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US11109505B2	Locating device A locating device includes a guiding member, a sliding member and a pulling assembly. The guiding member includes a guiding channel inwardly cut through a top thereof, and the sliding member has side plates which each has a locating part. The pulling assembly comprises a pulling body having a guiding element, a fastening element disposed on a side thereof opposite to the guiding element. When the pulling body is in an open state, the fastening element is not located on the locating part; when the pulling body performs a locking operation, the guiding element is slid in the guiding channel and the sliding member is simultaneously slid in another direction opposite to the guiding element; when the pulling body is in a locked state, the fastening element is located on the locating part. Therefore, operational difficulty can be reduced and assembly speed can be improved.
US11109503B1	Data connection apparatus and supporting apparatus A data connection apparatus of a supporting apparatus includes a stationary part and a movable part. One of the stationary and movable parts has a circuit board having a number of electrically conductive pads, and the other has a receptacle within which the circuit board is received, such as when a circuit interrupter is moved to an installed position within a cassette of a draw-out switchgear cabinet. The data connection apparatus includes a housing within which the receptacle is formed, with the housing having a plurality of electrical contacts within the receptacle. The housing and the circuit board each have relieved regions in the exemplary form of ramped surfaces and edges that facilitate reception of the circuit board in the receptacle. Moreover, the circuit board and the housing are situated on structured that afford a certain level of flexibility to further facilitate reception of the circuit board in the receptacle.
US11109495B2	Banner display A display system (10) comprises a display (12) of one or more display surfaces (24), each formed from a plurality of display modules (14) arranged in proximity. Each display module comprising light-emitting elements configured to collectively display information. The display system also comprises one or more tension members (30) and one or more base supporting members (32) connected to the one or more tension members and positioned proximate to one or more of the display modules located at a vertical base of the display. The one or more base supporting members are coupled to the display modules located at the vertical base such that the one or more base supporting members provide underlying support to the plurality of display modules. The one or more tension members and the one or more base supporting members support the weight of the display when the one or more tension members are connected to a support structure.
US11109487B2	Electronic device An electronic device is disclosed, which includes: a display panel comprising a first substrate; a support unit disposed opposite to the display panel; a first circuit board electrically connected to the display panel and having a fist region and a second region, wherein the first region is not overlapped with the support unit in a normal direction of the first substrate, and the second region is overlapped with the support unit in the normal direction of the first substrate; and an electronic component disposed on the first region of the first circuit board.
US11109486B2	High-speed, flexible integrated circuits and methods for making high-speed, flexible integrated circuits The present invention provides flexible devices, such as integrated circuits, having a multilevel electronic device structure including two or more electronic components. The electronic components within the structure are electrically connected by an interconnect structure having multiple interconnect levels. In addition to the multilevel electronic device structure, the flexible devices include an elastomeric material disposed around the interconnect levels, including within the spaces between the interconnect levels.
US11109476B2	Filter A filter is provided. The filter includes a mixed layer. The mixed layer includes aluminum, magnesium fluoride, and lithium fluoride. The mixed layer is composed of 1 part by volume of magnesium fluoride, 0.25 to 1 parts by volume of aluminum, and 0.003 to 0.02 parts by volume of lithium fluoride.
US11109461B2	LED lighting apparatus capable of color temperature control An LED lighting apparatus capable of color temperature control includes a color temperature controller to receive a color temperature selection signal and output first and second control signals; a LED driver connected a plurality of LED groups; and a LED selection circuit including a first switch connected to a first node to which a rectified voltage is applied and receiving the first control signal, a first LED group selectively connected to the first node by the first switch, a second LED group connected in scales with the first LED group, a third LED group selectively connected to the first node by the first switch, a fourth LED group connected in series with the third LED group, and a second switch for selectively connecting the output terminal of the second LED group or the fourth LED group to the LED driver by receiving the second control signal.
US11109460B2	Interleaved boost converter with capacitive multiplier for LED drive Systems and methods for operating a light-emitting diode (LED) driver circuit are provided. Aspects include providing an interleaved boost converter including a first boost converter and a second boost converter, the second boost converter interleaved with the first boost converter, operating a first switching element to control a first boost convertor in the LED driver circuit, wherein the first boost convertor is in an ON state responsive to the first switching element being in an ON state, operating a second switching element to control a first boost convertor in the LED driver circuit, wherein the second boost convertor is in an ON state responsive to the first switching element being in an ON state, providing a set of LEDs, wherein the interleaved boost converter provides a step-up voltage to the set of LEDs.
US11109458B2	Phototherapy system with dynamic drive for light-emitting diodes The LEDs in a phototherapy LED pad are controlled so that the intensity of the light varies in accordance with a sinusoidal function, thereby eliminating the harmonics that are generated when the LEDs are pulsed digitally. This is accomplished analogically by using a sinusoidal wave to control the gate of a MOSFET connected in series with the LEDs or by using a digital-to-analog converter to control the gate of the MOSFET with a stair step function representative of the values of a sinusoidal function at predetermined intervals. Alternatively, pulse-width modulation is used to control the gate of the MOSFET in such a way that the average current through the LEDs simulates a sinusoidal function. In additional to using a simple sine wave function, the LED current may also be controlled in accordance with “chords” containing multiple sine waves of different frequencies.
US11109456B2	Load control device for a light-emitting diode light source A load control device for an electrical load is configured to operate in a normal mode and a burst mode to adjust the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The load control device comprises a control circuit that operates in the normal mode to regulate an average magnitude of a load current conducted through the load between a maximum rated current and a minimum rated current. During the normal mode, the control circuit controls the operating period of a load regulation circuit between a high-end operating period and a low-end operating period. The control circuit operates in the burst mode to regulate the average magnitude of the load current below the minimum rated current. During the burst mode, the control circuit adjusts the low-end operating period to be less than or equal to a minimum on time of the load regulation circuit.
US11109454B2	Waveguide for microwave ovens with multiple feeding ports RF power control system and method thereof An electromagnetic cooking device includes a heating cavity and at least one electromagnetic energy source configured to generate radiation in communication with the heating cavity via a supply cavity. The cooking apparatus further includes a first port configured to emit the radiation into a first region of the heating cavity from the supply cavity and a second port configured to emit the radiation into a second region of the heating cavity from the supply cavity. A septum is disposed along the supply cavity. The septum is configured to adjust a proportion of the radiation emitted from the first port and the second port into the heating cavity.
US11109440B2	Discontinuous transmission on short-range packet-based radio links Described herein are systems and methods for discontinuous transmission on short-range packet-based radio links. As one option, during a communication session with a far-end system on a short-range packet-based radio link, an audio stream received on an audio line in is monitored for voice-based signals. Based on monitoring the audio stream for the voice-based signals, a voice activity estimation signal is generated. While the voice activity estimation signal exceeds a predetermined threshold, one or more voice packets are generated based on the audio stream, and transmitted to the far-end system at one or more times. Also, in response to determining that the voice activity estimation signal is below the predetermined threshold, one or more zero-payload packets are transmitted to the far-end system at one or more subsequent times.
US11109439B2	Communication terminal, communication method, base station, and communication system Provided is a communication terminal including a timing detection unit that detects arrival of timing according to a configured cycle, a condition determination unit that determines whether or not a shared condition shared with a base station is satisfied, and a communication controller that controls reception of paging when the timing detection unit detects the arrival of timing and the condition determination unit determines that the shared condition is satisfied.
US11109424B2	Connection control method and connection control device A connection control method is implemented by a communication system including a UE, two or more SGWs, and an MME for performing processing related to establishment and release of communication paths between the two or more SGWs and the UE. The connection control method includes a request reception in which the MME receives an establishment request of a communication path associated with the UE from one SGW, a path establishment starting processing related to establishment of communication paths between the UE and all SGWs, and an information updating in which the MME updates information related to an establishment status of the communication path stored in a storage unit on the basis of a result of establishing the communication path.
US11109415B2	Apparatus and method for a mobile telecommunications system An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to perform a Random Access procedure that is based on one or more access control parameters that are specific for a predefined coverage level.
US11109411B2	Channel sense method, network side device, and terminal A channel sense method, a network side device, and a terminal includes determining, by a network side device, a first sense resource used by a terminal to perform channel sense, where the first sense resource is another resource other than a resource in a cell in which the terminal is located and that is used by each terminal to perform data transmission; and sending first sense indication information to the terminal, where the first sense indication information is used to indicate the first sense resource. When the terminal performs sense on the first sense resource, another terminal in a same cell does not receive or send data on the first sense resource. If the terminal senses an interference signal, it can be determined that the interference signal is not an interference signal generated when the other terminal in this cell performs data transmission.
US11109407B2	Methods and nodes for decoding of contention based uplink transmissions A network node, a wireless device and methods therein, for decoding of contention based uplink transmissions of data in a cell served by the network node. The network node registers the wireless device for contention based uplink transmissions of data on a radio resource reserved for contention based uplink transmissions of data. e.g. when receiving a registration request sent from the wireless device, such that the wireless device is included in a set of wireless devices being registered for contention based uplink transmissions of data on the radio resource in the cell. The network node then performs blind decoding of uplink signals transmitted on the radio resource by considering the wireless devices in the set. In this way, the decoding is made more efficient by disregarding any other wireless devices in the cell which are not registered for contention based uplink transmissions of data on the radio resource in the cell.
US11109397B2	Cross-carrier scheduling with multiple active bandwidth parts Wireless communications using multiple active resources (e.g., bandwidth parts (BWP)) are described. At least one of multiple active resources (e.g., BWPs) of a first cell may be selected to send scheduling information (e.g., cross-carrier scheduling information) for other cells. A base station may send downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling (e.g., cross-carrier scheduling) a second cell using the selected BWP. A wireless device may monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the selected BWP to detect the DCI for scheduling (e.g., cross-carrier scheduling) the second cell.
US11109385B2	Method and apparatus for measuring downlink interference in OFDM mobile communication system A method of a base station in a wireless communication system, a method of a terminal, a base station, and a terminal are provided. The method of the base station includes transmitting configuration information on measuring a channel state, wherein the configuration information includes first information on a first resource for a channel measurement and second information on a second resource for an interference measurement; transmitting a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) associated with the first resource; and receiving channel state information based on the first resource and the second resource, and wherein the second resource is a resource for muting data transmission, and wherein the second resource is one of resources for muting data transmission which are configured to a user equipment (UE).
US11109384B2	Collision handling for semi-persistent scheduling signals Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may identify a collision between a first resource for a downlink semi-persistent scheduled communication and a second resource for another downlink signal; and perform an action to mitigate the collision based at least in part on identifying the collision. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a collision between a first resource for a downlink semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) communication and a second resource for another downlink signal; and determine an action, to be performed by a base station, to mitigate the collision based at least in part on identifying the collision; and selectively receive the downlink SPS communication or the other downlink signal based at least in part on the determination. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11109373B2	Multiple message single timeslot Link 16 relay transmission A method of transmitting and receiving a plurality of Link 16 messages on a single subnet in a single timeslot includes a transmitting terminal packaging the Link 16 messages into an envelope enhanced throughput message (envelope LET message) and transmitting the envelope LET message to a receiving terminal, followed by the receiving terminal unpacking the Link 16 messages from the envelope LET message, restoring them to their original form, and presenting them to a host. Modification of the host is not required. The Link 16 messages can be relayed messages, and the transmitting terminal can be a relay terminal. The Link 16 messages can be concatenated within the envelope LET message, or another lossless packaging algorithm such as lossless compression can be applied. The terminals can be JTRS terminals, the Link 16 messages can be 115 kbps messages, and the envelope LET message can be a 2 Mbps LET message.
US11109372B2	Narrow-band physical control channel design Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes allocating, in a downlink carrier including a plurality of resource blocks, a first set of resource elements for cell-specific reference signals (CRS) associated with communication with one or more communication devices of a first type; allocating resources of a resource block of the plurality of resource blocks to a narrow-band physical channel for communication with one or more communication devices of a second type, the allocated resources being rate-matched around the first set of resource elements and a second set of resource elements allocated to narrow-band CRS (NB-CRS) associated with communication with the one or more communication devices of the second type; and transmitting information to the one or more communication devices of the second type mapped to a subset of the allocated resources of the narrow-band physical channel.
US11109370B2	Method for transmitting data in next generation communication system, and device therefor The present application discloses a method for a terminal to transmit an uplink data signal configured with a plurality of code blocks in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises: a step of mapping, within one slot, a plurality of code blocks to resource elements by using a time-first method, for each time block; and a step of transmitting, to a base station, an uplink demodulation reference signal and an uplink data signal which is configured with a plurality of code blocks, wherein the size of the time block to which the time-first method is applied is determined based on a mapping pattern of the uplink demodulation reference signal.
US11109367B2	Uplink control channel resource determining method, terminal, and network side device An uplink control channel resource determining method, a terminal, and a network side device are provided. The terminal determines the number N of uplink control information bits to be transmitted; the terminal determines the number of first resources according to a target encoding rate and N; the terminal determines the number of resources actually used according to the number of the first resources and the number of pre-configured resources; and the terminal transmits the uplink control information by means of the number of resources actually used.
US11109365B2	Communication method, terminal, and network device for repeating uplink control information to obtain data segment This application provides a communication method, a terminal, and a network device. The communication method includes: repeating, by a first terminal, to-be-transmitted uplink control information for N times to obtain a first data segment, where N is a positive integer; determining, by the first terminal, an orthogonal cover code based on N; multiplying, by the first terminal, the first data segment by the orthogonal cover code to obtain a second data segment; and sending, by the first terminal, the second data segment. By using the communication method, the terminal, and the network device provided in this application, frequency diversity gains of the uplink control information can be increased, transmission flexibility of the uplink control information can be improved, and resource utilization can be increased.
US11109364B2	Method and apparatus for configuring PUCCH resource in wireless communication system Provided herein is a method and apparatus for configuring a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource in a wireless communication system and, most particularly, in a new radio access (NR) technology. More specifically, when and/or for which operation the default PUCCH resource is being used may be defined. For example, a wireless device may receive information on a default physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource, and the wireless device may transmit uplink control information (UCI) to a gNB by using the default PUCCH resource, only before establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with the gNB.
US11109359B2	Method and user equipment for transmitting uplink signal and user equipment for receiving uplink signal A user equipment operating in a coverage enhancement mode in a wireless communication system, includes a transceiver, at least one processor, and at least one computer memory that is operably connectable to the processor and that has stored thereon instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations comprising transmitting, via the transceiver, a random access preamble on a uplink system band; receiving, via the transceiver, a random access response related to the random access preamble; and transmitting, via the transceiver, a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for carrying Msg3 based on the random access response, wherein the uplink system band comprises a plurality of uplink frequency bands in a frequency domain, each of the plurality of uplink frequency bands includes only a predetermined number of consecutive resource blocks in the frequency domain, and the random access response includes frequency resource information for the first PUSCH.
US11109352B2	Robust grant-free transmissions Various arrangements for performing uplink grant-free transmissions are presented herein. An instance of user equipment (UE) may determine data that is to be transmitted using a grant-free (GF) uplink transmission to a base station of a cellular network. The UE may select a first GF resource block and a second GF resource block. The UE may transmit a GF transmission that comprises a data payload and a first pointer at the first GF resource block. The first pointer may refer to the second GF resource block.
US11109336B2	Time allocation for network transmission Methods and systems for managing data transmissions are disclosed. An example method can comprise determining a plurality of time allocations for a time cycle. The plurality of time allocations can comprise a first time allocation which can be determined based on an information rate, a committed information rate, an excess information rate, an effective bandwidth rate, other factors, or a combination thereof. Data can be received from multiple sources into a buffer, for example, and can be processed within a time cycle if processing the data will not exceed the time allocation.
US11109323B2	Channel configuration method and apparatus, power control method and apparatus, user equipment, base station and storage medium Provided are channel configuration and power control methods and devices, a user equipment, a base station and storage mediums. The channel configuration method is configured to receive a second channel characteristic assumption of a control channel resource set configured by a second communication node; where the control channel resource set is formed by at least one of a first type of search space and a second type of search space; the second channel characteristic assumption is used for configuration of control channel resources in the second type of search space; and the control channel resource transmitted by the second communication node are received according to the second channel characteristic assumption.
US11109321B2	Method for sending preamble sequence and user equipment The present disclosure discloses a method and user equipment for sending a preamble sequence. The method includes determining a transmit power for sending a preamble sequence, and sending the preamble sequence according to the determined transmit power.
US11109319B2	Information sharing method, wireless communication method, and apparatuses thereof Embodiments of the present application provide an information sharing method, a wireless communication method, and apparatuses thereof. The information sharing method comprises: determining information related to a channel state of at least one channel between a first device and an access point device; and sending the information to at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device. The methods and apparatuses of the embodiments of the present application share information related to a channel state according to adjacent relationship between devices, so as to be conducive to determining the channel state in a low complexity and low power consumption, thereby performing wireless communication in a short delay.
US11109314B2	Padding for wakeup radio (WUR) packets A communication device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) generates a first portion of a wakeup radio (WUR) packet and a second portion of the WUR packet. The first portion of the WUR packet corresponds to a WLAN legacy physical layer (PHY) preamble. Generating the second portion of the WUR packet includes: generating the second portion of the WUR packet to include a WUR packet PHY sync signal. The WUR packet PHY sync signal corresponds to a sync bit sequence with each bit in the sync bit sequence modulated by a sync waveform. The second portion of the WUR packet is generated to also include a PHY data portion and a padding signal. The padding signal corresponds to a padding bit sequence with each bit in the padding bit sequence modulated by the sync waveform. The communication device transmits the WUR packet in the WLAN.
US11109313B2	Cellular modem for low power applications A cellular modem is configured for low power applications. In some instances, the cellular modem includes a transceiver, a processor to control the transceiver, a memory device in communication with the processor, and a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) pin, controlled by the processor. In an example, the cellular modem receives an appointed time for an upcoming communication and determines a time to activate a power supply. The determination may be based at least in part on the appointed time for the communication, so that the power supply is ready to supply power at a level consistent with use of the transceiver at the appointed time of the communication. At the determined time, a signal from the GPIO pin is used to activate the power supply, resulting in an increase in power supplied to the cellular modem in a just-in-time manner.
US11109304B2	Radio link failure detection of an unlicensed cell by a wireless device A wireless device receives from a first base station, configuration parameters of a plurality of cells. The configuration parameters comprise a first cell group comprising one or more first cells for communication with the first base station, and a second cell group comprising a licensed assisted access (LAA) cell for communication with a second base station. The wireless device receives from the second base station LAA cell signals in a subframe of a plurality of subframes of the LAA cell. The wireless device determines whether the subframe is considered for radio link failure (RLF) detection based on processing the LAA cell signals. The wireless device increments a counter in response to the subframe of the LAA cell being considered for RLF detection, and the wireless device not successfully decoding a control channel in the subframe of the LAA cell. The wireless device detects an RLF based on the counter.
US11109303B2	System information broadcasting method and apparatus, and system information receiving method and apparatus A system information broadcasting method and apparatus, and a system information receiving method and apparatus are provided. The system information broadcasting method includes: determining, by a first network device, first system information of a first cell, where there is no broadcast channel in the first cell and no system information is broadcast; and broadcasting, by the first network device, the first system information in a second cell of the first network device
US11109299B2	Adaptive public land mobile network management for varying network conditions The present disclosure describes apparatuses and techniques of adaptive PLMN management for varying network conditions. In some aspects, a PLMN manager of a user equipment (UE) searches, as part of a registration procedure, a data repository of PLMN information that includes a PLMN blocked from registration for a duration of time and determines that the PLMN is blocked due to a signal-related condition with a cell of the PLMN (e.g., weak signal). The PLMN manager then determines, during the duration of time, that the signal-related condition between the UE and the cell has improved. In response to the improvement, the PLMN manager unblocks the PLMN before expiration of the duration of time. By so doing, the UE may reattempt registration with the unblocked PLMN at least once before the duration of time expires, which may allow the UE to register more quickly and reestablish network services.
US11109296B2	Control device, computer-readable storage medium, communication system, and control method A control device is provided, including: a relative-speed acquiring unit for acquiring relative speeds of a movable first mobile relaying apparatus and a movable second mobile relaying apparatus, which are camped on a cell of a wireless base station to relay communications between the wireless base station and a wireless communication terminal; and a determination unit for determining, based on the relative speeds, whether the second mobile relaying apparatus becomes a handover destination, from the first mobile relaying apparatus, of the wireless communication terminal camped on the first mobile relaying apparatus, or becomes a carrier-aggregation destination of the first mobile relaying apparatus for the wireless communication terminal camped on the first mobile relaying apparatus.
US11109291B2	Method for performing handover in wireless communication system and device for same A method for performing handover in a wireless communication system and a device therefor are disclosed. Specifically, the method for performing handover by a user equipment (UE) without a wireless local area network (WLAN) termination (WT) change from a source eNodeB (eNB) to a target eNodeB (eNB) in a wireless communication system, the method includes transmitting an end-marker request for requesting retransmission of an end-marker packet to the target eNB when a loss of the end-marker packet is detected after the handover without the WT change is started, and retransmitting the end-marker request or performing a recovery procedure for the end-marker packet when the end-marker packet is not received from the target eNB after the transmitting the end-marker request.
US11109286B2	Radio terminal, base station, and methods and non-transitory computer-readable media therefor When a radio terminal (2) in a first RAT RRC_INACTIVE state in the first radio access network (RAN) (3) and having a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) connection with a first core network (CN) (4) associated with the first RAT moves to a cell (51) of a second RAN (6), the radio terminal (2) alters an RRC state transition operation of the radio terminal (2) depending on whether the second RAN (6) supports interworking with at least one of the first CN (4) and the first RAN (3).
US11109285B2	Multi-PCell design for URLLC reliability Aspects of the present disclosure provide a mechanism for improving reliability in a wireless communication network supporting a multi-cell transmission environment including a primary cell (PCell) and one or more secondary cells (SCells). In some examples, a user equipment (UE) in a connected mode with a PCell for multi-cell communication with the PCell and one or more SCells may utilize link quality measurements on both the PCell and one or more SCells to manage the connection with the PCell. In other examples, one or more SCells may function as a PCell to transmit common control signaling to the UE and/or receive uplink control information from the UE. In other examples, a UE in an idle mode may evaluate the reference signals transmitted from the PCell and one or more potential SCells before deciding whether to connect to the PCell for multi-cell communication.
US11109283B1	Handover success rate prediction and management using machine learning for 5G networks Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict future handover success rates of cells of a wireless network and to determine updated network parameter values that may be used to improve the future handover success rates. Clustering algorithms may be applied to handover success rates associated with the cells to group the cells into different clusters. Machine learning (ML) models may be trained based on historical handover data associated with cells of the clusters to predict future handover success rates based on current handover success rates. The output of the ML models may be used to determine one or more updated network parameter values to be implemented by the wireless network to improve future handover success rates at one or more cells.
US11109282B2	Methods, apparatuses, related computer program product and data structure for deciding on a signaling scheme for handover A first method (and related first apparatus) includes transmitting, in a handover request message, an indication of a first protocol version; a second method (and related second apparatus) includes receiving, in the handover request message, the indication, deciding, based on the received indication and a second protocol version, on a value of an information element included in a handover request acknowledgement message to be transmitted, the information element indicating usage of a first or second signaling scheme, and transmitting the handover request acknowledgement message including the information element; and in the first method receiving the handover request acknowledgement message including the information element; and a third method (and related third apparatus) including receiving the handover command message including the information element, and configuring according to one of the first and second signaling schemes indicated by the information element.
US11109280B2	Method for PDU session establishment procedure and AMF node Provided is a method for handling a packet data unit (PDU) session establishment procedure. The method may performed by an access and mobility management function (AMF) node and comprise: determining whether to reject a PDU session establishment request. The determination may be performed if the PDU session establishment request includes an existing PDU session identifier. Based on the existing PDU session identifier, an identifier of a session management function (SMF) node may be acquired. The PDU session establishment request may be accepted, if it is determined based the identifier of the SMF node that the SMF node and the AMF node belong to a same PLMN. The PDU session establishment request may be further accepted, if it is determined based the identifier of the SMF node that the SMF node belongs to a HPLMN. The PDU session establishment request may be rejected, if it is determined based the identifier of the SMF node that the SMF node and the AMF node do not belong to the same PLMN or the SMF node does not belong to the HPLMN.
US11109269B2	Packet forwarding method and apparatus A network node encapsulates an IPv6 packet into a data frame including a layer-2 forwarding header and a MAC header, where the data frame includes a 6LoWPAN compressed IPv6 packet, and the layer-2 forwarding header and the MAC header are located in an outer layer of the 6LoWPAN compressed IPv6 packet. The network node obtains a MAC address of a next-hop node based on a final MAC address in the layer-2 forwarding header, and sends the data frame to the next-hop node, so that the next-hop node forwards the data frame directly based on the layer-2 forwarding header.
US11109264B2	Configuring quality of service (QoS) mapping relationship flexibly to improve an efficiency in data transmission Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a data transmission method, a terminal device and a network device. The method includes: receiving a downlink data packet transmitted by a network device, where the downlink data packet includes an RQI; determining a working mode of the RQI, where the working mode of the RQI is used to determine an indication content of the RQI, the indication content includes whether a first mapping relationship and/or a second mapping relationship satisfies a reflective QoS mapping; determining the first mapping relationship and the second mapping relationship of an uplink data packet according to the working mode of the RQI and the RQI. The terminal device may determine, according to the RQI of only 1-bit, whether the first mapping relationship and the second mapping relationship of the uplink data packet to be transmitted to the network device satisfy the reflective QoS.
US11109263B2	Data transmission method and data transmission apparatus This application provides a transmission method and a data transmission apparatus. The method includes: sending, by a source access network device, data packets of a QoS flow and a first end marker packet to a first core network user plane device over a first data tunnel, wherein the first end marker packet indicates an end of sending data packets of the QoS flow to the first core network user plane device, and the first data tunnel is corresponding to a first PDU session; sending, by the first core network user plane device, the data packets received from the source access network device and a second end marker packet to a second core network user plane device over a second data tunnel; and sending, by the second core network user plane device, the data packets received from the first core network user plane device to a target access network device.
US11109255B2	Method and wireless device for performing measurement in NR for 5G A disclosure of the present specification provides a method by which a wireless device performs measurement. The method can include: a step for receiving information about a plurality of synchronization signal (SS) burst set periods from a serving cell; and a step for performing measurements on a plurality of neighbor cells on the basis of a measurement gap length (MGL) and a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) set on the basis of the plurality of SS burst set periods. The MGL and the MGRP can be set in consideration of one or more among L, representing the largest value among the SS burst set periods, S, representing the smallest value among the SS burst set periods, D, representing a default value of the SS burst set period, and R, representing a radio frequency (RF) switching time of the wireless device.
US11109251B2	Method and apparatus for channel state information reporting The present disclosure provides a method for reporting channel state information (CSI), a first set of channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) sent from a base station is measured to obtain a first set of CSI, and the first set of CSI obtained is reported to the base station. A second set of CSI-RSs sent from the base station is measured based on the first set of CSI to obtain a second set of CSI, and the second set of CSI obtained is reported to the base station, in which the second set of CSI-RSs is precoded CSI-RSs determined based on the first set of CSI.
US11109247B2	Beam failure recovery method, device, and apparatus Disclosed are a beam failure recovery method, device, and apparatus, comprising: a terminal determining that performing beam failure recovery is required; and the terminal initiating random access to perform the beam failure recovery on a selected bandwidth part, and the bandwidth part is not changed in the random access process. By adopting the present disclosure, a terminal configuring each bandwidth part will not cause a disorderly beam failure recovery process. The terminal can select an appropriate bandwidth part and a synchronization signal block or channel state information reference signal thereon to initiate the beam failure recovery process. The disclosure achieves fast beam recovery while minimizing impact on data transmission. Further, a base station is also for determining how the terminal performs the beam failure recovery, to make a timely response, to ensure effective transmission of data without wasting random access resources.
US11109244B2	Optimization of distributed Wi-Fi networks A distributed Wi-Fi system includes a first Wi-Fi access point communicatively coupled to a modem/router for connectivity to the Internet and to a cloud controller via the Internet; and at least one additional Wi-Fi access point with wireless backhaul connections to the modem/router via the first Wi-Fi access point, wherein the first Wi-Fi access point and the at least one additional access point cooperatively form a single Wi-Fi network; wherein the cloud controller is configured to receive inputs related to operation of the single Wi-Fi network, perform an optimization based on the inputs with an objective function, and provide operational parameters for the single Wi-Fi network based on the optimization.
US11109242B2	QoS differentiation method for distributed network-assisted FBE-compliant UE cooperation in unlicensed spectrum Methods and devices are provided to enable a cooperating group of user equipments (UEs) to access a second spectrum band as frame based equipment (FBE) for device-to-device (D2D) sidelink transmission within the group. In an embodiment, a UE operating as a cooperating UE (CUE) in a cooperating group of UEs receives a group-specific CPC message from the network over a first spectrum band, the group-specific CPC message comprising information related to channel access for transmission of traffic intended for a target UE (TUE). The UE receives traffic intended for the TUE from the network over the first spectrum band and accesses a second spectrum band as FBE in accordance with a set of channel access parameters corresponding to the traffic to relay the traffic to the TUE via D2D sidelink transmission over the second spectrum band.
US11109240B2	Component carrier grouping method and device A component carrier grouping method and a device are provided. The method includes: grouping, by a network device, a plurality of component carriers configured for a terminal into at least one component carrier group of a first type, the terminal aggregates feedback information corresponding to the plurality of component carriers and feeds back the aggregated feedback information to the network device over one component carrier; and sending, by the network device, first grouping configuration information to the terminal.
US11109239B2	Method for communication in unlicensed band and apparatus for same An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a communication circuitry that supports to transmit and receive data with a base station on a licensed band and an unlicensed band, a processor, and a memory electrically connected with the processor. The memory stores instructions, when executed, causing the processor to configure a first cell on a licensed band and configure a second cell on an unlicensed band, among a plurality of cells associated with the base station, trigger an unlicensed band preferred mode, and transmit control information for inducing to increase an amount of data transmitted and received over the unlicensed band to the base station, based on the triggering of the unlicensed band preferred mode. In addition, various embodiments recognized through the specification are possible.
US11109235B2	Spectrum management service Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for a spectrum management service. A spectrum management service may be utilized to manage wireless spectrum licenses, which may associated with various license-holders, spectrum bands, and geographic regions. The spectrum management service may determine a utilization of various spectrum licenses based on capacity data and usage data from a wireless service provider, and may identify underutilized licenses and/or regions within a wireless network where additional spectrum may be required. The spectrum management service may further identify candidates for spectrum license swaps, analyze proposed or actual license swaps, identify transmissions outside of licensed areas, and analyze information from various sources to improve the efficiency of licensed spectrum usage.
US11109228B2	Communication device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for communication device A communication device may receive a specific signal from a first external device; display a first instruction screen; in a case where it is instructed that the target process is to be executed in a situation where the first instruction screen is displayed, send a public key to the first external device, wherein in a case where it is not instructed that the target process is to be executed in the situation where the first instruction screen is displayed, the public key is not sent; after the public key has been sent to the first external device, receive an authentication request from the first external device; send an authentication response to the first external device; receive connection information from the first external device; and establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.
US11109224B2	Method for determining access method of mobile terminal, storage medium, and mobile terminal Disclosed are a method for determining an access method of a mobile terminal, a storage medium, and a mobile terminal. A database comprising APN types and APN access identifiers is pre-stored in a mobile terminal, such that when a SIM card is inserted into the mobile terminal, the APN type and the APN access identifier corresponding thereto can be searched in the database according to information about the SIM card, thereby determining that the access method of an operator corresponding to the SIM is VoLTE or VoWiFi, distinguishing between VoLTE and VoWiFi, reducing the probability of access failure of the mobile terminal.
US11109220B1	Enterprise embedded subscriber identification module solutions Methods, apparatus, and systems for providing an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) solution are disclosed. In one example, a method for providing an eSIM solution to enterprises includes receiving, by a network server operated by a network operator, a request from an enterprise device management system requesting an eSIM profile for a communication device. The method also includes transmitting, by the network server, information to a discovery server associated with the communication device to register the communication device with the discovery sever.
US11109219B2	Mobile terminal, network node server, method and computer program Methods of operating a network node in a wireless local area network, a mobile terminal and a server, respectively, are disclosed. Corresponding computer programs, as well as a network node, a mobile terminal and a server are also disclosed. The network node establishes connection with the mobile terminal; and sends at least one network name to the mobile terminal, wherein the at least one network names correspond to possible public land mobile networks, PLMNs, based on the determined AAA information. The mobile terminal can thus display the network name.
US11109216B2	Operation optimization for trigger-based instant communication One or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. A wireless station may be configured to perform a method to accelerate discovery of a peer device after an out-of-band triggering event. For example, a wireless device may detect an out-of-band triggering event and activate a wireless interface capable of peer-to-peer communications in response. The wireless device may transmit one or more discovery messages (e.g., discovery beacons, active subscribe messages, and/or unsolicited publish messages) over the wireless interface immediately after activation of the wireless interface to aid in discovery of the peer device. The one or more discovery messages may be transmitted as service discovery frames. The wireless device may perform service discovery over the wireless interface with the peer device post discovery.
US11109204B2	Device, system, and method for sensor provisioning Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for reducing user effort for sensor provisioning. In one embodiment, a system includes one or more processors and one or more memories including program instructions. The program instructions when executed are configured for receiving and storing initial sensor provisioning instructions from a graphical user interface (GUI) and provisioning a first plurality of sensors using the initial sensor provisioning instructions.
US11109201B2	Device and method for provisioning services to mobile communication device Techniques are disclosed which can allow a mobile device, which is no longer being updated by the device manufacturer, to receive updates from the manufacturer. In an implementation, an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) is received from the mobile device that identifies a model of the mobile device. The mobile device can have at least one application that is unable to communicate with a server of the mobile device's manufacturer. A provisioning server may determine that the mobile device is depreciated based upon the IMEI, and obtain a key unique to the mobile device. The key and at least one Access Point Name may be transmitted to the mobile device, which can allow the mobile device to direct its data traffic to the server of the manufacturer.
US11109196B1	Automatic formation of social networking group based on thread A method and apparatus for creation and storage of online community groups is provided. In various implementations, digital communication data is stored representing interactions between users as part of an online community platform. In various implementations, a user of the online community platform indicates the desire to create a group comprising digital accounts which have interacted with the user as indicated by the digital communication data. In various implementations, a digital communication group is created comprising digital accounts specifically chosen by a user of an online community platform.
US11109181B2	System and method for tracking chemical applications and providing warnings regarding chemical exposure times The present invention provides a system and method for tracking chemical applications and providing warnings regarding chemical exposure times. According to a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a method which includes the steps of: receiving chemical application data; retrieving data regarding the chemical characteristics of the applied chemicals; receiving geo-location data identifying a target application area for the applied chemicals; calculating a probable application area based on a calculation of the potential drift of the applied chemicals beyond the target application area; calculating a buffer zone around the probable application area; calculating a safety boundary around the probable application area; calculating a geo-fence for the determined buffer zone; calculating a geo-fence for the probable application area; calculating an effective period for the probable application area; receiving location data regarding a registered user; comparing the received location data against the calculated geo-fence boundaries for the determined buffer zone and the probable application area; determining whether the first user is within a determined buffer zone; transmitting a notification or warning message to the user regarding entry into the buffer zone; determining whether the first user is within the probable application area; transmitting a notification to the user regarding entry into the probable application area; tracking the total time the first user is within the probable application area; and transmitting a notification to the first user regarding the total time the first user is within the probable application area.
US11109172B2	Audio processing circuit supporting multi-channel audio input function An circuit includes: a plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and a control chip. The control chip is utilized for instructing a target ADC to output audio data of a target channel during a target period, and utilized for instructing remaining ADCs not to output audio data in the target period. Then, the control chip defines data timing of the target channel and other channels based on the data receiving time point of the audio data of the target channel. The plurality of ADCs would process analog audio signals of a plurality of channels and output audio data of the plurality of channels according to an assigned order configured by the control chip to form a serial data signal. The control chip separates the audio data of different channels from the serial data signal according to the data timing of the plurality of channels.
US11109170B1	System and method for aiding hearing A system and method for aiding hearing are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, a programming interface is configured to communicate with a device. The system screens, via a speaker and a user interface associated with the device, a left ear—and separately, a right ear—of a patient at an incrementally selected frequency within a frequency range, with tinnitus detected frequencies being re-ranged tested to better identify the tinnitus frequencies. The system then determines a left ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range and a right ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range.
US11109166B2	Hearing device comprising direct sound compensation A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, configured to play sound into an ear canal of a user, the hearing device comprising at least one input transducer (ITq) for picking up sound sq at said at least one input transducer from a sound field S around the hearing device and providing corresponding at least one electric input signal(s) INq representing said sound sq, i=1, . . . , Q, where Q≥1; an analogue to digital converter for converting said at least one electric input signal(s) to a digitized signal represented by discrete samples sq(p), where p is a time sample index, a processor for processing said at least one electric input signal sq(p) to a processed signal; an output transducer (OT) for converting an electric signal including said processed signal to an acoustic signal s″; a forward signal path of the hearing device being defined from an acoustic input to said at least one input transducer to an acoustic output of said output transducer having a forward signal propagation delay τHI of the hearing device, the hearing device further comprises a compensation unit for at least partially cancelling directly propagated sound from said sound field S that is propagated to the ear canal via a direct acoustic propagation path, wherein the compensation unit is configured to predict said directly propagated sound and to play it in opposite phase of said directly propagated sound. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed.
US11109160B2	Speaker The present invention discloses a speaker having a frame, a vibrating system and a magnet circuit system. The vibrating system has a vibrating diaphragm, a voice coil, and an elastic supporting. The magnetic circuit system has a main magnet, as secondary magnet located and spaced on two opposite sides of the main magnet, and a magnetic plate stacked on the secondary magnet and spaced away from the elastic supporting assembly. The magnetic plate includes a main body stacked on the secondary magnet and an extending wall extending from two opposite sides of the main body towards the main magnet and spaced away from the voice coil. The extending wall is facing and spaced away from the elastic supporting assembly. The speaker of the present invention has an excellent acoustic performance.
US11109157B2	Providing aggregate playback information System, method, and apparatus including receiving an identification of content played by a playback system and an identification of location of the playback system. A playlist of content is associated with the location. A request is received to retrieve the playlist of content and the requested playlist of content is sent to a playback system.
US11109154B2	Method and apparatus for dynamic reduction of camera body acoustic shadowing in wind noise processing An image capture device includes a processor for wind noise processing. The processor receives signals from a first microphone, a first plurality of microphones, and a second plurality of microphones. The processor may segment each signal into low frequency bins and high frequency bins. The processor may select a minimum level signal bin for each low frequency bin. For the high frequency bins, the processor may select a minimum level signal bin for a first group of microphones or a second group of microphones. The processor may generate a composite signal by combining the selected minimum level signal bins for each low frequency bin and the selected minimum level signal bins for each high frequency bin.
US11109149B2	Sound absorbing material and speaker box using same The present disclosure provides a sound absorbing material. The sound absorbing material comprises MFI-structural-type zeolite. The MFI-structural-type zeolite comprises a framework, and the framework comprises SiO2 and AlO3, and the mass ratio of Si to Al in the framework is less than 200 and not less than 50. The present disclosure also provides a speaker box applying the sound absorbing material. The sound absorbing material provided by the present disclosure and the speaker box using the sound absorbing material can further improve the performance of the speaker box, reduce the failure of zeolite and improve the performance stability of the speaker box.
US11109144B2	Electronic device including acoustic module An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a front plate, a rear plate, and a lateral member surrounding a space between the front and rear plates and having at least one through-hole. The electronic device further includes a display disposed to be seen through the front plate, and a speaker structure disposed near the through-hole in the space between the display and the rear plate. The speaker structure includes a yoke disposed between the display and the rear plate and facing the display, a diaphragm disposed between the rear plate and the yoke and spaced apart from the rear plate, a magnet disposed between the yoke and the diaphragm, a speaker housing surrounding, at least in part, at least one of the diaphragm, the yoke, or the magnet and including a first opening formed toward the rear plate and a second opening formed toward the through-hole. The electronic device further includes a sealing member disposed between the speaker housing and the rear plate and surrounding the first opening when viewed from the rear plate. A sound conduit includes, between the diaphragm and the through-hole, a first space formed by the first opening, the rear plate, and the sealing member, and a second space connected to the first space through the second opening.
US11109143B2	Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method Disclosed is a signal processing apparatus including a surrounding sound signal acquisition unit, a NC (Noise Canceling) signal generation part, a cooped-up feeling elimination signal generation part, and an addition part. The surrounding sound signal acquisition unit is configured to collect a surrounding sound to generate a surrounding sound signal. The NC signal generation part is configured to generate a noise canceling signal from the surrounding sound signal. The cooped-up feeling elimination signal generation part is configured to generate a cooped-up feeling elimination signal from the surrounding sound signal. The addition part is configured to add together the generated noise canceling signal and the cooped-up feeling elimination signal at a prescribed ratio.
US11109142B2	Loudspeaker device The present disclosure provides a loudspeaker device. The loudspeaker device includes a support connector configured to be in contact with a head and at least one speaker component. The at least one speaker component may include an earphone core and a core housing for accommodating the earphone core. The core housing may be fixedly connected to the support connector. The core housing may be provided with at least one key module. The support connector may accommodate a control circuit or a battery. The control circuit or the battery may drive the earphone core to vibrate to produce sound. The loudspeaker device of the present disclosure may optimize sound transmission efficiency and increase volume, thereby improving the user experience.
US11109139B2	Systems and methods to shape a medium A system includes a medium disposed on a base, a plurality of transducers coupled to the base, and a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of transducers such that each individual transducer of the plurality of transducers is individually addressable by the controller. The controller is configured to receive feedback and to instruct at least some of the individual transducers of the plurality of transducers to activate to move the medium on the base to create a shaped surface based on the feedback.
US11109135B1	Headphones with rotatable user input mechanism This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that enhance user comfort and improve user control of the headphones are discussed. Various sensor configurations and electronic component positions are also discussed. User convenience features that include detachable cushions and automatically detecting the donning and doffing of headphones are also discussed.
US11109128B2	Speaker apparatus An apparatus is described, the apparatus including a case, a display assembly, a chassis connected to the display assembly, a suspension component between the display assembly and the case, wherein the suspension component is configured to allow the display assembly to move relative to the case, at least one vibrating element configured to actuate the chassis to move the display assembly relative to the case to generate at least one of acoustic waves or haptic/tactile effect, and an internal cavity below the display, wherein electronic components of the apparatus are located at the internal cavity.
US11109118B2	Hub and electronic device including the same Provided are a hub capable of sharing specific content according to a plurality of augmented reality (AR) devices and an electronic device including the same. The electronic device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a hub, and a plurality of AR devices configured to transmit and receive data to and from the hub, in which the hub includes a collector configured to collect content implemented on the augmented reality devices, a storage configured to store the collected content, a modifier configured to modify the content to correspond to an event when the event occurs in the augmented reality device, and a transmitter configured to transmit the modified content to the augmented reality device. An electronic device according to the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a robot, an AR device, a virtual reality (VR) device, and a device related to 5G services.
US11109114B2	Advertisement management method, system, and computer program product A method, system, and computer program product enables automation and control of the sales, management, accounting, reporting, and traffic functions necessary to manage advertisement sales, content management, and administrative processes for media production environments, including, but not limited to, broadcast television, radio and webcasting stations, and newspapers. The advertisement management and automation system operates on a PC-based platform and is networked for communications with local area networks, wide area networks, and the Internet, including both wired and wireless appliances. Distribution and tracking is enabled for both local and national advertisement and content management, whereby data, advertisements, content, and reports are pushed and pulled from individual nodes (e.g., television stations) to a central network hub or point that feeds and/or gathers data and communicates with the individual nodes. Traditional broadcast methods for over-the-air, DBS, terrestrial cable, wireless, and live Internet webcasting are combined with on-demand Internet and wireless appliances for monetizing and streamlining the sales, management, accounting, reporting, and traffic processes for single and multi-distribution content production environments.
US11109112B2	CATV device with resistive signal distribution network The present invention is directed to a CATV & MoCA® device, such as a RF signal amplifier. The RF signal amplifier includes a RF input port to receive signals from, and transmit signals to, a service provider. The RF input port is connected to an active communication path with a downstream signal amplifier leading to an input of a resistive splitter network. The resistive splitter network has plural interconnected resistors, which split the amplified signal received at the input of the resistive splitter network and provide the signal to plural “CATV & MoCA®” output ports. Upstream CATV signals received by the “CATV & MoCA®” output ports are combined by the resistive splitter network and sent to the RF input port to be transmitted to the service provider. MoCA® signals received by any one of the “CATV & MoCA®” output ports are carried by the resistive splitter network to the other “CATV & MoCA®” output ports, and potentially to other “MoCA® only” ports of the RF signal amplifier.
US11109105B2	Graphical user interface for insights on viewing of media content Systems and methods relate to display of insights, including a system including a remote computing system configured to cause a user display to display a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the GUI enables a user to select a time range and a locale, the GUI displays a list of a plurality of media content that have been displayed on one or more digital displays associated with the locale, each of the plurality of media content being listed according to impression counts of each of the plurality of media content for the locale selected and the time range selected, and each of the impression counts is a count of views by people of a respective media content of the plurality media content on the one or more digital displays of the locale.
US11109095B2	Automatic activation of closed captioning for low volume periods A method and apparatus for monitoring volume level associated with a video stream to determine when the volume level is below an activation threshold (level that may be difficult for a viewer to hear) and automatically activating the closed captioning at that point. The activation threshold may be configurable based on viewer preferences and may be dynamically generated based on the monitored volume level for the video stream. The closed captioning may be de-activated when the volume level exceeds a de-activation threshold (may be configurable and may be dynamically generated). The automatic activation/de-activation of the closed captioning may be performed by a video processor included in a set top box or a television. The volume level may be monitored by the video processor or externally by a volume monitoring device. The text of the closed captioning may be monitored for words associated with a low volume level.
US11109090B2	Apparatus and methods for automated highlight reel creation in a content delivery network Methods and apparatus for the automated creation of targeted or focused content extractions and/or compilations (e.g., highlight reels). In one embodiment, the extractions or compilations are created for use in a content delivery network. In one variant, incoming live feeds are recorded. Time-stamped metadata from sources (either internal or external) able to identify moments and events of interest is used to parse or select portions of the live feeds to generate clips related thereto. Those clips are then sent to users (including optionally their mobile devices) for viewing. In some embodiments, a recommendation engine is used to select clips matching interests of a particular user or group of users. Varied sources of metadata may be used, and networked resources may be utilized to in the implementation of internal “excitement” monitoring systems. Myriad configurations may be implemented including server or head-end based configurations, consumer premises based deployments, and/or distributed implementations.
US11109088B2	Content-modification system with unscheduling feature In one aspect, a method includes a content-presentation device determining first and second intervals during which presentation of received content is modifiable, and transmitting first and second requests for first and second supplemental content. A link to content in a playlist may be received, the playlist including first supplemental content followed immediately by second supplemental content. The link may be used to retrieve the first supplemental content, which may be presented in a first modification operation during the first interval. Before completing the first modification operation, the content-presentation device may use the link to start retrieving the second supplemental content for a second modification operation scheduled immediately following the first modification operation, and may determine that while less than a threshold portion of the first modification operation remains incomplete, retrieval of the second supplemental content is also incomplete. The content-presentation device may then unschedule the second content-modification operation.
US11109085B2	Utilizing one hash permutation and populated-value-slot-based densification for generating audience segment trait recommendations The present disclosure relates to training a recommendation model to generate trait recommendations using one permutation hashing and populated-value-slot-based densification. In particular, the disclosed systems can train the recommendation model by computing sketch vectors corresponding to traits using one permutation hashing. The disclosed systems can then fill in unpopulated value slots of the sketch vectors using populated-value-slot-based densification. The disclosed systems can combine the resulting densified sketches to generate the trained recommendation model. For example, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems can combine the sketches by generating a plurality of locality sensitive hashing tables based on the sketches. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate a count sketch matrix based on the sketches and generate trait embeddings based on the count sketch matrix using spectral embedding. Based on the trait embeddings, the disclosed systems can utilize the recommendation model to flexibly and accurately determine the similarity between traits.
US11109083B2	Utilizing a deep generative model with task embedding for personalized targeting of digital content through multiple channels across client devices The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for training and utilizing a generative machine learning model to select one or more treatments for a client device from a set of treatments based on digital characteristics corresponding to the client device. In particular, the disclosed systems can train and apply a variational autoencoder with a task embedding layer that generates estimated effects for treatment combinations. For example, the disclosed systems receive, as input, digital characteristics corresponding to the client device and various treatment combinations. The disclosed systems apply the trained generative machine learning model with the task embedding layer to the digital characteristics to generate effect estimations for the various treatment combinations. Based on the effect estimations for the treatment combinations, the disclosed systems select one or more treatments to provide to the client device.
US11109077B2	Controlling delivery of requested content based on delivery bandwidth limitations A device, computer readable medium, system and method for overcoming bandwidth limitations is disclosed for determining that a bandwidth limitation is related to preventing delivery of content, identifying a version of the content capable of being transmitted over a lower bandwidth, querying a device requesting delivery of the content for an indication of acceptability of a lower bandwidth version of the content instead of a higher bandwidth version, and based on an affirmative response to the querying, causing delivery of the lower bandwidth version.
US11109074B2	Method and device for generating and detecting a fingerprint functioning as a trigger marker in a multimedia signal A device is configured to perform a method that detects a trigger marker for an action corresponding to a segment of a multimedia signal. A fingerprint is generated based on the segment of the multimedia signal at a trigger time point. The generated fingerprint is stored in a database and communicated to the device. During playback of the multimedia signal, fingerprints of segments of the multimedia signal are generated and matched against fingerprints in the database. When a match is found, one or more associated actions for the segment are retrieved by the device. The trigger time point may be determined as a time point near or at the segment of the multimedia signal with the matched fingerprint. In this way, trigger markers for actions may be enabled without modifying the multimedia signal.
US11109066B2	Encoding and decoding of volumetric video There are provided methods, apparatuses, systems and computer program products for coding volumetric video, where a first texture picture is coded, the first texture picture comprising a first projection of texture data of a first source volume of a digital scene model, the scene model comprising a number of further source volumes, the first projection being from the first source volume to a first projection surface, a first geometry picture is coded, the first geometry picture representing a mapping of the first projection surface to the first source volume, and first projection geometry information of the first projection is coded, the first projection geometry information comprising information of position of the first projection surface in the scene model.
US11109064B2	Signaling of motion vector difference derivation A video decoder receives data for a block of pixels to be decoded as a current block of a current picture of a video. When the current block is coded by using inter mode and bi-directional prediction, the video decoder receives a first motion vector difference and determines a second motion vector difference based on a first flag or a second flag. When the first flag is false, the video decoder uses the second flag to determine whether to set the second motion vector difference to be at an opposite value of the first motion vector difference. When the first flag is true, the video decoder sets the second motion vector difference to be zero. The video decoder reconstructs the current block by using motion information based on the first motion vector difference and the second motion vector difference to perform inter prediction.
US11109057B2	Overlapped block motion compensation based on blended predictors Exemplary video processing methods and apparatuses for coding a current block by overlapped sub-block motion compensation split the current block into overlapped sub-blocks, determine a sub-block MV for each overlapped sub-block, derive an initial predictor for each sub-block by motion compensation using the sub-block MV, derive a final predictor for each overlapped region by blending the initial predictors of the overlapped region, and encode or decode the current block based on the final predictors. Exemplary video processing methods and apparatuses for coding blocks with OBMC generate a converted MV by changing a MV to an integer MV or changing a MV component to an integer component, derive an OBMC region by motion compensation using the converted MVs, and encode or decode the blocks by blending an OBMC predictor with an original predictor.
US11109056B2	Method and apparatus of current picture referencing for video coding using adaptive motion vector resolution and sub-block prediction mode Methods and apparatus for a video coding system with the current picture referencing (CPR) mode enabled are disclosed. According to one method, when the current reference picture is equal to the current picture, an integer motion vector flag is inferred to be true without signalling the integer or parsing the motion vector flag. In another method, when all motion vector differences for the current block are equal to zero, an integer motion vector flag is inferred to be true without signalling the integer or parsing the motion vector flag. In yet another method, when all reference pictures for the current block are equal to the current picture: the sub-block prediction coding mode is disabled; and the current block is encoded or decoded by disabling the sub-block prediction coding mode. Alternatively, derived motion vectors associated with sub-blocks for the current block can be converted into integer motion vectors.
US11109055B2	MVD precision for affine Apparatus and methods for video processing are described. An exemplary method for video processing comprises determining a motion vector difference (MVD) precision for a current block processed with affine mode from an MVD precision set; performing, based on the determined MVD precision, a conversion between the current block and a bitstream representation of a video including the current block.
US11109053B2	Encoding method, decoding method, encoder, and decoder An encoder includes circuitry and memory. The circuitry, using the memory: calculates at least one difference value between a plurality of pixels in a first block of a current image; calculates a denominator value used for a second block, using the difference value, the denominator value being used for a plurality of sub-blocks of the first block, the second block being one of the plurality of sub-blocks; determines a shift value, using the denominator value; calculates a first value and a second value, using at least a shift operation with the shift value; determines a prediction sample for the second block, using at least the first value and the second value; and encodes the second block, using at least the prediction sample.
US11109051B2	Motion compensation using temporal picture interpolation The present disclosure relates to the use of hierarchical algorithms to temporally interpolate enhanced reference pictures for use in video encoding and decoding. According to a first aspect, there is provided a method of generating enhanced reference pictures in a video encoding and/or decoding process, the method comprising: receiving one or more known reference elements of video data from a reference picture buffer; generating, using one or more hierarchical algorithms, one or more additional reference elements of video data from the one or more known reference elements of video data; and outputting the one or more additional reference elements of video data; wherein the generating the one or more additional reference elements of video data from the one or more known reference elements of video data comprises the use of temporal interpolation.
US11109050B2	Video encoding and decoding Motion vectors of a first reference frame are permitted to point to a plurality of further reference frames. A method of storing the motion vectors comprises, when a block of the first reference frame has two motion vectors (V2A, V2B) initially, selecting one of the two motion vectors, the non-selected motion vector not being stored. The selected motion vector may be scaled. This can reduce the motion vector memory size.
US11109046B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method There is provided an image processing apparatus and an image processing method by which a reduction in encoding efficiency can be suppressed. A prediction residual of an image is orthogonally transformed, the number of significant figures of coefficient data obtained by performance of orthogonal transform on the prediction residual is controlled on the basis of a bit depth indicating a range of pixel values of a local level that is a data unit smaller than a sequence level of the image; the coefficient data is quantized, and the number of significant figures of a quantized coefficient obtained by quantization of the coefficient data is controlled on the basis of the bit depth of the local level; and the quantized coefficient is encoded, and a bit stream is generated. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an image encoding apparatus, or an image decoding apparatus.
US11109044B2	Color space conversion Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for color space conversion. A video signal associated with a first color space may be received. The first color space may comprise a point. A partition of the first color space that includes the point may be determined. The partition may be associated with a first dimensionality. The point may be converted from the first color space to a second color space using a color space conversion model that corresponds with the partition. The color space conversion model may be associated with a second dimensionality. The second dimensionality may be less than the first dimensionality.
US11109043B2	Coding method and coding apparatus The image decoding method includes: determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic decoding on a bit sequence corresponding to the current block, using the determined context, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is one of “ref_idx_l0” and “ref_idx_l1”.
US11109036B2	Encoder-side options for intra block copy prediction mode for video and image coding Innovations in encoder-side options for intra block copy (“BC”) prediction mode facilitate intra BC prediction that is more effective in terms of rate-distortion performance and/or computational efficiency of encoding. For example, some of the innovations relate to concurrently performing block vector (“BV”) estimation and making block splitting decisions for a block. Other innovations relate to selectively merging blocks into a larger block during BV estimation.
US11109010B2	Automatic system for production-grade stereo image enhancements Systems and methods for automatically optimizing pairs of stereo images are presented. Pixels in an image pair are reprojected from their raw format to a common pixel-space coordinate system. The image pair is masked to remove pixels that do not appear in both images. Each image undergoes a local enhancement process. The local enhancements are processed into a global enhancement for each image of the image pair. A factor is calculated to balance the left and right images with each other. A brightness factor for the image pair is calculated. The enhancements, including the balancing and brightness factors, are then mapped to their respective images.
US11109008B2	Data transmission method, data loading device, data parsing device and data transmission system A data transmission method, a data loading device, a data parsing device, and a data transmission system are described herein. The methods include acquiring original video data, acquiring data to be transmitted, processing the original video data according to the data to be transmitted to obtain target video data, and displaying the target video data and the original video data. The methods may further include after displaying the target video data and the original video data, collecting the displayed target video data and original video data, parsing the original video data and the target video data to obtain the data to be transmitted.
US11109004B2	Display with increased pixel count An example projector includes: a first light source to provide first light; and a second light source to provide second light. A spatial light modulator produces: first modulated light by modulating the first light; and second modulated light by modulating the second light. An image direction device directs: the first modulated light to project a first image having a first pixel position; and the second modulated light to project a second image having a second pixel position.
US11108996B1	Two-way intercept using coordinate tracking and video classification A system comprising a coordinate tracking engine and a video classification engine communicably coupled to a notification engine. The coordinate tracking engine detects that geographical coordinates of a mobile device indicate that an account holder is within a threshold distance of a physical branch of an institution. The notification engine retrieves account information for the account holder. The coordinate tracking engine further detects that the account holder has arrived at the physical branch. The video classification engine captures video frames of an entrance to the physical branch and identifies the account holder. The notification engine further determines an institutional representative associated with the account holder is available at the physical branch, notifies the representative of the arrival of the account holder, and presents account information for the account holder.
US11108993B2	Predictive network management for real-time video with varying video and network conditions A system and methods for controlling video streaming over a shared communications channel from a set of two or more video cameras to a base station, including acquiring video capture rate data values from each video camera; acquiring transmissions rate data values from each video camera indicative of a rate of transmission from each video camera to the base station over the shared communications channel; acquiring channel bandwidth data values from said shared communications channel indicative of a supported rate of transmission by the shared communications channel; predicting, from the acquired video capture, communications rate and channel bandwidth data values, future values of at least one of (1) future captured video rate data; (2) future transmission rate data; or (3) future channel bandwidth; and responsively providing that video rates of transmission from all the cameras are supported by the shared communications channel.
US11108978B2	Image sensor and image-capturing device including adjustment unit for reducing capacitance An image sensor includes: a first pixel having a first photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light to generate a charge, a first accumulation unit that accumulates the charge generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit, and a first output unit that is connected to the first accumulation unit; a second pixel having a second photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light to generate a charge, a second accumulation unit that accumulates the charge generated by the second photoelectric conversion unit, and a second output unit that is connected to and disconnected from the second accumulation unit via a second connection unit; and an adjustment unit that adjusts capacitances of the first accumulation unit and the second accumulation unit if a signal based on the charges generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit is output from the first output unit.
US11108969B2	Shutter apparatus, imaging apparatus, control method of shutter apparatus, and storage medium A shutter apparatus includes a shutter base plate having an opening, a light shielding member movable to provide a closed state for closing the opening and an open state for opening the opening, and at least one processor or circuit configured to perform operations of a control unit configured to control the light shielding member configured to reciprocate relative to the opening so as to move the light shielding member in a first direction for a forward exposure and in a second direction opposite to the first direction for a return exposure. The control unit varies an exposure correction amount of the light shielding member between the forward exposure and the return exposure.
US11108957B1	Low power operation of differential image sensor pixels An imaging system includes a sensor array of differential pixels. A controller operates a first differential pixel of the sensor array in a first, lower power mode. The controller supplies a first clock signal to selectively activate a first collection terminal of the first differential pixel for a first duration, and a second clock signal to selectively activate a second collection terminal of the first differential pixel for a second duration. In an analog domain, a first amount of charge accumulated at the first collection terminal over the first duration is readout and compared to a readout of a second amount of charge accumulated at the second collection terminal over the second duration. Responsive to the first amount of charge being different from the second amount of charge by more than a threshold, the first differential pixel of the sensor array is operated in a second, higher power mode.
US11108956B2	Imaging apparatus with high-load and low-load mode control An imaging apparatus which can be mounted with a first battery and a second battery includes: a load circuit configured to operate the imaging apparatus; and a control circuit configured to control power supply to the load circuit based on a first battery voltage in the first battery and a second battery voltage in the second battery. In a high-load mode, the control circuit selects any one of the first battery, the second battery, and a combination of the first and second batteries in accordance with the first and second battery voltages, to supply power to the load circuit. In a low-load mode, the control circuit selects either one of the first battery and the second battery in accordance with the first and second battery voltages without selecting the combination of the first and second batteries, to supply power to the load circuit.
US11108952B2	Extended scene view The disclosure provide methods and content consumption devices that enable a scene, for example a 360° scene, that is larger (i.e. has more pixels in at least one dimension) than a display format of the content consumption device to be displayed. Constituent scene views are received individually by the content consumption device, for example as broadcasts, and are combined, for example stitched together, at the content consumption device to output a part of the scene that fits in the display format. The part of the scene (and hence the required constituent streams) to be displayed are determined by a signal, for example a navigational input from a user, enabling the user to navigate in the scene.
US11108950B2	Method for generating blurred photograph, and storage device and mobile terminal Provided is a method for generating a blurred photo graph, comprising: receiving a blurring adjustment instruction and determining a blurring adjustment signal trajectory of the blurring adjustment instruction; if the trajectory is a dynamic short change, according to a first blurring mapping signal corresponding to the dynamic forward movement of a target object, obtaining a virtual photographing state and adjusting the target object to be in the virtual photographing state; and if the trajectory is a dynamic long change, according to a second blurring mapping signal corresponding to the dynamic back ward movement of the target object, obtaining a virtual photographing state and adjusting the target object to be in the virtual photographing state.
US11108944B2	Image processing apparatus for providing information for confirming depth range of image, control method of the same, and storage medium An image processing apparatus comprises at least one processor which function as: an obtaining unit configured to obtain one or more images; and a display control unit configured to display the one or more images on a display in a different display mode and to superimpose, on an image, information indicating a defocus range of the image on a basis of the display mode and defocus information. The display control unit changes, depending on whether a first number of images are displayed or a second number of images are displayed, displaying that uses information indicating a defocus range of focus or non-focus and information indicating a defocus range in which a focus position is changeable or a defocus range of a case where an aperture value is changed.
US11108938B2	Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, a substrate mounted with the image sensor, a first holding member configured to hold the image sensor, and having an opening configured to expose an imaging plane of the image sensor, the image sensor being fixed to the first holding member via an adhesive while the image sensor is housed in the opening of the first holding member, and a convex portion extending in a direction from the first holding member to the substrate.
US11108929B2	Sheet conveying device and document reading unit According to one or more embodiments, a sheet conveying device includes a reading device, a roller, a downstream guide, and a transition guide. The reading device reads a surface of the sheet. The roller faces the reading device. The downstream guide is downstream of the roller in the sheet conveyance direction. The transition guide guides the sheet at least during a sheet transition from the reading position to s an upstream end of the downstream guide.
US11108926B2	Sheet processing apparatus, sheet processing system, sheet processing method, and sheet processing program Provided is a sheet processing apparatus which enables processing of a sheet without a decrease in processing efficiency even when the phenomenon that the information cannot be read from the header card arises. The sheet processing apparatus is a sheet processing apparatus that successively processes a plurality of processing-target sheets forming a sheet group, the sheet group including at least one sheet set, the at least one sheet set including a first sheet that is given first recognition information and a second sheet, the sheet processing apparatus includes a recognition unit that reads the first recognition information from one of the plurality of processing-target sheets and a controller that generates second recognition information associated with the one of the plurality of processing-target sheets when the recognition unit fails to read the first recognition information from the one of the plurality of processing-target sheets and a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11108902B2	Camera assembly and terminal A camera assembly and a terminal are provided. The camera assembly includes a base body having a receiving cavity, a driving component and a sliding body received in the receiving cavity, and a camera module. The driving component is configured to drive the sliding body moving relative to the base body, to enable the sliding body to extend out of or retract into the receiving cavity. The sliding body includes a base member and a cover plate. The cover plate covers the base member and is engaged with the base member to define a component space for receiving the camera module. The cover plate has a through hole in communication with the component space. The camera module includes a voice coil motor and a lens facing the through hole. The voice coil motor drives the lens to extend out of or retract into the sliding body through the through hole.
US11108899B2	WLAN device with preamble decode-based receive suspend during undesired packets A WLAN device includes a processor implementing a MAC layer and a PHY layer which is coupled to a transceiver including a receive (Rx) chain and a transmit (Tx) chain that is coupled to an antenna. A preamble decode-based receive suspend algorithm has software stored in a memory that is implemented by the processor or by hardware including digital logic. The algorithm responsive to receiving a packet including a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) header, a MAC header, and data, is for analyzing a length field in the PLCP header to determine whether the packet is an undesignated packet and whether there is sufficient time remaining for implementing a turning off and then back on of an analog portion of the Rx chain to avoid missing a next packet. If the undesignated packet and sufficient time are present, the analog portion of the Rx chain is turned off.
US11108887B2	Methods and systems for the display and navigation of a social network Systems and methods for the display and navigation of a social network or set forth. According to one embodiment a method comprising identifying a first profile in a social network, identifying associated profiles associated with the first profile, ranking the associated profiles, wherein ranking is not based exclusively on a degree of separation, and outputting the associated profiles based at least in part on the ranking is set forth. According to another embodiment a method comprising identifying a user profile, identifying a member profile, determining an association path for the user profile and the member profile, and outputting the association path is set forth.
US11108861B1	System for managing multiple information management cells A disclosure for management of multiple information management cells running different versions of software applications using a gateway system is provided herein. The disclosure addresses the drawbacks associated with the current environment of managing multiple information management cells through a separate URL by centralizing the user interfaces (UI) to a single front-end administrative UI that is specific to the version of software application operating on that cell. The gateway system comprises a mapping module, a storage module, a UI module, and a communication module that interoperate to retrieve the version of a software application operating on the targeted cell, the UI running that version of software application, and presenting a user interface that can view and manage the operations of that targeted cell. The gateway system serves the UI specific for the version of software application for that cell from its local collection.
US11108858B2	Archiving mail servers via a simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) server Systems and methods for providing data storage operations, such as archiving and/or backing up of data, for mail servers, such as Exchange servers, via a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) interface are described. For example, the systems and methods may provide an SMTP server between one or more Exchange servers and a media agent, which is configured to performing secondary copy operations, in order to quickly and/or efficiently generate archive or other secondary copies of various mailboxes within the mail server before or during the transfer of mail data to the media agent for data storage operations.
US11108834B2	Method and system for completing a voice call in a cloud-based communication system A method and system for completing a voice call in a cloud-based communication system is provided. A cloud-based group voice call service receives a group voice call initiation request from a first mobile device located at a first communication system. The group voice call initiation request is a request to complete a group voice call with a second mobile device located at a second communication system. The cloud-based group voice call service allocates resources at the first communication system and the second communication system. The cloud-based group voice call service issues a call grant to the first mobile device located at the first communication system and also issues a call response to the second mobile device located at the second communication system in order to complete the voice call.
US11108833B2	Crossed-invite call handling A method and devices for handling crossed-invite situations in set-up of IP-based sessions. A local device receives an incoming session invite after sending an outgoing session invite before the outgoing session invite has been accepted. It then determines that the incoming session invite was sent by the remote device to which the outgoing session invite is also addressed. The method includes determining a remote device priority value from identifying information contained in the incoming session invite, comparing the remote device priority value with a local device priority value to determine whether the remote device or the local device is higher priority and, if the remote device is higher priority, canceling the outgoing session invite and displaying an incoming call answer screen for the incoming session invite, and if the local device is higher priority, waiting for cancelation of the incoming session invite and acceptance of the outgoing session invite.
US11108825B2	Managed real-time communications between user devices Managed real-time communications between user devices may be provided. Upon receiving a request to instantiate a communication connection from an application, a secure session may be established between the application and a remote application. Input from a user of the application may be received, subjected to at least one management policy, and transmitted to the remote application.
US11108820B2	Apparatus and method for distinguishing between legitimate and malicious branches of a split blockchain Nodes determine a first measure of difficulty for a first branch of a split blockchain and a second measure of difficulty for a second branch of the split blockchain. The first measure of difficulty is based on a measure of block generation frequency of each node that mined for the split blockchain during a window that comprises blocks of the first branch. The second measure of difficulty is based on a measure of block generation frequency of each node that mined for the split blockchain during a window that comprises blocks of the second branch. One of the first branch and the second branch is identified as a legitimate branch based on a comparison of the first measure of difficulty and the second measure of difficulty.
US11108807B2	Performing rule-based actions for newly observed domain names Domain names are determined for each computational event in a set, each event detailing requests or posts of webpages. A number of events or accesses associated with each domain name within a time period is determined. A registrar is further queried to determine when the domain name was registered. An object is generated that includes a representation of the access count and an age since registration for each domain names. A client can interact with the object to explore representations of domain names associated with high access counts and recent registrations. Upon determining that a given domain name is suspicious, a rule can be generated to block access to the domain name.
US11108804B2	Providing secure inter-vehicle data communications Systems, methods, and software can be used to provide secure inter-vehicle data communications. In some aspects, a method, comprising: receiving, at a security server and from a hardware security processor connected to a system bus of a vehicle, security confidence data of the vehicle, wherein the security confidence data include at least one of version information of a software code executing on a component of the vehicle, diagnostic data information of the vehicle, or data traffic pattern information of the vehicle; determining, at the security server, a security confidence score of the vehicle; receiving, at the security server, a query from a different vehicle; and in response to the query, transmitting the confidence score of the vehicle to the different vehicle.
US11108803B2	Determining security vulnerabilities in application programming interfaces A security system scans application programming interfaces (APIs) to detect security vulnerabilities by receiving API documentation from a third-party system associated with the API and organizing it in an API specification that describes the hostname of the API and one or more endpoints of the API. For each of the endpoints, the API specification includes a uniform resource identifier, a method term, an input content type, an output content type (if applicable), authorization details, and any associated parameters or arguments. The security system performs an audit job for each combination of endpoints, potential security vulnerabilities, and (in some embodiments) authentication flows. In some embodiments, the security system is able to access portions of the API requiring authentication by using authentication flows received from the third-party system and detect security vulnerabilities related to authentication by manipulating the authentication units that make up the authentication flow.
US11108797B2	Timely detection of network traffic to registered DGA generated domains A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a program stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, directs a computing system to secure a communication network. The program comprises a traffic inspection engine, a domain generation algorithm (DGA) inspection engine, and a message bus communicationally coupling the traffic inspection engine and the DGA inspection engine. The traffic inspection engine is configured to identify if a traffic session containing a domain name system (DNS) request and/or response in a communication network includes a DGA generated domain and send information about the identified DGA generated domain to the DGA inspection engine via the message bus. The DGA inspection engine is configured to verify if the identified DGA generated domain is registered, and send information about the registered DGA domain to the traffic inspection engine via the message bus. The traffic inspection engine is further configured to inspect, using the information about the registered DGA generated domain, if a subsequent traffic session in the communication network contains the registered DGA generated domain.
US11108796B1	System and method for identifying security entities in a computing environment System and method to identify a security entity in a computing environment is disclosed. Communication between a user computer and at least one destination computer by a security appliance is monitored by a security appliance. A virtual identifier is assigned to a subset of the communication within a defined time period. At least one security entity is identified based on a subset of the selective information. The assigned virtual identifier associated with at least one security entity.
US11108794B2	Indicating malware generated domain names using n-grams Systems and methods for identifying, in a domain name, n-grams that do not appear in words of a given language, where n is greater than two are disclosed. The disclosed systems and methods may include comparing a value based on a number of the identified n-grams to a threshold and indicating that the domain name is potentially generated by malware in response to the value having a specified relationship with respect to the threshold.
US11108792B2	Systems and methods for determining individual and group risk scores Embodiments disclosed herein describe a server, for example a security awareness server or an artificial intelligence machine learning system that establishes a risk score or vulnerable for a user of a security awareness system, or for a group of users of a security awareness system. The server may create a frequency score for a user, which predicts the frequency at which the user is to be hit with a malicious attack. The frequency score may be based on at least a job score, which may be represented by a value that is based on the type of job the user has, and a breach score that may be represented by a value that is based on the user's level of exposure to email.
US11108786B2	Data processing method and apparatus A data processing method may include: determining, by a transaction initiation node in a blockchain, transaction data of a transaction and information to be hidden in the transaction data; obtaining, by using the transaction data as an input of a predetermined one-way function, a transaction root of the transaction, and constructing, based on the transaction root, proof data corresponding to the information to be hidden; and, after signing the transaction root, initiating a transaction request to write the transaction root and the proof data on the blockchain, for a node in the blockchain to perform consensus verification on the transaction root and the proof data, and approve or reject the transaction request based on a verification result.
US11108777B1	Temporarily providing a software product access to a resource Functionality is disclosed herein for providing temporary access to a resource. A software product that is executing in response to a request from a customer may access one or more resources of a software provider. The resources that may be accessed by a software product may be identified within an access policy. The customer is prevented from accessing the resource when the software product is not executing.
US11108775B2	System, method and apparatus for increasing website relevance while protecting privacy The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for increasing relevance of a content provided to a visitor by a content provider by providing one or more server computers and at least one data storage communicably coupled to the one or more server computers, receiving at least a portion of a visitor token and at least a portion of a content provider token at the one or more server computers from a content provider device, determining whether a release of an anonymous unfilled demand for the visitor is authorized based on the visitor token, the content provider token and one or more preferences stored in the at least one data storage, and sending at least a portion of the anonymous unfilled demand for the visitor to the content provider device when the release is authorized.
US11108774B2	Method and system for verifying user identity Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a system and method of verifying an identity of user. A computing system receives a HTTP request. The HTTP request includes at least a user name and an IP address associated with a router accessed by the remote client device. The computing system parses the HTTP request to extract the user name and the IP address contained therein. The computing system identifies a user account associated with the extracted user name. The computing system identifies an internet service provider associated with the IP address. The computing system transmits a verification message to the third party service provider. The computing system receives a confirmation message from the third party service provider. The computing system increases a level of confidence in an identification verification process based on the confirmation.
US11108773B1	Mobile user authentication over WIFI using IPX networks A client device accesses an online system using an authentication process when it is connected to a public network and not a private network. The client device requests access using an authentication broker via the public network. The authentication broker determines an authentication system and transmits identification information for the client device to the authentication system via the private network. The authentication broker receives an authentication vector generated by the authentication system via the private network, and receives a verification response from the client device via the public network. The verification response corresponds to a verification challenge generated based on the authentication vector by the authentication broker. The authentication broker determines the client device is authorized to access the online system based on the authentication vector and verification response and transmits an authorization to the client device via the public network allowing access to the online system.
US11108767B2	Apparatus and system for obtaining and encrypting documentary materials The apparatus and systems provided herein relate to a distributed patent processing system. Such a system includes, in one particular arrangement web portals, mobile applications and an integrated secure network enabled hardware unit designed to capture documentary evidence relating to a technology or concept disclosure by an inventor. This disclosure is used to generate an encrypted data package for transmission to a national or international patent office. The package, upon receipt by one or more patent offices is accorded a priority and filing date just as in standard patent application filings.
US11108764B2	Automating responses to authentication requests using unsupervised computer learning techniques Techniques are disclosed relating to automating authentication decisions for a multi-factor authentication scheme based on computer learning. In disclosed embodiments, a mobile device receives a first request corresponding to a factor in a first multi-factor authentication procedure. Based on user input approving or denying the first request, the mobile device sends a response to the first request and stores values of multiple parameters associated with the first request. The mobile device receives a second request corresponding to a factor in a second multi-factor authentication procedure where the second request is for authentication for a different account than the first request. The mobile device automatically generates an approval response to the second request based on performing a computer learning process on inputs that include values of multiple parameters for the second request and the stored values of the multiple parameters associated with the first request. The approval response is automatically generated and sent without receiving user input to automate the second request.
US11108762B2	Methods and systems for controlling access to a protected resource A method for regulating access to a protected resource is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, via the communication interface from a client application executing on a first device, a first signal including a request to obtain an access token for accessing a protected resource, the request including: a client identifier uniquely identifying the client application; an authorization code for authorizing the client application's access of the protected resource; and a public key associated with the end user; and in response to validating the request: encrypting the authorization code using the public key to generate a first code; and transmitting, via the communication interface to the client application on the first device, a second signal including both an access token for accessing the protected resource and the first code.
US11108747B2	Decentralized and distributed secure home subscriber server device A decentralized and distributed secure home subscriber server is provided. First data can be sent representing a first nonce string to a mobile device; and in response to receiving second data representing the first nonce string and a second nonce string, a communication channel can be established with the mobile device as a function of the first nonce string.
US11108741B2	System and method for the separation of systems that work together A system and method is introduced for separating computing devices that work together. The computing devices appear to the user as a single device such as through using a single display and other I/O means. The output of computing devices such as the display output, may be monitored for unwanted display output to the user which may be filtered from the user. The device displaying unwanted content may then be reverted to a known state. Computing devices may communicate among themselves using display data while remaining separated. Secure services from the cloud to a user device may be offered through the separated computing devices that work together, services that utilizes separating and securing the user I/O from internet connected devices, while allowing to monitor and filter the internet connected devices. These services preferably use a key that is non-extractable for communicating with the secure cloud. Such services from the cloud server may include a secure remote desktop for VDI/DaaS and a secure web browser There is also provided implementation of the system on different architectures using SW only or using some HW additions. Usage examples for vehicles, enterprises and others are described.
US11108734B2	Error indication processing and system, and device The present disclosure provides an error indication processing method and system, and a device, and relates to the field of communications technologies, to resolve a problem that normal transmission of a service data packet is affected due to an inconsistency between contexts of an access node and a user plane network element in a next generation mobile communications network.
US11108726B2	Message queues for rapid re-hosting of client devices Connected gateway servers relay an electronic message from a first client device to a second client device by storing the message in respective user message queues associated with the sender and/or recipient of the message and then sending the message along a sequence of gateway servers to a gateway server that hosts the second client device. Upon receiving the electronic message at a first gateway server, a second gateway server that is hosting the second client device is identified and a sequence of gateway servers starting at the first gateway server and ending at the second gateway server is determined. Each gateway server in the sequence relays the message to the following gateway server in the sequence while maintaining user message queues. Failure of the last gateway server in the sequence results in the penultimate gateway server in the sequence assuming the responsibility of hosting the second client device.
US11108725B1	Social media message composition Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for posting messages on a social messaging platform. One of the methods includes providing a message composition interface; receiving a user request to include a promotion with a composed message; in response to the request, processing the content of the composed message and the user's profile on the social messaging platform to determine one or more social signals; computing an engagement score for each user in a pool of users, wherein the engagement score for each user indicates the likelihood that the user will engage with the message; selecting candidate users from the pool of users; selecting a plurality of target users from the candidate users based on a promotion value and the respective engagement scores; and posting the message on the platform including adding the message to a message stream associated with the selected target users.
US11108724B2	Electronically referring a contact without divulging contact data An information source, such as an advertiser or product vendor, transfers information to contacts for which the information source has no contact data. The information source stores information in an information database which communicates the information to a referrer which has the desired contact data. The referrer uses a communication device to transfer the information to one or more contacts using contact data.
US11108720B2	Upsell framework for network services Processes and systems described herein enable improvement of quality of experience (QoE) of network services using an upsell framework of the network services. Embodiments of the present disclosure include determining, by a computing device, a network throttling event associated with a network throttling imposed on an account of a user. In response to the determining, the computing device may at least cause presenting of one or more upgrade options in a user interface. After receiving a user selection of an upgrade option of the one or more upgrade options, the computing device may at least cause an adjustment of the network throttling.
US11108719B2	System and method for self-destructing messages Disclosed are systems and methods for automatically deleting messages from a recipient's inbox. The disclosed systems and methods provide the ability for automatic actions to be taken on delivered messages based on a passage of time. This enables a sender of messages, email service provider and/or email platform to exert control over sent messages to limit the number and type of operations that may be performed on such messages. For example, operations such as saving, forwarding, printing, copying, or otherwise duplicating the message and/or message data can be prohibited and all together rendered impossible. The disclosed systems and methods enables the purging of messages and associated message data from a recipient's inbox at a certain specified time, after the passage of a pre-determined amount of time, or upon the detection of a specified event.
US11108705B2	Linear network coding with pre-determined coefficient generation through parameter initialization and reuse A network node having a receiver for receiving input packets, a local node memory where one or more parameters for coding are stored, an encoder for creating coded packets from the input packets using linear network coding, and a transmitter to transmit the coded packets. Each coefficient of the linear network coding is a parameter of the one or more parameters or a pre-determined function of the one or more parameters. A related method and a network are also presented.
US11108704B2	Use of stashing buffers to improve the efficiency of crossbar switches A switch architecture enables ports to stash packets in unused buffers on other ports, exploiting excess internal bandwidth that may exist, for example, in a tiled switch. This architecture leverages unused port buffer memory to improve features such as congestion handling and error recovery.
US11108702B1	Customized command execution for a computing resource fleet A virtual computer system management service receives input from a user specifying operations to be performed by a web-based service. The input includes an indication of a set of resources to be used to perform the operations and control information to control the set of resources to perform the operations. The virtual computer system management service configures the resources to perform the operations according to the control information. This causes the set of resources to perform the operations and provide a result. The virtual computer system management service provides this result to the user.
US11108696B2	Next hop groups In general, the invention relates to a method for programming a network device to perform routing of data packets between and/or within networks. More specifically, the method provides a more efficient process for updating the forwarding equivalence class (FEC) table with minimal impacting of the mappings in the forward information base (FIB) of the network device.
US11108694B2	Communication system and upload method A communication system includes a plurality of communication terminals to transmit communication information and a communication controller. Each of the communication terminals includes: a generator to generate log information on communication between the communication terminals; a storage to store log information generated by the generator; and a transmitter to upload log information that is capable of being uploaded depending on a communication line band used for the communication information. The communication controller includes a communication management server configured to control transmission of the communication information and a log upload server, wherein the communication controller is configured to distribute the log information uploaded by the transmitter to the log upload server.
US11108683B2	Techniques for preferred path local switching in EVPN-VPWS In one embodiment, a method includes, subsequent to receipt of a packet from a first customer network node destined for a second customer network node at a first provider network node, determining whether a local connection exists between the first provider network node and the second customer network node, the provider network node forming part of an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (“EVPN”)—Virtual Private Wire Service (“VPWS”) domain; if a local connection is determined to exist between the first provider network node and the second customer network node, determining whether the local connection has failed; if the local connection is determined not to have failed, switching the packet to the second customer network node via the local connection instead of via the EVPN-VPWS domain; and if the local connection is determined to have failed, switching the packet to the second customer network node via the EVPN-VPWS domain.
US11108679B2	Producing deadlock-free routes in lossless cartesian topologies with minimal number of virtual lanes An apparatus includes a network interface and a processor. The network interface communicates with a network including switches interconnected in a Cartesian topology having multiple dimensions. The processor predefines turn types of turns in the Cartesian topology, each turn traverses first and second hops along first and second dimensions having same or different respective identities, and each turn type is defined at least by identities of the first and second dimensions. The processor searches for a preferred route from a source switch to a destination switch, by evaluating candidate routes based on the number of VLs required for preventing a deadlock condition caused by the candidate route. The number of VLs required depends on a sequential pattern of turn types formed by the candidate route. The processor configures one or more switches in the network to route packets from the source switch to the destination switch along the preferred route.
US11108677B2	Methods and apparatus for configuring a standby WAN link in an adaptive private network Techniques for providing a backup network path using a standby wide area network (WAN) link with reducing monitoring. Packet loss and latency metrics are monitored for network paths in an adaptive private network (APN) connecting a first user and a second user according to control traffic operating at a first control bandwidth for each network path. A determination is made that a first network path uses a standby WAN link, has packet loss and latency metrics indicative of a good quality state, and has at least one characteristic that identifies the first network path as a backup network path. The control traffic is then reduced for the backup network path to a second control bandwidth substantially less than the first control bandwidth. The backup network path is made active when the number of active network paths is less than or equal to a minimum number.
US11108673B2	Extensible, decentralized health checking of cloud service components and capabilities Methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for checking the health of a cloud-based component. The method includes receiving, by a health event hub as output by a first device, a request for performing a health check on a second device; outputting, by the health event hub, the request to each health checker on the network; receiving, by the health event hub, a health data response output by at least one checker that is capable of performing the health check; collecting, by the health event hub, each health data response associated with the request output by the first device that is output by the at least one health checker that is capable of performing the health check on the second device; and outputting, by the health event hub to each health data collector on the network, each health data response associated with the request output by the first device.
US11108666B2	Latency prediction and network message microtiming A system for network message microtiming, comprising a central routing device, a first mesh network, and a second mesh network. The central routing device continuously receives utilization data from one or more devices of the first mesh network; continuously receives timing data from one of more devices of the second mesh network; builds and continuously updates a probabilistic future latency model based at least in part on the utilization data and the timing data; receives a message from a client computing device comprising data to be sent to at least one of a plurality of remote computing devices via the first mesh network; determines that a current expected latency according to the future latency model exceeds a predetermined threshold; and as a result delays transmission of a packet comprising the data to be sent to at the least one of the plurality of remote computing devices.
US11108664B2	Prioritized message routing Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for routing messages in a network. Gateways may be selectively chosen to forward messages from a user device to a network server. Gateways may forward messages based on forwarding priorities for the user device. The forwarding priorities may, for example, indicate a repeat count threshold for a quantity of times the gateway may receive a message from a particular user device before the gateway forwards the message.
US11108658B2	Method for detecting data, method for updating a scenario catalog, a device, a computer program and a machine-readable memory medium A method for detecting data of a vehicle operated at least partially in an automated manner, including at least one sensor, in particular, a surroundings sensor, in particular, a video sensor, a radar sensor, a LIDAR sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared sensor, and/or a GNSS sensor, in particular, for receiving a GPS signal, a GLONASS signal or a Galileo signal, and/or a vehicle sensor, in particular, for engine control, for activating occupant protection means, for activating assistance functions and/or convenience functions, in particular, an acceleration sensor, a rotation rate sensor, a pressure sensor, and at least one memory, in particular, a ring memory, including detecting data of the at least one sensor; saving the data in the memory, in particular, in the ring memory; detecting an event; initially storing the content of the memory, in particular, of the ring memory, at the point in time of the detected event.
US11108656B1	Techniques for allocating and managing telecommunication resources In some implementations, a computer may during a repeating interval in a local GCAC node: (a) receiving and storing key data from one or more other GCAC nodes, the key data indicative of resource usage data for each key in the respective one or more other GCAC nodes wherein each key is associated with an allocation limit equal to a number of resources it may use at any given time across all GCAC nodes; (b) storing current key data, the current key data indicative of the resource usage data for each key in the local GCAC node; (c) determining estimated network-wide key data, the estimated network-wide key data indicative of an estimated network-wide resource usage across all GCAC nodes for each key, the estimated network-wide key data based on a combination of the current key data for the local GCAC node and a weighted multiple of the key data in each of the one or more other GCAC nodes; (d) storing the estimated network-wide key data for each key; and (e) repeating steps (a)-(d) during each interval.
US11108655B2	Automated application deployment in a managed services domain Techniques are described relating to automated deployment of an application in a managed services domain of a cloud computing environment. One or more of such techniques may minimize human interaction or intervention during deployment of the application. An associated method includes receiving from a client system a request to deploy the application in a target environment and analyzing the request via a machine learning knowledge model. Additionally, the method includes requesting from the client system access to the target environment and, upon receiving access to the target environment, validating the target environment through inspection. Upon validating the target environment, the method further includes facilitating presentation of an application deployment plan through an interface of the client system. Responsive to client approval of the application deployment plan, the method further includes deploying the application by facilitating application installation in the target environment via the machine learning knowledge model.
US11108653B2	Network service management method, related apparatus, and system A network service management method includes receiving, by a second NFVO, a first request sent by a first NFVO; and establishing, by the second NFVO, a connection between the nested network service instance and the composite network service instance and a connection between the nested network service instance and a member instance in the composite network service instance based on the service access point instance and the information about the service access point instance, and establishing a network connection between the nested network service instance and a member instance in the nested network service instance based on the service access point instance and the information about the service access point instance.
US11108648B2	Information processing method in M2M and apparatus An information aggregation method includes receiving an aggregation resource creation request, determining an identifier of an aggregated resource and an aggregation manner according to the aggregation resource creation request, creating an aggregation resource according to the determined identifier of the aggregated resource and the determined aggregation manner, where an attribute of the aggregation resource includes the identifier of the aggregated resource and the aggregation manner, and performing information aggregation according to the created aggregation resource.
US11108642B2	Method and apparatus for non-intrusive agentless platform-agnostic application topology discovery System and computer-implemented method for constructing a topology for an application distributed over multiple virtual computing instances in which a set of resource utilization metrics are collected for multiple computing instances. A propagation sequence caused by an execution of the application is determined based on the set of resource utilization metrics. A graph may be created with the propagation sequence, wherein each virtual computing instance in the multiple computing instances is a possible node in the graph and the graph includes all nodes associated with the application.
US11108641B2	Automatic switching fabric role determination system A switching fabric role assignment system includes a plurality of switch devices coupled together in a switching fabric. A first switch device included in the plurality of switch devices receives an endhost device identification communication from an endhost device when the endhost device is connected to the first switch device. The first switch device uses the endhost device identification communication to identify an endhost device type of the endhost device and determines, based on the endhost device type, a first switch device role for the first switch device. The first switch device then transmits a first switch device role communication that identifies the first switch device role to a second switch device included in the plurality of switch devices and connected to the first switch device. The second switch device may then determine, based on the first switch device role, a second switch device role for the second switch device.
US11108639B2	Wireless device feedback for semi-persistent scheduling release A wireless device receives RRC message(s) comprising a first configuration parameter of a first SPS configuration, a second configuration parameter of a second SPS configuration, and a third configuration parameter. The first configuration parameter may indicate a first HARQ codebook identifier. The second configuration parameter may indicate a second HARQ codebook identifier. The second HARQ codebook identifier may be the same as the first HARQ codebook identifier. The third configuration parameter may indicate a state that is mapped to the first SPS configuration and the second SPS configuration. A DCI may be received. A value of bit(s) of a HARQ process number field of the DCI may indicate the state. The wireless device may deactivate the first SPS configuration and the second SPS configuration in response to receiving the DCI. An acknowledgement may be transmitted.
US11108638B1	Health monitoring of automatically deployed and managed network pipelines Deployment of a network service pipeline may be automated by defining workflows comprising functions of instances of elements. Workflows may be defined in a graphical user interface including menus for the selection of elements, functions, and predefined workflows. A workflow may be dynamic such that addition or modification of a function invokes a trigger that automatically populates or modifies parameters of the functions of the workflow. Elements may each have a same set of functions that may be invoked by an orchestrator to perform automated implementation of the workflow. Functions of a workflow may be implemented in batches and may retrieve executable. data from a distributed file store. A test platform with hardware and network simulation may be used to develop functions and workflows.
US11108628B2	Linking multiple enrollments on a client device Disclosed are various examples for facilitating enrollment of a client device into more than one management framework. A client device can be enrolled with a management service as a fully managed device. The client device can also be enrolled with the management service as a personal or bring-your-own-device (BYOD), which causes a workspace to be created on the device that is segregated from the rest of the client device. Both enrollments can be managed by a remotely executed management service.
US11108626B2	Rewriting communication headers to manage virtual networks of virtual machines Techniques are described for providing logical networking functionality for managed computer networks, such as for virtual computer networks provided on behalf of users or other entities. In some situations, a user may configure or otherwise specify a network topology for a virtual computer network, such as a logical network topology that separates multiple computing nodes of the virtual computer network into multiple logical sub-networks and/or that specifies one or more logical networking devices for the virtual computer network. After a network topology is specified for a virtual computer network, logical networking functionality corresponding to the network topology may be provided in various manners, such as without physically implementing the network topology for the virtual computer network. In some situations, the computing nodes may include virtual machine nodes hosted on one or more physical computing machines or systems, such as by or on behalf of one or more users.
US11108620B2	Multi-dimensional impact detect and diagnosis in cellular networks A method for multi-dimensional impact detection and diagnosis of networks. The methods and systems dynamically explore only those network feature combinations that are likely to have problems by using a summary structure Sketch, for example. The method and systems capture fine-grained anomalies at a coarse level which allows for on-demand zoom into the finer-grained levels for further analysis.
US11108604B2	Driver architecture for multiphase and amplitude encoding transmitters Certain disclosed methods, apparatus, and systems enable improved communication on a multiphase communication link through improved encoding techniques and protocol. A data communication apparatus has a plurality of line drivers configured to couple the apparatus to a 3-wire link, and a data encoder configured to encode at least 3 bits of binary data in each transition between two symbols that are consecutively transmitted by the plurality of line drivers over the 3-wire link such that each pair of consecutively-transmitted symbols comprises two different symbols. Each symbol defines signaling states of the 3-wire link during an associated symbol transmission interval such that each wire of the 3-wire link is in a different signaling state from the other wires of the 3-wire link during the associated symbol transmission interval. Data may be encoded using a combination of 3-phase and pulse amplitude modulation.
US11108593B2	Methods and systems to offload overlay network packet encapsulation to hardware A method for offloading packet encapsulation for an overlay network is provided. The method, at a virtualization software of a host, sends a mapping table of the overlay network to a physical network interface controller (NIC) associated with the host. The mapping table maps the identification of each of a set of virtual machine (VM) of a tenant on the host to an identification of a tunnel on the overlay network. The method, at the virtualization software, receives a packet from a VM of the tenant. The method sends the packet to the physical NIC. The method, at the physical NIC, encapsulates the packet for transmission over the overlay network by using the mapping table. The method of claim also tags the packet by the virtualization software as a packet that requires encapsulation for transmission in the overlay network prior to sending the packet to the physical NIC.
US11108589B2	Battery module, control method, program, and information processing system A communication network (3020) is a bus type communication network that communicably connects each battery module (2000). In the battery module (2000), a communication identifier that is used in communication through the communication network (3020) is set. A transmission unit (2020) transmits identifier information to all of the other battery modules (2000) through the communication network (3020). The identifier information indicates a candidate identifier that is a candidate of the communication identifier. A communication arbitration unit (2060) performs communication arbitration for the identifier information transmitted by the transmission unit (2020). In a case of winning in the communication arbitration, a decision unit (2080) decides the candidate identifier indicated in the transmitted identifier information as the communication identifier used by the battery module (2000). On the other hand, in a case of losing in the communication arbitration, the transmission unit (2020) transmits the identifier information again.
US11108587B2	Building management system with space graphs A building system for operating a building and managing building information causes one or more processors to receive building data from one or more building data sources, generate relationships between entities based on the building data, wherein the relationships comprises a pair of relationships between a first entity and a second entity of the entities representing two different types of relationships, wherein the pair of relationships comprises a first relationship between the first entity and the second entity and a second relationship between the second entity and the first entity, and update a space graph by causing the space graph to store nodes representing the entities and edges between the nodes representing the relationships, wherein the space graph is a graph data structure.
US11108582B2	Interactive weather advisory system A method for providing information to a plurality of vendors located remotely from a broadcast network. A plurality of user-defined parameters are received by a user input database with at least one of the user-defined parameters including a user profile. Each of the user profiles includes a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user. Real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices is received by a communicator location database. Search information is received independently from a plurality of vendors and a data set is generated for each vendor.
US11108580B2	Systems and methods for structuring information in a collaboration environment A computer-implemented machine learning method for improving a collaboration environment is provided. The method comprises receiving text data for one or more users of the collaboration environment. The method further comprises generating a statement by partitioning the text data. The method further comprises determining an act using the statement and generating a thread using at least the statement and the act. The method further comprises generating an actor list using at least the thread, and generating an actionable item using the actor list and the thread.
US11108578B1	Method for managing collaborative playlists A method for managing collaborative playlists includes providing indication regarding one or more available collaborative guidance controls for a playlist created by a first user of a plurality of users of a content sharing platform, wherein the playlist comprises content items hosted by the content sharing platform. The method also includes receiving a user selection of the first user regarding one of the one or more collaborative guidance controls for the playlist, wherein the selected collaborative guidance control is to provide a theme for user suggestions for the playlist, and wherein a number of user suggestions from a particular user is limited based on a number of content items previously suggested by the particular user that have been added to the playlist. The method further includes receiving a user suggestion of a second user of the plurality of users regarding an additional content item hosted by the content sharing platform for addition to the playlist, determining a number of content items previously suggested by the second user that have been added to the playlist, and responsive to determining that the number of the added content items that were previously suggested by the second user is below a predefined maximum number, adding the additional content item to the playlist for consumption by the plurality of users via the plurality of user devices.
US11108574B2	Technologies for switch link and ply management for variable oversubscription ratios Technologies for switch link and ply management for variable oversubscription ratios include powering up and down links of one or more network plys according to bandwidth demand, desired oversubscription ratio and/or other parameters. Telemetry data representing one or more network traffic metrics of one or more switch plies is monitored to determine respective power states of the plurality of links associated with the one or more switch plies as a function of a desired oversubscription ratio calculated based on the telemetry data. The respective power state of the plurality of links is set accordingly.
US11108567B2	Compute digital signature authentication verify instruction A single architected instruction to verify a signed message is executed. The executing includes determining a verify function of a plurality of verify functions supported by the instruction to be performed and obtaining input for the instruction. The input includes a message and a key. Based on the verify function to be performed and the input, a signature of the message is verified.
US11108563B2	Information processing system, client device, authentication and authorization server, control method, and storage medium An information processing system is provided which authenticates and authorizes a client device. In a case where it is determined that an error includes a time of an authentication and authorization server, the information processing system transmits a second authorization token request including the time of the authentication and authorization server to the authentication and authorization server.
US11108561B2	Techniques for secure blockchain routing Described herein are systems and methods for providing secure blockchain routing utilizing an extended blockchain protocol. In some embodiments, a blockchain routing node may join an overlay network including a plurality of blockchain routing nodes. The blockchain routing node may receive a plurality of forwarding tables from the plurality of blockchain routing nodes in accordance with an extended blockchain protocol. The blockchain routing node may determine a routing table for the overlay network based at least on part on the plurality of forwarding tables. In some embodiments, the blockchain routing node may route a payload message to a destination blockchain routing node in the overlay network in accordance with the determined routing table.
US11108551B2	Quantum key distribution system and method A continuous variable quantum key distribution system comprises a transmitter and a receiver. The first quantum signal has a first polarization and is associated with first quadrature components and the second quantum signal has a second polarization and is associated with second quadrature components. The receiver receives the quantum signals transmitted by the transmitter via a quantum communication channel; estimates a channel matrix representing the polarization rotation of the first and second polarization caused by the quantum communication channel; modifies the received first and second quantum signals on the basis of the polarization rotation; and uses the modified received first and second quantum signals for generating a secret key. The transmitter may modify the transmitted first quantum signal and the transmitted second quantum signal based on the polarization rotation and use the modified transmitted first quantum signal and the modified transmitted second quantum signal for generating a secret key.
US11108545B2	Creating a blockchain account and verifying blockchain transactions Implementations of this specification provide a method and an apparatus for creating a blockchain account and verifying blockchain transactions. An example method performed by a blockchain platform includes receiving a transaction, the transaction including at least an initiator field that specifies an account to be created, a receiver field that specifies a pre-determined field value, and a data field that specifies a user-defined key control rule. The user-defined key control rule includes at least one 3-tuple, and each 3-tuple includes a key identifier, an action identifier, and a permission setting. The blockchain platform seals the transaction into a block, and sends the sealed transaction to at least one other full node in the blockchain network.
US11108544B2	On-chain governance of blockchain An example operation may include one or more of receiving a request to commit a blockchain request to a hash-linked chain of blocks stored on a distributed ledger, extracting governance policies which are encoded within a data block of the hash-linked chain of blocks on the distributed ledger, determining if the blockchain request satisfies the extracted governance policies of the hash-linked chain of blocks on the distributed ledger, and in response to the blockchain request satisfying the extracted governance policies, executing the blockchain request and storing the executed blockchain request within another data block of the hash-linked chain of data blocks on the distributed ledger.
US11108541B1	Methods and apparatuses for executing smart contract of blockchain, and electronic devices A blockchain-based smart contract execution computer-implemented method, medium, and system are disclosed. In one computer-implemented method, a target transaction initiated by a client device is received by a node device in a blockchain to invoke a target smart contract. The blockchain is interconnected to a trusted third party. A contract engine for smart contract execution is deployed in the trusted third party. Contract source code of the target smart contract is obtained from a distributed database of the blockchain by the node device in response to the target transaction being received by the node device. The contract source code is sent by the node device to the trusted third party. An execution result from execution of the contract source code by the contract engine is received from the trusted third party by the node device.
US11108540B2	Securing cluster communications in a non-secure network Secure communications are established in a non-secure environment between virtual machines configured as nodes of a virtual machine cluster having a virtual scale-out architecture without user intervention. When a new virtual cluster node is automatically and dynamically created and deployed by a virtual cluster master node, the master node embeds in a common image from which the new node is created an initial secret key for establishing initial trusted communications between the new node and the master node. The master node then passes a permanent secret key to the new node, opens an OpenSSL connection for creating a public key infrastructure, and signs the new node's CSR with its own public and private keys and sends the signed certificate to the new node.
US11108534B2	Method and device for service time division multiplexing A method and device for transmitting a service are disclosed. A terminal device receives position information of specific radio frames in a time unit, and position information of a specific subframe in each of the specific radio frames in the time unit from a base station. Every 2m radio frames in the time unit include one specific radio frame, the position information of the specific radio frames in the time unit comprises a value of a period of the specific radio frames in the time unit, and a length of the period is 2m radio frames, where m is a nonnegative integer. The terminal device receives the service carried in the specific subframe in one or more of the specific radio frames from the base station in accordance with the position information of the specific radio frames and the position information of the specific subframe.
US11108522B2	Distinguishing reference signals in a beam-based communication system A user equipment (110), UE, receives (410), on a frequency carrier (200), a plurality of beams (130a, 130b). Each beam (130a, 130b) comprises a corresponding reference signal (210a, 210b). The UE (110) identifies (420) resources of the frequency carrier (200) carrying the corresponding reference signals (210a, 210b) and transmits (430) a report (310) comprising an indication of the resources on which the corresponding reference signals (210a, 210b) were carried. The access node (120a) receives (510) the report (310) from the UE (110) and identifies (520) a given access node (120a, 120b) based on the indication of the resources on which the corresponding reference signals (210a, 210b) were carried.
US11108521B2	Method for transmitting and receiving reference signal in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4G communication system, such as LTE, and subsequent communication systems. The present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting a reference signal (RS) in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: configuring a transmission resource by including at least one resource block (RB), which does not map the RS, between two RBs, which map the RS, in a first subframe; transmitting a first message for directing an RB offset indicating a gap between the two RBs, which map the RS, and locations of the RBs, which map the RS; and transmitting the RS through the configured transmission resource.
US11108515B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting reference signal in mobile communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method by which a terminal receives a signal in a mobile communication system, according to one embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: receiving channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) mode information; and receiving a signal on the basis of the CSI-RS mode information. Unlike a conventional method of allowing a base station to periodically set the CSI-RS in a terminal at a predetermined position such that the terminal receives the CSI-RS and generates and reports channel state information, the present invention proposes a method by which a base station allocates, to a terminal, a reference signal transmission for enabling aperiodic generation of the channel state information for a system having various numbers of transmission antenna ports such as one, two, four, eight, twelve, sixteen or thirty-two transmission antenna ports, and receives the channel state information report. In addition, a method for transferring ZP CSI-RS and quasi co-location (QCL) information for supporting rate matching thereby is also proposed.
US11108512B2	Method and system for centralized or distributed resource management in a distributed transceiver network A master application device comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central baseband processor, and a network management engine that manages operation of the master application device and end-user application devices. The master application device communicates data streams to the end-user devices utilizing one or more distributed transceivers selected from the plurality of distributed transceivers. The selected distributed transceivers and the end-user devices are concurrently configured by the network management engine based on corresponding link quality and propagation environment. The network management engine allocates resources to the selected distributed transceivers and the end-user devices during the data communication. The network management engine continuously monitors communication environment information to configure beamforming settings and/or antenna arrangement for the selected distributed transceivers. Beam patterns are selected for the selected distributed transceivers so as to minimize power consumption and/or based on the location and orientation information of the end-user application devices.
US11108511B2	Carrier scheduling method and apparatus A carrier scheduling method and apparatus. The method comprises determining search spaces of downlink control channels corresponding to at least two first transmission time units on a first carrier, where the at least two first transmission time units are scheduled in one second transmission time unit on a second carrier, and the downlink control channels are in a one-to-one correspondence with the first transmission time units; and obtaining, in the search spaces, the downlink control channels corresponding to the at least two first transmission time units. In this application, a plurality of transmission time units on another carrier are scheduled in a cross-carrier manner, thereby improving transmission resource utilization.
US11108507B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting sidelink HARQ feedback in NR V2X Provided herein are a method of transmitting a Sidelink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (SL HARQ) feedback by a first device and a device supporting the same. The method may include the steps of receiving a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) from a second device, and transmitting a SL HARQ feedback related to the PSSCH to the second device, wherein a resource in which the SL HARQ feedback is transmitted is determined based on an identifier (ID) of the first device.
US11108500B2	Latency reduction by fast forward in multi-hop communication systems Latency reduction by fast forward (FF) in multi-hop communication device and/or systems is disclosed. Packets may be received and forwarded using a codeword (CW)-based approach with and/or without per-CW CRC. A FF session may have a flow ID and packets may have sequence numbers. Packets targeted for FF may be divided into independently decodable CWs that may be transmitted in the next hop, for example, as soon as the destination is determined without waiting for an entire packet's arrival and/or for CRC verification. Low latency (e.g. FF) traffic may be indicated. CW-based FF may be extensible for an e2e RAN path from a WTRU to the last access node in a RAN. Intermediate metrics, a packet CRC and/or a per-CW CRC may be utilized for data integrity. HARQ and/or CW retransmission procedures may be implemented between network nodes for error handling.
US11108497B2	Method and system for hierarchical decoding of data packets in cellular communication system Disclosed herein is method and system for hierarchical decoding of data packets in cellular communication network. At first, base station upon receiving data packets computes LLR values and evaluates computed LLR values through first Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) to determine successful decoding of data packets. When first CRC is unsuccessful and when SINR is greater than first predefined threshold, base station combines LLR values of intra base stations with computed LLR values for decoding data packets and performs second CRC check to determine if data packets are successfully decoded. The base station combines LLR values of intra base stations and LLR values of inter base stations with computed LLR values for decoding data packets when SINR value of inter base stations is greater than second predefined threshold and when evaluated second CRC is unsuccessful and performs third CRC. The present disclosure increases throughput and reduces latency significantly while decoding packets.
US11108495B2	Activation and deactivation of semi-persistent CSI reporting Systems and methods for validating a control message for activation or deactivation of Semi-Persistent Channel State Information (SP-CSI) reporting in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for validating a control message for activation or deactivation of SP-CSI reporting in a wireless communication system comprises receiving, from a network node, a control message for activation or deactivation of the SP-CSI reporting. The method further comprises making, based on the control message, a determination as to whether to activate the SP-CSI reporting or to deactivate the SP-CSI reporting and activating or deactivating the SP-CSI reporting in accordance with the determination. In this manner, the wireless device is enabled to distinguish between a control message activating SP-SCI reporting and a control message deactivating SP-SCI reporting.
US11108491B2	Concealed jamming attach apparatus and method which use false acknowledgement frame According to one embodiment of the present invention, in a concealed jamming attack using a false acknowledgement frame, a jamming attack is performed at a point in time during which a data frame is transmitted between a transmission node and a reception node and a false acknowledgement frame is transmitted to the data frame transmission node, such that the data frame transmission node cannot detect a data transmission failure in a MAC layer because of the jamming attack, and thus a jamming attack can be concealed.
US11108488B2	Optical transceiver and method of controlling optical powers of optical channels Systems and methods for controlling optical powers of optical channels in an optical communications network comprising a plurality of nodes is described herein. The method comprises obtaining a reference optical power. The method also includes determining an optical power of an optical channel generated by an optical transmitter of a node. The method further includes applying an attenuation to the optical channel to reduce the optical power of the optical channel to the reference optical power. In some implementations, the method is performed by a network controller operating in the optical communications network.
US11108479B2	Mobile interactive satellite services A mobile interactive satellite service includes a first satellite, a base station, and a ground station configured to provide respective and distinct first and second multicast content components to the first satellite and the base station. The first satellite communicates the first multicast content component in a first signal to a mobile device. The base station communicates the second multicast content component in a second signal to the mobile device, which can combine the received signals. For another embodiment, a mobile interactive service includes a mobile device, a first base station, a second base station, and a ground station configured to provide a first multicast content component to the first base station and a second multicast content component to the second base station. The first and second multicast content components are distinct, transmitted in respective first and second multicast signals and are combined by the mobile device.
US11108477B2	Method and apparatus for determining broadcast beam weighted value in wireless communications system A method and an apparatus for determining a broadcast beam weighted value are provided. The method includes: obtaining an angle path loss spectrum of a target cell at a current moment, where the angle path loss spectrum includes signal path loss values of a target base station in the target cell in a plurality of directions; determining a beam angle power spectrum based on the angle path loss spectrum, where the beam angle power spectrum includes signal transmit powers of the target base station in the plurality of directions, and in the beam angle power spectrum, a signal transmit power in a direction with a relatively large signal path loss value in the angle path loss spectrum is relatively large; determining a broadcast beam weighted value based on the beam angle power spectrum; and forming a target broadcast beam based on the broadcast beam weighted value.
US11108474B2	Systems and methods for testing a wireless device having a beamforming circuit Systems and methods for testing a wireless device having a beamforming circuit are disclosed herein. An exemplary system includes a shielded test enclosure, a wireless channel emulator, and a test instrument. The shielded test enclosure provides a cable-free connection between the wireless device and the wireless channel emulator, thereby allowing for testing of various types of wireless devices, particularly those that do not have radio-frequency (RF) connectors. The shielded test enclosure is smaller in size and less-expensive than traditional multi-probe anechoic chambers. In one example application, the shielded test enclosure is used to house a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array of a wireless device and a probe antenna array. The probe antenna array is coupled to the wireless channel emulator and used to receive signals from MIMO antenna arrays of various sizes thereby eliminating the need to uniquely tailor the probe antenna array to any specific MIMO antenna array.
US11108472B1	Radar waveform generator configured for use in Wi-Fi systems testing A radar waveform generator, having a radar waveform selection assembly, permitting a user to select a waveform by picking any one out of a set of less than 50 center frequencies named in a 5 GHz Wi-Fi standard and any one out of a set of less than 10 pulse repetition waveforms. Further, the radar waveform generator has an electronic network producing and emits the selected radar waveform.
US11108471B2	System and method for data transmission via acoustic channels The present invention relates to transmitting data using vector sensors and via the vector components of the acoustic field. The data can be received via vector sensors and/or scalar sensors and/or arrays of such sensors.
US11108466B2	Electronic equipment The present disclosure discloses an electronic equipment. The electronic equipment includes a transmission component, a reception component, and a functional component. The transmission component is configured to transmit signals of a specific type into a surrounding environment of the electronic equipment. The reception component is configured to receive signals of the specific type from the surrounding environment of the electronic equipment. The functional component is located between the transmission component and the reception component to reduce a size of the electronic equipment. Further, the transmission component and the reception component are located with a distance in a first direction. The transmission component, the functional component, and the reception component are arranged along the first direction.
US11108464B2	Apparatus and method for determining coefficients of fixed equalizer Embodiments of this disclosure provide an apparatus and method for determining coefficients of a fixed equalizer, the fixed equalizer being applicable to performing fixed equalization on an optical communications system, the apparatus including: a first acquiring unit configured to determine coefficients of an adaptive equalizer according to an output signal of the optical communications system; a first transforming unit configured to perform Fourier transform on at least a part of the coefficients of the adaptive equalizer to obtain frequency responses of the at least a part of the coefficients; and a first calculating unit configured to calculate coefficients of the fixed equalizer according to the frequency responses of the at least a part of the coefficients of the adaptive equalizer.
US11108456B2	Module for generating options for radio signals reception A module for generating signal-reception options, the module being configured to receive at least one signal transmitted by at least one antenna; the generating module including at least one group of mixers and at least one input module; the at least one group of mixers including a number Y of mixers in which Y is an integer equal to or higher than 1; the at least one input module being coupled to the at least one group of mixers and configured to deliver a number Z of reception options available to receive the at least one signal, the number Z being determined depending at least on the number Y and/or on a number of types of signals received by the at least one group of mixers.
US11108436B1	Near-field wireless device One example discloses a near-field wireless device, including: a coil, including a first feed-point and a second feed-point, and configured to carry non-propagating quasi-static near-field magnetic-induction wireless signals; a conductive surface, including a third feed-point, and configured to carry non-propagating quasi-static near-field electric-induction wireless signals; a tuning circuit including a first tuning element, a second tuning element, and a mid-point; wherein a first end of the first tuning element is coupled to the first feed-point; wherein a first end of the second tuning element is coupled to the second feed-point; wherein a second end of the first tuning element and a second end of the second tuning element are coupled to the mid-point; and wherein the third feed-point is coupled to the mid-point.
US11108431B2	Wireless communication apparatus for performing beamforming under frequency hopping and associated wireless communication method A wireless communication apparatus includes a channel estimation circuit, a beamforming control circuit, and a transmit (TX) circuit. The channel estimation circuit estimates a channel between the wireless communication apparatus and another wireless communication apparatus during at least one first time slot. The beamforming control circuit determines beamforming coefficients according to the estimated channel. The TX circuit applies the beamforming coefficients to transmission of an output data during at least one second time slot later than the at least one first time slot. During the at least one second time slot, the output data is transmitted to another wireless communication apparatus via multiple antennae. The wireless communication apparatus performs communications according to a normal frequency hopping sequence in compliance with a communication specification.
US11108430B1	Device, system and method for frequency hopping control A device, system and method for frequency hopping control is provided. The device comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate via main radio channels and a control channel; and a controller interconnected with the communication unit. The controller is configured to: receive, via the communication unit communicating over the control channel, a frequency hopping control command comprising a list of one or more hopping frequencies for frequency hopping; and in response to receiving the frequency hopping control command, control the communication unit to communicate via the main radio channels using frequency hopping according to the one or more hopping frequencies.
US11108422B2	Device and method of verifying protective case usage A device and method of verifying protective case usage, is described. The device includes one or more processors to drive an electromechanical transducer with an input signal. The electromechanical transducer generates an input force based on the input signal, and a sensor of the device generates a test output signal in response to the input force. The one or more processors determine, based on the test output signal, a level of verification that a protective case is mounted on the device. The determination can include determining whether the test output signal matches a predetermined impulse response signal indicative of an unprotected device or a protected device. A digital identification tag of the protective case can be read by a radio-frequency transceiver of the device to provide an additional level of verification that the protective case is mounted on the device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11108421B1	Smart phone carrying assembly A smart phone carrying assembly for suspending a smart phone from an article of clothing includes a shell that is positionable around a smart phone case. A plurality of engagements is each slidably coupled to the shell. Each of the engagements is independently positionable in an extended position having the engagements extending outwardly from the shell. In this way a respective one of engagements can be coupled to a suspension line for suspending the smart phone from an article of clothing. Additionally, each of the engagements is independently positionable in a retracted position having the engagements being recessed into the shell.
US11108415B2	Method of Viterbi algorithm and receiving device The invention discloses a method and a receiving device of the Viterbi algorithm. The method is applicable for a Viterbi decoder that receives an output signal generated by a convolution code encoder processing an original signal. The convolution code encoder includes M registers and M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. The method includes the following steps. First, for the first to the Mth data of the output signal, the Viterbi decoder performs the add-compare-select operation based on the known M initial values of the M registers. Then, for the Mth-last to the last data of the output signal, the Viterbi decoder performs the add-compare-select operation based on the known last M bits values of the original signal, thereby reducing the computational complexity of the add-compare-select unit.
US11108414B2	Bit interleaver for low-density parity check codeword having length of 16200 and code rate of 4/15 and 64-symbol mapping, and bit interleaving method using same A bit interleaver, a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) device and a bit interleaving method are disclosed herein. The bit interleaver includes a first memory, a processor, and a second memory. The first memory stores a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword having a length of 16200 and a code rate of 4/15. The processor generates an interleaved codeword by interleaving the LDPC codeword on a bit group basis. The size of the bit group corresponds to a parallel factor of the LDPC codeword. The second memory provides the interleaved codeword to a modulator for 64-symbol mapping.
US11108412B2	Memory systems and methods of correcting errors in the memory systems A memory system includes a Reed-Solomon (RS) decoder, a reliability tracking circuit, and an erasure control circuit. The RS decoder performs an error correction decoding operation of ‘K’-number of symbols outputted from a memory medium. The reliability tracking circuit generates and stores information on a reliability of the symbols, error occurrence possibilities of which are distinguished into a plurality of different levels according to the error correction decoding operation performed by the RS decoder. The erasure control circuit controls the RS decoder such that the symbols are erased in order of the reliability of the symbols from a low reliable symbol to a high reliable symbol and the error correction decoding operation is performed according to the information on the reliability of the symbols stored in the reliability tracking circuit.
US11108411B2	Polar coding with dynamic frozen bits The present application concerns an encoding device comprising a FC 11 configured to generate m FC-output-bit-sequences by executing m polar encoding steps upon m FC-input-bit-sequences that comprise frozen and unfrozen bits, wherein m≥2. In an i-th polar encoding step of the m polar encoding steps at least one frozen bit is based on at least one unfrozen bit. The present application also concerns a decoding device comprising a processor configured to decode successively a polar-coded-bitstream comprising m-polar decoding steps, wherein m≥2. In an i-th polar decoding step of the m polar decoding steps at least one frozen bit is based on at least one unfrozen bit. Further, the present application concerns also correspondingly arranged encoding and decoding methods.
US11108410B1	User-programmable LDPC decoder A decoder circuit includes a low-density parity-check (LDPC) repository, an LDPC code configurator, and LDPC decoding circuitry. The LDPC repository stores parity-check information associated with one or more LDPC codes. The LDPC code configurator may receive a first LDPC configuration describing a parity-check matrix for a first LDPC code and may update the parity-check information in the LDPC repository to reflect the parity-check matrix for the first LDPC code. The LDPC decoding circuitry may receive a first codeword encoded in accordance with the LDPC code. More specifically, the LDPC decoding circuitry may be configured to read the parity-check information associated with the first LDPC code from the LDPC repository and iteratively decode the first codeword using the parity-check information associated with the first LDPC code.
US11108399B2	Wireless communication apparatus According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes receiver circuitry and transmitter circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive a first frame addressed to another apparatus, the first frame being transmitted by a first wireless communication apparatus, and estimate a difference between an oscillation frequency of an oscillator of the first wireless communication apparatus and an oscillation frequency of an oscillator of the wireless communication apparatus based on the first frame. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit a third frame at a frequency determined based on the difference during a period at least partially overlapping a period during which the first wireless communication apparatus transmits a second frame addressed to a second wireless communication apparatus.
US11108387B2	High speed signal drive circuit A high speed signal drive circuit includes a D-PHY drive signal generation module, a C-PHY drive signal generation module, a drive signal selection module and a multiplex drive module. An output terminal of the D-PHY drive signal generation module and an output terminal of the C-PHY drive signal generation module are both connected to an input terminal of the drive signal selection module. An output terminal of the drive signal selection module is connected to an input terminal of the multiplex drive module. The drive signal selection module controls control switches of the multiplex drive module to be on and off based on a D-PHY drive signal or a C-PHY drive signal, so that the multiplex drive module functions as a D-PHY drive circuit or a C-PHY drive circuit. Thus, dual functions of the D-PHY drive circuit and the C-PHY drive circuit can be realized.
US11108386B2	Comparator circuit arrangement and method of forming the same Various embodiments may provide a comparator circuit arrangement. The comparator circuit arrangement may include a preamplifier having a first input configured to be coupled to a first input voltage, a second input configured to be coupled to a second input voltage, and an output configured to generate a preamplifier output signal based on the first input voltage and the second input voltage. The comparator circuit arrangement may also include a switch circuit arrangement coupled to the preamplifier, the switch circuit arrangement configured to deactivate the preamplifier upon the second input voltage exceeding the first input voltage and further configured to activate the preamplifier upon a fall of the second input voltage, and a pull-up circuit arrangement coupled to the output of the preamplifier, the pull-up circuit arrangement configured to provide a boost voltage to the preamplifier output signal for a predetermined duration upon the fall of the second input voltage.
US11108384B2	Nonlinear transmission line high voltage pulse sharpening with energy recovery Some embodiments include a nonlinear transmission line system comprising: a power supply providing voltages greater than 100 V; a high frequency switch electrically coupled with the power supply; a nonlinear transmission line electrically coupled with the switch; an antenna electrically coupled with the nonlinear transmission line; and an energy recovery circuit comprising a diode and an inductor electrically coupled with the power supply and the antenna.
US11108378B2	Method of manufacturing quartz crystal resonator and quartz crystal resonator unit A method of forming a quartz crystal resonator is provided with the resonator including a body portion with first and second main surfaces facing each other and, in plan view having a pair of long sides extending in a first direction and a pair of short sides extending in a second intersecting direction. Moreover, first and second excitation electrodes are formed on the respective main surfaces; a frame surrounds the body portion at both ends and is separated from the both ends; and first and second coupling portions extend from the short sides and with widths of the short sides. At least one of the first and second coupling portions is formed with a thickness in a third direction is smaller than a thickness in the third direction of a region of the body portion where the first excitation electrode and the second excitation electrode face each other.
US11108359B2	Multi-amplifier envelope tracking circuit and related apparatus A multi-amplifier envelope tracking (ET) circuit and related apparatus are provided. The multi-amplifier ET circuit includes a number of amplifier circuits configured to amplify concurrently a radio frequency (RF) signal to generate a number of amplified RF signals for concurrent transmission, for example, in a millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum. The amplifier circuits are configured to amplify the RF signal based on a number of ET voltages and a number of low-frequency currents, respectively. A number of driver circuits is provided in the multi-amplifier ET circuit to generate the ET voltages and the low-frequency currents for the amplifier circuits, respectively. In examples discussed herein, the driver circuits are co-located with the amplifier circuits to help improve efficiency and maintain linearity in the amplifier circuits, particularly when the RF signal is modulated at a higher modulation bandwidth (e.g., >80 MHz).
US11108358B2	Oscillator circuit arrangement An oscillator circuit arrangement comprises a gain stage and a feedback loop that includes a crystal device. A clock signal monitor circuit is connected to an output of the gain stage and detects a frequency shift in the clock signal or a loss of oscillation. The current through the gain stage is controlled in response to a control signal generated by the clock signal monitor circuit.
US11108350B2	Electric power steering apparatus Provided is an electric power steering device including: a DC power supply; a motor; an inverter circuit configured to convert a DC power output from the DC power supply to an AC power and output the AC power after the conversion to the motor; and a filter circuit, which is provided between the DC power supply and the inverter circuit, and includes a choke coil. The choke coil includes: a core; and one or more conductor sets each including two conductors wound in parallel on the core. A tip on one side of each of the two conductors included in each of the conductor sets is connected to the DC power supply side, and a tip on another side of each of the two conductors is connected to the inverter circuit side.
US11108349B1	AC bus tie contactor input into RAT auto-deploy A system includes a first AC bus configured to supply power from a first generator. A first generator line contactor (GLC) selectively connects the first AC bus to the first generator. A second AC bus is configured to supply power from a second generator. A second GLC selectively connecting the second AC bus to the second generator. An auxiliary generator line contactor (ALC) is connected to selectively supply power to the first and second AC buses from an auxiliary generator. A first bus tie contactor (BTC) electrically connects between the first GLC and the ALC. A second BTC electrically connects between the ALC and the second GLC. A ram air turbine (RAT) automatic deployment controller is operatively connected to automatically deploy a RAT based on the combined status of the first GLC, the second GLC, the ALC, the first BTC, and the second BTC.
US11108346B2	Method and device for detecting position errors of a rotor of an electronically commutated actuator drive The method for detecting a position error of an electronically commutated actuator drive between an assumed position and an actual position of the actuator drive includes performing a position control procedure for the position of the actuator drive. The method further includes providing data with regard to the assumed position of the actuator drive. The method further includes forming an electric space vector value to generate a component of a stator magnetic field that extends parallel with a direction of an exciter magnetic field that prevails in the case of the assumed position of the actuator drive. The method further includes detecting whether a movement of the actuator drive has occurred as a result of generating the component of the exciter magnetic field.
US11108345B1	Control circuit for passive braking for DC motor A control circuit includes a first high-side transistor coupled between a voltage supply terminal and the first terminal of a DC motor and a second high-side transistor coupled between the voltage supply terminal and the second terminal of the DC motor. The control circuit includes a first low-side transistor coupled between a ground terminal and the first terminal of the DC motor and a second low-side transistor coupled between the ground terminal and the second terminal of the DC motor. The control circuit includes a first pull-up resistor coupled between the voltage supply terminal and a gate terminal of the first low-side transistor and a second pull-up resistor coupled between the voltage supply terminal and a gate terminal of the second low-side transistor. The pull-up resistors apply bias currents to turn ON the first and second low-side transistors to provide a conductive path to brake the DC motor.
US11108344B2	Soft starter, operating method, and switching system The invention relates to a soft starter (10) for connecting at least one main circuit (12, 14, 16), each of which includes a bypass circuit (20) having a semiconductor switch (22). Said soft starter (10) comprises a control unit (40) for actuating the bypass circuit (20), and the control unit (40) is equipped with a control signal input (44). According to the invention, the control unit (40) has a separate safety signal input (42).
US11108342B2	Vibration-type driving apparatus using sintered body impregnated with resin, electronic apparatus, and movable body A vibration-type driving apparatus is capable of, in a case where a sintered body is impregnated with resin, preventing the resin that has hardened from interfering with other members. A movable body is brought into pressure contact with a vibrating body having an electro-mechanical energy conversion element and an elastic body. The vibrating body and the movable body are moved relatively to each other through vibrations excited in the vibrating body. The movable body has a frictional surface including the sintered body impregnated with the resin and comes into contact with the vibrating body. The movable body has a sloped surface adjacent to the frictional surface in a cross section perpendicular to a direction in which the vibrating body and the movable body move relatively to each other. An angle formed by the frictional surface and the sloped surface is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.
US11108340B2	Piezoelectric actuator having separate frictional portions A piezoelectric actuator (1) includes: a piezoelectric element (3); and a first frictional portion (10) and a second frictional portion (12) that are disposed on one principal surface (2d) of the piezoelectric element (3). The first frictional portion (10) is disposed at a position other than the antinodes of the piezoelectric element (3) at which a distance from one of the end surfaces (2a) is less than ⅓ L, where L represents a length in the longitudinal direction of the piezoelectric element (3). The second frictional portion (12) is disposed at a position other than the antinodes of the piezoelectric element (3) at which a distance from the other of the end surfaces (2b) is less than ⅓ L.
US11108334B2	Power conversion device Provided is a power conversion device which can be configured inexpensively and in which initial charging can be performed quickly. Accordingly, the power conversion device is provided with: a power conversion device cell having a first converter for converting a first AC voltage to a first DC voltage, a second converter for converting the first DC voltage to another voltage, and a first capacitor charged by the first DC voltage; and a control circuit for allowing charging of the first capacitor while changing the operational state of the first converter in accordance with the first DC voltage.
US11108319B2	Power conversion device with an intermediate capacitor and a smoothing capacitor The power conversion device includes: a boosting unit for boosting DC voltage, the boosting unit including a second switching element, a third switching element, a second reverse-current blocking element, and a third reverse-current blocking element which are connected in series, the boosting unit including an intermediate capacitor connected between a connection point between the second reverse-current blocking element and the third reverse-current blocking element, and a connection point between the third switching element and the second switching element; a smoothing capacitor which is connected in parallel to the boosting unit and smooths the DC voltage boosted by the boosting unit; and a control unit for turning on the third switching element so that the intermediate capacitor is charged to charge completion voltage of the intermediate capacitor.
US11108315B2	Vibration motor A vibration motor in the present disclosure includes a housing, vibrators accommodated in the housing, a driving apparatus configured to drive the vibrators to vibrate, and elastic support components elastically supporting the vibrators. The driving apparatus includes coils disposed on the top wall and/or the bottom wall and an iron core that is disposed corresponding to the coils and that is fixedly connected to the housing. The vibrators include a first vibrator and a second vibrator. The first vibrator includes a first mass block and a first magnetic steel connected to the first mass block. The second vibrator includes a second mass block and a second magnetic steel connected to the second mass block. The elastic support components include a first elastic support component and a second elastic support component disposed at two sides of the vibrator.
US11108309B2	Squirrel cage rotor A squirrel cage rotor, is made up of a shaft, a rotor laminated core with rotor bars which are arranged in the interior, and short-circuiting rings with clearances through which the bar ends of the rotor bars extend out of the rotor laminated core. The rotor bars, on their surface, at least partially have an electrical insulation layer, wherein the electrical insulation layer is cohesively connected only to the surface of the rotor bars. The squirrel cage rotor is intended, in particular, for use in an asynchronous machine.
US11108302B2	Electric generator having a liquid coolant system A machine includes a liquid system and a shaft. The shaft is rotatable about a rotation axis and includes a first part and a second part engaged coaxially with the first part. The first part is rotatable relative to the second part about the rotation axis to define a liquid pump between the first part and the second part. The pump is hydraulically connected to the liquid system. A method of cooling the machine is also provided.
US11108292B2	Inverter driven motor winding life extension An electric motor control system including an electric motor having a winding with a first and second end, a motor controller having a phase lead, the motor controller operable to direct a phase current to the phase lead. The electric motor control system also includes a first switching device that provides an electrical connection between the phase lead and the first end of the first winding when in a disabled state, and thereby flowing the phase current from the phase lead to the first end of the first winding, and a second switching device operably connected to the motor controller and providing an electrical connection between the second end of the first winding and a common point, when in an enabled state. The motor controller is operable to change the state of the first switching device to enabled, and the second switching device to disabled, under selected conditions.
US11108288B2	Rotor and motor A rotor includes magnets, and magnet holes each of which includes an opening extending in a radial direction in plan view, penetrates a rotor core in the axial direction, and includes the magnet located therein. A magnetic pole surface of the magnet opposes a circumferential direction. The rotor core includes first thin plate cores and second thin plate cores. The first thin plate cores include an annular first inner plate, first outer plates on a radially outer side of the first inner plate and arrayed side by side in the circumferential direction, first inner connecting portions connecting the first inner plate and the first outer plate, and a first outer connecting portion that is on a radially outer side of the first outer plate and connects the adjacent first outer plates in the circumferential direction.
US11108285B2	Rotary electric machine stator and manufacturing method therefor A rotary electric machine stator according to the present invention includes: a frame that includes: a tube portion; and a flange portion that is disposed so as to be integrated with the tube portion so as to protrude radially outward from a first axial end of the tube portion; a stator core that is configured into an annular shape, and that is fitted together with and held inside the tube portion; coils that are mounted to the stator core; and a plurality of positioning members that are mounted to the flange portion so as to be movable radially and circumferentially around an axial center of the stator core.
US11108284B2	Wireless power transmitting device and method for controlling the same A wireless power transmitting device is provided. The wireless power transmitting device may comprise an antenna, a memory, and a processor configured to control to store, as reference information, information of a first reflected signal of a pilot signal sent out through the antenna at a first time in the memory and control to compare the reference information with information about second reflected signals of a pilot signal sent out through the antenna at a second time, and determine a position of a target for detection based on a result of the comparison.
US11108280B2	Wireless power transfer method, apparatus and system A communication method of a wireless power receiver for receiving power in a wireless manner, includes generating information of the wireless power receiver based on a load modulation within a slot being allocated to the wireless power receiver while wireless power is received from a wireless power transmitter; receiving the wireless power from to the wireless power transmitter; generating first information of the wireless power receiver based on the load modulation within a first unallocated slot among the plurality of slots, wherein the first information is in collision with second information generated by another wireless power receiver; demodulating a collision related signal of the wireless power transmitter based on a frequency shift keying (FSK); and executing a collision resolution mechanism.
US11108277B2	Wireless power transfer control based on required and received power error A system for wireless power transfer control comprising a receiver for receiving and consuming power, a transmitter for transmitting power, wherein the receiver is configured to generate and send a message to the transmitter, the transmitter is configured to control an output level transmitted to the receiver based on the message, and wherein the receiver or the transmitter is configured to perform a corrective action if a magnitude of the message exceeds a power error threshold for a threshold time.
US11108273B2	Contactless power transmission apparatus with stable bidirectional power transmission A contactless power transmission apparatus includes a secondary device that includes a resonant circuit including a second transmitter coil that transmits and receives electric power to and from a first transmitter coil included in a primary device and a resonant capacitor connected in parallel to the second transmitter coil, a second converter circuit connected to the resonant circuit to convert alternating current power flowing through the resonant circuit to direct current power and convert direct current power to alternating current power flowing through the resonant circuit, a coil connected in series to the second transmitter coil between the resonant circuit and the second converter circuit, and a capacitor connected in series to the second transmitter coil between the second transmitter coil and the second converter circuit.
US11108271B2	Electronic device including multiple coils A portable terminal is provided. The portable terminal includes a shielding member attached to an inner surface of an external part, a shielding wall formed on the shielding member, a first coil attached to a surface of the shielding member that faces the inner surface of the external part, and a second coil attached to the surface of the shielding member, with the second coil surrounds the first coil on a same plane and the shielding wall being disposed between the first and second coil.
US11108265B2	Load shed system A load shed module configured to be connected in series between a power supply and a load is disclosed. A separate load shed module is connected in series between each load and the power supply. The load shed module determines the frequency of the voltage supplied from the power supply. Based on the frequency, the load shed module determines if utility power is connected or if a generator is connected. If the generator is connected and the frequency of the voltage goes outside of a desired operating range for a preset time, the load shed module disconnects the load from the power supply. Each load shed module includes a priority setting and reconnects its corresponding load after a predetermined time corresponding to the priority setting.
US11108264B2	Battery management system The present invention provides a battery management system, which is applicable to at least one battery string, wherein each battery string comprises a plurality of batteries connected in series. The battery management system comprises a plurality of battery sensors and a main controller. Each battery sensor measures at least one corresponding battery and has a first communication module, and each battery sensor issues a broadcast through the first communication module when its power is activated. The main controller has a second communication module. The second communication module and the first communication modules are signal connected in parallel. The main controller executes a web server program to provide a web page. When the main controller receives the broadcast, the main controller displays an addressing interface by the web page, so as to assign each battery sensor to at least one corresponding battery to complete the addressing of the battery sensors.
US11108257B2	Battery charging and discharging without interface removal Various embodiments are described that relate to a battery. A battery, such as a battery with a common input/output terminal, can be tested. Part of this testing can include charging the battery and discharging the battery. It can be dangerous to switch out an interface between charging and discharging. Therefore, a single interface can be employed that enables the battery to be charged and discarded. With this, the battery can be charged and discharged without the danger of switching the interface.
US11108255B2	Charging base A charging base includes a charging cradle, a pad plate, and a recess positioning portion. A mobile device includes a bottom base, a contact portion disposed on the bottom base, and a drive wheel drives the mobile device to move. The charging cradle includes a platform and a charging contact portion, and a height of the charging contact portion is greater than a height of the bottom base, when the drive wheel moves onto the pad plate, the height of the bottom base is greater than the height of the charging contact portion, when the drive wheel reaches the recess positioning portion while moving from the pad plate toward the charging cradle, the height of the bottom base is less than or equal to the height of the charging contact portion, so that the bottom base covers the platform and the contact portion is in contact with the charging contact portion.
US11108254B2	Cordless appliance, such as a surface cleaning apparatus and a charging unit therefor An appliance, such as a portable surface cleaning apparatus is powered by one or more ultracapacitors and a charging unit for same is provided.
US11108253B2	Device, battery and system to reduce battery leakage A device, battery and system to reduce battery leakage is provided. The system includes a battery, a battery-powered device, and an interface therebetween comprising cell contacts and a data interface. The battery comprises: a cell; a low-power protection circuit; and a high-power protection circuit configured to receive an indication via the data interface that disables the high-power protection circuit, leaving the low-power protection circuit enabled. The battery-powered device comprises: a high-power subsystem used when the battery-powered device is in an operating state; a switch between the cell contacts and the high-power subsystem; and one or more sensing circuits configured to, in response to determining one or more of a power-off state and a low-battery state: open the switch to the high-power subsystem; and transmit, to the battery, via the data interface, the indication.
US11108246B2	Charging system and charging circuit thereof The present invention provides a charging system and a charging circuit thereof, including a circuit of a charging apparatus and a circuit of a wireless portable electronic device capable of recognizing an electric connection relationship with the charging apparatus.
US11108241B2	Power conversion circuit, inversion circuit, photovoltaic power system and control method A method of controlling a photovoltaic power system, can include: controlling a first current flowing through a connection line between an output terminal of a power conversion circuit and an input terminal of an inversion circuit according to a rapid shutdown signal; and controlling operation states of the power conversion circuit coupled to a photovoltaic panel in accordance with the first current, such that a voltage on the connection line meets preset requirements. A photovoltaic power system can include: an inversion circuit configured to be controlled to regulate a first current of an input line of the inversion circuit; and at least one power conversion circuit coupled in series with the input line, and being configured to transition among different operation states according to the first current.
US11108239B2	Power system and power control device A power system is provided for controlling a connection point power at a connection point with a power grid D. The power system includes a processing device that calculates a guidance command value for controlling the connection point power to achieve a target power, and a plurality of power control devices that each control the output power of mutually different types of control targets, based on a common guidance command value inputted from the processing device. Each of the plurality of power control devices calculates a target value of the output power, based on an optimization problem including a common evaluation function. The evaluation function includes the guidance command value and a design parameter for which a setting value set for each of the plurality of power control devices is substituted.
US11108229B2	Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit and integrated circuit including the same An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is provided. The ESD protection circuit includes a transient-state detection circuit configured to generate a dynamic triggering signal based on a voltage change rate of a voltage on a first power rail; a voltage detection circuit configured to generate a static triggering signal based on the voltage on the first power rail; a trigger circuit configured to generate a discharge control signal based on the dynamic triggering signal and the static triggering signal; and a main discharge circuit configured to discharge an electric charge from the first power rail to a second power rail based on the discharge control signal.
US11108228B2	Electrical protective circuit arrangement An electrical protective circuit arrangement includes: a first outer conductor path and a second outer conductor path, the first outer conductor path being arranged in parallel with the second outer conductor path in terms of circuit technology; a second semiconductor circuit arrangement arranged in the first outer conductor path; a first current measuring arrangement arranged in the first outer conductor path and being connected to a first electronic control unit, the first electronic control unit driving the second semiconductor circuit arrangement; a fourth semiconductor circuit arrangement arranged in the second outer conductor path; a second current measuring arrangement arranged in the second outer conductor path and being connected to a second electronic control unit, the second electronic control unit driving the fourth semiconductor circuit arrangement. The first electronic control unit and the second electronic control unit are connected in terms of communications technology.
US11108227B2	Methods and apparatus for a battery A battery apparatus according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a power source, such as a battery. The battery apparatus may include a protection IC, a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal. The power source may be selectively coupled to the battery apparatus at the second and third terminals. The power source may be capable of providing a current through the battery apparatus via one of a first current loop and a second current loop.
US11108222B2	Monitor device, ground fault protection circuit and techniques A neutral grounding resistor fault protection arrangement. The fault protection arrangement may include a neutral grounding resistor, the neutral grounding resistor comprising a ground end and a non-ground end; a sense circuit, coupled to the non-ground end of the neutral grounding resistor; and a neutral grounding monitor, coupled to the non-ground end of the neutral grounding resistor, the neutral grounding monitor comprising an injection signal generator, the injection signal generator arranged to generate a frequency of 240 Hz or greater.
US11108217B2	Cable holding element and method A cable holding element configured for attachment to either an angled frame having internal corners, or external corners or both. The cable holding element includes a base body and rows of latching projections that project from the base body to define at least one channel area for holding cable. The latching projections each have a first section and a second section. The first section and the second section form an acute angle towards the base body. A first row of latching projections opposes a second row of latching projections. The opposing latching projections cooperate to interlock without contact, in a comb-like manner to hold cable within the cable holding element and to form guiding structure that guides cable into and out from the channel area. In an alternate embodiment, the cable holding element has a flat base body capable of attachment to a planar surface.
US11108215B2	Modular gas insulated switchgear systems and related cabling modules A gas insulated switchgear (GIS) system is provided including at least two separate modules including components of GIS, the at least two separate modules being independent of one another and configured to be assembled into the GIS system at a destination, wherein one or more of the at least two separate modules includes one of cabling and a solid insulated bus bar to connect the GIS system to an electrical power system at the destination. Related cabling modules are also provided.
US11108206B2	Room temperature masing using spin-defect centres Masing at room temperature is achieved by an apparatus and method that utilize a microwave cavity which exhibits a resonance of sufficiently high Q-factor for maser oscillation, and a resonator structure comprising a masing medium located within a resonant element. The masing medium comprises spin-defect centres. The resonator structure is disposed within the microwave cavity. A magnetic field is applied across the masing medium. An input of microwave radiation to be amplified is coupled to the resonator structure. An optical pump pumps the masing medium, thereby causing stimulated emission of microwave photons. The microwave cavity has an effective magnetic mode volume matching the volume of the masing medium.
US11108202B2	Relay socket and relay assembly comprising a relay socket A relay socket providing an interface between a relay and a mounting structure comprises an upper section configured for mounting the relay, a lower section configured for mounting to the mounting structure, a plurality of mounting holes opening to an upper surface of the upper section and configured to receive a plurality of fastening elements of the relay, and a plurality of sleeve inserts configured to be fastened within the mounting holes, Each of the sleeve inserts surrounds a fixation member adapted to connect to the fastening elements.
US11108201B2	Modular system, comprising electrical consuming units and an electrical connection unit A modular system comprising electrical consuming units and an electrical connection unit. The connection unit has a contact plug for plugging into a power outlet and for electrical connection with a particular cable connecting an electrical terminal and distribution strip as well as one connecting the terminal and distribution strip to the contact plug. The consuming units have first connection elements for mechanical and electrical connecting to second connection elements on the terminal and distribution strip. The first connection elements are geometrically different depending on a maximum electrical power consumption of the respective consuming unit. The second connection elements are likewise geometrically different such that selected first connection elements cannot be connected to selected second connection elements. The type and number of second connection elements are determined such that a total maximum electrical power consumption of all electrical consuming units connected simultaneously is limited to a predefined maximum value.
US11108200B2	Socket connector and connector assembly A socket connector includes a housing defining a pair of rows of insertion cavities and an elastic fastener formed on a bottom wall of each insertion cavity. Each row of insertion cavities has at least one insertion cavity. The elastic fastener is adapted to engage a plug connector inserted into the insertion cavity.
US11108199B2	Coaxial connector A coaxial connector has a first coaxial connector portion (1) and a second coaxial connector portion (2). The first coaxial connector portion (1) has an external conductor which is designed as a coaxial socket and the distal end of which is designed as a spring cage (3) with individual spring lugs (91, 92, 93, 94, 95). The second coaxial connector portion (2) has an external conductor (6) which is designed as a coaxial plug. An electrical and mechanical connection exists between the spring lugs (91, 92, 93, 94, 95) of the first coaxial connector portion (1) and an external shell surface of the external conductor (6) of the second coaxial connector portion (2). In the region of each gap (101, 102, 103, 104, 105) that is situated between in each case two adjacent spring lugs (91, 92, 93, 94, 95), there is provided at least one shielding component (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 111′, 112′, 113′, 114′, 115′) which is connected respectively to one of the two adjacent spring lugs (91, 92, 93, 94, 95). A multiple coaxial connector portion has multiple first coaxial connector portion is arranged in a housing (12).
US11108193B2	Connector and connector device A connector is connected to a mating connector and includes at least one terminal, a housing and a retainer (90). The housing includes at least one fitting (72) and an exposed portion (80). The fitting (72) is fit into the mating connector and formed with a terminal accommodating portion for accommodating the terminal. The exposed portion (80) is exposed from the mating connector. The retainer (90) includes a locked portion and a locking protrusion (94). The locked portion is assembled with the exposed portion (80) and locked to a locking portion provided on the exposed portion (80), thereby fixing the retainer (90) to the housing. The locking protrusion (94) is assembled with the fitting (72) to project into the terminal accommodating portion and retains the terminal in the terminal accommodating portion.
US11108191B2	Connector with cover to suppress deformation of sealing members and maintain waterproofing A connector includes wires (10), a connector housing (30) to hold ends of the wires (10), sealing members mounted on the wires (10) to seal clearances between the connector housing (30) and the wires (10), and a cover (40) assembled with the connector housing (30) to cover the wires (10). The connector housing (30) has a wire pull-out surface (34F1) and cavities (35) open in the wire pull-out surface (34F1) to accommodate ends of the wires (10) and the sealing members inside. The sealing member has a wire draw-out surface (20F) and includes a wire insertion hole (21) open in the wire draw-out surface (20F). The wire (10) is inserted into the wire insertion hole (21). The cover (40) includes a cover body (41) to cover the wires (10) and guides (71) extend from the cover body (41) for contacting the wire draw-out surfaces (20F) and guiding the wires (10).
US11108186B2	Internal shutters and lock mechanisms for safety electrical receptacles Four different combinations of a sliding internal shutter and shutter lock control mechanism are described along with methods of incorporating the combinations into receptacles to prevent foreign objects from gaining access to power. Each combination is composed of a ramped shutter, spring biased in a closed position, and two to four lock control mechanisms, each of which moves a locking bar out of contact with an impeding surface on the shutter. The entrance of a standard plug into the assembled receptacle moves all the locking bars away from the shutter's impeding surfaces and the blades interaction with the ramps moves the shutter to the open position allowing the blades to continue to power. The combinations may be installed in receptacles as standalone modules that are installed in a receptacle case or the parts may be integrated directly into a receptacle structure with the proper support structure. These four shutter-lock control mechanism combinations provide superior safety and do not suffer the rejection problem common to the present tamper resistant receptacles. Another three shutters that open by rotary action when the lock control mechanism is in the unlocked state are presented. The safeties of these are similar to the present tamper resistant receptacles but do not have the rejection problem. A method is also provided.
US11108178B2	Electronic device with housing storing electronic component According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing with a through-hole, a flexible printed circuit inserted through the through hole and including a first connection portion on an inner side of the housing with first connection pads and a second connection portion on an outer side of the housing with second connection pads, a first electrical component in the housing, and a first connector connected to the first electrical component and including connection terminals contacting the first connection pads. A first pad of the first connection pads is greater than other first connection pads.
US11108165B2	Radio frequency front end for full duplex wireless communications An antenna system includes a ground and a substrate mounted on the ground. The antenna system includes a first transmitter antenna and a second transmitter antenna configured to transmit a first signal at a predetermined frequency. The first transmitter antenna has a first longitudinal axis and is mounted in a first quadrant of the substrate. The second transmitter antenna has a second longitudinal axis and is mounted in a second quadrant of the substrate. The antenna system includes a first receiver antenna and a second receiver antenna configured to receive a second signal at the predetermined frequency. The first receiver antenna has a third longitudinal axis and is mounted in a third quadrant of the substrate. The third longitudinal axis of the first receiver antenna is oriented orthogonal to the first longitudinal axis of the first transmitter antenna and the second longitudinal axis of the second transmitter antenna.
US11108152B2	Antenna-integrated wireless module and method for manufacturing antenna-integrated wireless module An antenna-integrated wireless module comprises a substrate having a first surface and including a wireless region and an antenna region. A wireless functional section is in the wireless region and includes an RF circuit on the first surface or in the substrate. An antenna section is in the antenna region and includes an antenna conductor. A resin sealing layer covers at least a part of the first surface. A thickness of the resin sealing layer in a portion overlapping the antenna region may be thinner than a thickness of the resin sealing layer in a portion overlapping the wireless region such that the resin sealing layer may have a step at a location between the wireless region and the antenna region; or the substrate may have a step at a boundary between the wireless region and the antenna region, and the resin sealing layer may not the cover the step.
US11108149B2	Radome, reflector, and feed assemblies for microwave antennas A microwave antenna includes an antenna housing and a radome fabric attached to the housing, which is configured to pass microwave electromagnetic signals therethrough. The radome fabric has an opening formed therein. A vent component is attached to the radome fabric so as to cover the opening in the radome fabric when the radome fabric is viewed from an elevation view in a direction parallel to an axis extending through and perpendicular to the opening in the radome fabric. The vent component is configured to allow air to pass between the atmosphere and the antenna housing.
US11108147B2	Antenna protector An antenna protector includes a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and an end wall. The top wall includes a center reinforcement that includes a plurality of lateral ribs and longitudinal ribs protruding from the top wall and arranged in a grid formation. Each of the first side wall, the second side wall, and the end wall include a perimeter reinforcement that includes a plurality of vertical ribs protruding from the wall. In an exemplary embodiment the antenna protector may include an open end portion, a closed end portion, and a center section, wherein the center section is narrower in width than each of the open end portion and the closed end portion.
US11108146B2	Antenna shields A logging tool includes a tool mandrel, an antenna disposed on the tool mandrel and including one or more coil windings wrapped about the tool mandrel, an antenna shield disposed about the antenna and including at least two pieces, and a constraining element to limit rotational motion of the antenna shield about the tool mandrel. The constraining element is disposed in a through hole defined in the antenna shield and a cavity defined in the tool mandrel, and the antenna shield and the tool mandrel are coupled to each other via an interference fit between the constraining element and the through hole and the cavity.
US11108128B2	Circuit board for HF applications including an integrated broadband antenna A circuit board includes a substantially planar component carrier and a microstrip which is applied to a surface of the component carrier. The microstrip extends towards a connection transition which is arranged on a lateral edge of the component carrier. A waveguide portion of an antenna element which is produced by a 3D printing process is coupled to this connection transition.
US11108125B2	High-efficiency integrated circulator/isolator A high-efficiency integrated circulator/isolator includes a hollow base having an opening formed in the top, a coupler, a first resistor, and an SMP signal connector, wherein three notches are formed in the peripheral wall of the base, support bases are respectively arranged at the bottoms of the notches, and a laminated assembly is arranged in the base and includes a central conductor; and the coupler, first resistor, and SMP signal connector are respectively arranged on the support bases, the coupler has an output terminal electrically connected to an input terminal of the central conductor as well as a coupling terminal electrically connected to an external monitoring system, and the central conductor has an output terminal electrically connected to an input terminal of the SMP connector as well as an isolation terminal electrically connected to the first resistor. The circulator/isolator is integrated to a greater degree and is smaller in size.
US11108124B2	Filter antenna The present disclosure provides a filter antenna, including a radiation structure, a filter structure and a feed structure, the radiation structure comprises a plurality of antenna units stacked from top to bottom, the filter structure comprises a plurality of resonant cavities stacked from top to bottom and communicating sequentially in a coupling manner, the filter structure includes an input terminal and an output terminal, the radiation structure and the filter structure are stacked from top to bottom and electrically connected through the output terminal, and the feed structure has one end electrically connected to the input terminal of the filter structure and another end connected to an external power supply. Miniaturization is achieved by the stacking structure, filtering performance of the bandwidth is obtained by using the multi-stage SIW cavities cascaded, and the interference from out-of-band spurious signals in a frequency range of the bandwidth is effectively suppressed.
US11108119B2	Fusible link design for lithium-ion 18650 cells Aspects disclosed herein provide a fusible link system and/or method configured to protect an electrical system/circuit, e.g., a battery comprising a plurality of cells, from a current overload. To that end, the fusible link system comprises a conductive substrate and one or more first terminals that electrically connected to the conductive substrate. Each of the one or more first terminals comprises one or more structural properties configured to maintain an electrical connection with the conductive substrate when a current load on the first terminal is less than a predetermined maximum and sever the electrical connection with the conductive substrate when the current load on the first terminal equals or exceeds the predetermined maximum.
US11108116B2	Electrochemical cell separator The discharge performance of a primary, bobbin-style electrochemical cell is improved by incorporating a separator formed from a continuous separator sheet defining a two-layer cylindrical sidewall and a closed bottom end between the included electrochemical cell cathode and anode. A first layer of the cylindrical separator is formed by rolling a first end of a continuous separator sheet into a cylinder having a central axis parallel with a longitudinal axis of the continuous separator sheet, and then rolling a second end of the continuous separator sheet around the exterior of the first cylindrical layer to form a second cylindrical layer. The closed bottom end is formed by a portion of the continuous separator sheet located between the rolled portion of the first end and the rolled portion of the second end.
US11108101B2	Active internal air cooled vehicle battery pack A vehicle battery thermal management system and method providing active internal air cooling includes a heat exchanger mounted within an exterior wall of the battery enclosure. The heat exchanger has a first set of heat exchanger elements extending externally to the battery enclosure and in fluid communication with external ambient air. The heat exchanger has a second set of heat exchanger elements extending internally to the battery enclosure and in fluid communication with internal air within the battery enclosure. The system includes at least one of an external damper door and an internal damper door. The external damper door is configured to control the flow of the external ambient air into the first set of heat exchanger elements. The internal damper door is configured to control the flow of the internal air into the first set of heat exchanger elements.
US11108097B2	Battery cell, battery module, and application of such a battery module A battery cell, specifically a lithium-ion battery cell, having a prismatic battery cell housing (6), in which the electrochemical components of the battery cell (2) are accommodated, and further comprising a thermal equalization element (8), which is configured for the enhancement of thermal conductivity, which is arranged on a smallest lateral surface (64) of the battery cell housing (6), such that a region (9) of the smallest lateral surface (64) which is not covered by the thermal equalization element (8) at least partially encloses said thermal equalization element (8).
US11108096B2	Vehicle battery device A vehicle battery device includes: a battery cell mounting part accommodating a battery cell group constituted by a plurality of laminated battery cells and having a temperature control solution passage along a lamination direction of the battery cells; and an interface box, wherein the battery cell mounting part is connected to at least one of two side surfaces of the interface box; the interface box has, on any outer surface other than the side surface connected with the battery cell mounting part, a power interface part transmitting and receiving electricity and a temperature control solution interface part transmitting and receiving a temperature control solution; the battery cell group is electrically connected to the power interface part; and the temperature control solution passage is connected to the temperature control solution interface part so as to be capable of circulating the temperature control solution.
US11108070B2	Method and apparatus for forming electrode catalyst layer by electrospray method A method for forming an electrode catalyst layer by putting catalyst ink within an insulative container having a conductive nozzle in communication with the interior of the container and applying an electrospray voltage to the nozzle to cause electrospray of the catalyst ink through the tip end of the nozzle and thereby to form an electrode catalyst layer, the method includes preparing catalyst ink containing a mixture of at least electrode catalyst, polymer electrolyte binder and volatile organic compound and/or water, putting the catalyst ink within the container with a space remaining inside thereof and air-tightly sealing the container, and electrospraying with the space inside of the air-tightly sealed container being conditioned to have a negative pressure of a level at which the catalyst ink cannot drip off from the nozzle.
US11108069B2	Method for manufacturing membrane electrode assembly including transferring electrode layer to electrolyte membrane by gas pressure A method for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell, in which uniform pressure is applied to the entire area of an electrode during a transferring process to ensure uniformity of products. The method includes an electrode forming step of forming an electrode layer by coating an electrode slurry on a support; a transferring step of aligning the electrode layer on both surfaces of an electrolyte membrane and applying heat and pressure to transfer the electrode layer; and removing the support, wherein in the transferring step, gas pressure is applied to a gas pressure platen of a stretchable material to transfer the electrode layer to the electrolyte membrane.
US11108031B2	Hybrid nanolaminate electrodes for Li-ion batteries An electrode for a Lithium battery, comprising: a multi-dyad nanolaminate stack formed of a metal oxide layer of the group TiO2, MnO2 or combinations thereof, ranging between 0.3 and 300 nm; separated by a decoupling layer.
US11108030B2	Display device including light absorption layer and low potential electrode in pad region and method of fabricating the same A display device comprises a substrate including a display region including a plurality of sub-pixels and a pad region outside the display region; a display element disposed in each of the plurality of sub-pixels; a low potential electrode formed in the pad region to apply a low potential voltage to the display element; a light absorption layer disposed on the low potential electrode in the pad region; and an encapsulation layer formed in the display region and the pad region.
US11108029B2	Organic EL display panel manufacturing method and functional layer forming device A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display panel including: preparing a substrate; forming pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix above the substrate; forming parallel column banks above the substrate in spaces between the pixel electrodes in a row direction; forming functional layers including organic light emitting layers in gaps between the column banks, including causing relative motion in the row direction between the substrate and a head provided with nozzles arranged along a column direction while ejecting ink from selected nozzles among the nozzles to supply a set of the gaps with an ink including an organic material; and forming a counter electrode above the functional layers. Among the set of the gaps, nozzle patterns of the selected nozzles for a gap differ between a first gap and a second gap in a sequence in the row direction of the set.
US11108028B2	Manufacturing method for organic electronic device A manufacturing method for an organic electronic device according to a mode includes a device substrate manufacturing step S01 of manufacturing a device substrate 12 in which a first electrode layer 18, a device function portion 20 including an organic layer, and a second electrode layer 22 are sequentially laminated in each of a plurality of device formation regions DA virtually set in a flexible support substrate 16 and having at least one corner, a bonding step S02 of bonding a sealing member 14 including a sealing base 24 and an adhesive layer 26 laminated on the sealing base to a side of the second electrode layer of the device substrate via the adhesive layer such that the sealing member is not disposed at corners c1 to c4 of the device formation region, and a dicing step S03 of dicing the device substrate, to which the sealing member is bonded, for each of the device formation regions to obtain an organic electronic device 10.
US11108017B2	Organic light emitting diode device package structure and method of manufacturing same The present disclosure provides an organic light emitting diode display package structure and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting diode display package structure is provided with a gate insulating layer, a first barrier layer, a first organic buffer layer, a first hydrophobic layer, a second organic buffer layer, and a second barrier layer which are disposed sequentially. A double layer of the organic buffer layer has a thickness capable of wrapping the foreign matters in the area to lower the possibility that the water and oxygen pass through this area and enter OLED device to enhance the protection ability of the TFE on the OLED device.
US11108015B2	Organic electroluminescent illumination panel, manufacturing method thereof, and organic electroluminescent illumination device with spacers protruding from a second electrode Provided is a long-life organic electroluminescent illumination panel which is flexible and, even when a load is applied by bending, impact or vibration, can suppress the occurrence of defects in an electrode layer and an organic layer containing an organic electroluminescent material, and which can suppress the occurrence of dark spots due to short circuiting. This organic electroluminescent illumination panel includes: a pair of electrode layers, at least one of which is transparent, between a flexible film substrate and a flexible film sealing material, at least one of which is transparent; and an organic layer containing an organic electroluminescent material which is sandwiched between the pair of electrode layers. This organic electroluminescent illumination panel has multiple spacers which are disposed on an electrode layer laminated on the flexible film substrate so as to pass through the organic layer and another electrode layer.
US11108011B2	Flexible display and electronic device including the same Disclosed are a flexible display and an electronic device including the same, in the flexible display, a back plate has an improved structure so as to stably support a display panel even during repeated folding and unfolding operations, and also the flexible display can prevents sagging or deformation of specific constituent elements therein.
US11108009B2	Light-emitting element, lighting device, light-emitting device, and electronic device A light-emitting element whose degree of deterioration with driving time is improved and of which emission colors are easily controlled. A light-emitting emitting element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer containing an organic compound located between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the layer containing the organic compound at least has, from the second electrode side, a light-emitting layer in which a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer are stacked, and a hole-transporting layer provided in contact with the third layer; the first layer contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound; the second layer contains a third organic compound and a fourth organic compound; and the third layer contains the first organic compound and a fifth organic compound.
US11108006B2	Display apparatus and manufacturing method of the same A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each including a substrate on which are disposed: an interlayer insulating layer; a driving thin film transistor in which a driving semiconductor layer and a driving gate electrode are each disposed between the substrate and the first interlayer insulating layer; a first capacitor in which a first electrode, a first dielectric pattern and a second electrode are sequentially stacked, the first electrode being connected to the driving gate electrode; and a plurality of contact plugs extended through a thickness of the interlayer insulating layer, with which the driving thin film transistor and the first capacitor are respectively connected to electrodes outside thereof. Lateral surfaces of the first dielectric pattern are covered by the interlayer insulating layer, and the first dielectric pattern within the first capacitor is disposed spaced apart from each of the contact plugs.
US11108004B2	Stretchable display device A stretchable display device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a first substrate including an active area, a non-active area adjacent to the active area, and a pad area extending from a side of the non-active area; a plurality of second substrates are spaced apart from each other on the first substrate; and connecting lines electrically connecting pads disposed on the second substrates adjacent to each other of the plurality of second substrates. The plurality of second substrates includes a first set disposed in the non-active area, a second set disposed in the active area and a third set disposed in the pad area. Accordingly, a stretchable display device according to an aspect of the present disclosure may stretch throughout not only the active area, but also the non-active area and the pad area.
US11107998B2	Transparent electrode and electronic device A transparent electrode includes a conductive layer and at least one metal affinity layer adjacent to the conductive layer. The conductive layer is composed of silver as a main component. The metal affinity layer contains an organic compound and a lanthanoid. The organic compound is a compound including a heteroatom having an unshared electron pair in a molecule.
US11107994B2	Materials for organic electroluminescent devices The present invention relates to compounds which are suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.
US11107990B2	Mask sheet and method for manufacturing the same The present disclosure relates to a mask sheet. The mask sheet includes a plurality of mask units. Each mask unit includes an evaporation effective area and a plurality of welding areas that are distributed around the evaporation effective area according to a preset rule. The distribution of the welding areas around the evaporation effective areas of the mask units at the edge of the mask sheet is consistent with the distribution of the welding areas around the evaporation effective areas of the mask units located in the inner region of the mask sheet.
US11107982B2	RRAM structure The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a lower inter-level dielectric (ILD) structure surrounding a plurality of lower interconnect layers over a substrate. An etch stop material is disposed over the lower ILD structure. A bottom electrode is arranged over an upper surface of the etch stop material, a data storage structure is disposed on an upper surface of the bottom electrode and is configured to store a data state, and a top electrode is disposed on an upper surface of the data storage structure. A first interconnect via contacts the upper surface the bottom electrode and a second interconnect via contacts the top electrode.
US11107980B2	MRAM fabrication and device A top electrode of a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) device over a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) is formed using a film of titanium nitride oriented in a (111) crystal structure rather than a top electrode which uses tantalum, tantalum nitride, and/or a multilayer including tantalum and tantalum nitride.
US11107978B2	Methods of manufacturing three-dimensional arrays with MTJ devices including a free magnetic trench layer and a planar reference magnetic layer A Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) device can include a reference magnetic layer having one or more trenches disposed therein. One or more sections of a tunnel barrier layer can be disposed on the walls of the one or more trenches. One or more sections of a free magnetic layer can be disposed on the one or more sections of the tunnel barrier layer in the one or more trenches. One or more sections of a conductive layer can be disposed on the one or more sections of the free magnetic layer in the one or more trenches. One or more insulator blocks can be disposed between corresponding sections of the tunnel barrier layer, corresponding sections of the free magnetic layer and corresponding sections of the conductive layer in the one or more trenches.
US11107976B2	Magnetic tunnel junction, spintronics device using same, and method for manufacturing magnetic tunnel junction According to an embodiment, a magnetic tunnel junction includes a tunnel barrier layer provided between a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer. The tunnel barrier layer is a crystal body made of a stacked structure of a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer. The crystal body is oriented. The first insulating layer is made of an oxide of Mg1-xXx (0≤x≤0.15). X includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al and Ti. The second insulating layer is made of an oxide of an alloy including at least two elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Zn, and Li. Both the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer are made of an alloy including B and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co and Fe.
US11107975B2	Magnetic tunnel junction structures and related methods The disclosure is directed to spin-orbit torque (“SOT”) magnetoresistive random-access memory (“MRAM”) (“SOT-MRAM”) structures and methods. A SOT channel of the SOT-MRAM includes multiple heavy metal layers and one or more dielectric dusting layers each sandwiched between two adjacent heavy metal layers. The dielectric dusting layers each include discrete molecules or discrete molecule clusters of a dielectric material scattered in or adjacent to an interface between two adjacent heavy metal layers.
US11107971B2	Laminated substrate with piezoelectric thin film, piezoelectric thin film element and method for manufacturing this element There is provided a laminated substrate with a piezoelectric thin film, comprising: a substrate; an electrode film formed on the substrate; and a piezoelectric thin film formed on the electrode film, wherein the piezoelectric thin film is made of an alkali niobium oxide represented by a composition formula of (K1−xNax) NbO3 (0
US11107967B2	Yttrium-based superconductors with tungsten nano-structures A superconducting material includes YBa2Cu3O7-δ and a nano-structured, preferably nanowires, WO3 dopant in a range of from 0.01 to 3.0 wt. %, preferably 0.075 to 0.2 wt. %, based on total material weight. Methods of making the superconductor may preferably avoid solvents and pursue solid-state synthesis employing Y, Ba, and/or Cu oxides and/or carbonates.
US11107962B2	UV LED array with power interconnect and heat sink A heat sink and power interconnect for a UV LED array are provided. A first circuit is disposed on a surface of a first substrate. A UV LED array is positioned thereon. A second substrate and second circuit are spaced apart from the first substrate and a first heat sink is positioned adjacent thereto. An aperture passes through each of the first substrate, the second substrate, and the heat sink. An electrical insulator lines the aperture with an electrically and thermally conductive liner positioned adjacent to the electrical insulator. A fastener is positioned in the aperture and electrically interconnects the first circuit and the second circuit through the electrically and thermally conductive liner and electrically communicates with an external power supply. The fastener carries one or more of a power or an electrical signal, and dissipates heat through the electrically and thermally conductive liner to the heat sink.
US11107956B2	Production of radiation-emitting semiconductor components A method of producing radiation-emitting semiconductor components includes arranging radiation-emitting semiconductor chips on a conversion layer; thickening the conversion layer next to and between the semiconductor chips by applying a filling compound containing phosphor, wherein the thickened conversion layer adjoins a front side and side faces of the semiconductor chips; forming a reflective layer on the conversion layer and on the semiconductor chips in a region of a rear side of the semiconductor chips, wherein a rear-side surface of the contacts of the semiconductor chips remains uncovered; and severing the reflective layer and the conversion layer to form singulated semiconductor components including a single semiconductor chip, a part of the conversion layer arranged on the front side and on the side faces of the semiconductor chip, and a part of the reflective layer arranged in the region of the rear side on the semiconductor chip and on the conversion layer.
US11107952B2	Group III nitride semiconductor light emitting element and method of manufacturing the same Provided are a group III nitride semiconductor light emitting element and a method of manufacturing the same. A group III nitride semiconductor light emitting element of the present disclosure comprises in this order, in a substrate, an n-type semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, a p-type electron blocking layer, a p-type contact layer made of AlxGa1-xN, and a p-side reflection electrode, wherein a center emission wavelength of light emitted from the light emitting layer is 270 nm or greater and 330 nm or smaller, the p-type contact layer is in contact with the p-side reflection electrode, and has a thickness of 20 nm or greater and 80 nm or smaller, and the Al composition ratio x of the p-type contact layer satisfies the following Formula: 2.09−0.006×λp≤x≤2.25−0.006×λp where λp is the center emission wavelength in nanometer.
US11107948B1	Fluidic pick-up head for assembling light emitting diodes A method and system for assembling a device by picking up semiconductor devices from a carrier substrate and placing the semiconductor devices onto a target substrate. The transfer of the semiconductor devices uses fluid as a transfer medium. The fluid enters a fluid channel of a pickup head, causing the pickup head to expand, make contact with, and attach to an aligned semiconductor device. After the semiconductor device is aligned with and placed onto the target substrate, at least a portion of the fluid is removed from the pickup head to release the semiconductor device onto the target substrate. The semiconductor device bonds to the target substrate.
US11107946B2	Method of transferring micro-LEDs from a gallium arsenide substrate The present disclosure discloses a micro-LED transfer method, a manufacturing method, device and an electronic apparatus. The transfer method comprises: in accordance with a sequence of micro-LEDs of blue, green and red, epitaxially growing micro-LEDs of two or all of the three colors on a single GaAs original substrate; epitaxially growing bumping electrodes corresponding to the micro-LEDs on a receiving substrate; bonding the micro-LEDs of the two or all of the three colors with the bumping electrodes on the receiving substrate; and removing the GaAs original substrate. The method can be used to transfer micro-LEDs of a variety of colors, in order to improve the production efficiency.
US11107945B2	Component with end-side mounted light emitting semiconductor chip A component includes a light emitting semiconductor chip, wherein the semiconductor chip includes a layer arrangement including a plurality of layers, the p-conducting layer and the n-conducting layer adjoin one another in an active zone, a first electrical contact is configured on the p-conducting side of the layer arrangement at a first side of the semiconductor chip, a second electrical contact is configured on the n-conducting side of the layer arrangement at a second side of the semiconductor chip, the second side being situated opposite the first side of the semiconductor chip, the first side of the semiconductor chip transitions into the second side via an end side, the semiconductor chip is secured by the end side on a substrate, the substrate includes a first and second further electrical contact, and the further electrical contacts electrically conductively connect to the electrical contacts of the semiconductor chip.
US11107943B2	Method and device for transporting an arrangement of flexible circuit substrates during the production of a laminate therefrom The invention relates to a method and a device for transporting an arrangement of flexible circuit substrates produced on a transport substrate during the production of a laminate from the arranged circuit substrates, as well as—building thereon—a method and a device for producing a laminate of flexible circuit substrates. In the method, a film is applied to the arranged circuit substrates on the side thereof opposite the transport substrate, with the result that the film comes to lie over the transport substrate in at least two sections that are separate from each other and are not covered by a circuit substrate, and runs between them continuously over at least one of the circuit substrates. Then, the arranged circuit substrates are fixed on the transport substrate by means of the generation of a negative pressure acting on the arrangement of the circuit substrates, and which, at least in sections, directly impinges on the arrangement of the circuit substrates itself as well as, at least in sections, additionally on the film (6) and thereby in turn indirectly on at least one of the circuit substrates in the direction of the transport substrate with a pressing force with respect to the transport substrate. Then, the arrangement of circuit substrates fixed on the transport substrate by means of the pressing force is transported by moving the transport substrate. In the production method, the transport method is used for transporting the arrangement between individual manufacturing steps. The devices according to the invention are correspondingly arranged to carry out the above-mentioned method.
US11107934B2	Composition for forming solar cell electrode and solar cell electrode prepared using the same A composition for solar cell electrodes, a solar cell electrode, and a method of manufacturing a solar cell, the composition including a conductive powder; a glass frit; and an organic vehicle, wherein the conductive powder includes a first silver powder having a cross-sectional particle porosity of about 0.1% to about 6%.
US11107923B2	Source/drain regions of FinFET devices and methods of forming same A method includes forming a semiconductor fin over a substrate, etching the semiconductor fin to form a recess, wherein the recess extends into the substrate, and forming a source/drain region in the recess, wherein forming the source/drain region includes epitaxially growing a first semiconductor material on sidewalls of the recess, wherein the first semiconductor material includes silicon germanium, wherein the first semiconductor material has a first germanium concentration from 10 to 40 atomic percent, epitaxially growing a second semiconductor material over the first semiconductor material, the second semiconductor material including silicon germanium, wherein the second semiconductor material has a second germanium concentration that is greater than the first germanium concentration, and epitaxially growing a third semiconductor material over the second semiconductor material, the third semiconductor material including silicon germanium, wherein the third semiconductor material has a third germanium concentration that is smaller than the second germanium concentration.
US11107919B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device including ferroelectric layer having columnar-shaped crystals In a method of manufacturing a negative capacitance structure, a ferroelectric dielectric layer is formed over a first conductive layer disposed over a substrate, and a second conductive layer is formed over the ferroelectric dielectric layer. The ferroelectric dielectric layer includes an amorphous layer and crystals.
US11107914B2	Metal-oxide semiconductor for field-effect transistor having enhanced high-frequency performance An LDMOS device includes a doped drift region of a first conductivity type formed on an upper surface of a substrate having a second conductivity type. A body region of the second conductivity type is formed proximate an upper surface of the doped drift region. Source and drain regions of the first conductivity type are formed proximate an upper surface of the body region and doped drift region, respectively, and spaced laterally from one another. A gate is formed over the body region and between the source and drain regions. The gate is formed on a first insulating layer for electrically isolating the gate from the body region. A shielding structure is formed over at least a portion of the doped drift region on a second insulating layer. The gate and shielding structure are spaced laterally from one another to thereby reduce parasitic gate-to-drain capacitance.
US11107907B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a dummy gate structure on a semiconductor fin; forming a plurality of gate spacers on opposite sidewalls of the dummy gate structure; removing the dummy gate structure from the semiconductor fin; forming a gate structure on the semiconductor fin and between the gate spacers, wherein the gate structure comprises a gate dielectric layer and a work function metal over the gate dielectric layer; performing a first plasma etching process by using a first reactant to etch back the gate structure performing a second plasma etching process by using a second reactant on the etched-back gate structure, wherein the first plasma etching process has a first removal rate of the gate dielectric layer, the second plasma etching process has a second removal rate of the gate dielectric layer, and the second removal rate is greater than the first removal rate.
US11107905B2	Vertical field effect transistors with self aligned source/drain junctions A method of controlling an effective gate length in a vertical field effect transistor is provided. The method includes forming a vertical fin on a substrate, and forming a bottom spacer layer on the substrate adjacent to the vertical fin. The method further includes forming a dummy gate block adjacent to the vertical fin on the bottom spacer layer. The method further includes forming a top spacer adjacent to the vertical fin on the dummy gate block, and removing the dummy gate block to expose a portion of the vertical fin between the top spacer and bottom spacer layer. The method further includes forming an absorption layer on the exposed portion of the vertical fin. The method further includes heat treating the absorption layer and vertical fin to form a dopant modified absorption layer, and removing the dopant modified absorption layer.
US11107902B2	Dielectric spacer to prevent contacting shorting A method includes forming a first and a second dummy gate stack crossing over a semiconductor region, forming an ILD to embed the first and the second dummy gate stacks therein, replacing the first and the second dummy gate stacks with a first and a second replacement gate stack, respectively, performing a first etching process to form a first opening. A portion of the first replacement gate stack and a portion of the second replacement gate stack are removed. The method further includes filling the first opening to form a dielectric isolation region, performing a second etching process to form a second opening, with the ILD being etched, and the dielectric isolation region being exposed to the second opening, forming a contact spacer in the second opening, and filling a contact plug in the second opening. The contact plug is between opposite portions of the contact spacer.
US11107900B2	Dual-gate transistors and their integrated circuits and preparation method thereof A dual-gate transistor and its production method are disclosed. An auxiliary gate is connected to the power supply of the integrated circuits, to form thick and high square-shaped potential barrier of minority carriers adjacent to the drain electrode, while the potential barrier is transparent for the majority carriers from the source electrodes. The potential barrier can effectively inhibit reverse minority carrier tunneling from the drain electrode at large drain-source voltage. The transistor can be easily turned on at small drain-source voltage, without significantly decreasing the on-state current. The dual-gate transistor can significantly suppress ambipolar behavior with increased current on/off ratio and reduced power consumption, and maintain the high performance. Based on transistors, strengthened CMOS circuits can have high noise margin, low voltage loss, reduced logic errors, high performance and low power consumption. Moreover, no additional power sources are added to the circuit, which makes it suitable for ultra-large-scale integrated circuits.
US11107899B2	Plate design to decrease noise in semiconductor devices A semiconductor device and method for forming the semiconductor device are provided. In some embodiments, a semiconductor substrate comprises a device region. An isolation structure extends laterally in a closed path to demarcate the device region. A first source/drain region and a second source/drain region are in the device region and laterally spaced. A sidewall of the first source/drain region directly contacts the isolation structure at a first isolation structure sidewall, and remaining sidewalls of the first source/drain region are spaced from the isolation structure. A selectively-conductive channel is in the device region, and extends laterally from the first source/drain region to the second source/drain region. A plate comprises a central portion and a first peripheral portion. The central portion overlies the selectively-conductive channel, and the first peripheral portion protrudes from the central portion towards the first isolation structure sidewall.
US11107893B2	Method for forming a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device A method of forming a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device are provided. The method includes forming a graphene layer at a first side of a silicon carbide substrate having at least next to the first side a first defect density of at most 500/cm2. An acceptor layer is attached at the graphene layer to form a wafer-stack. The acceptor layer includes silicon carbide having a second defect density higher than first defect density. The wafer-stack is split along a split plane in the silicon carbide substrate to form a device wafer including the graphene layer and a silicon carbide split layer at the graphene layer. An epitaxial silicon carbide layer extending to an upper side of the device wafer is formed on the silicon carbide split layer. The device wafer is further processed at the upper side.
US11107887B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: an n-type semiconductor substrate having a cell region and a termination region provided around the cell region; a p-type anode layer provided on an upper surface of the n-type semiconductor substrate in the cell region; an n-type buffer layer provided on a lower surface of the n-type semiconductor substrate; and a p-type layer provided on the lower surface of the n-type buffer layer in the termination region and deeper than the n-type buffer layer.
US11107885B2	Semiconductor film, solar cell, light-emitting diode, thin film transistor, and electronic device A semiconductor film includes a cluster of semiconductor quantum dots each having a metal atom and ligands coordinating to respective semiconductor quantum dots, and the semiconductor quantum dots have an average shortest inter-dot distance of less than 0.45 nm. A solar cell, a light-emitting diode, a thin film transistor, and an electronic device include the semiconductor film.
US11107884B2	Sealed cavity structures with a planar surface The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to sealed cavity structures having a planar surface and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a cavity formed in a substrate material and which has a curvature at its upper end. The cavity is covered with epitaxial material that has an upper planar surface.
US11107875B2	Display panel, fabrication and driving method thereof, and display device The present disclosure proposes a display panel, a fabrication method, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The display panel comprises a display area comprising a plurality of OLEDs; a peripheral area located in the periphery of the display area and having a driving circuit configured to provide driving signals to the plurality of OLEDs; a packaging material disposed between the display area and the peripheral area; a first signal line passing through the packaging material to provide a first signal from the driving circuit to the plurality of OLEDs; a second signal line passing through the packaging material to provide a second signal from the driving circuit to the plurality of OLEDs; and a sacrificial line being configured adjacent to the first signal line and the second signal line, where the sacrificial line is connected to a voltage supply element.
US11107868B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display device comprises a substrate on which a plurality of sub-pixels is arranged in a column direction and a row direction; a plurality of first electrodes allocated to the plurality of sub-pixels; a first bank disposed on the first electrodes and having a plurality of first openings that exposes the plurality of first electrodes; and a second bank disposed on the first bank and having a plurality of second openings that exposes the plurality of first electrodes and a part of the first bank, wherein the plurality of first electrodes include a plurality of (1-1)-th electrodes arranged in a (3n-2)-th column, a plurality of (1-2)-th electrodes arranged in a (3n-1)-th column and a plurality of (1-3)-th electrodes arranged in a 3n-th column, where n is a natural number equal to or greater than 1, wherein the first bank is disposed between the plurality of first electrodes neighboring in the column direction and disposed between the (1-3)-th electrodes and the (1-1)-th electrodes neighboring in the row direction, wherein the second bank is disposed between the plurality of (1-1)-th electrodes arranged in the (3n-2)-th column and the plurality of (1-2)-th electrodes neighboring the plurality of (1-1)-th electrodes and arranged in the (3n-1)-th column and disposed between the plurality of (1-2)-th electrodes arranged in the (3n-1)-th column and the plurality of (1-3)-th electrodes neighboring the plurality of (1-2)-th electrodes and arranged in the 3n-th column, and wherein the second bank is not disposed between the plurality of (1-3)-th electrodes arranged in the 3n-th column and the plurality of (1-1)-th electrodes neighboring the plurality of (1-3)-th electrodes in the row direction and arranged in the (3n-2)-th column.
US11107867B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof A display device includes a substrate, a switching transistor and a driving transistor positioned on the substrate, a first electrode connected to the driving transistor, a second electrode positioned on the first electrode, and a pixel definition layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the pixel definition layer includes a first portion, and a second portion having a thickness less than that of the first portion, where a pixel opening defined in the pixel definition layer is enclosed by the first portion, and the second portion overlaps the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11107865B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite from the first substrate, a plurality of organic light emitting elements on the first substrate, and a color filter on the organic light emitting elements, wherein a transmission wavelength band of the color filter has an upper limit value for transmitting a light wavelength corresponding to a first intensity of a light emitted from the organic light emitting elements at a viewing angle of about 0°, and has a lower limit value for transmitting a light wavelength corresponding to a second intensity that is less than the first intensity.
US11107857B2	Light emitting diodes, components and related methods A light emitter device includes a submount with a top surface and a bottom surface, electrically conductive traces on the top surface of the submount, light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged on the top surface of the submount in light emitter zones, with the LEDs being electrically connected to respective traces of the traces, a retention material disposed over the top surface of the submount in a form of walls which physically separate the light emitter zones, and encapsulants that are dispensed in respective light emitter zones of the light emitter zones. A least a portion of the plurality of walls of the retention material can comprise a translucent material, a reflective material, and/or a light-absorbing material. The LEDs are individually addressable to independently control an output of light from each of the LEDs to produce a specified light output.
US11107850B2	Image sensors Image sensors are provided. The image sensor may include a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a photoelectric conversion layer in the substrate, and a lower capacitor connection pattern on the first surface of the substrate. The second surface of the substrate may be configured to receive incident light. The lower capacitor connection pattern may include a capacitor region and a landing region protruding from the capacitor region. The image sensors may also include a capacitor structure including a first conductive pattern, a dielectric pattern, and a second conductive pattern sequentially stacked on the capacitor region, a first wire on the capacitor structure and connected to the second conductive pattern, and a second wire connected to the landing region. The first conductive pattern may be connected to the lower capacitor connection pattern. A surface of the first wire facing the substrate and a surface of the second wire facing the substrate may be coplanar.
US11107847B2	Pixel and imaging array with reduced dark current adapted to low light imaging A pixel sensor, an imaging array that includes such pixel sensors, and a method for operating an imaging array are disclosed. The pixel sensor includes a transfer gate that connects a photodiode to a floating diffusion node in response to a transfer signal, a reset circuit, and a controller. The reset circuit is adapted to apply either a first potential or a second potential to the floating diffusion node, the second potential being less than the first potential. The controller is configured to cause the reset circuit to apply the first potential to the floating diffusion node while the transfer gate is conducting just prior to a start of an accumulation phase, and then apply the second potential to the floating diffusion node after the transfer gate is rendered non-conducting, the second potential is less than the first potential.
US11107844B2	Display device A display device can include a first thin film transistor including a first active layer including a first semiconductor material, a first gate electrode overlapping with the first active layer, and a first source electrode and a first drain electrode both electrically connected to the first active layer; a separation insulating layer disposed on the first thin film transistor; and a second thin film transistor disposed on the separation insulating layer and including: a second active layer including a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material, a second gate electrode overlapping with the second active layer, and a second source electrode and a second drain electrode both electrically connected to the second active layer, in which the second active layer of the second thin film transistor has a first thickness and a second thickness greater than the first thickness.
US11107839B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display panel Provided are an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel. The array substrate includes: a substrate, a first active layer of a first thin film transistor, a first insulating layer, a first metal layer, and a second active layer of a second thin film transistor. The first metal layer includes a first connection portion, which overlaps one of a source contact region or a drain contact region of the first active layer and overlaps one of a source contact region or a drain contact region of the second active layer. The one of the source contact region or the drain contact region of the first active layer and the one of the source contact region or the drain contact region of the second active layer overlap each other, and are electrically connected through a via in the first insulating layer and the first connection portion.
US11107836B2	Semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a first gate stack over a substrate. The substrate has a base and a first fin structure over the base, and the first gate stack wraps around a first upper portion of the first fin structure. The method includes partially removing the first fin structure, which is not covered by the first gate stack. The method includes forming a first mask layer over a first sidewall of the first fin structure. The method includes forming a first stressor over a second sidewall of the first fin structure while the first mask layer covers the first sidewall. The first sidewall is opposite to the second sidewall. The method includes removing the first mask layer. The method includes forming a dielectric layer over the base and the first stressor. The dielectric layer covers the first sidewall.
US11107835B2	BEOL cross-bar array ferroelectric synapse units for domain wall movement A method is presented for incorporating a metal-ferroelectric-metal (MFM) structure in a cross-bar array in back end of the line (BEOL) processing. The method includes forming a first electrode, forming a ferroelectric layer in direct contact with the first electrode, forming a second electrode in direct contact with the ferroelectric layer, such that the first electrode and the ferroelectric layer are perpendicular to the second electrode to form the cross-bar array, and biasing the second electrode to adjust domain wall movement within the ferroelectric layer.
US11107831B2	Methods of forming integrated assemblies include stacked memory decks Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a first deck which has first memory cells, and having a second deck which has second memory cells. The first memory cells have first control gate regions which include a first conductive material vertically between horizontally-extending bars of a second conductive material. The second memory cells have second control gate regions which include a fourth conductive material along an outer surface of a third conductive material. A pillar passes through the first and second decks. The pillar includes a dielectric-barrier material laterally surrounding a channel material. The first and fourth materials are directly against the dielectric-barrier material. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US11107820B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; a plurality of capacitor contacts positioned over the substrate, at least one of the plurality of capacitor contacts having a neck portion and a head portion over the neck portion, wherein an upper width of the head portion is larger than an upper width of the neck portion; a plurality of bit line contacts positioned over the substrate and a plurality of bit lines positioned over the plurality of bit line contacts, wherein at least one of the plurality of bit line is a wavy line extending between two adjacent capacitor contacts; and a capacitor structure positioned over the head portion.
US11107815B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: channel patterns disposed on a substrate; a pair of source/drain patterns disposed at first and second sides of each of the channel patterns; and a gate electrode disposed around the channel patterns, wherein the gate electrode includes a first recessed top surface between adjacent channel patterns, wherein the channel patterns are spaced apart from the substrate, and wherein the gate electrode is disposed between the substrate and the channel patterns.
US11107802B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first substrate, and a plurality of electrode layers provided above the first substrate and stacked in a first direction. The device further includes a first semiconductor layer extending in the first direction in the plurality of electrode layers, and a metal layer provided above an uppermost one of the plurality of electrode layers and extending to cross the first direction. The device further includes a second semiconductor layer including an impurity diffusion layer that is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the metal layer, electrically connects the first semiconductor layer with the metal layer, and has an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor layer.
US11107800B2	Display device A display device can include a substrate on which a semiconductor element and a common electrode are disposed; a light emitting diode which is disposed on the substrate and includes an n-type layer, a light emitting layer, and a p-type layer; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and the light emitting diode; and a first connecting electrode which is connected to the light emitting diode and the semiconductor element. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize defects which can be caused during a process of disposing the light emitting diode on the substrate.
US11107794B2	Multi-wafer stack structure and forming method thereof A multi-wafer stack structure and fabricating method thereof are disclosed. In the multi-wafer stack structure, the first interconnection layer is electrically connected to the second metal layer and the first metal layer via the first opening, the second interconnection layer is electrically connected to the first interconnection layer via the second openings, the third interconnection layer is electrically connected to the third metal layer via the third openings, and the second interconnection layer is in contact with the third interconnection layer, so that there is no need to reserve the wire pressure welding space between the wafers and a silicon substrate is eliminated, the overall device thickness of the multi-wafer stack package is reduced. Moreover, the design processing of the silicon substrate and a plurality of common pads on the silicon substrate is eliminated, thereby reducing the parasitic capacitance and power loss, and increasing the transmission speed.
US11107786B2	Pattern decomposition lithography techniques Techniques are disclosed for realizing a two-dimensional target lithography feature/pattern by decomposing (splitting) it into multiple unidirectional target features that, when aggregated, substantially (e.g., fully) represent the original target feature without leaving an unrepresented remainder (e.g., a whole-number quantity of unidirectional target features). The unidirectional target features may be arbitrarily grouped such that, within a grouping, all unidirectional target features share a common target width value. Where multiple such groupings are provided, individual groupings may or may not have the same common target width value. In some cases, a series of reticles is provided, each reticle having a mask pattern correlating to a grouping of unidirectional target features. Exposure of a photoresist material via the aggregated series of reticles substantially (e.g., fully) produces the original target feature/pattern. The pattern decomposition techniques may be integrated into any number of patterning processes, such as litho-freeze-litho-etch and litho-etch-litho-etch patterning processes.
US11107778B2	Active shielding device and method of active shielding Embodiments of an active shielding device and method for active shielding are disclosed. In an embodiment, an active shielding device includes current sources configured to generate currents, an analog wire shield unit connected to the current sources, switches connected between the current sources and the analog wire shield unit, a current to voltage converter connected to the analog wire shield unit and configured to generate a voltage in response to the currents that are generated by the current sources and a digital control sequence for the switches, a voltage comparator connected to the current to voltage converter and configured to compare the voltage that is generated by the current to voltage converters with a reference voltage, a digital active shielding unit connected to the current sources, digital logics configured to process the digital control sequence before conducting the digital control sequence through the digital active shielding unit and after conducting the digital control sequence through the digital active shielding unit to generate a first processing result signal and a second result signal, and a digital comparator configured to compare the first processing result signal with the second result signal.
US11107775B1	Semiconductor device with electrically floating contacts between signal-transmitting contacts The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device including a first semiconductor structure, a first connecting structure positioned on the first semiconductor structure, a second connecting structure positioned on the first connecting structure, and a second semiconductor structure positioned on the second connecting structure. The first connecting structure includes a plurality of first connecting contacts and a plurality of first supporting contacts positioned in a first connecting insulating layer. The second connecting structure includes a plurality of second connecting contacts and a plurality of second supporting contacts positioned in the second connecting insulating layer positioned on the first connecting structure. The plurality of first connecting contacts contact the plurality of second connecting contacts, forming signal-transmitting contacts. The plurality of first supporting contacts contact the plurality of second supporting contacts, forming electrically floating contacts for implementing electro-magnetic interference shielding between the signal-transmitting contacts.
US11107762B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip having an active surface on which a connection pad is disposed and an inactive surface opposing the active surface, and a first encapsulant covering at least a portion of each of the inactive surface and a side surface of the semiconductor chip. A metal layer is disposed on the first encapsulant, and includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, sequentially stacked. A connection structure is disposed on the active surface of the semiconductor chip, and includes a first redistribution layer electrically connected to the connection pad. A lower surface of the first conductive layer is in contact with the first encapsulant and has first surface roughness, and an upper surface of the first conductive layer is in contact with the second conductive layer and has second surface roughness smaller than the first surface roughness.
US11107761B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device may include a first conductive plate, a plurality of semiconductor chips disposed on the first conductive plate, and a first external connection terminal connected to the first conductive plate. The plurality of semiconductor chips may include first, second, and third semiconductor chips. The second semiconductor chip may be located between the first semiconductor chip and the third semiconductor chip. A portion of the first conductive plate where the first external connection terminal is connected may be closest to the second semiconductor chip among the first, second, and third semiconductor chips. The first conductive plate may be provided with an aperture located between the portion of the first conductive plate where the first external connection terminal is connected and a portion of the first conductive plate where the second semiconductor chip is connected.
US11107757B2	Integrated circuit structures in package substrates Disclosed herein are integrated circuit (IC) structures that may be included in package substrates. For example, disclosed herein are passive components in package substrate, wherein the passive components include at least one non-circular via and at least one pad in contact with the at least one non-circular via, and the passive components include an inductor or a capacitor. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US11107753B2	Packaging structure for gallium nitride devices Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a substrate having one or more traces on a first side and one or more traces on a second side of the substrate. The substrate may be rigid. The packages may include at least one die mechanically and electrically coupled to the first side of the substrate. The die may be a high voltage die. The package may include one or more traces along one or more edges of the substrate. The one or more traces along the one or more edges of the substrate provide electrical connectivity between the one or more traces on the first side of the substrate and the one or more traces on the second side of the substrate. The package may also include a molding compound encapsulating at least the first and the one or more edges of the ceramic substrate.
US11107723B1	Method of fabricating semiconductor device A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, including a high-voltage device region and a low-voltage device region, includes the steps of: providing a substrate, wherein a bottom mask layer and a top mask layer are sequentially disposed thereon; forming a doped region in the substrate based on a first layout pattern; patterning the substrate based on a second layout pattern to form at least two trenches in the substrate respectively in the high-voltage device region and the low-voltage device region; and patterning the top mask layer in the high-voltage device region based on a third layout pattern to form a patterned top mask layer and expose the bottom mask layer from the patterned top mask layer, wherein the third layout pattern is generated by comparing the first layout pattern and the second layout pattern and executing a Boolean operation.
US11107714B2	Electromigration evaluation methodology with consideration of thermal and signal effects A method for evaluating a heat sensitive structure involving identifying a heat sensitive structure in an integrated circuit design layout, the heat sensitive structure characterized by a nominal temperature, identifying a heat generating structure within a thermal coupling range of the heat sensitive structure, calculating an operating temperature of the first heat generating structure; calculating a temperature increase or the heat sensitive structure induced by thermal coupling to the heat generating structure at the operating temperature; and performing an electromigration (EM) analysis of the heat sensitive structure at an evaluation temperature obtained by adjusting the nominal temperature by the temperature increase induced by the heat generating structure.
US11107708B2	Heating platform, thermal treatment and manufacturing method A heating platform for heating a wafer is provided. The heating platform includes a support carrier, a detection module and a first heating module. The wafer is supported by the support carrier. The detection module is configured to monitor a surface condition of the wafer supported by the support carrier. The first heating module is disposed at a side of the support carrier. The first heating module includes a plurality of heating units electrically connected to the detection module, and the heating units is arranged in an array. A thermal treatment and a manufacturing method are further provided.
US11107705B2	Cleaning solution production systems and methods, and plasma reaction tanks A cleaning solution production system is for cleaning a semiconductor substrate. The system includes a pressure tank, a plasma reaction tank configured to form a plasma in gas bubbles suspended in a decompressed liquid obtained from the pressure tank to thereby generate radical species in the decompressed liquid, a storage tank configured to store a cleaning solution containing the radical species generated in the plasma reaction tank, and a nozzle configured to supply the cleaning solution from the storage tank to a semiconductor substrate.
US11107704B2	Gas input system for a substrate processing chamber A substrate processing system includes a processing chamber that includes a substrate support positioned therein. The substrate processing system includes a valve system fluidly coupled to the processing chamber and configured to control flow of gas into the processing chamber. The valve system includes a primary flow line and a first gas source flow line fluidly coupled to the primary flow line through a first gas source valve. The valve system includes a second gas source flow line fluidly coupled to the primary flow line through a second gas source valve. The first gas source valve and the second gas source valve are positioned in series within the primary flow line.
US11107698B2	Substrate treating method An oxygen concentration is lowered in accordance with a set lowering process, and thereafter a heat treatment is performed. Accordingly, the heat treatment is performed to a substrate W while the oxygen concentration in a heat treating space HS is lowered. Consequently, a treatment atmosphere within the heat treating space is able to be made suitable for a heat treatment process, leading to appropriate film deposition. In addition, the oxygen concentration is lowered in accordance with a concentration level in recipes. This avoids an excessively lowered oxygen concentration, leading to prevention of reduced throughput.
US11107695B2	Surface smoothing of workpieces Apparatus, systems, and methods for processing workpieces are provided. In one example implementation, a fluorine and oxygen plasma-based process can be used to smooth a roughened surface of a silicon and/or a silicon containing structure. The process can include generating species from a process gas using an inductive coupling element in a first chamber. The process can include introducing a fluorine containing gas and an oxygen containing gas with the species to create a mixture. The process can further include exposing the silicon and/or the silicon containing structure to the mixture such that the mixture at least partially etches a roughened portion to leave a smoother surface of the silicon and/or the silicon containing structure.
US11107693B2	Method for high aspect ratio photoresist removal in pure reducing plasma A method for removing photoresist, an oxidation layer, or both from a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The method includes placing a substrate in a processing chamber, the processing chamber separate from a plasma chamber for generating a non-oxidizing plasma to be used in treating the substrate; generating a first non-oxidizing plasma from a first reactant gas and a first carrier gas in the plasma chamber, wherein the first non-oxidizing plasma comprises from about 10% to about 40% of the first reactant gas, wherein the first reactant gas has a flow rate of from about 100 standard cubic centimeters per minute to about 15,000 standard cubic centimeters per minute, and wherein the first carrier gas has a flow rate of from about 500 standard cubic centimeters per minute to about 20,000 standard cubic centimeters per minute; and treating the substrate by exposing the substrate to the first non-oxidizing plasma in the processing chamber.
US11107685B2	Semiconductor manufacturing method and semiconductor manufacturing device The semiconductor manufacturing device includes: a lower substrate support base configured to support a diamond substrate; an upper substrate support base configured to support a semiconductor substrate; a support base drive unit configured to move the lower substrate support base and the upper substrate support base to bring the diamond substrate and the semiconductor substrate into close contact with each other under a state in which a pressure is applied to the diamond substrate and the semiconductor substrate in a thickness direction; and a second mechanism configured to deform a surface of the upper substrate support base opposed to the lower substrate support base so that a surface of the semiconductor substrate opposed to the diamond substrate forms a parallel surface or a parallel plane with respect to a surface of the diamond substrate opposed to the semiconductor substrate.
US11107684B2	Diamond semiconductor system and method Disclosed herein is a new and improved system and method for fabricating monolithically integrated diamond semiconductor. The method may include the steps of seeding the surface of a substrate material, forming a diamond layer upon the surface of the substrate material; and forming a semiconductor layer within the diamond layer, wherein the diamond semiconductor of the semiconductor layer has n-type donor atoms and a diamond lattice, wherein the donor atoms contribute conduction electrons with mobility greater than 770 cm2/Vs to the diamond lattice at 100 kPa and 300K, and Wherein the n-type donor atoms are introduced to the lattice through ion tracks.
US11107683B2	Selective growth of metal-containing hardmask thin films Methods and apparatuses for selectively growing metal-containing hard masks are provided herein. Methods include providing a substrate having a pattern of spaced apart features, each feature having a top horizontal surface, filling spaces between the spaced apart features with carbon-containing material to form a planar surface having the top horizontal surfaces of the features and carbon-containing material, selectively depositing a metal-containing hard mask on the top horizontal surfaces of the features relative to the carbon-containing material, and selectively removing the carbon-containing material relative to the metal-containing hard mask and features.
US11107674B2	Methods for depositing silicon nitride Embodiments described and discussed herein provide methods for depositing silicon nitride materials by vapor deposition, such as by flowable chemical vapor deposition (FCVD), as well as for utilizing new silicon-nitrogen precursors for such deposition processes. The silicon nitride materials are deposited on substrates for gap fill applications, such as filling trenches formed in the substrate surfaces. In one or more embodiments, the method for depositing a silicon nitride film includes introducing one or more silicon-nitrogen precursors and one or more plasma-activated co-reactants into a processing chamber, producing a plasma within the processing chamber, and reacting the silicon-nitrogen precursor and the plasma-activated co-reactant in the plasma to produce a flowable silicon nitride material on a substrate within the processing chamber. The method also includes treating the flowable silicon nitride material to produce a solid silicon nitride material on the substrate.
US11107671B2	Method of processing semiconductor substrate A method includes disposing a semiconductor substrate over a chuck. The chuck has a plurality of holes therein. The semiconductor substrate has a first surface facing the chuck and a second surface opposite thereto. A liquid layer is formed flowing over a top surface of the chuck by supplying liquid to the top surface of the chuck through the holes of the chuck. The semiconductor substrate is moved toward the chuck such that the first surface of the semiconductor substrate is in contact with the liquid layer and the liquid layer flows between the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and the top surface of the chuck.
US11107670B2	Method for analyzing a gas by mass spectrometry, and mass spectrometer A method for analyzing a gas by mass spectrometry includes exciting ions of the gas to be analyzed in an FT ion trap, and recording a first frequency spectrum in a first measurement time interval during or after the excitation of the ions. The first frequency spectrum contains ion frequencies of the excited ions and interference frequencies. The method also includes recording a second frequency spectrum in a second measurement time interval. The second frequency spectrum contains the interference frequencies, but not the ion frequencies of the first frequency spectrum. The method further includes comparing the first frequency spectrum with the second frequency spectrum to identify the interference frequencies in the first frequency spectrum. The disclosure also relates to a mass spectrometer which is suitable for carrying out the method for analyzing the gas by mass spectrometry.
US11107661B2	Hybrid matching network topology The present disclosure relates to plasma generation systems which utilize plasma for semiconductor processing. The plasma generation system disclosed herein employs a hybrid matching network. The plasma generation system includes a RF generator and a matching network. The matching network includes a first-stage to perform low-Q impedance transformations during high-speed variations in impedance. The matching network includes a second-stage to perform impedance matching for high-Q impedance transformations. The matching network further includes a sensor coupled to the first-stage and the second-stage to calculate the signals that are used to engage the first and second-stages. The matching network includes a first-stage network that is agile enough to tune each state in a modulated RF waveform and a second-stage network to tune a single state in a RF modulated waveform. The plasma generation system also includes a plasma chamber coupled to the matching network.
US11107656B2	Charged particle beam device Signal electrons with high energy that pass near an optical axis, for example, backscattered electrons or secondary electrons in a booster optical system, can be detected. Therefore, there is provided a charged particle beam device including: a charged particle beam source configured to generate a charged particle beam; an objective lens configured to focus the charged particle beam to a sample; and a first charged particle detecting element disposed between the charged particle beam source and the objective lens and configured to detect charged particles generated by an interaction between the charged particle beam and the sample, in which a detection surface of the first charged particle detecting element is disposed on a center axis of the objective lens.
US11107654B2	Electrical connection box Provided is an electrical connection box in which a greater number of fuses can be inserted while suppressing an increase in size. An electrical connection box for a vehicle includes: an insertion housing that has a rectangular open port on one side and in which a plurality of rectangular insertion holes into which fuses are to be respectively inserted are provided facing the open port; a first insertion hole row in which a plurality of the insertion holes are provided side by side in a lengthwise direction of the open port, with long sides of the insertion holes adjacent to each other; and a second insertion hole row in which a plurality of the insertion holes are provided side by side in the lengthwise direction of the open port, with short sides of the insertion holes adjacent to each other.
US11107653B2	Dual-action switching mechanism and pole unit for circuit breaker A circuit breaker includes a pole unit with a moveable electrode and a fixed electrode. A resilient member is operably connected to a first end of the pole unit. A linkage extends from the second end of the pole unit and operably connects to the moveable electrode. A linear actuator is operably connected to the linkage and located away from the pole unit. A Thomson coil or other high-speed actuator is also operably connected to the linkage. A gap is provided between the pole unit and the linear actuator member when the resilient member is not extended. To open the electrodes, the high-speed actuator first acts on the linkage by pulling the movable electrode away from the fixed electrode. The linear actuator then actuates and increases the distance between the contacts of the breaker by pulling the pole unit toward it, closing the gap.
US11107652B2	Circuit breaker for gas insulated switchgear The invention refers to a circuit breaker (300A) comprising a vacuum interrupter (301) for a gas insulated switchgear. Moreover, the invention refers to a gas insulated switchgear comprising at least one circuit breaker (300A) and/or a disconnector pole. The circuit breaker (300A) has a vacuum interrupter (301) comprising a first movable contact (302), a second stationary contact (303) and a first center axis (304). Moreover, the circuit breaker (300A) comprises a first insulator (305), a contact unit (306) arranged at the first insulator (305), wherein the first movable contact (302) can be moved towards the contact unit (306) so as to be connected to the contact unit (306), an electrical conducting unit (307) comprising a first side (308) and a second side (309), wherein the first side (308) and the second side (309) are opposite to each other, wherein the vacuum interrupter (301) is arranged at the first side (308) of the electrical conducting unit (307), and a second insulator (310) wherein the second insulator (310) is arranged at the second side (309) of the electrical conducting unit (307), wherein the second insulator (310) is connected to the second stationary contact (303), wherein the second insulator (310) has a second center axis (311), and wherein the second center axis (311) of the second insulator (310) is parallel to or collinear with the first center axis (304) of the vacuum interrupter (301).
US11107649B2	Keyboard device A keyboard device includes a substrate, a connection hook, a keycap, and a connecting member. The substrate has a top surface including an assembly area. The connection hook is disposed on the assembly area and includes a fixed seat fixed on the substrate, a standing portion, and a reinforcement block. The standing portion is extending from the fixed seat and extending in a direction away from the fixed seat. A hook portion is laterally extending from a top end of the standing portion, the hook portion has a bottom edge. The reinforcement block is connected to the standing portion and the bottom edge. The keycap is disposed on the assembly area. The connecting member is connected between the keycap and the assembly area. The connecting member includes a shaft slidably pivoted at the bottom edge. An inner side of the shaft includes an avoidance groove corresponding to the reinforcement block.
US11107648B2	Button with illumination ring A hardware product for creating a light ring and a dead front effect. The product may include a housing with an opening. The hardware product may also include a button positioned within the opening and configured to be depressed by a user. The button is constructed using a two-part molding process and includes a first shot and a second shot. The first shot is configured to disperse light around the perimeter shape of the opening. The second shot is constructed from an optically opaque or semi-opaque material. A single light-emitting component electrically coupled to the circuit board provides light for creating the light ring.
US11107647B1	Solid state circuit interrupter with interlock A solid state circuit interrupter provides structures which can manually move an isolation switch of a pole from the ON state to the OFF state without the use of auxiliary power but that advantageously additionally provides an interlock apparatus that avoids manually moving the isolation switch from the ON state to the OFF state until certain conditions exist. One such condition is to ensure that some action is taken, such as by switching a physical interlock between one state and another state. Such a change in state of the physical interlock might additionally result in a change in state of an electronic interlock that would resist the solid state switch being moved to its ON state while the isolation switch is capable of being manually switched to its OFF state. The physical interlock might additionally resist the isolation switch from being manually switched into its ON state.
US11107641B2	Miniature electric switch of the normally closed type comprising an open contact locking position An electric switch of the normally closed type has a housing including a lower part that supports a fixed contact track, an internal contact blade that is resiliently deformable in order to assume a bottom rest position in order to establish an electric switching way, a first high non-stable position, in which the switching track is interrupted, and a second high stable position, in which the electric switching track is interrupted and in which the internal contact blade is locked such as by retractable locking structure, and an actuator to control the deformations of the internal contact blade.
US11107638B2	Dye-sensitized solar cell and method of manufacturing the same A dye-sensitized solar cell includes: a transparent electrode; a power generation layer on the first main surface of the transparent electrode, including a semiconductor layer, a photosensitizing dye and an electrolyte layer; a counter electrode on the main surface of the power generation layer, having an electrode extraction region, wherein at least a part of the side surfaces of the counter electrode and at least a part of the side surfaces of the power generation layer are positioned coplanar, the electrode extraction region of the counter electrode overlaps with at least a part of the main surface of the power generation layer in a top view, and the side surfaces of the power generation layer are covered with a sealing layer formed extending from one of the transparent electrode and the counter electrode to the other.
US11107633B2	Ceramic electronic component having external electrode including electrode layer and conductive resin layer A ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer, and a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode opposing each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and having first and second surfaces opposing each other, third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other, and fifth and sixth surfaces connected to the first to fourth surfaces and opposing each other, a first external electrode including a first electrode layer connected to the first internal electrode, and a first conductive resin layer disposed on the first electrode layer, and disposed on the third surface of the body, and a second external electrode including a second electrode layer connected to the second internal electrode, and a second conductive resin layer disposed on the second electrode layer, and disposed on the fourth surface of the body.
US11107625B2	Ignition coil device for internal combustion engine Provided is an ignition coil device for an internal combustion engine, including: an insulating case; an ignition coil device main body accommodated inside the insulating case, the ignition coil device main body including: a coil assembly; a center core arranged on an inner side of the coil assembly along a center axis of the coil assembly; a side core arranged on an outer side of the center core and the coil assembly; and an elastic cover provided to the side core; an igniter, which is accommodated inside the insulating case; and a filler, which is provided so as to fill the insulating case and is hardened, wherein the elastic cover includes: a covering portion configured to cover the side core; and a protruding portion, which protrudes from the covering portion, and is configured to relax a stress generated in the filler.
US11107624B2	Electromagnetic device An electromagnetic device includes an outer peripheral iron core, and at least three iron core coils which are in contact with or coupled to the inner surface of the outer peripheral iron core. The at least three iron core coils each include an iron core, and at least one of a primary coil and a secondary coil, which are wound around the iron core. The at least three iron core coils are arranged in a circle, and the iron core of one of the at least three iron core coils is in contact with the iron cores of the other iron core coils adjacent to the one iron core coil.
US11107614B2	Coil electronic component A coil electronic component includes a body, a coil unit disposed in the body and having a multilayer structure. The coil unit includes a first coil pattern forming an upward turn with respect to a bottom surface of the body and a second coil pattern forming a downward turn with respect to the bottom surface of the body. The first and second coil patterns are disposed on at least two layers of the multilayer structure. The component additionally includes a first external electrode and a second external electrode disposed on the bottom surface of the body.
US11107610B2	Thick film resistors having customizable resistances and methods of manufacture A method includes blending a dielectric material including a titanate with a carbon-based ink to form a modified carbon-based ink. The method also includes printing the modified carbon-based ink onto a structure. The method further includes curing the printed modified carbon-based ink on the structure at a temperature that does not exceed about 250° C. In addition, the method includes processing the cured printed modified carbon-based ink to form a thick film resistor. Blending the dielectric material with the carbon-based ink causes the modified carbon-based ink to have a resistivity that is at least double a resistivity of the carbon-based ink.
US11107608B2	Corona protection device A corona protection device can include a body. The corona protection device can include an arm. The arm can extend from the body. The corona protection device can include a retention member. The retention member can define a cavity adapted to engage a portion of an end fitting of an insulator assembly.
US11107605B2	Cable for power-over-ethernet having an extended usable length A method of extending the usable length of a power-over-ethernet cable includes the steps of providing twisted pairs of wires with the conductor of each wire being a 20 AWG or 22 AWG conductor and terminating the cable at an RJ-45 style connector. The connector for the 20 AWG conductors has an insert therein with holes that can accommodate 20 AWG conductors. FEP, PVC or PP insulation may surround each conductor.
US11107604B2	Cable or flexible pipe with improved tensile elements A cable includes an elongated tensile element having a cross section area and including a fibre reinforced polymer composite core having an elastic modulus of at least 70 GPa and a sheath at least partially covering the composite core. The sheath is made of metal and is at least 30% of the cross section area of the tensile element.
US11107581B1	Senior living engagement and care support platforms Provided herein is an engagement and care support platform (“ECSP”) computer system including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device for facilitating senior user engagement. The processor is programmed to: (i) register a user through an application, (ii) register a caregiver associated with the user through the application, (iii) generate a senior profile based upon user personal and scheduling data, (iv) build a daily interactive user interface that reflects the senior profile, (v) display the daily interactive user interface at a first client device associated with the user, (vi) cause the first client device to initiate a daily interaction prompt to the user, (vii) determine whether any user interaction was received in response to the daily interaction prompt, and (viii) transmit a daily update message to a second client device associated with the caregiver, including an indication of whether any user interaction was received.
US11107569B1	Reward-based health activity mobile application and system A reward-based health activity and exercise mobile application that utilizes an activity monitoring device to track activity data and transmits the data to a mobile device to generate virtual lottery tickets. A mobile application on the mobile device analyzes the activity data and determines if the user has completed the daily health-related goals. If the user completes the daily goal, the user is awarded a virtual lottery ticket reward that can be used for raffles of real prizes. If the user completes exercise and non-exercise goals for consecutive days, the user is awarded with additional streak bonus rewards on an escalating basis. The mobile application can be connected to a communication network whereby users can join teams and other communities to track activity data and compete against other users. A streak saver feature can be provided to allow a user to maintain a streak by performing a task.
US11107561B2	Cloud-based distributed healthcare system with biometric devices and associated methods A system includes biometric devices generating biometric data on a person, with the biometric devices transmitting the biometric data via respective messaging protocols. A messaging platform receives the biometric data from the biometric devices based on the respective messaging protocols. A biometric data server receives the biometric data from the messaging platform. The biometric data server includes a biometric database, a biometric data algorithm, and a biometric data analyzer. The biometric database is to store the biometric data. The biometric data algorithm is to generate a biometric data model over time based on the biometric data to determine the person's version of normal bio-feedback at any given time in comparison to other like time periods. The biometric data analyzer is to analyze new biometric data in view of the biometric data model, and to generate at least one caregiver notification alert when an anomaly is detected outside the biometric data model.
US11107559B1	System and method for identifying one or more investigative sites of a clinical trial and centrally managing data therefrom A method and system for identifying one or more investigative sites (sites) of a clinical trial are described. Data may be received for a proposed clinical trial and deriving at least one key word term based on the data. Next, a search may be conducted in a biomedical database to uncover one or more codes associated with key word term(s). Subsequently, a health ontology mapper (HOM) boolean logic statement (bool) may be generated based on the one or more codes obtained from the biomedical database. The HOM bool is then transmitted to sites and/or accountable care organizations (ACOs) so each may conduct local searches using the HOM bool within local and restricted proprietary patient databases. Filtered matching patient data may be sent back to a sponsor. Prospective sites may be solicited for request for proposals (RFPs) in which one or more sites bid for the clinical trial.
US11107546B2	Memory device and operating method thereof Disclosed are a memory device and an operating method thereof, and the memory device includes a plurality of first data lines, a plurality of second data lines, a common redundant memory region coupled to at least one repair line of the second data lines, a plurality of normal memory regions coupled to the first data lines in common, and coupled in common to the remaining the second data lines excluding the repair line, and a repair circuit coupled to the first and second data lines, and suitable for replacing at least one defective memory cell in the normal memory regions with at least one redundant memory cell in the common redundant memory region by shifting some or all of the first data lines to some or all of the second data lines, based on a row address, a column address and a region address.
US11107533B2	Memory with improved cross temperature reliability and read performance A memory array including memory cells, a temperature sensing circuit, and a memory control unit operatively coupled to the memory array. The memory control unit includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive temperature information from the temperature sensing circuit, initiate programming of the memory cells with data using a first threshold voltage distribution when the temperature information indicates an operating temperature is in a first temperature range, and initiate programming of the memory cells with data using a second threshold voltage distribution when the temperature information indicates the operating temperature is in a second temperature range.
US11107532B2	Memory device and method of operating memory device The present technology includes a memory device and a method of operating the memory device. The memory device includes a memory block including a plurality of memory cells connected to word lines, peripheral circuits configured to generate operation voltages to be applied to the word lines, and control logic configured to control the peripheral circuits in response to a program command, a read command, or an erase command. The peripheral circuits include a voltage generator that adjusts a section of threshold voltage distributions of memory cells to be programmed among the memory cells, according to a distance between the word lines.
US11107523B1	Multi-level cell (MLC) cross-point memory Multi-level cell (MLC) cross-point memory cells can store more than 1 bit per cell. In one example, MLC write operations for cross-point memory can be achieved by independently changing the state of the switch element and the memory element. The memory cell can be programmed to multiple states, such as a high threshold voltage state (where both the memory element and switch element exhibit a high threshold voltage or resistance), a low threshold voltage state (where both the memory element and select element exhibit a low threshold voltage or resistance), and one or more intermediate resistance states. In one example, additional resistance states can be programmed by setting the switch element and memory element to opposite states (e.g., one of the switch element and memory element is in a high resistance state and the other is in a low resistance state) or by placing both the switch element and memory element in different intermediate states.
US11107512B2	Memory device and memory system including the same A memory device includes a memory cell array configured to store data; and a data output circuit configured to transmit status data to an external device through at least one data line in a latency period in response to a read enable signal received from the external device and transmit the data read from the memory cell array to the external device through the at least one data line in a period subsequent to the latency period.
US11107508B2	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a conductive layer including a first portion and a second portion electrically coupled to the first portion; a first contact plug electrically coupled to the first portion; a first semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer between the second portion and the first semiconductor layer, and between the first portion and the first semiconductor layer; a second contact plug coupled to the first semiconductor layer in a region in which the first insulating layer is formed; a first interconnect; and a first memory cell apart from the second portion in the second direction and storing information between the first semiconductor layer and the first interconnect.
US11107505B2	Cartridge A cartridge includes a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium and a cartridge memory. The cartridge memory includes a communication unit that communicates with a recording/reproducing device in a state where the cartridge is loaded on the recording/reproducing device; a storage unit; and a control unit that stores information received from the recording/reproducing device through the communication unit in the storage unit, reads the information from the storage unit according to a request from the recording/reproducing device, and transmits the information to the recording/reproducing device through the communication unit. The information includes manufacturing information of the cartridge and adjustment information for adjusting a tension applied to the magnetic recording medium in a longitudinal direction thereof, and the tape-shaped magnetic recording medium has a plurality of servo bands.
US11107500B2	Magnetic disk device and method According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a sensor, a non-volatile semiconductor storage device, and a controller. The magnetic head performs writing and reading to and from the magnetic disk. The sensor detects a degree of a physical influence applied from an outside. The controller generates a log when a detection value detected by the sensor satisfies a condition for abnormality determination, and stores the log in the non-volatile semiconductor storage device in response to generation of the log.
US11107481B2	Low-complexity packet loss concealment for transcoded audio signals Systems and methods are described for concealing packet loss in a received audio stream. Packets of the audio stream may be received in a non-lapped transform domain format, where at least one packet is missing in the stream. The received packets are decoded, and each missing packet in the decoded stream is replaced by a reduced-energy signal block. Each reduced-energy signal block may also be modified at a beginning or ending boundary, and shifted such that a start or end of each missing packet does not coincide with a peak of a transform window of a lapped transform domain format. The raw audio signal may then be encoded into transform windows having the lapped transform domain format. Packet loss concealment may then be performed for selected transform windows that include modified reduced-energy blocks, either prior to transmission or after transmission by the receiving endpoint.
US11107467B2	Method for voice recognition and electronic device for performing same An electronic device includes an audio input module, a memory storing a speech recognition application, a first application, and a second application, a communication circuit communicating with a first NLU server associated with the first application and a second NLU server associated with the second application, and a processor electrically connected to the audio input module, the memory, and the communication circuit and executing the speech recognition application. The processor is configured to convert an utterance of a user received through the audio input module, into an audio signal, to transmit text data corresponding to the audio signal to the first NLU server and the second NLU server, to receive a first control message as a result of analyzing the text data, from the first NLU server, to receive a second control message as a result of analyzing the text data, from the second NLU server, to select one of the first control message or the second control message depending on a specified condition, to provide the first control message to the first application, when the first control message is selected, and to provide the second control message to the second application, when the second control message is selected.
US11107461B2	Low-power automatic speech recognition device A decoder comprises a feature extraction circuit for calculating one or more feature vectors; an acoustic model circuit coupled to receive one or more feature vectors from said feature extraction circuit and assign one or more likelihood values to the one or more feature vectors; a memory for storing states of transition of the decoder; and a search circuit for receiving an input from said acoustic model circuit corresponding to the one or more likelihood values based upon the one or more feature vectors, and for choosing states of transition from the memory based on the input from said acoustic model.
US11107449B2	Keyboard instrument A electronic portable keyboard instrument includes a plurality of keys arranged in a first direction; a plurality of hammers respectively corresponding to the plurality of keys, each of the plurality of hammers including a force application point that is formed on one end side and that is pressed down when the corresponding key is pressed, a weight that is formed on another end side and imparts action weight to a pressed key, and a fulcrum formed between the force application point and the weight so that the hammer rocks in vertical directions about the fulcrum when the corresponding key is pressed; and a casing including at least one reinforcing member that is formed in a gap between the plurality of hammers so as to not be contacted by the weights of the hammers when the hammers rock about the respective fulcrums with a lateral positional shift in the first direction.
US11107448B2	Computing technologies for music editing This disclosure discloses various computing technologies that enable a user to insert a personal vocal content into an original song in a quick and simple manner, thereby potentially creating a derivative work of the original song. Additionally, these technologies enable a right holder of the original song to monitor the new derivative work in a granular, reliable, de-centralized, and secure manner.
US11107446B2	Guitar restringing device A guitar restringing device, including an outer plate body to connect to an outer surface of a guitar bridge, a plurality of string-receiving apertures disposed on at least a portion of a side of the outer plate body to receive at least one guitar string therein, and a plurality of ferrules disposed on at least a portion of a bottom surface of the outer plate body to be inserted into the guitar bridge and to prevent the at least one guitar string from movement away from the plurality of string-receiving apertures.
US11107441B2	Image adjustment device, image adjustment method, and computer readable medium A tone adjustment unit assumes that the following relationship is satisfied: LO=DO+Da=TD(I)+Da=TL(I), in which I represents a luminance value normalized to have a maximum value of one in first image data, DO represents a luminance value normalized to have a maximum value of one in second image data, Da represents a luminance value under ambient light during viewing, LO represents a luminance value of the second image data while taking into consideration effects of the ambient light during viewing, TD(I) represents a tone curve used for conversion, and TL(I) represents a tone curve taking into consideration the environment. The tone curve TD(I) is adjusted so that a function representing an inclination γ(I) after converting LO=TL(I) to a double logarithmic plot is non-zero over an entire dynamic range.
US11107436B2	Image processing device and image processing method A motion detection section 720 detects a motion exceeding a permissible limit in a wide-viewing-angle image displayed on a head-mounted display 100. A field-of-view restriction processing section 750 restricts a field of view for observing the wide-viewing-angle image in a case in which the motion exceeding the permissible limit has been detected in the wide-viewing-angle image. An image provision section 760 provides, for the head-mounted display 100, the wide-viewing-angle image in which the field of view has been restricted.
US11107435B2	Display apparatus and method of driving the same A display apparatus includes a display panel, a position detector, a driving controller, a gate driver and a data driver. The display panel is configured to display an image. The position detector is configured to determine a position of a user. The driving controller is configured to generate an overdriving value according to a grayscale value of previous frame data and a grayscale value of present frame data. The gate driver is configured to output gate signals to the display panel. The data driver is configured to output data voltages to the display panel based on the overdriving value.
US11107433B2	Data transmission method, data transmission circuit, display device and storage medium This application discloses a data transmission method, a data transmission circuit, a display device and a storage medium, and relates to the field of display manufacturing. The method is used for a timing controller, the method including sending a link stability check data to a source driver after clock calibration, receiving feedback information sent by the source driver, where the feedback information is generated by the source driver when judging that the received link stability check data is correct, and sending target data to the source driver based on the feedback information.
US11107427B2	Driving method of display panel and display device A driving method of a display panel and a display device are provided. The driving method includes adopting drive data of relatively high voltage and drive data of relatively low voltage respectively for driving any two adjacent pixels; in each of the rows, with adjacent three pixels as a repeater, a polarity arrangement drive adopted by the pixels in a first column is different from a polarity arrangement drive adopted by the pixels in other two columns, the polarity arrangement drive above is one of a first polarity arrangement drive and a second polarity arrangement drive; in each of the columns, the polarity arrangement drive of every two of the pixels is identical; the first polarity arrangement drive and the second polarity arrangement drive are alternately changed with two of the pixels as a repeater. The display device uses such a driving method.
US11107426B2	Display apparatus and control method therefor A display apparatus includes: a backlight module; a first panel configured to transmit light irradiated from the backlight module; a second panel configured to display an image on a screen by transmitting the light transmitted through the first panel; and a control unit configured to control a transmittance of the first panel based on a second image generated by applying smoothing to at least a part of a first image. A strength of smoothing applied to a first region of the first image corresponding to a center of the screen is lower than a strength of smoothing applied to a second region of the first image, the second region being different from the first region.
US11107422B2	Display device with different driving frequencies for still and moving images and method of driving the same A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a display panel driver configured to drive the display panel. Here, the display panel driver is configured to receive input image data, to drive the display panel at a first driving frequency when the input image data corresponds to a moving image, and to select one of a plurality of flicker lookup tables based on the first driving frequency and drive the display panel at a second driving frequency based on the flicker lookup table when the input image data corresponds to a still image.
US11107421B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate including a bent area, and a flat area including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of island-shaped inorganic insulating patterns arranged on the substrate in the bent area to be separate from each other, an organic insulating layer including a concavo-convex surface covering the inorganic insulating patterns in the bent area, and wiring lines arranged on the organic insulating layer and overlapping the inorganic insulating patterns.
US11107416B2	Display device A display device that includes a first area including a display area, a second area including a non-display area, and a third area connecting the first and second areas. A demultiplexing circuit unit is disposed in the non-display area of the second area and overlaps with the first area in a direction of a thickness of the display device.
US11107415B2	Display driving method and device, compression and decompression methods and devices, display device and storage medium A display driving method, compensation data compression and decompression methods and devices, a display device and a storage medium. The compensation data compression method includes dividing a display panel into at least one region; determining a reference value according to first compensation data of each pixel unit in each of at least one region; performing a computation on the first compensation data and the reference value to obtain corresponding second compensation data. The storage bit length of the second compensation data is shorter than the storage bit length of the first compensation data.
US11107414B2	Electronic panel, display device and driving method An electronic panel, a display device and a driving method are disclosed. In the electronic panel, each row of subpixel units is divided into a plurality of subpixel unit groups, and each subpixel unit group includes a first subpixel unit and a second subpixel unit. The first subpixel unit includes a first light emitter unit, a first pixel driving circuit for driving the first light emitter unit to emit light, and a first sensing circuit for sensing the first pixel driving circuit; the second subpixel unit includes a second light emitter unit, a second pixel driving circuit for driving the second light emitter unit to emit light, and a second sensing circuit for sensing the second pixel driving circuit.
US11107411B1	Pixel driving circuit,with two display modes driving method thereof, and display device A pixel driving circuit includes a first power signal terminal, a second power signal terminal, a drive transistor, a light-emitting element, and a storage element. A gate of the drive transistor is connected to a first node, a first electrode of the drive transistor is connected to a second node, and a second electrode of the drive transistor is connected to a third node. A positive electrode of the light-emitting element is connected to a fourth node, and a negative electrode is connected to the second power signal terminal. A first terminal of the storage element is connected to a fixed potential, and a second terminal of the storage element is connected to the first node. In a same time frame of a display, a driving process using the pixel driving circuit includes a non-light-emitting phase and a light-emitting phase.
US11107393B1	LED panel controlling method and LED panel controlling system An LED panel controlling method is applied to control an LED panel and includes a frame splitting step, a comparing and transmitting step, a laminating step and a controlling step. In the comparing and transmitting step, a plurality of previous datasets of the previous frame are stored in a transmitting module before a plurality of current datasets of the current frames are transmitted to and stored in the transmitting module, and the current datasets are compared to the previous datasets. In the laminating step, the current datasets are laminated with the previous datasets previously stored in the receiving module to form a controlling sequence. In the controlling step, the controlling sequence is received by a driving module to drive the LED row.
US11107392B2	Display panel and electronic device A display panel and an electronic device are provided. The display panel comprises: a light-transmissive display area that comprises first pixel driving circuits; a first pixel array comprising an alternating light-emitting region. The alternating light-emitting region includes a plurality of sub-pixel groups, the plurality of sub-pixel groups include at least two colors, and each one of the plurality of sub-pixel groups includes at least one sub-pixel of the same color, at least two sub-pixel groups of the same color are connected in parallel to the same one of said first pixel driving circuits. The light-transmissive display includes a plurality of switching circuits. Each one of the plurality of switching circuits is connected with corresponding sub-pixel groups and first pixel driving circuit. The display panel also includes a control circuit connected with the plurality of the switching circuits and the first pixel driving circuits.
US11107387B2	Display component, display device and display control method A display component, a display device and a display control method are provided. The display component includes a plurality of sub-pixel units arranged in a matrix; a plurality of storage units, arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of sub-pixel units, wherein, each sub-pixel unit is configured to display according to gray-scale data in a corresponding storage unit; and a control portion, in communication with the plurality of storage units, configured to execute at least one inter-transmission operation within one frame period.
US11107385B2	Display device A display device includes a timing controller which supplies a clock training signal through a data clock signal line and a first control signal through a shared signal line in a first period of one frame, and supplies image data through the data clock signal line in a second period of the one frame, a data driver provided with data driving circuits which generate a clock signal based on the clock training signal and the first control signal in the first period, and generate data voltages based on the clock signal and the image data in the second period, and a pixel part which receives the data voltages from the data driver. The data driver may supply a second control signal indicating a reception state of the data driver to the timing controller through the shared signal line in the second period.
US11107383B2	Display device and method of operating a display device A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of gate lines having a desired gate delay time, and a plurality of pixel rows, each of the plurality of pixel rows coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of gate lines, a gate driver configured to sequentially provide a plurality of gate signals to the plurality of gate lines, a data driver configured to provide data signals to each of the plurality of pixel rows, and a controller configured to control the gate driver to sequentially output the plurality of gate signals and to control the data driver to output the data signals that are delayed by the desired gate delay time of the plurality of gate lines.
US11107379B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display portion, an illuminance sensor and a controller. The display portion has a display screen. The illuminance sensor measures an ambient brightness of the display screen at a first interval. The controller shifts the illuminance sensor to a state in which the illuminance sensor measures the ambient brightness at a second interval which is longer than the first interval when a change of the brightness is relatively small.
US11107378B2	Mischarge detection method, mischarge detection apparatus, and display apparatus A mischarge detection method, a mischarge detection apparatus, and a display apparatus are provided. The mischarge detection method includes: acquiring a target sub-pixel; cutting off a connection between the target sub-pixel and sub-pixels adjacent to the target sub-pixel in a vertical direction; cutting off a connection between the target sub-pixel and the target data line; outputting a scanning signal of the target scanning line to the pixel electrode of the target sub-pixel through the target data line, the target common electrode line sequentially; acquiring the scanning signal of the target scanning line from the pixel electrode of the target sub-pixel; and acquiring a mischarge degree of an array substrate according to the scanning signal of the target scanning line.
US11107375B2	Back mirroring system and back mirroring method Provided is a back mirroring system including a camera that images a back view of a user, a mirror monitor that reflects a mirror image of a front side of the user and displays a capture video image, a user terminal communicable with the mirror monitor and a server, that sets information about a hair salon that is a transmission destination of the captured video image sent from the mirror monitor, and transmits the information to the server, and a hair salon terminal that is connected and communicable to the user terminal via the server, and that displays the captured video image sent from the user terminal via the server. The user terminal receives details pointed out regarding hair arrangement from a hair stylist who has viewed the captured video image via the hair salon terminal and the server, and displays the details pointed out.
US11107374B2	Display device configured to transform between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration A display device includes a display panel including first and second expansion portions, and a center portion between the first and second expansion portions; a first outer frame connected to the first expansion portion; a second outer frame connected to the second expansion portion; an intermediate frame disposed between the first and second outer frames, and overlapping the center portion of the display panel; a first guide shaft on the intermediate frame; a first motor connected to the first guide shaft; a first slide connected to the first guide shaft and configured to move along the first guide shaft; a first connection portion rotatably connected to one side of the first slide and one end portion of the first outer frame; and a second connection portion rotatably connected to another side of the first slide and one end portion of the second outer frame.
US11107370B2	Respiratory system simulator An apparatus that simulates a respiratory system for characterizing particle delivery within lungs by an inhaler within lungs is shown and described. The respiratory system simulator comprises a simulated oral cavity to receive an aerosol, a simulated oropharynx cavity, a simulated lung airway system, and a breath simulator. The simulated oral cavity is configured to receive a flow of particles and direct the flow to the simulated oropharynx cavity. The simulated oropharynx cavity is configured to receive a flow from the simulated oral cavity and direct the flow to a simulated trachea cavity. The simulated trachea cavity directs the flow to the simulated lung airway system. The simulated lung airway system comprises a plurality of bronchial airway generations simulating bronchial airway generations of a lung or lungs. The respiratory system simulator may be maintained at or near humidity and temperature levels within a respiratory system. The breath simulator interface is in fluid communication with the rest of the respiratory system simulator and configured to control a flow through the simulated oropharynx cavity, the simulated trachea airway cavity, and the simulated lung airway system.
US11107366B2	Method and apparatus for capturing a golf swing and fitting a golfer An image capturing apparatus is disclosed herein. More specifically, image capturing apparatus disclosed herein will be used to help a golfer properly select a golf club utilizing a high speed camera attached to a gantry apparatus capable of adjusting its own position relative to the golfer in order to capture data of a golf swing in an iron type golf club.
US11107364B2	Method to enhance first-person-view experience A system that simulates force feedback of a remote-control vehicle in a motion chair, which includes a plurality of cameras (110,120) mounted on the vehicle (100), an image stabilization module (430) in the vehicle (100), a video processing module (440) in the vehicle (100), an information splitter (514) in the motion chair (570), a motion processing unit (520) in the motion chair (570), a control unit (550) in the motion chair (570), a G-force calculation unit (560) in the motion chair (570) and a force feedback generation unit (540) in the motion chair (570). The motion processing unit (520) calculates six degrees of freedom of motions of the vehicle based on the image stabilization signals generated from the cameras (110,120). The force feedback generation unit (540) produces force feedback signals based on the six degrees of freedom of motions of the vehicle (100) and the G-force calculated by the G-force calculation unit (560).
US11107356B2	Cellular network-based assisted driving method and traffic control unit A cellular network-based assisted driving method and a traffic control unit are provided, to accurately assess a risk and provide a valuable safety warning for a vehicle. In various embodiment, a first about-to-occur track of a first vehicle is determined based on traveling status information of the first vehicle. The first about-to-occur track is a traveling track of the first vehicle that is to occur within preset duration from a current moment. Warning information can be sent to the first vehicle when it is determined that a second about-to-occur track of a second vehicle intersects the first about-to-occur track. The second about-to-occur track is a traveling track of the second vehicle that is to occur within the preset duration from the current moment.
US11107345B1	Automatically configuring a remote control for a device Intuitive methods of automatically configuring a remote control for multiple electronic devices are disclosed. The remote control can be automatically configured with the help of a first electronic device that is connected to one or more additional electronic devices. The first electronic device aids in the configuration of the remote control by gathering information about the one or more additional electronic devices and configuring the remote control in accordance. The information about the one or more additional electronic devices may be gathered from the devices themselves, from additional remote controls associated with the devices, and/or from a user, among other possibilities.
US11107342B2	System and method for sending medical emergency alerts A system for sending medical emergency alerts including a device body adapted to be attached to a user, an accelerometer connected to the device body, a wireless communications module, a user interface, a processor in communication with the accelerometer, the wireless communications module, and the user interface, a memory in communication with the processor, the memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive acceleration data from the accelerometer, analyze the acceleration data to determine if a fall condition is present, and when the fall condition is present, communicate, via the wireless communication module, an alert to a caregiver mobile device, wherein the alert is adapted to indicate that the user wearing the device body has fallen.
US11107341B2	LED sleeve for emergency breathing safety system connection An air supply indicator apparatus for indicating an amount of breathing air remaining in a cylinder, the apparatus including a housing member having a first side integrally formed with an attachment member, the attachment member configured to be detachably coupled to an emergency breathing safety system (EBSS) or universal emergency breathing safety system (UEBBS) and a second side form with an enclosure, an air status management status indicator having a plurality of indicator light sources disposed on the housing member, and a processor disposed within the enclosure, the processor coupled to the air status management status indicator and configured to emit light from the plurality of indicator light sources based on received signals corresponding to an amount of air remaining in a cylinder.
US11107338B2	Systems and methods for fire detection A system for remote detection of a fire condition includes a plurality of remote sensors and a central hub connected to each sensor to create a localized network capable of detecting changes in environmental conditioned within a geographic area defined by the locations of the sensors. The sensors may be configured to detect conditions such as changes in temperature, levels of carbon dioxide, smoke or other fire related particulates and report sensor readings back to the connected hub. The hub processes received sensor data from each sensor and generates an alert if the processed data meets any predetermined condition such as one associated with a fire. The alert may be transmitted to a tracking station with a geographic indication of where the alert was generated and a drone may be sent to the location of the geographic indication to acquire additional data to help determine if further action is required.
US11107337B2	Article-identification and location device systems and methods of using same An apparatus for helping locate an item of interest in or near a building comprises an indicator and a body with a pair of pincers adapted to operate in opposition to grasp or be placed on or near the item of interest. The body houses a radiofrequency (RF) receiver configured to receive RF signals transmitted by an RF transmitter, and a processor in communication with the RF receiver and the indicator. The processor is configured to acquire information from the RF signals that are received by the RF receiver and to turn on the indicator in response to the information acquired from the RF signals.
US11107324B2	Gaming system and method for determining awards based on matching symbols In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing an award based on matching symbols.
US11107320B2	Method and apparatus for providing a prize based on variable accumulation rates A method for providing a prize to a player. The method includes displaying a plurality of prize identifiers and activating a prize associated with one of the plurality of prize identifiers when a plurality of reward points accumulated towards the prize reaches a threshold of a corresponding prize identifiers. The method also includes determining a first proportion of a plurality of proportions associated with a first prize identifier at a first accumulation rate, and a second proportion of the plurality of proportions associated with a second prize identifier at a second accumulation rate. The first accumulation rate is different from the second accumulation rate.
US11107319B2	Gaming machine with current theoretical return-to-player display and dynamic adjustment of same Gaming machines or systems that provide for display of a current theoretical return-to-player (CTRTP) characteristic to the player during play of a game of chance are provided. Such gaming machines may also provide the player with opportunities (and notifications thereof) to increase the CTRTP characteristic by satisfying one or more CTRTP increase conditions associated with a credit wagering rate of the player on the gaming machine that the player is playing. Some such gaming machines may have automated wagering functionality in which the gaming machine may automatically place wagers for the player as long as certain conditions are met. In such gaming machines, the player may be able to control or influence the automatic wagering behavior of the gaming machine through the use of a rate selector that allows the player to change the wagering frequency and/or the wager amount used to place the automatic wagers.
US11107316B2	Gaming system and a method of gaming A gaming system is disclosed that comprises a game play monitor arranged to monitor game play data associated with a player during game play, and a reward controller arranged to maintain a game player data target associated with at least one player. The system is arranged to maintain a current game play data total such that the game play data total accumulates in response to detection of game play data by the game play monitor, and to determine whether to allocate a reward to the at least one player based on the current game play data total and the game play data target. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
US11107312B2	Gaming machine, control method for machine, and program for gaming machine A gaming machine provides an operation unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a display area with a plurality of cells in a grid. A respective symbol, from a set of symbols, is displayed in each cell. The symbols in the set of symbols having a ranking from lowest to highest and include first and second sub-groups. The symbols in the second sub-group of symbols have a higher ranking than the symbols in the first sub-group. The control unit randomly selects one of the symbols from the second sub-group of symbols. The selected symbols from the second sub-group of symbols and the first sub-group of symbols forming an instant sub-group of symbols. The control unit being further configured to randomly select a plurality of symbols associated with the display area from the instant sub-group of symbols.
US11107310B2	Method and system for access systems Aspects of the invention are directed towards method system and devices assisting a user in providing seamless access to a user through an access point of the access system. The invention describes adjusting the threshold signal strength used by the user terminal to access an access point. The adjustment to the threshold signal strength is determined by determining a change in the time interval based on different time stamps. The different time stamps are registered when a user with the user terminal attempts to access the access point.
US11107309B2	Method for providing security for a transfer point The disclosure relates particularly to a method for providing security for a transfer point for at least one receiving apparatus, performed by one or more apparatuses, the method comprising: receiving state information at least characteristic for the presence of at least one person and/or at least one object at the transfer point; checking whether the state information meets a security requirement; and outputting or causing outputting of an activation signal only if the state information meets the security requirement. Further, the disclosure relates to a vehicle for use as a transfer apparatus for at least one transfer point, to a transfer point and to a system and a computer program.
US11107307B2	Systems and methods for probabilistic on-board diagnostics Methods and systems are provided for probabilistic on-board diagnostics. In one example, a method may include calculating a probabilistic metric for a sample of a measured operating condition of a vehicle system component, averaging a plurality of probabilistic metrics including the probabilistic metric for a plurality of samples including the sample, and determining whether the vehicle system component is degraded based on the averaged plurality of probabilistic metrics. In this way, the functionality of a vehicle system component may be continuously monitored without regard for specific diagnostic entry conditions.
US11107300B2	Driving management system, vehicle, and information processing method A driving management system includes an authentication server, and a vehicle capable of switching between a manual driving mode and an automatic driving mode. The vehicle includes multiple electronic control processors connected to a network inside the vehicle, a first processor that detects switching between the manual driving mode and the automatic driving mode, based on messages issued by one or more electronic control processors of the multiple electronic control processors, and the first processor generates first transaction data including information indicating the detected switching, and a first identifier indicating the vehicle, and transmitting the first transaction data to the authentication server. The authentication server includes a second processor that judges the validity of transaction data including the first transaction data obtained from the vehicle, and the second processor records the transaction data, of which the validity has been verified by the second processor, in a storage device.
US11107298B2	Sensorized brake pad calibration machines, systems, and methods Various machines, systems, and methods for generating calibration data for a sensorized brake pad are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes a fixture, a brake pad retainer, a pressure plate, an actuator and a controller. The actuator applies a pressure to the sensorized brake pad and signals from the pressure sensors are received. Calibration data is generated based on the signals received from the pressures sensors when the pressure is applied to the sensorized brake pad.
US11107295B2	Element alignment for hangers in computer-aided design Examples herein describe systems and methods for aligning elements, such as conduit, ductwork, and plumbing within a computer-aided design (“CAD”) application. A plugin can provide an element alignment option on a graphical user interface (“GUI”) of the CAD program. An anchor point from which to align elements is selected in the GUI so that the plugin can choose locations within a structure to run multiple elements in parallel alignment. The system can recommend an alignment plane based on the slopes of the selected multiple elements and provide a direction for a run of the multiple elements. The systems retrieve the specifications and parameters of each individual element to determine its spacing among the run of multiple elements. The run of multiple elements is displayed and manipulated by the plugin via the GUI.
US11107292B1	Adjustable virtual scenario-based training environment A virtual environment may be generated, the environment including a procedurally generated virtual property. The virtual property may include various features automatically generated based upon a procedural rule set, so as to provide variability between two or more virtual properties. One or more procedurally generated virtual properties may be provided to a user, and various virtual tools may be provided via which the user may identify relevant aspects corresponding to risk associated with the virtual property.
US11107285B2	Augmented reality-based image editing A computer-implemented method that includes capturing a first image from a frame of video, analyzing the first image to create a set of artifacts, and classifying an artifact based on an attribute associated with the artifact to create an artifact class. The method also includes comparing the artifact class to a reference class, where, responsive to the comparing, a degree of correspondence is formed. The method continues with detecting a mismatch when the degree of correspondence is below a threshold degree of correspondence, generating a response indicating the mismatch, and causing, responsive to the mismatch, a content production system to change from a first setting to a second setting, the second setting causing a classification of the artifact to change to a second artifact class.
US11107284B2	System and method for visualization of system components A system, method, and computer-readable medium for modeling and diagnosing a system. System identification information captured by an AR system is used to identify the system and one or more of a model of the components of the system or an overlay of the system is retrieved from a repository or generated based on component identification information or component performance data and sent to the AR system. A composite view of the model or overlay relative to a dynamic image or model of the system allows a technician to visualize the system and components and diagnose the operation of the system without opening the system.
US11107282B1	Using comfort measurements to suggest virtual reality content The present disclosure relates to using user biometric characteristics measured while the user is viewing virtual reality content to provide suggestions for downloadable virtual reality content in a virtual reality content store. An exemplary user device determines a criterion based on the user characteristics to filter the virtual reality content so that only virtual reality content that meets the criterion are displayed to the user. The virtual reality content displayed in the virtual reality content store has a corresponding activity level score.
US11107277B2	Method and device for constructing 3D scene model A method and apparatus for constructing a 3D scene model are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first point cloud corresponding to a current target scene (S101); determining a first partial point cloud corresponding to a dynamic object from the first point cloud (S102); constructing a foreground 3D model based on the first partial point cloud (S103); and superimposing the foreground 3D model with a background 3D model to obtain a current 3D scene model (S104). As can be seen, it is not necessary to fuse each pixel acquired by each depth camera. Instead, the dynamic object is determined in the point cloud acquired by the depth camera. Only the foreground 3D model corresponding to the dynamic object is superimposed with the background 3D model corresponding to the static objects obtained in advance. This reduces the amount of computation to build a 3D scene model.
US11107275B2	System and methods for improved aerial mapping with aerial vehicles A method for image generation, preferably including: generating a set of mission parameters for a UAV mission of the UAV associated with aerial scanning of a region of interest; controlling the UAV to perform the mission; generating an image subassembly corresponding to the mission; and/or rendering the image subassembly at a display.
US11107270B2	Medical scene model A method of deriving one or more medical scene model characteristics for use by one or more software applications is disclosed. The method includes receiving one or more sensor data streams. Each sensor data stream of the one or more sensor data steams includes position information relating to a medical scene. A medical scene model including a three-dimensional representation of a state of the medical scene is dynamically updated based on the one or more sensor data streams. Based on the medical scene model, the one or more medical scene model characteristics are derived.
US11107261B2	Virtual avatar animation based on facial feature movement The present disclosure generally relates to displaying visual effects such as virtual avatars. An electronic device having a camera and a display apparatus displays a virtual avatar that changes appearance in response to changes in a face in a field of view of the camera. In response to detecting changes in one or more physical features of the face in the field of view of the camera, the electronic device modifies one or more features of the virtual avatar.
US11107250B2	Computer architecture for artificial image generation using auto-encoder A computer architecture for artificial image generation is disclosed. According to some aspects, a computing machine receives a voxel model of a first set of objects different from a target object. The target object is to be recognized using an image recognizer. The computing machine generates, based on the voxel model, a set of TSB (target shadow background-mask) images of the first set of objects. The computing machine receives, at an auto-encoder, a set of real images of the first set of objects. The computing machine generates, using the auto-encoder, one or more artificial images of the target object based on the set of TSB images. The auto-encoder learns differences between the target object and the first set of objects. The computing machine provides, as output, the generated one or more artificial images of the target object.
US11107244B1	Location determination in a GPS-denied environment with user annotation Systems and methods for determining a geographic location of an environment from an image including an annotation on a mobile device without GPS, with no network access, and with no access to peripheral devices or media is described. Open source data indictive of the earth's surface may be obtained and combined into grids or regions. Elevation data may be used to create skyline models at grid points on the surface. An image of an environment may be obtained from a camera on a mobile device. The user of the mobile device may trace a skyline of the environment depicted in the image. The annotation may be used to create reduced regions for edge detection analysis. The edge detection analysis may detect the skyline. The detected skyline may be compared to the skyline models to determine a most likely location of the user.
US11107243B2	Fiducial marker based on blocks of different grayscales The present invention discloses fiducial marker systems or tag systems and methods to detect and decode a tag. The tag comprises a plurality of cells arranged in a grid pattern. The plurality of cells forms a square or rectangular shape. Each cell is in square or rectangular shape and has either black, white, or gray grayscale. Any two cells that share a common borderline should have different grayscales; and the four corner cells of the tag are all in black. The method for detecting and decoding such a tag comprises detecting a plurality of connected cells in an image, determining whether the plurality of connected cells in the image have all three grayscales, determining whether total number of cells in the plurality of connected cells is greater than a predetermined threshold, determining whether any two cells in the plurality of connected cells that share a common borderline in the image have different grayscales, and decoding the tag based on the grayscales of the plurality of connected cells in the image.
US11107242B2	Detecting pose using floating keypoint(s) In various examples there is an apparatus for detecting position and orientation of an object. The apparatus comprises a memory storing at least one frame of captured sensor data depicting the object. The apparatus also comprises a trained machine learning system configured to receive the frame of the sensor data and to compute a plurality of two dimensional positions in the frame. Each predicted two dimensional position is a position of sensor data in the frame depicting a keypoint, where a keypoint is a pre-specified 3D position relative to the object. At least one of the keypoints is a floating keypoint depicting a pre-specified position relative to the object, lying inside or outside the object's surface. The apparatus comprises a pose detector which computes the three dimensional position and orientation of the object using the predicted two dimensional positions and outputs the computed three dimensional position and orientation.
US11107237B2	Image foreground detection apparatus and method and electronic device An image foreground detection apparatus and method and an electronic device. In the apparatus and method, in updating the background model, a pixel value of a sample value of which the pixel value difference is maximum is replaced with a predetermined probability, which may efficiently improve accuracy of the background model, and relatively large number of integral foreground image blocks which are accurate may be quickly obtained.
US11107236B2	Projected augmented reality interface with pose tracking for directing manual processes Technologies are described for providing a projected augmented reality system with pose tracking for directing manual processes. A projected augmented reality system includes a video projector, configured to project a dynamically-changing image onto a surface within a work area of an operator, a sensor, and a computer. The computer includes a memory including instructions that when executed cause the computer to obtain three-dimensional pose data using the sensor, determine an output graphical element based on a sequence of three-dimensional pose data over time, and on a current production state, and send an output image based on the output graphical element to the video projector for projection onto the surface.
US11107232B2	Method and apparatus for determining object posture in image, device, and storage medium This application discloses a method and an apparatus for determining a posture of a target object in an image, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium. In the method, a training model parameter of a convolutional neural network of the target object is obtained from a server. A real-time image of the target object is obtained. At least one first image block from the real-time image is identified. The at least one first image block is a local image of the real-time image. According to the training model parameter, a label image block matching the at least one first image block is determined. The label image block is a local image of a standard image of the target object. Furthermore, the posture of the target object is determined, by processing circuitry of a terminal device, according to the at least one first image block and the determined label image block.
US11107230B2	Systems and methods for depth estimation using monocular images System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to generating depth estimates from a monocular image. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to receiving the monocular image, flipping, by a disparity model, the monocular image to generate a flipped image. The disparity model is a machine learning algorithm. The method includes analyzing, using the disparity model, the monocular image and the flipped image to generate disparity maps including a monocular disparity map corresponding to the monocular image and a flipped disparity map corresponding with the flipped image. The method includes generating, in the disparity model, a fused disparity map from the monocular disparity map and the flipped disparity map. The method includes providing the fused disparity map as the depth estimates of objects represented in the monocular image.
US11107229B2	Image processing method and apparatus An image processing method and apparatus is disclosed. The image processing method includes receiving an input image and estimating a depth of a target based on a position, a size, and a class of the target in the input image.
US11107217B2	In vivo detection of EGFR mutation in glioblastoma via MRI signature consistent with deep peritumoral infiltration A method, including a computer-implemented method, is provided for in vivo detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status within peritumoral edematous tissue of a patient. The method includes performing quantitative pattern analysis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data corresponding to MRI of in vivo peritumoral edematous tissue to determine a level of spatial heterogeneity or similarity within the in vivo peritumoral edematous tissue. EGFR mutation status is assigned as one of negative or positive based on the level of spatial heterogeneity or similarity determined. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a system are also provided.
US11107204B2	System and method for real-time tone-mapping A method and system for tone-mapping an image includes determining a tone-curve based on a model of image contrast distortion between the input image and a tone-mapped image and tone-mapping the input image according to the determined tone-curve. Determining the tone curve includes analytically calculating values of the tone-curve that reduce the image contrast distortion within the model of image contrast distortion. A tone-mapping operator includes a noise model generator and a tone-mapping module operable to receive one or more contextual parameters. The tone-mapping module includes an edge-stopping filtering submodule for extracting a base layer and detail layer of the input image, a tone-curve generating submodule and a combining submodule for combining the base layer and detail layer. At least one of the edge-stopping filtering submodule, the tone-curve generating submodule and combining submodule is adjustable based on the contextual parameters.
US11107203B2	Image processing method and display apparatus therefor providing shadow effect An image processing method and a display apparatus therefor are provided. The display apparatus includes a display, a communicator that communicates with an external device; a memory storing one or more instructions; and a controller including a processor for executing the one or more instructions stored in the memory. The processor is configured to execute the one or more instructions to receive an image from the external device, obtain information about a first distance corresponding to a distance between a front surface of the display apparatus and a wall, and, when the image is displayed on the display, apply a shadow effect to one or more of sides of the image based on the information about the first distance.
US11107200B2	Methods and devices for optical aberration correction Near-to-eye displays within head mounted devices offer both users with and without visual impairments enhanced visual experiences either by improving or augmenting their visual perception. Unless the user directly views the display without intermediate optical elements then the designer must consider chromatic as well as other aberrations. Within the prior art the optical train is either complex through additional corrective elements adding to weight, cost, and size or through image processing. However, real time applications with mobile users require low latency to avoid physical side effects. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide near-to-eye displays mitigating these distortions and chromatic aberrations through pre-distortion based electronic processing techniques in conjunction with design optimization of the optical train with low weight, low volume, low complexity, and low cost. Further, it would be beneficial to exploit consumer grade low cost graphics processing units rather than application specific circuits.
US11107191B2	Apparatus and method for detail enhancement in super-resolution imaging using mobile electronic device A method includes obtaining multiple image frames of a scene using at least one camera of an electronic device and processing the multiple image frames to generate a higher-resolution image of the scene. Processing the multiple image frames includes generating an initial estimate of the scene based on the multiple image frames. Processing the multiple image frames also includes, in each of multiple iterations, (i) generating a current estimate of the scene based on the image frames and a prior estimate of the scene and (ii) regularizing the generated current estimate of the scene. The regularized current estimate of the scene from one iteration represents the prior estimate of the scene in a subsequent iteration. The iterations continue until the estimates of the scene converge on the higher-resolution image of the scene.
US11107188B2	Image processing method and device The invention relates to the field of image processing, in particular, to an image processing method and device. The method comprises: obtaining image data and splicing to obtain a spliced image data block; matching an image data block containing the image data in the spliced image data block with images of blocks in a three-dimensional image frame database, updating a three-dimensional image model of a user and displaying according to a first preset displaying strategy if at least one mapping relation is obtained; displaying according to a second preset displaying strategy if the spliced image data block do not have mapping relation; if the preset conditions are met, the user's three-dimensional image model, the recorded number information of the blocks which have determined to obtain the mapping relationship and/or the image data blocks which have not obtained the mapping relationship are uploaded to the cloud server, so that the cloud server updates the three-dimensional image Frame database, and the three-dimensional image can be obtained without continuously and orderly scanning the oral cavity, and the three-dimensional image frame database is continuously improved to improve the matching success rate.
US11107178B2	Radial density masking systems and methods Systems and methods for implementing radial density masking graphics rendering for use in applications such as head mounted displays (“HMDs”) are described. Exemplary algorithms are disclosed, according to which image resolution varies within an image depending on the distance of a particular point on the image from one or more fixation points. Reconstruction algorithms according to certain embodiments include three stages: (1) hole filling; (2) cross-cell blending; and (3) Gaussian blur.
US11107175B2	Method, apparatus, and system for providing ride-sharing functions based on joint motion An approach is provided for performing ride-sharing functions based on joint motion using multiple sensor data. The approach, for example, involves retrieving a joint motion prediction indicating whether at least two devices are traveling in a same transportation vehicle. The joint motion prediction is computed based on sensor data collected from the at least two devices using at least one sensor type from among a plurality of sensor types. Each sensor type of the plurality of sensor types is associated with a respective joint motion classifier configured to compute a sensor-type joint motion prediction that is used for generating the joint motion prediction. The approach also involves initiating a ride-sharing function for respective users of the at least two devices based on the joint motion prediction.
US11107173B2	Usage data management system and method A management system and method for usage data from usage logs of works of authorship is characterized by the comparison of data components from the usage logs to similar data components for works of authorship stored in a database. The usage data is normalized and cleaned prior to comparison, and additional information from the usage data can be extracted for later use in the comparison. False positive matches are eliminated from the comparison so that incompatible potential candidate matches are eliminated. In addition, the best match from a group of multiple matches is determined for a particular work from a usage log.
US11107168B2	Secure and traceable manufactured parts A method for the verification and authentication of additive manufactured product, comprising the steps of receiving, from a customer, at least one customer requirement for a product, deriving at least one manufacturing requirement and generating a product geometry file for the product, recording, by a first computing device, to a distributed transaction register, a first transaction reflecting certification of the product geometry file, obtaining a first output reflecting the first transaction, printing the product with a 3D printer, recording, by a second computing device, to the distributed transaction register, a second transaction reflecting the printing of the product and the first output, obtaining a second output reflecting the second transaction, embedding within the product a unique code reflecting the second output, whereby the product geometry file and the printing of said product may be verified with the unique code such that the product may be authenticated.
US11107163B2	Operational data corresponding to a product model A system for presenting operational data is disclosed. The system includes a storage element to store a plurality of insurance policies and a product designer module to: maintain an insurance product model that specifies possible configurations of insurance policy products associated with the plurality of insurance policies; obtain operational data pertaining to a set of existing insurance transactional data associated with the insurance policies; and present to be displayed: at least a portion of the insurance product model comprising a set of insurance product model elements and at least some of the operational data corresponding to the set of insurance product model elements.
US11107154B2	Method and system for watching items for sale in an auction system Described herein are a method and a system to monitor one or more items offered for sale by sellers in a network-based market place. In addition to the information provided by the sellers to describe the items, interested buyers may also provide their own information to further describe the items for the benefit of the buyers.
US11107144B2	Automatically determining in real-time a triggering model for personalized recommendations A method including building a recommendation triggering model. The method can include receiving, via a user device of a user through a network, an add-to-cart command associated with an anchor item in a session by the user. The method further can include determining, in real-time after receiving the add-to-cart command, a recommendation for one or more complementary items based at least in part on: (a) the anchor item; and (b) a user profile of the user. The method also can include determining, in real-time after determining the recommendation, a recommendation confidence for the recommendation based at least in part on one or more of: (a) the user profile; (b) the anchor item; (c) the one or more complementary items; or (d) one or more feedbacks from the user associated with one or more prior recommendations in the session. The method additionally can include after determining the recommendation confidence, when the recommendation confidence is positive, transmitting, in real-time through the network, the one or more complementary items to be presented to the user via the user device. The method likewise can include after determining the recommendation confidence, when the recommendation confidence is not positive, refraining from transmitting the one or more complementary items to the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11107140B2	Mobile commerce framework A subscription-based system for providing commerce information for one or more mobile devices for one or more merchants. Some techniques employed feature a subscription-based method for presenting commercial resources to a mobile device. The method involves receiving mobile device user information relating to a geographic location to locate one or more merchants within a subscription-based shopping network, and receiving mobile device user information relating to a merchant type within the subscription-based shopping network. The method also involves receiving, from a database over a communication network, information for one or more merchants associated with the mobile device user information for the geographic location and the merchant type, and presenting the associated merchant information on the mobile device. The associated merchant information can include a merchant name and address, a merchant telephone number, a merchant advertisement, a merchant coupon, or a merchant product or service offering to subscribers of the shopping network.
US11107138B2	Systems for producing military decoration racks Methods for producing military decoration racks are described. In one embodiment, the method includes storing regulation data in a data storage unit, receiving user input for creating a military decoration rack design from a user via an input interface of a kiosk, translating the user input into input data, transforming the input data and the regulation data into rack data, producing a visual representation of the military decoration rack, displaying the visual representation to the user, transmitting the rack data to a production facility in electronic communication with the kiosk, and producing the military decoration rack via the production facility. The regulation data may include military decoration rack regulations, the kiosk may include a display unit and a processing unit configured to execute instruction data. The processing unit may be in electronic communication with the data storage unit. The instruction data may include an input module, an arrangement module, and a display module.
US11107136B2	Management of products and dynamic price display system A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving prices from a remote site, e.g., a headquarter location; and sending the prices to a plurality of locations, e.g., store locations, with an instruction to output the prices on displays of display units. A computer-implemented method according to another embodiment includes receiving prices from a remote site, e.g., a headquarter location; and instructing display units at a location to output the prices on displays thereof. A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving product information by scanning products to generate a check out list for automatic checkout using stored customer financial information. A computer implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving bundled promotional offers from vendors for products based on buying behaviors captured by a mobile application running on a mobile device of a user; and displaying promotional offer on the mobile device.
US11107127B2	System for the secure distributed firmware and configuration update of un-networked physical devices Systems and methods are disclosed for the secure distribution of firmware and configuration updates to un-networked physical devices. A client component is provided for installation on a client device, which is configured to receive, via the client component, a status data packet including a status indication from a beacon, when the client is proximate to the beacon. A server receives the status data packet via the client component, determines whether an update is available for the beacon based at least in part on the status indication, and transmits, to the client device, an encrypted update data message relating to the update for installation at the beacon to complete the update of the beacon.
US11107119B2	Conducting dynamic media lift studies concurrently with operating online advertising campaigns Systems and methods are disclosed for conducting media lift studies for online advertising concurrently with operating an advertising campaign. While operating an advertising campaign for a first advertiser/client focused primarily on a set of intended ads and a specific targeted viewer audience, a non-intended ad is occasionally substituted to run in an ad slot, and is tracked as belonging to the first advertiser/client. The non-intended ad can be for example one of: an ad for a second advertiser/client; an alternate ad for the first advertiser/client; or a blank/unrelated ad. After the campaign, attribution results for the intended ads are adjusted according to those for non-intended ads to provide an indication of net media lift resulting from the intended ads—typically at no additional cost to the first advertiser/client. Analysis results may also be compared between different attribution data providers to determine which provide the more accurate attribution data.
US11107109B2	Method and system for personalizing offers Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for personalizing offers are provided. One of the methods includes: collecting response data comprising one or more offers made to each of a plurality of users of a platform and one or more corresponding responses, wherein the one or more offers are from a group of offer choices; creating a training dataset comprising the collected response data and one or more features associated with each of the plurality of users; training a machine learning model using the training dataset, wherein the trained machine learning model is configured to predict the plurality of users' responses to future offers; obtaining a plurality of projected profits for the platform using the trained machine learning model, wherein each of the plurality of projected profits corresponds to making one of the group of the predetermined offers to one of the plurality of users.
US11107099B2	Brand penetration determination system using image semantic content Example embodiments of the disclosed technology implement a brand penetration determination system using image semantic content. A geographic sub-region determination system is configured to partition a geographic area into two or more sub-regions. An image content analysis engine is configured to determine, from images captured at one or more sites within each sub-region, a number of detections of a brand within each respective sub-region. A brand penetration index generation system is configured to generate a brand penetration index for each sub-region based on the number of detections of the brand in the respective sub-region weighted by one or more factors (e.g., population factor, category factor, etc.), which is stored in memory with an indicator of each respective sub-region. In splitting the geographic area into two or more sub-regions, the number and/or boundaries of sub-regions are determined so as to ensure that the population within each sub-region is above a threshold.
US11107098B2	System and method for content recognition and data categorization A system and method for decentralizing data and determining performance of different entities in multiple geographical and categorical markets whereby the system may determine complimentary entities to a user's entities or other existing entities for presentation to the user of overlapping procurements and demographics to gather a deeper understanding into the same results yielded by their competition whereby users will be able to provide more personal experiences for each consumer, as well as achieve pricing discovery, greater brand awareness, and marketing strategy.
US11107084B2	Fraud risk scoring tool The disclosed fraud risk scoring tool provides data-driven identification of potential fraud cases. A fraud risk score is determined based at least on a weighted sum of multiple metrics, where weights are determined based on precision or inverse variance and suspension propensity importance, which is indicative of variable importance. An exemplary method includes: receiving and aggregating transaction metrics across customer IDs to produce an aggregated transaction metric data set; determining, for each aggregated transaction metric in the aggregated transaction metric data set, a precision value, a suspension propensity importance, and a scoring weight based at least on one of the precision value and the suspension propensity importance; determining, for each customer ID within the plurality of customer IDs, a risk score based at least on the scoring weights applied to corresponding transaction metrics and a risk priority; and reporting at least one customer ID associated with a selected risk priority.
US11107073B2	Method and device for linking to account and providing service process Implementations of the present application provide methods and devices for linking to an account and providing service processing. In one example method, an uncertified server can receive a linking request sent by a terminal device, wherein the linking request corresponds to a user account logged in by a user to the uncertified server. The uncertified service can transmit, to the terminal device, a predetermined instruction based on the linking request, wherein the predetermined instruction instructs the terminal device to send a real service account request to a certified server based on predetermined instruction. The uncertified server can later receive, from the terminal device, a virtual service account identifier generated by the certified server in response to the real service account request sent by the terminal device to the certified server. The virtual service account identifier can then be linked to the user account and used at a later time to transmit service requests along with the virtual service account identifier without sharing the real service account information.
US11107071B2	Validating online access to secure device functionality Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for validating online access to secure device functionality are provided that may use shared secrets between different subsystems and limited use validation data.
US11107070B1	Payment vehicle with on and off function A computer-based network system and method for using a payment vehicle having an on and off function. The system comprises a payment vehicle comprising an on and off function to enable or to disable the payment vehicle in the computer-based network for processing an electronic payment transaction, a holder of the payment vehicle, and a computer payment network wherein the computer payment network comprises a transaction engine for enabling or for disabling the payment vehicle at a request of the holder of the payment vehicle.
US11107065B1	Contemporaneous payment technology Typically, online payments require entering sensitive transaction information into a third-party web browser or application. This may expose sensitive transaction information to an increased risk of inadvertent disclosure. Apparatus and methods are provided for a smart card which enables users to securely complete online payments without entering any sensitive transaction information into a third-party system. The smart card may include a touch-sensitive screen configured to display selectable payment options. The smart card may include a microprocessor and wireless interface. The wireless interface may provide wireless communication capabilities and the ability to initiate online payments based on information captured by the touch-sensitive screen.
US11107058B2	Harvest customer tracking information An embodiment of a system comprises one or more processors; and one or more memories adapted to store machine-readable instructions which when executed by the processor(s) cause the system to: receive tracked user device information from a distributed network of sensors configured for tracking user device information associated with one or more user devices of corresponding users in a proximity of the distributed network of sensors, wherein the user device information is tracked even when the corresponding users have not opted in the one or more user devices to be tracked by the distributed network of sensors; store the tracked user device information in a tracking database, wherein the tracked user device information is stored even for corresponding users that have not been identified and is for later use when such corresponding users are identified; and analyze the tracked user device information to infer interests of the corresponding users.
US11107054B2	Kiosk for receiving and delivering packages A computer server for a network-based transaction system is coupled to a kiosk via a data communications network. The kiosk includes a computer processor, an input device, an electronic display unit, a plurality of compartments, and a data communications port. The computer server receives input from a seller of an item. The input includes a listing of the item for sale on the network-based transaction system. The server identifies an available compartment from the plurality of compartments based on the size of the item for sale. The available compartment is configured to receive the item for sale from the seller. The server transmits an identification of the available compartment to the seller via the electronic display unit, and enables access to the available compartment by the seller.
US11107035B2	Method for tracking and maintaining inventory in a store One variation of a method for tracking and maintaining inventory in a store includes: accessing a image of an inventory structure in the store; identifying a top shelf, in the inventory structure, depicted in the image; identifying a set of product units occupying the top shelf based on features detected in the image; identifying a second shelf, in the set of shelves in the inventory structure, depicted in the image, the second shelf arranged below the top shelf in the inventory structure; based on features detected in the image, detecting an understock condition at a slot—assigned to a product type—on the second shelf; and, in response to the set of product units comprising a product unit of the product type, generating a prompt to transfer the product unit of the product type from the top shelf into the slot on the second shelf at the inventory structure.
US11107033B2	Systems and methods for electronic monitoring of inventory transfer The present disclosure provides systems and methods for monitoring inventory transfer in real-time, comprising a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a tote identifier associated with a tote configured to store one or more products and receive a container identifier associated with a container configured to store the tote. The processor is configured to receive, from a user device in the first fulfillment center, a code associated with a vehicle for transferring the container from a first to a second fulfillment center, receive, from a user device in the second fulfillment center, the code associated with the vehicle, receive, from the user device in the second fulfillment center, at least one of the container identifier or the tote identifier, and validate the transfer of the first product, based on the code and at least one of the container identifier or the tote identifier.
US11107026B2	System and method for increasing employee productivity through challenges Systems and methods are provided for increasing employee productivity in a production process. One or more machines for accomplishing a production activity and in communication with a database which includes pay rates and predetermined thresholds for the production activity. Data acquiring devices associated with each machine measure production rates in substantially real time. A processor retrieves the pay rate and the production rate to determine a real-time-pay rate. A display provides a ranking and visualization reflecting each employee's real-time-pay and a graphic indicating whether each employee's real-time-pay rate exceeds one or more of the predetermined thresholds.
US11107023B2	Managed inventory Example methods and systems are directed to a managed inventory. A database may store information regarding items owned by a user. The information regarding an item may include a quantity owned and one or more triggering events. Based on the occurrence of a triggering event, an order for the item may be placed without user intervention. Data to the database may be provided by one or more sensors. Triggering events may be defined in terms of sensor data. The triggering event may be defined by a user or through machine learning. The order may be placed using a predetermined modality or a dynamically-determined modality based on one or more criteria, such as price, shipping speed, and the urgency of the order.
US11107022B2	Role-based access control with building information data model for managing building resources In accordance with some embodiments, a method managing information about building resources is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for providing data to an end user application is disclosed. A method may include identifying a data model representing information about building resources for tenants and investors in various locations, updating information in the data model, and providing the updated information to a client device for use in an application that provides information about building resources.
US11107021B2	Presenting and manipulating task items Presenting and manipulating task items includes creating a task item within a productivity application in association with a content item created with the productivity application and assigning the task item to one or more users. When the task item has been assigned, the task item is displayed to each user when each users opens the productivity application, or when the productivity application is already open to the user. User activity is then monitored in relation to the content item that is associated with the task item such that metadata for the user activity is captured. Based on the captured metadata, the users are alerted to the user activity that has occurred on the content item.
US11107018B2	Method and apparatus for platooning of vehicles Platooning vehicles can result in operational cost savings. Disclosed is a method of apportioning costs that are incurred/saved as a result of platooning vehicles, as well as assigning penalties for unfair platoon participation. For example, platooning history of a vehicle can be tracked, and if that vehicle acts too often as a trailing vehicle in a series of platoons then a penalty might be assigned to that vehicle. Also disclosed is a technique for operating a platoon in the presence of external factors such as municipal regulations, merging traffic, emergency vehicles, etc.
US11107015B2	Information exchange system and method A health information exchange (HIE) system and related methods for sharing patient medical data among a plurality of users. In one embodiment, the HIE system includes a processor executing a software application and one or more databases. Medical data may be downloaded by a first user to the system in a source file format. The system converts and stores the medical data in a data record such as an object having a different type of data structure. Upon receiving a request from a second user for the medical data in a specified destination file format, the system retrieves and converts the object containing the medical data into the specified destination file format, and sends the destination file to the second user. The source and destination file formats may be the same or different. In one embodiment, users may access and communicate with the HIE system via the Internet.
US11107014B2	Method and system for model fitting to hierarchical time series cluster Method and system for model fitting to hierarchical time series clusters is described. A plurality of time series to be analyzed are clustered as hierarchical time series clusters using Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) as the optimal distance measure to create time series hierarchical clusters. The method disclosed recognizes least dissimilarity time series in the hierarchical time series clusters, and a best fit model is identified for the time series. The same model is continued up the hierarchy along the branch of the hierarchical time series clusters till the model identified satisfies Error Tolerance (ET) and Error Difference (ED) criteria. The method reduces the model fitting time or model building time by more than 50%.
US11107011B2	System and devices for management of timed event admissions A system for management of admission to venues that charge by time with a handheld scanner, wristband, module, magnetic key, and lock. The wristband is made of a flexible, thermoplastic elastomer material, and the module fits into a pod in the center of the wristband. The top polycarbonate plate of the module has a plurality of nodes that extend upward into and through holes in the center portion of the wristband to create an impression of multiple LED lights. A time command signal is communicated from the handheld scanner to the module depending on which timer button on the scanner is activated. The magnetic lock and key are configured to lock and unlock the wristband. The optional docking station is configured to charge the wristband batteries.
US11107006B2	Visualization, exploration and shaping conversation data for artificial intelligence-based automated interlocutor training A system and method for visualizing, exploring and shaping conversational data within a corpus for selective export to train an artificial intelligence-based interlocutor platform, which includes selecting, according to user inputs, a plurality of the conversations for generation of an interactive radial space-filling sunburst-style diagram; responsive to user navigation controls, revising the sunburst diagram to allow provide selection, filtering and modification of the of the text-based interlocutory conversations; and, according to user export controls, formatting and saving at least a portion of the selected and filtered plurality of text-based interlocutory conversations into training data for an artificial intelligence-based automated interlocutor platform.
US11107005B1	Temperature preference learning by suggestion and user acceptance A method for relative temperature preference learning is described. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying one or more current settings of a thermostat located at a premises, identifying one or more current indoor and outdoor conditions, calculating a current indoor differential between the current indoor temperature and the current target temperature, calculating a current outdoor differential between the current outdoor temperature and the current target temperature, and learning temperature preferences based on an analysis of the one or more current indoor conditions and the one or more current outdoor conditions. The one or more current settings of the thermostat include at least one of a current target temperature, current runtime settings, and current airflow settings. The one or more current indoor and outdoor conditions include at least one of a current temperature, current humidity, current indoor airflow, current atmospheric pressure, current level of precipitation, and current cloud cover.
US11106993B1	Computer systems and methods for computing the ground state of a Fermi-Hubbard Hamiltonian A quantum computer or a hybrid quantum-classical (HQC) computer leverages the power of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) superconducting quantum processors at and/or beyond the supremacy regime to evaluate the ground state energy of an electronic structure Hamiltonian.
US11106991B2	Techniques for universal quantum control of quantum coherent states and related systems and methods Some aspects are directed to a method of operating an apparatus, the apparatus comprising a first quantum system having a plurality of coherent quantum states, the first quantum system being coupled to a second quantum system, the method comprising providing an input energy signal to the second quantum system that stimulates energy transfer between the first quantum system and the second quantum system and that causes net dissipation of energy to be output from the second quantum system, wherein the input energy signal includes at least two components having different frequencies and each having an amplitude and a phase, and adiabatically varying the amplitude and the phase of the at least two components of the input energy signal to cause a change in one or more of the plurality of coherent quantum states of the first quantum system.
US11106985B1	Power device with self-health status prediction function and self-health status prediction method thereof and cloud server suitable for a plurality of power devices A power device with self-health status prediction function and a self-health status prediction method thereof and a cloud server suitable for a plurality of power devices are provided. The power device is configured to obtain a health index prediction model and a health prediction index threshold of the power device from the cloud server through a communication module thereof, and is configured to put a plurality of obtained sensing data and basic information of the power device into the health index prediction model to obtain a health prediction index. The power device is also configured to obtain a health status prediction data of the power device according to a comparison result between the health prediction index and the health prediction index threshold, so as to perform a follow-up process. Wherein the health index prediction model is constructed and trained by the cloud server by way of machine learning.
US11106981B2	System for refining cognitive insights using cognitive graph vectors A method, system and computer-usable medium for using cognitive graph vectors to refine cognitive insights comprising storing data from a plurality of data sources within a cognitive graph via a cognitive inference and learning system; associating a first set of the data within the cognitive graph with a first cognitive graph vector of a plurality of cognitive graph vectors via the cognitive inference and learning system; associating a second set of the data within the cognitive graph with a second cognitive graph vector of the plurality of cognitive graph vectors via the cognitive inference and learning system; processing the data from the plurality of data sources to provide cognitive insights via the cognitive inference and learning system; and refining the cognitive insights based upon a limitation relating to one of the plurality of cognitive graph vectors via the cognitive inference and learning system.
US11106980B2	Quantum annealing with oscillating fields Embodiments herein implement quantum annealing with a driver Hamiltonian that uses oscillating fields to advantageously obtain a quantum speedup over classical computing techniques. For a many-body quantum system formed with qubits, the oscillating fields drive the qubits so as to independently modulate the magnitudes and/or directions of transverse terms of the driver Hamiltonian. In particular, embodiments provide a quantum speedup for two types of first-order phase transitions: the paramagnet-to-spin-glass transition, and transitions between distinct “bit string” states. The resulting speedup is robust against energy fluctuations (e.g., 1/f noise), in contrast to other strategies like variable-rate annealing. Each oscillating field may be an oscillating electric field or magnetic field. The oscillating fields can be implemented with superconducting flux qubits by coupling oscillating fluxes and/or voltages to the flux qubits.
US11106977B2	Systems and methods for learning across multiple chemical sensing units using a mutual latent representation Systems and methods for training models across multiple sensing units in a chemical sensing system are described. The chemical sensing system comprises at least one computer processor and at least one computer readable medium including instructions that, when executed by the at least one computer processor, cause the chemical sensing system to perform a training process. The training process comprises accessing a training dataset including first values representing first signals output from a first chemical sensing unit of multiple chemical sensing units, and second values representing second signals output from a second chemical sensing unit of the multiple chemical sensing units, and training a set of models to relate the first values and the second values to a mutual latent representation using the training dataset.

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