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US11088802B2	Base station and cell setting method Provided is a base station used as a first base station in a radio communication system including the first base station, a second base station communicating with the first base station, and a user equipment communicating with the first base station. The base station includes: an acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of parameters used for an initial cell setting; and a setting unit that performs a cell setting using the acquired plurality of parameters.
US11088799B2	Multi-symbol self-contained waveform design Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that may enable a user equipment (UE) or base station (e.g., a next-generation NodeB (gNB)) to identify that a waveform to be generated for a scheduled transmission is formed by one or more reference signal symbols and one or more data symbols. The waveform may be contained between a beginning boundary and an ending boundary with a duration equal to a total length of the one or more reference signal symbols and the one or more data symbols. The UE, base station, or both may generate the waveform by inserting a guard internal in the one or more reference signal symbols and the one or more data symbols to enable a receiver to perform a fast Fourier transform (FFT) for each of the one or more reference signal symbols and the one or more data symbols.
US11088797B2	Enhanced cell search and system information acquisition Embodiments of efeMTC synchronization signals for enhanced cell search and enhanced system information acquisition are described. In some embodiments, an apparatus of a base station (BS) is configured to generate a length-x sequence for an efeMTC synchronization signal, the length-x sequence configured for repetition in frequency domain within 6 physical resource blocks (PRB). In some embodiments, to generate the length-x sequence, the BS may be configured to select any one index of the set of root indices {1, 2, . . . , 63}, excluding the root indices 25, 29 and 34, to correspond to a different physical-layer cell identity (PCID). In some embodiments, the BS may be configured to encode RRC signaling to include a System Information Block (SIB) comprising configuration information for transmission of the efeMTC synchronization signal, and transmit the length-x sequence as the efeMTC synchronization signal in frequency resources according to the SIB.
US11088791B2	Choosing an SRS resource set when multiple sets are configured A method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE) from a base station, a trigger for aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission for a group of component carriers (CCs), and selecting for transmission, by the UE and in response to the trigger, one or more SRS resource sets for each CC of the group of one or more CCs. At least one CC has multiple SRS resource sets configured. The UE transmits, to the base station, an SRS on each CC of the group of CCs based on the selecting. Another method of wireless communication includes transmitting, by a base station to a UE, a trigger for aperiodic SRS transmission for a group of CCs. At least one CC has multiple SRS resource sets configured for the UE. The base station receives, from the UE, one or more SRS on each CC of the group of CCs.
US11088785B2	Disabling radio link control (RLC) acknowledgments for packets for which acknowledgements are supported at network or higher layer Radio Link Control ACK/NACK is conditionally suppressed. A first wireless communications device including a radio transmitter identifies a first packet flow for which end to end packet retransmission is supported. The first wireless communications device identifies a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) packet corresponding to Radio Link Control Acknowledged Mode (RLC AM), said identified packet being included in the identified first packet flow. The first wireless communications device generates an Acknowledged Mode Protocol Data Unit (AM PDU) including a No RLC ACK Required (NRAR) indicator set to indicate RLC ACK is not required, and the radio transmitter in the first wireless communications device transmits the AM PDU, e.g., an AMD PDU, to a second wireless communications device. The second wireless communications device receives the transmitted AM PDU, recovers the NRAR indicator value, and based on the communicated value of the NRAR indicator, determines to suppress RLC ACK/NACK.
US11088780B2	Low complexity blind detection of code rate Blind detection of code rates for codes with incremental shortening involves determining a decoding code rate for decoding words that are based on codewords of a code that exhibits incremental shortening over a range of code rates. Incremental shortening is a code structure or coding property according to which different numbers of bits in encoding blocks that are to be encoded are set or frozen to a fixed value, to provide the range of code rates. This property enables blind detection of a decoding code rate, without explicit signaling or prior configuration of code rates between a transmitter and a receiver.
US11088774B2	Method and apparatus for wavelength allocation for bidirectional optical access A method and apparatus for wavelength allocation for bidirectional optical access. The wavelength allocation method sets a first central wavelength for the optical path terminal to perform downstream transmission to the optical network unit, and a second central wavelength for the optical network unit to perform upstream transmission to the optical network terminal. At this time, the first center wavelength and the second center wavelength are separated by a predetermined wavelength interval, and the first center wavelength is set larger than the second center wavelength.
US11088773B1	Method for orthogonal wavicle division multiple-access modulation-demodulation A method for orthogonal wavicle division multiple-access modulation-demodulation includes: generate an orthogonal quantum chaotic data wavicles matrix and a quantum chaotic sync wavicle according to a key including the required data bit-rate, the parallel symbols transmission scheme, the signal updating/sampling rate, the available energy spectrum range, and either the ID of the source user or other perturbation schemes agreed upon by the transmitter and receiver; generate and transmit a modulated quantum chaotic wavicle by orthogonal wavicle division multiplexing modulating a serial bits segment to an orthogonal quantum chaotic data wavicles matrix plus a quantum chaotic sync wavicle; and retrieve the serial bits segment by orthogonal wavicle division multiplexing demodulating the received signal synchronously with an orthogonal quantum chaotic data wavicles matrix plus a quantum chaotic sync wavicle.
US11088766B1	Apparatus and method for in-phase and quadrature skew calibration in a coherent transceiver Methods and apparatuses for IQ time skew calibration in a coherent transceiver are described. A four-channel signal is received. A set of inputs is constructed for a 4×8 MIMO equalizer by converting the four-channel signal into four complex inputs that each have a phase shift corresponding to an estimated carrier frequency offset. The set of inputs further includes conjugate replicas of the four complex inputs. Using output from the 4×8 MIMO equalizer, equalizer coefficients are calculated by minimizing error between the MIMO output and a reference signal. Receiver and transmitter IQ skew are estimated using the equalizer coefficients, by converting the equalizer coefficients form the time domain to the frequency domain to determine receiver and transmitter IQ differential phase responses, which are indicative of respective receiver and transmitter IQ skew in the time domain. Skew compensation is then performed.
US11088765B2	Methods and apparatus for detecting and compensating bandwidth limitation and modulation nonlinearity of a coherent optical transponder In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to send a stimulus signal at a frequency that corresponds to a first frequency value to a tributary channel of a coherent optical transponder. The processor is configured to adjust an amplitude of the stimulus signal and receive a first plurality of output optical power values. The processor is configured to adjust the frequency of the stimulus signal and receive a second plurality of output optical power values. The processor is configured to determine a bandwidth limitation and a modulation nonlinearity, and then send a first signal to a first filter to reduce the bandwidth limitation and a second signal to a second filter to reduce the modulation nonlinearity.
US11088761B2	Fiber communication systems and methods An injection locked transmitter for an optical communication network includes a master seed laser source input substantially confined to a single longitudinal mode, an input data stream, and a laser injected modulator including at least one slave laser having a resonator frequency that is injection locked to a frequency of the single longitudinal mode of the master seed laser source. The laser injected modulator is configured to receive the master seed laser source input and the input data stream, and output a laser modulated data stream.
US11088758B2	Communication system A system is provided where one of a broadband termination unit or a gateway unit is supplied with power by the other one of the broadband termination unit or the gateway unit. Supplying may be done via a universal serial bus cable like a universal serial bus Type-C cable.
US11088750B2	Feedback of beam switch time capability Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for providing beam switch latency using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. For example, the method generally includes determining a latency associated with a beam switch from a source antenna array module to a target antenna array module when the target module is in a low power mode; and signaling a base station to use the determined latency after sending a command for the beam switch.
US11088740B2	Downlink multiple input multiple output enhancements for single-cell with remote radio heads A base station selects a subset of at least one geographically separated antennas for each of the plurality of user equipments. The base station forms at least layer of data stream including modulated symbols, precodes the data stream via multiplication with the NT-by-N precoding matrix where N is the number of said layers and NT is the number of transmit antenna elements and transmits the precoded layers of data stream to the user equipment via the selected geographically separated antennas. The base station signals the subset of the plurality of geographically separated antennas via higher layer Radio Resource Control or via a down link grant mechanism. The base station optionally does not signal the subset of the plurality of geographically separated antennas to the corresponding mobile user equipment.
US11088737B2	Operation for 3D beam forming in a wireless communication system Here, operation for 3D beam forming is disclosed. UE, receiving reference signals from one or more base stations (eNBs), may report feedback information comprising precoding matrix information to the one or more eNBs. The precoding matrix information indicates a first type precoding matrix for a horizontal direction and a second type precoding matrix for a vertical direction. eNBs may transmit signals, which are precoded based on a third type precoding matrix for beam forming both on the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.
US11088736B2	Precoding reference signals for uplink transmission with downlink interference information Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus relating to precoding reference signals for uplink transmissions with downlink interference information. In certain aspects, a method, performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, one or more signals for use in estimating channel quality for a downlink between the base station and the UE. The method also includes determining a first frequency resource and a second frequency resource from a frequency band allocated for transmitting a reference signal (RS). The method further includes computing a first downlink channel quality estimate for the first frequency resource using the one or more signals, transmitting a first RS precoded using the first downlink channel quality estimate, computing a second downlink channel quality estimate for the second frequency resource using the one or more signals and transmitting a second RS precoded using the second downlink channel quality estimate.
US11088734B2	Efficient channel estimation for implicit MU-MIMO Base stations for MIMO wireless systems embodying efficient channel estimation techniques. One illustrative embodiment includes: an array of multiple antennas to exchange uplink and downlink signals with spatially-distributed user terminals; multiple transmit chains, each coupled to one of the multiple antennas by a respective transceiver that also couples that antenna to a respective one of multiple receive chains; and a controller. Each of the receive chains opportunistically derives estimated uplink channel response coefficients from packet headers in the wireless uplink signals, and the controller determines a steering transform based at least in part on the estimated channel response coefficients. The transmit chains apply the steering transform to spatially-distinct downlink signals to produce antenna-specific downlink signals for each antenna in the array. Another illustrative embodiment determines, based at least in part on the estimated channel response coefficients, a mobility indicator for each user terminal, and, based on the mobility indicators, schedules at least one action.
US11088728B2	Distributed antenna systems over general use network infrastructures Distributed antenna systems over general use network infrastructures are provided. In one embodiment, a distributed antenna system comprises: a central area node (CAN) coupled to a backbone network, wherein the CAN is configured to communicatively couple to at least one base station via the network, and to communicatively couple to at least one wireless access point via the network. The distributed antenna system is configured to use virtual cables implemented using the network, each of the virtual cables defined by a respective dedicated data channel on the network. The CAN is coupled to the base station and wireless access point using at least some of the virtual cables. Downlink and uplink transport signals are transported between the CAN and the wireless access point through said virtual cables. The downlink transport signals are generated from base station downlink signals and base station uplink signals are generated from the uplink transport signals.
US11088721B2	Device for operating navigation satellite on basis of code division transmission array antenna and method for operating navigation satellite The present invention relates to a device for operating a navigation satellite on the basis of a code division transmission array antenna and a method for operating a navigation satellite. The device for operating a navigation satellite on the basis of a code division transmission array antenna, according to the present invention, comprises: a code generation unit for allocating a spread spectrum code to each of a plurality of antennas; a determination unit for determining, as transmission-end antennas, at least some of the plurality of antennas, to which different spread spectrum codes are allocated; and a processing unit, which arranges each of the transmission-end antennas at predetermined coordinates such that a plurality of signals transmitted from the transmission-end antennas are transmitted to reception-end antennas through multiple paths.
US11088720B2	High-frequency module A high-frequency module includes a transmission signal amplifier that outputs a transmission signal to an antenna terminal side; a reception signal amplifier that amplifies a reception signal supplied from an antenna terminal; a switch that selectively connects the antenna terminal to either an output of the transmission signal amplifier or an input of the reception signal amplifier; and a directional coupler that is provided on a transmission signal path and detects a signal level of the transmission signal. The transmission signal amplifier is controlled by a first control signal supplied from a first control circuit. The reception signal amplifier is controlled by a second control signal supplied from a second control circuit. The switch is controlled by a switch control signal supplied from the first control circuit. The directional coupler is controlled by a coupler control signal supplied from the first control circuit.
US11088716B2	Self interference noise cancellation to support multiple frequency bands Examples described herein include systems and methods which include wireless devices and systems with examples of full duplex compensation with a self-interference noise calculator that compensates for the self-interference noise generated by power amplifiers at harmonic frequencies of a respective wireless receiver. The self-interference noise calculator may be coupled to antennas of a wireless device and configured to generate the adjusted signals that compensate self-interference. The self-interference noise calculator may include a network of processing elements configured to combine transmission signals into sets of intermediate results. Each set of intermediate results may be summed in the self-interference noise calculator to generate a corresponding adjusted signal. The adjusted signal is receivable by a corresponding wireless receiver to compensate for the self-interference noise generated by a wireless transmitter transmitting on the same or different frequency band as the wireless receiver is receiving.
US11088711B2	Memory apparatus and data accessing method thereof The invention provides a data accessing method for a memory apparatus. The data accessing method includes: performing a reading operation on the memory apparatus based on an address information to obtain a codeword and an indicator, where the indicator corresponds to the codeword; enabling a first error correction code (ECC) operation or second ECC operation to be operated on the codeword for generating an error corrected data, wherein, the first ECC operation corrects less bits than the second ECC operation.
US11088702B2	Analog-to-digital converter with interpolation A method of converting an analog signal to a digital code, comprising: using a first comparator to receive an input signal and a first comparison signal, and to generate a first output as a function of the input signal and the first comparison signal; using a second comparator to receive the input signal and a second comparison signal, and to generate a second output as a function of the input signal and the second comparison signal; and using an interpolation comparator to receive the first and second outputs, and to generate a third output based on relative timing of the first and second outputs; further including multiplexing to permit a second-level comparator to receive timing signals from the interpolation comparator and only one of two dummy comparators.
US11088700B2	Rollable display device and rollable device A rollable display device includes a rollable display and a first protection film disposed on a first surface of the rollable display. The first protection film extends beyond a first display edge of the rollable display. The rollable display device further includes a second protection film disposed on a second surface of the rollable display facing the first surface of the rollable display. The second protection film extends beyond the first display edge of the rollable display. The rollable display device additionally includes a first adhesive layer disposed between the rollable display and the first protection film. The rollable display device further includes second adhesive layer disposed between the rollable display and the second protection film, and a first adhesion part disposed adjacent to the first display edge of the rollable display and between the first protection film and the second protection film.
US11088697B2	PLL circuit A phase-frequency comparator compares a reference signal with an output signal from a variable frequency divider, and outputs an up signal of frequency and a down signal of frequency depending on results of the comparison. An AND circuit performs an AND operation between the up signal and the down signal, and outputs a result of the operation as a retiming si al CLKretime. A flip-flop circuit holds an output signal from a frequency control circuit at timing of the output signal from the AND circuit, and outputs the held output signal. At ΔΣ modulator determines a division ratio for the variable frequency divider on the basis of the output from the flip-flop circuit.
US11088695B2	Phase-locked loop apparatus and method for clock synchronization A phase-locked loop (PLL) apparatus and a method for clock synchronization are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the PLL apparatus includes an adjustable oscillator, one or more first difference determiners, one or more first parameter determiners and a loop integrator. The adjustable oscillator can generate an oscillating signal based on a control signal. Each first difference determiner can receive a first clock reference signal and determine a phase difference between the received first clock reference signal and the oscillating signal. Each first parameter determiner can receive a phase difference from the one or more first difference determiners and generate a first control parameter based on a variation of the phase difference. The loop integrator can integrate the one or more first control parameters to generate the control signal for the adjustable oscillator.
US11088684B2	Calibrating internal pulses in an integrated circuit An integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of skitter circuits and a multiplexer that provides the waveform to the plurality of skitter circuits. The plurality of skitter circuits includes at least a first skitter circuit and a second skitter circuit. The first and second skitter circuits are arranged in parallel with respect to an output of the multiplexer. The first skitter circuit can include a first data path and a plurality of first inverters on that first data path. Further, the second skitter circuit can include a second data path, a plurality of second inverters on the second data path, and a delay element connected in series with an input of an initial inverter of the plurality of the second inverters on the second data path.
US11088678B1	Pulsed flip-flop capable of being implemented across multiple voltage domains Examples described herein generally relate to devices that include a pulsed flip-flop capable of being implemented across multiple voltage domains. In an example, a device includes a pulsed flip-flop. The pulsed flip-flop includes a master circuit and a slave circuit sequentially connected to the master circuit. The master circuit includes a pre-charge input circuit and a first latch. A first node is connected between the pre-charge input circuit and the first latch. The slave circuit includes a resolving circuit and a second latch. The first node is connected to an input node of the resolving circuit. A second node is connected between the resolving circuit and the second latch. The resolving circuit is configured to selectively (i) pull up or pull down a voltage of the second node and (ii) be disabled.
US11088676B1	Calibration circuit and transmitter including the same A calibration circuit includes an oscillator configured to generate an oscillation signal according to a control voltage; a counter configured to generate a count value according to the oscillation signal; and a control circuit configured to control a pull-up driver and a pull-down driver commonly coupled to an output node according to the count value, wherein the control circuit compares a reference count value of the counter by providing a reference voltage as the control voltage for a unit control period with a count value of the counter by providing an output voltage of the output node as the control voltage for a unit control period, and controls a pull-up control signal that adjusts turn-on impedance of the pull-up driver and a pull-down control signal that adjusts turn-on impedance of the pull-down driver.
US11088664B2	Amplitude sweep generator and method A signal generator is configured to generate a signal with an amplitude sweep, the signal generator having circuitry comprising: a set of control components, each control component of the set being arranged to be switchably activated in parallel in the circuitry such that an amplitude of the signal has an intrinsic dependence on the number of the control components activated; a shift register controllable by a clock line and comprising a number of bits, each bit of the number of bits controlling activation of a respective control component of the set of control components such that the control components are arranged to be activated or de-activated in a pre-determined order by shifting activation or de-activation bits into the shift register, wherein the shifting is paced by the clock line; and a clock signal generator configured to output a clock signal with a time modulation on the clock line.
US11088653B1	Solar energy collector having a tree structure Systems and methods of a solar light and thermal energy collector assembly are disclosed. The system includes a central pole mounted vertically on a base, a support structure having concentric racks extending radially from the central pole, the racks positioned at different vertical distances along the central pole and having a configuration that supports the solar panels, wherein each rack does not impede the passage of air and light through the rack, at least one solar panel affixed to each rack, each solar panel including a curved reflector formed at the radial edge of the solar panel, an airflow turbine disposed at the top of the central pole, the central pole having one or more apertures and ducts to direct heated air toward the airflow turbine; and electrical conductors for supplying electricity derived from photovoltaic cells in each solar panel and from the electricity-generating turbine.
US11088644B1	Pulsed electric machine control A variety of methods, controllers and electric machine systems are described that facilitate pulsed control of electric machines to improve the energy efficiency of the electric machine when conditions warrant. Selected transitions between pulsing output levels are controlled to provide a cubic or higher order transition torque profile. In various implementations, cubic, quintic or higher order transition profiles are use. The use of such transition torque profiles can improve NVH characteristics of the electric machine while providing energy efficient pulse transitions.
US11088642B2	Electric winding exchanger system An electric winding exchanger system increases torque or speed performance of multi-phase electric motors and electric drive modules. The system includes an electronic control unit, a back electromotive force (EMF) boosting circuit, a plurality of high-voltage terminals, an electric motor, and a motor control unit. The electronic control unit receives and processes commands from the motor control unit. The back EMF boosting circuit adjusts the winding arrangements of the electric motor in order to change the state of the electric motor. The plurality of high-voltage terminals transfers high voltage electrical energy from the back EMF boosting circuit to the electric motor and vice versa. The motor control unit allows a user to input commands in order to activate increased torque or speed performance for the electric motor. The electric motor is preferably a multi-phase electric motor of an electric or hybrid vehicle.
US11088640B2	Drive apparatus for oil-pump motor and drive control method for oil-pump motor A drive apparatus for a motor having a stator and a rotor, the drive apparatus including a current detection unit configured to detect, when the motor is rotating, each of multi-phase currents flowing through coils of the stator, and a control unit for controlling the motor by sensor-less control configured to convert the detected multi-phase currents into a d-axis current Id and a q-axis current Iq in a d-q coordinate system, calculate a phase error between an actual rotational position of the rotor and an imaginary rotational position thereof by comparing the d-axis current Id with a d-axis current command value Idref and comparing the q-axis current Iq with the d-axis current command value Idref, perform control so that the phase error gets closer to zero, and output voltage command values to a motor drive circuit.
US11088639B2	Motor driving device and method thereof A motor driving device includes a first hysteresis comparator, a second hysteresis comparator, a logic circuit, a control unit, and an inverter circuit. The logic circuit receives a start signal or a start completion signal to output the first output signal as a commutation signal according to the start signal, or to output the second output signal as the commutation signal according to the start completion signal, clamps the second output signal by the first output signal, stops outputting the commutation signal after the potential state of the commutation signal is changed, and unclamps the second output signal with the first output signal and outputs the commutation signal in response to a difference voltage between the first input signal and the second input signal being greater than a positive value of the first hysteresis voltage or less than a negative value of the first hysteresis voltage.
US11088627B2	Switching power supply circuit with synchronous rectification and associated control method A switching power supply circuit with synchronous rectifier has an energy storage component, a rectifier switch coupled to a secondary side of the energy storage component, and a secondary side control circuit. The secondary side control circuit provides a driving signal to control the rectifier switch. When the drain-source voltage across the rectifier switch is less than a first threshold value, the secondary side control circuit controls the driving signal to be a maximum voltage to control the rectifier switch being fully on for a predetermined duration. After a predetermined duration, the secondary side control circuit adjusts the voltage of the driving signal based on the drain-source voltage across the rectifier switch and a second threshold value.
US11088625B1	Three-phase CLLC bidirectional DC-DC converter and a method for controlling the same This invention proposes a three-phase CLLC bidirectional DC-DC converter, which includes a high-voltage side voltage dividing capacitor module, a three-phase half-bridge series module, a three-phase half-bridge parallel module, a three-phase primary/secondary side resonant module, a three-phase isolation transformer and a low-voltage side capacitor module. The high-voltage side voltage dividing capacitor module includes three voltage dividing capacitors. The three-phase half-bridge series/parallel module includes three bridge arms connected in series/parallel. Each bridge arm includes two switches connected in series. The three-phase primary/secondary side resonant module includes a, b, c three-phase primary/secondary side resonant tank. The three-phase isolation transformer includes three single-phase transformers a, b, and c. The voltage of the high-voltage side is divided through the voltage dividing capacitors to reduce the voltage stress of the switches, and the switching loss is diminished via the high-frequency soft switching technology.
US11088613B2	Apparatuses and methods of minimizing inrush An apparatus and method for minimizing inrush power. The method includes transmitting a load energization signal from a primary microcontroller to a logic latch or secondary microcontroller, transmitting a zero-cross voltage signal from a zero-cross sensor coupled to the load power to the logic latch or secondary microcontroller, and transmitting an energize signal from the logic latch or secondary microcontroller to a relay after the receipt of an energize signal from the primary microcontroller and after receipt of a zero-cross signal.
US11088609B2	Low noise power supply MOSFET gate drive scheme A switching power supply can include multiple power MOSFETs that receive an initial gate drive waveform comprising a fast slew rate region having a negative slope and a slow slew rate region also having a negative slope. The MOSFETs can turn off during the slow slew rate region of the initial gate drive waveform.
US11088605B2	Magnet generator with resin-made ceiling The present invention provides a magnet generator that can reduce a mass without lowering a desired inertia and can prevent an engine from being locked by vibration or impact in a high rotation speed region. In a magnet generator including a rotor including a bowl-like flywheel having a cylindrical section and a ceiling section, a plurality of permanent magnets arranged over the inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical section, and a boss arranged in the center of the ceiling section and attached to an output shaft of an engine, and a stator facing the permanent magnets, fixed to the engine side inside the flywheel and including laminated steel plates and coils, wherein at least a part of the ceiling section of the flywheel is formed of a synthetic resin and the remaining part is formed of a metal.
US11088604B2	Variable magnetic flux-type permanent magnet rotary electric machine Provided is a variable magnetic flux-type permanent magnet rotary electric machine wherein a leakage magnetic flux leaking from a certain permanent magnet included in the rotor core to a permanent magnet circumferentially adjacent on either side of the certain permanent magnet is controlled by q-axis current and thereby a magnetic flux emanating from the certain permanent magnet and linking with the armature coil wound on the stator is controlled without forming a mechanically weak part in the rotor core.
US11088598B2	Arrangement of a rotational angle measuring system on a housing An arrangement of a magnet-based rotational angle measuring system on a drive motor housing part. The arrangement includes the drive motor housing part, a drive shaft with a free end which extends out of the drive motor housing part, an exciter unit connected to the free end of the drive shaft to rotate therewith, a stationary sensor unit which cooperates with the exciter unit to detect a rotary movement of the drive shaft, a shielding body arranged between the stationary sensor unit and the drive motor housing part, and an alignment element which directly aligns the stationary sensor unit with respect to the drive motor housing part.
US11088597B2	Electric machine An electric machine including a casing comprising a base wall, a stator integral with the casing and provided with a plurality of coils constituting a stator winding, a thermally conductive and electrically insulating annular heat sink interposed between the stator and the base wall of the casing; the annular heat sink is abutted against the base wall and the coils are abutted against the annular heat sink which defines a stop for the stator.
US11088595B2	Rotor structure for outer rotor electric motor An outer rotor electric motor is provided in which a rotor having a rotor case and a plurality of permanent magnets fixed to an inner periphery of the rotor case is disposed so as to cover a stator, and an end part of a rotating shaft is fastened to the end wall by a fastening member having part thereof exposed to an exterior from an upper face of the end wall of the rotor case, wherein a plurality of cooling blades are provided with the end wall so as to extend radially while projecting downward from of the end wall, radially extending grooves for discharging water are formed in the end wall so as to individually correspond to the cooling blades, and a plurality of cooling air discharge holes that discharge air from the cooling blade are formed in the side wall of the rotor case.
US11088593B2	Biased centralizing arms bearing in submersible pump motor A submersible pump electrical motor has a stator with a stator bore, a shaft with rotor sections in the stator bore, and a shaft bearing between rotor sections. The bearing has a bearing body having a hub and centralizing arms circumferentially spaced around the hub. Each of the arms curves and is biased against the stator bore wall. A tab on at least one of the arms engages a slot in the stator bore wall. The bearing body, the hub, and the arms are formed of a single-piece monolithic metal that undergoes elastic deflection of the arms when the bearing body is installed in the stator bore.
US11088585B2	Motor with potting section and hole provided with cap through which winding is inserted A motor unit includes a stator including a coil formed from a wound winding that is configured by a conductive member including an insulating covering layer on the surface of the conductive member, a rotor that rotates under the influence of a rotating magnetic field generated by the stator, and a centerpiece that supports the stator and is formed with a centerpiece-side winding insertion hole through which the winding is inserted. The motor unit also includes a circuit device and a potting section. The potting section is formed using potting material, and seals a gap formed between the centerpiece-side winding insertion hole and the winding by achieving a state in which a portion of the potting section is closely adhered to the covering layer of the winding.
US11088578B2	Attaching a stator to an endbell of an axial flux rotating electrical machine Embodiments involve rotors for axial flux induction rotating electric machines that use a soft magnetic composite for the rotor core. A first embodiment is directed to a rotor for a rotating electrical machine that transmits magnetic flux parallel to a shaft of the rotor. The rotor includes a rotor winding and a plurality of cores. The rotor winding consists of a solid piece of conductive material that comprises a plurality of cavities. Each core is placed in a respective cavity and comprises a highly resistive isotropic ferromagnetic powder.
US11088569B2	Power flow monitoring device for power system, power system stabilization device, and power flow monitoring method for power system The purpose of the present invention is to provide a power flow monitoring device for a power system, a power system stabilization device, and a power flow monitoring method for a power system, which are highly reliable and accurate. The present invention is characterized by being provided with: a power system information database which stores measurement data obtained at a first node of the power system; a phase measurement value database which stores temporally synchronized phase measurement data obtained at a second node of the power system; a fault condition database which stores a power flow state under an assumed fault condition of the power system; a state estimation unit which estimates a state quantity of the power system using information in the power system information database as an input; a stability error detection index calculation unit which calculates a stability error detection index using, as an input, a state quantity estimation value which is an output of the state estimation unit, information of the state quantity from the phase measurement value database, and information in the fault condition database; and an error detection alert generation unit which compares the stability error detection index with a threshold value thereof and generates an alert when the stability error detection index exceeds the threshold value, wherein the magnitude of deviation of the state quantity estimation value with respect to the information of the state quantity from the phase measurement data is evaluated according to the assumed fault condition before the alert is generated.
US11088556B2	Power system for high temperature applications with rechargeable energy storage A power system adapted for supplying power in a high temperature environment is disclosed. The power system includes a rechargeable energy storage that is operable in a temperature range of between about seventy degrees Celsius and about two hundred and fifty degrees Celsius coupled to a circuit for at least one of supplying power from the energy storage and charging the energy storage; wherein the energy storage is configured to store between about one one hundredth (0.01) of a joule and about one hundred megajoules of energy, and to provide peak power of between about one one hundredth (0.01) of a watt and about one hundred megawatts, for at least two charge-discharge cycles. Methods of use and fabrication are provided. Embodiments of additional features of the power supply are included.
US11088552B2	Charging method, terminal, and charging adapter The present application discloses a charging method, a terminal, and a charging adapter. The terminal includes: a USB port, and a processor and a logical circuit respectively coupled to the USB port, where the logical circuit supports a target fast charging protocol, the processor is connected to the logical circuit, the USB port is configured to connect to a charging adapter, and the target fast charging protocol is a fast charging protocol supporting a capability of continuous communication between the terminal and the charging adapter.
US11088549B2	Multiple chargers configuration in one system An electronic system, a multiple charger configuration, and method of operating a multiple input, multiple charger configuration are disclosed. For example, a multiple charger configuration is disclosed, which includes a first battery charger circuit configured to receive to a first input voltage, and a second battery charger circuit configured to receive a second input voltage. A first switching transistor is coupled to an output of the first battery charger circuit, a system voltage output terminal, and a battery terminal configured to connect to a battery stack or at least one battery cell. A second switching transistor is coupled to an output of the second battery charger circuit and the battery terminal. Thus, the multiple chargers can be utilized in one system to charge or discharge a battery stack or at least one battery cell and thereby deliver power for a battery-operated system, product or device.
US11088547B1	Method and system for integration and control of power for consumer power circuits In one embodiment, a power distribution system includes a DC power input for receiving DC power from a renewable energy source, an AC power input for receiving AC power, a multi-phase pulse power output for transmitting multi-phase pulse power, an AC power output for transmitting the AC power, and a controller for allocating power to the multi-phase pulse power output and the AC power output.
US11088543B2	Failure diagnosis system A failure diagnosis system according to an embodiment includes a first power line, a second power line, a first main contact, a second main contact, a first electrical component, a second electrical component, and a control device. The first electrical component includes a first terminal electrically connected to a second part of the first power line and a second terminal electrically connected to a third part of the second power line. A state of the first electrical component is to be switched in a case where a voltage is applied between the first terminal and the second terminal. The control device is configured to determine whether an abnormality of the first main contact exists or not based on output of a control instruction relating to the first main contact and the state of the first electrical component.
US11088530B2	Highly variable and adjustable current circuit breaker A circuit breaker includes a monitor to detect a performance of an electrical load in an electrical circuit, a converter to create a digital signal based on the detected performance of the electrical load, and a digital integrated circuit to compare the digital signal with a predetermined threshold reference signal, and generate a command signal to electrically disconnect the electrical load from the electrical circuit when a level of the digital signal exceeds the predetermined threshold reference signal. The electrical load may be configured to receive a fixed or variable amount of current or voltage. The predetermined threshold reference signal may include a signal level threshold and a time threshold. The digital integrated circuit may generate the command signal when the level of the digital signal exceeds the signal level threshold and the detected performance of the electrical load exceeds the time threshold.
US11088528B2	Arc detection circuit, switch system, power conditioner system and arc detection method An arc detection circuit that detects an arc that occurs in a transmission path that transmits power from a power supply apparatus to a power conditioner, the arc detection circuit includes: a current detector that detects a current flowing through the transmission path; a storage unit configured to store a base characteristic which is a frequency characteristic of the current flowing through the transmission path when the arc is not present; and an arc determination unit configured to determine whether the arc has occurred based on a result of a comparison between the base characteristic and a detection characteristic which is a frequency characteristic of the current detected by the current detector.
US11088520B2	Safety cover for electrical box mounted device and methods thereof The present invention relates to a safety cover for an electrical box mounted device. The safety cover is configured to be mounted between the device and a face plate to prevent access to exposed wires and energized terminals inside the electrical box when the face plate is removed.
US11088512B2	Nitride semiconductor element This invention aims at providing a nitride semiconductor causing no element breakdown even in driving under a high current density. A nitride semiconductor element is provided with a nitride semiconductor active layer made of AlxGa(1-x)N and a composition change layer made above the nitride semiconductor active layer and made of Alx3Ga(1-x3)N in which an Al composition ratio x3 decreases in a direction away from the nitride semiconductor active layer. The composition change layer has a first composition change region having a thickness larger than 0 nm and smaller than 400 nm and a second composition change region which is a region further away from the nitride semiconductor active layer than the first composition change region and in which the change rate of the Al composition ratio x3 in the thickness direction of the film thickness of the composition change layer is higher than that of the first composition change region, in which, in the first composition change region, the Al composition ratio continuously changes in the thickness direction of the film thickness.
US11088503B2	Laser with a gain medium layer doped with a rare earth metal with upper and lower light-confining features One illustrative laser disclosed herein includes a gain medium layer having a first width in a transverse direction that is orthogonal to a laser emitting direction of the laser, and an upper light-confining structure positioned above an upper surface of the gain medium layer, wherein the upper light-confining structure has a second width in the transverse direction that is equal to or less than the first width and comprises at least one material having an index of refraction that is at least 2.0. The laser also includes a lower light-confining structure positioned below a lower surface of the gain medium layer, wherein the lower light-confining structure has a third width in the transverse direction that is equal to or less than the first width and comprises at least one material having an index of refraction that is at least 2.0.
US11088490B2	Multi-lock counter connector A counter connector for mating with a connector has a hollow cylindrical housing. The counter connector includes at least two, and preferably three, of the following three types of locking means for locking the counter connector to the connector: (A) one that is arranged on a perimeter on a cylindrical surface of the housing or of a sleeve located inside the housing, a counter engagement part in the form of a groove, a collar, or a series of radially extending apertures, recesses or protrusions, the counter engagement part being adapted to engage with at least one engagement part or at least one latching part of the connector. (B) one that has a counter latching part that can be deflected elastically in a radial direction of the counter connector and comprises at least one of a radially extending groove, collar, aperture, recess or protrusion adapted to engage with a latching part of the connector. (C) one where a counter thread is adapted to engage with a thread of the connector. Systems can include the counter connector and at least one connector that can be mated with the counter connector, wherein the connector is of one of the following three types: a) a push-pull connector; b) a break-away connector; and c) a threaded connector.
US11088477B2	Board-mounted shielded connector A board-mounting type shield connector includes a contact, a housing supporting the contact and having a mating opening, a shield shell surrounding the housing and having a first board connection portion in a vicinity of a rear end portion of the shield shell, an enclosure having a plugging passage for plugging of a mating connector, and a ground member supported on the enclosure in a vicinity of a front end portion of the enclosure. The plugging passage opens in a frontward direction and communicates with the mating opening. The first board connection portion is connected to a ground pattern on a circuit board. The ground member has a second board connection portion connected to the ground pattern.
US11088474B2	Modularized structure of switch wire connection device A modularized structure of switch wire connection device includes an assembling support and a wire connection module. The assembling support has a first side and a second side. The first and/or the second sides are formed with assembling sections for assembling with the wire connection module. The wire connection module includes a first wire connection module and/or a second wire connection module each having a case. The case defines a chamber for receiving and enclosing electrical contact components including conductive members. The case is formed with a mounting section for connecting with the assembling section of the assembling support. Accordingly, the wire connection module is detachably mounted on the assembling support as an integrated form. The modularized structure enables an operator to easily assemble/disassemble the components and change the switch specification between normally open mode and normally closed mode and enhance insulation effect to avoid electric arc.
US11088473B2	Overvoltage protection device with at least one overvoltage protection unit, consisting of a socket part and a plug part which can be connected to the socket part The invention relates to an overvoltage protection device with at least one overvoltage protection unit, consisting of a socket part and a plug part which can be connected to the socket part and which receives means for protecting against an overvoltage, wherein insulated electric conductors can be introduced into the socket part, said electric conductors being contacted using vampire or cutting clamps, thereby penetrating the conductor insulation, and with contact surfaces which can be found on the socket part and which correspond to mating contact surfaces on the base of the plug part. According to the invention, the socket part is made of multiple parts consisting of a base part and a lever part. The base part is designed as a marble panel and has multiple parallel grooves for inserting and receiving the insulated electric conductors. On one face of the base part, hook-shaped protrusions are provided parallel to the grooves. The lever part has axle stubs, which engage into the hook-shaped protrusions, on one lever end. The lever part has at least one cutting clamp on the lever part lower face facing the marble panel and in the vicinity of the axle stubs, wherein the cutting clamp leads to a plug contact which can be found in the lever part and which can be accessed from the upper face of the lever part in order to receive the plug part.
US11088467B2	Printed wiring board with radiator and feed circuit In one aspect, a unit cell of a phased array antenna includes a printed wiring board (PWB). The PWB includes a first layer comprising a radiator, a second layer comprising a feed circuit configured to provide excitation signals to the radiator, a plurality of vias connecting the feed circuit to the radiator, a signal layer, an active component layer comprising an active component bonded to the signal layer and a radio frequency (RF) connector connecting the signal layer to the feed circuit.
US11088465B2	Substrate-loaded frequency-scaled ultra-wide spectrum element A unit cell of for a phased array antenna includes a base plate, a first dielectric layer projecting from the base plate, and a first conductive layer disposed on a side of the first dielectric layer, the first conductive layer includes a ground pillar, a first ground member spaced apart from a first edge of the ground pillar, and a first signal member disposed between the ground pillar and the first ground member, wherein: the first signal member is electrically insulated from the ground pillar and the first ground member, and an edge of the first signal member is configured to capacitively couple to the first edge of the ground pillar.
US11088463B1	Realization and application of simultaneous circular polarization in switchable single polarization systems A system and method provide simultaneous dual polarization operation using a linearly-polarized planar antenna and a polarizer spaced apart from the linearly-polarized planar antenna, the polarizer including a first polarization state having primarily one of left-hand circular polarization (LHCP) or right-hand circular polarization (RHCP), and a third polarization state having linear polarization from which a combination of both LHCP and RHCP is simultaneously derived. The polarizer is placed in the first polarization state to at least one of transmit or receive a signal having primarily one of LHCP or RHCP, and the polarizer is placed in the third polarization state to simultaneously transmit and/or receive two different signals, where a first signal of the two different signals has primarily LHCP and a second signal of the two different signals has primarily RHCP.
US11088458B2	Reducing mutual coupling and back-lobe radiation of a microstrip antenna A microstrip antenna is disclosed. The microstrip antenna includes a dielectric substrate with a first relative permittivity, a metal patch, and a magneto-dielectric superstrate. The metal patch is printed on the dielectric substrate, and the magneto-dielectric superstrate is placed above the metal patch.
US11088449B2	Radio frequency transceiver with an antenna having selectable polarization A battery management system includes a primary module in wireless communication with a plurality of sensing, or secondary, modules over a range of frequencies within a predetermined frequency band. Each of the primary module and the sensing modules can be configured to transmit with an antenna polarization setting chosen from a plurality of polarization settings. Each of the sensing modules is configured to communicate with the primary with a predetermined one of its polarization settings for each channel. The primary module is also configured to communicate with a respective secondary module with a predetermined polarization setting for each channel.
US11088436B2	NFC antenna module Provided is an NFC antenna module which connects a side cover (i.e. metal frame), which is formed at one side of a portable terminal, to the antenna pattern so that the side cover is operated as an auxiliary radiator of an antenna pattern. The presented NFC antenna module comprises: a side cover made of a metal material and coupled to one side of the portable terminal; an antenna pattern having one end connected to a short-range communication chipset embedded in the portable terminal; a first terminal portion of the antenna pattern, the first terminal portion having one end connected to the short-range communication chipset and the other end connected to the side cover; and a second terminal portion having one end connected to the other end of the antenna pattern and the other end connected to the side cover.
US11088428B2	Rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly in a case, and a cap assembly coupled to the case, the cap assembly having a cap plate sealing the case, the cap plate including a short-circuit hole and a conductive groove surrounding the short-circuit hole, an inversion plate in the conductive groove of the cap plate, a connection plate covering the short-circuit hole of the cap plate, and a short-circuit member between the connection plate and the inversion plate, the short-circuit member at least partially passing through the short-circuit hole and contacting the connection plate.
US11088416B2	Battery pack to vehicle attachment assembly and attachment method A battery pack attachment assembly includes, among other things, a first bracket configured to be secured directly to a vehicle underbody, and a second bracket. The first bracket extends vertically above the first bracket such that the second bracket is spaced from the vehicle underbody when the first bracket is secured directly to the vehicle underbody.
US11088415B2	Battery structure comprising tray and cross members An apparatus and method, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a battery tray configured to support a plurality of battery cells and at least one cross member positioned between adjacent battery cells. The at least one cross member comprises a base portion that is fixed to the battery tray and an elongated body extending outwardly from the base portion. The elongated body extends from a first end at the base portion to a second end that is opposite the first end, and wherein the first end has a first width and the second end has a second width that is less than the first width.
US11088407B2	System and method of managing battery cells In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may determine that a timeout value has been reached; for each battery cell of multiple of battery cells: may determine if a temperature value associated with the battery cell meets or exceeds a threshold temperature value; if the temperature value associated with the battery cell does not meet or exceed the threshold temperature value, may permit the battery cell to be charged and discharged; if the temperature value associated with the battery cell meets or exceeds the threshold temperature value: may increment a temporary fail count associated with the battery cell; and may prevent at least one of charging and discharging the battery cell; may determine if temporary fail count exceeds a temporary fail count threshold; and if the temporary fail count does not exceed the temporary fail count threshold, may permit charging and discharging the battery cell.
US11088399B2	Current sensor and battery comprising such a current sensor The invention relates to a current sensor comprising an electric conductor (10), through which a first current (I) can flow parallel to a first direction (R1) and which comprises three regions (21, 22, 23) immediately following on from each other in the first direction (R1). A middle region (22) of the three regions (21, 22, 23) comprises a conductor cross-sectional area that is smaller than a conductor cross-sectional area of each of the two outer regions (21, 23) of the three regions (21, 22, 23). A voltage sensor of the current sensor is designed to measure a first voltage between the two terminals (41, 42) thereof. The first voltage is the same as a voltage applied to a measuring region (22, 25) at least partially coinciding with the middle region (22). An evaluation unit of the current sensor is designed to determine an existing current value of the first current (I) in accordance with an existing voltage value of the first voltage and a pre-defined resistance value of a first resistance of the measuring region (22, 25).
US11088398B2	Secondary battery and battery module The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery includes: a casing including a receiving cavity and an opening which is in communication with the receiving cavity; an electrode assembly housed in the casing; a first top cover plate, which covers the opening and is connected with the casing, the first top cover plate including an insertion portion extending into the casing and an exposed portion disposed outside the casing; and a sealing member; the casing is provided with a first through hole, the insertion portion is provided with a second through hole, the second through hole includes an inlet which is in communication with the first through hole and an outlet which is in communication with the receiving cavity, and the sealing member is connected to the casing and seals the first through hole.
US11088389B2	Nanoscale pore structure cathode for high power applications and material synthesis methods A lithium iron phosphate electrochemically active material for use in an electrode and methods and systems related thereto are disclosed. In one example, a lithium iron phosphate electrochemically active material for use in an electrode is provided including, a dopant comprising vanadium and optionally a co-dopant comprising cobalt.
US11088378B2	Method and apparatus for manufacturing membrane electrode assembly A method and apparatus for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly are provided, which can efficiently peel an electrode layer from a base material. A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell including a pair of electrode layers and an electrolyte membrane, the apparatus including: a transport device which transports the base material on which one cathode electrode layer of the pair of electrode layers is formed and which is connected to a transport sheet via an adhesive layer together with the transport sheet; a transfer device which transfers the one cathode electrode layer to the electrolyte membrane; a peeling device which peels the cathode electrode layer from the base material; and a cooling device having a spraying device which is directed to a start point portion for the peeling and sprays a cooling gas.
US11088377B2	Method for operating a fuel cell system A method for operating a fuel cell system includes delivering an oxidant to at least one fuel cell by at least one oxidant delivery device where the stoichiometric ratio of the oxidant is modified on the basis of the delivery rate of the oxidant delivery device.
US11088361B2	Secondary battery The present disclosure provides a secondary battery, the secondary battery comprises a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a separator and an electrolyte, the negative electrode plate comprises a negative current collector and a negative film, the negative film is provided on at least one surface of the negative current collector and comprises a negative active material. The secondary battery satisfies relationships 3.9≤G×3.5+2.8/CB≤6.2 and 1.23≤0.55/VOI+CB×1.2≤2.80 at the same time. The battery of the present disclosure has the characteristics of high energy density and excellent dynamics performance, and the battery of the present disclosure also has the characteristic of long cycle life while charged under a large rate and a fast speed.
US11088359B2	Secondary battery-use anode and method of manufacturing the same, secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same, battery pack, electric vehicle, electric power storage system, electric power tool, and electronic apparatus A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The anode includes a first anode active material, a second anode active material, and an anode binder. The first anode active material includes a first central portion and a first coating portion. The first central portion includes a material that includes silicon as a constituent element, and the first coating portion is provided on a surface of the first central portion and includes one or both of a polyacrylate salt and a carboxymethylcellulose salt. The second anode active material includes a material that includes carbon as a constituent element. The anode binder includes one or more of polyvinylidene fluoride, polyimide, and aramid.
US11088353B2	Solid-state total reflection display and manufacture method thereof, and display device The disclosure recites a solid-state total reflection display and a manufacture method thereof, and a display device. The solid-state total reflection display includes: a drive circuit layer, and a heating layer and a pixel function layer stacked successively on the drive circuit layer; a plurality of pixel structures in the pixel function layer are arranged in an array, and the pixel structures each includes a reflection layer, a resonant cavity layer, a phase change material layer and a transparent covering layer stacked successively; a plurality of light adjusting structures are arranged between two adjacent pixel structures among the plurality of pixel structures in a row or column direction of the array; a side of each light adjusting structure towards an ambient light-entering side of the solid-state total reflection display is in a concave shape.
US11088349B2	Display module A display module includes a base substrate including an upper surface where a display area and a non-display area are defined, a lower surface, and a plurality of side surfaces, a circuit element layer including a planarization layer, a pixel defining layer defining an opening portion that overlaps the display area and exposes a portion of the planarization layer, a display element layer including a first electrode disposed on the planarization layer exposed by the opening part, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode, and a sealing layer disposed on the display element layer. A dam hole is defined, which is adjacent to an edge where two side surfaces of the side surfaces are connected in a plan view of the base substrate, overlaps the non-display area, and penetrates at least one of the planarization layer and the pixel defining layer.
US11088347B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device including a base, a first electrode, a barrier structure layer, a light emitting layer and a second electrode is provided. The barrier structure layer includes a first barrier layer in contact with the first electrode, a second barrier layer and a third barrier layer. The first barrier layer, the second barrier layer and the third barrier layer stack sequentially. The materials of the first barrier layer and the third barrier layer include a dielectric material. The material of the second barrier layer includes a metal material. A boundary between the third barrier layer and the second barrier layer keeps a vertical distance from the first electrode. The light emitting structure layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and surrounded by the barrier structure layer. The thickness of the light emitting structure layer is not greater than the vertical distance.
US11088345B2	Organic light emitting diode display panel and manufacturing method thereof Provided is an organic light emitting diode display panel, including a substrate, a thin film transistor array layer and an organic light emitting diode layer, which are sequentially stacked and disposed on the substrate, and a thin film encapsulation layer covering the organic light emitting diode layer and an inorganic barrier layer disposed on an outer periphery of the thin film encapsulation layer, wherein at least two grooves in circle around a periphery of the organic light emitting diode layer are provided in the non-display area on the thin film transistor array layer, and the at least two grooves are correspondingly disposed to the thin film encapsulation layer, and the thin film encapsulation layer completely covers the organic light emitting diode layer, and fills the grooves corresponding to the thin film encapsulation layer. The OLED display panel possesses a dense and stable package structure.
US11088343B2	Electronic device including display panel including electrodes having different shapes for respective areas Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device may include a light-receiving sensor and a display panel and the light-receiving sensor may be disposed below a predetermined area of the display panel. The display panel may include: a pixel layer including at least one first pixel disposed in the predetermined area, and at least one second pixel disposed outside the predetermined area; and an electrode layer including at least one first electrode electrically connected to the at least one first pixel and disposed in the predetermined area, and at least one second electrode electrically connected to the at least one second pixel and disposed outside the predetermined area. The electrode layer may be disposed below the pixel layer, and the first electrode may have a shape different than a shape of the second electrode.
US11088340B2	Display device and method for manufacturing display device To provide a display device including a light emitting element layer including an anode electrode, a light emissive layer formed on the anode electrode, and a cathode electrode formed on the light emissive layer, and a bank formed on the lower electrode and having an opening, in which the lower electrode is partially exposed, wherein the light emissive layer includes a p-doped hole transport layer containing p-dopant, and the p-doped hole transport layer contains a larger amount of p-dopant in an area close to an end portion of the opening of the bank than the amount of p-dopant contained in other areas.
US11088333B2	Organic compound, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device and lighting device A novel organic compound is provided. That is, a novel organic compound that is effective in improving the element characteristics and reliability is provided. The organic compound has a benzofuroquinoxaline skeleton or a benzothienoquinoxaline skeleton. The organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1). In the formula, Q represents O or S, and each of R1 to R8 independently represents any of hydrogen, a halogeno group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms. At least one of R1 to R8 includes a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic or heteroaromatic ring having 3 to 24 carbon atoms.
US11088331B2	Heterocyclic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same Provided are a heterocyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device including the same. The heterocyclic compound includes a fluoro-containing cyclic group. The heterocyclic compound does not include a carbazole group, a dibenzofuran group, a dibenzothiophene group, and/or a triphenylene group. The organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an organic layer, the organic layer including an emission layer and at least one of the heterocyclic compound.
US11088330B2	Compound for organic electronic element, organic electronic element using same, and electronic device comprising same The purpose of the present invention is to provide a compound that can improve the lifespan, low drive voltage and high luminous efficiency of an element, an organic electronic element using same, and an electronic device comprising same.
US11088320B2	Fabrication of large height top metal electrode for sub-60nm magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) devices A process flow for forming magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) cells with a critical dimension CD≤60 nm by using a top electrode (TE) hard mask having a thickness≥100 nm prior to MTJ etching is disclosed. A carbon hard mask (HM), silicon HM, and photoresist are sequentially formed on a MTJ stack of layers. A pattern of openings in the photoresist is transferred through the Si HM with a first reactive ion etch (RIE), and through the carbon HM with a second RIE. After TE material is deposited to fill the openings, a chemical mechanical process is performed to remove all layers above the carbon HM. The carbon HM is stripped and the resulting TE pillars are trimmed to a CD≤60 nm while maintaining a thickness proximate to 100 nm. Thereafter, an etch process forms MTJ cells while TE thickness is maintained at ≥70 nm.
US11088316B2	Helical dielectric elastomer actuator A helical dielectric elastomer actuator (HDEA) can include a first dielectric region comprising an elastomer defining a helix. In an example, a dielectric material can be deposited and a compliant conductive material can be deposited, such as using an additive manufacturing approach, to provide an HDEA. In an example where the HDEA has multiple mechanical degrees of freedom, at least two compliant conductive regions can be located on a first surface of the first dielectric region and at least one compliant conductive region can be located on an opposite second surface of the first dielectric region. For such an example, the at least two compliant conductive regions can be arranged to be energized with respect to the at least one compliant conductive region in a manner providing at least two mechanical degrees of freedom for operation of the HDEA.
US11088313B2	Layered body A layered body includes: a polymer film (A), the polymer film (A) including an organic piezoelectric material having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000, having a standardized molecular orientation MORc at a reference thickness of 50 μm of from 1.0 to 15.0 as measured by a microwave transmission molecular orientation analyzer, having a degree of crystallinity of from 20% to 80% as measured by a DSC method, and having an internal haze of 50% or less with respect to visible light; and a peelable protective film (B) that contacts one main face of the polymer film (A). The maximum indentation depth h max on a face of the protective film (B) that contacts the polymer film (A) is from 53 nm to 100 nm as measured by a nanoindentation method.
US11088311B2	Three-dimensional integration for qubits on multiple height crystalline dielectric Techniques related to a three-dimensional integration for qubits on multiple height crystalline dielectric and method of fabricating the same are provided. A superconductor structure can comprise a first buried layer that can comprise a first patterned superconducting layer of a first wafer bonded to a second patterned superconducting layer of a second wafer. The superconductor structure can also comprise a patterned superconducting film attached to the second wafer. Further, the superconductor structure can comprise a second buried layer that can comprise a third patterned superconducting layer of a third wafer bonded to the patterned superconducting film that can be attached to the second wafer.
US11088310B2	Through-silicon-via fabrication in planar quantum devices On a first superconducting layer deposited on a first surface of a substrate, a first component of a resonator is pattered. On a second superconducting layer deposited on a second surface of the substrate, a second component of the resonator is patterned. The first surface and the second surface are disposed relative to each other in a non-co-planar disposition. In the substrate, a recess is created, the recess extending from the first superconducting layer to the second superconducting layer. On an inner surface of the recess, a third superconducting layer is deposited, the third superconducting layer forming a superconducting path between the first superconducting layer and the second superconducting layer. Excess material of the third superconducting layer is removed from the first surface and the second surface, forming a completed through-silicon via (TSV).
US11088308B2	Junction structure A bonding structure is a bonding structure which bonds a light emitting element and a substrate and includes a first electrode formed on the light emitting element, a second electrode formed on the substrate, and a bonding layer which bonds the first electrode and the second electrode, and the bonding layer contains a first bonding metal component and a second bonding metal component different from the first bonding metal component.
US11088304B2	Display device and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a display device including a plurality of display modules each including a plurality of inorganic light emitting elements mounted on a mounting surface of a substrate, a light absorbing pattern formed between the plurality of display modules and an encapsulation layer formed on mounting surfaces of the plurality of display modules to cover the mounting surfaces of the plurality of display modules.
US11088298B2	Light-emitting device The present disclosure provides a light-emitting device comprising a substrate with a topmost surface; a first semiconductor stack arranged on the substrate, and comprising a first top surface separated from the topmost surface by a first distance; a first bonding layer arranged between the substrate and the first semiconductor stack; a second semiconductor stack arranged on the substrate, and comprising a second top surface separated from the topmost surface by a second distance which is different form the first distance; a second bonding layer arranged between the substrate and the second semiconductor stack; a third semiconductor stack arranged on the substrate, and comprising third top surface separated from the topmost surface by a third distance; and a third bonding layer arranged between the substrate and the third semiconductor stack; wherein the first semiconductor stack, the second semiconductor stack, and the third semiconductor stack are configured to emit different color lights.
US11088289B2	NAND flash memory with vertical cell stack structure and method for manufacturing same Disclosed is a method of manufacturing flash memory with a vertical cell stack structure. The method includes forming source lines in a cell area of a substrate having an ion-implanted well and forming an alignment mark relative to the source lines. The alignment mark is formed in the substrate outside the cell area of the substrate. After formation of the source lines, cell stacking layers are formed. After forming the cell stacking layers, cell pillars in the cell stacking layers are formed at locations relative to the previously formed source lines using the alignment mark to correctly locate the cell pillars.
US11088288B2	Stacked-nanosheet semiconductor structures with support structures A semiconductor structure and formation thereof. The semiconductor structure including: a nano-sheet field-effect transistor; a layer of support material that is located beneath a stack of nano-sheets that are included in the nano-sheet field-effect transistor; and a vertical support that is affixed to a stack of nano-sheets, wherein the vertical support (i) has an end that is affixed to the layer of support material and (ii) a side that is a affixed to at least one nano-sheet of the stack of nano-sheets.
US11088284B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes: a substrate on which a first area, a second area spaced apart from the first area, and a bending area between a first area and a second area and bent along a bending axis are defined; a first thin-film transistor (“TFT”) and a second TFT; and a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The first TFT includes: a first active layer including polycrystalline silicon; a first gate electrode; and a first electrode disposed at a level which is the same as a level of the first conductive layer, and the second TFT includes: a second active layer including an oxide semiconductor; a second gate electrode; and a second electrode disposed at a level which is the same as a level of the second conductive layer.
US11088279B2	Channel strain formation in vertical transport FETS with dummy stressor materials Techniques for forming VTFET devices with tensile- and compressively-strained channels using dummy stressor materials are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a VTFET device includes: patterning fins in a wafer; forming bottom source and drains at a base of the fins; forming bottom spacers on the bottom source and drains; growing at least one dummy stressor material along sidewalls of the fins above the bottom spacers configured to induce strain in the fins; surrounding the fins with a rigid fill material; removing the at least one dummy stressor material to form gate trenches in the rigid fill material while maintaining the strain in the fins by the rigid fill material; forming replacement gate stacks in the gate trenches; forming top spacers on the replacement gate stacks; and forming top source and drains over the top spacers at tops of the fins. A VTFET device is also provided.
US11088272B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first main surface on one side and a second main surface on the other side, a unit cell including a diode region of a first conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, a well region of a second conductivity type formed in the surface layer portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor layer along a peripheral edge of the diode region, and a first conductivity type region formed in a surface layer portion of the well region, a gate electrode layer facing the well region and the first conductivity type region through a gate insulating layer and a first main surface electrode covering the diode region and the first conductivity type region on the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, and forming a Schottky junction with the diode region and an ohmic junction with the first conductivity type region.
US11088271B2	High electron mobility transistor and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a barrier layer on the buffer layer; forming a hard mask on the barrier layer; removing the hard mask to form a first recess for exposing the barrier layer; removing the hard mask adjacent to the first recess to form a second recess; and forming a p-type semiconductor layer in the first recess and the second recess.
US11088269B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first nitride region, a second nitride region, and a first insulating film. The first nitride region includes Alx1Ga1-x1N. The first nitride region includes first and second partial regions, a third partial region between the first and second partial regions, a fourth partial region between the first and third partial regions, and a fifth partial region between the third and second partial regions. The second nitride region includes Alx2Ga1-x2N. The second nitride region includes sixth and seventh partial regions. The first insulating film includes a first insulating region and is between the third partial region and the third electrode. The third partial region has a first surface opposing the first insulating region. The fourth partial region has a second surface opposing the sixth partial region.
US11088259B2	Method of manufacturing an electronic component including multiple quantum dots A method of fabricating an electronic component with multiple quantum islands is provided, including supplying a substrate on which rests a nanowire made of semiconductor material not intentionally doped, the nanowire having at least two main control gates resting thereon so as to form respective qubits in the nanowire under the two main control gates, the two main control gates being separated by a groove, top and lateral faces of the two main control gates and a bottom of the groove being covered by a dielectric layer; depositing a conductive material in the groove and on the top of the two main control gates; and planarizing down to the dielectric layer on the top of the two main control gates, so as to obtain an element made of conductive material self-aligned between the main control gates.
US11088254B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device including a recessed access device (RAD) transistor and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate electrode, and a plurality of impurity regions. The substrate includes a buried layer. The gate electrode is disposed in the substrate and penetrates through the buried layer. The plurality of impurity regions are disposed in the substrate and on either side of the gate electrode.
US11088244B2	Devices having substrates with selective airgap regions Examples herein relate to devices having substrates with selective airgap regions for mitigating defects resulting from heteroepitaxial growth of device materials. An example device may include a first semiconductor layer disposed on a substrate. The first semiconductor layer may have a window cut through a face, where etching a selective airgap region on the substrate is enabled via the window. A second semiconductor layer may be heteroepitaxially grown on the face of the first semiconductor layer so that at least a portion of the second semiconductor layer is aligned over the selective air gap region.
US11088241B2	Pin diode including a conductive layer, and fabrication process A diode is formed by a polycrystalline silicon bar which includes a first doped region with a first conductivity type, a second doped region with a second conductivity type and an intrinsic region between the first and second doped regions. A conductive layer extends parallel to the polycrystalline silicon bar and separated from the polycrystalline silicon bar by a dielectric layer. The conductive layer is configured to be biased by a bias voltage.
US11088240B2	Capacitor structure A capacitor includes a lower electrode including a first metal material and having a first crystal size in a range of a few nanometers, a dielectric layer covering the lower electrode and having a second crystal size that is a value of a crystal expansion ratio times the first crystal size and an upper electrode including a second metal material and covering the dielectric layer. The upper electrode has a third crystal size smaller than the second crystal size.
US11088239B2	Cap structure for trench capacitors Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a trench capacitor with a conductive cap structure. In some embodiments, the trench capacitor comprises a lower capacitor electrode, a capacitor dielectric layer overlying the lower capacitor electrode, and an upper capacitor electrode overlying the capacitor dielectric layer. The capacitor dielectric layer and the upper capacitor electrode are depressed into the substrate and define a gap sunken into the substrate. The conductive cap structure overlies and seals the gap on the upper capacitor electrode. In some embodiments, the conductive cap structure comprises a metal layer formed by physical vapor deposition (PVD) and further comprises a metal nitride layer formed overlying the metal layer by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). In other embodiments, the conductive cap structure is or comprises other suitable materials and/or is formed by other deposition processes.
US11088234B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display panel An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display panel are provided. The display panel includes a flexible substrate having a flat portion, a first island portion and a second island portion. The first island portion and the second island portion extend and are protruded from the flat portion and are space apart from each other. A semiconductor device is disposed on the flat portion of the flexible substrate. An organic electroluminescent device is disposed on the semiconductor device. The present application solves the problem of film layers easily to be peeled off and traces easily to be broken for bent flexible display panels in existing arts.
US11088228B2	Light-emitting device and light-emitting system A first electrode (110) has optical transparency, and a second electrode (130) has light reflectivity. An organic layer (120) is located between the first electrode (110) and the second electrode (130). Light-transmitting regions (a second region (104) and a third region (106)) are located between a plurality of light-emitting units (140). An insulating film (150) defines the light-emitting units (140) and includes tapers (152, 154). A sealing member (170) covers the light-emitting units (140) and the insulating film (150). A low reflection film (190) is located on the side opposite to a substrate (100) with the second electrode (130) therebetween. The low reflection film (190) covers at least one portion of the tapers (152 and 154).
US11088222B2	Display device comprising a thin glass material layer The thickness of a display device including a touch sensor is reduced. Alternatively, the thickness of a display device having high display quality is reduced. Alternatively, a method for manufacturing a display device with high mass productivity is provided. Alternatively, a display device having high reliability is provided. Stacked substrates in each of which a sufficiently thin substrate and a relatively thick support substrate are stacked are used as substrates. One surface of the thin substrate of one of the stacked substrates is provided with a layer including a touch sensor, and one surface of the thin substrate of the other stacked substrate is provided with a layer including a display element. After the two stacked substrates are attached to each other so that the touch sensor and the display element face each other, the support substrate and the thin substrate of each stacked substrate are separated from each other.
US11088217B2	OLED module and display device having the same An OLED module can include a panel, a middle frame coupled to a rear surface of the panel, a PCB assembly provided at the outside of the panel, connected to the panel and folded to be arranged on a rear surface of the middle frame, and a back cover coupled to an outer surface of the middle frame provided with the PCB assembly arranged thereon.
US11088212B2	OLED display substrate, manufacturing method and display apparatus The disclosure relates to an OLED display substrate, a manufacturing method and a display apparatus. The OLED display substrate comprises a base substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting elements and a plurality of pixel defining layers formed on the base substrate, wherein a pixel defining layer is located between any two adjacent light-emitting elements of the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a surface of the pixel defining layer facing away from the base substrate comprises an accommodating portion, a bottom surface of the accommodating portion and the surface of the pixel defining layer facing away from the base substrate are located at different planes, and an orthographic projection of the accommodating portion on the base substrate does not overlap with an orthographic projection of the plurality of light-emitting elements on the base substrate. The method for manufacturing the OLED display substrate is configured to manufacture the above OLED display substrate.
US11088193B2	Image sensor and an image processing device including the same An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate providing a plurality of pixel regions, a semiconductor photoelectric device disposed in each of the plurality of pixel regions, an organic photoelectric device disposed above the semiconductor photoelectric device, and a pixel circuit disposed below the semiconductor photoelectric device. The pixel circuit includes a plurality of driving transistors configured to generate a pixel voltage signal from an electric charge generated in the semiconductor photoelectric device and the organic photoelectric device. A driving gate electrode of at least one of the plurality of driving transistors has a region embedded in the semiconductor substrate.
US11088186B2	Solid-state image-capturing device and production method thereof, and electronic appliance A high degree of phase difference detection accuracy can be obtained using a phase difference pixel with a simpler configuration. A solid-state image-capturing device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels including a phase difference pixel which is a pixel for focal point detection and an image-capturing pixel which is a pixel for image generation are arranged in a two-dimensional array. In this case, a predetermined layer between a light shielding layer and a micro lens formed in the image-capturing pixel has a higher refraction index than a refraction index of the predetermined layer formed in the phase difference pixel. The technique of the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a back-illuminated-type solid-state image-capturing device and the like.
US11088182B2	Method for transferring light emitting elements, display panel, method for making display panel, and substrate A method for transferring light emitting elements precisely during manufacture of display panels includes providing light emitting elements; providing a first electromagnetic plate defining magnetic adsorption positions; providing a receiving substrate defining receiving areas; energizing the first electromagnetic plate to magnetically adsorb one light emitting element at one adsorption position; facing the first electromagnetic plate to the receiving substrate; and transferring the light emitting elements to one receiving area of the receiving substrate.
US11088181B2	Method of fabricating array substrate, array substrate, and display apparatus thereof The present application discloses a method of fabricating an array substrate. The method includes forming a first conductive material layer on a base substrate; forming an insulating layer on a side of the first conductive material layer distal to the base substrate, the insulating layer formed to cover a first part of the first conductive material layer, exposing a second part of the first conductive material layer; over-etching the first conductive material layer to remove the second part of the first conductive material layer, and remove a portion of a periphery of the first part of the first conductive material layer to form a recess between the insulating layer and the base substrate, thereby forming a first electrode; and subsequent to forming the first electrode and the recess, annealing the insulating layer to mobilize a portion of the insulating layer above the recess and fill the recess with a mobilized insulating material.
US11088178B2	Array substrate, display panel and display device An array substrate, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes: a plurality of pixel zones in an array on a base substrate, where each pixel zone includes a pixel electrode, a common electrode, a compensation electrode, and a control circuit. The compensation electrode is insulated from the common electrode, the orthographic projection of the compensation electrode on the base substrate has an overlap area with the orthographic projection of the pixel electrode on the base substrate, and the orthographic projection of the common electrode on the base substrate has an overlap area with the orthographic projection of the pixel electrode on the base substrate; and the control circuit is configured to connect the pixel electrode with the compensation electrode while the pixel electrode is being charged.
US11088176B2	Display device The present disclosure provides a display device including an array substrate. At least one wiring on array is arranged on a surface of the array substrate, the wiring on array including a plurality of signal wires, and all the signal wires of the wiring on array being the same in impedance and different in length and in cross-sectional area. At least one first driving component is arranged at one side of the array substrate, adjacent first driving components being electrically connected via one wiring on array. At least one second driving component is arranged at the same side or different sides of the array substrate as the first driving member, adjacent second driving components being electrically connected via one wiring on array or adjacent first and second driving components being electrically connected via one wiring on array.
US11088172B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal apparatus The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a liquid crystal display panel, and a liquid crystal display apparatus, which can solve a problem that an independent backlight of the related liquid crystal display device is easy to cause light leakage, resulting in a thicker product. Both a light emitting structure and an array structure are disposed on the array substrate of the present disclosure, wherein a control device of the light emitting structure can control the light emitting source to emit light. That is, in the present disclosure, the light emitting structure is directly formed in the array substrate, which is equivalent to a built-in light emitting source, so that it is no longer necessary to adhere an external backlight, and no adhesive gap is generated to cause light leakage, and the thickness of the product can be reduced.
US11088167B2	Transistor, three dimensional memory device including such transistor and method of fabricating such memory device The invention discloses a transistor, a three dimensional memory device including such transistors and a method of fabricating such memory device. The transistor according to the invention includes a pillar of a semiconductor material, extending in a normal direction of a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric layer and a gate conductor. The pillar of the semiconductor material has a base side face parallel to the normal direction, a tapered side face opposite to the base side face, a top face perpendicular to the normal direction, a bottom face opposite to the top face, a front side face adjacent to the base side face and the tapered side face, and a rear side face opposite to the front side face. A first elongated portion, sandwiched among the base side face, the front side face, the bottom face and the top face, forms a source region. A second elongated portion, sandwiched among the base side face, the rear side face, the bottom face and the top face, forms a drain region. A plate portion, on the base side face and between the first elongated portion and the second elongated portion, forms a channel region. Other portion of the pillar forms a body region. The gate dielectric layer is formed to overlay the base side face of the pillar of the semiconductor material. The gate conductor is formed to overlay the gate dielectric layer.
US11088164B2	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: first interconnect layers; a second interconnect layer separate from the first interconnect layers; a third interconnect layer separate from the first interconnect layers and adjacent to the second interconnect layer in a second direction; a first memory pillar which passes through the second interconnect layer; a second memory pillar which passes through the third interconnect layer. The second interconnect layer includes a first portion connected to a first contact plug. The third interconnect layer includes a second portion connected to a second contact plug. The first and second portions are arranged along a third direction which intersects the second direction.
US11088161B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device and method of detecting electrical failure thereof Disclosed are three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices and methods of detecting electrical failure thereof. The three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a substrate with a first conductivity including a cell array region and an extension region having different threshold voltages from each other, a stack structure on the substrate and including stacked electrodes, an electrical vertical channel penetrating the stack structure on the cell array region, and a dummy vertical channel penetrating the stack structure on the extension region. The substrate comprises a pocket well having the first conductivity and provided with the stack structure thereon, and a deep well surrounding the pocket well and having a second conductivity opposite to the first conductivity.
US11088160B2	Vertical semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes forming an alternating stack that includes a lower multi-layered stack and an upper multi-layered stack by alternately stacking a dielectric layer and a sacrificial layer over a substrate, forming a vertical trench that divides the upper multi-layered stack into dummy stacks, and forming an asymmetric stepped trench that is extended downward from the vertical trench to divide the lower multi-layered stack into a pad stack and a dummy pad stack, wherein forming the asymmetric stepped trench includes forming a first stepped sidewall that is defined at an edge of the pad stack, and forming a second stepped sidewall that is defined at an edge of the dummy pad stack and occupies less area than the first stepped sidewall.
US11088153B2	Integrated arrangements of pull-up transistors and pull-down transistors, and integrated static memory Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a first pull-down transistor, a second pull-down transistor, a first pull-up transistor and a second pull-up transistor. The first pull-down transistor has a first conductive-gate-body at a first level, and has an n-channel-device-active-region at a second level vertically offset from the first level. The first pull-up transistor has a second conductive-gate-body at the first level, and has a p-channel-device-active-region at the second level. The second pull-down transistor has a third conductive-gate-body at the second level, and has an n-channel-device-active-region at the first level. The second pull-up transistor has a fourth conductive-gate-body at the second level, and has a p-channel-device-active-region at the first level.
US11088148B2	Semiconductor memory devices including separate upper and lower bit line spacers A volatile memory device can include a bit line structure having a vertical side wall. A lower spacer can be on a lower portion of the vertical side wall, where the lower spacer can be defined by a first thickness from the vertical side wall to an outer side wall of the lower spacer. An upper spacer can be on an upper portion of the vertical side wall above the lower portion, where the upper spacer can be defined by a second thickness that is less than the first thickness, the upper spacer exposing an uppermost portion of the outer side wall of the lower spacer.
US11088145B2	Semiconductor device including insulating element A semiconductor device includes a substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a first transistor on the substrate, wherein the first transistor includes a first source/drain electrode in the substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a second transistor on the substrate, wherein the second transistor includes a second source/drain electrode. The semiconductor device further includes an insulating layer extending into the substrate, wherein the insulating layer directly contacts the first source/drain electrode and the second source/drain electrode, a top surface of the insulating layer is above a top surface of the substrate, and a sidewall of the insulating layer above the substrate is aligned with a sidewall of the insulating layer within the substrate.
US11088140B2	Multiple semiconductor elements with different threshold voltages The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising an array region and a peripheral region surrounding the array region, a plurality of capacitor structures positioned above the peripheral region of the substrate, a first semiconductor element positioned above the peripheral region and having a first threshold voltage, and a second semiconductor element positioned above the peripheral region and having a second threshold voltage. The first threshold voltage of the first semiconductor element is different from the second threshold voltage of the second semiconductor element.
US11088138B2	Semiconductor device for testing characteristics of transistors and method for testing semiconductor device A semiconductor device for evaluating characteristics of a transistor is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an active area defined on the substrate, an insulated gate configured to be formed on the active area, a first source layer and a first drain layer configured to be formed on the active area in a first two-way direction of the gate, and a second source layer and a second drain layer configured to be formed on the active area in a second two-way direction of the gate. The first source layer, the first drain layer, and the second drain layer are formed as a first conductive type. The second source layer is formed as a second conductive type.
US11088124B2	Package and manufacturing method thereof A package includes a first redistribution structure, a bridge structure, an adhesive layer, a plurality of conductive pillars, an encapsulant, a first die, and a second die. The bridge structure is disposed on the first redistribution structure. The adhesive layer is disposed between the bridge structure and the first redistribution structure. The conductive pillars surround the bridge structure. A height of the conductive pillars is substantially equal to a sum of a height of the adhesive layer and a height of the bridge structure. The encapsulant encapsulates the bridge structure, the adhesive layer, and the conductive pillars. The first die and the second die are disposed over the bridge structure. The first die is electrically connected to the second die through the bridge structure. The first die and the second die are electrically connected to the first redistribution structure through the conductive pillars.
US11088122B2	Method and device for manufacturing flexible light emission device According to a flexible light-emitting device production method of the present disclosure, after an intermediate region (30i) and flexible substrate regions (30d) of a plastic film (30) of a multilayer stack (100) are divided from one another, the interface between the flexible substrate regions (30d) and a glass base (10) is irradiated with lift-off light. The multilayer stack (100) is separated into a first portion (110) and a second portion (120) while the multilayer stack (100) is in contact with a stage (210). The first portion (110) includes a plurality of light-emitting devices (1000) which are in contact with the stage (210). The light-emitting devices (1000) include a plurality of functional layer regions (20) and the flexible substrate regions (30d). The second portion (120) includes the glass base (10) and the intermediate region (30i). The step of irradiating with the lift-off light includes making the irradiation intensity of lift-off light for at least part of the interface between the intermediate region (30i) and the glass base (10) lower than the irradiation intensity of lift-off light for the interface between the flexible substrate regions (30d) and the glass base (10).
US11088120B2	Panel for display by micro LED and method for making same A method for making a micro LED display panel not requiring high-accuracy or individual positioning includes providing a carrier substrate with micro LEDs, providing a TFT substrate including a driving circuit, and forming a conductive connecting element, an insulating layer, and a contact electrode layer on the TFT substrate. The insulating layer and the contact electrode layer are patterned to define a through hole, the first electrode is placed against the contact electrode layer, and different voltages Vref and Vdd are applied to the contact electrode layer and to the conductive connecting element respectively, creating an electrostatic attraction. The micro LEDs and the first electrode are transferred from the carrier substrate onto the TFT substrate; and the conductive connecting element is bonded to the first electrode. The method of making is simple. A micro LED display panel made by the method is also provided.
US11088118B2	Semiconductor device According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first metal plate, a second metal plate, and two or more semiconductor units. The two or more semiconductor units are disposed on the first metal plate. The each of the two or more semiconductor units includes a first metal member, a second metal member, and a semiconductor element. The first metal member has a first connection surface connected to the first major surface. The second metal member has a second connection surface connected to the second major surface. The semiconductor element includes an active region having surfaces respectively opposing the first connection surface and the second connection surface. A surface area of the first connection surface is greater than a surface area of the surface of the active region opposing the first connection surface. A surface area of the second connection surface is greater than a surface area of the surface of the active region opposing the second connection surface.
US11088115B2	Interposer and semiconductor package including the same A semiconductor package includes an interposer having multiple connection structures, each including redistribution layers electrically connected to each other, and a passivation layer covering at least a portion of each of the connection structures and filling a space between the connection structures. A first semiconductor chip is disposed on the interposer and has first connection pads, and a second semiconductor chip is disposed adjacent to the first semiconductor chip on the interposer and has second connection pads. The connection structures are independently arranged to each at least partially overlap with one or both of the first and second semiconductor chips, in a stacking direction of the first and second semiconductor chips on the interposer. The redistribution layers of each of the connection structures are electrically connected to at least one of the first and second connection pads via under bump metals.
US11088109B2	Packages with multi-thermal interface materials and methods of fabricating the same A package includes a die on a surface of a package component. The package also includes a first die stack on the surface of the package component. The package further includes a first thermal interface material (TIM) having a first thermal conductivity and disposed on the first die stack. In addition, the package includes a second thermal interface material (TIM) having a second thermal conductivity and disposed on the die. The first thermal conductivity of the first TIM is different from the second thermal conductivity of the second TIM.
US11088107B2	Vaccum deposition system and method thereof A system and method are provided for depositing a substance onto a substrate, the system comprising: a chamber adapted to operate under high vacuum; an apparatus for receiving and cleaning the substrate to produce a clean substrate and for delivering the clean substrate to a coating position in the chamber under high vacuum; a carrier assembly for receiving the clean substrate from the apparatus and for retaining the substrate at the coating position; an evaporator adapted to hold a supply of the substance in the chamber and to evaporate and produce a discharge of the substance; and a collimator disposed within the chamber between the supply of the substance and the carrier assembly, the collimator being configured to define an aperture proximal to the substrate and to capture the discharge but for that which is directed through the aperture.
US11088096B2	Transistor outline housing with high return loss A transistor outline housing is provided that includes a header for an optoelectronic component. The header has electrical feedthroughs in the form of connection pins embedded in a potting compound. The header has a recess in which at least one of the connection pins in one of the feedthroughs extends out of the lower surface of the header.
US11088091B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a substrate having first and second surfaces, first and second pads disposed on the first and second surfaces respectively and electrically connected to each other, a semiconductor chip disposed on the first surface and connected to the first pads, a dummy chip disposed on the first surface, the dummy chip having an upper surface positioned lower than an upper surface of the semiconductor chip in a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate, an underfill between the semiconductor chip and the first surface of the substrate with an extension portion extended along facing side surfaces of the semiconductor chip and the dummy chip in the perpendicular direction, an upper end of the extension portion lower than the upper surface of the semiconductor chip, and a sealing material on the first surface to seal the semiconductor chip and the dummy chip.
US11088089B2	Package substrate A package substrate includes a wiring substrate comprising an insulating layer, a first wiring layer, and a second wiring layer, wherein the first wiring layer comprises a first pad pattern, and the second wiring layer comprises a second pad pattern; a first passivation layer disposed on the insulating layer, and having a first opening portion passing through a region corresponding to at least a portion of the first pad pattern; a second passivation layer disposed on the insulating layer, and having a second opening portion passing through a region corresponding to at least a portion of the second pad pattern; and a reinforcing layer disposed on the second passivation layer, and having a through portion exposing the second opening portion. An upper surface of the first wiring layer is located in a position higher than a position of the lower surface of the insulating layer.
US11088070B2	Method of forming a multi-level interconnect structure in a semiconductor device A method of forming a multi-level interconnect structure in a semiconductor device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a first interconnection level including a first dielectric layer and a first conductive structure; a second interconnection level including a second dielectric layer and a second conductive structure; and a third interconnection level including a third dielectric layer and a third conductive structure. The method includes forming a trench in the third dielectric layer; providing a first sacrificial material in the trench; and thereafter forming a via extending through the third interconnection level to the second conductive structure; providing a second sacrificial material in the via; forming a multi-level via extending through the third interconnection level to the first conductive structure; removing the first and second sacrificial materials; and depositing a conductive material at least partially filling: the trench; the via; and the multi-level via.
US11088066B2	Multilayer structure and related method of manufacture for electronics An integrated multilayer structure, includes a substrate film having a first side and an opposite second side. The substrate film includes electrically substantially insulating material, a circuit design including a number of electrically conductive areas of electrically conductive material on the first and/or second sides of the substrate film, and a connector including a number of electrically conductive contact elements. The connector is provided to the substrate film so that it extends to both the first and second sides of the substrate film and the number of electrically conductive contact elements connect to one or more of the conductive areas of the circuit design while being further configured to electrically couple to an external connecting element responsive to mating the external connecting element with the connector on the first or second side of or adjacent to the substrate film.
US11088062B2	Method to enable 30 microns pitch EMIB or below A package substrate and package assembly including a package substrate including a substrate body including electrical routing features therein and a surface layer and a plurality of first and second contact points on the surface layer including a first pitch and a second pitch, respectively, wherein the plurality of first contact points and the plurality of second contact points are continuous posts to the respective ones of the electrical routing features. A method including forming first conductive vias in a package assembly, wherein the first conductive vias include substrate conductive vias to electrical routing features in a package substrate and bridge conductive vias to bridge surface routing features of a bridge substrate; forming a first surface layer and a second surface layer on the package substrate; and forming second conductive vias through each of the first surface layer and the second surface layer to the bridge conductive vias.
US11088046B2	Semiconductor device package with clip interconnect and dual side cooling In a general aspect, a packaged semiconductor device apparatus a conductive paddle, a semiconductor die coupled with the conductive paddle and a conductive clip having a first portion with a first thickness and a second portion with a second thickness. The first thickness can be greater than the second thickness. The first portion can be coupled with the semiconductor die. The device can also include a molding compound encapsulating the semiconductor die and at least partially encapsulating the conductive paddle and the conductive clip. The device can further include a signal lead that is at least partially encapsulated in the molding compound, the second portion of the conductive clip being coupled with the signal lead.
US11088032B2	Electronic device based on two-dimensional semiconductor and method for manufacturing electronic device In embodiments of the present disclosure, an ambient medium of a two-dimensional semiconductor is doped or an ambient medium of a semiconductor is locally filled with a solid material, to form a filled region, and an electronic device based on the two-dimensional semiconductor is implemented by means of a doping effect of the doped region or the filled region on a characteristic of the two-dimensional semiconductor. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, doping the two-dimensional semiconductor is not directly processing the two-dimensional semiconductor. Therefore, damage caused to the two-dimensional semiconductor in a doping process and device performance deterioration caused accordingly can be effectively reduced, and stability of device performance after doping is improved.
US11088031B2	Semiconductor and method of fabricating the same Provided are a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of forming a uniform doping concentration of each semiconductor device when manufacturing a plurality of semiconductor devices. When a concentration balance is disrupted due to an increase in doping region size, doping concentration is still controllable by using ion blocking patterns to provide a semiconductor device with uniform doping concentration and a higher breakdown voltage obtainable as a result of such doping.
US11088023B2	Method of forming a semiconductor structure A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes providing a material layer having a recess formed therein. A first tungsten metal layer is formed at a first temperature and fills the recess. An anneal process at a second temperature is then performed, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
US11088022B2	Different isolation liners for different type FinFETs and associated isolation feature fabrication Different isolation liners for different type FinFETs and associated isolation feature fabrication are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes performing a fin etching process on a substrate to form first trenches defining first fins in a first region and second trenches defining second fins in a second region. An oxide liner is formed over the first fins in the first region and the second fins in the second region. A nitride liner is formed over the oxide liner in the first region and the second region. After removing the nitride liner from the first region, an isolation material is formed over the oxide liner and the nitride liner to fill the first trenches and the second trenches. The isolation material, the oxide liner, and the nitride liner are recessed to form first isolation features (isolation material and oxide liner) and second isolation features (isolation material, nitride liner, and oxide liner).
US11088017B2	Stair step structures including insulative materials, and related devices A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a sacrificial material over a stack comprising alternating levels of a dielectric material and another material, forming an opening through the sacrificial material and at least some of the alternating levels of the dielectric material and the another material, forming at least one oxide material in the opening and overlying surfaces of the sacrificial material, an uppermost surface of the at least one oxide material extending more distal from a surface of a substrate than an uppermost level of the dielectric material and the another material, planarizing at least a portion of the at least one oxide material to expose a portion of the sacrificial material, and removing the sacrificial material while the uppermost surface of the at least one oxide material remains more distal from the surface of the substrate than the uppermost level of the alternating levels of the dielectric material and the another material. Related methods of forming semiconductor structures and related semiconductor devices are disclosed.
US11088008B2	Wafer processing method A wafer processing method includes a wafer providing step of providing the wafer by placing either of a polyolefin sheet or a polyester sheet each of which has a size equal to or larger than that of the wafer, on a flat upper surface of a support table and positioning a front surface of the wafer on an upper surface of the sheet, a sheet thermocompression bonding step of evacuating an enclosing environment in which the wafer is provided through the sheet on the support table, heating the sheet, pressing the wafer to pressure-bond the wafer to the sheet, thereby forming a raised portion by which an outer circumference of the wafer is surrounded, a back surface processing step of processing the back surface of the wafer, and a peeling step of peeling off the wafer from the sheet.
US11088007B1	Component tethers with spacers A component structure comprises a substrate and a sacrificial layer comprising a sacrificial material disposed on or in the substrate. The sacrificial layer defines sacrificial portions laterally spaced apart by anchors. A component is disposed entirely over each sacrificial portion and connected to at least one anchor by a tether. A spacer comprising a spacer material is disposed in or on the sacrificial portion at least partially between the tether and the substrate. For at least one etchant, the spacer material etches faster than the sacrificial material when exposed to the etchant.
US11088006B2	Electrostatic chuck An electrostatic chuck includes a platform, a power feed pin, a tubular insulator, an adhesive layer, and a first primer. The platform includes an electrode. The power feed pin contacts the electrode. The tubular insulator is provided around the power feed pin. The adhesive layer bonds the platform and the tubular insulator together. The first primer is provided on a surface of the tubular insulator facing toward the adhesive layer.
US11088003B2	Apparatus for fabricating a semiconductor device and method for fabricating semiconductor device The present disclosure provides an apparatus for fabricating a semiconductor device, including a first chamber for accommodating a mask, and a first ionizer in the first chamber, wherein the first ionizer is adjacent to the mask.
US11087984B2	Selective deposition by laser heating for forming a semiconductor structure A method for forming a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes forming a first material and a second material on a semiconductor substrate. The first material is different from the second material. The method also includes heating the first material to a first temperature and the second material to a second temperature with a laser beam. The first temperature is different from the second temperature. The method also includes depositing a third material on the first material.
US11087975B1	Method for fabrication of orientation-patterned templates on common substrates A method for preparation of orientation-patterned (OP) templates comprising the steps of: depositing a first layer of a first material on a common substrate by a far-from-equilibrium process; and depositing a first layer of a second material on the first layer of the first material by a close-to-equilibrium process, wherein a first assembly is formed. The first material and the second material may be the same material or different materials. The substrate material may be Al2O3 (sapphire), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), GaAs, GaP, GaSb, InAs, InP, CdTe, CdS, CdSe, or GaSe. The first material deposited on the common substrate may be one or more electronic or optical binary materials from the group consisting of AlN, GaN, GaP, InP, GaAs, InAs, AlAs, ZnSe, GaSe, ZnTe, CdTe, HgTe, GaSb, SiC, CdS, CdSe, or their ternaries or quaternaries. The far-from-equilibrium process is one of MOCVD and MBE, and the close-to-equilibrium process is HVPE.
US11087967B1	Open dynamically harmonized ion trap for ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer The invention discloses design of the open-type dynamically harmonized trap directly incorporated into the body of vacuum chamber of Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass analyzer. The proposed trap provides ultra-high resolution of the mass spectrometer as well as improves performance of the instrument, increases pumping rate (accelerates evacuation), eliminates necessity in vacuum feed-through, and increases maximum trap resolution limit at a fixed magnetic field.
US11087962B2	Real-time control of temperature in a plasma chamber Systems and methods for real-time control of temperature within a plasma chamber are described. One of the methods includes sensing a voltage in real time of a rail that is coupled to a voltage source. The voltage source supplies a voltage to multiple heater elements of the plasma chamber. The voltage that is sensed is used to adjust one or more duty cycles of corresponding one or more of the heater elements. The adjusted one or more duty cycles facilitate achieving and maintaining a temperature value within the plasma chamber over time.
US11087959B2	Techniques for a hybrid design for efficient and economical plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) and plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) Techniques are disclosed for methods and apparatus for performing plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) as well as plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) in a single hybrid design and without requiring any mechanical intervention. Depending on the configuration/activation of an electrically controlled RF switch, in the PEALD mode, plasma is created by an ICP source above a grounded metal plate in the chamber. Alternatively, in the PECVD mode, the metal plate itself is RF-powered and produces the plasma around the substrate and below an underlying ceramic plate. Electrical isolation of the metal plate is preferably provided by a ceramic ring spacer. A stack of PEALD/PECVD films may thus be obtained by the present hybrid design in a single recipe. In certain aspects, an RF-bias is provided to the heated platen holding the substrate for better stress management of the PECVD layers. Atomic layer etching (ALE) can also be achieved in the same reactor for cleaning the surface deposited PEALD film followed by depositing a thick PECVD film.
US11087956B2	Detection systems in semiconductor metrology tools A semiconductor metrology tool for analyzing a sample is disclosed. The semiconductor metrology tool includes a particle generation system, a local electrode, a particle capture device, a position detector, and a processor. The particle generation system is configured to remove a particle from a sample. The local electrode is configured to produce an attractive electric field and to direct the removed particle towards an aperture of the local electrode. The particle capture device is configured to produce a repulsive electric field around a region between the sample and the local electrode and to repel the removed particle towards the aperture. The position detector is configured to determine two-dimensional position coordinates of the removed particle and a flight time of the removed particle. The processor is configured to identify the removed particle based on the flight time.
US11087955B2	System combination of a particle beam system and a light-optical system with collinear beam guidance, and use of the system combination A system combination includes a particle beam system and a light-optical system. The particle beam system can be an individual particle beam system or a multiple particle beam system. A light entry mechanism can provided at a branching site of a beam tube arrangement within a beam switch. A light beam of the light-optical system can enter into the beam tube arrangement through the light entry mechanism such that the light beam impinges, in substantially collinear fashion with particle radiation, on an object to be inspected. Parts of the light-optical beam path and parts of the particle-optical beam path can extend parallel to one another or overlap with one another. This arrangement can allow light of the light-optical system to be incident in perpendicular fashion on an object to be inspected, optionally without impairing the particle-optical resolution of the particle beam system.
US11087947B2	Electron microscope To provide an electron microscope capable of performing the switching-over between normal illumination and annular illumination, wide-area irradiation, an interference pattern as desired or normal illumination in an expeditious and readily manner or achieving a better S/N ratio, the electron microscope comprises a photocathode 101 with negative electron affinity in use; an excitation optical system to excite the photocathode; and an electron optics system to irradiate an electron beam 13 generated from the photocathode by excitation light 12 irradiated through the excitation optical system onto a sample, the excitation optical system including a light source device 107 for the excitation light; and an optical modulation means 108 which is disposed in an optical path of the excitation light to perform spatial phase modulation to the excitation light.
US11087945B1	Fuse with integrated heat shield A fuse including a fuse body, a fusible element disposed within the fuse body providing an electrically conductive pathway extending between a first end of the fuse body and a second end of the fuse body, and a heat shield disposed within the fuse body intermediate an interior surface of the fuse body and an exterior surface of the fuse body for mitigating heat flow therebetween.
US11087944B2	Circuit protection device Disclosed is a circuit protection device including a case, a negative temperature coefficient thermistor which is accommodated in the case and includes a resistant heating element, a pair of electrodes installed on both sides of the resistant heating element, and a first lead wire and a second lead wire withdrawn from the pair of electrodes, respectively, and a thermal fuse which is accommodated in the case and includes a thermal fuse body and a third lead wire and a fourth lead wire connected to both ends of the thermal fuse body, respectively. Here, the second lead wire and the third lead wire are connected to each other in the case.
US11087942B2	Electromagnetic relay and a method of making the same An electromagnetic relay includes a base, an electromagnet disposed on the base, an armature unit having a magnetically attractive member magnetically attractable by the electromagnet, a movable terminal unit mounted on the armature unit and including a first terminal member and a first contact, and a stationary terminal member mounted on the base. The first terminal member is a two-piece structure composed of a spring plate and a first leg. A ratio of the thickness of the first leg to the thickness of the spring plate ranges from 2 to 4. When the electromagnet is energized and de-energized, the first contact contacts and moves away from the second contact, respectively. A method of making the electromagnetic relay is also disclosed.
US11087931B2	Energy storing electrical device and a method of constructing an electrical device A system and method for an energy storing electrical device includes a first conductive electrode, a second conductive electrode, an electrolyte disposed between the first conductive electrode and a second conductive electrode, each electrode further comprising an integrated first layer and a second layer, and; wherein the second layer comprises a substrate, the substrate comprising a textile portion or a polymer portion and a conductive layer formed by a noble metal disposed on and attached to the substrate.
US11087930B2	Oxygen generation apparatus An oxygen generation electrode includes, a conductive layer including a salt of stannic acid, the salt of stannic acid having a perovskite structure, a light absorption layer disposed on the conductive layer, and a catalyst layer disposed on the light absorption layer, the catalyst layer including an oxide having a perovskite structure and being responsible for an oxygen evolution reaction, the conductive layer being doped to degeneracy with impurities, the light absorption layer forming a Type-II heterojunction with the conductive layer, the catalyst layer being doped to degeneracy with impurities, the upper end of the valence band of the catalyst layer being higher than the upper end of the valence band of the light absorption layer.
US11087922B2	Production method of rare earth magnet A method for producing a rare earth magnet, including preparing a melt of a first alloy having a composition represented by (R1vR2wR3x)yTzBsM1t (wherein R1 is a light rare earth element, R2 is an intermediate rare earth element, R3 is a heavy rare earth element, T is an iron group element, and M1 is an impurity element, etc.), cooling the melt of the first alloy at a rate of from 100 to 102 K/sec to obtain a first alloy ingot, pulverizing the first alloy ingot to obtain a first alloy powder having a particle diameter of 1 to 20 μm, preparing a melt of a second alloy having a composition represented by (R4pR5q)100-uM2u (wherein R4 is a light rare earth element, R5 is an intermediate or heavy rare earth element, M2 is an alloy element, etc.), and putting the first alloy powder into contact with the melt of the second alloy.
US11087921B2	Inductive rotary joint with U-shaped ferrite cores A rotating power transformer comprises a primary magnetic core with a primary winding and a secondary magnetic core with a secondary winding. The magnetic cores preferably comprise a ferrite material and are U-shaped, and have a base connecting two legs. The width of the legs is significantly larger than the height of the base, resulting in a better magnetic coupling and a significantly improved tolerance to mechanical deviations.
US11087918B2	Coil component A 0.5-displacement region in which a first wire and a second wire are displaced by 0.5 turns from each other, and a 1.5-displacement region in which the first wire and the second wire are displaced by 1.5 turns in an opposite direction to a 0.5-displacement region are distributed along an axis direction on a winding core portion. The sum of the number of turns of the second wire located in the 0.5-displacement region being twice or more and five times or less than the sum of the number of turns of the second wire located in the 1.5-displacement region.
US11087915B2	Electronic component and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed herein is an electronic component that includes: a base having a main surface; a passive element part formed on the main surface of the base; a magnetic resin layer formed on the main surface of the base so as to embed the passive element part therein, the magnetic resin layer having a surface extending substantially parallel to the main surface of the base; an insulating coat layer formed on a first area of the surface of the magnetic resin layer, the insulating coat layer having higher smoothness than the surface of the magnetic resin layer; and a terminal electrode formed on a second area of the surface of the magnetic resin layer and electrically connected to the passive element part.
US11087912B2	Magnetic field shield sheet for wireless power transmission and wireless power receiving module comprising same There is provided a magnetic field shielding sheet for wireless power transmission. The present disclosure to provide a magnetic field shielding sheet for wireless power transmission that includes a first shielding sheet for shielding a magnetic field generated from a first wireless power transmission antenna operable in a magnetic induction method, a second shielding sheet for shielding a magnetic field generated from a second wireless power transmission antenna operable in a magnetic resonance method, and a third shielding sheet which is stacked on the same surface of the first shielding sheet and the second shielding sheet so as to cover the first shielding sheet and the second shielding sheet, for shielding the magnetic field generated from the second wireless power transmission antenna.
US11087911B2	Autonomous mode change circuit for solenoid drivers Provided are embodiments for operating an autonomous mode change circuit for solenoid drivers. The embodiments include initiating an operation of a solenoid, and receiving a command to control the operation of the solenoid. The embodiments also include controlling, by a drive circuit, a switch coupled to the solenoid based at least in part on the command, and detecting at least one of a current or voltage of the solenoid, and subsequently controlling the operation of the solenoid based at least in part on the detection.
US11087906B2	Amphoteric magnetic material and manufacturing method thereof A magnetic material having dual properties and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The magnetic material having dual properties consists of: 5% to 88% of a permanent magnetic material, 5% to 88% of a soft magnetic material, 6% to 16% of a binder, and 1% to 10% of an auxiliary agent. The magnetic material having dual properties manufactured by mixing two phases without microscopic intergranular exchange coupling interaction has unexpected effects: the range of a magnetically attracted object is expanded to include a magnet having dual properties; the range of a magnetically attractive object is expanded to include a magnet having dual properties; the minimum value of the magnetic attraction force is increased, the magnetic attraction force is more uniform, and it is smoother to move and rotate an object. The effect obtained by two layers of the soft magnet and the permanent magnet can be realized by a single layer structure of the magnet having dual properties.
US11087905B2	Strain gauge The present strain gauge includes a substrate having flexibility; a resistor formed from a material containing at least one of chromium and nickel, on the substrate; and an oxidation impeding layer formed on a non-oxidized surface corresponding to an upper surface of the resistor.
US11087901B2	Electrical component cover An electrical component cover includes a central portion, a first end portion and a second end portion and one or more flexible portions between the central portion and the first end portion or second end portion to enable the electrical component cover to flex and thereby facilitate varying geometries in power lines attached to insulators.
US11087898B2	Disassembly and disposal of munition components Methods for disposing of munition components may include separating propellants from heavy metal penetrators and disposing of those separated components into different types of geological formations. The initially solid form propellants may be converted into a stable liquified propellant form, by a particular disclosed process, that may be injected within salt water (injection) disposal wells, where distal portions of such salt water disposal wells may be located in a geological formation of substantially at least one salt. The separated heavy metal penetrators (with or without their associated projectile jackets) may be disposed of within human-made caverns, where such human-made caverns may be located within a deep geological formation that is often 2,000 feet or more below the Earth's surface. The heavy metal penetrators may include uranium (depleted uranium). Portions of a given munition, to be disposed of, may be radioactive.
US11087895B2	Liquid tank inspection including device for launching submersible A launching tube for use with a liquid filled tank can be sized to accommodate a submersible vehicle for dispensing into the liquid tank. The tank can be an electrical transformer or any other liquid containing tank such as but not limited to a chemical tank. The launching tube can include a valve for insertion into a launching chamber, and a tank side valve for launching of the submersible into the tank. In one form the launching tube includes an antenna for communication with the submersible and/or a base station. The launching tube can also include a sensor such as a camera, as well as an agitator. The agitator can be used to facilitate bubble removal from the inside of the launching tube.
US11087891B2	Methods and apparatus for mitigating plasma disruption in fusion devices Exemplary pellets can be used for magnetic fusion devices for mitigating plasma disruption. In some embodiments, the pellets may be cryogenically cooled that may cause a rise in the electrical conductivity of the pellets. A high conductivity of the pellet can screen out the plasma's magnetic field from the interior of the pellet. The screening out of the plasma's magnetic field can slow the ablation rate of the pellet which may allow for deeper pellet penetration and a better suited spatial profile of deposited material for proper mitigation of the plasma disruption. In some other embodiments, the pellets may not be cryogenically cooled.
US11087885B2	Method for searching a text (or alphanumeric string) database, restructuring and parsing text data (or alphanumeric string), creation/application of a natural language processing engine, and the creation/application of an automated analyzer for the creation of medical reports A sequential series of methods for optimized searching within a text (or alphanumeric string) database to retrieve specific and relevant results, followed by optimized restructuring and parsing of text data (or alphanumeric string), followed by creation/application of a natural language processing engine, followed by the creation/application of an automated analyzer is presented.
US11087881B1	Computerized systems and methods for facilitating clinical decision making A system, method, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating clinical decision making, and in particular, facilitating treatment of a person having congestive heart failure. The method includes the step of receiving patient information for a patient. The method also includes the steps of determining whether the patient information suggests a trigger event, and upon determining a trigger event, determining at least one goal associated with the trigger event. The method also includes the steps of selecting a first plan, from a library of plans, corresponding to the goal and executing the plan, which further includes determining a solver to determine patient conditions or recommended treatments, receiving parameters for the determined solver, and preparing patient information for the determined solver. The method further includes instantiating the solver based on the received parameters and the prepared patient information, and applying the solver to determine a patient condition or recommended treatment.
US11087878B2	Methods and systems for improving connections within a healthcare ecosystem A systems, method, and apparatus to improve connections within a healthcare ecosystem are provided. Example systems, methods, and apparatus can facilitate dynamic interface definition and configuration. An example method includes storing a plurality of reusable interface and route definitions to translate and exchange data messages between source and target systems in a healthcare ecosystem; monitoring message exchanges and message patterns in the healthcare environment via a machine learning system to predict traffic and utilization patterns in the healthcare ecosystem; tracking metadata regarding connections involving the source and target systems and storing the metadata in a graph database; suggesting connections between the source and target systems based on the monitored message exchanges and message patterns and metadata from the graph database using graph analytics; provisioning an interface between the source and target systems based on a suggested connection, the interface provisioned from the reusable interface and route definitions based on the suggested connection.
US11087868B2	Methods, devices and systems for analyte monitoring management Methods of analyte monitoring management are provided. The methods include indicating on a user interface a plurality of analyte management procedures available for user-selection, where the plurality of analyte management procedures relate to analyte management parameters. Embodiments include receiving an indication to initiate a first procedure of the plurality of analyte management procedures, where the first procedure is for determining a first analyte management parameter. The methods may further include outputting user-instructions associated with the first procedure; receiving analyte measurement data for the first procedure; estimating the first analyte management parameter based on the analyte measurement data; calculating a degree of certainty for the estimation of the first analyte management parameter; and, initiating an action in response to an event associated with a status of the estimation of the first analyte management parameter or the degree of certainty. Analyte monitoring devices and systems implementing the methods are also provided.
US11087855B2	Shift register unit and driving method, gate drive circuit and display device A shift register unit, a gate drive circuit, a display device and a driving method are disclosed. The shift register unit includes a first input circuit, a second input circuit, an output circuit and an anti-crosstalk circuit. The first input circuit is configured to input a first input signal to a first node; the second input circuit is configured to input a second input signal to the first node in a situation where the second node is at a first level and to stop inputting the second input signal to the first node in a situation where the second node is at a second level; the output circuit is configured to output or not output an output signal; the anti-crosstalk circuit is configured to prevent a level of the second node from becoming the first level in a situation where the second node is at the second level.
US11087854B1	High current fast read scheme for crosspoint memory A high current fast read scheme can enable improved read disturb without negatively impacting read performance. In one example, a fast read scheme involves applying a higher current as soon as the cell thresholds. In one example, circuitry detects the threshold event and turns on a bypass control transistor to bypass the circuitry applying the read voltage to enable a higher voltage and therefore higher current as soon as possible. The read time can thus be decreased (or at least not increased) and read disturb improved.
US11087838B2	Voltage drivers with reduced power consumption during polarity transition An integrated circuit memory device having: a memory cell; and a voltage driver of depletion type connected to the memory cell. In a first polarity, the voltage driver is powered by a negative voltage relative to ground to drive a negative selection voltage or a first de-selection voltage; In a second polarity, the voltage driver is powered by a positive voltage relative to ground to drive a positive selection voltage or a second de-selection voltage. The voltage driver is configured to transition between the first polarity and the second polarity. During the transition, the voltage driver is configured to have a control voltage swing for outputting de-selection voltages smaller than a control voltage swing for output selection voltages.
US11087827B1	Edge memory array mats with sense amplifiers An edge memory array mat with access lines that are split in half, and a bank of sense amplifiers formed in a region that separates the access line segment halves extending perpendicular to the access line segments. The sense amplifiers of the bank of sense amplifiers are coupled to opposing ends of a first subset of the half access lines pairs. The edge memory array mat further includes digit line (DL) jumpers or another structure configured to connect a second subset of the half access line pairs across the region occupied by the bank of sense amplifiers to form combined or extended access lines that extend to a bank of sense amplifiers coupled between the edge memory array mat and an inner memory array mat.
US11087825B2	Semiconductor memory device for reducing snapback current of non-volatile memory during read operation A semiconductor memory device includes a bitline driver configured to drive a global bitline; a memory cell array including a first memory cell that is coupled between a cell wordline and a cell bitline; a bitline decoder including a bitline switch that couples the global bitline and the cell bitline; a wordline decoder including a wordline switch that couples a global wordline and the cell wordline; a sense amplifier configured to output a sensing signal corresponding to a state of the first memory cell based on a voltage of the global bitline; and a control circuit configured to control the bitline driver, the bitline decoder, the wordline decoder and the sense amplifier during a first read operation for the first memory cell.
US11087824B2	Column select swizzle A memory device includes a memory array having a plurality of memory cells and a column decoder circuit that is configured to provide at least one column select signal for selecting corresponding bit-lines for memory operations on the plurality of memory cells. The memory device also includes a column select section that is configured to route the at least one column select signal such that non-adjacent bit-lines are exclusively selected during a same column select access memory operation.
US11087802B2	Semiconductor memory device including output buffer An apparatus includes an external terminal, an output circuit having an impedance corresponding to a code signal, and a calibration circuit configured to produce the code signal responsive to a comparison of a voltage at the external terminal with a reference voltage, the comparison performed by a first cycle period in a first mode and by a second cycle which is longer than the first cycle period in a second mode.
US11087797B2	Tape storage system including at least two tape storage apparatuses for improved writing of data to be synchronized There is provided a tape recording apparatus system capable of improving writing performance and maintaining tape recording density, for a multiple data writing request accompanied by a lot of synchronization requests from a host. The system is a tape storage system including two or more tape drives each of which has a tape mounted thereon and is provided with a buffer divided in fixed-length segments, and connected to a host that sends multiple data and a synchronization request at a predetermined timing to these tape drives. This tape recording system is provided with: a tape drive connected to the host, receiving the multiple data sent from the host, and, when the segment of the buffer is accumulated and filled with data, writing the accumulated data onto a tape; and another tape drive connected to the tape drive, receiving the multiple data sent from the host via the tape drive, and dumping a predetermined number of data accumulated in the segments onto a tape at a timing of receiving the synchronization request.
US11087795B2	Magnetic disk device According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a housing having a box-shaped base with a bottom wall, a first connection portion provided inside the bottom wall, a second connection portion provided outside the bottom wall and electrically connected to the first connection portion, a control circuit board provided outside the housing, a third connection portion fixed to an inner surface of the control circuit board facing the bottom wall, and abutting on and electrically connecting to the second connection portion, and a reinforcement member positioned between the control circuit board and the bottom wall and provided around the third connection portion.
US11087794B2	Magnetic recording medium having magnetic layer with a granular structure The invention provides a magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer or a magnetic recording layer having a granular structure in which magnetic crystal grains are well separated from each other. The magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a seed layer, and a magnetic recording layer, wherein the magnetic recording layer includes a first magnetic layer which is a continuous film consisting of an ordered alloy, and a second magnetic layer having a granular structure consisting of magnetic crystal grains consisting of an ordered alloy and a non-magnetic crystal grain boundary, and the seed layer consists of a material selected from the group consisting of an NaCl-type compound, a spinel-type compound, and a perovskite-type compound.
US11087780B2	Analog voice activity detector systems and methods A voice-activity detector (VAD) system comprises a microphone operable to receive and to process audio inputs from an environment to generate an analog audio input signal. The system further comprises an analog VAD operable to process the analog audio input signal to perform an initial detection of human speech, and operable to send a wake up command to a digital signal processing chain to awaken the digital signal processing chain from a sleep mode, when the analog VAD detects human speech. Further, the system comprises the digital signal processing chain operable to process the analog audio input signal to perform a secondary detection of human speech, and operable to output a signal indicating that human speech is detected, when the digital signal processing chain detects human speech. In one or more embodiments, the secondary detection of human speech is more accurate than the initial detection of human speech.
US11087774B2	Encoding apparatus, decoding apparatus, smoothing apparatus, inverse smoothing apparatus, methods therefor, and recording media A log spectral envelope sequence L0, L1, . . . , LN−1 and an envelope code for the log spectral envelope sequence L0, L1, . . . , LN−1 are obtained. The log spectral envelope sequence L0, L1, . . . , LN−1 is an integer value sequence corresponding to binary logarithms of respective sample values of a spectral envelope sequence and is an integer value sequence whose total sum is 0. For a quantized spectral sequence {circumflex over ( )}X0, {circumflex over ( )}X1, . . . , {circumflex over ( )}XN−1, a smoothed spectral sequence ˜X0, ˜X1, . . . , ˜XN−1 is obtained by: for {circumflex over ( )}Xk with Lk being a positive value, adopting {circumflex over ( )}Xk with Lk digits from its least significant digit removed as ˜Xk; for {circumflex over ( )}Xk with Lk being a negative value, adopting {circumflex over ( )}Xk with −Lk digits added to its least significant digit in accordance with a predefined rule as ˜Xk; and when Lk is 0, adopting {circumflex over ( )}Xk as ˜Xk. The respective samples of the smoothed spectral sequence ˜X0, ˜X1, . . . , ˜XN−1 are then encoded with a fixed code length to obtain a signal code.
US11087771B2	Inter-channel encoding and decoding of multiple high-band audio signals A device includes an encoder and a transmitter. The encoder is configured to generate a first high-band portion of a first signal based on a left signal and a right signal. The encoder is also configured to generate a set of adjustment gain parameters based on a high-band non-reference signal. The high-band non-reference signal corresponds to one of a left high-band portion of the left signal or a right high-band portion of the right signal as a high-band non-reference signal. The transmitter is configured to transmit information corresponding to the first high-band portion of the first signal. The transmitter is also configured to transmit the set of adjustment gain parameters corresponding to the high-band non-reference signal.
US11087770B2	Dispute initiation using artificial intelligence A system for artificial intelligent dispute resolution is disclosed. The system may receive a dispute initiation request from a voice input channel. The system may determine user authentication state in response to the dispute initiation request. The system may receive a natural language problem statement from the voice input channel. The system may determine a user intent in response to the natural language problem statement. The system may compare the user intent with a business rules set and determine a dispositioned outcome based on the business rules set and the user intent.
US11087752B2	Systems and methods for voice-based initiation of custom device actions Systems and methods for enabling voice-based interactions with electronic devices can include a data processing system maintaining a plurality of device action data sets and a respective identifier for each device action data set. The data processing system can receive, from an electronic device, an audio signal representing a voice query and an identifier. The data processing system can identify, using the identifier, a device action data set. The data processing system can identify a device action from device action data set based on content of the audio signal. The data processing system can then identify, from the device action dataset, a command associated with the device action and send the command to the for execution device for execution.
US11087739B1	On-device learning in a hybrid speech processing system A speech interface device is configured to receive response data from a remote speech processing system for responding to user speech. This response data may be enhanced with information such as remote NLU data. The response data from the remote speech processing system may be compared to local NLU data to improve a speech processing model on the device. Thus, the device may perform supervised on-device learning based on the remote NLU data. The device may determine differences between the updated speech processing model and an original speech processing model received from the remote system and may send data indicating these differences to the remote system. The remote system may aggregate data received from a plurality of devices and may generate an improved speech processing model.
US11087730B1	Pseudo—live sound and music A method and apparatus for the creation and playback of music and/or sound, so that sound sequences are generated that vary from one playback to another playback. In one embodiment, during composition creation, artist(s) may define how the composition may vary from playback to playback using visually interactive display(s). The artist's definition may be embedded into a composition dataset. During playback, a composition data set may be processed by a playback device and/or a playback program, so that each time the composition is played-back a unique version may be generated. Variability during playback may include: the variable selection of alternative sound segment(s); variable editing of sound segment(s) during playback processing; variable placement of sound segment(s) during playback processing; the spawning of group(s) of alternative sound segments from initiating sound segment(s); and the combining and/or mixing of alternative sound segments in one or more sound channels. MIDI-like variable compositions and the variable use of sound segments comprised of a timed sequence of MIDI-like commands are also disclosed.
US11087728B1	Computer vision and mapping for audio applications Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for playing audio sounds, such as music, on a portable electronic device using a digital color image of a note matrix on a map. A computer vision engine, in an example implementation, includes a mapping module, a color detection module, and a music playback module. The camera captures a color image of the map, including a marker and a note matrix. Based on the color image, the computer vision engine detects a token color value associated with each field. Each token color value is associated with a sound sample from a specific musical instrument. A global state map is stored in memory, including the token color value and location of each field in the note matrix. The music playback module, for each column, in order, plays the notes associated with one or more the rows, using the corresponding sound sample, according to the global state map.
US11087723B2	Keyless locking tremolo systems and methods Embodiments disclosed herein describe keyless locking tremolo systems and methods for musical instruments that are configured to tune and restrain strings for a musical instrument without an external tool. Embodiments are configured to adjust the vertical positioning of a tightening post and string clamp without an external tool.
US11087716B2	Control device and non-transitory computer readable medium A control device includes a processor configured to grasp a status of a user around a display device and lower brightness of a display screen of the display device or reduce a change in brightness of the display screen per unit time in a case where the grasped status of the user is a specific status.
US11087708B2	Method for transmitting data from timing controller to source driver and associated timing controller and display system The present invention provides a method for transmitting data from a timing controller to a source driver, wherein the method includes the steps of: applying a plurality of data rates to a discrete data rate setting; and transmitting image data of a plurality of frames by using a plurality of modulated data rates, respectively; wherein the plurality of modulated data rates are generated by performing spread-spectrum clocking (SSC) upon the plurality of data rates, respectively; and for each of the frames, its corresponding image data is transmitting by using only one of the modulated data rates.
US11087702B2	Method and device for controlling brightness of display device based on area dimming value and saturation degree, and liquid crystal display Disclosed are a method and a device for controlling brightness of a display device, and a liquid crystal display. In the method, a saturation signal and an area dimming signal of each of partitioned screens of the display panel are acquired, and a saturation dimming signal of each of partitioned screens of the display panel is calculated according to the saturation signal, for adjusting the backlight brightness.
US11087698B2	Display device A display device is proposed, the display device including a display panel having a plurality of pixels; a data driving circuit converting pixel data to a data voltage based on a gamma compensation voltage to supply the same to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of data lines; a gate driving circuit supplying a scan signal through a gate line connected to pixels of each horizontal line of the display panel; a power supply unit supplying a pixel driving voltage to the plurality of pixels through a power line; and a gamma reference voltage adjusting unit adjusting a range of the gamma compensation voltage based on a pixel driving voltage measurement value measured in synchronization with the scan signal at a plurality of positions on the display panel.
US11087692B2	Method of driving a display panel and organic light emitting display device employing the same A method of driving a display panel includes: grouping m adjacent pixels, which output same color light, into one pixel-group in the display panel, where m is an integer greater than or equal to two; determining whether a unit grayscale (UG) to be implemented by the pixel-group is greater than or equal to a determined reference grayscale (REFG) by analyzing respective data signals applied to the pixel-group; performing, in response to the UG being greater than or equal to the REFG, a normal driving that implements the UG by controlling all of the m adjacent pixels to emit light with first luminance corresponding to the respective data signals; and performing, in response to the UG being less than the REFG, a combination driving that implements the UG by controlling only a portion of the m adjacent pixels to emit light with second luminance that is greater than the first luminance.
US11087685B1	Fast data programming TFT pixel threshold voltage compensation circuit with two phase threshold compensation A pixel circuit for a display device provides enhanced performance by performing a first threshold compensation phase that also operates to pre-charge a compensating storage capacitor, and then performing a further second threshold compensation combined with data programming during a shortened programming time. During the first threshold compensation phase, the threshold voltage of the drive transistor is stored in the compensating storage capacitor. During the combined data programming and second threshold compensation phase, the data voltage is stored in a programming capacitor, and the drive transistor threshold voltage is also stored in the programming capacitor. As the threshold voltage already is stored at the storage capacitor, and thus the node where the storage capacitor and the programming capacitor connect has been pre-charged with the threshold voltage, the pre-charging effect shortens the time needed for the programming capacitor to store the threshold voltage, which results in a short programming time while achieving high compensation accuracy.
US11087683B2	Electro-optical device, driving method of electro-optical device and electronic apparatus A first storage capacitor is provided with respect to a data line. A pixel circuit includes a first transistor supplying current according to a voltage between a gate and a source, a light emitting element emitting light corresponding to current supplied by the first transistor, and a second transistor which is turned on or off between the data lines and the gate node. In a first period, an initial potential is supplied to the data line by turning on the second transistor, and in a second period, a data signal of a potential corresponding to a gradation level is supplied to the other end of the first storage capacitor by turning on the second transistor. After the second period, the second transistor is turned off.
US11087682B2	Method, apparatus, and system of compensating an OLED in a display panel for efficiency decay A method, an apparatus, and a system of compensating an organic light emitting diode (OLED) in a display panel for efficiency decay are disclosed. The method includes acquiring an IV curve of the OLED device according to a drain voltage with grayscales applied to a driven thin-film transistor (TFT) and an output current; comparing the IV curve with an IV curve database model, and determining a target curve and a first match curve; determining a second match curve according to a measuring moment; acquiring a target voltage corresponding to a target luminance; acquiring a target current corresponding to the target voltage; and acquiring, based on a characteristic curve of the driven TFT, a compensated gate voltage through the target voltage, the target current, and the drain voltage. The OLED device can be compensated for efficiency decay. Display effects are improved, causing the display panel to display uniformly.
US11087677B2	Electronic device and ambient light sensing method thereof An electronic device includes: a OLED display including a first display area, wherein a saturation of the first display area remains constant in a first period; a display driver for driving the OLED display and changing a brightness coefficient of the first display area from a first brightness coefficient to a second brightness coefficient during the first period; an ambient light sensor under the first display area for sensing light, wherein during the first period, the ambient light sensor generates a first sensing value when the brightness coefficient of the first display area is the first brightness coefficient and generates a second sensing value when the brightness coefficient of the first display area is the second brightness coefficient; and a controller for calculating an ambient light intensity according to the first brightness coefficient, the second brightness coefficient, the first sensing value and the second sensing value.
US11087676B2	Device and method for obtaining brightness of display panel A device and a method for obtaining brightness of a display panel are provided. The display panel includes a flat area and a curved area and the curved areas including at least one first curved area. The device includes a brightness acquisition component; an optical path adjustment component; and a control component. Principle light exited from the flat area is incident on a first area of a viewfinder plane of the brightness acquisition component; the optical path adjustment component is disposed on an optical path of principle light exited from the first curved area, and configured to adjust the principle light to be incident on a second area of the viewfinder plane; the first area does not overlap with and the second area; and the control component is configured to process an image captured by the brightness acquisition component to obtain the brightness of the display panel.
US11087675B2	Display device, operation method thereof, and electronic device A display device that can display a high-luminance image is provided. The display device includes a display element and a memory circuit which is electrically connected to a first wiring and a second wiring. First, a reference potential is supplied to the first wiring. Next, a first image signal is supplied to the memory circuit through the second wiring. Then, the second image signal is added to the first image signal by supplying the second image signal to the memory circuit through the first wiring. After that, an image obtained by superimposing an image corresponding to the first image signal and an image corresponding to the second image signal on each other is displayed with the display element.
US11087672B1	Display device with selectable LED current levels based on brightness data A display device comprises a control circuit and a plurality of LED channels coupled to a shared supply voltage. The control circuit obtains respective brightness levels for each of the LED channels and determines, based on the brightness levels, a group current level sufficient to drive all of the LED channels. The control circuit also determines respective duty cycles for each of the LED channels that will achieve the respective brightness levels when each of the LED channels are driven with the group current level. The control circuit configures driver circuits to drive the LED channels in accordance with the group current level and the respective duty cycles. The control circuit may furthermore obtain sensed channel voltages associated with each of the LED channels, and configure the shared voltage supply based on the sensed channel voltages to a voltage level sufficient to drive all of the LED channels.
US11087668B1	Shift register unit and driving method thereof, gate driving circuit Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a shift register unit and a driving method thereof, and a gate driving circuit. The shift register unit includes an input circuit, a next-stage start circuit, a control circuit, a stabilization circuit, and at least one output circuit. The at least one output circuit each can control a voltage of a signal output terminal according to a voltage of a pull-up node, a voltage of a pull-down node, a first voltage signal, a control clock signal from a control clock signal terminal, and a control voltage signal from a control voltage signal terminal. A high level of a second clock signal begins when a high level of a first clock signal ends, and a high level of a third clock signal begins when a high level of the second clock signal ends.
US11087665B2	Display apparatus and method of driving display panel using the same A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and a driving controller. The display panel including a gate line and a data line displays an image based on input image data. The gate driver outputs a gate signal to the gate line. The data driver outputs a data voltage to the data line. The driving controller includes an area divider dividing the input image data into first and second area data, a first variable frequency driver determining a first driving frequency of the first area data based on a flicker value according to a grayscale value and generating a first data signal of the first driving frequency and a second variable frequency driver determining a second driving frequency of the second area data based on a flicker value according to a grayscale value and generating a second data signal of the second driving frequency.
US11087661B2	Display device having curved portion A display device includes a substrate and a plurality of gate driving units. The substrate has at least one curved portion with a curved side edge, and the plurality of gate driving units are disposed along the curved side edge.
US11087657B2	Display panel driving apparatus A display panel driving apparatus includes an interface, a timing controller, a gate driver, and data driver. The interface includes a data determiner to determine whether or not input image data has a communication error and to process a packet of a data stream of the input image data, even though the input image data has the communication error. The timing controller receives the processed input image data from the interface and generates a data signal, a gate control signal, and a data control signal. The gate driver generates a gate signal based on the gate control signal. The data driver generates a data voltage based on the data control signal and the data signal.
US11087654B2	Display panel and method of testing the same A display panel includes: a display including pixel columns electrically connected to data lines; a non-display area adjacent the display; a test circuit configured to receive a lighting test signal passing through at least a portion of the non-display area and to transfer the lighting test signal to the data lines in response to a test control signal; and a switch configured to receive a data signal from an external component and to transfer the data signal to the data lines in response to a switching signal.
US11087652B2	Abnormality detection circuit An abnormality detection circuit includes: a plurality of voltage dividing circuits; a first selector configured to select and output one of a plurality of outputs of the plurality of voltage dividing circuits; a first comparator configured to compare an output of the first selector with a reference voltage; and a first detector configured to detect an abnormality based on an output of the first comparator, wherein the selection of the first selector is switched in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal or a horizontal synchronization signal of a liquid crystal display device.
US11087649B2	Graphic display frame and extension The present invention relates to a graphic display frame for use with SEG graphic displays of a modular design. The frame comprises a system that can be used to construct frames of various sizes, shapes, and dimensions. The frame system includes channel members, connectors, brackets, and other components that can be constructed and used to support SEG graphics.
US11087639B2	Systems and methods for vehicle simulation Systems and methods for material handling vehicle simulation are provided. In one aspect, a material handling vehicle simulation system includes a material handling vehicle having a plurality of controls operable to manipulate the material handling vehicle to perform a desired operation, and a vehicle controller configured to selectively transition between a standard mode where the vehicle controller is configured to instruct the vehicle to perform standard operating tasks and a simulation mode. The material handling simulation system further includes a simulation kit having a simulation display, and a simulation controller in communication with the plurality of controls and the simulation display. When the vehicle controller is in the simulation mode, the simulation controller is configured to simulate operation of the material handling vehicle on the simulation display in response to manipulation of at least one of the plurality of controls.
US11087637B2	Finger reading method and device based on visual gestures A finger reading method and device based on visual gestures. A user makes a circle on a required finger reading region on a book by using a finger; a camera captures the circle making action of the finger, and an image processing module acquires the position a fingertip according to a profile analysis algorithm, acquires the endpoints of the track edge in upper, lower, left and right directions, and fits a rectangle according to the upper, lower, left and right end points in order to identify content such as characters or graphs of rectangular region content. A voice synthesis technology is performed. Voice information is fed to the user to realize a finger reading functions. The device can be worn on the head of the user, and includes camera and bone conduction earphones arranged on both sides thereof.
US11087634B2	System, method, and applications for monitoring online usage of minors Systems, software, and computer implemented methods associated with a smart monitoring system used to monitor, manage, and modify the usage of various applications and/or websites on a mobile or other computing device are described herein. In one example method, user interactions performed at a client device are monitored, and a determination is made as to whether the monitored user interactions are associated with non-educational content or applications. In response to determining that they are, an activity timer is increased based on ongoing interactions with the non-educational content or application. In response to a determination that a current value of the activity timer exceeds a predetermined threshold value, an interruption process is triggered on the client device causing at least one educational activity to be performed by the user of the client device. Before allowing interaction with the non-educational content or application, the educational activities must be satisfactorily completed.
US11087626B2	Automated vehicle control strategy for pedestrian crowds A system for operating an automated vehicle in a crowd of pedestrians includes an object-detector, optionally, a signal detector, and a controller. The object-detector detects pedestrians proximate to a host-vehicle. The signal-detector detects a signal-state displayed by a traffic-signal that displays a stop-state that indicates when the host-vehicle should stop so the pedestrians can cross in front of the host-vehicle, and displays a go-state that indicates when the pedestrians should stop passing in front of the host-vehicle so that the host-vehicle can go forward. The controller is in control of movement of the host-vehicle and in communication with the object-detector and the signal-detector. The controller operates the host-vehicle to stop the host-vehicle when the stop-state is displayed, and operates the host-vehicle to creep-forward after a wait-interval after the traffic-signal changes to the go-state when the pedestrians fail to stop passing in front of the host-vehicle.
US11087620B1	Automated flagger safety assistance device A method of installing and removing traffic control or traffic regulating devices. More particularly, the method includes the installation and removal of automated switchable road signs or flaggers. The safety assistance device and method in accordance with the invention envisions added safety for those installing and removing traffic control or automated flagger devices. Also, the safety assistance device and method of the invention is initiated without requiring a manual activation by those installing or removing the traffic control device.
US11087615B2	Video/sensor based system for protecting artwork against touch incidents A computer-implemented method for protecting objects monitors a zone in which at least one object is held. The method uses input that it acquired from at least one monitor in communication with a server computer performing the method. Subzones are determined within the zone. Each object is associated with and/or belongs to a subzone. The method monitors the zone for an incident. This monitoring is performed across a series of images. In response to an incident being detected within a subzone, the object belonging to the subzone is identified. An alarm output is generated that is unique to the object. The output is transmitted to an output device in communication with the server computer.
US11087604B2	Controlling device participation in wireless sensing systems In a general aspect, motion is detected using wireless signals. In an example, a method includes receiving, at a wireless communication device, requests for the wireless communication device to transmit wireless signals, the requests initiated by a wireless sensing system. The method further includes transmitting a series of wireless signals from the wireless communication device in response to the requests, and detecting, at the wireless communication device, a trigger event after transmitting the series of wireless signals. The method additionally includes updating, by the wireless communication device, a state of the wireless communication device based on the trigger event, the updated state indicating that the wireless communication device is not enabled to transmit wireless signals in response to the requests from the wireless sensing system. The method also includes communicating, by the wireless communication device, the updated state of the wireless communication device to the wireless sensing system.
US11087584B2	Gaming systems and methods for alternating the presentation of live events The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods that selectively alter a presentation of a live sporting event rendered to a display device. The presentation of a live sporting event rendered to a portion of the display device is changed from a live video stream, received from a video source, to a non-video alternative presentation of the live sporting event using play-by-play information received from a wagering host server. When a signal of the video source is lost or degraded, the non-video alternative presentation replaces the live video stream with play-by-play information in real time about the live sporting event. The play-by-play information is text about the live sporting event, a two-dimensional graphical representation of the live sporting event, or a three-dimensional graphical representation of the live sporting event.
US11087578B2	Voting booth, system, and methods of making and using same A non-volatile computer readable medium is disclosed comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by at least one hardware processor, configure the at least one hardware processor to: display a ballot to a voter; collect candidate selections from a voter; and generate an encrypted ballot variant and a plaintext ballot variant. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11087575B2	Systems and methods for item delivery integration with a smart home Systems and methods to deliver items to smart receptacles or locations secured by smart locks. A distribution network can provide access codes or credentials to access smart locks. Access codes or credentials can be provided when a mobile delivery device is determined to be within a geofence of the delivery point and/or when the mobile delivery device meets specified security criteria.
US11087560B2	Normalization of objects for a 3D environment within an authoring application Methods and systems for normalizing a 3D object with a 2D graphical user interface of an authoring application includes retrieving the 3D object, which has an existing offset center, removing the existing the offset center, defining a bounding box about the 3D object, calculating and assigning a new center of the 3D object, and adding the 3D object to the 3D environment including displaying the 3D object within the 3D environment within the 2D GUI according to the new bounding box and new center.
US11087558B1	Managing augmented reality content associated with a physical location The present disclosure relates to managing augmented reality content created on a first electronic device and viewed at a second electronic device. In some embodiments, the first electronic device determines its physical location, receives input representing user-generated augmented reality content, displays an augmented reality environment including the user-generated augmented reality content overlaid on a live view of the physical location, and sends the user-generated augmented reality content to an external storage repository. The second electronic device can then receive the user-generated augmented reality content, determine whether it is at the physical location, and display the user-generated augmented reality content when it is at the physical location.
US11087556B2	Transferring a state between VR environments A method is for transferring a state from a first VR environment to a second VR environment. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving, via a receiving system, a static object dataset relating to an object, the object being represented in a first VR environment, generated by an input system, and in the second VR environment, generated by the receiving system. In addition, the sending system determines a first dynamic object dataset relating to the object, the first dynamic object dataset relating to a dynamic property of the object in a first VR environment. In addition, the first dynamic object dataset is transmitted from the sending system to the receiving system. In addition, the receiving system determines a first state of the second VR environment based upon the static object dataset and the first dynamic object dataset.
US11087553B2	Interactive mixed reality platform utilizing geotagged social media An end-user system in accordance with the present disclosure includes a communication device configured to communicate with a server, a display screen, one or more processors, and at least one memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor(s), cause the end-user system to access a physical world geographical location from a user, access two-dimensional physical world map data for a region surrounding the physical world geographical location, render for display on the display screen a three-dimensional mirrored world portion based on the two-dimensional physical world map data and render an avatar at a mirrored world location corresponding to the physical world geographical location, access geotagged social media posts which have geotags in the region and which the user is permitted to view, and render the geotagged social media posts as three-dimensional objects in the mirrored world portion.
US11087548B2	Authoring and presenting 3D presentations in augmented reality Various methods and systems are provided for authoring and presenting 3D presentations. Generally, an augmented or virtual reality device for each author, presenter and audience member includes 3D presentation software. During authoring mode, one or more authors can use 3D and/or 2D interfaces to generate a 3D presentation that choreographs behaviors of 3D assets into scenes and beats. During presentation mode, the 3D presentation is loaded in each user device, and 3D images of the 3D assets and corresponding asset behaviors are rendered among the user devices in a coordinated manner. As such, one or more presenters can navigate the scenes and beats of the 3D presentation to deliver the 3D presentation to one or more audience members wearing augmented reality headsets.
US11087541B2	Location-based identification of petrochemical assets in an industrial plant Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for determining the location of a worker in a plant, such as a petrochemical manufacturing or refining facility in order to render an augmented view of at least one asset in the vicinity of a fiducial marker. A field worker mobile device may scan the fiducial marker and render operating values for a measurable element of the assets in the field of view of the mobile device. Location of the mobile device with respect to the assets in the vicinity of the fiducial marker may be determined based upon the known location and orientation of the fiducial marker and/or the known location and orientations of the assets relative to the fiducial marker.
US11087540B2	Light-field viewpoint and pixel culling for a head mounted display device An HMD device identifies a pose of the device and identifies a subset of a plurality of camera viewpoints of a light-field based on the pose. The HMD device interpolates image data of the light-field based on the pose and the subset of the plurality of camera viewpoints to generate an interpolated view; and displays at the HMD device an image based on the interpolated view. By interpolating based on the subset of camera viewpoints, the HMD device can reduce processing overhead and improve the user experience.
US11087537B2	Method, device and medium for determining posture of virtual object in virtual environment This application discloses a method for determining a posture of a virtual object in a virtual environment performed at an electronic device. The method includes: determining at least one sampling point of the virtual object; determining a normal direction of the virtual object relative to the ground according to the at least one sampling point and the ground on which the virtual object is located; determining a ground-hugging posture of the virtual object in the virtual environment according to the normal direction; and rendering the virtual object in the virtual environment according to the ground-hugging posture. The normal direction of the ground on which the virtual object is located is determined according to the sampling point, and the ground-hugging posture of the virtual object in the virtual environment is obtained according to the normal direction.
US11087533B1	Three dimensional layered map A map having surfaces that are depicted at different levels that are not related to topography, with boundaries between the surfaces, where the boundaries are disposed at travel ways. The travel ways form cliff faces in the map between the surfaces, with information items disposed on the cliff faces at positions corresponding to items of interest at locations along the travel ways where the information items are disposed.
US11087531B2	System and method for determining geo-location(s) in images Determining GPS coordinates of some image point(s) positions in at least two images using a processor configured by program instructions. Receiving position information of some of the positions where an image capture device captured an image. Determining geometry by triangulating various registration objects in the images. Determining GPS coordinates of the image point(s) positions in at least one of the images. Saving GPS coordinates to memory. This system and method may be used to determine GPS coordinates of objects in an image.
US11087524B2	Method for establishing smooth geometric model based on data of medical image In one aspect, a method for establishing a smooth geometric model based on data of a medical image includes: inputting or reading the data of the medical image; establishing a three-dimensional medical image voxel model based on the data of the medical image; smoothing the three-dimensional medical image voxel model; and establishing a three-dimensional voxel phantom tissue model based on the smoothed three-dimensional medical image voxel model. In another aspect, a method for establishing a smooth geometric model based on data of a medical image includes: inputting or reading the data of the medical image; establishing a three-dimensional voxel phantom tissue model based on the data of the medical image; and smoothing the three-dimensional voxel phantom tissue model.
US11087523B2	Production ray tracing of feature lines A computer-implemented method and system provide the ability to draw a feature line on an image. An image is acquired and is represented as a set of pixel samples for every pixel in the image, with each pixel sample including one or more feature attributes. One or more features are detected based on differences between the feature attributes. The detected features are represented by pixel samples. A color of the pixel samples representing the detected features is altered. The image is rendered based on the pixel samples including the altered color, and the feature line includes the altered color.
US11087520B2	Avatar facial expression generating system and method of avatar facial expression generation for facial model An avatar facial expression generating system and a method of avatar facial expression generation are provided. In the method, user data relating to sensing result of a user is obtained. A first and a second emotional configurations are determined. The first and second emotional configuration maintain during a first and a second duration, respectively. A transition emotional configuration is determined based on the first emotional configuration and the second emotional configuration, in which the transition emotional configuration maintains during a third duration. Facial expressions of an avatar are generated based on the first emotional configuration, the transition emotional configuration, and the second emotional configuration, respectively. The third duration exists between the first duration and the second duration. Accordingly, a normal facial expression on an avatar would be presented while encountering the emotion transformation.
US11087515B2	Losslessly exchanging image layer data between image editing applications Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for losslessly exchanging image layer data between image applications by generating an edit-restricted layer for one image application to represent an incompatible or unsupported image layer from another image application. For example, the disclosed system can determine that one or more image layers in a layered image file formatted for a layered image application include characteristics incompatible (e.g., unsupported) with a feature-restricted image application. The disclosed system can then generate an edit-restricted image layer representing the image layer(s) in the feature-restricted image application by limiting or preventing edit operations to the edit-restricted layer as a type of preview object. The disclosed system can also store image layer data from the feature-restricted image application back to the layered image file for viewing and editing in the layered image application without loss of image layer data corresponding to the edit-restricted layer.
US11087506B2	System and process for color-balancing a series of oblique images Image processing systems and methods are disclosed, including an image processing system comprising a computer running image processing software causing the computer to: divide an oblique aerial image into a plurality of sections, choose reference aerial image(s), having a consistent color distribution, for a first section and a second section; create a color-balancing transformation for the first and second sections of the oblique aerial image such that the first color distribution of the first section matches the consistent color distribution of the chosen reference aerial image and the second color distribution of the second section matches the consistent color distribution of the chosen reference aerial image; color-balance pixel(s) in the first and section sections of the oblique aerial image, such that at least one color-balancing transformation of the first and second sections matches the consistent color distribution of the reference aerial image(s).
US11087498B2	Image processing system, optical sensor, and learning apparatus with irregular lens array An image processing system according to an aspect of the invention includes: an optical sensor including: an optical member configured to refract light from a subject, the optical member including a plurality of transmissive units that have different optical properties, thus forming different refraction patterns of light that passes therethrough; and a plurality of image sensors configured to receive light that has passed through the transmissive units and to form captured images in which the subject appears; and an information processing apparatus configured to calculate attribute information representing an attribute of the subject by inputting the captured images obtained by the image sensors to a learning device that has learned the attribute of the subject.
US11087496B2	System and method for trailer pose estimation The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementations for trailer pose estimation. At least a dimension of a trailer connected to a vehicle is obtained where the vehicle and the trailer have respective opposing surfaces facing one another. A first set of feature points is identified from a first image of a target present on one the opposing surfaces acquired at a first time instant by a sensor deployed on the other the opposing surfaces. A second set of corresponding feature points is identified from a second image of the target acquired at a subsequent time instant by the sensor. Based on the first and second sets of feature points, a first transformation is determined and used to compute a second transformation that the trailer undergoes from the first to the second time instants. A pose of the trailer at the second time instant is estimated based on the second transformation and the dimension.
US11087495B2	Method for calibration According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer program stored in a computer readable storage medium is disclosed. The computer program causes one or more processors to perform operations below for performing calibration when the one or more processors are executed, and the operations may include: an operation of inputting an image to an object detection model and performing object detection by using the object detection model; an operation of acquiring bounding box information on the detected object; and an operation of performing calibration on an image acquisition device based on at least a part of the bounding box information.
US11087493B2	Depth-image processing device, depth-image processing system, depth-image processing method, and recording medium A depth-image processing device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: generate, cased on a synthetic model in which a three-dimensional model of a human body and a three-dimensional model of an object are combined, a plurality of learning images in which a depth image that indicates a distance from a reference position to respective positions on the human body or to respective positions on the object, and a part image to identify any one of respective parts of the human body and a cart of the object are associated with each other, and learn an identifier in which a feature of the depth image and any one of a part of the human body and a part of the object are associated with each other, based on the learning images.
US11087492B2	Methods for identifying location of automated guided vehicles on a mapped substrate A method for accurately determining a positioning of an automated guided vehicle relative to a substrate includes scanning a substrate surface of the substrate to produce two or more two-dimensional images, with each respective one of the produced two-dimensional images is associated with a known portion of the substrate surface. The method further includes storing each one of the produced images. The method further includes positioning the automated guided vehicle relative to the substrate surface, and scanning the substrate surface corresponding to the positioned automated guide vehicle to produce a supplemental two-dimensional image. The supplemental image is compared to each of the stored two or more images to accurately determine the position of the vehicle relative to the substrate surface at the position. This information can also be used to drive the automated guided vehicle from the determined position to another known position relative to the substrate surface.
US11087490B2	Method and device for determining areas of interest based on geolocation data This application provides a method and a device for determining an area of interest based on geolocation data. The method includes: dividing an area on a map into a plurality of blocks; for each block in the area, determining the number of terminals within the block in a duration as a value of the block in the duration; determining a plurality of anchor points based on the blocks having values greater than a threshold; and obtaining a curve based on some or all of the anchor points, wherein an area bounded by the curve is an area of interest.
US11087488B2	Automated gesture identification using neural networks Disclosed are methods, apparatus and systems for gesture recognition based on neural network processing. One exemplary method for identifying a gesture communicated by a subject includes receiving a plurality of images associated with the gesture, providing the plurality of images to a first 3-dimensional convolutional neural network (3D CNN) and a second 3D CNN, where the first 3D CNN is operable to produce motion information, where the second 3D CNN is operable to produce pose and color information, and where the first 3D CNN is operable to implement an optical flow algorithm to detect the gesture, fusing the motion information and the pose and color information to produce an identification of the gesture, and determining whether the identification corresponds to a singular gesture across the plurality of images using a recurrent neural network that comprises one or more long short-term memory units.
US11087481B2	Method for detecting dimension of box based on depth map A method for detecting dimension of box based on depth map includes: receiving a depth map generated by a camera, the depth map corresponds to pixels of an image including a box; performing a coordinate transformation to transform the depth map into camera coordinates of each of the pixels; dividing some of the pixels into plural blocks, each of blocks includes a number of the pixels adjacent to each other; statistically analyzing an average normal vector of each of the blocks according to the camera coordinates of the pixels of each of the blocks; classifying the blocks into plural clusters according to the average normal vector of each of the blocks; performing a plane extraction to obtain edge vectors according to plane formulas of the clusters; obtaining vertexes of the box according to the edge vectors; and obtaining a dimension of the box according the vertexes.
US11087479B1	Artificial reality system with 3D environment reconstruction using planar constraints An artificial reality system is configured to more accurately and efficiently construct a 3D virtual representation of a real-world environment from a set of 2D images. The system identifies points and/or lines within the images that define a plane along an orientation and then performs a planar sweep along a perpendicular path to identify surfaces in which the plane intersects with multiple points. Points that appear to be in the same plane are “collapsed” into a cohesive plane to conserve processing power by estimating and/or storing parameters for the cohesive plane, rather than all of the individual 3D points. In this way, the system also “averages out” random variation in the planar surface that would otherwise result from random noise in the estimation of the individual 3D points. The system may then generate a 3D map from a constrained alignment of all of the identified planes.
US11087472B2	Image processing device, method, and medium for calculating propagation speed and direction of object pulsations An image processing device includes a processor to detect motion of objects in an observation area on the basis of a captured image. The processor also calculates amounts of each detected motion, and calculates a propagation speed, a propagation direction, or both, of the motion for pulsations of the objects.
US11087459B2	Quantitative imaging for fractional flow reserve (FFR) Systems and methods for analyzing pathologies utilizing quantitative imaging are presented herein. Advantageously, the systems and methods of the present disclosure utilize a hierarchical analytics framework that identifies and quantify biological properties/analytes from imaging data and then identifies and characterizes one or more pathologies based on the quantified biological properties/analytes. This hierarchical approach of using imaging to examine underlying biology as an intermediary to assessing pathology provides many analytic and processing advantages over systems and methods that are configured to directly determine and characterize pathology from underlying imaging data.
US11087454B2	Defect observation device and defect observation method A defect observation device comprising: a defect determination coordinate creation unit by which the coordinates of a plurality of second defect candidates are determined as overlapping defect candidate coordinates, the plurality of second defect candidates respectively having, in a plurality of second imaging visual field regions overlapping a first imaging visual field region, a circuit pattern which partly overlaps a circuit pattern in the first imaging visual field region, in which a first defect candidate for defect determination among a plurality of defect candidates of a sample is present; a pseudo-reference image generation unit which generates a pseudo-reference image including a circuit pattern of the first defect candidate by superimposing a plurality of images respectively captured at the plurality of overlapping defect candidate coordinates; and a defect determination unit which compares an image for defect determination captured at the coordinates of the first defect candidate with the pseudo-reference image to determine the presence or absence of a defect in the image for defect determination.
US11087453B2	Automated failure detection for medical device testing systems and methods Systems and methods are described for capturing images of articles under test and processing the images to automatically detect the failure of a test article. The described methods include optimizing image capture to allow for the use of low cost imaging devices instead of high speed cameras or other expensive equipment. The described methods also include several methods for processing the images to identify the occurrence of a failure event.
US11087449B2	Deep learning networks for nuisance filtering Methods and systems for detecting defects on a specimen are provided. One system includes a first deep learning (DL) network configured for filtering nuisances from defect candidates detected on a specimen. Output of the first DL network includes a first subset of the defect candidates not filtered as the nuisances. The system also includes a second DL network configured for filtering nuisances from the first subset of the defect candidates. Computer subsystem(s) input high resolution images acquired for the first subset of the defect candidates into the second DL network. Output of the second DL network includes a final subset of the defect candidates not filtered as the nuisances. The computer subsystem(s) designate the defect candidates in the final subset as defects on the specimen and generate results for the defects.
US11087448B2	Apparatus, method, and non-transitory recording medium for a document fold determination based on the change point block detection An image processing apparatus includes a character determining unit configured to divide the read image into multiple blocks, each of the multiple blocks including multiple characters, and determine an inclination of each of the multiple characters included in each of the multiple blocks, a block processing unit configured to detect a change point block, the change point block being a block including characters having an inclination included in a first inclination interval, a number of the characters being equal to or larger than a first threshold, and including characters having an inclination included in a second inclination interval, a number of the characters being equal to or larger than the first threshold, the second inclination interval being different from the first inclination interval, and a fold determining unit configured to determine that the document is folded if the change point block is detected.
US11087438B2	Merging of partial images to form an image of surroundings of a mode of transport A driver assistance system and a method for merging partial images to form an image of a contiguous surrounding region of a mode of transport are provided. The method includes the following steps: detecting a first partial region of the surrounding region by a first environmental sensor; detecting a second partial region of the surrounding region by a second environmental sensor; generating a first partial image of the first partial region on the basis of a signal from the first environmental sensor; generating a second partial image of the second partial region on the basis of a signal of the second environmental sensor and a multiplicity of virtual sensors for detecting the second partial region; and merging the first partial image and the second partial image along a straight first joining line, wherein the virtual sensors are arranged at positions substantially on a perpendicular to the joining line.
US11087436B2	Method and apparatus for controlling image display during image editing A method is performed at a computing device for controlling image display during image editing, the method including: loading, into the memory, an obtained to-be-edited image; identifying a primary area in the loaded image, the primary area including one or more objects that are automatically recognized as subjects of the loaded image; adjusting the primary area in the loaded image in accordance with a fitting state between the loaded image and a preset template when a center of the primary area is initially located at a center of a display area of the preset template; and displaying, on the screen, the adjusted primary area in the loaded image to occupy the display area of the template completely.
US11087434B1	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The image processing apparatus includes a first memory, a plurality of image processing circuits, a first image processing circuit and dithering circuit. The first memory is utilized for storing an input frame. The image processing circuits are utilized for sequentially performing respective image processing operations on the input frame to generate a first intermediate frame. The first image processing circuit is utilized for performing a first image processing operation on the first intermediate frame to generate a second intermediate frame and writing the second intermediate frame into the first memory. The dithering circuit is utilized for performing a dithering operation on the second intermediate frame transmitted from the first image processing circuit to generate a first output frame and performing the dithering operation on the second intermediate frame read from the first memory to generate a second output frame.
US11087426B2	System and method for digital watermarking Some implementations may provide a method that includes: receiving, at a mobile device, data encoding a first digital watermark present on the identification document; extracting a first portion of personally identifiable information encoded by a spatial luminance pattern associated with the first digital watermark; receiving, at a mobile device, data encoding a second digital watermark present on the identification document; extracting a second portion of personally identifiable information encoded by a spatial luminance pattern associated with the first digital watermark; and validating the identification document based on at least one of the first portion of personally identifiable information or the second portion of personally identifiable information.
US11087421B2	Method and apparatus for improved analysis of legal documents The present disclosure provides apparatus and method for improving analysis of legal documents. A legal document is parsed to generate a list of desired legal authorities. These legal authorities are then acquired from a trusted repository of authorities and processed through a modified text-to-speech program in a desired order to obtain a brief audio recording of the cited authorities.
US11087418B2	Method for implementing O2O catering operation, server and smart cooking device The present disclosure provides a method for implementing O2O catering operation, a server and a smart cooking device. The method is applied to a server and includes: receiving a recipe uploaded from a merchant terminal; sending the recipe to at least one client terminal; receiving at least one order information sent from the at least one client terminal; decomposing and combining the at least one order information to obtain combined food material information, where the combined food material information includes the food material information obtained by combining same types of food materials in the received at least one order information; sending the at least one order information and the combined food material information to the merchant terminal; and sending an order recipe to a smart cooking device.
US11087416B1	System and method for sharing investment information via a social network A system and method allows users to share watchlists with other users of a group such as that established on a social network server, and receives and displays other related information.
US11087415B2	Determining intent of a recommendation on a mobile application Methods and systems are provided for determining the intent of a recommendation made by a user of a mobile application where the application includes a plurality of separable components, any one or more of which the recommendation can apply to. An application in which a user recommendation control is provided for presentation to a user also includes a tag indicating how a recommendation of the application should be interpreted with respect to the components included therein. The tag can be set by the application developer and can be in the form of text (e.g., a keyword or term) or a uniform resource locator (URL). Where a tag references multiple components of an application, a recommending user can be presented with a recommendation intent query. The recommendation intent query allows a user to designate one or more components of the application to which the user's recommendation should be attributed.
US11087413B2	Identity mapping between commerce customers and social media users In one aspect, a computer system for evaluating the accuracy of an identity mapping method is disclosed. The system can comprise a system memory, one or more processors, and/or a computer readable medium containing compute-executable instructions representing a probability accuracy module. The probability accuracy module can be configured to query an identity map database for an identity map created using the identity mapping method, compare the identity map with additional social media data, calculate a correlation based on similarities between the social media data and the additional social media data, and/or verify the identity map based on the correlation. The identity map can be based on commerce data from a retailer and/or social media data from a first social media site. The additional social media data can be based on at least one of a second social media site different from the first social media site, a social media account expressly linked to a commerce customer account, and/or a social media database. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US11087410B2	Methods, systems and computer program products for facilitating user interaction with tax return preparation programs A system for facilitating user interaction with a tax return preparation program includes a completion graph parser configured to identify a portion of a tax return completion graph corresponding to a tax topic. The system also includes a query object creator configured to analyze and assign a node in the portion as a query object property. The system further includes a natural language synthesis engine configured to map the property to a first natural language question. Moreover, the system includes a natural language analysis engine configured to analyze user input and to identify a characteristic that maps to the property based on the user input. In addition, the system includes a runner interface configured to modify the query object based on the characteristic, update the tax return completion graph based on the modified query object, and analyze the updated tax return completion graph to determine whether it is complete.
US11087408B2	Method and apparatus for organising financial data A method of organising financial data is described in which financial data is obtained from one or more data source and imported into a computer program. The data may, for example, be bank account data obtained from a bank via a wireless connection. The computer program modifies the data so obtained into a format suitable for presentation to a user. At least some of said electronic data is obtained without being manually entered by an operator.
US11087404B1	Electronic sensor management A computer device and method for managing multiple electronic sensors is provided where a server received building condition data from a first sensor and analyzes the received data; upon the received data satisfying a threshold, the server activates a second sensor and receives a second set of building condition data and analyzes the received second set of data; upon the second set of data satisfying a second threshold, the server may determine a possible problem with the building and notify the homeowner; the server may further take corrective actions such as terminate the water or the electric supply for the building.
US11087400B2	Systems and methods for displaying order performance metrics Systems and methods for generating a graphical representation for and displaying order performance metrics for one or more user orders of one or more market instruments. A graphical representation of the order performance metrics can be aligned with a graphical representation of market data relating to prices and volume of user orders, market orders, user order executions, and market trades. The order performance metrics can be displayed as one or more performance bars or ribbons divided into segments, which can be assigned a color based on a user order's performance with respect to a market benchmark. The graphical representations can be displayed using a display device.
US11087395B2	Systems and methods of mobile banking reconciliation A mobile banking reconciliation application allows a user to reconcile a business's records with banking records associated with one or more accounts of the business. The mobile banking reconciliation application can access an accounting system to obtain business records and banking records associated with the business. The banking records and business records may be displayed as a set of cards that a user can scroll and/or flip through (e.g., using the touch screen of a mobile device). The related business records displayed may be a suggestion that is based on a determination that the banking record likely matches the business record. The user may identify the appropriate business record for the particular bank record being reconciled from existing business records, or the user may create a new business record.
US11087394B2	System and method for anticipating and preventing account overdrafts A method for anticipating and preventing financial account overdrafts includes receiving financial data for a financial account associated with a user. A likelihood that the financial account will experience an overdraft event is determined using a funds transaction model, where the funds transaction model is configured to predict overdraft events based on financial data. When the likelihood that the financial account will experience an overdraft even exceeds a threshold, the method further includes transferring an amount of funds into the financial account associated with the user. The amount of funds transferred to the financial account is sufficient to prevent the overdraft event. Finally, a notification is transmitted to a user system associated with the user. The notification indicates the transfer of an amount of funds into the financial account.
US11087391B2	System and network for outfit planning and wardrobe management A system to manage a wardrobe and compile outfits includes a server computing device that includes a memory having stored thereon demographic data and a plurality of electronic fashion item models. Each electronic fashion item model is indicative of a fashion item. The electronic fashion item model includes a fashion item type and a fashion item color scheme. The electronic fashion item model is associated with one or more style genres. The system includes an application configured to, when executed by at least one processor, compile at least one virtual outfit. Each virtual outfit includes at least one electronic fashion item model. Each virtual outfit is compiled based on A) a selected event, B) the particular user's demographic data, and C) style genres.
US11087389B2	Actionable widget cards A messaging system for a website building system hosting a website. The system also includes at least one database storing website parameters, pre-defined rules concerning card definitions, pre-defined widget card parameters and a product classification taxonomy and at least one card product system to receive a trigger from the website, associated with an action related to a product. The system generates an actionable widget card associated with the product based on the action, the website parameters, the pre-defined rules, the pre-defined widget card parameters and the product classification taxonomy where the widget card implements e-commerce related operations for the product between a publisher of the website with an end user of the website.
US11087383B1	Method for a centralized customer order processing system with automatic detection of customer arrival Methods and apparatus are disclosed for providing a centralized customer order processing system. A customer order entry may be received by a central server. The customer order entry may be routed to a local store server at an identified store location. Upon arrival at the identified store location, a mobile device of the customer may detect a proximity signal located at the identified store location, and a mobile application may be invoked on the mobile device. An order activation signal may be transmitted to a server, the order activation signal indicating customer arrival at the identified store location. The customer order entry may be activated at the local store server. The customer may arrive at the identified store location and pick up their order. Methods and apparatus are also disclosed for implementing the centralized customer order processing system on a mobile device.
US11087365B1	Caching selected data for use in real-time content selection Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for caching selected data for use in real-time content selection. In one embodiment, an example method may include determining a first set of user identifiers for users that are eligible to be presented with content associated with a first product identifier, the first set having a first number of user identifiers, determining a second set of user identifiers for users that are eligible to be presented with content associated with a second product identifier, the second set having a second number of user identifiers, and determining that the first number is greater than the second number. Example methods may include determining first content associated with the first product identifier, determining first product information associated with the first product identifier, and caching the first content and the first product information at a server instead of second content associated with the second product identifier.
US11087361B2	Information processing method, terminal, background server and system, storage medium An information processing method is provided. The method includes acquiring a JavaScript (JS) template for filtering multimedia information from a backend server when determining a preset update condition is satisfied; and acquiring a filtering parameter corresponding to a target webpage from the backend server when detecting that a user requests to access the target webpage. The method also includes inserting the filtering parameter into the JS template; executing the JS template inserted with the filtering parameter, screening out multimedia information from webpage information displayed on the target webpage and shielding displaying of the multimedia information.
US11087357B2	Systems and methods for utilizing a machine learning model to predict a communication opt out event A device may receive first customer data, and may receive first contact data. The device may generate second customer data that includes the first customer data, and may generate second contact data that includes the first contact data and additional contact data. The device may generate a quantity of simulated future communications based on differences between the first customer data and the second customer data and between the first contact data and the second contact data, and may process the quantity of simulated future communications, with a machine learning model, to determine a probability distribution for an opt out event. The device may determine a relationship between the quantity of simulated future communications and probabilities of the opt out event, and may identify a particular probability of the opt out event based on the relationship. The device may perform actions based on the particular probability.
US11087344B2	Method and system for predicting and indexing real estate demand and pricing A method, computer system, and computer program product that aggregates sample data regarding a plurality of factors associated with employment and geographic location; performs iterative analysis on the sample data using machine learning to construct a predictive model; populates, using the predictive model, a database with predicted values of real estate demand for a selected set of predefined geographic regions; converts the predicted values of real estate demand in the database into percentages of observed values of real estate demand for geographic regions within the selected set over a specified time period to create indices of real estate demand; and rank orders the geographic regions within the selected set according to their indices of real estate demand.
US11087343B2	Systems and methods for controlling access to location based data A method for controlling access to data displayed by an information services portal on a user device is provided. The method includes receiving a candidate login input corresponding to a user. The method further includes comparing the candidate login input to a list of login entries stored in the memory, each of the stored login entries having a corresponding code segment, each code segment defining a bounding area defining a geographic area. The method further includes retrieving from the memory a selected code segment corresponding to the stored login entry matching the candidate login input, and applying a geographic restriction to the data set by processing the selected code segment. The method further includes transmitting a data subset of the data set to the user computing device for display, the data subset including data satisfying the geographic restriction.
US11087326B2	Transaction card security device An example transaction card may include a sensor to measure movement of the transaction card and one or more processors to monitor the movement of the transaction card via the sensor during a tracking period; determine measurements of a gait of a user during the tracking period from the movement of the transaction card during the tracking period; compare the measurements of the gait of the user during the tracking period and a gait signature associated with the transaction card; and/or perform an action associated with the transaction card based on a result of comparing the measurements of the gait of the user during the tracking period and the gait signature.
US11087320B2	Split path data communication A system, a medium, and a method are provided to split data paths among various devices in data communications system. In some instances, the server device receives a request from a remote device such as a website server or a checkout device, where the request indicates a user request to purchase one or more items. An account management component of the server device determines a user account associated with the user request and identifies a user device associated with the user account, such as the user's smartphone. An authentication component of the server device generates an electronic message that indicates that the user must authenticate the request such that the request may be processed and initiates a transmittal of the electronic message to the user's smartphone. The user may accept or authenticate the request to process the request. As such, a communication interface of the server device may receive user data from the user's smartphone in response to the transmittal of the electronic message, possibly to process the request.
US11087313B1	Systems, methods, and program products for a digital math-based asset exchange Systems, methods, and program products for providing exchanges for converting from, to, or between digital assets, and in particular digital math-based assets, such as bitcoins, Namecoins, Litecoins, PPCoins, Tonal bitcoins, IxCoins, Devcoins, Freicoins, I0coins, Terracoins, Liquidcoins, BBQcoins, BitBars, PhenixCoins, Ripple, Dogecoins, Mastercoins, BlackCoins, Ether, Nxt, BitShares-PTS, Quark, Primecoin, Feathercoin, and Peercoin, to name a few, are disclosed. In embodiments, such systems, methods, and program products can further provide or be used in conjunction with automated transactions, digital asset arbitrage systems, and/or kiosk systems for transacting or interacting with digital math-based assets. A kiosk for transacting with digital assets and digital asset exchanges is also disclosed. Systems, methods, and program products for automated transactions and automated digital asset arbitrage transactions are also disclosed.
US11087309B2	Location detection based on IP addresses and transactions A method is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining, from a management application, a login history including timestamps and internet protocol (IP) addresses corresponding to logins by a user; obtaining coordinates for the IP addresses; determining clusters for the coordinates based on distances between the coordinates; and determining primary locations for the user based on the clusters and the timestamps.
US11087307B2	Kit, system and associated method and service for providing a platform to prevent fraudulent financial transactions A system and associated method and service for providing a platform that enables members to transfer, receive, or otherwise exchange cash in various international denominations and commodities, such as precious metals (e.g., gold, silver, etc.), in a mobile highly secured telecommunications environment. The system is capable of delivering cash instantly between two or more users by allowing the exchange of secure transactions between system and cash dispensing machines (ATMs). Users may pay, receive, exchange, deposit, transfer, pay bills, exchange currency, retrieve cash, deposit cash and create accounts based on the mobile phone number or a system generated code.
US11087285B2	Systems and methods for providing message templates in an enterprise system A system may include a number of records in a database associated with a number of activities to be performed by a first user. The system may also include a processor that may receive a request comprising information regarding a second user and an activity to be performed by the first user, identify a plurality of pre-defined message templates based on the request, and receive a selection of one of the plurality of pre-defined message templates. The processor may then generate message text incorporating the one of the plurality of pre-defined message templates for review and display via an electronic display, such that the message text is electronically stored in a dialogue window. The processor may display the message text in the dialogue in response to receiving an approval of the message.
US11087266B2	Asset data updating A special use portable computing device and associated method and computer program product. The device includes: a global positioning system (GPS) device to obtain a geographical location of a computer related asset from a GPS; specialized hardware to manage asset data comprising an identification of a first GPS locator which provides to the GPS an incorrect identification of the geographical location of the computer related asset due to first GPS locator not positioned on the computer related asset, and wherein a second, different GPS locator is positioned on the computer related asset; and specialized hardware to manage display of a graphical user interface (GUI) and to receive via the GUI a directive to change the identification of the first GPS locator in the asset data to an identification of the second GPS locator which provides to the GPS a correct identification of the geographical location of the computer related asset.
US11087261B1	Apparatus, system and method for processing, analyzing or displaying data related to performance metrics A method of determining a set of future actions includes providing an interface to a user, the interface including an adjustable element associated with a future value of an influencer. The influencer is associated with an action. The method further includes receiving via the interface an adjusted future value of the influencer, projecting a future value of a performance indicator based at least in part on the adjusted future value of the influencer, and providing a results interface to the user indicative of the future value of the performance indicator.
US11087258B2	Automated process reversal A method and system for automatically reversing a process is provided. The method includes defining a forward process comprising a set of forward activities for automatically performing an automated task. First undo activities and associated data structures, associated with undoing a first forward activity of the set of forward activities, first interdependencies between the first undo activities are defined. Additionally, first triggers comprising a first link between the first forward activity and the first undo activities are defined. Second undo activities and associated data structures, associated with undoing a second forward activity as well as second interdependencies between the second undo activities are defined. Additional second triggers comprising a second link between the second forward activity and the second undo activities are defined.
US11087254B2	Automatic updating interactive query answering and feature training method and system Contemplated herein is a system and method for answering user queries, the system and method including a tracked user skill database, a historical database, and a training content database wherein processing circuitry can determine a tool being utilized by a user; receive a user input query; tokenize the user input query and associate one or more tokens with the user input query; and search the databases so as to match the query with content within the databases. The system can then present potential matches to the user and receiving input regarding user satisfaction with regard to the potential matches presented. If the answer is not satisfactory the system can then analyze the tracked user skill database for user profiles indicating proficiency in the matched feature of the query.
US11087253B2	Interactive real time system and real time method of use thereof in conveyance industry segments The inventive system and method address a long felt need for enhancing the efficiency of systems in the interactive conveyance industry for goods and services by providing for the filtering, selection and securing of conveyance services in accordance with one or more of client and representative preferences in substantially real time.
US11087247B2	Dynamic optimization for data quality control in crowd sourcing tasks to crowd labor Systems and methods of dynamic optimization for data quality control in crowd sourcing tasks to crowd labor are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for dynamically monitoring results received from workers for a task distributed for evaluation via a job distribution platform, incrementally assigning additional workers to the task using the results and continuously monitoring additional results to assign any additional workers if needed to meet a quality metric for the task.
US11087236B2	Transmitting machine learning models to edge devices for edge analytics Disclosed is a technique that can be performed by a server computer system. The technique can include executing a machine learning process to generate a machine learning model based on global data collected from one or more electronic devices, wherein the machine learning model is described by model data. The technique can further include encapsulating the model data in a markup language document. The technique can further include sending, over a network, the markup language document to at least one electronic device of the one or more electronic devices to cause the at least one electronic device to update a local device machine learning model.
US11087229B2	Accelerated machine learning optimization strategy to determine high performance cluster with minimum resources A method of machine learning includes performing dimensionality reduction on a parameter space by performing initial tests to determine scores for a plurality of parameter values in the parameter space, determining aggregate scores for a plurality of parameter value combinations, determining a ranking of the plurality of parameter value combinations based on the aggregate scores, and performing cluster analysis on the plurality of parameter value combinations to determine a set having highest aggregate scores. The method further includes performing additional tests, wherein each additional test is for a parameter value combination in the set. For each such parameter value combination, a probability of achieving a key performance indicator (KPI) is computed. Cluster analysis is then performed to determine a first subset of the set having highest probabilities of achieving the KPI. An operation is then performed on the first subset.
US11087226B2	Identifying multiple causal anomalies in power plant systems by modeling local propagations A system identifies multiple causal anomalies in a power plant having multiple system components. The system includes a processor. The processor constructs an invariant network model having (i) nodes, each representing a respective system component and (ii) invariant links, each representing a stable component interaction. The processor constructs a broken network model having (i) the invariant network model nodes and (ii) broken links, each representing an unstable component interaction. The processor ranks causal anomalies in node clusters in the invariant network model to obtain anomaly score results. The processor generates, using a joint optimization clustering process applied to the models, (i) a model clustering structure and (ii) broken cluster scores. The processor performs weighted fusion ranking on the anomaly score results and broken cluster scores, based on the clustering structure and implicated degrees of severity of any abnormal system components, to identify the multiple causal anomalies in the power plant.
US11087224B2	Out-of-vehicle communication device, out-of-vehicle communication method, information processing device, and computer readable medium An out-of-vehicle communication device includes: a yielding-intention-judgment-parameter learning unit that generates a yielding intention judgment parameter as learning data in which behavior and a position of a pedestrian are associated with the condition of the yielding intention of the pedestrian, and stores the yielding intention judgment parameter in a storage unit; a yielding intention judgment unit that judges yielding intention of an actual pedestrian based on a head image and a position of the actual pedestrian and the yielding intention judgment parameter stored in the storage unit; and a display control unit that determines whether or not to display display content to the actual pedestrian, contents of the display content, and a display position of the display content on a road based on result of the judgment on the actual condition of the yielding intention of the pedestrian and controls a display device based on the determination.
US11087217B2	Directly connecting nodes of different copies on an unrolled recursive neural network A system and method for controlling a nodal network. The method includes estimating an effect on the objective caused by the existence or non-existence of a direct connection between a pair of nodes and changing a structure of the nodal network based at least in part on the estimate of the effect. A nodal network includes a strict partially ordered set, a weighted directed acyclic graph, an artificial neural network, and/or a layered feed-forward neural network.
US11087212B2	Multi-modal neural network for universal, online learning In one embodiment, the present invention provides a neural network comprising multiple modalities. Each modality comprises multiple neurons. The neural network further comprises an interconnection lattice for cross-associating signaling between the neurons in different modalities. The interconnection lattice includes a plurality of perception neuron populations along a number of bottom-up signaling pathways, and a plurality of action neuron populations along a number of top-down signaling pathways. Each perception neuron along a bottom-up signaling pathway has a corresponding action neuron along a reciprocal top-down signaling pathway. An input neuron population configured to receive sensory input drives perception neurons along a number of bottom-up signaling pathways. A first set of perception neurons along bottom-up signaling pathways drive a first set of action neurons along top-down signaling pathways. Action neurons along a number of top-down signaling pathways drive an output neuron population configured to generate motor output.
US11087208B2	Analog neuromorphic circuits for dot-product operation implementing resistive memories An analog neuromorphic circuit is disclosed having resistive memories that provide a resistance to each corresponding input voltage signal. Input voltages are applied to the analog neuromorphic circuit. Each input voltage represents a vector value that is a non-binary value included in a vector that is incorporated into a dot-product operation with weighted matrix values included in a weighted matrix. A controller pairs each resistive memory with another resistive memory. The controller converts each pair of resistance values to a single non-binary value. Each single non-binary value is mapped to a weighted matrix value included in the weighted matrix that is incorporated into the dot-product operation with the vector values included in the vector. The controller generates dot-product operation values from the dot-product operation with the vector and the weighted matrix where each dot-product operation is a non-binary value.
US11087206B2	Smart memory handling and data management for machine learning networks A mechanism is described for facilitating memory handling and data management in machine learning at autonomous machines. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting multiple tables associated with multiple neural networks at multiple autonomous machines, where each of the multiple tables include an index. The method may further include combining the multiple tables and multiple indexes associated with the multiple tables into a single table and a single index, respectively, where the single table is communicated to the multiple autonomous machines to allow simultaneous processing of one or more portions of the single table using one or more memory devices and one or more processors of one or more of the multiple autonomous machines.
US11087196B2	Installation assembly, instrument and installation method for radio frequency identification tag Disclosed herein are an installation assembly (1), an instrument (2) and an installation method for a radio frequency identification tag. The installation assembly (1) comprises a first housing unit (11) mounted on the instrument (2) and a second housing unit (14) snapped-fitted with the first housing unit (11) to form a receiving space for receiving the radio frequency identification tag (13). The radio frequency identification tag (13) can be easily installed on the instrument (2) by snapping-fitting the first housing unit (11) with the second housing unit (14), thereby effectively enhancing installation efficiency and reliability of the radio frequency identification tag (13).
US11087183B2	Method and system of multi-modality classification using augmented data A method and system of multi-modality classification using augmented data is disclosed. The method includes generating a pattern for each of a plurality of augmented data associated with each of a plurality of object classes, based on at least one modality associated with each of the plurality of objects classes using a Long Term Short Memory (LSTM) classifier and a Layer-wise Relevance Propagation (LRP). The method further includes classifying an input image into a first object class of the plurality of object classes based on one or more objects within the input image using a Convolution Neural Network (CNN). The method further includes re-classifying the input image into one of the first object class or a second object class of the plurality of object classes when the accuracy of classification by the CNN into the first object class is below a matching threshold.
US11087176B2	Spatial localization design service A synthetic world interface may be used to model digital environments, sensors, and motions for the evaluation, development, and improvement of localization algorithms. A synthetic data cloud service with a library of sensor primitives, motion generators, and environments with procedural and game-like capabilities, facilitates engineering design for a manufactural solution that has localization capabilities. In some embodiments, a sensor platform simulator operates with a motion orchestrator, an environment orchestrator, an experiment generator, and an experiment runner to test various candidate hardware configurations and localization algorithms in a virtual environment, advantageously speeding development and reducing cost. Thus, examples disclosed herein may relate to virtual reality (VR) or mixed reality (MR) implementations.
US11087163B2	Neural network-based optical character recognition Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for neural network-based optical character recognition. An embodiment of the system may generate a set of bounding boxes based on reshaped image portions that correspond to image data of a source image. The system may merge any intersecting bounding boxes into a merged bounding box to generate a set of merged bounding boxes indicative of image data portions that likely portray one or more words. Each merged bounding box may be fed by the system into a neural network to identify one or more words of the source image represented in the respective merged bounding box. The one or more identified words may be displayed by the system according to a standardized font and a confidence score.
US11087148B2	Barrier and guardrail detection using a single camera Driver assistance systems for detecting a structural barrier extending along a road. The driver assistance system may be mountable in a host vehicle. The camera may capture multiple image frames in the forward field of view of the camera. A processor may process motion of images of the barrier in the image frames. The camera may be a single camera. The motion of the images may be responsive to forward motion of the host vehicle and/or the motion of the images may be responsive to lateral motion of the host vehicle.
US11087145B2	Gradient estimation device, gradient estimation method, computer program product, and controlling system According to one embodiment, a gradient estimation device includes one or more processors. The processors acquire a first image and a second image obtained by photographing a surface of an object. The processors extract, from the first image, a first pixel indicating a boundary of an object in a direction different from a gradient direction of the surface, and extract a second pixel corresponding to the first pixel from the second image. The processors calculate gradient magnitude of the surface by transforming at least one of the first image and the second image such that a matching degree between the first pixel and the second pixel is increased.
US11087139B2	Systems and methods for creating a story board with forensic video analysis on a video repository Systems and methods for creating a story board with forensic video analysis on a video repository are provided. Some methods can include storing a plurality of video data streams in a data repository, storing asynchronous streams of metadata of each of the plurality of video data streams in the data repository, identifying a first object captured by at least one of the plurality of video data streams, using the asynchronous streams of metadata to identify correlations or interactions between the first object and a plurality of other objects over time, and replicating a story of the first object.
US11087138B2	Vehicle damage assessment method, apparatus, and device Implementations of the present specification disclose a vehicle damage assessment method, apparatus, and device. The method includes: collecting a first video image including an identification of a target vehicle under damage assessment; in response to that the first video image meets the determined requirement for capturing an identification, collecting a second video image including a damage to the target vehicle; and assessing the damage to the target vehicle based on the first video image and the second video image in response to that the second video image meets the determined requirement for capturing a vehicle damage feature.
US11087136B2	Scene classification An exemplary process for identifying a type of a physical environment amongst a plurality of types of physical environments is provided. The process includes obtaining, using the one or more cameras, image data corresponding to a physical environment. The process further includes identifying at least one portion of an entity in the physical environment based on the image data; determining, based on the identified at least one portion of the entity, whether the entity is an entity of a first type; determining a type of the physical environment if the entity is an entity of the first type; and presenting one or more virtual objects and a representation of the entity.
US11087133B2	Method and apparatus for determining a target object, and human-computer interaction system Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and an apparatus for determining a target object and a human-computer interaction system. The method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: in response to detecting a position change of an item, determining a to-be-detected image frame sequence based on a detection moment when the position change is detected; performing a human body key point detection to a to-be-detected image frame in the to-be-detected image frame sequence; and determining a target object which performs a target operation action to the item based on a detection result of the human body key point detection. This embodiment improves accuracy of the determined target object.
US11087123B2	Text extraction, in particular table extraction from electronic documents A method for extracting of data contained in a fixed format electronic document is disclosed. The method is particularly applicable to extracting data from tables in electronic documents and includes reading, by a computer system, the electronic document as a computer image file; segmenting, by the computer system, the computer image file into document sections representative of distinct portions of data; applying a label to each distinct document section; and executing, by the computer system, an optical character recognition algorithm to convert the image file into computer-readable text, wherein segments of the converted text is associated with a respective label indicative of each distinct document section.
US11087119B2	Facial detection and recognition for pedestrian traffic A method for facial analytics includes capturing a series of images of individuals from a camera into a circular buffer and selecting a plurality of images from the buffer for analysis in response to a trigger event, wherein the plurality of images are chronologically proximate before and/or after the trigger event in time. The method includes analyzing the plurality of images to determine image quality and selecting one of the plurality of images based on image quality to form a cropped facial image most likely to result in positive facial recognition matching. Methods of signaling to control the pedestrian traffic flow can maximize the individuals' facial alignment to the capturing camera's field of view. Non-relevant facial images associated with individuals outside a given region of interest can be discarded. Facial recognition is run on the resultant cropped facial image. Output can be displayed with information from the facial recognition.
US11087112B2	Display panel and method for fabricating the same, display device and fingerprint recognition method The present disclosure provides a display panel and a method for fabricating the same, a display device and a fingerprint recognition method and belongs to the field of display technologies. The display panel includes a base substrate, a plurality of pixel units and a plurality of photosensitive units. The photosensitive units and the pixel units are disposed on the same side of the base substrate. Each of the photosensitive units is disposed between adjacent ones of the pixel units.
US11087110B2	Display device including an optical fingerprint sensor A display device includes an optical fingerprint sensor; a display panel; a patterned film disposed below the display panel and having an opening portion that exposes the optical fingerprint sensor; a heat dissipating layer disposed below the patterned film, and that dissipates heat; and a cushion layer disposed between the patterned film and the heat dissipating layer, and that absorbs an impact. The optical fingerprint sensor is disposed below the cushion layer, and the heat dissipating layer has an opening portion that has a size larger than a size of the opening portion of the patterned film.
US11087100B2	Configuring signal devices in thermal processing systems In some aspects, material processing head can include a body; an antenna disposed within the body; a first tag, associated with a first consumable component, disposed within a flux communication zone of the body at a first distance from the antenna, the first tag having a first resonant frequency; and a second tag, associated with a second consumable component, disposed within the flux communication zone of the body at a second distance from the antenna, the second tag having a second resonant frequency that is different than the first resonant frequency, where the first and second resonant frequencies are tuned based upon at least one of: i) a difference between the first distance and the second distance; or ii) a characteristic (e.g., shape) of the flux communication zone in which the first tag and/or the second tag is disposed.
US11087084B2	Confidence models based on error-to-correction mapping A mechanism is provided in a data processing system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory comprising instructions which are executed by the at least one processor and configure the processor to implement a document processing system. A spell check confidence component executing within the document processing system records a mapping of misspelled words to corrected words for set of documents. The spell check confidence component generates an error-to-correction frequency model based on the mapping. A parser executing within the document processing system parses an input document to extract words in the error-to-correction frequency model. The spell check confidence component calculates a precision score for each word in the input document found in the error-to-correction frequency model. The precision score represents a probability that the extracted word is spelled correctly as intended in the input document. The document processing system generates a precision model for the input document based on the precision scores. The document processing system performs a natural language processing operation on the input document based on the confidence model.
US11087083B1	Managing bundles of digital objects in an e-procurement system A bundle database management server computer (“system”) and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system is programmed or configured with data structures and/or database records that are arranged to manage multiple bundles of digital objects for multi-tenant access under version control. The digital objects may include a template form or a form created from a template form, and each bundle may comprise at least two digital objects, where one is created from the other or executed in response to the execution of other. The system enables each bundle to be utilized and reused as a unit and readily integrated into online events involving multiple clients.
US11087081B1	Synthetic document generator A synthetic document generator that obtains a configuration for a synthetic document derived from real-world documents. The configuration specifies element templates to be included in the synthetic document and weights for the specified element templates. The system generates synthetic documents based on the configuration; the synthetic documents include diversified versions of the element templates specified in the configuration. Annotation documents are generated for the synthetic documents that include information describing the respective synthetic documents. A machine learning model for analyzing real-world documents can then be trained using the synthetic and annotation documents. Feedback from the analysis of real-world documents by the machine learning model can be used to generate a new configuration for generating additional synthetic and annotation documents which are used to further train the model.
US11087072B2	Internet browsing An apparatus for browsing the Internet includes a browser module (42) configured to retrieve web pages from the Internet, an analysis module (60) operable to analyse a retrieved web page to identify elements of interest in the web page, and an interaction module (63) operable to perform one or more operations in response to and based on the identification of an element or elements of interest in a web page. This can be used, for example, to access and interact with web pages on behalf of a user, and without the need for direct user interaction with the web page or pages.
US11087070B1	Systems and methods for XBRL tag suggestion and validation Disclosed are systems and methods for XBRL tag suggestion and validation. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of: receiving an XBRL document associated with one or more assigned XBRL tags; analyzing the XBRL document using a trained machine learning model to generate one or more suggested XBRL tags and determine one or more corresponding confidence values; comparing the one or more assigned XBRL tags with the one or more suggested XBRL tags to generate comparison results; and determining a tag confidence value associated with each assigned XBRL tag of the one or more assigned XBRL tags based on the comparison results.
US11087062B1	Dynamic SADP region generation Techniques for dynamically generating self-aligned double patterning (SADP) gate regions based on gate distribution and the relocation of the gates to their matched region are provided. In one aspect, a method for generating SADP gate regions in a circuit design includes: obtaining a circuit design having SADP gates, and a placement solution for the SADP gates that, while non-overlapping, violates SADP track routing matching requirements; determining approximate locations of SADP regions in the circuit design; assigning the SADP gates to the SADP regions using a minimum-cost maximum-flow (min-cost max-flow) process; and identifying, once all of the SADP gates have been assigned to the SADP regions, non-overlapping locations for the SADP gates in the SADP regions.
US11087053B1	Method, electronic device, and computer program product for information display Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for information display. In one embodiment, a method for information display includes: acquiring original information associated with an infrastructure for information processing in the real world; visualizing at least a portion of the original information to generate visualized information, wherein the visualized information includes at least one of visualized environmental information associated with an environment in which the infrastructure is located, visualized hardware information associated with hardware in the infrastructure, visualized data processing information associated with data processing performed by the infrastructure, and a visualized analysis result obtained by analyzing the original information; and presenting the visualized information in a virtual world displayed by at least one virtual reality device, wherein the virtual world simulates the real world and includes a virtual representation of the infrastructure. Therefore, infrastructure management can be improved.
US11087046B2	Providing diversity in simulation datasets during modeling of network devices In general, techniques are described for providing diversity in simulation datasets during modeling. A device comprising a memory and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store simulation configuration files for conducting simulations of the network device within a test environment. The processor may conduct, based on the simulation configuration files, each of the simulations with respect to the network device to collect corresponding simulation datasets indicative of an operating state of the network device. The processor may determine a level of similarity between the simulation datasets, and select, responsive to a comparison of the level of similarity to a diversity threshold, a subset of the simulation datasets. The processor may generate, based on the selected subset of the simulation datasets, a model representative of the network device that predicts, responsive to configuration parameters for the network device, an operating state of the network device.
US11087043B2	Full wave simulations of photonic crystals and metamaterials using the broadband green's functions Broadband Green's function computing technique that employs low wavenumber extraction, obtains fast frequency independent modal band solutions and achieves fast convergence of modal expansions, is used to model and design electromagnetic wave behavior of signals in artificial materials with periodic structures, including metamaterials, photonic crystals, and phononic crystals, which are used for smart microwave devices, photonic devices, and acoustic devices. The Broadband Green's function is a general response function for artificial materials and is used to model bandgaps, bandpasses, impurities, defects, displacements of scatterers, and to formulate integral equations for periodic scatters in a finite volume. Designs of metamaterials, photonic crystals, and phononic crystals enable controlling the waves through bandpasses, bandgaps, surface states, polarizations, defects, absorption, enhancement, refraction, substrates, and guidance. The Broadband Green's function technique is used in computer simulations to analyze wave behavior over a broad frequency range, which improves design optimization of smart microwave and photonic devices.
US11087041B2	Data centre simulator The invention provides a computer simulation system for simulating a data centre. The simulation system uses a logical representation of the data centre to perform the simulation. This logical representation includes a plurality of nodes representing devices in the data centre. Each node has an input for applied load and outputs for electrical power drawn and losses in the form of heat output. Each node also has a function for calculating the outputs from the inputs. A first set of connections between the nodes represent electrical power drawn by one device in the data centre from another device in the data centre. A second set of connections between the nodes represent a thermal load applied by one device in the data centre to another device in the data centre. The simulator can be run for a series of different operating conditions to map data centre efficiency, for example, or to assess the impact of different IT devices on the data centre.
US11087035B2	System and method for detection and simulation of building models Systems and methods for automatically simulating a building model. A method may include defining a plurality of space bodies, each of the plurality of space bodies representing a non-overlapping volume within a building. The method may also include determining a plurality of gaps between the plurality of space bodies. The method may further include obtaining a set of geometric rules that define simulation parameters as a function of the plurality of gaps. The method may further include generating a plurality of simulation parameters by evaluating the plurality of gaps against the set of geometric rules. The method may further include applying the simulation parameters to a sequence of simulation conditions to produce a simulation result.
US11087028B2	Multi-layered data security in mobile personal computing devices Methods that can provide multi-layered data security in mobile personal computing devices are provided. One method includes assigning, by a processor, one of a plurality of security levels to applications of a mobile personal computing device, assigning one of the plurality of security levels to storage partitions of a storage device of the mobile personal computing device, and providing the applications access to data stored on the storage partitions based on a nexus of a first assigned security level for each application and a second assigned security level for each storage partition. Systems and apparatus that can include, perform, and/or implement the methods are also provided.
US11087025B2	Differential privacy processing of IoT streaming data using generative adversarial networks Streaming data is received that is derived from at least one sensor (e.g., IoT sensors, etc.). At least one differential privacy algorithm is subsequently used to anonymize the received streaming data. The modified streaming data can then be provided (e.g., made available, stored, transmitted over a network, etc.) to at least one consuming computing device. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US11087013B2	Secure digital fingerprint key object database A data store to store and access digital records is provided, and a key object record is initialized in the data store to store data associated with a physical key object. A digital fingerprint of the physical key object is stored in the key object record. Another digital record is created in the data store that is not the key object record. The digital record is linked to the digital fingerprint of the physical key object. The linking is arranged to provide secure control access to the linked digital record. A tendered access key is received via a programmatic interface or user interface, and the data store is queried based on the tendered access key to identify a matching digital fingerprint of a key object. In a case that the querying identifies the matching digital fingerprint of the key object within a prescribed level of confidence, access to the linked digital record secured by the key object is granted.
US11087003B2	Scalable pre-analysis of dynamic applications A method may include dividing code into trusted and untrusted components, and identifying a dynamic invocation in a first component of the code. The first component may be an untrusted component. The method may further include extracting dynamic information from the dynamic invocation, and identifying, using the dynamic information and metadata describing a dynamic behavior of the code, a target for the dynamic invocation. The target may correspond to a second component of the code. The method may further include determining that the target matches the dynamic invocation, and in response to determining that the target matches the dynamic invocation, adding, to a call graph generated from the code, an edge from the dynamic invocation to the target.
US11086998B2	Modifiable policy action secure boot violation system A secure boot violation system includes a BIOS with an authenticated variables storage storing at least one authorization key and at least one signatures database. The BIOS receives a first policy action entry for association with a first signature in the at least one signatures database, determines that the first policy action entry is signed with the at least one authorization key and, in response, associates the first policy action entry with the first signature in the at least one signatures database. The BIOS then determines, during a boot process and subsequent to the associating the first policy action entry with the first signature, that a first secure boot violation has occurred based on the first signature in the at least one signatures database. In response to determining that the first secure boot violation has occurred, the BIOS performs a first policy action defined by the first policy action entry.
US11086993B2	System and method for performing on-cloud memory analysis, forensic and security operations on connected devices The invention relates to a system for protecting IoT devices from malicious code, which comprises: (a) a memory extracting module at each of said IoT devices, for extracting a copy of at least a portion of the memory content from the IoT device, and sending the same to an in-cloud server; and (b) an in-cloud server for receiving said memory content, and performing an integrity check for a possible existance of malicious code within said memory content.
US11086990B2	Security module for mobile devices A computer system detects an action corresponding to a resource page being rendered within a web view of an application. In response to the detecting the action corresponding to a resource page being rendered within the web view of the application, the computer system identifies information associated with the resource page and determines if one or more risk indications correspond to the identified information. In response to determining that one or more risk indications correspond to the identified information, the computer system implements one or more security measures.
US11086984B2	Mobile device policy enforcement In general, in one aspect, a method includes receiving software code with an invalid characteristic, repeatedly attempting to execute the software code with the invalid characteristic on a device, and in response to successful execution of the software code with the invalid characteristic, taking an action. The action may include an action to remediate the device.
US11086973B1	Systems and methods related to security credentials A method includes receiving, from a user via an electronic device, input representing a password to be utilized for an account; automatically determining, utilizing a processor, a complexity value for the input password; automatically determining, based on the determined complexity value, security settings for the account; receiving, from a user via an electronic device, input representing an attempt to login to the account, the input representing an attempt to login to the account including an attempted password; automatically determining that the attempted password does not match the password to be utilized for the account; and determining a course of action to take in response to the determination that the attempted password does not match the password to be utilized for the account, the course of action being determined based at least in part on the automatically determined security settings for the account.
US11086966B2	Apparatus for solving Ising problems In example implementations, an apparatus includes a plurality of nodes, a pump coupled to the plurality of nodes and a connection network. In one example, each one of the plurality of nodes may store a value. The pump provides energy to the each one of the plurality of nodes. The connection network may include a two dimensional array of elements, wherein each group of the two dimensional array of elements is in communication with a respective one of the plurality of nodes, wherein the connection network may be tuned with parameters associated with encoding of an Ising problem. The connection network may process the value stored in each one of the plurality of nodes. The Ising problem may be solved by the value stored in each one of the plurality of nodes at a minimum energy level.
US11086965B2	Recording ledger data on a blockchain This disclosure relates to recording blockchain ledger data. In one aspect, a method includes capturing, by a first evidence-capturing node of multiple evidence-capturing nodes of a blockchain network comprising multiple nodes, network evidence from a target evidence source. A first evidence hash of the captured network evidence is calculated. The first evidence hash is sent to other evidence-capturing nodes. Additional evidence hashes are received from the other evidence-capturing nodes. For each set of matching evidence hashes, an evidence hash group that includes the set of matching evidence hashes is generated. A count number of evidence hashes in the evidence hash group is determined for each evidence hash group. A given evidence hash group having a largest count number is identified. A given evidence hash corresponding to the matching evidence hashes of the given evidence hash group is determined as a trusted evidence hash.
US11086958B2	Navigation menu based on crowd data In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a method for a navigation menu of a web technology includes collecting navigation data related to how multiple past users navigate the web technology. The method includes creating, based on the navigation data, a ranked list of navigation chains. The method includes, for a current user, causing display, in the navigation menu, of a high-ranked navigation chain selected from the ranked list.
US11086955B2	Systems and methods for enhanced networking, conversion tracking, and conversion attribution The present disclosure provides systems and methods for electronically providing each of a plurality of content distributors with access to a library of content items, facilitating the selection of a combination of the content items, creating a unique set of links for each recipient-distributor combination, and distributing the selected content and unique links via one or more distribution channels to a plurality of recipients. As each link is associated with both a recipient and a distributor, conversion actions stemming from the selection of a link by a recipient are attributed to the proper distributor. Distributors can create content distribution approaches that can be shared with other distributors.
US11086953B2	Determining relevance of points of interest to a user Methods and apparatus related to determining points of interest based on content of one or more sources associated with a user. Relevance scores are determined for the points of interest based on additional information associated with the user and the content. Point of interest information that is related to the points of interest is provided based on the determined relevance scores.
US11086933B2	Event search system, device, and method An event search device includes: a first communication unit configured to receive, from a camera, a plurality of image frames of a surveillance area generated in response to an occurrence of an event; and metadata including time information of the occurrence of the event and location information of an event in the image frames; a user interface configured to receive a search condition for searching for the event, the search condition including an event search area; a screen unit configured to display the event search area on the image frames; and a control unit configured to search for an event satisfying the search condition within the event search area by using the metadata, wherein at least one of a location, a size, and a shape of the event search area is defined through the user interface.
US11086924B2	Image search device and image search method The invention is directed to an image search device including a search condition input unit that receives a search condition for searching for an image, a query generation unit that generates a first query based on the search condition, an image search unit that searches for an image in a database based on the first query, a relevance estimation unit that estimates relevance between a plurality of images selected by a predetermined operation among images hit by a search, a query correction unit that generates a second query based on the relevance between the plurality of images, and a function of displaying the second query generated by the query correction unit on an interface.
US11086923B2	Communication apparatus, control method, and storage medium In a case where a number of pieces of image data stored in a local storage of a communication apparatus reaches a number of pieces of image data for creating a photo album, the communication apparatus creates the photo album using the image data stored in the local storage without using image data stored in an external storage.
US11086899B2	On demand synchronization of information Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for synchronizing document updates. An end-user subscribes to document updates of interest to the end-user. The contents associated with these updates are contained within one or more document sources, wherein the one or more document sources are used to construct an outputted document. Tags are utilized to monitor these updates and a fragmentation is performed in order to incorporate the modified content, associated with the updates, into a new outputted document.
US11086898B2	Token-based admission control for replicated writes Methods and apparatus for token-based admission control for replicated writes are disclosed. Data objects are divided into partitions, and corresponding to each partition, at least a master replica and a slave replica are stored. A determination as to whether to accept a write request directed to the partition is made based at least in part on one or more of (a) available throughput capacity at the master replica, and (b) an indication, obtained using a token-based protocol, of available throughput capacity at the slave replica. If the write request is accepted, one or more data modification operations are initiated.
US11086895B2	System and method for providing a hybrid set-based extract, load, and transformation of data In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for loading and transforming data to a cloud database, using a hybrid set-based extract, load, transform approach. During the loading and transforming of large amounts of data, from one or more data sources, a data synchronization application sends small batches of data, in parallel streams, to the database, which operates as a transformation engine to load the data. Each stream can be associated with a separate staging table in the database. For each staging table, the subset of data therein is transformed and loaded, before the next subset is processed. A transform and merge process operating at the database can then be used to transform and merge the data, from each of the staging tables, to the target table.
US11086892B1	Search result content item enhancement Systems and methods for enhancing search results for improved readability are provided. A search result is identified using a set of query terms. The search result may be first-party content or third-party content. The search result includes a first textual portion and a second textual portion. Each of the set of query terms that appear in the first textual portion are highlighted in the first textual portion. Each of the set of query terms that appear in the second textual portion but not in the first textual portion are highlighted in the second textual portion. A query response including the highlighted search result is generated and provided to a client device.
US11086881B2	Method and device for analyzing data A method and a device for analyzing data are provided. The method includes following steps. A plurality of queries for an event stored in a database are integrated to obtain a plurality of features. Each feature is limited at a searching condition. A plurality of items of searched data are obtained from the database according to respective searching condition of each feature. Whether a data volume of the searched data is higher or lower than a predetermined range is determined. If the data volume is higher than the predetermined range, the data volume of the searched data is reduced according to the features. If the data volume is lower than the predetermined range, the data volume of the searched data is increased according to the features. A correlation between the features and the event is analyzed according to the searched data.
US11086877B2	Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable record medium for searching for non-text using text in conversation Provided are a method, a system, and a non-transitory computer-readable record medium for searching for a non-text using a text in chat content. The method including retrieving a chat message that includes text input as a keyword from chat content on a messenger, extracting non-text content from a chat section specified based on the retrieved chat message, and providing the extracted non-text content as a search result corresponding to the keyword.
US11086876B2	Storing derived summaries on persistent memory of a storage device Region summaries of database data are stored in persistent memory of a storage cell. Because the region summaries are stored in persistent memory, when a storage cell is powered off and data in volatile memory is not retained, region summaries are nevertheless preserved in persistent memory. When the storage cell comes online, the region summaries already exist and may be used without the delay attendant to regenerating the region summaries stored in volatile memory.
US11086864B2	Optimizing search for data Methods and system are disclosed that relate to optimizing search for data. In one aspect, an attribute vector may include unique value identifiers and be associated with a dictionary structure. For a unique value identifiers stored in an attribute vector and associated with the dictionary structure, start address and end address associated with the unique value identifiers is computed. Based on the computation, a range of positional addresses associated with the unique value identifiers may be generated and stored in a data structure. Upon receiving a request to search for data, the range of positional addresses in which the unique value identifiers may be searched is determined. Based on the determination, a database search engine optimizes the search for data in the attribute vector.
US11086848B1	Dynamic data transformation system Systems for dynamically transforming data are provided. Database data may be received and ingested into a system. Ingesting the data may include executing one or more first data governance functions, such as data quality evaluation functions, data controls, and the like. The ingested data may then be output for further processing as first processed data and first data governance information may be captured and stored. The first processed data may be processed to execute one or more data transformations. Data transformations may include calculations, formatting, derivations, and the like. In some arrangements, second data governance functions may be executed on the transformed data. The transformed data may then be output as second processed data. The system may capture second data governance information as the data is transformed. The second processed data may then be published to one or more downstream databases for use in one or more applications executed by an entity.
US11086847B2	System and method for implementing native contract on blockchain A computer-implemented method for implementing native contract on blockchain comprises: obtaining combined bytecode associated with a blockchain contract, wherein the combined bytecode comprises an indicator representing a type of the blockchain contract; determining the type of the blockchain contract based at least on the indicator; and executing the blockchain contract based on the determined type of the blockchain contract.
US11086843B2	Embedding codebooks for resource optimization Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for optimizing computing resources generally associated with cloud-based media services. Instead of decoding digital assets on-premises to stream to a remote client device, an encoded asset can be streamed to the remote client device. A codebook employable for decoding the encoded asset can be embedded into the stream transmitted to the remote client device, so that the remote client device can extract the embedded codebook, and employ the extracted codebook to decode the encoded asset locally. In this way, not only are processing resources associated with on-premises decoding eliminated, but on-premises storage of codebooks can be significantly reduced, while expensive bandwidth is freed up by virtue of transmitting a smaller quantity of data from the cloud to the remote client device.
US11086835B2	Updating and querying a bitmap index This disclosure relates to bitmap index writing, dumping, merging, and querying. In one aspect, a method includes determining, based on update data, a to-be-updated row of a bitmap index that indexes data of a database using a bitmap data structure. The to-be-updated row of the bitmap index is locked. The locking includes adding a row lock to the to-be-updated row, thereby preventing the to-be-updated row from being updated by other update operations. At least one other row of the bitmap index remains unlocked for updating by other update operations. Data in the to-be-updated row of the bitmap index is updated based on the update data.
US11086831B1	Delivery of digital information to a remote device Methods and systems relating to a file distribution scheme in a computer network are disclosed that distributes files in an efficient manner that reduces, among other things, network traffic. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for updating a file is disclosed. In such a method, unique chunks in a first version of a digital file are identified. For a second version of the digital file, chunks that are the same as in the first version are identified. Recompilation information is generated and stored for these identified chunks. Also, for the second version of the digital file, chunks in the second version that are different from chunks in the first version are identified. Recompilation information is generated and stored for these identified chunks. With this information, the second version of the digital file is completely defined and can be efficiently stored.
US11086830B2	System and method for identifying duplicate document submission on a publishing platform Disclosed is a system and method for efficient comparison of experimental research documents to identify original research work. The system when operated, provides a platform for comparing a user submitted document with documents existing in the platform and documents available in public domain. Further, the system is capable of identifying originality and the similarity of the user submitted documents, in comparison with existing documents, based on a calculated similarity index.
US11086825B2	Telemetry system for a cloud synchronization system In one embodiment, a telemetry system may track a cloud synchronization system to improve performance. A service proxy 114 may receive a matching file metadata set 304 for a matching file 134 stored in a cloud user account 132 of a cloud synchronization system. The service proxy 114 may execute a synchronization verification of the matching file metadata set 304 to a local file 112 stored in a client device 110. The service proxy 114 may create a telemetry report 400 describing a synchronization error 412 as determined by the synchronization verification.
US11086822B1	Application-based compression A communication system and methods for data compression and the management of data transmitted between computing devices in a communication network are provided. Compression dictionaries generated from data previously maintained at a recipient computing device and a transmitting computing device are maintained at each respective device. The compression dictionaries are made up of fixed length data chunks from the data previously maintained on the computing device that can be matched to data to be compressed or de-compressed. Data can be transmitted without requiring the exchange of the compression dictionaries between the recipient computing device and the transmitting computing device.
US11086821B2	Identifying file exclusions for write filter overlays A system and method for identifying write filter exclusions for information handling systems in a computing environment. Each information handling system includes a file exclusion driver and a file exclusion service. The file exclusion driver can monitor files to be stored in a write filter overlay and identify recurring files previously stored in the write filter overlay. The file exclusion driver can determine if a cumulative file size of a recurring file exceeds an adjustable threshold, and add data describing the recurring file to an exclusion list if the cumulative file size exceeds the adjustable threshold. The file exclusion service can transmit the exclusion list to the device management server for analysis, receive a master exclusion list from the device management server based on analysis, and can store a set of excluded files in a local storage resource based on the master exclusion list.
US11086819B2	Efficiently deleting data from objects in a multi-tenant database system Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for deleting data of an object within a multi-tenant database. Described is a mechanism for performing operations such as an efficient delete operation by introducing a new delete operation (or method) that is configured to allow a data structure such as an object to identify one or more records to be deleted. In order to ensure that the operation is efficient, the mechanism may determine characteristics of a data store and determine whether the information provided within the data structure provides an efficient identification of the data to be deleted. Upon a successful validation, an initial delete request may be translated to an appropriate delete operation for the underlying database.
US11086810B2	Intelligent controller and sensor network bus, system and method including multi-layer platform security architecture A machine automation system for controlling and operating an automated machine. The system includes a controller and sensor bus including a central processing core and a multi-medium transmission intranet for implementing a dynamic burst to broadcast transmission scheme where messages are burst from nodes to the central processing core and broadcast from the central processing core to all of the nodes.
US11086809B2	Data transfer acceleration Data transfer acceleration includes receiving, by a data transfer accelerator in a first node of a plurality of nodes, from a second node of the plurality of nodes, a request for data in a second state, wherein the second node stores an instance of the data in a first state; generating a message including one or more operations to transform the data from the first state to the second state; and sending the message to the second node in response to the request.
US11086799B2	Method and device for configuring controller in master control chip A method for configuring a controller in a master control chip can include operations such as: a controller is configured according to a sampling rate, a bit width occupied by data transmission of at least one peripheral and the number of the at least one peripheral plugged into an interface corresponding to the controller; and data transmitted by the at least one peripheral plugged into the interface is received through the configured controller. A configuration parameter of the controller is reconfigured, and then the peripheral may be connected to the interface at timing generated by the controller and the data transmitted by the at least one peripheral is acquired, thereby increasing the types of peripherals supported by the master control chip, and increasing the number of peripherals that can be plugged into the master control chip.
US11086797B2	Systems and methods for restricting write access to non-volatile memory A method for restricting write access to a non-volatile memory. The method includes receiving a request to write to a protected location in the non-volatile memory and determining whether the protected location is in a write-protected state. If the protected location is not in a write-protected state, the method includes writing data indicated by the request to the protected location. If the protected location is in a write-protected state, the method includes rejecting the request. The protected location stores a validation key to validate the contents of another portion of the non-volatile memory.
US11086789B1	Flash memory drive with erasable segments based upon hierarchical addressing This disclosure provides techniques hierarchical address virtualization within a memory controller and configurable block device allocation. By performing address translation only at select hierarchical levels, a memory controller can be designed to have predictable I/O latency, with brief or otherwise negligible logical-to-physical address translation time. In one embodiment, address transition may be implemented entirely with logical gates and look-up tables of a memory controller integrated circuit, without requiring processor cycles. The disclosed virtualization scheme also provides for flexibility in customizing the configuration of virtual storage devices, to present nearly any desired configuration to a host or client.
US11086786B2	Storage system and method for caching a single mapping entry for a random read command A storage system and method for caching a single mapping entry for a random read command are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether a read command received from a host is a random read command, wherein the read command comprises a logical address; and in response to determining that the read command received from the host is a random read command, caching only an associated logical-to-physical address map entry from a logical-to-physical address map stored in the memory instead of caching a larger segment of the logical-to-physical address map that contains the entry and other entries. Other embodiments are provided.
US11086785B2	Host device with storage cache aware processing of input-output operations in multi-path layer A host device is configured to communicate over a network with a storage system comprising a plurality of storage devices. The host device executes one or more processes that generate input-output (IO) operations for delivery to the storage system. The host device comprises a multi-path input-output (MPIO) driver configured to access for each of one or more of the storage devices a stored mapping between ranges of logical block addresses of the storage device and respective ones of a plurality of cache entities of the storage system, and for each of at least a subset of the IO operations, to identify a particular one of the cache entities based at least in part on a logical block address of the IO operation and the stored mapping, and to select a particular path for delivery of the IO operation to the storage system based at least in part on the identified cache entity.
US11086780B1	Scratchpad journaling mechanism for performance optimization An aspect includes providing a scratchpad memory to at least one persistent storage device of a plurality of persistent storage devices in a storage array. The scratchpad memory includes non-volatile storage. An aspect also includes designating the scratchpad memory for storing data corresponding to write operations implemented by a storage system, apportioning the scratchpad memory among each storage controller of a plurality of storage controllers in the storage system, and receiving, at the scratchpad memory, a write request from one of the storage controllers. An aspect further includes writing data of the write request to a location in the scratchpad memory based on the apportioning and corresponding to the one of the storage controllers.
US11086779B2	System and method of a highly concurrent cache replacement algorithm Disclosed are a method and system for managing multi-threaded concurrent access to a cache data structure. The cache data structure includes a hash table and three queues. The hash table includes a list of elements for each hash bucket with each hash bucket containing a mutex object and elements in each of the queues containing lock objects. Multiple threads can each lock a different hash bucket to have access to the list, and multiple threads can each lock a different element in the queues. The locks permit highly concurrent access to the cache data structure without conflict. Also, atomic operations are used to obtain pointers to elements in the queues so that a thread can safely advance each pointer. Race conditions that are encountered with locking an element in the queues or entering an element into the hash table are detected, and the operation encountering the race condition is retried.
US11086776B2	Maintaining correctness of pointers from a managed heap to off-heap memory A method of maintaining correctness of pointers from a managed heap to off-heap memory includes storing in a cache a first heap object in a managed heap that holds at least one off-heap pointer pointing to a first off-heap data structure and creating a weak reference node linked to the first heap object such that the first heap object is not kept alive by the weak reference node during garbage collection. Further disclosed are systems for maintaining correctness of pointers from a managed heap to off-heap memory.
US11086757B1	Systems and methods for providing stable deployments to mainframe environments A mainframe deployment device for deploying code to a mainframe device in a stable, self-correcting manner is described. The mainframe deployment device is configured to receive a code section from the software management device, identify a set of valid sub-components from the code section using a dispatcher service associated with the dispatcher device, identify a set of elements in the code section identified for deployment, request the at least one testing service to perform at least one set of code diagnostics to determine whether the code section satisfies build requirements, attempt to create a deployment package from the code section, identify a production program running on the mainframe device, compare the production program to the deployment package to identify a set of synchronization errors, resolve the synchronization errors, and deploy the deployment package to the mainframe device upon resolving the set of synchronization errors.
US11086745B2	Memory system including a plurality of controllers A memory system includes a memory device, a first controller, and a second controller. The first controller is configured to output a control signal for the memory device and data to be stored in the memory device based on a signal received from a host. The second controller includes a non-volatile memory configured to store the data. The second controller is configured to receive the control signal and the data from the first controller, and control the memory device based on the control signal.
US11086740B2	Maintaining storage array online Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, system and computer program product for maintaining a storage array online. According to the method, an unrecoverable error is detected by one or more processors as having occurred in a failed disk of a storage array in first storage. The failed disk is replaced with a spare disk in the first storage. Data is retrieved from a second storage for storing into a stripe of the first storage based on address information of a data block of the failed disk. The second storage stores mirrored data of data stored in the first storage. The stripe includes data blocks distributed across all disks in the storage array of the first storage. The retrieved data is caused to be written into the stripe of the storage array of the first storage. In other embodiments, a system and a computer program product are disclosed.
US11086737B2	Non-volatile storage system with rapid recovery from ungraceful shutdown An apparatus includes a plurality of non-volatile memory cells and control circuitry connected to the plurality of non-volatile memory cells. The control circuitry is configured to receive write commands from a host and identify write commands associated with temporary data. In a recovery operation, control data associated with the temporary data is omitted from rebuilt control data.
US11086736B2	System and method for tier recovery A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying, by a computing device, a pattern in a super block of a logger tier. It may be determined that the pattern in the super block of the logger tier is a known pattern, wherein the known pattern indicates invalid data in the logger tier. The logger tier may be booted up by storing an unknown pattern in the super block into the logger tier, wherein the unknown pattern indicates valid data in the logger tier.
US11086734B2	Accelerated recovery after a data disaster According to embodiments of the present invention, a metadata file is transferred from the first system to the second system and a database on the second system is initialized based on the metadata file. An image, including information of the first system to be restored, is transferred from the first system to the second system, and restoration of the information to the second system based on the image is initiated. Prior to completion of the restoration, one or more log files indicating actions performed on the first system relating to the information to be restored is transferred from the first system to the initialized database on the second system. In response to completion of the restoration, the actions of the log files are performed to synchronize the restored data on the second system with the first system.
US11086728B2	Method for transmitting insulator on-site monitoring data backup The invention provides a method for transmitting insulator on-site monitoring data backup, comprising establishing connections between CPU and communication module, and between communication module and backup terminal, such that leak current data of horizontal and inclined insulators, and environmental humidity data are transmitted to backup terminal for storage to perform the backup; the number of CPUs matches that of backup terminals; each CPU is connected with all backup terminals through a corresponding communication module; CPU is also connected with flash memory. By incorporating other structures and methods, the invention effectively solves the problems in the existing data transmission mode that the data volume of data transmission in a set time and effect of transmission capacity of the communication module on data transmission, i.e., significant variation in transmission capacity of the communication module, relatively large volume of transmission by the communication module, hinderance of data transmission by other tasks, are ignored.
US11086711B2	Machine-trainable automated-script customization A cognitive automation engine receives notice that an unexpected event has occurred in a computing environment. The engine tries to address any resulting problems by running a previously generated automation script, customizing the script as required through cognitive means. If this fails, the engine forwards the script to a human expert for customization. In either case, the engine records any customization activities, extracts parameters from the recording that identify each customization step, cognitively assigns a level of risk to each step based on historical precedent, and determines whether running the customized script presents an unacceptable risk of adverse results. The system adds the revisions, other script-related information, and any results of running the revised script Loin a training corpus. The corpus is then incorporated into a machine-learning procedure that teaches the automation engine how to more intelligently customize a script the next time a similar event occurs.
US11086709B1	Intent driven root cause analysis A fault model representation of a computer network is generated, wherein the computer network includes a set of connected computer network elements that was at least in part configured based on a specified declarative intent in forming the computer network. A symptom representation for the computer network is determined based on telemetry data of one or more elements of the set of connected computer network elements and a behavior specification repository identifying symptoms and their associated root causes. The fault model representation and the symptom representation are provided to a root cause analysis to determine one or more root causes of one or more detected symptoms of the computer network.
US11086706B2	System and method of input validation A computer-implemented method of validating an input object with a validation framework is described. A configuration module may load a validation configuration file from an external storage system. A domain module may receive the input object from an external input source. An executor module may collect property metadata of the input object and construct a searchable key based on the property metadata. The executor may retrieve a validator name associated with the searchable key from the validation configuration file and retrieve a validator associated with the validator name, wherein the validator initiates a validation process on the input object. The executor may receive a validation result from the validator and output the validation result and the error list.
US11086704B2	Inferred detection of data replication errors of source applications by enterprise applications This disclosure provides an apparatus and method for inferred detection of data replication errors of source applications by enterprise applications, including but not limited to in industrial control systems and other systems. A method includes periodically generating and storing a heartbeat data value by a site risk manager (RM) system. The method includes sending site data with the current heartbeat data value by the site RM system to an enterprise application executing on an enterprise RM system. The enterprise RM system periodically compares a current time and the last received heartbeat data value to produce a calculated time difference. The enterprise RM system determines that site data replication is not functioning correctly when the calculated time difference is greater than a predefined threshold. When the replication is not functioning correctly, the enterprise RM system notifies a user that replicated site data may be inaccurate.
US11086698B1	Systems and methods for developing digital experience applications In one implementation, systems and methods are provided for developing a computer-implemented digital experience application having a first and a second micro-application. Each micro-application includes a front end interface configured to receive and display information. The first micro-application includes a first event manager configured to detect an application event belonging to a category, and a first state manager configured to detect an application state belonging to the category. The digital experience application further includes a driver application configured to host the first and second micro-applications, an event hub configured to receive the detected application event from the first micro-application, and a state store configured to store the detected application state received from the first micro-application. The second micro-application includes a second event manager configured to receive the detected application event from the event hub, and a second state manager configured to receive the detected application state from the state store.
US11086695B2	Distributed event management An electronic event processing component operable at a level in a hierarchy of components and adapted for operation in electronic communication with at least one further electronic component operable at a different level in a hierarchy of electronic components, and operable according to at least one rule triggered by at least one event; and responsive to said at least one event, activating a communication component to cause performance by at least one of said electronic event processing component and said further electronic component of said at least one associated action according to said at least one rule.
US11086687B2	Managing resource allocation in a stream processing framework The technology disclosed herein relates to method, system, and computer program product (computer-readable storage device) embodiments for managing resource allocation in a stream processing framework. An embodiment operates by configuring an allocation of a task sequence and machine resources to a container, and by running the task sequence, wherein the task sequence is configured to be run continuously as a plurality of units of work corresponding to the task sequence. Some embodiments further include changing the allocation responsive to a determination of an increase in data volume. A query may be taken from the task sequence and processed. Responsive to the query, a real-time result may be returned. Query processing may involve continuously applying a rule to the data stream, in real time or near real time. The rule may be set via a query language. Additionally, the data stream may be partitioned into batches for parallel processing.
US11086674B2	Trade platform with reinforcement learning network and matching engine A system for reinforcement learning in a dynamic resource environment includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to provide an electronic resource environment comprising: a matching engine and the resource generating agent configured for: obtaining from a historical data processing task database a plurality of historical data processing tasks, each historical data processing task including respective task resource requirement data; for a historical data processing task of the plurality of historical data processing tasks, generating layers of data processing tasks wherein a first layer data processing task has an incremental variant in its resource requirement data relative to resource requirement data for a second layer data processing task; and providing the layers of data processing tasks for matching by the machine engine.
US11086670B2	Platooning of computational resources in automated vehicles networks Novel techniques are described for platooning of computational resources in automated vehicle networks. An on-board computational processor of an automated vehicle typically performs a large number of computational tasks, and some of those computational tasks can be computationally intensive. Some such tasks, referred to as platoonable tasks herein, are well-suited for parallel processing by multiple processors. Embodiments can detect one or more on-board computational processors in one or more automated vehicles that are likely, during the time window in which the platoonable task will be executed, to have available computational resources and to be traveling along respective paths that are close enough to each other to allow for ad hoc network communications to be established between the processors. In response to detecting such cases, embodiments can schedule and instruct shared execution of the platoonable tasks by the multiple processors via the ad hoc network.
US11086667B2	Selective scheduling of cloud maintenance tasks A method for selective scheduling and deployment of maintenance tasks in cloud computing environments is provided. The method determines a computing environment in which a maintenance task is to be performed. The computing environment has one or more environment characteristics. The method then determines one or more task characteristics for the maintenance task. Based on the one or more environment characteristics and the one or more task characteristics, the method determines a similarity between the maintenance task and one or more historical maintenance tasks. The method generates a completion indicator for the maintenance task based on the similarity between the maintenance task and the one or more historical maintenance tasks. Based on the completion indicator, the method schedules performance of the maintenance task.
US11086662B2	Method and system of migrating applications to a cloud-computing environment In one aspect, a computerized method includes the step of selecting a subset of servers of a set of servers to migrate to a specified cloud-computing platform. An administrator utilizes a dashboard view provided in a web browser to identify the subset of servers. The computerized method includes the step of selecting a sequence of migration steps to manage a migration of the subset of servers to the specified cloud-computing platform, wherein the administrator utilizes the dashboard view to generate a plan for a server-data migration of the subset of servers. The computerized method includes the step of automatically determining a set of attributes of the subset of servers. The computerized method includes the step to automatically determining a set of dependency modules associated with the subset of servers to migrate and reinstall upon migration of the subset of servers.
US11086661B2	Container chaining for automated process completion A method obtains a configuration for an automated process that includes discrete tasks. The configuration specifies a corresponding container image, of a plurality of different container images, for each discrete task of the discrete tasks, and further specifies a sequence in which to instantiate a plurality of containers from the plurality of container images to perform the discrete tasks and complete the automated process. The method identifies from the configuration a next container image from which to instantiate a next container for execution to perform a next discrete task, the next discrete task corresponding to the next container image and next container instantiated from the next container image. The method initiates instantiation of the next container from the next container image to initiate execution of the container to perform the next discrete task. The method also repeats the identifying and the initiating instantiation for each next container image.
US11086660B2	Server virtual address space Techniques for a thread in client process to switch to a server virtual address space are provided. In one aspect, a process may attach to a server virtual address space. A request may be received from a client thread within the client process to switch from a virtual address space associated with the client thread to a server virtual address space. The client thread may switch from the client thread associated virtual address space to the server virtual address space.
US11086652B2	Fault-tolerant application virtualization using computer vision A system is described for fault-tolerant delivery of virtualized applications. A client on a client device requests access to a virtualized application. The application is launched in a server-based virtual machine and computer vision is used to determine whether the application launched successfully based on the UI produced by the application. If it is determined that the application failed to launch successfully, an alternative mechanism is used to deliver access to the application using an application storage volume (ASV), which is a mountable container containing the application. In one approach, the ASV is mounted directly to the client device. In another approach, a second virtual machine is launched and the ASV is mounted on the second virtual machine.
US11086650B2	Technologies for application-specific network acceleration with unified coherency domain Technologies for application-specific network acceleration include a computing device including a processor and an accelerator device such as a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The processor and the accelerator device are coupled via a coherent interconnect and may be included in a multi-chip package. The computing device binds a virtual machine executed by the processor with an application function unit of the accelerator device via the coherent interconnect. The computing device processes network application data with the virtual machine and the application function unit within a coherency domain maintained with the coherent interconnect. Processing the network data may include processing a packet of a network flow by the virtual machine and processing subsequent packets of the network flow by the application function unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11086647B2	Computer architecture for determining phase and frequency components from correlithm objects in a correlithm object processing system A system configured to emulate a correlithm object processing system, includes a first input node, a second input node, and an output node. The first input node receives a first correlithm object and generates a first amplitude component of a frequency domain signal associated with the first correlithm object. The second input node receives a second correlithm object and generates a first phase component of the frequency domain signal associated with the second correlithm object. The output node receives the first amplitude component and the first phase component and generates a first real-world numeric value comprising the first amplitude component and the first phase component.
US11086646B2	Tenant-side detection, classification, and mitigation of noisy-neighbor-induced performance degradation Embodiments relate to tenant-side detection and mitigation of performance degradation resulting from interference generated by a noisy neighbor in a distributed computing environment. A first machine-learning model such as a k-means nearest neighbor classifier is operated by a tenant to detect an anomaly with a computer system emulator resulting from a co-located noisy neighbor. A second machine-learning model such as a multi-class classifier is operated by the tenant to identify a contended resource associated with the anomaly. A corresponding trigger signal is generated and provided to trigger various mitigation responses, including an application/framework-specific mitigation strategy (e.g., triggered approximations in application/framework performance, best-efforts paths, run-time changes, etc.), load-balancing, scaling out, updates to a scheduler to avoid impacted nodes, and the like. In this manner, a tenant can detect, classify, and mitigate performance degradation resulting from a noisy neighbor.
US11086633B2	Single instruction set architecture (ISA) format for multiple ISAS in machine learning inference engine A programmable hardware system for machine learning (ML) includes a core and an inference engine. The core receives commands from a host. The commands are in a first instruction set architecture (ISA) format. The core divides the commands into a first set for performance-critical operations, in the first ISA format, and a second set of performance non-critical operations, in the first ISA format. The core executes the second set to perform the performance non-critical operations of the ML operations and streams the first set to inference engine. The inference engine generates a stream of the first set of commands in a second ISA format based on the first set of commands in the first ISA format. The first set of commands in the second ISA format programs components within the inference engine to execute the ML operations to infer data.
US11086629B2	Misprediction of predicted taken branches in a data processing apparatus Apparatus and a method of operating the same is disclosed. Instruction fetch circuitry is provided to fetch a block of instructions from memory and branch prediction circuitry to generate branch prediction indications for each branch instruction present in the block of instructions. The branch prediction circuitry is responsive to identification of a first conditional branch instruction in the block of instructions that is predicted to be taken to modify a branch prediction indication generated for the first conditional branch instruction to include a subsequent branch status indicator. When there is a subsequent branch instruction after the first conditional branch instruction in the block of instructions that is predicted to be taken the subsequent branch status indicator has a first value, and otherwise the subsequent branch status indicator has a second value. This supports improved handling of a misprediction as taken.
US11086628B2	System and method for load and store queue allocations at address generation time A system and method for load queue (LDQ) and store queue (STQ) entry allocations at address generation time that maintains age-order of instructions is described. In particular, writing LDQ and STQ entries are delayed until address generation time. This allows the load and store operations to dispatch, and younger operations (which may not be store and load operations) to also dispatch and execute their instructions. The address generation of the load or store operation is held at an address generation scheduler queue (AGSQ) until a load or store queue entry is available for the operation. The tracking of load queue entries or store queue entries is effectively being done in the AGSQ instead of at the decode engine. The LDQ and STQ depth is not visible from a decode engine's perspective, and increases the effective processing and queue depth.
US11086626B2	Circuitry and methods Circuitry comprises decode circuitry to decode program instructions including producer instructions and consumer instructions, a consumer instruction requiring, as an input operand, a result generated by execution of a producer instruction; and execution circuitry to execute the program instructions; in which: the decode circuitry is configured to control operation of the execution circuitry in response to hint data associated with a given producer instruction and indicating, for the given producer instruction, a number of consumer instructions which require, as an input operand, a result generated by the given producer instruction.
US11086618B2	Populating a software catalogue with related product information A method and system for populating a software catalogue in software applications which monitor the presence of software products on a plurality of computers. The proposed method aims at populating a software catalogue with a limited manual intervention of an administrator. The present invention reduces the cost of producing and maintaining a comprehensive knowledge base (the catalogue) which contains definitions of software products and the related signature. Information about software products and their related signature is obtained through a process using some special files (e.g. XML files) which contains information and/or pointers to other products.
US11086615B2	Virtual appliance upgrades in high-availability (HA) computing clusters Various examples are disclosed for performing a software upgrade in high-availability (HA) and similar computing clusters while experiencing minimal or no downtime. One or more computing devices can oversee operation of a data center and determine that a software update is unable to be performed on a first virtual appliance based on the first virtual appliance being incompatible with the software update. The one or more computing devices can provision a second virtual appliance in the HA computing cluster, as well as a load balancer, where the second virtual appliance comprises up-to-date software. The one or more computing devices can form a software cluster that includes the first virtual appliance and the second virtual appliance, causing data to be synchronized between the first virtual appliance and the second virtual appliance, and, thereafter, can decommission the first virtual appliance from the HA computing cluster.
US11086614B1	Robotic process automation system with distributed download A server responds to a request to perform a first automation task to process a work item from the plurality of work items, on a first computing device that is separate and independent from the server. The server receives a request from the first computing device to download the first automation task and queries a distribution information file to identify one or more other computing devices that have a copy of the first automation task. The server provides to the first computing device, an identifier for each of one or more other computing devices that has a copy of the first automation task. If the distribution information file does not contain an identification of any other device that has a copy of the first automation task, then the server processor causes the first automation task to be retrieved and to be provided to the first computing device.
US11086600B2	Back-end application code stub generation from a front-end application wireframe As part of identifying a theme corresponding to a wireframe, the wireframe comprising a set of graphical elements is analyzed, the set of graphical elements specifying a graphical representation of a user interface of a front-end application. A similarity measure is computed, the similarity measure quantifying a degree of similarity between the theme and an entry in a feature implementation history stored in a code repository. From the entry, a first feature to be implemented in a back-end application is extracted, the first feature servicing a data request from the front-end application. A source code stub extracted from the code repository, comprising a partial implementation of the first feature in the back-end application, is coupled with a first graphical element in the set of graphical elements in the wireframe.
US11086590B2	Method and system for processing audio signals The present disclosure provides a method for processing audio signals. The method includes acquiring a first audio signal, the first audio signal including an adjustment instruction for adjusting a broadcast parameter of an electronic device; acquiring first scene information; determining a first amplitude corresponding to the first audio signal based on the first scene information and adjusting the broadcast parameter according to the first amplitude; and determining a second amplitude corresponding to a second audio signal and second scene information that is different from the first scene information. The method further includes adjusting the broadcast parameter of the electronic device according to the second amplitude, the second amplitude being different from the first amplitude, and the second audio signal including an adjustment instruction.
US11086586B1	Apparatuses and methodologies relating to the generation and selective synchronized display of musical and graphic information on one or more devices capable of displaying musical and graphic information A method for the generation and selective display of musical information on one or more devices capable of displaying musical information can include generating a plurality of visual blocks, each block among the plurality having a first dimension and a second dimension corresponding to musical information visible with each block. The method can include selectively displaying, via a first GUI and/or a second GUI, particular blocks among the plurality of visual blocks. The musical information to contained in a quantity of the respective subsets of the particular blocks displayed on the second GUI can be include at least a portion of respective subsets of the particular blocks displayed on the first GUI.
US11086585B2	Information processing device, information processing method and storage medium To promote appropriate mutual understanding among a plurality of users, an information processing device accepts, as a first instruction, a change instruction for changing a visualization screen that visualizes a model representing preset physical entities, the change instruction including at least one instruction of an index addition instruction, a control change instruction, a display change instruction, and a comment addition instruction. The device displays a visualization screen according to the accepted first instruction on a preset display unit. After the display of the visualization screen corresponding to the first instruction, the device accepts, as a second instruction, at least one instruction of the index addition instruction, the control change instruction, the display change instruction, and the comment addition instruction. When the second instruction has been accepted, the device notifies the fact that the visualization screen has been changed to a preset notification destination.
US11086584B2	Electronic device, system of electronic device, and system operating method of electronic device An electronic device includes a communication unit configured to receive a plurality of image signals from a plurality of other electronic devices, a display unit including display regions including at least a first display region and a second display region, and a controller configured to control the display unit to display a first image signal received from a first other electronic device of the plurality of the other electronic devices in the first display region as an image and display a second image signal received from the second other electronic device of the plurality of other electronic devices in the second display region as an image, wherein the first display region and the second display region are determined according to respective distances between the plurality of other electronic devices and each of the plurality of display regions.
US11086580B2	Method for checking a validity of image data A method for checking a validity of image data, in which the image data is assigned to a display device. The image data are classified into at least two groups as a function of a color value of the image data and/or of a brightness value of the image data, a test value being ascertained from the image data of the at least one group for the respective group. The ascertained test value of a group is compared with a predefined test value of the respective group. A validity of the image data is established when the ascertained test value of the respective group and the predefined test value of the respective group coincide. An invalidity of the image data is established when the ascertained test value of the respective group and the predefined test value of the respective group do not coincide.
US11086574B2	Machine perception and dense algorithm integrated circuit A circuit that includes a plurality of array cores, each array core of the plurality of array cores comprising: a plurality of distinct data processing circuits; and a data queue register file; a plurality of border cores, each border core of the plurality of border cores comprising: at least a register file, wherein: [i] at least a subset of the plurality of border cores encompasses a periphery of a first subset of the plurality of array cores; and [ii] a combination of the plurality of array cores and the plurality of border cores define an integrated circuit array.
US11086563B2	Storage device including a memory controller and a method of operating an electronic system including memory A storage device includes a memory controller to receive a first signal from an external device through a first channel, obtain data from a memory based on the first signal, and output the data to the external device through a second channel. The data is output through the second channel in a case where a time interval between a time when the first signal is received and a time when the data are obtained is greater than a first reference interval.
US11086561B2	Integrated circuit memory devices with enhanced buffer memory utilization during read and write operations and methods of operating same An integrated circuit device includes a nonvolatile memory, first and second buffer memories, and a controller. Each of the first and second buffer memories is configured to buffer write data to be written to the nonvolatile memory in response to a write request and also buffer read data received from the nonvolatile memory in response to a read request. A controller is provided, which evaluates the first buffer memory against at least one criterion relating to data accuracy. The controller is configured to: redirect at least some of the write data from the first buffer memory to the second buffer memory in response to the write request when the evaluation demonstrates the criterion has been exceeded, and redirect at least some of the read data from the first buffer memory to the second buffer memory in response to the read request when the evaluation demonstrates the criterion has been exceeded.
US11086558B2	Storage system with storage volume undelete functionality A storage system in one embodiment comprises a plurality of storage devices and a storage controller. The storage controller is configured to receive a delete instruction for a storage volume, and responsive to receipt of the delete instruction, to suspend any further changes to address metadata for the storage volume, to transfer the address metadata for the storage volume to persistent storage, and to delete the storage volume while also at least temporarily maintaining its data pages. The storage controller subsequently receives an undelete instruction for the deleted storage volume, and responsive to receipt of the undelete instruction, retrieves the address metadata from persistent storage and recovers the storage volume utilizing the address metadata. An expiration timer may be started in conjunction with the deletion of the storage volume, and responsive to the undelete instruction being received after a specified expiration time of the expiration timer, the undelete instruction is rejected.
US11086542B1	Network-configurable snapshot load order properties Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application relate to a public snapshot service for associating a block-level snapshot with certain snapshot properties that indicate a block load order, and creating a block storage volume from the snapshot by loading the blocks in the snapshot onto the block storage volume in the block load order indicated by the snapshot properties associated with the snapshot.
US11086525B2	Resilient external memory Methods and apparatuses may be provided, where data is written to a first region of memory on a first memory appliance in response to a write operation, the first region of memory is external memory to the client device, and the first region of memory is accessible by the client device over a network via client-side memory access in which a first communication interface of the first memory appliance is configured to access the first region of memory on the first memory appliance; and where the data of the write operation is caused to be written to a second region of memory on a second memory appliance, and wherein the data of the write operation is recoverable from a subset of the memory regions, the subset excluding the first region of memory or the second region of memory.
US11086522B1	Optimal port selection for data migration Automated port selection for data migration includes an algorithm that selects a set of SAN ports with the following properties: the selected ports have the least port utilization among all possible port selections; the number of independent data paths between the selected ports is no smaller than a user configurable minimum number; and the difference between the aggregate bandwidth of the ports on both arrays is minimized.
US11086513B2	Method and apparatus for displaying function of button of ultrasound apparatus on the button A method of displaying a function of a button of an ultrasound apparatus on the button includes displaying information about one or more functions provided by the ultrasound apparatus, selecting one from among the one or more functions which have been displayed, determining a button in which the selected function is to be set based on an external input signal for matching the selected function to the button in which the selected function is to be set; and displaying information about the selected function on the determined button.
US11086503B2	Reflecting on-screen visuals to hardware lighting Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for providing, for display, an image on a GUI; partitioning the GUI into two or more cells, each cell of the GUI corresponding to a portion of the image; determining, for each cell of the two or more cells of the GUI, a predominant color of the cell of the GUI based on the portion of the image that corresponds to the cell of the GUI; partitioning an array of lights of a keyboard input device that corresponds to the display device into two or more cells, each cell of the array of lights corresponding to a particular cell of the cells of the GUI; adjusting, for each cell of the array of lights, a color output of the lights of the cell of the array of lights based on the predominant color of the corresponding cell of the GUI.
US11086491B1	Systems and methods for displaying video streams on a display Methods and systems may be configured to facilitate displaying video on a display. The video may be video from cameras of a surveillance system providing surveillance of one or more predetermined areas. The predetermined area may be mapped and icons may be placed on an electronic map of the predetermined area to represent locations of the cameras in the predetermined area. The icons may be selected and in response to selection of the icons, video from a camera associated with the selected icon may be displayed. When video from multiple cameras is to be displayed concurrently, pop-up windows providing the video may overlap. The methods and systems may include adjusting the location of the pop-up windows providing the video to avoid overlapping video streams.
US11086487B1	Apparatuses and methods for identifying a contactee for a message Methods and apparatuses are comprising: a screen; an input device; at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the screen, the input device, and the at least one non-transitory memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: display, utilizing the screen, a contactor window including: at least one contactor user interface element configured to have presented, in connection therewith, a plurality of contactor identifiers of a contactor communicant represented by a contactor email communications agent, at least one contactee user interface element configured to have presented, in connection therewith, a plurality of contactee identifiers of a plurality of contactee communicants each represented by a corresponding contactee email communications agent, a message user interface element configured to present a message addressed from one of the plurality of contactor identifiers of the contactor selected in connection with the at least one contactor user interface element and to one or more of the plurality contactees selected in connection with the at least one contactee user interface element, and a send user interface element configured to cause the message to be sent.
US11086486B2	Extraction and restoration of option selections in a user interface A first interface having a control object that is associated with a first option and a second option is launched. The control object is engaged at a first time to select the first option. A first set of differences between a first current state of the interface and a preconfigured state of the first interface is determined. The control object is engaged at a second time to select the second option. A second set of differences between a second current state of the interface and the preconfigured state of the first interface is determined. Integration code that, upon execution by a client device, causes the client device to modify a second user interface is generated based on the first set of differences or the second set of differences. The integration code is provided to the client device to cause the client device to modify the second user interface.
US11086481B2	Displaying data for a preferred well Systems and methods for displaying a preferred well on a mobile device displaying data for another well and reconfiguring a system based on geographical coordinates for the mobile device and/or the system.
US11086476B2	3D interactions with web content Embodiments of a 3D web interaction system are disclosed that allow a user to select a content item from a browser, displayed in an artificial reality environment, and present a corresponding version of the content item in the artificial reality environment. The 3D web interaction system can create the version of the selected content item in different ways depending on whether the selected content item is associated with 3D content and, if so, the type of the associated 3D content. For example, the 3D web interaction system can create and present different versions of the selected content item depending on whether the selected content item is (a) not associated with 3D content, (b) associated with “environment content,” or (c) associated with one or more 3D models.
US11086474B2	Augmented reality computing environments—mobile device join and load Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a local scene recreation of an augmented reality meeting space to a mobile device, laptop computer, or other computing device. By decoupling the augmented reality meeting space from virtual reality headsets, the user-base expands to include users that could otherwise not participate in the collaborative augmented reality meeting spaces. Users participating on mobile devices and laptops may choose between multiple modes of interaction including an auto-switch view and manual views as well as interacting with the augmented reality meeting space by installing an augmented reality toolkit. Users may deploy and interact with various forms of avatars representing other users in the augmented reality meeting space.
US11086466B1	Electronic device with touch sensing function and touch sensing method An electronic device with touch sensing function is provided, which includes multiple touch structures arranged along an X-axis. Each touch structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The first electrode includes an upper-half electrode and a bottom-half electrode coupled with each other. The upper-half electrode and the bottom-half electrode extend toward each other along a Y-axis and are both substantially triangular, and the X-axis is substantially perpendicular to the Y-axis. The second electrode is substantially triangular, and a first side and a second side of the second electrode face the bottom-half electrode and the upper-half electrode, respectively. The third electrode is disposed between the bottom-half electrode and the first side of the second electrode, and the third electrode is substantially strip-shaped.
US11086444B2	Integrated touch and display architectures for self-capacitive touch sensors A self-capacitive touch sensor panel configured to have a portion of both the touch and display functionality integrated into a common layer is provided. The touch sensor panel includes a layer with circuit elements that can switchably operate as both touch circuitry and display circuitry such that during a touch mode of the device the circuit elements operate as touch circuitry and during a display mode of the device the circuit elements operate as display circuitry. The touch mode and display mode can be time multiplexed. By integrating the touch hardware and display hardware into common layers, savings in power, weight and thickness of the device can be realized.
US11086438B2	Display device having a pressure sensor including a protrusion inserted in a waterproof member A display device including a display panel; a pressure sensor disposed under the display panel and including a first protrusion at one side thereof; and a waterproofing member disposed under the display panel and including a first accommodation portion at one side thereof facing the one side. The protrusion of the pressure sensor is disposed to face the first accommodation portion of the waterproofing member, and the first protrusion is inserted in the first accommodation portion.
US11086437B2	Capacitance detection circuit and electrostatic capacitance sensor device with a high-pass filter having first and second passive circuit elements for outputting an attenuated current signal A capacitance detection circuit includes an excitation signal source configured to supply an AC driving voltage to drive the detection electrode, a high-pass filter configured to cause a current signal input from the detecting electrode to be output after being attenuated in a prescribed frequency region that is lower than a frequency of the excitation signal source, and a current signal measurement circuit connected between the high-pass filter and the excitation signal source. The current signal measurement circuit is configured to measure a current signal from the high-pass filter. The high-pass filter includes a first passive circuit element connected in series between the detection electrode and the current signal measurement circuit, and a second passive circuit element connected in series between the excitation signal source and a node between the detection electrode and the first passive circuit element.
US11086434B2	Touch sensing unit having force sensor and display device including the touch sensing unit A touch sensor includes touch electrodes in a first area and a second area, a first force sensor electrode on a same layer as the touch electrodes and spaced from a first touch electrode in the first area, a first force sensor line on a same layer as the touch electrodes and electrically connected to the first force sensor electrode, the first force sensor line being at a second side of the first touch electrode, and touch lines on a same layer as, and connected to, the touch electrodes, the touch lines including a first touch line connected to the first touch electrode and at a first side of the first touch electrode.
US11086433B2	Display panel and display device A display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate oppositely disposed; and a common electrode layer, a plurality of touch signal lines and a plurality of redundant signal lines disposed on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate. The common electrode layer comprises a plurality of electrode blocks independent from each other; the plurality of touch signal lines extend in a first direction and correspond to the plurality of electrode blocks in one-to-one correspondence, and the plurality of touch signal lines are electrically connected to the corresponding electrode blocks, respectively; and the plurality of redundant signal lines extend in the first direction, wherein respective portions of each of the redundant signal lines located between adjacent ones of the plurality of electrode blocks in the first direction are disconnected to form redundant sub-conductive lines corresponding to each of the plurality of the electrode blocks, and the redundant sub-conductive lines are electrically connected to corresponding electrode blocks, respectively.
US11086426B2	Apparatus and method for driving a touch display panel An apparatus for driving a touch display panel is provided. The touch display panel has a plurality of data lines and a plurality of sensing lines. The apparatus includes a first device, a second device and a touch controller. The first device includes a plurality of touch sensing channels configured to sense the first portion of the sensing lines. The second device includes a plurality of touch sensing channels configured to sense the second portion of the sensing lines. The touch controller receives respective touch information from the first device and the second device. The respective touch information includes a first touch information corresponding to the first portion of the sensing lines and a second touch information corresponding to the second portion of the sensing lines. The touch controller determines a touch event of the touch display panel according to the first touch information and the second touch information.
US11086420B2	Position indicator A single position indicator that can be used with a plurality of different types of position detection systems. The position indicator includes a communication circuit which, in operation, communicates with an outer device, a configuration circuit which, in operation, performs an initial setting process based on a signal from the outer device, a signal generation circuit which, in operation, generates a stylus position signal, and a control circuit. The control circuit, in operation, controls transmission of the stylus position signal based on an initial setting of at least one switch circuit that is set by the initial setting process performed by the configuration circuit, and controls reception of a signal received from the outer device via the communication circuit.
US11086418B2	Method and system for providing input to a device A control device is provided that is intended to be used for navigating between and within pages of a graphic user interface on a computer monitor. The top shell of the device is intended to rotated with respect to the bottom shell for scrolling and by pressing down on the top shell a selection can be made.
US11086416B2	Input device for use in an augmented/virtual reality environment In some embodiments, a stylus device can be configured for use in an augmented/virtual (AR/VR) reality environment and can include a first portion and a second portion, where the first portion of the housing is substantially linear and can be configured to be held by a user's hand while the stylus device is in use. The first portion may include a tip configured to operate as an interface between the stylus device and objects within the AR/VR environment. The second portion of the housing may be non-linear and bent to traverse three dimensions including a section of the second portion that is bent longitudinally toward a line co-linear with the first portion of the housing. In some cases, the second portion of the housing may include a plurality of emitters or sensors configured for facilitating a tracking of the stylus device in three-dimensional space within the AR/VR environment.
US11086415B1	Haptic pen for an information handling system A method for emulating writing devices using a haptic pen is disclosed herein. The method may include receiving, by a first microcontroller unit of the haptic pen, a device configuration indicating a writing device to be emulated. The first microcontroller unit may cause transmitters of the haptic pen to transmit a beacon to a second microcontroller unit of a display. The first microcontroller unit may receive contextual inputs from the second microcontroller unit that indicate an orientation of the haptic pen in relation to the display. The first microcontroller unit may apply a respective weight to each of the contextual inputs based on the device configuration and may cause a haptic response based on the respective weights applied to each of the contextual inputs. The haptic response causes the haptic pen to emulate the writing device.
US11086409B2	System, device, and method for inputting information on basis of sound wave Disclosed herein is a system, device, and method for inputting information on the basis of a sound wave. The system for inputting information on the basis of a sound wave may comprise: a keyboard including a plurality of input keys, each of which generates a unique key sound wave as the input key is struck by a user; and an information input unit for acquiring at least one key sound wave generated as at least one of the input keys on the keyboard is struck, detecting at least one key value corresponding to the acquired at least one key sound wave, and inputting the detected key value to a device.
US11086407B2	Device with a keypad that includes a bezel assembled with a flexible substrate A device with a keypad that includes a bezel assembled with a flexible substrate is provided. The bezel comprises: a first aperture and a second aperture separated by a retention plate. The flexible substrate comprises two or more arms joined at joining ends, and separated at distal ends, distal from the joining ends; at least one arm, of the two or more arms, comprises: a first button portion and a second button portion configured to respectively mate with the first aperture and the second aperture from a rear-side of the bezel, the first button portion and the second button portion separated by a non-button portion. The flexible substrate may be assembled with the bezel to form the keypad by inserting a distal end of the one or more arms through the first aperture from the rear-side of the bezel.
US11086403B2	Systems and methods for multi-user shared virtual and augmented reality-based haptics Systems and methods for multi-user shared virtual and augmented reality-based haptics are disclosed. One illustrative method for multi-user shared virtual and augmented reality-based haptics includes determining a position of an object; determining a viewpoint of at least one observer with respect to the object; determining a haptic effect to be output based at least in part on the position and the viewpoint; and outputting the haptic effect.
US11086401B2	Tactile display using microscale electrostatic accelerators A mechanism is provided for virtually rendering a portion of a three-dimensional (3D) object to a user via a tactile display. The mechanism receives a selection of the 3D object to be virtually rendered to a user. The mechanism identifies a subset of cells of a plurality of cells that form the tactile display required to virtually render a portion of the 3D object that will be virtually contacted by the tactile display. The mechanism selectively controls a fluid flow to the subset of cells that form the tactile display to render a sensation associated with the portion of the 3D object on skin of the user wearing the tactile display, wherein the fluid flow to each cell the subset of cells is provided via one or more electrostatic accelerator pumps.
US11086399B2	Systems and methods for providing variable haptic feedback A system is provided for generating variable haptic feedback. The system comprises a first haptic feedback device configured to generate haptic feedback according to a received output signal, an input device configured to receive instructions from a remote source, the instructions comprising a haptic feedback output identifier, and a memory device for storing a plurality of haptic feedback profiles, the haptic feedback profiles defining unique haptic feedback patterns characterized at least by a duration and intensity of feedback to be generated by the first haptic feedback device, and said haptic feedback profiles being associated with a haptic feedback output identifier. The system also includes a processor configured to generate and transmit an output signal to the first haptic feedback device according to a haptic feedback profile associated with a received haptic feedback output identifier, said output signal comprising a haptic feedback pattern defined by said haptic feedback profile.
US11086392B1	Devices, systems, and methods for virtual representation of user interface devices The disclosed computer-implemented method may include communicatively coupling a user interface device to a virtual reality device, capturing inputs from a user on the user interface device, displaying, on the virtual reality device, a virtual representation of the captured inputs from the user, and mirroring, on the virtual reality device, content presented on the user interface device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11086390B2	Method and apparatus for improving power management by controlling a system input current in a power supply unit An information handling system has power supply units (PSUs), each of which includes an input over current warning (OCW) setting that provides a reference for an amount of an input current drawn by a corresponding workload. Each of the PSUs sends an interrupt to a baseboard management controller (BMC) when the amount of the input current drawn by the corresponding workload exceeds the corresponding configured input OCW setting. In response to the received interrupt, the BMC requests an adjustment to the corresponding workload.
US11086386B2	Semiconductor device, electric power control system, and electric power control method The power consumption of a circuit block outside a microcomputer and inside the same system is reduced. An electric power control system includes a first power supply circuit, a semiconductor device having a first circuit block operated by electric power supplied from the first power supply circuit, a state holding circuit that holds an operation state in the first circuit block according to the electric power, an electric power control circuit that controls the electric power supplied to the first circuit block according to the operation state, and a first terminal that outputs a first state signal corresponding to the operation state, a second power supply circuit that controls the supply of electric power according to the first state signal, and a second circuit block operated by the electric power supplied from the second power supply circuit.
US11086382B2	Compensating for low battery charge levels of a battery in an information handling system Compensating for low battery charge levels of a battery in a primary information handling system, performing, at a first time, a calibration and configuration of a battery management model, including: performing, at a second time, a steady-state monitoring of the primary information handling system, including: in response to monitoring the contextual inputs and based on the battery charge level of the battery of the primary information handling system, i) accessing the battery management model including the configuration policy, ii) identifying one or more of the configuration rules based on the monitored parameters associated with the contextual inputs, and iii) applying the one or more configuration rules to perform one or more of the computer-implemented actions to automatically transfer content data of the primary information handling system to the secondary information handling system that is associated with the primary information handling system without user interaction.
US11086381B2	Selecting and serving a content item based on device state data of a device Selection and serving of content items may include receiving data indicative of a status of an energy source of a device with a request for a content item. A first received content item may be associated with a first energy consumption level and a second received content item may be associated with a second energy consumption level. The accessed content items are responsive to the request for a content item. The first energy consumption level may be higher than the second energy consumption level. The first content item or the second content item may be selected based, at least in part, on the received data indicative of the status of the energy source of the device, and data to display the selected content item may be provided to the device.
US11086380B2	Management of battery runtime based upon power source activity Embodiments of systems and methods for managing battery runtime based upon power source activity are described. In some embodiments, a method may include determining, based at least in part upon location and context information, that a battery of an Information Handling System (IHS) is expected to be charged by a given alternating current (AC) adapter; and modifying one or more IHS settings to reduce a power consumption of the IHS in response to the determination.
US11086353B2	Fractional clock generator with low power and low noise A clock generator comprise a delta-sigma modulation, DSM, for generating a division control signal and a phase control signal, an oscillator, for generating an oscillation signal with a first frequency, an adjustable frequency divider, for performing a division operation on the oscillation signal according to the division control signal, to generate a first division signal and a second division signal with a second frequency, and a phase interpolator, PI, for performing a phase interpolation operation on the first and second division signals according to the phase control signal, to generate an output signal with an output frequency, wherein the first frequency is greater than the second frequency.
US11086349B2	Reference voltage generator capable of reducing hot carrier stress A reference voltage generator includes an output terminal, a current source, a reference circuit, a protection circuit, and a control circuit. The output terminal outputs a reference voltage. The current source is coupled to the output terminal, and generates a reference current. The reference circuit is coupled to the output terminal, and generates a reference voltage according to the reference current. The protection circuit is coupled to the output terminal, and adjusts a voltage of the output terminal to an operating voltage. The control circuit is coupled to the reference circuit and the protection circuit. The control circuit controls the reference circuit and the protection circuit according to a start signal.
US11086348B2	Bandgap reference circuit A bandgap reference (BGR) circuit is provided. The BGR circuit includes a first node, a second node, and a third node. A first resistive element is connected between the second node and the third node. The BGR circuit is operative to provide a reference voltage as an output. The BGR circuit further includes a current shunt path connected between the first node and the third node, the current shunt path being operable to regulate a voltage drop across the first resistive element.
US11086345B2	Integrated circuit with adaptability to a process-voltage-temperature (PVT) variation An integrated circuit including: an oscillator configured to generate an oscillating voltage with a predetermined oscillation frequency in an oscillation period; a voltage regulator configured to generate an output voltage for driving the oscillator and provide the output voltage to the oscillator; and a current injection circuit configured to provide an oscillation current to the oscillator, in response to an oscillation enable signal in the oscillation period.
US11086329B2	Autonomous moving body, collision position detection method of autonomous moving body, and program An autonomous moving body includes a main body, a bumper, collision detection sensor and position detection processor. A detection range of an obstacle with respect to the bumper is set along the bumper with a travelling direction of a main body as a center. In case of detecting the collision of the bumper with the obstacle, the position detection means moves the main body by a predetermined distance toward a vertical direction with respect to a line in the travelling direction that divides the detection range into two ranges and in a direction on a side of one of the two ranges. In case of detecting a collision with the obstacle after the movement, the position detection processor detects the one range as the collision position, and in case of not detecting a collision with the obstacle, the position detection processor detects the other range as the collision position.
US11086328B2	Autonomous cart for manufacturing and warehouse applications An autonomous cart moves products and materials in an industrial environment. It is different from conventional carts because it can navigate autonomously indoors or outdoors in dynamic environments where things change frequently. This autonomous cart uses state-of-the-art “dense” visual perception giving it unequalled and continuous awareness of its surroundings. With this it can operate at a cost, speed, level of safety and efficiency that has never been possible before. This robotic cart makes factories and warehouses more efficient and safer. It enables the movement of smaller batches of material more frequently, reduces the need for expensive conveyor systems, and helps eliminate dangerous and polluting fork trucks from indoor environments.
US11086312B2	Practical group protection system A protection system for a classroom or other space to protect against a terrorist. The system includes a fixed control unit and a mobile control unit. The fixed control unit contains a hanger for drones to be launched against the terrorist. The fixed control unit also includes data storage units, a computer, a computer program and a memory, power storage units, a sighting laser for obtaining location information about the terrorist and an etching laser for marking the terrorist, an optics system for receiving visual information, and a telecommunication unit to send and receive information. The mobile control unit is worn by a protecting person in the space and includes some of the same components as the fixed control unit. It also has a local aiming system that includes for example a rifle type sight. The drone is a self-contained, self-propelled robotic flying vehicle that can be very small or even the size of a mouse. It has a mag-lev engine, electrical storage units and an aeronautically shaped body.
US11086305B2	Determining a correction to a process A method for configuring a semiconductor manufacturing process, the method including: obtaining a first value of a first parameter based on measurements associated with a first operation of a process step in the semiconductor manufacturing process and a first sampling scheme; using a recurrent neural network to determine a predicted value of the first parameter based on the first value; and using the predicted value of the first parameter in configuring a subsequent operation of the process step in the semiconductor manufacturing process.
US11086304B2	Substrate processing in a process chamber for semiconductor manufacturing and apparatus management controller with error analysis A substrate processing apparatus includes an operating unit for transmitting apparatus data to a memory, the apparatus data being required while a recipe for processing a substrate is executed; and a data matching unit for comparing the apparatus data stored in the memory. When an error occurs in the substrate processing apparatus, the operating unit transmits data representing the error to the data matching unit. The data matching unit includes: a selection unit for selecting first apparatus data which was acquired when the recipe was executed without an occurrence of the error, and stored in the memory; an acquisition unit for acquiring first and second apparatus data from the memory, the first apparatus data being acquired when an error did not occur and the second apparatus data being acquired when an error occurred; and a calculation unit for comparing the first and second apparatus data and calculating a difference therebetween.
US11086293B2	Machining program generation support device A machining program generation support device includes: a CAD data analysis unit which analyzes the CAD data so as to obtain CAD shape information; a machining program analysis unit which. analyzes the machining program in the middle of being produced so as to obtain machining shape information in the middle of being produced; a shape matching unit which performs matching of shapes of the CAD shape information and the machining shape information in the middle of being produced so as to obtain. matching shape information; and a candidate shape program generation unit that predicts, based on the CAD shape information, a candidate shape following the matching shape information, and that thereby predicts a candidate shape following the machining shape information in the middle of being produced so as to automatically generate a machining program for the candidate shape following the machining program in the middle of being produced.
US11086290B2	Electronic apparatus for monitoring state of machine tool and control method thereof According to various embodiments, an electronic apparatus may comprise: a communication circuit; at least one sensor for detecting first sensing information related to a state of at least one machine tool connected to the electronic apparatus; and a processor configured to transmit the detected first sensing information to a server, receive, from the server, reference information acquired on the basis of the first sensing information and second sensing information related to a state of at least one external machine tool connected to at least one external electronic apparatus, and determine the state related to the at least one machine tool on the basis of the received reference information. Various embodiments are possible.
US11086286B2	Substrate processing system, substrate processing method, and control program A substrate processing system includes a processing unit including processing modules and a first transfer device, a loading/unloading unit including a load port holding a substrate accommodating container and a second transfer device, and a control unit. The control unit controls the substrates to be sequentially transferred. When an error has occurred in a certain processing module, the control unit executes: collecting a substrate that has been unloaded from the substrate accommodating container but has not been processed in the substrate accommodating container; continuing processing of a preceding substrate in a processing module sequentially following the processing module in which the error has occurred; retreating an error substrate processed in the process module in which the error has occurred from the processing module to a retreat position; and continuing processing of a subsequent substrate processed in a processing module sequentially preceding the processing module in which the error has occurred.
US11086281B2	Method and apparatus for online simulation of complex motion systems A system and method for online simulation of a controlled machine or process utilizes a simplified model of the system dynamics and may be used with hardware in the loop to evaluate performance of the controlled system or with software in the loop to perform commissioning of the control program prior to completion of the mechanical installation. The simplified model includes dominant order dynamics of the controlled system such as the inertia of the system and a damping factor. Further, the online simulation is scheduled to execute at an update rate slower than the update rate of the control loops within the motor drive. The simplified model and reduced update rate reduce the computational burden on the processor such that the simulation may be performed either on the industrial controller or on the motor drive.
US11086267B2	Image forming apparatus and developing cartridge An image forming apparatus including a photosensitive member, a developing cartridge that has a developing member, a developing frame, an end member attached to the developing frame, and a restricting portion restricting a swing movement of the end member, and an apparatus body to which the developing cartridge is attachable. The apparatus body includes a movement unit moving the developing cartridge from a first position to a second position, a positioning portion engaging with the end member when the developing cartridge is located at the second position, and a restriction releasing portion acting on the restricting portion with a movement of the developing cartridge from the first position to the second position and releasing restriction of the swing movement of the end member, the restriction releasing portion being provided at a part of the apparatus main body excluding the movement unit.
US11086266B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus according to an aspect of one or more embodiments may include: an image forming part that forms an image; a housing that houses the image forming part and includes an inner wall surface; and a cover attached to the housing so as to be movable between a position close to the housing and a position away from the housing. The cover includes a liquid receiver that receives a liquid getting into the housing, and the liquid receiver is adjacent to the inner wall surface in the state where the cover is close to the housing.
US11086260B2	Transport device and image forming apparatus A transport device includes a first transport member that orbits in a predetermined direction and transports a sheet-like medium; a second transport member that forms a first sandwiching region that is curved and a second sandwiching region that is curved in a direction opposite to the first sandwiching region between the first transport member and the second transport member, and sandwiches and transports the medium in the first sandwiching region and the second sandwiching region; and a changing unit that changes a positional relationship between the first transport member and the second transport member so as to increase a width of the other of the first sandwiching region and the second sandwiching region in a transport direction of the medium without increasing a width of one of the first sandwiching region and the second sandwiching region in the transport direction of the medium.
US11086256B1	Fixing device and image forming apparatus The fixing device includes a heated rotating body, a pressure rotating body, a heating unit configured to heat the heated rotating body, a separation claw, and a gap rolling member. The pressure rotating body is pressed against the heated rotating body to form a fixing nip portion. The separation claw separates the recording medium from the heated rotating body or the pressure rotating body. The gap rolling member is rotatably supported by the separation claw and abuts against an outer peripheral surface of the heated rotating body or the pressure rotating body to define a gap between the heated rotating body or the pressure rotating body and a tip portion of the separation claw. The separation claw has a conveyance surface facing the recording medium passing through the fixing nip portion, and a part of an outer peripheral surface of the gap rolling member protrudes from the conveyance surface.
US11086246B2	Method and apparatus for variable gloss reduction Various variable gloss reduction techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, a gloss reduction technique is disclosed using a textured roller and a wiper impregnated with fuser oil to create a differential gloss pattern that reduces the gloss of an image printed on a substrate. In one embodiment, a gloss reduction technique is disclosed using a combination of heat and pressure to create a differential gloss pattern that reduces the gloss in specific regions of an image printed on a substrate. In one embodiment, a gloss reduction technique is disclosed using a differential gloss pattern to generate a security mark on a printed image to prevent against copying or fraudulent misrepresentation of the image.
US11086242B2	Toner and method for producing toner The toner has a toner particle that contains a binder resin, wherein the binder resin contains a styrene-acrylic resin that has a structure derived from a crosslinking agent, the binder resin includes tetrahydrofuran-insoluble matter in an amount of from 5 mass % to 60 mass % of the binder resin, and the crosslinking agent contains a polymeric compound provided by an addition reaction at least between a particular multifunctional (meth)acrylate compound and a particular polyvalent mercapto compound.
US11086237B2	Extreme ultraviolet lithography system An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system includes a vane bucket module. The vane bucket module includes a collecting tank and a temperature adjusting pack. The collecting tank has a cover and the cover includes a plurality of through holes. Thicknesses of edges of the cover is greater than a thickness of a center of the cover. The temperature adjusting pack surrounds the collecting tank. The temperature adjusting pack includes a plurality of inlets aligned with the through holes.
US11086236B2	Exposure apparatus and exposure method, and flat panel display manufacturing method In an exposure apparatus, on a substrate holder (34), a plurality of grating areas (RG) is arranged mutually apart in the X-axis direction, and a plurality of heads (66a to 66d) that irradiates a measurement beam with respect to the grating area and can move in the Y-axis direction is arranged outside of the substrate holder. A control system controls movement of the substrate holder in at least directions of three degrees of freedom within an XY plane, based on measurement information of at least three heads of the plurality of heads facing the grating area and measurement information of a measurement device that measures position information of the plurality of heads. The measurement beam of each of the plurality of heads, during the movement of substrate holder in the X-axis direction, moves off of one of the plurality of grating areas and switches to another adjacent grating area.
US11086233B2	Protective coating for electrostatic chucks An ElectroStatic Chuck (ESC) including a chucking surface having at least a portion covered with a coating of silicon oxide (SiO2), silicon nitride (Si3N4) or a combination of both. The coating can be applied in situ a processing chamber of a substrate processing tool and periodically removed and re-applied in situ to create fresh coating.
US11086229B2	Method to predict yield of a device manufacturing process A method and associated computer program for predicting an electrical characteristic of a substrate subject to a process. The method includes determining a sensitivity of the electrical characteristic to a process characteristic, based on analysis of electrical metrology data including electrical characteristic measurements from previously processed substrates and of process metrology data including measurements of at least one parameter related to the process characteristic measured from the previously processed substrates; obtaining process metrology data related to the substrate describing the at least one parameter; and predicting the electrical characteristic of the substrate based on the sensitivity and the process metrology data.
US11086227B2	Method to mitigate defect printability for ID pattern Various methods are disclosed herein for reducing (or eliminating) printability of mask defects during lithography processes. An exemplary method includes performing a first lithography exposing process and a second lithography exposing process using a mask to respectively image a first set of polygons oriented substantially along a first direction and a second set of polygons oriented substantially along a second direction on a target. During the first lithography exposing process, a phase distribution of light diffracted from the mask is dynamically modulated to defocus any mask defect oriented at least partially along both the first direction and a third direction that is different than the first direction. During the second lithography exposing process, the phase distribution of light diffracted from the mask is dynamically modulated to defocus any mask defect oriented at least partially along both the second direction and a fourth direction that is different than the third direction.
US11086223B2	Hardmask composition and method of forming pattern using the hardmask composition A hardmask composition may include graphene nanoparticles having a size in a range of about 5 nm to about 100 nm and a solvent.
US11086222B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor structure A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes providing a substrate and a photoresist over the substrate; placing a mask over the photoresist; exposing the photoresist to a predetermined electromagnetic radiation through the mask; and removing at least a portion of the photoresist exposed to the predetermined electromagnetic radiation. The mask includes a first portion configured to totally allow the predetermined electromagnetic radiation passing through, a second portion configured to partially allow the predetermined electromagnetic radiation passing through, and a third portion configured to block the predetermined electromagnetic radiation, the second portion is disposed between the first portion and the third portion.
US11086219B2	Negative-type photosensitive resin composition, cured film, display device that includes the cured film, and production method therefor To provide a negative-type photosensitive resin composition that is highly sensitive and capable of formation of a low-taper pattern shape and that is capable of providing a cured film that is excellent in heat resistance. A negative-type photosensitive resin composition contains an (A) alkali-soluble resin, a (B) radical polymerizable compound, and a (C) photo initiator, the negative-type photosensitive resin composition being characterized in that the (A) alkali-soluble resin contains one or more species of resins selected from a (A-1) polyimide, a (A-2) polybenzoxazole, a (A-3) polyimide precursor, a (A-4) polybenzoxazole precursor, a (A-5) polysiloxane, and a (A-6) cardo based resin, and that the (B) radical polymerizable compound contains a compound having five ethylenic unsaturated bond groups in a (B-1) molecule, in an amount within the range of 51 to 99 mass %.
US11086216B2	Generating electronic components Techniques for generating electronics components that operate free of unwanted distortions such as edge diffraction and unwanted phase jumps are described. A modified production master or a modified working stamp can be implemented to generate an electronic or optical component having structures that are positioned within a desired distance from a planar surface. A production master or a working stamp is modified in dependence upon a comparison of an identified distance for each respective structure to the planar surface and a desired distance. The modified production master or the modified working stamp generates the electronic or optical component by positioning the structures in accordance with the desired distance. By positioning the structures in accordance with the desired distance, electronic components generated using the modified production master or the modified working stamp minimize distortions, such as a phase jump between the structures.
US11086214B2	Mask plate A mask plate is provided according to the present disclosure. The mask plate includes: a fully-transparent region; a fully-opaque region; and a partially-transparent region at a boundary between the fully-transparent region and the fully-opaque region.
US11086205B2	Light source device and projection apparatus A light source device has a first light source assembly. The first light source assembly has plural first light source sets. The first light source sets are arranged around a first central axis. Each of the first light source sets has a first excitation light source and a first reflecting element. The first reflecting element is disposed between the first excitation light source and the first central axis to reflect a first excitation light of the corresponding first excitation light source, and thereby forming a laser beam. A projection apparatus has an illumination system, an optical engine, and a projection lens. The illumination system has a light source device and a wavelength-converting wheel. The light source device and the illumination system may improve the utilization efficiency of the condenser lens.
US11086204B2	Imaging device, and mounting/removing mechanism for imaging device An imaging device main-body of an imaging device of the present disclosure includes a first engaged portion, a second engaged portion and a locked portion, and an accessory holding unit includes a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion and a locking portion. When the accessory holding unit is to be mounted to the imaging device main-body, the first engaging portion and the first engaged portion are engaged with each other, the second engaged portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other, and the locking portion is locked to the locked portion.
US11086197B1	Photographing system and method of photographing human The present invention relates to a photographing system. The photographing system may include a photographing device having a lens for capturing image data of a human; a display panel having a screen configured to display the image data of the human; and a semi-transparent mirror disposed between the human and the photographing device and at an angle to the screen of the display panel. The photographing device may capture the image data of the human through the semi-transparent mirror. The semi-transparent mirror may be disposed to reflect the image data of the human on the screen of the display panel so that a reflection of the image data of the human appears on the semi-transparent mirror.
US11086194B2	Camera accessory mask One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using a camera device, an image, wherein the image comprises at least one portion of a camera accessory attached to the camera device; identifying, using a processor, the camera accessory; and removing, based on the identification of the camera accessory, the at least one portion of the camera accessory from the image. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11086186B2	Woven electrophoretic material Variable transmission covering systems that can be used, for example, to control the amount of light passing through a window in a building. Using transmissive electrophoretic media that can switch between a first and second optical state, the invention can be used to change the color and/or transmissivity of a structure (or structures) that is placed in front of an object. In some embodiments, the variable transmission system can change transmission and color on command.
US11086185B2	Light beam direction control element, display device, and manufacturing method for light beam direction control element A light beam direction control element includes: a first transparent substrate; a second transparent substrate facing the first transparent substrate; a first conductive film pattern having openings and being formed on a surface of the first transparent substrate opposing the second transparent substrate; a second conductive film pattern having openings and being formed on a surface of the second transparent substrate opposing the first transparent substrate; an electrophoretic element being sandwiched between the first and second conductive film patterns, and including light-shielding electrophoretic particles having a surface charge and a transparent dispersion medium; and light-transmissive regions being disposed between the first and second transparent substrates, being sandwiched between at least a portion of the openings of the first and second conductive film patterns, having a surface parallel to the first and second conductive film patterns, and having side walls surrounded by the electrophoretic element.
US11086181B2	Polymeric ion-conductive electrolyte sheet Methods and materials to fabricate electrochromic including electrochemical devices are disclosed. In particular, emphasis is placed on the composition, fabrication and incorporation of electrolytic sheets in these devices. Composition, fabrication and incorporation of redox layers and sealants suitable for these devices are also disclosed. Incorporation of EC devices in insulated glass system (IGU) windows is also disclosed.
US11086180B1	Display panel comprising a plurality of subpixels, counter substrate comprising a plurality of subpixels, array substrate comprising a plurality of sub pixels, method of operating display panel, and method of fabricating display panel A display panel having a plurality of subpixels. Each of the plurality of subpixels includes a first light emitting portion and a second light emitting portion. The display panel includes a black matrix on a base substrate. The black matrix defines a plurality of subpixel apertures. The first light emitting portion is outside the plurality of subpixel apertures. The second light emitting portion is in a respective one of the plurality of subpixel apertures. An orthographic projection of the black matrix on the base substrate covers an orthographic projection of the first light emitting portion of each of the plurality of subpixels on the base substrate, and is substantially non-overlapping with an orthographic projection of the second light emitting portion of each of the plurality of subpixels on the base substrate. The first light emitting portion includes a plurality of electronic ink microcapsules.
US11086179B2	Display device A display device includes a first scan line, a second scan line, a first data line, a first pixel unit, a second pixel unit, and a first connection line. The first pixel unit includes a first main-active device, a first sub-active device, a first main-pixel electrode, and a first sub-pixel electrode. The first main-active device is electrically connected with the first scan line and the first data line. The first sub-active device is electrically connected with the first scan line. The second pixel unit includes a second main-active device, a second sub-active device, a second main-pixel electrode, and a second sub-pixel electrode. The second main-active device and the second-sub active device are electrically connected with the second scan line. The first connection line is electrically connected with the first main-active device and the second sub-active device.
US11086176B2	Transparent panel, fabrication method thereof, area light source and display device A transparent panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a plurality of pixel regions. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The plurality of pixel regions are between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each of the pixel regions includes a first region and a second region. A scattering degree of the first region is greater than a scattering degree of the second region. An area ratio of the first region to the second region in a pixel region increases as a distance between the pixel region and at least one side of the transparent panel increases.
US11086170B1	Display device A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer, a sealant, a first film layer, a first protection pattern, and a first alignment layer. The display medium layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The sealant is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounds the display medium layer. The first film layer is disposed on the first substrate between the first substrate and the display medium layer. The first protection pattern is disposed between the first film layer and the sealant. The first alignment layer is disposed on the first substrate between the first film layer and the display medium layer. The first protection pattern is in contact with the sealant and exposed by the first alignment layer. The first protection pattern and the first alignment layer are both in contact with the first film layer.
US11086165B2	Display apparatus and method of fabricating the same A display apparatus includes a first substrate in which a plurality of pixel areas and a non-pixel area around the pixel areas are defined, a cavity-defining layer disposed on the first substrate and defining a plurality of cavities corresponding to the pixel areas, an insulating layer disposed on the cavity-defining layer and in the cavities, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the insulating layer in the cavities, and a second substrate disposed on the insulating layer to cover the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer has a same refractive index as the cavity-defining layer when the liquid crystal layer is not driven. The liquid crystal layer has a greater refractive index than the cavity-defining layer when the liquid crystal layer is driven.
US11086162B1	Display panel and display device A display panel and a display device are provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate that are disposed opposite each other. A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer is doped with a chiral agent. In the present disclosure, the liquid crystal layer of the display panel is doped with a chiral agent and a helical twisting force generated by the chiral agent is used to drive liquid crystal molecules around a pixel to rotate, which can reduce a dark region around the pixel and increase transmittance of the display panel.
US11086159B2	Electronic device provided with input detection panel An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include: a housing having first and second faces opposite to each other; a transparent substrate disposed on the first face of the housing; a display panel disposed below the transparent substrate; and an input sensing panel disposed below the display panel. The input sensing panel may include: a plurality of conductive patterns; and dummy patterns each disposed between each of the conductive patterns. Other various embodiments are also possible.
US11086157B1	Display device A display device is provided, which includes a middle frame, a first substrate, a second substrate, a cover plate, an ink layer, and a silicone glue. By providing a barrier block or a slot disposed on a side of the ink layer close to the first substrate, the barrier block is disposed between the silicone glue and a side frame to prevent the ink layer on the cover plate from spreading of a pollution source, so that a surface of the ink layer of a glass cover plate of a display module can meet dyne specification requirements. It also ensures an adhesive strength of the middle frame and the cover plate to prevent bonding failure.
US11086152B2	Glass shielding film and vehicle-mounted protecting film system The present application provides a glass shielding film, wherein the glass shielding film comprises a protecting film, an intelligent film and a control circuit, the control circuit is used for controlling the intelligent film to be in a transparent state or in a non-transparent state, the intelligent film is used for converting the transparent state or a non-transparent state according to a signal of the control circuit; the intelligent film comprises a front conducting layer, a rear conducting layer and a middle component; the front conducing layer is disposed on the front surface of the middle component; the rear conducting layer is disposed on the rear surface of the middle component; the protecting film is adhered and fixed to the outer side surface of the front conducting layer, the outer side surface of the rear conducting layer is adhered to the rear surface of glass.
US11086150B2	Peep-proof apparatus for switching a viewing angle of display panel, display apparatus, method of operating display apparatus, and method of fabricating peep-proof apparatus The present application discloses a peep-proof apparatus for switching a viewing angle of a display panel between a first viewing angle and a second viewing angle. The peep-proof apparatus includes a base substrate; a first liquid crystal layer on the base substrate; a second liquid crystal layer on a side of the first liquid crystal layer distal to the base substrate; a first controller configured to control the first liquid crystal layer to switch between being light transmissive and being light blocking in a plurality of first regions spaced apart from each other while other regions in the first liquid crystal layer being light transmissive; and a second controller configured to control the second liquid crystal layer to switch between being light transmissive and being light blocking in a plurality of second regions spaced apart from each other while other regions in the second liquid crystal layer being light transmissive.
US11086147B2	Eyewear supporting electrical components and apparatus therefor Techniques for providing eyewear with electrical components are disclosed. The electrical components can provide electrical technology to eyewear without having to substantially compromise aesthetic design principles of the eyewear. The electrical components can be partially or completely internal to eyewear. The electrical components can also be attached to the eyewear as an after-market enhancement. The electrical components can operate independently or together with other electrical components provided elsewhere. Apparatus for presenting after-market electrical components are also disclosed.
US11086143B1	Tunable and foveated lens systems A pair of eyeglasses may include one or more adjustable lenses that are each configured to align with a respective one of a user's eyes. The adjustable lenses may each include electrically modulated optical material such as one or more liquid crystal cells. The liquid crystal cells may include arrays of electrodes that extend along one, two, three, four, or more than four directions. Control circuitry may apply control signals to the array of electrodes in each liquid crystal cell to produce a desired phase profile. Each lens may be foveated such that portions of the lens within the user's gaze exhibit a different phase profile than portions of the lens outside of the user's gaze. The control circuitry may adjust the location of the optically distinct area so that it remains aligned with the user's gaze.
US11086140B1	Wearable device with heat transfer pathway A wearable device is disclosed according to one embodiment. The wearable device can include an eyewear body, onboard electronic components and a heat transfer device. The eyewear body can be configured for wearing by a user to hold one or more optical elements mounted on the eyewear body within a field of view of the user. The onboard electronic components can be carried by the eyewear body at a first portion of the eyewear body and can comprise a heat source that generates heat during electrically powered operation thereof. The elongate heat transfer device can be disposed within the eyewear body and can be thermally coupled to the heat source. The heat transfer device can extend lengthwise between the heat source and the thermal coupling to transfer heat from the heat source through the eyewear body.
US11086127B2	Optical apparatus Optical apparatuses used for so-called immersive virtual reality (VR), as it is, can not be used for augmented reality (AR) that overlays external light and images. An optical apparatus to overlay image light on external light and guide resultant light in a downstream side, including: an image optical system including an optical element having lens power with respect to at least the image light; and a reflecting element to overlay, by reflecting at least part of the image light, the at least part of the image light and the at least part of the external light, wherein the image optical system has a GPH element having inverse dispersibility that is inverse to the wavelength dispersibility of the optical element.
US11086124B2	Detecting velocity state of a device A technique for detecting a velocity state of a device includes generating multiple phase measurements for each of multiple packets emitted by the device and monitoring differences between phase measurements made for different packets. The technique further includes asserting a particular velocity state of the device based on a condition of the monitored differences.
US11086117B2	Apparatus and method for light-sheet-like illumination of a sample An apparatus for light-sheet-like light illumination of a sample includes a light source configured to generate an illumination beam. A focusing system is configured to focus the illumination beam to form a light-sheet-like illumination light distribution, with which a focal plane of the sample can be illuminated. An imaging optical unit is configured to image the light-sheet-like illumination light distribution into the focal plane. A polarization element, arranged in a position conjugated to the focal plane between the focusing system and the imaging optical unit, is configured to split the illumination beam into two differently polarized sub-beams, which propagate into the imaging optical unit in different propagation directions, whereby the light-sheet-like illumination light distribution can be imaged by the imaging optical unit in the form of two differently polarized light-sheets, which from a same side of the focal plane are superimposed on each other in the focal plane.

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