using a wireless communication method. The battery pack management device according to the present disclosure includes: a master BMS including an external communicator, an internal communicator, and a master controller and a slave BMS including a power supply, a state measurement sensor, a slave wireless communicator, and a slave controller.
US11695163B1
A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a hierarchy system for use with a TMCCC-containing electrically-conductive structure (e.g., an electrode) as well as methods for use and manufacturing of such structures and electrochemical cells including these devices. Structures and methods include a coordination complex having LxMyNzTia1Va2Cra3Mna4Fea5Coa6Nia7Cua8Zna9Caa10Mga11[R(CN)6]b (H2O)c. The method includes binding electrochemically active material to produce a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure having a plurality of primary crystallites having a size D1, the plurality of these primary crystallites agglomerated into a set of agglomerates each agglomerate having a size D2>D1.
US11695158B2
Nonaqueous electrolyte, capacitor device using same, and carboxylic acid ester compound used in same
The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in the case of using an energy storage device at a high temperature and at a high voltage and further capable of inhibiting the gas generation while maintaining a capacity retention rate after storage at a high temperature and at a high voltage and also provides an energy storage device using the same. Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a carboxylic acid ester compound represented by the following general formula (I). In the formula, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a —C(═O)—OR4 group, or the like, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure. R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3. When n is 1, then L and R4 represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or the like; and when n is 2 or 3, then L represents an n-valent connecting group, X represents a —C(═O)— group, an —S(═O)— group, an —S(═O)2— group, an —S(═O)2—R5—S(═O)2— group or a CR6R7 group, R5 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and each of R6 and R7 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
US11695156B2
Lithium tetrafluoro(malonato)phosphate compounds are useful as additives in lithium ion battery applications. The compounds are represented by Formula (I): MPF4[—O(C═O)—(CX′X″)—(C═O)O—]; wherein M is Li or Na; each X′ and X″ independently is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, fluoro-substituted alkyl, and F; or wherein the X′ and X″ together are —CR2—(CR′2)m—CR″2—; each R, R′ and R″ independently is selected from the group consisting of H methyl, trifluoromethyl, and F; and in is 0 or 1. These compounds can be prepared in high purity and a high yield by reaction of a metal hexafluorophosphate with a bis-silyl malonate compound. A similar oxalato compound, lithium tetrafluoro(oxalato)phosphate), can be made in the same manner, but using a bis-silyl oxalate in place of the bis-silyl malonate. Advantageously, the compounds can be formed, in situ, in a LiPF6-containing electrolyte solution.
US11695154B2
An electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The electrolyte includes a lithium salt; an organic solvent; and at least one siloxane compound represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2, wherein an amount of the at least one siloxane compound is about 0.05 wt % to about 20 wt % based on a total weight of the electrolyte. In Formulae 1 and 2, group substituents and number indices are as defined in the specification.
US11695150B2
The present disclosure provides an embodiment of an integrated structure that includes a first electrode of a first conductive material embedded in a first semiconductor substrate; a second electrode of a second conductive material embedded in a second semiconductor substrate; and a electrolyte disposed between the first and second electrodes. The first and second semiconductor substrates are bonded together through bonding pads such that the first and second electrodes are enclosed between the first and second semiconductor substrates. The second conductive material is different from the first conductive material.
US11695146B2
Disclosed is a method of controlling an air supply system for a fuel cell. The air supply system includes a fuel cell stack, an air channel to supply air to an inlet of the fuel cell stack, a gas adsorption unit disposed on the air channel and configured to adsorb oxygen contained in air introduced into the air channel. In particular, the method includes: determining whether a power generation operation of the fuel cell stack is resumed; when the power generation operation of the fuel cell stack is resumed, controlling a voltage source to apply a voltage to the gas adsorption unit; and supplying air to the fuel cell stack through the air channel in a state in which the voltage is applied to the gas adsorption unit.
US11695143B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, first and second supply devices, a gas-liquid separator, a discharge valve, first and second ejectors for discharging fuel gas and off gas to the fuel cell, a measuring device for gas pressure, and a control device. The first ejector has a discharge amount smaller than the second ejector. The first ejector has a circulation amount larger than the second ejector. The control device executes the supply during a first time from the first supply device at each first cycle such that the pressure becomes a first target value, and when the first ejector is in an abnormal state, stops the first supply device, executes the supply during a shorter second time from the second supply device at each shorter second cycle such that the pressure becomes a higher second target value, and opens and closes the discharge valve at each first cycle.
US11695141B2
An ECU of a fuel cell system supplies cathode gas by rotating an air pump at a low-load rotational speed and performs a low-load power generation in a fuel cell stack, while a moving body is traveling. When the fuel cell stack generates power while the moving body is stopped, the ECU increases the supply amount of the cathode gas by rotating the air pump at a during-stoppage-of-traveling rotational speed which is greater than the low-load rotational speed.
US11695139B2
A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a first valve device provided at an oxidation gas supply channel; a second valve device provided at an oxidation off-gas discharge channel; a third valve device provided at a bypass channel; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality; and a control unit. The control unit causes the fuel cell to initiate fail-safe power generation if (i) a different abnormality from a valve opening abnormality is detected in the first valve device, (ii) the different abnormality is detected in the second valve device, or (iii) any abnormality is detected in the third valve device. During the fail-safe power generation, if any abnormality is additionally detected in any valve device different from the valve device in which an abnormality is already detected, the control unit stops power generation by the fuel cell.
US11695137B2
When a time point of occurrence of a stop state of a fuel cell system is predicted during traveling, a drying state control that causes a fuel cell stack to transition to a dry state is started a predetermined time (a required drying time) before the predicted time point of occurrence of the stop state.
US11695129B2
The manufacturing method for the fuel cell unit includes a stacking step and a laser irradiation step. In the stacking step, a stacked portion including, stacked together, a resin frame member of a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly and an outer peripheral portion of a separator is placed on a metal spacer. The resin frame member at a joining target portion of the stacked portion is placed so as to face a recess of the metal spacer. In the laser irradiation step, the separator at the joining target portion in a state where the resin frame member faces the recess is irradiated with a laser beam to thereby form a welded portion where the resin frame member and the separator are welded to each other.
US11695127B2
A bipolar plate for use in a fuel cell stack includes a first delimiting surface and a second delimiting surface that is arranged parallel to the first delimiting surface, wherein the delimiting surfaces are arranged spaced apart from one another and define an intermediate space, wherein the bipolar plate includes at least one fuel cell section having a flow field that has depressions that protrude into the intermediate space and is provided so as to make direct contact with a fuel cell, and the bipolar plate includes at least one cooling section that extends therefrom along the delimiting surfaces, wherein at least one heat pipe is arranged in the intermediate space and extends so as to transfer heat from the fuel cell section into the cooling section.
US11695124B2
A method and a device for producing bipolar plates for fuel cells. A bipolar plate is formed by joining an anode plate to a cathode plate, wherein the anode plate and the cathode plate are formed by forming a substrate plate. In order to provide a cost-effective and automated method, it is proposed that a plate already provided with a reactive coating or catalyst coating, which is transported, automatically driven, via a transport device from the forming device to the joining device, is used as substrate plate.
US11695119B2
The secondary battery includes an electrolytic solution, a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and the negative electrode includes a plurality of particulate negative electrode active materials, a first negative electrode binder, and a plurality of second negative electrode binders with an average particle size smaller than the plurality of particulate negative electrode active materials. The plurality of particulate negative electrode active materials have an average particle size of 5 μm or more and 30 μm or less. The first negative electrode binder includes one or both of a styrene butadiene rubber and a derivative thereof. The plurality of second negative electrode binders include one or both of a polyvinylidene fluoride and a derivative thereof, and the plurality of second negative electrode binders have an average particle size of 0.1 μm or more and 10 μm or less.
US11695088B2
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to photovoltaic devices. In one embodiment, a method for forming a gallium arsenide based photovoltaic device includes providing a semiconductor structure, the structure including an absorber layer comprising gallium arsenide. A bypass function is provided in a p-n junction of the semiconductor structure, where under reverse-bias conditions the p-n junction breaks down in a controlled manner by a Zener breakdown effect.
US11695086B2
Solar devices and methods for producing solar devices are disclosed. In some examples, a solar device includes solar cells arranged in a shingled manner such that adjacent long edges of adjacent ones of the solar cells overlap. The adjacent long edges have a non-linear shape that has protruding portions. The solar device includes contact pads arranged in the protruding portions of the adjacent long edges such that the contact pads of the adjacent ones of the solar cells are electrically connected.
US11695085B2
A photovoltaic cell can include a nitrogen-containing metal layer in contact with a semiconductor layer.
US11695034B2
A capacitor structure may include a lower electrode on a substrate, a dielectric layer on the substrate, and an upper electrode on the dielectric layer. The lower electrode may include a metal nitride having a chemical formula of M1Ny (M1 is a first metal, and y is a positive real number). The dielectric layer may include a metal oxide and nitrogen (N), the metal oxide having a chemical formula of M2Ox (M2 is a second metal, and x is a positive real number). A maximum value of a detection amount of nitrogen (N) in the dielectric layer may be greater than a maximum value of a detection amount of nitrogen (N) in the lower electrode.
US11695033B2
A microelectronic device comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode located vertically below said first electrode and separated by a dielectric material; and a connection wire electrically connected to said second electrode; wherein said first electrode comprises a notch located vertically above said connection wire.
US11695028B2
A semiconductor image sensor includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel of the sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having opposite front and back sides and laterally delimited by a first insulating wall including a first conductive core insulated from the substrate, electron-hole pairs being capable of forming in the substrate due to a back-side illumination. A circuit is configured to maintain, during a first phase in a first operating mode, the first conductive core at a first potential and to maintain, during at least a portion of the first phase in a second operating mode, the first conductive core at a second potential different from the first potential.
US11695017B2
An array substrate includes a base substrate including a first surface, a plurality of first wirings disposed on the first surface of the base substrate and extending in a first direction, and at least one first light-shielding strip disposed above the first surface of the base substrate. Wirings passing through the sensing component region in the plurality of first wirings are selected first wirings, the selected first wirings are divided into at least one group, each group includes at least two adjacent selected first wirings, and selected first wirings in each group are gathered in the sensing component region to form a first gathering portion. An orthographic projection of each first gathering portion on the first surface of the base substrate is within a range of an orthographic projection of a corresponding first light-shielding strip on the first surface of the base substrate.
US11695015B2
An array substrate, a display panel, and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a substrate and an array functional layer. The array substrate is provided with a through hole area including a through hole, a buffer area provided around the through hole area, and a display area provided around the buffer area. The buffer area includes part of the substrate and an inorganic film layer provided by the array functional layer. At least a groove is formed in the inorganic film layer around the through hole area, and the groove has a closed ring shape or a non-closed ring shape.
US11695014B2
To provide a semiconductor device having a thin-film BOX-SOI structure and capable of realizing a high-speed operation of a logic circuit and a stable operation of a memory circuit. A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor support substrate, an insulation layer having a thickness of at most 10 nm, and a semiconductor layer. In an upper surface of the semiconductor layer, a first field-effect transistor including a first gate electrode and constituting a logic circuit is formed. Further, in the upper surface of the semiconductor layer, a second field-effect transistor including a second gate electrode and constituting a memory circuit is formed. At least three well regions having different conductivity types are formed in the semiconductor support substrate. In the presence of the well regions, a region of the semiconductor support substrate below the first gate electrode and a region of the semiconductor support substrate below the second gate electrode are electrically separated from each other.
US11695008B2
Two or more types of fin-based transistors having different gate structures and formed on a single integrated circuit are described. The gate structures for each type of transistor are distinguished at least by the thickness or composition of the gate dielectric layer(s) or the composition of the work function metal layer(s) in the gate electrode. Methods are also provided for fabricating an integrated circuit having at least two different types of fin-based transistors, where the transistor types are distinguished by the thickness and composition of the gate dielectric layer(s) and/or the thickness and composition of the work function metal in the gate electrode.
US11694998B2
Light-emitting sub-pixels and pixels for micro-light-emitting diode-based displays are provided. Also provided are methods of fabricating individual sub-pixels, pixels, and arrays of the pixels. The sub-pixels include a double-layered film that includes a coupling layer disposed over a light-emitting diode and a light-emission layer disposed over the coupling layer.
US11694988B2
An anisotropic conductive film in which conductive particles are disposed in an insulating resin layer has a particle disposition of the conductive particles such that a first orthorhombic lattice region being formed by arranging a plurality of arrangement axes of the conductive particles, disposed in an a direction at a predetermined pitch, in a b direction inclined with respect to the a direction at an angle, and a second orthorhombic lattice region being formed by arranging a plurality of arrangement axes of the conductive particles, disposed in the a direction at a predetermined pitch, in a c direction obtained by inverting the b direction with respect to the a direction are repeatedly disposed.
US11694984B2
A package structure includes a base material, at least one electronic device, at least one encapsulant and a plurality of dummy pillars. The electronic device is electrically connected to the base material. The encapsulant covers the electronic device. The dummy pillars are embedded in the encapsulant. At least two of the dummy pillars have different heights.
US11694980B2
A semiconductor stack and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The semiconductor stack includes a lower chip, an upper chip disposed over the lower chip, an upper lateral-side passivation layer surrounding side surfaces of the upper chip, and a plurality of bonding pads and a bonding passivation layer disposed between the upper chip and the lower chip.
US11694976B2
Embodiments described herein provide techniques for forming an interconnect structure that includes a bowl shaped pad. Such embodiments can assist with improving interconnect joint reliability when compared to conventional pads that have a flat surface. An interconnect structure may comprise: a substrate (e.g., a semiconductor package, a PCB, etc.); and a metal pad over the substrate. The metal pad has a center region and an edge region. A thickness of the center region is smaller than a thickness of the edge region. A thickness of the center region may be non-uniform. The center region may have a bowl shape characterized by a stepped profile. The stepped profile is formed from metal layers arranged as steps. Alternatively, or additionally, the center region may have a bowl shape characterized by a curved profile. A pattern may be formed on or in a surface of the metal pad.
US11694965B2
This invention provides a fan-out semiconductor package, the fan-out semiconductor package includes a frame including one or more insulating layers and having a penetration portion, a semiconductor chip disposed in the penetration portion of the frame and having a connection pad, a connection structure disposed on a lower side of the frame and the semiconductor chip and including a redistribution layer, a first encapsulant covering a back surface of the semiconductor chip and a first region of a top surface of an uppermost insulating layer among the one or more insulating layers of the frame and extending between a sidewall of the penetration portion and a side surface of the semiconductor chip, and a second encapsulant covering a second region of the top surface of the uppermost insulating layer among the one or more insulating layers of the frame and being in contact with a side surface of the first encapsulant on the frame.
US11694962B2
Embodiments may relate to a microelectronic package that includes an overmold material, a redistribution layer (RDL) in the overmold material, and a die in the overmold material electrically coupled with the RDL on an active side of the die. The RDL is configured to provide electrical interconnection within the overmold material and includes at least one mold interconnect. The microelectronic package may also include a through-mold via (TMV) disposed in the overmold material and electrically coupled to the RDL by the mold interconnect. In some embodiments, the microelectronics package further includes a surface mount device (SMD) in the overmold material. The microelectronics package may also include a substrate having a face on which the overmold is disposed.
US11694960B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for layered interconnect structures for bridge interconnection in integrated circuit assemblies. In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a substrate and a bridge embedded in the substrate. The bridge may be configured to route electrical signals between two dies. An interconnect structure, electrically coupled with the bridge, may include a via structure including a first conductive material, a barrier layer including a second conductive material disposed on the via structure, and a solderable material including a third conductive material disposed on the barrier layer. The first conductive material, the second conductive material, and the third conductive material may have different chemical composition. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11694953B2
A circuit board includes a board, first connection pads disposed on the board and arranged in a first direction, second connection pads disposed on the board and arranged in the first direction, a driving chip disposed on the board and between the first connection pads and the second connection pads, and a first adhesive layer disposed on the board and overlapping with an entirety of the first connection pads in a plan view. The second connection pads are spaced apart from the first connection pads in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US11694938B2
A semiconductor device includes a case enclosing a region filled with a sealing material. The case is made of resin. An electrode is fixed to the case. A section, which is a part of the electrode, is provided with a cutout that allows a part of the resin making the case to be exposed to the region.
US11694936B2
Disclosed are semiconductor packages and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor package includes a redistribution substrate that includes a chip region and an edge region around the chip region, and a semiconductor chip on the chip region of the redistribution substrate. The redistribution substrate includes a plurality of dielectric layers that are vertically stacked, a plurality of redistribution patterns on the chip region and in each of the dielectric layers, and a redistribution test pattern on the edge region and at a level the same as a level of at least one of the redistribution patterns.
US11694933B2
A method includes providing dummy gate structures disposed over a device region and over an isolation region adjacent the active region, first gate spacers disposed along sidewalls of the dummy gate structures in the active region, and second gate spacers disposed along sidewalls of the dummy gate structures in the isolation region, removing top portions of the second, but not the first gate spacers, forming a first dielectric layer over the first gate spacers and remaining portions of the second gate spacers, replacing the dummy gate structures with metal gate structures after the forming of the first dielectric layer, removing the first gate spacers after the replacing of the dummy gate structures, and forming a second dielectric layer over top surfaces of the metal gate structures and of the first dielectric layer.
US11694932B2
A method used in forming an array of vertical transistors comprises forming laterally-spaced vertical projections that project upwardly from a substrate in a vertical cross-section. The vertical projections individually comprise an upper source/drain region, a lower source/drain region, and a channel region vertically there-between. First gate insulator material is formed along opposing sidewalls of the channel region in the vertical cross-section. One of (a) or (b) is formed over opposing sidewalls of the first gate insulator material in the vertical cross-section, where (a): conductive gate lines that are horizontally elongated through the vertical cross-section; and (b): sacrificial placeholder gate lines that are horizontally elongated through the vertical cross-section. The one of the (a) or the (b) laterally overlaps the upper source/drain region and the lower source/drain region. The first gate insulator material has a top that is below a top of the channel region and has a bottom that is above a bottom of the channel region. An upper void space is laterally between the one of the (a) or the (b) and both of the upper source/drain region and the channel region. A lower void space is laterally between the one of the (a) or the (b) and both of the lower source/drain region and the channel region. Second gate insulator material is formed in the upper and lower void spaces. Other embodiments, including structure independent of method, are disclosed.
US11694931B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, first and second fins protruding from the substrate, and first and second source/drain (S/D) features over the first and second fins respectively. The semiconductor device further includes an isolation feature over the substrate and disposed between the first and second S/D features, and a dielectric layer disposed on sidewalls of the first and second S/D features and on sidewalls of the isolation feature. A top portion of the isolation feature extends above the dielectric layer.
US11694928B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor wafer is formed with a plurality of first regions each provided with a circuit element and a second region between the first regions. The semiconductor wafer includes a first structure in which a first embedding material is embedded in a first recess extending in a first direction perpendicular to a surface of a substrate. The first structure is between edges of the first regions and a third region that is cut in the second region when the first regions are separated.
US11694926B2
The present disclosure relates an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a first interconnect disposed within an inter-level dielectric (ILD) structure over a substrate. A barrier layer is disposed along sidewalls of the ILD structure. The barrier layer has sidewalls defining an opening over the first interconnect. A second interconnect is disposed on the barrier layer. The second interconnect extends through the opening in the barrier layer and to the first interconnect.
US11694921B2
A method and structure directed to providing a source/drain isolation structure includes providing a device having a first source/drain region adjacent to a second source/drain region. A masking layer is deposited between the first and second source/drain regions and over an exposed first part of the second source/drain region. After depositing the masking layer, a first portion of an ILD layer disposed on either side of the masking layer is etched, without substantial etching of the masking layer, to expose a second part of the second source/drain region and to expose the first source/drain region. After etching the first portion of the ILD layer, the masking layer is etched to form an L-shaped masking layer. After forming the L-shaped masking layer, a first metal layer is formed over the exposed first source/drain region and a second metal layer is formed over the exposed second part of the second source/drain region.
US11694916B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus. The apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises: at least one first light source configured to irradiate illumination light to an object on a reference surface; at least one second light source configured to irradiate pattern light to the object, a plurality of cameras configured to capture one or more illumination images and one or more pattern images; and one or more processors configured to determine a plurality of outlines indicating edges of the object based on two or more images captured in different directions among the one or more illumination images and the one or more pattern images; determine a virtual plane corresponding to an upper surface of the object based on the plurality of outlines; and determine an angle between the virtual plane and the reference plane.
US11694915B2
A device for maintaining cleanliness in a vacuum environment during semiconductor manufacture in a device storing and transferring wafers into etching and other manufacturing processes includes a transferring chamber storing wafers, a vacuum system to extract particles from the transferring chamber, and a thermoelectric device for temperature control. The vacuum system includes an extracting pipe, the thermoelectric device includes a cooling apparatus to cool the transferring chamber, and a monitoring device to detect particle concentrations in the transferring chamber. The cooling apparatus includes Peltier elements arranged on the extracting pipe to cool and thus cause the descent of fumes and particles towards a low-set extraction area.
US11694912B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an apparatus and method for annealing one or more semiconductor substrates. In one embodiment, a processing chamber is disclosed. The processing chamber includes a chamber body enclosing an internal volume, a substrate support disposed in the internal volume and configured to support a substrate during processing, a gas panel configured to provide a processing fluid into the internal volume, and a temperature-controlled fluid circuit configured to maintain the processing fluid at a temperature above a condensation point of the processing fluid. The temperature-controlled fluid circuit includes a gas conduit fluidly coupled to a port on the chamber body at a first end and to the gas panel at a second end.
US11694911B2
A substrate processing system for selectively etching a substrate includes a first chamber and a second chamber. A first gas delivery system supplies an inert gas species to the first chamber. A plasma generating system generates plasma including ions and metastable species in the first chamber. A gas distribution device removes the ions from the plasma, blocks ultraviolet (UV) light generated by the plasma and delivers the metastable species to the second chamber. A substrate support is arranged below the gas distribution device to support the substrate. A second gas delivery system delivers a reactive gas species to one of the gas distribution device or a volume located below the gas distribution device. The metastable species transfer energy to the reactive gas species to selectively etch one exposed material of the substrate more than at least one other exposed material of the substrate.
US11694899B2
Interconnect structures and methods and apparatuses for forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes supplying a process gas to a process chamber; igniting the process gas into a plasma in the process chamber; reducing a pressure of the process chamber to less than 0.3 mTorr; and after reducing the pressure of the process chamber, depositing a conductive layer on a substrate in the process chamber.
US11694889B2
A cleaning system includes at least one cleaning module configured to receive a substrate after a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process and to remove contaminants on the substrate using a cleaning solution. The cleaning system further includes a cleaning solution supply system configured to supply the cleaning solution to the at least one cleaning module. The cleaning solution supply system includes at least one temperature control system. The at least one temperature control system includes a heating device configured to heat the cleaning solution, a cooling device configured to cool the cleaning solution, a temperature sensor configured to monitor a temperature of the cleaning solution, and a temperature controller configured to control the heating device and the cooling device.
US11694887B2
The invention relates to a mass spectrometer, a mass spectrometry method and a detection system. The mass spectrometer includes a vacuum chamber having a working pressure being 0.1 Pa≤P≤10 Pa; a linear ion trap, arranged in the vacuum chamber, wherein a field radius r of the linear ion trap is r≤5 mm; and a power supply, configured to provide a radio-frequency voltage for the linear ion trap, a frequency f of the radio-frequency voltage being 2 MHz≤f≤10 MHz. Because a vacuum level is relatively low, this vacuum condition may be realized by selecting a roughing pump for evacuating; and compared with a combined pump unit which is generally selected by a traditional mass spectrometer using the linear ion trap and is composed of a turbo molecular pump and a roughing pump, the roughing pump has a lower pumping speed, smaller size and lower manufacturing cost.
US11694876B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a system used in a semiconductor device manufacturing process. More specifically, embodiments provided herein generally include apparatus and methods for synchronizing and controlling the delivery of an RF bias voltage signal and a pulsed voltage waveform to one or more electrodes within a plasma processing chamber. Embodiments of the disclosure include a method and apparatus for synchronizing a pulsed radio frequency (RF) waveform to a pulsed voltage (PV) waveform, such that the pulsed RF waveform is on during a first stage of the PV waveform and off during a second stage. The first stage of the PV waveform includes a sheath collapse stage. The second stage of the PV waveform includes an ion current stage.
US11694874B2
Method and system for generating a diffraction image comprises acquiring multiple frames from a direct-detection detector responsive to irradiating a sample with an electron beam. Multiple diffraction peaks in the multiple frames are identified. A first dose rate of at least one diffraction peak in the identified diffraction peaks is estimated in the counting mode. If the first dose rate is not greater than a threshold dose rate, a diffraction image including the diffraction peak is generated by counting electron detection events. Values of pixels belonging to the diffraction peak are determined with a first set of counting parameter values corresponding to a first coincidence area. Values of pixels not belonging to any of the multiple diffraction peaks are determined using a second, set of counting parameter values corresponding to a second, different, coincidence area.
US11694867B2
A method for producing a radiation window includes patterning a photo resist structure onto a double-sided silicon wafer, plasma etching the silicon wafer to create an etched silicon wafer having a silicon supporting structure etched upon a first side of the double-sided silicon wafer, applying a silicon nitride thin film to the etched silicon wafer, patterning a photo resist structure and plasma etching a second side of the double-sided silicon wafer to create an initial window in the silicon nitride thin film, and wet etching the second side of the double-sided silicon wafer to release the silicon nitride thin film and supporting structure from the portion of the double-sided silicon wafer defined by the initial window.
US11694863B2
A wall box may provide adjustable support for a control device, such as a keypad, to allow for level alignment of the control device when mounted to the wall box. The wall box may have an adjustable support frame to which the control device may be mounted. When the control device is mounted to the support frame of the wall box, the support frame may be rotated to adjust the alignment of the control device. In addition, the wall box may comprise one or more projections configured to be received in respective detents in notched surfaces of the control device to allow for adjustment of the alignment of the control device. Further, the wall box may have a modular assembly and may be constructed from a central portion and two side portions at the time of installation of the wall box.
US11694858B2
A cover assembly includes a main body, a closure member, gripping portions, and an identification tag. The main body defines an interior to receive a remote control and includes top, bottom, front, first and second side, and rear portions. The closure member is coupled to the rear portion and configured to move the rear portion between an open position, where a remote control is insertable into and removable from the interior, and a closed position, where the closure member is coupled to the bottom portion to secure the remote control within the interior. The multiple gripping portions are provided on the first and second side portions and configured to facilitate gripping of the cover assembly by a user. The identification tag includes a processor and is configured to communicate with an external device and operate to increase a conspicuity of the cover assembly for locating the cover assembly.
US11694856B2
A high voltage relay resistant to instantaneous high-current impact is disclosed, and includes an electromagnet system, a control system, a contact system, and a base support. In the present solution, an electromagnetic force generated by the contact system is used to resolve a problem of contact separation caused by an electric repulsion force generated by an instantaneous high-current.
US11694847B2
A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes, the capacitor body having first to sixth surfaces, the first internal electrode being exposed through the third, fifth, and sixth surfaces, and the second internal electrode being exposed through the fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces, a first side portion and a second side portion, respectively disposed on the fifth surface and the sixth surface of the capacitor body, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode, respectively be connected to the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode. The first and second side portions comprise an acicular second phase including a glass comprising aluminum (Al) and silicon (Si), manganese (Mn), and phosphorus (P), and a volume of the second phase is 30% or more with respect to the entire first and second side portions.
US11694846B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes alternately stacked with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween; and a first external electrode connected to the first internal electrodes and a second external electrode connected to the second internal electrodes, wherein the dielectric layer includes silicon (Si), each of the first and second internal electrodes includes Si and a conductive metal, and a ratio (B/A) of an average content (B) (wt %) of Si included in each of the first and second internal electrodes to an average content (A) (wt %) of Si included in the dielectric layer is 0.99 or more and 1.41 or less.
US11694839B2
A base includes a main body and a multilayer metal film disposed on the main body. The multilayer metal film includes a first metal film disposed on the main body, the first metal film having conductivity, second metal film on the first metal film and above the main body, the second metal film having resistance to solder leaching, and a third metal film on the second metal film, the third metal film having wettability. The third metal film includes an inwardly extended portion extending between the second metal film and the main body.
US11694830B2
A magnetic conductive coverplate of leakage type that may used in magnetic holding devices covers a holding surface of the magnetic holding device. The leakage type magnetic conductive coverplate is made integrally of a single magnetic conductive material. The leakage type magnetic conductive coverplate can conduct magnetic force of the holding device into a workpiece so as to hold it. Because the leakage type magnetic conductive coverplate is made integrally of a single magnetic conductive material, when there is any change in ambient temperature, no crevice will be produced due to different coefficients of expansion and contraction. Therefore, any coolant used in workpiece machining and any magnetic conductive impurities will not infiltrate into or enter the magnetic holding device to lose the internal insulation, thus effectively protecting the internal structure of the magnetic holding device and remarkably improving durability and service life of the magnetic holding device.
US11694828B2
Embodiments of the present invention comprise; annealing steel sheets (e.g., hot rolled steel sheets or thin cast strip steel); cold rolling the sheets in one or more cold rolling steps (e.g., with annealing steps between multiple cold rolling steps); and performing one or more of tension leveling, a rough rolling, or a coating process on the sheets after cold rolling, without an intermediate annealing step between the final cold rolling step and the tension leveling, the rough rolling, or the coating process, or the customer stamping or final customer annealing. In order to achieve the desired properties for the steel sheet, stamping and final annealing is performed by the customer. The new process provides an electrical steel with the similar, same, or better magnetic properties than an electrical steel manufactured using the traditional processing that utilizes an intermediate annealing step after cold rolling and before the stamping and final annealing.
US11694826B2
The present disclosure aims to provide a bonded magnet having good magnetic properties and a method of preparing the bonded magnet. The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a bonded magnet, including: a first compression step of compressing a magnetic powder having an average particle size of 10 μm or less while magnetically orienting it to obtain a first molded article; a second compression step of bringing the first molded article into contact with a thermosetting resin having a viscosity of 200 mPa·s or less, followed by compression to obtain a second molded article; and a heat treatment step of heat treating the second molded article.
US11694825B2
A radial-leaded over-current protection device comprises a PTC element, a first electrode lead, a second electrode lead and an electrically insulating encapsulation layer. The PTC element comprises a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and a PTC material layer laminated therebetween. The PTC material layer comprises crystalline polymer and conductive filler dispersed therein. The first electrode lead has an end connecting to the first conductive layer, whereas the second electrode lead has an end connecting to the second conductive layer. The electrically insulating encapsulation layer includes a fluorine-containing polymer, and wraps around an entire outer surface of the PTC element and the ends of the first and second electrodes connecting to the PTC element. The electrically insulating encapsulation layer has a thickness of 102˜105 nm, and the radial-leaded over-current protection device has an initial resistance Rbf of 0.0017˜0.0027Ω.
US11694824B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for causing sufficient deformation in precursor particles even when a soft high-purity metal is used for an outer layer material in mechanical milling, and manufacturing an MgB2 superconducting wire. A method for manufacturing an MgB2 superconducting wire in which an MgB2 filament is covered by an outer layer material, the method comprising: subjecting magnesium powder and boron powder to a shock that is insufficient for MgB2 to be clearly produced, and producing precursor particles in which boron particles are dispersed inside a magnesium matrix; filling a metal tub with the precursor particles; processing the metal tube filled with precursor particles to form a wire; and heat-treating the wire to synthesize the MgB2; wherein the method is characterized in that a portion of the wire-drawing step includes swaging.
US11694818B2
The present disclosure relates in general to nuclear medicine and generators for the production of radiopharmaceuticals for medical use. In particular, present disclosure relates to a generator column that resists high heat such as depyrogenation and sterilization. This allows some steps of the preparation of the column to be performed in a non-sterile environment. This also allows the generator column to be reusable. The present disclosure further describes methods for the preparation of a generator where a parent radioisotope is charged on the column matrix before or after the matrix is loaded in the column.
US11694816B2
A self-powered in-core detector arrangement for measuring flux in a nuclear reactor core includes a first in-core detector and a second in-core detector. The first in-core detector includes a first flux detecting material, a first lead wire extending longitudinally from a first axial end of the first flux detecting material, a first insulating material surrounding outer diameters of the first flux detecting material and the first lead wire and a first sheath surrounding the first insulating material. The first sheath includes a first section surrounding the first flux detecting material and a second section surrounding the first lead wire. The first section of the first sheath has a greater outer diameter than the second section of the first sheath. The second in-core detector includes a second flux detecting material, a second lead wire extending longitudinally from a first axial end of the second flux detecting material, a second insulating material surrounding outer diameters of the second flux detecting material and the second lead wire, and a second sheath surrounding the second insulating material. The second sheath includes a first section surrounding the second flux detecting material and a second section surrounding the second lead wire. The first section of the second sheath has a greater outer diameter than the second section of the second sheath. The first section of the first sheath is axially offset from the first section of the second sheath and radially aligned with the second section of second sheath.
US11694815B2
Embodiments for implementing intelligent ranking of sections of clinical practice guidelines by a processor. One or more clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) may be identified and analyzed. A score may be assigned to one or more sections of the CPGs according evidential data identified in one or more data sources. The one or more sections of the CPGs may be ranked according to the scoring.
US11694812B2
A multi-dimensional system for assessing, coding, quantifying, displaying, integrating and communicating information relating to patient health and perioperative risk includes a mechanism for inputting patient information and providing an output relating to the patient health and perioperative risk. The output includes a score for the physical condition of the patient, a score for the degree of expected surgical risk and invasiveness, a score for other vital assessments of perioperative complexity, and alphanumeric codes for other factors that may require special preoperative preparation and planning.
US11694805B1
Systems and methods for using machine learning models to predict risks posed to patients having various respiratory conditions. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may generate a machine learning model using training data indicating various patient and medication data. The electronic device may access a set of real-world patient data and input the real-world patient data into the machine learning model. An output of the machine learning model may indicate a likelihood of the patients needing intervention care, and the electronic device may facilitate outreach efforts to certain patients in an attempt to decrease this likelihood.
US11694803B2
Methods and systems useful for detecting neurological disorders and for measuring general cognitive performance, in particular by measuring eye movements and/or pupil diameter during eye-movement tasks.
US11694800B2
Performing an operation comprising generating, by a computing system based on data received from a plurality of data sources, a data model describing a patient, wherein the data comprises medical history data of the patient and observation data received by the computing system during observation of at least one medical professional, generating, by the computing system and based on the model applied to the received data, a plurality of candidate diagnoses for the patient, executing, by the computing system, a plurality of simulations of a plurality of candidate treatments generated by the computing system based on the model, and identifying a first candidate treatment of the plurality of candidate treatments that reduces an uncertainty value of the data model below a threshold.
US11694790B2
Presented are concepts for matching a subject to one or more resources or workflow steps. Once such concept comprises obtaining data associated with a subject, the data comprising, for each of a plurality of parameters, a parameter value relating to the subject. A plurality of data groups for characterising the subject is then generated and a classification process is applied to each data group so as to generate a classification result for each data group. The subject is then matched to one or more resources or workflow steps based on the classification results.
US11694787B2
A system for generating a cognitive disorder nourishment program comprises a computing device configured to obtain a cognitive indicator element, produce a cognitive appraisal as a function of the cognitive indicator element, wherein producing further comprises identifying a cognitive function as a function of an experience label, and producing the cognitive appraisal as a function of the cognitive function and cognitive indicator element using a cognitive machine-learning model, determine an edible as a function of the cognitive appraisal, and generate a nourishment program as a function of the edible.
US11694777B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring models for bias. In one implementation, a system for automatically assessing a deployed model for selection of a cohort may include a processing device programmed to: apply the deployed model to data representing a first plurality of individuals, the data including at least one characteristic of the first plurality of individuals; based on the application, select a subset of the first plurality of individuals as a cohort; receive data representing a second plurality of individuals labeled as within the cohort, the data including the at least one characteristic of the second plurality of individuals; compare the selected subset and the second plurality of individuals along the at least one characteristic; and determine whether the comparison results in a difference between the selected subset and the second plurality of individuals greater than a threshold.
US11694775B1
A suite of fluidless predictive machine learning models includes a fluidless mortality module, smoking propensity model, and prescription fills model. The fluidless machine learning models are trained against a corpus of historical underwriting applications of a sponsoring enterprise, including clinical data of historical applicants. A data appended procedure supplements historical applications data with public records and credit risks. Various features of this data are engineered for improved predictive characteristics. Fluidless models are trained by application of a random forest ensemble including survival, regression and classification models. The trained models produce high-resolution, individual mortality scores. A fluidless underwriting protocol runs these predictive models to assess mortality risk and other risk attributes of a fluidless application that excludes clinical data to determine whether to present an accelerated underwriting offer. If any of the fluidless predictive models determines a high risk target, the applicant is required to submit clinical data.
US11694769B2
The present systems and methods introduce deep learning to de novo peptide sequencing from tandem mass spectrometry data, and in particular mass spectrometry data obtained by data-independent acquisition. The systems and methods achieve improvements in sequencing accuracy over existing systems and methods and enables complete assembly of novel protein sequences without assisting databases. To sequence peptides from mass spectrometry data obtained by data-independent acquisition, precursor profiles representing intensities of one or more precursor ion signals associated with a precursor retention time and fragment ion spectra representing signals from fragment ions and fragment retention times are fed into a neural network.
US11694764B2
Computational methods used for large scale scaffolding of a genome assembly are provided. Such methods may include a step of applying a location clustering model to a test set of contigs to form two or more location cluster groups, each location cluster group comprising one or more location-clustered contigs; a step of applying an ordering model to each of the two or more location cluster groups to form an ordered set of one or more location-clustered contigs within each cluster group; and a step of applying an orienting model to each ordered set of one or more location-clustered contigs to assign a relative orientation to each of the location-clustered contigs within each location cluster group. In some aspects, the test set of contigs are generated from aligning a set of reads generated by a chromosome conformation analysis technique (e.g., Hi-C) with a draft assembly, a reference assembly, or both.
US11694761B2
Various embodiments relate to a method for storing and reading data from a memory. Data words stored in the memory may be grouped, and word specific parity information and shared parity information is generated, and the shared parity information is distributed among the group of words. During reading of a word, if more errors are detected than can be corrected with word parity data, the shared parity data is retrieved and used to make the error corrections.
US11694760B2
Disclosed in some examples are NAND devices, firmware, systems, methods, and devices that apply smart algorithms to process ECC errors by taking advantage of excess overprovisioning. In some examples, when the amount of overprovisioned blocks are above a predetermined threshold, a first ECC block error handling mode may be implemented and when the overprovisioned blocks are equal or less than the predetermined threshold, a second mode of ECC block error handling may be utilized.
US11694759B2
A method for the secured storing of a data element of a predefined data type to be stored by a computer program in an external memory, which is connected to a microcontroller, an error correction value of one error correction value data type being used. The method includes, when creating the computer program: defining a composite data element that includes one element of the data type and one element of the error correction value data type, in the computer program; and when executing the computer program: calculating the error correction value for the data element to be stored; forming an error correction data element as the composite data element, which contains the data element to be stored and the associated error correction value, which has been calculated for the data element; and writing the error correction data element to a memory address for the error correction data element.
US11694750B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes: a memory device to store data; and a controller to control an operation for the memory device. The memory device executes a program operation by a first program voltage on memory cells belonging to a first address of the memory device; detect at least one first memory cell among the memory cells by using a first determination level and a second determination level different from the first determination level, the at least one first memory cell having a threshold voltage of a value different from a value between the first determination level and the second determination level; and generate unique information of the memory device, based on a position of the first memory cell in the first address.
US11694749B2
Systems are methods are provided for implementing an analog content addressable memory (analog CAM), which is particularly structured to allow for an amount of variance (fuzziness) in its search operations. The analog CAM may search for approximate matches with the data stored therein, or matches within a defined variance. Circuitry of the analog CAM may include transistor-source lines that receive search-variance parameters, and/or data lines that receive search-variance parameters explicitly within the search input data. The search-variance parameters may include an upper bound and a lower bound that define a range of values within the allotted amount of fuzziness (e.g., deviation from the stored value). The search-variance parameters may program (using analog approaches) the analog CAM to perform searches having a modifiable restrictiveness that is tuned dynamically, as defined by the input search-variance. Thus, highly efficient hardware for complex applications involving fuzziness are enabled.
US11694746B2
A semiconductor storage device includes a memory transistor and a word line connected to a gate electrode of the memory transistor. When a write sequence is interrupted before a k+1th verification operation is ended after a kth verification operation is ended in the nth write loop of the write sequence, a voltage equal to or higher than a verification voltage corresponding to a first verification operation in the nth write loop is supplied to the word line before start of the k+1th verification operation after resumption of the write sequence. A time from the resumption of the write sequence to the start of the k+1th verification operation is shorter than a time from start of the first verification operation to end of the kth verification operation in the nth write loop.
US11694743B2
A chip system includes a first chip, a first DRAM, a second chip and a second DRAM. The first chip includes a first DRAM controller and a first serial transmission interface. The first DRAM is coupled to the first DRAM controller. The second chip includes a second DTAM controller and a second serial transmission interface. The second serial transmission interface is coupled to the first serial transmission interface. The second DRAM is coupled to the second DRAM controller. When the first chip intends to store first data and second data, the first chip stores the first data into the first DRAM via the first DRAM controller, and transmits the second data to the second chip via the first serial transmission interface; and the second chip stores the second data into the second DRAM via the second DRAM controller.
US11694738B2
Apparatuses and methods for generating multiple row hammer address refresh sequences. An example apparatus may include an address scrambler and a refresh control circuit. The address scrambler may receive a first address, output a second address in response to a first control signal, and output a third address in response to a second control signal. The second address may physically adjacent to the first address and the third address may physically adjacent to the second address. The refresh control circuit may perform a refresh operation on the second address when the first control signal is active and perform the refresh operation on the third address when the second control signal is active.
US11694732B2
Systems and methods for processing commands at a random access memory. A series of commands are received to read data from the random access memory or to write data to the random access memory. The random access memory can process commands at a first rate when the series of commands matches a pattern, and at a second, slower, rate when the series of commands does not match the pattern. A determination is made as to whether the series of commands matches the pattern based on at least a current command and a prior command in the series of commands. A ready signal is asserted when said determining determines that the series of commands matches the pattern, where the random access memory is configured to receive and process commands faster than the second rate when the pattern is matched and the ready signal is asserted over a period of multiple commands.
US11694729B2
A pipe latch circuit includes a data latch circuit configured to latch an input data based on an input control signal and output the latched input data as a latch data based on an output control signal, a sense amplification circuit configured to sense and amplify the latch data based on a sum output control signal, and a data driving circuit configured to drive an output data from the latch data based on the sum output control signal.
US11694721B2
A data storage device includes a hard disk drive coupled to a printed circuit board (PCB), a volatile memory device coupled to the PCB, a non-volatile memory device coupled to the PCB, and a controller coupled to the PCB, such that the controller is in communication with the hard disk drive, the volatile memory device, and the non-volatile memory device. The controller is configured to identify patterns and/or structures of metadata for the hard disk drive, perform one or more of the following to the metadata to tailor the metadata: data shaping, content aware decoding, adaptive data trimming, and/or adaptive metablock sizing, and write the tailored metadata to the non-volatile memory device. The metadata is at least one of repeatable run out metadata, positioning error signal metadata, adjacent track interference metadata, and/or emergency power off metadata.
US11694711B2
A method, an apparatus, and logic to post-process raw gains determined by input processing to generate post-processed gains, comprising using one or both of delta gain smoothing and decision-directed gain smoothing. The delta gain smoothing comprises applying a smoothing filter to the raw gain with a smoothing factor that depends on the gain delta: the absolute value of the difference between the raw gain for the current frame and the post-processed gain for a previous frame. The decision-directed gain smoothing comprises converting the raw gain to a signal-to-noise ratio, applying a smoothing filter with a smoothing factor to the signal-to-noise ratio to calculate a smoothed signal-to-noise ratio, and converting the smoothed signal-to-noise ratio to determine the second smoothed gain, with smoothing factor possibly dependent on the gain delta.
US11694708B2
An audio device for improved talker discrimination is provided. To improve suppression of close talker interference, the audio device comprises at least a first and a second audio input to receive a first and second voice input signal; a first filter bank, configured to provide a plurality of first sub-band signals; a second filter bank, configured to provide a plurality of second sub-band signals; a correlator, configured to determine at least one signal correlation between at least a group of the first sub-band signals and at least a group of the second sub-band signals; and an attenuator, arranged to receive at least the group of the first sub-band signals and configured to conduct signal attenuation on the group of the first sub-band signals to provide gain-controlled sub-band signals, wherein the signal attenuation is based on the determined at least one signal correlation.
US11694707B2
A target speech signal extraction method for robust speech recognition includes: initializing a steering vector for a target speech source and an adaptive vector, setting a real output channel of the target speech source as an output by the adaptive vector, initializing adaptive vectors for a noise and setting a dummy channel as an output by the adaptive vectors for the noise; setting a cost function for minimizing dependency between a real output for the target speech source and a dummy output for the noise; setting an auxiliary function to the cost function, and updating the adaptive vector for the target speech source and the adaptive vectors for the noise by using the auxiliary function and the steering vector; estimating the target speech signal by using the adaptive vector thereby extracting the target speech signal from the input signals; and updating the steering vector for the target speech source.
US11694700B2
The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus and a device for processing a sound signal, wherein the method comprises: acquiring a transmitted signal spectrum of a target sound signal sent out by a loudspeaker and a received signal spectrum of the target sound signal received by a microphone; detecting whether there is a signal distortion frequency band with signal distortion in the target sound signal according to the transmitted signal spectrum and the received signal spectrum, and when detecting that the signal distortion frequency band exists, performing compression processing on the target sound signal according to the signal distortion frequency band during a current signal processing cycle, and transmitting a compressed target sound signal through the loudspeaker.
US11694697B2
A system and method are presented for the correction of packet loss in audio in automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems. Packet loss correction, as presented herein, occurs at the recognition stage without modifying any of the acoustic models generated during training. The behavior of the ASR engine in the absence of packet loss is thus not altered. To accomplish this, the actual input signal may be rectified, the recognition scores may be normalized to account for signal errors, and a best-estimate method using information from previous frames and acoustic models may be used to replace the noisy signal.
US11694690B2
A method for providing a service based on a user's voice includes steps of extracting a voice of a first user, generating text information or voice waveform information based on the voice of the first user, analyzing a disposition of the first user based on the text information and the voice waveform information, and then selecting a second user corresponding to the disposition of the first user based on the analysis result, providing the first user with a conversation connection service with the second user and acquiring information on a change in an emotional state of the first user based on conversation information between the first user and the second user, and re-selecting the second user corresponding to the disposition of the first user based on the acquired information on the change in the emotional state of the first user.
US11694685B2
A method includes receiving audio data corresponding to an utterance spoken by the user and captured by the user device. The utterance includes a command for a digital assistant to perform an operation. The method also includes determining, using a hotphrase detector configured to detect each trigger word in a set of trigger words associated with a hotphrase, whether any of the trigger words in the set of trigger words are detected in the audio data during the corresponding fixed-duration time window. The method also includes determining identifying, in the audio corresponding to the utterance, the hotphrase when each other trigger word in the set of trigger words was also detected in the audio data. The method also includes triggering an automated speech recognizer to perform speech recognition on the audio data when the hotphrase is identified in the audio data corresponding to the utterance.
US11694684B1
Techniques for generating a skill using skill portion deviceskill portion devices are described. A user generates a skill by connecting skill portion deviceskill portion devices in a particular manner. As devices are connected, a speech controllable device or a distributed system may maintain a data structure representing a skill configuration corresponding to the presently connected devices.
US11694683B2
A method of controlling a fuel pump includes receiving a first set of data characterizing an audible activation word including a first voice pattern. Control of the fuel pump is authorized in response to the first voice pattern matching a stored voice pattern within a database. A second set of data characterizing an audible command word is received, where the audible command word includes a second voice pattern. The fuel pump is controlled based on the audible command word in response to the second voice pattern matching the stored voice pattern within the database.
US11694681B2
Artificial assistant system notification techniques are described that overcome the challenges of conventional search techniques. In one example, a user profile is generated to describe aspects of products or services learned through natural language conversations between a user and an artificial assistant system. These aspects may include price as well as non-price aspects such as color, texture, material, and so forth. To learn the aspects, the artificial assistant system may leverage spoken utterances and text initiated by the user as well as learn the aspects from digital images output as part of the conversation. Once generated, the user profile is then usable by the artificial assistant system to assist in subsequent searches.
US11694679B2
Techniques for processing incoming audio using multiple wakeword detectors are described. Audio data representing an utterance may be processed by different wakeword detectors that can detect different wakewords and are associated with different speech processing components. When a wakeword is detected by one of the wakeword detectors, it may be processed by the corresponding speech processing component.
US11694675B2
Provided is an apparatus that includes a voice recognition section that executes a voice recognition process on a user speech and a learning processing section that executes a process of updating a degree of confidence on the basis of an interaction made between a user and the information processing apparatus after the user speech. The degree of confidence is an evaluation value indicating the reliability of a voice recognition result of the user speech. The voice recognition section generates data on degrees of confidence in recognition of the user speech in which data plural user speech candidates based on the voice recognition result of the user speech are associated with the degrees of confidence which are evaluation values each indicating reliability of the corresponding user speech candidate.
US11694670B2
An active noise control device includes a basic signal generating unit configured to generate a basic signal corresponding to a resonance frequency of a vibration sensor, a first adaptive filter configured to generate a sensor resonance simulation signal simulating a signal acquired while the vibration sensor is resonating by performing a filtering process on the basic signal, a computation unit configured to calculate a second reference signal that is a difference between a first reference signal acquired by the vibration sensor and the sensor resonance simulation signal, and a second adaptive filter configured to generate a control signal by performing a filtering process on the second reference signal.
US11694644B2
Methods for driving an electrophoretic medium including two pairs of oppositely charged particles. The first pair including a first type of positive particles and a first type of negative particles and the second pair consists of a second type of positive particles and a second type of negative particles, wherein the first pair of particles and the second pair of particles have different charge magnitudes (identifiable as zeta potentials). In particular, the driving methods produce cleaner optical stakes of the lesser-charged particles with less contamination from the other particles and more consistent electro-optical performance when the intermediate driving voltages are modified.
US11694643B2
In various examples, a low-latency variable backlight liquid crystal display (LCD) system is disclosed. The LCD system may reduce latency and video lag by performing an analysis of peak pixel values within subsets of pixels using a rendering device, prior to transmitting the frame to a display device for display. As a result, the display device may receive the peak pixel value data prior to or concurrently with the frame data, and may begin updating the backlight settings of the display without having to wait for a substantial portion of the frame to be received. In this way, the LCD system may avoid the full frame delay of conventional systems, allowing the LCD system to more reliably support high-performance applications such as gaming.
US11694640B2
The invention relates to a system for displaying information to a user, comprising: an emission device arranged to emit light so as to display information to a user, the emission device being adapted to emit the light in a pulsed manner so that the intensity of the light varies between a high value and a low value, a selective viewing device comprising a panel, the panel being adapted so that the user can view the light which is emitted by the emission device through that panel so as to visually perceive the information being displayed, the panel having a variable transparency which can be varied between a state of high transparency and a state of low transparency, the system being adapted to synchronize the emission device and the selective viewing device so that the states of the emission device emitting light at a high-intensity value and the states of the panel of the selective viewing device of high transparency overlap in time, the emission device being adapted so that the light is emitted in a pulsed manner with a duty cycle of less than or equal to 1/10, wherein the panel of the selective viewing device is adapted to operate at essentially the same duty cycle.
US11694639B2
The present invention provides a backlight module and a method for calculating viewing angle for an unknown backlight module. In the present invention, brightness-viewing angle values of the unknown backlight module can be calculated according to the color saturation-viewing angle data of the unknown backlight module at specific viewing angles, and thus are taken to deploy the brightness-viewing angle values of a produced backlight module to be as the same as the brightness-viewing angle values of the unknown backlight module.
US11694630B2
A display device includes a display panel including a pixel coupled to first to fourth scan lines, an emission control line, and a data line, a scan driver which supplies a first scan signal to the first scan line, a second scan signal to the second scan line, a third scan signal to the third scan line, and a fourth scan signal to the fourth scan line, an emission driver which supplies an emission control signal to the emission control line, a data driver which supplies a data signal to the data line, and a timing controller which controls the scan driver, the emission driver, and the data driver. Each of the second and third scan signals has a gate-on level during a partial period of one frame, and is maintained at a gate-off level during a remaining period of the one frame, other than the partial period.
US11694613B2
A display having an area of non-transparent pixels, an area of transparent pixels, a camera positioned behind the transparent pixels to capture an image when light passes through the transparent pixels, and a display controller for driving the non-transparent pixels at a first brightness and driving the transparent pixels at a second brightness greater than the first brightness during image capture by the camera.
US11694612B2
A display device includes: pixel circuits arranged in a first direction on each of a first pixel row and a second pixel row; dummy sensor circuits arranged in a predetermined interval between the pixel circuits on the first pixel row; sensor circuits arranged in the interval between the pixel circuits on the second pixel row; light emitting elements disposed on the pixel circuits and connected to each of the pixel circuits; first light receiving elements on at least some of the pixel circuits of the first pixel row and the dummy sensor circuits; and second light receiving elements on at least some of the pixel circuits of the second pixel row and the sensor circuits. One of the sensor circuits is connected to at least two of the first light receiving elements and at least two of the second light receiving elements.
US11694608B1
A calibrating device includes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store at least one computer readable instruction. The processor is electrically coupled to the memory, and configured to access and execute the at least one computer readable instruction to: analyze an image of a target region which a seam between two LED panels disposed side by side is in, to obtain characteristic data associated with the seam; compare the characteristic data associated with the seam with a predetermined value to generate a comparison result; and adjust grayscale data of pixels which are arranged in two lines of the two LED panels and adjacent to the seam, based on the comparison result, for adjusting luminance-chromaticity of the pixels, wherein the two lines are in a first direction or a second direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.
US11694602B2
The present disclosure discloses a pixel drive circuit and a display panel. The pixel drive circuit includes a Micro-LED, a cathode of which is grounded; a light-emitting control circuit connected with an anode of the Micro-LED and configured to control an emission time of the Micro-LED; a current control circuit connected with the light-emitting control circuit and configured to output a preset current to the light-emitting control circuit to control the Micro-LED to work under a set current density, and luminance efficiency of the Micro-LED under the set current density is greater than a set threshold value.
US11694593B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes source driver chips. The source driver chips include charging compensation modules, and each of the charging compensation modules includes: a plurality of shift registers cascadely connected and configured to time-divisionally output a plurality of pulse signals, and a plurality of level shift circuits time-divisionally conducted in response to the plurality of the pulse signals to prevent the plurality of the level shift circuits in the source driver chips from outputting and generating a plurality electron currents at a same time, which would result in a superposition of current peaks and cause electromagnetic interference problems.
US11694590B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a dynamic user interface having an indication of time. The dynamic user interface having the indication of time further includes one or more geometric regions that intersect the indication of time, such that colors of the indication of time are different on opposite sides of a boundary of the one or more geometric regions that intersect the indication of time. The one or more geometric regions may shift and/or change over time, thereby providing a custom and/or unique dynamic user interface having the indication of time.
US11694589B2
A scan driver circuit for an active matrix array includes a plurality of stages and a plurality of decoders that are sequentially driven at different driving timings in a same stage based on a combination of the plural decoder signals or that are driven at the same timing in different stages where a last decoder of the plural decoders sequentially outputs a scan line signal according to a driving state of the plural decoders in each of plural stages, each of the plural decoders includes an input part, an output part and a reset part, and the input part includes a first decoding transistor, a fourth decoding transistor connected to a clock signal and second, third, fifth and sixth decoding transistors connected in series to each of the first decoding transistor and the fourth decoding transistor and connected to the plural decoder signals.
US11694584B2
A retractable stanchion barrier system with a flexible RGB display matrix utilizes one or more stanchion units, each stanchion unit comprising a stanchion head, a weighted base, a stanchion post, and a flexible LED stanchion ribbon display which extends from each stanchion head. A computer system governs the operation of the flexible RGB display. The flexible LED stanchion ribbon display may extend from one stanchion head and connect to another stanchion head. The stanchion heads may mount to walls, doors or stanchion posts. Such a system may be configured to be ultra-portable or implemented as a fixture. A method for crowd control and line management using a stanchion display system utilizing one or more stanchion units is also recited.
US11694583B2
A simple sign kit for mounting on top of a barrier post that has only two sheets of flexible material: a mounting part having a first sheet and a sign member having a second sheet. The mounting part has a first edge extending from a first end to a second end of the mounting part; a second edge extending from the first end to the second end; end engaging means adjacent the first end and end engaging means adjacent the second end for engaging the first end with the second end; first sign engaging means adjacent the first edge; second sign engaging means adjacent the first edge; and one or more apertures formed in the mounting part to allow members extending horizontally from an upper end of a barrier post to extend therethrough when the mounting part is mounted on top of a barrier post.
US11694579B2
A neck mechanism for a mannequin comprises three or more joint units serially connected to provide joints for three or more rotational degrees of freedom (DOF). A rotational axis of a first DOF is configured to be aligned with a lateral axis of the mannequin. A rotational axis of a second DOF is configured to be aligned with an anterior-posterior axis of the mannequin. A rotational axis of a third DOF is configured to be aligned with a cranial-caudal axis of the mannequin. A bottom one of the joint units is adapted to be connected to a torso of the mannequin, and a top one of the at least three joint units is adapted to be connected to a skull. The mannequin may also have a skull connected to the top one of the joint units, and a trunk connected to the bottom one of the joint units. A system for simulating cervical spine motions is also provided.
US11694576B2
In an embodiment provided herein, an injection simulation device including a housing having a proximal end and a distal end is provided. The injection simulation device embodiment comprises a plunger having a proximal end, a distal end and being slidable relative to the housing, and a retractable injection simulation member at the distal end of the housing, at least one biasing member associated with the retractable injection simulation member and associated with the plunger, wherein a first force on a distal end of the injection simulation member causes movement of the injection simulation member from an extended position to a retracted position, to compress the first biasing member, and simulate the tactility of an injection to a user; and wherein a second force on the proximal end of the plunger asserts a third force on the first biasing member to facilitate resetting the injection simulation member to the extended position.
US11694574B2
In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive input from at least one sensor, identify a characteristic of a user based on the input from the at least one sensor, and alter at least one setting of the device based on the identification of the characteristic. The at least one setting is related to presentation of content using the device.
US11694573B1
An augmented reality system may include a data gathering device configured to collect data regarding an environment exterior to the vehicle. In addition, the system may include a vehicle controller including a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions, executable by the processor, for performing the following steps: receiving data from the data gathering device; and transmitting information to a set of augmented reality goggles in order to facilitate a projection of a modified view of an interior of the vehicle based on the data collected regarding the environment exterior to the vehicle.
US11694561B2
A vertiport system dynamically updates configuration of a vertiport based on predicted usage of the vertiport during a given time frame. The vertiport system predicts vertiport usage using flight data and estimated passenger demands and determines a desired number of parking pads and a desired number of final approach and takeoff (FATO) pads for the vertiport during the time frame. Based on the desired number of parking pads and the desired number of FATO pads for the vertiport, the vertiport system determines an updated configuration of the vertiport. According to the updated configuration, the vertiport system updates the configuration of the vertiport for at least a portion of the time frame.
US11694560B1
In an aspect of the present disclosure is a computing device for predicting battery temperature in an electric aircraft, the computing device including a controller communicatively connected to the electric aircraft, the controller comprising: a battery model, the battery model configured to: receive a flight plan; instantiate a machine-learning model, wherein the machine-learning model is trained as a function of a training set correlating flight plan data to battery temperature labels.
US11694548B2
In an example, a method determines a first controllable vehicle traveling along a mitigation road segment of a roadway and determines a control lane in the mitigation road segment. The control lane includes the first controllable vehicle and is impedible by the first controllable vehicle. The method determines a first open lane in the mitigation road segment and applies a target mitigation speed to the first controllable vehicle in the control lane. The first open lane is adjacent to the control lane in the mitigation road segment and the target mitigation speed is based on a traffic state of the first open lane. The target mitigation speed adjusts a traffic stream that flows through the first open lane to mitigate traffic congestion located downstream of the mitigation road segment.
US11694547B2
A server includes a server communication unit, a server control unit, and a server storage unit, and is connected in a communicable manner to a first vehicle and a second vehicle via the server communication unit. The server control unit transmits an imaging start command to the second vehicle, which runs within a predetermined range from an accident site, in response to the reception of an accident notification associated with positional information on the accident site from the first vehicle, receives an imaged image from the second vehicle, and stores the imaged image into the server storage unit.
US11694540B1
Devices, systems, and methods for providing fire events pattern analysis and cross-building data analytics are described herein. One fire system maintenance system, includes a number of fire system detectors, a fire system control panel, and a gateway device all positioned within the facility, the gateway device having instructions to: collect fire system device health data associated with one or more fire or smoke detector devices and to send this fire system device health data to a remote device, the remote device having instructions to: analyze the collected fire system device health data to determine an event type for each device health event recorded in the collected data, predict future device health events, categorize the device health events based on their determined event type, and prioritize the categorized device health events based on the quantity of events categorized in each event type.
US11694539B2
A controller for an implantable blood pump including processing circuitry in communication with the implantable blood pump and configured to generate at least one preventative alert.
US11694517B2
An electronic gaming device comprising a display that displays a plurality of symbols in a plurality of symbol positions, a game controller that determines if the plurality of symbols include a trigger symbol, in response to determining that the plurality of symbols include the trigger symbol, controls the display to display the trigger symbol being transformed into a prize component symbol, incrementally animates a filling of a prize component of a first prize with the prize component symbol, and awards the first prize when a plurality of first prize components have been completely filled.
US11694515B2
One aspect of the disclosure relates to providing durational promotions to players in an online game. The system may adjust the outcome probabilities of winning in a slot machine type of game once the player's content drops below a predetermined threshold so that the player will experience some substantial winning in the initial period. The system may adjust the outcome probabilities of winning in the slot machine type of game for a period of time once a player has purchased content to continue to play the game. This may temporarily adjusting outcome probabilities within the game in favor of a player that has recently made a purchase. This may facilitate positive player experiences subsequent to making purchases, thereby increasing further purchases and/or the likelihood thereof.
US11694509B2
Gaming systems and methods that provide multiple player selectable tournaments that can be created by the operator of the gaming system or by one or more players of one or more of the gaming machines of the gaming system.
US11694506B2
A system configured to receive a triggering event occurrence message based on an occurrence of a lottery game promotional message triggering event in association with an electronic gaming machine and a player mobile device of a player, determine whether to communicate a lottery game promotional message to the player mobile device, use player data, player mobile device data, and lottery game data to create the lottery game promotional message, and communicate the lottery game promotional message to the player mobile device.
US11694500B1
Apparatus and methods relating to a counter recycling device are described. The counter recycling device may contain a receiving pocket, a counter mechanism, an escrow section, and an escrow door. The receiving pocket is configured to accept currency and is connected to the counter mechanism. The counter mechanism may be configured to count the currency inserted into the receiving pocket. The counter recycling device may also include an escrow section, which may be configured to collect and hold the currency in a secure area. Additionally, the counter recycling device may include an escrow door configured to enclose the escrow section on a face of the counter recycling device, the escrow door being transparent and allowing currency within the escrow section to be viewable when the escrow door is in a closed position.
US11694495B1
An apparatus and system for automated sporting equipment rentals is disclosed herein. The system comprises a station apparatus, sports equipment, and a mobile app. The sports equipment is locked within the station apparatus. The mobile application is configured to assign and unlock sports equipment from the station apparatus.
US11694490B2
A diagnostic apparatus for a vehicle provided with a continuously-variable transmission including a primary pulley, a secondary pulley and a belt looped over the primary and secondary pulleys, such that each of the primary and secondary pulleys includes a hydraulic actuator to which a working fluid is to be supplied. The diagnostic apparatus is configured, in event of occurrence of slippage of the belt on at least one of the primary and secondary pulleys, to infer a factor causing the slippage of the belt, based on at least one of a hydraulic pressure of the working fluid supplied to the hydraulic actuator of the primary pulley and a hydraulic pressure of the working fluid supplied to the hydraulic actuator of the secondary pulley, upon the occurrence of the slippage of the belt.
US11694487B1
One or more driving analysis computing devices in a driving analysis system may be configured to analyze driving data, determine driving behaviors, and determine whether a collision is imminent or has occurred using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. Determination of whether a collision has occurred may be based on X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis positional data from two vehicles. Driving data from multiple vehicles may be collected by vehicle sensors or other vehicle-based systems, transmitted using V2V communications, and then analyzed and compared to determine various driving behaviors by the drivers of the vehicles.
US11694484B1
A system and method are disclosed for helping a user determine whether a vehicle is subject to a safety recall and assisting the user with addressing incomplete safety recalls. A vehicle identification number (VIN) may be extracted from an image of a vehicle captured by a user electronic device and used to request safety recall information from a remote information system, which may provide a list of recalls associated with the vehicle. A list of nearby service centers may be identified based on the physical location of the user electronic device, and service appointments to address any incomplete recalls may be scheduled, either automatically or in response to user input.
US11694481B2
An apparatus and operational method are disclosed that use control hardware resident in a vehicle to enable a remote computing system to wirelessly communicate with the vehicle. The control hardware includes a processor configured to interface with a wireless network and the vehicle through, respectively, a wireless network interface and a vehicle interface. A plurality of CAN (control area network) bus transceivers may exist within the vehicle interface operable to allow the processor to interface with multiple vehicle types. The processor may then be configured to automatically detect an identifier for the vehicle though the vehicle interface and automatically select a CAN bus transceiver from the plurality of CAN bus transceivers based on the detected identifier. The processor can then communicate with the vehicle's CAN bus via the selected CAN bus transceiver.
US11694480B2
A processor-implemented method with liveness detection includes: receiving a plurality of phase images of different phases; generating a plurality of preprocessed phase images by performing preprocessing, including edge enhancement processing, on the plurality of phase images of different phases; generating a plurality of differential images based on the preprocessed phase images; generating a plurality of low-resolution differential images having lower resolutions than the differential images, based on the differential images; generating a minimum map image based on the low-resolution differential images; and performing a liveness detection on an object in the phase images based on the minimum map image.
US11694477B1
This disclosure provides a highly scalable training data preparation pipeline for data cleaning and augmentation with the aim of extracting the most meaningful information while keeping the noise level low, as well as a highly efficient distributed trainer for the deep neural networks suitable for facial recognition. The goal is to train deeper and larger neural networks with larger and higher quality facial image datasets iteratively and frequently without incurring prohibitive costs and drastic delays.
US11694476B2
A facial recognition system, comprising: an automatically adjustable camera rig comprising a plurality of movable cameras, wherein the plurality of movable cameras are moved by a camera control platform according to take enrollment images; a first input for receiving images from the automatically adjustable camera rig; a second input for receiving a plurality of images from an comparative input; a first computing memory for storing a machine learning model that includes a three dimensional and a two dimensional comparison between the received first input and the received second input, wherein the comparison uses key facial points to compute a distance between the first input and the second input; and a match output in a case of a distance within a predetermined threshold.
US11694468B2
Disclosed is a display device including a display module, and a sensor layer below the display module for detecting light reflected from the display module, and including a base layer, a sensing layer on the base layer and including a sensing element that detects the light, and an optical pattern layer between the sensing layer and the display module, and including a light-shield section defining openings arranged at intervals when viewed in a plan view, and transmission sections respectively located in the openings.
US11694466B2
A biometric verification device includes a backlight module, a photodetector, a switching element, and at least one collimation structure. The photodetector is disposed on the backlight module. The switching element is disposed on the backlight module and electrically connected with the photodetector. The at least one collimation structure is disposed on the backlight module and has a first pinhole and a second pinhole. The horizontal projections of the first pinhole and the second pinhole on the backlight module do not overlap with the horizontal projection of the photodetector on the backlight module.
US11694465B2
Methods and apparatus to capture images are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes an image sensor to observe a first image of a face, and a logic circuit to determine whether the face in the first image is in a first orientation with respect to the image sensor, and when the face in the first image is in the first orientation: trigger the image sensor to capture a second image of the face, and perform a facial recognition process on the second image, but not on the first image.
US11694457B2
Methods and systems disclosed herein may quantify a representation of a type of input an image analysis system should expect. The image analysis system may be trained on the type of input the image analysis system should expect using a first image stream. A first model of the type of input that the image analysis system should expect may be built from the first image stream. After the first model is built, a second image, or a second image stream, may be compared to the first model to determine a difference between the second image, or second image stream, and the first image stream. When the difference is greater than or equal to a threshold, a drift may be detected and steps may be taken to determine the cause of the drift.
US11694456B2
Systems, methods and computer program products for detecting objects using a multi-detector are disclosed, according to various embodiments. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes defining an analysis profile comprising an initial number of analysis cycles dedicated to each of a plurality of detectors, where each detector is independently configured to detect objects according to a unique set of analysis parameters and/or a unique detector algorithm. The method also includes: receiving digital video data that depicts at least one object; analyzing the digital video data using some or all of the detectors in accordance with the analysis profile, where the analyzing produces an analysis result for each detector used in the analysis. Further, the method includes updating the analysis profile by adjusting the number of analysis cycles dedicated to at least one of the detectors based on the analysis results.
US11694454B2
An information processing device comprises an electronic device, an averaging circuit acquiring output signals from the electronic device multiple times in a predetermined period and averaging the signals acquired multiple times, a memory circuit storing an averaged signal averaged by the averaging circuit and a PUF-ID extraction circuit generating a unique identifier based on the averaged signal.
US11694450B1
According to some embodiments, disclosed are systems and methods for a novel framework of real-time event alert detection and communication. The disclosed framework operates by analyzing live-feeds of captured video at location and determining whether events lend towards a dangerous activity, then automatically alerting the users involved as to potential and/or imminent harm awaiting their actions. Rather than alerting one user, or a manger, as in conventional systems, the disclosed technology may evidence a communication relay among devices at a location, devices of users involved, as well as devices (and devices of users) overseeing operations within which the dangerous activity is anticipated or detected. This may lead to improved safety at and/or around workplace environments, as well as improved operational efficiency, thereby leading to reduced costs, reduced overhead and a reduction in resource expenditure.
US11694439B2
There are provided systems and methods for securing virtual objects tracked in an augmented reality experience between multiple devices. A user may capture visual data utilizing a device at a location, where the visual data includes one or more real-world objects. An augmented reality experience may be displayed with the real-world objects, where virtual graphics or other visual indicators are overlaid onto an output of the environment and may be associated with various objects so that the virtual graphics may be seen with the environment. The virtual graphics may further be associated with an amount left by the user for another user, such as a tip or a payment for a service. The other user may be required to complete some task, where the completion of the task may be identified by changes to the real-world objects when the environment is captured by the other user's device.
US11694434B2
Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to an agricultural observation and treatment system and method of operation. The agricultural treatment system may determine a first real-world geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The system can receive captured images depicting real-world agricultural objects of a geographic scene. The system can associate captured images with the determined geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The treatment system can identify, from a group of mapped and indexed images, images having a second real-word geo-spatial location that is proximate with the first real-world geo-spatial location. The treatment system can compare at least a portion of the identified images with at least a portion of the captured images. The treatment system can determine a target object and emit a fluid projectile at the target object using a treatment device.
US11694427B2
In an example embodiment, a method of identifying an item depicted in an image is provided. In this method, the image depicting the item is accessed; in addition, other images and their item identifiers are also accessed. A match of the image with one of the other images is identified. With a match, the image is then associated with an item identifier of the matched image.
US11694418B2
Systems and methods for generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of a user's dental arch based on two-dimensional (2D) images of dental impressions include a model training system that provides a machine learning model using training image(s) of a dental impression of a respective dental arch and a 3D training model of the respective dental arch. A model generation system receives first image(s) of a first dental impression of a user's dental arch and second image(s), which may be of the first dental impression or a second dental impression of the dental arch. The model generation system generates a first and second 3D model of the dental arch by applying the first image(s) and second image(s) to the machine learning model.
US11694415B2
In various embodiments, a training application trains a machine learning model to modify portions of shapes when designing 3D objects. The training application converts first structural analysis data having a first resolution to first coarse structural analysis data having a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution. Subsequently, the training application generates one or more training sets based on a first shape, the first coarse structural analysis data, and a second shape that is derived from the first shape. Each training set is associated with a different portion of the first shape. The training application then performs one or more machine learning operations on the machine learning model using the training set(s) to generate a trained machine learning model. The trained machine learning model modifies at least a portion of a shape having the first resolution based on coarse structural analysis data having the second resolution.
US11694402B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving a two-dimensional (2D) image comprising a 2D object; identifying a contour of the 2D object; generating a three-dimensional (3D) mesh based on the contour of the 2D object; and applying a texture of the 2D object to the 3D mesh to output a 3D object representing the 2D object.
US11694401B2
In one embodiment, a method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) anatomical map, including applying a trained artificial neural network to (a) a set of two-dimensional (2D) fluoroscopic images of a body part of a living subject, and (b) respective first 3D coordinates of the set of 2D fluoroscopic images, yielding second 3D coordinates of the 3D anatomical map, and rendering to a display the 3D anatomical map responsively to the second 3D coordinates.
US11694392B2
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that render a reflective surface of a computer-generated reality (“CGR”) object based on synthesis in a CGR environment. In order to render a reflective surface of the CGR object, one exemplary implementation involves synthesizing an environment map of a CGR environment representing a portion of a physical scene based on observed characteristics of the physical scene. In an implementation, generation of a complete environment map includes identifying pixels of the environment map with no corresponding texture and generating synthesized texture based on textural information associated with one or more camera images of the physical scene. In an implementation, a CGR object is rendered in the CGR environment, wherein an appearance of a reflective surface of the CGR object is determined based on the complete environment map of the CGR environment.
US11694390B2
An apparatus comprises a store (209) storing a set of anchor poses for a scene, as well as typically 3D image data for the scene. A receiver (201) receives viewer poses for a viewer and a render pose processor (203) determines a render pose in the scene for a current viewer pose of the viewer pose where the render pose is determined relative to a reference anchor pose. A retriever (207) retrieves 3D image data for the reference anchor pose and a synthesizer (205) synthesizes images for the render pose in response to the 3D image data. A selector selects the reference anchor pose from the set of anchor poses and is arranged to switch the reference anchor pose from a first anchor pose of the set of anchor poses to a second anchor pose of the set of anchor poses in response to the viewer poses.
US11694383B2
An edge data network for providing a three-dimensional (3D) character image to a user equipment and an operating method thereof are provided. The edge data network obtains key points information including feature point coordinates related to the body parts of a first user, from a first user equipment via a network, and obtains view points information including virtual position coordinate value information of virtual view points from which a second user views a 3D character image from a second user equipment, measures a key points similarity and a view points similarity by respectively comparing the obtained key points information and view points information with key points information and view points information cached in a data cache, and reads out a 3D character image cached in the data cache based on the measured key points similarity and the measured view points similarity, and transmits the read out 3D character image to the second user equipment.
US11694380B2
A system and method for immersive telecommunications communication by tracking the movement of objects and/or persons with sensors. Movement tracking is then used to animate an avatar that represents the person or object. Movement may be tracked in real time, which at least reduces latency of communication. The sensors comprise any type of movement sensor which may be attached to a person and/or object for tracking motion, including but not limited to, an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), an accelerometer, a gyroscope or other such sensors.
US11694366B2
A first obtaining unit obtains two images obtained by capturing images of an inspection target object under different capturing environments with different illumination conditions inputted by a user. A second obtaining unit obtains area information that specifies two types of areas set by the user regarding an area in each image. The two types of areas include a reference area serving as a reference for comparison between the areas and a comparison target area serving as a target of comparison. A converting unit generates color conversion parameters for carrying out color conversion such that a color value of the reference area in one image coincides with a color value of the reference area in the other image. A deriving unit derives a color difference between the reference area and the comparison target area regarding each of the two images.
US11694351B2
The present application discloses a positioning method for a movable platform, including: detecting, by a laser positioning system (LPS) mounted on the movable platform, a plurality of reflectors mounted on a target object, wherein the movable platform is moving; calculating in real-time, by the LPS, according to the current position information, relative positions of the plurality of reflectors with respect to the LPS; and obtaining, by the LPS, a relative position of the movable platform with respect to the target object based on the relative positions of the plurality of reflectors with respect to the LPS. The present application also discloses positioning system that performs the positioning method.
US11694349B2
The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and a method for obtaining a registration error map representing a level of sharpness of an image. Many methods are known which allow determining the position of a camera with respect to an object, based on the knowledge of a 3D model of the object and the intrinsic parameters of the camera. However, regardless of the visual servoing technique used, there is no control in the image space and the object may get out of the camera field of view during servoing. It is proposed to obtain a registration error map relating to an image of the object of interest generated by computing an intersection of a re-focusing surface obtained from a 3D model of said object of interest and a focal stack based on acquired four-dimensional light-field data relating to said object of interest.
US11694347B2
A plurality of tracking cameras is pointed towards a routine hovering area of an in-the-field sports participant who routinely hovers about that area. Spots within the hovering area are registered relative to a predetermined multi-dimensional coordinates reference frame (e.g., Xw, Yw, Zw, Tw) such that two-dimensional coordinates of 2D images captured by the tracking cameras can be converted to multi-dimensional coordinates of the reference frame. A body part recognizing unit recognizes 2D locations of a specific body part in the 2D captured images and a mapping unit maps them into the multi-dimensional coordinates of the reference frame. A multi-dimensional curve generator then generates a multi-dimensional motion curve describing motion of the body part based on the mapped coordinates (e.g., Xw, Yw, Zw, Tw). The generated multi-dimensional motion curve is used to discover cross correlations between play action motions of the in-the-field sports participant and real-world sports results.
US11694346B2
An object tracking, in particular adapted for real-time augmented reality applications, involves determining a location of an object (20) in a current frame (10) of a video stream (15), at a point in time following output of a preceding frame (11) of the video stream (15) but preceding output of the current frame (10), by starting from a location of the object (20) determined by an object-detection server (5) for a previous frame (12) of the video stream (15) and recursively track the location of the object (20) in frames (11) of the video stream (15) following the previous frame (12) up to the current frame (10) and recursively update a model of the object (20). Accurate objection detection from an object-detection server (5) can thereby be used even if the object was detected in a past frame (12) of the video stream (15) that has already been visualized.
US11694340B2
A display method including the steps of: acquiring, at a first predetermined frequency, a first series of one-spatial-dimensional instant images of the finish line of a race; simultaneously acquiring a second series of two spatial-dimensional instant images of the same finish line (19) at a second predetermined frequency; forming a temporal image (10) of the photo finish type from the first series of instant images; choosing an instant (15, 22) of the temporal image (10); analysing a two-spatial-dimensional image of the second series, the image being correlated with the selected instant (15, 22) to determine at least one distance; and displaying the analysed two-dimensional image with the determined distance or distances. Also, a display system for implementing the method.
US11694335B2
A system for displaying medical imaging data comprising one or more data inputs, one or more processors, and one or more displays, wherein the one or more data inputs are configured for receiving first image data generated by a first medical imaging device, wherein the first image data comprises a field of view (FOV) portion and a non-FOV portion, and the one or more processors are configured for identifying the non-FOV portion of the first image data and generating cropped first image data by removing at least a portion of the non-FOV portion of the first image data, and transmitting the cropped first image data for display in a first portion of the display and additional information for display in a second portion of the display.
US11694333B1
A deep artificial neural network (DNN) for generating a semantically-segmented three-dimensional (3D) point cloud is manufactured by a process including obtaining a 3D point cloud, establishing a DNN topology, training the DNN to output labels by subdividing the point cloud, pre-processing the subdivisions, updating weights, and storing weights. Training a DNN includes obtaining a 3D point cloud, establishing a topology of the DNN, training the DNN to output point labels by subdividing, pre-processing the subdivisions, analyzing the features and respective labels of the point cloud to update DNN weights, and storing the weights. A server includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server to obtain a 3D point cloud, establish a DNN topology, train the DNN to output labels by subdividing, pre-process the subdivisions, analyze the features and respective labels of the point cloud to update weights, and store the weights.
US11694323B2
Non-contact sensors include an image sensor configured to capture image data of a portion of a surface of a rotatable shaft and an electronic control unit communicatively coupled to the image sensor. The electronic control unit is configured to receive image data having a plurality of frames from the image sensor and store the image data in a memory component of the electronic control unit, determine a transformation in image space between one or more surface features that appear in a first frame of the image data and the same one or more surface features that appear in a second frame of the image data, determine a rotational position of the rotatable shaft at a time of capture of the second frame of the image data based on the transformation and a quantitatively characterized relationship between image space and object space, and store the rotational position of the rotatable shaft.
US11694317B1
Machine vision devices may be configured to automatically connect to a remote management server (e.g., a “cloud”-based management server), and may offload and/or communicate images and analyses to the remote management server via wired or wireless communications. The machine vision devices may further communicate with the management server, user computing devices, and/or human machine interface devices, e.g., to provide remote access to the machine vision device, provide real-time information from the machine vision device, receive configurations/updates, provide interactive graphical user interfaces, and/or the like.
US11694315B2
A system employs a trained model to detect artifact(s) associated with artifact type(s) appearing in a reproduction of a source image (a test image). The system determines differences between the test image and the source image and outputs probabilities that the artifact(s) in the test image are associated with each of the artifact type(s). A dataset for training the model includes: (i) a reference category including reference image(s) without any artifacts; and (ii) artifact categories, each corresponding to a respective one of the artifact types and including noised images associated with the respective artifact type. Each noised image includes one of the reference images and an artifact associated with the respective artifact type. The model is trained to detect the artifact type(s) by providing the model with the dataset and causing the model to process differences between each noised image and the reference image in the noised image.
US11694314B2
A machine vision method includes obtaining a first representation of an image captured by an image sensor array, analyzing the first representation for an assessment of whether the first representation is sufficient to support execution of a machine vision task by the processor, if the first representation is not sufficient, determining, based on the first representation, a region of the image of interest for the execution of the machine vision task, reusing the image captured by the image sensor array to obtain a further representation of the image by directing the image sensor array to sample the image captured by the image sensor array in a manner guided by the determined region of the image of interest and by the assessment, and analyzing the further representation to assess whether the further representation is sufficient to support the execution of the machine vision task by implementing a procedure for the execution of the machine vision task in accordance with the further representation.
US11694311B2
A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for applying rolling shutter (RS)-aware spatially varying differential homography fields for simultaneous RS distortion removal and image stitching is presented. The method includes inputting two consecutive frames including RS distortions from a video stream, performing keypoint detection and matching to extract correspondences between the two consecutive frames, feeding the correspondences between the two consecutive frames into an RS-aware differential homography estimation component to filter out outlier correspondences, sending inlier correspondences to an RS-aware spatially varying differential homography field estimation component to compute an RS-aware spatially varying differential homography field, and using the RS-aware spatially varying differential homography field in an RS stitching and correction component to produce stitched images with removal of the RS distortions.
US11694307B2
An image enhancement system and method based on a generative adversarial network (GAN) model. The image enhancement system includes an acquiring unit, a training unit and an enhancement unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a first image of a driving environment captured by a camera of a first vehicle and a second image of the driving environment captured by a camera of a second vehicle. The training unit is configured to train a GAN by using the first training image to obtain an image enhancement model. The enhancement unit is configured to enhance the second image by inputting the second image into the image enhancement model.
US11694301B2
A learning model may provide a hierarchy of convolutional layers configured to perform convolutions upon image features, each layer other than a topmost layer convoluting the image features at a lower resolution to a higher layer, and each layer other than a bottommost layer returning the image features to a lower layer. Each layer fuses the lower resolution image features received from a higher layer with same resolution image features convoluted at the layer, so as to combine large-scale and small-scale features of images. Layers of the hierarchy may be substantially equal to a number of lateral convolutions at a bottommost convolutional layer. The bottommost convolutional layer ultimately passes the fused features to an attention mapping module, which utilizes two attention mapping pathways in combination to detect non-local dependencies and interactions between large-scale and small-scale features of images without de-emphasizing local interactions.
US11694297B2
Mechanisms are provided to implement an automated medical image processing pipeline selection (MIPPS) system. The MIPPS system receives medical image data associated with a patient electronic medical record and analyzes the medical image data to extract evidence data comprising characteristics of one or more medical images in the medical image data indicative of a medical image processing pipeline to select for processing the one or more medical images. The evidence data is provided to a machine learning model of the MIPPS system which selects a medical image processing pipeline based on a machine learning based analysis of the evidence data. The selected medical image processing pipeline processes the medical image data to generate a results output.
US11694285B2
Systems and restaurant locations for use with a mobile ordering system, and methods thereof, to provide at least more time-efficient pick up of orders by customers than with traditional ordering and pick up windows.
US11694277B2
Aspects extract, from payroll data of employees of an organization, data historically associated to previous instances of certified tax credit eligibility; normalize the extracted data with respect to data type and data value; generate from the normalized extracted data via a neural network classifier multi-class outputs for each employee that indicate strengths of likelihood that each employee is currently eligible for each of a plurality of different tax credits; filter the normalized extracted data by removing portions associated to employees indicated within the multi-class outputs as having no currently eligible likelihood for the different tax credits, thereby generating a remainder set of normalized extracted data associated to remainder eligible ones of the employees; and prioritize application for the tax credits for the remainder eligible employees as a function of respective values and likelihoods of eligibility within the remainder set of normalized extracted data.
US11694275B2
An apparatus for generating an application document is provided. The apparatus retrieves a plurality of candidate questions from at least one database, each of the plurality of candidate questions corresponding to one of a plurality of entities, and each of the plurality of entities being different from each other, removes substantively similar candidate questions among the plurality of candidate questions from the different entities; and generates a graphical user interface by aggregating remaining candidate questions among the plurality of candidate questions after the removal of the substantively similar candidate questions as application questions.
US11694270B2
An object of the present invention is to generate a single portfolio assuming a plurality of targets as a specific objective of investment management, and also to make it possible to easily generate a plurality of portfolios having the same objective followed by comparing and contrasting of the plurality of portfolios. To this end, an investment management assistance server 10 that generates, based on input information, portfolio information for suggesting investment management for objective achievement set by a customer includes: objective display means 13 that displays predetermined objective information selectable by a customer through an input operation; interview display means 14 for displaying predetermined interview information to which the customer is allowed to respond through an input operation; and portfolio generation/display means 15 for generating predetermined portfolio information based on the objective information and interview information which are selected and responded to through an input operation, and causing the customer terminal 30 to display the predetermined portfolio information in a visually recognized manner. The portfolio generation/display means 15 is configured to generate portfolio information for suggesting a single investment management corresponding to one or more pieces of objective information selected by the customer.
US11694259B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for authorizing a trading algorithm prior to execution of the trading algorithm. An example method includes receiving a trading algorithm definition associated with a unique identifier and sending the unique identifier to an algorithm server that is operable to execute programming code representing the trading algorithm. The unique identifier may be associated with a trader authorized to execute the programming code. The algorithm server may check the unique identifier prior to execution of the programming code to ensure that the trading algorithm has been authorized.
US11694258B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure may collect data associated with a user activity. The data may be transmitted from an app running on a computing device with a user account authenticated by the computer-based system. The system may calculate a carbon footprint of the user activity based on the data associated with the user activity. An amount of carbon credits may be assigned to a user account authenticated with the computer-based system based on the calculated carbon footprint of the user activity. A transaction may be written to a blockchain retiring the amount of carbon credits in response to a request to offset a carbon footprint.
US11694257B2
A device receives comment information that is associated with users and includes comments provided by the users, about an entity, via social media sources, and receives transaction information that is associated with the users and includes financial transactions of the users with the entity. The device determines correlations between the comment information and the transaction information, where the correlations between the comment information and the transaction information provide weights to the comment information to generate weighted comment information. The device generates a prediction about a future stock price of the entity based on the weighted comment information, the transaction information, and the correlations between the comment information and the transaction information, and provides the prediction about the future stock price of the entity for display.
US11694251B2
Disclosed is a method for controlling an intelligent device, the method including: acquiring source data for generating a profile of a user; generating a cluster related to recommendation of a service by using the source data; generating the profile of the user using the cluster; and transmitting the profile of the user to a server, wherein the server recommends the service to the user based on the profile of the user. Accordingly, the present disclosure may automatically recommend an appropriate service to a user. The intelligent device of the present disclosure can be associated with artificial intelligence modules, drones (unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)), robots, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, devices related to 5G service, etc.
US11694242B2
There is provided a wearable terminal which is capable of performing a transaction using information about a product viewed by a user. A wearable terminal includes a capturing unit, a recognition unit for recognizing a first gesture of a user for specifying a product, in an image captured by the capturing unit, an acquisition unit for acquiring, in a case where the first gesture is recognized by the recognition unit, product information of the product specified using the image where the first gesture is recognized, an output control unit for controlling output of the product information in a manner allowing viewing by the user, and a processing unit for performing a predetermined process regarding an electronic transaction for the product.
US11694240B2
A method includes receiving, from a computing device of a customer, a request that specifies allocation of an insurance premium to a plurality of locations of the customer. The method includes generating, in response to the request and by an invoice distribution server, one or more rules to implement the request. The method also includes receiving, by the invoice distribution system, an amount of the insurance premium. The method also includes executing the one or more rules to allocate the insurance premium to the plurality of locations of the customer in accordance with the request. The method further includes generating a plurality of invoices indicative of the allocation of the insurance premium.
US11694236B2
A system and method of providing user customizable web advertisements are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system may include a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions and one or more processors. When the one or more processors execute the computer-executable instructions, the processors may be configured to receive a customizable advertisement, the customizable advertisement having at least one customizable portion. When a customizable portion is selected, the one or more processors may display a plurality of customization options for the at least one customizable portion. The one or more processors may be further configured to receive a selection of a customization option from the plurality of customization options. The one or more processors may then apply the selected customization option to the customizable portion of the customizable advertisement. Afterwards, the one or more processors may then display the customizable advertisement with the selected customization option.
US11694229B2
Described herein are techniques for streaming digital media content, such as music, video, or television content. In accordance with some embodiments, a server system associated with a media-providing service provides first media content to a user of the media-providing service. The server system analyzes the first media content and selects second media content for delivery in conjunction with the first media content based at least in part on the analysis of the first media content. The method further comprises providing the second media content in conjunction with the first media content.
US11694228B1
A method for optimizing target content on a search results webpage includes receiving source code defining the webpage from a search engine server. The method further includes processing the source code to identify a target source code block in the source code, the target source code block defining, at least partially, the target content. The method further includes processing the target source code block to determine a relative metric for the target content with respect to a layout of the search results webpage. Thereafter, the relative metric may be utilized to optimize advertising expenditures in order to improve a relative position of the target content.
US11694226B2
A favorable merging or grouping of simply connected regions into which the array of information samples is sub-divided, is coded with a reduced amount of data. To this end, a predetermined relative locational relationship is defined enabling an identifying, for a predetermined simply connected region, of simply connected regions within the plurality of simply connected regions which have the predetermined relative locational relationship to the predetermined simply connected region. Namely, if the number is zero, a merge indicator for the predetermined simply connected region may be absent within the data stream. In other embodiments, spatial sub-division is performed depending on a first subset of syntax elements, followed by combining spatially neighboring simply connected regions depending on a second subset of syntax elements, to obtain an intermediate sub-division.
US11694218B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments for automated intelligent price guidance of listings for a for sale object (FSO) being offered by a seller. Some embodiments may operate by: receiving information relating to the FSO, including specifications for selling the FSO, wherein the specifications include an original offer price and a time window for selling the FSO; determining a category of the FSO; generating an optimal offer price for the FSO based on one or more of: (a) past listings of previously sold FSOs that have a same or similar category of the FSO; (b) the specifications, including the time window; (c) a category decay curve applicable to the category; and (d) seller flexibility curve of the seller; and through the use of a machine learning neural networking analysis suggesting the optimal offer price to the seller as an offer price for a listing corresponding to the FSO, wherein this price is evaluated over time and suggestions are made accordingly.
US11694214B2
A central database system receives information associated with an employee from an employer. Using this information, the central database system can provision one or more user accounts for the employee, for instance via an API of an account provider. The central database system can use a machine learned model to identify fields of the API and to translate the information associated with the employee based on information requirements associated with the API. When a characteristic of the employee, such as the employee's title, subsequently changes within the central database system, one or more features associated with the user account can be automatically updated in response to the change.
US11694212B2
The present disclosure describes techniques for dynamically monitoring and collating data associated with an agricultural operation for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with an agricultural compliance plan (ACP). More specifically, a decentralized governance compliance (D-GRC) controller is described that is configured to generate a distributed ledger that dynamically processes compliance of individual actions associated with an ACP. The distributed ledger may be configured to track regulatory compliance associated with a cycle of agricultural activities associated with an agricultural product. Agricultural activities may include an inventory inspection of agricultural products, a facility inspection of a facility used for an agricultural operation, or vehicle inspection of vehicles used to transport agricultural products. Further, the distributed ledger may be configured to automate the governance of an ACP across various entities such that are each compliant or non-compliant response from an entity, automatically triggers an update to the ACP.
US11694207B2
A method for execution by a marketplace server includes detecting fraudulent acquisition of an exchange item by a first computing device, where the exchange item has a static identifier (ID) and a dynamic ID that is generated based on exchange item security parameters associated with the exchange item. The method further includes deactivating the dynamic ID and the exchange item security parameters in response to the detecting fraudulent acquisition, where the static ID of the exchange item remains active and valid. The method further includes generating second exchange item security parameters for the exchange item. The method further includes generating a second dynamic ID based on the second exchange item security parameters, where the second dynamic ID establishes the exchange item for utilization in an exchange item marketplace network. The method further includes updating a record in a marketplace database to include the second dynamic ID.
US11694206B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for quantifying degrees of association between blockchain addresses in a weighted-linked database. The method may include: obtaining a node data set comprising one or more nodes and edges; associating a first node of the node data set with a first weight factor; identifying a first edge of the node data set, wherein the first edge comprises data indicating a source node address corresponding to the first node, a target node address corresponding to a second node of the one or more nodes in the node data set, and a first edge weight; determining a source value for the second node based on the first weight factor and the first edge weight; generating, a risk value for the second node based on the source value; and presenting, on a GUI, graphical depictions of the first node, the second node, and the first edge.
US11694204B2
A station device in a biometric pre-identification system uses identity to perform one or more actions. Identities are determined (such as via a backend) using biometric information. A biometric pre-identification device obtains biometric information and/or a digital representation thereof from a person approaching the station device. The biometric pre-identification device transmits such to the station device, facilitating the station to begin and/or perform various actions. The station device begins or performs the actions using the identity determined based on the biometric information before the person arrives at the station device.
US11694195B2
A system, method and computer program product for computer based open innovation, includes an asset valuation device receiving asset information regarding tangible or non-tangible assets, and generating a valuation signal, based thereon; a self-executing code device receiving the valuation signal, and generating a self-executing code signal, based thereon; an air router device having both low band radio, and internet router channels 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 thereon; a mesh network having node devices receiving the node voting request signal, and generating vote confirmation signals, based thereon; and computing devices connected to each of the respective node devices, and configured to perform non-fungible token (NFT) generation based on the assets, including tracking respective ownership and valuation of the assets, based on the asset information.
US11694187B2
Systems, methods, articles of manufacture, and computer-readable media. A communications interface may receive an indication that a server preauthorized a transaction. The communications interface may receive, from a point of sale device, an indication to pay for the transaction. The contactless card may determine, based on rules stored in the memory, that the location of the mobile device is within one or more locations the contactless card is permitted for use. The contactless card may generate transaction data comprising: indications of an account number and an expiration date of the contactless card, and the indication of the preauthorization. The contactless card may transmit the transaction data to the POS device as payment for the transaction. The server may authorize payment for the transaction using at least a portion of the transaction data based at least in part on identifying the indication of the preauthorization in the transaction data.
US11694184B2
Methods, systems, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media are described for using a vehicle as a payment device. Various aspects may include receiving a selection of a stored financial card or financial account at a vehicle head unit. The selected financial card or financial account may be transmitted to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal for making a payment by transmitting a tokenized card number to the POS terminal. The tokenized card number may be transmitted over a very short-range communication link to ensure that the transmission is secure. For example, electronic circuitry may be attached to the exterior of the vehicle, where the electronic circuitry may be within a threshold distance (e.g. one inch, three inches, six inches, one foot, three feet, etc.) of the POS terminal. The tokenized card number may be transmitted from the vehicle head unit to the electronic circuitry and then to the POS terminal.
US11694182B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a convenient system and method of displaying payment device specific functions. In other words, systems and methods are provided that allow different functions to be displayed and used for different payment devices provisioned on a communication device. These embodiments allow users to perform certain allowed functions on one payment device, and other, potentially different functions on another payment device.
US11694181B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for intercepting data exchange requests and automatically imposing a hold period while the data exchange is evaluated for a user profile initiating the request. One example system includes operations to detect a data exchange request prior to completion of the attempted data exchange, the data exchange request including information defining the attempted data exchange and associated wherein the attempted data exchange is associated with a particular user profile. A portion of the information is transmitted to a data exchange analysis system for execution of a user profile-specific data exchange analysis based on the information and a status of the user profile. A hold state is initiated for the data exchange request while the analysis is performed. The results of the analysis are presented and a confirmation to proceed is required before allowing the attempted data exchange to be processed.
US11694177B2
In order to improve efficiency of an operation of a cash handling system and reduce the labor required for the operation, a POS register receives an input of a cash-out amount, and an input of a charge amount. The POS register reads a debit card ID from a debit card, and transmits a settlement request including the debit card ID and a settlement amount to a management server. Upon receiving the settlement request, the management server withdraws the settlement amount from an account, and transmits a settlement permission to the POS register. Upon receiving the settlement permission from the management server, the POS register performs charge of electronic money, and transmits a dispensing instruction for the cash-out amount to a change machine. The change machine receives the dispensing instruction and dispenses cash.
US11694170B2
A computer-implemented method is provided comprising: generating a digital data block comprising transaction data representing at least one energy transfer transaction corresponding to an exchange of charge between a community member device and a charge source device, randomly selecting, in a group of community member devices, a plurality of block verification devices, wherein the block verification devices form a subgroup of block verification devices, partitioning a block verification computation task for the digital data block into a plurality of block verification computation subtasks, assigning the block verification computation so subtasks to respective selected block verification devices, transmitting the digital data block to each selected block verification device, together with its respective block verification computation subtask over a computer network, determining that the digital data block is verified, based on at least one verification results of a corresponding block verification computation subtask, and adding the verified block to a blockchain-enabled storage system.
US11694166B2
Systems and methods for dynamically displaying recipient calendar information in electronic messages
Systems and methods for presenting calendar information in electronic messages can include a data processing system receiving a request for calendar information for display in an electronic message responsive to the client device accessing the electronic message. The data processing system can identify, using information in the request, the calendar information of the sender of the electronic message and calendar information of the recipient of the electronic message. The data processing system can retrieve the calendar information of the sender of the electronic message and the calendar information of the recipient of the electronic message. The data processing system can automatically generate an image depicting the calendar information of the sender of the electronic message and the calendar information of the recipient of the electronic message, and send instructions to the client device to cause display of the image within the electronic message accessed by the client device.
US11694159B2
A computer system is provided that stores reference data records and event data records that each correspond to one of the reference data records. Tokens are generated from the reference data records and sorted into subsets. Each reference data record that has a given token is included in the corresponding subset. A correlation value is calculated between members (e.g., the reference data records) of the subsets. The correlation values are calculated by determining a common time, calculating a reference value, calculating a percentage difference from the reference value, and then determining a correlation value (e.g., a correlation coefficient) using the percentage difference.
US11694157B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for automatic packaging determination comprising a memory storing instructions and at least one processor performing steps comprising: receiving an order comprising at least one item; searching a data store to determine a tag, volume, and weight associated with each item; sorting the items into groups based on the tags of the items; performing an optimization process for each group of items having the same tag by: creating a data structure representing a first package of the group; iteratively simulating packing a largest remaining item of the group into the first package, wherein if the simulating determines that a threshold is exceeded: creating an additional data structure representing an additional package, and iteratively simulating packing a largest remaining item until all items of the group are packed into a package; and generating at least one list of items for the data structures representing packages.
US11694152B2
Systems and methods for processing shipment request by using a multi-carrier shipping services platform.
US11694150B2
An intelligence platform determines that a package was delivered to a location, and receives real-time information associated with the package or location. The real-time information includes sensor data received from one or more sensor devices disposed proximate to the package, or third party data received from one or more third party devices associated with a geographic region that includes the location to which the package was delivered. The intelligence platform determines, using a machine learning model, a score for the package based on the real-time information, where the score predicts a measure of vulnerability of the package, and determines whether to retrieve or protect the package based on the score. The intelligence platform selects an unmanned vehicle (UV) to retrieve or protect the package based on vehicular data, and transmits instructions to the UV to cause the UV to navigate to the package and retrieve or protect the package.
US11694146B2
In one aspect, a computer readable memory medium comprising program instructions for graphically developing a connectivity driver is provided. The computer readable memory medium is a non-transitory medium. The program instructions are executable by a processor to generate a purchase order for a laboratory item, transmit the purchase order to a remote computer in order to communicate the purchase order to a vendor, receive an advance shipping notice generated in response to the purchase order, receive item information stored in an RFID tag of a tagged item received at the delivery location, and check the item information against the advance shipping notice in order to verify that the tagged item is the same as the ordered laboratory item. The purchase order specifies a delivery location.
US11694144B2
A system and method may be used to indicate change to a key performance indicator (KPI). The method may include receiving data regarding operation of an enterprise, generating the KPI based on the data, assessing a rate of change of the KPI, and initiating notification of a user regarding the rate of change of the KPI. The method may further include modeling the KPI to obtain an ordinary rate of change of the KPI, or a KPI element incorporated into the KPI, over time, comparing the rate of change with the ordinary rate of change, and, based on a difference between the rate of change and the ordinary rate of change, determining that the notification is to be initiated. The method may further include determining whether to notify a user of the change to the KPI based on materiality of the KPI to the user.
US11694138B2
An automated log scaling system and associated methods are disclosed. In the system and methods, one or more imagers may capture depictions of respective first ends and/or second ends of a plurality of logs, and use the captured depictions to scale the plurality of logs. A diameter value for each end of the log may be determined using the captured depictions. Relative location values for each captured end may be determined and used to form a length of each log. Information captured in the images is used to identify the type of tree or species of tree for each log. At least one of the diameter values may be multiplied by the determined log length, and the resulting product value may be compared to values in a log scaling chart to determine a value for the log. The value of multiple logs may be used to form a load of logs for distribution.
US11694134B2
Provided herein are a method and device of crew replanning for high-speed railway typical scenarios, and an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: building a high-speed railway crew connection network; establishing a model for high-speed railway crew replanning; decomposing the model into a first sub-model for team leaders and a second sub-model for general crew members; and designing a Lagrangian relaxation algorithm to solve the first sub-model and the second sub-model.
US11694130B2
A system and method for assigning an agent to execute and fulfill a task request that include receiving the task request that includes at least one request attribute. The system and method also include determining an agent pool to execute and fulfill the task request in accordance with the at least one request attribute and determining a plurality of candidate locations at which to execute and fulfill the task request in accordance with the at least one request attribute. The system and method additionally include assigning a task execution location and a task fulfillment location from the plurality of candidate locations at which to execute and fulfill the task request. The system and method further include assigning the agent from the agent pool to execute and fulfill the task request.
US11694127B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for carpool dual-pricing in ridesharing are provided. An exemplary method comprises: determining an expected trip count based on a plurality of carpool requests in a pricing unit and a pair of price adjustment multipliers applied to the pricing unit; for each of the plurality of carpool requests, generating a carpool matching probability of the carpool request by a second machine learning model based on the first expected trip count; constructing one or more Key Performance Indicator (KPI) models based on the plurality of carpool matching probabilities and the pair of price adjustment multipliers; and determining optimal values of the pair of price adjustment multipliers based on an optimization model maximizing an aggregated value of the one or more KPI models.
US11694121B2
A system for predicting alimentary element ordering based on biological extraction, the system comprising a computing device configured to receive a biological extraction and alimentary element order chronicle of a user, retrieve an alimentary profile, identify, using the alimentary profile and a predictive machine-learning process, a predicted alimentary element and an alternative alimentary element, determine, using the predictive machine-learning process and the alimentary profile, the predicted alimentary element, select, using the predicted alimentary element, the alternative alimentary element, create a classifier, using a classification machine-learning process as a function of a plurality of alimentary element metrics, generate a plurality of related alimentary elements as a function of the classifier, rank the related alimentary elements as a function of the biological extraction, select the alternative alimentary element as a function of the ranking, and present the predicted alimentary element and the alternative alimentary element via a graphical user interface.
US11694117B2
A waveform generation identification method includes: comparing individual waveform data obtained by a plurality of sensors, with at least one piece of characteristic waveform information; determining appearance probability of characteristic waveform information in at least a certain section of the waveform data, based on a degree of correlation between a peak section of the waveform data and the characteristic waveform information; and identifying a time when a section matching with the characteristic waveform information appears and a concerned sensor, based on the appearance probability.
US11694114B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for real-time deployment of machine learning networks. One of the operations is performed by the system receiving video data from a video image capturing device. The received video data is converted into multiple video frames. These video frames are encoded into a particular color space format. The system renders a first display output depicting imagery from the multiple encoded video frames. The system performs an inference on the video frames using a machine learning network in order to determine the occurrence of one or more objects in the video frames. The system renders a second display output depicting graphical information corresponding to the determined one or more objects from the multiple encoded video frames. The system then generates a composite display output including the imagery of the first display output overlaid with the graphical information of the second display output.
US11694110B2
An example operation may include one or more of generating, by a plurality of training participant clients, gradient calculations for machine learning model training, each of the training participant clients comprising a training dataset, converting, by a training aggregator coupled to the plurality of training participant clients, the gradient calculations to a plurality of transaction proposals, receiving, by one or more endorser nodes or peers of a blockchain network, the plurality of transaction proposals, executing, by each of the endorser nodes or peers, a verify gradient smart contract, and providing endorsements corresponding to the plurality of transaction proposals to the training aggregator.
US11694107B1
A method of setting up a quantum circuit for computational basis state shift. For the quantum circuit, a first quantum register, a second quantum register and a first ancilla register are set up. The first quantum register includes four qubits and the second quantum register includes N−4 qubits. To the first quantum register, the second quantum register and the first ancilla register are applied in a sequential order: (i) an initial step including three CX gates and a first X gate; (ii) a first segment including seven multi-controlled gates; (iii) a second segment comprising a first set of CX gates, a second set of CX gates and a cascade of gates arranged between the first set and the second set; and (iv) a third segment comprising two CX gates and a second X gate.
US11694104B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for performing an entangling operation on a system of qubits. In one aspect, a method includes operating the system of qubits, wherein the system of qubits comprises: a plurality of first qubits, a plurality of second qubits, a plurality of qubit couplers defining nearest neighbor interactions between the first qubits and second qubits, wherein the system of qubits is arranged as a two dimensional grid and each qubit of the multiple first qubits is coupled to multiple second qubits through respective qubit couplers, and wherein operating the system of qubits comprises: pairing multiple first qubits with respective neighboring second qubits; performing an entangling operation on each paired first and second qubit in parallel, comprising detuning each second qubit in the paired first and second qubits in parallel.
US11694101B1
A system according to which a network of physical sensors are configured to detect and track the performance of aircraft engines. The physical sensors are placed in specific locations to detect an exhaust gas temperature, vibration, speed, oil pressure, and fuel flow for each aircraft engine. The performance of each aircraft engine is then viewed in combination with oil consumption associated with that aircraft engine and the routine maintenance program associated with that aircraft engine to route the aircraft and move the aircraft, in accordance with the routing, to a specific location. The sensors efficiently track the performance and physical condition of the engines. Moreover, a listing of identified “at-risk” engines is displayed on a screen of a GUI in a manner that allows for easy navigation and display. Data point(s) that triggered the identification of each “at-risk” engine are easily accessible and viewable.
US11694084B2
Sound effect recommendations for visual input are generated by training machine learning models that learn coarse-grained and fine-grained audio-visual correlations from a reference image, a positive audio signals, and a negative audio signal. A positive audio embedding related to the reference image is generated from the positive audio signal and a negative audio embedding is generated from a negative audio signal. A machine learning algorithm uses the reference image, the positive audio embedding and the negative audio embedding as inputs to train a visual-to-audio correlation neural network to output a smaller distance between the positive audio embedding and the reference image than the negative audio embedding and the reference image.
US11694083B2
A signal translating method may include, according to one aspect of the present application, receiving a source signal of a first domain; identifying erroneous features and effective features from the source signal; translating the source signal of the first domain into a first virtual signal of a second domain, the first virtual signal is that in which erroneous features included in the source signal has been removed; and outputting the first virtual signal. Therefore, the virtual signal of the second domain in which the erroneous features removed may be output.
US11694078B2
An electronic apparatus may include a memory that stores first information regarding a plurality of first artificial intelligence models trained to perform image processing differently from each other and second information regarding a second artificial intelligence model trained to identify a type of an image by predicting a processing result of the image by each of the plurality of first artificial intelligence models. The electronic apparatus may further include a processor configured to identify a type of an input image by inputting the input image to the second artificial intelligence model stored in the memory, and process the input image by inputting the input image to one of the plurality of first intelligence models stored in the memory based on the identified type.
US11694076B2
A memory component can include memory cells where a first region of the memory cells is to store a machine learning model and a second region of the memory cells is to store input data and output data of a machine learning operation. A controller can be coupled to the memory component with one more internal buses to perform the machine learning operation by applying the machine learning model to the input data to generate the output data.
US11694075B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for adapting a computation graph of a machine learning model. The method comprises partitioning the computation graph at an edge between a first node and a second node, wherein the edge is a control dependency edge. The method further comprises inserting a proxy node, a send node, and a receive node between the first node and the second node. The proxy node is connected to the first node, the send node is configured to receive output data from the proxy node, and the receive node is configured to receive the output data from the send node.
US11694073B2
A method and apparatus for generating a fixed point neural network are provided. The method includes selecting at least one layer of a neural network as an object layer, wherein the neural network includes a plurality of layers, each of the plurality of layers corresponding to a respective one of plurality of quantization parameters; forming a candidate parameter set including candidate parameter values with respect to a quantization parameter of the plurality of quantization parameters corresponding to the object layer; determining an update parameter value from among the candidate parameter values based on levels of network performance of the neural network, wherein each of the levels of network performance correspond to a respective one of the candidate parameter values; and updating the quantization parameter with respect to the object layer based on the update parameter value.
US11694070B2
A circuit for performing energy-efficient and high-throughput multiply-accumulate (MAC) arithmetic dot-product operations and convolution computations includes a two dimensional crossbar array comprising a plurality of row inputs and at least one column having a plurality of column circuits, wherein each column circuit is coupled to a respective row input. Each respective column circuit includes an excitatory memristor neuron circuit having an input coupled to a respective row input, a first synapse circuit coupled to an output of the excitatory memristor neuron circuit, the first synapse circuit having a first output, an inhibitory memristor neuron circuit having an input coupled to the respective row input, and a second synapse circuit coupled to an output of the inhibitory memristor neuron circuit, the second synapse circuit having a second output. An output memristor neuron circuit is coupled to the first output and second output of each column circuit and has an output.
US11694068B2
A convolutional engine is configured to process input data that is organized into horizontal stripes. The number of accumulators present in each convolver unit of the convolutional engine may equal a total number of rows of data in each of the horizontal stripes.
US11694065B2
Devices and methods related to spiking neural units in memory. One device includes a memory array and a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) coupled to the memory array and located under the memory array, wherein the CMOS includes a spiking neural unit comprising logic configured to receive an input to increase a weight stored in a memory cell of the memory array, collect the weight from the memory cell of the memory array, accumulate the weight with an increase based on the input, compare the accumulated weight to a threshold weight, and provide an output in response to the accumulated weight being greater than the threshold weight.
US11694058B2
Mounts for securing a tracking device to an object. The mounts include a case and a coupler system. The case includes a body defining a port complementarily configured with the tracking device to receive the tracking device. The coupler system is configured to couple the case to the object and includes a fabric expanse.
US11694054B2
A computer device (100), configured to encode identifiers by providing audio identifiers therefrom, is described. The computer device (100) is configured to provide a set of audio signals as respective bitstreams. Each audio signal of the set of audio signals is defined based, at least in part, on audio signal information including at least one of a type, a fundamental frequency, a time signature and a time. Each audio signal comprises a set of audio segments. Each audio segment of the set of audio segments is defined based, at least in part, on audio segment information including at least one of a frequency, an amplitude, a transform, a time duration and an envelope. The computer device (100) is configured to receive an identifier and select a subset of audio signals from the set of audio signals according to the received identifier based, at least in part, on the audio signal information and/or the audio segment information. The computer device (100) is configured to process the audio selected subset of audio signals by combining the selected subset of audio signals to provide an audio identifier. The computer device (100) is configured to output the audio identifier in an output audio signal as an output bitstream, wherein the audio identifier encodes the identifier. Also described is a method of encoding identifiers by providing audio identifiers therefrom.
US11694052B2
A circuit, method, and system including the circuit such that the circuit is for a passive radio-identification tag operating in a UHF band and is configured for radio communication with a reader which sends a periodic read signal. A period of the read signal includes an energy recovery phase and a communication phase. The circuit has: a control device configured to accumulate an energy reserve from the radio wave during the energy recovery phase and to communicate with the reader during the communication phase, an interface to connect an external analog sensor. The interface includes: an electrical connection configured to connect and supply the external analog sensor with electricity and to acquire the analog measurement from the sensor, an amplifier configured to amplify the signal of the analog measurement from the sensor, and an analog-digital converter configured to digitize the amplified analog measurement from the sensor.
US11694050B2
An internal voltage generator of a smart card and a smart card including the same. The internal voltage generator may include: a mode detector that generates a mode signal indicating a contact mode or a contactless mode; a low-drop out (LDO) regulator including an error amplifier, where the LDO regulator is responsive to the mode signal to: in the contact mode, drive the error amplifier with a second driving voltage to generate an error voltage, and regulate the second driving voltage based on the error voltage to generate a first output voltage, and in the contactless mode, drive the error amplifier with the first driving voltage to generate the error voltage, and regulate the second driving voltage based on the error voltage to generate the first output voltage.
US11694041B2
A discourse-level text translation method and device, the method comprising: acquiring a text to be translated, the text to be translated being a unit text in a discourse-level text to be translated (S101); acquiring an associated text of the text to be translated, the associated text including at least one of a preceding source text, a following source text, and a preceding target text (S102); and translating, according to the associated text, the text to be translated (S103).
US11694030B1
A system and method for automated theming of thought objects is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, an object theming computer creates aggregated text by aggregating text associated with a first thought object, the aggregated text comprising descriptive and important text associated with the first thought object. The object theming computer then tokenizes the aggregated text into tokens. Further, a theme is associated to thought objects using one or more previously themed thought objects. If one or more thought objects have no associated theme, then a theme is generated and associated to the un-themed thought objects using a current plurality of the one or more thought objects.
US11694026B2
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, an input file defining correct spellings of one or more transliterated words; generating, by the computing device, suffix outputs based on the one or more transliterated words; generating, by the computing device, a dictionary that maps the suffix outputs to the one or more transliterated words; recognizing, by the computing device, an alternatively spelled transliterated word included in a document as one of the one or more correctly spelled transliterated words using the dictionary; and outputting, by the computing device, information corresponding to the recognized transliterated word.
US11694022B2
A system and method for creating a dynamic electronic form are described. The system may include one or more processors that cause the system to perform create an electronic form with one or more data entry fields. The system may also obtain access to a plurality of datasets, where each dataset may include multiple entry fields and integrate at least one identified dataset with the electronic form. The system may further suggest at least one data input in the data entry field based on information input in the data entry field by a user. The data entry input suggested may be sourced from the identified dataset integrated to the electronic form.
US11694016B2
A method includes receiving a netlist for a chip including a bus and determining, by one or more processors and based on the netlist, a first routing topology for the bus and through a routing region of the chip by comparing a demand of the bus to a capacity of a plurality of cells of the routing region. The method also includes generating a layout for the chip based on the first routing topology.
US11694012B2
A multiplexer circuit includes first and second fins each extending in an X-axis direction. First, second, third and fourth gates extend in a Y-axis direction perpendicular to the X-axis direction and contact the first and second fins. The first, second, third and fourth gates are configured to receive first, second, third and fourth data signals, respectively. Fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth gates extend in the Y-axis direction and contact the first and second fins, the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth gates, and are configured to receive the first, second, third and fourth select signals, respectively. An input logic circuit is configured to provide an output at an intermediate node. A ninth gate extends in the Y-axis direction and contacts the first and second fins. An output logic circuit is configured to provide a selected one of the first, second, third and fourth data signals at an output terminal.
