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US11019879B2	Extruded components for articles of footwear and methods of making the same Extruded components for articles of footwear and methods of making such articles of footwear are disclosed. A carrier can be formed from a first material, the carrier including an attachment surface configured to attach to an upper and a receiving surface having a plurality of receptacles. A second material can be extruded into a plurality of the receptacles to form cushioning elements of a sole.
US11019867B2	Hat for securing external hardware of a cochlear implant A hat having a body of conforming material to cover at least a portion of a wearer's head and at least generally encircle the head about a forehead or upper crown, and a depending projection on at least one side having a lower boundary lower than a respective ear lobe of the wearer; an opposing pair of substantially wide under chin straps of conforming material attached to lower left and right boundaries of the body, the straps being fastened with a non-tying securing couple fixed to the under chin straps; and, in part of the depending projection, a soft, conforming open mesh to cover the external hardware of a cochlear implant or a traditional hearing aid, and provide for securing of the same when worn by the wearer and for external visibility of the same by a non-wearer of the hat. The wearer may be a young child.
US11019866B2	Samurai wrap A head covering garment sheathing the hair. The head covering consists of a cap, two sleeves, a latch and an ornamental object. The cap portion is fitted, and the two attached sleeves are elongated and one and a half inch apart, allowing the user to wrap the sleeves in a crisscross pattern around the perimeter of the head. An ornamental object, which is optionally removable and interchangeable, is located at the end of one of the two sleeves. A “U” shaped latch is located at the end of the other sleeve and is an adjustable and retractable opening, allowing for the ornamental object to pass through, which secures the sleeves in place.
US11019865B2	Insulated garment The technology described herein generally relates to a garment that is insulating yet light weight, which may provide protection from the elements without weighing down the wearer. The garment in accordance with the technology described herein comprises a layer of thermally insulating sheet material having one or more voided portions in place of conventional down or other synthetic thermally insulating materials. The one or more voided portions allow the thermal insulation to be light weight and adequately protective in cooler/cold weather, without adding motion hindering bulk to the garment.
US11019864B2	Wearable adaptive electroactive polymer fabric A smart fabric may include a smart material such as an Electroactive Polymer (EAP). An adaptive garment formed from the smart fabric may change textile density based on user needs, sensor states, context, and other inputs. In various embodiments, the EAP enables the adaptive garment to change textile density based on a sport or activity, based on calendar or scheduled events, or based on user preferences. In various embodiments, these smart fabrics may be implemented in sporting garments, uniforms, multiple-day clothing (e.g., for travel or military usage), furniture fabric, curtains, or other implementations.
US11019849B2	Push-button structure and electronic atomizer having same The present disclosure provides a push-button structure. The push-button structure includes a support, a push-button, and a slide block. The push-button is connected to the support and has a push direction. The slide block is connected to the support in a sliding manner along a direction perpendicular to the push direction of the push-button, and the slide block is capable for sliding and has a locking position and an unlocking position. The push-button is provided with a first locking portion at one side facing the slide block. The slide block is provided with a second locking portion fitting the first locking portion. When the slide block slides to the locking position, the first locking portion is locked to the second locking portion. When the slide block slides to the unlocking position, the first locking portion is unlocked from the second locking portion.
US11019846B2	Electronic cigarette atomization core and electronic cigarette atomizer An electronic cigarette atomization core comprising an atomizing core body, and the atomizing core body is provided with an e-liquid storage chamber for receiving e-liquid and a heating chamber for accommodating the heating element, the heating element is abutted against an outer wall of one end of the e-liquid storage chamber for transferring heat to the e-liquid in the e-liquid storage chamber to atomize the e-liquid when the heating element generates heat, the e-liquid storage chamber and the heating chamber are disconnected to each other; the atomizing core body further comprises a heat insulating bracket sleeved between the e-liquid storage chamber and the heating chamber for thermally insulating the e-liquid storage chamber when the heating element generates heat. The present invention achieves that the smoke atomized by the electronic cigarette atomization core is pure in taste, has no risk of inhaling metal ions, and is healthy.
US11019843B2	Aerosol-generating article having dispersed flavourant There is provided an aerosol-generating article (10) comprising an aerosol-generating substrate (12) and a mouthpiece (14). The mouthpiece (14) comprises at least one segment of filter material (18, 20, 22), a breakable capsule (26) containing an aqueous liquid (32), and a plurality of microencapsulated flavourant particles (38) dispersed within the at least one segment of filter material (22). Each of the microencapsulated flavourant particles (38) comprises a flavourant encapsulated within a shell comprising a water sensitive material, such that the plurality of microencapsulated flavourant particles (38) are adapted to release a flavourant upon contact with the liquid (32) contained within the breakable capsule (26).
US11019838B2	Probiotic dietary supplement formulation Dietary supplements comprising one or more probiotic bacteria or probiotic yeast in an oil with calcium phosphate added are provided. The calcium phosphate substantially reduces clumping and/or settling of the probiotic in oil. Other additives, such as anti-oxidants and taste enhancers, may be added to the compositions.
US11019836B2	Food products comprising cell wall material Provided are food products having structures, textures, and other properties similar to those of animal meat, and that comprise substantial amounts of cell wall material. Also provided are methods and processes for producing such food products.
US11019816B2	Composition comprising cinmethylin-containing microparticles and a further herbicide The present invention relates to a composition containing microparticles which comprise cinmethylin and a polymeric material which surrounds or embeds cinmethylin, and at least one herbicide different from cinmethylin. The invention further relates to a method for preparing such compositions and the use of such compositions for controlling undesired vegetation.
US11019810B2	Non-human animals having a humanized signal-regulatory protein gene Genetically modified non-human animals and methods and compositions for making and using the same are provided, wherein the genetic modification comprises a humanization of an endogenous signal-regulatory protein gene, in particular a humanization of a SIRPα gene. Genetically modified mice are described, including mice that express a human or humanized SIRPα protein from an endogenous SIRPα locus.
US11019801B2	Multiple cell voluntary milking method and system, comprising a mobile milking robot having a minimal footprint A voluntary milking system and method for treating dairy livestock having fore legs and hind legs, wherein the system comprises milking stalls voluntarily accessible to animals that are milked by mobile units configured to travel between the fore and hind legs of the animal.
US11019800B2	Granular absorbent and system and method for treating or processing granular absorbent during granular absorbent transport A system and method for treating or processing granular absorbent while the granular absorbent is being transported in a fluid stream that preferably is a stream of air. The system includes a pneumatic conveyor with a conduit that draws pellets exiting an extruder into the conduit drying the pellets as they are transported through the conduit. Material can be introduced that dries, coats or otherwise treats the pellets while the pellets are transported through the conduit. Coating material, e.g., powdered bentonite can coat and also dry pellets during transport. A conduit can have inner pellet treating surface that abrades pellets transported through the conduit producing smaller fines that can be packaged with pellets forming a granular absorbent product that forms clumps on top that extend generally horizontally.
US11019796B1	Cotton variety 18R411B3XF The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R411B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R411B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R411B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R411B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11019782B1	Sorghum inbred 2PJPR62R A novel sorghum variety designated 2PJPR62R and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a plant comprise crossing sorghum variety 2PJPR62R with another plant. Sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing sorghum variety 2PJPR62R with another plant are described. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 2PJPR62R include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. Hybrid sorghum seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing the sorghum variety 2PJPR62R or a locus conversion of 2PJPR62R with another sorghum variety are disclosed.
US11019780B2	Soybean variety 5PPFQ87 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PPFQ87 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PPFQ87, cells from soybean variety 5PPFQ87, plants of soybean 5PPFQ87, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PPFQ87. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PPFQ87 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PPFQ87, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PPFQ87, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PPFQ87. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PPFQ87 are further provided.
US11019779B2	Soybean variety 5PBEZ65 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PBEZ65 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PBEZ65, cells from soybean variety 5PBEZ65, plants of soybean 5PBEZ65, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PBEZ65. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PBEZ65 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PBEZ65, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PBEZ65, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PBEZ65. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PBEZ65 are further provided.
US11019778B2	Resistance alleles in soybean The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a soybean plant or germplasm having resistance Phakosora pachyrhizi. A soybean plant, part thereof and/or germplasm that has been identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided. Also provided are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with resistance to pathogens; and compositions including amplification primer pairs capable of initiating DNA polymerization by a DNA polymerase on soybean nucleic acid templates to generate soybean marker amplicons.
US11019770B2	Harvester wing leveling configuration A harvesting platform includes a first section and extends along a first section plane that is substantially parallel to a ground surface along which the harvesting platform moves with a combine. A second section is connected to the first side of the first section, and rotates with respect to the first section within a range of angular positions. A locking mechanism retains the second section in a position with respect to the first section while activated, and permits movement of the second section with respect to the first section while deactivated. A controller receives a first signal indicative of the position, and sends a second signal to deactivate the locking mechanism in response to the position being at a positive non-parallel angle with respect to the first section plane. The second section moves toward the first section plane in response to gravity while the locking mechanism is deactivated.
US11019768B2	Double decker crop residue spreader A combine double-decker crop residue spreader for use with a rotating chopper having chopper blades and through which air is blown may include a divider panel separating a lower portion from an upper portion of the spreader. The divider panel extends rearwardly from a location where the chopper blades transition from rotating towards the divider panel to rotating away from the divider. An airflow conduit extends above the divider panel in the upper portion to rearwardly direct air flow. At least one lower vertical panel below the divider panel in the lower portion rearwardly directs crop residue.
US11019767B2	Folding auger coupling mechanism A foldable auger having a first and second auger assemblies, each having a respective housing, auger screw and rotation axis. A pivot joins the assemblies, and is configured to permit the second auger assembly to fold relative to the first auger assembly. A first drive coupler is located at an end of the first auger screw and offset from the first axis, and a second drive coupler is located at an end of the second auger screw and offset from the second axis. A drive sleeve is rigidly connected to the end of the second auger screw. The drive sleeve has at least one slot that slidingly receives the second drive coupler. The second drive coupler is movable between a first position in driving connection with the first drive coupler, and a second position not in driving connection with the first drive coupler.
US11026355B2	Housing for receiving electronic devices and electronic system having the same Disclosed are a housing for receiving an electronic device and an electronic system having the same. The electronic system includes a case having lower and upper cases detachably combined with the lower case, a circuit board arranged in an inner space of the case and secured to the lower case such that at least a grounding line and at least a connection line are provided with the circuit board, a plurality of devices arranged on the circuit board such that each device is separated from one another by the grounding line and is connected with one another by the connection line, and at least an electromagnetic shielding member embedded onto the upper case such that the electromagnetic shielding member is in contact with the grounding line around the device to provide a shielding space receiving the device. The device is protected from unexpected electromagnetic waves by the electromagnetic shielding member.
US11026350B2	Modular data center without active cooling A modular computing system for a data center includes one or more data center modules including rack computer systems. An electrical module is coupled to the data center modules and provides electrical power to computer systems in the data center modules. The data center modules do not include any internal active cooling systems and cannot be coupled with any external active cooling systems. A data center module directs ambient air to flow into intake air plenums extending along intake sides of the rows of racks, through the rows of racks into exhaust plenums extending along exhaust sides of the rows of racks, and out into the ambient environment to cool computer systems in the racks. Directed airflow can be lateral, vertical, at least partially driven by air buoyancy gradients, at least partially induced by air moving devices internal to computer systems in the rows of racks, thereof, etc.
US11026348B2	Electronic device Provided is an electronic device including a metal plate that is exposed on at least one of a plurality of side surfaces of the electronic device so as to absorb heat from a heat generating component that generates heat inside the electronic device and guide the heat to an outside of the electronic device. In addition, an outer surface of the metal plate exposed to the outside is formed further inside the electronic device than a first member and a second member.
US11026342B2	Cage assembly for expansion module and electronic device The disclosure relates to an electronic device including a chassis, a mainboard, a tray, a positioning component, and a cage assembly. The mainboard is disposed on the chassis. The tray is disposed on the chassis and located above the mainboard. The positioning component is fixed to the mainboard. The cage assembly includes a cage and a linkage assembly. The cage has a contact portion. The contact portion is disposed on the tray. The linkage assembly, includes an actuating lever and latch. The actuating lever is movably disposed on the cage. The actuating lever and the contact portion are respectively located at two opposite sides of the cage. The latch is connected to the actuating lever and has an engaging portion. The engaging portion is engageable with the positioning component.
US11026334B2	Wired circuit board and producing method thereof A method for producing a wired circuit board including an insulating layer and a conductive pattern, including (1), providing the insulating layer having an inclination face; (2), providing a metal thin film at least on the surface of the insulating layer; (3), providing a photoresist on the surface of the metal thin film; (4), disposing a photomask so that a first portion, where the conductive pattern is provided in the photoresist, is shielded from light, and the photoresist is exposed to light through the photomask; (5), removing the first portion to expose the metal thin film corresponding to the first portion; and (6), providing the conductive pattern on the surface of the metal thin film exposed from the photoresist. The inclination face has a second portion that allows the light reflected at the metal thin film to reach the first portion.
US11026326B2	Peripheral end face attachment of exposed copper layers of a first printed circuit board to the surface of a second printed circuit board by surface mount assembly A printed circuit board (PCB) structure and mounting assembly for joining two PCBs. A first PCB has a top and bottom surface faces and a peripheral end face separating the top and bottom surface. The first PCB has one or more conductive wire ends exposed at a surface of the peripheral end face; the exposed conductive wire ends forming multiple separate electrical contacts across the thickness and length of the PEF surface. A second PCB has a top surface face and one or more conductive pads exposed at the top surface at locations corresponding to locations of the multiple electrical contacts. A surface mount solder material is disposed on one or more exposed conductive pads for electrically connecting with corresponding the multiple electrical contacts. The disposed solder material stably joins the PEF surface of the first PCB to the top surface of the second PCB in a relative perpendicular orientation.
US11026324B2	Creating a secure volume Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method for creating a secure volume. A method includes adhering a flexible circuit to a surface of an enclosure. A first portion of the flexible circuit extends outward from the perimeter of the enclosure. A second portion of the flexible circuit is adhered to the center portion of the enclosure. Pressure is applied to the flexible circuit to ensure that it is affixed to the enclosure. The flexible circuit and the enclosure are then subjected to an annealing temperature. The duration and temperature are based on the adhesive and flexible circuit material. The extended portion of the flexible circuit is coated with an adhesive and folded over the second portion of the flexible circuit. Pressure is applied to the folded flexible circuit. The folded flexible circuit is then subjected to an annealing temperature.
US11026323B2	Flexible display panel, display device and manufacturing method thereof A flexible display panel, a display device and a manufacturing thereof are disclosed. Hollow patterns are arranged in the lead wires in the bent region of the flexible display panel between the display region and the binding region. The hollow patterns can dissipate the stress accumulated on the lead wires during the bending and help the lead wires to release the stress when they are bent, thereby preventing breakage of the lead wires and improving the quality and reliability of the flexible display panel.
US11026318B2	Lighting sensor analysis A method for identifying sensor units (3) at fault in a lighting system (1) performed using three or more sensor units (3), each respective one of the sensor units (3) comprising a respective sensor (116) configured to generate sensor data, the method comprising at an external processing apparatus (20) external to the sensor units (3): receiving from each of the sensor units (3) the sensor data; generating correlation parameters from the sensor data for selected pairs of neighbouring sensor units (3); and monitoring the correlation parameters to determine a sensor unit (3) at fault.
US11026312B2	Single-input and single-output touch phase-cut dimming controller A single-input and single-output touch phase-cut dimming controller includes an AC input terminal, a dimming output terminal, voltage dependent resistors, rectifiers, diodes, Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBT), resistors, a sampling circuit, a power supply circuit, a driver circuit, a single-chip microcomputer processor, a touch circuit, an over-current protection circuit, and a brightness regulator. The components on each circuit unit are correspondingly connected to and adapt to each other according to the functional requirements of the circuit design. The controller allows full current to be delivered to the control circuit while lowering overall power consumption and improving convenience and compatibility. The new touch dimmer is not limited to mechanical endurance, and has functions such as soft start, over-current protection and current-limiting protection.
US11026297B2	Metal nanowire heater and method of fabricating the same Provided is a metal nanowire heater and a method of fabricating the metal nanowire heater that includes providing a substrate; coating on the substrate a nanowire film containing metal nanowires that are laser-etchable; thermally joining portions of the metal nanowires to enhance connection between contact parts of the metal nanowires and provide an enhanced nanowire film by at least one unit cycle of supplying the ionic liquid onto the nanowire film and applying heat from outside to cause the ionic liquid to change its phase; and forming electrodes on the enhanced nanowire film to provide the metal nanowire heater.
US11026289B2	Base station and resource allocation method based on semi-persistent scheduling The disclosure provides a base station and a resource allocation method based on semi-persistent scheduling (SPS). The method includes: periodically receiving a plurality of uplink data corresponding to a user equipment (UE) on a wireless resource assigned to the UE; in response to consecutively receiving a predetermined number of specific uplink data, performing a release SPS operation to cease receiving other uplink data corresponding to the UE on the wireless resource, wherein the specific uplink data consist of pending data and error data or consist of the error data.
US11026287B2	Method and apparatus for selectively enabling reception of downlink signaling channels A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is disclosed that comprises a processor configured to selectively enable and disable reception of downlink signaling and configured to monitor a buffer of the WTRU for data to transmit. The WTRU comprises a transmitter configured to transmit, while reception of the downlink signaling is disabled, a channel allocation request in response to data in the monitored buffer. The processor is configured, in response to the data in the monitored buffer, to enable reception of the downlink signaling to allow the WTRU to receive an uplink channel allocation. The transmitter is configured, in response to the WTRU receiving an uplink channel allocation, to transmit uplink data on an uplink channel. The processor is configured to track a time when HARQ feedback is expected to be received in response to the transmitted uplink data, and configured to receive the HARQ feedback at the expected time.
US11026286B2	Method and apparatus for performing EDT Provided are a method for a user equipment (UE) to perform early data transmission (EDT) in a wireless communication, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may include: transmitting a first radio resource control (RRC) message for the EDT, to a base station; receiving a second RRC message in response to the first RRC message, from the base station; if the second RRC message indicates that the EDT is successful, considering that the EDT ends successfully; if the second RRC message indicates that the EDT is unsuccessful, considering that the EDT ends unsuccessfully; and entering a RRC_IDLE state.
US11026284B1	Controlling radio-bearer setup based on history of radio-bearer-setup failure A timeout period for a base station to wait for a UE's response to bearer-setup messaging from the base station will be set based on an evaluation of how often the UE (or a class of UEs of which the UE is a member) has experienced bearer-setup failures. For instance, the base station could generally apply a default timeout period for waiting to receive bearer-setup response messaging from UEs. But for a given UE that has recently experienced a high rate of bearer-setup failures, the base station could apply a longer timeout period, to help cope with that UE's tendency to be slower to respond to the base station's bearer-setup messaging.
US11026282B1	Use of secondary-node beamwidth as basis to control whether to use blind addition or rather threshold-based addition when configuring dual connectivity A mechanism for controlling configuration of dual connectivity for a UE that has a first connection with a first access node. The first access node could make a determination whether a beamwidth of a second access node with which the UE does not yet have a connection is at least as wide as a predefined threshold angle. If not, then the first access node could apply blind addition, in which the first access node works to add for the UE the second connection without requiring as a condition precedent the UE reporting being in threshold strong coverage of the second access node. Whereas, if so, then the first access node could instead apply threshold-based addition, in which the first access node works to add for the UE the second connection if and when the UE reports being in threshold strong coverage of the second access node.
US11026281B2	Method executed in user equipment and base station and corresponding devices The present disclosure provides a method performed at user equipment (UE) and corresponding UE. The method comprises: receiving a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) so as to indicate activating and/or deactivating of packet duplication of a data radio bearer (DRB); if the packet duplication is configured and the packet duplication is activated, then submitting, by a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity, a PDCP protocol data unit (PDU) to two radio link control (RLC) entities; and if the packet duplication is configured and the packet duplication is deactivated, then submitting, by the PDCP entity, the PDCP PDU to one of the two RLC entities, wherein the MAC CE comprises a bitmap having a fixed size, each bit in the bitmap corresponding to a packet duplication DRB identity arranged in an ascending order; and a bit set to 1 in the bitmap indicates activating of the packet duplication of the corresponding DRB, and a bit set to 0 in the bitmap indicates deactivating of the packet duplication of the corresponding DRB. The present disclosure further provides another method performed at UE and corresponding UE, as well as a method performed at a base station and a corresponding base station.
US11026276B2	Inter-PGW handover architecture A method is disclosed for providing IP access across packet data network gateways (PGWs), comprising: receiving, from a UE, at a coordinating node, an attach request; sending a request to create a first new session to a first PGW; sending a request to create a second new session to a second PGW; receiving, from the first PGW and at the coordinating node, a first request for policies for the UE; receiving, from the second PGW and at the coordinating node, a second request for policies for the UE; opening a first data tunnel from the coordinating node to the first PGW; opening a second data tunnel from the coordinating node to the second PGW without closing the first data tunnel; and opening a data tunnel between the UE and the coordinating node for providing IP access to both the first PGW and the second PGW.
US11026271B2	Electronic device and information processing method An electronic device and an information processing method are provided. The electronic device includes a master device and a slave device. The master device includes a first functional component with a first function. The first function comprises transmitting a first wireless signal and receiving a second wireless signal transmitted by an external electronic device. In response to that the slave device is physically connected to the master device, the slave device performs the first function. In response to that the slave device is separated from the master device, the slave device performs a second function. The second function is different from the first function.
US11026270B2	Radio resource control RRC connection method and apparatus and RRC reconnection method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention relate to an RRC connection method and a serving node. In the embodiments, an RRC connection is established between an anchor node and a UE. Therefore, when a serving node of the UE is switched, a connection between an MME and the anchor node does not change. When the MME needs to send a paging message, the MME does not need to send the paging message to all base stations in a TA area that corresponds to the paging message, thereby effectively reducing signaling load of a core network.
US11026269B2	Preamble configuration method, sending method and related devices on an unlicensed carrier The present disclosure provides a preamble configuration method on an unlicensed carrier, which includes: PRACH configuration information. The PRACH configuration information includes sub-frame location information, CCA interval location information for a channel idle estimation, a channel detection mechanism, preamble format information and preamble sending location information; the sub-frame location information representing a sub-frame number of a sub-frame in which a preamble to be sent is located, the CCA interval location information representing a location on the sub-frame or on a previous sub-frame of the sub-frame, the CCA interval occupying at most N symbols at a head or at an end of the sub-frame, the preamble format information representing that the preamble is a format 0 preamble, the preamble sending location information representing a sending location of the format 0 preamble to be sent on the sub-frame. Control signaling carrying the PRACH configuration information to user equipment is sent.
US11026265B2	Method and device for executing random access in wireless cellular communication system 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. The present invention provides a method and a device for a terminal transmitting/receiving a signal while executing random access in a communication system, and provides a method and a device for configuring the size of an RBG and a PRG.
US11026264B2	Apparatus and method of transmitting and receiving message 3 protocol data unit A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system 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 of a terminal for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system is provided. A method includes identifying whether physical random access channel (PRACH) occasions are configured for an active uplink (UL) bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell; based on the PRACH occasions not being configured for the active UL BWP and the serving cell being a special cell (SpCell), switching an active downlink (DL) BWP of the SpCell; and performing the random access procedure on the active DL BWP of the SpCell and the active UL BWP of the serving cell. A method by a terminal for transmitting a message 3 (Msg3) in a random access procedure is provided. In addition, a method by a terminal for system information (SI) request is provided.
US11026250B2	Scheduling method, device, and system The present invention relates to the wireless communications field, and provides a scheduling method, a device, and a system, to resolve a problem that a scheduling resource is wasted when SPS transmission with a relatively short scheduling interval is applied to a V2X service. The scheduling method provided in the present invention includes: receiving, by a first device, semi-persistent scheduling SPS configuration information from a second device; receiving, by the first device, SPS activation information from the second device, where the SPS activation information is used to indicate an activated SPS resource; and sending, by the first device, the SPS instruction information to the second device, where the SPS instruction information is used to instruct to use or not to use a scheduling resource of the activated SPS resource. Embodiments of the present invention are applied to V2X communication.
US11026248B2	Downlink multiplexing A mobile station which communicates with a base station includes a transceiver configured to receive a downlink control channel, and a controller configured to determine whether C-RNTI is included in the downlink control channel. The controller is further configured to determine that resource allocation in the downlink control channel overrides persistent downlink resource allocation for a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) if the C-RNTI is included in the downlink control channel. The transceiver is further configured to receive a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission by using persistent downlink resources.
US11026246B2	Techniques for prioritizing transmission of types of wireless communications Aspects described herein relate to prioritizing certain types of uplink communications, which can include identifying a first priority level associated with sidelink traffic, identifying a second priority level associated with uplink traffic, determining, based at least in part on comparing the first priority level with the second priority level, whether to prioritize the sidelink traffic or the uplink traffic, and transmitting, based at least in part on determining whether to prioritize the sidelink traffic or the uplink traffic, at least one of the sidelink traffic or the uplink traffic.
US11026245B2	Mission critical data support in self-contained time division duplex (TDD) subframe structure Various aspects of the present disclosure provide for enabling at least one opportunity to transmit mission critical (MiCr) data and at least one opportunity to receive MiCr data in a time division duplex (TDD) subframe during a single transmission time interval (TTI). The single TTI may be no greater than 500 microseconds. The TDD subframe may be a downlink (DL)-centric TDD subframe or an uplink (UL)-centric TDD subframe. How much of the TDD subframe is configured for the at least one opportunity to transmit the MiCr data and how much of the TDD subframe is configured for the at least one opportunity to receive the MiCr data may be adjusted based on one or more characteristics of the MiCr data. The MiCr data may have a low latency requirement, a high priority requirement, and/or a high reliability requirement. Various other aspects are provided throughout the present disclosure.
US11026239B2	Method and user equipment for predicting available throughput for uplink data A method in a user equipment for predicting an available throughput for uplink data to be sent from the user equipment to a base station over a radio link. The user equipment obtains (201) an information about a past scheduling of the user equipment. The user equipment obtains (202) a radio quality measure related to the radio link. The user equipment predicts (204) the available throughput based on a relationship between the information about a past scheduling of the user equipment and one or more previously obtained pieces of information about the past scheduling of the user equipment. The user equipment predicts the available throughput further based on a relationship between the radio quality measure and of one or more previously obtained radio quality measures. The user equipment predicts the available throughput further based on a previously obtained throughput. The previously obtained throughput is associated with the one or more previously obtained pieces of information about a past scheduling and the one or more previously obtained radio quality measures.
US11026237B2	Methods and devices for communication of a signal based on an allocated resource block Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and devices for uplink puncturing. In example embodiments, the terminal device obtains a first signal to be transmitted for a first service requiring a first latency. Then, the terminal device determines whether a resource block has been a shared one for the first service requiring a first latency or allocated by a network device for a second service requiring a second latency higher than the first latency. If it is determined that the resource block has been allocated for the second service, the terminal device selects a first set of resource elements based on a predefined pattern of resource elements. The first set of resource elements are discontinuously distributed in the allocated resource block. The terminal device transmits the first signal for the first service to the network device at the first set of resource elements.
US11026200B2	Method for transmitting/receiving synchronization signal for D2D communication in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus which enable a terminal to transmit a signal for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention transmits a synchronization signal for D2D communication and a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) for demodulation of the synchronization signal, wherein the base sequence of the demodulation reference signal is generated using a synchronization reference ID.
US11026197B2	Communication method and device A communication method includes: determining, by a first device, a first synchronization signal, where the first synchronization signal is used by a second device for symbol timing alignment and frequency synchronization; and sending, by the first device, the first synchronization signal on each group of subcarriers of M groups of subcarriers, where M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. According to the communication method in this application, the first device sends the first synchronization signal on each group of subcarriers of a plurality of groups of subcarriers, so that the second device can select, based on a reception capability of the second device, an appropriate bandwidth to receive the first synchronization signal.
US11026194B2	Method, terminal, and base station for use in data transmission Disclosed are a method, a terminal, and a base station for use in data transmission. The present invention allows the terminal to receive a downlink control signaling at a low frequency band and to transmit data at a high frequency band when high-speed data transmission is required. The method comprises: when there is no data transmission, the terminal receives first indication information in a first cell using a first frequency band, the first indication information being used for indicating a terminal having received the first indication information to use a second frequency band for data transmission; the terminal transmits data in a second cell using the second frequency band on the basis of the first indication information when data transmission is required.
US11026192B2	System and method to enhance ranging resolution for localization of a LoRa sensor or device The invention provides a system and method of identifying when a message is received at a control station from at least one device in a network having a plurality of devices, said method comprising the steps of receiving at the control station a low bandwidth signal from at least one device; obtaining a coarse timestamp estimate of when said low bandwidth signal is received by correlating with a pre-programmed signal template; generating a higher resolution correlation estimate by phase shifting the pre-programmed signal template and repeating the correlation; and detecting where the correlation is above a preselected value; and applying a curve fitting function about the higher resolution correlation estimate to obtain an accurate timestamp when the message was received.
US11026186B2	Power control for concurrent reception Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a control node may determine, for a target wireless node in communication with a plurality of other wireless nodes via a plurality of links of a network, a plurality of powers for the plurality of links, wherein the plurality of powers are selected to control inter-link interference or to satisfy a maximum power criterion. The control node may cause at least one of the target wireless node or the plurality of other wireless nodes to use the plurality of powers for concurrent transmissions to the target wireless node using the plurality of links based at least in part on determining the plurality of powers. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11026181B2	Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit A terminal apparatus transmits uplink information on an uplink physical channel, encodes the uplink information and sets transmission power for the uplink physical channel at least based on a parameter, wherein in a case that a first error correction encoding method is applied to the uplink information, the parameter is given at least based on a product of a first value and a first number of bits before coding per resource element, and in a case that a second error correction encoding method is applied to the uplink information, the parameter is given at least based on a product of a second value and a second number of bits before coding per resource element, the second value being different from the first value, and the second error correction encoding method being different from the first error correction encoding method.
US11026151B2	Determining top N devices for labels In some examples, a method can include applying a respective label of a plurality of labels to a network device of a plurality of network devices on a network; determining a respective amount of a performance attribute over a period of time for each client device associated with the network devices; generating an implicit data heap structure of top N client devices across a plurality of distributed processes for each label of the plurality of labels; determining, based on an implicit data heap structure, a client device having the greatest amount of the performance attribute over the period of time for a label of the plurality of labels; and displaying a client identifier of the client device having the greatest amount of the performance attribute.
US11026150B2	Handover process An embodiment of the invention relates to a method of carrying out a handover process. After receiving a handover message (HOM(13)) that indicates the initiation of the handover process with respect to a moving node (13), a handover control node (20) addresses its next token (T(21)) to the moving node (13) and not to its formerly allocated downstream node (21) in its original wireless token ring system (2). In case that the moving node (13) receives said token (T(21)) and sends thereafter an acknowledgement to the handover control node (20) and an own token (T) to its allocated downstream node (21) in the enlarged wireless token ring system (2), the handover process is deemed to be completed and the moving node (13) forms the newly allocated downstream node to the handover control node (20) in the enlarged wireless token ring system (2). In case that the handover control node (20) does not receive the acknowledgement in a given period of time, the handover control node (20) sends a replacement token (RT) to the allocated downstream node (21) of the moving node (13), the replacement token (RT) replacing the presumably missing token of the moving node (13) and allowing the token ring communication to proceed.
US11026149B1	Systems and methods for reducing slice access failures Systems, devices and automated processes are provided of selective access to multiple available slices of a network from at least one cell by a user equipment (UE) to enable reductions in slice failure accesses to the network. The method includes: accessing at a first cell, by the UE, slice A of the network wherein slice A provides higher bandwidth and lower latency access than slice B; and accessing at a second cell, by the UE, both slice A and slice B of the network wherein slice B has greater access availability than slice A wherein if the UE attempts to access the first or second cell then via cell reselection of the UE making a determination to select the second cell if the user is authorized for use of a premium service for the higher bandwidth and lower latency access of slice A else selecting by the UE the first cell for network access of slice B.
US11026124B2	Enhanced handling on 5G QoS operations A method of enhanced error handling for 5G QoS operations is proposed. A PDU session defines the association between the UE and the data network that provides a PDU connectivity service. Each PDU session is identified by a PDU session ID, and may include multiple QoS flows and QoS rules. Within a PDU session, there should be one and only one default QoS rule. The default QoS rule indication (DQR) and the QoS flow identifier (QFI) of a signaled QoS rule should not be changed. Two new 5G session management (5GSM) causes are defined: a semantic error in the QoS operation (cause value #83) and a syntactic error (cause value #84) in the QoS operation. The UE should check the QoS rule provided in a PDU session modification command message for different types of QoS rule errors.
US11026119B2	Radio communication system for an industrial automation system and method for operating the radio communication system A radio communication system for an industrial automation system includes at least one radio base station and at least one radio subscriber station that each have a multiplexer unit for data frames that are to be sent redundantly, where the radio base station and the radio subscriber station each transmit data frames that are to be sent redundantly in parallel using multiple different carrier frequencies and each comprise a redundancy handling unit for processing received redundant data frames, and where the redundancy handling units each detect received redundant data frames or restore redundantly sent data frames from different data frame fragments.
US11026112B2	Method and apparatus for performing measurement in an extension carrier A method of configuring a measurement for a mobile terminal configured with a plurality of component carriers in a wireless communication system is discussed. The method is performed by a base station and includes transmitting, by the base station, configuration information to the mobile terminal. Further, when the transmitted configuration information includes an indication information for the measurement in an extension component carrier among the plurality of component carriers, the measurement in the extension component carrier is based on a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and when the transmitted configuration information does not include the indication information for the measurement in the extension component carrier among the plurality of component carriers, the measurement in the extension component carrier is based on a common reference signal (CRS).
US11026090B2	Internet of things system with efficient and secure communications network Systems and methods are described wherein sensor devices for gathering sensor data are in communication with a sensor processing application enabled to receive sensor data and to perform a function such as storing, processing, and redistributing sensor data or processed sensor data. A communication network to which the sensor devices are connected comprises a publish-subscribe broker network including a broker adapted to provide publish-subscribe broker services for entities including the sensor devices and the sensor processing application. A key management application distributes keys to entities that are authorized to send or receive on channels established within the broker network. An authorized subscriber entity connected to the broker network via a broker is enabled to receive data on a specific identified channel by subscribing to the channel and receive published data on the channel published by an authorized publisher entity. The broker network routes packets of sensor data, on behalf of an entity that is authorized to publish, to any sensor processing application which is an authorized subscriber to the sensor data.
US11026079B2	Method and device for managing state of session according to position of terminal in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the present invention comprises the steps of: an access and mobility management function (AMF) of a 5G core network determining whether a terminal has moved to an area in which packet transmission/reception is possible, or an area in which packet transmission/reception is impossible; transmitting a message including information on the determination result to a session management function (SMF); and transmitting a response message including information associated with a change in the state of a session to the terminal. In addition, the present invention relates to a method and a device for blocking or allowing the transmission/reception of a packet transmission session (PDU session) according to the position of a terminal in a 5G system. In a 5G system, a local area data network service by which a packet session is valid only in a specific area will be supported, and a method is required for allowing the transmission of a packet of a session only in an area that can be divided into a cell or a tracking area. Additionally, in a 5G system, an allowed area in which the transmission/reception of a packet of a session according to each position of a terminal is allowed, and a non-allowed area in which same is not allowed are present, and thus packet transmission may be allowed or not according to area. In order to provide such service, the present invention provides a procedure whereby the state of a session is defined in a packet transmission non-allowed area, and a change in the state of the session occurs when moving from a packet transmission-allowed area to the non-allowed area.
US11026070B2	Method for performing V2X communication in wireless communication system and apparatus for same Disclosed are a method for performing V2X communication in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for the same. Specifically, a method for performing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a transmission request of a V2X message of a V2X service identified by a V2X service identifier from an upper layer by using V2X communication through a PC5 interface, the transmission request including the V2X message and the V2X service identifier; requesting or selecting a resource for the V2X communication through the PC5 interface to a base station based on whether the UE is serviced by an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) for the V2X communication; and transmitting the V2X message through the PC5 interface by transferring the V2X message to a lower layer, and when mapping between the V2X service identifier and a transmission parameter is configured, the transmission parameter associated with the V2X service identifier may be transferred to the lower layer together with the V2X message.
US11026054B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for determining a position of a target in relation to a reference region There is provided an information processing apparatus to reduce human burdens in setting work for a watch-over system, the information processing apparatus including: a determination unit that determines whether or not a position of a target is within a reference region, the reference region being a geographic region; an extraction unit that extracts a reference region candidate as a candidate for the reference region; and an output unit that outputs information related to the extracted reference region candidate in association with a reference condition.
US11026048B1	Indoor positioning system for a mobile electronic device A system of determining a location of a mobile electronic device in an indoor environment includes an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium having one or more programming instructions. The system determines an initial position of a mobile electronic device in an indoor environment and an initial heading of the mobile electronic device, initializes a set of particles, determines a relative location of the mobile electronic device, detects a move associated with the mobile electronic device, creates a subset of the set of particles based on the move, determines a distance between the relative location and a nearest obstacle that is encountered along a path. The system filters the particles in the subset, estimates an actual location of the mobile electronic device, and causes a visual indication of the actual location to be displayed to a user via a display of the mobile electronic device.
US11026047B2	Associating multiple user devices with a single user A computer-implemented method includes: monitoring, by a computing device, respective locations of a plurality of user devices; determining, by the computing device, that a particular group of user devices of the plurality of user devices are located within a threshold distance of each other based on monitoring the respective locations of the plurality of user devices; and storing or outputting, by the computing device, grouping information indicating that the particular group of user devices are associated with a single user based on the determining that the particular group of user devices are located within a threshold distance of each other.
US11026046B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for visually connecting people A method for visually finding and interacting with people and places, operable on a computing system including a mobile device comprising a processor, a display a camera and other sensors, the method including obtaining the current location of members of a group, if the group members have similar mobile devices (i.e., having the disclosed app) and if they have set to permit their visibility or if they shared their location, by scanning their surroundings with the camera of their mobile device or by receiving location data from the group members; and, for each location obtained, displaying on the mobile device's display a group member representation associated with the group member's location.
US11026045B2	Mobile application and system for associating actions with independent geographic locations A mobile application executable on at least one mobile device for associating actions with a plurality of independent geographic locations and a system for implementing the actions are provided. The system and mobile application carry out a method including the steps of configuring a graphical user interface to include a map and requesting the user to select a designated pin location. The system includes a main controller configured to communicate with the at least one mobile device and initiate the actions based on the location of the at least one mobile device relative to the plurality of independent geographic locations. At least one database is in communication with the main controller and accessible to the mobile and away services module for storing data related to the actions associated with the plurality of independent geographic locations and the at least one mobile device.
US11026043B1	Multi-channel geo-fencing systems and methods Systems and methods of adjusting computing device applications, such as smartphone applications, based on external beacon identifiers are described. Based on the identifier of the beacon detected by the smartphone, the smartphone application communicates with a backend server to receive location-specific information based on the identifier of the detected beacon. The location-specific information includes a location-specific user interface. In some arrangements, the location-specific user interface includes a designated user authentication level that varies from other location-specific user interfaces.
US11026041B2	Compensation of own voice occlusion A method of equalising sound in a headset comprising an internal microphone configured to generate a first audio signal, an external microphone configured to generate a second audio signal, a speaker, and one or more processors coupled between the speaker, the external microphone, and the internal microphone, the method comprising: while the headset is worn by a user: determining a first audio transfer function between the first audio signal and the second audio signal in the presence of sound at the external microphone; and determining a second audio transfer function between a speaker input signal and the first audio signal with the speaker being driven by the speaker input signal; determining an electrical transfer function of the one or more processors; determining a closed-ear transfer function based on the first audio transfer function, the second audio transfer function and the electrical transfer function; and equalising the first audio signal based on a comparison between the closed-ear transfer function and an open-ear transfer function to generate an equalised first audio signal.
US11026037B2	Spatial-based audio object generation using image information Methods and systems for generating a multichannel audio object. One or more features in a given video frame are identified using one or more image analysis neural networks. A multichannel audio object is generated based on the one or more identified features and one or more baseline audio tracks using an audio neural network.
US11026035B1	Transducer electrical characteristic and state sensing using multiple voice coils An audio output system for energizing a multiple voice coil transducer supplies at least two power output signals to the voice coils, a pilot tone generator for generating a pilot tone signal, and a power output circuit. The power output circuit generates power output signals from the pilot tone and the input signal so that the voice coils respond to the input signal with an in-phase electro-mechanical relationship and respond to the pilot tone with an out-of-phase (motion canceling) electro-mechanical relationship, reducing the effect of the pilot town on mechanical movement of the voice coil. A sensing circuit senses electrical signal values at terminals of the at least two voice coils, and a processing circuit detects a response of the output transducer to the pilot tone and determines at least one operating characteristic of the output transducer from the electrical signal values.
US11026023B2	Wireless earphone A wireless earphone includes an earphone body with a concha contact surface. A sound outlet tube protrudes out from the concha contact surface. A convex positioning portion protrudes out from the concha contact surface. A laid slot is located on the concha contact surface and adjacent to the convex positioning portion. When the earphone body is mounted on a human ear, the concha contact surface is configured to face a concha of the human ear, the sound outlet tube is configured to insert into an auditory canal of the human ear, the convex positioning portion is configured to fit within a cavum of the human ear, and the laid slot is configured to fit within a crux helix of the human ear.
US11026014B2	Method for operating at least one mobile radio device, power supply unit for mobile radio device, charger and audio transmission configuration system A method for operating at least one mobile radio device that includes a transmitter, a slot for receiving a power supply unit, and a control unit for controlling operation of the transmitter depending on the radio parameters and/or configuration data. Radio parameters and/or configuration data are transferred to a memory of the power supply unit. The power supply unit is inserted into the slot. Operation of the transmitter is controlled by the control unit based on the radio parameters and/or configuration data that are stored in the power supply unit.
US11026012B1	Earphone including tuning means An earphone includes a housing, the speaker unit disposed in the housing, a cover coupled with the housing and including a nozzle, a first space portion disposed in front of the speaker unit, and a second space portion disposed in the rear of the speaker unit and partitioned off from the first space portion. Here, the speaker unit includes a cylindrical yoke with an open top, a magnet fixed to a bottom surface of an inside of the yoke, a plate fixed to a top surface of the magnet, a voice coil disposed between an inner circumference of the yoke and outer circumferences of the magnet and the plate, a vibration plate disposed above the plate and to which the voice coil is fixed, a cap coupled with the yoke, and a frame coupled with the yoke and the cap.
US11026009B2	Earphone The present utility model provides an earphone, comprising: a casing, a mounting plate and a sound guiding tube; wherein a receiving cavity is formed inside the casing, and the casing is provided with a first mounting hole connecting with the receiving cavity; the mounting plate is fixedly mounted in the receiving cavity and the mounting plate completely blocks the first mounting hole from connecting with the receiving cavity; one end of the mounting plate adjacent to the first mounting hole is provided with a sound-transmitting groove; one end of the sound guiding tube is a movable end, and the other end is a mounting end, and a sound guiding channel passing through the movable end and the mounting end is provided inside the sound guiding tube so that when the movable end portion is installed in the first mounting hole the sound guiding channel connects with the sound-transmitting groove and the movable end can rotate in the first mounting hole so as to enable the sound guiding tube to rotate relatively to the casing. The in-ear angle of the earphone can be adjusted, which improves the wearing comfort and sound quality of the earphone.
US11026008B2	Microphone and terminal device including the same The present disclosure provides a microphone and a terminal device. The microphone includes: a housing, a flexible circuit board, and a signal converter. The housing includes cavity with an open end; the flexible circuit board is connected to the housing to block the opening of the cavity. The signal converter disposed in the cavity is configured to convert a sound signal into an electrical signal and connected to the flexible circuit board.
US11025999B2	System of automatic creation of a scenario video clip with a predefined object A system for automatic creation a scenario video clip with a predefined object or a group of objects in the frame comprises: a shooting unit, a data storage module, a predefined object or a group of objects identification in primary video data unit; an object or a group of objects data input unit for their identification; provided that the system in addition comprises: a relevant video data retrieval unit with the predefined object or the group of objects in the frame; a relevant video data processing unit; at least one scenario pattern including data set for operation of shooting unit, retrieval unit and processing unit.
US11025994B2	Active network support on adaptive virtual reality video transmission Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising: obtaining media content, such as video; receiving a request from a user and/or user equipment (UE) to view the media content; identifying a predicted field of view of the user; sending the predicted field of view to the equipment of the user at a normal priority; monitoring a line of sight (or actual field of view) of the user; determining a field of view error as a difference between the line of sight and the predicted field of view; and sending the field of view error to the equipment of the user at a higher priority. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11025991B2	Webpage playing method and device and storage medium for non-streaming media file The disclosure provides a webpage playing method and device for a non-streaming media file and a storage medium. The method includes part of a media data in a media file is obtained based on two key frames of the media file played in a webpage with an embedded player, the media file is in a non-streaming media format; a segmented media file is constructed based on media data between the two key frames; the constructed segmented media file is added to a media source object in a media resource extension interface; and a virtual address is delivered to media elements of the webpage, wherein the virtual address is used for the media elements to play with the media source object as a data source.
US11025985B2	Audio processing for detecting occurrences of crowd noise in sporting event television programming Metadata for highlights of audiovisual content depicting a sporting event or other event are extracted from audiovisual content. The highlights may be segments of the content, such as a broadcast of a sporting event, that are of particular interest. Audio data for the audiovisual content is stored, and portions of the audio data indicating crowd excitement (noise) is automatically identified by analyzing an audio signal in the joint time and frequency domains. Multiple indicators are derived and subsequently processed to detect, validate, and render occurrences of crowd noise. Metadata are automatically generated, including time of occurrence, level of noise (excitement), and duration of cheering. Metadata may be stored, comprising at least a time index indicating a time, within the audiovisual content, at which each of the portions occurs. Periods of intense crowd noise may be used to identify highlights and/or to indicate crowd excitement during viewing of a highlight.
US11025984B2	Method, system for processing a live-broadcasting data, and server thereof Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for processing live-broadcasting data, and a server thereof. The method includes: acquiring live-broadcasting streaming data of streaming media; receiving recording information corresponding to the live-broadcasting streaming data, wherein the recording information includes a recording type and a recording parameter; recording the live-broadcasting streaming data based on the recording information to obtain a recorded file; and generating storage information for the recorded file based on the recording information. The present disclosure can diversify the live-broadcasting streaming media data to accommodate the demands from different users on replaying or auditing the live-broadcasting content. In this way, user experience is improved.
US11025983B2	Electronic program guide displaying relevant field based on time of day A method for programming an electronic program guide (EPG) grid guide is disclosed herein. The method includes determining EPG metadata from a database, sorting metadata based on a time and a metadata field, determining the metadata field to be displayed, and rendering the EPG grid guide based on the time and the metadata field. A method for programming a set top box (STB) is also disclosed herein. The method includes providing a time of day, receiving a user's viewing preferences, adjusting information based on the user's viewing preferences in at least one application, wherein the user's viewing preferences are a function of the time of day, and transmitting the adjusted information to a display device.
US11025981B2	Facilitating panoramic video streaming with brain-computer interactions Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining one or more signals, the one or more signals being based upon brain activity of a viewer while the viewer is viewing media content; predicting, based upon the one or more signals, a first predicted desired viewport of the viewer; obtaining head movement data associated with the media content; predicting, based upon the head movement data, a second predicted desired viewport of the viewer; comparing the first predicted desired viewport to the second predicted desired viewport, resulting in a comparison; and determining, based upon the comparison, to use the first predicted desired viewport to facilitate obtaining a first subsequent portion of the media content or to use the second predicted desired viewport to facilitate obtaining a second subsequent portion of the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11025980B2	User terminal apparatus, electronic apparatus, system, and control method thereof A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus for performing a remote control function for an electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus for providing a text input user interface (UI), an input unit configured to receive a user command for input of a specific text on the text input UI, a fingerprint scanner provided in the input unit and configured to recognize a user fingerprint, and a controller configured to recognize a user fingerprint according to the user command and to transmit information corresponding to the recognized user fingerprint to the electronic apparatus in response to the electronic apparatus entering a preset text input mode.
US11025973B2	Method for the execution and processing of data, corresponding device and computer program A method for executing a user application is disclosed. The method is implemented within a communications terminal of the type having a trusted environment. The trusted environment has a secured storage space and a secured applications execution module. The method has: a step of reception, within the trusted environment, of an instruction for launching a user application; a step of transmission, to a server, of a request for executing said user application; a step of reception, from the server, by a video-rendering application that is executed within the trusted environment, of a video stream resulting from the execution, on the server, of said user application; and a step for displaying said video stream on a screen of said communications terminal accessible from said trusted environment.
US11025971B2	Porting locally processed media data with low latency to a remote client device via various wireless links Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for porting locally processed media data with low latency to a remote client device via various wireless links are provided. In one example embodiment, a transceiver module may include a local network interface and a controller that may receive a client control signal from a client device over a wireless local area network via the local network interface, transmit a media control signal based on the client control signal to a media device, receive media data based on the media control signal from the media device, and transmit to the client device over the wireless local area network via the local network interface client data based on the media data and a low-latency compression technique. The receipt of the media data and transmission of the client data may be accomplished with substantially no detectable latency. Additional embodiments are also provided.
US11025965B2	Pre-fetching content among DVRs A processing device implementing a cloud-based digital video recorder (DVR) or providing cloud-based streaming services includes a local memory that can be used for storing content prior to providing the content to requestors. The cloud-based DVR determines an estimated probability that delivery of a particular content item will be requested within a particular period of time, and a difference between current and average loads of a second memory included in another DVR. The cloud-based DVR pre-fetches part or all of the particular content item from other DVR's memory into the local memory based on the estimated probability that delivery of the particular content item will be requested within the particular period of time, and the difference between the current and average loads on the other DVR's memory.
US11025960B2	Sample adaptive offset (SAO) parameter signaling A method for sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering and SAO parameter signaling in a video encoder is provided that includes determining SAO parameters for largest coding units (LCUs) of a reconstructed picture, wherein the SAO parameters include an indicator of an SAO filter type and a plurality of SAO offsets, applying SAO filtering to the reconstructed picture according to the SAO parameters, and entropy encoding LCU specific SAO information for each LCU of the reconstructed picture in an encoded video bit stream, wherein the entropy encoded LCU specific SAO information for the LCUs is interleaved with entropy encoded data for the LCUs in the encoded video bit stream. Determining SAO parameters may include determining the LCU specific SAO information to be entropy encoded for each LCU according to an SAO prediction protocol.
US11025957B2	Method and apparatus for performing transform using layered givens transform A method for performing a transform by using Layered Givens Transform may include: deriving at least one rotation layer, a first permutation layer and a second permutation layer based on a given transform matrix H and an error parameter; obtaining a Layered Givens Transform (LGT) coefficient based on the rotation layer, the first permutation layer and the second permutation layer; and performing quantization and entropy encoding with respect to the LGT coefficient, the first permutation layer and the second permutation layer may include a permutation matrix obtained by permuting a row of an identity matrix, and the LGT coefficient may be obtained by sequentially applying the first permutation layer, the rotation layer and the second permutation layer respectively.
US11025950B2	Motion field-based reference frame rendering for motion compensated prediction in video coding A motion-field based reference frame is rendered that can be used to perform a prediction process for a first frame of a video sequence to be predicted. A first reference frame from the video sequence for forward inter prediction of the first frame is determined, as is a second reference frame from the video sequence for backward inter prediction of the first frame. A respective motion field determined for blocks of the first frame is used to determine parameters forming an affine homographic model. A current block of a reconstructed reference frame is rendered at a co-located position within a motion field-based reference frame by applying the affine homographic model to the current block. An affine homographic model may be determined for each reconstructed reference frame block to render the motion-field based reference frame.
US11025948B2	Method and apparatus for motion prediction in video coding In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a current block from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an inter prediction mode that performs inter prediction based on a motion vector predictor selected from a list of candidates and a motion vector difference. Then, the processing circuitry decodes precision information of the motion vector difference and derives the motion vector predictor from a subset of the list of candidates when the precision information is indicative of a specific precision. Then, the processing circuitry reconstructs a sample of the current block according to the motion vector predictor and the motion vector difference.
US11025943B2	Video signal processing method and device An image decoding method, according to the present invention, can comprise the steps of: deriving a spatial merge candidate of a current block; generating a merge candidate list for the current block on the basis of the spatial merge candidate; acquiring motion information on the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list; and performing motion compensation for the current block by using the motion information.
US11025933B2	Dynamic video configurations Techniques are disclosed for managing memory allocations when coding video data according to multiple codec configurations. According to these techniques, devices may negotiate parameters of a coding session that include parameters of a plurality of different codec configurations that may be used during the coding session. A device may estimate sizes of decoded picture buffers for each of the negotiated codec configurations and allocate in its memory a portion of memory sized according to a largest size of the estimated decoded picture buffers. Thereafter, the devices may exchange coded video data. The exchange may involve decoding coded data of reference pictures and storing the decoded reference pictures in the allocated memory. During the coding session, the devices may toggle among the different negotiated codec configurations. As they do, reallocations of memory may be avoided.
US11025919B2	Client-based adaptive streaming of nonlinear media A method for adaptive streaming of nonlinear video is described wherein the method comprises receiving a manifest file comprising metadata defining a playback period defining video data of a predetermined playback duration, a playback period including at least one adaptation set defining a plurality of representations, each representation defining a set of segment identifiers, each segment identifier identifying a segment comprising a sequence of video frames; the metadata further comprising spatial playback information including at least a first region descriptor associated with a first adaptation set of a first playback period, the first region descriptor defining a destination identifier and a first region in video frames of the first adaptation set, the destination identifier signaling the client apparatus that the first region is linked to a second adaptation set; the client apparatus using the metadata to playback video data of the first adaptation set by requesting one or more network nodes to transmit segments of the first adaptation set; and, receiving or determining, during playback of requested segments, information associated with at least a second region in the video frames of the first adaptation set, the second region defining a region of interest (ROI) of a user of the client apparatus; the client apparatus selecting the second adaptation set for playback after the end of the playback of the first adaptation set on the basis of the first and second region, the selecting being based on a distance or an overlap between the first and second region.
US11025915B2	Complexity reduction in parameter derivation intra prediction A method for video processing is provided. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and a coded representation of the video, parameters of a cross-component linear model using a parameter table whose entries are retrieved according to two chroma sample values and two luma sample values; and performing the conversion based on the determining.
US11025911B2	Encoding method, decoding method, encoding device, and decoding device An encoding method for encoding an image using an inter-picture prediction includes determining a prediction block on which the inter-picture prediction is to be performed, partitioning the prediction block into a plurality of transform blocks by a partitioning method that partitions the prediction block, so that boundaries of the plurality of transform blocks are symmetrical with respect to a horizontal line passing a center of the prediction block and are symmetrical with respect to a vertical line passing the center of the prediction block, the plurality of transform blocks being rectangular, and determining, for each of the plurality of transform blocks, an orthogonal transformation type used for each of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction of a given transform block of the plurality of transform blocks based on a positional relation between the given transform block and the center of the prediction block.
US11025910B2	Video encoder, video decoder, and video system A video encoder, a video decoder and a video system are provided. The video encoder performs a video encoding operation on a first video frame stream to generate an encoded stream to the video decoder, wherein the encoded stream contains deblocking filtering information. The video decoder performs a video decoding operation on the encoded stream to generate a second video frame stream. The video decoder determines whether to forcibly perform a deblocking filtering operation on a current block of a current frame of the second video frame stream according to the deblocking filtering information.
US11025909B2	Method and apparatus for video coding Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. For example, the processing circuitry receives a bitstream including bits corresponding to residues of a block in a coded picture and parses the bitstream to extract at least one bit that is indicative of a potential usage of an angular prediction of the block. Further, the processing circuitry determines context for coding information of a secondary transform based on the at least one bit that is indicative of the potential usage of the angular prediction of the block, and decode the bits corresponding to the residues of the block using the secondary transform information that is decoded based on the context.
US11025906B2	Method for intra refresh encoding of a plurality of image frames Video encoding is provided using periodic intra refresh, which can adapt padding of an intra encoding region between image frames based on a current level motion in the image frame. Upon a current level of motion not exceeding a first threshold, an intra encoding region of the image frame according to a predefined periodic intra refresh pattern is intra encoded. Upon the current level of motion exceeding the first threshold, the intra encoding region of the image frame is expanded to overlap to a determined extent with a previously encoded intra encoding region among the plurality of image frames, and the expanded intra encoding region of the image frame is intra encoded. Regions of the image different from the intra encoding regions and the expanded intra encoded region, respectively are inter frame encoded.
US11025901B2	Method for encoding video information and method for decoding video information, and apparatus using same According to one embodiment of the present invention, a video information encoding method comprises: a step of predicting information of the current coding unit to generate prediction information; and a step of determining whether the information of the current coding unit coincides with the prediction information. If the information of the current coding unit coincides with the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information of the current coding unit coincides with the prediction information is encoded and transmitted. If the information of the current coding unit does not coincide with the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information of the current coding unit does not coincide with the prediction information is encoded and transmitted and the information of the current coding unit is encoded and transmitted. In the step of generating prediction information, the prediction information may be generated using the information on the coding unit adjacent to the current coding unit.
US11025899B2	Optical correction systems and methods for correcting non-uniformity of emissive display devices What is disclosed are systems and methods of optical correction for pixel evaluation and correction for active matrix light emitting diode device (AMOLED) and other emissive displays. Optical correction for correcting for non-homogeneity of a display panel uses sparse display test patterns in conjunction with a defocused camera as the measurement device to avoid aliasing (moiré) of the pixels of the display in the captured images.
US11025898B2	Detecting loss of alignment of optical imaging modules Imaging apparatus includes a housing, with imaging optics mounted in the housing and configured to form an optical image, at a focal plane within the housing, of an object outside the housing. An image sensor, including a matrix of detector elements, is positioned at the focal plane in alignment with the imaging optics and is configured to output an electronic image signal in response to optical radiation that is incident on the detector elements. At least one emitter is fixed within the housing and is configured to emit a test beam toward one or more reflective surfaces within the housing, which reflect the test beam toward the image sensor. A processor is configured to process the electronic image signal output by the image sensor in response to the reflected test beam so as to detect a change in the alignment of the image sensor with the imaging optics.
US11025888B2	System and method for capturing omni-stereo videos using multi-sensors A system for capturing Omni-Stereo videos using multi-sensor includes left cameras, right cameras and a viewing circle. A method of capturing omni stereo videos using multi-sensor approach includes steps of: capturing images of a scene using left cameras, capturing images of a scene using right cameras, processing each image from the left camera and right camera using a computation method, and obtaining a final omni stereo frame through the computation method.
US11025872B2	Display controller, display system, display control method and non-transitory storage medium A display controller includes: an upper limit luminance value acquisition unit configured to acquire, for pixels of display devices, an upper limit luminance value of an absolute luminance value; a set luminance value setting unit configured to set a set luminance value so that the set luminance value is smaller than a maximum value among the upper limit luminance values; an input luminance value acquisition unit configured to acquire an input luminance value based on input data; an output gradation value generation unit configured to generate an output gradation value based on the input luminance value and the set luminance value; and an output controller configured to output the generated output gradation value, wherein the output gradation value generation unit is further configured to generate the output gradation value so that an output luminance value is equal to or smaller than the set luminance value.
US11025870B2	Control system and method for a projector A projector control system and a control method corresponding to same. The system includes a main controller, a dynamic current adjusting module, a color wheel controller, a color wheel rotation speed feedback module, and a light source; the dynamic current adjusting module includes a DLP module, a light source controller, and a power supply module; the color wheel rotation speed feedback module generates a feedback signal; the DLP module receives the feedback signal, and the DLP module receives dynamic brightness information and sends processed dynamic brightness information and a control signal to the light source controller according to the feedback signal; the light source controller controls the power module according to the received processed dynamic brightness information and the control signal sent by the DLP module to turn on a power switch and output a corresponding current value.
US11025869B2	Image sensor, image sensor processor, and image processing system including the same An image sensor, an image signal processor, and an image processing system including the same are disclosed. The image sensor includes an active pixel sensor (APS) block provided with a (3×3) matrix in which three red color pixels, three blue color pixels, and three white color pixels are contained, and a data generation block configured to generate pixel data of each of the red color pixels, pixel data of each of the blue color pixels, and pixel data of each of the white color pixels.
US11025855B2	Controlling a display apparatus using a virtual UI provided by an electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus for providing an augmented reality display including a virtual user interface corresponding to a user interface displayed on a display apparatus, and to receive input via the virtual user interface for controlling the display apparatus.
US11025849B2	Photoelectric conversion apparatus, signal processing circuit, image capturing system, and moving object In a photoelectric conversion apparatus, an amplification unit outputs a first amplified signal generated by amplifying a first signal using a first gain, a second amplified signal generated by amplifying the first signal using a second gain, a third amplified signal generated by amplifying a second signal using a third gain, and a fourth amplified signal generated by amplifying the second signal using a fourth gain to an analog to digital (AD) conversion unit in this order. The AD conversion unit generates first to fourth digital signals corresponding to the first to fourth amplified signals, respectively, and outputs the second digital signal and the third digital signal to an output unit prior to the first digital signal and the fourth digital signal.
US11025845B2	Method, apparatus, and recording medium for processing image A method, performed by a device, of processing an image, may include obtaining a circular image generated by photographing a target space through a fisheye lens; generating metadata including lens shading compensation information for correcting color information of the obtained circular image; and transmitting the obtained circular image and the metadata to a terminal.
US11025833B2	Video signal processing apparatus, video signal processing method, and program for performing video signal processing in consideration of behavior of light in nature In order to address a conventional problem that video signal processing in consideration of behavior of light in nature has not been performed, a video signal processing apparatus includes: a storage unit in which correspondence information indicating correspondence between optical signal information related to an optical signal in an environment in which an image is acquired and electrical signal information related to an electrical signal in the environment is stored; an input image accepting unit that accepts an input image; an optical signal information acquiring unit that acquires optical signal information corresponding to electrical signal information acquired from the input image, using the correspondence information; a conversion processing unit that performs conversion processing that acquires an output image from the input image, using the optical signal information acquired by the optical signal information acquiring unit; and an output unit that outputs the output image. Accordingly, it is possible to perform video signal processing in consideration of behavior of light in nature.
US11025830B1	Deghosting camera According to some embodiments, a camera captures a plurality of images of substantially the same scene at different exposure levels for each video frame to be captured. These images are then deghosted, merged or fused, and processed using a spatially, and optionally also temporally, varying tonemapping operator, and the resulting image after some further finishing is written into a video stream. In some embodiments, this processing is performed in real time on a graphics processing unit present in the device containing the camera. Other applications are shown and discussed.
US11025823B2	Electronic stabilization method, image acquisition device, and movable platform The present disclosure provides an image stabilization method. The method includes acquiring a frame of an image to be stabilized and a related exposure time; acquiring first attitude data before the exposure time and second attitude data after the exposure time, wherein the number of the first attitude data is one or more, and the number of the second attitude data is one or more; acquiring a target attitude corresponding to the exposure time based on the first attitude data and the second attitude data; and obtaining a stabilized target image by stabilizing the image to be stabilized according to the target attitude.
US11025820B2	Photographing apparatus for photographing panoramic image using visual elements on a display, and method thereof A photographing method and apparatus is provided. The photographing apparatus includes a photographing unit; a sensing unit for sensing motion of the photographing apparatus; a display unit for displaying at least one guide image for panorama photographing; a controller for controlling the photographing unit to automatically photograph, if a photographing direction that changes in accordance with motion of the photographing apparatus corresponds to one of the at least one guide image; and a storage unit for storing the photographed image data.
US11025816B2	Image processors and image processing methods Image processor circuitry includes a memory storing a program of instructions, and processing circuitry configured to execute the program of instructions to receive input data from an image sensor and detect an operation mode of the image sensor based on the input data, provide configuration data determined in association with the operation mode of the image sensor, and process image data in the input data in accordance with the operation mode and the configuration data.
US11025812B2	Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and imaging system To provide an image analyzing technology capable of obtaining an image with less shading and with enough speckle contrast. An imaging apparatus includes: a light source that irradiates an imaging object with coherent light with a first irradiation condition and a second irradiation condition; a speckle imaging unit that captures a first speckle image obtained from scattered light of the imaging object irradiate at the first irradiation condition, and a second speckle image obtained from scattered light of the imaging object irradiate at the second irradiation condition; and an information processing unit that separates speckle images at boundaries of average luminance difference formed in the first speckle image and the second speckle image, connecting the separaged speckle images at the boundaries, and analyzes the combined speckle combined image.
US11025805B2	System-level camera module with electrical support and manufacturing method thereof A camera module includes an optical lens, a photosensitive chip and an electrical support. The electrical support includes a circuit module embedded in a support body to form an integral structure, a connecting member provided on the support body to electrically connect with the circuit module, and a camera component coupled at the support body and electrically connected to the connecting member. Therefore, the electrical support not only forms a circuit board to electrically connect with the camera component but only serves as a base to support the camera component.
US11025800B2	Systems and methods for imaging fine art paintings Color values as a function of position within a painting may be determined by acquiring a plurality of sets of images of the painting. Each set of images may correspond to a different region within the painting. Each image in a set of images may be acquired using a different lighting condition. An optical system comprising a telecentric lens may be used to acquire each image. Within a set of images, corresponding lightness values of pixels may be compared. Lightness values varying from other corresponding lightness values more than a threshold amount may be eliminated. The non-eliminated lightness values for a pixel may be used to generate a processed value for the pixel. The processed values for each pixel representing an imaged region may be combined into a single image. Eliminating lightness values may remove specular highlights and/or shadows. Each of the single images corresponding to each set of images may be registered together to generate a color map image of the painting. The generated color map image may be used to correct color data collected by laser scanning the painting. A 3D printer may, for example, use the corrected laser color data in combination with an elevation map of the painting to produce a faithful reproduction of the painting.
US11025787B2	Data transmission apparatus and control method for using data transmission functions In a data transmission apparatus, when user information for a user of an external mobile terminal coincides with user information managed by the data transmission apparatus, data transmission is readily performed based on transmission settings received from the mobile terminal. This gives rise to an issue that security cannot be ensured although the use of data transmission is limited. The data transmission apparatus uses a user authentication function to set not to transmit data transmitted from the external mobile terminal. With such a configuration, data transmission can be prevented when a limitation is made on data transmission processing by using user authentication.
US11025786B2	Image forming apparatus having an NFC board and USB board positioned therein An image forming apparatus includes: a casing including a first side surface, and a second side surface opposing the first side surface in the first direction, and an NFC board and a USB board that are disposed in the casing. The NFC board has a first board surface. The USB board has a second board surface on which a USB port is mounted. The NFC board and The USB board that are disposed in the casing at a position closer to the first side surface in the first direction than the second side surface. The second board surface is located at a level different from the first board surface in the direction normal to the first board surface. The USB board does not overlap with the NFC board when viewed in the direction normal to the first board surface.
US11025780B2	Systems and methods for search based call routing A computerized method of routing calls includes the following steps performed by a server computing device: receiving a set of call attributes associated with an incoming call; identifying a document containing call routing instructions corresponding to the call attributes by querying a search index in electronic communication with the server computing device; identifying, based on the document, a set of suitable agents having a skill and a suitable proficiency in the skill by querying an agent skills database in electronic communication with the server computing device; identifying a set of available agents in the set of suitable agents by querying an agent status database in electronic communication with the server computing device; and routing the incoming call to a target agent in the set of available agents, if there is at least one available agent; or a customer waiting queue, if there is no suitable agent.
US11025779B1	Automated payment reminders An electronic computing device establishes a communication session between a lender of a loan and a recipient of the loan. A debt owed to the lender by the recipient is tracked. Upon an initial communication between the lender and the recipient, a debt reminder is displayed on a display screen of the electronic computing device. The debt reminder provides a reminder to the lender that the debt is owed to the lender by the recipient.
US11025774B1	Hold time reducer The system allows a consumer to shortcut through a call queue to reach a human agent faster. For phone or voice-based calls that require a consumer wait on hold, the system can give that consumer an accurate estimate of the wait time and allow them to skip all or some of it. It does this by using automated processes to proactively dial and wait in those call queues, measuring their time in queue. A new consumer making an incoming call can then join the call queue occupied by of those automated processes, shortcutting the consumer past all or some of the wait time.
US11025773B1	Virtual communication service for mobile devices One example method of operation may include identifying a failed call connection via a notification identifying a calling device and a called device stored in a carrier network, and responsive to identifying the notification, transmitting an invocation request to a virtual computing network comprising a plurality of virtual machines, selecting a virtual machine corresponding to the called device, selecting a virtual mobile device from among a plurality of virtual mobile devices operating on the virtual machine, initiating a virtual mobile device application associated with the virtual mobile device, and responsive to initiating the virtual mobile device application, transmitting one or more of a first message to the called device and a second message to the calling device.
US11025769B2	Terminal management method and device, terminal and computer storage medium Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal management method and device, a terminal and a computer storage medium. The terminal management method comprises: obtaining current environment information of a terminal; determining an application management strategy matching with the current environment information according to the current environment information and a correspondence between environment information and application management strategies; and performing an enabling management on an application program set in the terminal according to the application management strategy.
US11025768B2	Information displaying method and terminal An information displaying method and a terminal are provided. The method includes: obtaining audio data to be played in a chronological order; determining, based on attribute information at any moment of a sound represented by the audio data, a shape of a graph corresponding to the any moment, where the graph corresponding to the any moment including a closed curve with a bump, and a maximum distance in distances from points on the bump to a center of the graph is positively correlated to a value indicated by the attribute information at the any moment; and displaying the graph corresponding to the any moment. The bump in the graph changes with the value indicated by the attribute information of the sound, and such graph is presented to a user, to enhance perception of the user on the attribute information of the audio data and improve user experience.
US11025761B1	Mobile terminal Disclosed herein is a mobile terminal capable of indicating the position of a force sensor arranged inside a side case using the shape of a non-conductive mold disposed between conductive members to sense pressure. For the mobile terminal, a user input unit and an antenna may be arranged to overlap each other, and a bump and a recess may be formed using a non-conductive mold that is easy to process. Accordingly, uniformity of appearance may be maintained without forming a bump and a recess on the conductive member.
US11025760B2	Terminal capable of facilitating assembly and disassembly of display panel A terminal is disclosed. The terminal includes a display module, a terminal main body, and two sealing elements. A first main portion and two extension portions of the protection cover are enclosed to form a receiving space, and the display panel is mounted on a lower surface of the first main portion. The terminal main body is mounted in the receiving space, the terminal main body includes a second main portion, and the two sealing elements are mounted on both sides of the protection cover and terminal main body. When installing the display panel, only the terminal main body needs to be embedded in the receiving space of the protection cover, and then the sealing member can be fixed. When the display screen is disassembled, only the sealing member needs to be removed first, and then the terminal main body is removed from the receiving space of the protection cover.
US11025758B2	Electric signal transmission line in a communication device A method for assembling a communication device and the communication device The communication device includes a casing that houses a battery. The battery extends in a main extension plane. The casing includes a back cover to cover the battery, and the back cover extends in a second plane substantially parallel to the main extension plane. The communication device also has an electrical signal transmission line having a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is coupled to a processor of the communication device. The first portion has a longitudinal extension coupled to at least one electrical component, wherein the first portion extends alongside the battery in a third plane substantially perpendicular to the main extension plane.
US11025754B2	System for processing messages of data stream A system for processing messages of a high rate data stream and an apparatus including: a message processor including a plurality of processor sub-modules and configured to read an input data stream, process the input data stream, and to output an output data stream; at least one payload memory storing data related to the input data stream and accessible to the message processor; at least one instruction memory accessible to the message processor and storing computer program instructions configuring the message processor to process the input data stream; and an application processor configured to rewrite the at least one instruction memory.
US11025751B2	Method for processing data packet and apparatus The present disclosure relates to methods for processing data packet and apparatus. One example method includes sending compression configuration information to a network device, receiving compression configuration information of an application layer packet from the network device, and performing compression processing on the application layer packet at an access layer according to the compression configuration information.
US11025747B1	Content request pattern-based routing system A pattern-based content request routing system is described herein that can route content requests according to user and/or user device behavior. For example, the routing system can cause requests for byte-heavy content to be routed to content delivery networks (CDNs) that have a sufficiently large cache width—even if such CDNs are not the geographically-closest CDNs to the source of the requests—to reduce the negative impact on content retrieval latency for other user devices that may be requesting other content. In particular, CDNs may store access logs that indicate the types of content requested by various user devices. The routing system can retrieve and analyze the access logs to identify patterns of requests. The routing system can then evaluate the properties of various CDNs, determine which CDNs may be suitable for the identified patterns of requests, and instruct a DNS server to route user devices accordingly.
US11025744B2	Server-side caching for web user interfaces The described technology relates to rendering a client-side user interface using a server-side cache for providing the displayed data. In an example implementation, in response to a user interface (e.g., dashboard with multiple widgets in a web application) being launched on the client device, the server initiates a refresh of the cache for the widgets; and transmits a first set of data obtained from the cache for widgets in the user interface before the cache is updated in response to the initiated refresh. The first set of data is followed by a second set of data obtained from the cache for at least some of the widgets after the cache is updated in response to the initiated refresh. The client displays the user interface using the second set of data while overwriting, for one or more of the widgets, information previously displayed using the first set of data.
US11025741B2	Dynamic cognitive user interface A system, method and program product for a query-based interface in a cognitive computing platform. A system is provided that includes a query processor that inputs a query for an identified user and determines a set of results for inclusion in a cognitive response based on a set of information sources; a modality selection system that selects an interface modality for the cognitive response based on user profile data and at least one external input; and a response formatting system that determines a response format for the set of results in the cognitive response, wherein the response format is determined based on confidence levels determined from social networking information associated with the identified user.
US11025738B2	Systems and methods for determining a destination location for transmission of packetized data in a network system based on an application server attribute Various embodiments are described herein for systems and methods that can be used to determine a destination location in a network fabric. In one example embodiment, the method comprises receiving an application server attribute at a fabric controller from a source port, generating at the fabric controller a destination location based on the application server attribute and mapping information stored on the fabric controller, and transmitting the destination location to the source port, where the source port transmits packetized data to a destination location based on the destination location.
US11025736B2	Develop and multiply your network at events A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method as described herein are directed to an Event Network Engine. The Event Network Engine determines a presence of a target member account of a social networking service within a threshold distance from a physical location during an event time range. The Event Network Engine determines a presence of a second member account of the social networking service within the threshold distance from the physical location during the event time range is concurrent with the presence of the target member account. The Event Network Engine determines, based on social network member data, a relationship between the target member account and the second member account exists in the social networking service. Based on the relationship, the Event Network Engine causes a display of a notification for display on a client device associated with the target member account.
US11025731B2	System and method for improved SAP communications A terminator node is provided that acts as termination on one end of the communication channel and links to the SAP server on the other end. A server device is also provided that monitors communications between the SAP server and a client. The server device condenses SAP application screens to streamline user interaction with the SAP server. The server device simulates certain types of required responses to the SAP server to allow for a persistent session between a client and the SAP server when the actual connection may be intermittent. The server device stores required records for a transaction and provides them to a client for offline processing and then synchronizes stored offline transaction data from the client with the SAP server. The system may include a client device that optionally implements the terminator node to communicate either with the server device or directly to the SAP server.
US11025725B2	Providing safety related contextual information in a personal protective equipment system A personal protection equipment (PPE) system with a remote user interface comprises an article of PPE including an active wireless communication device for transmitting a signal and a controller for managing settings on the article of PPE; and a communication hub including a user interface, an electronic connection to a PPE management software, and a wireless communication device. When the wireless communication device of the communication hub detects that the article of PPE is in proximity to the communication hub, the hub displays information on the user interface. The user interface displays settings for the article of PPE, and the settings can be adjusted by a user through interaction with the user interface. The wireless communication device of the communication hub transmits information related to the adjusted settings to the wireless communication device of the article of PPE; and the controller adjusts the settings on the article of PPE.
US11025724B2	Transport of control data in proxy-based network communications The present disclosure relates to techniques for controlling a client device. The techniques may include receiving, from a client device, a request for a web resource; generating control data associated with one or more functionalities of the client device; and transmitting a response to the client device including the web resource and the control data to control the one or more functionalities of the client device.
US11025718B2	Synchronization of permissioned content in cloud-based environments Enterprise administrators in a cloud-based environment including a cloud-based server and a repository can selectively impose permissions on items (e.g., files and folders) marked for synchronization (“sync items”). The sync items can be synchronized with the client devices of users by downloading the items along with the permission attributes from the cloud-based server. However, the permissions on those sync items means that any unpermitted changes to the local copies of the sync items do not get uploaded to the cloud-based server. A synchronization client on the client devices detects any changes made locally to the sync items that are not consistent with the permission attributes, and repairs those changes so that the sync items are restored to their most recent states. This ensures that any unauthorized changes made to sync items remain local and do not propagate by the synchronization process to other users.
US11025716B2	Systems and methods for generating an edit script A method for generating a hierarchical edit script comprises generating, using a first linear sequence of nodes of a first hierarchical dataset and a second linear sequence of nodes of a second hierarchical dataset, a linear edit script defining a linear sequence of operations that can be applied to the first linear sequence to generate the second linear sequence, generating a first delta by matching one or more operations of the linear sequence of operations to the first hierarchical dataset, generating a second delta by matching one or more operations of the linear sequence of operations to the second hierarchical dataset, and generating the hierarchical edit script by merging the first delta and the second delta.
US11025713B2	Dynamic allocation of execution resources An improved marketing automation system can optimize governance of server resources by managing the execution of campaigns. The marketing automation system can develop intelligence around a given customer's inflow of incoming campaigns, the execution time of the campaigns, and general resource utilization over time. The marketing automation system can learn to predict an expected number and type of campaigns for a pre-defined window of time. This intelligence can be leveraged to ensure that one or more executors remain available to execute predicted high priority campaigns upon placement into an execution queue. Further, this intelligence can be applied such that predicted dormant executors can be used to execute low priority tasks. In this way, the marketing automation system minimizes queue time until execution for high priority campaigns while optimizing use of server resources.
US11025710B1	Systems and methods for dynamic load balancing based on server utilization and content popularity Provided is a controller for dynamically balancing load between different servers using different thresholds that are continually modified for each of the servers. The controller may generate a baseline load measure based on load measures received from the different servers, and may configure a first threshold for a first server and a second threshold for a second server based on the load measure at the first server deviating from the baseline load measure by a first amount that is greater than a second amount by which the load measure at the second server deviates from the baseline load measure. The controller may allocate an additional server to distribute first content with the first server in response to first content load at the first server satisfying the first threshold and the same load or a greater load of second content at the second server not satisfying the second threshold.
US11025709B2	Load processing method and apparatus A computing system for load processing obtains a current time and a reported load amount from an access machine at the current time and determines a delayed cognitive load amount allocated to the access machine at a first time period by subtracting a first time difference from the current time. Next the computing system determines an actual load amount of the access machine at the current time by adding the reported load amount and the delayed cognitive load amount and determines whether the access machine is running at an overload condition by comparing the actual load amount of the access machine at the current time and a maximum load amount threshold for the access machine. The present application can accurately determine the load amount that the access machine has received and schedule user terminals received by the access machine to prevent overloaded operation of the access machine.
US11025697B2	Customizing media items for playback on alternative playback devices paired with a user device A user device receives a first media item that is associated with a second media item. The device determines that a playback state for the device indicates that the device is paired with an alternative playback device. The device sends the playback state in a request for the second media item, receives the second media item in a first format for playback on the user device and in a second format for playback on the alternative playback device. The device determines whether the playback state of the device is the same. The device displays a first graphical representation of the second media item in the first format on the user device if the user device is no longer paired with the alternative playback device and displays a second graphical representation of the second media item in the second format on the user device if the user device is still paired with the alternative playback device.
US11025691B1	Consuming fragments of time-associated data streams Disclosed are various embodiments for consuming fragments of time-associated data streams. A streaming gateway receives a request from a consumer via a network to obtain a stream of time-associated data. The gateway determines that a first fragment of the stream of time-associated data is stored in a data store. The first fragment is obtained from the data store and sent to the consumer via the network. The gateway determines that the stream of time-associated data is currently being received by an endpoint from a producer. A second segment of the stream is obtained from the endpoint and sent to the consumer via the network.
US11025688B1	Automated streaming data platform Aspects described herein generally improve the quality, efficiency, and speed of data processing by automatically generating a plurality of nodes for a streaming data platform based on user parameters. This combination of different platform nodes may allow for the generation and initiation of a streaming platform that may run in a cloud and may provide multi-availability-zone and multi-region capabilities to support replication and disaster recovery capabilities for data management. The streaming platform may include a coordination layer, a streaming layer, and a replication layer, and each layer may include a plurality of nodes.
US11025674B2	Cybersecurity profiling and rating using active and passive external reconnaissance A system and method for generating comprehensive security profiles and ratings for organizations that takes into account the organization's infrastructure and operations in generating the profile, and the context and purpose of the rating to be generated related to the profile. The system and method may further comprise gathering data about the totality of the organization's infrastructure and operations, generating a cybersecurity profile using active and passive internal and external reconnaissance of the organization to determine cybersecurity vulnerabilities and potential impacts to the business in light of the information gathered about the organization's infrastructure and operations, and generating cybersecurity scores and ratings that take into account all of the above information, plus the context and purpose of the score or rating to be generated based on the cybersecurity profile.
US11025671B1	Monitoring of javascript object properties for detection of web browser security threats Detection of a security threat to a web browser by: Wrapping a suspect JavaScript code with a detection JavaScript code, wherein, when the wrapped suspect JavaScript code is executed in a web browser, the detection JavaScript code indirectly monitors access to a property of a non-writable, non-configurable JavaScript property, to detect an attempt by the suspect JavaScript code to perform a malicious action in the web browser. Executing the wrapped suspect JavaScript code in the web browser, to effect the monitoring and the detection.
US11025653B2	Anomaly detection with machine learning The technology disclosed relates to machine learning based anomaly detection. In particular, it relates to constructing activity models on per-tenant and per-user basis using an online streaming machine learner that transforms an unsupervised learning problem into a supervised learning problem by fixing a target label and learning a regressor without a constant or intercept. Further, it relates to detecting anomalies in near real-time streams of security-related events of one or more tenants by transforming the events in categorized features and requiring a loss function analyzer to correlate, essentially through an origin, the categorized features with a target feature artificially labeled as a constant. It further includes determining an anomaly score for a production event based on calculated likelihood coefficients of categorized feature-value pairs and a prevalencist probability value of the production event comprising the coded features-value pairs.
US11025650B2	Multi-pattern policy detection system and method Provided are a multi-pattern policy detection system and method, wherein, in an environment that operates a plurality of policies for determining matching or non-matching by a string or a normalized format, the plurality of policies are expressed by a data structure that is searchable at a time, and are optimized to improve search performance. The multi-pattern policy detection system includes: a search front stage optimizer configured to register a string of a signature fragment received from a signature fragment list as a registration pattern of a front stage of a signature by taking into account length and uniqueness of the string; a search rear stage optimizer configured to receive the signature fragment from the signature fragment list, and register the signature fragment as a registration pattern of a rear stage when there is no registration signature fragment of the rear stage; and a detection engine configured to perform attack detection by using the front stage of the search front stage optimizer and the rear stage of the search rear stage optimizer.
US11025643B2	Mobile multi-party digitally signed documents and techniques for using these allowing detection of tamper Authenticated base digital document(s) are issued to client(s) by an issuing party, and aggregate digital document(s) are received. An aggregate digital document includes base digital document(s) and attachment(s). Authenticity of the aggregate digital document(s) is verified, resulting in authenticated aggregate digital document(s), which are stored and/or redistributed. Authentication challenge(s) are sent by a verifying party to a client requesting part or all of an aggregate digital document from the client be verified. The part or all of the aggregate digital document is received and authenticity and integrity are verified, resulting in an authenticated aggregate digital document. The client verifies authenticity of a base digital document and receives the authentication challenge(s) for an authenticated aggregate digital document and sends part or all of the authenticated aggregate digital document to the verifying party for verification by the verifying party.
US11025640B2	Verification of geolocation of devices in a cloud data center A method alters a computer resource in response to the computer resource moving from a first geolocation to a second geolocation. One or more processors receive a message indicating that a computer resource has moved from a first geolocation to a new geolocation. In response to receiving the message that the computer resource has moved from the first geolocation to the new geolocation, the processor(s) encrypt data that is stored on the computer resource, and apply decryption information to the encrypted data from the new geolocation, where the decryption information is specifically for decrypting encrypted data at the new geolocation. In response to the decryption information failing to decrypt the encrypted data at the new geolocation, the processor(s) and/or a user alter the computer resource.
US11025636B2	Security of shared credentials in crowdsourced wireless networks A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for sharing a crowd sourced wireless network, wherein a first user uses a first device to access a wireless network, and the first device includes an application to grant automatically access to the wireless network to all of a defined group of people. In an embodiment, the method comprises restricting the automatic grant of access to the wireless network by, when one person of said group of people requests access to the network, a network control obtaining a determined strength of a defined relationship between the first user and that person, and granting the person access to the wireless network only if the determined strength of the defined relationship meets one or more set criteria. In an embodiment, the first device uploads a series of relationship scores to a server, and network control receives these scores from the server.
US11025633B2	System and method for network access point installation and access control Disclosed herein are systems and methods configured to provide customized and guided instructions for the placement of multiple access points in a home envelope to optimize-coverage therein. The exemplified system and method facilitates the learning of the home envelope, the determining of placements of devices within different locations within the home envelope, and the guiding of the homeowner or occupant through the installation process of the devices at such placements. The provided information are customized and tailored for a given home envelope. In addition, the exemplified systems and methods simplifies the task of adding personal wireless devices to a network whereby no password is used.
US11025631B2	Network access control This disclosure provides a method and device for controlling network access. According to the method, an aggregation switch may configure thereon an ACL rule comprising a first network segment and a second network segment, wherein the first network segment and the second network segment correspond to a same user group or different user groups, or the first network segment corresponds to a user group and the second network segment corresponds to a resource group. The aggregation switch may, after receiving a user packet from an access switch, match a source IP address of the user packet with the first network segment, and a destination IP address of the user packet with the second network segment. If the source IP address of the user packet matches with the first network segment and the destination IP address of the user packet matches with the second network segment, the user packet is discarded.
US11025629B2	Secure component-based web applications Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for providing a security model for component-based web applications. Documents for a web-based application are received, with the application containing custom components and Application Programming Interface (API) components. A Document Object Model (DOM) is processed corresponding to the web-based application, with the custom and API components modeled in hierarchical form. For each custom component, a key is assigned in accordance with the rules of capability security, accessible custom components are identified for which the custom component can provide the assigned key, a virtual DOM is generated for the custom component with the component and identified accessible custom components being modeled in hierarchical form, and the custom component is prohibited access to all inaccessible custom components.
US11025618B2	Mobile device access to a protected account associated with a website In a first embodiment, the “one tap” operation of this disclosure enables a user having a mobile device “one tap” mobile application (or “app”) to log-in to the user's desktop or laptop computer by bringing the user's device in physical proximity to the computer and, while in such proximity, accepting a push notification that is received on the mobile device. In a second embodiment, the user uses the “one tap” functionality to access a cloud-based account that has been set up for the user on a third party web application (e.g., SalesForce.com). The technique seamlessly integrates with third party websites using well-known protocols (e.g., SAML2), and it enables secure cross-origin resource sharing in a highly secure, reliable and available manner. Still another aspect of this disclosure is an enhanced proximity detection routine that is used to facilitate the one tap function when the user's mobile device is moved into proximity with the computer.
US11025613B2	Secure element installation and provisioning A method of binding a device to an authority comprising reading pre-determined data corresponding to characteristics of the device. The method includes obtaining a pseudo-random number and combining it with the pre-determined data to generate a base number. The method includes downloading an application that performs a cryptographic function on the base number to generates a secure identifier of the device, and storing the secure identifier in a memory of the device. The method includes providing the secure identifier of the device to the authority to bind the device to the authority.
US11025610B2	Distributed ledger-based profile verification The described embodiments employ aspects of distributed ledger technologies to facilitate electronic verification and sharing of profile information. Nodes maintaining a distributed ledger include—a first node that generates profile data, and second nodes that generate certificates verifying the generated profile data. The first node can be employed by a client device to generate profile data associated with a first identifier and referencing a second identifier for inclusion on a personal profile, such as a social media webpage. The client device can send the first node a request to have the profile data verified by the referenced second identifier. The profile data can be stored on a distributed ledger so that a second node associated with the second identifier can generate, on behalf of the second identifier, a certificate that verifies the stored profile data. The certificate can be stored on the distributed ledger, so that the first node can access the certificate and provide the client device with an indication that the stored profile data was verified. The first node can also generate additional certificates corresponding to the stored profile data for storage on the distributed ledger, providing selective access to the verified stored profile data.
US11025608B2	Enabling zero-touch bootstrap for devices across network perimeter firewalls A method includes establishing an application layer transport layer security (ATLS) connection between a network device and a cloud server by sending, from the network device, TLS records in transport protocol (e.g., HTTP) message bodies to the cloud server, the ATLS connection transiting at least one transport layer security (TLS) proxy device, receiving, from the cloud server via the ATLS connection, an identifier for a certificate authority, establishing a connection with the certificate authority associated with the identifier and, in turn, receiving from the certificate authority credentials to access an application service different from the cloud server and the certificate authority, and connecting to the application service using the credentials received from the certificate authority.
US11025604B2	Methods and apparatus for providing access to a service Methods and apparatus for providing access to a service are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one processor, and memory including machine readable instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations including, in response to receipt of a first network communication, retrieve a first list identifying multicast group memberships of a device existing at a first time, the first list retrieved from a storage device based on an identifier in the first network communication, the first network communication including a second list identifying multicast group memberships of the device existing at a second time later than the first time. The device is authenticated based on a comparison of the first list to the second list. A second network communication is transmitted indicating the device has been authenticated in response to the authentication.
US11025594B2	Secret information distribution method and device Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a secret information distribution method. The method includes: receiving, by a network functions virtualization infrastructure NFVI, secret information sent by management and orchestration (MANO); creating a virtual trusted platform module (vTPM) in the NFVI, and writing the secret information into the vTPM; receiving, by the network functions virtualization infrastructure NFVI, a virtualized network function VNF initialization command from the MANO, and creating a VNF; and obtaining, by the VNF, the secret information from the vTPM.
US11025584B2	Client subnet efficiency by equivalence class aggregation A method for improving client subnet efficiency by equivalence class aggregation includes receiving a Domain Name System (DNS) query from a client, determining, based on predetermined class criteria, that the client is associated with an equivalency class, searching a cache associated with the equivalence class for an answer corresponding to the DNS query, and upon locating the answer, serving the answer to the client. Membership in equivalence classes can be adjusted, tuned, or otherwise modified based upon one or more criteria or rules. The adjustment of memberships may be a necessary step in response to changing network conditions. A membership in one or more equivalence classes can be adjusted based on determining changes in service (such as changes in bandwidth, quality of service, client location, and so forth), and/or based on detection of a modification to the network topology, and/or based on received input concerning performance.
US11025581B2	System and method for location and time based social networking The present application is directed to a system and method for creating on-line comments of a point of interest. The system and method creates a moment having a piece of digital content showing the point of interest, wherein the moment has a time stamp and a location stamp; and shares the moment with a predetermined group of members. The sharing of the moment is limited to members that meet the time stamp and the location stamp, and the system and method refuse accepting comments from members that do not meet the time stamp and location stamp.
US11025568B2	Customized response messages Generation of customized response messages is described. According to the method, an incoming communication request is received and a relationship between an initiator of the communication request and a recipient of the communication request is determined. Based on a number of calendars for the recipient, an availability of the recipient is determined. When the recipient is unavailable, a customized response message is generated. The customized response message 1) is based on the relationship between the initiator and the recipient and 2) indicates an estimated response time for the recipient based on the availability of the recipient.
US11025567B2	Systems and methods for mediation using NLP and machine learning techniques A system described herein may provide techniques for using machine learning and/or other techniques to monitor a conversation between two or more conversation participants through a messaging program. The system may utilize natural language processing (“NLP”) to determine the intent of phrases and/or words sent between mediation participants. The system may determine to take remedial measures, such as modifying, delaying, and/or rejecting a message from one of the participants when a score for the message exceeds a dynamic score threshold determined by the system based on one or more factors, such as the demographic information of the mediation participants, nature of the mediation, length of mediation, communications among mediation participants, and/or other factors.
US11025563B2	Space-aware network switch A network switch includes a device interface configured to facilitate communication between the network switch and a plurality of building devices that serve a space, network routing circuitry configured to route network communications associated with the building devices in accordance with one or more network parameters, a control circuit configured to control the plurality of devices via the network communications to provide a plurality of space use cases for the space. and a network manager circuit configured to determine values for the one or more network parameters based on the plurality of space use cases for the space.
US11025558B2	Real-time resource processing based on resource channel factors A resource transfer system that provides intelligent distribution of resources based on resource routing selections, resource receipt selections, and/or resource processing advantages, and in response makes the resource transfers accordingly. The resources may be transferred based on the desired speed of distribution, the reason for distribution, the entities involved in the interaction, the level of security for distribution, level of protection for the interaction, or the like.
US11025556B2	System, apparatus, and method for controlling internet devices via a mobile device session Methods, a system, and apparatus for managing the separation and distribution of digital controls wherein the digital content in a network system includes receiving a request from any one of control devices, host server response to control device request (and output devices), host server may either non-discriminatively or discriminatively broadcast to any of the control devices, and control device handling responses throughout home network system. The methods, system, and computer readable medium include user experience optimized application types for (optimally) separating and distributing the associated control and associated status information elements during active sessions from the host server to the control devices and output devices within a network system. Configuring a control session comprises receiving a request to execute an input/output application from a control application executing on a mobile control device Configuring the control session also includes aggregating a plurality of real-world connectable processing nodes into an application session set of processing nodes by allocating at least one function required by the input/output application for execution on each processing node in the set of processing nodes, wherein the set of processing nodes is determined based on processing requirements of the input/output application.
US11025552B2	Method and device for regulating playing delay and method and device for modifying time scale A playout delay adjustment method includes: adjusting a playout delay surplus based on a difference value between a first playout delay obtained in a first scheme and a second playout delay obtained in a second scheme and determining an adaptation type of a current frame according to whether a previous frame is an active frame; and when the determined adaptation type is signal-based adaptation, performing time scale modification (TSM) according to an adaptation scheme determined according to a comparison result between the first playout delay and the second playout delay and a comparison result between a target delay and the first playout delay.
US11025551B2	Weighted fair queueing using severity-based window in reliable packet delivery network In one embodiment, a method comprises a network device detecting an event severity encountered by the network device; the network device selectively changing a window size, for a maximum number of unacknowledged data packets that can be sent by the network device to a receiver device, to correspond to the event severity encountered by the network device; and the network device transmitting, to the receiver device, a number of data packets up to the window size, enabling the receiver device to detect the corresponding event severity encountered by the network device based on the number of unacknowledged data packets received by the receiver device from the network device.
US11025546B2	Selection of paired transmit queue Some embodiments provide a method for selecting a transmit queue of a network interface card (NIC) of a host computer for an outbound data message. The NIC includes multiple transmit queues and multiple receive queues. Each of the transmit queues is individually associated with a different receive queue, and the MC performs a load balancing operation to distribute inbound data messages among multiple receive queues. The method extracts a set of header values from a header of the outbound data message. The method uses the extracted set of header values to identify a receive queue which the NIC would select for a corresponding inbound data message upon which the NIC performed the load balancing operation. The method selects a transmit queue associated with the identified receive queue to process the outbound data message.
US11025542B2	Routing packets in overlapping address spaces At an outbound end of a tunnel from a first data network, a packet is analyzed to determine whether the packet is to be directed to a local target in the first data network or to be sent over the tunnel to a remote target in a second data network. A target address of the packet is present in both the first data network and the second data network. When the packet is to be directed to the remote target in the second data network, an octet in the target address of the packet is changed from a first value to a second value, the changing forming a modified packet. When the second value is stored in the octet, the modified packet is caused to be sent to the tunnel for delivery to the second data network.
US11025537B2	Multiple RSTP domain separation The present invention relates to electronic systems for use in high demand or mission critical environments, including power stations, sub-stations, roadside transportation, rail, and industrial applications. The present invention provides a) increased resilience of mission critical communications infrastructure b) ability to maintain multiple independent RSTP domains over HSR ring d) method of using a hidden VLAN as an RSTP domain ID c) a method of creating multiple redundant protocols domains over HSR ring.
US11025527B2	Topology change processing in bridged networks using a spanning tree protocol In a spanning tree network, topology change notifications are omitted when a port becomes forwarding if the peer port is an Alternate or Backup port in Discarding state. Other features are also provided.
US11025526B2	Control of event-driven software applications A method for modeling and execution of event-driven software applications. Its main parts are the routing graph model, the run time engine and optionally a user interface and automatic configuration modules. The routing graph is comprised of routing and processing task nodes. Routing nodes are enriched with node-type specific event routing logic. Task nodes process specific types of events and produce output events. The run time engine executes the routing graph model, based on the routing nodes logic and the tasks processing functions. The user interface component is used to compose and manage the routing graph configuration. The automatic configuration modules may be used to combine and configure predefined routing sub-graphs into a resulting routing graph model.
US11025519B2	Systems, methods and computer-readable media for external non-intrusive packet delay measurement Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for measuring packet delays are provided. An input port of a network device is tapped to duplicate an input packet stream having a first packet. An output port of the network device is tapped to duplicate an output packet stream including the first packet. The duplicated input packet stream and the duplicated output packet stream is transmitted to a programmable device. The first packet in the first input packet stream is matched to the first packet in the first output packet stream. An arrival time and a departure time for the first packet is measured. The difference between the departure time of the first packet and the arrival time of the first packet is determined and the value is reported to an external collector.
US11025516B2	Communication apparatus provided with LAN interfaces and preventing connection to wrong network, control method, and storage medium A communication apparatus includes a notification device that notifies information, a first LAN interface that connects to a network, a second LAN interface that connects to a network, transmits a DHCP discovery packet via a LAN cable when the LAN cable is connected to the first LAN interface, and determines whether to provide a notification and to notify information based on a determination to provide a notification based on a DHCP offer packet transmitted in response to the DHCP discovery packet and network information used to communicate via the second LAN interface.
US11025507B2	System and method of associating metadata with computing resources across multiple providers Systems, apparatuses, and methods for modifying metadata associated with database objects obtained from providers, such as cloud providers, are disclosed. Modifying metadata associated with database objects obtained from cloud providers may include identifying resources in a computer network that originate from providers, such as cloud providers that do not have associated metadata. A user interface that includes the resources may be generated, and the resource may receive input to select the resources and a descriptor that may be associated with the resources. The selected resources may then be associated, in a configuration management dataset, with metadata derived from the selected descriptor. The metadata may indicate an association of the selected resources to a parameter.
US11025505B2	Dynamic selection of channels for incoming communication The technology disclosed for configuring a transcoder-router to direct incoming communications to desired receivers includes receiving a selection by a user from an icon-based GUI, of an incoming voice, video, image, short message, or email media type to configure for routing. Incoming communications gets routed in the context of the incoming media type, with the transducer-router receiving a combination of routing conditions with which to determine the routing of the incoming media type: a time zone against which routing schedules are measured; a time window for the routing schedules that covers both time of day and day of week; and available receiver devices for the routing under the selected combination of the incoming media type, time zone and time window. The disclosed systems and methods include committing routing rules based on the user selections to tangible machine readable memory; and using the committed rules to route incoming media type messages.
US11025493B2	Smallcell network deployment, optimization and management based on blockchain technology Smallcell network is deployed, optimized and managed using blockchain technology. Smallcells create and mine a new coin called smallcell coin. All transactions in the network and/or between network and users are paid using smallcell coin which can also be converted to any other cryptocurrency. Each smallcell configures itself based on pre-determined parameters. Each smallcell talks with other smallcells in the network, and each communication is recorded as part of the block in smallcell blockchain. Smallcell Media Access Control layer unique identification number is used as private key, and product identification number is used as public key in recording the transactions in blockchain. Performance ledger is used during small cell network optimization to record any transaction in the blockchain. User terminals (subscribers) and smallcells sign smart contract when users terminal requests to make connection with smallcell, and any payment between smallcell and user terminal will be made using smallcell coin.
US11025492B2	Packet data unit (PDU) structure for supporting distributed relay control protocol (DRCP) A method supporting distributed resilient network interconnect (DRNI) in a link aggregation group at a network device is disclosed. The method starts with encapsulating a distributed relay control protocol data unit (DRCPDU) in a frame, wherein the DRCPDU includes a protocol data unit (PDU) structure. The PDU structure includes a type field indicating that the DRCPDU is for DRCP, a version field indicating a version number of the DRCP, and a set of type/length/values (TLVs) including: a terminator TLV indicating an end of the PDU structure, a portal information TLV indicating characteristics of the first portal, a portal configuration information TLV indicating configuration information of the first portal, a DRCP state TLV indicating variables associated with an intra-portal link (IPP), a home ports information TLV and a neighbor ports information TLV. The method continues with transmitting the frame encapsulating the DRCPDU from the network device to a neighbor network device.
US11025481B1	Network alert correlation Technologies are provided for correlating alert messages using placeholder correlation records. When a network alert message is received, a network component associated with the alert can be identified and a correlation record can be created that is associated with the identified network component. A model of the computer network can be used identify another network component that is related to the identified network component. If a correlation record for the related component does not exist, then a placeholder correlation record for the related component can be created. If another alert message is received that is associated with another component that is also related to the same component, then the placeholder correlation record can be used to correlate the alert messages. An event message can be generated that indicates an occurrence of a network event involving the related component associated with the placeholder correlation record. Placeholder correlation records can be used to associate alert messages with previously generated events.
US11025478B2	Method and apparatus for analysing performance of a network by managing network data relating to operation of the network A method for analysing performance of a network by managing network data relating to operation of the network is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of network data records from at least one network data source, processing the received plurality of network data records into a plurality of network data documents, each network data document corresponding to a received network data record, assembling the plurality of network data documents into document groups, generating statistical data for terms appearing in the document groups, and for at least one term, performing anomaly detection upon the statistical data for the term in the document groups, and detecting an anomaly in the term. The method further comprises performing at least one of identifying the term as an anomalous term, identifying the document group containing the anomaly as an anomalous group, and/or identifying a document containing the anomalous term as an anomalous document.
US11025465B2	Preamble symbol receiving method and device Provided are a preamble symbol generation method and receiving method, and a relevant frequency-domain symbol generation method and a relevant device, characterized in that the method comprises: generating a cyclic prefix according to a partial time-domain main body signal truncated from a time-domain main body signal; generating a modulation signal based on a portion or the entirety of the partial time-domain main body signal; and generating time-domain symbols based on at least one of the cyclic prefix, the time-domain main body signal and the modulation signal, wherein the preamble symbol contains at least one of the time-domain symbols. Therefore, using the entirety or a portion of a certain length of a time-domain main body signal as a prefix, it is possible to implement coherent detection, which solves the issues of performance degradation with non-coherent detection and differential decoding failure under complex frequency selective fading channels; and generating a modulation signal as a postfix based on the entirety or a portion of the above truncated time-domain main body signal enables the generated preamble symbol to have sound fractional frequency offset estimation performance and timing synchronization performance.
US11025449B2	Apparatus for protecting a home appliance from false activation Home appliances have operation switches and buttons and also sensors which can be activated by the user. It is possible that the user will cause and an undesired operation to take place by pressing a switch or activating a sensor by a certain action. This can be small children of dementing old people left alone, or any person in the household which can do things by mistake. This invention will describe an apparatus serving as an appliance accessory which can force the voltage value at the appropriate timing and time frame to be put on the appropriate control lines coming in the appliance control board thus maintaining a proper appliance operation.
US11025446B2	Method and apparatus for group communication in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for group communication in a mobile communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a first message including information related to a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle from a network device, transmitting a second message based on the first message to at least one terminal, and transmitting data to the at least one terminal based on the information related to the DRX cycle.
US11025436B2	Self-authenticating digital identity A system and method for a self-authenticating identity. A self-authenticating identity is a digital identity created in an embodiment by aggregating a user's verified identity information and its public key, both of which are digitally signed by the user and an identity provider. This cryptographic binding allows the user to prove it is in fact the true party that the identity was issued to, without the need for a third party to be directly involved. The identity may also contain information that conveys how the identity was verified.
US11025434B2	Ring signature-based anonymous transaction This disclosure relates to anonymous transactions based on ring signatures. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a remittance transaction. The remittance transaction is generated by a client device of a remitter by assembling unspent assets in an account corresponding to the remitter and masked assets in an account corresponding to a masked participant. Key images are obtained from a linkable spontaneous anonymous group (LSAG) signature of the remittance transaction. Values of the key-images are based on a private key, a public key, and unspent assets of the remitter. The LSAG signature is verified. The LSAG signature is generated by the client device of the remitter based on the private key and the public key of the remitter, and a second public key of the masked participant. The remittance transaction is executed when a transaction execution condition is met.
US11025430B2	File provenance database system An example operation may include one or more of creating a source file, segmenting the source file into source file segments, creating a number of auxiliary data segments corresponding to source file segments, performing a chameleon hash of the source file segments and the auxiliary data segments, obtaining a source file signature from the chameleon hash, performing a cryptographic hash of the auxiliary data segments, obtaining an auxiliary data signature from the cryptographic hash, and storing the source file and cryptographic signatures to a shared ledger of a blockchain network. Each auxiliary data segment includes a random string of data that is generated based on a corresponding source file segment.
US11025429B2	Trusted contextual content Described herein are systems for the production, communication, routing, service, authentication, and consumption of cryptographically authenticable contextual content produced by cryptographically authenticable devices; example implementations of the architecture for a Trusted Contextual Content Device which produces Trusted Contextual Content; and example implementations of the architecture for a Trusted Drone Device which produces Trusted Contextual Content. For example, some of the methods used may include accessing a first set of sensor data from one or more sensors; receiving, a first trusted contextual content that includes a first digital signature; generating a data structure including the first trusted contextual content and data based on the first set of sensor data; signing the data structure using a signing key to generate a second trusted contextual content including a second digital signature; and storing or transmitting the second trusted contextual content.
US11025425B2	User security token invalidation Provided are methods and systems for invalidating user security tokens. An example method may include providing, by one or more nodes in a cluster, a list of revoked security tokens. The method may include receiving, by the one or more nodes, an indication of invalidating a user security token associated with a user device. The indication may include a request from the user to invalidate the user security token. The method may further include, in response to the receiving, adding, by the one or more nodes, the user security token to the list of revoked security tokens. The user security token can be added to the list of revoked security tokens prior to the expiration time of the user security token. The method may further include replicating, by the one or more nodes, the list of revoked security tokens between further nodes of the cluster.
US11025407B2	Hash-based digital signatures for hierarchical internet public key infrastructure Techniques for signing internet data are disclosed. The techniques include accessing a plurality of internet data records. The techniques also include generating, using at least one electronic processor, leaf nodes from the plurality of internet data records, and constructing a recursive hash tree from the plurality of leaf nodes. The techniques also include deriving information sufficient to validate the root node, and publishing, in an internet public key infrastructure (PKI) as a synthesized public key, the information sufficient to validate the root node. The techniques also include providing, through the internet and as a signature on at least one of the plurality of internet data records, validation data including sibling path data from the recursive hash tree, such that an internet client validates the at least one of the internet data records using at least the validation data and the synthesized public key.
US11025403B2	Frame structure dependent configuration of physical channels A method, an apparatus, and a computer program for wireless communication that allows for greater scheduling flexibility of physical resources are disclosed. A UE receives information from a base station about a time division duplex (TDD) frame structure of a plurality of frames that include a plurality of subframes. The UE determines a control channel search space within the plurality of subframes based on the information. The UE determines a search strategy including a maximum aggregation level based on the control channel search space. The UE performs a blind decoding of the control channel search space with the search strategy to obtain control information. The control channel search space may include a size and a location of a subset of the DL subframes allowed to carry the control information. The UE may determine a plurality of UL subframes assigned for transmitting scheduled UL resources associated with a UL control signaling.
US11025402B2	Method for sending and determining timing information, apparatus, storage medium, and processor Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for transmitting and determining timing information, a storage medium, and a processor. The transmitting method includes: carrying timing information by using a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), where the timing information is used to indicate a terminal to determine a time domain location; and transmitting the DMRS carrying the timing information to the terminal.
US11025398B2	Remote interference determination assistance Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for remote interference determination at a first base station based on assistance from one or more neighboring base stations of the first base station. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a first base station (BS). The method includes receiving from a second BS neighboring the first BS an uplink interference report request. The method further includes transmitting to the second BS an uplink interference report in response to the uplink interference report request, the uplink interference report comprising information indicative of uplink interference caused by one or more user equipments communicating on an uplink with the first BS.
US11025382B2	Payload transmission in a subframe There is provided mechanisms for transmitting payload in a subframe. A method is performed by a first network device. The method comprises obtaining a transport block size (TBS) value by accessing an array storing a plurality of TBS values. The TBS value is proportional to number of user data symbols in a subframe of a given subframe length. One and the same array is accessed regardless of the given subframe length. The method comprises transmitting a physical channel carrying payload in the subframe to a second network device. The amount of data in the payload is determined by the TBS value.
US11025370B2	Space-time line coding method and system A space-time line coding system includes: in multiple antenna communication configured by at least one transmission antenna and at least two reception antennas, a transmitting end which encodes two information symbols using channel state information and sequentially transmits two encoded information symbols to a receiving end using the at least one transmission antenna; and a receiving end which receives two encoded information symbols using at least the two reception antennas and combines the received signals without channel state information.
US11025369B2	Apparatus, system and method of communicating an EDMG PPDU Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU). For example, an EDMG wireless communication station (STA) may be configured to communicate an EDMG PPDU including a Channel Estimation Field (CEF) and/or a pilot sequence, which may be configured for an OFDM mode.
US11025365B1	Satellite forward link non-linear noise and APSK I/Q imbalance error cancellation using artificial intelligence Embodiments for a method and apparatus are described for non-linear noise cancelation and in phase quadrature (I/Q) modulation error correction. The embodiments include receiving a signal, the signal including a plurality of data segments. A first data segment in the received signal is demodulated and decoded to produce a recovered segment of a bitstream. At least one correction factor is applied to a first demodulation support element and a second demodulation support element during demodulation of a second data segment in the received signal. The correction factor is determined based on the received first data segment and a representation of the first data segment reconstructed from the recovered segment of the bitstream.
US11025357B1	Robust sensor timestamp management Systems, methods and devices are provided to improve management and accuracy of timestamps associated with sensor-based data. An indication is received of a sensor event associated with data samples provided from a sensor having an output data rate. A respective timestamp is assigned to each of the data samples. Assigning the respective timestamp may include, responsive to a determination that the indicated event is an interrupt event, calculating an actual data sampling interval based at least in part on time intervals between previous sensor events and a on a quantity of the one or more data samples. Assigning the respective timestamp may alternatively include, responsive to a determination that the event type is a data flush event, assigning the respective timestamp based on an actual data sampling interval associated with one or more previous sensor events if the actual data sampling interval has been previously stored, and otherwise assigning the respective timestamp based at least in part on the output data rate. Correction logic and drift compensation may be applied to the assigned respective timestamps.
US11025349B1	Method for decoding channel using noise level correction in high-speed mobile reception environment and apparatus using the same Disclosed herein are a method for channel decoding using noise level correction in a high-speed mobile reception environment and an apparatus for the same. The method includes estimating, by a signal receiver that is based on OFDM and is moving at high speed, Inter-Carrier Interference (ICI) power for received signal power based on the movement speed of the signal receiver; calculating, by the signal receiver, a Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) for a received signal using an estimate of the ICI power; and decoding, by the signal receiver, a channel code based on a Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) per bit, calculated based on the SNR, and the received signal.
US11025347B2	Compensating for channel distortion during contactless communication Systems, methods, and devices are provided for compensating for distortion of a contactless communication channel. The electronic device may include a radio frequency system that itself includes antenna to transmit and receive data using near-field communication (NFC) and an NFC signal processing circuitry. The NFC signal processing circuitry may receive an NFC signal via a communication channel formed between the electronic device and another electronic device and may determine a baseband reference waveform associated with the electromagnetic NFC signal and may determine an error between a portion of the electromagnetic NFC signal and the baseband reference waveform. Furthermore, the NFC signal processing circuitry may determine whether the error is outside of an acceptable error threshold range and, in response to the error being outside of the acceptable error threshold range, train a filter response of the NFC signal processing circuitry to estimate the communication channel.
US11025345B2	Hybrid cable providing data transmission through fiber optic cable and low voltage power over copper wire A round hybrid cable includes: two metal wires, two fiber optic lines, and a cable jacket enclosing the two metal wires, the two fiber optic lines, and one or more spaces. The enclosing creates the one or more spaces. The round hybrid cable further includes a synthetic filling configured to fill the one or more spaces created by the enclosing. The two metal wires are arranged side by side and the two fiber optic lines are arranged above and below the two metal wires.
US11025342B2	Camera communication method and apparatus A method includes receiving X pilot symbols, determining light source sequence numbers of the X light sources based on the X pilot symbols, receiving M×X undersampled pulse width modulation-based pulse position modulation (UPPM) symbols and parsing the M×X UPPM symbols thereby obtaining original data from a sending node by using N light sources. Each of the X pilot symbols includes W waveform segments. Each of the W waveform segments includes a first light source sequence number indication part that indicates a light source sequence number. Waveforms of waveform segments with odd sequence numbers in the W waveform segments are the same, waveforms of waveform segments with even sequence numbers in the W waveform segments are the same, and a duration of each of the W waveform segments is equal. The X pilot symbols are in a one-to-one correspondence with X light sources.
US11025339B2	Method for compensating channel distortions by pre-distortion of Mach-Zehnder modulators, based on symmetric imbalance A method for compensating the distortions introduced by impairments of MZMz implementing an optical transmitter, according to which the level of total amplitude and phase distortions caused by the optical transmitter is measured and all impairments in the constellation domain are compensated by pre-distorting the input signal to be transmitted by symmetrically adding imbalance to the voltage applied to the MZM arms. The imbalance is determined by introducing a phase rotation in either I or in the Q path of the optical transmitter, which compensates the total amplitude distortion, and also introducing a phase rotation to both I and Q paths of the optical transmitter, which compensate the total phase distortion and the phase shift caused by compensating the amplitude distortion, until reaching a desired operating point, which corresponds to the level of pre-distortion.
US11025333B2	Method and user equipment for executing beam recovery, and method and base station for supporting same The user equipment transmits a scheduling request by means of a scheduling request channel resource configured in the user equipment for beam recovery when uplink data is generated in the user equipment or when paging data is received therefor from a base station while the user equipment is in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode. The user equipment receives an uplink grant in response to the scheduling request.
US11025332B2	Management of beam level measurement filtering A method for use in a wireless device comprises detecting a first set of beamformed signals from one or more cells. The method further comprises allocating beam-level filters of the wireless device to a subset of beamformed signals of the first set of beamformed signals based on the detected beamformed signals. The method further comprises monitoring the subset of the first set of beamformed signals using the allocated beam-level filters. A wireless device comprises one or more interfaces, memory, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory, whereby the wireless device is configured to perform the method above.
US11025330B2	Method for indicating and determining beam information, device, and communication system The present application is for use in reducing the overhead of transmitting beam information between a transmitting end and a receiving end. Disclosed are a method for indicating and determining beam information, a device, and a communication system. The method provided in the present application for indicating beam information comprises: a transmitting end determines a first transmission beam that needs to be used for transmission with a receiving end; the transmitting end determines, on the basis of first mapping relations between beam pair (BPL) identifiers and transmission beams, a first BPL identifier corresponding to the first transmission beam, where the receiving end is provided with second mapping relations between the BPL identifiers and reception beams; the transmitting end transmits the first BPL identifier to the receiving end; and the transmitting end uses the first transmission beam to transmit a signal to the receiving end.
US11025316B2	Method and apparatus used for data transmission Embodiments of this application disclose a method used for data transmission. This method is applicable to coordinated transmission/reception in NR, and is relatively flexible. This method includes: determining, by a network device, a plurality of groups of antenna ports, where each group of antenna ports includes at least two antenna ports, and any two antenna ports in a same group of antenna ports meet quasi-co-location QCL; and sending, by the network device, at least one piece of first indication information to a terminal device, where the first indication information is used to determine QCL configuration information corresponding to a target antenna port used for sending first data, the QCL configuration information is used to indicate an antenna port that is QCLed with the corresponding target antenna port.
US11025313B2	Wireless signal transmitting method and wireless apparatus Interference in preamble signals and pilot signals in cooperative transmission using interference suppressing technology is avoided. A wireless apparatus for transmitting a wireless signal on which directivity control has been performed to stations in a wireless system including at least one wireless apparatus is provided with a known signal generating unit which generates a known signal to be added to the wireless signal, a weighting processing unit which performs weighting on the known signal generated by the known signal generating unit, and a wireless processing unit which transmits the known signal on which the weighting has been performed by the weighting processing unit.
US11025312B2	Blind-adaptive decoding of radio signals In a radio receiver, digital baseband signals are processed by a time-domain-to-frequency-domain converter to generate frequency-domain symbols. A blind-adaptive decoder processes the frequency-domain symbols to produce estimates of transmitted data symbols. Frequency-domain equalization may be performed prior to the blind-adaptive decoder performing at least one of blind-adaptive decoding and partially blind adaptive decoding based on information about the transmitted data symbols. The blind-adaptive decoder comprises a combiner that combines the frequency-domain symbols to produce the estimates of the transmitted data symbols.
US11025309B2	Uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheduling using beamformed reference signals Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for selecting beamforming parameters for uplink transmissions based on an uplink reference signal. An example method generally includes identifying one or more parameters for beamformed transmission to a transmit receive point (TRP), transmitting a reference signal using beamforming in accordance with the identified parameters, and receiving, from the TRP in response to the reference signal, signaling for adjusting the one or more parameters for one or more subsequent beamformed transmissions.
US11025305B2	Systems and methods for a wirelessly powered interactive guest device A wireless power system includes a control system configured to output radio waves to an environment and a wearable device having an energy harvesting device configured to receive the radio waves and to harvest energy from the received radio waves. The wearable device also includes a processor and a sensor configured to detect a state of the wearable device and output a state signal to the processor. The processor is configured to output a device control signal based on the detected state signal. The wearable device further includes a communicator configured to receive the device control signal from the processor and to provide an output to the control system based on the state of the wearable device. At least the processor, the sensor, or the communicator receive power via the energy harvested by the energy harvesting device.
US11025299B2	Methods and apparatus for launching and receiving electromagnetic waves Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a coupler having a controller device; and a plurality of conductive members that each have a distal end, a proximal end, and a curved shape. Each of the plurality of conductive members can have an opening through a surface thereof, and each of the plurality of conductive members can be connected to the controller device. The distal end of each of the plurality of conductive members can be farther away from an outer surface of a transmission medium than the proximal end, and a width of each of the plurality of conductive members can increase in a direction from the proximal end to the distal end. The controller device can facilitate transmission of signals via the plurality of conductive members, and the signals can induce electromagnetic waves that propagate along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11025291B2	Low power, centralized data collection The systems and methods described herein are directed to techniques for improving battery life performance of end devices in resource monitoring systems which transmit data using low-power, wide area network (LPWAN) technologies. Further, the techniques include providing sensor interfaces in the end devices configured to communicate with multiple types of metrology sensors. Additionally, the systems and methods include techniques for reducing the size of a concentrator of a gateway device which receives resource measurement data from end devices. The reduced size of the concentrator results in smaller, more compact gateway devices that consume less energy and reduce heat dissipation experienced in gateway devices. The concentrator may comply with modular interface standards, and include two radios configured for transmitting 1-watt signals. Lastly, the systems and methods include techniques for fully redundant radio architecture within a gateway device, allowing for maximum range and minimizing downtime due to transmission overlap.
US11025288B2	Transceiver arrangement The present disclosure relates to a transceiver arrangement (1) comprising a transceiver device (2) having at least two transceiver ports (8b, 9b, 10b, 11 b), a beamforming network (5), and at least two antenna ports (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d). The transceiver device (2) comprises at least two low-noise amplifier (LNA) arrangements (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d), where each LNA arrangement (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) is connected to a respective transceiver port (8b, 9b, 10b, 11 b). The beamforming network (5) is arranged between the antenna ports (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) and the transceiver ports (8b, 9b, 10b, 11 b), whereby a radio frequency (RF) signal received on an antenna port (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) traverses the beamforming network (5) prior to being received on the transceiver ports (8b, 9b, 10b, 11 b). In a receive mode configuration of the transceiver arrangement, the beamforming network (5) is arranged to provide a beam-forming function, whereby the RF signal received on an antenna port is received on the transceiver ports with specific respective phase shifts.
US11025285B2	Electronic device with millimeter wave antennas An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays each of which includes multiple antenna elements. Phased antenna arrays may be mounted along edges of a housing for the electronic device, behind a dielectric window such as a dielectric logo window in the housing, in alignment with dielectric housing portions at corners of the housing, or elsewhere in the electronic device. A phased antenna array may include arrays of patch antenna elements on dielectric layers separated by a ground layer. A baseband processor may distribute wireless signals to the phased antenna arrays at intermediate frequencies over intermediate frequency signal paths. Transceiver circuits at the phased antenna arrays may include upconverters and downconverters coupled to the intermediate frequency signal paths.
US11025279B2	System and method for decoding encoded messages in a wireless communication system Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a received channel-encoded data block having information bits, a transmitted error-check value, and redundant code bits. The redundant code bits correspond to a channel code applied to the received channel-encoded data block prior to transmission via a communication channel. A channel code type is identified and responsive to it being systematic, the information bits and the transmitted error-check value are obtained without decoding according to the channel code. The received channel-encoded data block is checked according to the transmitted error-check value to obtain a result. Responsive to the result not indicating an error, extracting the information bits without decoding the received channel-encoded data block according to the channel code. Responsive to the result indicating an error, decoding the received channel-encoded data block according to the channel code to obtain decoded information bits. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11025276B2	Enhanced puncturing and low-density parity-check (LDPC) code structure Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to techniques for enhanced puncturing and low-density parity-check (LDPC) code structure. A method for wireless communications by a transmitting device is provided. The method generally includes encoding a set of information bits based on a LDPC code to produce a code word, the LDPC code defined by a base matrix having a first number of variable nodes and a second number of check nodes; puncturing the code word according to a puncturing pattern designed to puncture bits corresponding to at least two of the variable nodes to produce a punctured code word; adding at least one additional parity bit for the at least two punctured variable nodes; and transmitting the punctured code word.
US11025275B2	LDPC code block segmentation According to some embodiments, a method in a wireless transmitter comprises: receiving a plurality of bits for a wireless transmission; determining a maximum code block size for the transmission based on code rate, maximum code word size Nmax, and design parameters of the channel code; segmenting the plurality of bits into one or more code block segments such that no one of the one or more code block segments is larger than the determined maximum code block size; and transmitting the one or more code block segments to a wireless receiver. In particular embodiments, the design parameters of the channel code limit the maximum code block size to Kmax for any code rate. The determined maximum code block size may be limited by code rate and Nmax such that the maximum code block size does not exceed code rate times Nmax.
US11025274B2	Memory controller and method of data bus inversion using an error detection correction code Memory controllers, devices and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a memory controller includes write circuitry to transmit write data to a memory device, the write circuitry includes a write error detection correction (EDC) encoder to generate first error information associated with the write data. Data bus inversion (DBI) circuitry conditionally inverts data bits associated with each of the write data words based on threshold criteria. Read circuitry receives read data from the memory device. The read circuitry includes a read EDC encoder to generate second error information associated with the received read data. Logic evaluates the first and second error information and conditionally reverse-inverts at least a portion of the read data based on the decoding.
US11025272B2	Real-time history-based byte stream compression Systems and methods for stream-based compression include an encoder of a first device that may receive an input stream of bytes including a first byte preceded by one or more second bytes. The encoder may determine to identify a prefix code for the first byte. The encoder may select a prefix code table using the one or more second bytes. The encoder may identify, from the selected prefix code table, the prefix code of the first byte. The encoder may generate an output stream of bytes by replacing the first byte in the input stream with the prefix code of the first byte. The encoder may transmit the output stream from the encoder of the first device to a decoder of a second device. The output stream may have a fewer number of bits than the input stream.
US11025267B2	DAC and oscillation circuit The present technology relates to a DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) and an oscillation circuit that allow widening of a range of a voltage to be output from the DAC. A plurality of first switches is connected to a voltage-dividing resistor and each configured to output, as a first voltage, a voltage at a corresponding one of connection points between the voltage-dividing resistor and the plurality of first switches. A plurality of second switches is connected to the voltage-dividing resistor and each configured to output, as a second voltage, a voltage at a corresponding one of connection points between the voltage-dividing resistor and the plurality of second switches. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a VCO (Voltage-Controlled Oscillator) and the like that oscillates a signal with a frequency according to a voltage to be output from a DAC.
US11025261B2	Phase-locked loop monitor circuit A clock distribution circuit configured to output a clock signal includes a first circuit configured to use a reference clock signal to provide first and second reference signals, wherein the second reference signal indicates whether the first reference signal is locked with the reference clock signal; a second circuit configured to use the reference clock signal to provide an output signal and an indication signal indicative whether the output signal is locked with the reference clock signal; and a monitor circuit, coupled to the first and second circuits, and configured to use at least one of the first reference signal, the second reference signal, the output signal, and the indication signal to determine whether the second circuit is functioning correctly.
US11025256B2	Filter with direct current level shift and associated phase-locked loop circuit A filter includes a filter circuit, a first processing circuit, and a second processing circuit. The filter circuit receives an input signal from an input node of the filter, and converts the input signal into a voltage output. The first processing circuit provides a first control voltage to an output node of the filter according to the voltage output, wherein the first control voltage is derived from an alternating current (AC) component of the voltage output. The second processing circuit provides a second control voltage to the output node of the filter according to the voltage output, wherein the second control voltage is derived from applying DC level shift to a direct current (DC) component of the voltage output.
US11025254B1	Linear input and non-linear output threshold logic gate A new class of logic gates are presented that use non-linear polar material. The logic gates include multi-input majority gates and threshold gates. Input signals in the form of analog, digital, or combination of them are driven to first terminals of non-ferroelectric capacitors. The second terminals of the non-ferroelectric capacitors are coupled to form a majority node. Majority function of the input signals occurs on this node. The majority node is then coupled to a first terminal of a capacitor comprising non-linear polar material. The second terminal of the capacitor provides the output of the logic gate, which can be driven by any suitable logic gate such as a buffer, inverter, NAND gate, NOR gate, etc. Any suitable logic or analog circuit can drive the output and inputs of the majority logic gate. As such, the majority gate of various embodiments can be combined with existing transistor technologies.
US11025250B2	Oscillation sensor with calibration unit and measurement device The invention relates to an oscillating sensor for a measurement device comprising: an oscillator comprising: a resonance circuit for providing an oscillation signal; a gain stage configured to provide a feed-back to the resonance circuit to inject energy for excitation of the oscillator to maintain oscillation; at least one calibration element to adjust the open loop gain of the oscillator; a calibration unit to provide a modulated calibration control signal to selectively adjust an electrical measure of the at least one calibration element based on at least one predetermined duty cycle, wherein the calibration unit is further configured to provide the modulated calibration control signal with at least one cycle frequency which depends on the oscillation frequency.
US11025241B2	Comparator circuit and mobile device A comparator circuit includes a differential input circuit, a load circuit, a first current source, a first bias voltage supplying circuit, a third connection circuit, and a fourth connection circuit. The differential input circuit includes a first transistor to which a first input signal is supplied and a second transistor to which a second input signal is supplied. The load circuit includes a third transistor connected to the first transistor through a first connection circuit and a fourth transistor connected to the second transistor through a second connection circuit, gates of the third and fourth transistors being connected to the first connection circuit through a third capacitor. The first bias voltage supplying circuit supplies a first bias voltage to the gates of the third and fourth transistors and the third capacitor.
US11025235B2	Level shifter A level shifter includes: a first inverter suitable for inverting a signal of a first node based on a first pull-up voltage and a first pull-down voltage; a second inverter suitable for inverting the signal of the first node based on a second pull-up voltage and a second pull-down voltage; and a capacitor coupled between an output node of the first inverter and an output node of the second inverter.
US11025233B1	Oscillator circuit resistant to noise and jitter An oscillator circuit includes a bias circuit, a signal generation circuit, and a control circuit. The bias circuit is configured to generate a reference voltage based on a reference current and a bias resistor. The signal generation circuit is configured to generate a bias current based on the reference current, perform charging and discharging of a capacitor using the bias current, and generate an oscillation signal based on the charging and the discharging of the capacitor. The control circuit is configured to generate a control signal having a constant discharging time, based on the reference voltage and the oscillation signal, controlling the charging and the discharging of the capacitor.
US11025220B2	Acoustic wave device with high thermal conductivity layer on interdigital transducer An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, interdigital transducer electrodes including a predetermined number of electrode fingers disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, and a dielectric material layer having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate and between the interdigital transducer electrode fingers. The second portion is disposed above the interdigital transducer electrode fingers. The acoustic wave device further includes at least one thermally conductive bridge disposed within the dielectric material layer and contacting upper surfaces of at least two adjacent interdigital transducer electrode fingers to dissipate heat therefrom.
US11025219B2	Common-mode filter A filtering circuit includes at least two common-mode filters that are electrically coupled in series and magnetically coupled. The first common-mode filter includes first and second spiral inductors that are positively magnetically coupled and electrically isolated from each other. The second common-mode filter includes third and fourth spiral inductors that are positively magnetically coupled and electrically isolated from each other. The first and third spiral inductors are electrically connected in series and negatively magnetically coupled. Likewise, the second and fourth spiral inductors are electrically connected in series and negatively magnetically coupled.
US11025214B2	Low voltage class AB operational trans-conductance amplifier Described is high-current drive class AB operational trans-conductance amplifier (OTA) output that can operate under low supply voltages (e.g., below 0.9 V) while maintaining desired functionality (e.g., reliable startup behavior, well-defined biasing currents, phase margins for improved stability) over a broad range of process, voltage, and temperature variations. The class AB OTA comprises a pre-amplifier stage, and a differential OTA output stage coupled to the pre-amplifier stage, wherein the differential OTA output stage comprises at least four folded cascode transistors.
US11025212B1	Operational transconductance amplifier and a method for converting a differential input voltage to a differential output current An operational transconductance amplifier, that may include a first differential pair that comprises a first transistor and a second transistor that are coupled to each other at a certain node; wherein the first differential pair is configured to convert a differential input voltage to first and second output currents; a current source that is coupled to the certain node and may include an adjustable current sources; and a feedback unit that is coupled to the certain node and is configured to (a) receive the differential input voltage, and maintain a voltage of the certain node substantially fixed regardless of changes in the differential input voltage.
US11025202B2	High efficiency ultra-wideband amplifier An amplifier comprising a current-biased active device, a voltage-biased active device, the voltage-biased active device and the current-biased active device are connected in series, to form a cascade of active devices, and an input terminal and an output terminal, the cascade of active devices connected between the input terminal and the output terminal, having an output terminal for driving a load impedance with an output signal in response to an input signal applied to the input terminal.
US11025200B2	Magnetic coupling layers, structures comprising magnetic coupling layers and methods for fabricating and/or using same A magnetic structure is provided. The magnetic structure may have a first magnetic layer with a first magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer with a second magnetization direction and a coupling layer interposed between the first and second magnetic layers. The coupling layer may include at least one non-magnetic element and at least one magnetic element. The atomic ratio of the at least one non-magnetic element to the at least one magnetic element is (100−x):x, where x is an atomic concentration parameter. Atomic concentration parameter, x, may cause the first magnetic layer to be non-collinearly coupled to the second magnetic layer such that, in the absence of external magnetic field, the first magnetization direction is oriented at a non-collinear angle relative to the second magnetization direction.
US11025184B2	Rotation electric machine controller A rotation electric machine controller that is applied to a system including a rotation electric machine and a power converter is provided. The rotation electric machine controller includes: a d-axis command value set portion that sets a negative d-axis current command value; and an operation portion that operates the power converter to control a d-axis current to the d-axis current command value. The d-axis command value set portion increases an absolute value of the d-axis current command value in response to that the q-axis parameter is larger than the target value. The d-axis command value set portion decreases the absolute value of the d-axis current command value in response to that the q-axis parameter is less than the target value.
US11025183B2	Independent-speed-variable-frequency-generator-based constant frequency and narrow-band variable frequency power systems and methods A system may include an independent speed variable frequency (ISVF) generator configured to convert torque from a shaft to an AC power signal. The ISVF generator may have one or more pole pairs with an equivalent shaft frequency equaling a shaft frequency multiplied by the number of pole pairs. A generator control unit may set a generator output frequency of the ISVF generator equal to a lower frequency limit of an AC bus when the equivalent shaft frequency is less than the lower frequency limit, set the generator output frequency of the ISVF generator equal to an upper frequency limit of the AC bus when the equivalent shaft frequency is greater than the upper frequency limit, and set the generator output frequency of the ISVF generator equal to the equivalent shaft frequency when the equivalent shaft frequency is between the lower frequency limit and the upper frequency limit.
US11025176B2	Self-powered wireless optical communication systems and methods An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an optical communication system. The optical communication system can comprise a self-powered sensor and an optical array. The self-powered sensor can be configured to receive a mechanical input and generate an electrical signal corresponding to the mechanical input. The optical array can be configured to receive the electrical signal and generate an optical output. The optical output can correspond to the mechanical input.
US11025172B2	Three-level modulation for wide output voltage range isolated DC/DC converters A three-level modulation for an isolated multilevel DC/DC resonant converter offers output voltage regulation capability with fixed switching frequency and achieves high efficiency along with soft-switching of the power switches. The three-level modulation enables current balance in all power devices, therefore, realizes better thermal performance and longer circuit life. An efficient control method that combines the three-level modulation with conventional frequency modulation achieves a wide output voltage range with a narrow switching frequency range. At any given time, a control circuit selects one of two different modulation schemes to operate the primary-side switches of the resonant converter based on an output voltage, or to one or more external control signals. Together with a selected device switching frequency and duty cycles, the two modulation schemes generate different voltage waveforms to a primary-side transformer, which are coupled to the secondary-side to provide different output voltages.
US11025164B2	Fault detector for voltage converter Various embodiments of a fault detector for a voltage converter are described. In one example embodiment, briefly, the fault detector is capable to detect one or more fault events during operation of a voltage converter. Likewise, the fault detector is capable to generate one or more fault signals with respect to the one or more to be detected fault events. The one or more fault signals, in the example embodiment, to signal a disconnect switch of the voltage converter to electrically disconnect or otherwise via a high impedance state to limit current flow through at least one switch of a set of switches of the voltage converter. In another example embodiment, the fault detector, responsive to the one or more fault signals, capable to generate a bus interrupt signal on a pin out, such as of an integrated circuit (IC) for use with the voltage converter, or capable to toggle a fault indicator pin out of the IC. Other additional embodiments are also described.
US11025158B2	Power supply apparatus capable to extend hold-up time length of output voltage A power supply apparatus including a rectifier circuit, an energy storage circuit, a power conversion circuit, a detection circuit, an energy supplement circuit, and a control circuit is provided. The rectifier circuit rectifies an AC voltage and provides a DC voltage. The energy storage circuit and the energy supplement circuit store electrical energy according to the DC voltage. The power conversion circuit converts the DC voltage into an output voltage. The detection circuit detects a voltage amplitude of the AC voltage according to the DC voltage and generates a detection signal group accordingly. The control circuit is coupled to the detection circuit to receive the detection signal group. When the control circuit determines that the voltage amplitude of the AC voltage is less than or equal to a first threshold according to the detection signal group, the control circuit instructs the energy supplement circuit to charge the energy storage circuit.
US11025157B2	Control circuit, electric driving system, inverter system and method for controlling thereof The temperature of inverters and power semiconductor devices is detected at high speed and with high accuracy. The electronic control circuit includes a vector instruction circuit for calculating an efficiency value of an inverter corresponding to a torque instruction value, and a temperature estimation circuit for estimating a temperature of the power semiconductor element based on the efficiency value of the inverter and a duty cycle for driving the power semiconductor element constituting the inverter.
US11025154B2	Gate driving circuit, charge pump, and chip with same A gate driving circuit for a charge pump with slowed rates of current change for reduced EMI emissions includes at least one gate driving sub-circuit. Each gate driving sub-circuit includes a first current mirror, a first PMOS transistor, a first NMOS transistor, and a second current mirror. Gates of the first PMOS transistor and the first NMOS transistor receive a clock signal. Drains of the first PMOS transistor and the first NMOS transistor output a driving signal. When the first PMOS transistor is turned on, the first current mirror provides a charging current. When the first NMOS transistor is turned on, the second current mirror provides a discharge current.
US11025141B2	On-board electric compressor with a motor and noise reducing unit with inverter device having a damping unit reducing Q value of low pass filter circuit An on-board electric compressor that comprises: a housing; a compression unit; an electric motor; and an inverter device. The inverter device comprises: an inverter circuit that converts direct current power to alternating current power; and a noise reduction unit that is provided on an input side of the inverter circuit and that reduces common mode noise and normal mode noise that are included in the direct current power The noise reduction unit comprises: a common mode choke coil; and a smoothing capacitor that, in cooperation with the common mode choke coil, constitutes a low pass filter circuit. The common mode choke coil has: a core that has a first core part and a second core part; a first winding that is wound around the first core part; and a second winding that is wound around the second core part.
US11025120B2	Single-phase brushless high-speed motor A single phase brushless high-speed motor, comprising: an outer housing, a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly; the stator assembly including a coil bobbin, stator coils and a stator core; the stator core including two core blocks, which comprise tooth portions, two opposite ends of the tooth portions being provided with a first magnetic yoke and a second magnetic yoke; the tooth portions of the stator core being engaged with each other to form an inner hole of the stator; the rotor assembly comprising an integral bearing, one end of the integral bearing being connected to an impeller, and the other end being mounted around magnets, which form magnetic body having two poles. The volume of the single-phase brushless motor is decreased and the requirements for the miniaturization of single-phase brushless motors are satisfied by arranging a mounting structure comprising a stator assembly and a rotor assembly.
US11025114B2	Rotor for an electric machine A rotor for an electric machine includes a core having circumferentially-spaced, axially-extending posts, and defining an axial passage, a winding carried by each of the posts and comprising an electrically-conductive wire repeatedly wound around the post such that a portion of the winding extends axially beyond the post to define an overhang with upper and lower surfaces connected by an end, and a hollow shaft defining a rotor inner surface and a rotor outer surface.
US11025104B2	Electric machine An electric machine includes a stator assembly including a first stator segment and a second stator segment, the first and second stator segments each including a plurality of laminations extending generally along a circumferential direction, each pair of adjacent laminations of the first and second stator segments defining a gap therebetween. The first and second stator segments are assembled together such that the laminations of the first stator segment are arranged at least partially in the gaps between the laminations of the second stator segment.
US11025093B2	Personal care product system with flux guiding members A personal care product system is provided. The personal care product system has a stand that has a first and second stand permanent docking magnet. A stand inductive charging coil is also positioned within the stand. A handle that has first and second handle permanent docking magnets is removably mounted to the stand. A handle inductive charging coil is positioned within the handle. The handle has a first handle flux guiding member and a second handle flux guiding member. The stand has a first stand flux guiding member.
US11025077B2	Charging system and method of controlling power supply to terminal This invention enables to perform charging control independent of a power supply source. A charging device supplies power to a terminal via a cable or wirelessly. The charging device that supplies power to the terminal via a cable or wirelessly includes a remaining battery amount acquirer and a power supply controller. The remaining battery amount acquirer of the charging device that supplies power to the terminal via a cable or wirelessly acquires the remaining battery amount of the terminal. The power supply controller of the charging device that supplies power to the terminal via a cable or wirelessly controls the start and stop of supply of power to the terminal based on the acquired remaining battery amount.
US11025075B2	Portable power case with heat-resistant material Systems, methods, and articles for a portable power case are disclosed. The portable power case is comprised of at least one battery and at least one PCB. The portable power case has at least two access ports, at least two leads, or at least one access port and at least one lead and at least one USB port. The portable power case is operable to supply power to an amplifier, a radio, a wearable battery, a mobile phone, and a tablet. The portable power case is operable to be charged using solar panels, vehicle batteries, AC adapters, non-rechargeable batteries, and generators. The portable power case provides for modularity that allows the user to disassemble and selectively remove the batteries installed within the portable power case housing.
US11025059B2	Switch systems for controlling conduction of multi-phase current A switching system includes a transformer and a switching assembly for controlling conduction of current from a power source to a first load along a power cable. The switching assembly includes a switch cell conductively coupled to the power cable. The transformer has a primary winding and a secondary winding. The secondary winding is conductively coupled to the switch cell. The primary winding is conductively coupled to a switch controller via the power cable. The transformer is configured to receive an activation control signal from the switch controller at the primary winding via the power cable and convey the activation control signal to the switch cell via the secondary winding. The switch cell is configured to activate and conduct the current from the power source to the first load along the power cable responsive to receiving the activation control signal from the switch controller.
US11025053B2	Surge protection circuit and surge protection method A surge protection circuit protection circuit includes a first series-connected line formed by at least two TVSs connected in series. One end of the line is connected to a positive terminal, and another is connected to a negative terminal. A second series-connected line is formed by at least one TSS. One end is connected between the at least two TVSs in the first series-connected line, and another end is grounded. The first line is connected in parallel to a protected circuit. When a differential-mode surge voltage appears at the ends of the first line, a voltage of a backend connection circuit is clamped to a first value. When a common-mode surge voltage appears at the two ends of the first line to the ground end, respectively, voltages to ground of the positive terminal and the negative terminal are reduced to a second value.
US11025052B2	SCR based AC precharge protection Power converters, protection systems and methods to protect a precharge circuit in which a precharge resistor voltage is indirectly monitored during a normal operating mode, and a rectifier and an inverter are selectively disabled in response to the indirectly measured precharge resistor voltage indicating a fault in a precharge circuit SCR.
US11025049B2	Self-test auto monitor ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) with power denial A circuit interrupting device including one or more line terminals for connecting to an external power supply, one or more load terminals for connecting to an external load, one or more contacts electrically connecting one or more line terminals to one or more load terminals; and an auto-monitoring circuit. The auto-monitoring circuit continuously monitoring one or more signals to determine an operating state of said circuit interrupting device. Wherein if said auto-monitoring circuit determines that said circuit interrupting device has reached its end-of-life and it is determined that the contacts have not failed, then a signal is driven to a first level to actuate a switch and open the contacts. Wherein said signal is further driven to a second level to inhibit said circuit interrupting device from resetting when it is determined that contacts of said interrupting device have failed. Wherein the second level has a voltage greater than zero volts.
US11025047B2	Backflow prevention circuit and power supply circuit Provided is a backflow prevention circuit including a backflow prevention transistor as a p-channel MOS transistor interposed in series between an input terminal to which a power supply voltage is supplied, and an output-stage transistor as a p-channel MOS transistor, configured to supply an output voltage from an output terminal, and a backflow prevention control circuit configured to turn off the backflow prevention transistor if the output voltage exceeds the power supply voltage. The backflow prevention control circuit includes a first transistor, a first current source circuit, and a level shift circuit.
US11025046B2	Power switch circuit A power switch circuit is disclosed. The power switch circuit includes a switch circuit, a first current protection circuit, a second current protection circuit and a selection circuit. The switch circuit is coupled between an input terminal and an output terminal. The switch circuit includes a first sensing switch, a second sensing switch and a power switch. The first sensing switch, the second sensing switch and the power switch are the same cell. The first current protection circuit is coupled to the second sensing switch. The second current protection circuit is coupled to the first sensing switch. The selection circuit is coupled to the switch circuit, first current protection circuit and second current protection circuit. The selection circuit generates a selection signal according to an output voltage to selectively enable the first current protection circuit or second current protection circuit.
US11025032B2	Double sided cooling of laser diode A laser diode device includes: a first heat sink including a first mounting layer, in which the first mounting layer includes at least two mounting pads electrically isolated from one another; a second heat sink including a second mounting layer, in which the second mounting layer includes at least two mounting pads electrically isolated from one another; and a laser diode bar between the first heat sink and the second heat sink, in which a bottom electrical contact of the laser diode bar is mounted to the first mounting layer, and a top electrical contact of the laser diode bar is mounted to the second mounting layer.
US11025024B2	Crimping hand tool A crimping hand tool configured to crimp a cable and a housing. The crimping hand tool includes a first body having at least one guiding structure, a second body is pivoted to the first body to rotate with respect to each other to be unfolded and folded, a linking member is pivoted to the second body, and the linking member has a slot, a crimping assembly is pivoted to the linking member and is slidably coupled to the guiding structure, and a shaft is movably inserted in the first body and the slot of the linking member. After the housing and cores are placed into the first body, the second and first body are folded with respect to each other to drive the crimping assembly to move along the guiding structure through the linking member to crimp the housing and the cable together.
US11025023B2	Smart quick connect device for electrical fixtures A device for connecting an electrical fixture with electrical power supply wiring, and for mounting the fixture on a support includes a plug, a socket, and a sensing unit for at least one of wirelessly communicating a sensed condition and wirelessly receiving a signal, with the sensing unit electrically coupled to at least one of the plug and socket. The socket includes a socket body having at least one internal cavity therein with an electrically conductive contact terminal disposed within the cavity for establishing an electrical connection between the electrical power supply wiring and the socket. The plug is rigidly fixed to the fixture and insertable into the socket, with the plug having at least one male connector electrically connected to the fixture and engageable with the contact terminal within the socket to establish a circuit between the electrical fixture and the electrical power wiring. A releasable latch is carried on the combination of the plug and the socket for releasably mounting the fixture on the support.
US11025020B2	Peripheral device A peripheral device having a connector receptacle capable of identifying a master-slave mode includes a body and a connector module. The connector module includes a processing unit, an energy storage unit, and a connector receptacle. When the connector module is connected to an electronic device through a power positive terminal, a power negative terminal, a signal positive terminal, a signal negative terminal, and a transmission cable, the processing unit transmits a notification signal to the electronic device through the positive terminal of the signal and the negative terminal of the signal to notify the electronic device that the electronic device does not need to provide power to the peripheral device.
US11025016B2	Electrical assembly to prevent improper installation An electrical assembly is provided with a housing with an opening. An electrical terminal assembly is received within the housing. A cover is in cooperation with the housing to enclose the opening. An interference projection extends from a terminal position assurance assembly (TPA) or the cover and is in cooperation with the other of the TPA or the cover to prevent the cover from enclosing the opening of the housing when the electrical terminal assembly is improperly installed in the housing.
US11025014B1	Shield component for use with modular electrical connector to reduce crosstalk A shield member for use in a modular electrical connector. The shield member includes mounting sections and shielding sections. The mounting sections are for mounting to a substrate. The shielding sections have first sections and second sections. The second sections are positioned in a different plane than the first sections. Transition sections extend between the first sections and the second sections. Substrate receiving slots are provided in the first sections and the second sections. Resilient portions are provided on either side of the substrate receiving slots. Contact surfaces extend into the substrate receiving slots. The resilient portions cause a normal force to be applied to the contact surfaces to maintain the contact surfaces in mechanical and electrical engagement with respective ground traces of modules of the modular electrical connector.
US11025012B2	High frequency electrical connector An electrical connector with an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained thereto. The housing includes a base and a tongue extending forwardly from the base. Each first contact includes, along the front-to-back direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, a front first contacting section, exposed above a mating face of the tongue, a rear first soldering section extending out of the housing, and a first connecting section located therebetween wherein in the pair of first different contacts, the first connecting sections are transversely offset from the corresponding first contacting sections and toward each other so as to have therebetween a distance, in the transverse direction, smaller than that between the corresponding first contacting sections.
US11025007B2	Electronic component The size of an electronic component is made reducible so as to match a downsized connection object. The electronic component includes a first pin terminals, a second pin terminals, and an external connection case having a retention wall for retaining the first pin terminals and the second pin terminals. The first pin terminals and the second pin terminals have connector-connection portions and external connection portions, respectively. Clearances between adjacent connector-connection portions are made larger than corresponding clearances between adjacent external connection portions.
US11024997B2	Electrical connector system with vibration prevention An electrical plug contact for high-current applications. The plug contact encompasses a housing that extends along a longitudinal axis and an interior space for receiving a single counterpart contact element. The plug contact encompasses a cable having a plurality of strands, the cable being guided from an exterior space of the housing into the interior space and being fastened thereon. The cable has an end in the interior space, the cable having, adjacently to the end, a damping portion in which the cable is split into a plurality of separate conductors; a plurality of contacting elements, each of which is arranged suitable for electrically and mechanically contacting the single counterpart contact element, each of which is secured on a corresponding one of at least two of the conductor strands, so that each conductor strand is connected to one contact element, and so that each conductor strand is at the same electrical potential.
US11024990B2	Connector assembly for connecting multiple cables to electrical device A connector is configured to mate with a second connector and a third connector. The connector includes a housing, terminals equipped in the housing that are configured to connect to third terminals provided in the third connector, and coupling terminals that can at least connect to a second terminal provided in the second connector. The terminals include an electric wire connecting part that is configured to connect to electric wires included in a cable connected to the housing and a contact part that is configured to make contact with the third terminals. The electric wire connecting part and contact part positions are offset with regard to a direction orthogonal to a mating direction.
US11024986B2	Cable connector for electric parking brake actuator A cable connector assembly for an electrical device, which includes a cable connector having a pressing-member receiver, the pressing-member receiver including an electrically-conductive contact or a receiver for an electrically-conductive contact and an opposed wall portion. A cable having a cable terminal which is positionable on the cable connector in contact with the electrically-conductive contact is provided as well. A pressing member, such as a spring element, is provided which is insertable into the pressing-member receiver to contact the wall portion and the cable terminal, the pressing member holding the cable terminal against the electrically-conductive contact.
US11024984B2	Contact carrier, electrical contact unit and a method of producing a cable assembly A contact carrier for an electrical contact device comprises a contact carrier body and a contact element disposed in the contact carrier body. The contact carrier body has a connecting section and a conductor clamping section. The conductor clamping section is substantially closed in a circumferential direction of the contact carrier body and extends along a longitudinal direction of the contact carrier body. The contact element has a contact section extending from the connecting section for contacting a mating contact element.
US11024978B2	Antenna An antenna includes an antenna body, a feeding network board screw-connected to the antenna body, and a feeding spring pin connecting the coupling feeding branch with a feeding network of the feeding network board. The antenna body includes a plastic bracket, an antenna radiating sheet provided on a top of the plastic bracket, and a coupling feeding branch provided on a side portion of the plastic bracket. The plastic bracket is formed into one piece, the antenna radiating sheet and the coupling feeding branch are spaced apart from and coupled with each other. The antenna of the present invention has good consistency, high reliability, is easy to assemble without welding, and has a simple overall structure, low cost and small size, and can be used for 5G large-scale antenna array deployment.
US11024977B2	Tunable dielectric metamaterial lens device for radar sensing A tunable dielectric metamaterial device for radar sensing comprises at least one metamaterial layer a plurality of electrically conductive electrodes and a plurality of electrically conductive control lines. The metamaterial layer includes a plurality of dielectric resonators comprising tunable material, wherein at least one electromagnetic property of the tunable material varies with an externally controllable electric field applied to it. Two distinct electrically conductive electrodes each are arranged in a spaced manner at any one of the dielectric resonators to cover the dielectric resonator. The electrically conductive control lines are configured for controlling the electric field to be applied to the tunable material, wherein each electrically conductive line is electrically connected to an electrically conductive electrode. For at least two dielectric resonators, the electrically conductive electrodes that are arranged in the same layer to cover the at least two dielectric resonators are distinct from each other.
US11024972B2	Antenna and antenna module including the antenna An antenna includes feed pads; a radiating portion disposed on one side of the feed pads and spaced apart from the feed pads, the radiating portion being constituted by a single conductor plate; and a ground part disposed on an opposite side of the feed pads from the radiating portion; wherein each of the feed pads has a polygonal shape.
US11024969B2	Multi-input multi-output antenna structure Provided is a multi-input multi-output antenna structure configured on a substrate, and the multi-input multi-output antenna structure includes two dipole antennas and two second grounded radiators. Each dipole antenna is used for resonating a first frequency band and a second frequency band. Each dipole antenna includes a feed-in radiator and a first grounded radiator. The feed-in radiator has a feed-in end. The first grounded radiator is disposed beside the feed-in radiator and has a first grounded end. The two second grounded radiators are positioned between the two dipole antennas, the two second grounded radiators are separated from the two first grounded radiators and are respectively corresponding to the two first grounded radiators, and a bent gap is formed between the two second grounded radiators.
US11024960B2	Scanned antenna and method of manufacturing scanned antenna A scanning antenna includes a TFT substrate including a plurality of TFTs supported by a first dielectric substrate and a plurality of patch electrodes, a slot substrate including a slot electrode supported by a second dielectric substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate, and a reflective conductive plate disposed opposing the second dielectric substrate across a dielectric layer. The slot electrode includes a plurality of slots disposed corresponding to the plurality of patch electrodes, each patch electrode is connected to a drain of the corresponding TFT, the slot electrode includes Cu layers, and lower metal layers and/or an upper metal layer, and the lower metal layer and/or the upper metal layer decrease about a half or more of a tensile stress of the Cu layer.
US11024959B2	Signal transmission apparatus and system A signal transmission apparatus includes: a shielding cabinet and at least one group of first signal transceiver assemblies, at least one antenna assembly, and a first installation structure that are disposed inside the shielding cabinet, where the first installation structure has a one-to-one correspondence with the at least one group of first signal transceiver assemblies, each antenna assembly includes an antenna probe and a signal cable that are connected to each other, and the antenna probe performs, by using the signal cable, signal transmission with another signal transmission apparatus disposed outside the shielding cabinet; signal transmission is performed between the first signal transceiver assembly and the antenna probe in a wireless manner; and each first installation structure can drive a corresponding group of first signal transceiver assemblies to move.
US11024956B2	Antenna device Antenna device includes substrate, antenna formed on front side of substrate, first ground formed on front side of substrate, and second ground formed on back side of the substrate. Second ground is larger in area than antenna and larger in area than first ground. First ground is insulated from antenna and is connected with second ground through an end of substrate. Consequently, overall antenna device can come down in size while maintaining a capability of antenna.
US11024953B2	Antenna-integrated module and radar device An antenna-integrated module includes: one or more semiconductor chips each including a silicon substrate, a metal layer stacked on a first surface of the silicon substrate, and one or more frequency converters; an insulating layer that surrounds the one or more semiconductor chips; a re-distribution layer that is stacked on a first surface of the insulating layer and on a first surface of the metal layer; one or more first antenna elements that are provided on the first surface of the metal layer with a first conductor pattern and that are connected to the one or more frequency converters; and one or more second antenna elements that are provided with a second conductor pattern on a first surface of the re-distribution layer stacked on the first surface of the insulating layer and that are connected to the one or more frequency converters.
US11024950B2	Wideband laser-induced plasma filament antenna with modulated conductivity An antenna comprising: a radio frequency (RF) coupler; a transceiver communicatively coupled to the RF coupler; a laser configured to generate a plurality of femtosecond laser pulses so as to create, without the use of high voltage electrodes, a laser-induced plasma filament (LIPF) in atmospheric air, wherein the laser is operatively coupled to the RF coupler such that RF energy is transferred between the LIPF and the RF coupler; and wherein the laser is configured to modulate a characteristic of the laser pulses at a rate within the range of 1 Hz to 1 GHz so as to modulate a conduction efficiency of the LIPF thereby creating a variable impedance LIPF antenna.
US11024939B2	Device and method for reducing interference with adjacent satellites using a mechanically gimbaled asymmetrical-aperture antenna Methods, apparatuses, and systems for two-way satellite communication and an asymmetric-aperture antenna for two-way satellite communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a beam pattern for an asymmetric-aperture antenna is offset in a narrow beamwidth direction, and the offset beam pattern is directed by a mechanical gimbal, with the beam pattern offset made to reduce interference with an adjacent satellite. In additional embodiments, operational areas near the equator are identified for a given offset beam pattern, or a beam pattern offset may be adjusted over time to compensate for movement of the asymmetric-aperture antenna when attached to an airplane, boat, or other mobile vehicle.
US11024933B2	Waveguide comprising an extruded dielectric waveguide core that is coextruded with an outer conductive layer A method of making a waveguide, comprises: extruding a first dielectric material as a waveguide core of the waveguide, wherein the waveguide core is elongate; and coextruding an outer layer with the waveguide core, wherein the outer layer is arranged around the waveguide core.
US11024929B2	Battery pack including release cover A battery pack including: a battery cell provided with electrode terminals formed on one surface thereof and including a sealing surplus portion; a release cover having a label portion attached onto the one surface of the battery cell and displaying information; and a protection circuit module assembly connected to the battery cell through the electrode terminals, wherein the protection circuit module assembly may include: a protection circuit substrate electrically connected to the electrode terminals; an external input/output terminal formed on the protection circuit substrate; and an insulation member positioned between the protection circuit substrate and the battery cell, and wherein the release cover may be formed to enclose the protection circuit module assembly seated on the sealing surplus portion.
US11024924B2	Methods of welding a bonding connector of a contact plate to a battery cell terminal Embodiments are directed to establishing a direct electrical bond between a bonding connector of a contact plate and a battery cell in a battery module. In a first embodiment, an oscillating laser is used to weld the bonding connector to a battery cell terminal over a target area over which the bonding connector makes non-flush contact. In a second embodiment, the bonding connector is flattened to reduce a gap between the bonding connector and the target area on the battery cell terminal, and then laser-welded (e.g., using an oscillating or non-oscillating laser). In a third embodiment, at least one hold-down mechanism is applied over the bonding connector to secure the bonding connector to the battery cell terminal, after which the bonding connector is laser-welded to the battery cell terminal.
US11024921B2	Component insulation systems An insulation system for a vehicle includes a vehicle component that operates at an operating temperature that is higher than an initial temperature, an insulation member thermally coupled to the vehicle component and thermally coupled to an ambient medium, the insulation member including an enclosed chamber, the enclosed chamber including a chamber wall that defines an interior volume, and carbon dioxide positioned within the interior volume of the enclosed chamber, where the chamber wall prevents flow of the carbon dioxide out of the enclosed chamber.
US11024917B2	Retaining element for use on an accumulator, and associated retaining device A retaining element provided for two-stage fastening to an accumulator or which is part of an accumulator, safeguards against removal from a retaining device. The retaining device is oriented toward the retaining element and is fastened in an interior of tubes of a bicycle frame of an electrically driven bicycle.
US11024908B2	Electrochemical device and method for manufacturing same The present application relates to an electrochemical device and a method for manufacturing the same. The electrochemical device includes: a first outer case defining an accommodating chamber therein; an electrode assembly accommodated in the accommodating chamber of the first outer case; and a second outer case including a heat shrinkable wrapping layer, the first outer case being wrapped in the heat shrinkable wrapping layer.
US11024906B2	Button cell having winding electrode and method for the production thereof A button cell includes a housing having a metal cell cup having a cell cup plane region and a metal cell top having a cell top plane region. An electrode winding is disposed within the housing, the electrode winding having a first end side and a second end side, the electrode winding being formed from a multi-layer assembly wound in a spiral shape, the multi-layer assembly including a positive electrode formed from a current collector. A conductor is connected to the current collector, wherein the conductor at least partially lies flat between (i) the first end side of the electrode winding and (ii) a first of the cell cup plane region or the cell top plane region. The first conductor is welded to the first of the cell cup plane region or the cell top plane region. An insulator is positioned between the first conductor and the electrode winding.
US11024886B2	Electrode assembly having plurality of lithium metal sheets or lithium alloy sheets for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery and battery module including same The present invention relates to an electrode assembly for a lithium secondary battery, a lithium secondary battery and a battery module comprising the same, and in particular, to an electrode assembly for a lithium secondary battery capable of, by changing a form of a lithium negative electrode current collector and thereby minimizing an interface of the negative electrode current collector exposed to a electrolyte, fundamentally blocking a corrosion reaction focusing on the negative electrode current collector caused by the liquid electrolyte in the art, and a lithium secondary battery and a battery module including the same.
US11024882B2	Electrolytic solution for secondary battery, secondary battery, battery pack, electrically driven vehicle, power storage system, electrically driven tool, and electronic device A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution including at least one of sulfonyl compounds expressed by R(—S(═O)2—Rf)n, where R represents an n-valent hydrocarbon group including one or two or more aliphatic hydrocarbon rings, Rf includes one of a halogen group and a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group, n is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
US11024877B2	Anode-free solid-state battery cells with anti-dendrite and interface adhesion controlled functional layers Provided herein are apparatus, systems, and methods of powering electric vehicles. A battery pack can be disposed in an electric vehicle to power the electric vehicle. The apparatus can include a battery cell. A battery cell can have a housing that defines a cavity. The battery cell can have a solid electrolyte. The electrolyte can be arranged within the cavity. The battery cell can have a cathode disposed within the cavity along a first side of the electrolyte. The battery cell can have a functional layer disposed within the cavity along a second side of the electrolyte. A first side of the functional layer can be in contact with a second side of the electrolyte. The functional layer can form an alloy with lithium material received via the electrolyte. The battery cell can have a scaffold layer disposed within the cavity along a second side of the functional layer.
US11024871B2	Battery module for secondary battery Provided is a battery module for a secondary battery. The battery module includes a busbar for a connection of electrode tabs. According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, in a battery module for a secondary battery, a thickness of a welded portion may be reduced while maintaining a total cross-sectional area of a busbar when electrode tabs of each of secondary batteries are connected in series or in parallel by a laser welding. Thus, the battery module may have an enhanced welding quality, and also may have an effect of being applicable to a high-capacity battery or a battery that is used for a long period of time.
US11024868B2	Secondary battery cell The present application provides a second battery cell comprising first and second electrodes, first and second tabs, and a separator. The first electrode and second electrode include first and second current collectors and first and second active material layers respectively. The first and second electrodes are formed with first and second tab accommodating grooves for accommodating the first and second tabs respectively. The first tabs are arranged in pairs, and two first tabs in each pair are respectively located on the upper and lower sides of the first winding starting section of the first electrode along the thickness direction of the secondary battery cell; and/or the second tabs are arranged in pairs, and two second tabs in each pair are respectively located on the upper and lower sides of the second winding starting section of the second electrode along the thickness direction of the secondary battery cell.
US11024845B2	Moisture-limited electrode active material, moisture-limited electrode and lithium secondary battery comprising the same Disclosed are an electrode active material containing moisture in an amount less than 2,000 ppm per 1 g of lithium metal oxide or moisture in an amount less than 7,000 ppm per 1 cm3 of the lithium metal oxide, and an electrode containing moisture in an amount less than 2,000 ppm per 1 cm3 of an electrode mix.
US11024843B2	Lithium titanate anode and fabrication method for solid state batteries A solid-state battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator between the positive and negative electrodes. The negative electrode includes reduced lithium titanate (LTO) particles and solid electrolyte particles. The negative electrode lacks electronically conductive additives.
US11024836B2	Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for manufacturing the same, positive electrode mixed material paste for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery The present invention has an object to provide a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which not only suppresses gelation of a positive electrode mixed material paste upon producing the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery but also improves the stability thereof. Provided is the positive electrode active material represented by general formula LisNi1−x−y−zCoxMnyMzO2+α (0≤x≤0.35, 0≤y≤0.35, 0≤z≤0.10, 0.95
US11024820B2	Photo-patterned emissive layer containing passivated quantum dots, arrangement of light-emitting devices including same, and method of making same A method is disclosed for forming an emissive layer of a light-emitting device. One or more layers of the light-emitting device are formed. A solution including quantum dots having ligands at the outer surface thereof is contacted with the uppermost layer of the light-emitting device. A portion of the solution is subjected to external activation stimuli to form a crosslinked layer on the uppermost formed layer of the light-emitting device, the crosslinked layer including the ligands at the outer surface of the quantum dots in a crosslinked state. The solution is washed away, and the crosslinked layer is contacted with ligand exchange solution including compact ligands to perform a ligand exchange. Also disclosed is a light-emitting device including an anode, cathode, and emissive layer disposed therebetween, the emissive layer including quantum dots and compact ligands at the outer surface thereof.
US11024806B2	Aromatic amine derivative, and organic electroluminescent element comprising the same An aromatic amine derivative represented by the following formula (1) wherein at least one of Ar1 to Ar4 is a heterocyclic group represented by the following formula (2) wherein X1 is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
US11024799B2	Methods of manufacturing a magnetic field sensor A semiconductor process integrates three bridge circuits, each include magnetoresistive sensors coupled as a Wheatstone bridge on a single chip to sense a magnetic field in three orthogonal directions. The process includes various deposition and etch steps forming the magnetoresistive sensors and a plurality of flux guides on one of the three bridge circuits for transferring a “Z” axis magnetic field onto sensors orientated in the XY plane.
US11024796B2	Method of manufacturing an ultrasonic probe Provided are an ultrasonic probe and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes: forming a plurality of grooves by removing regions of a first insulating layer and a first silicon wafer from a first substrate including the first silicon wafer and the first insulating layer; bonding a second substrate including a second silicon wafer, a second insulating layer, and a silicon thin layer to the first substrate, such that the plurality of grooves turn into a plurality of cavities; removing the second silicon wafer from the second substrate; forming transducer cells on regions of the second insulating layer corresponding to the plurality of cavities; and forming a plurality of unit substrates by cutting the first substrate, the silicon thin layer, and the second insulating layer.
US11024795B2	Reducing parasitic capacities in a microelectronic device A microelectronic device including a substrate including, in a stack, a base portion, a dielectric portion and an upper layer with a semi-conductive material base, at least one electrical connection element made of an electrically conductive material located above the upper layer and electrically insulated from the upper layer at least by a dielectric layer, the dielectric layer being in contact with the surface of the upper layer, at least one dielectric element including at least one trench forming a closed edge at the periphery or upright of at least one portion of the dielectric electrical connection element, located at least partially in the upper layer and delimiting a closed zone of said upper layer, at least one dielectric element having a portion exposed to the surface of the upper layer, device wherein the dielectric layer totally covers the exposed portion of at least one dielectric element.
US11024793B1	High-resolution sensing of piezo-electric transducers In a driver for a piezo-electric transducer, when a converter circuit and a sensing circuit are the same circuit, many limitations exist on the accuracy of the sensing, due to multiple parasitic effects arising from the interconnection of the power devices. These limitations may limit viability of the sensing for many applications, in particular an accurate determination of when the force on the piezo-electric transducer is fully removed. Providing an additional switch in the sensing circuit configured to repeatedly zero the sensed voltage across the piezo-electric transducer each time the sensed voltage reaches a threshold voltage generates a plurality of voltage segments between zero and the threshold voltage. Accordingly, a controller may then be configured to generate a digital reconstruction of the sensed voltage across the piezo-electric transducer by adding the plurality of voltage segments.
US11024791B1	Magnetically stabilized magnetic Josephson junction memory cell A memory cell is provided that comprises a first superconductor electrode, a second superconductor electrode, and a magnetic Josephson junction (MJJ) stack disposed between the first superconductor electrode and the second superconductor electrode. The MJJ stack includes a magnetic reference layer and a magnetic storage layer. The memory cell further comprises a magnetically stabilizing structure disposed between the MJJ stack and the second superconductor electrode, wherein the magnetic stabilizing structure magnetically couples with the magnetic reference layer to strengthen the fixed state of the magnetic reference layer.
US11024783B2	Light emitting device and display apparatus A light emitting device includes a light emitting part 21, a black layer 51, and a light diffusion part 41 that is formed on or above the black layer 51. The black layer 51 is provided with an opening part 53 that allows light emitted from the light emitting part to pass through it. Then, light having passed through the opening part 53 passes through the light diffusion part 41.
US11024778B2	Large scale film containing quantum dots or dye, and production method therefor The present disclosure relates to a large scale film containing quantum dots or a dye, a method of preparing the large scale film, including: forming quantum dots or a dye dispersed in a solvent in the form of fibers or beads; applying pressure to an adhesive film to make the fibers or the beads adhere thereto; and curing the adhesive film onto which the fibers or the beads have adhered, and fibers or beads of quantum dots or a dye which are prepared by electrospinning.
US11024764B2	Method for producing an output coupling element for an optoelectronic component and optoelectronic component A method for producing an output coupling element and an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes providing an inorganic dielectric element with a surface in a chamber, wherein the inorganic dielectric element rotates in the chamber during operation and providing a structuring agent comprising water and ozone and introducing the structuring agent into the chamber so that the structuring agent contacts the surface of the inorganic dielectric element and a roughening is produced in the surface, wherein the inorganic dielectric element comprises aluminum oxide.
US11024763B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same An object is to provide a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor with excellent electrical characteristics and high reliability and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device with high mass productivity. A main point is to form a low-resistance oxide semiconductor layer as a source or drain region after forming a drain or source electrode layer over a gate insulating layer and to form an oxide semiconductor film thereover as a semiconductor layer. It is preferable that an oxygen-excess oxide semiconductor layer be used as a semiconductor layer and an oxygen-deficient oxide semiconductor layer be used as a source region and a drain region.
US11024750B2	Quantum capacitance graphene varactors and fabrication methods A plate varactor includes a dielectric substrate and a first electrode embedded in a surface of the substrate. A capacitor dielectric layer is disposed over the first electrode, and a layer of graphene is formed over the dielectric layer to contribute a quantum capacitance component to the dielectric layer. An upper electrode is formed on the layer of graphene. Other embodiments and methods for fabrication are also included.
US11024743B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a first oxide insulating layer over a first insulating layer, an oxide semiconductor layer over the first oxide insulating layer, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer over the oxide semiconductor layer, a second insulating layer over the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer, a second oxide insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer over the second oxide insulating layer, a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer, and a third insulating layer over the second insulating layer, the second oxide insulating layer, the gate insulating layer, and the gate electrode layer. A side surface portion of the second insulating layer is in contact with the second oxide insulating layer. The gate electrode layer includes a first region and a second region. The first region has a width larger than that of the second region.
US11024736B2	Transistor and methods of forming integrated circuitry A transistor comprises a top source/drain region, a bottom source/drain region, a channel region vertically between the top and bottom source/drain regions, and a gate operatively laterally-adjacent the channel region. At least one of the top source/drain region, the bottom source/drain region, and the channel region are crystalline. All crystal grains within the at least one of the top source/drain region, the bottom source/drain region, and the channel region have average crystal sizes within 0.064 μm3 of one another. Other embodiments, including methods, are disclosed.
US11024733B2	Laterally diffused MOSFET with low RspQg product An improved laterally diffused MOSFET (LDMOS) device enables an ability to tune some device parameters independently of other device parameters and/or provides a device architecture with component dimensions that significantly improve device performance. The LDMOS device includes a stepped gate having a first portion with a thin gate insulator over a body region and a second portion with a thick gate insulator over part of a drift region. In some embodiments, a gate shield is disposed over another part of the drift region to reduce a gate-drain capacitance of the LDMOS device. In some embodiments, the LDMOS device has a specific resistance (Rsp) of about 5-8 mOhmmm2, a gate charge (Qg) of about 1.9-2.0 nC/mm2, and an RspQg product figure of merit of about 10-15 mOhmnC.
US11024732B2	Lateral MOSFET with dielectric isolation trench A lateral trench MOSFET comprises an insulating layer buried in a substrate, a body region in the substrate, an isolation region in the substrate, a first drain/source region over the body region, a second drain/source region in the substrate, wherein the first drain/source region and the second drain/source region are on opposing sides of the isolation region, a drift region comprising a first drift region of a first doping density formed between the second drain/source region and the insulating layer, wherein the first drift region comprises an upper portion surrounded by isolation regions and a lower portion and a second drift region of a second doping density formed between the isolation region and the insulating layer, wherein a height of the second drift region is equal to a height of the lower portion of the first drift region.
US11024724B2	Vertical FET with differential top spacer VTFET devices having a differential top spacer are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a VTFET device includes: patterning fins in a wafer including NFET and PFET fins; forming bottom source and drains at a base of the NFET/PFET fins; forming bottom spacers on the bottom source and drains; forming gate stacks alongside the NFET/PFET fins that include a same workfunction metal on top of a gate dielectric; annealing the gate stacks which generates oxygen vacancies in the gate dielectric; forming top spacers that include an oxide spacer layer in contact with only the gate stacks alongside the PFET fins, wherein the oxide spacer layer supplies oxygen filling the oxygen vacancies in the gate dielectric only in the gate stacks alongside the PFET fins; and forming top source and drains above the gate stacks at the tops of the NFET/PFET fins. A VTFET device is also provided.
US11024718B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one semiconductor fin, and at least one epitaxy structure. The semiconductor fin is present on the substrate. The semiconductor fin has at least one recess thereon. The epitaxy structure is present in the recess of the semiconductor fin. The epitaxy structure includes a topmost portion, a first portion and a second portion arranged along a direction from the semiconductor fin to the substrate. The first portion has a germanium atomic percentage higher than a germanium atomic percentage of the topmost portion and a germanium atomic percentage of the second portion.
US11024710B2	Vertically oriented planar structures of transition metal chalcogenides for advanced electronic and optoelectronic systems The present invention relates to methods for fabricating vertical homogenous and heterogeneous two-dimensional structures, the fabricated vertical two-dimensional structures, and methods of using the same. The methods demonstrated herein produce structures that are free standing and electrically isolated.
US11024708B1	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device, including: a silicon substrate; multiple fin structures, formed on the silicon substrate, where each extends along a first direction; a shallow trench insulator, located among the multiple fin structures; a gate stack, intersecting with the multiple fin structures and extending along a second direction, where first spacers are formed on two sidewalls in the first direction of the gate stack; source-or-drain regions, formed on the multiple fin structures, and located at two sides of the gate stack along the first direction; and a channel region, including a portion of the multiple fin structures located between the first spacers. and notch structures. A notch structure recessed inward is located between each of the multiple fin structures and the silicon substrate. The notch structure includes an isolator that isolates each of the multiple fin structures from the silicon substrate.
US11024701B2	Integrated electronic component suitable for broadband biasing An integrated electronic component for broadband biasing that includes a monolithic substrate, a capacitor structure arranged in a trench network that extends into the substrate, and a continuous track of an electrically conducting material arranged in a crater that is formed in the substrate. The continuous track has one or several turns that have decreasing turn sections, and that are supported by a slanted peripheral wall of the crater for forming an inductor.
US11024698B2	Display device including driving circuit with first and second capacitors A display device of the present disclosure includes: a circuit unit including a semiconductor substrate and a capacitative element, in which the capacitative element includes, a dielectric layer which is formed in the semiconductor substrate, and extends in a substrate depth direction, a first electrode formed on one surface side of the dielectric layer to face the dielectric layer, and a second electrode formed on the other surface side of the dielectric layer to face the dielectric layer. An electronic device of the present disclosure includes the display device having the configuration described above.
US11024694B2	Display unit and electronic apparatus There are provided a display unit and an electronic apparatus that are capable of preventing color mixture in adjacent color pixels, and improving color reproducibility and chromaticity viewing angle. The display unit includes: a drive substrate having a plurality of pixels with a partition therebetween; and a first light shielding film provided on the partition.
US11024688B2	Pixel structure, display panel and driving method of pixel structure A pixel structure is disclosed. The pixel structure includes a plurality of sub-pixel groups arranged in an array, wherein each sub-pixel group is constituted by 6 sub-pixels of different colors arranged in two rows and three columns respectively. In each row of the sub-pixels, a square pixel unit is constituted by at most two adjacent sub-pixels. The present application further discloses a display panel and a driving method of said pixel structure.
US11024687B2	Array substrate with a pixel defining layer with groove between sub-pixel areas The present application provides a display substrate, including an array substrate and a pixel defining layer. The pixel defining layer is formed on the array substrate and defines a plurality of sub-pixel areas. The pixel defining layer further defines a first groove, and the first groove is arranged to surround a sub-pixel area of the plurality of sub-pixel areas. When the display panel receives a falling impact, the impact is transferred to the pixel defining layer, so that the pixel defining layer expands in its extending direction. The groove is similar to a structure of a wall performing a function of releasing stresses and reducing expansion of the pixel defining layer. The present application further discloses a method for manufacturing a display substrate, and a display panel.
US11024681B2	Parallax optics for top emitting electroluminescent displays A multimode display device is configured for enhanced performance of a non-directional (public) viewing mode and one or more directional (narrow) viewing modes. The display device includes a switchable optical assembly disposed on a viewing side of a top emitting electroluminescent display. The switchable optical assembly includes one of a switchable parallax layer that includes an electro optic material, or a non-switchable parallax layer in combination with a switchable scattering device that includes the electro-optic material and is disposed on the viewing side of the non-switchable parallax layer. The switchable optical assembly is switched so as to re-configure the display device between the non-directional and directional viewing modes.
US11024672B2	Structure of memory device and fabrication method thereof A structure of memory device is provided. The structure of memory device includes a transistor formed on a substrate. A contact structure is disposed on a source/drain region of the transistor. A conductive layer is disposed on the contact structure. Four memory structures is disposed on the conductive layer to form a quadrilateral structure.
US11024666B2	Electromagnetic radiation detector comprising charge transport across a bonded interface Monolithic CMOS integrated pixel detector (10, 20, 30, 260, 470, 570), and systems and methods are provided for the detection and imaging of electromagnetic radiation with high spectral and spatial resolution. Such detectors comprise a Si wafer with a CMOS processed readout bonded to an absorber wafer in an electrically conducting covalent wafer bond. The pixel detectors, systems and methods are used in various medical and non-medical types of applications.
US11024662B2	Dual image sensor Provided are a dual image sensor including an image sensor including a first area and a second area, the first area and the second area including a plurality of pixels, respectively, a band-pass filter layer provided on the first area, the band-pass filter layer configured to transmit light emitted by an object and having a specific wavelength corresponding to physical property information of the object to the image sensor, and a planarization layer provided on the second area and on the same plane as the band-pass filter layer.
US11024661B2	Solid-state image pickup device having pixel separation wall The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup device and an electronic apparatus that are capable of preventing leakage of charges between adjacent pixels. A plurality of pixels perform photoelectric conversion on light incident from a back surface via different on-chip lenses for each pixel. A pixel separation wall is formed between pixels adjacent to each other, and includes a front-side trench formed from a front surface and a backside trench formed from the back surface. A wiring layer is provided on the front surface. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a backside illuminated CMOS image sensor.
US11024658B2	Image sensor including grooves The present technology relates to techniques of preventing intrusion of moisture into a chip. Various illustrative embodiments include image sensors that include: a substrate; a plurality of layers stacked on the substrate; the plurality of layers including a photodiode layer having a plurality of photodiodes formed on a surface of the photodiode layer; the plurality of layers including at least one layer having a groove formed such that a portion of the at least one layer is excavated; and a transparent resin layer formed above the photodiode layer and formed in the groove. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an image sensor.
US11024642B2	Vertical memory device A vertical memory device includes a stacked structure including a plurality of gate electrode layers stacked on a substrate, a plurality of channel layers extending in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate on a first side surface of the stacked structure and spaced apart from each other in a direction parallel to the upper surface of the substrate, and a common source layer disposed between the stacked structure and the substrate and contacting the channel layers.
US11024638B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor device A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes a first substrate, a second substrate on the first substrate, the second substrate including pattern portions and a plate portion covering the pattern portions, the plate portion having a width greater than a width of each of the pattern portions and being connected to the pattern portions, a lower structure between the first substrate and the second substrate, horizontal conductive patterns on the second substrate, the horizontal conductive patterns being stacked while being spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the second substrate, and a vertical structure on the second substrate and having a side surface opposing the horizontal conductive patterns.
US11024634B2	Semiconductor device having an inter-layer via (ILV), and method of making same A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a first memory device, connecting a first word line to the first memory device, forming at least a first via, forming a second memory device, connecting a second word line to the second memory device, connecting a bit line to the first memory device and connecting the bit line to the second memory device by the first via. The first and second memory devices are separated by an inter-layer dielectric, and the first via connects the first memory device and the second memory device.
US11024632B2	Semiconductor structure for SRAM cell A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a plurality of memory cells arranged in a cell array over the substrate. Each of the memory cells includes a latch circuit, a pass-gate transistor, and an isolation transistor. The latch circuit is formed by two cross-coupled inverters. The pass-gate transistor is coupled between an output terminal of the latch circuit and a bit line. The isolation transistor includes a drain and a gate, both coupled to the output terminal of the latch circuit, and a source that is floating. A first gate length of the isolation transistor is greater than a second gate length of the pass-gate transistor and a plurality of transistors within the latch circuit.
US11024631B2	Integrated circuit device including field isolation layer and method of manufacturing the same An integrated circuit device includes a static random access memory (SRAM) array, and the SRAM array includes first to fourth active fins extending parallel to each other in a first direction, a first gate line overlapping the second to fourth active fins, a second gate line spaced apart from the first gate line in the first direction and overlapping the first to third active fins, a third gate line spaced apart from the first gate line in the first direction and overlapping the fourth active fin, a fourth gate line spaced apart from the second gate line in the first direction and overlapping the first active fin, a first field isolation layer contacting one end of the second active fin, and a second field isolation layer contacting one end of the third active fin. The first to fourth gate lines extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
US11024624B2	Devices and methods to control clamping devices In a particular implementation, an apparatus to control clamping devices includes a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The first control circuit is responsive to a detection signal and generates a first drive signal to control a body diode of a clamping device. The second control circuit is responsive to the detection signal and generates a second drive signal to control the gate terminal of the clamping device.
US11024608B2	Structures and methods for electrical connection of micro-devices and substrates An exemplary micro-device and substrate structure includes a destination substrate and one or more contact pads disposed thereon, a micro-device disposed on or over the destination substrate, and a layer of cured adhesive disposed on the destination substrate. The micro-device comprises at least one electrical contact. The at least one electrical contact is in direct electrical contact with the one or more contact pads. The adhesive layer adheres the micro-device to the destination substrate and is in contact with the one or more contact pads. An exemplary method of making a micro-device and substrate structure includes providing a destination substrate and one or more contact pads disposed thereon, coating a layer of curable adhesive, disposing a micro-device comprising at least one electrical contact on the layer and curing the layer thereby directly electrically contacting the at least one electrical contact with the one or more contact pads.
US11024607B2	Method for interconnecting stacked semiconductor devices A method for making a semiconductor device includes forming rims on first and second dice. The rims extend laterally away from the first and second dice. The second die is stacked over the first die, and one or more vias are drilled through the rims after stacking. The semiconductor device includes redistribution layers extending over at least one of the respective first and second dice and the corresponding rims. The one or more vias extend through the corresponding rims, and the one or more vias are in communication with the first and second dice through the rims.
US11024601B2	Hyperchip Hyperchip structures and methods of fabricating hyperchips are described. In an example, an integrated circuit assembly includes a first integrated circuit chip having a device side opposite a backside. The device side includes a plurality of transistor devices and a plurality of device side contact points. The backside includes a plurality of backside contacts. A second integrated circuit chip includes a device side having a plurality of device contact points thereon. The second integrated circuit chip is on the first integrated circuit chip in a device side to device side configuration. Ones of the plurality of device contact points of the second integrated circuit chip are coupled to ones of the plurality of device contact points of the first integrated circuit chip. The second integrated circuit chip is smaller than the first integrated circuit chip from a plan view perspective.
US11024599B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof The reliability of semiconductor device is improved. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device has a step of performing plasma treatment prior to the wire bonding step, and the surface roughness of the pads after the plasma treatment step is equal to or less than 3.3 nm.
US11024595B2	Thermocompression bond tips and related apparatus and methods A bond tip for thermocompression bonding a bottom surface includes a die contact area and a low surface energy material covering at least a portion of the bottom surface. The low surface energy material may cover substantially all of the bottom surface, or only a peripheral portion surrounding the die contact area. The die contact area may be recessed with respect to the peripheral portion a depth at least as great as a thickness of a semiconductor die to be received in the recessed die contact area. A method of thermocompression bonding is also disclosed.
US11024586B2	Semiconductor device package and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device package includes a semiconductor die, a first conductive element, a second conductive element, a metal layer, and a first redistribution layer (RDL). The semiconductor die includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first conductive element is disposed on the second surface of the semiconductor die. The second conductive element is disposed next to the semiconductor die. The metal layer is disposed on the second conductive element and electrically connected to the second conductive element. The first RDL is disposed on the metal layer and electrically connected to the metal layer.
US11024584B2	Electronic device An electronic device stretchable from a first state to a second state includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting groups, and a plurality of signal pads. The substrate has a first region and a second region. The light emitting groups are disposed on the first region. The signal pads are disposed on the second region. When the electronic device is stretched from the first state to the second state, the first region has a first stretching ratio (R1) and the second region has a second stretching ratio (R2), and R1 is greater than R2.
US11024573B2	Substrate structure with high-density wiring and manufacturing method thereof A substrate structure, for connecting a semiconductor chip, including a high-density redistribution layer (RDL), a low-density RDL, and a middle-density RDL. The high-density RDL includes a fine conductive pattern. The semiconductor chip is disposed on the high-density RDL. The low-density RDL includes a coarse conductive pattern, and is disposed below the high-density RDL and away from the semiconductor chip. A layout density of the fine conductive pattern is denser than that of the coarse conductive pattern. The middle-density RDL is interposed between and electrically connected between the high-density and low-density RDLs. The middle-density RDL includes a middle dielectric layer, a middle conductive pattern disposed on the middle dielectric layer and close to the high-density RDL, and a middle conductive via penetrating the middle dielectric layer and including a top end connected to the middle conductive pattern and a bottom end protruding from a bottom surface of the middle dielectric layer.
US11024569B2	Semiconductor package device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor package device includes a circuit layer having a top surface, a first electronic component disposed on the top surface of the circuit layer, and a first conductive element disposed on the top surface of the circuit layer, the first conductive element having a top surface. The first electronic component has an active surface and a back surface facing the top surface of the circuit layer. A distance between the active surface of the first electronic component and the top surface of the circuit layer is greater than a distance between the top surface of the first conductive element and the top surface of the circuit layer.
US11024557B2	Semiconductor package structure having vapor chamber thermally connected to a surface of the semiconductor die A semiconductor package structure includes a package substrate, a semiconductor die, a vapor chamber and a heat dissipating device. The package substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The semiconductor die is electrically connected to the first surface of the package substrate. The vapor chamber is thermally connected to a first surface of the semiconductor die. The vapor chamber defines an enclosed chamber for accommodating a first working liquid. The heat dissipating device is thermally connected to the vapor chamber. The heat dissipating device defines a substantially enclosed space for accommodating a second working liquid.
US11024553B2	Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof A method includes forming a transistor over a substrate; forming a conductive structure over the substrate, such that a first end of the conductive structure is electrically coupled to a gate of the transistor, and a second end of the conductive structure is electrically coupled to the substrate; applying biases to the gate of the transistor and source/drain structures of the transistor; determining whether the first end and the second end of the conductive structure are electrically connected; generating, based on the determination, a first result indicating that the first end and the second end of the conductive structure are electrically connected; and qualifiying the conductive structure as an antenna in response to the first result.
US11024549B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a dielectric fin, a gate, and a high-k dielectric layer. The dielectric fin is above the substrate and extending along a first direction. The gate is above the substrate and extends in a second direction that intersects the first direction. The high-k dielectric layer is vertically above the dielectric fin. The gate is over a sidewall and a bottom surface of the high-k dielectric layer.
US11024544B2	Assembly for 3D circuit with superposed transistor levels Fabrication of a circuit with superposed transistors includes assembly of a structure having transistors formed from a first semiconducting layer with a support provided with a second semiconducting layer in which transistors are provided on a higher level. The second semiconducting layer is coated with a thin layer of silicon oxide. The assembly of said structure and the support is made by direct bonding in which the thin silicon oxide layer is bonded to oxidised portions of getter material.
US11024531B2	Optimized low energy / high productivity deposition system A mechanical indexer for a substrate processing tool includes first and second arms each having first and second end effectors. The first arm is configured to rotate on a first spindle to selectively position the first end effector of the first arm at a plurality of processing stations of the substrate processing tool and selectively position the second end effector of the first arm at the plurality of processing stations of the substrate processing tool. The second arm is configured to rotate on a second spindle to selectively position the first end effector of the second arm at the plurality of processing stations of the substrate processing tool and selectively position the second end effector of the second arm at the plurality of processing stations of the substrate processing tool. The first arm is configured to rotate independently of the second arm.
US11024524B2	Heat treatment method and heat treatment apparatus for managing dummy wafer Dummy running is carried out which performs preheating treatment using halogen lamps and flash heating treatment using flash lamps on a dummy wafer to control the temperature of in-chamber structures including a susceptor and the like. In this process, a preheating counter or a flash heating counter is incremented each time the preheating treatment or the flash heating treatment is performed. An alarm is issued, if the preheating counter or the flash heating counter that is a wear-and-tear value of the dummy wafer is not less than a predetermined threshold value. This allows an operator of a heat treatment apparatus to recognize that the deterioration of the dummy wafer reaches a limit value, thereby preventing the erroneous treatment of a dummy wafer suffering advanced deterioration.
US11024522B2	Virtual sensor for spatially resolved wafer temperature control The present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for temperature sensing and control during substrate processing. Substrate temperatures during processing, which are difficult to measure directly, may be determined by examination of deposited film properties or by measuring changes in power output over time of the substrate heating apparatus. Temperatures are determined for many substrates during processing, showing how substrate temperatures change over time, and the temperature changes are then used to build models via machine learning techniques. The models are used to adjust heating apparatus setpoints for future processing operations.
US11024521B2	Heat treatment method for managing dummy wafer Dummy running is carried out which performs preheating treatment using halogen lamps and flash heating treatment using flash lamps on a dummy wafer to control the temperature of in-chamber structures including a susceptor and the like. In this process, a wear-and-tear value is calculated by adding up the amounts of electric power inputted to the halogen lamps or the like each time the preheating treatment or the flash heating treatment is performed. The wear-and-tear value is an indicator indicating the degree of deterioration of the dummy wafer. If the wear-and-tear value of the dummy wafer is not less than a predetermined threshold value, an alarm is issued. This allows an operator of a heat treatment apparatus to recognize that the deterioration of the dummy wafer reaches a limit value and to reliably grasp the dummy wafer suffering advanced deterioration.
US11024510B2	Pattern forming method and method of manufacturing semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a pattern forming method includes forming an organic layer on a first layer. The organic layer has a first region having a first thickness and a first width, a second region having a second thickness and a second width, and a third region located between the first region and the second region. The third region has a third thickness less than each of the first thickness and the second thickness and a third width. A second layer containing silicon oxide is then formed on a surface of the organic layer in a process chamber of a reactive ion etching device. The third region is then etched in the process chamber using the second layer as a mask.
US11024508B2	Independent control of etching and passivation gas components for highly selective silicon oxide/silicon nitride etching A method for selective plasma etching of silicon oxide relative to silicon nitride is described. The method includes providing a substrate containing a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film, and selectively etching the silicon oxide film relative to the silicon nitride film by: a1) exposing the substrate to a plasma-excited passivation gas containing carbon, sulfur, or both carbon and sulfur, where the plasma-excited passivation gas does not contain fluorine or hydrogen, and b1) exposing the substrate to a plasma-excited etching gas containing a fluorine-containing gas. The method can further include, between a1) and b1), an additional step of a2) exposing the substrate to a plasma-excited additional passivation gas containing a fluorocarbon gas, hydrofluorocarbon gas, a hydrochlorocarbon gas, a hydrochlorofluorocarbon gas, or a hydrocarbon gas, or a combination thereof.
US11024501B2	Carrier-assisted method for parting crystalline material along laser damage region A method for removing a portion of a crystalline material (e.g., SiC) substrate includes joining a surface of the substrate to a rigid carrier (e.g., >800 μm thick), with a subsurface laser damage region provided within the substrate at a depth relative to the surface. Adhesive material having a glass transition temperature above 25° C. may bond the substrate to the carrier. The crystalline material is fractured along the subsurface laser damage region to produce a bonded assembly including the carrier and a portion of the crystalline material. Fracturing of the crystalline material may be promoted by (i) application of a mechanical force proximate to at least one carrier edge to impart a bending moment in the carrier; (ii) cooling the carrier when the carrier has a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than the crystalline material; and/or (iii) applying ultrasonic energy to the crystalline material.
US11024492B2	Method to obtain unbiased identification of interaction of test compounds with the proteome The invention provides an unbiased method to assess the binding of a test compound to a multiplicity of proteins in the same sample, including samples from living cells by applying the unbiased determination technique of SWATH-MS or the biased technique of SRM-MS to a thermal shift assay to evaluate drug target interactions. In addition, the results created by SWATH-MS can be analyzed by SRM-MS in a biased manner to assess the binding of a test compound to a multiplicity of proteins in the same sample, including samples from living cells.
US11024489B2	Method and apparatus for deposition cleaning in a pumping line A method is provided for cleaning a pumping line having a plurality of inline plasma sources coupled thereto. The method includes supplying a cleaning gas to the pumping line from a wafer processing chamber connected to the pumping line. The method also includes generating a localized plasma at one or more of the plurality of inline plasma sources using the cleaning gas flowing in the pumping line. Each localized plasma is adapted to clean at least a portion of the pumping line. The method further includes determining one or more impedances of the localized plasma at the one or more inline plasma sources and monitoring the one or more impendences to detect an endpoint of the cleaning.
US11024488B2	Film-forming method, manufacturing method of electronic device, and plasma atomic layer deposition apparatus In a film-forming technology using charged particles, a disturbance in film thickness distribution caused by leakage magnetic field is suppressed. A film-forming method embodies a technological idea of switching generation and stop of a magnetic field during a film-forming operation so as to stop the generation of the magnetic field during a period when plasma is generated and generate the magnetic field during a period when plasma is not generated.
US11024484B2	Method for high speed EELS spectrum acquisition A system and method are disclosed for acquiring Electron Energy Loss Spectrometry (EELS) spectra in a transmission electron microscope. The inventive system and method maximize spectrum acquisition rate and duty cycle by exposing a first portion of an image sensor to a first spectrum while a previously exposed potion of the sensor is read out of the sensor during some or all of the exposure time.
US11024481B2	Scanning electron microscope A scanning electron microscope. The scanning electron microscope may include a sliding vacuum seal between the electron optical imaging system and the sample carrier with a first plate having a first aperture associated with the electron optical imaging system and resting against a second plate having a second aperture associated with the sample carrier. The first plate and/or the second plate includes a groove circumscribing the first and/or second aperture. The scanning electron microscope may include a detector movable relative to the electron beam. The scanning electron microscope may include a motion control unit for moving a sample carrier along a collision free path.
US11024480B2	Method and system for zone axis alignment Various methods and systems are provided for aligning zone axis of a sample with an incident beam. As one example, the alignment may be based on a zone axis tilt. The zone axis tilt may be determined based on locations of a direct beam and a zero order Laue zone in the diffraction pattern. The direct beam location may be determined based on diffraction patterns acquired with different incident angles.
US11024478B2	Overheating destructive disconnecting method for switch An overheating destructive disconnecting method for switch, which enables a first elastic force to concurrently apply force to an overheating destructive member and a movable conductive member. Moreover, the force direction causes the movable conductive member to concurrently contact a first conductive member and a second conductive member to form a conductive circuit. A second elastic force acts on the movable conductive member, and the force direction thereof causes the movable conductive member to separate away from the first conductive member or the second conductive member, The overheating destructive member is positioned in a required non-electric transmission path and at a distance from the movable conductive member. When the overheating destructive member is destructed or deformed under a fail temperature condition, the first elastic force is lessened or lost, at which time the second elastic force causes the movable conductive member to change position, thereby breaking the current-carrying circuit.
US11024470B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device The nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a negative electrode including graphite and graphitizable carbon, in which a ratio of a mass of the graphitizable carbon to a total mass of the graphite and the graphitizable carbon is less than 26% by mass, and a median diameter of the graphitizable carbon is smaller than a median diameter of the graphite.
US11024469B2	Electrode, method for producing said electrode, electricity storage device provided with said electrode, and conductive carbon mixture for electricity storage device electrode Provided is an electrode which gives an electric storage device that has high energy density and good cycle life. This electrode for an electric storage device is characterized by having an active material layer that contains: an electrode active material particle; and a paste-like conductive carbon that is derived from an oxidized carbon obtained by giving an oxidizing treatment to a carbon raw material with an inner vacancy and covers a surface of the electrode active material particle. The paste-like conductive carbon derived from the oxidized carbon is densely filled not only into a gap that is formed between the electrode active material particles adjacent to each other but also into a pore that exists on the surface of the active material particle, so that the electrode density is increased, thereby improving the energy density of the electric storage device. In addition, since the paste-like conductive carbon suppresses dissolution of the active material, the cycle characteristics of the electric storage device are improved.
US11024468B2	Method for charging self-charging supercapacitor A method for charging self-charging supercapacitor includes: providing a self-charging supercapacitor which includes a supercapacitor first electrode, a supercapacitor second electrode, a first electrolyte, and a metal electrode; the metal electrode and the supercapacitor second electrode form an Ohmic contact, the metal electrode is spaced apart from and opposite to the supercapacitor first electrode. Electrically connecting the metal electrode and the supercapacitor first electrode with a second electrolyte.
US11024465B2	Mixed three-dimensional and two-dimensional perovskites and methods of making the same An aspect of the present disclosure is a perovskite that includes A(n−1−nw+w)A′(wn−w)A″2BnX(3n−3zn+3z−4e+1)X′(3zn−3z)X″4e, where each of A, A′, A″ are monovalent cations, B is a divalent cation, each of X, X′, and X″ are monovalent anions, 0
US11024459B2	Method of manufacturing coil component A method of manufacturing a coil component including a step of welding a wire to a metal terminal by laser welding capable of making positional displacement of the wire only minimally occur. As a metal terminal, a metal terminal having a connecting portion on which a positioning groove for receiving and positioning a portion of the wire is formed is prepared. The wire is temporarily fixed to the connecting portion in a state where the wire is positioned by being fitted in the positioning groove, and the wire and the metal terminal are welded to each other by irradiating a laser beam. The positioning groove is preferably formed into a V shape in cross section.
US11024456B2	Inductor component When a winding density represents the number of turns of a wire per unit length in a longitudinal direction of a core portion, a plurality of inductor regions having mutually different winding densities of the wire are arrayed in the longitudinal direction of the core portion, and a low-density inductor region with the winding density being relatively low is located between first and second high-density inductor regions with the winding densities being relatively high.
US11024448B2	Alloy for R-T-B-based rare earth sintered magnet, process of producing alloy for R-T-B-based rare earth sintered magnet, alloy material for R-T-B-based rare earth sintered magnet, R-T-B-based rare earth sintered magnet, process of producing R-T-B-based rare earth sintered magnet, and motor An alloy for R-T-B-based rare earth sintered magnets which contains R which is a rare earth element; T which is a transition metal essentially containing Fe; a metallic element M containing one or more metals selected from Al, Ga and Cu; B and inevitable impurities, in which R accounts for 13 at % to 15 at %, B accounts for 4.5 at % to 6.2 at %, M accounts for 0.1 at % to 2.4 at %, T accounts for balance, a proportion of Dy in all rare earth elements is in a range of 0 at % to 65 at %, and the following Formula 1 is satisfied, 0.0049Dy+0.34≤B/TRE≤0.0049Dy+0.36 Formula 1 wherein Dy represents a concentration (at %) of a Dy element, B represents a concentration (at %) of a boron element, and TRE represents a concentration (at %) of all the rare earth elements.
US11024430B2	Representation of symptom alleviation Systems and methods are provided for generating dynamic representations of symptoms and symptom alleviation.
US11024428B2	Automated method and system for screening and prevention of unnecessary medical procedures An automated method for screening and preventing unnecessary medical/surgical procedures, comprising: retrieving medical/surgical procedures data from external and internal sources; computerizing a dynamic questioner with complex relations between questions and answers and a different impact for each answer in the context of the specific scenario and procedure by using experts input, latest research, statistics and machine learning modules; receiving from a user a request to provide a recommendation for a given medical/surgical procedure; providing a customized dynamic questionnaire to said user; computing a relative indication according to said answer's relative importance and impact on the decision to conduct said medical/surgical procedure; and generating a specific output for said user based on said medical/surgical procedure and the relative impact, including a relative indication for said medical/surgical procedure.
US11024427B2	Privacy-compliant analysis of health by transaction data Health-related data is accessed; as is a database of payment card transaction data. At least a portion of the health-related data is linked to at least a portion of the payment card transaction data to obtain linked data. Statistical analysis is carried out on the linked data, and the results of the statistical analysis are made available to at least one appropriate party. Privacy is protected, for example, via an opt-in approach or through data aggregation.
US11024425B2	Machine learning system for assessing heart valves and surrounding cardiovascular tracts A machine learning system for evaluating at least one characteristic of a heart valve, an inflow tract, an outflow tract or a combination thereof may include a training mode and a production mode. The training mode may be configured to train a computer and construct a transformation function to predict an unknown anatomical characteristic and/or an unknown physiological characteristic of a heart valve, inflow tract and/or outflow tract, using a known anatomical characteristic and/or a known physiological characteristic the heart valve, inflow tract and/or outflow tract. The production mode may be configured to use the transformation function to predict the unknown anatomical characteristic and/or the unknown physiological characteristic of the heart valve, inflow tract and/or outflow tract, based on the known anatomical characteristic and/or the known physiological characteristic of the heart valve, inflow tract and/or outflow tract.
US11024424B2	Computer assisted coding systems and methods According to some aspects, a system for automatically processing text comprising information regarding a patient encounter to assign medical codes to the text is provided. The system comprises at least one storage medium storing processor-executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the processor-executable instructions to perform analyzing the text to extract a plurality of facts from the text, identifying at least one of the plurality of facts to be excluded from consideration when assigning medical codes to the text, and evaluating each of the plurality of facts, except for the identified at least one fact, to assign one or more medical codes to the text.
US11024423B2	Systems and methods for monitoring health metrics A method for measuring health metrics of a user is provided. A base of an electronic device is attached to the skin of the user. A housing of the electronic device is attached to the base, such that (i) the housing is secured to the base, and (ii) a window of the housing is positioned outside an opening in the base. One or more sensors within the housing generates first physiological data associated with the health metrics of the user through the housing window and the base opening. Second physiological data associated with the health metrics of the user is generated using a set of electrodes positioned outside of the housing. The set of electrodes are coupled to the base, and the set of electrodes facilitate movement of electrical signals between the skin of the user and a sensor printed circuit board within the housing of the electronic device.
US11024420B2	Methods and apparatus for logging information using a medical imaging display system A method and apparatus for logging information using a medical image display system. In one embodiment, the method comprises accessing a first medical study; displaying one or more images from the first medical study in a first display area of a screen; receiving one or more user inputs related to a user's interactions with the first display area; receiving a user input to add a first selectable entry into a list of one or more entries displayed in a second display area; adding the first selectable entry to the list in response to receiving a user input; and storing the list for future access with the first medical study.
US11024412B2	Method for preparing a customized exercise strategy A method in the field of health related fitness is disclosed for preparing and monitoring a customized exercise prescription based on scientific and concrete data and by activating all of the fitness components, and includes the process steps of dividing the strength component value into three separate sub components as lower extremity strength, upper extremity strength and trunk strength, creating an image of fitness map on the display (screen) which shows the ratios of fitness component values according to the age- and gender-related norms, determining exercise strategy by putting the fitness components of a person in order with respect to their priority of effect to health in accordance with the measurements of fitness components of a person, and preparing an exercise prescription which will provide simultaneous improvement of fitness components of a person.
US11024409B2	Peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump having at least first, second, and third stages is provided. The peristaltic pump includes a plunger, inlet and outlet valves, a spring, and an actuator. The plunger actuates toward and away from a tube, the inlet valve is upstream of the plunger, the outlet valve is downstream of the plunger, the spring biases the plunger toward the tube, and the actuator mechanically engages and disengages from the plunger. In the first stage, the inlet valve is opened and the plunger is actuated from the tube, in the second stage, the inlet valve is closed, the plunger is actuated toward the tube, and the actuator is mechanically disengaged from the plunger, and in the third stage, the outlet valve is opened. In the third stage or in a fourth stage, the actuator actuates the plunger toward the tube to discharge fluid downstream past the outlet valve.
US11024406B2	Systems and methods for identifying errors and/or critical results in medical reports Systems and methods for analyzing a medical report to determine whether the medical report includes at least one instance of at least one category selected from a group consisting of: gender error, laterality error, and critical finding. In some embodiments, one or more portions of text are identified from the medical report. Contextual information associated with the medical report is used to determine whether the identified one or more portions of text comprise at least one instance of at least one category selected from the group.
US11024402B2	Memory system and operation method thereof A memory system may include: an error correction code (ECC) generation circuit suitable for generating an M-bit error correction code using N-bit data, where N and M are positive integers; a memory core suitable for storing the N-bit data and the M-bit error correction code; and an ECC circuit suitable for correcting an error of the N-bit data read from the memory core, using the M-bit error correction code read from the memory core, wherein the ECC generation circuit generates the M-bit error correction code using an M×(N+M) check matrix, wherein one column vector among M column vectors corresponding to the M-bit error correction code in the M×(N+M) check matrix has an odd weight, and the other M column vectors have even weights.
US11024398B2	Semiconductor device having a diode type electrical fuse (e-fuse) cell array A semiconductor device includes a first word line configured to perform a writing operation or a programing operation, a second word line configured to perform a read operation, a first switching device including a first gate electrode and a first node, a second switching device comprising a second gate electrode and a second node, an electrical fuse (e-fuse) disposed between the first node and the second node, and a diode coupled to the first node and the first word line, wherein the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are coupled to the second word line.
US11024397B2	Nonvolatile memory device with verification signal to indicate success or failure of programming memory cell and method for operating thereof A nonvolatile memory device is provided. A nonvolatile memory device comprises a word line, a bit line, a memory cell array including a first memory cell at an intersection region between the word line and the bit line, a word line voltage generating circuitry configured to generate a program voltage, the program voltage to be provided to the word line, a row decoder circuitry configured to receive the program voltage from the word line voltage generating circuitry and configured to provide the program voltage to the word line, a verification circuitry configured to generate a verification signal in response to verifying a success or a failure of programming of the first memory cell, and a control circuitry configured to apply the program voltage to the first memory cell in response to the verification signal, and configured to cut off the program voltage in response to the verification signal.
US11024394B2	Implementing sticky read using error control success rate associated with a memory sub-system A memory sub-system can be determined to be operating within a target operating characteristic based on a threshold success rate associated with error control operations using a particular parameter. Upon determining that the memory sub-system is operating within the target operating characteristic, a sticky read mode is entered by performing subsequent read operations using the particular parameter. It is determined that additional error control operations are triggered for at least a first threshold number of read operations using the particular parameter during the sticky read mode. Upon determining that the additional error control operations are triggered for at least the first threshold number of read operations using the particular parameter during the sticky read mode, the sticky read mode is exited by performing further read operations using a default parameter associated with the memory sub-system.
US11024391B1	System and method for estimating uninformed log-likelihood ratio (LLR) for NAND flash memories A flash memory system may include a flash memory and a circuit for performing operations of the flash memory. The circuit may be configured to estimate slope information of a plurality of threshold voltage samples based on a first read operation on the flash memory with a first reference voltage. The circuit may be configured to generate soft information based on the estimated slope information. The circuit may be configured to decode a result of a second read operation on the flash memory based on the soft information.
US11024390B1	Overlapping RAID groups A method for writing to a storage memory is provided. The method includes determining erase block size for each of a plurality of erase blocks of the storage memory, wherein at least two of the plurality of erase blocks have differing erase block sizes. The method includes forming a plurality of data segments and writing the plurality of data segments across the plurality of erase blocks of the storage memory, with at least one of the plurality of erase blocks storing portions of two or more of the plurality of data segments.
US11024388B2	Methods for programming memory including an overdrive voltage for gating an access line voltage Methods of operating a memory include determining a target voltage level for an access line voltage, determining a target overdrive voltage level for gating the access line voltage to an access line coupled to a plurality of memory cells, generating a voltage level for the access line voltage in response to its target voltage level and generating a voltage level for gating the access line voltage to the access line in response to the target overdrive voltage level, and applying the access line voltage to the access line while applying the voltage level for gating the access line voltage to a control gate of a string driver connected to the access line.
US11024386B2	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first memory cell; a second memory cell; a first word line; a second word line; and a first bit line. The device is configured to execute a first operation, a second operation, and a third operation to write data into the first memory cell. In the first operation, a first voltage is applied to the second word line. In the second operation, after the first operation, a second voltage higher than the first voltage is applied to the second word line. In the third operation, after the second operation, a third voltage higher than the second voltage is applied to the first word line, and a fourth voltage lower than both the second voltage and the third voltage is applied to the second word line.
US11024384B2	Memory device using comb-like routing structure for reduced metal line loading Embodiments of three-dimensional memory device architectures and fabrication methods therefor are disclosed. In an example, the memory device includes a substrate and one or more peripheral devices on the substrate. The memory device also includes one or more interconnect layers and a semiconductor layer disposed over the one or more interconnect layers. A layer stack having alternating conductor and insulator layers is disposed above the semiconductor layer. A plurality of structures extend vertically through the layer stack. A first set of conductive lines are electrically coupled with a first set of the plurality of structures and a second set of conductive lines are electrically coupled with a second set of the plurality of structures different from the first set. The first and second sets of conductive lines are vertically distanced from opposite ends of the plurality of structures.
US11024374B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device of an embodiment includes: a first wiring disposed at a first level and extending in a first direction; a second and third wirings disposed at a second level and extending in the first direction; a plurality of fourth wirings disposed at a third level and extending in a third direction; a plurality of first resistive change elements disposed in intersection regions of the first and fourth wirings; a plurality of second resistive change elements disposed in intersection regions between the second wiring and the third wiring and the fourth wirings; a first driving circuit electrically connected to the first wiring, a second driving circuit electrically connected to the second wiring, and a third driving circuit electrically connected to the third wiring; and a control circuit that controls the first driving circuit, the second driving circuit, and the third driving circuit, and also the fourth wirings.
US11024372B2	Segregation-based memory Methods, systems, and devices for operating memory cell(s) are described. A resistance of a storage element included in a memory cell may be programmed by applying a voltage to the memory cell that causes ion movement within the storage element, where the storage element remains in a single phase and has different resistivity based on a location of the ions within the storage element. In some cases, multiple of such storage elements may be included in a memory cell, where ions within the storage elements respond differently to electric pulses, and a non-binary logic value may be stored in the memory cell by applying a series of voltages or currents to the memory cell.
US11024370B2	Static random access memory with write assist adjustment The present disclosure describes embodiments of a write assist circuit. The write assist circuit can include a boost circuit configured to output a first negative voltage at a first output terminal, and an adjustment circuit configured to couple the first negative voltage to a second negative voltage higher than the first negative voltage. The adjustment circuit can include a transistor, and a second output terminal electrically connected to the first output terminal. The transistor can include a first source/drain terminal, a second source/drain terminal, and a gate terminal. The first source/drain terminal can be electrically coupled to the second output terminal. The second source/drain terminal can be electrically connected to a voltage source. The gate terminal can be electrically connected to a ground voltage supply.
US11024363B2	Memory device having different numbers of bits stored in memory cells A memory device includes word lines stacked on an upper surface of a substrate, channel structures penetrating through the word lines, and each including channel regions connected to one another in a first direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate, and word-line cuts extending in the first direction and dividing the word lines to blocks. The word lines and the channel structures provide memory cell strings, and each of the memory cell strings include memory cells arranged in the first direction. The memory cells included in at least one of the memory cell strings include a first memory cell and a second memory cell disposed at different positions in the first direction, and the number of bits of data stored in the first memory cell is less than the number of bits of data stored in the second memory cell.
US11024362B2	High capacity memory system using standard controller component The embodiments described herein describe technologies for using the memory modules in different modes of operation, such as in a standard multi-drop mode or as in a dynamic point-to-point (DPP) mode (also referred to herein as an enhanced mode). The memory modules can also be inserted in the sockets of the memory system in different configurations.
US11024356B2	Apparatus for low power write and read operations for resistive memory Described are apparatuses for improving resistive memory energy efficiency. An apparatus performs data-driven write to make use of asymmetric write switch energy between write0 and write1 operations. The apparatus comprises: a resistive memory cell coupled to a bit line and a select line; a first pass-gate coupled to the bit line; a second pass-gate coupled to the select line; and a multiplexer operable by input data, the multiplexer to provide a control signal to the first and second pass-gates or to write drivers according to logic level of the input data. An apparatus comprises circuit for performing read before write operation which avoids unnecessary writes with an initial low power read operation. An apparatus comprises circuit to perform self-controlled write operation which stops the write operation as soon as bit-cell flips. An apparatus comprises circuit for performing self-controlled read operation which stops read operation as soon as data is detected.
US11024352B2	Memory system for access concentration decrease management and access concentration decrease method A spatial disturbance that occurs when an access is concentrated in a specific memory area in a volatile semiconductor memory like DRAM is properly solved by a memory controller. The memory controller includes a concentration access detection part generating a concentration access detection signal when an address for accessing a specific memory area among memory areas of volatile semiconductor memory is concentratedly received. In the case that the concentration access detection signal is generated, the memory controller includes a controller for easing or preventing corruption of data which memory cells of the specific memory area and/or memory cells of memory areas adjacent to the specific memory area hold.
US11024345B2	Power management integrated circuit load switch driver with dynamic biasing Disclosed is an improved load switch driver for Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) devices. In one embodiment, a PMIC is disclosed comprising a gate driver, the gate driver connected to the gate of a switch; an operation frequency generator connected to the gate driver and configured to supply a periodic voltage to the gate driver; and a voltage sensor, the voltage sensor connected to the operation frequency generator and the source of the switch, the voltage sensor configured to monitor a drain-source voltage of the switch and lower the frequency of the operation frequency generator to a second frequency in response to detecting a collapse of the drain-source voltage.
US11024341B2	Conformance of media content to original camera source using optical character recognition A clip of shots is uploaded to a conformance platform. The conformance platform evaluates the clip type and initiates shot boundary evaluation and detection. The identified shot boundaries are then seeded for OCR evaluation and the burned in metadata is extracted into categories using a custom OCR module based on the location of the burn-ins within the frame. The extracted metadata is then error corrected based on OCR evaluation of the neighboring frame and arbitrary frames at pre-computed timecode offsets from the frame boundary. The error corrected metadata and categories are then packaged into a metadata package and returned back to a conform editor. The application then presents the metadata package as an edit decision list with associated pictures and confidence level to the user. The user can further validate and override the edit decision list if necessary and then use it to directly to conform to the online content.
US11024330B2	Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and storage medium A signal processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to perform a voice detection process on each of a plurality of audio signals captured by a plurality of microphones arranged at mutually different positions, a determination unit configured to determine a degree of similarity between two or more of the plurality of audio signals in which voice is detected by the detection unit, and a suppression unit configured to perform a process of suppressing the voice contained in at least one of the two or more audio signals, in response to a determination that the degree of similarity between the two or more audio signals is less than a threshold by the determination unit.
US11024329B2	Word repetition in separate conversations for detecting a sign of cognitive decline A computer-implemented method for supporting detection of a sign of cognitive decline is disclosed. In the method, two or more sets of conversation data of a target individual are obtained. The method includes combining at least two sets of the conversation data corresponding to plural different days to generate a combined set and extracting one or more linguistic features that represent vocabulary richness from at least the combined set. A feature that characterizes word repetitiveness in conversations across the plural different days of the target individual is calculated from the one or more linguistic features. The feature that characterizes the word repetitiveness is output.
US11024319B2	Encoding method, decoding method, encoder, decoder, program, and recording medium In encoding, a frequency-domain sample sequence derived from an acoustic signal is divided by a weighted envelope and is then divided by a gain, the result obtained is quantized, and each sample is variable-length encoded. The error between the sample before quantization and the sample after quantization is quantized with information saved in this variable-length encoding. This quantization is performed under a rule that specifies, according to the number of saved bits, samples whose errors are to be quantized. In decoding, variable-length codes in an input sequence of codes are decoded to obtain a frequency-domain sample sequence; an error signal is further decoded under a rule that depends on the number of bits of the variable-length codes; and from the obtained sample sequence, the original sample sequence is obtained according to supplementary information.
US11024318B2	Speaker verification A method of speaker verification comprises: comparing a test input against a model of a user's speech obtained during a process of enrolling the user; obtaining a first score from comparing the test input against the model of the user's speech; comparing the test input against a first plurality of models of speech obtained from a first plurality of other speakers respectively; obtaining a plurality of cohort scores from comparing the test input against the plurality of models of speech obtained from a plurality of other speakers; obtaining statistics describing the plurality of cohort scores; modifying said statistics to obtain adjusted statistics; normalising the first score using the adjusted statistics to obtain a normalised score; and using the normalised score for speaker verification.
US11024310B2	Voice control for media content search and selection Various techniques are described herein for supporting voice command control of electronic programming guides (EPGs) and other media content selection systems. The voice input hardware and software components of a remote control device, television receiver, smartphone, virtual assistant, and/or other media device may receive voice commands from a user corresponding to a selection of a media content. In response to the received voice input, the media device may perform a speech-to-text conversion of the voice input, and then perform an analysis of the command text to determine one or more content selections of the user. The analysis may include identifying within the command text one or more television channel names, program names, or other media content names, as well as identifying other instructions, preferences, or other meaningful insights from the command text.
US11024305B2	Systems and methods for using image searching with voice recognition commands Embodiments described herein include systems and methods for using image searching with voice recognition commands. Embodiments of a method may include providing a user interface via a target application and receiving a user selection of an area on the user interface by a user, the area including a search image. Embodiments may also include receiving an associated voice command and associating, by the computing device, the associated voice command with the search image.
US11024295B2	Filtering data in an audio stream Disclosed herein is a system, method, and computer program product for automatic blocking of audible, sensitive data. Incoming audio is converted into text and analyzed for sensitive information. Based on the detection of sensitive information from a source, a recipient is blocked from receiving the audible sensitive information.
US11024294B2	System and method for dialogue management The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementations for user machine dialogue. An instruction is received by an agent device for rendering a communication directed to a user involved in a dialogue in a dialogue scene and is used to render the communication. A first representation of a mindset of the agent is updated accordingly after the rendering. Input data are received in one or more media types capturing a response from the user and information surrounding the dialogue scene and a second representation of a mindset of the user is updated based on the response from the user and the information surrounding of the dialogue scene. A next communication to the user is then determined based on the first representation of the mindset of the agent and the second representation of the mindset of the user.
US11024287B2	Method, device, and storage medium for correcting error in speech recognition result A method, a device, and a storage medium for correcting an error in a speech recognition result are provided. The method includes: performing phonetic notation on a speech recognition result to be corrected, to obtain a pinyin corresponding to the speech recognition result; obtaining one or more candidate texts according to the pinyin, and determining an optimum candidate text from the one or more candidate texts; judging whether the optimum candidate text satisfies a preset condition; and determining the optimum candidate text as a corrected result of the speech recognition result to be corrected in response to satisfying the preset condition.
US11024284B2	Dynamic sound adjustment based on noise floor estimate The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving a plurality of representations of the signal corresponding to samples of the signal within a frame of predetermined time duration, and estimating a power spectral density (PSD) for each of a plurality of frequency bins. The PSD for a particular frequency bin is estimated based on a smoothing parameter calculated from a noise estimate for the particular frequency bin as obtained from samples corresponding to a preceding frame. The method also includes generating, based on the PSD for each of the plurality of frequency bins, an estimate of the steady-state noise floor, and computing a measure of spectral flatness associated with the samples within the frame. The method also includes determining that the measure of spectral flatness satisfies a threshold condition, and in response, computing an updated estimate of the steady-state noise floor.
US11024274B1	Systems, devices, and methods for segmenting a musical composition into musical segments Systems, devices, and methods for segmenting musical compositions are described. Discrete, musically-coherent segments (such as intro, verse, chorus, bridge, solo, and the like) of a musical composition are identified. Distance measures are used to evaluate whether each bar of a musical composition is more like the bars that directly precede it or more like the bars that directly succeed it, and each respective series of musically similar bars is assigned to the same respective segment. Large changes in the distance measure(s) between adjacent bars may be used to identify boundaries between abutting musical segments. Computer systems and computer program products for implementing segmentation are also described. The results of segmentation may advantageously be applied in computer-based composition of music and musical variations, as well as in other applications involving labelling, characterizing, or otherwise processing music.
US11024265B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method for simulating a display installation An image processing apparatus is described comprising a first acquisition unit configured to acquire image data from an image capturing apparatus and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire display installation information indicating a configuration of one or more display screens in a display installation to be simulated. A generation unit is provided to generate, based on the display installation information and the acquired image data, a simulation image that simulates display of the image on the display installation. A display control unit is provided to display the simulation image on a display device.
US11024264B2	Controlling field of view The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling a field of view of an augmented reality (AR) device. The method includes receiving, by an AR device, an instruction for starting a target application; determining, by the AR device, a preset field of view corresponding to the target application in response to receiving the instruction for starting the target application; and adjusting, by the AR device, a current field of view based on the preset field of view.
US11024259B2	Pixel compensation method, pixel compensation apparatus and pixel compensation system A pixel compensation method, a pixel compensation apparatus and a pixel compensation system are disclosed. The pixel compensation method includes: sampling pixel values of an image to be displayed on a display screen to obtain target sampling data; transmitting the target sampling data; receiving pixel compensation data, wherein the pixel compensation data is determined according to an aging duration of the display screen which is determined based on the target sampling data; and compensating for the pixel values of the image to be displayed on the display screen based on the pixel compensation data. The pixel compensation method includes: receiving target sampling data obtained by sampling pixel values of an image to be displayed on a display screen; determining an aging duration of the display screen based on the target sampling data; determining pixel compensation data based on the aging duration; and transmitting the pixel compensation data.
US11024258B2	Display device capable of displaying an image of uniform brightness The present disclosure relates to a display device including first pixels disposed in a first pixel area, and connected to first scan lines; second pixels disposed in a second pixel area, and connected to second scan lines; a timing controller configured to supply a first clock signal and a second clock signal to a first clock line and a second clock line, respectively; a first scan driver configured to receive the first clock signal through the first clock line, and to supply a first scan signal to the first scan lines; and a second scan driver configured to receive the second clock signal through the second clock line, and to supply a second scan signal to the second scan lines, wherein the second pixel area has a smaller width than the first pixel area.
US11024247B2	Electronic device and driving method thereof An electronic device, including an antenna, includes a pixel array, a control circuit, and a gate driver. The control circuit is coupled with the antenna, and configured to receive a RF signal from the antenna. The gate driver is coupled with the control circuit and the pixel array, and includes multiple shift registers. Each of the multiple shift registers is configured to output a scan signal to the pixel array. The control circuit is configured to output a triggering signal to a first-stage shift register of the multiple shift registers. When the control circuit receives the RF signal, the triggering signal has a triggering pulse. When the first-stage shift register receives the triggering pulse, the first-stage shift register outputs the scan signal having an enabling voltage level.
US11024233B2	Display device and display panel A display device can include a display panel including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of light emission control lines, and a plurality of sub-pixels; a first driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of data lines; a second driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of scan lines; and a third driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of light emission control lines, in which the display panel includes an active area in which an image is displayed and a non-active area which is an edge area of the active area.
US11024229B2	Display panel and detection method thereof, and display device A display panel, a detection method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a sub-pixel and a detection circuit, the sub-pixel includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element, the pixel circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting element to emit light; the detection circuit includes a detection signal terminal and a control voltage terminal, a first electrode of the light-emitting element is connected to the detection signal terminal, and a second electrode of the light-emitting element is connected to the control voltage terminal; and the detection circuit is configured to output a variable voltage through the control voltage terminal, the variable voltage includes a first sub-voltage signal, and the detection circuit is further configured to detect an electrical parameter at the first electrode of the light-emitting element in a case where the first sub-voltage signal is applied to the second electrode of the light-emitting element.
US11024223B2	Device with information displayed in a power-off mode In implementations of the subject matter described herein, a device is provided. The device comprises a power source and a display. The device also comprises a buffer in communication with the display. The buffer is configured to store information to be displayed on the display. The device further comprises a power management unit. In a power-off mode of the device where remaining capacity of the power source is below a threshold, the power management unit powers the display and the buffer, so that the display can display the information stored in the buffer. In this way, even if the device is in the power-off mode due to the low capacity of the power source, the display can still present useful information to the user.
US11024211B2	Drive circuit of display panel, driving method of drive circuit and display device A drive circuit and a driving method of a driving circuit, and a display device are provided. The driving circuit comprises: a drive chip comprising N signal lines disposed in order, wherein M signal lines of the N signal lines output a drive signal; and M selection modules, wherein each selection module comprises at least two signal input terminals, a signal output terminal and a control terminal. The signal output terminal is connected to a drive signal line, and the control terminal is connected to a control signal line. Each selection module is configured to control one of the signal input terminals to be connected to the corresponding signal output terminal, and the signal input terminals of the M selection modules, connected to the signal output terminals, are controlled to be correspondingly connected to M signal lines in an one-to-one manner according to a control signal.
US11024210B2	Display panel and display device with notch edge Display panel and display device are provided. An exemplary display panel includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The display area includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and an irregularly-shaped edge. The non-display area includes a first non-display area adjacent to the irregularly-shaped edge. The first non-display area includes a first sub-area adjacent to the sub-edge. The plurality of data lines includes a plurality of irregularly-shaped data lines. The plurality of irregularly-shaped data lines includes a plurality of winding portions in the first sub-area which includes at least one first winding portion, and the at least one first winding portion has at least a wiring portion in a film layer different than a remaining portion of the plurality of winding portions.
US11024191B2	System for a multimodal educational display in a pop-up science center and an educational method for a multimodal educational display in a pop-up science center A system for a multimodal educational display, including a wireless network of sensors and actuators connected to a control system, wherein the control system is configured to gather information through said sensors, analyse data and control the multimodal display by providing action through said actuators based on measurable features of a group of people visiting the multimodal display, said actions being provided in a way that facilitates immediate understanding of an abstract concept from natural sciences and establishes new mental bindings that stimulate the imagination. The invention is further related to an educational method for a multimodal educational display realized in such a system.
US11024188B2	Educational toy number stacking blocks The present invention includes a set of stacking blocks designed to resemble the Arabic numerals 1-10. Each number block is height proportional to its value, and they can be stacked vertically. This feature allows students to see the relationship between numbers, and discover math concepts as they stack or play.
US11024187B2	Aircraft positioning on a taxiway Systems, methods, and computer-readable media storing instructions for determining cross-track error of an aircraft on a taxiway are disclosed herein. The disclosed techniques capture electronic images of a portion of the taxiway using cameras or other electronic imaging devices mounted on the aircraft, pre-process the electronic images to generate regularized image data, apply a trained multichannel neural network model to the regularized image data to generate a preliminary estimate of cross-track error relative to the centerline of the taxiway, and post-process the preliminary estimate to generate an estimate of cross-track error of the aircraft. Further embodiments adjust a GPS-based location estimate of the aircraft using the estimate of cross-track error or adjust the heading of the aircraft based upon the estimate of cross-track error.
US11024176B2	Collision avoidance control system and method A collision avoidance control system and method are provided. The system includes a GPS receiver that obtains location information of a vehicle, a navigation system having map information, and a sensor unit that senses a target vehicle located near a roundabout. The sensor obtains traveling information of the target vehicle and forward view image information of the vehicle. A controller then calculates an estimated collision point based on the map information, the location information of the vehicle and the traveling information of the target vehicle to determine a risk of collision based on an absolute value of a difference between an arrival time of the vehicle to the estimated collision point and an arrival time of the target vehicle to the estimated collision point. The speed of the vehicle is then adjusted in response to the determined risk of collision.
US11024173B1	Systems and methods for curated navigational route management Systems and methods are disclosed for the development and management of curated navigational routes are disclosed. The curated navigational route can be a particular path of travel that is specifically designed for one or more users. The curated navigational routes are carefully constructed paths of travel that are custom defined by a route manager.
US11024166B2	Method, apparatus, and computer program product for estimating traffic speed through an intersection A method is provided for gathering probe data and using the gathered data to establish traffic speeds for various paths through an intersection. Methods may include receiving probe data from a plurality of probes approaching an intersection along a common road segment; receiving probe data from the plurality of probes exiting the intersection along two or more different road segments; determining traffic speed for each path through the intersection from the common road segment based on the received probe data from the plurality of probes approaching the intersection along the common road segment and the received probe data from the plurality of probes exiting the intersection along two or more different road segments; and generating an indication of the traffic speed for each path through the intersection to be provided for display on a graphical representation of the intersection.
US11024164B2	Traffic information processing method and related device The method includes: obtaining, by a first TCU, a traffic application type and first traffic information of a traffic target object; determining, by the first TCU, an interaction coverage area based on the traffic application type and the first traffic information of the traffic target object; determining, by the first TCU, a first area based on the interaction coverage area and a management area of the first TCU; determining, by the first TCU, a traffic participant object in the first area; and sending, by the first TCU, the first traffic information of the traffic target object to the traffic participant object; or receiving, by the first TCU, second traffic information sent by the traffic participant object, and sending the second traffic information to the traffic target object, so as to determine an interaction coverage area, and further accurately determine a traffic participant object in the interaction coverage area.
US11024163B2	Systems and methods for monitoring traffic congestion The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for monitoring traffic congestion. The systems may perform the methods to obtain traffic data associated with speeds or locations of a plurality of vehicles at a first time point; determine a plurality of congested links based on the traffic data; determine one or more congested areas by searching for congested links that are topologically close and clustering the congested links generated by the search; for each of the one or more congested areas, determine whether the congested area is a normal congested area or an abnormal congested area; and display congestion information associated with at least one of the one or more congested areas, wherein the congestion information may include a designation indicating whether the at least one of the one or more congested areas is the normal congested area or the abnormal congested area.
US11024154B1	Self-testing fire sensing device Devices, methods, and systems for a self-testing fire sensing device are described herein. One device includes an adjustable particle generator and a variable airflow generator configured to generate an aerosol density level, an optical scatter chamber configured to measure a rate at which the aerosol density level decreases after the aerosol density level has been generated, and a controller configured to compare the measured rate at which the aerosol density level decreases with a baseline rate, and determine whether the self-testing fire sensing device requires maintenance based on the comparison of the measured rate at which the aerosol density level decreases and the baseline rate.
US11024134B2	Systems and methods to allow operators to sense distance and/or direction using haptic feedback Provided herein are systems to allow an operator to sense, for example, distance of a component from a component connector. The systems include a transmitter associated with the component connector, and a feedback device operable to contact the operator. The feedback device comprises a receiver operable to receive signals transmitted by the transmitter, and an actuator operable to provide haptic feedback to the operator in which, for example, strength, manner, or strength and manner of actuation of the actuator is determined by strength of the signals received by the receiver. Typically, the systems further allow the operator to engage the component to the component connector. Other aspects of the present disclosure provide various methods of allowing an operator to sense, for example, distance of a component from a component connector and to related computer readable media.
US11024126B1	Point of view based wager availability A method of displaying a subset of all available wagers on the different possible outcomes for a play inside of a live sporting event that is dependent upon the portion of the game the user is watching so that the user may view available wagers and the live sporting event on the same display.
US11024123B2	Regulated casino games in which the health of a player's virtual avatar affects the wagering characteristics of the game, including the triggering of a wager A computer-implemented method of determining rewards due to a player while playing a game on a regulated gaming machine may comprise providing a game configured to provide a plurality of in-game assets and a virtual avatar controlled by player inputs to interact with the plurality of in-game assets. A first health status may be established for the virtual avatar. First player inputs may be received and used to control the virtual avatar to interact with in-game assets and to make a first wager having first wager characteristics. As a result, the first health status may change to a higher or lower second health status. Second player inputs may be received to cause the virtual avatar to interact the in-game assets and to make a second wager having second, different, wager characteristics. The difference between the first wager characteristics and the second wager characteristics may be at least partially based upon the second health status.
US11024118B2	System and method for managing player data across different entities In various embodiments, the system and method disclosed herein coordinates the access to persistent data amongst a plurality of disparate entities which otherwise have no player data sharing relationship with one another.
US11024117B2	Gaming system with social award management In one embodiment, a system, apparatus, and method for social gaming includes at least one gaming machine configured to play a game of chance and produce game information and a social gaming server configured to: communicate with the at least one gaming machine; establish a remote gaming session between the gaming machine and at least one user device; distribute at least a portion of the game information to the at least one user device; and providing a social award to user of the at least one user device.
US11024115B2	Network based control of remote system for enabling, disabling, and controlling gaming A convenience gaming system is provided. The convenience gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may include a user location determination feature to prevent users from conducting transactions from unauthorized areas.
US11024113B2	Terminal, system and game play method for random number selection events A console for enabling play of a casino wagering game has: a video display screen; a player input system; a wager accepting and resolving system; a ball drop-and-capture gaming system; sensors for the gaming system; and a processor. Separate areas are provided on the video display screen for display of distinct results from at least two consecutive separate ball drop-and-capture events. The processor is configured to: a) receive information from sensors as to results of each ball drop-and-capture event; b) transmit viewable information to each separate area provided on the video display screen for each consecutive separate ball drop-and-capture event; and c) to compare all ball drop-and-capture events to a preselected number of memorialized ball drop-and-capture outcomes.
US11024108B2	Coin detection antenna and coin processing device A coin detection antenna includes a substrate and a plurality of air core coils of track shape including a wiring pattern provided on the substrate. The plurality of air core coils is disposed along short-side directions of air cores of the plurality of air core coils such that a smallest coin of coins to be detected crosses at least one of centerlines of the air cores even when the smallest coin is located at any location in a detection range.
US11024106B2	Student safe dismissal System and method managing dismissal of students from school to parents/guardians (custodians) safely to avoid injury to students from disorganized movement of vehicles or transfer of custody to unauthorized individuals. The procedure monitors and controls the admission of vehicles to a dismissal zone utilizing bar code registration. Other recognition methods such as RFID tags or facial recognition may be used. The registration may be displayed by the vehicle or the custodian. Students are dismissed from the building only when a custodian's vehicle enters the dismissal zone. The vehicles may be positioned in an order. Entry of the custodian vehicle is communicated into the school. There may be a school representative present in the dismissal zone with a scanner. The scanner may be in communication with teachers or a central control point within the school. The students may exit from the school in the order of standing vehicles of custodians.
US11024095B2	Viewpoint dependent brick selection for fast volumetric reconstruction A method to culling parts of a 3D reconstruction volume is provided. The method makes available to a wide variety of mobile XR applications fresh, accurate and comprehensive 3D reconstruction data with low usage of computational resources and storage spaces. The method includes culling parts of the 3D reconstruction volume against a depth image. The depth image has a plurality of pixels, each of which represents a distance to a surface in a scene. In some embodiments, the method includes culling parts of the 3D reconstruction volume against a frustum. The frustum is derived from a field of view of an image sensor, from which image data to create the 3D reconstruction is obtained.
US11024087B2	Contextual local image recognition dataset A contextual local image recognition module of a device retrieves a primary content dataset from a server and then generates and updates a contextual content dataset based on an image captured with the device. The device stores the primary content dataset and the contextual content dataset. The primary content dataset comprises a first set of images and corresponding virtual object models. The contextual content dataset comprises a second set of images and corresponding virtual object models retrieved from the server.
US11024086B2	Methods and system for managing and displaying virtual content in a mixed reality system Disclosed is an approach for managing and displaying virtual content in a mixed reality environment on a one-on-one basis independently by each application, each virtual content is rendered by its respective application into a bounded volume referred herein as a “Prism.” Each Prism may have characteristics and properties that allow a universe application to manage and display the Prism in the mixed reality environment such that the universe application may manage the placement and display of the virtual content in the mixed reality environment by managing the Prism itself.
US11024084B2	Systems and methods for providing medical information and for performing a medically-related process using augmented reality technology An apparatus for use in a medical process that involves a particle accelerator, includes: a processing unit configured to obtain treatment plan information, obtain a viewing direction of a user of the apparatus, and process the treatment plan information based on the viewing direction of the user of the apparatus to create a graphical representation of the treatment plan information for presentation to the user of the apparatus; and a screen for displaying the graphical representation.
US11024072B2	Apparatus and method for performing motion capture using a random pattern on capture surfaces A method is described comprising: applying a random pattern to specified regions of an object; tracking the movement of the random pattern during a motion capture session; and generating motion data representing the movement of the object using the tracked movement of the random pattern.
US11024071B2	Method of converting phoneme transcription data into lip sync animation data for 3D animation software Described is a system, method, and computer program product that substantially advances the art of animating Lip Sync in 3D computer animated characters by automatically producing data from a Phoneme Transcription of a dialog audio file, which data results in Lip Sync animation that is more realistic, smooth, and aesthetically pleasing than that produced by current Phoneme-Target Lip Sync systems. This Invention works by converting a Phoneme Transcription of a recorded dialog audio file into KeyFrame Data which dynamically controls 16 independent animation Parameters, each associated with a different part of the animated character's mouth, then algorithmically modifying that data such that it conforms to the previously unknown complex, subtle and context-specific relationships between audible phonemes and visible mouth movements.
US11024068B2	Implementing time display on a watch based on whether a wearer has looked at the watch The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for displaying information, a program, and a communication system, which enable the provision of an apparatus making use of a display device excellent in flexibility. An information display apparatus includes a display unit including a time information presenting section for presenting at least time information and a band section to be worn on an arm, and a display control unit for changing a display of the display unit. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, the information display apparatus.
US11024066B2	Presentation generating system for medical images, training method thereof and presentation generating method A presentation generating system of medical images includes: a memory and a processor. The memory stores computer program instructions. The processor executes the following operations while loading the program instructions: acquiring 2D medical image; extracting image features of the medical images and transforming the image features into image feature vectors and outputting them to a first vector space established in advance; determining and outputting semantic feature vectors corresponding to the image feature vectors according to a correspondence between image feature vectors contained in the pre-established first vector space and the matching semantic feature vectors contained in the second vector space; and transforming and outputting semantic feature vectors that match the image feature vectors into corresponding natural language. Further provided are a training method for the presentation generating system and a presentation generating method.
US11024062B2	Systems and methods for evaluating image quality A method for evaluating image quality is provided. The method may include: obtaining an image, the image including a plurality of elements, each element of the plurality of elements being a pixel or voxel, each element having a gray level; determining, based on a maximum gray level of the plurality of elements, one or more thresholds for segmenting the image; determining one or more sub-images of a region of interest by segmenting, based on the one or more thresholds, the image; and determining, based on the one or more sub-images of the region of interest, a quality index for the image.
US11024060B1	Generating neutral-pose transformations of self-portrait images Techniques are provided for converting a self-portrait image into a neutral-pose portrait image, including receiving a self-portrait input image, which contains at least one person who is the subject of the self-portrait. A nearest pose search selects a target neutral-pose image that closely matches or approximates the pose of the upper torso region of the subject in the self-portrait input image. Coordinate-based inpainting maps pixels from the upper torso region in the self-portrait input image to corresponding regions in the selected target neutral-pose image to produce a coarse result image. A neutral-pose composition refines the coarse result image by synthesizing details in the body region of the subject (which in some cases includes the subject's head, arms, and torso), and inpainting pixels into missing portions of the background. The refined image is composited with the original self-portrait input image to produce a neutral-pose result image.
US11024058B2	Encoding and decoding a stylized custom graphic Disclosed are methods for encoding information in a graphic image. The information may be encoded so as to have a visual appearance that adopts a particular style, so that the encoded information is visually pleasing in the environment in which it is displayed. An encoder and decoder are trained during an integrated training process, where the encoder is tuned to minimize a loss when its encoded images are decoded. Similarly, the decoder is also trained to minimize loss when decoding the encoded images. Both the encoder and decoder may utilize a convolutional neural network in some aspects to analyze data and/or images. Once data is encoded, a style from a sample image is transferred to the encoded data. When decoding, the decoder may largely ignore the style aspects of the encoded data and decode based on a content portion of the data.
US11024024B2	Systems and methods for analyzing perfusion-weighted medical imaging using deep neural networks Systems and methods for analyzing perfusion-weighted medical imaging using deep neural networks are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving perfusion-weighted imaging data acquired from a subject using a magnetic resonance (“MR”) imaging system and modeling at least one voxel associated with the perfusion-weighted imaging data using a four-dimensional (“4D”) convolutional neural network. The method also includes extracting spatio-temporal features for each modeled voxel and estimating at least one perfusion parameter for each modeled voxel based on the extracted spatio-temporal features. The method further includes generating a report using the at least one perfusion parameter indicating perfusion in the subject.
US11024020B2	Method and system for automatic quality inspection of materials and virtual material surfaces The present document describes methods and systems for the automatic inspection of material quality. A set of lights with a geometric pattern is cast on a material to be analyzed. Depending on the material being inspected, same may act as a mirror and the reflected image is captured by a capture device, or the light passes through the material being inspected and the image is captured by a capture device. Defects in the material can be detected by the distortion caused by same in the pattern of the reflected image or passing through. Finally, software is used to identify and locate these distortions, and consequently the defects in the material. This classification of defects is carried out using artificial intelligence techniques.
US11024016B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method thereof An image processing apparatus filters an image and obtains a signal in a threshold range as a shadow. The image processing apparatus obtains boundary information by applying boundary detection filters associated with different directions. The shadow is applied, based on the boundary information, to a portion of the input image to provide an output image with improved sharpness.
US11024008B1	Methods and apparatus for multi-encoder processing of high resolution content Methods and apparatus for multi-encoder processing of high resolution content. In one embodiment, the method includes capturing high resolution imaging content; splitting up the captured high resolution imaging content into respective portions; feeding the split up portions to respective imaging encoders; packing encoded content from the respective imaging encoders into an A/V container; and storing and/or transmitting the A/V container. In another embodiment, the method includes retrieving and/or receiving an A/V container; splitting up the retrieved and/or received A/V container into respective portions; feeding the split up portions to respective imaging decoders; stitching the decoded imaging portions into a common imaging portion; and storing and/or displaying at least a portion of the common imaging portion.
US11024007B2	Apparatus and method for non-uniform frame buffer rasterization An apparatus and method are described for a non-uniform rasterizer. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a graphics processor to process graphics data and render images using the graphics data; and a non-uniform rasterizer within the graphics processor to determine different resolutions to be used for different regions of an image, the non-uniform rasterizer to receive a plurality of polygons to be rasterized and to responsively rasterize the polygons in accordance with the different resolutions.
US11023993B2	Apparatus and method for verifying fragment processing related data in graphics pipeline processing The present application relates to an apparatus for verifying fragment processing related data and a method of operating thereof. The fragment shader unit is coupled to the at least one data buffer. A fragment shader unit of a graphics processing pipeline receives fragment data and records fragment processing related data in the at least one data buffer on processing one or more fragments in accordance with the received fragment data. A comparator unit coupled to the at least one data buffer compares the recorded fragment processing related data in the at least one data buffer to reference data and issues a fault indication signal in case the recorded fragment processing related data and the reference data mismatch.
US11023992B2	Signal encoding for difficult environments This disclosure relates to advanced image signal processing technology including encoded signals and digital watermarking. We disclose methods, systems and apparatus for selecting which ink(s) should be selected to carry an encoded signal for a given machine-vision wavelength for a retail package or other printed design. We also disclose retail product packages and other printed objects, and methods to generate such, including a sparse mark in a first ink and an overprinted ink flood in a second ink. The first ink and the second ink are related through tack and spectral reflectance difference. Of course, other methods, packages, objects, systems and apparatus are described in this disclosure.
US11023986B2	Job recall services in online education platforms An online education platform manages and integrates a number of education services for users of the platform, including job recall services. These job recall services include management and distribution of job recall materials that test whether job applicants have acquired desired knowledge or skills for a particular job opening or class of jobs. The job recall materials are uploaded to the education platform and mapped to one or more learning units. Each learning unit is associated with an educational course and includes a distinct concept in the associated course. Responsive to a user of the education platform completing the learning unit to which a job recall material is mapped, the job recall material is recommended to the user.
US11023979B2	Reference price index for pharmaceutical products A pharmacy care manager (PCM) uses a reference price for a given drug that reflects the actual cost and availability of the drug in the market. The PCM determines a reference price index (RPI) using drug pricing and availability data from drug manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacies, and the like, updated on a daily basis. Drug identification data obtained from industry publishers allow pharmaceutical products from different sources to be cross referenced. The PCM then uses the RPI as the basis for the reference price, thereby removing any arbitrariness or inconsistency in the reference price. The reference price may then be applied to pay pharmacy claims and request reimbursements from plan clients. Such an arrangement reduces or eliminates any differences between payment of claims and reimbursement.
US11023958B2	Smart measurement points Systems and methods for dynamically defining smart measurement points are disclosed. A first experiment configured to provide one of a base element or a variant element is defined and the first experiment is associated with a first page. The first experiment includes a first dynamically defined qualifying measurement point. A plurality of records each comprising one or more variables indicative of an interaction between one of the plurality of user systems and the computing device are generated and a search query including the first dynamically defined qualifying measurement point is received. Each record received is searched. For each record containing the first dynamically defined qualifying measurement point, an associated one of the plurality of user devices is qualified for the at least one experiment and, for each remaining record, the associated one of the plurality of user devices is excluded for the at least one experiment.
US11023953B1	Recommendation engine that integrates customer social review-based data to understand preferences and recommend products The disclosure describes a system and methods for implementing a recommendation engine. The recommendation engine can at least generate a segmentation identifying a customer group for a product, receive a customer review from a storage location, generate a customer review profile based on the customer review, match the customer review profile to the customer group based on comparing purchase factors, preference levels, or a combination thereof associated with the segmentation and purchase factors, preference levels, or a combination thereof associated with the customer review profile, and recommend the product, one or more features of the product, or a combination thereof to a further customer based on the matched customer review profile.
US11023950B2	Systems and methods for analyzing lower body movement to recommend footwear Systems and methods for analyzing lower body movement in low stress and loaded states and selecting footwear are disclosed herein. A system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a plurality of markers and/or sensors and a controller. The markers or sensors can be used to detect lower body movement of a human subject, including inward and outward knee motion and tibia rotation. The controller can be configured to record lower body movement of the human subject in an unloaded state and a loaded state. The controller can further be configured to determine a trend corresponding to a change in the lower body movement from the unloaded state to the loaded state. Based on this trend, the system can select footwear characteristics that counteract any trend away from the lower body movement in the unloaded state.
US11023949B2	Method for delivering a custom sandwich to a patron A method of fulfilling custom food orders includes obtaining feedback from a user through an ordering application. The feedback relates to a first food item of a first food order following fulfillment of the first food order. The first food item includes a first ingredient. The method includes determining a preferred variation associated with the first ingredient based on the feedback and a first recipe used to make the first food item. The method includes updating a taste profile associated with the user based on the preferred variation. The method includes receiving, from the user, a second food order including a second food item. The method includes retrieving a second recipe associated with the second food item. The method includes selectively modifying the second recipe based on the taste profile. The method includes controlling a food assembly apparatus to prepare the second food item according to the second recipe.
US11023948B2	Adaptive payment card system and process The present invention provides an adaptive payment card system and process for providing a customer (referred to herein as a “cardholder”) with a payment card (referred to herein as an “adaptive” payment card) that is issued by an issuing financial institution (an “issuer”), and linked to a card entity (such as MasterCard), where the product associated with the adaptive payment card can be changed without modification to the corresponding payment card and without requiring issuance of a new payment card.
US11023926B2	Computerized system and method for advanced advertising The invention provides an improved algorithm for selecting paid advertisements for inclusion with search engine results or with any resource retrieved from the Internet. The algorithm collects personalized data of each user and feeds the collected personalized data into search queries of search engines, to retrieve paid advertisements. The advertisements are retrieved based not only on search keywords input by the user, but also based on personal preferences, interests and demographics of the user, as well as the location of the user and the time when the search is performed. In other words, the inventive technology enables each user to receive very targeted, localized and personalized advertising materials.
US11023920B2	Content based selection and meta tagging of advertisement breaks An example system to identify an advertisement to include in source material to increase an effectiveness of the advertisement includes an analyzer to determine one or more priming characteristics for a plurality of locations of a source material based on neuro-response data collected from a first subject exposed to the source material and a selector to identify an attribute of the advertisement, identify at least one of a temporal attribute or a spatial attribute for the plurality of locations, perform a comparison of the attribute of the advertisement to the at least one of the temporal attribute or the spatial attribute for the plurality of locations, select a first location of the plurality of locations for insertion of the advertisement based on the comparison and the priming characteristics, and transform the source material to include the advertisement at the first location.
US11023918B1	Incentives for physical activity A method for rewarding physical activity is disclosed. At a server computer, goal data is received from a user device for a user. The goal data comprises a description of a physical activity for traveling to a location of a retailer within a time goal. The goal data includes a reward to be provided to the user for completing the physical activity within the time goal. User data is received from the user device. The user data includes data from an activity monitor and geolocation data. Based on the user data, a determination is made as to whether the user has completed the physical activity within the time goal. When the determination is made that the user has completed the physical activity within the time goal, the reward is provided to the user.
US11023909B1	Systems and methods for predicting consumer spending behavior based on historical transaction activity progressions Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting consumer spending behavior based on historical purchase activity progressions. One method includes: receiving transaction data related to two or more past payment transactions of a consumer; receiving environmental and/or behavioral data associated with each of the past payment transactions; determining, based on the transaction data and environmental and/or behavioral data, historical purchase activity progressions, wherein each of the historical purchase activity progressions identifies one or more trends in environmental and/or behavioral data; receiving transaction data related to a current payment transaction of the consumer; receiving environmental and/or behavioral data associated with the current payment transaction; comparing the environmental and/or behavioral data associated with one or more of the past payment transactions with environmental and/or behavioral data associated with the current payment transaction; and determining whether a progression of one or more of the past payment transactions to the current payment transaction maps to one of the historical purchase activity progressions.
US11023907B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for identifying dormancy risk A first plurality of consumers having a target event is identified. A first dataset and a second dataset for the first plurality of consumers are received. The first dataset comprises first transaction card data for each consumer in the first plurality of consumers for a first time period, where the first time period is prior to the target event. The second dataset comprises second transaction card data for each consumer in the first plurality of consumers during a second time period, where the second time period is after the target event. A first score for each consumer is calculated using the first transaction card data and a second score for each consumer is calculated using the second transaction card data. The first score is compared to the second score for each consumer. In response to a determination that the second score is a threshold lower than the first score, one or more consumers are identified as high dormancy risk.
US11023897B1	Systems and methods for optimizing transaction conversion rate using measured feedback A method for optimizing transaction authorization conversion rates using measured feedback includes retrieving payment transaction parameters and authorization results for a plurality of past payment transactions from a database, generating a transaction success model comprising authorization success factors for each of a plurality of payment transaction parameters using data science methods for statistical inference based on the retrieved payment transaction parameters and authorization results, receiving, at an acquirer processor, a payment transaction from a merchant, modifying one or more parameters of the payment transaction according to the generated transaction success model, and submitting the modified payment transaction to a financial institution for processing.
US11023896B2	Systems and methods for real-time processing of data streams A system for generating alerts including processors and storage devices. The instructions configure the one or more processors to perform operations, which include receiving an event from a data stream, extracting keys from the event, associating the event with at least one account based on the extracted keys, identifying a state variable associated with the at least one account, updating the state variable by accumulating the event in the state variable, registering a time stamp for the event in the state variable, and retiring expired events from the state variable. The operations may also include determining whether the state variable is above a threshold level and generating an alert for the account when the state variable is above the threshold level.
US11023894B2	Fast access vectors in real-time behavioral profiling in fraudulent financial transactions A computer-implemented method for real-time transaction fraud vetting, including: receiving a transaction record including real-time transaction data and a key identifying a transacting entity; matching the key to a plurality of profiles of the transacting entity, each of the plurality of profiles including a data attribute; accessing a datapoint for each of the plurality of profiles, each datapoint representing a standard for the corresponding data attribute computed from historical transaction records of the transacting entity; assessing whether deviation of the real-time transaction data from each datapoint exceeds a corresponding threshold; incrementing a transaction risk corresponding to the transaction record for each deviation from one of the datapoints that exceeds the corresponding threshold; outputting a fraud score based at least in part on the transaction risk; and updating at least one datapoint based on the corresponding real-time transaction data to generate an updated datapoint set for the plurality of profiles.
US11023885B2	System, method, and computer program for securely transmitting and presenting payment card data in a web client The present disclosure relates to a system, method, and computer program for securely transmitting and presenting payment card data in a web client. Payment card information is securely transmitted form a payment card server to a sandboxed container object on a webpage. The payment card sever is PCI compliant and independent of the webserver that provided the webpage to the web client. A sandboxed payment-card client, executing within the sandboxed container object on the web page, establishes a secure communication session with the payment-card sever. The payment-card server transmits payment card data to the sandboxed payment-card client, which displays the payment card data in the sandboxed container object (or in a plurality of sandboxed container objects). The website's webserver is bypassed in communications between the payment-card server and the sandboxed payment-card client.
US11023881B2	Near field communication NFC-based transaction method and device This application relates to electronic hardware, and in particular, to a handheld terminal that performs a transaction based on NFC. A first terminal and a second terminal each support multiple transaction manners, negotiate a to-be-used transaction manner by using an NFC connection, and automatically invoke a payment client to initiate a transaction request to a transaction server. The first terminal and the second terminal further sort and screen the multiple transaction manners before negotiation.
US11023863B2	Machine learning risk assessment utilizing calendar data Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for machine learning risk assessment utilizing calendar data are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes processing historical calendar data attributed to users on a network; generating, based on the processed historical calendar data and historical user activity data associated with the network, a machine learning user activity model; processing input data, wherein the input data comprise additional user activity data associated with the network attributed to one of the users and additional calendar data temporally related to the additional user activity data; generating a risk assessment output for the user by applying the machine learning user activity model to the processed input data; and providing the risk assessment output to one or more risk management entities within the network for execution of one or more automated actions based on the risk assessment output.
US11023856B2	Providing implants for surgical procedures Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing implants for surgical procedures. In some implementations, a model that has been trained using data indicating characteristics of other patients and items used in surgeries for the other patients is obtained. Using the model and patient characteristics for a patient, such as the height and weight of the patient, the items needed for a surgery for a particular patient can be identified. For example, the likelihoods that different sizes of an implant component will be needed can be identified and used to determine which sizes of components should be provided at a medical facility and in the operating room for the patient's surgery.
US11023835B2	System for decommissioning information technology assets using solution data modelling Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for decommissioning information technology assets using solution data modelling. The system is typically configured for generating solution data models comprising a plurality of asset systems and a plurality of users, wherein each of the plurality of asset systems is associated with at least one user of the plurality of users and wherein at least a first of the plurality of asset systems is associated with at least a second of the plurality of asset systems, storing the solution data models in a model database, identifying at least one information technology asset for decommissioning, accessing a first solution data model associated with the at least one information technology asset, identifying one or more relationships associated with the at least one information technology asset, and decommissioning the at least one information technology asset based on the one or more relationships.
US11023826B2	System and method for data visualization using machine learning and automatic insight of facts associated with a set of data In accordance with various embodiments, described herein are systems and methods for use of computer-implemented machine learning to automatically determine insights of facts, segments, outliers, or other information associated with a set of data, for use in generating visualizations of the data. In accordance with an embodiment, the system can receive a data set that includes data points having data values and attributes, and a target attribute, and use a machine learning process to automatically determine one or more other attributes as driving factors for the target attribute, based on, for example, the use of a decision tree and a comparison of information gain, Gini, or other indices associated with attributes in the data set. Information describing facts associated with the data set can be graphically displayed at a user interface, as visualizations, and used as a starting point for further analysis of the data set.
US11023814B1	Computerized systems and methods for product categorization using artificial intelligence Systems and methods are provided for categorizing products using Al. One method comprises retrieving initial training data including products associated with one or more categories; pre-processing the initial training data to generate synthesized training data; generating a hierarchical model using the synthesized training data, the hierarchical model containing at least two layers of nodes below a root node; receiving information associated with a first uncategorized product; and receiving a request to predict a set of N categories with the highest N total probability scores. The method may further comprise predicting, using the hierarchical model, N categories of the first uncategorized product, by calculating total probability scores, and determining the N categories with the highest N total probability scores; sorting the first uncategorized product into the N categories associated with the nodes from the first and second layers having the highest total probability scores; and displaying the sorted first uncategorized product and its associated N categories on a user device associated with a user.
US11023802B2	Battery-based neural network weights Methods for controlling the resistance of a controllable resistive element include determining an amount of electrical resistance change for the controllable resistive element. A concentration difference is determined for a charge carrier ion in a resistor layer of the controllable resistance element that corresponds to the electrical resistance change for the controllable resistive element. A duration and amplitude of a current pulse is determined that changes the charge carrier ion concentration by the determined difference. A positive or negative current pulse is applied to a controllable resistive element for the determined duration.
US11023801B2	Data processing method and apparatus The present application discloses a data processing method and apparatus. A specific implementation of the method includes: receiving floating point data sent from an electronic device; converting the received floating point data into fixed point data according to a data length and a value range of the received floating point data; performing calculation on the obtained fixed point data according to a preset algorithm to obtain result data in a fixed point form; and converting the obtained result data in the fixed point form into result data in a floating point form and sending the result data in the floating point form to the electronic device. This implementation improves the data processing efficiency.
US11023790B2	System, method for controlling the same, and method for controlling server A system includes a server and a printing apparatus. The server manages a first printing content and a second printing content as a predetermined printing target. When an instruction user issues a speech instruction for printing the predetermined printing target to an audio control device as an n-th speech print instruction, the server selects the first printing content associated with the predetermined printing target.
US11023786B2	Device control apparatus A device control apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an occupant in a vehicle, a first recognition unit configured to recognize a posture of the occupant based on the image captured by the imaging unit, a second recognition unit configured to recognize a state of a hand including at least a shape of the hand of the occupant based on the image captured by the imaging unit, a discrimination processing unit configured to specify a device to be controlled and an operation to be executed based on the posture of the occupant recognized by the first recognition unit and the state of the hand recognized by the second recognition unit, and a controller configured to issue a control command corresponding to the specified device to be controlled and the specified operation to be executed.
US11023784B2	Method and apparatus for employing specialist belief propagation networks A method and apparatus for processing image data is provided. The method includes the steps of employing a main processing network for classifying one or more features of the image data, employing a monitor processing network for determining one or more confusing classifications of the image data, and spawning a specialist processing network to process image data associated with the one or more confusing classifications.
US11023783B2	Network architecture search with global optimization Systems and methods generate a segmentation network for image segmentation using global optimization. A method for automatic generation of at least one segmentation network includes providing an initial set of hyperparameters to construct a segmentation network. The hyperparameters define operations for a set of block structures and connections between the block structures. The segmentation network is trained using a first set of images with ground truth. An objective function value for the trained segmentation network is generated using a second set of images having ground truth. The set of hyperparameters is updated by performing a derivative-free optimization algorithm on the objective function value to construct an updated segmentation network. The training of the segmentation network, the generating of the objective function, and the updating of the set of hyperparameters for the updated segmentation network are iterated to generate a network architecture for the segmentation network.
US11023782B2	Object detection device, vehicle control system, object detection method, and non-transitory computer readable medium An object detection device 30 comprises a position region detecting part 31 using a first neural network to detect a position region of an object in the image, a large attribute identification part 32 configured using a second neural network to identify a large attribute of the object, a small attribute identification part 33 using a third neural network to identify a small attribute of the object, and an object judging part 34 judging a result of detection of the object. The object judging part is configured to judge that a result of identification of the small attribute is the result of detection if a confidence of the result of identification of the small attribute is equal to or more than a threshold value, and judge the result of detection based on a result of identification of the large attribute if the confidence is less than the threshold value.
US11023767B2	Systems and methods for text localization and recognition in an image of a document Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for localization and recognition of text from images. For instance, a first method may include: receiving an image; processing the image through a convolutional backbone to obtain feature maps(s); processing the feature maps through a region of interest (RoI) network to obtain RoIs; filtering the RoIs through a filtering block to obtain final RoIs; and processing the final RoIs through a text recognition stack to obtain predicted character sequences for the final RoIs. A second method may include: constructing a text localization and recognition neural network (TLaRNN); obtaining training data; training the TLaRNN on the training data; and storing trained weights of the TLaRNN. The constructing the TLaRNN may include: connecting a convolutional backbone to a region of interest (RoI) network; connecting the RoI network to a filtering block; and connecting the filtering block to a text recognition network.
US11023766B2	Automatic optical character recognition (OCR) correction Disclosed herein are computer-implemented methods, computer-implemented systems, and non-transitory, computer-readable media for automatic Optical Character Recognition (OCR) correction. One computer-implemented method includes evaluating an OCR result using a trained Long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network language model to determine whether correction to the OCR result is required. If correction to the OCR result is required, a most similar text relative to the OCR result is determined from a name and address corpus using a modified edit distance technique. The OCR result is corrected with the determined most similar text.
US11023741B1	Draw wire encoder based homography A sensor calibration system configured to receive a first frame of one or more markers on a repositionable platform at a first location within a space from a sensor. The system is further configured to determine pixel locations in the first frame for a first marker and a second marker from among the one or more markers. The system is further configured to receive distance information that corresponds with a distance between the platform and distance measuring devices. The system is further configured to determine (x,y) coordinates for the first marker and the second marker based on the distance information. The system is further configured to generate a homography based on the (x,y) coordinates and pixel locations of the first marker and the second marker. The homography includes coefficients that translate between pixel locations in the first frame of the sensor and (x,y) coordinates in the global plane.
US11023740B2	System and method for providing machine-generated tickets to facilitate tracking A tracking system includes a set of cameras, a kiosk, and a tracking server. The kiosk receives a payment amount from a person. The tracking server extracts features of the person from an image feed received from the set of cameras. The tracking server generates a session identifier that is associated with the payment amount and a unique code. The unique code represents at least one of the payment amount and features of the person. The tracking server sends a message to the kiosk to provide a ticket corresponding to the payment amount and the unique code to the person. The tracking server receives a digital cart associated with the person comprising items and a total cash value of the items. The tracking server concludes a transaction by deducting the total cash value from the payment amount.
US11023726B2	Automatic camera parameter adjustment on a plant treatment system A plant treatment system automatically adjusts camera operation parameters for a camera used by the plant treatment system to identify and treat plants in a field. The plant treatment system can generate image segments of images received from the camera and classify the image segments based on whether the image segments represent plants. The plant treatment system determines whether each of the image segments is over- or under-exposed and adjusts the camera operation parameters for the camera based on the exposure classification of the image segments. Alternatively, the plant treatment system may use a plant detection model to identify plant pixels within an image that represent plants. The plant treatment system can then determine whether the identified plant pixels are over- or under-exposed and adjust the camera operation parameters accordingly.
US11023720B1	Document parsing using multistage machine learning A system for document parsing includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an image. The processor is configured to determine text boxes. Determining text boxes uses multiple zoom levels of the image. The processor is further configured to determine labels from the strings and provide the labels.
US11023719B1	Digital camera processing system A digital camera processing system with software to manage taking photos with a digital camera. Camera software controls the digital camera. A downloaded software component controls the digital camera software and causes a handheld mobile device to perform operations. The operations may include instructing a user to have the digital camera take photos of a check; displaying an instruction on a display of the handheld mobile device to assist the user in having the digital camera take the photos; or assisting the user as to an orientation for taking the photos with the digital camera. The digital camera processing system may generate a log file including a bi-tonal image formatted as a TIFF image.
US11023714B2	Suspiciousness degree estimation model generation device A suspiciousness degree estimation model generation device includes: a clustering unit that performs clustering on an input face image based on the feature extracted from the face image; and a suspiciousness degree estimation model generation unit that generates a suspiciousness degree estimation model used for estimating the suspiciousness degree of an estimation target person, based on the result of clustering by the clustering unit and suspiciousness degree information that is previously associated with a face image included by the clustering result and that shows the suspiciousness degree of a person shown by the face image. The suspiciousness degree estimation device includes: a feature extraction unit that extracts a feature from a face area of an estimation target person; and a suspiciousness degree estimation unit estimates the suspiciousness degree of the estimation target person, based on the feature extracted by the feature extraction unit and the suspiciousness degree estimation model generated by the suspiciousness degree estimation model generation device.
US11023707B2	System and method for selecting a part of a video image for a face detection operation A cropped bounding box selection operation is performed on a video captured by a video capture and playback system, to select one or more cropped bounding boxes from the video for processing by a face detection operation. The cropped bounding box selection operation identifies objects from the video images and assigns a ranking to each identified object based on certain priority criteria; one or more cropped bounding boxes corresponding to the objects with the highest ranking(s) are then processed by the face detection operation to detect a face in each object.
US11023704B2	Interactive biometric touch scanner Aspects of this disclosure relate to a biometric sensing device that combines sensing with an actuator for two way communication between a finger on a surface and the device. The sensor can also function as an actuator. A finger can be authenticated based on an image of the finger generated by the sensor and also based on a response to energy delivered to the finger by the actuator. Two way communication can provide more robust authentication than fingerprint sensing alone.
US11023703B2	Ultrasonic sensor, ultrasonic sensing device, display device and biometric data sensing method According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, an ultrasonic sensor, an ultrasonic sensing device, a display device, and a biometric information sensing method are provided, in which a first transistor and a second transistor disposed in respective pixels adjacent to each other are driven by a same scan line, and the first transistor controlling the application of a high voltage and the second transistor controlling sensing are configured with different channel types; therefore, a driving interval for generating ultrasonic waves is separated in time from a sensing interval for sensing reflected ultrasonic waves. Accordingly, an interval for applying the high voltage is reduced; therefore, power consumption can be reduced, and the degradation of components constituting the ultrasonic sensor can be overcome or reduced. In addition, sensing can be performed in an area in which ultrasonic waves are generated; thus, sensing sensitivity can be improved.
US11023680B2	Method and system for detecting semantic errors in a text using artificial neural networks The invention provides a method and system for automatically detecting semantic errors in a text. In order to detect the semantic errors in the text, the method generates a first set of features and a second set of features corresponding to each word in the text. A first set of features corresponds to statistical features of a word and a second set of features for a word corresponds to the features generated for a plurality of words surrounding the word in the text using matrix factorization techniques. The method, then, combines a first set of features and a second set of features to generate a third set of features corresponding to each word in the text. Thereafter, the method utilizes an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model to detect semantic validity of each word based on a corresponding third set of features.
US11023677B2	Interactive feature selection for training a machine learning system and displaying discrepancies within the context of the document A collection of data that is extremely large can be difficult to search and/or analyze. Relevance may be dramatically improved by automatically classifying queries and web pages in useful categories, and using these classification scores as relevance features. A thorough approach may require building a large number of classifiers, corresponding to the various types of information, activities, and products. Creation of classifiers and schematizers is provided on large data sets. Exercising the classifiers and schematizers on hundreds of millions of items may expose value that is inherent to the data by adding usable meta-data. Some aspects include active labeling exploration, automatic regularization and cold start, scaling with the number of items and the number of classifiers, active featuring, and segmentation and schematization.
US11023674B2	Generation and application of object notation deltas The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for creating and merging delta object notation documents. One example method includes receiving a request to create a delta object notation document based on a first object notation document and a second object notation document. The first object notation document is compared to the second object notation document to generate the delta object notation document in an object notation format. Generating the object notation document includes navigating properties in the first object notation document and the second object notation document to identify properties in the first object notation document and the second object notation document and determining, for each property identified in the first object notation document or the second object notation document, whether a property with a same name and parent exists in a corresponding first object notation document or a corresponding second object notation document.
US11023673B2	Establishing a proficiency baseline for any domain specific natural language processing A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a domain specific evaluation operation comprising: storing domain specific data within a business query repository; determining and understanding variations within language for a domain specific category; performing a test planner operation on an identified NLP system, the test planner operation allowing a user to select a test plan to apply to the identified NLP system; and, evaluating the identified NLP system using a text planner output.
US11023669B2	Rendering lambda functions in spreadsheet applications Examples discussed herein relate to rending lambdas in spreadsheet application, e.g., Microsoft Excel®. In an implementation, a method of rendering lambdas in a spreadsheet application is disclosed. The method includes accessing a data object corresponding to the lambda function. The data object includes a listing of metadata associated with the lambda function and one or more items of the metadata identify rendering functionality for the lambda function. The method further includes creating a visual representation of the lambda function based, at least in part, on the rendering functionality for the lambda function, and rendering, in the cell of the spreadsheet on a display screen of the computing device, the visual representation of the lambda function.

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