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US11147291B2	Flow balancing in food processor cleaning system A plurality of bypass lines are configured to selectively engage a corresponding plurality of food flow paths in a food processor. Each bypass line fluidly communicates with an inlet of a pressure regulating valve such that a common pressure occurs at a spaced position in each food flow path providing an equal pressure at the pressure regulating valve.
US11147290B2	Machine for the production of liquid or semi-liquid food products A machine for making liquid or semi-liquid food products includes a processing chamber; a frame defining an opening to the chamber; a stirrer mounted inside the chamber; a cooling system including a heat exchanger associated with the chamber; a closing device connected to the frame and movable between a closed configuration occlude the opening, and an open configuration allowing access to the chamber through the opening. The closing device includes a door hinged to the frame. A retaining device acts on the closing device to maintain the closed configuration. The retaining device includes a rotary element, connected to one between the door and the frame and a stop provided on the other. The rotary element is rotatable between a retaining configuration, engaging the stop to stop the opening of the door, and a disengaged configuration, disengaged from the stop to allow opening of the door.
US11147282B2	Biopolymer-based preservation of perishable products Disclosed herein are biopolymer-based coatings and products incorporating such coatings. Related methods and use are also provided.
US11147269B2	Food contact surface sanitizing liquid The present invention is for sanitizing compositions for sanitizing surfaces which may contact food. The composition may be provided in liquid form, and may include a quaternary amine, one or more surfactant, a fragrance, and water. At least 90% by weight of the fragrance comprises fragrance components that meet Class I qualifications of the Cramer classification system. All other components of the composition (e.g., the quaternary amine, the surfactants, water, and any optional components) meet the EPA guidelines under CFR 180.940(a). Since the composition only includes components that meet the EPA guidelines under CFR 180.940(a) (reflecting a presumption of low toxicity), and at least 90% of the fragrance itself (e.g., in the case of mixtures of fragrance components) meets the Cramer Class I qualifications, the composition is safe for application to surfaces that come in contact with food, where there is a heightened probability that traces of the composition will be ingested.
US11147259B2	System and method for electronic fluid measurement An agricultural product application implement includes a system and method for indicating an amount of fluid stored. A pressure transducer installed at the sump of a fluid tank electronically measures and displays a fluid depth. Instrumentation, such as an instrument cluster unit for the implement, is programmed via software to convert the voltage output of the pressure transducer to a volume measurement displayed in the operator's line of sight. Software within the instrument cluster unit for self-calibrating accounts for varying densities of different chemical solutions. The pressure transducer is used in conjunction with a transfer medium to prevent corrosive chemical solutions from contacting the pressure transducer.
US11147257B2	Software process for tending crops using a UAV A software process for controlling a configurable UAV that includes a plurality of databases of crop plants, herbicides, insecticides and weeds. An area is defined to be treated. Thereafter, a scout UAV with an on-board camera is flown over the pre-defined area. Images detected by the camera are compared with the crop, pest and weed databases to respectively identify the crop plants, insects, and weeds. The insects and weeds are then subjected to a spot blast of pesticide/herbicide to kill them. Thus, the process results in a more efficient application of treatment chemicals which leads to less adverse environmental impacts associated with the use of pesticides and herbicides.
US11147255B1	Backpack chair assembly A backpack chair assembly includes a chair that has a frame portion and a backrest portion that slidably engages the frame portion. The frame portion comprises a plurality of intersecting members such that the frame portion defines a cuboid. A backpack is positioned around the frame portion of the chair having the backpack surrounding the frame portion. The backpack has a plurality of pockets each being integrated into the backpack for storing objects. A pair of shoulder straps is each coupled to the backpack and each of the shoulder straps is wearable over a user's shoulders for carrying the backpack and the chair. A tarp is coupled to the backpack and the tarp is extendable over the backrest portion and the frame portion to inhibit objects stored on the frame portion from falling off.
US11147254B2	Spincast reel A spincast reel includes a frame. A rotatable main shaft is mounted on the frame, the periphery of the main shaft is provided with two spiral grooves with reverse spirals, a side of a shaft sleeve opposite to the spiral groove is provided with a kidney-shaped hole, and a transmission claw which passes through the kidney-shaped hole and is slidably installed in the spiral groove is fixed to a reel seat; one end of the main shaft penetrates into the frame and is provided with a driving gear assembly for driving the main shaft to rotate, and the other end thereof is fixedly connected to a line pickup portion. The spincast reel provides uniform line arrangement and prevents partial fishing line tangles during winding.
US11147246B2	Hummingbird feeder with improved flower assembly mounting member A hummingbird feeder is provided that includes a nectar container removably coupled to a feeding basin having at least one feed port therein and a flower assembly fitted within the feed port. The flower assembly includes a flower body and a mounting member fitted in the center of the flower body, the mounting member having an elongated tapered passageway through which hummingbirds can access nectar in the feeding basin. The mounting member also has a semi-conical exterior geometry that facilitates mounting of the flower assembly within the feed port.
US11147239B2	Toothed pet grooming tool with fur ejecting mechanism A pet grooming tool is provided with a fur ejector portion that is at least partially movable relative to the teeth of the pet grooming tool and can be manually moved into engagement with fur that is wedged or lodged between the teeth. The engagement of the fur ejector portion with the fur forces the fur from the gaps between the teeth. Preferably, the fur ejector portion can be manually moved by the same hand a person uses to support and hold the grooming tool.
US11147231B2	Soybean cultivar 97040540 A soybean cultivar designated 97040540 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 97040540, to the plants of soybean cultivar 97040540, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 97040540, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 97040540. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 97040540. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 97040540, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 97040540 with another soybean cultivar.
US11147221B2	Methods of seed treatment and resulting products Provided herein are methods, compositions, and devices relating to administration of UV-B to a seed.
US11147220B2	Hydroponic growth system and plant tray assembly thereof A hydroponic growth system comprises a reservoir including a lower chamber, an upper chamber, and a divider therebetween. The divider has a first aperture and a second aperture. The system includes an air blower in fluid communication with the lower chamber. Actuation of the air blower causes fluid from the lower chamber to pass through the first aperture and selectively flood the upper chamber. The valve inhibits communication between the lower chamber and the upper chamber via the second aperture in a resting state. Upon actuation of the air blower, the valve moves to a flooding state in which communication between the lower chamber and the upper chamber via the second aperture is promoted.
US11147219B2	Methods and systems for growing plants using silicate-based substrates, cultivation of enhanced photosynthetic productivity and photosafening by utilization of exogenous glycopyranosides for endogenous glycopyranosyl-protein derivatives, and formulations, process and systems for the same A container for growing a plant. The container includes at least one container wall having a surface, the container wall having one or more light reflective and/or refractive members attached thereto. The one or more light reflective and/or refractive members may include one or more silicate microbeads that are buffered to neutrality. The container may contain a plant, and the one or more light reflective and/or refractive members may be positioned in the container to redistribute light toward the plant, and may be present in an amount effective to cause harmful light saturation of the plant. To safen the plant from such harmful light, the container also may contain one or more glycopyranosidic compounds, such as one or more alkyl-α-D-mannosides.
US11147218B2	Plant bulb protection assembly A plant bulb protection assembly includes a tube has a first end that is tapered to penetrate ground. The tube has an inside diameter that is sufficient to accommodate a plant bulb and surround the plant bulb when the tube is inserted into ground. The tube is comprised of a resilient material to inhibit being chewed or otherwise penetrated by a rodent thereby protecting the plant bulb from being eaten by the rodent. A cage is coupled to the tube to inhibit rodents from entering the tube from above the ground. A retainer is coupled to the tube and a grapple is movably coupled to the tube. The grapple is positioned on an opposite side of the tube with respect to the retainer. Moreover, the grapple releasably engages the retainer on an adjacent one of the tubes with respect to the tube on which the grapple is positioned.
US11153999B2	Work machine In mounter, work using multiple suction nozzles is executed by executing an exchange of suction nozzles between nozzle station and mounting head. In addition, placement positions of suction nozzles at nozzle station are set so that the distance between accommodation section at the nozzle station and part camera is shorter for the suction nozzle to be exchanged more times at the nozzle station. Then, for exchange of suction nozzles during mounting work, the suction nozzle attached to the mounting head is returned to a placement section corresponding to a set placement position. As a result, placement positions at the nozzle station are rearranged into the set placement positions, so that the distance that the mounting head moves for nozzle exchange can be made shorter, which makes it possible to reduce the time required for nozzle exchange.
US11153998B2	Tape curving attachment and feeder A tape curving attachments is provided with tape curving sections configured to curve component storage tape wound around a reel, the component storage tape being carrier tape with cavities in which components are stored and top tape attached to an upper surface of the carrier tape, such that the top tape side of the component storage tape has a smaller radius of curvature than the carrier tape side of the component storage tape, the tape curving attachment being attached to a feeder that pitch feeds the component storage tape from the reel.
US11153996B2	Thermal management assemblies for electronic assemblies mounted on a motor end An electronic assembly includes a PCB disposed on an end-face of a motor proximate to a first surface thereof and a thermal management assembly (TMA) thermally connected to the PCB. One or more switching semiconductor devices are disposed on the first surface. The TMA includes a cooling jacket disposed around a circumference of the motor, at least one jacket manifold formed through the cooling jacket, a thermal compensation base layer thermally coupled to the cooling jacket and the one or more switching semiconductor devices, and a cooling manifold disposed through the PCB to form a fluid flow path therethrough. The at least one jacket manifold has a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. Two or more electrically insulated posts, each having a cooling channel, are disposed between the at least one jacket manifold and the cooling manifold and form a fluid circuit between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet.
US11153985B2	Modular hybrid circuit packaging An electronics package includes a platform and a board mounted to the platform, the board having electronics mounted thereon. A feedthrough pin passes through and is hermetically sealed to a feedthrough body and is wire bonded to the board. A cover is bonded to and surrounds the exterior surface of the feedthrough body to produce a hermetically sealed chamber that houses the platform and the board.
US11153983B2	Power control unit and method of assembling the same A power control unit is disposed on a transaxle case and includes: a plurality of semiconductor devices; an electronic circuit board including a soldered portion for attaching the plurality of semiconductor devices; and a PCU case formed to house the plurality of semiconductor devices and the electronic circuit board. The PCU case includes a support member to which the plurality of semiconductor devices are attached, and an upper cover forming at least a part of an upper surface of the PCU case. The upper cover includes a first component and one or more second components having a lower rigidity than the first component. The electronic circuit board is attached to the first component. The soldered portion is arranged on a surface of the electronic circuit board on the upper cover side. At least one of the one or more second components is arranged to cover the soldered portion.
US11153980B2	Light-emitting device A light-emitting device can be folded in such a manner that a flexible light-emitting panel is supported by a plurality of housings which are provided spaced from each other and the light-emitting panel is bent so that surfaces of adjacent housings are in contact with each other. Furthermore, in the light-emitting device, in which part or the whole of the housings have magnetism, the two adjacent housings can be fixed to each other by a magnetic force when the light-emitting device is used in a folded state.
US11153979B2	Foldable display module A foldable display module is provided. The foldable display module includes a first support mechanism, a second support mechanism, a first flexible screen, a second flexible screen, a first deformable member, and a second deformable member. When the foldable display module is in a flat state, the first deformable member and the second deformable member both expand in volume, and a portion of the first flexible screen and the second flexible screen both extend to a gap and are seamlessly spliced.
US11153976B2	Implementing IR reflective mask to minimize CTE mismatch between laminate and PTH copper A method and structure are provided for implementing manufacture of a printed circuit board (PCB) with one of an infrared (IR) reflective mask or a novel solder mask to minimize coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch between PCB laminate and plated through hole (PTH) copper. At least one of an IR-reflective mask and a solder mask composition for use in IR reflow processes is created such that radiant heat is reflected away from the major portion of the PCB yet permitted to impinge upon the PTHs. The copper within the PTH expands due to radiant heating while the bulk laminate expansion is significantly reduced due to the reflected IR radiation. Consequently, the CTE mismatch is minimized and tensile strain of the copper in the PTH is reduced, providing enhanced reliability.
US11153970B1	Apparatus with electrical components end mounted to printed circuit board Disclosed herein is an apparatus that comprises a printed circuit board having a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and a minor surface perpendicular to the first major surface and the second major surface. The apparatus also comprises an electronic component that comprises a ball grid array, having spaced apart solder balls, on a mounting surface of the electronic component. The electronic component is mounted to the minor surface of the printed circuit board such that the mounting surface is parallel to the minor surface and perpendicular to the first major surface and the second major surface. The solder balls of the ball grid array are electrically connected to both the first major surface and the second major surface of the printed circuit board.
US11153966B2	Electronic circuit device The electronic circuit device includes: a first wiring pattern which is formed on a first main surface of a circuit board, has circuit elements including a switching element and mounted along a predetermined direction, and includes a virtual shortest current path connecting the circuit elements to each other along the predetermined direction; a second wiring pattern which is formed on a second main surface, and includes an opposing current path that opposes an area where the virtual shortest current path is formed; vias electrically connecting the first and second wiring patterns; and vias for heat transfer, connecting a mount area for the switching elements on the first main surface with an area on a side of the opposing current path on the second main surface. The heat dissipation member is in contact with the second main surface.
US11153965B1	Integrated vapor chamber printed circuit board (PCB) assembly A circuit card assembly (CCA) is disclosed. In embodiments, the CCA includes a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a series of adjacent substrate layers. Evaporator layers include an evaporator surface thermally connected to CCA components and capable of absorbing heat therefrom. A series of wall layers include apertures collectively defining an integrated vapor chamber extending between the evaporator layers and condenser layers including a condenser surface opposite the evaporator surface. A working fluid within the vapor chamber is boiled by heat transferred from the evaporator surface and re-condenses at the condenser surface, which transfers heat from the working fluid. The re-condensed working fluid is transitioned back to the evaporator surface via capillary wick structures within the internal surfaces of vapor chamber.
US11153957B2	Apparatus and method for generating an electromagnetic radiation An electromagnetic radiation generation apparatus includes a collector, a gas supplier and a gas pipeline. The collector has a reflection surface configured to reflect an electromagnetic radiation. The collector includes a bottom portion, a perimeter portion, and a middle portion between the bottom portion and the perimeter portion. The middle portion of the collector includes a plurality of openings. The gas supplier is configured to provide a buffer gas. The gas pipeline is in communication with the gas supplier and the collector, and configured to purge the buffer gas through the openings of the middle portion to form a gas protection layer near the reflection surface of the collector. The openings of the middle portion include a plurality of holes arranged in an array including a plurality of rows of holes, or a plurality of concentric gaps.
US11153956B2	Commissioning and controlling load control devices A load control system may include control devices capable of being associated with each other at one or more locations for performing load control. Control devices may include control-source devices and/or control-target devices. A location beacon may be discovered and a unique identifier in the location beacon may be associated with a unique identifier of one or more control devices. Upon subsequent discovery of the location beacon, the associated load control devices may be controlled. The beacons may be communicated via radio frequency signals, visible light communication, and/or audio signals. The visible light communication may be used to communicate other types of information to devices in the load control system. The visible light communication may be used to identify link addresses for communicating with load control devices, load control instructions, load control configuration instructions, network communication information, and/or the like. The information in the beacons may be used to commission and/or control the load control system.
US11153955B1	Electronic candle system An electronic candle system for providing a sanitary and reusable birthday candle solution includes a plurality of electronic candles and a remote control. Each electronic candle comprises a body and a translucent cover coupled to a body top side. A light is coupled to the body top side and extends within the cover. A receiver is coupled within the body. The remote control a transceiver coupled within a remote housing. The transceiver is in operational communication with the receiver of each electronic candle of the plurality of electronic candles. A plurality of controls is coupled to the remote housing and is in operational communication with the transceiver. An air sensor is coupled to the remote housing to be blown on by a user to turn off the light of each of the plurality of electronic candles.
US11153950B2	Replacement mirror system with IR LED overheating management A camera mirror system for a vehicle includes, among other things, a camera that has a field of view, a display in communication with the camera that is configured to depict the field of view, and an infrared light-emitting diode (IR LED) that is configured to illuminate the field of view. The IR LED is configured to operate at a temperature. The system further includes a controller that is configured to provide at least one of a warning or an IR LED shut down command in response to the temperature exceeding a threshold.
US11153949B2	Smart dummy-load electricity consumption system The present invention provides a smart dummy-load electricity consumption system, comprising: a switching detection module and a discharge module. The switching detection module comprises a power source input module and a filter circuit provided at an output of the power source input module, wherein the filter circuit supplies electricity to a working unit, the output of the power source input module is connected with a first controller, and the filter circuit has an output connected with a second controller. The discharge module comprises a switch unit connected to the working unit and a logic gate for turning on or off the switch unit, wherein the logic gate has an input end connected to an output end of the first controller, has an input end connected to an output end of the second controller, and is configured to output a control signal for turning on or off the switch unit.
US11153947B2	Dimming and mixing light emitting diodes using reduced pulse widths A dimming and color mixing apparatus for light emitting diodes (LEDs) combines constant current distribution with reduced pulse widths. A current source provides a constant source of LED drive current to at least a pair of switches under command of an LED controller. A predefined fraction of the LED rated current that will ensure uniform light output between the LEDs is selected as a minimum drive current to be supplied from the constant current source. The LED controller causes the switches to provide alternating pulses between at least two channels of LEDs according to a switching rate for color mixing, and the current source decreases the LED drive current linearly for dimming. For dimming levels below the minimum drive current, the LED controller decreases the pulse widths in conjunction with the decreased drive current. In one arrangement, for each LED channel the percentage of a duty cycle for the pulsed current is less by a factor of 10 than the percentage of the relative current from the constant current source. The decreased pulse widths lead to increased peak current driven to the LEDs from the constant current source and helps avoid nonuniform light emission when dimming and color mixing the LEDs.
US11153942B2	Induction heating device having improved indicator structure An induction heating device includes a casing, a cover plate coupled to a top of the casing, and a first induction heating module located within the casing and configured to heat an object on the cover plate. The first induction heating module includes: a working coil; an inverter configured to apply a resonant current to the working coil; a light guide located outside of the working coil, where the light guide includes a light-emission surface that is located at a top of the light guide, that is configured to indicate whether the working coil is driven, and that is configured to indicate an intensity of the working coil; a light emitting element vertically located below the light guide and configured to emit light to the light guide; and a control module configured to control the inverter and the light emitting element.
US11153936B2	Ceramic heating resistor, electrical heating element, and device for heating a fluid A ceramic heating resistor to be arranged in a tubular element of an electrical heating element for heating a fluid, preferably air, wherein the heating resistor can be produced by sintering a green body comprising at least one ceramic raw material. The heating resistor includes an electrically insulating component and an electrically conducting component, and the electrically insulating component forms a matrix in which the electrically conducting component is accommodated. An electrical heating element for heating a fluid, preferably air, including at least one tubular element, through which a fluid flows or can flow, and to a device for heating a fluid, preferably air, including at least one such heating element.
US11153933B2	Dynamic multi-access wireless network virtualization We disclose systems and methods of dynamically virtualizing a wireless communication network. The communication network is comprised of heterogeneous multi-RAT mesh nodes coupled to a computing cloud component. The computing cloud component virtualizes the true extent of the resources it manages and presents an interface to the core network that appears to be a single base station.
US11153926B2	Transitioning to cell DCH RRC state to report application-level measurement According to one example embodiment, a method in a user equipment, UE, includes receiving a request from a radio access network for a measurement report for an application operating at a layer above a radio resource control, RRC, protocol layer. The UE generates the measurement report in response to the request and determines a current RRC connected state of the UE when the measurement report is ready to be sent. In response to determining that the current RRC connected state of the UE is not a CELL_DCH RRC state, the UE sends a cell update message to the radio access network and receives instructions from the radio access network to transition to the CELL_DCH RRC state. The UE transitions to the CELL_DCH RRC state and transmits the measurement report while the UE is in the CELL_DCH RRC state. Related user equipment nodes, radio access nodes and methods are disclosed.
US11153925B2	Handling of QoS flow description without valid EPS bearer context A method of handling QoS flow descriptions with invalid EPS bearer context is proposed. During an EPS bearer activation or modification procedure, a UE may receive an ePCO/PCO IE for creating a new QoS flow description or modifying an existing QoS flow description. if UE detects that the to be created/modified QoS flow descriptions are associated with invalid EPS bearer context, then UE does, not create/modify the QoS flow descriptions. Instead, UE locally deletes the QoS flow descriptions provided by the network. In addition, UE indicates a 5GSM cause to the network via PCO/ePCO. As a result, when inter-system change from EPS to 5GS happens, UE no longer needs to handle the QoS flow descriptions with invalid EPS bearer context.
US11153923B2	Electronic apparatus in wireless communication system, and mobility measurement method An electronic apparatus in a wireless communications system, and a mobility measurement method. The electronic apparatus includes a communications device and a mobility measurement device. The communication device is configured to separately perform dual-connection communication with two connection nodes by different carriers. The mobility measurement device is configured to perform mobility measurement, for determining a connection switching mode, on the connection nodes in the dual connections in a case in which connection service quality of at least one of the current dual connection nodes is lower than a preset level. The mobility measurement device is further configured to determine a reporting mode of a mobility measurement result according to the measurement condition of at least one of the current dual connection nodes.
US11153916B2	Wireless communication terminal and wireless communication method for multi-user uplink transmission The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for efficiently scheduling multi-user uplink transmission. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal, including: a transceiver; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, by the transceiver, a trigger frame that triggers a multi-user uplink transmission, perform a multi-user uplink transmission in response to the received trigger frame, and receive, by the transceiver, an ACK for the multi-user uplink transmission, wherein when the multi-user uplink transmission is performed on a resource unit in which a temporary association identifier (AID) is assigned by the received trigger frame, the processor obtains ACK information for the terminal from the ACK for the multi-user uplink transmission based on the temporary AID and a wireless communication method using the same.
US11153915B2	Control information sending method, base station, and user equipment A method for controlling information, a base station and a user equipment are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes receiving, by a base station, first signaling from a first user equipment, wherein the first signaling carries an identifier of the first user equipment and information about a preamble sequence, the identifier to be used for random access between the first user equipment and the base station, and the preamble sequence to be used for random access between the first user equipment and second user equipment; and sending, by the base station, second signaling to the first user equipment and the second user equipment, wherein the second signaling carries information about a user equipment cooperation group and the user equipment cooperation group includes the first user equipment and the second user equipment.
US11153908B2	Enhancements for resource allocation in WLAN systems A STA may comprise a receiver configured to receive an MU RTS frame transmitted to a plurality of STAs. The MU RTS frame may indicate, in a duration field, a duration of one or more frames to follow. The STA may further comprise a transmitter configured to transmit a CTS frame in response to receiving the MU RTS frame. Another frame comprising UL transmission information may be received by the STA which includes MCS indicators and allocates frequency resources for the plurality of STAs. A data frame may be modulated in accordance with an MCS indicator of the MCS indicators, and may be transmitted on frequency resources of the frequency resources allocated for the plurality of STAs. An acknowledgement frame, which acknowledges receipt of the data frame, may be received.
US11153907B2	Method and access node for controlling uplink transmissions in a wireless network A method and an access node of a wireless network, for controlling uplink transmissions from wireless devices. It is detected that both a Narrow Band wireless device capable of receiving signals on a first narrow bandwidth channel and one or more legacy wireless devices capable of receiving signals on a second broad bandwidth channel are present. The second broad channel covers the first narrow channel. When receiving an uplink transmission from the Narrow Band device that indicates pending uplink data, the access node performs a downlink transmission that both Narrow Band wireless devices and legacy wireless devices can receive and decode. The downlink transmission indicates that the Narrow Band wireless device is allowed to transmit its pending uplink data on allocated resources within the first bandwidth channel, and that the second bandwidth channel is occupied.
US11153906B2	Electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver is configured to receive, from a first wireless apparatus, a first physical frame including a destination address receivable by a second wireless apparatus different from the electronic apparatus. The transmitter is configured to transmit, to the first wireless apparatus, a first response frame including first information regarding the first physical frame, if the first physical frame is successfully received. A transmission period of the first response frame at least partially overlaps with a transmission period of a second response frame including second information regarding the first physical frame received by the second wireless apparatus.
US11153901B2	Method for determining time information, network node, and terminal device A method for determining time information is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining, by a network node, information sent by a terminal device; and determining, by the network node, at least one of the following based on the information: a first time interval between downlink scheduling and downlink data transmission, a second time interval between the downlink data transmission and a feedback message sent by the terminal device after the terminal device receives downlink data, and a third time interval between uplink scheduling and uplink data transmission, where the information may include at least one of a subcarrier spacing, an operating band, and a bandwidth that are supported by the terminal device, and further include a first smallest value and/or a second smallest value and/or a third smallest value corresponding to the at least one item. Therefore, flexibility and accuracy of determining the time information are improved.
US11153887B2	Uplink performance for bearers A system and method for detecting and correcting uplink-only problems is disclosed. The system comprises one or more of the following modules: uplink problem detection module, maximum permissible limit module, and uplink improvement calculation and actions module. The uplink problem detection module detects uplink-only problems using values of one or more parameters related to bearer performance. For instance, the uplink problem detection module continuously monitors the uplink performance by checking uplink transmission error and when a threshold is crossed, declares an uplink problem. The maximum permissible limit module limits the actions by uplink improvement calculation and actions module so that other parts in the system are not negatively affected. The uplink improvement calculation and actions module determines and performs the actions to improve the uplink transmission error situation detected by the uplink problem detection module.
US11153883B1	Method to avoid flooding control channel after system-wide call ends A method and system to avoid flooding a control channel after the end of a system-wide call is provided. A Land Mobile Radio (LMR) site tracks active channel assignments. The LMR site also receives a system-wide call request. Upon receiving the system-wide call request, a snapshot of the channel assignments is taken. When the LMR site receives an indication that the system wide call request has ended, the LMR site receives a de-assign complete message.
US11153877B2	Method for bonding a plurality of radio connections in a wireless network The invention relates particularly to a method for a wireless communication network, the method allowing the bonding of a plurality of radio connections between a client electronic device and a master electronic device, the method having the steps of receiving, coming from a client electronic device, a message having a request to establish a new connection, the message having an identifier of the client electronic device and authentication information, determining whether a second connection is already established between the master electronic device and the client electronic device, and, if such is the case, then sending, via the connection already established, a message having a request to verify the establishment request received, the message having the authentication information received, receiving a message having information validating the request to establish the new connection, and establishing the new connection between the client electronic device and the master electronic device.
US11153871B2	Network element and method of communicating using a plurality of controls channels modules A network element forming a mobile communications network, and configured to provide a wireless access interface to one or more communications devices and to transmit downlink data to and receive uplink data from the communications devices via the wireless access interface. The downlink resources extend across a predetermined bandwidth and are time divided into plural timeframes. The network element includes a transmitter, and controller configured to control the transmitter to transmit control data to the communications devices in resources of a control channel formed from plural control channel modules formed from only part of the predetermined bandwidth and mutually exclusive from parts of the predetermined bandwidth from which the other control channel modules are formed. The plural control channel modules allow the control channel to be varied in bandwidth and adapted to the structure of the communications network, the communications devices being served and traffic conditions in the communications network.
US11153870B2	PUCCH resource mapping and HARQ-ACK feedback Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques that may help enable the determination of uplink resource allocation in systems that support dynamic uplink-downlink subframe configurations. An example method generally includes receiving signaling indicating a dynamic uplink-downlink (UL-DL) subframe configuration, determining hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) timing based on a reference UL-DL subframe configuration, and determining HARQ resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration.
US11153865B2	Operation method of communication node in millimeter wave based communication system An operation method of a communication node in a millimeter-wave based communication system may comprise when a first communication path between the second base station and the terminal connected to the first base station is not established, transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) request message requesting establishment of the first communication path to the second base station via the first base station; receiving an RRC response message from the second base station via the first base station, the RRC response message being a response to the RRC request message; and establishing the first communication path based on the RRC response message.
US11153862B2	Physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) blind decoding in fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) systems A network device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), or a new radio NB (gNB)) can process or generate a configuration of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in different search spaces sets independently from one another in order to manage different services optimally. A processor of the network device can be configured to receive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates of a PDCCH in a slot for channel estimation across search spaces of the slot. Different priorities can be determined among the PDCCH candidates in the slot based on a priority rule. Then a number of PDCCH candidates can be skipped/dropped from monitoring based on the different priorities of the PDCCH candidates to ensure that a threshold level of blind decoding operations across a plurality of slots of the PDCCH is being satisfied. The UE can monitor a portion of the PDCCH candidates while concurrently skipping another.
US11153852B2	Communication method and communications apparatus Embodiments of the present invention disclose a communication method and a communications apparatus. In the communication method, a network-side device determines a resource configuration policy. The network-side device determines an operation mode of a terminal based on the resource configuration policy; broadcasts information about a plurality of configured resource pools and the operation mode, so that the terminal performs sending based on the configured one or more resource pools; and determines, based on the operation mode, that the terminal sends information on one or more resource units of the plurality of resource pools. According to the communication method and the communications apparatus provided in the specific embodiments of the present invention, the one or more resource pools are configured for a plurality of carriers for inter-terminal communication, so that the terminal can send a message on the one or more resource pools of the plurality of carriers.
US11153848B2	Field device and method for providing broadcast information A field device for process automation, comprising a short-range wireless communication circuit having a mobile communication device and a control circuit for controlling the communication circuit. The control circuit selects data stored in the field device, instructs the communication circuit to transmit the selected data in a publicly available broadcast mode, establishes a short-range communication connection with the mobile communication device, and uses configuration data that the mobile communication device has sent to the field device after establishing the short-range communication connection in order to change the selection of data sent out in the publicly available broadcast mode or to stop the broadcast mode.
US11153846B2	Resource sharing between paging response and random access channel message Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit a paging indicator message to one or more user equipment (UEs) in a group of UEs. The base station may receive, based at least in part on the paging indicator message, a first response message from the one or more UEs. The first response message may be received using a resource that is shared with a random access channel message for the group of UEs. The base station may transmit, based at least in part on the first response message, a second response message to the one or more UEs.
US11153844B2	Method for estimating position of wireless network equipment A method for estimating an position of wireless network equipment, including setting a wireless network transmission parameter, wherein the wireless network transmission parameter includes a transmitting power, a carrier frequency and a spreading factor index, which are used for performing an initial operation setting of wireless network; according to the wireless network transmission parameter, providing a path loss index and a reference distance for simulating an actual wireless network environment; selecting a noise power to simulate a signal state of a transmission path; and according to a field domain, setting a received power threshold to calculate a predetermined transmission distance of wireless network equipment erection. By means of the above method, a better setting position of a better wireless terminal equipment can be calculated more efficiently, and a proper position of a node equipment can be determined by using a signal measurement or packetized transfer reception and loss conditions in the vicinity of an estimated distance from a base station.
US11153843B2	Mechanisms for locating wireless devices There is provided mechanisms for locating wireless devices. A method is performed by a network operator node of cells. The method comprises obtaining an indication to locate wireless devices in a geographical area from a surveillance center node (s102). The method comprises initiating a change of logical group area identity of those of its cells that at least partly overlap with the geographical area (s104), thereby initiating location reporting from those wireless devices located in the geographical area that are in idle mode. The method comprises, in response thereto, receiving location indicating information from the wireless devices in the geographical area (s106).
US11153829B2	Techniques for power control using carrier aggregation in wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for managing transmissions using multiple component carriers (CCs) in which transmissions using one or more of the CCs may span less than a full transmission time of a slot or other transmission time interval. A UE may signal a capability to transmit such transmissions, and one or more capabilities related to carrier aggregation that may be used by a base station for scheduling of transmissions on different CCs. In the event that overlapping transmissions on two or more CCs exceed a maximum power threshold, various techniques for dropping at least a portion of one or more transmissions of one or more CCs are described.
US11153828B2	Spectral efficiency determination for power control for uplink control information transmission on an uplink data channel Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for determining spectral efficiency for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) on an uplink data channel for use in performing uplink power control.
US11153827B2	User terminal and radio communication method Transmission power is appropriately controlled for various techniques to be introduced for radio communication. A user terminal includes: a transmission section that transmits an uplink signal; and a control section that controls transmission power of the uplink signal based on at least one of received power of a user terminal specific reference signal to which downlink beam forming has been applied and/or received power of a reference signal associated with the downlink beam forming, and a Transmission Power Control (TPC) command included in downlink control information.
US11153826B2	Procedure-based uplink power control Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit procedure-specific uplink power parameters to one or more user equipments (UEs) in a cell. A UE may determine a procedure including one or more uplink transmissions. The UE may determine a transmit power level corresponding to the procedure based at least in part on the procedure-specific uplink power parameters. The UE may transmit the one or more uplink transmissions using the determined transmit power level.
US11153821B2	Apparatus, system and method of acknowledging a multi user (MU) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) (MU-MIMO) transmission For example, an EDMG STA may be configured to receive an A-MPDU for the EDMG STA in an EDMG MU PPDU from an EDMG MU-MIMO initiator station; to determine, according to an ordered acknowledgement scheme, a Block Acknowledgement (BA) period in which the EDMG STA is to be awake to allow transmission of a BA from the EDMG STA to the EDMG MU-MIMO initiator STA; to allow the EDMG STA to be in a power save mode during a first power save period from a time of an End of Frame (EOF) field in the A-MPDU for the EDMG STA until a beginning of the BA period; to transmit the BA to the EDMG MU-MIMO initiator; and to allow the EDMG STA to be in the power save mode during a second power save period after transmission of the BA.
US11153818B2	Method and apparatus for initial negotiation in wireless LAN Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for initial negotiation in a wireless LAN. An operating method of a station in a communication system comprises the steps of: generating a probe request frame including WUR capability information of the station which supports a WUR mode; transmitting the probe request frame; and receiving a probe response frame from an access point having received the probe request frame. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.
US11153811B2	Variable scan interval using context Systems and methods for variable scan interval using context are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: scan for wireless networks at a scan interval; and adjust the scan interval based upon context.
US11153809B2	Managing dedicated and common system information A method for managing dedicated and common system information that includes receiving a first message comprising a first set of parameters associated with system information. The first set of parameters have a first validity. The method also includes deriving a stored set of parameters based, at least in part, on the first set of parameters and its associated validity. The method additionally includes receiving a second message comprising a second set of parameters associated with system information. The second set of parameters have a second validity. The method further includes, upon the second validity superseding the first validity, modifying the stored set of parameters.
US11153804B2	RRC message transmission method and apparatus, terminal device, and access network device A first access network device sends first configuration information to a terminal device, where the first configuration information includes multipath configuration information and a first trigger condition, the multipath configuration information includes configuration information of a plurality of second transmission paths, and each second transmission path includes a transmission link between the terminal device and one second access network device and an interface link between the first access network device and the second access network device. When a radio link between the terminal device and the first access network device meets the first trigger condition, the terminal device activates the multipath configuration information, and transmits a same RRC message to the first access network device by using a first transmission path and at least one second target transmission path. Accordingly, a same RRC message is transmitted by using a plurality of transmission paths, thereby improving RRC message reliability.
US11153800B2	Method and apparatus for User Equipment (UE) monitoring behavior for beam recovery in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a UE (User Equipment). In one embodiment, the method includes the UE receiving and/or monitoring a first control region via a first link. The method further includes the UE transmitting a first request if the first link fails. The method also includes the UE receiving and/or monitoring a second control region for a response via a second link within a time window associated with the first request. In addition, the method includes the UE receiving and/or monitoring the first control region after the time window associated with the first request is over.
US11153798B2	Management of a mobile device in proximity of a home gateway with mobile connectivity to a wide area network A method and system for managing a mobile device entering a wireless coverage area of a home gateway connected to a WAN through a mobile communication network is provided. As the mobile device connects to the home gateway via its wireless interface, the home gateway requests an onloading token for the mobile device from a management server cooperating with the mobile communication network. The management server releases the onloading token and sends it to the home gateway, which forwards it to the mobile device. The mobile device receives the onloading token from the home gateway, and in reply thereto, disconnects from the home gateway and starts exchanging mobile data traffic with the WAN through the mobile communication network via its mobile interface.
US11153787B2	Apparatus and method for supporting handover in a wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present invention provides a method for supporting handover, comprising the steps of: informing, by a source base station, a core network whether a direct data forwarding path is available; deciding, by the core network, whether to use direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding; informing, by the core network, a target base station of information about the direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding; allocating, by the target base station, data forwarding tunnel information, the target base station allocating the data forwarding tunnel information according to the received information about the direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding; transmitting, by the target base station, the allocated data forwarding tunnel information to the core network; and informing, by the core network, the source base station of the data forwarding tunnel information. With the present invention, different data forwarding methods are supported to prevent data loss and ensure service continuity.
US11153785B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in wireless communication system A method of performing communication, by a network exposure function (NEF), in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a connection establishment request from a session management function (SMF), based on a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment procedure performed between the SMF and a user equipment (UE), performing a non-internet protocol (IP) data delivery (NIDD) configuration procedure according to NIDD configuration information included in the connection establishment request, based on whether the NIDD configuration procedure is previously performed on the UE between the NEF and an application function (AF), establishing connection between the SMF and the NEF, and transmitting a connection establishment response to the SMF.
US11153783B2	Flow control method and apparatus, CU, DU and storage medium Provided are a flow control method and device, a CU and a DU. The method includes: receiving a flow control state message transmitted by a second network element connected to a first network element through a fronthaul interface; where the flow control state message carries flow control state information for identifying a flow control state of the second network element, and where the first network element and the second network element have different functions, and performing a flow control processing according to the flow control state information and interacting the flow control state of the second network element. Further provided is a computer storage medium.
US11153782B2	Method and apparatus for distributing packets on multi-link in mobile communication network Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as an LTE. A transmitting device supporting a plurality of radio links in a mobile communication network is provided. The transmitting device includes a packet distributor configured to receive feedback information on a plurality of links from a receiving device and distribute packets to the plurality of links based on the feedback information, and output ports corresponding to the plurality of links and configured to transmit the distributed packets through the plurality of links.
US11153777B2	Apparatus and method for adjusting network parameter An electronic device includes a wireless communication modem; a processor; a volatile memory configured to be operatively connected to the processor; and a non-volatile memory configured to store at least one application program and to be operatively connected to the processor. The non-volatile memory may be configured to store, when executed, instructions that cause the processor to transmit and receive first data packets to and from the communication modem and to provide a network device interface including at least one first parameter related to processing of the first data packets, to receive requirement information related to the operation of the application program, and to adjust values of the at least one first parameter based on at least a part of the requirement information, and cause the network device interface to transmit and receive the first data packets using at least some of the adjusted values of the first parameters.
US11153776B2	User equipment assisted packet routing at a base station Wireless communications systems as described herein may be configured to provide user equipment (UE) assisted information for caching data at a network node external to a core network (CN). In some cases, the UE may provide an acceleration indicator (AI) that a base station may receive and identify as caching information. The base station, upon identifying that the AI is present in an uplink packet, may transmit the packet to a gateway having a local cache. If the uplink packet does not have an AI, the base station may route the uplink packet according to an address (e.g., a uniform resource locator (URL)) contained in the packet.
US11153775B2	Method and apparatus for performing network cooperative communication to distribute traffic in a wireless communication system A method for receiving a downlink signal from a base station (BS) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes receiving power multiplexing information from the BS, receiving a reference signal and the downlink signal from the BS, calculating reception power of an interference signal from reception power of the downlink signal, using the reference signal and the power multiplexing information, and acquiring a data signal of the UE by eliminating the reception power of the interference signal from the reception power of the downlink signal.
US11153768B2	Vehicle, network component and apparatus for a mobile transceiver, methods and computer programs for multi-client sampling Embodiments relate to methods and apparatuses for a vehicle, a network component, and a mobile transceiver performing multi-client sampling. A network component comprises one or more interfaces configured to communicate with mobile transceivers. It further comprises a control module configured to control interfaces and receive information on a multi-client sampling request as well as information on capabilities and status of a plurality of mobile transceivers. The control module is further configured to determine a subset of the mobile transceivers based on the information on the multi-client sampling request and on the capabilities and status. The subset comprises at least one mobile transceiver as cluster head and at least one other mobile transceiver. The control module is further configured to provide to the subset of mobile transceivers instructions to perform the multi-client sampling by collecting requested data at the cluster head using direct communication within the subset.
US11153767B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting measurement restriction and configuration information [Object] To enable more appropriate recognition of an interference situation of a directional beam. [Solution] Provided is an apparatus including: an acquisition unit that acquires a weight set for forming a directional beam; and a control unit that multiplies a reference signal for channel quality measurement by the weight set. The weight set is a weight set that is able to be generated from a first weight set for acquiring directivity in a first direction, a second weight set for acquiring directivity in a second direction, and a third weight set for phase adjustment of dual layer multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). The third weight set is a specific one of a plurality of weight sets for phase adjustment of dual layer MIMO.
US11153762B1	Spectrum access optimization including for 5G or other next generation user equipment The disclosed technology is directed towards a fifth generation (5G) spectrum access engine that operates to achieve 5G spectrum optimization. The 5G spectrum access engine provides optimized spectrum access in low-bands, mid-bands, and high-bands based on energy detection algorithms, data analytics, and/or a deep learning architecture. The 5G spectrum access engine can reallocate spectrum to user equipments, including to allocate Sub-6 frequencies to a user equipment when, based on energy sensing, the user equipment is experiencing poor signal quality with millimeter wave communications.
US11153748B2	Secure system and method for onboarding router A Wi-Fi access point device (APD) includes a controller, a radio, and a memory. The memory contains instructions for establishing a programmed secure Wi-Fi onboarding SSID with the client device with connection to the external network. The controller is configured to instruct the radio to broadcast the open Wi-Fi onboarding SSID for a predetermined period of time. The controller is also configured to: instruct the radio to broadcast an established programmed secure Wi-Fi onboarding SSID; onboard the Wi-Fi APD to the external network, based on information communicated between the Wi-Fi client device and the Wi-Fi APD over the established programmed secure Wi-Fi onboarding SSID; and instruct the radio to stop the broadcast of the open Wi-Fi onboarding SSID at the earlier of a termination of the predetermined time period and the onboarding of the Wi-Fi APD to the external network.
US11153738B2	Extending cell broadcast notification to other communication technologies Methods for extending cell broadcast notifications to various access technologies and enterprise communication infrastructure. A method includes obtaining, by a controller, a cellular broadcast message of a public warning system and identifying, by the controller, at least one network entity, from among a plurality of network entities operating in a private radio network, based on the at least one network entity being within a location area specified in the cellular broadcast message. The method further includes providing, by the controller to the at least one network entity, the cellular broadcast message.
US11153737B2	System and method for call management A system and method are provided in accordance with the various aspects of the invention that enhance the information regarding a caller and a call location. Such calls are typically sent to a dispatcher that handles urgent or emergency calls. The information provided can be in the form of a message that is includes specifics about the call initiator and the nature of and/or reason for the call; a message that is converted to verbal form from text-to-speech; and/or the message may include location information, especially as it relates to representing a wireless device as a landline location based on nearby communication options, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth beacons.
US11153736B2	Method for executing public warning system and device supporting same Provided is a method for a terminal executing a public warning system (PWS) in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a primary message associated with a PWS from a base station; and transmitting, to the base station, a feedback message for requesting a secondary message corresponding to the primary message.
US11153729B2	Tag and tap™ The present invention is a method and system of utilizing dynamic NFC data in a manner that communicates data to a user's personal devices. The embodiment allows such devices to be remotely updated and changed to gives the system the ability to share information. The Tag and Tap™ system will provide push notifications and broadcast messages to users in a manner that have not been previously utilized with NFC technology.
US11153723B2	Signal multiplexing device and signal multiplexing method using layered division multiplexing A signal multiplexing apparatus and method using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. A signal multiplexing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame using the time-interleaved signal and L1 signaling information.
US11153717B2	Enhanced reporting of positioning-related states Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a positioning device may identify a motion state configuration associated with a mobile device, the motion state configuration including information indicating possible positions of the mobile device during a movement of the mobile device; and determine a position of the mobile device based at least in part on the motion state configuration. In some aspects, a device may identify a motion state configuration associated with a mobile device, the motion state configuration including information indicating possible positions of the mobile device during a movement of the mobile device; and provide, to a positioning device, the motion state configuration in association with determining a position of the mobile device. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11153708B2	Method and system for establishing microlocation zones A method and system of creating microlocation zones by defining virtual boundaries using a system of one or more transmitters and receivers with one or more spatially-correlated antennas.
US11153705B2	Method and apparatus for an ultrasonic emitter system floor audio unit Methods and systems are provided for audio devices with enhanced directional operations. An example audio device includes an orientation determination circuit configured to determine an orientation of at least a part of a user's body, a first audio output component, a second audio output component, and a controller configured to control the first audio output component and the second audio output component based on the determined orientation. The determined orientation may correspond to a positional nature of the user within a three-dimensional space around the user. The controller may be configured to provide a three-dimensional audio environment according to the user. The three-dimensional audio environment is aligned according to a visual input provided to the user.
US11153697B2	Anatomically customized ear canal hearing apparatus Embodiments of the present invention provide improved methods and apparatus suitable for use with hearing devices. A vapor deposition process can be used to make a retention structure having a shape profile corresponding to a tissue surface, such as a retention structure having a shape profile corresponding to one or more of an eardrum, the eardrum annulus, or a skin of the ear canal. The retention structure can be resilient and may comprise an anatomically accurate shape profile corresponding to a portion of the ear, such that the resilient retention structure provides mechanical stability for an output transducer assembly placed in the ear for an extended time. The output transducer may couple to the eardrum with direct mechanical coupling or acoustic coupling when retained in the ear canal with the retention structure.
US11153694B1	Hearing aid and method for use of same A hearing aid and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the hearing aid includes a body having various electronic components contained therein, including an electronic signal processor that is programmed with a respective left ear qualified sound range and a right ear qualified sound range. Each of the left ear qualified sound range and the right ear qualified sound range may be a range of sound corresponding to a preferred hearing range of an ear of the patient. The electronic signal processor is also programmed with a tinnitus frequency which is a range of sound corresponding to a sensation of tinnitus in the ear of the patient. Sound received at the hearing aid is converted to the qualified sound range prior to output with the output amplified at 0 dB at the tinnitus frequency or an inverse amplitude signal applied at the tinnitus frequency.
US11153689B2	Loudspeaker and method of manufacturing loudspeaker A loudspeaker including a magnetic circuit; a voice coil body; a diaphragm attached to the voice coil body; a housing which accommodates the magnetic circuit and the voice coil body and to which an outer circumferential portion of the diaphragm and the magnetic circuit are attached; two connection terminals disposed exposed inside and outside the housing; and signal wires which extend from the voice coil body and are connected to the connection terminals. Each signal wire is outwardly curved to be away from a virtual straight line connecting the proximal end of the signal wire and the connection portion. The distal end of the signal wire projects from the connection portion toward the voice coil body.
US11153662B2	Display device and method for controlling the same Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes: a display; a communication interface; and a processor configured to establish a connection with an external device through the communication interface and receive a data packet from the external device through the established connection, obtain mode information of the display device, obtain advertising content for the external device based on identification information of the external device included in the data packet and based on the mode information, and control the display to display the obtained advertising content.
US11153656B2	Authenticated stream manipulation Systems and methods for accessing a media stream are presented. In response to a request for a media stream, an individual can be authorized to manipulate the media stream. Once an individual has gained authorization with respect to a media stream's manipulation rights, they are allowed to manipulate the stream. In some embodiments, a provider controls a secure environment to play the stream and enforce the rights.
US11153655B1	Content appeal prediction using machine learning Methods and apparatus are relating to the use of machine learning techniques to identify unrated content that will be appealing to particular demographics. Using explicit feedback (e.g., star ratings) and implicit feedback (e.g., viewing behavior) for a given demographic, feature sets are extracted from the rated titles and then used to recognize similar titles in unrated content.
US11153654B2	Systems and methods for providing program suggestions in an interactive television program guide An interactive television program guide application is provided that queries a user regarding the user's interest in television programs and suggests television programs to the user based on the user's responses. The interactive television program guide application identifies a television program that is potentially of interest to the user. The interactive television program guide application then queries the user regarding the user's interest using questions that are formulated based on attributes associated with the identified television program. Using the user's responses to the questions, the interactive television program guide application identifies and suggests one or more television programs to the user.
US11153652B2	Method for displaying live broadcast room, apparatus, device, and storage medium Provided is a method and an apparatus for displaying a live broadcast room, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a live broadcast screenshot of at least one live broadcast room under a target classification label; inputting the live broadcast screenshot of the at least one live broadcast room into an image detection model to obtain a live broadcast screenshot that satisfies a set type condition; adding a display identifier to a live broadcast room corresponding to the live broadcast screenshot of the set type condition; and arranging and displaying the at least one live broadcast room according to the display identifier in a display interface corresponding to the target classification label.
US11153647B2	Systems and methods for preventing spoilers in a results display for a tournament-style competition by selectively blacking out competitor results Systems and methods are disclosed herein for generating for display depictions of tournament-style competitions restricting user's access to any content that may spoil the results of the tournament. A user may request to view a display that contains a tournament and participating competitors. Requests may be received from users to view recordings of tournament competitions or a results display with the tournament bracket displayed. The media guidance application may access recorded versions of competitions from internal and external directories. Furthermore, the media guidance application may compare user viewing progress data and competitor progress data to ensure the user does not prematurely view results of any competitions of interest to the user. If the media guidance application determines a user's progress is less than the progress of the user's favorite team, visual representations of the competitions that may spoil the outcome of the user's favorite team's competition may be blacked out.
US11153646B2	Applying access control to streamed media content Aspects of the present disclosure relate to applying access control to streamed media content. A log-in request to a media streaming service is received. A biometric sample is received from a user. The biometric sample is compared to a biometric template to determine whether the user is an authorized user. In response to determining that the user is an authorized user, the biometric sample is analyzed to determine an age of the user. Access control is then applied to media content accessed through the media streaming service based on the determined age.
US11153643B1	Systems and methods to determine reduction of interest in a content series Systems and methods are provided herein for determining reduction of interest in a content series and to increasing the interest upon such determination. This may be accomplished by a device monitoring consumption of a content series to determine a pattern of consumption. The device may identify a change in the pattern of consumption indicative of a reduction of interest and determine a reason for the reduction in interest. Based on the reason for the reduction of interest, the device may provide an operation, such as a spoiler, to increase interest in the content series.
US11153641B2	Source device and method of transmitting content A source device and a method of transmitting content are provided. The source device includes a controller configured to check a version of a content protection method supported by a sink device from the repeater, to encrypt the content based on a version of the content protection method applied to the content, and to set a value of type information of the content protection method based on the version of the content protection method applied to the content and the version of the content protection method supported by the sink device, and a communicator including communication circuitry configured to transmit the encrypted content and the type information of the content protection method to the repeater, wherein the type information of the content protection method for determining whether the content received from the source device is output to the sink device from the repeater, based on the version of the content protection method supported by the sink device.
US11153635B2	Intelligent display of content based on event monitoring Systems and methods for displaying content based on event monitoring are disclosed herein. Control circuitry plays a delayed portion of a live content stream via a primary display window. The control circuitry detects an event in the live content stream and plays the event via a secondary display window overlaid upon the primary display window. The control circuitry determines whether to modify an aspect of a secondary display window based on the event and modifies the aspect of the secondary display window based on a result of the determining.
US11153627B2	System and method for switching video presentations between devices Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system receives a signal transmitted from a first media presentation device presenting media content; the signal includes a request to discontinue providing the media content to the first media presentation device and begin providing the media content to a second media presentation device. The method also includes transmitting a link to a destination associated with the second device, and transmitting a portion of the media content to the second device; this portion corresponds to a predetermined time period commencing with transmission of the signal. In response to selection of the link, the media content portion is presented at the second device, and the media content is provided to the second device corresponding to a time period commencing with expiration of the predetermined time period. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11153619B2	Cognitively derived multimedia streaming preferences A computer-implemented method for streaming multimedia data includes receiving a request to stream, by a first computing device, a first multimedia data file stored on a second computing device. The computer-implemented method further includes determining a first recommendation to skip viewing of a first logical segment included in the multimedia data file, wherein the first recommendation is based, at least in part, on analyzing a set of user insight information corresponding to a first classification associated with the first logical segment. The computer-implemented method further includes determining that a first confidence score associated with the first recommendation is below a predetermined threshold level. The computer-implemented method further includes providing, in response to determining that the first confidence score is below the predetermined threshold level, the first recommendation to a user while streaming the first multimedia data file via the first computing device.
US11153613B2	Remote-controlled media studio A system includes a computing device programmed to generate an aggregated media item that includes individual media items from a plurality of inputs. The aggregated media item combines one or more of the individual media items for a common display. The computing device is further programmed to send the aggregated media item to a media device and receive commands from the media device. The commands identify data from the aggregated media content item to be included in a media output item. The computing device is further programmed to generate the media output item based on the aggregated media content item and the commands.
US11153604B2	Image compression for digital reality A method of displaying images forming part of a digital reality stream, the method including, for each image to be displayed in one or more encoder processing devices, generating compressed image data by differentially compressing image data indicative of the image in accordance with system operation and the content of the digital reality stream so that different parts of the image are compressed using a different degree of compression, wirelessly transmitting the compressed image data to a display device using a wireless communications link, and, in one or more decoder processing devices associated with the display device, differentially decompressing the compressed image data to thereby generate image data indicative of the image to be displayed.
US11153592B2	Apparatus, a method and a computer program for video coding and decoding A method comprising encoding a bitstream comprising a base layer, a first enhancement layer and a second enhancement layer; encoding an indication of both the base layer and the first enhancement layer used for prediction for the second enhancement layer in the bitstream; encoding, in the bitstream, an indication of a first set of prediction types that is applicable from the base layer to the second enhancement layer, wherein the first set of prediction types is a subset of all prediction types available for prediction between layers, and encoding, in the bitstream, an indication of a second set of prediction types that is applicable from the base layer or the first enhancement layer to the second enhancement layer, wherein the second set of prediction types is a subset of all prediction types available for prediction between layers.
US11153591B2	Method and apparatus for color transform in VVC A method of video decoding performed in a video decoder. The method including receiving a coded video bitstream including a current picture. The method further including, performing an inverse quantization on a current block included in the current picture. The method further including performing, after performing the inverse quantization, an inverse transform on the current block. The method further including performing a prediction process on the current block after performing the inverse transform. The method further including, after performing the prediction process on the current block, determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied. The method further including, in response to determining that the predetermined condition is met, performing an inverse color transform on the current block.
US11153588B2	Dual deblocking filter thresholds An apparatus for video coding using dual deblocking filter thresholds may include a processor generating a reconstructed frame by decoding an encoded bitstream and outputting the reconstructed frame. Decoding may include generating a decoded block by decoding a portion of the encoded bitstream, identifying a first deblocking threshold index from the encoded bitstream, identifying a second deblocking threshold index from the encoded bitstream, generating a reconstructed block based on the decoded block, and including the reconstructed block in the reconstructed frame. Generating the reconstructed block may include deblocking based on the first deblocking threshold index and the second deblocking threshold index.
US11153584B2	Methods, apparatuses and devices for panoramic video transcoding Panoramic video transcoding methods, devices, and apparatuses are provided. The method involves a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU) and includes decoding a panoramic video; mapping, at least partly using the GPU, the decoded video data to N visual angles, to obtain N channels of video data, in which N is more than 1; encoding the N channels of video data respectively to obtain N channels of video streams; and slicing and packing the N channels of video streams respectively.
US11153579B2	Deriving dynamic range adjustment (DRA) parameters for video coding Dynamic Range Adjustment can be used to correct distortions that can occur when the dynamic range of the colors in video are transformed. In various examples, Dynamic Range Adjustment can be performed using a function without discontinuities that takes as input a range of color values. Parameters describing the function can be encoded into a bitstream, and the parameters can be used by a decoding process to reconstruct the function. The function can be linear or non-linear. The function optionally includes a piece-wise linear function.
US11153577B2	Rice parameter derivation for transform-skip mode used in lossless/lossy video coding Embodiments are directed to systems and methods of using a Rice code in video coding. In one embodiment includes a method of encoding or decoding video data, e.g., on a video encoder or decoder. In particular, embodiments are directed to determining a Rice parameter for encoding or decoding syntax elements related to coefficient levels.
US11153576B2	Scaling matrices and signaling for video coding An example device for coding video data includes a memory configured to store the video data and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and communicatively coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to determine whether scaling matrices may be applied to a low-frequency non-separable transform (LFNST) coded block. The one or more processors are also configured to, based on a determination that scaling matrices may not be applied to the LFNST coded block, not applying the scaling matrices to the LFNST coded block. The one or more processors are also configured to code the video data without applying the scaling matrices to the LFNST coded block.
US11153556B1	Volumetric accessing of a volumetric display Methods and systems may provide for 3D volumetric displays. Such 3D volumetric displays may include a transparent enclosed volume holding a gas as a stationary gain medium. A scanning mirror may direct a light beam from a light source. A voxel projector may receive the light beam from the scanning mirror and may project an expanded beam into a volume of the stationary gain medium. Changes in the X and Y orientation between the light beam from the scanning mirror and the voxel projector results in relatively larger changes in the X and Y dimension of the expanded beam that is projected into the volume of the stationary gain medium to produce a 3D image.
US11153551B2	Apparatus for and method of illumination control for acquiring image information and depth information simultaneously An apparatus and a method are provided. The apparatus includes a light source configured to project light in a changing pattern that reduces the light's noticeability; collection optics through which light passes and forms an epipolar plane with the light source; and an image sensor configured to receive light passed through the collection optics to acquire image information and depth information simultaneously. The method includes projecting light by a light source in a changing pattern that reduces the light's noticeability; passing light through collection optics and forming an epipolar plane between the collection optics and the light source; and receiving in an image sensor light passed through the collection optics to acquire image information and depth information simultaneously.
US11153540B2	Multi-projection system, projector, and method of controlling projector A multi-projection system includes a plurality of projectors and combines projection images of the plurality of projectors with each other to thereby display an image including an item selection image used to select an item to be adjusted from a plurality of adjustment items on a projection surface, a first projector as one of the plurality of projectors including a receiving section configured to receive an instruction related to an adjustment of the multi-projection system, and a condition control section configured to make a condition of the adjustment item in the item selection image different between a first case where the instruction represents a first adjustment of adjusting the plurality of projectors in a lump and a second case where the instruction represents a second adjustment of individually adjusting the plurality of projectors.
US11153535B2	Low-cost, long-term aerial imagery An imaging system that includes a camera mounted on an aerial platform, for example a balloon, allows a user to increase the longevity of the camera's battery by remote control. A user may capture imagery at a time scale of interest and desired power consumption by adjusting parameters for image capture by the camera. A user may adjust a time to capture an image, a time to capture a video, or a number of cycles per time period to capture one or more images as the aerial platform moves in a region of interest to change power consumption for imaging. The system also provides imaging alignment to account for unwanted movement of the aerial platform when moved in the region of interest. Additionally, a mounting device is provided that is simple and inexpensive, and that allows a camera to remain positioned in a desired position relative to the ground.
US11153525B2	Method and device for video enhancement, and electronic device using the same A method and a device for video enhancement, and an electronic device are provided, in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. In the method, a current brightness of a display panel of the electronic device is obtained when a video is playing in the display panel. The current brightness may be compared with a target brightness, and a comparing result is obtained. An effect of video enhancement, which configured to be applied to the video, is determined according to the comparing result. The video is processed according to a video enhancement corresponding to the effect of video enhancement. Therefore, in the process of the video enhancement for the electronic device while playing video, the video may be displayed with extremely clear images and may have an extremely clear visual effect.
US11153522B2	Imaging system including digital dual speed readout integrated circuit (ROIC) An imaging system includes a Read-Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC) configured to receive high spatial resolution imagery having a detected amount of energy from a detection device. The ROIC includes a mask generator and a high-resolution image decode. The mask generator applies a pixel mask to the high spatial resolution imagery so as to generate compressed high spatial resolution imagery that preserves the detected amount of energy. The high-resolution image decoder receives the compressed high spatial resolution imagery and decompresses the compressed high spatial resolution imagery and obtain the high spatial resolution imagery having a detected amount of energy.
US11153521B2	Solid-state image sensor and imaging device A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel array including pixel cells arranged in a matrix. Each of the pixel cells includes an avalanche photodiode, a floating diffusion which accumulates charges, a transfer transistor which connects a cathode of the avalanche photodiode to the floating diffusion, a first reset transistor for resetting charges collected in the cathode of the avalanche photodiode, a second reset transistor for resetting charges accumulated in the floating diffusion, an amplification transistor for converting a charge amount of charges accumulated in the floating diffusion into a voltage, a memory which accumulates charges, and a count transistor which connects the floating diffusion to the memory.
US11153520B2	Electronic device including camera module in display and method for compensating for image around camera module Disclosed is an electronic device including a display configured to display a screen, a display driver circuit configured to receive video information to control the display to display the screen, a module comprising at least one of a camera or a sensor disposed in a first region of the display, and at least one processor operatively connected with the display driver circuit and the module, wherein the at least one processor or the display driver circuit is configured to control the electronic device to compensate for, based on a change in an image of the first region of the screen or a pixel value of the first region, the image displayed in the first region.
US11153518B2	Solid-state imaging element and imaging apparatus The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging element and an imaging apparatus that provides an ample dynamic range. The solid-state imaging element includes a pixel array section and a readout load section. The pixel array section has a readout pixel and a reference pixel. A pixel signal proportional to an amount of incident light is read out from the readout pixel. The reference pixel has characteristics similar to those of the readout pixel. The readout load section forms a differential amplification circuit together with the readout pixel and the reference pixel and inputs, to the reference pixel, a pseudo-dark current signal corresponding to a dark current signal that occurs in the readout pixel, thus canceling the dark current signal. The present technology is applicable to a CMOS image sensor.
US11153514B2	Solid-state imaging device, method for driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus One object is to provide a solid-state imaging device that can capture visible light images such as RGB images and infrared images such as NIR images and maintain a high light-receiving sensitivity for infrared light, a method of driving such a solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus. The solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel part having unit pixel groups arranged therein, the unit pixel groups each including a plurality of pixels at least for visible light that perform photoelectric conversion; and a reading part for reading pixel signals from the pixel part, wherein the plurality of pixels for visible light have a light-receiving sensitivity for infrared light, and in an infrared reading mode, the reading part is capable of adding together signals for infrared light read from the plurality of pixels for visible light.
US11153484B2	Image processing device and image processing method An image processing device used on a mobile body has: a determiner configured to determine one out of a plurality of combination patterns as to the presence or absence of an object in a plurality of predetermined regions around the mobile body; and a generator configured to generate a composite image by projecting onto a virtual projection surface a plurality of shot images acquired by a plurality of cameras taking images of the surroundings of the mobile body. The generator is configured to select, out of a plurality of projection surfaces prepared beforehand, the projection surface used in generating the composite image in accordance with the combination pattern determined by the determiner.
US11153473B2	Control method, device and electronic apparatus for image acquisition The present disclosure provides a control method. The method includes acquiring a first trigger instruction; executing a first function module in response to the first trigger instruction, the first function module calling one or more first image acquisition devices; acquiring a second trigger instruction during the operation of the first function module; and executing a second function module in response to the second trigger instruction, the second function module calling one or more second image acquisition devices, and the first function module being different from the second function module. The one or more first image acquisition devices and the one or more second image acquisition devices are connected to a same electronic device.
US11153470B1	Camera module manufacturing apparatus A camera module manufacturing apparatus includes: a chart unit configured to provide an image for optical-axis alignment to a substrate assembly including an image sensor; a substrate alignment unit disposed opposite to the chart unit, aligning the substrate assembly, and electrically connected to the image sensor; an optical axis alignment unit configured to allow an optical axis of a lens assembly including a lens and an actuator to be aligned with respect to an optical axis of the image sensor; and a camera module fixing unit positioned adjacent to the optical axis alignment unit, and fixing the lens assembly on the substrate assembly by applying an instantaneous curing adhesive, which is an inorganic material, to the lens assembly and the substrate assembly which are aligned.
US11153468B2	Image processing method and system A method of processing image data that is represented in a frequency domain includes the step of applying a noise signal to the image data to yield noise-applied image data. In at least one embodiment, the image data includes one or more sets of coefficients arising from application of a discrete cosine transform, each set of coefficients comprising a DC coefficient and one or more AC coefficients. The noise signal is applied to the image data by modifying one or more of the coefficients in one or more of the sets. The modifying includes replacing one or more of the AC coefficients with random or pseudo random numbers having a distribution. Noise present in the image data may be equalized, prior to the step of applying the noise signal.
US11153466B2	Video display apparatus and video display method A video display apparatus includes: a tone mapping processor that performs a tone mapping process of converting a luminance of a video by using conversion characteristics according to a maximum luminance of the video; and a display that displays the video that has undergone the tone mapping process. The tone mapping processor switches between a first tone mapping process of dynamically changing the conversion characteristics according to a time-dependent change in the maximum luminance of the video and a second tone mapping process that is performed using constant conversion characteristics irrespective of the time-dependent change in the maximum luminance of the video.
US11153463B2	Region of interest table A camera capable of quickly updating a region of interest (ROI) in its sensor array is provided. The camera is configured to image individual scan lines of a scan imager created as a scan beam is scanned across a subject. A different ROI is defined for each scan line to be imaged. To achieve this, a table of ROI-defining entries is loaded into the camera prior to imaging the scan lines. The ROI-defining entries are used to update the sensor's ROI during the camera's Frame-Overhead-Time. In this manner, the ROI is changed in between the imaging of consecutive scans lines.
US11153458B2	Image processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit and a controller. The reading unit radiates light to a target from two directions with different angles and reads images of the target. The controller performs, when controlling the reading unit to acquire the two images of the target, control such that a resolution of the image read by radiating the light to the target from one of the two directions is lower than a resolution of the image read by radiating the light to the target from the other one of the two directions.
US11153455B2	Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium A CPU of an information processing apparatus (MFP) obtains device information regarding a secondary storage device provided in the MFP, and discriminates, based on the obtained device information, whether the secondary storage device is a type of storage device in which the number of shifts to a power saving state affects the lifetime of the storage device. The CPU determines, as a shift condition for the secondary storage device to shift to the power saving state, a shift time for the secondary storage device to shift to the power saving state, by determining the shift time for the type of storage device in which the number of shifts does not affect the lifetime to be shorter than the shift time for the type of storage device in which the number of shifts affects the lifetime.
US11153451B2	Information providing device, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium therefor, information providing method and information displaying device An information providing device having a controller and a communicating part. The controller is configured to generate displaying data and transmit the same to the information displaying device. The displaying data is generated such that a displaying form of the displaying information displayed by the information displaying device is switchable between a first and a second displaying forms, a default displaying form of the displaying information being set to one of the first from and the second form in accordance with setting information arbitrarily set by a user. The first displaying form is configured such that a content area is displayed, and a menu area is not displayed. The menu area includes a plurality of items, the content area includes contents corresponding to at least one of the plurality of items. The second displaying form is configured such that both the menu area and the content area are displayed.
US11153447B2	Image processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program An image processing apparatus includes a layout analyzing part that executes layout analysis for image data, an extraction part that extracts a diagrammatic representation from the image data by using a result of the layout analysis, a character recognizing part that executes character recognition for a partial area having a high probability of presence of a character string in a relationship with the extracted diagrammatic representation, and an erecting direction deciding part that decides an erecting direction of the image data by using a result of the character recognition.
US11153440B2	Systems and methods for flexible and extensible contact center routing Systems and methods for flexible and extensible contact center routing are disclosed. Incoming communications are received at a contact center from one or more customers. A pairing score is determined for each agent capable of servicing the incoming communications for each of the one or more customers based on customer attributes and/or agent attributes that are adjustable and extensible. An incoming communication is routed from a customer to an agent having a highest pairing score with the customer. The incoming communication can be routed on a first communication channel and then switched over to a second communication channel. The first communication channel and second communication channel can be different types of communication channels.
US11153437B2	Call flow management In a voice response unit (VRU) that is one of a plurality of VRU's, a call flow can be selected for an inbound voice call based on an identifier for the inbound voice call. A parameter can then be written to at least one directory server, the parameter specified to replace a default parameter for the selected call flow. The selected call flow can be invoked according to the parameter.
US11153436B2	Automatic nuisance call management The exemplary embodiments disclose a system and method, a computer program product, and a computer system for managing nuisance calls. The exemplary embodiments may include collecting data from a call, extracting one or more features from the collected data, and identifying the call as a nuisance call based on applying one or more models to the extracted one or more features.
US11153427B2	Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same A mobile terminal is disclosed to solve a problem of a control method of the related art for controlling an external device, which is not intuitive and inconvenient. The mobile terminal comprises a camera configured to receive a preview image including at least one external device; a display unit configured to display the preview image; and a controller operably coupled with the camera and the display unit, and configured to control the display unit to display a control menu for the external device included in the preview image, and generate a control signal corresponding to a user input signal for the control menu in response to the user input signal.
US11153424B2	Mobile phone holder with automatic clamping function The present invention discloses a mobile phone holder with an automatic clamping function. The mobile phone holder includes a base and an automatic clamping mechanism. The automatic clamping mechanism includes a clamping arm, a gear, a one-way ratchet, a key spring, a button, and a driving component. The clamping arm is slidably mounted on the base, a clamping space is defined between the clamping arm and the base, the clamping arm is provided with a rack portion, the gear is rotatably mounted in the base, the rack portion is engaged with the gear, the one-way ratchet is mounted above the gear, the one-way ratchet rotates along with the gear, the key spring is elastically clamped between the gear and the one-way ratchet, ratchet teeth are disposed on the upper end of the one-way ratchet, a clamping slot is disposed on the base, the button is mounted above the one-way ratchet.
US11153419B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving broadcasting signal including robust header compression packet stream and fast information A method for transmitting a broadcast signal includes generating a packet carrying a broadcast service and service signaling information, and a packet carrying fast information for supporting rapid service scans and service acquisition, the fast information including identification information for identifying the broadcast service, service category information representing a category of the broadcast service and hidden information representing whether or not the broadcast service is related to a test service; generating a robust header compression (RoHC) packet by compressing a header of each packet, and signaling information including context information generated from the compressing the header of each packet; and transmitting a signal frame including the RoHC packet and the signaling information.
US11153416B2	Method for industrial communication via TSN A method is provided which enables industrial communication via the TSN protocol by means of sockets. Owing to the described method, the possibility of communicating with the socket programming known to the programmer via TSN streams is provided. As a result, simple use of the new TSN quality for simple Internet (IP) programming is possible. Existing applications can easily be expanded for TSN and can therefore benefit from the robustness of TSN in a simple manner. In addition, parallel operation is possible; the same mechanism is always used.
US11153415B2	USB to coax bridge A USB-to-coaxial network bridging system and method includes receiving data frames from a USB or FireWire device via a corresponding USB or FireWire communication interface, wherein the received data frames are intended for transmittal to a predetermined remote device on a coaxial network; combining the received data frames into an aggregated frame and addressing the aggregated frame to allow the aggregated frame to be routed to the predetermined remote device on the coaxial network; and sending the aggregated frame to the remote device over the coaxial network.
US11153392B2	Methods and apparatus for session building from ping-level data Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to build viewing sessions from ping-level data are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a threshold calculator to determine a threshold based on reference sessions represented in panel data obtained from panel meters. The example apparatus also includes a session partitioner to determine if a first ping from a device corresponds to a start ping of the session and a second ping from the device corresponds to an end ping of the session based on (i) the threshold, (ii) first payload data from the first ping, and (iii) second payload data from the second ping. The example apparatus includes the session partitioner to also determine a duration of the session based on a difference between a first time associated with the first ping and a second time associated with the second ping.
US11153389B2	Devices, systems and methods for internet and failover connectivity and monitoring The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate a failover and internet connection monitoring system featuring a cloud server running an API, a probe, a firewall and a policy routing system. The failover connection monitoring system is capable of gathering and analyzing performance data and controlling the flow of packets to and from the internet over one or more connections to optimize performance of the network.
US11153387B2	Decentralized network protected IoT query resolution A method for processing commands in a network, wherein audio data is received at a local IoT device that is one of a plurality of IoT devices connected to the network. The audi data corresponds to a first data type. The audio data may be determined to include a command destined for a remote device, wherein the local IoT device cannot execute the command. The plurality of networked IoT devices may be queried to determine if the command is associated with a remote network device, wherein the remote IoT device is compatible with the remote device command type. Further, the method determines that the remote IoT device is not compatible with local type commands. The method may then convert the audio data to text data, wherein the second IoT device is compatible with the text data. The text data may then be transmitted to the remote IoT device for execution.
US11153383B2	Distributed data analysis for streaming data sources This application is directed to a distributed data processing method performed at a server system coupled to a linear communication orbit. The server system has a plurality of function modules. Each function module is configured to collect data related to a core function from the linear communication orbit. Each function module includes an internal client configured to adaptively perform a set of data processing operations according to a schema definition, including generating a data collection request for collecting raw data items, sending the data collection request through the linear communication orbit, collecting the requested raw data items from a set of machines via the linear communication orbit, and performing analysis on the collected raw data items. In some embodiments, a central data management module of the one or more servers is configured to provide the schema definition to and receive result data reported from the function modules.
US11153376B2	Systems and methods for an internet of things computing shell Novel tools and techniques for an IoT shell are provided. A system includes a plurality of IoT resources including one or more sensors, a data lake comprising a collection of data streams from the one or more sensors, and an IoT device in communication with the plurality of IoT resources and coupled to the one or more sensors. The IoT device may configured to provide an IoT shell interfacing with a system kernel, the IoT shell configured to accept a set of one or more shell commands. The IoT device may further be configured to receive one or more shell commands, and determine at least one of an argument of the shell command, and an attribute of the argument. The IoT device may then perform a shell command of the one or more shell commands on one or more of the plurality of IoT resources.
US11153370B2	Resource scheduling method and system The present disclosure provides a resource scheduling method and system, the method including: periodically collecting, by a resource scheduling system, target client available bandwidths of node servers corresponding to a target client in a target area and a real-time bandwidth demand of the target client in the target area; determining, by the resource scheduling system, a target node server in all the node servers according to the real-time bandwidth demand, bandwidth costs of all the node servers, and the target client available bandwidth; and scheduling, by the resource scheduling system, a service access request of the target client in the target area to the target node server. According to the present disclosure, bandwidth costs of a CDN acceleration service can be effectively reduced, and a use ratio of a bandwidth resource of a node server with relatively low bandwidth costs can also be improved.
US11153369B2	Operation of a telecommunications network being operated as a multi-operator sliced network A method for operation of a telecommunications network with a broadband access network includes: in a first step, a specific network termination node is connected to a specific line termination node and activated, wherein a walled garden access is provided, to the specific network termination node, to access a provider infrastructure control center of the telecommunications network; in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the walled garden access is used, by the specific network termination node or by a client device connected to the specific network termination node, to access a provider-specific server environment of the specific provider; and in a third step, subsequent to the second step, the specific network termination node is authenticated and federated with the specific provider.
US11153363B1	System and framework for developing and providing middleware for web-based and native applications Systems and methods for providing a middleware application for user-interface-driven applications include receiving, at the middleware application, queries from different dynamic user interface modules associated with respective front-end applications. The front-end applications are authenticated using authentication data included in the query and verification data external to the middleware application. In response to each query, the middleware application receives data from different external data sources, each being a separate instance of the same back-end service. The data is used to generate objects declaring instances of user interface elements, which are sent by the middleware application to the requesting dynamic user interface module for rendering at the associated front-end application.
US11153360B2	Methods and systems for codec detection in video streams Method and apparatus for carrying out the method receiving packets, each of the packets comprising a header and a payload. For a particular packet among the packets, the method includes processing at least the header of the particular packet to determine a flow associated with the particular packet; attempting to determine a payload structure based on the flow, the payload structure associated with transport of coded video data in the payload of the particular packet; and if the attempting is successful, repackaging coded video data contained in the payload of the particular packet into a new packet and forwarding the new packet to an external system or storing the new packet in memory.
US11153349B2	Inferential analysis using feedback for extracting and combining cyber risk information Inferential analysis includes: assessing risk of a cyber security failure in a computer network of an entity, using a computer agent configured to collect information from at least one accessible Internet elements; automatically determining, based on the assessed risk, a change or a setting to at least one element of policy criteria of a cyber security policy; and automatically recommending, based on the assessed risk, a computer network change to reduce the assessed risk.
US11153324B2	Systems and methods for connecting a public device to a private device without pre-installed content management applications Systems and methods for providing access to media content by connecting, to a public device, a private device that does not have an installed application associated with the media content. A media guidance application may receive a communication from a private device requesting to access content using the public device. In response, the media guidance application may retrieve, at the public device, a public interface application and private interface application from a content provider of the content. The private interface application, which may be configured to control a graphical user interface of the public interface application, may then be transmitted to the private device. Accordingly, the user may be able to access content via the public device when the private device is within a predetermined proximity to the public device.
US11153316B2	Locked-down cluster Aspects of the invention include a computer-implemented method including providing, by a processor, a computing cluster having a plurality of cluster nodes and services. The method provides, by the processor, a limited catalog of services and restricts, by the processor, access of an administrator of the computing cluster to use of a service deployer, wherein the service deployer restricts administrator access to installation and administration of clusters and deployment of only the limited catalog of services.
US11153306B2	Systems and methods for secure SaaS redirection from native applications Systems and methods discussed for redirection of launch requests for local applications to corresponding remote applications, such as SaaS or network applications provided by an application server, and access of the corresponding remote application via an embedded browser of a client application. A client application executed by a client device may detect a request of a user to launch a local application of the client device. The client application may determine that the local application corresponds to a network application provided by an application server. The client application may intercept the request to launch the local application, responsive to the determination. An embedded browser of the client application may access the network application from the application server, responsive to interception of the request.
US11153301B2	Communication system and method for managing guest user network connections A communication system and method for managing guest user network connections includes: a first communicator configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus; an authentication unit configured to transmit an authentication screen for inputting authentication information by a guest user accessing the terminal apparatus; a connection guiding unit configured to connect communication made from the terminal apparatus via the first communicator to the authentication unit; a display unit configured to display the authentication information input to the authentication screen and output by the terminal apparatus that has been connected to the authentication unit by the connection guiding unit and to which the authentication screen has been transmitted; and a connection control unit configured to permit connection of the terminal apparatus to a network via a second communicator in accordance with a host user input received by the input unit according to a display by the display unit.
US11153297B2	Systems and methods to facilitate certificate and trust management across a distributed environment Methods and apparatus to facilitate certificate and trust management across a distributed environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first virtual appliance including a first management endpoint and a first authentication provider including a first certificate validator, the first certificate validator to validate that a first certificate received by the first authentication provider is authentic, virtual appliance to communicate the first certificate via the first management endpoint; and a first component server including a first management agent and a first certificate evaluator, the first management agent to communicate with the first virtual appliance via the first management endpoint, the first management agent to receive the first certificate via the first management endpoint, the first certificate evaluator to evaluate the first certificate to determine a signing authority, the first management agent to restart the first component server and notify the first virtual appliance of acceptance of the first certificate.
US11153294B2	Background authentication refresh Techniques for refreshing an authentication token. Access is granted to a secure computing environment in response to receiving authentication information from a requesting computing device. The access is granted for a session and one or more client applications allow secure delegated access to server resources on behalf of a resource owner by utilizing an access token. The access token is refreshed without explicit user interaction utilizing the authentication information for the session while the session is valid. Access is granted to the secure computing environment in response to the refreshed access token.
US11153293B1	Identity information linking A system, method, and computer-readable media for linking identify information between a group-based communication system and an external application based on a user authorization to share credentials. After sharing the user's credentials, the user may be authenticated with the external application and user data from the group-based communication system may be shared with the external application. Additionally, a preview of a web resource associated with the external application may be displayed to the user within the group-based communication system allowing the user to interact with the web resource from within the group-based communication system.
US11153281B2	Deploying and utilizing a dynamic data stenciling system with a smart linking engine Aspects of the disclosure relate to deploying and utilizing a dynamic data stenciling system with a smart linking engine. A computing platform may receive source data from one or more data source systems. Subsequently, the computing platform may identify a target application hosted by an enterprise application host platform as being an intended recipient of a portion of the source data. Then, the computing platform may select a dynamic data stencil from a plurality of available data stencils. Thereafter, the computing platform may overlay the portion of the source data onto the target application using the dynamic data stencil. In addition, by overlaying the portion of the source data onto the target application using the dynamic data stencil, the computing platform may cause the target application to execute one or more data processing functions using the portion of the source data received from the one or more data source systems.
US11153277B2	Security system, device, and method for internet of things networks A protection system, method, and a security device can protect an Internet of things (IOT) system having connected hardware equipment, including at least an interface that can receive a control communication for controlling at least one connected device. They feature tasks/steps that intercept control communication between a controller and a connected device, determine whether the received control communication contains an undesirable control command, and either pass or block the received control communication to the connected device depending on whether the received control communication contains an undesirable control command. The security device can be disposed between a source of communication in an IOT network and the connected device for protection.
US11153276B1	Secure data routing and randomization A networked device creates a plurality of concurrent communication channels within a VPN tunnel between two networks, each channel being identifiable only by a set of IP addresses that are anonymized from the actual IP address of the communication endpoints. Traffic sent from the first network to the second may take any of a plurality of channels, with a randomized channel assignment on a per packet basis. By these means, the endpoints of communication are obfuscated. Further, transmitted data is spread apart or scattered across multiple channels, therefore, an eavesdropper would not have access to the entirety of a data communication.
US11153274B2	Method and device for storing and sending MAC address entry, and system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for storing and sending a MAC address entry, and a system. The method includes: sending, by a PE, a first packet to an RR, so that the RR determines a MAC address entry required by the PE according to the first packet, where the RR pre-stores a MAC address table, and the MAC address table includes the required MAC address entry; and receiving, by the PE, a packet which includes the required MAC address entry and is sent by the RR, and storing the required MAC address entry.
US11153270B2	Packet sending method and device A packet sending method includes obtaining, by a client device, an Internet Protocol (IP) anycast address of the anycast server cluster and an IP unicast address of the target server, generating, by the client device, an IP detection packet, where the IP detection packet is used to detect whether the target server is reachable based on the IP anycast address, and the IP detection packet includes the IP anycast address and the IP unicast address of the target server, and instructs the target server to replace the IP unicast address of the target server with the IP anycast address, and sending, by the client device, the IP detection packet to the target server.
US11153269B2	On-node DHCP implementation for virtual machines A DHCP server implementation includes transmission of a DHCP packet from a virtual machine executing on a server node to a node agent executing on the server node, generation, by the node agent, of a DHCP response packet based on the DHCP packet and on DHCP information previously stored in a local memory of the server node, and transmission of the DHCP response packet from the node agent to the virtual machine. Neither the DHCP packet transmitted by the virtual machine nor the DHCP response packet are transmitted out of the server node.
US11153265B1	Decoupling of IP address bindings and use in a distributed cloud computing network An authoritative domain name system (DNS) server receives a DNS query for an address record for a hostname. The DNS server selects an IP address from multiple IP addresses to include in an answer to the DNS query, where each IP address is capable of being selected to be included in the answer regardless of the hostname being queried, where multiple servers of a distributed cloud computing network are capable of receiving traffic at each IP address, and where none of the IP addresses identify a particular server of the distributed cloud computing network. The authoritative DNS server transmits an answer to the DNS query that includes the selected IP address. Sometime after, one of the servers of the distributed cloud computing network receives a request for content that is addressed to the selected IP address and processes the request.
US11153264B2	Methods, apparatuses, and computer programs for data processing, and hierarchical domain name system zone files Data is processed in a data communications network comprising a hierarchical domain name system. An authoritative name server for a first domain name processes a received domain name query for the first domain name by obtaining one or more resource records associated with the first domain name. The one or more resource records comprise contact information associated with an entity associated with a second domain name. The authoritative name server transmits a response to the domain name query. The response comprises the one or more resource records. The first domain name includes the second domain name and at least one label following the second domain name.
US11153263B2	Delivering content over a network A method of delivering content in one or more packets over a network is described. A content request packet comprising a request for content based on a first IPv6 address is received, the first IPv6 address identifying the content. The first IPv6 address is mapped to a second IPv6 address, the second IPv6 address being associated with the content at a physical location. The content requested in the content request packet is then received from the physical location associated with the second IPv6 address for delivery to a user. A further method includes routing a packet for requesting the content from a client to a content server storing an instant of the content, based on an IPv6 address of content being requested by the client. A communication session is then set up between the client and the content server; and the requested content is transmitted from the content server.
US11153250B2	Controlling communication of notifications to a user A method for controlling notifications to a user of messages comprises analyzing text from each of one or more electronic messages in a thread to identify one or more topics in the thread; monitoring interactions of the user with the one or more electronic messages associated with the identified one or more topics; comparing the monitored interactions with one or more respective reference interactions to determine a respective level of interest of the user in the one or more identified topics; receiving a new electronic message in the thread; analyzing the new electronic message to determine a topic of the new electronic message; and controlling communication of a notification to the user regarding receipt of the new electronic message based on a determined level of interest of the user in the topic of the new electronic message.
US11153249B2	Methods and apparatuses for managing limited engagement by external email resource entity within a group-based communication system Method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for programmatically managing limited engagement by an external email resource entity with a group-based communication interface of a group-based communication system are described herein.
US11153247B1	Effort management email system An exemplary effort management email system includes a database and a calculation module. The database includes a standard email dataset and a supplementary email dataset. The supplementary email dataset requires a sender to provide an estimate of the effort needed on the part of the recipient to reply or otherwise deal with the sender's email message. The calculation module includes an expected response module, a streamlining module, an alert module, and an effort management module. The expected response module processes the supplementary email dataset, and configures user interface email displays for senders and recipients of emails, including interactive displays. The streamlining module organizes incoming email information regarding individual recipients, and configures user interface email displays for recipients to readily see their overall email inbox situation. The effort management module records, compiles, analyzes and reports on information on all emails of all senders and recipients of an organization.
US11153246B1	Techniques for ephemeral messaging with remote ephemeral mode configuration Techniques for ephemeral messaging with remote ephemeral mode configuration are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a messaging component operative to receive a messaging update at a messaging client on the client device from a messaging system; determine a message thread associated with the messaging update; and determine that the messaging update indicates a transition to an ephemeral mode for the message thread; and a user interface component operative to configure a user interface for the message thread to an ephemeral mode interface based on the transition to the ephemeral mode for the message thread. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11153232B2	Method, device and computer program product for backing up data According to example embodiments of the present disclosure, provided is a method, device and computer program product for backing up data. The method comprises: determining a first number of data streams for sending target data; causing the target data to be sent to a buffer via the first number of data streams; determining a second number of data streams for sending the target data from the buffer to a server based on a transmission parameter associated with transmission of the target data to the buffer and a capability of the server for receiving data from the buffer; and causing the target data to be sent from the buffer to the server via the second number of data streams. Thereby, the present solution can improve the performance of sending data in a backup client.
US11153228B1	Synchronizing device resources for element management systems An example controller device that manages a plurality of network devices includes one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: determine that configuration of one or more network devices of the plurality of network devices is to be updated; determine dependencies between types of resources provided by the network devices; construct a directed acyclic graph (DAG) representing the dependencies, the DAG having nodes representing the corresponding types of resources of the network devices of the plurality of network devices; sort the nodes of the DAG according to a grouped topological sort into a plurality of hierarchical levels according to the dependencies; and submit queries for two or more resources of the network devices at a common level of the plurality of hierarchical levels in parallel to determine resources of the determined types of resources of the two or more resources to configure the two or more network devices.
US11153222B2	Data packet processing system on a chip An on-chip data packet processing method and corresponding integrated circuit, wherein data packets are received at an ingress port and processed with an on-chip wire-speed engine. The processing comprises adding metadata to the data packets, forwarding the processed data to an on-chip QoS unit, altering the metadata of the data packets and/or providing further metadata to the data packets. The data packets are forwarded from the on-chip QoS unit to an on-chip data consumer. If the data consumer is a processing unit the data packets are processed in a first processing step, redirected from the processing unit to the QoS unit and the step of forwarding the data packets to an on-chip data consumer is repeated.
US11153221B2	Methods, systems, and devices for classifying layer 4-level data from data queues Described are platforms, systems, and methods for performing queue scheduling tasks on data packet flows. In one aspect, a method comprises: retrieving a plurality of packet flows from a network stack; reconfiguring the retrieved packet flows into per-flow queues; and performing one or more queue scheduling tasks on the per-flow queues.
US11153217B1	Systems and methods for policing network traffic rates The disclosed method may include (1) determining a size of a packet received at a network device, (2) identifying, within a plurality of packet policers that track rates of packets with various sizes received at the network device, a packet policer that tracks rates of packets whose sizes are within a range that includes the size of the packet, (3) determining a current rate of packets tracked by the packet policer, and then (4) handling the packet based at least in part on whether the current rate exceeds a threshold rate. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11153214B2	In service flow capability update in guaranteed bandwidth multicast network In service flow capability updating in a guaranteed bandwidth multicast network may be provided. First, a node may determine that a bandwidth requirement of a flow has changed to a new bandwidth value. Then, in response to determining that the bandwidth requirement of the flow has changed to the new bandwidth value, an ingress capacity value may be updated in an interface usage table for a Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF) interface corresponding to the flow. The RPF interface may be disposed on a network device. Next, in response to determining that the bandwidth requirement of the flow has changed to the new bandwidth value, an egress capacity value may be updated in the interface usage table for an Outgoing Interface (OIF) corresponding to the flow. The OIF may be disposed on the network device.
US11153209B2	Method for transmitting or receiving a MAC PDU in a wireless communication system and a device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting or receiving a MAC PDU in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: setting a LCID field in a MAC subheader to a first value indicating that an eLCID field is included in the MAC subheader when a MAC PDU including the LCID field and the eLCID field is to be generated, setting the eLCID field to a second value identifying a logical channel of a MAC SDU or a type of a MAC CE, and generating and transmitting the MAC PDU including the LCID field and the eLCID field, and the MAC SDU or the MAC CE.
US11153208B2	Sticky order routers A sticky order routing system may include multiple order routers in communication with an electronic exchange for communicating transaction messages. Each of the order routers communicates transaction messages between multiple associated trading sessions and the electronic exchange, where of the associated trading sessions is assigned to the order router in communication with the electronic exchange. Transaction message traffic between the order routers and the electronic exchange is monitored, such as randomly, based on round-robin assignment, and/or trading data. In response to transaction message traffic exceeding a threshold, the trading session may be assigned to a new order router.
US11153203B2	System and method for adaptive traffic path management A system and method for adaptive traffic path management, the method including: receiving at least one packet associated with a traffic flow; determining application parameters associated with the at least one packet; determining attributes correlated with the traffic flow associated with the at least one packet; analyzing the application parameters and attributes to determine a Network Address Translation (NAT) pool for the traffic flow; determining if a modified NAT is needed based on the NAT pool for the traffic flow; if a modified NAT is needed, modifying the NAT for the at least one packet associated with the traffic flow; and sending the at least one packet and the traffic flow associated with the at least one packet to a path associated with the modified NAT.
US11153201B2	Dynamically optimizing content delivery using manifest chunking Implementations described and claimed herein provide a system and methods for dynamic re-localization and manifest chunking in a content delivery network. In one implementation, one or more stimuli corresponding to a connection to deliver content from a content source over a network to a user device along a network path are detected. The one or more stimuli indicate a connection issue. An optimized network path through which to deliver the content to the user device is determined based on current network conditions. The optimized network path responds to the connection issue. The user device is dynamically rerouted to the optimized path while providing a substantially continuous delivery of content to the user device.
US11153181B1	Dynamic node reconfiguration and provisioning of network devices Technologies directed to determining a role of a network device, configuring the network device according to the role, and provisioning the network device to a network are described. In one method, the hardware configuration information and external connection information are stored by the network device. The network device determines a role using the hardware configuration information and the external connection information without any manual intervention or manual configuration. The role can be any one of a Router Node, a Storage Node, a Base Station Node, a Relay Node, a Gateway Node, or a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) Node. After recognizing the role, the network device can be configured and provisioned to the network without any manual intervention or manual configuration.
US11153179B2	Neural-network-based link-level performance prediction Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described, and relate to a base station to communicating with a user equipment (UE) over a channel. A first device (for example, the base station or the UE) may use a trained neural network to estimate one or more link performance metrics associated with the channel. Predicting the link level performance may include determining one or more neural network weights associated with one or more input parameters associated with the channel to estimate the one or more link performance metrics. The first device may report feedback to the second device based on the estimated link performance metrics. Based on the feedback, the second device may adapt the link by adjusting channel parameters to improve the reliability or efficacy of later transmissions.
US11153177B1	System, method, and computer program for preparing a multi-stage framework for artificial intelligence (AI) analysis A system, method, and computer program product are provided for preparing a multi-stage framework for artificial intelligence (AI) analysis. In use, a first set of monitoring rules used by at least one network entity of a communication network is defined. First event log data of first network activity is collected based on the first monitoring rules, and at least one first network situation is defined. Additionally, at least one first AI model is computed based on the first event log data and the at least one first network situation. A second set of monitoring rules used by the at least one network entity is defined. Second event log data of the first network activity is collected based on the second monitoring rules. Further, at least one second AI model is computed based on the second event log data and the at least one first network situation.
US11153154B1	Techniques to dynamically configure target bitrate for streaming network connections Techniques to dynamically configure target bitrate for streaming network connections are described. An apparatus may comprise a streaming component operative to establish a streaming network connection with a second client device at a first client device; and a stream configuration component operative to determine inter-arrival rate information for the streaming network connection; provide the inter-arrival rate information to an inter-arrival rate analysis component; receive a preliminary target bitrate from the inter-arrival rate analysis component in response to providing the inter-arrival rate information to the inter-arrival rate analysis component; determine round-trip time information for the streaming network connection; determine an assigned target bitrate and a packet size setting for the streaming network connection based on the preliminary target bitrate and the round-trip time information; and configure the streaming component to perform the streaming network connection with the assigned target bitrate and the packet size setting. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11153145B2	System and method of a centralized gateway that coordinates between multiple external controllers without explicit awareness A method and apparatus of a device that restricts data communicated between a plurality of computing management devices and a plurality of computing devices is described. In one embodiment, a gateway receives network connectivity information of a network for a plurality of computing management devices and a plurality of computing devices, where the plurality of computing devices is coupled to the plurality of computing management devices via a plurality of network elements. In addition, the gateway determines a plurality of sub-networks using at least the network connectivity information, wherein for each of the plurality of sub-networks, at least one of the plurality of computing management devices and a subset of the plurality of computing devices is associated with that sub-network. Furthermore, for each of the plurality of sub-networks and for each pair of computing devices in the associated subset of plurality of computing devices, the gateway determines a policy for data being communicated between this pair of computing devices and the gateway configures at least one of the plurality of network elements coupled to this pair of computing devices to allow data communicated between this pair of computing devices using at least the first policy.
US11153142B2	Methods and devices for narrowband communications A communication device includes a measurement engine configured to perform a radio measurement to obtain a reception metric, a power reduction database configured to identify a potential power reduction from a plurality of power reductions, a metric scaler configured to scale the reception metric to compensate for the potential power reduction to obtain a reduced reception metric, and a transmit controller configured to select a transmit power or a transmit repetition count for a radio frequency transceiver based on the reduced reception metric.
US11153141B2	Methods and systems for generating a low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) data and reference signal Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods to generate a signal in a communication network. The method comprises filtering a discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) data signal, and one of a DFT-S-OFDM and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) reference signal (RS) using a data filter and a RS filter respectively, to produce filtered data signal and filtered RS. The RS filter has one to one relationship with the data filter. Thereafter, port mapping the filtered RS to a corresponding port assigned to the transmitter to obtain port mapped filtered RS, wherein the port mapped filtered RS comprises a first subset of non-zero locations comprising of the filtered RS values and a second subset of zero locations comprising of zero values.
US11153138B2	Prefixing of OFDM symbols to support variable subframe length The present disclosure relates to a first radio node configured for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), comprising a receiver, a transmitter, a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor for causing the transmitter in a first mode of operation with a first subcarrier spacing f1: to transmit a sequence of prefixed OFDM symbols, and in a second mode of operation with a second subcarrier spacing f2: to transmit a sequence of prefixed OFDM symbols, wherein the sequence of transmitted OFDM symbols is aligned with a predefined repeating radio frame, which is common to both the first and second modes of operation, or with an integer multiple of the predefined repeating radio frame; and the first and second subcarrier spacings are related by an integer factor, f1/f2=p or f1/f2=1/p, with p≠1 integer.
US11153137B2	Feedback message having a sequence indicating feedback information corresponding to data blocks Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting and/or receiving feedback. One apparatus (300) includes a transmitter (310) that transmits (802) multiple data blocks. The apparatus (300) includes a receiver (312) that receives (804) a feedback message in a time slot. The feedback message corresponds to the multiple data blocks. The feedback message includes one or more sequences that indicate feedback information, wherein the feedback information corresponds to the multiple data blocks. The feedback message includes: a sequence of a sequence set; multiple sequences of a sequence set, wherein each sequence of the multiple sequences indicates feedback information; a sequence of a sequence set in a physical resource of a physical resource set, wherein the sequence and the physical resource indicate feedback information; and/or multiple sequences of a sequence set in a physical resource of a physical resource set, wherein the multiple sequences and the physical resource indicate feedback information.
US11153134B2	Reference signal transmission method, apparatus, and system A reference signal transmission method includes: sending, by a terminal, a first reference signal and a second reference signal; and correspondingly, receiving, by a network device, the first reference signal and the second reference signal, where the first reference signal is mapped to a plurality of symbols and is used for estimation of channel state information, the second reference signal is mapped to at least two of the plurality of symbols and is used for phase tracking, and a subcarrier to which the second reference signal is mapped on one of the at least two symbols has a same frequency-domain location as a subcarrier to which the second reference signal is mapped on the rest of the at least two symbols. With the foregoing solution, accuracy of channel state information estimation can be improved.
US11153113B2	Systems and methods for wireless monitoring of pool pumps based on geographic location Embodiments of the invention provide a system for adapting a pool pump for wireless communication. In some embodiments, a system for adapting a pool pump with a serial communication port for communication with a user via a remote server, an internet connection, and internet enabled device is provided, the system comprising: a wireless gateway device connected to a router; and a wireless adapter connected to the serial communication port, comprising: a gateway node; a transceiver; and a processor programmed to: establish a wireless connection with the wireless gateway; receive a first message from the pool pump; cause the gateway node to modify the first message; cause the first modified message to be transmitted to the remote server via the wireless gateway; receive a second message from the remote server; modify the second message for output to the pool pump; and transmit the second modified message to the pool pump.
US11153106B2	System for improved traffic handling in a network There is provided a system comprising a user device, a network and a service provider, wherein the user device communicates with a server operated by the service provider using the network. The system is arranged such that in response to receipt of user input requesting initiation of communication with the service provider, the user device sends a policy enforcement request to policy contact point in the network. The system is further arranged such that the network receives the policy enforcement request at the policy contact point and applies at least one policy rule to the communication between the user device and the service provider.
US11153103B2	Systems, methods, and devices for multi-stage provisioning and multi-tenant operation for a security credential management system A system for provisioning computerized devices of a plurality of tenants is provided. The system includes a security credential management system (SCMS) host connected to the devices and that is operable to receive provisioning requests from respective ones of the devices needing certificates, each provisioning request indicating a tenant identifier uniquely identifying a tenant, at least one registration authority that is communicatively connected to the SCMS host and transmits the provisioning requests to SCMS backend components based on the tenant identifier of each provisioning request. The SCMS backend components includes a plurality of enrollment certificate authorities operable to generate the enrollment certificates in response to the provisioning requests, each provisioning request being transmitted to one of the plurality of enrollment certificate authorities based on the tenant identifier of each provisioning request, and a pseudonym certificate authority operable to generate pseudonym certificates in response to provisioning requests for pseudonym certificates.
US11153101B2	Scalable certificate management system architectures An example system may include one or more application platforms (e.g., VMs) that run a registration authority and are communicatively connected to one or more compute engines that perform cryptographic computations required by the registration authority. The system may also include one or more application platforms that run an enrollment certificate authority and that are communicatively connected to one or more compute engines that perform cryptographic computations required by the enrollment certificate authority. It may further include one or more application platforms that run a pseudonym certificate authority and that are communicatively connected to one or more compute engines that perform cryptographic computations required by the pseudonym certificate authority. It may also include one or more load balancers communicatively connected to the one or more compute engines, the one or more load balancers to perform operations comprising distributing at least one request to the one or more compute engines.
US11153099B2	Reestablishing secure communication with a server after the server's certificate is renewed with a certificate authority unknown to the client Secure communication with a server can be reestablished after the server's certificate is renewed with a certificate authority unknown to a client. When a server's certificate is renewed with a CA whose certificate does not exist in a client's certificate store, the client will not be able to authenticate the server using SSL unless the CA's certificate is added to the certificate store. When a client is not updated to include the CA's certificate and therefore fails to authenticate the server, a web-based application on the client can perform a fallback authentication process to securely and automatically add any necessary CA certificates to the certificate store thereby eliminating the need for an administrator to manually install the necessary CA certificates.
US11153091B2	Untrusted code distribution A computer implemented method for code distribution by a base station to a target device via a network, the distribution being made via one or more distribution servers arranged between the base station and the target device on the network, is disclosed.
US11153085B2	Secure distributed storage of encryption keys Techniques are presented for (a) securely maintaining, by a computing device, a set of correspondences between encryption keys and key identifiers, (b) receiving, by the computing device, a cryptographic request from a remote device received across the network, the cryptographic request including credentials, data to be cryptographically processed, and a key identifier to be used for cryptographic processing, and (c) in response to successfully authenticating the cryptographic request: (1) obtaining, by the computing device with reference to the set of correspondences, an encryption key corresponding to the key identifier, (2) cryptographically processing, by the computing device, the received data using the obtained encryption key to generate cryptographically-processed data, and (3) sending the cryptographically-processed data from the computing device across the network to the remote device. Embodiments are directed to methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products for performing these techniques.
US11153084B1	System for certificating and synchronizing virtual world and physical world A device or space existed in a physical space is registered in the form of a digital object in a virtual space, a digital twin service is provided through connection between an offline device or space and the digital object in the virtual space.
US11153083B2	Rogue unit detection information Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting and/or receiving rogue unit detection information. One method includes maintaining rogue unit detection information. The rogue unit detection information includes a public key and a validity time corresponding to the public key. The method includes determining whether the validity time for the public key is within an expiration window. The method includes, in response to determining that the validity time for the public key is within the expiration window, transmitting a request for new rogue unit detection information. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving the new rogue unit detection information.
US11153080B1	Network securing device data using two post-quantum cryptography key encapsulation mechanisms A network and a device can support secure sessions with both (i) a post-quantum cryptography (PQC) key encapsulation mechanism (KEM) and (ii) forward secrecy. The device can generate (i) an ephemeral public key (ePK.device) and private key (eSK.device) and (ii) send ePK.device with first KEM parameters to the network. The network can (i) conduct a first KEM with ePK.device to derive a first asymmetric ciphertext and first shared secret, and (ii) generate a first symmetric ciphertext for PK.server and second KEM parameters using the first shared secret. The network can send the first asymmetric ciphertext and the first symmetric ciphertext to the device. The network can receive (i) a second symmetric ciphertext comprising “double encrypted” second asymmetric ciphertext for a second KEM with SK.server, and (ii) a third symmetric ciphertext. The network can decrypt the third symmetric ciphertext using the second asymmetric ciphertext.
US11153073B2	Content validation using blockchain A device may receive content data from a content provider, the content data including: data identifying content, and data for verifying that the content has not changed. The device may access a blockchain associated with the content data, the blockchain including validation information specifying instructions for validating the content. In addition, the device may perform, based on the validation information, validation of the content to determine a measure of confidence that the content is accurate and store results of the validation in the blockchain as a transaction. Based on the validation results, the device may perform an action.
US11153069B2	Data authentication using a blockchain approach Aspects of the disclosure relate to multicomputer systems and methods for data authentication using a blockchain approach. Any full node computing device in a network, including a data authentication and event execution computing platform, may receive a data block from one or more sources. The computing platform may parse the data block to identify a key including metadata associated with the data block. Then the computing platform may determine that this key forms a key pair with another key associated with the most recently added block to the blockchain. Once this determination has been made, the block may be added to the blockchain. Thereafter, the computing platform may generate a notification indicating that the block has been added to the blockchain and may transmit the notification to one or more network devices.
US11153067B2	Chip to chip time synchronization In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first integrated circuit (IC) chip configured to receive a timing signal and a reference clock signal; a second IC chip configured to receive the timing signal from the first IC chip and the reference clock signal; and a third IC chip configured to receive the timing signal from the second IC chip and the reference clock signal. The second IC chip is electrically coupled between the first and third IC chips. The first, second, and third IC chips are configured to generate respective first, second, and third reference time signals based on the timing signal and the reference clock signal. Each of the first, second, and third reference time signals is associated with a count of a number of cycles of the reference clock signal starting from a same particular cycle of the reference clock signal.
US11153063B2	Managing bidirectional communication in constrained environments Bidirectionally transmitting data between a first transceiver and a second transceiver over a transmission line includes communicating between the first transceiver and the second transceiver during a bidirectional communication phase within time slots. The time slots include: a plurality of upstream time slots in which the first transceiver transmits data to the second transceiver, a plurality of downstream time slots in which second transceiver transmits data to the first transceiver, wherein the downstream time slots are shorter than the upstream time slots, and a plurality of idle time slots separating adjacent upstream and downstream time slots.
US11153058B2	Signaling method for multi-user transmission, and wireless communication terminal and wireless communication method using same The present invention relates to a signaling method of a wireless LAN frame for multi-user transmission, and to a wireless communication terminal, and a wireless communication method using the same. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal, including: a transceiver; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: generate a frame including a first signal field and a second signal field, wherein the first signal field includes a bandwidth field indicating total bandwidth information in which the frame is transmitted, and the second signal field includes a resource allocation field indicating arrangement information of resource unit(s) in a frequency band through which the frame is transmitted, and transmit, by the transceiver, the generated frame and a wireless communication method using the same.
US11153056B2	Band segmented bootstraps and partitioned frames An apparatus and a method are provided for generating and transmitting one or more band segmented bootstrap signals. For example, a transmitter may be configured to generate a plurality of sequence numbers and apply cyclic shift to each of the plurality of sequence number. The transmitter is further configured to map each of the shifted sequence numbers to at least one frequency domain subcarrier of a plurality of frequency domain subcarriers, and translate each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers to a time domain sequence. Each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers may be shifted with respect to other subcarriers of the plurality of subcarriers, thereby aligning each segment of the band segmented bootstrap signals next to each other in the frequency domain.
US11153055B2	CSI-RS measurement method and indication method, network device, and terminal One example method for measuring a channel state information reference signal includes receiving, from a network device, a partial channel state information reference signal resource sets selected from a plurality of channel state information reference signal resource sets and indication information indicating one or more resource sets for channel measurement, which are from the partial channel state information reference signal resource sets, and performing channel measurement by using the one of the one or more resource sets for channel measurement indicated by the indication information.
US11153049B2	Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an encoder for encoding service data corresponding to each of a plurality of data transmission path, wherein each of the data transmission path carries at least one service component, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame included in a super frame, wherein each of signal frames includes the encoded service data and the encoded signaling data, a modulator for modulating the at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme, wherein each of the modulated signal frame includes a preamble having basic transmission parameters, wherein a length of the preamble is extendable and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals carrying the at least one modulated signal frame.
US11153046B2	Apparatus and method for performing cell activation The method for a user equipment (UE) performing cell activation comprises receiving a duplication activation command for a first duplicate radio bearer (RB); activating duplication for the first duplicate RB based on the duplication activation command; and activating a first cell mapped to the first duplicate RB if the first cell is deactivated.
US11153044B2	Method for transmitting/receiving data in wireless communication system and device supporting same The present invention relates to a method and a device for a terminal transmitting/receiving data in a wireless communication system. According to the present invention, a method and a device may be provided by which a first message comprising first control information is received from a base station, wherein the first control information comprises a logical path identifier (ID) indicating a logical path for transmitting/receiving first data and second data, which is the same as the first data; as a response to the first message, a reply message is transmitted to the base station; and the first data and the second data are transmitted, to the base station, on multiple component carriers (CC) associated with the logical path corresponding to the logical path ID.
US11153040B2	System and method for dual-coding transmissions for relays An origination device (e.g., a base station) dual encodes a first set of data (1) according to a first set of encoding parameters corresponding to channel conditions associated with a first communication link, and (2) according to a second set of encoding parameters corresponding to channel conditions associated with a second communication link. The dual-encoded first set of data is transmitted to a signal forwarding device. The signal forwarding device decodes the dual-encoded first set of data, using decoding parameters that correspond to the second set of encoding parameters, to generate a single-encoded first set of data that is encoded according to the first set of encoding parameters. The signal forwarding device transmits a “single-encoded forwarded signal” to the destination device. The destination device decodes the single-encoded forwarded signal using decoding parameters that correspond to the first set of encoding parameters, which yields the first set of data.
US11153036B2	Transmission method, reception method, transmitter, and receiver In a transmission method according to one aspect of the present disclosure, a encoder performs error correction coding on an information bit string to generate a code word. A mapper modulates a first bit string in which the number of bits is the predetermined integral multiple of (X+Y) in the code word using a first scheme, the first scheme being a set of a modulation scheme in which an X-bit bit string is mapped to generate a first complex signal and a modulation scheme in which a Y-bit bit string is mapped to generate a second complex signal, and modulates a second bit string in which the first bit string is removed from the code word using a second scheme different from the first scheme.
US11153032B2	Forward error correction mechanism for peripheral component interconnect-express (PCI-E) Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems, methods, and devices that can activate forward error correction (FEC) based on the channel loss of a channel. The channel's loss can be characterized as a high loss channel if the channel loss exceeds a predetermined threshold value. For channels with high loss and for those that operate at high data rates (e.g., data rates commensurate with PCIe Gen 4 or Gen 5), FEC can be activated so that the channels can achieve higher data rates.
US11153020B2	RSS signal correction method The present disclosure provides an RSS (Received Signal Strength) signal correction method for performing location measurement by utilizing information among a plurality of nodes, and the RSS signal correction method estimates a variable of an RSS signal model based on at least one of location information of a fixed node, location information of an unknown node and measurement noise information of the unknown node.
US11153016B2	Galvanic isolated device and corresponding system A device including an optoelectric circuit that is configured to provide galvanic isolation between a first circuit and a second circuit is disclosed. The optoelectric circuit includes at least one non-inverting buffer and a metal semiconductor diode. The at least one non-inverting buffer is positioned between a collector of a phototransistor and an anode of a light emitting diode. The metal semiconductor diode is positioned between the collector of the phototransistor and the at least one non-inverting buffer.
US11153014B2	Transmitting apparatus and transmitting method A transmitting apparatus includes: a first processor circuit; a second processor circuit; a modulation circuit; and a switch circuit, wherein the first processor circuit is configured to execute a generating process that includes mapping each of a plurality of bit strings to a symbol in predetermined order for each number of bits according to a multivalued degree of a multilevel modulation method, and generating a symbol information piece according to the symbol, wherein the modulation circuit is configured to modulate light in accordance with the symbol information piece based on the multilevel modulation method; wherein the second processor circuit is configured to execute a detecting process that includes detecting each of inputs of a plurality of data signals, wherein the switch circuit is configured to select the plurality of bit strings based on a detection result of inputs of the plurality of data signals.
US11153009B1	High-lane count optical transceiver with built-in self test An optical device such as an optical transceiver can include a cascaded built-in self-test structure that can be configured in testing mode using an active power mode and can sufficiently attenuate light away from a loopback path in an inactive power mode. The optical device can include a wafer top emitter that can be used to tune a light source for testing and calibration of optical components while the built-in self-test structure is in active mode.
US11153007B2	Optical device, optical module using the same, and test method for optical device An optical device has an optical transmitter circuit formed in a substrate, a first port configured to output an optical signal generated by the optical transmitter circuit from an edge of the substrate during services and to input a test light from the edge of the substrate during a test, and a photodetector configured to detect the test light input from the first port.
US11153003B2	Cell-specific signal generation There is provided mechanisms for generating cell-specific signals using an antenna array with dual-polarized antenna elements. A method is performed by a network device. The method comprises obtaining antenna weights for two sector-specific signals, each sector-specific signal giving rise to a respective sector-specific radiation pattern. The method comprises generating a first cell-specific signal, the first cell-specific signal giving rise to a first cell-specific radiation pattern, wherein antenna weights for the first cell-specific signal are determined such that the radiation pattern matches both sector-specific radiation patterns. The method comprises generating a second cell-specific signal, the second cell-specific signal giving rise to a radiation pattern identical to the first cell-specific radiation pattern, wherein antenna weights for the second cell-specific signal are identical to the antenna weights for the first cell-specific signal except that the first cell-specific signal and the second cell-specific signal have mutually orthogonal polarization.
US11153002B2	Orbital angular momentum-based multiplexing with shared antenna elements Orbital angular momentum (OAM)-based multiplexing includes accessing distinct data streams to be multiplexed and transmitted according to a corresponding plurality of OAM modes. The OAM-based multiplexing further includes generating a set of antenna element-specific signals corresponding to individual antenna elements of an antenna array. Individual ones of the antenna element-specific signals are based on corresponding distinct data streams.
US11153000B1	Multi-factor beam selection for channel shaping Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may measure a beam quality metric associated with a reference signal for each candidate beam of a plurality of candidate beams. The UE may determine a set of channel characteristics for each candidate beam of the plurality of candidate beams, where the set of channel characteristics indicates to the UE a level of channel equalization by the UE associated with processing signaling on each candidate beam of the plurality of candidate beams. In some cases, the set of channel characteristics may include a frequency selectiveness of a channel for each candidate beam of the plurality of candidate beams. The UE may select a candidate beam from the plurality of candidate beams based on the beam quality metric and the set of channel characteristics and communicate with a base station using the selected candidate beam.
US11152991B2	Hybrid digital-analog mmwave repeater/relay with full duplex A system for transmitting millimeter wave signals includes a plurality of transceivers for communicating with a plurality of remote locations over millimeter wave communications links. Each of the plurality of transceivers further includes a patch antenna array having a plurality of patch antennas. The plurality of patch antennas includes a transmitter array portion in a first orientation for transmitting signals and a receiver array portion in a second orientation for receiving signals. The first and second orientations limit interference between the transmitted signals and the received signals. Baseband processing circuitry converts between millimeter wave and baseband signals. The plurality of transceivers relays the millimeter wave signals between at least a first millimeter wave transceiver at first one of the plurality of remote locations and a second millimeter wave transceiver at a second one of the plurality of remote locations.
US11152989B1	Location-based beamforming management in a network A wireless network environment includes a wireless base station and a communication management resource. The communication management resource can be implemented at any suitable location. During operation, the communication management resource receives first location information indicating that the wireless base station resides at a first location in a network environment. The communication management resource also receives second location information associated with user equipment (mobile communication device). The second location information indicates a second location in the network environment such as a current or anticipated location of the user equipment. The communication management resource derives beamforming settings based on the first location and the second location and communicates the beamforming settings to the wireless base station and the user equipment. In one implementation, the beamforming settings include different pairings of beam angles between the wireless base station and the mobile communication device.
US11152980B2	Adaptive digital precoder codebook configurations for mmWave communication based on hybrid beamforming Base stations and user terminals may adaptively configure a digital precoder codebook for mmWave-based hybrid beamforming, such as by determining at least one analog beamformer and combiner, determining at the user terminal a lowest codebook resolution of digital precoding that can be used to achieve at least one performance parameter, and communicating to the base station the determined lowest codebook resolution of digital precoding. The adjustment of digital precoder codebook resolution, on top of analog beamforming, across different radio resources (e.g. time/frequency) may optimize feedback efficiency for a user terminal. In some cases, the user terminal may also receive from a base station an assistance parameter relating to an achievable performance gain using digital precoding. The user terminal may use the received assistance parameter in determining the digital precoder codebook resolution.
US11152979B2	Method and apparatus for codebook design and signaling To employ codebook design and signaling for multiple transmit antennas, a user equipment (UE) apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver operably connected to the processor. The transceiver is configured to receive configuration information for a channel state information (CSI) process, receive configuration information for a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource; receive configuration information for a MIMO type; and receive a plurality of codebook parameters when the MIMO type is non-precoded. A base station (BS) apparatus for codebook design and signaling includes a transceiver and a processor operably connected to the transceiver. The processor is configured to configure a UE with a CSI process and a CSI-RS resource, configure the UE with a MIMO type, and cause the transceiver to transmit configuration information for the CSI process, the CSI-RS resource, and the MIMO type to the UE.
US11152977B2	Integrity and quality monitoring and signaling for sounding and reduced feedback A method of sounding and feedback with channel quality information and reduced overhead is provided. A receiving station receives a sounding signal transmitted from an access point over multiple sub-channels of a wide channel in a wireless network. The receiving station detects channel quality based on the received sounding signal for each sub-channel. The receiving station then performs channel estimation based on the received sounding signal and thereby determining feedback information. Finally, the receiving station transmits a feedback message to the access point, the feedback message contains NULL feedback information, reduced feedback information, or channel integrity/quality indicators based on the channel quality information for each sub-channel. Based on the feedback message, the access point may repeat the sounding process, narrow the transmission bandwidth, or select only stations who have indicated uncorrupted channel sounding for MU-MMO transmission.
US11152972B1	Power line communication receiver A power line communication sender generates a command signal that comprises a series of alternate first level voltage signals and second level voltage signals, while the time periods of each first level voltage signal and each second level voltage signal are determined according to the value of each corresponding bit in a command information. A power line communication receiver is connected to the sender through power lines to receive power and command signals. When the receiver receives the command signal, the time periods of each first level voltage signal and second level voltage signal is calculated to record each bits of the command signal. Since the information is carried in every first level voltage signal and second level voltage signal, it requires only half the time and requires no quick switching in every binary bit of the transmitted signal, therefore efficiency is improved and signal distortion is lowered.
US11152955B2	Method and apparatus for fast decoding linear code based on soft decision Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for fast decoding a linear code based on soft decision. The method may comprise sorting received signals in a magnitude order to obtain sorted signals; obtaining hard decision signals by performing hard decision on the sorted signals; obtaining upper signals corresponding to MRBs from the hard decision signals; obtaining a permuted and corrected codeword candidate using the upper signals and an error vector according to a current order; calculating a cost for the current order using a cost function; determining the permuted and corrected codeword candidate as a permuted and corrected codeword according to a result of comparing the calculated cost with a minimum cost; and determining a predefined speeding condition.
US11152951B2	Quad switched multibit digital to analog converter and continuous time sigma-delta modulator A quad signal generator circuit generates four 2N−1 bit control signals in response to a sampling clock and a 2N−1 bit thermometer coded signal. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit has 2N−1 unit resistor elements, with each unit resistor element including four switching circuits controlled by corresponding bits of the four 2N−1 bit control signals. Outputs of the 2N−1 unit resistor elements are summed to generate an analog output signal. The quad signal generator circuit controls generation of the four 2N−1 bit control signals such that all logic states of bits of the four 2N−1 bit control signals remain constant for at least a duration of one cycle of the sampling clock. The analog output signal may be a feedback signal in a sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit that includes a multi-bit quantization circuit operating to quantize a filtered loop signal to generate the 2N−1 bit thermometer coded signal.
US11152950B2	Analog-to-digital conversion device comprising two cascaded noise-shaping successive approximation register analog-to-digital conversion stages, and related electronic sensor This analog-to-digital converting device comprises: an input terminal for receiving the analog input signal; an output terminal for issuing the digital output signal; a first successive approximation register analog-to-digital conversion module, called first SAR ADC module, connected to the input terminal; a first feedback module associated to the first SAR ADC module; a second successive approximation register analog-to-digital conversion module, called second SAR ADC module, connected in a cascaded manner to the first SAR ADC module; a second feedback module associated to the second SAR ADC module; and a multiplexing module connected to the first and second SAR ADC modules, to deliver the digital output signal.
US11152949B2	Pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter and method of analog-to-digital conversion A pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (2), SAR ADC, comprises a first SAR ADC stage (4); an inter-stage amplifier (6) for amplifying an analog residue from the first SAR ADC stage; and a second SAR ADC stage (8) input from the inter-stage amplifier, wherein the inter-stage amplifier (6) comprises one or more MOS transistors (16, 18), wherein the source and drain terminals of each of the one or more MOS transistors (16, 18) are connected to each other and may be toggled between ground and a supply voltage.
US11152948B2	Current operative analog to digital converter (ADC) An analog to digital converter (ADC) senses an analog signal (e.g., a load current) to generate a digital signal. The ADC operates based on a load voltage produced based on charging of an element (e.g., a capacitor) by a load current and a digital to analog converter (DAC) output current (e.g., from a N-bit DAC). The ADC generates a digital output signal representative of a difference between the load voltage and a reference voltage. This digital output signal is used directly, or after digital signal processing, to operate an N-bit DAC to generate a DAC output current that tracks the load current. The digital output signal provided to the N-bit DAC is an inverse function of the load current. The ADC is operative to sense very low currents (e.g., currents as low as is of pico-amps) and consume very little power (e.g., less than 2 μW).
US11152941B2	High-voltage voltage level converter The invention relates to a high-voltage voltage level converter for matching of the components of electronic systems containing multiple power sources. In particular, the high-voltage voltage level converter includes seven P-type field-effect transistors and seven N-type field-effect transistors, the signal input terminal (IN), the inputs of reference source voltages ⅔VDD) and (⅓VDD), inverted output, high-level source voltage terminals (VCC) and (VDD), and low-level source voltage terminal (VSS).
US11152937B2	Level shifter A level shifter includes an input circuit having first and second input terminals configured to receive complementary input signals at a first voltage level and a second voltage level. A cross-latch circuit is coupled to the input circuit, and has first and second output terminals configured to provide complementary output signals at a third voltage level and a fourth voltage level. The input circuit includes first and second control nodes configured to output first and second control signals at the first voltage level and the fourth voltage level based on the input signals. A tracking circuit is coupled to the input circuit and the cross-latch circuit, and is configured to input first and second tracking signals to the cross-latch circuit based on the first and second control signals, wherein the first tracking signal is the greater of the first control signal and the third voltage level, and the second tracking signal is the greater of the second control signal and the third voltage level.
US11152934B2	Device and method for controlling switching The present invention concerns a device for controlling the switching of a first and a second power semiconductor switches providing current to a load in a half bridge configuration. The device comprises: means for obtaining a first current value through the first switch or the load just before the switching of the first switch from conducting to non-conducting state, means for limiting the current through the second switch during the switching of the second switch from non-conducting to conducting state using the obtained first current value, by modifying the gate signal of the second switch, means for obtaining a second current value through the second switch or the load just before the switching of the second switch from conducting to non-conducting state, means for limiting the current through the first switch during the switching of the first switch from non-conducting to conducting state using the obtained second current value by modifying the gate signal of the first switch.
US11152931B2	Input buffer The trend in wireless communication receivers is to capture more and more bandwidth to support higher throughput, and to directly sample the radio frequency (RF) signal to enable re-configurability and lower cost. Other applications like instrumentation also demand the ability to digitize wide bandwidth RF signals. These applications benefit from input circuitry which can perform well with high speed, wide bandwidth RF signals. An input buffer and bootstrapped switch are designed to service such applications, and can be implemented in 28 nm complementary metal-oxide (CMOS) technology.
US11152929B2	Apparatuses for duty cycle adjustment of a semiconductor device Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for lookahead duty cycle adjustment of a clock signal. Clock signals may be provided to a semiconductor device, such as a memory device, to synchronize one or more operations. A duty cycle adjuster (DCA) of the device may adjust the clock signal(s) based on a duty code determined during an initialization of the device. While the device is in operation, a lookahead DCA (LA DCA) may test a number of different adjustments to the clock signal(s), the results of which may be determined by a duty cycle monitor (DCM). The results of the DCM may be used to select one of the tested adjustments, which may be used to update the duty code.
US11152926B2	Modulator for controlling current pulse and method thereof A modulator includes: a high voltage transformer transforming a voltage supplied through a primary side and a secondary side to apply a current pulse to a driving device; a bipolar pulse generator applying a magnetizing pulse and a main pulse to a connection line connected to the primary side of the high voltage transformer; and a timing controller controlling a time difference of applying the magnetizing pulse and the main pulse, wherein the bipolar pulse generator includes a magnetizing pulse generation unit generating the magnetizing pulse by using positive power, and a main pulse generation unit generating a negative pulse by using negative power. Also, the modulator includes a pulse waveform controller in which a plurality of unit modules of the same structure is disposed in series through a small transformer on the secondary side of the high voltage transformer. These two configurations may independently control the magnitude and the waveform of the current pulse of the high voltage, respectively and realize simultaneously two functions.
US11152925B2	Quantum logic gate design and optimization A method of performing a computational process using a quantum computer includes generating a laser pulse sequence comprising a plurality of laser pulse segments used to perform an entangling gate operation on a first trapped ion and a second trapped ion of a plurality of trapped ions that are aligned in a first direction, each of the trapped ions having two frequency-separated states defining a qubit, and applying the generated laser pulse sequence to the first and second trapped ions. Each of the plurality of laser pulse segments has a pulse shape with ramps formed using a spline at a start and an end of each of the plurality of laser pulse segments.
US11152923B2	Flip flop circuit and method of operating the same A flip-flop circuit includes a first latch, a second latch and a trigger circuit. The first latch is configured to set a first output signal based on at least a first input signal and a clock signal. The second latch is configured to set a second output signal based on a second input signal and the clock signal. The trigger circuit is coupled with the first latch and the second latch. The trigger circuit is configured to generate the second input signal based on at least the second output signal. The trigger circuit is configured to cause the second input signal to have a first voltage swing or a second voltage swing based on the first output signal and the second output signal. The first voltage swing is different from the second voltage swing.
US11152921B1	Systems and methods for control signal latching in memories Systems and methods for propagating control signals in memories are described. One implementation includes a plurality of logic gates and a latch coupled between a control signal input and a delay line. The latch may store the value of the control signal before the control signal floats, thereby reducing the risk of incorrect signal propagation. Furthermore, the implementation may also include a clamp signal that isolates the plurality of logic gates before the control signal floats and continues to isolate the plurality of logic gates until after the control signal returns to either a digital one or a digital zero. The clamp signal may reduce leakage by disconnecting transistors within the logic gates from their power supply.
US11152919B1	Mathematical function circuit An example of an apparatus includes a bias circuit having first and second bias circuit outputs. The apparatus also includes a comparator having first and second comparator inputs. The apparatus also includes a first capacitor coupled between the second comparator input and the second bias circuit output. The apparatus also includes a first switch coupled between the second comparator input and the second bias circuit output. The apparatus also includes a second switch coupled between the first bias circuit output and an input terminal, a third switch coupled between the input terminal and the first comparator input, and a fourth switch coupled between the first bias circuit output and the first comparator input. The apparatus also includes a second capacitor coupled between the first comparator input and the second bias circuit output.
US11152914B2	Elastic wave device and method for manufacturing the same An elastic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer including a first main surface and a second main surface facing the first main surface, an acoustically reflective layer stacked on the first main surface of the piezoelectric layer, an excitation electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer, and a support layer. The acoustically reflective layer overlaps at least the excitation electrode in a plan view of the piezoelectric layer from the side of the second main surface. The support layer surrounds the acoustically reflective layer in a plan view of the piezoelectric layer from the side of the second main surface.
US11152912B2	Piezoelectric resonator unit A piezoelectric resonator unit comprises a first enclosure portion that includes a first principal surface portion and a substantially curtain-shaped portion which cooperate to define a first recessed portion. The first principal surface portion has a first flat principal surface and the substantially curtain-shaped portion surrounds the first principal surface when viewed from a normal direction to the first principal surface. A second enclosure portion has a flat second principal surface and cooperates with the first recessed portion to define an enclosure which houses a piezoelectric resonator. A brazing material joins a distal end of the first enclosure portion to the second enclosure portion to hermetically seal the enclosure. An inner peripheral surface of the substantially curtain-shaped portion includes a stepped portion that is defined by adjacent thicker and a thinner portions of the substantially curtain-shaped portion. A surface of the stepped portion is formed of a single material.
US11152909B2	Bulk acoustic wave resonators having low atomic weight metal electrodes A BAW resonator comprises: a substrate comprising an acoustic reflector; a first electrode disposed over the acoustic reflector, and comprising a first electrode layer comprising a comparatively high acoustic impedance material, and a second electrode layer comprising a comparatively low acoustic impedance; a piezoelectric layer disposed over the second electrode layer; and a second electrode disposed over the piezoelectric layer, and comprising a third electrode layer comprising the low acoustic impedance, and a fourth electrode layer comprising the comparatively high acoustic impedance material and being disposed directly on the piezoelectric layer. A total thickness of an acoustic stack of the BAW resonator is approximately λ/2, where λ is a wavelength corresponding to a thickness extensional resonance frequency of the BAW resonator.
US11152896B2	Multistage amplifier with current limiting circuit A multistage amplifier for outputting a first output signal includes: an input stage circuit, a middle stage circuit and an output stage circuit. The input stage circuit includes at least one amplifying circuit, which receives the first output signal and a reference signal, thereby to generate a second output signal at an output terminal of the input stage circuit. The middle stage circuit is used to perform frequency compensation on the multistage amplifier. The output stage circuit is used to generate the first output signal at an output terminal of the output stage circuit according to the second output signal. The output stage circuit includes at least one current limiting circuit, where the current limiting circuit is controlled by the second output signal, thereby to adjusting a voltage level of the first output signal.
US11152895B2	Doherty amplifier A Doherty amplifier is disclosed with a main amplifier having a main input in communication with a radio frequency (RF) signal input and a main output in communication with a RF signal output. Also included is a peaking amplifier having a peak input in communication with the RF signal input and a peak output in communication with the RF signal input. Further included is main neutralization circuitry having a main neutralization input in communication with the peak input and a main neutralization output in communication with the main input, wherein the main neutralization circuitry is configured to inject a main neutralization signal into the main input such that the main neutralization signal is 180°±10% out of phase and equal in amplitude to within ±10% of a main parasitic feedback signal passed from the main output to the main input by way of a main parasitic feedback capacitance.
US11152893B2	Power amplifying circuit and power amplifier A power amplifying circuit includes a first amplifying unit that amplifies a first radio-frequency signal and a second amplifying unit that amplifies a second radio-frequency signal. The first amplifying unit includes a first matching circuit that performs impedance matching for a circuit in a preceding stage, and a first amplifying circuit that amplifies the first radio-frequency signal that has passed through the first matching circuit. The second amplifying unit includes a second matching circuit that performs impedance matching for the circuit in the preceding stage, a resistor including a first end and a second end, the first end being electrically connected to the second matching circuit, and a second amplifying circuit that is electrically connected to the second end of the resistor and that amplifies the second radio-frequency signal that has passed through the resistor.
US11152878B2	System and methods improving gear shifting of a transmission Systems and methods for improving shifting of a transmission are described. The systems and methods may be applied to automatic or manual transmissions, but the systems and methods may be particularly suited for automatic transmissions. In one example, electrical input to an alternator and electrical output from the alternator is adjusted in response to a request to upshift a transmission.
US11152875B2	Multigroup-multiphase rotary electrical machine control device and multigroup-multiphase rotary electrical machine drive device A multigroup, multiphase rotary electric machine control device including: a control target calculator to calculate an initial current command value of each phase based on a torque command value; a correction coefficient calculator to calculate a per-group correction coefficient corresponding to each group from a spatial mode M (M is 0 or a positive integer) of an electromagnetic force caused by magnetic flux density variation with respect to a rotational periodicity at the time of rotation of the multigroup, multiphase rotary electric machine; and a current command value corrector to calculate a current command value of the each phase, which is corrected based on the initial current command value and the per-group correction coefficient.
US11152866B2	Active clamping flyback circuit and control method thereof An active clamping flyback circuit and a control method are disclosed, comprising a flyback circuit, a clamping circuit and a clamping control circuit. The active clamping flyback circuit comprises a transformer, a main transistor, and a freewheeling diode or a synchronous rectifier, an output feedback circuit is coupling to an auxiliary winding of the transformer and outputs a feedback voltage through a divided voltage The clamping circuit comprises a first capacitor and a first transistor coupling in series, In a discontinuous conduction mode, the clamping control circuit starts timing from a turn-off time of the first transistor, and ends timing until the feedback voltage is reduced to zero voltage, to obtain a first time, The clamping control circuit adjusts a turn-off moment of next switching cycle of the first transistor so that the first time of the next switching cycle is close to a first threshold.
US11152862B2	Power controllers and control methods for reducing output voltage ripple when line voltage is low Disclosure includes a control method in use of a switching-mode power supply that supplies an output voltage to a load. A line voltage generated by rectifying an alternating-current voltage is detected to compare with a first reference voltage. A control signal is generated in response to the comparison of the line voltage and the first reference voltage. When the line voltage is less than the first reference voltage, the control signal is used to increase converted power that the switching-mode power supply provides to the output voltage. When the line voltage is not less than the first reference voltage, the control signal has no influence to the converted power.
US11152857B2	Gate driver circuit for half bridge MOSFET switches providing protection of the switch devices A gate driver circuit which may include an input; high-side and low-side outputs; a signal conversion circuit configured to generate a high-side drive signal at the high-side output such that a delay time separates a transition of the high-side drive signal and a transition of a low-side drive signal at the low-side output; and a monitoring circuit configured to monitor a voltage at an output of a half-bridge and to pull the low-side output to a level for turning off a low-side switching device of the half-bridge on a condition that the voltage exceeds a voltage threshold. The monitoring circuit may control the low-side drive signal such that the delay time is a minimum delay necessary to prevent shoot-through of the half-bridge. The signal conversion circuit may generate the high-side drive signal such that the delay time is a minimum delay necessary to prevent shoot-through of the half-bridge.
US11152855B2	Multiple dithering profile signal generation At least some aspects of the present disclosure provide for a system. In some examples, the system includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) generator configured to generate a PWM signal. The PWM generator generates the PWM signal by generating a first signal having a first dithering profile and a first frequency bandwidth, generating a second signal having a second dithering profile and a second frequency bandwidth greater than the first frequency bandwidth, modulating the second signal with the first signal to generate a dual random spread spectrum signal, and generating the pulse width modulation signal according to the dual random spread spectrum signal.
US11152844B2	Electric machine An electric machine including a stator having a fully non-magnetic core and stator windings formed of a non-superconducting transposed conductor to reduce eddy current losses. It further includes a rotor having a fully non-magnetic core and superconducting windings or superconducting magnets which produce a magnetic field for interaction with the stator windings. A cryogenic cooling system is arranged to cool the stator windings to reduce conduction losses in the stator windings.
US11152832B2	Electric actuator An electric actuator includes a motor and a deceleration mechanism. The motor has a motor case having a first opening end surface. The deceleration mechanism has a deceleration mechanism case having a second opening end surface. The motor case and the deceleration mechanism case are connected via a sealing member. The first opening end surface has a first end surface body part and a first end surface protrusion part. The second opening end surface has a second end surface body part and a second end surface protrusion part. The sealing member has a body part sealing part and a protrusion part sealing part. The protrusion part sealing part has an axial-direction protrusion that faces a side surface of the motor case in the first end surface protrusion part or a side surface of the deceleration mechanism case in the second end surface protrusion part in a circumferential direction.
US11152826B2	Rotors for electrical machines A rotor for an electrical machine comprises a rotor body having an external, axially extending magnet receiving surface for receiving at least one magnet thereon, and a flange mounting portion at at least one axial end of the magnet receiving surface. The flange mounting portion has a smaller external dimension (D1) than an external dimension (D2) of the magnet receiving surface so as to form a shoulder between the magnet receiving surface and the flange mounting portion. A magnet retaining flange is mounted over the flange mounting portion of the rotor body and located against the shoulder. The magnet retaining flange is retained against the shoulder by at least one lip of the flange mounting portion of the rotor body which extends radially outwardly over a radially inner portion of the magnet retaining flange. The lip by deforming an end face of the flange mounting portion.
US11152790B2	System and method for managing the power output of a photovoltaic cell A solar cell management system for increasing the efficiency and power output of a solar cell and methods for making and using the same. The management system provides an electric field across an individual solar cell, an array of solar cells configured as a panel, or a group of solar panels. The imposed electric field exerts a force on both the electrons and holes created by light incident on the solar cell and accelerates the electron-hole pairs towards the electrodes of the solar cell. Compared to conventional solar cells, these accelerated electron-hole pairs travel a shorter distance from creation (by incident optical radiation) and spend less time within the solar cell material, therefore the electron-hole pairs have a lower likelihood of recombining within the cells' semiconductor's material. This reduction in the electron-hole recombination rate results in an overall increase in the solar cells' efficiency and greater power output.
US11152783B2	Circuit of protection against electrostatic discharges A circuit for protecting against electrostatic discharges includes two avalanche circuit components having different turn-on delays with respect to a beginning of an electrostatic discharge. The two avalanche circuit components are coupled in parallel. The avalanche circuit component closer to an output node has a turn-on delay on the order of 30 ns, while the avalanche circuit component closer to an input node has a turn-on delay on the order of 1 ns.
US11152778B2	Low-voltage circuit breaker and method At least one example embodiment provides a low-voltage circuit breaker for interrupting a low-voltage circuit. The low-voltage circuit breaker includes at least one first current sensor configured to determine a magnitude of an electrical current of the low-voltage circuit, an interruption unit with contacts configured to interrupt the low-voltage circuit, an electronic trip unit connected to the first current sensor and the interruption unit and configured in such a way that an interruption of the low-voltage circuit is instigated upon current or/and current period limit values being exceeded, and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the electronic trip unit and to at least one additional component of the low-voltage circuit breaker, wherein a second current sensor is between the power supply unit and the at least one additional component, said second current sensor configured to determine the magnitude of the current of the additional component.
US11152770B2	Power distribution and protection cabinet An enclosure, one input cable and multiple output cables extending through the enclosure, a plurality of circuit breakers and ground-fault circuit interrupters in the enclosure and electrically connected to respective ones of the output cables, and a junction in the enclosure to which the input cable is electrically connected and to which the circuit breakers and ground-fault circuit interrupters are electrically connected. The output cables each include a connector for connection to an electric-powered machine, so that multiple of the machines can be powered and protected by a single power cabinet with a single power-supply connection.
US11152761B2	Laser device A laser device includes a laser configured to generate laser light and a laser control module configured to receive at least a portion of the laser light generated by the laser, to generate a control signal and to feed the control signal back to the laser for stabilizing the frequency, wherein the laser control module includes a tunable frequency discriminating element which is preferably continuously frequency tunable, and where the laser control module is placed outside the laser cavity.
US11152754B2	Method of crimping terminal with cable and terminal crimping apparatus A method of crimping a terminal with a cable which crimps and connects a crimping portion of a crimp terminal to an end of a cable by a crimp die, includes an anticorrosive supply step and a terminal crimping step. In the anticorrosive supply step, an anticorrosive agent is stored in or supplied to an anticorrosive supply portion formed in the crimp die. In the terminal crimping step, the crimping portion of the crimp terminal is crimped to the cable by the crimp die. During or after the terminal crimping step, the anticorrosive agent is applied to a predetermined area around the crimping portion of the crimp terminal by the anticorrosive supply portion of the crimp die.
US11152750B2	Corner EMI springs for a receptacle cage A receptacle cage assembly includes a receptacle cage having first and second side walls extending from a top wall at first and second corners. A gasket has EMI springs electrically connected to the receptacle cage and a panel in a panel opening including top EMI springs and first and second side EMI springs. A first corner EMI spring is located outward of the first corner of the receptacle cage to engage the panel at a first corner of the panel opening. A second corner EMI spring is located outward of the second corner of the receptacle cage to engage the panel at a second corner of the panel opening.
US11152745B2	Tool locking mounting shell for protecting electrical connections in a hazardous environment A connector assembly for electrical contacts has been provided. The connector assembly includes a plug housing, a receptacle housing, and a locking mechanism. The receptacle housing includes a mounting shell. The locking mechanism is mounted on the mounting shell and configured to couple the plug housing with the receptacle housing, the locking mechanism including a latch. The locking mechanism transitions between a locked position and an open position by rotation of the latch. The receptacle housing is configured to engage with the plug housing when the locking mechanism is at the locked position. The receptacle housing is configured to disengage from the receptacle housing when the locking mechanism is at the open position. The locking mechanism further includes a tooled actuator configured to lock the locking mechanism when the locking mechanism is at the locked position, the tooled actuator sized to require a tool to operate the tooled actuator.
US11152742B2	Connector cover, continuous structure capable of producing connector cover, and production method for connector cover A continuous structure capable of producing a connector cover is made from a single strip-shaped flat plate. The continuous structure has a structure in which a unit structure repeatedly and regularly appears in a longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped flat plate. The unit structure includes a flat-plate portion and two side wall portion groups. One of the two side wall portion groups includes a first side wall portion standing on one of two edges of the flat-plate portion in a width direction of the flat-plate portion, and the other of the two side wall portion groups includes a second side wall portion standing on the other of the two edges of the flat-plate portion. The second side wall portion is a spring portion which generates pressing force in the width direction. The first side wall portion faces the second side wall portion.
US11152738B2	Holding frame for an industrial, electrical connector A holding frame for an industrial electrical connector for holding similar and/or different electrical connector modules is provided, the holding frame consisting largely of a three-dimensionally bent wire frame. Such a holding frame can be produced particularly economically. The holding frame is used in particular in applications in which particularly high mechanical stability is not required.
US11152737B2	Connector and wire harness A connector which is held on an outer peripheral surface of a wire harness having a connector housing which includes an outer peripheral wall on which a tape is to be peripherally wound, and an outermost surface of the outer peripheral wall of the connector housing is provided with: a plurality of planar outer surfaces, ridge line portions, the ridge line portion is provided with a corner-removed chamfered portion and a non-chamfered portion, and the non-chamfered portion is engaged with a side edge of a tape wound around the outer surfaces so as to be used as a position displacement regulation projection configured to regulate an axial position displacement of the connector housing with respect to the tape.
US11152733B2	Flat electrical connector for supplemental restraint system The invention relates to an electrical connector (1), adapted to be mated with a corresponding counter connector (3) in a mating direction (100). The electrical connector (1) comprises at least one female contact terminal (10) extending at least partially perpendicular to the mating direction (100) in an extension direction (200). The female contact terminal (10) comprises a distal portion (12) with two flexible spring arms (14) extending in extension direction (200). An engagement portion (16) is formed between the flexible spring arms (14) and is adapted to engage a corresponding male terminal (50) of the counter connector (3). The electrical connector (1) further comprises a connector housing (30) comprising at least one terminal cavity (32), adapted to house the female contact terminal (10). The terminal cavity (32) is adapted to essentially prevent movement of the female contact terminal (10) parallel to both, the mating direction (100) and the extension direction (200).
US11152731B2	Contact and method of manufacturing same The present invention provides a contact capable of suppressing an increase in a DC resistance value for a long period and a method of manufacturing the same. The contact includes a base portion and an elastic contact portion. The elastic contact portion includes a planar portion configured in a planar shape; and a projection portion that is disposed on one surface of the planar portion and protrudes from the one surface. The elastic contact portion is configured to come into pressed contact with the second surface at the projection portion. The projection portion is configured such that a dimensional ratio H/L of the height H to the length L satisfies 0.25≤H/L≤0.44, where H is a height in a direction perpendicular to the one surface and L is a length in a direction parallel to the one surface.
US11152729B2	Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly having a mating array of signal and ground contacts Electrical connector includes a housing and a mating array having a plurality of signal contacts and a plurality of ground contacts that are coupled to the housing. The signal contacts and the ground contacts are positioned for mating with signal conductors and ground conductors, respectively, of a mating connector. The ground contacts are plated with a ground-material composition and the signal contacts are plated with a signal-material composition. The ground-material composition is configured to cause a first low-level contact resistance (LLCR) while mated with the ground conductors during operation. The signal-material composition is configured to cause a second LLCR while mated with the signal conductors during operation. The second LLCR is less than the first LLCR during operation.
US11152713B2	Corner antenna array devices, systems, and methods Devices, systems, and methods in which antenna elements are positioned together as an array at a corner of a mobile device, at least two of the antenna elements being oriented to provide beams in different directions with respect to the corner of the mobile device.
US11152692B2	Antenna device having a capacitive loading element An antenna device includes a case, a first antenna and a second antenna including a capacitance loading element. The capacitance loading element includes a turning-around area turning around in a front-rear direction on at least one of a front side and a rear side thereof. When the turning-around area is provided on the front side, at least part of the first antenna is situated in front of the turning-around area. When the turning-around area is provided on the rear side, at least part of the first antenna is situated behind the turning-around area. When the turning-around area is provided on the front side and on the rear side, at least part of the first antenna is situated at least one of in front of the turning-around area on the front side and behind the turning-around area on the rear side.
US11152675B2	Communication system for LIDAR sensors used in a vehicle comprising a rotary joint with a bearing waveguide for coupling signals with communication chips A vehicle having a communication system is disclosed. The system includes two electrical couplings, coupled by way of a rotary joint having a bearing waveguide. Each electrical coupling includes an interface waveguide configured to couple to external signals. Each electrical coupling also includes a waveguide section configured to propagate electromagnetic signals between the interface waveguide and the bearing waveguide of the rotary joint. Additionally, the rotary joint is configured to allow one electrical coupling to rotate with respect to the other electrical coupling. An axis of rotation of the rotary joint is defined by a center of a portion of the waveguides. Yet further, the rotary joint allows electromagnetic energy to propagate between the waveguides of the electrical couplings.
US11152674B2	Battery module The present application relates to a battery module, which may include: a plurality of secondary batteries disposed in a row, the plurality of secondary batteries are provided with explosion-proof valves; an insulating plate disposed above the secondary batteries; a monitoring cable set connected with the insulating plate, and the monitoring cable set is corresponding to a position of each of the explosion-proof valves; the monitoring cable set comprises two monitoring cables, and the monitoring cables includes wires and thermomelting insulating layers cladding the wires; when the explosion-proof valve of any of the secondary batteries explodes, the thermomelting insulating layers of the two monitoring cables melt, and two wires are in contact with each other and short-circuited.
US11152672B2	Battery module bus bar carrier having guide extensions system and method The present disclosure includes a battery module having a stack of electrochemical cells that includes terminals, a housing that receives the stack of electrochemical cells, and a bus bar carrier disposed over the stack of electrochemical cells such that bus bars disposed on the bus bar carrier interface with the terminals of the stack of electrochemical cells.
US11152669B2	Scalable battery module A scalable battery module (10, 210) includes a plurality of similarly configured cell groupings (1251, 1851), a plurality of framed heatsinlc assemblies (50, 250), and a plurality of jumper tabs (32, 232). Each cell grouping (1251, 1751) includes a plurality of cell packs (52, 1752) electrically coupled in parallel including a negative terminal (70, 270) and a positive terminal (64, 264). Each plurality of framed heatsink assemblies (50, 250) is disposed between one cell pack (52, 1752) of the plurality of cell packs of each cell groupings (1251, 1751) and an adjacent cell pack (52, 1752) of the plurality of cell packs of each cell grouping (1251, 1751) and includes a thermally conductive sheet portion. Each of the plurality of jumper tabs (32, 232) electrically couples a negative terminal (70, 270) of one of the plurality of cell groupings (1251, 1851) to a positive terminal (64, 264) of an adjacent cell grouping (1251, 1851).
US11152659B2	Secondary battery and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a secondary battery, including: an exterior material which includes a pouch film and a sealing portion formed at an outer side of the pouch film; and an electrode assembly which includes a plurality of electrode bodies laminated with a separator interposed therebetween and are packaged by the exterior material, wherein a pair of forming portions are formed within the pouch film to house the electrode assembly, and a predetermined interval is formed between the pair of forming portions.
US11152650B2	Secondary battery safety evaluation method and device A safety evaluation method according to the present disclosure includes preparing a sample for secondary battery electrode evaluation in which a short circuit will occur by contact between components included in the sample, applying a predetermined pressure that will cause the contact between the components to an area of the sample set as a secondary battery internal short circuit simulation contact area, applying a current between I probes in contact with the sample, obtaining resistance by measuring a potential difference between V probes which are separate from the I probes, obtaining a graph of a change in resistance with a change in distance between the V probes, calculating a short circuit resistance of the area from y-intercept of the graph, and predicting a heat generation amount of the area from the short circuit resistance.
US11152649B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes: a first switch connected between a first end of a battery and a first output terminal; a second switch including a first terminal and a second terminal which are connected to a second end of the battery, and a third terminal and a fourth terminal which are connected to a second output terminal, wherein the first terminal and the third terminal are electrically connected when the second switch is turned off, and the second terminal and the fourth terminal are electrically connected when the second switch is turned on; a pre-charge resistor connected between the third terminal of the second switch and the second output terminal; and a controller configured to control the second switch such that the second switch is turned on if a precharging period of time elapses after the first switch is turned on.
US11152639B2	Alkali metal-sulfur batteries having high volumetric and gravimetric energy densities Provided is an alkali metal-sulfur battery, comprising: (a) an anode; (b) a cathode having (i) a cathode active material slurry comprising a cathode active material dispersed in an electrolyte and (ii) a conductive porous structure acting as a 3D cathode current collector having at least 70% by volume of pores and wherein cathode active material slurry is disposed in pores of the conductive porous structure, wherein the cathode active material is selected from sulfur, lithium polysulfide, sodium polysulfide, sulfur-polymer composite, sulfur-carbon composite, sulfur-graphene composite, or a combination thereof; and (c) a separator disposed between the anode and the cathode; wherein the cathode thickness-to-cathode current collector thickness ratio is from 0.8/1 to 1/0.8, and/or the cathode active material constitutes an electrode active material loading greater than 15 mg/cm2, and the 3D porous cathode current collector has a thickness no less than 200 μm (preferably thicker than 500 μm).
US11152638B2	Secondary battery The present invention relates to a secondary battery provided with a multi-tab. The secondary battery includes a jelly-roll in which an electrode and a separator are stacked to cross each other and which is wound around a central core, a plurality of multi-tab parts extending from the electrode and formed on a predetermined area at an end of the jelly-roll, a can member accommodating the jelly-roll, and an insulation member disposed adjacent to the end to insulate the can member from the jelly-roll. The insulation member includes a central hole punched in a center of the insulation member so that the central core passes therethrough and a tab hole punched around the central hole to correspond to the plurality of multi-tab parts so that the plurality of multi-tab parts pass therethrough.
US11152633B2	Fuel cell system and method of controlling the same A fuel cell system includes a control unit that is configured to perform highland control for increasing an amount of electric power generated per unit time by a fuel cell and increasing a rotational speed of a compressor such that an operating point of the compressor falls outside a surging region, in comparison with a case where a highland condition that an outside air pressure determined from an outside air pressure-associated information is lower than an outside air pressure threshold determined in advance is not fulfilled, when the highland condition is fulfilled in starting electric power generation by the fuel cell.
US11152631B2	Air-cooled fuel-cell freeze-protection system An air-cooled fuel-cell freeze-protection system for a rotorcraft using a controller to vary a heating system for an air-cooled fuel cell. The heating system heats supply air for the air-cooled fuel cell, and a butterfly valve varies a pressure of the supply air to the air-cooled fuel cell. The heating system can be an electric heater, a heat exchanger, or a combination of heater and heat exchanger.
US11152624B2	Positive electrode current collector, positive electrode piece, electrochemical device and apparatus A positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode piece, an electrochemical device and an apparatus, where the positive electrode current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer provided on the support layer, where a material of the conductive layer is aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a thickness D1 of the conductive layer is 300 nm≤D1≤2 μm; an elongation at break B of the support layer is 10,000%≥B≥12%, and a volume resistivity of the support layer is greater than or equal to 1.0×10−5 Ω·m; when a tensile strain of the positive electrode current collector is 2%, a square resistance growth rate T1 of the conductive layer is T1≤10%. The positive electrode current collector provided in the present application can simultaneously take into account both high safety performance and electrical performance.
US11152620B2	Process for producing porous graphene particulate-protected anode active materials for lithium batteries An process for producing multiple porous graphene particulates for a lithium battery anode, the process comprising: (a) preparing a graphene dispersion having multiple anode material particles, multiple sheets of a starting graphene material, and a blowing agent dispersed in a liquid medium, wherein the blowing agent-to-graphene material weight ratio is from 0.01/1.0 to 1.0/1.0; (b) dispensing, forming and drying the graphene dispersion into multiple droplets containing therein graphene sheets, particles of the anode active material, and the blowing agent; and (c) heat treating the droplets at a heat treatment temperature selected from 80° C. to 3,200° C. at a desired heating rate sufficient to induce volatile gas molecules from the non-carbon elements or to activate the blowing agent for producing the multiple porous graphene particulates.
US11152612B2	Energy storage devices A novel hybrid lithium-ion anode material based on coaxially coated Si shells on vertically aligned carbon nanofiber (CNF) arrays. The unique cup-stacking graphitic microstructure makes the bare vertically aligned CNF array an effective Li+ intercalation medium. Highly reversible Li+ intercalation and extraction were observed at high power rates. More importantly, the highly conductive and mechanically stable CNF core optionally supports a coaxially coated amorphous Si shell which has much higher theoretical specific capacity by forming fully lithiated alloy. Addition of surface effect dominant sites in close proximity to the intercalation medium results in a hybrid device that includes advantages of both batteries and capacitors.
US11152607B2	Negative electrode for rechargeable lithium battery, and rechargeable lithium battery including the same A negative electrode and a rechargeable lithium battery, the negative electrode including a current collector; and a negative active material layer on at least one surface of the current collector, the negative active material layer including a carbon negative active material and a conductive agent, wherein the conductive agent includes at least one of a fiber-shaped conductive agent having a average length of about 1 μm to about 200 μm and a particle-shaped conductive agent having a average long diameter of about 1 μm to about 20 μm, and a DD (Degree of Divergence) value defined by Equation 1 is about 24 or greater: DD (Degree of Divergence)=(Ia/Itotal)*100 [Equation 1] wherein, in Equation 1, Ia is a sum of peak intensities at non-planar angles measured by XRD using a CuKα ray, and Itotal is a sum of peak intensity at all angles measured by XRD using a CuKα ray.
US11152594B2	Display device A display device includes a first substrate, a display region arranged with a pixel including a light emitting element above the first substrate, a first inorganic insulating layer covering the display region, an organic insulating layer arranged above the first inorganic insulating layer, a second inorganic insulating layer arranged above the organic insulating layer and having a N—H bond total weight measured by an FT-IR method lower than a N—H bond total weight per unit [% area] of the first inorganic insulating layer, and a polarizing plate arranged above the second inorganic insulating layer.
US11152593B1	Display panel and display device The present invention relates to a display panel and a display device. On the one hand, the display panel disposes a groove, which forms on one side of a packaging layer of a display area away from a substrate, and extends downward to one side of an antireflective film facing a thin film transistor layer; and a camera is disposed on one side of the substrate away from the thin film transistor layer and is corresponding the groove, thereby reducing process flow, improving productivity and yield, and realizing a full screen. On the other hand, the present invention also adds an antireflective film to improve the light transmittance at the groove and avoid the phenomenon that the camera is difficult to image.
US11152590B2	Method and device for encapsulating components A method and a device for hermetically encapsulating components using at least one gas discharge lamp, an inorganic material that is transparent for light and a light-absorbing inorganic medium, are provided. With a suitable selection, inorganic materials or inorganic media guarantee a very low level of permeability for oxygen, water vapor and reactive gases in contrast to organic materials or organic media. The encapsulation occurs in a time period of less than one second. In addition, the average temperature of the component only increases slightly, such that even components with temperature-sensitive regions can be encapsulated.
US11152587B2	Light transmissive electrode for light emitting devices An opto-electronic device includes: (1) a first electrode; (2) at least one semiconductor layer disposed over the first electrode, the semiconductor layer including an emissive layer; and (3) a second electrode disposed over the semiconductor layer. The second electrode includes a fullerene-containing magnesium alloy which includes a non-zero amount of a fullerene of up to about 15 vol. % of the fullerene, and the second electrode has a thickness of about 50 nm or less.
US11152581B2	Visibly transparent, near-infrared-absorbing donor/acceptor photovoltaic devices Visibly transparent photovoltaic devices are disclosed, such as those are transparent to visible light but absorb near-infrared light and/or ultraviolet light. The photovoltaic devices make use of transparent electrodes and near-infrared absorbing visibly transparent photoactive compounds, optical materials, and/or buffer materials.
US11152577B2	Organic light emitting device An organic light emitting device including a first electrode; a self-assembled monolayer on the first electrode; a hole control layer on the self-assembled monolayer; a light emitting layer on the hole control layer; an electron control layer on the light emitting layer; and a second electrode on the electron control layer, wherein the self-assembled monolayer includes a plurality of organic molecules, each of the plurality of organic molecules having a head bonded to the first electrode, a terminal end adjacent to the hole control layer, and a tail connecting the head with the terminal end.
US11152573B2	Shadow mask comprising a gravity-compensation layer and method of fabrication A shadow mask that includes compensation layer operative for at least partially correcting gravity-induced sag of a shadow-mask membrane is disclosed. The compensation layer is formed on a surface of the shadow-mask membrane such that the compensation layer is characterized by a residual stress that gives rise to a first bending moment in the membrane, where the first bending moment is directed in the opposite direction to a second bending moment in the membrane that is induced by the effect of gravity.
US11152562B2	Non-volatile memory A non-volatile memory cell comprising: a storage layer comprised of a ferromagnetic or ferroelectric material in which data is recordable as a direction of magnetic or electric polarisation; a piezomagnetic layer comprised of an antiperovskite piezomagnetic material selectively having a first type of effect on the storage layer and a second type of effect on the storage layer dependent upon the magnetic state and strain in the piezomagnetic layer; and a strain inducing layer for inducing a strain in the piezomagnetic layer thereby to switch from the first type of effect to the second type of effect.
US11152553B2	Light emitting device package and display device having the same A light emitting device package including a base substrate having a front surface and a rear surface, and including a first recess portion recessed from the front surface, a plurality of outer electrodes disposed on the front surface, a light emitting device disposed in the first recess portion and configured to emit light in a direction away from the base substrate, and including a substrate, a light emitting structure disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of bump electrodes disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of connection electrodes connecting the light emitting device to the outer electrodes, in which an upper surface of the bump electrodes and an upper surface of the outer electrodes are disposed on substantially the same plane, and each of the connection electrodes is disposed on one of the bump electrodes and one of the outer electrodes that are adjacent to each other.
US11152550B2	Light-emitting device An object of the present invention is to suppress the occurrence of a short circuit in a light-emitting device. A light-emitting device 1 includes a conductive member 11, a holding member 20 holding the conductive member 11, at least a part of the conductive member 11 being inserted in the holding member 20, a light-emitting element 30 connected to the conductive member 11, and a cover member 40 covering the holding member 20. The conductive member 11 has exposed portions 16 exposed to the outside from the holding member 20. The cover member 40 covers all the exposed portions 16 and has a lens portion 41 disposed at a position facing the light-emitting element 30.
US11152542B2	Semiconductor device and method of making the same A light emitting diode (LED) including a first contact. The LED further includes a first semiconductor layer over the first contact. The first semiconductor layer comprises hexagonal Boron Nitride. Additionally, the LED includes a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer comprises at least one hexagonal Boron Nitride quantum well and at least one hexagonal Boron Nitride quantum barrier. Moreover, the LED includes a third semiconductor layer over the second semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer comprises hexagonal Boron Nitride. Further, the LED includes a second contact over the third semiconductor layer.
US11152516B2	Nanometer semiconductor devices having high-quality epitaxial layer There are provided a nanometer semiconductor device with a high-quality epitaxial layer and a method of manufacturing the same. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include: a substrate; at least one nanowire spaced apart from the substrate; at least one semiconductor layer, each formed around a periphery of respective one of the at least one nanowire to at least partially surround the corresponding nanowire, wherein the semiconductor layer(s) formed around the respective nanowire(s) are separated from each other; an isolation layer formed on the substrate, exposing the at least one semiconductor layer; and a gate stack formed on the isolation layer and intersecting the at least one semiconductor layer, wherein the gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer at least partially surrounding a periphery of respective one of the at least one semiconductor layer and a gate conductor layer.
US11152513B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device with favorable reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator; a second insulator positioned over the first insulator; an oxide positioned over the second insulator; a first conductor and a second conductor positioned apart from each other over the oxide; a third insulator positioned over the oxide, the first conductor, and the second conductor; a third conductor positioned over the third insulator and at least partly overlapping with a region between the first conductor and the second conductor; a fourth insulator positioned to cover the oxide, the first conductor, the second conductor, the third insulator, and the third conductor; a fifth insulator positioned over the fourth insulator; and a sixth insulator positioned over the fifth insulator. An opening reaching the second insulator is formed in at least part of the fourth insulator; the fifth insulator is in contact with the second insulator through the opening; and the first insulator, the fourth insulator, and the sixth insulator have a lower oxygen permeability than the second insulator.
US11152511B2	Thin-film transistor and display panel A thin-film transistor and a display panel are provided in which current characteristics of the thin-film transistor are improved by a dual gate electrode structure, and the output characteristics of the thin-film transistor are improved by dividing the top gate electrode (or bottom gate electrode) of the dual gate electrode into two electrodes and applying a back bias voltage to the top gate electrode adjacent to a source region. A high-resolution display panel or a transparent display panel is realized by increasing the aperture ratio (or transmittance) of the display panel using the highly integrated high-current device.
US11152510B2	Long channel optimization for gate-all-around transistors A strained relaxed silicon germanium alloy buffer layer is employed in the present application to induce a tensile stain on each suspended semiconductor channel material nanosheet within a nanosheet material stack that is present in a long channel device region of a semiconductor substrate. The induced tensile strain keeps the suspended semiconductor channel material nanosheets that are present in long channel device region essentially straight in a lateral direction. Hence, reducing and even eliminating the sagging effect that can be caused by surface tension.
US11152505B2	Drain extended transistor Described examples include integrated circuits, drain extended transistors and fabrication methods in which an oxide structure is formed over a drift region of a semiconductor substrate, and a shallow implantation process is performed using a first mask that exposes the oxide structure and a first portion of the semiconductor substrate to form a first drift region portion for connection to a body implant region. A second drift region portion is implanted in the semiconductor substrate under the oxide structure by a second implantation process using the first mask at a higher implant energy.
US11152504B2	Methods of fabricating field-effect transistors Methods of fabricating a field-effect transistor, where the methods include providing a substrate, forming a first well of a first doping polarity type in the substrate, and forming a gate on a portion of the first well, the gate comprising an oxide layer and an at least partially conductive layer on the oxide layer. A second well of a second doping polarity type is formed by implanting ions in the first well, the second well extending under a portion of the gate. A first one of a source and drain of the first doping polarity type in or on the second well is formed, thereby defining a channel of the transistor under the gate. A second one of the source and drain of the first doping polarity type in or on the first well is formed. The second well may be formed by means of a two-step implant.
US11152500B2	Tunneling field-effect transistor and method for manufacturing tunneling field-effect transistor The application discloses a tunneling field-effect transistor, including: a substrate layer; a rectangular semiconductor strip formed on an upper surface of the substrate layer, where the rectangular semiconductor strip includes a first source region, a first channel region, a drain region, a second channel region, and a second source region that are disposed in sequence along a first direction; a first gate dielectric layer covering an outer surface of a first part of the first source region and a second gate dielectric layer covering an outer surface of a third part of the second source region.
US11152498B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The device comprises a substrate; a first semiconductor layer formed on the substrate; a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; the first semiconductor layer having a smaller forbidden band width than the second semiconductor layer; and a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer; the first semiconductor layer corresponding to the third electrode has a strongly P-type doped first region, and the first semiconductor layer corresponding to the second electrode has a weakly P-type doped second region. The present disclosure contributes to achievement of one of the effects of: reducing a gate leakage current, having a high threshold voltage, high power, and high reliability, allowing a low on-resistance and a normally-off state of the device, and providing a stable threshold voltage, so that the semiconductor device has good switching characteristics.
US11152495B2	Integrated circuit heat dissipation using nanostructures An approach for heat dissipation in integrated circuit devices is provided. A method includes forming an isolation layer on an electrically conductive feature of an integrated circuit device. The method also includes forming an electrically conductive layer on the isolation layer. The method additionally includes forming a plurality of nanowire structures on a surface of the electrically conductive layer.
US11152491B2	Method for forming semiconductor device structure with inner spacer layer A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method for forming a semiconductor device structure includes forming a fin structure over a substrate. The fin structure includes first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers alternately stacked. The method for forming the semiconductor device structure also includes removing the first semiconductor layers of the fin structure in a channel region thereby exposing the second semiconductor layers of the fin structure. The method for forming the semiconductor device structure also includes forming a dielectric material surrounding the second semiconductor layers, and treating a first portion of the dielectric material. The method for forming the semiconductor device structure also includes etching the first portion of the dielectric material to form gaps, and filling the gaps with a gate stack.
US11152487B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a gate electrode layer in a gate trench; filling a recess in the gate electrode layer with a dielectric feature; and etching back the gate electrode layer from top end surfaces of the gate electrode layer while leaving a portion of the gate electrode layer under the dielectric feature.
US11152483B2	Doped encapsulation material for diamond semiconductors According to some embodiments, a method for stabilizing electrical properties of a diamond semiconductor comprises terminating a surface of a diamond with hydrogen (H) or deuterium (D) atoms and over-coating the surface of the diamond with an encapsulating material comprising metal oxide salt doped with one or more elements capable of generating negative charge in the metal oxide salt.
US11152482B2	Antiferroelectric gate dielectric transistors and their methods of fabrication A transistor, including an antiferroelectric (AFE) gate dielectric layer is described. The AFE gate dielectric layer may be crystalline and include oxygen and a dopant. The transistor further includes a gate electrode on the AFE gate dielectric layer, a source structure and a drain structure on the substrate, where the gate electrode is between the source structure and the drain structure. The transistor further includes a source contact coupled with the source structure and a drain contact coupled with the drain structure.
US11152480B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first conductive member, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an insulating member. The third electrode is between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first conductive member is electrically connected to the first electrode. The first conductive member is between the third electrode and the second electrode. The first semiconductor layer includes Alx1Ga1−x1N and includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth partial regions. The second semiconductor layer includes Alx2Ga1−x2N and includes a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region. The insulating member includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth insulating regions. The first insulating region is between the third partial region and the third electrode. The second insulating region is between the fifth partial region and the first conductive member.
US11152478B2	Vertical transistors with buried metal silicide bottom contact A method of fabricating the vertical field effect transistor includes forming a dielectric layer on a metal semiconductor alloy layer that is present on a substrate of a semiconductor material. The dielectric layer is bonded to a supporting substrate. The substrate of the semiconductor material is cleaved, wherein a remaining portion of the semiconductor material provides a semiconductor surface layer in direct contact with the metal semiconductor alloy layer. A vertical fin type field effect transistor (FinFET) is formed atop the stack of the semiconductor surface layer, the metal semiconductor alloy layer, the dielectric layer and the supporting substrate, wherein the semiconductor surface layer provides at least one of a source region or a drain region of the FinFET and the metal semiconductor alloy provides a contact to the source region or the drain region of the FinFET.
US11152466B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body; a first electrode on the semiconductor body; control electrodes provided in the semiconductor body along the surface thereof; and first films electrically insulating the control electrodes from the semiconductor body. The semiconductor body includes first, third, sixth layers of a first conductivity type, and second, fourth, fifth layers of a second conductivity type. The second to sixth layers are provided between the first electrode and the first layer. The second and third layers are positioned between two adjacent control electrodes. The fourth to sixth layers are positioned between other two adjacent control electrodes. The sixth layer positioned between the fourth layer and the fifth layer. The sixth layer includes a major portion and a boundary portion between the major portion and one of the first films. An impurity concentration in the boundary portion is lower than that in the major portion.
US11152463B2	Semiconductor nanocrystal structure and optoelectronic device A semiconductor nanocrystal structure may include a core, an inner absorption shell surrounding the core, at least one emission shell surrounding the inner absorption shell, and an outer absorption shell surrounding the emission shell(s). The core may include a different material than the optional inner absorption shell and/or the outer absorption shell. The core may be less absorbent to electromagnetic radiation as compared to the optional inner absorption shell and/or the outer absorption shell. An optoelectronic device may include the semiconductor nanocrystal structure.
US11152446B2	OLED panel for lighting device and method of manufacturing the same The present application relates to an OLED panel for a lighting device and a method of manufacturing the same. An OLED panel for a lighting device includes: a substrate; a auxiliary wiring pattern having a plurality of wiring lines disposed on the substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate where the auxiliary wiring pattern is disposed, and having a planarized upper surface; a passivation layer disposed on the first electrode and disposed at least in an area above the auxiliary wiring pattern; an OLED emission structure disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the OLED emission structure. In the OLED panel for a lighting device, luminance uniformity may be improved through a dual auxiliary wiring pattern, and the upper surface of the first electrode is planarized. Accordingly, the area of the passivation layer is reduced, and thus a light-emitting area may be increased.
US11152438B2	Array substrate having via structure covered by retaining wall and display panel having the same The present invention discloses an array substrate and a display panel. The array substrate comprises a substrate, an anode layer disposed on the substrate, and a first retaining wall disposed on the anode layer and around the display area. The anode layer is provided with a first stress buffer area corresponding to the first retaining wall, and the first stress buffer area is provided with a first via structure passing through the anode layer.
US11152420B2	Image sensor and image capture device A first circuit layer including a first semiconductor substrate with photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light and generates charge, and a first wiring layer with wiring that reads out signal based upon charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit; second circuit layer including a second wiring layer with wiring connected to the wiring of the first wiring layer, and a second semiconductor substrate with a through electrode connected to the wiring of the second wiring layer; third circuit layer including a third semiconductor substrate with a through electrode connected to the through electrode of the second circuit layer, and third wiring layer with wiring connected to the through electrode of the third semiconductor substrate; and a fourth circuit layer including a fourth wiring layer with wiring connected to the wiring of the third wiring layer, and fourth semiconductor substrate connected to the wiring of the fourth wiring layer.
US11152419B2	Pixel having two semiconductor layers, image sensor including the pixel, and image processing system including the image sensor An image sensor having pixels that include two patterned semiconductor layers. The top patterned semiconductor layer contains the photoelectric elements of pixels having substantially 100% fill-factor. The bottom patterned semiconductor layer contains transistors for detecting, resetting, amplifying and transmitting signals charges received from the photoelectric elements. The top and bottom patterned semiconductor layers may be separated from each other by an interlayer insulating layer that may include metal interconnections for conducting signals between devices formed in the patterned semiconductor layers and from external devices.
US11152413B2	Structure, method for producing structure, composition for forming absorption layer, solid-state imaging element, and image display device A structure has a color filter having two or more different types of pixels and an absorption layer including at least one selected from a yellow colorant or a colorant having a maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 400 to 500 nm, in which the structure has the absorption layer on an optical path of at least one pixel of the pixels of the color filter and on the side through which light is incident on the pixel.
US11152401B2	Flexible display substrate and preparation method thereof The flexible display substrate provided by the present disclosure includes a flexible substrate, on which at least one conductive composite layer is disposed, each of the at least one conductive composite layer includes two metal layers and an insulated layer between the two metal layers, each of the two metal layers includes metal line segments separated from each other, the insulated layer is provided with contact holes, and the metal line segments in the two metal layers are connected through metal in the contact holes to form a continuous metal wire.
US11152387B2	Semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor memory device including: a common source line; a substrate on the common source line; a plurality of gate electrodes arranged on the substrate and spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the common source line; a plurality of insulation films arranged among the plurality of gate electrodes; a plurality of channel structures penetrating through the plurality of gate electrodes and the plurality of insulation films in the first direction; and a plurality of residual sacrificial films arranged on the substrate and spaced apart from each other in the first direction, wherein the plurality of gate electrodes are disposed on opposite sides of the plurality of residual sacrificial films.
US11152382B2	Semiconductor one-time programmable memory for nanometer CMOS An antifuse OTP memory bit cell comprises a gate electrode, a gate dielectric and source/drain diffusions formed in an active area of a semiconductor substrate. The source/drain diffusions are connected under the gate electrode by lateral diffusion but they don't have to be. If connected, a rectifying contact is created in a programmed bit cell. If unconnected, a rectifying contact or a non-rectifying contact is created in a programmed bit cell. Whether connected or unconnected, the device operates as an OTP memory bit cell without an access transistor.
US11152381B1	MOS transistor having lower gate-to-source/drain breakdown voltage and one-time programmable memory device using the same A MOS transistor includes a semiconductor substrate, a drain region and a source region in the semiconductor substrate, a channel region between the drain region and the source region, a gate electrode on the channel region, and a gate dielectric layer between the gate electrode and the semiconductor substrate. The gate dielectric layer has different thicknesses. The MOS transistor has a gate-to-source/drain breakdown voltage that is lower than a gate-to-channel breakdown voltage and a gated source/drain junction breakdown voltage.
US11152380B2	Memory device and a method for forming the memory device A memory device may include a first conductivity region, and second and third conductivity regions arranged at least partially within the first conductivity region. The first and second conductivity regions may have a different conductivity type from at least a part of the third conductivity region. The memory device may include first and second gates arranged over the third conductivity region. The second conductivity region may be coupled to a source line, and the gates may be coupled to respective word lines. When a predetermined write voltage difference is applied between the source line and a word line, an oxide layer of the gate coupled to the word line may break down to form a conductive link between the gate electrode of the gate and the third conductivity region. The memory device may have a smaller cell area, and may be capable of operating at both higher and lower voltages.
US11152377B2	Nanosheet SRAM by SIT process A method is presented for constructing high-density static random access memory (SRAM). The method includes forming a nanosheet SRAM by a sidewall image transfer (SIT) process and independently tuning widths of n-type field effect transistor (nFET) nanosheet structures and p-type field effect transistor (pFET) nanosheet structures of the nanosheet SRAM. The nFET nanosheet structures have a first width and the pFET nanosheet structures have a second width, the first width being greater than the second width. A distance between an nFET nanosheet structure and an adjacent pFET nanosheet structure is greater than a distance between two adjacent pFET nanosheet structures.
US11152371B2	Apparatus comprising monocrystalline semiconductor materials and monocrystalline metal silicide materials, and related methods, electronic devices, and electronic systems An apparatus comprising a memory array comprising wordlines, digit lines, and memory cells, with each memory cell coupled to an associated wordline and an associated digit line. Each memory cell comprises a monocrystalline silicon material adjacent to an access device, a monocrystalline metal silicide material directly contacting the monocrystalline semiconductor material, a metal material directly contacting the monocrystalline metal silicide material, and a storage device adjacent to the metal material. Electronic devices, electronic systems, and methods of forming an electronic device are also disclosed.
US11152358B2	Vertical structure for semiconductor device The present disclosure describes a method to form a fin field effect transistor (finFET) and a nano-sheet transistor on a substrate. The method can include forming first and second vertical structures over a substrate, where each of the first and the second vertical structures can include a buffer region and a first channel layer formed over the buffer region. The method can further include disposing a masking layer over the first channel layer of the first and second vertical structures, removing a portion of the first vertical structure to form a first recess, forming a second channel layer in the first recess, forming a second recess in the second channel layer, and disposing an insulating layer in the second recess.
US11152345B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device According to an embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a slit in a first wafer in which a first semiconductor layer is formed on a first substrate, sticking together the first wafer in which the slit is formed and a second wafer in which a second semiconductor layer is formed on a second substrate, the sticking being performed between a side of the first semiconductor layer and a side of the second semiconductor layer, thinning the first substrate or the second substrate of a member obtained by the sticking, forming an interconnection on a face of the substrate that is thinned, and dicing a member on which the interconnection is formed in accordance with a position of the slit.
US11152344B2	Integrated circuit package and methods of forming same An embodiment package-on-package (PoP) device includes a package structure, a package substrate, and a plurality of connectors bonding the package structure to the package substrate. The package structure includes a logic chip bonded to a memory chip, a molding compound encircling the memory chip, and a plurality of conductive studs extending through the molding compound. The plurality of conductive studs is attached to contact pads on the logic chip.
US11152335B2	Stack packages including a supporting substrate A stack package includes a supporting substrate that supports first and second semiconductor dies. The supporting substrate is disposed on a package substrate and is supported by first and second connection bumps. Redistributed line (RDL) patterns are disposed on the supporting substrate to electrically connect the first semiconductor die to the first and second connection bumps. The second semiconductor dies are connected to the package substrate by bonding wires.
US11152324B2	Method and apparatus for making integrated circuit packages A method of making a plurality of integrated circuit (“IC”) packages includes picking up a plurality of physically unconnected IC components; and simultaneously placing each of the physically unconnected IC components on corresponding portions of an unsingulated IC package strip that includes a sheet of integrally connected leadframes.
US11152323B2	Package with UBM and methods of forming Package structures and methods of forming package structures are discussed. A package structure, in accordance with some embodiments, includes an integrated circuit die, an encapsulant at least laterally encapsulating the integrated circuit die, a redistribution structure on the integrated circuit die and the encapsulant, a connector support metallization coupled to the redistribution structure, and an external connector on the connector support metallization. The redistribution structure includes a dielectric layer disposed distally from the encapsulant and the integrated circuit die. The connector support metallization has a first portion on a surface of the dielectric layer and has a second portion extending in an opening through the dielectric layer. The first portion of the connector support metallization has a sloped sidewall extending in a direction away from the surface of the dielectric layer.
US11152321B2	Semiconductor device having a copper pillar interconnect structure A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is described. The method includes depositing a photoresist layer over a semiconductor substrate. The photoresist layer is patterned to form an opening in the photoresist layer. A copper pillar is formed in the opening. A diffusion barrier layer is formed over the copper pillar and over a photoresist portion of the photoresist layer directly adjoining the opening. A solder structure is deposited over the diffusion barrier layer.
US11152320B2	Semiconductor package structure and method of the same The disclosure provides a semiconductor package structure, including a substrate having a front side and a back side, a first insulating layer disposed on the front side of the substrate, and a die disposed on the first insulating layer; wherein the die includes a first die pad and a second die pad, the first die pad coupled to a first portion of a metal layer, the second die pad coupled to a second portion of the metal layer, and the first portion of the metal layer and the second portion of the metal layer spaced apart by a second insulating layer. An associated semiconductor packaging method and another semiconductor package structure are also disclosed.
US11152316B2	Method of forming contact holes in a fan out package Methods of forming packages include forming an encapsulant laterally encapsulating a die over an active surface of the die. The active surface has an electrical pad. A first opening is formed through the encapsulant to the electrical pad. In some embodiments the first opening is formed using a photolithographic technique. In some embodiments the first opening is formed using a temporary pillar by forming the temporary pillar over the electrical pad, forming the encapsulant, and then exposing and removing the temporary pillar. A conductive pattern is formed over the encapsulant including a via formed in the first opening to the electrical pad of the die's active surface. In some embodiments, a dielectric layer is formed over the encapsulant, and the conductive pattern is over the dielectric layer. Embodiments may include forming additional dielectric layers and conductive patterns.
US11152315B2	Electronic device package and method for manufacturing the same An electronic device package includes a first conductive substrate, a second conductive substrate and a dielectric layer. The first conductive substrate has a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). The second conductive substrate is disposed on an upper surface of the first conductive substrate and electrically connected to the first conductive substrate. The second conductive substrate has a second CTE. The dielectric layer is disposed on the upper surface of the first conductive substrate and disposed on at least one sidewall of the second conductive substrate. The dielectric layer has a third CTE. A difference between the first CTE and the second CTE is larger than a difference between the first CTE and the third CTE.
US11152313B1	Using threading dislocations in GaN/Si systems to generate physically unclonable functions The independent claims of this patent signify a concise description of embodiments. Roughly described, a physically unclonable function (PUF) device includes a crystalline substrate and a stack of crystalline layers on top. The stack is grown epitaxially such that lattice mismatch causes threading dislocations from the substrate to the top surface of the stack. Diodes are formed on the top surface by forming anode material on the top surface of the stack, thereby forming a diode junction with a cathode region below. A diode which includes a threading dislocation has a higher leakage current than one that does not. Circuitry connected to the diodes interrogates the array and outputs binary values indicating, for each of the diodes, whether the diode includes a threading dislocation. Such binary values can be used as the PUF of the chip. This Abstract is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.
US11152311B1	Semiconductor device with protection structure and air gaps and method for fabricating the same The present application discloses a semiconductor device with a protection structure for suppressing electromagnetic interference and air gaps reducing parasitic capacitance and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a connection structure including a connecting dielectric layer, a first protection structure positioned in the connecting dielectric layer and positioned adjacent to a perimeter of the connecting dielectric layer, and a plurality of air gaps positioned on sides of the first protection structure. The first protection structure is formed of copper, aluminum, titanium, tungsten, cobalt, the like, or a combination thereof.
US11152307B2	Buried local interconnect A semiconductor structure includes a plurality of field effect transistors formed on a substrate including p-type doped field effect transistors (pFETs) and n-type doped field effect transistors (nFETs). A self-aligned buried local interconnect electrically connects a bottom source or drain region of the pFET with an adjacent bottom source or drain region of the nFET. The self-aligned buried local interconnect is serially aligned with and intermediate opposing ends of a gate electrode. Other embodiments include methods for forming the buried local interconnect.
US11152306B2	Dielectric film for semiconductor fabrication A method for semiconductor manufacturing is disclosed. The method includes receiving a device having a first surface through which a first metal or an oxide of the first metal is exposed. The method further includes depositing a dielectric film having Si, N, C, and O over the first surface such that the dielectric film has a higher concentration of N and C in a first portion of the dielectric film near the first surface than in a second portion of the dielectric film further away from the first surface than the first portion. The method further includes forming a conductive feature over the dielectric film. The dielectric film electrically insulates the conductive feature from the first metal or the oxide of the first metal.
US11152304B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a frame including wiring layers and having a recess portion in which a stopper layer is disposed on a bottom surface, a semiconductor chip having an active surface and an inactive surface, the inactive surface being disposed in the recess portion and facing the stopper layer, a first connection portion on the connection pad, a second connection portion on the uppermost wiring layer, a stiffener on the upper surface of the frame and surround at least a portion of the second connection portion, the stiffener being spaced apart from second connection portion, an encapsulant covering at least portions of each of the frame and the semiconductor chip, and filling at least a portion of the recess portion, and a connection structure on the frame and the semiconductor chip, and including a redistribution layer electrically connected to the first and second connection portions.
US11152301B2	Memory cell having multi-level word line A method of designing a memory circuit is provided that includes generating a layout of a first memory cell using an integrated circuit design system. The layout of the first memory cell is generated by routing a first word line in a first layer on a first level, and routing a second word line in the first layer. Also, the method includes generating a layout of a second memory cell using the integrated circuit design system. The layout of the second memory cell is generated by routing a third word line in the first layer, the second word line being between the first word line and the third word line, and routing a fourth word line in the first layer, the third word line being between the second word line and the fourth word line. Moreover, the method includes assigning a first color scheme to the first word line and to the third word line, and assigning a second color scheme to the second word line and to the fourth word line. The first color scheme is associated with a first manufacturing process using a first mask and the second color scheme is associated with a second manufacturing process using a second mask.
US11152299B2	Hybrid selective dielectric deposition for aligned via integration A technique relates to an integrated circuit. A first dielectric material is formed on a layer, and a second dielectric material is formed on the first dielectric material, the second dielectric material having a different characteristic than the first dielectric material. Conductive material is formed in the first dielectric material, the second dielectric material, and the layer, the conductive material forming interconnects in the layer separated by a stack of the first dielectric material and the second dielectric material. The conductive material forms a self-aligned conductive via on one of the interconnects according to a topography of the stack, the stack of the first dielectric material and the second dielectric material electrically insulating the one of the interconnects from another one of the interconnects.
US11152288B2	Lead frames for semiconductor packages A lead frame includes a first die paddle, a second die paddle, a first lead, a second lead, and a third lead. The first lead is coupled to a first side of the first die paddle. The second lead is coupled to a second side of the first die paddle opposite to the first side of the first die paddle. The third lead is coupled to a first side of the second die paddle. At least one of the first lead, the second lead, and the third lead is coupled to the corresponding die paddle via a zigzag shaped tie bar.
US11152285B2	Display device A display device includes: a flexible substrate including a through hole; a connecting element disposed in the through hole; a semiconductor disposed on the flexible substrate; a light emitting diode electrically connecting to the semiconductor; and a circuit disposed under the flexible substrate, wherein the circuit electrically connects to the semiconductor through the connecting element.
US11152283B2	Rack and row-scale cooling Systems and devices for cooling servers are provided. In one aspect, a cooling device includes a first axial pump including a body having an impeller, the first axial pump coupled to a first pump housing, the first axial pump housing coupled to a chassis, a rack, a row of racks, or one or more racks of the row of racks that are housing one or more servers. The cooling device also includes an inlet pipe coupled to an inlet of the first pump housing, the inlet pipe supplying cooling fluid to the first axial pump. The cooling device also includes an outlet pipe having an outlet coupled to the first pump housing, the outlet pipe receiving the cooling fluid from the first axial pump.
US11152280B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a power module unit, a fin base, and a plurality of radiator fins. The power module unit and the fin base are integrated together, with a recess-projection portion formed on the power module unit being fitted to a recess-projection portion formed on the fin base. The plurality of radiator fins are integrally fitted on a heat radiation diffusion portion of the fin base.
US11152278B2	Heat sink, integrated circuit chip and circuit board A heat sink for an integrated circuit chip. The heat sink includes a base plate and a plurality of fins connected to the base plate. The base plate includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment that are sequentially connected; and the first segment and the third segment extend obliquely upward relative to the second segment.
US11152261B2	Self-aligned top via formation at line ends Techniques for self-aligned top via formation at line ends are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming self-aligned vias at line ends includes: patterning (even/odd) metal lines including using a (first/second) hardmask; cutting the hardmask and a select metal line, even or odd, using a cut mask having a window that exposes the hardmask over a cut region of the select metal line; enlarging the window to expose the hardmask on either side of the cut region; selectively etching the hardmask using the enlarged window to form a T-shaped cavity within the cut region; filling the T-shaped cavity with a gap fill dielectric; removing the hardmask; and recessing the metal lines, wherein the gap fill dielectric overhangs portions of the select metal line that, by the recessing, form the self-aligned vias at ends of the metal lines. A structure is also provided.
US11152260B2	Embedding method and processing system An embedding method includes: removing a metal oxide film at a surface of a metal layer from a substrate that includes the metal layer on a bottom of a recess formed in an insulating layer; covering the surface of the metal layer by embedding ruthenium in the recess from the bottom of the recess; forming a ruthenium liner film in the recess; and further embedding ruthenium in the recess in which the liner film is formed.
US11152259B2	Interconnection element and method of manufacturing the same An interconnection element of an interconnection structure of an integrated circuit is manufactures by a method where a cavity is etched in an insulating layer. A silicon nitride layer is then deposited on walls and a bottom of the cavity. The nitrogen atom concentration in the silicon nitride layer increasing as a distance from an exposed surface of the silicon nitride layer increases. A copper layer is deposited on the silicon nitride layer. The cavity is further filled with copper. A heating process is performed after the deposition of the copper layer, to convert the copper layer and the silicon nitride layer to form a copper silicide layer which has a nitrogen atom concentration gradient corresponding to the gradient of the silicon nitride layer.
US11152258B2	Method of forming an interconnect in a semiconductor device A method of forming a semiconductor device includes patterning a dielectric layer to form a groove and depositing a plurality of conductive layers over the dielectric layer and in the groove. The first conductive layer is a liner layer, the second conductive layer is a metal film, and the third conductive layer is a capping layer. The first conductive layer is treated with a hydrogen plasma treatment to remove impurities. The first conductive layer is also treated with a hydrogen soak treatment to remove microvoids. The third conductive layer is treated with an ammonia plasma treatment to remove impurities. The third conductive layer is also treated with a hydrogen plasma treatment to remove additional impurities. The third conductive layer is also treated with a hydrogen soak treatment to remove microvoids.
US11152249B2	Methods of forming FinFET devices A method of forming a FinFET device includes following steps. A substrate is provided with a plurality of fins thereon, an isolation layer thereon covering lower portions of the fins, a plurality of dummy strips across the fins, and a dielectric layer aside the dummy strips. The dummy strips is cut to form a trench in the dielectric layer. A first insulating structure is formed in the trench, wherein first and second groups of the dummy strips are beside the first insulating structure. A dummy strip is removed from the first group of the dummy strips to form a first opening that exposes portions of the fins under the dummy strip. The portions of the fins are removed to form a plurality of second openings below the first opening, wherein each second opening has a middle-wide profile. A second insulating structure is formed in the first and second openings.
US11152247B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device is provided in which a zener diode having a desired breakdown voltage and a capacitor in which voltage dependence of capacitance is reduced are mounted together, and various circuits are realized. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer; a first conductivity type well that is arranged in a first region of the semiconductor layer; a first conductivity type first impurity diffusion region that is arranged in the well; a first conductivity type second impurity diffusion region that is arranged in a second region of the semiconductor layer; an insulating film that is arranged on the second impurity diffusion region; an electrode that is arranged on the insulating film; and a second conductivity type third impurity diffusion region that is arranged at least on the first impurity diffusion region.
US11152245B2	LED transfer device comprising mask and micro LED transferring method using the same A micro LED transfer device is provided. The micro LED transfer device includes a transfer part configured to arrange a first substrate wherein a plurality of LEDs are disposed on a lower surface relative to an upper surface of a second substrate; a memory storing characteristic information of each of the plurality of LEDs; a laser light source configured to irradiate laser light; a mask comprising a plurality of shutters configured to selectively open and close a plurality of openings of the mask, the mask being interposed between the first substrate and the laser light source; and a processor configured to identify an LED from among the plurality of LEDs to be arranged on the second substrate based on the stored characteristic information, and control the mask such that a shutter from among the plurality of shutters that corresponds to the LED is opened.
US11152240B2	Apparatus for conveying carrier and system for controlling carrier having the same Provided is an apparatus for conveying a carrier and a system for controlling a carrier having the same, which couples a hoist and a hand using a non-contact damping structure using an eddy current. The apparatus for conveying the carrier conveys a carrier containing a wafer, and includes: a gripper for gripping the carrier; and a lifter for raising and lowering the gripper, in which the gripper and the lifter are connected in a non-contact damping structure, and a relative motion thereof is suppressed.
US11152238B2	Semiconductor processing stage profiler jig In an embodiment, a system includes a profiler configured to detect variations along a surface of a semiconductor stage; and a jig configured to move the profiler along an axis over the semiconductor stage.
US11152237B2	Substitute sample, method for determining control parameter of processing, and measurement system A sample simulates a processing state of a semiconductor sample and is measured by a measurement device. The sample includes: a first surface formed at a first height when viewed from a sample surface; a second surface formed at a second height higher than the first height; and a plurality of inflow parts which allow a particle for performing processing on the first surface to flow between the first surface and the second surface. The processing by the particle flowing from the inflow parts is superimposed in at least a part of a region to be processed on the first surface, and the region where the processing is superimposed on the first surface is measured by the measurement device.
US11152236B2	System for and method of manufacture using multimodal analysis The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods of manufacturing a product. The system may include a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code for performing the method. The method may include manufacturing batches of the product according to steps of a process flow, determining output data for each batch, sequencing the batches by output data, determining a plurality of modes of output data based on grouping the batches, identifying a detrimental factor to output data in a process flow step based on a correlation between the process flow step and a mode of the plurality of modes, and correcting the detrimental factor.
US11152234B2	Weighing apparatus, substrate liquid processing apparatus, weighing method, substrate liquid processing method and recording medium A processing liquid used in a substrate liquid processing apparatus can be supplied in a constant amount with high accuracy. A substrate liquid processing apparatus A1 includes a storage line 61 configured to store a processing liquid therein; an introduction line 62 configured to introduce the processing liquid into the storage line 61; a discharge line 63 configured to discharge the processing liquid from the storage line 61; and a gas supply unit 65 configured to perform a strickling of the processing liquid by jetting a gas to a surface of the processing liquid stored in the storage line 61.
US11152233B2	Substrate treating apparatus and substrate treating method A substrate treating apparatus includes an indexer division, stories, and a controller. Each of the stories includes a first rack, a treating section, and a main transport mechanism. The indexer division includes a carrier rack and a transport device. The transport device performs a feeding operation for transporting substrates from a carrier placed on the carrier rack to the first rack. The transport device further performs an inter-story transporting operation for transporting the substrates between two first racks provided for different stories.
US11152230B2	Device and method for bonding alignment An apparatus and method for bonding alignment are provided. The apparatus for bonding alignment includes a press assembly and an objective lens group (105) disposed on one side of the press assembly. The press assembly includes a first chuck (103) and a rotatable second chuck (104). When support surfaces of the first and second chucks are not parallel to each other, the second chuck is rotated to make the two support surfaces parallel. A first substrate (301) is then loaded on the first chuck, and alignment marks (302) on the first substrate are observed using the objective lens group disposed on one side of the press assembly. A second substrate (501) is loaded on the second chuck, and alignment marks (502) on the second substrate are also observed with the objective lens group. Based on an observation result by the objective lens group, the two substrates are moved so that the alignment marks thereon are aligned and hence the two substrates themselves are aligned. In this method, the chucks are adjusted, prior to the alignment of the substrates. This dispenses with the need for employment of high-precision components and reduces the complexity of the apparatus. Moreover, adjusting the chucks first can ensure control of a global alignment accuracy between the substrates, and in particular, can reduce wedge-shaped errors between the substrates that may result from deformations of the substrates during bonding.
US11152224B2	Semiconductor device with field stop layer and semiconductor device manufacturing method thereof First and second n-type field stop layers in an n− drift region come into contact with a p+ collector layer. The first n-type field stop layer has an impurity concentration reduced toward an n+ emitter region at a steep gradient. The second n-type field stop layer has an impurity concentration distribution in which impurity concentration is reduced toward the n+ emitter region at a gentler gradient than that in the first n-type field stop layer and the impurity concentration of a peak position is less than that in the impurity concentration distribution of the first n-type field stop layer. The impurity concentration distributions of the first and second n-type field stop layers have the same peak position. The first and second n-type field stop layers are formed using annealing and first and second proton irradiation processes which have the same projected range and different acceleration energy levels.
US11152221B2	Methods and apparatus for metal silicide deposition Methods and apparatuses for processing substrates, such as during metal silicide applications, are provided. In one or more embodiments, a method of processing a substrate includes depositing an epitaxial layer on the substrate, depositing a metal silicide seed layer on the epitaxial layer, and exposing the metal silicide seed layer to a nitridation process to produce a metal silicide nitride layer from at least a portion of the metal silicide seed layer. The method also includes depositing a metal silicide bulk layer on the metal silicide nitride layer and forming or depositing a nitride capping layer on the metal silicide bulk layer, where the nitride capping layer contains a metal nitride, a silicon nitride, a metal silicide nitride, or a combination thereof.
US11152204B2	Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing method includes an intermediate processing step of processing the pattern forming surface by the intermediate processing liquid after a chemical liquid processing step, a filler discharging step of discharging a filler after the intermediate processing step, a filler spreading step of spreading the filler, a solidified film forming step of solidifying the filler, a lower position disposing step of making a blocking member be disposed at a lower position prior to start of the chemical liquid processing step, and a blocking member elevating step of starting elevation of the blocking member toward an upper position in a state where the pattern forming surface is covered with the intermediate processing liquid. The chemical liquid is discharged from a central nozzle. Spreading of the filler is started in a state where the blocking member is positioned at the upper position.
US11152197B2	Method of determining cell cycle stage distribution of cells A method of determining a cell cycle stage distribution of cells includes the steps of providing a cell sample; pre-treating the cell sample with a solvent; mixing the pre-treated cell sample with a matrix solution to obtain a mixture solution; depositing the mixture solution on a sample plate; obtaining a mass spectrum analysis of the deposited mixture solution; and identifying at least two marker peaks from the mass spectrum analysis, wherein a ratio between the marker peaks provides information about a cell cycle stage distribution of the cell sample, wherein the mass spectrum analysis is a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrum test.
US11152193B2	Plasma generation apparatus A waveguide has a first conductor surface facing toward the interior of the waveguide, a second conductor surface facing toward the interior of the waveguide, and a slot extending from the first conductor surface to the outside of the waveguide. The first conductor surface and the second conductor surface electrically communicate with each other and face each other. The first length in the y direction of the first conductor surface in a cross section perpendicular to the z direction is smaller than the second length in the y direction of the second conductor surface in the cross section perpendicular to the z direction. The first length includes the length in the y direction of the slot in the cross section perpendicular to the z direction. The second length is smaller than the distance between the first conductor surface and the second conductor surface in the x direction.
US11152192B2	Plasma processing apparatus and method To improve processing uniformity by improving a working characteristic in an edge exclusion region. Provided is a plasma processing apparatus for processing a sample by generating plasma in a vacuum vessel to which a processing gas is supplied and that is exhausted to a predetermined pressure and by applying a radio frequency bias to a sample placed in the vacuum vessel, wherein a conductive radio frequency ring to which a radio frequency bias power is applied is arranged in a stepped part formed outside a convex part of the sample stage on which the wafer is mounted, and a dielectric cover ring is provided in the stepped part, covering the radio frequency ring, the cover ring substantially blocks penetration of the radio frequency power to the plasma from the radio frequency ring, and the radio frequency ring top surface is set higher than a wafer top surface.
US11152191B2	In-lens wafer pre-charging and inspection with multiple beams A charged particle system may include a first charged particle beam source provided on a first axis, and a second charged particle beam source provided on a second axis. There may also be provided a deflector arranged on the first axis. The deflector may be configured to deflect a beam generated from the second charged particle beam source toward a sample. A method of operating a charged particle beam system may include switching between a first state and a second state of operating a deflector. In the first state, a first charged particle beam generated from a first charged particle beam source may be blanked and a second charged particle beam generated from a second charged particle beam source may be directed toward a sample. In the second state, the second charged particle beam may be blanked and the first charged particle beam may be directed toward the sample.
US11152172B2	Vacuum circuit breaker A vacuum circuit breaker comprising a vacuum interrupter and an actuator coupled to the vacuum interrupter. The vacuum interrupter and actuator are located in a vacuum chamber that is partitioned into first and second vacuum sub-chambers. The vacuum interrupter is located in the first sub-chamber and the actuator is located in the second sub-chamber. The partition is configured to support molecular flow between the first and second sub-chambers.
US11152169B1	Mouse device A mouse device includes a casing, a circuit board and two button modules. The circuit board is disposed within the casing. Each button module includes an electronic switch, a button lid, a first protrusion post, a second protrusion post and a buffering structure. The electronic switch is disposed within the casing. An end of the button lid is connected with the casing. The first protrusion post and the second protrusion post are disposed on the bottom surface of the button lid. The buffering structure is disposed on the casing and aligned with the second protrusion post. The second protrusion post is inserted into a buffering hole of the buffering structure. While the button lid is depressed or the pressing force is released, the buffering structure is contacted or not contacted with the second protrusion post along a first lateral direction and/or a second lateral direction.
US11152168B1	Keyboard device A keyboard device includes a membrane circuit board, a base plate and a key structure. The key structure a keycap, a first connecting element, a second connecting element, a stabilizer bar and an auxiliary bar. The first connecting element and the second connecting element are connected between the keycap and the base plate. The first connecting element has a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The second connecting element has a third lateral side and a fourth lateral side. The third lateral side faces the second lateral side. The stabilizer bar is pivotally coupled to the keycap, the first lateral side of the first connecting element and the fourth lateral side of the second connecting element. The auxiliary bar is pivotally coupled to the keycap, the second lateral side of the first connecting element and the third lateral side of the second connecting element.
US11152167B2	Reconfigurable control device A reconfigurable control device, in particular for use in a vehicle. Input keys on the reconfigurable control device allow a user to trigger different selection of modes. The control device is reconfigured by performing a first step of selecting a function mode by pressing one of the at least two input keys on the control device and a second step of selecting a function displayed on an array of mechanical switches. The selection of functions is refreshed with user trigger a fresh selection of mode.
US11152164B2	Grain bin sump control with automatic intermediate sump lock-out assembly A lock-out pinion can be coupled to a center sump control shaft to rotate therewith. A lock-out slide can include a rack and a blocking cover. A lock-out guide can be coupled to the sump control housing and can form a guide channel. The lock-out slide can be received in the guide channel with the lock-out pinion drivingly coupled to the rack to move the lock-out slide along the guide channel from a lock-out position in which the blocking cover prevents rotation of the intermediate sump control shaft with the driving handle, to an unlocked position in which the blocking cover permits rotation of the intermediate sump control shaft with the driving handle, in response to manual rotation of the center sump control shaft in the center sump opening direction.
US11152161B2	Aluminum polymer capacitor with enhanced internal conductance and breakdown voltage capability An improved capacitor is provided. The capacitor comprises a working element wherein the working element comprises an anode comprising a first dielectric on the anode, a cathode and a conductive separator between the first dielectric and cathode. The conductive separator comprises a separator and a first conductive polymer wherein the first conductive polymer at least partially encapsulates the separator. A second conductive polymer at least partially encapsulates the first conductive polymer and wherein the first conductive polymer has a higher conductivity than the second conductive polymer. An anode lead is in electrical contact with the anode and a cathode lead is in electrical contact with the cathode.
US11152158B2	Electrolytic capacitor and method for manufacturing same An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a dielectric layer disposed on the anode body, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed on the dielectric layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a conductive polymer, a polyanion, and an alkali component. The alkali component includes two or more kinds of alkali compound.
US11152157B2	Stacked electronic component and method for manufacturing stacked electronic component Provided is a stacked electronic component having: a stacked body 1 in which ceramic layers 1a to 1h are stacked, the stacked body having an a upper surface U and side surfaces S; at least one recess portion 8 formed on the upper surface U that indicates at least one of a mark, a letter, or a number; electrodes 3, 4, 5, 6 formed between the layers of the stacked body 1; and a shield layer 9 formed on the upper surface U and the side surfaces S of the stacked body 1. Right below an inner bottom surface of the recess portion 8 of the stacked body 1, there is provided a no-electrode region NE in which the electrodes 3, 4, 5, 6 are not formed, the no-electrode region NE having a thickness which is equal to or larger than a depth of the recess portion 8.
US11152150B2	LC tank circuit having improved resonant frequency stability and fabrication method thereof A device includes a coil configured in a loop topology starting from a first end and extending to a second end, a pair of inward extension legs configured to extend from the first end and the second end toward an interior side of the coil to a third end and a fourth end, respectively, a pair of outward extension legs configured to extend from the first end and the second end toward an exterior side of the coil to a fifth end and a sixth end, respectively, a first capacitor configured to provide a capacitive coupling between the first end and the second end, a second capacitor configured to provide a capacitive coupling between the third end and the fourth end, and a third capacitor configured to provide a capacitive coupling between the fifth end and the sixth end.
US11152145B2	Soft magnetic metal powder, dust core, and magnetic component Soft magnetic metal powder which includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles configured by a Fe-based nanocrystal alloy including Cu is provided, wherein the soft magnetic metal particles have core portions and first shell portions surrounding circumferences of the core portions; when an average crystallite size of Cu crystallites existing in the core portions is set as A, and the largest crystallite size of Cu crystallites existing in the first shell portions is set as B, B/A is 3.0 or more and 1000 or less.
US11152141B2	Ceramic multi-layer component and method for producing a ceramic multi-layer component A ceramic multi-layer component and a method for producing a ceramic multi-layer component are disclosed. In an embodiment a ceramic multi-layer component includes a stack with ceramic layers and electrode layers arranged between them, wherein the ceramic layers and the electrode layers are arranged above one another along a stacking direction, wherein at least one first electrode layer extends along a first main extension direction from a first end region to a second end region of the first electrode layer, and wherein the at least one first electrode layer has a current-carrying capacity that decreases along the first main extension direction.
US11152140B2	Wire holder for assembling a wire harness Wire holders removably retaining at least one wire for assembling a wire harness and methods for assembling a wire harness are provided. In one example, the wire holder includes a base section having a base bottom for positioning on a wire harness layout sheet. The wire harness layout sheet includes a wire routing pattern for forming the wire harness. A clip section extends generally upwardly from the base section and at least partially surrounds a clip channel having a channel diameter. The base section has a base height defined from the base bottom to a lowest point of the clip channel. A ratio of the channel diameter to the base height is from about 6:1 to about 9:1.
US11152138B2	Fire rated radio frequency cable A coaxial cable (10) includes an outer barrier (12, 14, 16) that seals the coaxial cable from air and protects the cable's conductors (18, 20) form oxidation in a fire. Such an outer protective barrier may include a fire retardant tape. A dielectric (22) separates the conductors and may comprise a ceramic (23) embedded in a dielectric material (25), or ceramic beads in a braided ceramic mesh.
US11152137B2	Communications cable with triboelectric protection A communications cable has a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors, metal foil tape between the twisted pairs, and a cable jacket are disclosed. The metal foil tape can include a substrate, a metal layer on the substrate, and a triboelectric coating on at least the metal layer of the metal foil tape. The triboelectric coating has a charge affinity closer to a charge affinity of the insulated conductors than a charge affinity of the metal layer to prevent charge build up between the conductors and the metal foil tape.
US11152133B2	Cable routing system A cable routing system is provided. The cable routing system comprises a flexible flat band being able to be deformed from its stretched out shape without assuming a permanent changed form and several attaching devices in intervals along a longitudinal direction of the band for attaching a cable to the band in a sliding manner.
US11152130B2	Nanoscale X-ray tomosynthesis for rapid analysis of integrated circuit (IC) dies System and method for imaging an integrated circuit (IC). The imaging system comprises an x-ray source including a plurality of spatially and temporally addressable electron sources, an x-ray detector arranged such that incident x-rays are oriented normal to an incident surface of the x-ray detector and a three-axis stage arranged between the x-ray source and the x-ray detector, the three-axis stage configured to have mounted thereon an integrated circuit through which x-rays generated by the x-ray source pass during operation of the imaging system. The imaging system further comprises at least one controller configured to move the three-axis stage during operation of the imaging system and selectively activate a subset of the electron sources during movement of the three-axis stage to acquire a set of intensity data by the x-ray detector as the three-axis stage moves along a three-dimensional trajectory.
US11152127B2	Method of replacing cesium trap and cesium trap assembly thereof A method for replacing a cesium trap includes freezing the cesium trap which partially contains cesium and is located within a shielded cell and. The cesium trap is then decoupled and removed from the shielded cell. A second cesium trap is inserted into the shielded cell and attached to the shielded cell.
US11152123B1	Processing brain data using autoencoder neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing brain data using autoencoder neural networks. One of the methods includes obtaining brain data captured by one or more sensors characterizing brain activity of a patient; processing the brain data to generate modified brain data that characterizes a predicted local effect of a future treatment on the brain of the patient; processing the modified brain data using an autoencoder neural network to generate reconstructed brain data; and determining, using the reconstructed brain data, a predicted global effect of the future treatment on the brain of the patient.
US11152122B2	System and method for evaluating vascular risks A method (and the associated system) for risk evaluation in a vascular region of interest V are provided, making it possible, based on a fluidic study and/or on a treatment algorithm using a learning method, to generate risk models MR predictively indicating the risk level NR for the occurrence of events such as: occurrence and rupture of an aneurysm, coarctation, etc., and the associated anatomical areas. The models MR are intended to serve as an assistance support for the medical decision-making of a physician.
US11152118B2	Electronic medical record interactive interface system Automated diagnosis archetypes based on a complete list of library of medical illnesses are used dynamically to help prioritize health data that is relevant to a physician's medical diagnosis for a patient. A super plurality of diagnoses patient archetypes are narrowed to match a patient profile based on information collected from different sources. Based on dynamic physician's diagnosis, the patient profile is mapped to a subset of plurality of patient archetypes. An automated agent is employed to customize a user interface to emphasize order selections to support eliminating a false positive in the proper subset of the plurality of patient persons, a false negative in the plurality of patient archetypes, or to increase a predicted applicability of a set of patient archetypes to the patient profile. The subset of patient archetypes ranking is updated based on received order results. A confirmed dynamic physician diagnosis is made available.
US11152116B2	Distributed network of in-vitro diagnostic devices A system is disclosed in which a plurality of in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices each include a network communication device for connecting to a publicly accessible data network. For example, IVD devices are provided with a cellular modem for connecting to a public cellular network. These IVD devices connect to the data network upon completion of a diagnostic test, and upload results of the test, as well as other appropriate data, to a remote device which is also on the network. The IVD devices also download appropriate data from remote network elements. The remote network element may be a network element such as a Hospital Information System (HIS) or Laboratory Information System (LIS) database. Alternatively, the remote device may be a remote server or another IVD device. This connectivity enables the system to accumulate diagnostic test data, and to analyze, report, and/or update the IVD devices based on the accumulated data.
US11152114B2	Patient state representation architectures and uses thereof Using a centralized system, it is possible to allow multiple disparate health care providers to gain a complete view of data regarding a patient's health and health care. Data accessible through such a central system can also be made available for researchers after being de-identified. Data in such a central system can not only include data culled from traditional physical and electronic medical records, but can also include data from distributed diagnostic devices, such as fitness trackers and consumer diagnostic equipment. Such a central system could potentially be accessed through applications made available to patients and health care providers and, in implementations where they are present, such applications could also be used for other purposes, such as performing interactive health evaluations and making recommendations of actions to take to maintain or restore a user's health.
US11152113B2	Automatic association of medical elements An infusion system authorizes changes to operating parameters for a patient by any one of a plurality of caregivers that can be identified as being in a predetermined physical space. Individuals are detected within the space based on detecting signals from respective wireless transmitters associated with the plurality of individuals. Performance of an operation being initiated at the infusion system is authorized based on the identification of the individuals. An association between the operation and the one or more individuals detected within the physical space at a time of the operation is automatically recorded, without requiring a logon of the one or more individuals to the system.
US11152108B2	Passing authentication token to authorize access to rest calls via web sockets Various techniques for facilitating communication with and across a clinical environment and a cloud environment are described. For example, a method for authenticating a network device residing in the clinical environment using a token is described. An authentication proxy in the cloud environment can receive a request from a connectivity adapter in the clinical environment and retrieve a security token from an authentication system in the cloud. The connectivity adapter can use the security token to send signed requests to the authentication system.
US11152107B2	System, method and computer program product for dispatching of medical emergencies and wait time control A wait time control method, system, and computer program product, includes extracting wait times for treatment at emergency facilities and routing times to the emergency facilities based on an emergency request and assigning a patient to an emergency facility by calculating a minimal treatment time for the patient comprising a minimum combined time of a wait time at the emergency facility and a routing time to the emergency facility from a location of the emergency request.
US11152100B2	Health application user interfaces The present disclosure generally relates to health-related user interfaces. In some embodiments, user interfaces for managing health-related data are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces for viewing health data are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces related to sharing health data are described.
US11152094B2	Systems and methods for a connected medication dispenser The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices medication adherence systems. A container may be provided with a computing unit and display screen. The display screen may be integrated into an interior surface of the container or each compartment within the container. The display screen may display messages to a user about loading the container, the contents of the container, and/or removing contents from the container. A second display screen may also be provided on a lid of the container.
US11152070B2	Memory device including page buffer and method of operating the memory device The present disclosure relates to a memory device. The memory device includes first memory cell strings, second memory cell strings, a peripheral circuit, and a control logic. The peripheral circuit is connected to first drain select transistors of each of the first memory cell strings through first bit lines, and is connected to second drain select transistors of each of the second memory cell strings through second bit lines. The control logic controls the peripheral circuit to increase a potential of a program inhibit bit line among the first bit lines to a first voltage, and float the program inhibit bit line and increase a potential of the second bit line to a second voltage after the potential of the program inhibit bit line increases to the first voltage.
US11152064B2	Memory device, memory cell and method for programming memory cell A memory device includes a word line, a bit line intersecting the word line, and a memory cell at an intersection of the word line and the bit line. The memory cell includes a first electrode connected to the word line; a second electrode connected to the bit line; and a selective element layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The selective element layer includes one of Ge—Se—Te, Ge—Se—Te—As, and Ge—Se—Te—As—Si, and a composition ratio of arsenic (As) component of each of the Ge—Se—Te—As and the Ge—Se—Te—As—Si being greater than 0.01 and less than 0.17.
US11152061B2	Systems and methods for writing and reading data stored in a polymer A system and method of storing and reading digital data, including providing a nanopore polymer memory (NPM) device having at least one memory cell comprising at least two addition chambers each arranged to add a unique chemical construct (or codes) to a polymer (or DNA) string when the polymer enters the respective addition chamber, the data comprising a series of codes; successively steering the polymer from deblock chambers through the nanopore into the addition chambers to add codes to the polymer to create the digital data pattern on the polymer; and accurately controlling the bit rate of the polymer using a servo controller. The device may have loading chamber(s) to load (or remove) the polymer into/from the deblock chambers through at least one “micro-hole”. The cell may be part of a memory system that stores and retrieves “raw” data and allows for remote retrieval and conversion. The cell may store multi-bit data having a plurality of states for the codes.
US11152059B2	Calibration of open blocks in NAND flash memory Performing a calibration of a NAND flash memory block that is in an open state. An open state of the NAND flash memory block is detected, the NAND flash memory block comprising a plurality of memory pages, each of which comprising a plurality of memory cells. A group of pages of the NAND flash memory block being in an open state having comparable characteristics is identified. A calibration of read voltage values to pages of the group of identified pages is performed.
US11152056B1	Integrated assemblies Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a second deck over a first deck. A true digit-line has a short first region along the first deck and a long second region along the second deck. A complementary digit-line has a long first region along the first deck and a short second region along the second deck. A first set of first memory cells is associated with the true digit-line. The first set includes a first subset along the short first region, a second subset along a portion of the long second region, and a third subset along another portion of the long second region. A routing region of the true digit-line extends between the second and third subsets of the first memory cells. A connection extends from the short first region to the routing region of the true digit-line.
US11152051B1	Real time memory interface variation tracking A method includes receiving a first and a second data from a first and second IO pad on a first and second data lines respectively. A data strobe is received from a third IO pad on a data strobe line. The first data and the second data are strobed based on the data strobe to generate a first and second strobed data. The first data from the first IO is received at the data strobe line and strobed based on the data strobe to form an another first strobed data and compared to the first strobed data to generate a comparison signal indicating whether adjustment to a delay of the first data line is needed. A delay command is generated to increase/decrease the delay of the first and second data line.
US11152048B1	Tunneling metamagnetic resistance memory device and methods of operating the same A magnetoresistive memory device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer stack located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The layer stack may include a ferroelectric material layer and a metamagnetic tunnel junction containing a metamagnetic material layer, an insulating barrier layer, and a metallic material layer. Alternatively, the layer stack may include a multiferroic material layer, the metamagnetic material layer, the insulating barrier layer, and a reference magnetization layer.
US11152036B2	Electronic apparatus and protective cover According to an aspect of the present technology, an electronic apparatus includes: an apparatus main body; a cover main body; and a terminal cover. The apparatus main body includes a connection cable that includes a terminal part on its tip. The cover main body includes an opening part that is capable of storing the terminal part, and the cover main body is affixed to the apparatus main body. The terminal cover includes a fixing part that is fixed to the apparatus main body, and the terminal cover is mounted on the cover main body in a manner that the opening part is openable and closable. When using the electronic apparatus, it is possible to enhance not only impact resistance but also storage property and waterproof property of the connection cable.
US11152018B1	Optimized tape unmount operation A computer-implemented method for indexing a tape for unmounting from a tape drive. The computer-implemented method includes: receiving a request to unmount the tape from the tape drive, wherein the tape includes an index partition and a data partition, determining that an update to the tape is not reflected in any data index written in the data partition, appending a new data index at the end of the last written data file in the data partition, wherein the new data index includes information associated with the update to the tape, unthreading the tape from the tape drive, wherein unthreading the tape from the tape drive is performed at low tension writing a metadata index to an ancillary storage device, wherein the metadata index includes information associated with the update to the tape.
US11152007B2	Method, and device for matching speech with text, and computer-readable storage medium Embodiments of a method and device for matching a speech with a text, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method can include: acquiring a speech identification text by identifying a received speech signal; comparing the speech identification text with multiple candidate texts in a first matching mode to determine a first matching text; and comparing phonetic symbols of the speech identification text with phonetic symbols of the multiple candidate texts in a second matching mode to determine a second matching text, in a case that no first matching text is determined.
US11152006B2	Voice identification enrollment Examples are disclosed that relate to voice identification enrollment. One example provides a method of voice identification enrollment comprising, during a meeting in which two or more human speakers speak at different times, determining whether one or more conditions of a protocol for sampling meeting audio used to establish human speaker voiceprints are satisfied, and in response to determining that the one or more conditions are satisfied, selecting a sample of meeting audio according to the protocol, the sample representing an utterance made by one of the human speakers. The method further comprises establishing, based at least on the sample, a voiceprint of the human speaker.
US11152004B2	Method for achieving remote access to a personal voice assistant A method for achieving remote access to a voice assistant suitable for setting up telephone communications with a communication terminal via a telecommunications network. The method includes: setting up a first communication with a caller terminal; obtaining, via the set-up communication, a datum identifying the voice assistant; transmitting a setup message for setting up a second communication to the identified voice assistant, the message containing at least one parameter suitable for activating a remote operating mode of the voice assistant; and connecting the first and second communications.
US11151997B2	Dialog system, dialog method, dialog apparatus and program It is an object of the present invention to provide a dialog technique that can reduce a user's uncomfortable feeling. A dialog system 100 is a dialog system that conducts a dialog with the user, the dialog system including a presentation part 50 that presents an action to fill a gap between a user utterance and a response utterance of the dialog system, after it is estimated or determined that the user utterance has ended or after a predicted time at which the user utterance ends, and before the dialog system makes a response utterance to the user utterance.
US11151996B2	Vocal recognition using generally available speech-to-text systems and user-defined vocal training Techniques for augmenting the output of generally available speech-to-text systems using local profiles are presented. An example method includes receiving an audio recording of a natural language command. The received audio recording of the natural language command is transmitted to a speech-to-text system, and a text string generated from the audio recording is received from the speech-to-text system. The text string is corrected based on a local profile mapping incorrectly transcribed words from the speech-to-text system to corrected words. A function in a software application is invoked based on the corrected text string.
US11151993B2	Activating voice commands of a smart display device based on a vision-based mechanism An image is received from a light capture device associated with the smart display device. A determination is made as to whether to activate voice recognition of a recording device associated with the smart display device based on a face being in the image. In response to determining to activate the voice recognition of the recording device associated with the smart display device based on the face being in the image, the voice recognition of the recording device associated with the smart display device is activated.
US11151973B2	Method for masking a noise of a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle The present disclosure relates to a method for masking a first noise which is generated by a part of a motor vehicle under a certain triggering condition, wherein, to mask the first noise, at least one second noise is superimposed on the first noise, and wherein the first noise is generated by closing at least one main contactor assigned to a battery of the motor vehicle.
US11151966B2	Display control apparatus, display control method and storage medium for determining whether or not information of an image needs to be reduced based on vehicle information A display control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a display control apparatus that displays an image on a display unit equipped on a vehicle, the display control apparatus including an image display unit that determines whether or not an amount of information of a first image to be displayed on the display unit equipped on the vehicle needs to be reduced based on vehicle information obtained from the vehicle, displays the first image on the display unit when the amount of the information of the first image does not need to be reduced, and displays a second image an amount of information of which is smaller than the amount of the information of the first image in place of the first image on the display unit when the amount of the information of the first image needs to be reduced.
US11151965B2	Methods and apparatus for refreshing multiple displays The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for display processing. Aspects of the present disclosure can determine a refresh offset for at least one group of lines in a first display based on at least one group of lines in a second display. Aspects of the present disclosure can also apply the refresh offset for the at least one group of lines in the first display based on the at least one group of lines in the second display. Further, aspects of the present disclosure can adjust combined instantaneous bandwidth corresponding to each of the at least one group of lines in the first display and each of the at least one group of lines in the second display based on the applied refresh offset. Aspects of the present disclosure can also determine one or more overlapping layer regions based on the first display and the second display.
US11151964B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a pixel array, an optical modulator, a controller, and at least one memory device storing a frame memory. The optical modulator modulates the light emitted from the pixel array to corresponding angles. The controller generates images of a scene with different lighting profiles corresponding to different viewing angles according to information stored in the frame memory. The frame memory stores color information and material information of objects in the scene. The display apparatus displays the images through the first pixel array at the same time.
US11151960B2	Electronic apparatus including display panel configured to turn on and off using an illumination sensor, method and computer-readable recording medium An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a display; an illumination sensor; and a processor. The processor is configured to carry out a predetermined operation based on the illumination value being greater than or equal to a threshold, falling below the threshold for a predetermined time and thereafter being greater than or equal to the threshold. The processor is further configured to turn on the display based on the illumination value being greater than or equal to the threshold, falling below the threshold for the predetermined time and thereafter being greater than or equal to the threshold; or the illumination value being less than or equal to a second threshold, rising above the second threshold for the predetermined time, and thereafter being less than or equal to the second threshold, the second threshold being less than the threshold.
US11151953B2	Liquid crystal display device and electronic device including the same A driver circuit includes first to third transistors, a first circuit, and a second circuit. In the first transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to a second wiring, a second terminal is electrically connected to a first wiring, and a gate is electrically connected to the second circuit and a first terminal of the third transistor. In the second transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to the first wiring, a second terminal is electrically connected to a sixth wiring, a gate is electrically connected to the first circuit and a gate of the third transistor. A second terminal of the third transistor is electrically connected to the sixth wiring. The first circuit is electrically connected to a third wiring, a fourth wiring, a fifth wiring, and the sixth wiring. The second circuit is electrically connected to the first wiring, the second wiring, and the sixth wiring.
US11151946B2	Shift register unit and driving method, gate driving circuit, and display device A shift register unit and a driving method, a gate driving circuit, and a display device are provided. The shift register unit includes an input terminal, a first shift register sub-unit, and a second shift register sub-unit. The first shift register sub-unit includes a first output terminal, is connected to the input terminal to receive an input signal, and is configured to output a first output signal at the first output terminal according to the input signal; the second shift register sub-unit includes a second output terminal, is connected to the input terminal to receive the input signal, and is configured to output a second output signal at the second output terminal according to the input signal; and a pulse portion of the first output signal at least partially overlaps with a pulse portion of the second output signal in time.
US11151943B1	Gate driver on array circuit A gate driver on array (GOA) circuit is provided. The GOA circuit is designed to form a GOA sharing unit by arranging adjacent two stage GOA units in a conventional GOA circuit. Anew GOA circuit enables single-stage GOA circuit to be shared every two stages of GOA output signals. The new GOA circuit can reduce a number of thin film transistors in the GOA circuit and reduce a wiring design, which helps to reduce a design space of the GOA circuit, realizes a narrow bezel design, simplifies the GOA circuit, and can reduce power consumption of the GOA circuit.
US11151940B2	Stage and scan driver including the same A stage connected to scan lines and supplying a scan signal and a sensing signal to the scan lines includes an input unit and an output buffer. The input unit controls a voltage of a first node and a second node in response to a first control signal and a previous carry signal, where an eleventh node and a twelfth node are electrically connected to the first node and the second node, respectively, in response to a second control signal. The output buffer outputs a carry signal and the scan signal in response to a scan clock signal according to a voltage of the eleventh node and the twelfth node and outputs the sensing signal in response to a sensing clock signal.
US11151938B2	Display device and electronic equipment A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a pixel array unit and a driving unit which drives the pixel array unit. The pixel array unit includes rows of first scanning lines and second scanning lines, columns of signals, pixels in a matrix state arranged at portions where the scanning lines and the signal lines cross each other and power supply lines and ground lines supplying power to respective pixels. The driving unit includes a first scanner performing line-sequential scanning to pixels by each row by supplying a first control signal to each first scanning line sequentially, a second scanner supplying a second control signal to each second scanning line sequentially so as to correspond to the line-sequential scanning and a signal selector supplying a video signal to rows of signal lines so as to correspond to the line-sequential scanning.
US11151933B2	Display device Provided is a display device including a display panel and an input sensing layer. The input sensing layer includes an input sensor and a plurality of input sensing lines. The display panel includes a base layer, a circuit layer including a plurality of clock signal lines, a first electrode disposed between the clock signal lines and first input sensing lines and having a plurality of second holes defined therein, and a second electrode overlapping at least one of the clock signal lines in a plan view, thereby achieving uniform input sensitivity.
US11151929B2	Control method and control circuit for display device Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a control method and a control circuit for a display device. The control method for a display device includes reading basic configuration parameters from a memory in a first time period by a register control module; receiving display data from a system-level chip by a data receiving module; performing an image basic processing on the received display data by a basic processing module; sending the data subjected to image basic processing to a drive circuit of the display device by a data sending module; reading image optimization configuration parameters from the memory in a second time period by the register control module; performing an image optimization processing on received display data of a subsequent boot animation by an optimization processing module; and sending the data subjected to image optimization processing to the drive circuit of the display device by the data sending module.
US11151924B2	Display device displaying an image by decoding a compressed image bitstream, and method of operating the display device A display driver includes a still image detector configured to receive a compressed image bitstream at an input frame frequency from a host processor, and to detect a still image by comparing the compressed image bitstream of a current frame and the compressed image bitstream of a previous frame, a driving frequency changer configured to output the compressed image bitstream at a first output frame frequency equal to the input frame frequency when the still image is not detected, and to output the compressed image bitstream at a second output frame frequency lower than the input frame frequency when the still image is detected, and a decoder configured to generate original image data at the first output frame frequency and the second output frame frequency.
US11151922B2	Monolithic micro LED display A micro display, which includes LEDs and TFTs of a TFT electronic control circuit for controlling the LEDs, is produced monolithically on a silicon, silicon carbide, or sapphire wafer. The display includes red, green, and blue micro LEDs, and electronic control circuits include TFTs with Indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) channels or Indium phosphide (InP) channels. The TFTs are formed above the LEDs and laterally removed from the LEDs and paths of light emissions from the plurality of LEDs to prevent light blocking by the TFTs.
US11151911B2	Virtual imaging method and display for real world scenes A display of real world scenes comprising one or more optical mirror film surfaces having one or more selected deformations on said surfaces including a plurality of flat mirror facets, a plurality of folded mirror ridges, and a plurality of mirror vertices capable of capturing and transforming said scenes into other-worldly virtual images for recorded play back video image of said virtual images and other applications; including a method of imposing one or more selected ordered and disordered deformations on said mirror film surface irreversibly as a means of forming surfaces useful for the function of said virtual imaging display.
US11151910B2	Flexible display panel for display device and display device A flexible display panel for a display device and a display device are provided. The flexible display panel includes: a first display portion and a second display portion connected with the first display portion. A color temperature of a first white image displayed by the first display portion in a flat state is different from a color temperature of a second white image displayed by the second display portion in the flat state.
US11151909B1	Large rollable display device and method for manufacturing same A large rollable display device includes flexible display modules arranged spaced apart from each other at first intervals on a rear surface of a transparent cover. Each of the flexible display modules includes primary sub-flexible display modules arranged spaced apart from each other at second intervals on a rear surface of a primary flexible film, and each of the primary sub-flexible display modules includes secondary sub-flexible display modules that are arranged spaced apart from each other at third intervals on a rear surface of a secondary flexible film.
US11151908B2	Display holder system A system for forming display holders, such as name badges, identification badges, name plates, signs and the like, from modular, interchangeable components. In one embodiment a display holder is provided comprising a display subassembly having a cover and a backer plate releasably connectable to the cover, the plate having a first connector located on a rear surface of the plate. The display holder also includes a second connector releasably connectable to the first connector for positioning the display subassembly relative to a support surface.
US11151898B1	Techniques for enhancing workflows relating to equipment maintenance The present application describes a technique for enhancing an electronic version of a maintenance manual or procedure with an interactive workflow, and presenting the enhanced electronic document using mobile computing devices that can be operated easily hands-free. The workflow primarily consists of a set of interactive checklist items that a maintenance specialist can mark complete via a spoken command. The enhanced electronic documents are additionally associated with supplemental multimedia content, presented contextually based on the currently selected and active checklist item. Furthermore, the document viewing application provides for integrated reporting functionality, enabling a maintenance specialist to capture relevant information during the maintenance procedure, for subsequent use in generating and submitting a report either electronically or via hard copy. The mobile computing devices on which the electronic documents are presented additionally provide on-site maintenance specialists with the ability to establish telepresence sessions and otherwise communicate with remote maintenance specialists.
US11151895B2	Population-sample regression in the estimation of population proportions Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention advantageously account for item discrimination in a single-parameter logistic model used for measuring a test-taker's ability and an item's difficulty. Accounting for item discrimination improves the reliability of a test without increasing the number of test items. To account for item discrimination in a single-parameter logistic model, this invention uses the correlation between item response (correct or incorrect) and total test score or other measure of test-taker ability to obtain a Bayesian estimate of the correct-response probability (between zero and one). This correlation is a measure of item discrimination. The numerator in the formula for this correlation contains the difference between the average test score of test-takers who got the item right and the average test score of test-takers who got the item wrong.
US11151894B1	Systems and methods for scoring argument critique written essays Methods and systems for scoring an argument critique written essay, including identifying a discourse segment of the argument critique written essay, determining a position of each sentence in the discourse segment, classifying sentences into discourse units, evaluating an argumentative content of each sentence, and assigning an argumentative score to the essay based on the argumentative content of each sentence in the discourse segment of that essay. Methods and systems for training the scoring method are also disclosed. Corresponding apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11151887B2	System and method for dynamically editing online interactive elements architecture Disclosed herein are systems and methods for for dynamically editing online interactive elements to facilitate logical and stepwise execution of a process with an architecture comprising a first centralized data structure comprising a process map, the process map comprising a plurality of nodes, each node representing at least one step of the process, wherein the nodes are arranged in the process map hierarchically and so as to represent relationships between the steps of the process; a library of online interactive elements, each online interactive element comprising dynamically editable content, feedback, and scaffolding; a second centralized data structure comprising a prerequisite map associating each node of the process map with one or more of the online interactive elements; a user interaction record; and an editing engine comprising a selection module, a content editing module, a feedback editing module, and a scaffold editing module.
US11151885B2	Drone management data structure One embodiment provides a method comprising maintaining a multi-dimensional data structure partitioned into cells utilizing a tree data structure (“tree”) comprising intervals for each dimension of a multi-dimensional space. To partition an interval for a node of the tree into multiple subintervals, multiple leaf nodes (“leaves”) are generated, each leaf descending from the node. To merge multiple intervals for multiple nodes of the tree, a parent node (“parent”) and multiple leaves descending from the parent are generated, the parent and the leaves are time constrained, and the leaves are scheduled for a merger. When transient data in cells included in a list that corresponds to a leaf scheduled for merger expires, each cell in the list is converted into a cell for inclusion in a different list corresponding to a parent of the leaf, each leaf of the parent removed, and the parent turned into a leaf.
US11151884B2	Vessel systems and methods relating thereto Systems and methods for tracking vessel activities are described. An exemplar method of tracking vessel activities includes:(i) receiving data, using one or more devices, including vessel positioning data and/or time associated with one or more vessels traversing one or more paths on a body of water; (ii) deducing, using the data received from step (i), vessel attributes of one or more the vessels at certain positions and/or time along one or more of the paths; (iii) identifying, based on the vessel attributes of step (ii), one or more types of vessel activities of one or more of the vessels at the certain positions along one or more of the paths; (iv) parsing an electronic map of the body of water and land surrounding the body of water into discrete geographic zones; (v) grouping one or more types of vessel activities being carried out in each of the discrete geographic zones to arrive at one or more types of grouped vessel activities; (vi) causing to display or displaying one or more types of the grouped vessel activities that are being carried out in at least some of the discrete geographic zones.
US11151876B2	Apparatus and method of safety support for vehicle A vehicle safety support apparatus includes: a driver monitoring sensor configured to monitor a driver; an external environment monitoring sensor configured to monitor an external environment of a vehicle; a driver input filtering unit configured to filter a vehicle control input from the driver; and at least one processor connected to the driver monitoring sensor, the external environment monitoring sensor, and the driver input filtering unit, the at least one processor configured to: determine criterion based on data acquired from the driver monitoring sensor and the external environment monitoring sensor; determine whether to take over a driving control of the vehicle in response to the data acquired from the driver monitoring sensor and the external environment monitoring sensor meeting the criterion; and perform autonomous driving to move the vehicle to a safe area in response to determining to take over the driving control from the driver.
US11151869B2	Managing roadway intersections for vehicles The disclosure includes embodiments for managing roadway intersections for vehicles. A method includes receiving, at a connected roadway device, request messages from a first vehicle and an other vehicle to reserve an intersection. The method further includes checking time-token balances associated with the first vehicle and the other vehicle. The method further includes responsive to the time-token balances being positive for both of the time-token balances, reserving the intersection for the first vehicle based on the request messages. The method further includes transmitting reservation data to the first vehicle and the other vehicle. The method further includes transmitting a traffic light control message to a traffic light, wherein the traffic light control message instructs the traffic light to display a green light while the first vehicle moves through the intersection.
US11151865B2	In-vehicle system for estimating a scene inside a vehicle cabin An in-vehicle system and method are disclosed for monitoring or estimating a scene inside a cabin of the vehicle. The in-vehicle system includes a plurality of sensors that measure, capture, and/or receive data relating to attributes the interior of the cabin. The in-vehicle system includes a scene estimator that determines and/or estimates one or more attributes of the interior of the cabin based on individual sensor signals received from the sensors. The scene estimator determines additional attributes based on combinations of one or more of the attributes determined based on the sensor signals individually. The attributes determined by the scene estimator collectively comprise an estimation of the scene inside the cabin of the vehicle.
US11151855B1	Video analytics platform for real-time monitoring and assessment of airplane safety processes A video analytics system for real-time monitoring and assessment of airplane ramp safety processes comprises rules relating to documented airplane ramp safety processes, portable video capture devices located at different predetermined positions with respect to an airplane at an airport ramp which capture video and data related to movements and positioning of objects and services being provided relative to the aircraft at the airport ramp and transmit captured video footage and data via a wireless network to a server which performs video analytics on the captured video and data to generate video analytics data, compare the video analytics data to the rules relating to the documented airplane safety processes, to determine any safety conditions, store the results of the comparison and output a real-time notification if a safety condition is determined.
US11151854B2	System and methods for detecting, confirming, classifying, and monitoring a fire One variation of a method for detecting a fire includes: during a first time period: detecting an increase in ambient light intensity and detecting an increase in ambient humidity; responsive to the increase in ambient light intensity and the increase in ambient humidity, detecting a fire event; during a second time period: correlating a decrease in ambient light intensity with an increase in visual obscuration; detecting an increase in ambient air temperature; in response to a magnitude of the increase in visual obscuration remaining below a high obscuration threshold and a magnitude of the increase in ambient temperature remaining below a high temperature threshold, classifying the fire as an incipient fire; and, in response to the magnitude of the increase in visual obscuration exceeding the high obscuration threshold and the magnitude of the increase in ambient temperature exceeding the high temperature threshold, classifying the fire as a developed fire.
US11151853B2	High sensitivity fiber optic based detection A detection system for measuring one or more condition within a predetermined area includes a fiber harness having at least one fiber optic cable for transmitting light. The at least one fiber optic cable defines a node arranged to measure the one or more conditions. A light source is coupled to the at least one fiber optic cable for emitting a modulated light to the node. The modulated light is transmitted into the predetermined area. A light sensitive device is coupled to the at least one fiber optic cable for receiving scattered light associated with the node. A control unit is operably coupled to the light source and to the light sensitive device to determine at least one of a presence and magnitude of the one or more conditions within the predetermined area.
US11151845B1	Computer-based system for provisioning new accounts using location-based authentication A method comprises receiving, by a computing device from a customer device, a request to provision a financial account for the customer, associating, by the computing device, a mobile device with the requested financial account, and sending, by the computing device to the mobile device, authentication information for the requested financial account. The method further includes receiving the authentication information by the computing device from a financial terminal that received the authentication information from the mobile device, receiving, by the computing device, first location information of the mobile device, and provisioning, by the computing device and based on the first location information of the mobile device being within a predetermined distance of a location of the financial terminal, the requested financial account for the customer.
US11151842B2	Electronic gaming device with switchable gaming states Innovations in user interface (“UI”) features of an electronic gaming device, and in features of backend processing to implement the UI features, are presented. For example, control logic selects symbols to be displayed for dynamic symbols for reel strips used in the electronic gaming device. The symbols selected to be displayed for dynamic symbols differ between game types. An electronic gaming machine can be associated with different gameplay divisions, such as different wager levels. Different gameplay divisions can be associated with different states, such as being in a base game mode or a special event mode, or having different numbers of spins remaining in a special event mode. A user can switch between gameplay divisions, where a state is resumed when a user switches to a different gameplay division.
US11151830B2	Banknote temporary storage mechanism and banknote processing device Provided are a banknote temporary storage mechanism (400) and a banknote processing device. The banknote temporary storage mechanism (400) is configured to enable the banknote to smoothly fall without getting jammed. The banknote temporary storage mechanism (400) includes a frame (8), a first door (1) pivotally connected to the frame (8), and a banknote pushing mechanism (4). The first door (1) has an open position and a closed position. The banknote pushing mechanism (4) includes a banknote pushing member (44). The banknote pushing member (44) is movably connected to the first door (1), and protrudes from a banknote support surface of the first door (1). The banknote pushing member (44) is configured to, as the first door (1) rotates towards the open position from the closed position, to move relative to the first door (1) along a direction in which a banknote is disengaged from the first door (1), to push the banknote to be disengaged from the first door (1).
US11151828B2	Frictionless building access control system with tailgate detection A building access system for a building including a front facing camera system configured to capture one or more images of a face of a user, wherein one or more front facing camera processing circuits configured to detect and authenticate the user based on the one or more images captured by the front facing camera system and operate building equipment. The system further including a down facing camera system configured to capture one or more overhead images of the user from an overhead perspective, wherein one or more down facing camera processing circuits configured to detect whether a second user is tailgating the user based on the one or more overhead images captured by the down facing camera system and generate an alarm in response to a detection that the second user is tailgating the user.
US11151821B2	Fuel dispenser door lock and alarm control In general, a smart door alarm and locking mechanism and methods for use thereof are provided for maintaining security while providing ease of access to a fuel dispenser. In an exemplary embodiment, the methods and devices are used in fuel dispensing devices for providing fuel to a vehicle. However, the methods and devices can be utilized in any device having a payment system where security and access are both required. In some embodiments, the described methods and systems include a door alarm and door lock kit that allow unlocking one or more doors in a housing of a fuel dispenser and simultaneously disabling or de-activating respective door alarm sensor(s). In a similar manner, the door can be locked and the door alarm sensor activated or re-activated substantially simultaneously.
US11151819B2	Access control method, access control apparatus, system, and storage medium An access control method, an access control apparatus, a system, and a storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a scene image, and recognizing one or more face images in the scene image; determining an attribute of the face image, the attribute including a registered user and an unregistered user; and if multiple face images are recognized, determining whether attributes corresponding to the multiple face images include the registered user, and responsive to determining that the attributes corresponding to the multiple face images comprise the registered user, controlling an access control device to be opened; responsive to determining that the attributes corresponding to the multiple face images does not comprise the registered user, in condition that an access control verification request instruction is received and verification for the access control verification request instruction succeeds, controlling the access control device to be opened.
US11151799B2	System and method for monitoring field based augmented reality using digital twin Provided is a method for monitoring a field based on augmented reality using a digital twin performed in a processor of a computing device of a manager located remotely from a physical space of a field, including: outputting a field twin model of a three-dimensional virtual space matched to the physical space of the field; acquiring location information of a field user for the physical space based on positioning sensor data received from a field sensor system arranged in the field; and displaying a first virtual content representing a location of the field user on the field twin model by matching location information of the field user for the physical space to the three-dimensional virtual space.
US11151787B2	Generation device, generation method and storage medium for three-dimensional model from object images and structure images A generation device of a three-dimensional model including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first mask image indicating a structure area, which is an object still within each image captured from a plurality of viewpoints, and a second mask image indicating a foreground area, which is a moving object within each image captured from the plurality of viewpoints; a combination unit configured to generate a third mask image that integrates the structure area and the foreground area within the image captured from the plurality of viewpoints by combining the first mask image and the second mask image both acquired; and a generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional model including the structure and the foreground by a visual volume intersection method using the third mask image.
US11151786B2	Grading garment that includes supplemental material A grading method and apparatus for garments including supplemental materials is provided. The grading method and apparatus calculates three-dimensional (3D) strain information between a 3D source avatar and a 3D target avatar, calculates two-dimensional (2D) strain information of a 2D pattern corresponding to source garments draped over the 3D source avatar based on the 3D strain information, determines grading information for grading the 2D pattern to correspond to the 3D target avatar based on the 2D strain information, identifies at least one supplemental material included in the source garments, extracts at least one polygon matching the at least one supplemental material among a plurality of polygons modeling the 2D pattern, and performs grading on the at least one supplemental material based on grading information of the at least one polygon.
US11151785B2	Finite element modeling of anatomical structure A finite element (FE) model of an anatomical structure is generated based on a fitted model of the anatomical structure and association data. A segmentation model is provided for segmenting the anatomical structure. Association data is obtained which associates a segmentation model part of the segmentation model with a mesh property. The segmentation model part represents a pre-determined anatomical region of interest. The segmentation model is applied to a medical image of a subject, thereby obtaining the fitted model for segmenting the anatomical structure. The finite element model is generated based on the fitted model and the association data, by meshing a finite element model part of the finite element model corresponding with the pre-determined anatomical region of interest in accordance with the mesh property. Advantageously, this results in an efficient generation of the FE model needing fewer manual iterations and/or alterations in the model or in the mesh.
US11151783B2	Image pickup device, information processing device, and image pickup system An imaging device, including: a main body; a detector including: an imager that images an object; and a distance measurer that detects a distance from each point on a surface of the object; an information calculator that is provided in the main body and uses a detection result of the detector to calculate at least one of shape information or texture information on the object; and a communicator that transmits a calculation result of the information calculator.
US11151778B2	Optimized browser object rendering Optimizing the rendering of objects in a Web browser view is described. A Web browser system includes: a processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium associated with a computer device; program instructions of an object model configured to organize objects in layers including a lower layer and one or more higher layers; program instructions of a rendering engine for loading two or more objects from a server into the layers of the object model and for rendering selected objects in a Web browser view; program instructions of an object selection engine configured to select two or more loaded objects in the object model for display in the client browser view; and program instructions of an object deselection engine configured to deselect one or more selected objects in a lower layer that are occluded by one or more objects in a higher layer or above.
US11151777B2	Non-maximum suppression operation device and system A non-maximum suppression operation device and system; the non-maximum suppression operation device includes: a data access module to import external data or export a non-maximum suppression computation result of the external data; a control module to send a control signal for performing a computation on the external data; and an operation module to perform an intersection-over-union computation on the external data on the basis of the control signal to obtain an intersection-over-union computation result, and to compare the intersection-over-union computation result with a preset threshold value to obtain the non-maximum suppression computation result.
US11151776B2	Prediction and throttling adjustments based on application rendering performance Described herein are techniques for adjusting a prediction level and a throttle level, as frames are being rendered on a head-mounted display (HMD), based on an application's rendering performance. The prediction level is increased if a number of late frames, out of a past N rendered frames of (N being any suitable number), meets or exceeds a threshold number of late frames, which causes a compositor of the HMD to predict pose data of the HMD farther out into the future. The throttle level can be increased independently from, or in synchronization with, the increase in the prediction level to causes the compositor to throttle the frame rate of the application (e.g., to a fraction of the refresh rate of the HMD). The prediction level (and the throttle level, if at the same level) can be decreased if a particular number of consecutively-rendered frames finish rendering early.
US11151774B1	Adaptive immersive media rendering pipeline Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing an immersive environment accessible by a plurality of user devices associated with a plurality of users, assigning rendering resources for rendering the immersive environment, detecting a user interaction by a user with a virtual object in the immersive environment, rendering the virtual object in full detail, and rendering other objects in the immersive environment in less than full detail to reduce requirement for rendering resources for the immersive environment. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11151771B1	Image data processing method and apparatus A medical image processing apparatus comprises a buffer; and processing circuitry configured to: obtain a volumetric image data set; determine, from the volumetric image data set, a plurality of intervals along a path through the volumetric image data set, each interval having a respective depth from a reference position of the path; for each of the plurality of intervals, determine respective parameter values of a respective continuous function representative of a transparency of the interval; store the parameter values for the continuous functions to the buffer; and generate a rendered image using the stored parameter values for the continuous functions.
US11151762B2	Systems and methods for shared visualization and display of drilling information A method of visualizing drilling information in a shared visualization environment include receiving a request to initiate a shared visualization session, assigning the requesting client device as the master of the initiated session, and transmitting visualization data to the client device for rendering and display. Additional client devices may join the visualization session and may display the visualization data based on attributes controlled by the master client device. Data displayed in a visualization session may include two- and three-dimensional data representing a composite wellbore derived from actual and planned wellbore data. Generation of the two- and three-dimensional data may include projecting data corresponding to the composite wellbore onto flat and curved planes and may further include supplementing the composite wellbore data with seismic and other drilling-related data.
US11151758B2	Systems and methods for image quality enhancement for multi-head camera A system is provided that includes a gantry, detector units, and at least one processor. The gantry defines a bore. The plural detector units are mounted to the gantry and configured to rotate as a group with the gantry in rotational steps. Each detector unit is configured to acquire imaging information while sweeping about a corresponding axis. The at least one processor is configured to determine a region of interest (ROI) of an object; identify a set of detector units; for the identified set of detector units, determine a sweeping configuration that results in a predetermined percentage of projection pixels receiving information from the ROI; determine a rotational movement configuration for the gantry using the determined sweeping configuration; and control the gantry and the set of detector units to utilize the determined rotational movement and sweeping configurations during acquisition of imaging information.
US11151757B2	Augmented reality system with color-based fiducial marker utilizing local adaptive technology Techniques to improve operation of an augmented reality device and/or system utilizing fiducial markers and/or color space conversions are provided. In various embodiments, a color space of an object is altered based on a movement of the object in relation to an environment. The environment may include two or more segments with a distinct environment color space in relation to one another. The object may transition from one of the two or more environment segments into the other one of the two or more segments. The alteration is based on the transition from the color space of the one of the two or more environment segments into the other one of the two or more environment segments.
US11151756B2	Synthesizing cloud stickers Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media to modify image content. One aspect includes identifying, by one or more electronic hardware processors, an image and content within the image, determining, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, a sky region of the image, determining, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, whether the content within the image is located within the sky region of the image, and in response to the content being within the sky region of the image, modifying, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, the content based on fractal Brownian motion.
US11151753B2	Generic framework for blurring of colors for teeth in generated images using height map A method includes determining depth values associated with a first set of pixel locations in a first image of a mouth. A first function is generated for a color channel based on intensities of the color channel at the first set of pixel locations and depth values associated with the first set of pixel locations. Image data comprising a new representation of the teeth is received, wherein the image data comprises a second set of pixel locations and new depth values associated with the second set of pixel locations. A new image is generated based on the image data and the first function, wherein a shape of the teeth is based on the image data and a color of the teeth is based on applying the first function to the second set of pixel locations for the teeth and the new depth values.
US11151752B1	System for visualization of a building material A system for rendering a building material comprising a database including an adjustable parameter relating to a characteristic of a contemplated building material, wherein the system is adapted to provide a rendered image of the contemplated building material, wherein the system is adapted to be used in conjunction with manufacturing of the building material, and wherein the rendered image has a ΔE, as measured according to a Color Test with respect to the building material, of less than 10, less than 8, less than 6, less than 5, less than 4, less than 3, less than 2, or even less than 1.
US11151745B2	Image acquisition apparatus and method therefor The present embodiment relates to image acquisition and, in particular, to an image acquisition apparatus for acquiring images by a camera installed in a vehicle, and a method therefor. The image acquisition apparatus according to the present embodiment comprises: a projector for illuminating a reference pattern to the ground; a first camera unit for capturing an image of the reference pattern illuminated by the projector; a second camera unit for capturing an image; and a control unit for analyzing a pattern captured by the first camera unit and processing the image captured by the second camera unit.
US11151744B1	Automated data capture Methods for annotating objects within image frames are disclosed. Information is obtained that represents a camera pose relative to a scene. The camera pose includes a position and a location of the camera relative to the scene. Data is obtained that represents multiple images, including a first image and a plurality of other images, being captured from different angles by the camera relative to the scene. A 3D pose of the object of interest is identified with respect to the camera pose in at least the first image. A 3D bounding region for the object of interest in the first image is defined, which indicates a volume that includes the object of interest. A location and orientation of the object of interest is determined in the other images based on the defined 3D bounding region of the object of interest and the camera pose in the other images.
US11151733B2	Detection device, information processing device, detection method, storage medium, and detection system A detection device includes: a detector that detects an object from one viewpoint; an reliability calculator that calculates reliability information on the object from the one viewpoint; an information calculator that uses detection results of the detector to calculate model information including at least one of shape information and texture information, on the object, from the one viewpoint; and an information processor that uses first object information including the model information or source data used for generation of the model information, and the reliability information, so as to generate second object information having a reduced data amount of the model information or the source data.
US11151729B2	Mobile entity position estimation device and position estimation method Improvement in the accuracy of estimating the position of a mobile entity even while traveling or if there is an error in the calibration performed utilizing: a mobile entity; an imaging device provided in the mobile entity; and an information processing device for determining a first movement amount by which a detection point that is the same object has moved on the basis of a first image and a second image acquired by the imaging device and a second movement amount by which the mobile entity has moved while the first image and the second image were acquired, determining the accuracy of recognizing the detection point acquired by the imaging device on the basis of the first movement amount and the second movement amount, and estimating the position of the mobile entity on the basis of the accuracy of recognition and position information that pertains to the detection point.
US11151726B2	Medical image processing apparatus, X-ray diagnostic apparatus, and medical image processing method A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured: to acquire a plurality of time series medical images; to determine a feature point in each of the plurality of medical images to calculate moving amounts of the determined feature point between the plurality of medical images; to set a weight coefficient with respect to each of the plurality of medical images, on the basis of the calculated moving amounts; and to perform an image processing process by using the plurality of medical images, on the basis of the weight coefficients.
US11151718B2	Image processing method, image processing device, and storage medium An image processing method, which is executed by a processor, comprises acquiring a choroidal vascular image, identifying, in the choroidal vascular image, a plurality of blood vessel center points of a choroidal blood vessel along a flow direction of the choroidal blood vessel, and computing a blood vessel diameter for each of the plurality of identified blood vessel center points.
US11151709B2	Inspection device and inspection method According to one embodiment, an inspection device includes a stage on which a substrate having a protrusion portion on a surface thereof is mountable. A ring member presses an outer periphery of the substrate on the stage. A liquid supply unit supplies a liquid on the surface of the substrate from the surface thereof to a first height. An imaging unit captures an image of a surface of the liquid and the protrusion portion from above the surface of the substrate. An arithmetic operation unit determines a size of an exposed portion of the protrusion portion which is exposed from the surface of the liquid by using the image obtained from the imaging unit, and determines a height of the protrusion portion on the basis of the size of the exposed portion.
US11151707B2	System and method for difference filter and aperture selection using shallow deep learning A system for defect review and classification is disclosed. The system may include a controller, wherein the controller may be configured to receive one or more training images of a specimen. The one or more training images including a plurality of training defects. The controller may be further configured to apply a plurality of difference filters to the one or more training images, and receive a signal indicative of a classification of a difference filter effectiveness metric for at least a portion of the plurality of difference filters. The controller may be further configured to generate a deep learning network classifier based on the received classification and the attributes of the plurality of training defects. The controller may be further configured to extract convolution layer filters of the deep learning network classifier, and generate one or more difference filter recipes based on the extracted convolution layer filters.
US11151699B2	Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality systems and methods A virtual, augmented, or mixed reality display system includes a display configured to display virtual, augmented, or mixed reality image data, the display including one or more optical components which introduce optical distortions or aberrations to the image data. The system also includes a display controller configured to provide the image data to the display. The display controller includes memory for storing optical distortion correction information, and one or more processing elements to at least partially correct the image data for the optical distortions or aberrations using the optical distortion correction information.
US11151698B2	Image processing apparatus and method for suppressing overlap blur and individual blur from projection images using an inverted filter The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method that allow suppression of a reduction in the subjective image quality. An inverse filter of a filter configured to transform an input image to be projected by a plurality of projection sections into a projection image projected by the plurality of projection sections is generated on the basis of an individual-blur amount and a superimposition-blur amount. The individual-blur amount indicates a magnitude of optical blur generated in an individual projection image projected by each of the plurality of projection sections. The superimposition-blur amount indicates a magnitude of optical blur generated from superimposition of a plurality of the projection images. The input image is transformed using the generated inverse filter to generate a phase image. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an image projection apparatus, a control apparatus, an information processing apparatus, a projection imaging system, an image processing method, a program, or the like.
US11151697B2	Ultrasonic diagnosis device and program A basic image generation unit generates a base frame by synthesizing a reception frame sequence obtained by transmission/reception of ultrasonic waves, and an edge-enhanced image generation unit generates a compensation frame where an edge component of an object is emphasized based on the reception frame sequence. A synthesis unit generates an output frame by synthesizing the base frame and the compensation frame.
US11151691B2	Image scaling with enhanced compression Systems and methods are provided for image scaling with enhanced compression. One embodiment is a processor that receives an instruction to scale an input image to create an output image that is higher in resolution, and analyzes rows of the input image in sections according to a run length of a predetermined number of consecutive pels. For each run length of consecutive pels, the processor determines a cluster of adjacent pels within the run length having a color intensity value within a threshold range, and determines a replacement intensity value for the cluster based on at least one color intensity value of a pel in the cluster. The processor creates the output image by: upscaling the cluster by the scale factor to multiply a number of pels in the cluster, and changing an intensity value of all pels in the cluster to the replacement intensity value.
US11151683B2	Use of inner coverage information by a conservative rasterization pipeline to enable EarlyZ for conservative rasterization Embodiments described herein are generally directed to conservative rasterization pipeline configurations that allow EarlyZ to be enabled for conservative rasterization. An embodiment of a method includes receiving, by a conservative rasterizer, a primitive; creating, by the conservative rasterizer, a pixel location stream based on the primitive and inner coverage data for each pixel within the pixel location stream indicative of whether the corresponding pixel is fully covered or partially covered by the primitive; for each block of pixels of the pixel location stream, launching, by the conservative rasterizer, a thread of a pixel shader, including causing EarlyZ to be performed or not for fully covered pixels and partially covered pixels, respectively; and generating, by the pixel shader, a stream of pixel updates by conditionally processing the pixel location stream to incorporate pixel shading characteristics, including for partially covered pixels computing a depth value and causing LateZ to be performed.
US11151674B2	Crowd-sourced automated review of forensic files Provided herein is a system and method for review of forensic report computer files. The method can involve notifying a plurality of service providers of a job to be performed, accepting a bid from a service provider to perform the job, providing the computer file to the service provider, receiving from the service provider a forensic result such as a reviewed file.
US11151658B1	Dynamic location tracking assignment and management of insurance claims The present invention relates to methods and systems that automate the assignment of insurance claims to the best available resource utilizing the loss, location, and other criteria. Disclosed embodiments incorporate real-time dynamically updated geographic data into the claims assignment process. In accordance with the geographic data and other data related to particular claims, the resources, which include adjusters, can be assigned to claims in close proximity to their real-time location, and the dynamic nature of the geographic data means that claims are assigned to adjusters as received. An adjuster already in proximity to a location of incoming new claims can have claims added and removed based on real-time geographic data and as claims are filed. Some disclosed embodiments effect the assignment of automobile insurance repair claims to the best available resource, where the resource is a person or entity which operates to resolve automobile repairs.
US11151650B2	Hybrid trading system for concurrently trading securities or derivatives through both electronic and open-outcry trading mechanisms A system and method of allocating orders in an exchange configured for trading by a combination of electronic and open-outcry trading mechanisms is provided. One method includes permitting multiple quotes to be disseminated to the market, but limiting market making to only those entities having a physical presence on the floor of the exchange. Methods of enhancing the hybrid electronic and open-outcry exchange also include automatically eliminating crossed quotes and locked quotes while permitting certain orders to trade against locked quotes.
US11151644B2	Lease-based management for atomic commit protocols A transaction manager can obtain a first lease that dedicates a set of virtual resources to the transaction manager for a first time interval. The transaction manager can send a commit request to one or more resource managers regarding a first transaction. The transaction manager can store respective responses from each respective resource manager. The transaction manager can determine if each response is affirmative, and, if each response is affirmative, the transaction manager can complete the first transaction.
US11151642B2	Method and system of electronic bartering A system and method for electronic bartering where users capture an image of a tradeable item, search for other tradeable items, and make a bartering offer to another user whereby the bartering transaction is recorded. The barter transactions are analyzed for consumer habits and trends information where users may be presented information calculated from the analyzed barter transactions to determine the barter value and market value of their tradeable items and how to make best estimates when to barter their tradeable items and how to improve their bartering efficiency.
US11151641B2	Virtual display device for an interactive merchant sales environment There is provided systems and method for a virtual display device for an interactive merchant sales environment. A device, such as a communication device, may allow a user to view virtual images of items in a user environment so that a user may view what their potential purchase may look like when placed into the user environment. The user environment may include a residential room, an office, a car interior, or other location where a user may place purchased items. The user may submit a request to view an item in the user environment to the device, which may communicate the request to a merchant or a service provider. The virtual image may correspond to digital image(s) of an item used to present a three dimensional virtual image of the item in the user environment. The device may receive the virtual image(s) and display them to the user.
US11151628B2	Proximity-based vehicle comparison A device may determine that a user device, associated with a user, and a first object for comparison are within a threshold proximity of one another. The device may communicate with the user device to obtain a comparison profile, associated with the user, based on determining that the user device and the first object are within the threshold proximity of one another. The device may identify, based on the comparison profile, a set of desired attributes. The device may identify, based on the comparison profile, a set of attribute categories to be used to compare the first object and the set of desired attributes. The device may determine a first set of attributes of the first object for the set of attribute categories. The device may present, for display, information that identifies one or more attributes of the first set of attributes or the set of desired attributes.
US11151626B2	System for browsing by walking A mobile station is arranged to determine its location, which is searched against street addresses from a database, and at least one matching street address is retrieved. The street address is searched on the mobile station and/or over the network. The search engine conducts a search in the mobile station file system and/or the Internet and/or a file system over the network with the at least one query term, —at least one search result is arranged to be displayed to user on the screen of the mobile station. This facilitates on-demand effortless Mobile Internet Search that allows the users to access opportunities that they did not know about, or would not have had time to find out about with minimum effort as the software of the mobile phone is scanning the Internet and information pages for these opportunities and displaying the results dynamically on the mobile phone screen.
US11151617B2	Systems and methods for providing recommendations based on collaborative and/or content-based nodal interrelationships A recommendation generator builds a network of interrelationships between venues, reviewers and users based on their attributes and reviewer and user reviews of the venues. Each interrelationship or link may be positive or negative and may accumulate with other links (or anti-links) to provide nodal links the strength of which are based on commonality of attributes among the linked nodes and/or common preferences that one node, such as a reviewer, expresses for other nodes, such as venues. The links may be first order (based on a direct relationship between, for instance, a reviewer and a venue) or higher order (based on, for instance, the fact that two venue are both liked by a given reviewer). The recommendation engine in certain embodiments determines recommended venues based on user attributes and venue preferences by aggregating the link matrices and determining the venues which are most strongly coupled to the user.
US11151615B2	Advertisement management apparatus, advertisement management method, and computer readable storage medium An advertisement management apparatus includes a memory, at least one processor, and at least one program. The program is stored in the memory and executed by the processor, and includes a first selection processing operation, an extraction processing operation, a second selection processing operation, and a creation processing operation. The first selection processing operation is selecting, based on a use of an advertisement input by a user, a layout as a first advertisement component of the advertisement. The extraction processing operation is extracting a word by performing text segmentation on text information input by the user. The second selection processing operation is selecting a second advertisement component of the advertisement based on the extracted word. The creation processing operation is creating an advertisement candidate by combining the selected layout and the selected second advertisement component.
US11151611B2	Mobile device detection and tracking Disclosed is a technique for passively monitoring the number of guests in a rental property. Mobile device broadcasts intended for connecting the device to a wireless network contain information about that device. This information includes unique identifiers such as MAC addresses. Detecting these broadcasts and filtering out those devices that are expected enables a property owner to have a semi-accurate number of guests within their property without actually being at the property, or visibly observing the guests in an obtrusive fashion. Guests are able to enjoy themselves in privacy and the property owner is able to monitor the safety of their property.
US11151606B2	Adaptively embedding visual advertising content into media content Technologies for adaptively embedding visual advertising content into media content include a computing device for receiving visual advertisements, an advertisement map, and media content from a remote content provider. Such technologies may also include determining a location of an advertising enabled area within an image of the media content, selecting a visual advertisement to embed within the image of the media content at the determined location of the advertising enabled area as a function of the advertisement map, and embedding the selected visual advertisement into the image of the media content at the determined location of the advertising enabled area to generate augmented media content for subsequent display to the user. In some embodiments, the advertisement map includes display conditions for each of the visual advertisements.
US11151605B2	Method and system for click to install behavior based detection of fraud The present disclosure provides a method and system to detect advertisement fraud. The fraud detection platform receives device data and application data associated with one or more advertisements published on at least one publisher on one or more media devices. In addition, the fraud detection platform identifies a plurality of parameters based on the device data and the application data. Further, the fraud detection platform generates a plurality of graphs based on the device data, the application data, user behavior and the plurality of parameters. Furthermore, the fraud detection platform analyzes the plurality of graphs with trained data to identify fraud based on the deviation.
US11151598B2	Scoring image engagement in digital media A system may monitor social media sites for posts comprising brand indicia and collect analytics data related to the posts. Brand exposure may be quantified based on the analytics data.
US11151588B2	Future trends forecasting system Systems and methods for future trends forecasting based on prediction market probability estimates. Alternative simulated starting values for prediction markets are used in order to determine the preferred starting values for prediction markets to use in volumetric forecasting. A user interface that facilitates using prediction market probability estimates to determine future trends forecasts is described herein.
US11151582B2	Smart logistics management using blockchain Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for logistic management through a blockchain network. One of the methods includes storing a smart contract in a blockchain of the blockchain network. The smart contract corresponds to a logistic process. A transaction information about a transaction in the logistic process is verified and validated based on the smart contract and is hashed into the blockchain upon consensus being concluded.
US11151579B2	Authentication of goods A method for a goods manager to authenticate products at the point of sale is provided. The method comprises: providing an authentication device to a merchant, wherein the authentication device is not associated with a product but is configured to receive product information from a merchant terminal; once information about a product has been received by the authentication device from the merchant terminal, obtaining from the authentication device a signed message comprising information about the authentication device and information about the product received from the merchant terminal; and providing authorization data to the authentication device if the information fulfils one or more criteria, thereby associating the authentication device with the product. A method for a merchant to authenticate goods at the point of sale and a merchant terminal to perform such a method are also provided.
US11151577B2	Dynamically selecting contact center workflows based on workflow insights Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for managing workflows in a contact center. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention are directed to dynamically influencing workflows based on learned insights into those workflows. With end-to-end Customer Relationship Management (CRM) suites, which manage the entire customer service journey from consumer website to knowledge base to escalation to a live agent via a communication channel to incident creation and incident resolution, it is possible to provide an out-of-the-box, simple-to-use solution to the above problems that offers unique advantages over the expensive, custom, bolt-on solutions.
US11151571B2	Method and system for processing resource exchange information A computer-implement method of processing resource exchange information includes the following steps: obtaining a data package including a user card identifier and a social network application identifier from a mobile phone; establishing a correspondence between the user card identifier and the social network application identifier and storing the correspondence in the computer system; obtaining user card data and resource exchange information from a payment terminal, wherein the user card data includes the user card identifier; performing security verification to the user card data and obtaining the corresponding social network application identifier when the security verification succeeds; processing a resource transfer request according to the social network application identifier and the resource exchange information and generating corresponding processing state information; and returning the corresponding processing state information to the payment terminal.
US11151570B1	Interbank account verification and funds transfer system and method A computer-implemented system and method receive information regarding a funds transfer from a payor to a payee. The information is received by a depository computer system. The depository computer system forwards the information regarding the funds transfer to an account verification service computer system. The depository receives an indication of a real time account status of an account of the payor. The account status information is received from a paying bank computer system that maintains the account of the payor via the account verification service computer system. Release of the funds to the payee is authorized based on the account status information received via the account verification service computer system. The authorization occurs in real time relative to when the funds transfer information is initially received.
US11151561B2	Systems and methods for validating transmissions over communication channels An authentication system may receive an authentication MAC, an integrity MAC, and data transmitted from a payment application and a payment terminal. A local integrity MAC may be generated using the data as an input to a first cryptographic operation. The system may compare the local integrity MAC to the received integrity MAC to authenticate the received integrity MAC. A local authentication MAC may be generated using a second cryptographic operation and compare the local authentication MAC to the received authentication MAC. The system may authenticate the payment application in response to a successful authentication of at least one of the received authentication MAC or the received integrity MAC.
US11151540B2	Device and method for secure identification of a user A portable payment or retail terminal with jack connector and a method for secure identification of a cardholder. The terminal comprises a set of devices and arrangement for implementing the method, which comprises at least detecting if the cardholder has a mobile device, configuring the terminal for launching an accessibility mode on the mobile device of the cardholder, and transmitting a request to the mobile device for sending a PIN to the terminal. When receiving a communication from the mobile device including information, the method includes deciphering the information to obtain the PIN code and validating the transaction.
US11151539B2	Log-in control apparatus, control method of log-in control apparatus, and information terminal In one embodiment, a log-in control apparatus has a processor which controls an operation for log-in to an information terminal moving along with a carrier for carrying a commodity to be purchased. The processor detects a state in which the commodity is placed on the carrier, in cooperation with a sensor attached to the carrier. The processor detects the operation for log-in to the information terminal, in cooperation with an input device included in the information terminal. When the processor detects the operation for log-in, in a case in which the processor detects the state in which the commodity is placed on the carrier, the processor judges that the operation for log-in is ineffective.
US11151538B2	System for transmitting electronic receipt On receiving simplified settlement data generated form settlement data and ID data for downloading electronic-receipt data from an electronic-receipt server, both from a settlement-processing apparatus, a portable terminal records the simplified settlement data in association with the ID data. The display unit of the portable terminal displays the simplified settlement data thus recorded. The portable terminal downloads electronic-receipt data from the electronic-receipt server by using the ID data recorded in association with the simplified settlement data, when the input unit is operated, thereby commanding that the electronic receipt related to the simplified settlement data displayed by the display unit should be downloaded. The electronic-receipt data is recorded in the electronic-receipt recording unit. The display unit displays the electronic receipt on the basis the electronic-receipt data recorded in the electronic-receipt recording unit.

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