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| US11189957B1 |
Electronic device and sealing structure thereof
A sealing structure is provided. The sealing structure is adapted to be disposed in an opening. The sealing structure includes a moveable block, a deformable bracket and an elastic member. When the moveable block is moved in a first direction, the deformable bracket pushes the elastic member, and the elastic member is deformed in a second direction and abuts the opening to seal the opening. The sealing structure is disposed in the opening to create a seal. |
| US11189951B2 |
Connector
A connector includes a cylindrical connector housing having a retainer and a terminal accommodating chamber in which a terminal is to be inserted. The retainer has first and second flat plate portions, a side plate portion, and a front plate portion. The retainer is attached to the cylindrical connector housing along an attaching direction. An engagement portion is provided on a side end edge of the first flat plate portion along the insertion direction of the terminal, and is engaged with an engagement projection provided on a housing outer surface of the cylindrical connector housing. A releasing jig insertion hole is provided on the first flat plate portion. The releasing jig insertion hole has, with respect to the housing outer surface, a releasing jig insertion hole angle that is larger than a releasing jig insertion portion angle of the releasing jig. |
| US11189948B1 |
Power adapter and method of implementing a power adapter to provide power to a load
A power adapter configured to provide power to a load is described. The power adapter comprises a first plurality of contact elements comprising a first contact element configured to receive power and a second contact element adapted to be coupled to a load; and a surface adapted to receive a control attachment and comprising a second plurality of contact elements; wherein a third contact element of the second plurality of contact elements is configured to receive power by way of the first contact element of the first plurality of contact elements; and wherein power is applied to a load by way of the second contact element of the first plurality of contact elements. |
| US11189933B2 |
Phase control device, antenna system, and method of controlling phase of electromagnetic wave
An object is to advantageously control a phase of an electromagnetic wave with high efficiency in wide bandwidth. A phase control device includes a two dimensional array of a plurality of cube units that are configured to shift a phase of an electromagnetic wave passing through the cube units. The cube units include at least two basic structures including different number of stacked metal layers separated from each other. |
| US11189924B2 |
Antenna structure
An antenna structure includes a housing, a first feed source, a second feed source, a third feed source, and a radiating body. The first feed source is electrically coupled to a first radiating portion of the housing and adapted to provide an electric current to the first radiating portion. The second feed source is electrically coupled to the second radiating portion and adapted to provide an electric current to the second radiating portion. The radiating body is mounted within the housing and electrically coupled to the third feed source. The third feed source provides an electric current to the radiating body. |
| US11189917B2 |
Systems and methods for distributing radioheads
Systems and methods are described to create radio daisy chains for convenient and aesthetically pleasing high-density radio deployments. |
| US11189915B2 |
Systems and methods for an antenna of an implantable electronic device
Disclosed herein is an implantable electronic device including a housing containing an electrical circuit. The implantable electronic device further includes an antenna assembly coupled to the electrical circuit. The antenna assembly includes an antenna including a dielectric antenna body within which an antenna trace is disposed. Portions of the antenna trace are disposed in offset transverse layers in a non-overlapping arrangement, thereby reducing capacitive coupling between the layers of the antenna trace. In certain implementations, the antenna assembly includes one or more capacitive features that selectively overlap portions of the antenna trace and facilitate tuning of the antenna. |
| US11189914B2 |
Liquid crystal cell and scanning antenna
A liquid crystal cell according to the present invention includes: a TFT substrate including a first dielectric substrate, TFTs supported on the first dielectric substrate, and patch electrodes electrically connected to the TFTs; a slot substrate including a second dielectric substrate and a slot electrode including slots supported on the second dielectric substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate which are arranged in a form in which the patch electrode and the slot electrode face each other; antenna units each including one of the patch electrodes and the slot electrode including at least one of the slots arranged corresponding to the one of the patch electrodes; and alignment films formed on surfaces of both of the TFT substrate and the slot substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, made of a polyimide-based resin, and having a relative dielectric constant of 3.8 or more. |
| US11189912B2 |
Modular interface system for an antenna reflector, in particular for an antenna of a space craft, such as a satellite, in particular
The modular interface system comprises an interface part intended to be mechanically connected to a mechanical element forming part of a platform of a space craft, a multi-pronged structure provided, at a first end, with at least three feet and configured to form a mechanical link between, on the one hand, the interface part arranged at a second end opposite the first end and, on the other hand, respectively, a plurality of junction elements, each junction element being connected to one of the feet of the multi-pronged structure with which it is associated, and the junction elements being intended to be mechanically connected to a rear face of the antenna reflector. |
| US11189906B2 |
Electronic device comprising antenna
An electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate opposite to the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, and including at least part of a conductive material, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) attached on an inner surface of the housing, a first antenna element which is included in the FPCB and in which a slot is formed, and a first radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) for the first antenna element. An opening is formed in the side member or the second plate of the housing. The FPCB is attached the inner surface of the housing such that at least part in which the slot of the first antenna element is formed is exposed through the opening. At least part of the opening is filled with an insulating material. |
| US11189905B2 |
Integrated antenna array packaging structures and methods
An apparatus includes an antenna array package cover comprising a radiating surface, a mating surface disposed opposite the radiating surface, and an array of antenna array sub-patterns wherein each antenna array sub-pattern comprises at least one antenna element. The antenna array package also includes an array of sub-pattern interface packages mated to the mating surface of the antenna array package cover. Each sub-pattern interface package of the array of sub-pattern interface packages comprises a package carrier, a sub-pattern integrated circuit electrically and mechanically coupled to the package carrier, and a set of interface lines corresponding to the antenna elements of the antenna array sub-pattern that corresponds to the sub-pattern interface package. Methods for mounting the above apparatus into a host circuit are also disclosed herein. |
| US11189901B2 |
Using phased arrays of waveguide couplers in waveguide cavities to prevent illegitimate reception of power
Example embodiments are directed to systems and methods for denying power to unauthorized power loads within a spherical waveguide bounded by the Earth's surface. One or more eigenmodes of the Earth-ionosphere waveguide may be computed based on a mathematical model incorporating electrical properties of the terrestrial surface and plasma physics of the ionosphere. A phased array of wave guide couplers, each including an array of electrically-connected waveguide-coupling elements, may be configured at different geographic locations for coupling to the one or more eigenmodes and generating standing waves in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide. Power loads may be detected via power reflections, and power nodes and nulls of the standing waves may be steered with respect to specified locations by adjusting relative phases and/or amplitudes of the waveguide couplers. Locations of power loads may be triangulating reflections. Power nulls of the standing waves may be steered to locations of unauthorized power loads. |
| US11189900B2 |
Tapered broadband balun
A balun is disclosed and includes a dielectric substrate defining a first surface and a second surface. The balun includes a first output port including a first output ground portion and first output power portion; a second output port including a second output ground portion and a second output power portion; and an input port including an input ground portion and input power portion. The first output ground portion, the second output ground portion, and the input ground portion are coupled at a ground junction portion. The first output power portion, the second output power portion, and the input power portion are coupled at a power junction portion. The first output power portion, the second output power portion, and the input power portion are positioned on the first surface. The first output ground portion, the second output ground portion, and the input ground portion are positioned on the second surface. |
| US11189891B2 |
Energy storage apparatus, vehicle, and motorcycle
An energy storage apparatus includes: an external terminal connected to an energy storage device; a current cut-off device disposed on a current path connecting the energy storage device and the external terminal to each other; a voltage applying circuit that applies a voltage to the external terminal using the energy storage device or another circuit as a power source; and a control device. The control device is configured to perform: current cut-off processing for cutting off flowing of a current into the energy storage device by bringing the current cut-off device into an OPEN state; detecting processing for detecting a voltage of the external terminal to which a voltage is applied by the voltage applying circuit during a period in which the flowing of the current is cut off by the current cut-off processing; and determining processing for determining a presence or a non-presence of a short-circuiting object. |
| US11189889B2 |
Rechargeable battery
The present disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery including a cell assembly including a plurality of unit cells disposed to be separated by a predetermined interval, a casing member receiving the cell assembly, a first connection part connecting the plurality of unit cells, and a second connection part disposed parallel to the first connection part and connecting the plurality of unit cells, wherein each of the plurality of unit cells includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US11189885B2 |
Separator including binders having different glass transition temperatures and method of manufacturing the same
A separator for secondary batteries, including a separator substrate having at least one surface, wherein the separator substrate comprises a polymer resin having a porous structure, a first coating layer on the separator substrate, the first coating layer includes a first inorganic material and a first binder, and a second coating layer on the first coating layer, the second coating layer includes a second inorganic material and a second binder, wherein the first coating layer further includes a third binder having a glass transition temperature lower than 30° C. and the second coating layer further includes a fourth binder having a glass transition temperature of 30° C. or higher. |
| US11189881B2 |
Pouch-shaped secondary battery comprising venting guidance device
Disclosed herein is a pouch-shaped secondary battery comprising a pouch-shaped battery case, an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode that are sequentially stacked, the electrode assembly being received in the pouch-shaped battery case, and a venting guidance device located in the pouch-shaped battery case, the venting guidance device being configured to form a through-hole for gas discharge in the pouch-shaped battery case using an elastic member, the elastic member being configured to be actuated when a pressure in the pouch-shaped battery case reaches or exceeds a predetermined limit pressure. |
| US11189874B2 |
Secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a secondary battery includes the following steps. An insertion portion of a negative-electrode terminal is inserted into a terminal connection hole that is formed in a first negative-electrode current collector and crimped on a tapered portion to form a crimped portion. A gap is formed between the crimped portion and the tapered portion. Energy rays are radiated toward at least one of the crimped portion and the tapered portion to melt the at least one of the crimped portion and the tapered portion such that a melted metal flows into the gap. The melted metal is solidified to form a solidified portion, and the negative-electrode terminal and the first negative-electrode current collector are joined to each other. The solidified portion has a recessed portion. |
| US11189873B2 |
Battery cell and exterior packaging material
A method of forming a package is provided and includes providing two laminate edge portions of the package, each of which includes a foil layer between first and second resin layers; and welding together the respective first resin layers at a first position spaced apart from the edges while not welding the respective first resin layers at the edges, wherein the edge portions include edges from which electrode terminals extend such that portions of the electrode terminals are exposed beyond the edges, and wherein the edge portions are between a sealing portion and exposed portions of positive and negative electrode terminals. |
| US11189868B2 |
Battery module of cell edge direct cooling scheme, and battery pack comprising same
A battery module includes a module housing provided in an angular tube shape and a cell assembly having a plurality of pouch-type battery cells stacked and arranged in one direction with broad surfaces being erect and accommodated in the module housing. The battery module includes a sensing assembly configured to electrically connect electrode leads extending from the pouch-type battery cells and cover a front portion and a rear portion of the cell assembly, respectively. Flow paths through which a cooling air flows are formed between a top plate and the cell assembly and between a bottom plate and the cell assembly, respectively, the top and bottom plates serving as upper and lower portions of the module housing. Ventilation holes for allowing the cooling air to flow into and out of the flow path are formed at a top end and a bottom end of the sensing assembly. |
| US11189867B2 |
Battery packs with integrated cold plates for electric vehicles
Apparatuses, systems, and methods of providing electric power to components in electric vehicles are detailed herein. A housing can have a bottom panel and side walls defining a cavity. The bottom panel can define an inlet port and an outlet port. A battery module can be disposed within the cavity. A support structure can be on one side wall. The support structure can have a conduit to pass coolant through the housing. A cold plate can be disposed within the cavity and thermally coupled with the battery module. The cold plate can have an inlet, an outlet, and a channel to circulate the coolant from the inlet to the outlet. A distribution plate can be disposed along a bottom surface of the bottom panel. The distribution plate can have a main channel to convey the coolant from the conduit to the cold plate. |
| US11189866B2 |
Battery pack and electronic device for selecting path for measuring voltage of battery cell
According to an embodiment, a battery pack comprises a battery cell including a positive electrode and a negative electrode and configured to generate an electromotive force via the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a plurality of first sub paths configured to connect the positive electrode to a sensing circuit of an electronic device to which the battery pack is connected, a plurality of second sub paths configured to connect the negative electrode to the sensing circuit, a power line configured to connect the positive electrode and the negative electrode to at least one of a system of the electronic device or a charging circuit of the electronic device, a first switch configured to selectively connect at least one of the plurality of first sub paths, selected depending on a voltage applied to the positive electrode and the negative electrode, to the sensing circuit, and a second switch configured to selectively connect at least one of the plurality of second sub paths, selected depending on the voltage, to the sensing circuit. |
| US11189857B2 |
Battery module
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of battery, and particularly to a battery module. The battery module includes a case body having a cavity, a plurality of battery units accommodated in the cavity of the case body, an output electrode assembly disposed on the case body and electrically connected to output terminals of the plurality of battery units, and an end cap connected to the case body and arranged to press and cover at least a part of the output electrode assembly. The battery module according to the present disclosure has a sound design, through which the airtightness of the output electrode assembly is not liable to be broken during the running of the vehicle. |
| US11189849B1 |
Fuel cell
A fuel cell includes a cell stack configured such that a plurality of unit cells is stacked, an end plate disposed at one of two ends of the cell stack, the end plate including an air inlet, an air outlet, and a groove portion including a first groove adjacent to and spaced apart from the air outlet and a second groove connecting the first groove to the air inlet, and a cover configured to cover a region of the end plate in which the air inlet, the groove portion and the air outlet are formed so as to form a flow path together with the second groove to allow air to pass therethrough. The cover includes a first through-hole communicating with the first groove, a second through-hole communicating with the air outlet, and a partition wall isolating the first and second through-holes from each other. |
| US11189847B2 |
Bipolar plate with improved flow distribution for a fuel cell
A bipolar plate for a fuel cell includes a corrugated plate and a second plate, which is arranged on the corrugated plate in a sealing manner. The corrugated plate has a wave pattern of ascending and descending waves. The corrugated plate has a hole pattern with between one and three parallel rows arranged to for the passage of a gas substantially transversely to the wave shape. Hole sizes and shaped in these three rows are selected in specified relationships to optimize the fuel cell performance. |
| US11189844B2 |
Alkaline dry cell
An alkaline dry cell includes a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolytic solution contained in the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator, wherein the electrolytic solution contains an alkaline aqueous solution. The negative electrode contains an additive and a negative electrode active material containing zinc; and the additive contains at least one selected from the group consisting of benzoic acid, phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, and salts of the foregoing. The amount of the negative electrode active material contained in the negative electrode is from 176 to 221 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of water contained in the electrolytic solution. The amount of the additive contained in the negative electrode is from 0.1 to 1.0 part by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the negative electrode active material. |
| US11189840B2 |
Composite air electrode and associated manufacturing method
A method for manufacturing a composite electrode for a metal-air electrochemical cell with a liquid electrolyte of basic pH. A liquid solution comprising a fluoropolymer suspended in a solvent is synthesized, then deposited on the outer surface of a porous structure forming an air electrode. The fluoropolymer comprises SO2N groups suitable for conducting hydroxyl ions and is capable of forming a membrane impermeable to at least the liquid electrolyte of basic pH. When the liquid solution is applied to the porous structure, the solvent flows through the porous structure and the fluoropolymer is deposited by aggregating into a layer on the outer surface of the porous structure. |
| US11189822B2 |
Graphite protected anode active material particles for rechargeable lithium batteries
Provided is an anode particulate or a solid mass of particulates for a lithium battery, the particulate comprising a graphite matrix and a single or a plurality of carbon foam-protected primary particles of an anode active material embedded or dispersed in said graphite matrix, wherein the primary particles of anode active material contain at least one porous particle having a surface pore, internal pore, or both surface and internal pores, having a pore volume of Vpp and a solid volume Va, the carbon foam contains pores having a pore volume Vp, and the volume ratio Vp/Va is from 0.1/1.0 to 5.0/1.0 or a total pore-to-solid volume ratio (Vp+Vpp)/Va is from 0.3/1.0 to 10/1.0 and wherein the carbon foam is physically or chemically connected to the graphite matrix and the primary anode particles. The carbon foam is preferably reinforced with a high-strength material. |
| US11189817B2 |
Light-emitting device, module, electronic device, and method for manufacturing light-emitting device
A light-emitting element, a bonding layer, and a frame-like partition are formed over a substrate. The partition is provided to surround the bonding layer and the light-emitting element, with a gap left between the partition and the bonding layer. A pair of substrates overlap with each other under a reduced-pressure atmosphere and then exposed to an air atmosphere or a pressurized atmosphere, whereby the reduced-pressure state of a space surrounded by the pair of substrates and the partition is maintained and atmospheric pressure is applied to the pair of substrates. Alternatively, a light-emitting element and a bonding layer are formed over a substrate. A pair of substrates overlap with each other, and then, pressure is applied to the bonding layer with the use of a member having a projection before or at the same time as curing of the bonding layer. |
| US11189815B2 |
Display panel
A display panel can include a substrate including first, second and third subpixels; an overcoat layer including a first inclined surface in at least one of the first, second and third subpixels; first, second and third anode electrodes corresponding to the first, second and third subpixels, respectively, wherein at least one of the first, second and third anode electrodes includes a second inclined surface overlapping with the first inclined surface of the overcoat layer; first, second and third organic light emitting layers disposed on the first, second and third anode electrodes, respectively; and a bank layer disposed on the overcoat layer, the bank layer including a third inclined surface overlapping with both the first and second inclined surfaces of the overcoat layer and the at least one of the first, second and third anode electrodes, in which at least one of the first, second and third inclined surfaces is configured to reflect light emitted from a corresponding one of the first, second and third organic light emitting layers. |
| US11189814B2 |
Organic light emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
Provided are an organic light-emitting display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate including an active area and a pad area, an anode electrode in the active area, an organic emission layer on the anode electrode, a cathode electrode on the organic emission layer, an auxiliary electrode connected to the cathode electrode, a signal pad in the pad area, and a first pad electrode connected to the signal pad, the first pad electrode covering a top of the signal pad, the first pad electrode being configured to prevent the top of the signal pad from being corroded, wherein the auxiliary electrode includes a first auxiliary electrode and a second auxiliary electrode connected to the first auxiliary electrode through a contact hole, and wherein the first pad electrode includes a same material as the first auxiliary electrode. |
| US11189808B2 |
Platinum complexes and devices
Platinum compounds of Formulas I and II useful in a variety of devices, such as, for example organic-light emitting diodes (OLEDs). |
| US11189807B2 |
Organometallic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: M(L1)n(L2)n2 Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, M, L1, L2, n1, and n2 are the same as described in the specification. |
| US11189803B2 |
Organic electroluminescent element and electronic device containing the organic electroluminescent element
An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, an emitting layer, and a cathode. The emitting layer contains a first compound, a second compound, and a third compound. An ionization potential Ip1 of the first compound and an ionization potential Ip2 of the second compound satisfy the numerical expression. 0≤Ip2−Ip1≤0.8[eV] The first compound is a delayed fluorescent compound. The second compound is a fluorescent compound. The third compound has an electron mobility of 1×10−8 cm2/(V·s) or more. |
| US11189792B2 |
Oxide-based resistive non-volatile memory cell and method for manufacturing same
A resistive non-volatile memory cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode and an oxide layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the memory cell being capable of reversibly switching between: —a high resistance state obtained by applying a first bias voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode; and—a low resistance state obtained by applying a second bias voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode; the oxide layer including a switching zone forming a conduction path prioritised for the current passing through the memory cell when the memory cell is in the low resistance state. The oxide layer includes a first zone doped with aluminium or silicon, the aluminium or silicon being present in the first zone with an atomic concentration that is selected so as to locate the switching zone outside the first zone. |
| US11189787B2 |
Method for forming a phase change memory (PCM) cell with a low deviation contact area between a heater and a phase change element
A phase change memory (PCM) cell with a low deviation contact area between a heater and a phase change element is provided. The PCM cell comprises a bottom electrode, a dielectric layer, a heater, a phase change element, and a top electrode. The dielectric layer overlies the bottom electrode. The heater extends upward from the bottom electrode, through the dielectric layer. Further, the heater has a top surface that is substantially planar and that is spaced below a top surface of the dielectric layer. The phase change element overlies the dielectric layer and protrudes into the dielectric layer to contact with the top surface of the heater. Also provided is a method for manufacturing the PCM cell. |
| US11189781B2 |
Magnetoresistive stack/structure including metal insertion substance
A magnetoresistive device comprises a fixed magnetic region positioned on or over a first electrically conductive region, an intermediate layer positioned on or over the fixed magnetic region, a free magnetic region positioned on or over the intermediate layer, and a metal insertion substance positioned in contact with the free magnetic region, wherein the metal insertion substance includes one or more transition metal elements. |
| US11189780B2 |
Anisotropic strain-driven magnetoelectric devices
Magnetoelectric devices based on piezoelectric/magnetostrictive bilayers are provided. Also provided are methods of using the devices to modulate or to sense the magnetization of the magnetostrictive material. The devices include an island of magnetostrictive material that is strain-coupled to a thin layer of a piezoelectric material at an interface. A bottom electrode is placed in electrical communication with one surface of the piezoelectric film, and an unpaired top electrode is placed in electrical communication with a second, opposing surface of the piezoelectric film. |
| US11189779B2 |
Electroactive polymer actator
The invention provides an electroactive polymer actuator comprising a capacitance compensation means adapted to at least partially offset any changes in the capacitance across the member induced by its deformation. In this way, the electronic control of the device is rendered much simpler, since a varying capacitance across the actuator member does not have to be accounted for when driving the actuator to perform a particular deformation. |
| US11189778B2 |
Element, cell, and power generation device
An element 1 includes a pair of electrodes 2 and 3, and an intermediate layer 4 having deformability, arranged between the pair of electrodes 2 and 3, and containing, as a material, a silicon compound including an unpaired electron. The intermediate layer 4 may contain a particle including the unpaired electron. The intermediate layer 4 may have rubber elasticity. The intermediate layer 4 may have at least one peak at a g value between 2.070 and 2.001 when being measured at an environment temperature of −150° C. by using an electron spin resonance (ESR) device. The intermediate layer 4 may have at least one peak at a g value between 2.070 and 2.001 when being measured at an environment temperature of −150° C. by using the electron spin resonance (ESR) device. |
| US11189771B2 |
Breathable micro light emitting diode display
A micro light emitting diode display includes a substrate, an electrode layer and a micro light emitting diode device. The substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and at least one air passage extending from the first surface to the second surface. The electrode layer is disposed on and in contact with the first surface of the substrate. The air passage has an opening on the first surface of the substrate, and the electrode layer is spaced apart from the opening. The micro light emitting diode device is disposed on the electrode layer and has a light emitting area that is less than or equal to 2500 μm2. |
| US11189769B2 |
Light emitting device package with reflective side coating
A light-emitting device is disclosed that includes a substrate; a semiconductor structure on the substrate, a wavelength conversion element on the substrate, opposite the semiconductor structure; an insulating side coating around the semiconductor structure; and a reflective side coating around the wavelength conversion element and the substrate, the reflective layer being stacked over the insulating side coating, the reflective side coating having a first surface that is over a second surface of the insulating side coating. |
| US11189760B2 |
Display device
A display device that can reduce power consumption is provided. The display device can include a substrate provided with a first subpixel and a second subpixel, a first electrode provided on the substrate, a first light emitting layer provided on the first electrode and emitting light of a first color, a second electrode provided on the first light emitting layer, a second light emitting layer provided on the second electrode and emitting light of a second color, and a third electrode provided on the second light emitting layer. The second electrode is disconnected between the first subpixel and the second subpixel, and the second electrode of the first subpixel is electrically connected with the third electrode. |
| US11189757B2 |
Light emitting diodes with reflective sidewalls comprising porous particles
Sidewall reflectors disposed on the sidewalls of an LED or pcLED comprise porous (for example, hollow) high refractive index light scattering particles dispersed in a transparent binder. The porous particles exhibit a high refractive index contrast and corresponding strong scattering at the interfaces between the porous particle material and one or more air-filled voids in each particle. These sidewall reflectors can provide light confinement with thin reflector structures, allowing close spacing between LEDs and pcLEDs, and may be advantageously employed in microLED arrays. |
| US11189754B2 |
Semiconductor substrate
A semiconductor substrate is provided in the present disclosure. The semiconductor substrate includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer has a first lattice constant (L1) and the second semiconductor layer has a second lattice constant (L2). A ratio of a difference (L2-L1) between the second lattice constant (L2) and the first lattice constant (L1) to the first lattice constant (L1) is greater than 0.036. |
| US11189753B2 |
Solid state light sheet having wide support substrate and narrow strips enclosing LED dies in series
A solid state light sheet and method of fabricating the sheet are disclosed. In one embodiment, bare LED chips have top and bottom electrodes, where the bottom electrode is a large reflective electrode. The bottom electrodes of an array of LEDs (e.g., 500 LEDs) are bonded to an array of electrodes formed on a flexible bottom substrate. Conductive traces are formed on the bottom substrate connected to the electrodes. A transparent top substrate is then formed over the bottom substrate. Various ways to connect the LEDs in series are described along with many embodiments. In one method, the top substrate contains a conductor pattern that connects to LED electrodes and conductors on the bottom substrate. |
| US11189751B2 |
Multi-quantum well structure and LED device including the same
Disclosed is a multi-quantum well structure including a stress relief layer, an electron-collecting layer disposed on the stress relief layer, and an active layer including a first active layer unit that is disposed on the electron-collecting layer. The first active layer unit includes potential barrier sub-layers and potential well sub-layers being alternately stacked, in which at least one of the potential barrier sub-layers has a GaN/Alx1Iny1Ga(1-x1-y1)N/GaN stack, where 0 |
| US11189737B2 |
Laminated body
A laminated body comprising a substrate, one or more layers selected from a contact resistance reducing layer and a reduction suppressing layer, a Schottky electrode layer and a metal oxide semiconductor layer in this order. |
| US11189731B2 |
Thin-film transistor and display panel
The present invention provides a thin-film transistor and a display panel. The thin-film transistor includes a substrate, an active layer, an insulating layer, a metal layer, a dielectric layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a first through hole, a second through hole, a third through hole, and a fourth through hole. A first contact portion in a first metal layer is connected to the active layer via the first through hole, and a second contact portion is connected to the active layer via a second through hole. The source electrode is connected to the first contact portion via the third through hole, and the drain electrode is connected to the second contact portion via the fourth through hole. |
| US11189729B2 |
Forming a sacrificial liner for dual channel devices
A semiconductor device includes one or more fins. Each fin includes a top channel portion formed from a channel material, a middle portion, and a bottom substrate portion formed from a same material as an underlying substrate. An oxide layer is formed between the bottom substrate portion of each fin and the isolation layer, with a space between a sidewall of at least a top portion of the isolation dielectric layer and an adjacent sidewall of the one or more fins, above the oxide layer. A gate dielectric, protruding into the space and in contact with the middle portion, is formed over the one or more fins and has a portion formed from a material different from the oxide layer. |
| US11189727B2 |
FinFET contacts and method forming same
A device includes a semiconductor fin protruding from a substrate, a first gate stack over the semiconductor fin and a second gate stack over the semiconductor fin, a first source/drain region in the semiconductor fin adjacent the first gate stack and a second source/drain region in the semiconductor fin adjacent the second gate stack, a first layer of a first dielectric material on the first gate stack and a second layer of the first dielectric material on the second gate stack, a first source/drain contact on the first source/drain region and adjacent the first gate stack, a first layer of a second dielectric material on a top surface of the first source/drain contact, and a second source/drain contact on the second source/drain region and adjacent the second gate stack, wherein the top surface of the second source/drain contact is free of the second dielectric material. |
| US11189726B2 |
Transistor with a negative capacitance and a method of creating the same
The various described embodiments provide a transistor with a negative capacitance, and a method of creating the same. The transistor includes a gate structure having a ferroelectric layer. The ferroelectric layer is formed by forming a thick ferroelectric film, annealing the ferroelectric film to have a desired phase, and thinning the ferroelectric film to a desired thickness of the ferroelectric layer. This process ensures that the ferroelectric layer will have ferroelectric properties regardless of its thickness. |
| US11189725B2 |
VTFET with cell height constraints
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include forming a restraint structure over a channel fin, having an opening that is smaller than a top surface of the channel fin. A top semiconductor structure is grown from the top surface of the channel fin, with lateral growth of the semiconductor structure being limited by the restraint structure. |
| US11189717B2 |
Steep slope transistors with threshold switching devices
A steep-slope (SS) field effect transistor (FET) including a FET having a source region and a drain region, and a threshold switching device in direct contact with the source region or the drain region of the FET. Fabricating the steep-slope (SS) field effect transistor (FET) includes fabricating an AlGaN/GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high electron mobility transistor (MIS-HEMT) having a source region and a drain region, depositing a first electrode layer directly on the source region or the drain region, depositing a threshold switching layer directly on the first electrode layer, and depositing a second electrode layer directly on the threshold switching layer. |
| US11189711B2 |
Semiconductor structures
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of semiconductor fin structures formed on the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of gate structures, each formed on a semiconductor fin structure; a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on two opposite sides of each gate structure, wherein, at least a portion of the source electrode and at least a portion of the drain electrode are formed in the semiconductor fin structure; a covering layer formed on the semiconductor fin structures and also on two side surfaces of each gate structure; and an interlayer dielectric layer formed on the covering layer, wherein the interlayer dielectric layer covers each source electrode and each drain electrode, a trench is formed in the interlayer dielectric layer to expose a portion of each semiconductor fin structure, and a gate structure is formed in each trench. |
| US11189701B1 |
Bipolar junction transistor with vertically integrated resistor
Vertical bipolar junction transistors (VBJTs), each with one or more resistors connected in a circuit in different circuit configurations, are disclosed. The VBJT has an emitter substructure that includes an emitter layer, a collector, an intrinsic base, one or more doped epitaxy regions, and one or more resistors. The intrinsic base, the doped epitaxy region(s), and the resistor(s) are stacked upon one another in a channel between the emitter layer and the collector. Various circuit configurations and structures are described including a common-collector circuit, a common-emitter circuit, and an emitter-degenerate circuit. Methods of making these configuration/structures are disclosed. |
| US11189698B2 |
Semiconductor power device
Disclosed is a semiconductor power device, including a semiconductor substrate; a MOSFET region formed on the semiconductor substrate, where the MOSFET region includes at least one MOSFET unit; and at least one collector region located in the semiconductor substrate, where the collector region and the MOSFET unit form an insulated gate bipolar transistor. |
| US11189695B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a gate structure on a substrate; forming a spacer around the gate structure; and forming a buffer layer adjacent to the gate structure. Preferably, the buffer layer includes a crescent moon shape and the buffer layer includes an inner curve, an outer curve, and a planar surface connecting the inner curve and an outer curve along a top surface of the substrate, in which the planar surface directly contacts the outer curve on an outer sidewall of the spacer. |
| US11189690B2 |
Method for forming a superjunction transistor device
A method and a transistor device are disclosed. The method includes: forming first regions of a first doping type and second regions of a second doping type in an inner region and an edge region of a semiconductor body; and forming body regions and source regions of transistor cells in the inner region of the semiconductor body. Forming the first regions and second regions includes: forming semiconductor layers one on top of the other; and in each of the semiconductor layers and before forming a respective next one of the semiconductor layers, forming trenches in the inner region and the edge region and implanting dopant atoms into a first sidewall and a second sidewall of each trench. Implanting the dopant atoms into at least one of the semiconductor layers includes partly covering the trenches in the edge region during an implantation process. |
| US11189688B2 |
Insulated gate power semiconductor device and method for manufacturing such device
An insulated gate power semiconductor device (1a), comprises in an order from a first main side (20) towards a second main side (27) opposite to the first main side (20) a first conductivity type source layer (3), a second conductivity type base layer (4), a first conductivity type enhancement layer (6) and a first conductivity type drift layer (5). The insulated gate power semiconductor device (1a) further comprises two neighbouring trench gate electrodes (7) to form a vertical MOS cell sandwiched between the two neighbouring trench gate electrodes (7). At least a portion of a second conductivity type protection layer (8a) is arranged in an area between the two neighbouring trench gate electrodes (7), wherein the protection layer (8a) is separated from the gate insulating layer (72) by a first conductivity type channel layer (60a; 60b) extending along the gate insulating layer (72). |
| US11189680B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate including a first pixel region, a second pixel region having an area smaller than that of the first pixel region, and a peripheral region surrounding the first pixel region and the second pixel region, a second pixel provided in the second pixel region, a second line connected to the second pixel, an extension line extended to the peripheral region, a dummy part located in the peripheral region to overlap with the extension line, a power line connected to the first and second pixel regions, and a connection line located in the peripheral region to be connected to the dummy part, the connection line being electrically connected to a portion of the second pixel region, wherein the second pixel region includes a first sub-pixel region connected to the connection line and a second sub-pixel region except the first sub-pixel region. |
| US11189679B2 |
Array substrate and manufacturing method therefor, and display device
An array substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of pixel units disposed on a base substrate, and at least one pixel unit includes a plurality of thin film transistors, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The plurality of thin film transistors include at least one first thin film transistor including a first active pattern, a first gate, a first source and a first drain. The first electrode is disposed in a same layer as the first active pattern, the first electrode is coupled to the first drain, and the second electrode is disposed in a same layer as the first gate. Orthographic projections of any two in a group consisting of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the first drain on the base substrate have an overlapping region. |
| US11189674B2 |
Anode structure, method of forming the same and organic light emitting diode display device including the same
An anode structure includes an insulating interlayer pattern disposed on a substrate, the insulation interlayer pattern including a lower metal pattern for each of cell regions and via contacts extending in a vertical direction and being connected to the lower metal patterns therein, respectively, cell isolation pillars disposed on the insulation interlayer pattern, each of the cell isolation pillars extending in the vertical direction to electrically isolate the plurality of cells regions from one another, a reflective layer pattern disposed on the insulating interlayer pattern and between the cell isolation pillars, and an anode pattern disposed on the reflective layer pattern, the anode pattern being electrically connected to each of the via contacts through the reflective layer pattern. |
| US11189668B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a display panel comprising a transmission area, a display area, and a middle area that includes at least one groove and is located between the transmission area and the display area; an input sensing layer stacked on the display panel, wherein a metal layer that overlaps the at least one groove in a plan view is in one of the display panel and the input sensing layer. |
| US11189667B2 |
Display microphone device
A display microphone device includes a display panel having a front surface from which light is emitted and a rear surface opposite the front surface. A front electrode is coupled to the rear surface of the display panel, a rear electrode faces and is spaced apart from the front electrode. A power supply is connected to the front electrode and the rear electrode. The display microphone device outputs an audio signal based on a change in a voltage between the front electrode and the rear electrode. |
| US11189657B2 |
Image sensor with improved quantum efficiency surface structure
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor image sensor with improved quantum efficiency. The semiconductor image sensor can include a semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite of the first surface. An interconnect structure is disposed on the first surface of the semiconductor layer, and radiation-sensing regions are formed in the semiconductor layer. The radiation-sensing regions are configured to sense radiation that enters the semiconductor layer from the second surface and groove structures are formed on the second surface of the semiconductor layer. |
| US11189654B2 |
Manufacturing methods of semiconductor image sensor devices
A plurality of radiation-sensing doped regions are formed in a substrate. A trench is formed in the substrate between the radiation-sensing doped regions. A SiOCN layer is filled in the trench by reacting Bis(tertiary-butylamino)silane (BTBAS) and a gas mixture comprising N2O, N2 and O2 through a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) method, to form an isolation structure between the radiation-sensing doped regions. |
| US11189653B2 |
Semiconductor device with buffer layer and method of forming
A semiconductor device includes a pixel array comprising a first pixel and a second pixel. The semiconductor device includes a metal structure overlying a portion of a substrate between the first pixel and the second pixel. The semiconductor device includes a first barrier layer adjacent a sidewall of the metal structure. The semiconductor device includes a passivation layer adjacent a sidewall of the first barrier layer. The first barrier layer is between the passivation layer and the metal structure. |
| US11189648B2 |
Array substrate and display device
This disclosure relates to an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes a display area and a lead area, the display area including a plurality of signal lines, and the lead area including fanout lines connected with the signal lines, wherein the lead area further includes capacitance adjustment sections non-electrically connected with at least one of the fanout lines, the capacitance adjustment sections are at a layer different from a layer where at least one of the fanout lines is. |
| US11189647B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and electronic device
To provide a circuit used for a shift register or the like. The basic configuration includes first to fourth transistors and four wirings. The power supply potential VDD is supplied to the first wiring and the power supply potential VSS is supplied to the second wiring. A binary digital signal is supplied to each of the third wiring and the fourth wiring. An H level of the digital signal is equal to the power supply potential VDD, and an L level of the digital signal is equal to the power supply potential VSS. There are four combinations of the potentials of the third wiring and the fourth wiring. Each of the first transistor to the fourth transistor can be turned off by any combination of the potentials. That is, since there is no transistor that is constantly on, deterioration of the characteristics of the transistors can be suppressed. |
| US11189640B2 |
Integrated circuit including asymmetric ending cells and system-on-chip including the same
An integrated circuit including first and second macroblocks arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of cells between the first macroblock and the second macroblock, the plurality of cells including at least one first ending cell adjacent to the first macroblock and having a first width in the first direction, at least one second ending cell adjacent to the second macroblock and having a second width different from the first width in the first direction, and at least one standard cell between the at least one first ending cell and the at least one second ending cell may be provided. |
| US11189639B2 |
Integrated circuit including interconnection and method of fabricating the same, the interconnection including a pattern shaped for mitigating electromigration
An integrated circuit includes a first conductive pattern in a first conductive layer, a second conductive pattern in a second conductive layer over the first conductive layer, and a via electrically connected with the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern to allow a first current flowing from the first conductive pattern to the second conductive pattern and a second current flowing from the second conductive pattern to the first conductive pattern to pass through at different times. The via is placed on the first conductive pattern so that a path of the first current does not overlap with a path of the second current in the first conductive pattern. |
| US11189638B2 |
Semiconductor memory device including three-dimensionally stacked memory cells
A semiconductor memory device includes: a first transistor including a substrate including first and second regions of first conductive type, a first insulating film provided on the first and second regions, a first wiring of first conductive type provided on the first region, being electrically connected to the first region, and including a higher impurity concentration of first conductive type than an impurity concentration of the first region, and a second wiring of first conductive type provided on the second region, being electrically connected to the second region, and including a higher impurity concentration of first conductive type than an impurity concentration of the second region; a conductive layer provided parallel to a substrate plane above the first transistor; a pillar penetrating the conductive layer, the pillar including a semiconductor film; and a charge storage film provided between the semiconductor film and the conductive layer. |
| US11189636B2 |
Vertical memory device with a channel layer in a stacked dielectric layer
A semiconductor device includes a stack structure on a substrate, the stack structure including interlayer insulating layers and first gate electrodes alternately stacked on each other, a semiconductor layer in an opening penetrating through the stack structure, a first dielectric layer between the semiconductor layer and the stack structure, and a lower pattern closer to the substrate than to the first gate electrodes in the stack structure, the lower pattern including a first surface facing the first dielectric layer, and a second surface facing the stack structure, the second surface defining an acute angle with the first surface, wherein the first dielectric layer includes a first portion facing the stack structure, and a second portion facing the first surface of the lower pattern, the second portion having a thickness greater than a thickness of the first portion. |
| US11189625B2 |
Semiconductor memory device having cell source structure and manufacturing method thereof
There are provided a semiconductor memory device and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor memory device includes: a cell source structure; a first stack structure disposed on the cell source structure; a channel structure penetrating the first stack structure, the channel structure being connected to the cell source structure; and a first peripheral transistor including impurity regions. A level of a bottom surface of each of the impurity regions is higher than that of a bottom surface of the cell source structure, and a level of a top surface of each of the impurity regions is lower than that of a top surface of the cell source structure. |
| US11189622B1 |
Semiconductor device with graphene layer and method for forming the same
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device with a graphene layer and a method for forming the same. The semiconductor device includes a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region disposed in a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a word line structure disposed in the semiconductor substrate and between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. The word line structure includes a gate dielectric layer, and a lower electrode layer disposed over the gate dielectric layer. The word line structure also includes an upper electrode layer disposed over the lower electrode layer, and a first graphene layer disposed between the lower electrode layer and the upper electrode layer. |
| US11189618B2 |
Semiconductor memory device including work function adjusting layer in buried gate line and method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed are a semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor memory device includes a device isolation layer defining active regions of a substrate, and gate lines buried in the substrate and extending across the active regions. Each of the gate lines includes a conductive layer, a liner layer disposed between and separating the conductive layer and the substrate, and a first work function adjusting layer disposed on the conductive layer and the liner layer. The first work function adjusting layer includes a first work function adjusting material. A work function of the first work function adjusting layer is less than those of the conductive layer and the liner layer. |
| US11189612B2 |
Semiconductor device for downsizing and reducing resistance and inductance
There is provided a semiconductor device including: a first semiconductor element including a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; a second semiconductor element including a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode; a gate lead, a source lead, a first drain lead, and a second drain lead; and a resin part, wherein the first gate electrode and the first source electrode, and the first drain electrode are provided on opposite sides to each other in a first direction, wherein the second gate electrode and the second source electrode, and the second drain electrode are provided on opposite sides to each other in the first direction, wherein the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are opposed to the first source electrode and the second source electrode, respectively, in the first direction. |
| US11189610B2 |
Substrate structure and manufacturing process
A substrate structure includes at least one detachable first substrate unit and a substrate body. The detachable first substrate unit includes a plurality of corners and a plurality of first engagement portions. Each of the first engagement portions is disposed at each of the corners of the detachable first substrate unit. The substrate body includes a plurality of second substrate units, at least one opening and a plurality of second engagement portions. The opening is substantially defined by a plurality of sidewalls of the second substrate units, and includes a plurality of corners. Each of the second engagement portions is disposed at each of the corners of the opening. The detachable first substrate unit is disposed in the opening, and the second engagement portions are engaged with the first engagement portions. |
| US11189608B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes circuit substrates 3 and 9 including circuit pattern layers 3c/9b, a semiconductor element 5 mounted to the circuit pattern layer 3c, a connecting pin 7 connecting the semiconductor element 5 to the circuit pattern layer 9b, a pin-shaped terminal 17 connected to the circuit pattern layer 9b, a sealing member 2 sealing the circuit substrates 3 and 9, the semiconductor element 5, and the connecting pin 7, and an external terminal 27 including a flat plate portion 27s and an extending portion 27t bent from the flat plate portion 27s and extends away from the circuit substrate 9, in which the flat plate portion 27s is connected to the pin-shaped terminal 17 and arranged in parallel with the circuit pattern layer 9b, and the extending portion 27t is provided in a range of a width in a transverse direction of the sealing member 2. |
| US11189604B2 |
Device assembly structure and method of manufacturing the same
A device assembly structure includes a first device and at least one second device. The first device has a first active surface and a first backside surface opposite to the first active surface, and includes a plurality of first electrical contacts disposed adjacent to the first active surface. The second device has a second active surface and a second backside surface opposite to the second active surface, and includes a plurality of second electrical contacts disposed adjacent to the second active surface. The second active surface of the second device faces the first active surface of the first device, the second electrical contacts of the second device are electrically connected to the first electrical contacts of the first device, and a thickness of the second device is less than or equal to one fifth of a thickness of the first device. |
| US11189603B2 |
Semiconductor packages and methods of forming same
An embodiment is a package including a first package structure. The first package structure includes a first integrated circuit die having an active side and a back-side, the active side comprising die connectors, a first electrical connector adjacent the first integrated circuit die, an encapsulant laterally encapsulating the first integrated circuit die and the first electrical connector, a first redistribution structure on and electrically connected to the die connectors of the first integrated circuit die and the first electrical connector, and thermal elements on the back-side of the first integrated circuit die. The package further includes a second package structure bonded to the first electrical connector and the thermal elements with a first set of conductive connectors. |
| US11189592B2 |
Multi-clip structure for die bonding
A multi-clip structure includes a first clip for die bonding and a second clip for die bonding. The multi-clip structure further includes a retaining tape fixed to the first clip and to the second clip to hold the first clip and the second clip together. |
| US11189591B2 |
Electronic module
An electronic module has a first electronic unit having a first substrate 11, a first conductor layer 12 provided on one side of the first substrate 11, and a first electronic element 13 provided on one side of the first conductor layer 12, a first connection body 60 provided on one side of the first electronic element 13, and a second electronic unit having a second electronic element 23 provided on one side of the first connection body 60. The first connection body 60 has a first head part 61 and a plurality of support parts 65 extending from the first head part 61. The electronic module is characterized by that the support part 65 abuts on the first substrate 11 or the first conductor layer 12. |
| US11189589B2 |
Semiconductor structure with raised implanted region and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a metallization structure with a top surface. A conductive pad is over the top surface. An upper passivation layer is over the top surface and the conductive pad and includes a first implanted region. A polymer layer is over the upper passivation layer and the conductive pad. A conductive via penetrates through the upper passivation layer and the polymer layer, and electrically coupled to the conductive pad. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure is also provided. |
| US11189586B2 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method of the semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip; and an Ag fired cap formed so as to cover a source pad electrode formed on the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip is disposed on a first substrate electrode, and one end of a Cu wire is bonded onto the Ag fired cap by means of an ultrasonic wave. There is provided a semiconductor device capable of improving a power cycle capability, and a fabrication method of such a semiconductor device. |
| US11189585B2 |
Selective recess of interconnects for probing hybrid bond devices
An Integrated Circuit (IC) device comprising a first component, the first component comprising a first dielectric and a plurality of adjacent first interconnect structures within the first dielectric. The IC device comprising a second component, the second component comprising a second dielectric and a plurality of adjacent second interconnect structures within the second dielectric. A first of the second interconnect structures is in direct contact with a first of the first interconnect structures at a bond interface between the first and second components. A second of the first interconnect structures is set back a distance from a plane of the bond interface. |
| US11189583B2 |
Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure comprises a semiconductive substrate and an interconnect structure over the semiconductive substrate. The semiconductor structure also comprises a bond pad in the semiconductive substrate and coupled to the metal layer. The bond pad comprises two conductive layers. |
| US11189582B2 |
Wire bond pad design for compact stacked-die package
Systems, methods, and devices for 3D packaging. In some embodiments, a semiconductor package includes a first die and a second die. The first die includes a first bonding pad on a top of the first die and near a first edge of the first die. The second die includes a second bonding pad on a top of the second die and near a second edge of the second die. A pillar is located on the second bonding pad. The first die is mounted on top of the second die such that the first edge is parallel to the second edge and offset from the second edge such that the pillar is exposed. A wire is bonded to a bonding surface of the pillar and bonded to a bonding surface of the first bonding pad. |
| US11189573B2 |
Semiconductor package with electromagnetic interference shielding using metal layers and vias
A semiconductor package is described herein with electromagnetic shielding using metal layers and vias. In one example, the package includes a silicon substrate having a front side and a back side, the front side including active circuitry and an array of contacts to attach to a substrate, a metallization layer over the back side of the die to shield active circuitry from interference through the back side, and a plurality of through-silicon vias coupled to the back side metallization at one end and to front side lands of the array of lands at the other end to shield active circuitry from interference through the sides of the die. |
| US11189571B2 |
Electronic circuit device and method of manufacturing electronic circuit device
The electronic circuit device according to the present invention including the wiring layer 13 including a plurality of the metal wirings, the photosensitive resin layer 21 made of the photosensitive resin arranged on the wiring layer 13, and the first electronic circuit element 33 arranged in the photosensitive resin layer 21. In this electronic circuit device, a plurality of opening 41 for exposing a part of the wiring layer 13 is formed on the photosensitive resin layer 21, and further, together with three-dimensionally connected to the first electronic circuit element 33, the re-distribution layer 42 on the first electronic circuit element including a plurality of the metal wirings which is three-dimensionally connected via a plurality of openings to a part of the wiring layer 13, and the first external connection terminal 51 connected to the re-distribution layer 42 are formed. |
| US11189562B1 |
Interconnection structure having increased conductive features and method of manufacturing the same
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a diffusion barrier layer, a passivation layer, and a plurality of conductive features. The diffusion barrier layer is disposed on the substrate, and the passivation layer is disposed on the diffusion barrier layer. The conductive features penetrate through the passivation layer and contact the diffusion barrier layer. |
| US11189561B2 |
Placing top vias at line ends by selective growth of via mask from line cut dielectric
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to fabrication method and resulting structures for placing self-aligned top vias at line ends of an interconnect structure. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a line feature is formed in a metallization layer of an interconnect structure. The line feature can include a line hard mask. A trench is formed in the line feature to expose line ends of the line feature. The trench is filled with a host material and a growth inhibitor is formed over a first line end of the line feature. A via mask is formed over a second line end of the line feature. The via mask can be selectively grown on an exposed surface of the host material. Portions of the line feature that are not covered by the via mask are recessed to define a self-aligned top via at the second line end. |
| US11189559B2 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a capacitor disposed on the substrate, and an interconnection structure. The capacitor is disposed on the substrate within a capacitor region and includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, a stacked dielectric layer, and an intermediate dielectric layer. The upper electrode is disposed over the lower electrode, and the stacked dielectric layer is disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The intermediate dielectric layer is disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and disposed only within the capacitor region. The relative permittivity of the intermediate dielectric layer is greater than the relative permittivity of the stacked dielectric layer. The interconnection structure including a plug and a stack of metal layers is disposed within an interconnection region abutting the capacitor region and is disposed at at least one side of the intermediate dielectric layer. |
| US11189556B2 |
Manufacturing of a power semiconductor module
A semi-manufactured power semiconductor module includes a substrate for bonding at least one power semiconductor chip; a first leadframe bonded to the substrate and providing power terminals; and a second leadframe bonded to the substrate and providing auxiliary terminals; wherein the first leadframe and/or the second leadframe include an interlocking element adapted for aligning the first leadframe and the second leadframe with respect to each other and/or with respect to a mold for molding an encapsulation around the substrate, the first leadframe and the second leadframe. |
| US11189554B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device according to the embodiments includes: a first substrate having a plurality of first through-holes; a plurality of first electrodes provided on the first substrate to be adjacent to the respective first through-holes; a plurality of second electrodes provided on the first substrate to be adjacent to the respective first through-holes and to face the respective first electrodes; and a second substrate provided to face the first substrate, the second substrate having a plurality of second through-holes facing the respective first through-holes, at least a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate having conductivity, the second substrate being electrically connected to the second electrodes. |
| US11189547B2 |
Semiconductor module and semiconductor module manufacturing method
A semiconductor module includes a laminated substrate that includes a heat radiating plate, and an insulation layer having a conductive pattern thereof and being disposed on a top surface of the heat radiating plate, a semiconductor element disposed on a top surface of the conductive pattern, an integrated circuit that controls driving of the semiconductor element, a control-side lead frame having a primary surface on which the integrated circuit is disposed, and a mold resin that seals the laminated substrate, the semiconductor element, the integrated circuit, and the control-side lead frame. The control-side lead frame has a rod-shaped first pin having a first end, a first end side of the first pin extending toward the top surface of the heat radiating plate, and the heat radiating plate has at least one insertion hole into one of which the first end of the first pin is press-fitted. |
| US11189545B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first semiconductor dies, a first adhesive layer, a plurality of second semiconductor dies, a second adhesive layer, and a plurality of first metal bumps. The first semiconductor dies are embedded in a first photosensitive layer of a first group of wafers. The first adhesive layer is disposed between at least two of the first group of wafers to form a first structure. The second semiconductor dies are embedded in a second photosensitive layer of a second group of wafers. The second adhesive layer is disposed between at least two of the second group of wafers to form a second structure. The first metal bumps are disposed between the first structure and second structure, in which the first structure is connected to the second structure with the first metal bumps. |
| US11189541B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a substrate, an electronic component mounted on an upper surface of the substrate so that a lower surface of the electronic component faces the upper surface of the substrate, a heat slug disposed on an upper surface of the electronic component so that a lower surface of the heat slug faces the upper surface of the electronic component, a bonding material bonding the heat slug to the upper surface of the electronic component, and an encapsulant in which the heat slug and the electronic component are embedded. A side surface of the heat slug extending between an edge of the lower surface of the heat slug and an edge of an upper surface of the heat slug forms a recess with the upper surface of the electronic component. |
| US11189539B2 |
Apparatus having a functional structure delimited by a frame structure and method for producing same
An apparatus includes a semiconductor-based substrate with a functional structure that is formed in or on the semiconductor-based substrate. The apparatus includes a frame structure surrounding the functional structure and includes a coating that covers the functional structure and is delimited by the frame structure. |
| US11189535B2 |
Semiconductor chip including chip pad, redistribution wiring test pad, and redistribution wiring connection pad
A semiconductor chip is disclosed that includes a chip pad disposed in a first region of a chip body, a redistribution wiring test pad disposed in the first region of the chip body spaced apart from the chip pad and connected to the chip pad through a redistribution wiring structure, and a redistribution wiring connection pad disposed in the first region of the chip body or a second region of the chip body and connected to the chip pad through the redistribution wiring structure. |
| US11189534B2 |
Semiconductor assembly and deterioration detection method
A semiconductor assembly is provided, that includes a semiconductor chip including an upper surface electrode and a lower surface electrode opposite to the upper surface electrode, a metallic wiring plate electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, and a soldering portion that bonds the upper surface electrode of the semiconductor chip to the metallic wiring plate by soldering, the semiconductor chip including a temperature detection portion, an anode wire for the temperature detection portion, and a first insulation layer that blocks the soldering portion and insulates the soldering portion from the anode wire. A deterioration detection method for a semiconductor module is provided, that includes a semiconductor assembly, the deterioration detection method including monitoring a temperature of a temperature detection portion disposed in a semiconductor chip, and detecting a temperature anomaly based on short circuit of an anode wire disposed in the semiconductor chip to detect deterioration of the semiconductor module. |
| US11189525B2 |
Via-first process for connecting a contact and a gate electrode
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a via-first process for connecting a contact to a gate electrode. In some embodiments, the contact is formed extending through a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer to a source/drain region bordering the gate electrode. An etch stop layer (ESL) is deposited covering the first ILD layer and the contact, and a second ILD layer is deposited covering the ESL. A first etch is performed into the first and second ILD layers and the etch stop layer to form a first opening exposing the gate electrode. A series of etches is performed into the second ILD layer and the etch stop layer to form a second opening overlying the contact and overlapping the first opening, such that a bottom of the second opening slants downward from the contact to the first opening. A gate-to-contact (GC) structure is formed filling the first and second openings. |
| US11189520B2 |
Imaging device, method of manufacturing imaging device, and electronic device
The present technology relates to an imaging device capable of preventing a decrease of sensitivity of the imaging device in a case where a capacitance element is provided in a pixel, a method of manufacturing an imaging device, and an electronic device. The imaging device includes, in a pixel, a photoelectric conversion element and a capacitance element accumulating an electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion element. The capacitance element includes a first electrode including a plurality of trenches, a plurality of second electrodes each having a cross-sectional area smaller than a contact connected to a gate electrode of a transistor in the pixel, and buried in each of the trenches, and a first insulating film disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode in each of the trenches. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a backside irradiation-type CMOS image sensor. |
| US11189513B1 |
Transport mechanism for wafers of different sizes and types
A transport mechanism for wafers of different sizes and types includes a carrier device and a manipulator device. The carrier device has a mounting rack, multiple supporting units, and multiple carrier units. The multiple supporting units are mounted on the mounting rack, and each supporting unit has two supporting bases. Each one of the multiple carrier units has two carrier plates. Each one of the two carrier plates has a connecting rod and two positioning rods. The two positioning rods are respectively located on two sides of the connecting rod. The manipulator device has a driving unit and a manipulator unit. The manipulator unit is mounted on the driving unit and has two arms. Each one of the two arms has a connecting socket and two positioning sockets. The two positioning sockets are respectively located beside the connecting socket. The locking element is movably mounted to the arm. |
| US11189510B2 |
Adaptive inset for wafer cassette system
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method of transporting a semiconductor wafer. The method includes transferring a semiconductor wafer into a first wafer slot of a second plurality of wafer slots within an adaptive inset. The adaptive inset is arranged within an interior cavity of a wafer cassette having a first plurality of wafer slots while transferring the semiconductor wafer into the first wafer slot. The wafer cassette and the adaptive inset are transported into a loading port of a semiconductor processing tool configured to perform a fabrication process on the semiconductor wafer. |
| US11189504B2 |
Photoresist stripping device and photoresist stripping method
The present disclosure provides a photoresist stripping device and a photoresist stripping method. The photoresist stripping device including a conveyor belt, a liquid storage tank, a filtering device, a lighting device and a stripping tank. Through disposing a metal-organic framework (MOF) material in a filter element, the MOF material is configured to adsorb a dissolved oxygen of the stripping solution in a visible light environment, thereby reducing the difference in oxygen concentration between the inside and outside of the gap, and alleviating hollowing out phenomenon of copper caused by stripping the photoresist of the substrate. Further, when reaching a saturation step, can heat or emit ultraviolet light to release the dissolved oxygen to make the filter material recyclable. |
| US11189503B2 |
Substrate drying method, photoresist developing method, photolithography method including the same, and substrate drying system
Disclosed are substrate drying methods, photoresist developing methods, and/or photolithography methods. The substrate drying method including providing a drying liquid on a substrate, increasing a pressure of the drying liquid to produce a supercritical fluid, and removing the supercritical fluid to dry the substrate may be provided. |
| US11189492B2 |
Semiconductor structure and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor structure and its fabrication method are provided in the present disclosure. The method includes providing a base substrate, forming a plurality of discrete core layers on the base substrate, forming an isolation layer on a top surface of a core layer, forming a sacrificial layer on the base substrate and exposing a top surface of the isolation layer, removing the isolation layer after forming the sacrificial layer, removing the sacrificial layer after removing the isolation layer, forming a mask layer on a sidewall surface of the core layer after removing the sacrificial layer, and removing the core layer after forming the mask layer. |
| US11189490B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a single crystal oxide layer is formed over a substrate. After the single crystal oxide layer is formed, an isolation structure to define an active region is formed. A gate structure is formed over the single crystal oxide layer in the active region. A source/drain structure is formed. |
| US11189489B2 |
Substrate treatment apparatus and manufacturing method of semiconductor device
In a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to one embodiment, a first gas containing a first metal element is introduced into a chamber having a substrate housed therein. Next, the first gas is discharged from the chamber using a purge gas. Subsequently, a second gas reducing the first gas is introduced into the chamber. Next, the second gas is discharged from the chamber using the purge gas. Further, a third gas different from the first gas, the second gas, and the purge gas is introduced into the chamber at least either at a time of discharging the first gas or at a time of discharging the second gas. |
| US11189488B2 |
Core-shell nanoplatelets and uses thereof
Disclosed is a formulation of semiconductor nanoplatelets, including at least one nanoplatelet including a nanoplatelet core and a shell on the surface of the nanoplatelet core, wherein the formulation is substantially free of molecular oxygen and/or molecular water, and uses thereof. |
| US11189486B2 |
Method for depositing an insulating material into a via
A method for depositing a layer of a material onto a substrate, comprising: one gas-phase injection of a first chemical species with a precursor of such insulating material, into a deposition chamber of a chemical vapor deposition reactor, through a first injection path, according to a first pulse sequence; one gas-phase injection of a second chemical species with a reactant adapted to react with such precursor, into the deposition chamber, through a second injection path, according to a second pulse sequence which is phase-shifted relative to the first pulse sequence; one sequential generation of a plasma of the first chemical species and/or the second chemical species during at least one pulse of at least one of the first and second sequences, with such plasma being generated from a high frequency (HF) plasma source and a low frequency (LF) plasma source applied to the first and second injection paths, the low frequency (LF) plasma source power on the high frequency (HF) plasma source power ratio being above 1. |
| US11189485B2 |
Steam oxidation initiation for high aspect ratio conformal radical oxidation
A substrate oxidation assembly includes: a chamber body defining a processing volume; a substrate support disposed in the processing volume; a plasma source coupled to the processing volume; a steam source fluidly coupled to the processing volume; and a substrate heater. A method of processing a semiconductor substrate includes: initiating conformal radical oxidation of high aspect ratio structures of the substrate comprising: heating the substrate; and exposing the substrate to steam; and conformally oxidizing the substrate. A semiconductor device includes a silicon and nitrogen containing layer; a feature formed in the silicon and nitrogen containing layer having an aspect ratio of at least 40:1; and an oxide layer on the face of the feature having a thickness in a bottom region of the silicon and nitrogen containing layer that is at least 95% of a thickness of the oxide layer in a top region. |
| US11189481B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method
A substrate processing apparatus includes first processors, second processors, a transfer module and a controller. Each of the first processors is configured to perform a first processing on a substrate. Each of the second processors is configured to perform a second processing on the substrate on which the first processing is performed. The transfer module is configured to transfer the substrate to the first processors and the second processors. The controller is configured to control the first processors, the second processors and the transfer module. The controller controls a start timing for a first transfer processing of transferring the substrates to the first processor such that a timing of a second transfer processing of transferring the substrate having a liquid film formed thereon to the second processor from the first processor and a timing when another substrate is transferred by the transfer module are not overlapped with each other. |
| US11189477B2 |
APCI ion source with asymmetrical spray
Systems and methods for atmospheric pressure chemical ionization are provided herein. In various aspects, the APCI apparatus, systems, and methods can provide an asymmetric sample spray into a vaporization chamber asymmetrically (e.g., off axis from the longitudinal axis of the vaporization chamber) so as to increase the interaction of the molecules in the sample spray with the vaporization chamber's sidewalls (and expose more of the molecules to the heat generated thereby), which can thereby result in improved consistency and/or efficiency of ion formation, and/or increased sensitivity relative to conventional APCI techniques. |
| US11189474B2 |
Sample support, ionization method, and mass spectrometry method
A sample support body is for ionization of a sample. The sample support body includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface on sides opposite to each other, and a conduction layer provided at least on the first surface. A plurality of through-holes opening on the first surface and the second surface are formed in an effective region of the substrate, the effective region being for ionizing components of the sample. A width of a first opening on the first surface side is larger than a width of a second opening on the second surface side in each of the plurality of through-holes. |
| US11189471B2 |
High frequency generator having dual outputs and its driving method
A high frequency generator having dual outputs comprises: a high frequency amplifying unit configured to amplify a DC voltage of a predetermined level, and output a first and a second high frequency amplification signal; a combiner configured to combine the first high frequency amplification signal and the second high frequency amplification signal, and output a high frequency power signal; a high frequency sensor disposed on output side of the combiner, configured to detect an electrical signal flowing the output side of the combiner, and output an electrical detection signal; a controller configured to output multiple control signals by using an externally applied control signal and the electrical detection signal; and a switching unit disposed between the combiner and the plasma chamber, and controlled by a switching control signal outputted from the controller to output the high frequency power signal to a first high frequency power output signal through a first output terminal and to output the high frequency power signal to a second high frequency power signal through a second output terminal. |
| US11189465B2 |
Adjustable capacitor, impedance matching device and semiconductor processing apparatus
The present disclosure provides an adjustable capacitor comprising a ferroelectric dielectric layer, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on opposite sides of the ferroelectric dielectric layer. The adjustable capacitor further comprises a first control electrode and a second control electrode insulated from the first electrode and the second electrode. The first control electrode and the second control electrode are configured to provide an electric field to the ferroelectric dielectric layer, to adjust a dielectric constant of the ferroelectric dielectric layer by controlling an electric field strength, thereby adjusting the capacitance between the first and the second electrodes. The present disclosure also provides an impedance matching device and a semiconductor processing apparatus. The adjustable capacitor, the impedance matching device and the semiconductor processing apparatus can adjust the capacitance of the adjustable capacitor in milliseconds, thereby accelerating the matching speed, shortening the matching time, and improving the processed result. |
| US11189464B2 |
Variable mode plasma chamber utilizing tunable plasma potential
Plasma processing apparatus and associated methods are provided. In one example, a plasma processing apparatus can include a plasma chamber configured to be able to hold a plasma. The plasma processing apparatus can include a dielectric window forming at least a portion of a wall of the plasma chamber. The plasma processing apparatus can include an inductive coupling element located proximate the dielectric window. The inductive coupling element can be configured to generate a plasma from the process gas in the plasma chamber when energized with radio frequency (RF) energy. The plasma processing apparatus can include a processing chamber having a workpiece support configured to support a workpiece. The plasma processing apparatus can include an electrostatic shield located between the inductive coupling element and the dielectric window. The electrostatic shield can be grounded via a tunable reactive impedance circuit to a ground reference. |
| US11189460B1 |
System, apparatus and method for variable length electrode in linear accelerator
An apparatus may include an RF power assembly, arranged to output an RF signal, and a drift tube assembly, arranged to transmit an ion beam, and coupled to the RF power assembly. The drift tube assembly may include a first ground electrode; an AC drift tube assembly, disposed downstream of the first ground electrode; and a second ground electrode, disposed downstream of the AC drift tube assembly, where the AC drift tube assembly comprises at least one variable length AC drift tube. |
| US11189451B2 |
Charged particle beam source and a method for assembling a charged particle beam source
A charged particle beam source that may include an emitter that has a tip for emitting charged particles; a socket; electrodes; a filament that is connected to the electrodes and to the emitter; electrodes for providing electrical signals to the filament; a support element that is connected to the emitter; and a support structure that comprises one or more interfaces for contacting only a part of the support element while supporting the support element. |
| US11189445B2 |
Jog dial type operation switch and sink cabinet device comprising same
A dial type operation switch comprises: an upper assembly including a display device; a lower assembly including an encoder; and a wheel assembly which rotates while surrounding the sides of the upper assembly and the lower assembly. Further, a knob switch comprises a push switch which is operated by pressing the display device in multiple directions, whereby a structure capable of various settings and operations is provided by combining the push switch with the rotation of the wheel assembly. In addition, a sink cabinet device comprises a bath sink and a functional module, wherein a bath sink lamp is provided and operation states of the sink cabinet device can be displayed using the bath sink lamp. Therefore, there is provided a structure in which the bath sink lamp can be used as a mood lamp for improving the beauty of a bathroom. |
| US11189442B2 |
Keyswitch structure
A keyswitch structure includes a base plate, a keycap, a lift mechanism connecting the keycap and the base plate, a movable part movably disposed relative to the base plate, a linking support, and a magnetic part on the base plate. The linking support has a pivotal connection portion, a magnetic portion, and a driving portion. The magnetic part and the magnetic portion produce a magnetic attraction force therebetween. When the movable part is located at a first position, the pivotal connection portion is rotatably disposed on a protruding portion of the movable part, and the magnetic attraction force drives the keycap through the linking support to move away relative to the keycap. When the movable part moves from the first position to a second position, the protruding portion moves away, so that the pivotal connection portion falls down and the keycap moves toward the base plate. |
| US11189441B2 |
Key switch device
A key switch device includes a base, a button mounted on the base so as to be contactable and separable, an elastic body disposed between the base and the button and configured to urge the button in a direction away from the base, and a linear reinforcement member provided on the button and configured to prevent the button from being inclined when the button is operated in a direction toward the base. An outer surface portion of the button includes a recessed support portion in which a part of the linear reinforcement members is disposed. |
| US11189439B2 |
Power converting apparatus, motor drive apparatus, and air conditioner
A power converting apparatus includes: a first arm including a switching element and a switching element connected in series; a second arm including a switching element and a switching element connected in series, the second arm being connected in parallel with the first arm; a reactor having one end connected to the switching element and the switching element and an opposite end connected to an alternating-current power supply; and a smoothing capacitor connected in parallel with the first arm and the second arm. The loss characteristic of the switching element and the second switching element that occurs in each switching event is better than the loss characteristic of the switching element and the switching element that occurs in each switching event. |
| US11189436B2 |
Scissor-type connecting assembly of key structure
A key structure includes a keycap, a base plate and a scissor-type connecting assembly. The scissor-type connecting assembly includes a first connecting member and a second connecting member. One end of the first connecting member connects to the base plate, and the other end connects to the keycap. The first connecting member includes at least one pivot having a convex portion. One end of the second connecting member connects to the base plate, and the other end connects to the keycap. The second connecting member comprises at least one pivot hole, and the pivot is disposed in the pivot hole. |
| US11189433B2 |
Multifunctional solid-state devices for solar control, photovoltaic conversion and artificial lighting
A multifunctional solid-state photovoltachromic device (1) comprising at least one n-type layer (8) and at least one p-type layer (11) arranged to create a PN or PIN junction, said n-type layer (8) and p-type layer (11) comprising materials arranged to act as mixed conductors, thus allowing both charge transport and ion conduction. |
| US11189428B2 |
Systems and methods for calibrating a tunable component
Systems, devices, and methods for adjusting tuning settings of tunable components, such as tunable capacitors, can be configured for calibrating a tunable component. Specifically, the systems, devices and methods can measure a device response for one or more inputs to a tunable component, store a calibration code in a non-volatile memory that characterizes the device response of the tunable component, and adjust a tuning setting of the tunable component based on the calibration code to achieve a desired response of the tunable component. |
| US11189426B1 |
Capacitor with multiple elements for multiple replacement applications
An apparatus includes a case having an elliptical cross-section capable of receiving a plurality of capacitive elements. One or more of the capacitive elements provide at least one capacitor having a first capacitor terminal and a second capacitor terminal. The apparatus also includes a cover assembly that includes a deformable cover mountable to the case, and, a common cover terminal having a contact extending from the cover. The cover assembly also includes at least three capacitor cover terminals, each of the at least three capacitor cover terminals having at least one contact extending from the deformable cover. The deformable cover is configured to displace at least one of the at least three capacitor cover terminals upon an operative failure of at least one of the plurality of the capacitive elements. The cover assembly also includes at least four insulation structures. One of the four insulation structures is associated with one of the at least three capacitor cover terminals. The apparatus also includes a first conductor capable of electrically connecting the first capacitor terminal of a capacitor provided by one of the plurality of capacitive elements to one of the at least three capacitor cover terminals and a second conductor capable of electrically connecting the second capacitor terminal of the capacitor provided by one of the plurality of capacitive elements to the common cover terminal. |
| US11189423B2 |
Multilayer capacitor and board having the same mounted thereon
A multilayer capacitor and a board having the same mounted thereon are provided. The multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes, and first to sixth surfaces, the first internal electrode being exposed through the third surface and the fifth surface and the second internal electrode being exposed through the fourth surface and the sixth surface; first and second side portions disposed on the fifth and sixth surfaces, respectively, of the capacitor body; first and second external electrodes; a first step-compensating portion disposed on a margin portion in a width direction on the second dielectric layer on which the second internal electrode is formed on the first internal electrode; and a second step-compensating portion disposed on another margin portion in the width direction on the first dielectric layer on which the first internal electrode is disposed on the second internal electrode. |
| US11189422B2 |
Ignition coil
This ignition coil includes: a bar-shaped resistor electrically connected to a terminal of a coil assembly via a relay; a case for storing these; and a filler filling gaps inside the case. The case includes a body, a cylindrical output portion protruding from the body, and an annular holding portion protruding inward from an inner circumferential surface of the output portion and formed integrally with the output portion. A part of the resistor is inserted into the holding portion, and thus a first internal area located on the body side with respect to the holding portion and shut off from outside is formed in an internal area of the output portion. The filler fills the first internal area. |
| US11189421B2 |
Phase and zero-sequence current sensing modules mounted together on a cable bushing
A current sensing modular system, which allows sensing the phase current and/or the around-fault or zero-sequence current, having to that end at least a first module having at least one phase current sensor embedded therein and a second module having a zero-sequence current sensor embedded therein. The first module is independent of the second module, both modules being installed directly in the connection elements, i.e., in the connection point between at least one bushing and at least one connector of at least one grid cable. |
| US11189418B2 |
Coil component
Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes first and second coil parts each spirally wound in a plurality of turns in directions opposite to each other. An innermost turn of the first coil part is radially divided into first and second conductor parts by a spiral slit, and at least an innermost turn of the second coil part is radially divided into third and fourth conductor parts by a spiral slit. The first conductor part is positioned radially inward of the second conductor part, and the third conductor part is positioned radially inward of the fourth conductor part. The inner peripheral end of the first conductor part is connected to the inner peripheral end of the fourth conductor part, and the inner peripheral end of the second conductor part is connected to the inner peripheral end of the third conductor part. |
| US11189416B2 |
Coil component and method of changing frequency characteristic thereof
A coil component comprising a coil conductor layer wound on a plane, an outer-circumferential lead-out conductor led out on the same plane as the coil conductor layer from an outer-circumferential end of the coil conductor layer, and an inner-circumferential lead-out conductor led out on the same plane as the coil conductor layer from an inner-circumferential end of the coil conductor layer. The coil component further comprises a branch conductor disposed to branch from at least one of the outer-circumferential lead-out conductor and the inner-circumferential lead-out conductor, and extending on the same plane as the coil conductor layer. |
| US11189411B2 |
Magnetizing device and magnetizing method
A magnetizing device includes a magnetic field generator configured to generate a parallel magnetic field in a preset region. The parallel magnetic field magnetizes the element which is located in the preset region. |
| US11189397B2 |
Outer cover body for electrical wires and outer-cover-body-attached wire harness
Providing an outer cover body for electrical wires that can improve the degree of freedom of design while preventing anisotropy in mechanical properties and also make it possible to form even a compact outer cover body for electrical wires. An outer cover body for electrical wires that is to be attached to the outer periphery of an electrical wire, the outer cover body for electrical wires being formed of a bent thermoplastic resin foam sheet having a density of not less than 200 Kg/m3 and not more than 700 Kg/m3. |
| US11189390B2 |
Power source and method of forming same
Various embodiments of a power source and a method of forming such power source are disclosed. The power source can include an enclosure, a substrate disposed within the enclosure, and radioactive material disposed within the substrate and adapted to emit radioactive particles. The power source can further include a diffusion barrier disposed over an outer surface of the substrate, and a carrier material disposed within the enclosure, where the carrier material includes an oxide material. |
| US11189385B2 |
Integral vessel isolation valve
A nuclear reactor comprises a nuclear reactor core disposed in a pressure vessel. An isolation valve protects a penetration through the pressure vessel. The isolation valve comprises: a mounting flange connecting with a mating flange of the pressure vessel; a valve seat formed into the mounting flange; and a valve member movable between an open position and a closed position sealing against the valve seat. The valve member is disposed inside the mounting flange or inside the mating flange of the pressure vessel. A biasing member operatively connects to the valve member to bias the valve member towards the open position. The bias keeps the valve member in the open position except when a differential fluid pressure across the isolation valve and directed outward from the pressure vessel exceeds a threshold pressure. |
| US11189376B1 |
Patient tracking and dynamic updating of patient profile
Medical services are offered by various facilities near a patient's residence. The number of facility options continues to grow and the patients can now receive various different health care services. One example method of operation provides receiving sensor data indicating that one or more sensors were triggered at a predefined location at a first time during a monitoring event, receiving additional sensor data indicating an additional sensor was triggered at a second time later than the first time, identifying a time gap between the first time and the second time, storing the time gap in a schedule stored in memory, and creating a sensor trigger pattern based on the time gap and applying the sensor trigger pattern to an alert status for a subsequent monitoring event. |
| US11189368B2 |
Systems, computer media, and methods for using electromagnetic frequency (EMF) identification (ID) devices for monitoring, collection, analysis, use and tracking of personal data, biometric data, medical data, transaction data, electronic payment data, and location data for one or more end user, pet, livestock, dairy cows, cattle or other animals, including use of unmanned surveillance vehicles, satellites or hand-held devices
Methods, apparatuses, non-transitory computer readable storage media, computer systems, networks, and/or systems for monitoring, collection, analysis, use and tracking of personal data, biometric data, medical data, transaction data, electronic payment data, location data and other data to develop a profile for one or more end user, pet, livestock, dairy cows, cattle or other animal using radio and other frequency tags and relaying data from EMFID tag interactions to a database that can be accessed by members of a network, and further including the use of unmanned surveillance vehicles, satellites or hand-held devices for monitoring, collection, and/or analysis of EMFID data. |
| US11189367B2 |
Similarity determining apparatus and method
An apparatus for determining similarity between medical data sets for a plurality of patients or other subjects comprises at least one data store and a processing resource. The at least one data store is configured to store a respective representation of each of a plurality of data sets, the representation of each data set being generated by applying a model for representing data sets with respect to a plurality of features. The processing resource is configured to use the model to obtain a representation of a further medical data set, and perform a similarity determining process to determine similarity between the representation of the further medical data set and at least some of said representations of said plurality of medical data sets. |
| US11189365B2 |
Monitoring clinical research performance
A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product monitors clinical research performance. One or more metrics of clinical research performance for investigator/provider/research sites across research studies are collected. The metrics include performance area, characteristic of the performance area with one or more attributes, point values for each attribute, and weight value for the characteristic. A performance score is produced for each of the entities based on the one or more metrics. A machine learning model is trained to determine performance scores based on the produced performance score for each of the entities. A request for entities is processed by applying performance scores from the machine learning model and appropriate corresponding data to a predictive model to determine resulting performance scores, rank and/or match for each of the one or more entities for a given protocol and/or assessment trigger. Actions are performed based on the resulting performance scores, rank and/or match. |
| US11189358B2 |
Method of controlling operation of nonvolatile memory device using machine learning and storage system
According to a method of controlling an operation of a nonvolatile memory device using machine learning, operating conditions of the nonvolatile memory device are determined by performing an inferring operation using a machine learning model. Training data that are generated based on feature information and error information are collected, where the error information indicate results of error correction code (ECC) decoding of the nonvolatile memory device. The machine learning model is updated by performing a learning operation based on the training data. Optimized operating conditions for individual user environments are provided by collecting training data in the storage system and performing the learning operation and the inferring operation based on the training data. |
| US11189357B1 |
Programmable memory device
The present application provides a programmable memory device. The programmable memory device includes an active region, a gate structure and an anti-fuse storage unit. The active region is formed in a substrate and having a linear top view shape. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate and having a linear portion intersected with a section of the active region away from end portions of the active region. The anti-fuse storage unit uses a portion of the active region as a terminal, and further comprises an electrode and a dielectric layer. The electrode is disposed on the portion of the active region and spaced apart from the gate structure, and the dielectric layer is sandwiched between the portion of the active region and the electrode. |
| US11189349B2 |
Memory device and operating method thereof
A memory device includes an erase operation controller for performing an erase operation on a memory block; an erase suspend count manager for managing an erase suspend count representing a number of times the erase operation is suspended until the erase operation on the memory block is completed; and a program parameter value determiner for determining a parameter value to be used for a program operation on the memory block, based on the erase suspend count. |
| US11189347B2 |
Resource management for memory die-specific operations
Methods, systems, and devices for memory die resource management are described. A resource manager can determine, from a set of global resources for multiple memory dies of a memory sub-system, a set of die-specific resources for a memory die of the multiple memory dies of the memory sub-system. In some case, the set of die-specific resources can be allocated for read commands for the memory die. The resource manager can assign a read command to a die-specific resource of the set of die-specific resources based on the die-specific resource being available and refrain from assigning the read command to the die-specific resource based on the die-specific resource being unavailable. |
| US11189335B2 |
Double write/read throughput by CMOS adjacent array (CaA) NAND memory
A three-dimensional (3D) memory is provided, including a memory array chip and a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip disposed on the memory array chip. The memory chip provides double write/read throughput and includes a lower region with a lower array of memory cells, lower word lines, and a lower bit line, while an upper region includes an upper array of memory cells, upper word lines, and an upper bit line. A source line is disposed between the lower and upper regions and is connected to both the lower array of memory cells and the upper array of memory cells. |
| US11189331B1 |
Memory cell arrangement and methods thereof
A memory cell arrangement is provided that may include: at least one memory cell and a read-out circuit. The memory cell includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a field-effect transistor structure being connected to the first terminal, the second terminal, and the third terminal. The read-out circuit is configured to carry out a read-out operation to read out a memory state of the memory cell, the read-out operation including: providing a first voltage at the first terminal, a second voltage at the second terminal, and a third voltage at the third terminal such that the field-effect transistor structure is in a high-resistivity state and such that a leakage current through the first terminal and/or through the second terminal is generated, and sensing the leakage current to determine the memory state of the memory element. |
| US11189325B2 |
Device and method for data-writing
A device includes several first switching units and several second switching units. Each of the first switching units transmits in response to a first select signal, an auxiliary signal. Each of the second switching units is coupled to a corresponding one of the first switching units and transmits in response to a second select signal, a write voltage to a corresponding one of multiple circuit cells. The second switching units are coupled with each other in a node which receives the write voltage. |
| US11189324B2 |
Voltage generating circuit and a nonvolatile memory apparatus using the voltage generating circuit
A voltage generating circuit includes a voltage supplying circuit and a current biasing circuit. The voltage supplying circuit is configured to supply a first power voltage to an output node based on a first enable signal. The current biasing circuit is configured to control a bias current to flow from the output node based on a second enable signal. The second enable signal is enabled after the first enable signal is enabled. |
| US11189323B2 |
Heat-dissipating, shock-absorbing structure
Provided is a heat-dissipating, shock-absorbing structure which is applicable to an electronic module with a hard disk drive. The heat-dissipating, shock-absorbing structure includes a heat-dissipating frame, an elastomer, and a plurality of heat conduction layers. The heat-dissipating frame has a fixing segment and two extending segments. The extending segments connect with two ends of the fixing segment. The fixing segment connects with one side of the hard disk drive. The distance between the extending segments is greater than the thickness of the hard disk drive. At least a portion of the elastomer is disposed at the extending segments. The heat conduction layers cover the elastomer. |
| US11189318B2 |
Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording and reproducing device
The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support, a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder on one surface of the non-magnetic support, and a back coating layer including a non-magnetic powder on the other surface of the non-magnetic support, in which a difference (Safter−Sbefore) between a spacing Safter measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the back coating layer after methyl ethyl ketone cleaning and a spacing Sbefore measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the back coating layer before methyl ethyl ketone cleaning is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 30.0 nm, and the non-magnetic support is an aromatic polyamide support having a moisture absorption of 2.2% or less. |
| US11189303B2 |
Persistent interference detection
A multi-microphone algorithm for detecting and differentiating interference sources from desired talker speech in advanced audio processing for smart home applications is described. The approach is based on characterizing a persistent interference source when sounds repeated occur from a fixed spatial location relative to the device, which is also fixed. Some examples of such interference sources include TV, music system, air-conditioner, washing machine, and dishwasher. Real human talkers, in contrast, are not expected to remain stationary and speak continuously from the same position for a long time. The persistency of an acoustic source is established based on identifying historically-recurring inter-microphone frequency-dependent phase profiles in multiple time periods of the audio data. The detection algorithm can be used with a beamforming processor to suppress the interference and for achieving voice quality and automatic speech recognition rate improvements in smart home applications. |
| US11189302B2 |
Speech emotion detection method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium
A speech emotion detection system may obtain to-be-detected speech data. The system may generate speech frames based on framing processing and the to-be-detected speech data. The system may extract speech features corresponding to the speech frames to form a speech feature matrix corresponding to the to-be-detected speech data. The system may input the speech feature matrix to an emotion state probability detection model. The system may generate, based on the speech feature matrix and the emotion state probability detection model, an emotion state probability matrix corresponding to the to-be-detected speech data. The system may input the emotion state probability matrix and the speech feature matrix to an emotion state transition model. The system may generate an emotion state sequence based on the emotional state probability matrix, the speech feature matrix, and the emotional state transition model. The system may determine an emotion state based on the emotion state sequence. |
| US11189301B2 |
Dynamically providing to a person feedback pertaining to utterances spoken or sung by the person
Utterances spoken or sung by a first person can be received, in real time. The detected utterances can be compared to at least a stored sample of utterances spoken or sung by the first person. Based on the comparing, audio of the utterances spoken or sung by the first person can be isolated from a background noise. A volume of the utterances spoken or sung by a first person relative to the background noise can be determined. A key indicator that indicates the volume of the detected utterances spoken or sung by the first person relative to the background noise can be generated. Based on the key indicator, information indicating the volume of the detected utterances spoken or sung by the first person relative to the background noise can be communicated. |
| US11189292B2 |
Determining a target device for voice command interaction
Systems, methods, and devices for determining a target device for a voice command are provided. A voice command is detected at a plurality of devices. A weight is determined for the detected voice command at each device of the plurality of devices. The determined weight is exchanged among the plurality of devices. A highest weight among the exchanged weights is determined. The device associated with the highest weight is determined as the target device for the voice command. |
| US11189291B2 |
Staged user enrollment using audio devices
Disclosed are various embodiments for staged user enrollment using audio devices. In one embodiment, among others, a system includes a computing device and program instructions. The program instructions can cause the computing device to receive a configuration profile for configuring a client device. The configuration profile includes a device policy associated with an organizational group. The program instructions can further cause the computing device to generate a sound payload based on encoding the configuration profile onto a sound signal. A request is received a request from a voice assistant service for configuring the client device. The request is associated with configuring the client device according to the device policy. The sound payload is transmitted to the voice service for broadcasting from a speaker device. The sound payload is broadcast within an audible distance of the client device. |
| US11189290B2 |
Interactive selection and modification
A method, system, and program product for selecting software is provided. The method includes retrieving audio data during a call with a subject matter expert (SME). The audio data is converted into a data training set and documents of the SME are converted into a document training set. Canonical documents generated by authors are analyzed and specified code is extracted from the text data training set and document training set. Attributes of individuals are detected. The attributes are compared with specified data and the canonical documents and it is determined that the individuals are requesting information associated with the text data. The information is provided to the individuals via the canonical documents or the documents of the SME and it is determined if a matched set of data exists between the attributes, the specified data, and the canonical documents. A digital action associated with results of the determination is executed. |
| US11189280B2 |
Securing voice assistant data
Disclosed are various approaches for encrypting a voice based response to a request through a voice assistant device. The request is associated with a network or federated service. A tunnel speaker containing a private key can decrypt the encrypted response using a private key provided to the tunnel speaker by a client application on a client device. |
| US11189277B2 |
Dynamic gazetteers for personalized entity recognition
In speech processing systems personalization is added in the Natural Language Understanding (NLU) processor by incorporating external knowledge sources of user information to improve entity recognition performance of the speech processing system. Personalization in the NLU is effected by incorporating one or more dictionaries of entries, or gazetteers, with information personal to a respective user, that provide the user's information to permit disambiguation of semantic interpretation for input utterances to improve quality of speech processing results. |
| US11189276B2 |
Vehicle and control method thereof
A vehicle includes a communication device configured to communicate with a terminal capable of providing a communication function; a sensor configured to receive voice of a user; a storage configured to store a user pattern related to a call pattern of the user; and a controller configured to search for at least one name candidate corresponding to input voice when receiving the input voice, determine a threshold for a confidence score of the at least one name candidate based on the user pattern, and select a name corresponding to the input voice from among the at least one name candidate based on the determined threshold. |
| US11189271B2 |
Coordinating electronic personal assistants
A method includes receiving a representation of a spoken utterance, processing the representation of the spoken utterance to identify, from a number of candidate domains, a request and a serving domain, and routing the request to a personal assistant based on the request and the serving domain. Identification of the serving domain is based on one or more of a contextual state, a behavior profile of a speaker of the utterance, and a semantic content of the utterance. |
| US11189270B2 |
Method of controlling dialogue system, dialogue system, and data storage medium
A dialogue system including a processor, a memory, an audio input apparatus, an audio output apparatus, a touch input apparatus, and a display unit. The processor receives an input from the voice or a touch input apparatus, analyzes the content of the input, and selects a scenario corresponding to the input data from preset scenario information. The processor generates the output data specified in the scenario, calculates the priority of the input data, and determines the presence or absence of the scenario being prepared for the output data. When there is the scenario under generating the output data, the processor changes the output method of the scenario to be executed based on the priority. |
| US11189269B2 |
Adversarial training data augmentation for generating related responses
An intelligent computer platform to introduce adversarial training to natural language processing (NLP). An initial training set is modified with synthetic training data to create an adversarial training set. The modification includes use of natural language understanding (NLU) to parse the initial training set into components and identify component categories. As input is presented, a classifier evaluates the input and leverages the adversarial training set to identify the intent of the input. An identified classification model generates accurate and reflective response data based on the received input. |
| US11189268B2 |
Method and apparatus for selecting voice-enabled device and intelligent computing device for controlling the same
A method and apparatus for selecting a voice-enabled device are disclosed. In the voice-enabled device selecting method, when recognition situation information is obtained from one device, voice signals may be obtained from that device and second devices registered to the same account as that device, and a device that will respond to the wakeup word may be selected based on the voice signals. Thus, even if the closest device the user intends to activate is not able to recognize a wakeup word spoken by the user due to the device's microphone position, that device may be selected as a voice-enabled device. At least one of a voice enable device selecting apparatus, an intelligent computing device, an IoT device, and a server controlling the voice enable device selecting apparatus may be associated with an artificial intelligence (AI) module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (or drone), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, and a device related to a 5G service. |
| US11189260B2 |
Active noise-cancelling headphones
Active noise-cancelling (ANC) headphones in the form of a part of a headset or as in-ear headphones that reduce acoustic adaptation by providing an electrodynamic speaker in a housing with ventilation openings and an acoustically permeable front panel. These components form a module that can be integrated into ANC headphones, permitting its installation in different headphones without customization. The module reacts to a reduction of the impermeability situation in such a manner, that an impedance change of the speaker takes place below 100 Hz. For example, a microphone and electronics with a feedback filter for active noise cancellation can be provided that form a secondary route between speaker and microphone. In a further development, an evaluation unit is provided which detects and evaluates a change in the impedance of the speaker and adapts the feedback loop. |
| US11189254B2 |
Video processing device, display device, video processing method, and recording medium
A video processing device processing input videos, includes a video processing unit that processes the input videos; and a control unit that sets a control value for controlling the video processing unit, wherein an entire input video is constituted by combining the input videos, and among partial areas associated with the respective input videos constituting the entire input video, one of the partial areas is defined as a first partial area, and another of the partial areas adjacent to, the first partial area is defined as a second partial area, and when processing which is performed, by referring to a pixel value in one of the first partial area and the second partial area, on another of the first partial area and the second partial area, is defined as adjacent boundary processing, the video processing unit performs the adjacent boundary processing on the entire input video, and generates processed videos. |
| US11189252B2 |
Image correction due to deformation of components of a viewing device
A display assembly displays a virtual object in a select location wherein an eye viewing the virtual object has an expected gaze direction. Deformation of the display assembly is detected. The deformation causes the virtual object to be viewable in an altered location wherein the eye has altered gaze direction. The virtual object may be displayed in a corrected location wherein the eye viewing the virtual object in the correct location has a corrected gaze direction that is moved closer to the expected gaze direction than the altered gaze direction. |
| US11189240B2 |
Gate driving circuit and display panel
A gate driving circuit is provided, which includes shift registers and a reset signal line. The shift registers respectively provide scan signals to gate lines of a display panel. Each shift register includes a precharge unit and pull-up unit. The precharge unit is coupled to a first node and outputs a precharge signal through the first node. The pull-up unit is coupled to the first node and the second node and outputs one of the scan signals to a corresponding one of the gate lines through the second node. The reset signal line is coupled to the shift registers and provides a reset signal to the shift registers. The reset signal is used to reset the shift registers after the shift registers respectively output the scan signals. The reset signal line is arranged between a layout area of the precharge unit and a layout area of the pull-up unit. |
| US11189239B2 |
Driving method of display panel and display device
A driving method of a display panel and a display device are provided, wherein the driving method of the display panel can make a sub-pixel to be driven disposed in a splicing region display normally by compensating the sub-pixel to be driven disposed in the splicing region. A dark line appearing in the splicing region is eliminated, and a technical problem of splicing dark line appearing in the splicing region of a display device adopting spliced mini-LEDs is alleviated. |
| US11189237B2 |
Current compensation circuit, virtual reality device and control method
A current compensation circuit, a virtual reality device and a control method are disclosed. The current compensation circuit includes: a first constant current sub-circuit, configured to generate a driving current of a backlight module; a second constant current sub-circuit, configured to generate a compensation current of the backlight module; a compensation gating sub-circuit, configured to determine whether to select the second constant current sub-circuit to supply power to the backlight module; and a black insertion control signal generation sub-circuit, configured to generate a black insertion control signal, connected with the first constant current sub-circuit and the compensation gating sub-circuit, and configured to control, by the black insertion control signal, the first constant current sub-circuit and the second constant current sub-circuit to simultaneously supply power to or power off the backlight module, so that the black light module realizes a backlight black insertion. |
| US11189229B2 |
Display device and driving method thereof
A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a data driver configured to supply a black voltage to the display panel; and a controller configured to: set an initial driving power voltage of the display panel; decide a bright spot voltage of the display panel while the data driver is supplying the black voltage to the display panel; and set any one of the bright spot voltage and the initial driving power voltage as a final driving power voltage. |
| US11189228B2 |
Pixel circuit, method for driving pixel circuit, and display device
A pixel circuit, a method for driving a pixel circuit, and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes: a storage circuit, a data writing circuit, a light emitting driving circuit, and a compensation circuit. The data writing circuit is configured to write a data voltage to the storage circuit under control of a scanning control signal; the storage circuit is configured to store the data voltage and enable a stored data voltage to be available to the compensation circuit for a compensation operation; the compensation circuit is configured to maintain a compensation voltage based on the stored data voltage at a control terminal of the light emitting driving circuit under control of a compensation control signal; and the light emitting driving circuit configured to drive the light emitting element to emit light under control of the compensation voltage. |
| US11189227B1 |
Display panel, driving method thereof, and display device
The display panel includes an array substrate, and the array substrate includes pixel circuits arranged in an array. A first initialization module and a second initialization module are connected in series to an initialization signal terminal and a control terminal of the drive module, an output terminal of the second initialization module is electrically connected to the control terminal of the drive module; a control terminal of the first initialization module is used for receiving a first additional scan signal, and a control terminal of the second initialization module is used for receiving a first scan signal. Within at least one light emitting period of one frame duration, the end time of an active level pulse of the first additional scan signal is later than the end time of an active level pulse of the first scan signal. |
| US11189223B2 |
Element substrate and light emitting device
A light emitting device and an element substrate which are capable of suppressing variations in luminance intensity of a light emitting element among pixels due to characteristic variations of a driving transistor without suppressing off-current of a switching transistor low and increasing storage capacity of a capacitor. A gate potential of a driving transistor is connected to a first scan line or a second scan line, and the driving transistor operates in a saturation region. A current controlling transistor which operates in a linear region is connected in series to the driving transistor. A video signal which transmits a light emission or non-emission of a pixel is input to the gate of the current controlling transistor through a switching transistor. |
| US11189222B1 |
Device and method for mura compensation
A display driver includes image processing circuitry and driver circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to process image data for a plurality of pixel circuits of a display panel. The image processing circuitry includes a demura table comprising one or more base compensation values associated with each of the plurality of pixel circuits, and a lookup table (LUT) comprising one or more compensation coefficients associated with each of a plurality of frame rates. Processing the image data for the pixel circuits comprises a mura compensation for at least one pixel circuit of the plurality of pixel circuits using the one or more base compensation values and the one or more compensation coefficients. The drive circuitry is configured to update the plurality of pixel circuits based on the processed image data. |
| US11189212B2 |
System and method for a multi-primary wide gamut color system
Systems and methods for a multi-primary color system for display. A multi-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. One embodiment of the multi-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems. |
| US11189204B2 |
Display device including crack detection line
A display device includes a peripheral area around a display area, a plurality of pixels in the display area, and a plurality of signal lines connected to the pixels. The signal lines include a plurality of data lines connected to the pixels, a crack detection line connected to first data lines among the data lines through a first transistor, and a control line connected to a gate of the first transistor. The crack detection line is in the peripheral area. |
| US11189198B2 |
Flexible display cover plate, preparation method thereof, and foldable display apparatus
A flexible display cover plate, a preparation method thereof and a foldable display apparatus are provided. The flexible display cover plate includes a flexible substrate, wherein the flexible substrate includes a plurality of non-bendable portions and at least one bendable portion, the bendable portion is connected between adjacent non-bendable portions, a resilient functional layer for resilience of the bendable portion is arranged on the flexible substrate, and the resilient functional layer covers at least part of the bendable portion. |
| US11189183B2 |
Intelligent voice interaction method, device and computer readable storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a device, and a computer readable storage medium for intelligent voice interaction. The method includes: obtaining text information or drawing information input by a user on a digitizer tablet; identifying the text information or the drawing information to obtain an identification result; and transmitting audio information corresponding to the identification result to the digitizer tablet, enabling the digitizer tablet to play the audio information. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the digitizer tablet performs an intelligent voice interaction with the user according to the text information or the drawing information input by the user when the user practices calligraphy or drawing, thus increasing an interactivity between the user, especially a child, with the digitizer tablet, and enhancing the child's interest in learning. |
| US11189181B2 |
Emergency autoland system
Autoland systems and processes for landing an aircraft without pilot intervention are described. In implementations, the autoland system includes a memory operable to store one or more modules and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor is operable to execute the one or more modules to identify a plurality of potential destinations for an aircraft. The processor can also calculate a merit for each potential destination identified, select a destination based upon the merit; receive terrain data and/or obstacle data, the including terrain characteristic(s) and/or obstacle characteristic(s); and create a route from a current position of the aircraft to an approach fix associated with the destination, the route accounting for the terrain characteristic(s) and/or obstacle characteristic(s). The processor can also cause the aircraft to traverse the route, and cause the aircraft to land at the destination without requiring pilot intervention. |
| US11189179B2 |
Method for revising a target take off time in the environment of an airport, associated system and aircraft comprising such a system
A method for revising a target take off time in the environment of an airport, associated system and aircraft having such a system. The method includes steps implemented by a computer of an aircraft, including acquisition from an information source of a current position of the aircraft in the environment of the airport and determination of a revised take off time from the current position of the aircraft, from airport data and from performance data of the aircraft, comparison of the target take off time, previously stored in a data memory of the aircraft, to the revised take off time, and if the difference between the target take off time and the revised take off time is greater than a tolerance value, sending by a communication unit of the aircraft of the revised take off time to a system external to the aircraft. |
| US11189178B2 |
Remote sensor monitoring using LED transmission
Embodiments of the invention are directed to computer-implemented methods, computer systems, and computer program products for remote monitoring of devices. The method includes causing a launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV is instructed to fly a path that is optimized to read optical signals from a set of one or more devices. Data is received from the UAV, the data corresponding to the optical signals read from the set of one or more devices. |
| US11189176B2 |
Method, devices and computer program for initiating or carrying out a cooperative driving maneuver
A method, devices and computer program for initiating and/or carrying out a cooperative driving maneuver. The method includes a driving intention message for transportation vehicles in an environment of a transportation vehicle which includes information relating to an intention of a driver or an at least partially automatic transportation vehicle control system of the transportation vehicle to carry out a driving maneuver. The method includes obtaining information relating to a driving intention based on the intention to carry out the driving maneuver, determining a position of the transportation vehicle, determining the driving intention message based on the information relating to the driving intention, and calculating transmission parameters for the driving intention message. The transmission parameters include a repetition rate and a transmission time, and the calculation is based on a desired probability of receipt of the driving intention message, the driving intention, and the position of the transportation vehicle. |
| US11189175B2 |
Vehicle dispatch system, vehicle dispatch apparatus used for the same, and vehicle dispatch method
A vehicle dispatch system includes: a plurality of vehicles each configured to perform automated driving and each including a wireless LAN module; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles. The wireless LAN module is configured to connect to a user's portable terminal and an access point of a wireless LAN communication network, and is configured to relay wireless communication between the portable terminal and the wireless LAN communication network. The server is configured to output, to a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, an instruction for dispatching the vehicle by automated driving, in accordance with a vehicle dispatch request from the portable terminal. The vehicle, in response to the instruction, is configured to relay wireless communication between the portable terminal and the wireless LAN communication network by using the wireless LAN module. |
| US11189165B2 |
Wheelchair traffic signal system
A wheelchair traffic signal system is disclosed, comprising at least one wheelchair traffic signal in operable communication with a controller to receive input from a user. The controller includes both a pedestrian button and a wheelchair button to selectively operate at least one wheelchair traffic signal. |
| US11189137B2 |
Gaming system and method providing multi-function symbol accumulation sequences
In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods that provide a first game sequence including an accumulation of designated symbols during a plurality of sequential plays of one or more of a plurality of different games of the first game sequence. In various embodiments, the gaming system determines which of the plurality of different games are employed for each play of a game of the first game sequence based on the quantity of accumulated symbols for that first game sequence prior to the start of that game play. |
| US11189132B2 |
Game modifier usable between game stages for gaming device
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the use of game modifiers between game stages of a game played on a gaming device. According to some embodiments, a gaming device is configured to play a multi-stage game of chance. After a first stage is completed and a result for the first stage is determined, a game modifier is altered and applied to a second stage of the game when a predefined criterion is satisfied. The game modifier may modify prizes associated with the second stage of the game by, for example, applying a multiplier to prizes associated with a second stage result, the modifier may alter an aspect of the second stage of the game by, for example, adding or replacing one or more game elements used in evaluating the second stage outcome for prizes, or the modifier may trigger a bonus event. |
| US11189130B2 |
Gaming machine security devices and methods
A security support device installed within or affixed to an electronic gaming machine includes at least one network interface configured to inspect network traffic being generated by one or more components of the electronic gaming machine. The security support device also includes a security support component configured to receive network packets from the at least one network interface, the network packets are transmitted between a game controller of the electronic gaming machine and one of the external server, extract one or more components of operational data from the network packets, the operational data related to the operation of the electronic gaming machine, detect fraudulent player conduct based on the one or more components of operational data, and generate a security alert in response to the detected fraudulent player conduct. |
| US11189124B2 |
Pod dispenser
A dispenser (1) of pods (2) for the production of brewed beverages; the dispenser (1) is equipped with a magazine (4) for holding pods (2) arranged in random order, a belt conveyor (9) designed to extract the pods (2) one by one from the storage compartment (4) to feed then to an outlet (16) in a feed direction (15), and an agitator device (10), which cooperates with the conveyor (9) to move pods (2) away from the conveyor (9) and is defined by a rotor having a hub (24), which is rotationally mounted about an axis (25) transversal to the feed direction (15) to rotate in the opposite direction to the belt conveyor (9), and blades (26), which, during rotation, define with the belt conveyor (9) and upstream of the outlet (16), a gap (28) designed to allow pods (2) lying flat on the belt (11) of the conveyor (9) to reach the outlet (16). |
| US11189123B2 |
Paper money handling apparatus
A paper money handling apparatus includes a dispenser unit to dispense paper money, and the dispenser unit includes a bottom portion on which at least a portion on a front side of the paper money is placed, a pair of side walls located at both the left and right sides of the bottom portion, a front wall located at a front edge of the bottom portion, and a cover located above the bottom portion. A front edge of the dispenser unit has cutouts at least in the bottom portion and the front wall, and the cover is arranged in an openable or closable manner so that the cover rotates and opens from a side of the front edge. |
| US11189111B2 |
Vehicle idle notification system and method
A vehicle idle notification system includes a vehicle that transmits idle status information to a server when it is determined that an operation condition of an idle notification timer is satisfied based on a driving state and whether an occupant is detected in the vehicle, and a server that transmits the idle status information to a mobile terminal, thus notifying an idle status of the vehicle to a user, updating a timer setting value for idle notification with a setting value set by the user, storing an idle notification value based on a latest user request information, and stopping the idle at the user's request. |
| US11189109B2 |
Data collection device, data collection system, and data collection method
A data collection apparatus includes: a collection unit which collects data relating to respective vehicles from vehicular devices installed in the respective vehicles; a reception unit which receives a prescribed communication amount specified; and a providing unit which provides a user interface that provides guidance on manipulations for specifying a data collection condition so that a communication amount of data collected by the collection unit falls within the specified communication amount. |
| US11189103B2 |
Visual search refinement for computer generated rendering environments
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that enable faster and more efficient real-time physical object recognition, information retrieval, and updating of a CGR environment. In some implementations, the CGR environment is provided at a first device based on a classification of the physical object, image or video data including the physical object is transmitted by the first device to a second device, and the CGR environment is updated by the first device based on a response associated with the physical object received from the second device. |
| US11189101B2 |
Lighting integration
A method for forming augmented image data, the method comprising: forming a primary image feed showing a subject illuminated by a lighting unit; estimating the location of the lighting unit; receiving overlay data defining an overlay of three-dimensional appearance; rendering the overlay data in dependence on the estimated location to form an augmentation image feed; and overlaying the augmentation image feed on the primary image feed to form a secondary image feed. |
| US11189100B2 |
Systems and methods for optimizing extended reality experiences
A device may receive, from a user device, a request to activate an extended reality experience. The device may obtain access network information relating to a set of access networks available to the user device and user device information relating to the user device. Based on the access network information and the user device information, the device may determine an access network to use for the extended reality experience. The device may determine, based on the access network, a first portion of the extended reality experience to execute locally or a second portion of the extended reality experience to execute remotely. |
| US11189097B2 |
Simulated reality transition element location
Systems and methods for presenting simulated reality (SR) relative to a user's position are disclosed. The system includes a camera, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine a position of a SR layer relative to a location indicator. The SR layer defines a position of a SR transition element that allows a user to transition between a first environment and a second environment. The processor is further configured to receive a location input that locates the user relative to the location indicator, use the location input to display the SR transition element at the position, determine a user interaction with the SR transition element, and based on the determined user interaction, display to the user the first environment, the second environment, or a combination thereof. |
| US11189096B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for data generation
A method of generating a data set includes determining a vertex count of a reference polygonal mesh, generating a second polygonal mesh by adding a predetermined number of vertices to the reference polygonal mesh, comparing a representation of the second polygonal mesh with a representation of the reference polygonal mesh, assigning a first value of a quality parameter to the reference polygonal mesh, and assigning a second value of the quality parameter to the second polygonal mesh based on the comparison of the representations, the value of the quality parameter for a given polygonal mesh indicative of a degree of difference between a representation of the given polygonal mesh and a representation of the reference polygonal mesh, and generating the data set comprising data indicative of a vertex count for the reference and second polygonal meshes and a value of a quality parameters for the reference and second polygonal meshes. |
| US11189093B2 |
Methods and systems for detecting and combining structural features in 3D reconstruction
A method for forming a reconstructed 3D mesh includes receiving a set of captured depth maps associated with a scene, performing an initial camera pose alignment associated with the set of captured depth maps, and overlaying the set of captured depth maps in a reference frame. The method also includes detecting one or more shapes in the overlaid set of captured depth maps and updating the initial camera pose alignment to provide a shape-aware camera pose alignment. The method further includes performing shape-aware volumetric fusion and forming the reconstructed 3D mesh associated with the scene. |
| US11189081B2 |
Image generation apparatus, image generation method and storage medium
The image generation apparatus is an image generation apparatus having: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire three-dimensional shape data of a background; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a two-dimensional map image; a third acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image and a second image; and a generation unit configured to generate a first color information image indicating color information on an element configuring the three-dimensional shape data of the background and generate a second color information image indicating color information on an element configuring the three-dimensional shape data of the background. |
| US11189079B2 |
Processing of 3D image information based on texture maps and meshes
An apparatus comprises a receiver (201) for receiving an image signal comprising a number of three dimensional images representing a scene from different viewpoints, each three dimensional image comprising a mesh and a texture map, the signal further comprising a plurality of residual data texture maps for a first viewpoint being different from the different viewpoints of the number of three dimensional images, a first residual data texture map of the plurality of residual texture maps providing residual data for a texture map for the first viewpoint relative to a texture map resulting from a viewpoint shift of a first reference texture map being a texture map of a first three dimensional image of the number of three dimensional images and a second residual data texture map of the plurality of residual texture maps providing residual data for a texture map for the first viewpoint relative to a texture map resulting from a viewpoint shift of a second reference texture map being a texture map of a second three dimensional image of the number of three dimensional images. A mesh processor (203) generates a first mesh for the first viewpoint and a second mesh for the first viewpoint from an additional reference mesh being a mesh of the second three dimensional image of the plurality of three dimensional images. A first texture processor (205) generates a first intermediate texture map in response to a viewpoint transformation of the first reference texture map from a viewpoint of the first three dimensional image to the first viewpoint and an second intermediate texture map in response to a viewpoint transformation of the second reference texture map from a viewpoint of the second three dimensional image to the first viewpoint. A second texture processor (207) generates a first texture map in response to a combination of the first intermediate texture map and the first residual data texture map, and a second texture map in response to a combination of the second intermediate texture map and the second additional residual data texture map. An image generator (209) generates an image for a second viewpoint from the first texture map, the first mesh, the second texture map, and the second mesh. |
| US11189068B2 |
Macro-based electronic map editing
Embodiments relate to macro-based customization of electronic maps. A computing device stores a macro representing a map feature. The macro includes a set of textures, and the set of textures includes a height map. The computing device places an instance of the macro in an electronic map. The instance of the macro is visually represented in the electronic map based on a set of textures of the instance of the macro that corresponds to the set of textures of the macro. The computing device edits a texture in the set of textures of the instance of the macro. The computing device updates the visual representation of the instance of the macro based on the edit to the texture. |
| US11189064B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a luminance level of each pixel at each time position of a moving image; and a generation unit configured to generate, based on the information, a graph that includes a first axis which indicates the time position and a second axis which intersects with the first axis and indicates the luminance level, and indicates the presence/absence of corresponding pixels or a number of corresponding pixels in each coordinate. |
| US11189056B2 |
Methods and devices for performing an analytical measurement based on a color formation reaction
A method for evaluating the suitability of a mobile device having a camera for performing an analytical measurement based on a color formation reaction. A mobile device is provided and is used to take an image of a reference color field of an object. A color coordinate of pixels of a region of interest within the image is determined and a histogram analysis is performed on a distribution of the color coordinates of the pixels. The width of a color peak within the distribution from the histogram analysis is ascertained and compared with a threshold value to thereby determine suitability of the mobile device for performing the analytical measurement based on the color formation reaction. |
| US11189051B2 |
Camera orientation estimation
Techniques are described to estimate orientation of one or more cameras located on a vehicle. The orientation estimation technique can include obtaining an image from a camera located on a vehicle while the vehicle is being driven on a road, determining, from a terrain map, a location of a landmark located at a distance from a location of the vehicle on the road, determining, in the image, pixel locations of the landmark, selecting one pixel location from the determined pixel locations; and calculating values that describe an orientation of the camera using at least an intrinsic matrix and a previously known extrinsic matrix of the camera, where the intrinsic matrix is characterized based on at least the one pixel location and the location of the landmark. |
| US11189045B2 |
Focal spot auto-calculation algorithm
The present invention relates to a process for evaluating the characteristics of the focal spot of an X-ray tube. This algorithm can be used to obtain the size of fuzzy zone and focal spot size in all directions, and the average value thereof can be automated to replace cumbersome manual operations and reduce human error. The algorithm can be used to automatically obtain the size of fuzzy zone and focal spot size in each direction, as well as their average value, thus replacing cumbersome manual operations and reducing personal error. |
| US11189043B2 |
Image reconstruction for virtual 3D
Methods, systems, devices and computer software/program code products enable reconstruction of synthetic images of a scene from the perspective of a virtual camera having a selected virtual camera position, based on images of the scene captured by a number of actual, physical cameras. |
| US11189042B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program
There is provided an information processing device to enable a three-dimensional shape of an object in a real space to be estimated in a more preferred manner, the information processing device including: a division unit configured to divide, into one or more regions, an image plane corresponding to a viewing point in a real space on which geometric structure information is mapped in accordance with distribution of the geometric structure information; an acquisition unit configured to acquire orientation information indicating at least one of a position and an orientation of the viewing point; an extracting unit configured to extract, as a region of interest, at least part of the regions obtained by dividing the image plane; and an estimation unit configured to estimate a shape of an object in the real space based on the geometric structure information in regions of interest on image planes respectively corresponding to a plurality of different viewing points associated with each other among the viewing points, wherein the geometric structure information is information corresponding to a detection result of each of a plurality of pieces of polarized light having different polarization directions. |
| US11189040B2 |
Arrangement and method for capturing a mark arrangement arranged on an object
A method and an arrangement for capturing a mark arrangement including an optical mark arranged on an object, the method including capturing images of the mark arrangement together with points in time, determining first evaluation information by evaluating images captured with a first capturing device and further evaluation information by evaluating images captured with a further capturing device, each of the first and further evaluation information relating to respective points in time at which the images were captured, determining a value of a movement variable describing a relative movement between the object and the capturing devices at a predetermined point in time based on the evaluation information determined at the predetermined point in time; and determining the evaluation information of the capturing devices at the predetermined point in time based on images captured at other points in time when no image was captured at the predetermined point in time. |
| US11189029B2 |
3D radiomic platform for imaging biomarker development
A platform is provided for generating 3D models of a tumor segmented from a series of 2D medical images and for identifying from these 3D models, radiomic features that may be used for diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment response assessment of the tumor. The radiomic features may be shape-based features, intensity-based features, textural features, and filter-based features. The radiomic features are compared to remove sufficiently redundant features, thereby producing a reduced set of radiomic features, which is then compared to separate genomic data and/or outcome data to identify clinically and biologically significant radiomic features for diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment response assessment, other applications. |
| US11189024B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
Provided is an information processing apparatus including a determination unit that determines at least whether a photographed image is a non-skin region image obtained by photographing a non-skin region, and an output unit that performs, in the case where the photographed image is determined to be the non-skin region image, a predetermined first output. |
| US11189019B2 |
Method for detecting defects, electronic device, and computer readable medium
A method for detecting defects in manufactured objects includes acquiring a high-resolution image of an object for test, dividing the image into a plurality of smaller sub-images and determining, by a first model, whether each of the small sub-images is similar to a preset template image. The test object is determined to be flawless, when each of the sub-images is found to be similar to a template image. When sub-images are not found sufficiently similar to template images, determining, by a second model, whether a defect is shown to exist within each sub-image, and if so the test object is declared defective. The longer application of the second model is only applied if testing for defects is not resolved by the application of the first model. An electronic device and a computer readable storage medium are also provided. |
| US11189016B1 |
Systems and methods for image processing
Systems and methods for image processing are provided in the present disclosure. The systems may generate a preliminary image by filtering image data generated by an image acquisition device. The system may generate an intermediate image by performing, based on a first objective function, a first iterative operation on the preliminary image. The first objective function may include a first term associated with a first difference between the intermediate image and the preliminary image, a second term associated with continuity of the intermediate image and a third term associated with sparsity of the intermediate image. The systems may also generate a target image by performing, based on a second objective function, a second iterative operation on the intermediate image. The second objective function may be associated with a system matrix of the image acquisition device and a second difference between the intermediate image and the target image. |
| US11189014B2 |
Method and device for processing image, and storage medium
A method for processing an image includes: an image to be processed with a first resolution is acquired; and the image to be processed is processed by a target neural network model to obtain a target image, the target image being a denoised image with a second resolution, the second resolution being higher than the first resolution, and the target neural network model including a first preset number of convolutional layers and a second preset number of sub-pixel up-sampling portions. |
| US11189011B2 |
Constant resolution continuous hybrid zoom system
An optical apparatus captures images of a wide-angle scene with a single camera having a continuous panomorph zoom distortion profile. When combined with a processing unit, the hybrid zoom system creates an output image with constant resolution while allowing continuous adjustment in the magnification and field of view of the image without interpolation like a digital zoom system or without any moving parts like an optical zoom system. |
| US11189001B2 |
Image signal processor for generating a converted image, method of operating the image signal processor, and application processor including the image signal processor
An image signal processor for generating a converted image based on a raw image includes processing circuitry configured to store data corresponding to a plurality of lines of a received image in a line buffer, perform an image processing operation by filtering the data stored in the line buffer based on at least one filter, and divide the raw image into a plurality of sub-images and request the plurality of sub-images from a memory in which the raw image is stored, such that the plurality of sub-images are sequentially received by the line buffer, a width of each of the plurality of sub-images being less than a width of the line buffer, and the plurality of sub-images being parallel to each other. |
| US11188995B2 |
Electric vehicle rescue system
An electrical vehicle (EV) rescue vehicle includes a mobile platform, which further includes a winch and a ramp. The mobile platform of the EV rescue vehicle is deployable for retrieving a disabled EV (a “rescued vehicle”) thereon with the winch and the ramp and for transportation of the disabled EV. A charging unit is associated with the mobile platform for connecting and charging of the disabled EV, either on a fixed location or during transport. A systems analysis module can be included with a system for testing a functionality of systems and components of the disabled EV and providing results of the resting EV to customers. The mobile platform can be provided as an EV rescue vehicle in a form of a trailer pulled by another vehicle or integrated with another vehicle (e.g., a truck). The EV rescue vehicle can also carry passengers associated with the disabled EV when the disabled EV is being transported, charged, and/or analyzed by the EV rescue vehicle. |
| US11188992B2 |
Inferring appropriate courses for recommendation based on member characteristics
A system and method for inferring appropriate courses for recommendation based on member characteristics is disclosed. A social networking system receives a request for recommended courses, wherein the request is associated with a member of the social networking system. The social networking system identifies a group of members who are similar to the first member. The social networking system creates a list of recently learned skills by members of the group of members similar to the member. For a particular skill in the list of skills, the social networking system determines whether the member possesses the particular skill. In accordance with a determination that the member does not possess the particular skill, the social networking system identifies at least one course that teaches the particular skill from a list of courses. The social networking system transmits the identified course to the client device for display as a recommended course. |
| US11188989B2 |
Method for providing social network service
A method for providing a social network service in a service server, which includes: receiving a first keyword from a first terminal of a first member of members of the service server; generating a network related to the first keyword, wherein the network includes an online community; and transmitting a first message inviting to join the network to at least a second member of the members of the service server when a second keyword that is identical or analogous to the first keyword is received from a second terminal of the second member. |
| US11188978B2 |
Method and system to generate a listing in a network-based commerce system
A method and system of generating a listing in a network-based commerce system is provided. The method includes receiving listing identification data from a user, and retrieving listing data associated with the listing based on the listing identification data. Thereafter, a listing is generated that is at least partially based on the listing data and posted on the network-based commerce system. In one embodiment, the user may edit the listing data prior to posting the listing. The network-based commerce system may include a database of listing data associated with at least one of movies, music, games, books and motor vehicles. In one embodiment, a plurality of check boxes is provided each of which are associated with an attribute of the listing and the method automatically, without human intervention, checks attributes based on the listing data. |
| US11188976B1 |
Systems and methods for dynamic site generation with evolving criteria and content adjacency
Provided is a system for dynamically generating a site with custom content using criteria that evolves based on properties of earlier selected content. The system may receive a request for a site, may define first criteria based on user preference and/or content priority specified for the site, and may populate a first customizable element of the site with first content that satisfies the first criteria. The system may determine a first set of properties of the first content that differ from the user preferences and the content priority, may define second criteria by modifying the first criteria with at least one new criterion that is derived from the first set of properties of the first content, and may populate a second customizable element of the site with different second content that satisfies the at least one new criterion from the second criteria. |
| US11188975B2 |
Digital model optimization responsive to orientation sensor data
A system server includes a database of two-dimensional images and a processor coupled to a hardware memory with instructions that in response to execution by the processor direct performance of operations. The operations include generating a digital model from the images in the database and communicating a first portion of the digital model as an enhanced view to a user device. The first portion corresponds to a first line of sight orientation of the user device as measured by an orientation sensor. The operations include receiving a signal based on sensor data measured by the orientation sensor. The signal indicates movement of the user device from the first line of sight orientation to a second line of sight orientation. In response, the method includes communicating a second portion of the digital model to the user device that corresponds to the second line of sight orientation of the user device. |
| US11188973B2 |
In-store item alert architecture
A method and apparatus for alerting an individual is described. A determination as to whether an individual is within a sensing area of a first device is made. The first device may be configured to provide information about a product on a shelf on which the first device is attached. In response to determining that the individual is within the sensing area, a determination as to whether to notify an occurrence of the determination that the individual is within the sensing area of the first device to at least one second device is made. In response to determining to notify, a notification may be transmitted to the at least one second device that the individual is within the sensing area of the first device. An alert may be triggered at the at least one second device based upon the transmitted notification. |
| US11188972B2 |
Computer-implemented methods for technological applications involving provision of an online portal for managing a user account including an interactive GUI having functionality for pre-authorizing future transactions
Systems and methods involving a computer-implemented portal that enables a user to pre-authorize purchase of items not yet available for sale are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary method may comprise: providing an online portal that enables a user to manage a financial account; executing a first routine of the portal including interactive functionality enabling the user to specify and pre-authorize purchase of an item that is not yet available for sale; searching to determine at least one electronic source at which the item can be purchased when it becomes available for purchase; and executing a purchase transaction at the future date/time when the item is released for sale, to purchase the item for the user. |
| US11188965B2 |
Method and apparatus for recommending customer item based on visual information
An apparatus for recommending a customer item identifies a purchase tendency of a customer based on an image, determines a recommended item for the customer by selecting a purchase tendency model corresponding to the purchase tendency, and provides information associated with the determined recommended item. |
| US11188961B2 |
Service execution method and device
This specification describes techniques for executing services. One example method includes receiving, by a service platform, a qualification acquisition request from a first end-user device of several end-user devices that participate in a service qualification activity corresponding to a service; returning a qualification acquisition rule and a result generation rule that are based on the qualification acquisition request to the first end-user device to enable the first end-user device to generate a to-be-verified result corresponding to the result generation rule; in response to a determination that the service satisfies the predetermined condition, obtaining the blockchain corresponding to the service from at least one end-user device of the plurality of end-user devices; selecting, from the blockchain, at least one block that satisfies the qualification acquisition rule; and executing the service for a user that corresponds to a user identifier included in the at least one block. |
| US11188952B2 |
System for page type based advertisement matching for sponsored product listings on e-commerce websites and method of using same
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more computer processors and perform configuring one or more advertisements for a sponsored product customized to fit a page type associated with a page format of a website; analyzing one or more inputs to create merged data; generating a respective rank of the advertisements of the sponsored product using a conversion probability; adjusting the respective rank the one or more advertisements of the sponsored product as a function of the merged data; automatically designating one of the one or more advertisements of the sponsored product that is ranked higher than other advertisements to be positioned closest to a predefined portion of a webpage; and sending instructions to display the one of the one or more advertisements closest to the predefined portion of the webpage of the website. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11188948B2 |
Generating product listings using locker sensor data and reconfiguring lockers based on product size
Systems and methods are presented for standardizing delivery of products in an online marketplace using one or more locker systems. In some embodiments, a system of lockers is presented. The locker system may be configured to store one or more products sold in an online marketplace. The locker system may also include a processor coupled to the one or more lockers and configured to generate access code information for a buyer to enable access to a locker storing the product. One or more sensors may be coupled to the one or more lockers and configured to examine the product for a level of product quality. A transmitter of the system may be configured to transmit the access code information to the buyer. The system can later accept the access code information inputted from the buyer and open the locker storing the product after receiving the access code information. |
| US11188944B2 |
Apparatus and methods for adaptive signage
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a machine-readable storage medium that includes executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system, facilitate performance of operations which include modifying advertising content at a display responsive to a person being determined to be in a first zone relative to the display, determining a presence of a communication device of the person, wherein the second zone is closer in range to the display than the first zone, transmitting a query to the communication device, receiving from the communication device the identifying characteristic of the person, obtaining an image of the person responsive to the person being determined to be in a third zone relative to the display, wherein the third zone is closer in range to the display than the first zone and the second zone, and obtaining modified content for the person based on the identifying characteristic. |
| US11188942B2 |
Computer system, game system, and game device
When a player sets an acquisition target item to be an item he or she wants at a timing of creating a plan, actually required points that are required for acquiring the acquisition target item is determined. Then, options of the advertisement plan in which one or a plurality of advertisements are listed so that watching points reaching the actually required points can be acquired, from options of advertisements that can be watched in exchange for the watching points. When any of the plans is selected and confirmed, an advertisement is displayed based on the plan, and the watching points are given to the player. When the sum of the watching points given reaches the actually required points, the acquisition target item in the plan is given to the player. |
| US11188934B2 |
Dynamic demand transfer estimation for online retailing using machine learning
During online shopping, customer buying decision varies based on conditions at the time of logging such as product availability, competitor price of the product, presence of promotion, delivery options such as number of days to deliver, availability of free delivery, and availability of pay on delivery and customer review ratings. Customer shifts from one product to other product based on the options available at real time and accordingly demand of a product is transferred to other product. The method and system disclosed provides dynamic demand transfer values that are specific to a customer for available options at the time of login and it provides the list of ideal products to be displayed at the time of customer login. The method utilizes a suitable data format to apply machine learning based approach for estimating DT, wherein training data for ML captures plurality of sales drivers affecting customer decision during online retailing. |
| US11188931B1 |
Detection and explanation of lifts in merchant data
A service provider may receive merchant analytics information from a plurality of merchant devices. In some examples, the service provider may generate a model based at least in part on the merchant analytics information, the model including a core set of features for predicting a merchant metric associated with a merchant. The service provider may detect a lift in an observed value of the merchant metric based at least in part on a residual value of the merchant metric at a location of the lift, and add an additional feature to the model to cause a predicted value of the merchant metric to correspond to the observed value of the merchant metric at the location of the lift. The service provider may further send information associated with the feature to a merchant device associated with the merchant. As an example, the information may include a prediction for the merchant metric and/or a recommendation for improving the business of the merchant. |
| US11188930B2 |
Dynamically determining customer intent and related recommendations using deep learning techniques
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for dynamically determining customer intent and related recommendations using deep learning techniques are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes generating a prediction as to whether a user will order a particular offering during a user browsing session by applying one or more deep learning techniques to browsing session data derived from the user browsing session; mapping the user browsing session to one or more pre-established procurement user types by comparing the browser session data to data pertaining to multiple pre-established procurement user types; determining a recommendation of one or more offerings distinct from the particular offering, wherein determining the recommendation is based at least in part on the generated prediction and the mapping of the user browsing session to one or more of the multiple pre-established procurement user types; and outputting, within the user browsing session, the recommendation to the user. |
| US11188929B2 |
Advisor and notification to reduce bill shock
According to various aspects of the subject technology, systems and methods for identifying whether for a period of time, the weather is a cause for the consumption cost for a user exceeding a threshold cost. The determination can be made by comparing the received weather sensor data for the period of time to baseline weather data. If the weather is identified to be a cause for consumption cost for the user exceeding a threshold cost for the period of time, then a notification can be generated. The notification can indicate that the consumption cost for the user exceeds the threshold cost for the period of time and that weather is a reason for the consumption cost for the user exceeding the threshold costs. As such, the notification can warn the user that a high bill should be expected, thereby reducing bill shock and ensuing call center calls. |
| US11188926B2 |
Unique part authentication
Implementations described herein generally relate to improved part authentication. In one implementation, a method includes acquiring information related to a part. The information may include identification information of the part and a unique code. The method further includes determining, using a stored algorithm, whether the unique code comprises a result of applying the stored algorithm to the identification information. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the unique code comprises the result of applying the stored algorithm to the identification information, activating a feature of the part or a feature of process equipment associated with the part. |
| US11188925B1 |
Method and system for automated reconfiguration of user interface based on product lifecycle
A system and method for automatically reconfiguring a user interface based on a product lifecycle that changes a visual appearance of a product image in the user interface to reflect its age or ownership duration is described. In one embodiment, a method includes determining one or more products owned by a user and an ownership period associated with an age or ownership duration of each product. The ownership period is compared to a product lifecycle for the product and, based on the comparison, one or more temporal effects are overlaid onto a base product image for the product. The one or more temporal effects change a visual appearance of the base product image in a user interface on a user device in communication with the unified product application to reflect the age or ownership duration of the product. |
| US11188921B2 |
Pre-trip cognitive learning recommendation engine
A method includes receiving financial data for a plurality of categories associated with the user, where the plurality of categories includes financial institution obligations, financial tracking tools, and recurring and nonrecurring financial obligations. The method also includes analyzing financial data for each of the plurality of categories and generating an initial report with a first plurality of recommendations for the plurality of categories. The method also includes, responsive to determining a modification was received for the initial report, updating at least one recommendation from the first plurality of recommendations and a user profile for the user planning the absence. The method also generating a final report with a second plurality of recommendations based on the initial report with the first plurality of recommendations and the modification. The method also performing an action to address an unresolved financial obligation based on at least one recommendation from the second plurality of recommendation. |
| US11188920B2 |
Autocommit transaction management in a blockchain network
An example operation may include one or more of a method for providing a one-step transaction submission in a blockchain network, comprising sending a transaction proposal, by a client node, to one or more peers of a plurality of peers, simulating a transaction associated with the transaction proposal, by at least one peer of the plurality of peers, evaluating, by an endorser peer, whether an endorsement policy has been fulfilled, and when the endorsement policy has been fulfilled, sending the transaction to at least one orderer node to be committed to a ledger, by the endorser peer. |
| US11188918B1 |
Systems and methods for expediting math-based currency transactions
Systems and methods for expediting math-based currency (“MBC”) transactions are described. A financial institution facilitates the expedited MBC transactions. The expedited MBC transactions are achieved by providing merchants with a customer score for a customer that is paying for goods or services with MBC. The customer score is based at least in part on prior MBC transactions entered into by the customer. In some arrangements, the customer score is also based on balance information and transaction information associated with accounts maintained with the financial institution. |
| US11188911B2 |
Object oriented smart contracts for UTXO-based blockchains
Disclosed is method and system for turning existing object-oriented programming languages into smart contract languages without introducing new syntactic features. The invented method and system provide a protocol that enables storing a history of computations on a decentralized computer network, such as a UTXO-based blockchain system, for any object-oriented computer language. The invented method and system further provide for storing and updating data on blockchains, where such blockchains may be used in cryptocurrency applications and for smart contracts. |
| US11188910B2 |
Blockchain-based reconciliation system, method, and apparatus and electronic device
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based reconciliation are provided. One of the methods includes: uploading, by a service-provider node, transaction information to the blockchain, wherein the transaction information comprises an identifier of a service-consumer node and information associated with a transaction fee; initializing, by the service-provider node, a settlement state of the transaction fee in a ledger of the service-provider node; obtaining, by the service-provider node, a settlement result of a transaction fee associated with the transaction information based on an identifier of the service-provider node in the settlement result, wherein the settlement result is uploaded by the service-consumer node; and updating, by the service-provider node, the settlement state in the ledger of the service-provider node based on the settlement result upon confirming the settlement result. |
| US11188908B2 |
Multi-function transaction card
A multi-function transaction card may determine whether to submit a first payment as a passive payment device or to receive a second payment from another transaction card. The multi-function transaction card may have a length and a width that are in accordance with a standard for transaction cards. The multi-function transaction card may selectively perform a payment transaction based on determining whether to submit the first payment or to receive the second payment. The payment transaction may be performed by providing first card data to a transaction terminal for processing when the multi-function transaction card is to submit the first payment. The payment transaction may be performed by receiving second card data from the other transaction card, and processing the second card data via online data authentication, or via offline data authentication, when the multi-function transaction card is to receive the second payment. |
| US11188907B1 |
ACH authorization validation using public blockchains
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining a distributed blockchain encoding automated clearing house (ACH) authorization data associated with one or more prior transactions to provide a local copy of the distributed blockchain, receiving ACH authorization data associated with a first transaction, validating the ACH authorization data associated with the first transaction to obtain validation information corresponding to the first ACH authorization data associated with the first transaction, updating the local copy of the distributed blockchain with the validation information, and broadcasting the validation information to multiple nodes. |
| US11188899B2 |
Off network identity tracking in anonymous cryptocurrency exchange networks
Various embodiments include a method of facilitating identity information exchange in a cryptocurrency transaction. An information compliance computer system can receive a pending cryptocurrency transaction from a transmitter wallet service system for managing one or more user wallet accounts, each associated with one or more cryptographically verifiable addresses in a cryptocurrency exchange network. The information compliance computer system can identify a recipient wallet service system associated with a destination address indicated by the pending cryptocurrency transaction. Information compliance computer system can exchange identity information between the transmitter wallet service system and the recipient wallet service system. The information compliance computer system can publish the pending cryptocurrency transaction to the cryptocurrency exchange network for inclusion into a block chain of the cryptocurrency network. |
| US11188898B2 |
System and method for providing secure identification solutions
The present invention provides a method and system for verifying and tracking identification information. In an embodiment of the invention, a system for delivering security solutions is provided that includes at least one of the following: a radio frequency (RF) identification device, an identification mechanism (e.g., a card, sticker), and an RF reader. |
| US11188888B1 |
Access controls for transfer transactions
Access controls for transferring funds from a customer to a designated recipient using a transaction machine and a one-time account and/or an authentication process that does not involve the use of a transaction card are disclosed. An example method (and system) can include storing identification data associated with a one-time account or transfer for the designated recipient of the one-time account; receiving authentication data from the transaction machine; determining that the user corresponds to the designated recipient using the received authentication data and the stored identification data; and executing the selected transaction after the determination. |
| US11188887B1 |
Systems and methods for payment information access management
A computer-implemented method performed by a computing system includes gathering payment history data for a payment account, held by a customer with an accounts provider, by at least one of data mining the payment history data from a database associated with the accounts provider or screen scraping the payment history data, wherein the payment account is associated with payment information. The method also includes identifying a subset of the payment history data that relates to online payments, analyzing the subset of the payment history data to identify characteristics of the online payments made from the payment account, and, based on the characteristics, determining one or more third parties that are likely storing the payment information. The method further includes displaying a list of the one or more third parties to the customer. |
| US11188884B2 |
Processing network architecture with companion database
A system comprises a non-transitory machine readable storage medium storing instructions and a database identifying a plurality of assets and a state of each asset. The instructions configure a processor for receiving updates to a distributed electronic ledger managed by plural peer processors. Each update includes an event or change affecting one of the assets. The peer processors verify portions of the ledger describing each event or change. At least one of the updates has not yet been recorded in the ledger at a time of the receiving. The processor computes a state of each asset, based on the updates, receives a request for a state of one of the assets; and responds to the request, reflecting each event and change affecting that asset. The response is performed without waiting for the peer processors to verify an update that has not yet been recorded in the ledger. |
| US11188872B2 |
System and method for identification, perfection, collection, and valuation of third-party claims including subrogation claims
A method has been provided that associates insurance payment linking information with litigation information and associates insurance payment information with the insurance payment linking information and the litigation information to identify a potential third-party claim or a potential subrogation claim. Associating the insurance payment linking information with the litigation information may further include associating at least one medical procedure code with at least some of the litigation information. |
| US11188870B1 |
Machine or group of machines for monitoring location of a vehicle or freight carried by a vehicle
A machine or group of machines for monitoring location of at least one of a vehicle or freight carried by the vehicle includes a communications interface configured to communicate electronic signals including a location request signal including data representing a request for information regarding the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle, and a correlation logic in the machine or group of machines configured to correlate, by a CPU, the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle to a communications device. |
| US11188866B2 |
Methods and systems for requesting and displaying UAV information
Described herein are methods and systems that help facilitate the summoning and loading of a pickup and delivery unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In particular, a computing system may display a graphical interface including an interface feature that indicates UAV assignments. That computing system may receive a message including a UAV identifier that identifies a particular UAV assigned to a particular item based on a UAV-assignment request for the particular item. And the computing system may use the received UAV identifier as a basis for displaying, on the graphical interface, (i) a graphical identifier of the particular UAV assigned to the particular item based on the UAV-assignment request for the particular item and (ii) a graphical identifier of the particular item. |
| US11188858B2 |
Computer system and method for coordinating process of creating and managing a punch item
A punch item management tool may be provided that coordinates and guides the process of taking a punch item from creation to completion. As one possibility, the punch item management tool may coordinate and guide the interactions between a creator of a punch item, a punch item manager for the punch item, and one or more assignees of the punch item. As another possibility, the punch item management tool may coordinate and guide the interactions between an individual serving the dual role of creator and punch item manager for a punch item and one or more assignees for the punch item. In either case, the punch item management tool may provide a user interface comprises of various views through which these individuals may interact in connection with one or more punch items. |
| US11188852B2 |
Automated ticket comparison and substitution recommendation system
Systems and methods for creating a recommendation engine of a process modeling server and automatically comparing tickets by the recommendation engine are disclosed. The recommendation engine may be generated by digitizing a seat map of a venue that characterizes one or more interrelationships between the seats. After creation, the process modeling server receives a notification that a ticket holder's ticket to an event taking place at a venue has been cancelled or become otherwise unavailable. The process modeling server compares one or more attributes of the now-unavailable ticket to one or more rules maintained by a recommendation engine of the process modeling server. The recommendation engine generates one or more substitute ticket alternatives based on the comparison for selection. The recommendation engine may refine the one or more rules over time based on actual customer selection. |
| US11188850B2 |
Automated feature engineering of hierarchical ensemble connectomes
Existing methods for analyzing person-specific ‘connectomes’ are not computationally equipped for scalable, flexible, and integrated processing across multiple network resolutions and drawing from disparate data modalities-a major roadblock to utilizing ensembles and hierarchies of connectomes to solve person-specific machine-learning problems. The processes implemented in software described herein consists of an end-to-end pipeline for deploying ensembles and hierarchies of network-generating workflows that can utilize multimodal, person-specific data to sample networks, extracted from that data, across a grid of network-defining hyperparameters. In essence, this pipeline enables users to perform ensemble sampling of connectomes for given individual(s) based on any input phenotypic datatype, constructed from any data modality or hierarchy of modalities at any scale, and based on any set of network-defining hyperparameters. |
| US11188848B1 |
Systems and methods for automated learning
In one embodiment of the invention, a training model for students is provided that models how to present training items to students in a computer based adaptive trainer. The training model receives student performance data and uses the training model to infer underlying student skill levels throughout the training sequence. Some embodiments of the training model also comprise machine learning techniques that allow the training model to adapt to changes in students skills as the student performs on training items presented by the training model. Furthermore, the training model may also be used to inform a training optimization model, or a learning model, in the form of a Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP). |
| US11188846B1 |
Determining a sequential order of types of events based on user actions associated with a third party system
An online system receives information describing events corresponding to actions associated with a third party system performed by an individual. The received information describes event types and times at which the events occurred. The online system generates nodes of a directed graph associated with the third party system, in which each node corresponds to an event type. For each event, a node count associated with a node corresponding to the event's type is incremented by the online system. Pairs of consecutively occurring events are identified based on times at which the events occurred and an edge describing each transition from one event to another is generated by the online system. The online system determines an edge count for each transition indicating a number of edges describing the transition as well as a sequential order of event types based on one or more node counts and one or more edge counts. |
| US11188843B2 |
Programmable universal quantum annealing with co-planar waveguide flux qubits
A quantum computing device includes multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, at least one coupler element arranged such that each co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, is operatively couplable to each other co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, of the quantum computing device, and a tuning quantum device, in which the tuning quantum device is in electrical contact with a first co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits and with a second co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits. |
| US11188838B2 |
Dynamic access of artificial intelligence engine in a cloud computing architecture
A method and a cloud-computing architecture for enabling dynamic access of an artificial intelligence engine are described. A record that includes a set of one or more fields is stored in a database. A first field from the set of fields includes an identification of an artificial intelligence (AI) engine and one or more additional fields from the set of fields respectively include one or more parameters for the AI engine. The record is accesses causing the AI engine to run with the one or more parameters. As a result of the AI engine running with the one or more parameters upon access of the record, a desired predicted output is obtained. |
| US11188835B2 |
Object identification for improved ux using IoT network
In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter involves a system and method to identify objects in an environment or scene to assist in locating objects and individuals. In at least one embodiment, users register with a service to help locate and/or track objects and individuals. The service may provide recommendations on how to locate, reach, or avoid the target object or individual. Identifying and tracking an object may be used to locate an individual when the object is correlated with the individual. Individuals may register with the service for purposes of user authentication and for defining privacy authorizations for data related to the identifying the user and user's location to other parties. The service may execute in a trusted execution environment to help preserve privacy. Embodiments may be used for games, geo-caching, finding groups and individuals for meeting up, avoiding objects or individuals, etc. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US11188830B2 |
Method and system for user profiling for content recommendation
The present teaching relates to generating user profiles with semantic knowledge. A first information associated with a user is obtained. One or more entities are identified from the first information. The one or more entities are augmented based on second information to generate a set of augmented entities. The set of augmented entities are clustered into a set of hierarchical clusters. A set of user profiles is generated based on the set of hierarchical clusters so that the user profile is to be used to personalize content recommendation. |
| US11188825B2 |
Mixed-precision deep-learning with multi-memristive devices
A computer-implemented method of mixed-precision deep learning with multi-memristive synapses may be provided. The method comprises representing, each synapse of an artificial neural network by a combination of a plurality of memristive devices, wherein each of the plurality of memristive devices of each of the synapses contributes to an overall synaptic weight with a related device significance, accumulating a weight gradient ΔW for each synapse in a high-precision variable, and performing a weight update to one of the synapses using an arbitration scheme for selecting a respective memristive device, according to which a threshold value related to the high-precision variable for performing the weight update is set according to the device significance of the respective memristive device selected by the arbitration schema. |
| US11188820B2 |
Deep neural network performance analysis on shared memory accelerator systems
A Deep Neural Networks (DNN) analysis method, system, and computer program product include characterizing a space of possible configurations for a DNN, evaluating a metric-of-interest for a configuration of the possible configurations, and searching the space to identify a configuration of the possible configurations that maximizes the metric-of-interest. |
| US11188818B2 |
Reservoir computing system
To realize a reservoir computing system easily implemented as hardware, provided is a reservoir computing system including a reservoir operable to output an inherent output signal in response to an input signal. An input node is operable to supply the reservoir with an input signal corresponding to input data, and an output node is operable to output an output value corresponding to an output signal that is output by the reservoir in response to the input data. An adaptive filter is operable to output output data based on a result obtained by weighting a plurality of the output values output from the output node at a plurality of timings with a plurality of weights. Also provided are a learning method and a computer program product. |
| US11188813B2 |
Hybrid architecture system and method for high-dimensional sequence processing
The invention is directed to a hybrid architecture that comprises a stacked autoencoder and a deep echo state layer for temporal pattern discovery in high-dimensional sequence data. The stacked autoencoder plays a preprocessing role that exploits spatial structure in data and creates a compact representation. The compact representation is then fed to the echo state layer in order to generate a short-term memory of the inputs. The output of the network may be trained to generate any target output. |
| US11188789B2 |
Detecting poisoning attacks on neural networks by activation clustering
One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving a training set comprising a plurality of data points, where a neural network is trained as a classifier based on the training set. The method further comprises, for each data point of the training set, classifying the data point with one of a plurality of classification labels using the trained neural network, and recording neuronal activations of a portion of the trained neural network in response to the data point. The method further comprises, for each classification label that a portion of the training set has been classified with, clustering a portion of all recorded neuronal activations that are in response to the portion of the training set, and detecting one or more poisonous data points in the portion of the training set based on the clustering. |
| US11188778B1 |
Equalization-based image processing and spatial crosstalk attenuator
The technology disclosed attenuates spatial crosstalk from sequencing images for base calling. In particular, the technology disclosed accesses an image whose pixels depict intensity emissions from a target cluster and intensity emissions from additional adjacent clusters. The pixels include a center pixel that contains a center of the target cluster. Each pixel in the pixels is divisible into a plurality of subpixels. Depending upon a particular subpixel, in a plurality of subpixels of the center pixel, which contains the center of the target cluster, the technology disclosed selects, from a bank of subpixel lookup tables, a subpixel lookup table that corresponds to the particular subpixel. The selected subpixel lookup table contains pixel coefficients that are configured to maximizes a signal-to-noise ratio. The technology disclosed element-wise multiplies the pixel coefficients with the pixels and determines a weighted sum. |
| US11188777B2 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, learnt model manufacturing method, and image processing system
An image processing method includes a first step configured to obtain a first ground truth image and a first training image, a second step configured to generate a second around truth image and a second training image by applying mutually correlated noises to the first ground truth image and the first training image, and a third step configured to make a neural network learn based on the second ground truth image and the second training image. |
| US11188773B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting region of interset in image
The present disclosure provides a region of interest (ROI) detection system. The system may be configured to acquire a target image and an ROI detection model, and perform ROI detection on the target image by applying the ROI detection model to the target image. The ROI detection model may be a trained cascaded neural network including a plurality of sequentially connected trained models. The plurality of trained models may include a trained first model and at least one trained second model downstream to the trained first model in the trained cascaded neural network. The plurality of trained models may be sequentially trained. Each of the trained second model may be trained using a plurality of training samples determined based on one or more trained models of the plurality of trained models generated before the generation of the trained second model. |
| US11188768B2 |
Object detection apparatus, object detection method, and computer readable recording medium
An object detection apparatus 100 is an apparatus for detecting an object in a fish-eye image. The object detection apparatus 100 includes a normalized image acquisition unit 10 configured to acquire a normalized image obtained by normalizing a fish-eye image in which an object appears; a position detecting unit 20 configured to detect position coordinates of the object in the normalized image; and a determination unit 30 configured to determine a positional relationship between the object and the object detection apparatus 100 using the position coordinates of the object in the normalized image. |
| US11188757B2 |
Method and apparatus for applying video viewing behavior
A method, apparatus and computer-readable storage medium provide information regarding changes in viewing behavior between first and second frame of a video. In a method, a plurality of objects that are included within a respective frame are identified. The method determines a first number of views of each of at least one of the plurality of objects in the first frame. For the second frame subsequent to the first frame, the method determines a second number of views of each of at least one of the plurality of objects that are in the second frame and identifies a number of instances in which a respective viewer who viewed one object within the first frame changed to view a different object within the second frame. The method additionally causes information to be provided regarding changes in viewing behavior between the first and second frame of the video. |
| US11188755B2 |
Augmented reality systems and methods incorporating wearable pin badges
Systems and methods disclosed in this application are directed to augmented reality for used with pin badges. Pin badges can be worn, held, or set within view of an AR device having a camera. The AR device sends images or video from its camera to a platform server that determines whether a pin badge exists in view of the camera. If a pin badge exists, it is identified and augmented reality imagery related to the pin badge is transmitted back to the AR device so that the AR device can incorporate that augmented reality imagery into a video stream from its camera as shown on its display. |
| US11188751B2 |
Image analysis and estimation of rooftop solar exposure
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solar irradiation assessment system may automate several design parameters of solar panel design, cost and payoff estimations, and installation. The system determines the irradiance at various locations on a roof during various time periods. The system accounts for the effects of various existing, potential, or future obstacles proximate the structure. In some embodiments, a visual model of the roof may be shown with a heatmap of irradiance values and/or graphical placement of solar panels. In other embodiments, the data may be analyzed and reported without visual presentation. |
| US11188750B1 |
Multi-frame moving object detection system
A plurality of remote sensing images of a scene are received. A potential target object can be identified in one of the images, wherein the target object has a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). A candidate motion path of the target object can be generated based upon the images. A predicted position of the target object along the candidate motion path is determined for each of the remote sensing images. An image chip is extracted from each of the images, where each image chip is centered about the predicted position of the target object in its corresponding image. A sum image chip is generated based upon the image chips. An indication that the potential target object is an actual object in the images is output based upon a value of a center pixel of the sum image chip. |
| US11188746B1 |
Systems and methods for deep learning based approach for content extraction
Disclosed are systems and methods for extracting content based on image analysis. A method may include receiving content including at least an image depicting a coupon; converting the received content into a larger image including the image depicting the coupon; determining, utilizing one or more neural networks, the image depicting the coupon within the larger image, wherein determining the image depicting the coupon comprises: segmenting a foreground bounding box including the image depicting the coupon from background image portions of the image; cropping the larger image based on the bounding box, wherein the cropped image consists of the image depicting the coupon; determining text included in the cropped image; and extracting information included in the coupon based on the determined text. |
| US11188741B2 |
Method and apparatus for passenger recognition and boarding support of autonomous vehicle
Disclosed is an apparatus for passenger recognition and boarding/alighting support of an autonomous vehicle. An apparatus for passenger recognition and boarding/alighting support of an autonomous vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a vehicle communicator configured to receive scheduled passenger information, a sensor configured to sense people outside the vehicle, and a vehicle controller configured to extract a passenger candidate group by analyzing the sensed people outside the vehicle, and calculate the number of reserved passengers using the extracted passenger candidate group and the received scheduled passenger information. One or more of an autonomous vehicle, a server, and a terminal of the present disclosure may be associated or combined with an artificial intelligence module, a drone (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV), a robot, an AR (Augmented Reality) device, a VR (Virtual Reality) device, a device associated with 5G network services, etc. |
| US11188740B2 |
Two-pass omni-directional object detection
Methods, systems, and devices for object detection are described. A device may receive an image, and detect, via a first stage of a cascade neural network, object recognition information over one or more angular orientations during a first pass. The device may determine, via a second stage of the cascade neural network, a confidence score associated with one or more of the candidate object in the image, the candidate bounding box associated with the candidate object in the image, or one or more object features of the candidate object in the image, or an orientation of the candidate object in the image, or a combination thereof. The device may identify, via a third stage of the cascade neural network, whether to detect the object recognition information during a second pass based on the confidence score satisfying a threshold. |
| US11188723B2 |
Combination magnetic stripe and contact-less chip card reader
A combination magnetic-stripe card reader with integrated contact-less chip card read/write functions, a direct replacement for a standard player tracking magnetic-stripe card reader installed in slot machines. It is a form, fit and function for existing player tracking readers, having the same front panel appearance, the same physical envelope, using the same mounting method, using the same cable connections and operating in the identical manner. The combined functions requires two command sets and a method to distinguish between them, the legacy command set of the existing reader to be replaced which is typically strings of American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) eight bit characters with a line terminator character and the contact-less chip card requiring the ability to send and receive all possible eight bit values with varying length commands and not having a dedicated character value to indicate the end of a command. |
| US11188711B2 |
Unknown word predictor and content-integrated translator
The technology described herein enables users to enrich their vocabulary by annotating and/or automatically translating specific words, which are predicted to be unknown to the specific user. The user experiences the original content enriched with adaptive, smart in-line annotations of unknown words. The technology is tailored to individual users by understanding an individual user's vocabulary in a particular language. As a user consumes content or performs document authoring/editing activities, the system captures language usage patterns, maintained in a private Vocabulary Analytics Store (VAS) for the particular user. Information in the VAS is used as input to a machine classifier that determines whether a word is likely to be known or unknown to a user. |
| US11188709B2 |
Cascading menus for remote popping
A pop reader of a browser searches HTML code for a webpage with a plurality of links for a first link specified with a first target file name comprising a pop type element. The pop reader, responsive to detecting the first link specified with the first target file name comprising the pop type element, inserts a first command into the HTML code to disable the first link and set an event to pop up a first menu layer of a plurality of layers of a cascading menu and inserts a second command to specify the content of the first menu layer from a file accessed for the first target file name. The browser, responsive to detecting the event, displays the first menu layer with the specified content by the second command within the interface displaying the webpage. |
| US11188707B1 |
Systems and methods for creating enhanced documents for perfect automated parsing
The disclosed enhanced document creation and parsing systems deal with enhanced documents that allow for the presentation of document content in a preferred visual manner, while ensuring that the document content can be captured accurately by an automated parser with nothing being discarded or misrepresented. The enhanced document creation system may create an enhanced document by encoding document content in accordance with a defined schema, optionally encrypting the resulting structured data into an encrypted byte string, and embedding the encrypted byte string as non-visible metadata in a rendered document. The resulting enhanced document can be completely and accurately parsed by an enhanced document parsing system that is capable of extracting, decrypting and decoding the embedded document metadata. |
| US11188703B2 |
Integrated circuit, system, and method of forming the same
A method of forming an integrated circuit includes generating a first and a second standard cell layout design, generating a first set of cut feature layout patterns extending in a first direction, and manufacturing the integrated circuit based on the first or second standard cell layout design. Generating the first standard cell layout design includes generating a first set of conductive feature layout patterns extending in the first direction, and overlapping a first set of gridlines extending in the first direction. Generating the second standard cell layout design includes generating a second set of conductive feature layout patterns extending in the first direction and overlapping a second set of gridlines extending in the first direction. A side of a first cut feature layout pattern extending in the first direction is aligned with a first gridline of the first or second set of gridlines. |
| US11188698B2 |
Method for integrated optimization of ternary FPRM circuit
A method for integrated optimization of a ternary FPRM circuit comprises: establishing an area estimation model, a power consumption estimation model and a delay estimation model of a ternary FPRM circuit under a p polarity; constructing a correlation between a multi-objective teaching-learning optimization algorithm and optimization of an area, power consumption and a delay of the ternary FPRM circuit; expressing positions of the individuals in the multi-objective teaching-learning optimization algorithm as polarities of the ternary FPRM circuit, and expressing a search space as a space for polarity selection of the ternary FPRM circuit; and finally, searching for a set of Pareto optimum polarity solution for the area, power consumption and delay of the ternary FPRM circuit by means of the multi-objective teaching-learning optimization algorithm to complete the optimization of the area, power consumption and delay for the ternary FPRM circuits. |
| US11188694B2 |
Dynamic simulation method of circulating temperature variation in RMR subsea pump mud-lift drilling system
The invention discloses a dynamic simulation method of circulating temperature variation in RMR subsea pump mud-lift drilling system, including steps: obtaining operating parameters, environmental parameters, well structure parameters and thermal parameters of target well; establishing temperature control equation of drill string in seawater section, temperature control equation of drill string in formation section, temperature control equation of annulus in formation section, and temperature control equation of return pipe in seawater section; re-determining initial and boundary conditions; discretizing spatial structure of the whole system with inner node method; discretizing control equations on corresponding nodes; substituting corresponding parameters into discrete expressions to obtain circulating temperature in drill string of seawater section, circulating temperature in drill string of formation section, circulating temperature in annulus of formation section, and circulating temperature in return pipe of seawater section. The dynamic analysis model established by the present invention is more suitable for actual operating conditions. |
| US11188684B2 |
Software defined subsystem creation for heterogeneous integrated circuits
Creation of subsystems for a user design to be implemented in an integrated circuit (IC) includes generating, using computer hardware, a subsystem topology based on user provided subsystem data, wherein the subsystem topology specifies a plurality of subsystems of the user design where each subsystem includes a master circuit, and determining, using the computer hardware, a system management identifier for each master circuit of the subsystem topology. Programming data for programmable protection circuits of the IC can be automatically generated using the computer hardware based on the subsystem topology and system management identifiers. The programmable protection circuits, when programmed with the programming data, form the plurality of subsystems and physically isolate the plurality of subsystems on the integrated circuit from one another. |
| US11188678B2 |
Detection and prevention of privacy violation due to database release
According to some examples, computer-implemented methods to detect a potential privacy violation as a result of a release of a database are described. An example computer-implemented method may include anonymizing a database and calculating a measure of entropy resulting from a release of the anonymized database without releasing the anonymized database. The method may also include determining whether the calculated measure of entropy satisfies a privacy threshold and, responsive to a determination that the calculated measure of entropy satisfies the privacy threshold, releasing the anonymized database. The method may further include, responsive to a determination that the calculated measure of entropy does not satisfy the privacy threshold, not allowing the release of the anonymized database. |
| US11188677B2 |
Anti-cyberbullying systems and methods
Some embodiments use text and/or image processing methods to determine whether a user of an electronic messaging platform is subject to an online threat such as cyberbullying, sexual grooming, and identity theft, among others. In some embodiments, a text content of electronic messages is automatically harvested and aggregated into conversations. Conversation data are then analyzed to extract various threat indicators. A result of a text analysis may be combined with a result of an analysis of an image transmitted as part of the respective conversation. When a threat is detected, some embodiments automatically send a notification to a third party (e.g., parent, teacher, etc.). |
| US11188674B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for encrypting database data
A method for encrypting database data includes generating an encryption key for a first file stored in a data store, wherein a table in a database comprises an entry pointing to the first file. The method includes generating a second file by encrypting the data the first file in the data store using the encryption key without modifying the first file. The method includes, in response to generating the second file, modifying the entry in the table to point to the second file, wherein the modification of the entry is performed atomically. A process for rekeying from the first file to the second file may happen in the background without blocking, interfering, or otherwise obstructing user interaction with a database system. |
| US11188671B2 |
Distributed data chamber system
Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing systems for performing distributed data storage and query processing. A computing platform may receive a query requesting source data collection and may route the query to logical sub-chamber objects. At each of the logical sub-chamber objects, the computing platform may identify a portion of the source data collection maintained by the corresponding logical sub-chamber object and may modify the query to produce a modified query that requests source data corresponding to an unsatisfied portion of the request. The computing platform may route, to additional logical sub-chamber objects, the modified query and the identified source data collection. The computing platform may determine that the request associated with the source data collection has been satisfied in its entirety and may assemble a dataset corresponding to the source data collection in its entirety. The computing platform may send the dataset corresponding to the source data collection. |
| US11188666B2 |
Playback device queue access levels
Based on a credential, an access level of a playback queue for a first control interface and a first subset and second subset of media items in the playback queue may be determined. Media items in the playback queue that were added via a second control interface may be included in the first subset. Media items that were added via a control interface different from the second control interface may be included in a second subset. Information may be provided which identifies the first subset of the media items in the playback queue and the second subset of the media items in the playback queue. |
| US11188665B2 |
Using internal sensors to detect adverse interference and take defensive actions
A computing device includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with a dispersed storage network (DSN), a memory that stores operational instructions, and processing circuitry operably coupled to the interface and to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to execute the operational instructions to perform various operations and functions. The computing device detects a potentially unauthorized access to a storage unit (SU) of a set of storage units (SUs) that distributedly stores a set of encoded data slices (EDSs) associated with a data object. The computing device issues access information to at least some other SUs based on the potentially unauthorized access to the SU that is detected. The computing device initiates a first unauthorized abatement process for the SU and/or a second unauthorized access abatement process for a first other SU based on receipt of other access information. |
| US11188662B2 |
Encrypted data backup and restoration for image forming apparatuses using cloud
An apparatus and method for backing up data by using a cloud are provided. According to an example, the method may include receiving a data backup request from a first image forming apparatus, receiving a backup data list generated by using a first security key, the first security key generated to encrypt data and identification information of the first image forming apparatus, receiving, from the first image forming apparatus, backup data encrypted by using the first security key, receiving, from a second image forming apparatus, a second security key corresponding to a data restoration request, and, when the second security key received from the second image forming apparatus is the same as the first security key generated to encrypt the data, transmitting the backup data list to the second image forming apparatus. |
| US11188648B2 |
Training a security scan classifier to learn an issue preference of a human auditor
A technique includes receiving data representing an output of a security scan of an application and an audit of the security scan by a human auditor. The output represents a security issue with the application, which is identified by the security scan, and the audit represents an analysis of the security issue by the human auditor. The technique includes training a security scan classifier to learn a classification preference of the human auditor. Training the security scan classifier includes, processing the data in a processor-based machine to, based at least in part on the output of the security scan and the analysis of the security scan by the human auditor, learn the classification preference of the human auditor to the issue to build a classification model for the issue. |
| US11188644B2 |
Application behaviour control
There is provided a method for application behaviour control on a computer system. The method includes grouping applications into a set of clusters, wherein each application is grouped to a specific cluster on the basis of predefined event profiles for applications in the specific cluster; monitoring procedures that a specific cluster performs on one or more computer devices; and generating a list of expected events and prohibited events of the specific cluster based on monitoring for enabling the one or more client computer devices and/or an administrator of the one or more client computer devices to take further action related to the applications installed on the one or more client computer devices. |
| US11188643B2 |
Methods and apparatus for detecting a side channel attack using hardware performance counters
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for detecting a side channel attack using hardware performance counters are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a hardware performance counter data organizer to collect a first value of a hardware performance counter at a first time and a second value of the hardware performance counter at a second time. A machine learning model processor is to apply a machine learning model to predict a third value corresponding to the second time. An error vector generator is to generate an error vector representing a difference between the second value and the third value. An error vector analyzer is to determine a probability of the error vector indicating an anomaly. An anomaly detection orchestrator is to, in response to the probability satisfying a threshold, cause the performance of a responsive action to mitigate the side channel anomaly. |
| US11188639B2 |
System, method and apparatus for automatic program compartmentalization
The disclosed embodiments relate to system, method and apparatus to compartmentalize information in a program so as to protect against malware. In one embodiment, the disclosed provides a compiler that is enhanced to automatically define multiple compartments within a program based on the data sets that they access. The disclosed embodiments may be implemented at a compiler and certain embodiments may be referred to as compartmentalizing compiler. For each data set, an exemplary compartmentalizing compiler separates program elements that need direct access to the data set from those that do not and it defines a boundary around the data set and the program elements that need to access it. In certain embodiments, other portions of the program may still need to invoke the compartment. Thus, the disclosure also generates interface routines to copy data back and forth through the compartment boundary. |
| US11188629B2 |
Personal voice assistant authentication
Techniques are described herein for authenticating a personal voice assistant using an out-of-band speakable credential. In various embodiments, a user of a mobile application (112) executing on a first client device (104) may be authenticated (302) with a service (110) that executes on server(s) (108) and is configured to interact with personal voice assistant(s). Based on the authenticating, a speakable credential may be provided (304) to the first client device. The providing may trigger the first client device to provide, as output using output device(s) of the first client device, the speakable credential. Data generated in response to an utterance of the speakable credential received at a second client device may be received (306), from a personal voice assistant (106) associated with the second client device (102). The data may be matched (308) to the speakable to authenticate (310) the personal voice assistant with the service. |
| US11188618B2 |
Sparse matrix multiplication acceleration mechanism
An apparatus to facilitate acceleration of matrix multiplication operations. The apparatus comprises a systolic array including matrix multiplication hardware to perform multiply-add operations on received matrix data comprising data from a plurality of input matrices and sparse matrix acceleration hardware to detect zero values in the matrix data and perform one or more optimizations on the matrix data to reduce multiply-add operations to be performed by the matrix multiplication hardware. |
| US11188615B2 |
Data processing consent capture systems and related methods
In various embodiments, a data processing consent capture system may be configured to prompt the data subject to consent to one or more types of data processing (e.g., to provide a desired consent) in response to identifying particular cookies (e.g., or types of data processing) that a data subject has not consented to. The system may, for example, substantially automatically prompt the data subject to consent for one or more particular types of data processing in response to determining that the user (e.g., data subject) has requested that a website or other system perform one or more functions that are not possible without a particular type of consent from the data subject. The system may, for example, prompt the user to consent in time for a certain interaction with the website, application, etc. |
| US11188609B2 |
Dynamic slotting of content items within electronic content
Techniques for the dynamic slotting of content items within electronic content are provided. In response to receiving a request, a first set of content items is identified and a first score is generated for each based on a first objective. Based on the first scores, a first ranking of the first set of content items is generated. A subset of the first set is selected based on the first ranking. A second set of content items that includes the subset is identified and a second score is generated for each item in the second set based on a second objective that is different than the first objective. Based on the second scores, a second ranking of the second set is generated. A subset of the second set is selected based on the second ranking. The second subset is presented on a computing device that is associated with the request. |
| US11188607B2 |
Destination information associated with a hyperlink
One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, at an information handling device, a presence of a hyperlink; determining, using a processor, destination information associated with the hyperlink; and presenting, based on the determining and prior to activating the hyperlink; the destination information to a user. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US11188604B2 |
Auto-refinement of search results based on monitored search activities of users
A tracking system passively tracks and records searches conducted by actual search engine users. The recorded data for each search event preferably includes the search query submitted, the search engine used, the search result item (e.g., web page) selected, the position (e.g., page number) of this item, and the user's IP address. The collected data is aggregated and analyzed to generate data regarding the search queries used to locate and access particular destinations (e.g., web pages and sites). This data may be used for various purposes, such as (1) to generate reports showing, e.g., how users reach a particular destination from different search engines and geographic locations, (2) to select content to display on a destination page, such that the content is relevant to search queries commonly used to locate that page, and (3) to update the database of one search engine to reflect searches conducted on other search engines. |
| US11188598B2 |
Document data processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
A document data processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores a distributed-representation set including multiple distributed representations corresponding to multiple pieces of data. The processor is configured to modify the distributed-representation set on the basis of multiple data pairs and multiple scores corresponding to the data pairs. The data pairs are subjected to learning. The processor is configured to modify the distributed-representation set in such a manner that, for each of the data pairs, a value indicating a relationship in a modified distributed-representation pair corresponding to the data pair comes close to a score corresponding to the data pair. |
| US11188594B2 |
Wildcard searches using numeric string hash
Techniques herein improve computational efficiency for wildcard searches by using numeric string hashes. In an embodiment, a plurality of query K-gram tokens for a term in a query are generated. Using a first index, an intersection of hash tokens is determined, wherein said first index indexes each query K-gram token of said K-gram tokens to a respective subset of hash tokens of a plurality of hash tokens, each of hash token of said plurality of hash tokens corresponding to a term found in one or more documents of a corpus of documents. The intersection of hash tokens comprises only hash tokens indexed to all of said plurality of query K-gram tokens by said first index. Using a second index, documents of said corpus of documents that contain said term are determined, said second index indexing said hash tokens to a plurality of terms in said corpus of documents and for each term of said plurality of terms, a respective subset of documents of corpus of documents that contain said each term. |
| US11188593B1 |
Reactive programming database interface
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing a reactive database query retrieval system. One of the methods includes receiving a request to execute a query, obtaining a plurality of reactive programming operators including a database connection operator, a query operator, and a query results operator; evaluating the operators in the upstream subscription flow ordering until evaluating the database connection operator; allocating a first thread to execute the database connection operator to request a database connection; executing the database connection operator using the first thread to request a database connection; relinquishing computing resources for the first thread before the database management system responds to the request for the connection; receiving an indication that the database management system has provided a database connection; and in response, allocating a second thread to execute a query operator to provide the query to the database management system. |
| US11188572B2 |
System and method for storing and retrieving channel data
In one embodiment, a method includes, for each of a plurality of channels at a well site, converting channel data from a source data format to a common data format in real-time as the channel data is generated. The common data format includes a plurality of elements organized into a plurality of sets. Each element includes a minimum collection of fields. The method further includes, for each of the plurality of channels, storing the converted channel data in a data store as part of the at least one element. |
| US11188571B1 |
Pod communication graph
A logical graph is generated using at least a portion of log data received from a set of agents executing on one or more nodes in one or more data centers. The logical graph is augmented using data obtained from one or more agents executing in containerized environments, including by representing communications between pods within the logical graph. The augmented logical graph is used to detect an anomaly. |
| US11188560B2 |
Synchronizing object in local object storage node
A latest status record of an object in a local storage node is obtained as a local status record of the object. The status record includes a name of an operation changing the object, a timestamp of the operation changing the object, a first status flag, and a second status flag. The first status flag indicates whether a synchronization of the object from current object storage node to another object storage node is executed. The second status flag indicates whether a synchronization of the object from another object storage node to the current object storage node is executed. The latest status record of the object is obtained of the object in from a remote object storage node as a remote status record of the object. A synchronization of the object is executed based on the local status record and the remote status record. |
| US11188558B2 |
Parenting computed fields with data objects
Embodiments are directed to visualizing data. A computed field that includes input fields and an object model that includes objects may be provided. One or more of the objects may be determined based on the input fields such that each input field corresponds to a determined object. A sub-graph may be generated based on the determined objects. Zero or more determined objects may be pruned from the sub-graph based on a traversal of the sub-graph and characteristics of the determined objects such that each pruned object may be determined to be an attribute of at least one of the determined objects. In response to the iterative pruning providing one remaining determined object in the sub-graph, assigning the remaining determined object as a parent of the computed field. |
| US11188556B2 |
Correlated incremental loading of multiple data sets for an interactive data prep application
A user interface includes a data flow pane and a profile pane. The data flow pane displays a flow diagram that identifies a data source. For each of multiple queries against the data source, the process issues the query against the data source asynchronously with a block size. Upon retrieval of the initial set of rows, the process repeats the query asynchronously until all of the rows have been retrieved. Periodically the process determines a high water mark for rows from the data source that have been retrieved for all of the queries. When the water mark changes, the process updates the profile pane to display statistical distributions of data values for multiple data fields in the data source. Each distribution element in each statistical distribution counts the rows below the water mark that have a single specific data value or range of data values. |
| US11188554B2 |
System and method for real time data aggregation in a virtual cube in a multidimensional database environment
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein are systems and methods for real time data aggregation in a virtual cube in a multidimensional database, in accordance with an embodiment. A method can provide, at a computer that includes one or more microprocessors, a multidimensional database server executing on the computer, wherein the multidimensional database server supports at least one multidimensional cube, a data source associated with the multidimensional cube, and at least one source of real-time data accessible by the data source. The method can query, by the multidimensional cube, the data source, the query comprising an identification of the at least one source of real-time data. The method can provide, by the data source, on-demand access to the multidimensional cube to the at least one source of real-time data. The method can use targeted data from the at least one source of real-time data within the multidimensional cube without being stored therein. |
| US11188548B2 |
Profile data store automation via bots
A system and method of automating data profile updating and querying includes building bots using standard schema having predefined data types for collecting data relating to a user or object. A bot stores the collected data in a data profile for the user or object in a graph data store that is queried by that bot or another bot to extract data relating to the user or object. The data relating to the user or object may be collected from two or more data channels including, for example, a channel of spoken data and a channel of typed data. The collected data is selectively processed by a bot to establish context for the collected data and is inserted into a knowledge graph that may be joined to another knowledge graph for querying. The bots automate the collection and sharing of collected profile data with other bots in an application ecosystem. |
| US11188539B2 |
Matching non-sequential log metadata with out-of-order record data
According to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes generating a metadata record for each event record of a subset of a plurality of event records, the metadata record being one of a plurality of metadata records. The method further includes assigning a metadata indicator to each event record of the subset of the plurality of event records to indicate that the event record is associated with a metadata record. The method further includes assigning, for each event record of the subset of the plurality of event records and the metadata record associated therewith, a timestamp. The method further includes matching for each event record of the subset of the plurality of event records, one of the plurality of metadata records with the event record based at least in part on the metadata indicator and the timestamp. |
| US11188526B2 |
Database query creation
Presented are concepts for generating a database query for analyzing data in a database, wherein the data comprises a plurality of features, and wherein at least one of the plurality of features comprises a value which varies as a function of a parameter. One such concept provides a graphical user interface for enabling a user to arrange a plurality of graphical elements in a user-defined sequence as a function of the parameter, wherein each graphical element being associated with a respective one or more of the plurality of features. Based on the user-defined sequence of the graphical elements, one or more rules relating to at least one of the plurality of features may be determined. A database query may then be generated based on the one or more rules. |
| US11188520B2 |
Storage tier verification checks
Techniques are provided for storage tier verification checks. A determination is made that a mount operation of an aggregate of a set of volumes stored within a multi-tier storage environment has completed. A first metafile and a second metafile are maintained to track information related to the storage of objects of a volume of the aggregate within a remote object store that is a tier of the multi-tier storage environment. A distributed verification is performed between the first metafile and the second metafile to identify an inconsistency. Accordingly, the first metafile and the second metafile are reconciled to address the inconsistency so that storage information within the first metafile and the second metafile are consistent. |
| US11188517B2 |
Annotation assessment and ground truth construction
Embodiments relate to an intelligent computer platform to construct ground truth data. Annotations are extracted from one or more data elements and characteristic data associated with the extracted annotations is dynamically identified. One or more models are created with the identified characteristic data. Domain activity impact is measured and the accuracy of the annotation data is calculated. A policy is generated from the calculated accuracy, wherein the policy includes assigning a score to the annotation data as metadata. Compliance activities are orchestrated based on the generated policy. One or more annotations are selectively re-assigned to the data in compliance with the orchestration, and ground truth data is created from the selective re-assignment. |
| US11188512B2 |
Rewriting corpus content in a search index and processing search queries using the rewritten search index
A method, a computing system, and a computer program product are provided for processing search queries. A computing device executing a content management system receives a content rewriting rule. A content item including the content rewriting rule is stored. The stored content rewriting rule is associated with a first search index, which includes indexed content of a corpus having unstructured textual content. The content of the corpus is rewritten into a second search index of an index overlay structure by applying the content rewriting rule to the content of the corpus. The second search index is used for searching the content of the corpus for content satisfying a received search query. |
| US11188509B2 |
System and method for generating a visual data structure associated with business information based on a hierarchy of components
A system and method for a visual design system includes a memory, a processor, a page analyzer to extract business information of at least one data structure of at least one page of a visual application having an existing layout, to perform a semantic analysis of the extracted business information and to use the extracted business information to produce a business information layout and an associated business information signature; a database to store at least one layout and at least one associated layout signature where the layout signature represents a business information composition of the at least one layout, a signature comparer to perform a comparison of the associated business information signature of the at least one data structure with the associated layout signature of the at least one layout stored in said layout database and where the processor and the memory embody the page analyzer and the signature comparer. |
| US11188508B1 |
High-performance learning-ready platform for real-time analytics
A system and method for operating a high-performance learning-ready platform for real-time analytics involves operating a collector to collect logging data from electronic design automation (EDA) tools. The collector operates either (A) a set of programming interface (i.e., function calls) integrated with an EDA tool, or (B) a selector to extract the logging data from EDA tool logs. The collector generates data logs in a key-value pair data logging format from the logging data. A memory controller loads and indexes the data logs into a controlled memory data structure. A comparator in an archiving engine prioritizes storage of particular data logs based, in part, on previously stored data logs in the controlled memory data structure. |
| US11188506B2 |
Container repository optimization
An application component contained in a template is identified. The repository is scanned to determine whether the application component identified from the template is preexisting in the repository. In response to a determination that the identified application component is preexisting, the identified application component is removed before the template is saved in the repository and in response to a determination that the identified application component is not preexisting, the identified application component is posted in the repository. |
| US11188492B2 |
Enhanced serial peripheral interface (eSPI) port expander
Apparatuses and methods relating to an enhanced serial peripheral interface (eSPI) port expander circuitry are described. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes an upstream eSPI port, a plurality of downstream eSPI ports, and an eSPI aggregator. The upstream eSPI port is to operate as an eSPI slave on an upstream eSPI bus. Each of the plurality of downstream eSPI ports is to operate as an eSPI master on a corresponding one of a plurality of downstream eSPI buses. The eSPI aggregator is to forward or broadcast transactions from the upstream eSPI bus to one or more of the plurality of downstream eSPI buses and to aggregate responses from one or more of the downstream eSPI buses. |
| US11188491B1 |
Host interconnection device and method thereof
A host interconnection device includes a serializing module, an analysis module, an arbitration module, a data-writing tracking module, and a data-reading tracking module. The serializing module serializes at least one first read/write request generated by at least one processing module and a second read/write request generated by a chipset module, and outputs the first read/write request or the second read/write request. The analysis module generates analysis information according to the first read/write request or the second read/write request. The arbitration module arbitrates the analysis information and snoop information, and generates arbitration information. The data-writing tracking module performs a data-writing tracking operation on the arbitration information to generate a first snoop request, a data-writing indication, and a data-writing request. The data-reading tracking module performs a data-reading tracking operation on the arbitration information to generate a second snoop request, a data-reading indication, and a data-reading request. |
| US11188487B2 |
Self-configuring baseboard management controller (BMC)
A Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) (125) that may configure itself is disclosed. The BMC (125) may include an access logic (415) to determine a configuration of a chassis (105) that includes the BMC (125). The BMC (125) may also include a built-in self-configuration logic (420) to configure the BMC (125) responsive to the configuration of the chassis (105). The BMC (125) may self-configure without using any BIOS, device drivers, or operating systems. |
| US11188483B2 |
Architecture for microcontroller and method for reading data applied to microcontroller
An architecture for a microcontroller includes a microcontroller, a system memory, an instruction memory, a data memory, a first bus, and a second bus, where the first and second buses perform functions of a single bus. The microcontroller connects to both buses. The instruction memory and the data memory are connected to the first bus. The system memory is connected to the second bus. The microcontroller transmits and receives data to and from the instruction memory and the data memory through the first bus. The microcontroller transmits and receives data to and from the system memory through the second bus. The instruction memory and the data memory transmit and receive data to and from the system memory through the second bus connected to the first bus, avoiding delays caused by rights and priorities and arbitration of same. |
| US11188477B2 |
Page protection layer
In an embodiment, a computer system comprises a page protection layer. The page protection layer may be the component in the system which manages the page tables for virtual to physical page mappings. Transactions to the page protection layer are used to create/manage mappings created in the page tables. The page protection layer may enforce dynamic security policies in the system (i.e. security policies that may not be enforced using only a static hardware configuration). In an embodiment, the page protection layer may ensure that it is the only component which is able to modify the page tables. The page protection layer may ensure than no component in the system is able to modify a page that is marked executable in any process' address space. The page protection may ensure that any page that is marked executable has code with a verified code signature, in an embodiment. |
| US11188474B2 |
Balanced caching between a cache and a non-volatile memory based on rates corresponding to the cache and the non-volatile memory
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for balanced caching. An input circuit receives a request for data of non-volatile storage. A balancing circuit determines whether to execute a request by directly communicating with one or more of a cache and a non-volatile storage based on a first rate corresponding to the cache and a second rate corresponding to the non-volatile storage. A data access circuit executes a request based on a determination made by a balancing circuit. |
| US11188472B2 |
Caching streams of memory requests
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for allocating cache resources according to page-level attribute values. In one implementation, the system includes one or more integrated client devices and a cache. Each client device is configured to generate at least a memory request. Each memory request has a respective physical address and a respective page descriptor of a page to which the physical address belongs. The cache is configured to cache memory requests for each of the one or more integrated client devices. The cache comprises a cache memory having multiple ways. The cache is configured to distinguish different memory requests using page-level attributes of respective page descriptors of the memory requests, and to allocate different portions of the cache memory to different respective memory requests. |
| US11188471B2 |
Cache coherency for host-device systems
A cache coherency mode includes: in response to a read request from a device in the host-device system for an instance of the shared data, sending the instance of the shared data from the host device to that device; and, in response to write request from a device, storing data associated with the write request in the cache of the host device. Shared data is pinned in the cache of the host device, and is not cached in any of the other devices in the host-device system. Because there is only one cached copy of the shared data in the host-device system, the devices in that system are cache coherent. |
| US11188470B2 |
Dynamic identification of stack frames
A method, system and product, configured to perform: during an execution of a program, obtaining boundaries of a stack frame of a function that is currently present in a stack, wherein said obtaining the boundaries comprises: obtaining a return address of the function in the stack; determining a length of the function using a mapping of return addresses of one or more functions in the program and corresponding lengths of the one or more functions; and determining the boundaries of the stack frame of the function based on a value of a stack pointer of the stack and based on the length of the function; based on the boundaries of the stack frame of the function, determining that the stack frame is overflown; and in response to said determining that the stack frame is overflown, performing a responsive action. |
| US11188468B2 |
Processor and way prediction method thereof
A processor includes a prediction table, a prediction logic circuit, and a prediction verification circuit. The prediction table has a plurality of sets, each of the sets has a hot way number, at least one warm way number, and at least one confidence value corresponding to the at least one warm way number. The prediction logic circuit generates a prediction result by predicting if the at least one warm way number is an opened way. The prediction verification circuit generates a correct/incorrect information according to the prediction result, and generates an update information according to the correct/incorrect information. The prediction verification circuit updates the hot way number, the at least one warm way number and the at least one confidence value of the at least one warm way number according to the update information. |
| US11188465B1 |
Cache memory replacement policy
A cache memory is disclosed. The cache memory includes a plurality of ways, each way including an instruction memory portion, where the instruction memory portion includes a plurality of instruction memory locations configured to store instruction data encoding a plurality of CPU instructions. The cache memory also includes a controller configured to determine that each of a predetermined number of cache memory hit conditions have occurred, and a replacement policy circuit configured to identify one of the plurality of ways as having experienced a fewest quantity of hits of the predetermined number of cache memory hit conditions, where the controller is further configured to determine that a cache memory miss condition has occurred, and, in response to the miss condition, to cause instruction data retrieved from a RAM memory to be written to the instruction memory portion of the way identified by the replacement policy circuit. |
| US11188461B2 |
Garbage collection adapted to memory device life expectancy
Systems and methods for adapting garbage collection (GC) operations in a memory device to an estimated device age are discussed. An exemplary memory device includes a memory controller to track an actual device age, determine a device wear metric using a physical write count and total writes over an expected lifetime of the memory device, estimate a wear-indicated device age, and adjust an amount of memory space to be freed by a GC operation according to the wear-indicated device age relative to the actual device age. The memory controller can also dynamically reallocate a portion of the memory cells between a single level cell (SLC) cache and a multi-level cell (MLC) storage according to the wear-indicated device age relative to the actual device age. |
| US11188456B2 |
Storage system and method for predictive block allocation for efficient garbage collection
A storage system and method for predictive block allocation for efficient garbage collection are provided. One method involves determining whether a memory in a storage system is being used in a first usage scenario or a second usage scenario; in response to determining that the memory is being used in the first usage scenario, using a first block allocation method; and in response to determining that the memory is being used in the second usage scenario, using a second block allocation method, wherein the first block allocation method allocates blocks that are closer to needing garbage collection than the second block allocation method. |
| US11188450B2 |
Cloud application architecture using edge computing
Systems, methods, and computer program products are described for edge computing for cloud application development. Data having at least one image of a continuous integration system is received. The at least one image can be locally instantiated within a local container. Developmental code associated with an application can be retrieved from a code repository. The application is compiled, built, and tested within the local container based on the developmental code. The application is deployed to a production environment. |
| US11188446B2 |
System and method for providing audio processing and inventory tracking and management in a cloud environment
One embodiment provides a method for inventory tracking and management in a cloud environment. The method comprises maintaining a plurality of on demand computing resources in the cloud environment. The computing resources include one or more cloud applications. The method further comprises creating a job-specific device by flexibly configuring an end user device connected to the cloud environment to execute a specific job, and tracking and managing usage of the job-specific device utilizing at least one of the computing resources. |
| US11188443B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for processing log data
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, apparatus and system for processing log data. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring multiple pieces of to-be-processed log data generated based on a log within a preset time period, the to-be-processed log data including multiple attributes and preset indicators; determining multiple attribute value groups; determining, for an attribute value group, based on indicator values of preset indicators respectively indicated by multiple pieces of to-be-processed log data having each attribute value in the attribute value group, an indicator statistic value of the preset indicators of a log having each attribute value in the attribute value group; and generating a log data aggregation table based on indicator statistic values of preset indicators respectively corresponding to the multiple attribute value groups. |
| US11188442B2 |
Determining diagnostic coverage for memory using redundant execution
Memory, used by a computer to store data, is generally prone to faults, including permanent faults (i.e. relating to a lifetime of the memory hardware), and also transient faults (i.e. relating to some external cause) which are otherwise known as soft errors. Since soft errors can change the state of the data in the memory and thus cause errors in applications reading and processing the data, there is a desire to characterize the degree of vulnerability of the memory to soft errors. In particular, once the vulnerability for a particular memory to soft errors has been characterized, cost/reliability trade-offs can be determined, or soft error detection mechanisms (e.g. parity) may be selectively employed for the memory. In some cases, memory faults can be diagnosed by redundant execution and a diagnostic coverage may be determined. |
| US11188439B2 |
Usage pattern virtual machine idle detection
The detection of idle virtual machines through usage pattern analysis is described. In one example, a computing device can collect utilization metrics from a virtual machine over time. The utilization metrics can be related to one or more processing usage, disk usage, network usage, and memory usage metrics, among others. The utilization metrics can be separated into a set of training metrics and a set of validation metrics, and a number of clusters can be determined based on the set of training metrics. The clusters can be used to organize the set of validation metrics into groups. Depending upon the number or overall percentage of the utilization metrics assigned to individual ones of the plurality of clusters, it is possible to determine whether or not the virtual machine is an idle virtual machine. Once identified, idle virtual machines can be shut down to conserve processing resources and costs. |
| US11188438B2 |
Information processing apparatus, computer-readable recording medium storing program, and information processing method
An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to calculate shortening rates by comparing execution times for each of a plurality of functions in a case where an evaluation target program is executed in an execution environment with execution times for each of the plurality of functions in a case where the evaluation target program is executed in a simulation environment, and generate a simulation program to be used in the simulation environment based on the calculated shortening rates and the evaluation target program. |
| US11188433B2 |
System, method and computer readable medium for offloaded computation of distributed application protocols within a cluster of data processing nodes
A data processing node includes a management environment, an application environment, and a shared memory segment (SMS). The management environment includes at least one management services daemon (MSD) running on one or more dedicated management processors thereof. One or more application protocols are executed by the at least one MSD on at least one of the dedicated management processors. The management environment has a management interface daemon (MID) running on one or more application central processing unit (CPU) processors thereof. The SMS is accessible by the at least one MSD and the MID for enabling communication of information of the one or more application protocols to be provided between the at least one MSD and the MID. The MID provides at least one of management service to processes running within the application environment and local resource access to one or more processes running on another data processing node. |
| US11188424B2 |
Application-aware virtual machine backup
A method relates to backing up a VM. The method can include placing an application being hosted by a VM in a backup state and capturing a snapshot of the VM to generate a VM image of the VM. The method can further comprise resuming the application, extracting application blocks corresponding to the application from the mounted VM image, and storing the application blocks and the VM image. |
| US11188417B2 |
Memory system, memory module, and operation method of memory system
An operation method of a memory system including a memory controller and a memory device may include transferring, by the memory controller, a first read command to the memory device; transferring, by the memory device, read data and a part of an error correction code corresponding to the read data to the memory controller in response to the first read command; detecting, by the memory controller, an error of the read data based on the part of the error correction code; transferring, by the memory controller, a second read command to the memory device when the error is detected; transferring, by the memory device, a remainder of the error correction code corresponding to the read data to the memory controller in response to the second read command; and correcting, by the memory controller, the error of the read data based on the remainder of the error correction code. |
| US11188407B1 |
Obtaining computer crash analysis data
When a computer boots up, a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) configures system memory to have a crash memory area within the system address map, which can be used by a processor to dump crash memory data. When an error event occurs, the processor can initiate a dump to the crash memory area. Any desired data can be placed into the crash memory area, but typical data can include a state of registers in the processor. The processor then sets a flag, such as an external pin, indicating that the crash memory data is ready to be read. The flag can be read by a secure processor, which then reads the crash memory area at normal memory access speeds using the system bus. For example, the secure processor can access the crash memory area using Direct Memory Access (DMA) reads over a PCIe system bus. |
| US11188404B2 |
Methods of data concurrent recovery for a distributed storage system and storage medium thereof
Disclosed is a method of data concurrent recovery for a distributed storage system, that is, a method for synchronous repair of multiple failed nodes with a minimum recovery bandwidth when a node in a distributed storage system fails. First an assistant node is selected to get helper data sub-block, then the repair matrix related to the data block stored in the node to be repaired is constructed, and finally the lost data block is reconstructed by multiplying the repair matrix and the helper data helper data sub-block; the missing data block is reconstructed by decoding, wherein the node to be recovered includes all failed systematical nodes, or all or partly failed parity nodes. The method is applicable to concurrently recover multiple failed nodes at minimal recovery bandwidth, and the nodes to be recovered are selected according to the demand to reduce the recovery bandwidth as much as possible. |
| US11188403B2 |
Computer-based systems involving an engine and tools for incident prediction using machine learning and methods of use thereof
Systems and methods associated with incident prediction using machine learning techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary method may comprise obtaining current raw log data from at least one application log of at least one software application, converting the current raw log data into current tabular log data, applying one or more sampling techniques to the current tabular log data to form current balanced log data, the current balanced log data including incidents of failures, applying one or more machine learning techniques to the current balanced log data to generate an application failure predictive model, and predicting, based on future balanced log data, at least one future failure of the software application using the application failure predictive model. |
| US11188401B2 |
Real-time data processing pipeline and pacing control systems and methods
A data processing system includes a transaction bus, a console application in communication with the transaction bus, and a view predictor subsystem in communication with the transaction bus. The transaction bus receives, from a user application executing on a client device, a call for visual information to be provided to the user application. The view predictor subsystem determines a likelihood that the visual information will be viewable within a viewport of the user application, and a plurality of respective values for a plurality of sources of the visual information are computed based on the likelihood and a respective priority for each source. The console application provides to the transaction bus the set of potential sources of the visual information, and the transaction bus selects, based on the computed values, one of the potential sources of the visual information to be the result, which is provided to the user application. |
| US11188395B2 |
Computational graph critical sections
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing critical section subgraphs in a computational graph system. One of the methods includes executing a lock operation including providing, by a task server, a request to a value server to create a shared critical section object. If the task server determines that the shared critical section object was created by the value server, the task server executes one or more other operations of the critical section subgraph in serial. The task server executes an unlock operation including providing, by the task server, a request to the value server to delete the shared critical section object. |
| US11188394B2 |
Technologies for synchronizing triggered operations
Technologies for synchronizing triggered operations include a host fabric interface (HFI) of a compute device configured to receive an operation execution command associated with a triggered operation that has been fired and determine whether the operation execution command includes an instruction to update a table entry of a table managed by the HFI. Additionally, the HFI is configured to issue, in response to a determination that the operation execution command includes the instruction to update the table entry, a triggered list enable (TLE) operation and a triggered list disable (TLD) operation to a table manager of the HFI and disable a corresponding table entry in response to the TLD operation having been triggered, the identified table entry. The HFI is further configured to execute one or more command operations associated with the received operation execution command and re-enable, in response to the TLE operation having been triggered, the table entry. Other embodiments are described herein. |
| US11188393B1 |
Systems and methods for performing load balancing and distributed high-availability
The disclosed computer-implemented method for performing load balancing and distributed high-availability may include (i) detecting through a group communication channel that links all nodes of a computing cluster that an overburdened node of the computing cluster has fallen below a predefined performance level, (ii) determining to transfer a specific microservice transaction from the overburdened node to a helper node in the computing cluster, (iii) copying data for the specific microservice transaction from a portion of a central data store that is reserved for the overburdened node to another data store that is reserved for the helper node, and (iv) completing, by the helper node, the specific microservice transaction by referencing the copied data for the specific microservice transaction in the data store that is reserved for the helper node. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US11188391B1 |
Allocating resources to on-demand code executions under scarcity conditions
Systems and methods are described for allocating resources on an on-demand code execution system under conditions of scarcity, when demand for resources exceeds threshold limits. Under such conditions, a single high-demand resource consumer—such as a function or an account on the system—might monopolize available resources, denying access to the system to other resource consumers. Embodiments of the present disclosure prevent that monopolization by implementing constrained equal awards allocation, whereby resource consumers with relatively low-demand are allocated their requested resources, and remaining resources are divided substantially equally among remaining consumers of relatively high demand. The allocation techniques described herein may be implemented even under varying demand levels, without requiring each consumer to positively state their desired portion prior to allocation. |
| US11188389B2 |
Distributed system that promotes task-machine affinity
A technique is described herein for allocating tasks within a distributed system. The distributed system includes plural computing devices. Each computing device, in turn, provides a bucket manager and at least one application instance. The bucket managers allocate work to the computing devices in units of buckets, in a manner governed by a set of application-specific initialization parameters. The bucket managers also perform their assignment function in cooperation with a separate storage and notification (S&N) system. The S&N system stores data nodes in a hierarchical data structure that reflect the assignment-related state of the distributed system. The S&N system also notifies the bucket managers upon changes in the data nodes. According to one provision, the bucket managers include logic that reduces expensive context changes when computing devices join and leave the distributed system. |
| US11188377B2 |
Writing zero data
Apparatuses, methods of operating apparatuses, interconnects for connecting apparatuses to one another, and methods of operating the interconnects are disclosed. A master apparatus can issue an individual all-zero-data write transaction specifying a data storage location to the interconnect, which conveys the individual all-zero-data write transaction to a target device which writes all-zero-data at the data storage location. No write data is conveyed with the individual all-zero-data write transaction, so that the individual all-zero-data write transaction may be used to clear the data storage location without adding to congestion of a write data channel in the interconnect. |
| US11188375B2 |
Virtual machine mobility for virtual machines using remote direct memory access connections
Virtual machine mobility for virtual machine using remote direct memory access (RDMA) connections, including: receiving a virtual machine (VM) mobility request to transfer a virtual machine from a source host to a destination host; migrating application data transfer from an RDMA connection of the virtual machine to a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection of the virtual machine, wherein the RDMA connection and the TCP connection are facilitated by a physical network adapter; migrating the TCP connection to a virtual network adapter of the virtual machine; and transferring the virtual machine from the source host to the destination host. |
| US11188369B2 |
Interrupt virtualization
Apparatuses, methods, program products, and systems are presented for interrupt virtualization. An apparatus includes an adapter module that detects a switch from a first physical input/output (“I/O”) adapter associated with a logical partition to a second physical I/O adapter associated with the logical partition. The apparatus includes an interrupt module that updates one or more I/O interrupt management structures for the logical partition so that the logical partition receives I/O interrupt information from the second physical I/O adapter and not the first physical I/O adapter without the logical partition being aware of the switch to the second I/O adapter. The apparatus includes an abstraction module that updates physical device information at a hypervisor for the logical partition to reflect the switch to the second physical I/O device. |
| US11188365B2 |
Memory overcommit by speculative fault
An example method of allocating memory pages for a guest includes receiving, by a hypervisor, a request to allocate a plurality of guest memory pages for a guest running on a virtual machine. The virtual machine and the hypervisor run on a host machine. The method also includes in response to the request: (i) allocating, by the hypervisor, a plurality of host memory pages, and (ii) mapping the plurality of guest memory pages to the plurality of host memory pages. |
| US11188361B1 |
Cross-architecture software distribution using a virtual instruction set architecture
Systems and methods for cross-architecture software distribution using a virtual instruction set architecture. An example method may comprise configuring, by a host computer system, a set of instructions for a virtual instruction set architecture; generating an executable program component using the virtual instruction set architecture for an operating system type; generating an emulator component for the virtual instruction set architecture, the emulator component configured to execute on a target computing system with a target instruction set architecture, wherein the target computing system executes the operating system type, and wherein the target instruction set architecture is different from the virtual instruction set architecture; providing the executable program to the target computing system; and providing the emulator component to the target computing system to cause the target computing system to execute the emulator component responsive to detecting a request to execute the executable program. |
| US11188359B2 |
Electronic device and screen capturing method thereof
A method for intelligent screen capture in an electronic device includes: receiving, by the electronic device, a user input for capturing a screenshot of contents displayed on a screen of the electronic device; dividing, by the electronic device, the screen of the electronic device into a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of blocks including inter-related contents displayed on the screen of the electronic device; identifying, by the electronic device, at least one block from the plurality of blocks based on a plurality of parameters; and displaying, by the electronic device, a guide user interface for capturing the screenshot of the at least one block. |
| US11188353B2 |
Runtime extension system for bundled web application
Techniques disclosed herein permit bundled web applications to be extended at runtime. In particular, the functionality of a container application that is a bundled web application may be extended by extensions that are also bundled web applications. To enable such extensibility, the container application registers reusable portion(s) of its code in a global context during a bootstrapping sequence of the container application. Thereafter, extensions that are loaded may access and utilize the registered portion(s) of code, as if those extensions had been bundled together with the rest of the container application. In addition, extensions may be managed using scoping and/or permissions that control access to the extensions based on the container application mode that the extensions can be used with and white lists of users who are allowed to use the extensions, respectively. |
| US11188352B2 |
Advanced injection rule engine
Systems and techniques are described for controlling injection of a library into a process. Specifically, some embodiments provide an Advanced Injection Rule Engine (AIRE), which uses a set of rules to selectively inject a library, e.g., a dynamic-link library (DLL), into a process. Some embodiments implement a Domain Specific Language (DSL), called AIRE Script, to define the injection rules that are used by the AIRE at runtime. |
| US11188335B2 |
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for hashing instructions
Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to performing hashing operations on packed data elements are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a decode circuit to decode a single instruction into a decoded single instruction, the single instruction including at least one first field that identifies eight 32-bit state elements A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H for a round according to a SM3 hashing standard and at least one second field that identifies an input message; and an execution circuit to execute the decoded single instruction to: rotate state element C left by 9 bits to form a rotated state element C, rotate state element D left by 9 bits to form a rotated state element D, rotate state element G left by 19 bits to form a rotated state element G, rotate state element H left by 19 bits to form a rotated state element H, perform two rounds according to the SM3 hashing standard on the input message and state element A, state element B, rotated state element C, rotated state element D, state element E, state element F, rotated state element G, and rotated state element H to generate an updated state element A, an updated state element B, an updated state element E, and an updated state element F, and store the updated state element A, the updated state element B, the updated state element E, and the updated state element F into a location specified by the single instruction. |
| US11188330B2 |
Vector multiply-add instruction
An apparatus comprises processing circuitry, a number of vector register and a number of scalar registers. An instruction decoder is provided which supports decoding of a vector multiply-add instruction specifying at least one vector register and at least one scalar register. In response to the vector multiply-add instruction, the decoder controls the processing circuitry to perform a vector multiply-add instruction in which each lane of processing generates a respective result data element corresponding to a sum of difference of a product value and an addend value, with the product value comprising the product of a respective data element of a first vector value and a multiplier value. In each lane of processing at least one of the multiplier value and the addend value is specified as a portion of a scalar value stored in a scalar register. |
| US11188324B2 |
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture to perform heterogeneous data structure selection via programmer annotations
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to perform heterogeneous data structure selection via programmer annotations. An example apparatus includes a phase tracker to identify a first phase and a second phase, a cost predictor to estimate interaction costs of interacting with respective types of data structures within the first phase and the second phase, a tree constructor to construct a tree corresponding to a first data structure type, the tree including a first node in the first phase, a second node in the second phase, and an edge connecting the first node and the second node, the second node representing a second data structure type different from the first data structure type, a transformation cost calculator to calculate a transformation cost for the edge, and a branch selector to select a sequence of data structures based on the combined interaction costs and transformation costs. |
| US11188321B2 |
Processing device and software execution control method
A processing device includes a memory, a first processor configured to execute software fetched from the memory, a second processor configured to perform a verification of the software stored in the memory, and a controller configured to control a fetch of the software from the memory by the first processor according to the verification performed by the second processor. The controller prohibits the fetch by the first processor until the verification of the software performed by the second processor is successful and permits the fetch by the first processor when the verification of the software performed by the second processor is successful. |
| US11188307B2 |
Modelizing resources and external data of a program for procedural language coding
A computer-implemented method of representing a software application to be coded in a procedural language is provided. An initial UML class diagram modelizing the software application is received. Data definition classes within the initial UML class diagram are identified. Class operations within the initial UML class diagram are identified. The initial UML class diagram is modified by a processor to generate an extended UML class diagram by applying a data object stereotype to the identified data definition classes, and applying a program stereotype to the identified class operations. The data definition classes represent logical data, and the class operations represents programs. |
| US11188296B2 |
Human-vehicle interaction
According to one or more aspects, systems and methods for human-vehicle interaction are described herein. A touchpad may include a first touchpad zone and a second touchpad zone. A display may include a first display zone and a second display zone, which correspond to the first touchpad zone and the second touchpad zone, respectively. A processor may execute instructions stored on a memory to perform rendering a first application in a first mode within the first display zone of the display and rendering a second application in a second mode within the second display zone of the display. The processor, in response to an input from the touchpad, may render the already running second application in a first mode within the first display zone of the display and render the first application in a second mode within the second display zone of the display. |
| US11188294B2 |
Detecting the nearest playback device
Examples described herein relate to transitioning a playback session between portable playback devices such as “smart” headphones, earbuds, and handheld speakers with playback devices of a zone-based media playback system. Exemplary techniques facilitate continuity of playback when transitioning between locations (e.g., from at home to on-the-go or vice versa) or between listening paradigms (e.g., personal or out-loud playback of audio content). An example implementation includes detecting a swap trigger, determining the source playback device(s) and target playback device(s), and performing a playback session swap between the source playback device(s) and target playback device(s). |
| US11188288B2 |
Control device and control method to issue notification on occurrence of processing overflow
Provided is a control device including a control unit that executes a process of causing a speaker to stop speaking on a device toward which the speaker speaks on a basis of a result obtained by analyzing speech content based on a result of the speaker speaking toward the device. |
| US11188266B2 |
Write ordering for persistent memory
Techniques are provided for implementing write ordering for persistent memory. A set of actions are identified for commitment to persistent memory of a node for executing an operation upon the persistent memory. An episode is created to comprise a first subset of actions of the set of actions that can be committed to the persistent memory in any order with respect to one another such that a consistent state of the persistent memory can be reconstructed in the event of a crash of the node during execution of the operation. The first subset of actions within the episode are committed to the persistent memory and further execution of the operation is blocked until the episode completes. |
| US11188250B2 |
Two-stage hybrid memory buffer for multiple streams
Described herein are embodiments related to a two-stage hybrid memory buffer for multiple streams in memory sub-systems. A processing device determines that first write data of a first stream stored in a host buffer component satisfies a threshold to program a first programming unit. The processing device transfers the first write data to the staging buffer component from the host buffer component, and writes the first write data from the staging buffer component as the first programming unit to a first die of multiple non-volatile memory (NVM) dies. The processing device determines that second write data of a second stream satisfies a threshold to program a second programming unit, transfers the second write data to the staging buffer component from the host buffer component, and writes the second write data from the staging buffer component as the second programming unit to a second die of the multiple NVM dies. |
| US11188237B2 |
Anti-hacking mechanisms for flash memory device
Multiple embodiments are disclosed for enhancing security and preventing hacking of a flash memory device. The embodiments prevent malicious actors from hacking a flash memory chip to obtain data that is stored within the chip. The embodiments include the use of fault detection circuits, address scrambling, dummy arrays, password protection, improved manufacturing techniques, and other mechanisms. |
| US11188236B2 |
Automatically organizing storage system
A storage system and a method for storing a data segment, a storage capacity manager and a method for managing a capacity of a storage unit, and a storage tier relocation manager and a method for relocating a data segment. The storage system includes at least two storage tiers, an access pattern evaluator, a classification unit, a selector, and logic. The storage capacitor manager includes a monitoring unit and capacity managing unit. The storage tier relocation manager includes a target storage tier, the data segment relocated to the target storage tier, and a protection measure. |
| US11188232B2 |
Enhanced storage compression based on activity level
Techniques for evaluating data sets for compression processing may include: receiving first information for a data set, the first information including I/O activity information for the data set, a service level objective for the data set, and a size of the data set; determining, in accordance with the first information, whether the data set meets criteria indicating a specified level of importance and a specified level of I/O activity; responsive to determining the data set meets the criteria, sending second information identifying one or more storage objects of the data set to a compression engine, wherein the one or more storage objects of the data set are identified as having the specified level of importance and at least the specified level of I/O activity; and performing processing, by the compression engine using the second information, to determine whether to compress first data stored in the data set. |
| US11188223B2 |
Method and system for ink data generation, ink data rendering, ink data manipulation and ink data communication
A method of receiving ink data includes: receiving a first fragment of a stroke object in a message associated with a first fragment identifier (ID), receiving a third fragment of the stroke object in a message associated with a third fragment ID, the third fragment ID not being consecutive with the first fragment ID, interpolating a second fragment of the stroke object that is not received based on the first and third fragments of the stroke object, displaying the second fragment of the stroke object that is not received, and after an end of the stroke object is received, transmitting a request for retransmission of the stroke object, the request including a stroke ID of the stroke object. |
| US11188218B1 |
System and method for generating a position based user interface
A method for generating an adaptive user interface may include, generating a graphical user interface for presentation to a user at an automated banking machine that includes a touch screen display and a currency note dispenser. The automated banking machine may include a sensor that senses information indicating a physical disposition of the user relative to the automated banking machine. The method may include adjusting the placement of the menu options on the touch screen display based on the information regarding the physical disposition of the user relative to the automated banking machine. |
| US11188216B2 |
Selectively emphasizing digital content
One or more embodiments increase the visual appeal and organization of presenting digital content items. In particular, one or more embodiments improve the visual appeal of a presentation of digital content items by emphasizing one or more digital content items within the presentation of digital content items. For instance, one or more digital content items may be emphasized within a graphical user interface including a gallery of digital content items. The emphasized digital content items can be selected based on a score reflecting a particular characteristic of the digital content item and/or a metric of user interest in the digital content item. Digital content items with relatively high scores as compared to other digital content items may be emphasized when presented in conjunction with the other digital content items. |
| US11188208B2 |
Display apparatus for classifying and searching content, and method thereof
A display apparatus and a display method thereof are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, a display method of a display apparatus includes: displaying a plurality of display items corresponding to a plurality of content items comprising a first display item displayed in a first region and remaining display items; displaying the first display item using a first display scheme and displaying the remaining display items using a second display scheme; and in response to sensing a user interaction for moving the display items, changing the display scheme of the first display item while moving the first display item in a direction corresponding to the user interaction, displaying the first display item using the second display scheme and changing the display scheme of second display items of the removing to the first region among the rest display items to the first display scheme. |
| US11188206B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of providing a particular feedback in a displayed image in response to a predetermined operation by a plurality of users at matched timing. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit for recognizing a plurality of users, detecting operation, by each user, on a display surface where an image is being displayed, and outputting feedback on the image displayed on the display surface according to timing of detected operations by the plurality of users. |
| US11188202B2 |
Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for interacting with user interface objects corresponding to applications
An electronic device displays a first user interface including a plurality of application icons in accordance with a first layout in the first user interface. While displaying the first user interface, the device detects a first input corresponding to a request to insert a first user interface object that includes application content into the first user interface. If the first input is directed to a first location corresponding to a first set of application icons: the device moves the first set of application icons from the first location to a respective location, where the first set of application icons cannot be directly activated once they have been moved to the respective location, to create space for the first user interface object that includes application content at the first location, and displays the first user interface object at the first location. |
| US11188201B2 |
System and method for customizing information for display to multiple users via multiple displays
A method and system are configured to generate user-specific information, such as wager-related information, for display on one or more display devices of a user. The system is configured to store user preferences, to determine a location of the user and a configuration of the user's display device(s), and to use the location information and at least one of the user preference information and group information to generate the user-specific information, and to configure the user-specific information based upon the configuration of the user display device(s), wherein when there is more than one user display device, the user-information and configuration thereof may vary for each device. |
| US11188198B2 |
Settings information display system, method, and program for displaying settings information regarding remote resources
An object of the present invention is to make confirmation of setting of a file folder on a cloud storage possible through more simple operation. A settings information display apparatus which displays settings information regarding a file folder stored in a cloud storage on a cloud network detects that the file folder in the cloud storage, which is displayed in a first display region of the settings information display apparatus, is selected, displays data stored in the selected file folder in a second display region of the settings information display apparatus and an icon, or the like, for displaying settings information regarding the selected file folder by being triggered by the detection, and displays the settings information regarding the selected file folder in a third display region of the settings information display apparatus by being triggered by the icon, or the like, being operated. |
| US11188189B1 |
System and method for data visualization and modification in an immersive three dimensional (3-D) environment
A computer programming system includes a processor configured to receive computer code in a textual format, and cause a 3-D visual representation of a portion of an immersive 3-D environment to be displayed via a 3-D visual instrumentation, where the 3-D visual representation comprises a visualization of the computer code in the textual format. The system also includes the three-dimensional (3-D) visual instrumentation, communicatively coupled with the processor, and configured to receive the 3-D visual representation, and to present the 3-D visual representation. The system also includes a motion detection instrumentation communicatively coupled with the processor, where the motion detection instrumentation is configured to receive a motion input, and where the 3-D visual representation within the immersive 3-D environment is adjusted based on the motion input. The system also includes an input device communicatively coupled with the processor, where the input device is configured to enable modifications to the computer code, and where the processor is configured to incorporate the modifications to the computer code into the immersive 3-D environment. |
| US11188186B2 |
Part display apparatus, electronic music apparatus, and part display method
Provided is a part display apparatus. The part display apparatus includes: a tab display unit configured to display a plurality of tabs respectively corresponding to a plurality of part groups; a digest information display unit configured to display, in each tab of the plurality of tabs, digest information of each part of the part group corresponding to that tab; a tab selection reception unit configured to receive selection of any one of the plurality of tabs; and a detailed information display unit configured to display a part detail screen including detailed information of the part group corresponding to the selected tab. |
| US11188161B2 |
Automative knob sensing device
An electronic device includes a rotatable interface configured to be placed on an input device, the rotatable interface including a conductor region and an adjacent patterned region. The rotatable device further includes a first set of coupling electrodes configured to be electrically coupled to the conductor region and to receive a reference signal from a first electrode of the input device, and a second set of coupling electrodes configured to be electrically coupled to the patterned region and to be electrically coupled to a second electrode of the input device, the second electrode configured to receive a resulting signal modified by the rotatable interface. In embodiments, at least a portion of each electrode of the first set of coupling electrodes and the second set of coupling electrodes is respectively provided underneath the conductor and patterned regions, and is configured to abut the input device. |
| US11188159B2 |
System, device and method for external movement sensor communication
A system to provide direct communication between a computing device and an external movement sensor is herein provided, the system including an external movement sensor having a sensor communication unit; and a computing device with a *Nix OS configured to selectively utilize data/information received from the movement sensor via the movement sensor's communication unit. |
| US11188152B2 |
Operation unit control device and operation unit control method
When an operation using a knob and corresponding to the same function is performed simultaneously while an operation using a knob is being performed, the knobs are vibrated. |
| US11188151B2 |
Vibration driven housing component for audio reproduction, haptic feedback, and force sensing
A portable electronic device is described in this disclosure. The portable electronic device can take many forms including for example a smart watch, a smart phone, or a tablet computing device. The portable electronic device can include a device housing component; and a display assembly coupled to the device housing component. The display assembly includes a protective cover that shields a display component from damage. The portable electronic device also includes an actuator configured to apply a vibratory input to the display assembly. In some embodiments, the actuator contacts both the device housing component and the protective cover of the display assembly. In some embodiments, the actuator is affixed only to an interior-facing surface of the display component. |
| US11188148B2 |
User interaction in head-mounted display with eye tracking
A virtual reality (VR) system includes a console an imaging device, a head mounted display (HMD) and a user input device. The console includes a virtual reality (VR) engine, a tracking module and an application store. The HMD includes a display element configured to display content to a user wearing the HMD. The virtual reality engine is configured to determine a vector for a virtual object thrown at a target in response to physical input from the user, a gaze vector for the eyes of the user and a virtual object position vector for the target and modify the vector for the virtual object based on at least one of the gaze vector and the virtual object position vector. The virtual reality engine may also be configured to determine a virtual object position vector for a virtual object to be thrown at a target, a gaze vector for the eyes of the user and a virtual object position vector for a virtual rendering of the user's hand and enabling user input to pick up the virtual object based on at least one of the gaze vector and the virtual object position vector of the virtual rendering of the user's hand. |
| US11188144B2 |
Method and apparatus to navigate a virtual content displayed by a virtual reality (VR) device
A first device displays a first view of virtual content on the first device, establishes connection between the first device and a second device, receives movement data of the second device through the established connection, obtains at least one of direction information and rotation information based on the received movement data, and changes the first view to a second view corresponding to the obtained at least one of the direction information and the rotation information in the virtual content. |
| US11188140B2 |
Information processing system
An information processing system includes multiple processing units the number of which is at least three and multiple communication paths that allow the multiple processing units to mutually communicate information. When at least one of the multiple processing units is brought into a power-off state, multiple processing units that are included in the multiple processing units and that are other than the processing unit brought into the power-off state perform processing for changing one of the communication paths used by the multiple processing units other than the processing unit brought into the power-off state to a different one of the communication paths that has low power consumption. |
| US11188128B2 |
Convertible electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes a display subassembly including display device that visually presents information and a connector, a base subassembly including a housing having a connector recess that receives the connector of the display subassembly, and one or more processors that control presentation of the information on the display subassembly. The connector of the display subassembly is sized to be at least partially received into the connector recess of the base subassembly to connect the display subassembly with the base subassembly while allowing the display subassembly to pivot relative to the base subassembly. |
| US11188116B2 |
Hard disk monitoring system and monitoring method using complex programmable logic device
A method for monitoring working states of hard disks of a system of hard disks in a hard disk module includes a hard disk controller and a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The hard disk controller and CPLD communicate with the hard disk module. The CPLD receives output signals from the hard disk controller and determines whether rise and fall changes in a clock signal of each output signal are steady. When a level change of the clock signal of one output signal is steady, the CPLD decodes the one output signal. When a level change of the clock signal of one output signal is not steady, the CPLD will stop decoding the one output signal. A related method is also provided. |
| US11188113B2 |
Band gap reference voltage generating circuit
A band gap reference voltage generating circuit includes a reference voltage generating circuit, a current generating circuit, a current divider circuit, and a first connection path switching circuit. The reference voltage generating circuit forms a reference voltage on first and second current input terminals thereof. First and second input terminals of the current generating circuit are connected to the first and second current input terminals, respectively. The current generating circuit generates a first current to bias the reference voltage generating circuit. The current divider circuit includes a current input terminal, a first current output terminal, and a second current output terminal. The first connection path switching circuit switches connection paths between the first input terminal and the second input terminal of the current generating circuit, and the first current input terminal and the second current input terminal of the current divider circuit. |
| US11188111B2 |
Voltage monitoring system for a negative supply voltage
A voltage monitoring circuit portion is arranged to monitor a negative supply voltage (Vneg) and comprises a negative voltage generator arranged to generate the negative supply voltage (Vneg) and to output the negative supply voltage (Vneg) at an output terminal. A capacitor is arranged so that a first capacitor plate is connected to the output terminal of the generator and to a reference node via a potential divider. The potential divider is arranged to produce a monitor voltage (Vmonitor) between the resistors, where the reference node is supplied with a positive predetermined reference voltage (Vref). A comparator compares the monitor voltage (Vmonitor) to a threshold voltage (Vref_low) and to produce an output signal having a first value when the monitor voltage (Vmonitor) is below the threshold voltage (Vref_low) and having a second value otherwise. The negative voltage generator is enabled only when the output signal has its second value. |
| US11188108B2 |
Minimizing power consumption in a data acquisition path
A data acquisition system may include an input for receiving an input signal for the data acquisition system, a plurality of data paths including a first data path and a second data path, and a signal estimator configured to determine a magnitude of the input signal using estimation of the input signal and dynamically deactivate one of the first and second data paths based on the magnitude of the input signal. |
| US11188105B2 |
Electrical circuit for pre-regulation power management
A system may include a switch, a multiple stage voltage converter, and a regulation circuit. The switch may generate a pre-regulation signal based on an input signal. The multiple stage voltage converter may generate an output signal based on the input signal using a clock. The regulation circuit may generate a regulation signal based on the output signal and may generate a clock reference based on at least one of the pre-regulation signal and the regulation signal. The regulation circuit may generate the clock based on at least one of the pre-regulation signal, the regulation signal, and the clock reference and determine whether a voltage level of the regulation signal is within a range. If the voltage level of the regulation signal is within the range, the regulation circuit may generate a switch signal. The switch may adjust a voltage level of the pre-regulation signal based on the switch signal. |
| US11188104B1 |
Replacement of an electro-mechanical thermostat
An electronic thermostat replaces an electro-mechanical thermostat and is located in a different location from the blower motor it controls. The electronic thermostat controls the blower motor on the same wires from which the thermostat receives power. The safe, low voltage power supply that powers the electronic thermostat is located at the blower motor location and is housed in the Blower Motor Module (BMM). This configuration has the advantage that it removes a bulky and space consuming component from the thermostat, the A/C transformer. This also reduces the amount of power (heat) dissipated by the electronic thermostat power supply, thus reducing a source of potential temperature measurement inaccuracies. Also, removing the 120 VAC power from the thermostat and replacing it with an isolated low voltage source increases safety. This architecture also makes the necessary over the power wires communications less complex and safter, and it reduces the number of components necessary to accomplish the communication's link, and makes the link more robust and noise immune. |
| US11188102B2 |
Method, apparatus and storage medium for controlling drainage of equipment
Disclosed is a method, apparatus and storage medium for controlling drainage of equipment. The method includes: determining that the equipment is in a drain state; detecting whether a floor drain connected to a drain pipe of the equipment is at risk of drainage overflow or a drainage overflow occurs; and when it is detected that the floor drain is at risk of drainage overflow or the drainage overflow occurs, reducing an amount of water discharging from the drain pipe per unit time. |
| US11188101B2 |
Method for controlling aircraft, device, and aircraft
A method for controlling an aircraft includes determining photographing information related to a photographing object, the photographing information indicating an occupying scope of the photographing object in an image to be captured. The method also includes controlling the aircraft to fly to a photographing location based on the photographing information. |
| US11188085B2 |
Vehicle capsule networks
A system, comprising a computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect and locate an object by processing video camera data with a capsule network, wherein training the capsule network includes determining routing coefficients with a scale-invariant normalization function. The computer can be further programmed to receive the detected and located object. |
| US11188082B2 |
Occlusion prediction and trajectory evaluation
Techniques are discussed for controlling a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, based on predicted occluded areas in an environment. An occluded area can represent areas where sensors of the vehicle are unable to sense portions of the environment due to obstruction by another object. A first occluded region for an object is determined at a first time based on a location of the object. A predicted location for the object can be used to determine a predicted occluded region caused by the object at a second time after the first time. Predicted occluded regions can be determined for multiple trajectories for the vehicle to follow and/or at multiple points along such trajectories, and a trajectory can be selected based on associated occlusion scores and/or trajectory scores associated therewith. The vehicle can be controlled to traverse the environment based on the selected trajectory. |
| US11188070B2 |
Mitigating key fob unavailability for remote parking assist systems
Method and apparatus are disclosed for mitigating key fob error for remote parking assist systems. An example vehicle includes wireless modules that communicatively couple to a key fob and a mobile device and a processor. The processor, when the key fob is usable, estimates a location of an operator based on the key fob, and operate an autonomous parking system in a first mode. Additionally, the processor, when the key fob is not usable, estimates the location of the operator based on the mobile device, and operate the autonomous parking system in a second mode. |
| US11188057B2 |
Drilling system and method thereof
A drilling system including a feed control module, a force control module, a hole breaking control module, a conversion module and a computing unit is provided. The feed control module sets a feed force threshold and a feed speed threshold for the computing unit to determine whether the current mode satisfies a first conversion condition. The hole breaking control module sets a drilling penetration force threshold and a drilling penetration speed threshold for the computing unit to determine whether the current mode satisfies a second conversion condition. The conversion module informs to change the feed force and the feed speed according to the determination results of the two conversion conditions. The force control module provides the feed force. With the drilling system, possible impact on the workpiece due to resistance change which occurs when the drill just touches and nearly gets through the workpiece will be reduced. |
| US11188050B2 |
Management Method of processing tool
Disclosed herein is a management method of a processing tool mounted to a processing apparatus. The management method includes an information input step of inputting product type information that indicates a product type and a serial number displayed on the processing tool or a case of the processing tool to the processing apparatus when the processing tool is mounted to the processing apparatus, and a tallying step of counting the number of inputs of the serial number regarding each identical product type and tallying the number of uses regarding each product type from the input information. Order timing of each product type is determined from the number of uses. |
| US11188049B2 |
Method and system for portioning workpieces using reference shape as a directly controlled characteristic
A method and system are provided for automatically portioning workpieces, such as food products, by simulating portioning the workpieces in accordance with the one or more desired shapes of the final piece(s) as a directly controlled physical characteristic (parameter/specification) as well as one or more resulting indirectly controlled physical characteristics (parameters/specifications). The desired shape(s) of the final piece(s) are defined by a plurality of manipulatable reference coordinates. A workpiece is scanned to obtain scanning information, then portioning of the workpiece is simulated in accordance with the desired shape(s) of the final piece(s) defined by the directly controlled reference coordinates, thereby to determine the one or more indirectly controlled physical characteristics of the one or more final pieces to be portioned from the workpiece. The simulated portioning of the workpiece is performed for multiple combinations of directly controlled shapes as defined by the modified or edited reference coordinates and indirectly controlled physical characteristics until an acceptable set of a directly controlled shape and resulting one or more indirectly controlled physical characteristics is determined. |
| US11188044B2 |
Optimization device and control method of optimization device
An optimization device includes a plurality of calculation circuits; a selection circuit; an identification information calculation circuit, and an updating circuit. Each of the plurality of calculation circuits calculates, for a plurality of bits corresponding to a plurality of spins included in an Ising model obtained by converting a problem to be calculated, a first energy change of the Ising model due to a value of a first bit having the value of 1 being changed from 1 to 0 and a value of a second bit having the value of 0 being changed from 0 to 1. The selection circuit outputs first bit identification information identifying one second bit having a value permitted to be updated from 0 to 1, based on a magnitude relationship between thermal excitation energy and the first energy change output by each of the plurality of calculation circuits. |
| US11188039B2 |
Building management system with dynamic energy prediction model updates
A building management system including building equipment operable to affect a variable state or condition of a building. The building management system includes a controller including a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to obtain an energy prediction model (EPM) for predicting energy requirements over time. The processing circuit is configured to monitor one or more triggering events to determine if the EPM should be retrained. The processing circuit is configured to, in response to detecting that a triggering event has occurred, identify updated values of one or more hyper-parameters of the EPM. The processing circuit is configured to operate the building equipment based on the EPM. |
| US11188014B2 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus including same
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device, control circuitry, and a controller. The fixing device includes a first rotating body, a second rotating body in pressure contact with the first rotating body, and a heat source to heat the first rotating body. The circuitry, at startup of the fixing device, causes the fixing device to perform a rotating operation to rotate the first rotating body while causing the heat source to perform a heating operation to heat the first rotating body, thereby performing a fixing startup operation to raise a temperature of the first rotating body. The circuitry delays at least one of a timing for start of the rotating operation and a timing for start of the heating operation to be later than a start of a controller startup operation such that the fixing startup operation is completed in time with completion of the controller startup operation. |
| US11188011B2 |
Electrophotographic belt and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
An electrophotographic belt including: a base layer, an elastic layer formed on the base layer, and a surface layer formed on the elastic layer. The surface layer contains a binder resin and polytetrafluoroethylene particles. A content of the polytetrafluoroethylene particles is 200 parts by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin. The polytetrafluoroethylene particles have a number average particle diameter of 200 nm or less. |
| US11188008B2 |
Image forming apparatus including first and second guide frames for guiding attachment of drum cartridge to which developing cartridge is attached
An image forming apparatus includes: a developing cartridge including a casing, a first electrical contact surface, and a holder movable relative to the casing; a drum cartridge including a drum frame, a second electrical contact surface, and a holder movable relative to the drum frame; and a main frame having an opening and including first and second guide frames facing in a facing direction, a first main electrical contact capable of being electrically connected to one of the first and second electrical contact surfaces, and a second main electrical contact positioned closer to the opening in an attachment direction and capable of being electrically connected to the remaining one of the first and second electrical contact surfaces. A distance in the facing direction between the first and second guide frames is reduced as the first and second guide frames extend toward the first main electrical contact in the attachment direction. |
| US11188001B2 |
Alignment apparatus, alignment method, lithography apparatus, and method of manufacturing article
In an alignment apparatus, a measurement device includes an illuminator that illuminates a first original-side mark and a second original-side mark arranged in an original and a first substrate-side mark and second substrate-side mark arranged in a substrate. The measurement device performs coarse measurement based on light beams from the first original-side mark and the first substrate-side mark by causing the illuminator to illuminate the first original-side mark and the first substrate-side mark under a first condition, and performs fine measurement based on light beams from the second original-side mark and the second substrate-side mark by causing the illuminator to illuminate the second original-side mark and the second substrate-side mark under a second condition. |
| US11187997B2 |
Photolithography apparatus and method for handling wafer
A method for adhering a reticle onto a top surface of a chuck is provided in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes sliding a reticle relative to a chuck along a first direction, such that a plurality of fibers over a top surface of the chuck are inclined away from an imaginary line normal to the top surface of the chuck by sliding the reticle relative to the chuck along the first direction; performing a photolithography process using the reticle; and after performing the photolithography process, sliding the reticle relative to the chuck along a second direction opposite to the first direction, such that the fibers are moved back toward the imaginary line by sliding the reticle relative to the chuck along the second direction. |
| US11187990B2 |
Mirror for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, and method for operating a deformable mirror
A mirror for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, and a method for operating a deformable mirror. In one aspect, a mirror includes an optical effective surface (11), a mirror substrate (12), a reflection layer stack (21) for reflecting electromagnetic radiation incident on the optical effective surface, and at least one piezoelectric layer (16) arranged between the mirror substrate and the reflection layer stack and to which an electric field for producing a locally variable deformation is able to be applied by a first electrode arrangement situated on the side of the piezoelectric layer (16) facing the reflection layer stack, and by a second electrode arrangement situated on the side of the piezoelectric layer facing the mirror substrate. The piezoelectric layer has a plurality of columns spatially separated from one another by column boundaries, wherein a mean column diameter of the columns is in the range of 0.1 μm to 50 μm. |
| US11187985B2 |
Method and composition for improving LWR in patterning step using negative tone photoresist
The present invention relates to a method of reducing the LWR (Line Width Roughness) of a photoresist pattern using a negative tone photoresist during the fabrication of a semiconductor, and more specifically to a composition capable of reducing LWR in order to ensure a higher pattern CDU after a negative tone development process, and a processing method using the composition, thus reducing the LWR, thereby providing better CDU than existing methods. |
| US11187982B2 |
Photosensitive resin composition, photosensitive dry film, and pattern forming process
A photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) a silicone resin containing an epoxy and/or phenolic hydroxyl group, (B) a photoacid generator, and (C) a cure promoter selected from diazabicycloundecene, diazabicyclononene, an organic salt of diazabicycloundecene derivative, and an organic salt of diazabicyclononene derivative is shelf stable. A photosensitive resin coating obtained therefrom may be processed to form a fine size pattern. The resin coating has improved film properties including chemical resistance, adhesion to substrates, mechanical properties, electric insulation, and copper migration resistance, and is thus fully reliable as an insulating protective film. |
| US11187970B2 |
Light source apparatus having side by side light guide and wavelength converter
A light source apparatus includes a light source section emitting first light having a first wavelength band, a light guide propagating part of the first light, a wavelength converter disposed side by side with the light guide and including a phosphor emitting second light having a second wavelength band when excited by another part of the first light, and a light combiner that combines the first light exiting the light guide with the second light exiting the wavelength converter. The light source section faces the light guide and the wavelength converter. |
| US11187964B2 |
Infrared non-linear optical crystal, preparation process and application thereof
An infrared non-linear optical crystal has the following molecular formula: A18X21Y6M48, in which A is Ba, Sr or Pb; X is Zn, Cd or Mn; Y is Ga, In or Al; and M is S, Se or Te. The crystal belongs to trigonal system and has space group R3. The crystal Ba18Zn21Ga6S48 is a type I phase matching non-linear optical material, in a particle size range of 150˜210 μm, its powder frequency doubling intensity and the laser damage threshold are respectively 0.5 times and 28 times those of the commercial material AgGaS2. Other crystals have the same or similar structure and properties such as optical property. The infrared non-linear optical crystal of the present application has important prospects in military and civilian applications, and can be used in electro-optical countermeasures, resource detection, space antimissile and communications, etc. |
| US11187958B2 |
Display device and array substrate
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a scanning line, a semiconductor layer, a first inorganic insulating film located between the scanning line and the semiconductor layer, a first signal line, a second inorganic insulating film having a main surface which contacts the first signal line and located between the semiconductor layer and the first signal line, a capacitance electrode contacting the main surface, a pixel electrode overlapping the capacitance electrode, and a third inorganic insulating film covering the first signal line and the capacitance electrode and located between the first signal line and the pixel electrode and between the capacitance electrode and the pixel electrode. |
| US11187951B2 |
Display panel
A display panel includes multiple pairs of scan lines extending in a first direction, multiple data lines extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction, and multiple connection lines extending in the second direction. For each pair of scan lines, the scan lines are provided with the same electrical signal. The data lines cooperate with the scan lines to define a plurality of pixel regions in such a way that two of the data lines are interposed between two of the pixel regions that are immediately adjacent to each other in the first direction in plan view. Each connection line is electrically connected to a corresponding pair of scan lines. |
| US11187932B2 |
Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate including a first end portion and a second end portion located at a position different from the first end portion, a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a light source device located above the first substrate and disposed along the first end portion, and a light-shielding member disposed on at least a part of the second end portion. |
| US11187929B2 |
Liquid crystal element, phase modulation device, and control method of liquid crystal element
A phase modulation device includes an image data generator, a controller, a light reception signal detector, and a liquid crystal element. The image data generator generates image data. The controller generates a gradation control signal based on the image data. The liquid crystal element includes a first substrate and a light receiver. The first substrate has a pixel region in which a plurality of pixel electrodes constituting pixels are arranged. The light receiver photoelectrically converts light with which the pixel region is irradiated to generate a light reception signal. The light reception signal detector generates a drive control signal based on the light reception signal. The liquid crystal element changes an inclination angle of a wavefront of the light with which the pixel region is irradiated by applying different driving voltages to the plurality of pixel electrodes based on the gradation control signal. |
| US11187926B2 |
Binding device, display panel, binding system and operating method thereof
The present disclosure provides a binding device, a display panel, a binding system and an operating method thereof. The binding system includes the binding device and the display panel. The binding device includes a binding head, a support platform, a light emitter and a light receiver. Through a first alignment hole in the binding head, an alignment mark on the display panel and a second alignment hole in the support platform, the binding system monitors in real time a position and/or posture of the binding head, a position and/or flatness of a binding region of the display panel and an alignment degree between the binding head and the display panel using the light emitter and the light receiver. |
| US11187921B2 |
Anti-myopia-progression spectacles and associated methods
Spectacles that control myopia progression have a central zone that achieves foveal vision correction and distributed micro-reticle(s) and corresponding micro-lens(es) around the paracentral and/or peripheral zone of the spectacle. Each micro-lens is disposed between its corresponding micro-reticle and the pupil of a wearer's eye. The micro-reticle(s) and micro-len(s) are integrated with the structure of the spectacle to partially block some of the paracentral and/or peripheral objects from surrounding optical environment. The rest of the paracentral and/or peripheral retinal areas are still available for a wearer's eye to sense the presence and movement of surrounding objects. |
| US11187907B2 |
Augmented reality headset including viewing direction independent single-layer, pixelated light dimming filter
A system included in an augmented reality (AR) headset prevents reduction in legibility of a near-eye image display for observation in combination with an observer's visual exterior view. The system includes a near-eye image source from which emanates near-eye image-carrying light and which is positioned out of the observer's direct visual exterior view. A dimming matrix display including multiple pixels is positioned so that the observer can see though them a scene in an exterior view. A partly transparent optical element is positioned so that the observer can see the scene in the exterior view and reflect the near-eye image-carrying light to provide an image for observation by the observer. A dimming controller controls amounts of scene-carrying light propagating through the multiple pixels from the locations in the scene and thereby prevents wash-out of the near-eye image when outside illumination is very bright. |
| US11187905B2 |
Polarizing optical system
There is provided an optical system, including a light-transmitting substrate having at least two major surfaces parallel to each other edges, and an optical device for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection. The device includes a polarization sensitive reflecting surface. |
| US11187903B2 |
Light guide, imaging device and HMD having separate imaging channels
A light guide for an imaging apparatus for generating a virtual image from an initial image with at least two different initial image field regions is provided. The light guide includes an input coupling structure for coupling beams coming from the initial image into the light guide, and an extensive output coupling structure for coupling the beams that were coupled into the light guide out of the light guide. The extensive output coupling structure includes at least two partial faces. Each partial face is assigned to a different one of the initial image field regions and couples out the beams coming from the corresponding initial image field region. The partial faces of the output coupling structure are tilted about two non-parallel axes. The light guide can be part of an imaging apparatus, which can be used in particular in a head-mounted display. |
| US11187899B2 |
Light source device, optical scanner, display system, and mobile object
A light source device includes a plurality of light sources configured to output a plurality of laser beams of different color components; and circuitry. A ratio in maximum output power between the plurality of laser beams output from the plurality of light sources is variable. |
| US11187896B2 |
Image display device capable of multi-depth expression
An image display device includes a display device configured to modulate light to form an image, a light transmitting unit that transmits the image formed by the display device to eyes of a viewer and includes a focusing member, a driving unit that applies a driving force to a central position of the display device in a direction to change a distance between the display device and the light transmitting unit in the direction, a processor configured to control the display device, a connector disposed between one end of the display device and the processor, the connector connecting the display device to the processor, and a tilt prevention unit that applies an elastic force in the direction to the one end of the display device and to another end of the display device opposite to the one end. |
| US11187893B2 |
License plate capturing device and method for removing target covering license plate capturing device
A license plate capturing device includes an image capturing unit, a plurality of infrared light emitting units, a driving circuit and a control circuit. The plurality of infrared light emitting units is located around the image capturing unit. Each of the infrared light emitting units emits invisible light having a predetermined wavelength that has an absorption band of a target. The driving circuit is coupled to the infrared light emitting units. The control circuit is coupled to the driving circuit and the image capturing unit, and controls the driving circuit to execute one of a normal driving mode and a continuous driving mode. In the continuous driving mode, the driving circuit continuously provides a driving current to the infrared light emitting units for a continuous period of time so as to remove a target covering the license plate capturing device. |
| US11187889B2 |
Phase-change spatial light modulator
A spatial light modulator (SLM) is provided that includes an optical resonator (i.e., pixel) having nanoscale size. The optical resonator having nanoscale size includes a phase-change material such as, for example, a GeSbTe alloy, sandwiched between silicon nitride cladding layers. The phase-change material can undergo a crystalline-to-amorphous phase transition which is characterized by a large change in optical properties of the resonator. |
| US11187881B2 |
Method and device for producing an optical component having at least three monolithically arranged optical functional surfaces and optical component
A method and a device for producing an optical component having at least three monolithically arranged optical functional surfaces and an optical component are disclosed. The method includes calculating a continuous surface composite, which includes the first optical functional surface and the second optical functional surface, producing the continuous surface composite, which contains the first and second optical functional surfaces in a defined shape and a relative position to one another, on the first side of the optical component through machining by a machine tool, producing at least one reference surface arranged outside the optical functional surfaces on the optical component or on a mount and having a defined positional relation to the optical functional surfaces through machining by the machine tool and repositioning the optical component in such a way that the second side of the optical component is machined with the machine tool, wherein the at least one reference surface serves as a contact surface or mounting surface. |
| US11187858B2 |
Electrically-controlled fiber-optic switching system
A fiber-optic switching system is provided which includes an optical fiber switch having first and second optical fiber portions and an electrically-controlled actuator. The first and second optical fiber portions are spaced apart with a gap between the portions that is sized to allow for light signal coupling between the optical fiber portions in a signal-passing state of the switch. The electrically-controlled actuator is coupled to transition the switch between the signal-passing state, where the light signal is allowed to pass between the optical fiber portions, and a signal-non-passing state, where the light signal is prevented from passing between the optical fiber portions. The electrically-controlled actuator includes an electroactive material exhibiting a physical change with change in an applied electrical field, where the physical change facilitates transitioning the optical fiber switch between the signal-passing and the signal-non-passing states. |
| US11187857B2 |
Ultra-small form factor optical connector and adapter
An optical connector holding two or more LC-type optical ferrules is provided. The optical connector includes an outer body, an inner front body accommodating the two or more LC-type optical ferrules, ferrule springs for urging the optical ferrules towards a mating receptacle, and a back body for supporting the ferrule springs. The outer body and the inner front body are configured such that four LC-type optical ferrules are accommodated in a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver footprint or eight LC-type optical ferrules are accommodated in a quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) transceiver footprint. A mating receptacle (transceiver or adapter) includes internal alignment slots configured to accept a corresponding alignment key on connector outer housing to ensure alignment and orientation for maximum signal transfer between opposing ferrule end faces. |
| US11187854B2 |
Two-channel integrated photonic wavelength demultiplexer
A two-channel photonic demultiplexer includes an input region to receive a multi-channel optical signal, two output regions, each adapted to receive a corresponding one of two distinct wavelength channels demultiplexed from the multi-channel optical signal, and a dispersive region including a first material and a second material inhomogeneously interspersed to form a plurality of interfaces that collectively structure the dispersive region to optically separate each of the two distinct wavelength channels from the multi-channel optical signal and respectively guide the first distinct wavelength channel to a first output region and the second distinct wavelength channel to the second output region when the input region receives the multi-channel optical signal. At least one of the first material or the second material is structured within the dispersive region to be schematically reproducible by a feature shape with a pre-determined width. |
| US11187851B2 |
Display devices
A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel that has a polarizer, a light source assembly, a first spacer, and a second spacer. The first spacer is disposed on the first side of the display panel near the light source assembly. The first spacer is located between the display panel and the light source assembly. The second spacer is disposed on the second side of the display panel, away from the light source assembly. The thickness of the first spacer is different than that of the second spacer. |
| US11187836B2 |
Method of building a 3D functional optical material layer stacking structure
Embodiments herein describe a sub-micron 3D diffractive optics element and a method for forming the sub-micron 3D diffractive optics element. In a first embodiment, a method is provided for forming a sub-micron 3D diffractive optics element on a substrate without planarization. The method includes depositing a material stack to be patterned on a substrate, depositing and patterning a thick mask material on a portion of the material stack, etching the material stack down one level, trimming a side portion of the thick mask material, etching the material stack down one more level, repeating trim and etch steps above ‘n’ times, and stripping the thick mask material from the material stack. |
| US11187833B2 |
Annular optical element, imaging lens module and electronic device
An annular optical element having an optical axis includes an outer diameter surface, an inner annular surface, an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The object-side surface includes an annular reflecting surface, an annular auxiliary surface and a connecting surface. The annular reflecting surface is inclined with the optical axis. The annular auxiliary surface is closer to the optical axis than the annular reflecting surface is to the optical axis. The connecting surface is for connecting to an optical element, wherein the connecting surface is closer to the optical axis than the annular auxiliary surface is to the optical axis. The image-side surface is located opposite to the object-side surface and includes an annular optical surface. A V-shaped groove is formed by the annular auxiliary surface and the annular reflecting surface of the object-side surface. |
| US11187832B2 |
Light-shielding film for optical element and optical element having light-shielding film
A light-shielding film for optical element includes at least a resin and a colorant. The light-shielding film for optical element has an average extinction coefficient of 0.03 or more and 0.15 or less as an average of extinction coefficients of the whole light-shielding film for light having wavelengths ranging from 400 to 700 nm. |
| US11187821B2 |
Integration of seismic driven rock property into a geo-cellular model
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, to generate generating geo-cellular models with improved lacunae. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a seismic dataset of a surveyed subsurface, and the seismic dataset includes seismic porosities in depth of the surveyed subsurface. Seismic porosities resampled into a three dimensional (3D) geological fine layer model grid. Seismic porosities at well locations are extracted using the 3D geological fine layer model grid. Log porosities and the seismic porosities are upscaled into coarse layers, and the coarse layers are identical for all the well locations. Match factors are determined based on differences between the upscaled log porosities and the downscaled seismic porosities. Co-krig the log porosities are correlated with the 3D geological fine layer model grid using the match factors as a soft constraint to produce a final 3D model. |
| US11187807B2 |
Precisely controlled chirped diode laser and coherent lidar system
Frequency modulated lasers, LIDAR systems, and methods of controlling laser are disclosed. A laser source emits an optical beam having an optical frequency that changes in response to a signal applied to an input of the laser source. A laser driver that generates the signal applied to the input to cause the optical frequency to vary in accordance with a periodic frequency versus time function. The laser driver generates the signal for a current period of the periodic frequency versus time function based, at least in part, on optical frequency versus time measurements of one or more prior periods of the periodic frequency versus time function. |
| US11187805B2 |
Image acquiring apparatus for vehicle, control device, vehicle having image acquiring apparatus for vehicle or control device, and image acquiring method for vehicle
An image acquiring apparatus for a vehicle includes a light emitting unit configured to emit pulse light to a predetermined direction, an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of different images of target distance ranges by imaging reflected light returning from the target distance ranges at imaging timings set according to the target distance ranges, and a timing controller configured to control a light emission cycle of the pulse light and the imaging timings. The timing controller is configured to control the light emission cycle and the imaging timings such that the light emission cycle and the imaging timings are modulated by random numbers. |
| US11187800B1 |
Fusion of horizontal and vertical sweeps for weather detection
A weather radar module includes a memory, a vertical weather display, and a processor. The vertical weather display is configured to display weather in a vertical format. The processor is configured to control a radar antenna of the aircraft to perform a sweep in the horizontal direction and receive horizontal sweep radar returns, determine first weather parameters of a weather model in the vertical format based on the horizontal sweep radar returns, and store the first weather parameters in the memory. The processor is further configured to provide an estimate of the weather in the vertical format based on fusing vertical weather data, which is based on the vertical sweep radar returns, with the first weather parameters in the memory or with vertical display data based on the first weather parameters, and cause the vertical weather display to display the estimate of the weather in the vertical format. |
| US11187795B2 |
Radar device
One of a transmitting array antenna and a receiving array antenna includes a first antenna group and a second antenna group. The first antenna group includes one or more first antenna elements of which the phase centers of the antenna elements are laid out at each first layout spacing following a first axis direction, and a shared antenna element. The second antenna group includes a plurality of second antenna elements and the one shared antenna element, and the phase centers of the antenna elements are laid out in two columns at each second layout spacing following a second axis direction that is different from the first axis direction. The phase centers of the antenna elements included in each of the two columns differ from each other regarding position in the second axis direction. |
| US11187784B2 |
Phase information extraction circuit and method thereof for object movement detection
A phase information extraction circuit includes a first mixer circuit for generating a second analog signal by mixing a carrier signal with a first analog signal generated by a transmitted signal reflected by the object, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the first mixer circuit for generating a first digital signal according to the second analog signal, an in-phase quadrature (I/Q) signal generator coupled to the ADC for generating a digital I signal and a digital Q signal according to the first digital signal, and a first phase acquisition unit for extracting phase information according to the digital I signal and the digital Q signal. |
| US11187781B2 |
Pulse generating device and output adjustment method thereof
A pulse generating device of an in-vehicle radar configured to output a high frequency pulse including a main lobe and a side lobe includes a high frequency oscillator that generates a carrier wave of a predetermined frequency, an output variable device that adjusts an output of the high frequency oscillator, a power measuring unit that measures the output of the high frequency oscillator, a temperature measuring unit that measures an ambient temperature, a baseband pulse generating unit that generates a signal of a pulse shape, and a modulator that modulates the output of the high frequency oscillator with the signal of the pulse shape, and, when the ambient temperature is a first threshold value or less, the output or the pulse shape is adjusted so that the side lobe is a predetermined output or less. |
| US11187780B2 |
Transportation apparatus
A transportation apparatus includes an external detection device configured to detect an object. The external detection device is disposed further on an inner side than an outer surface of the transportation apparatus, on the outer surface, a lid member is attached to be removable and cover an irradiation surface when viewed from a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the irradiation surface of the external detection device, the lid member is formed so as to be removable from an abutment portion provided on the outer surface by being pressed from an inside, the outer surface is provided with an opening portion disposed close to the abutment portion, and the lid member is disposed so as to be pressable from the inside through the opening portion. |
| US11187776B2 |
Statistical analysis of mismatches for spoofing detection
A method is disclosed that includes obtaining one or more pieces of radio measurements; determining one or more radio nodes that enable one or more mobile devices a respective positioning; and maintaining a database comprising information identifying the determined one or more radio nodes. A corresponding apparatus, computer-readable storage medium and system are also disclosed. |
| US11187775B2 |
Time of arrival (TOA) measurements
There is provided a method and/or an apparatus for time of arrival, TOA, measurements. One method includes: performing, at a sample resolution, a correlation process on a received measurement signal to achieve a measurement correlation function; determining a peak sample and correlation data of at least one additional sample preceding and/or following the peak sample in the measurement correlation function; determining a TOA and/or distance on the basis of the peak sample and correction data acquired by at least the correlation data of the at least one additional sample preceding and/or following the peak sample and pre-assigned configuration data associated to the transmission channel acquired at a subsample resolution. |
| US11187774B2 |
SDR for navigation with LTE signals
A software-defined receiver (SDR) using real long term evolution (LTE) signals may be used for navigation. The LTE SDR leverages the structure of the downlink LTE signal, and provides signal acquisition, navigation-relevant high-level system information extraction, and signal tracking. The LTE SDR also provides the ability to obtain a time-of-arrival (TOA) estimate from received LTE signals, which provides a navigation solution comparable to a GPS-only navigation solution. |
| US11187766B1 |
Methods and systems for determining fluid content in formation samples using low field nuclear magnetic resonance
Methods and systems for determining fluid content in a formation sample are disclosed. The method includes disposing the formation sample with a standard sample of a known chemical composition and one or more nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) attributes in a NMR coil or probe, and acquiring NMR signals for the formation sample and the standard sample simultaneously. The system includes a NMR probe or NMR coil, a formation sample, and a standard sample with known chemical composition and one or more nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) attributes, wherein the formation sample and the standard sample are disposed in the NMR coil or probe, and wherein NMR signals are acquired for the formation sample and the standard sample simultaneously. |
| US11187760B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and quantitative-value computing program
An MRI apparatus in which, when a quantitative value, which does not depend on imaging parameter values, is computed from a plurality of image data having different pixel values that are acquired by performing imaging the plurality of times with different imaging parameter values in the same pulse sequence, pixel values which are acquired from the imaging parameter values are predicted for each of a plurality of predetermined quantitative-value candidate group, and an initial value of the quantitative value is selected from the quantitative-value candidate groups with reference to the predicted pixel values. The optimal quantitative value is computed through a localized optimization technique using the selected initial value. |
| US11187758B2 |
Methods and circuitry for fault detection and automatic equalizers for battery packs
The present disclosure is directed to method of automatic circuit fault detection. The method includes inputting a common periodic wave voltage to each of a plurality of battery cells of a battery pack. Recursively calculated correlation coefficients for each neighboring pair of the battery cells are used to determine whether a common battery cell of two neighboring pairs is faulty. The disclosure further describes equalizers for multi-cell battery packs and series-connected battery strings. The equalizers can include a coupling capacitor comprising a plurality of small plates coupled between the two series-connected metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) connected to each battery cell, and a larger plate, wherein the larger plate is commonly coupled to all of the small plates. A plurality of battery string groups can be equalized, where each cell includes one transformer winding and a MOSFET. The MOSFETs are driven using one pair of complementary pulse width modulation signals. |
| US11187757B2 |
Device and method for analyzing SOH
Disclosed is an apparatus and method capable of analyzing a state of health (SOH) of a battery, and an apparatus and method capable of diagnosing whether or not to reuse the battery, wherein the battery SOH analyzing apparatus includes a memory unit configured to store reference temperature data according to depth of discharge (DOD) of a reference battery, or a reference temperature increase rate (K1) of a discharge last half with DOD of 50% or above, calculated therefrom; and a control unit. |
| US11187750B2 |
Method for detecting the state of an electrical protection appliance in an electrical installation and detection device implementing said method
A method for detecting the open or closed state of a protection appliance in an electrical installation including a voltage detector upstream of the protection appliance and a voltage detector downstream thereof, in which the voltage data provided by the voltage detectors is used to obtain information regarding the presence or absence of voltage upstream and downstream of the protection appliance, a correlation is established between the voltage data, and it is determined whether the protection appliance is in an open state, in a closed state, in an abnormal state or in an undetermined state. The current data provided by the current detectors can also be used to determine the cause of the tripping of the protection appliance, and to thereby obtain a full, precise and real-time diagnostic for the operation of the electrical installation. |
| US11187746B2 |
Contact quality testing
An apparatus for automatic testing of an electronic device includes a pad interface unit and measurement circuitry. The pad interface unit is configured to connect to pads of the electronic device. The measurement circuitry is configured to select a circuit path in the electronic device that passes via a digital signal pad from among the pads, which is configured to carry a digital signal, to estimate a non-binary measure indicative of an electrical resistance of the circuit path, by performing current-voltage measurements using the pad interface unit, and to determine, based on the non-binary measure, whether the digital signal pad passes or fails a test. |
| US11187736B2 |
Method of setting an analyzer for testing a device under test
A method of setting an analyzer, the method comprising: providing an analyzer with a first signal source and a second signal source; connecting the signal sources with a device under test; generating a first signal, transmitting the first signal to the device under test, measuring the first transmitted signal and a first signal reflected from the device under test, thereby obtaining first compensation parameters; generating a second signal, transmitting the second signal to the device under test, measuring the second transmitted signal and a second signal reflected from the device under test, thereby obtaining second compensation parameters; using the first and second compensation parameters to compensate the signal sources; and transmitting the first and second signals simultaneously. |
| US11187721B2 |
Contactor for testing electronic device
An electronic device having a structure that electrically connects the contactor to an electronic device during a testing process is disclosed. The contactor includes a holder for accommodating the electronic device during the testing process; a flexible circuit, having a first set of contacts electrically connected to the corresponding electrode terminals of the electronic device, and a second set of contacts electrically connected to a control unit that sends test signals during the test process; an elastomer, for adjusting the pressure between the first set of contacts of the flexible circuit and the corresponding electrode terminals of the electronic device while being pressed together; and an alignment tool, for aligning the first set of contacts with the corresponding electrode terminals of the electronic device. The electrode terminals of the electronic device are located on the same surface of the electronic device and the flexible circuit is detachable from the contactor. |
| US11187715B2 |
Multi-component fast-response velocity sensor
A system and method for measuring multiple velocity components with a single wire, by alternating current through the wire at a sufficiently high frequency, where the first current allows measurement of a first velocity component, and the second current allows measurement of a second velocity component. The resolution of the measurements can be adjusted by altering the frequency at which the current is alternated. |
| US11187708B2 |
Early stage Parkinson's disease diagnostic kits and methods
The present invention relates to diagnostic methods, reagents, and kits for detecting and diagnosing Early Stage Parkinson's disease. |
| US11187701B2 |
Real-time tracing of cytokine storm in blood serum of COVID-19 patients
A method for diagnosing COVID-19 infection. The method includes drawing a blood sample from a person suspected to be infected with COVID-19 virus, separating a blood serum sample from the blood sample by centrifuging the blood sample, recording an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) associated with the blood serum sample, calculating a charge transfer resistance (RCT) of the recorded EIS by measuring a diameter of a semicircular curved part of the recorded EIS, and detecting a COVID-19 infection of the person based on the calculated RCT if the calculated RCT is equal to or more than a threshold value. |
| US11187696B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing obesity
Melanophilin (MLPH) of the present invention is involved in differentiation into an adipocyte or fat accumulation, and accordingly, obesity can be treated or prevented by inhibiting the MLPH. Further, by measuring an expression level of the MLPH, obesity can be diagnosed and treated, and therapeutic agents for obesity and agents regulating differentiation into adipocytes can be screened. |
| US11187686B2 |
Calibrating a gas sensor
A gas sensor includes a sensing element of a material including metal oxide and is sensitive to a target gas and to a recalibration gas different from the target gas. For recalibrating the gas sensor, a resistance of the sensing element is measured as an updated recalibration gas baseline resistance in a recalibration environment showing a recalibration gas baseline concentration. |
| US11187683B2 |
Dexrazoxane analytical method
A high performance liquid chromatography method used for dexrazoxane-related substances is provided, and in the method, a low-density bonding reversed-phase C18 chromatographic column resistant to pure water is employed; a gradient elution is carried out with mobile phase A and mobile phase B as eluents, the mobile phase A being a buffer, and the mobile phase B being an organic solvent; the volume percent of mobile phase A in eluents in a first stage of the gradient elution is not lower than 90%, and the duration of the first stage of the gradient elution ranges from 15˜30 minutes. By means of the analytical method, dexrazoxane is effectively separated from main impurities, and the qualities of the active pharmaceutical ingredients of dexrazoxane and the preparations thereof could be better controlled. |
| US11187681B2 |
Method for evaluating state of member
Provided is a member state evaluation method that makes more highly accurate instantaneous understanding of various states of a member to be tested possible without reliance on the shape of the member, the testing environment, or the skill level of the tester. The member state evaluation method is provided with: a state evaluation database construction step for constructing a state evaluation database by determining a plurality of vibration points and measurement points for each analysis model, carrying out vibration at the vibration points, measuring the acoustic signal generated by the vibration at the measurement points, carrying out frequency analysis, and thereby obtaining, as state evaluation data, frequency distribution data acquired for each vibration point and each measurement point that includes the natural frequencies for each of a plurality of modes; an actual measurement state evaluation data acquisition step for acquiring, as actual measurement state evaluation data, frequency distribution data for the member to be tested that includes the natural frequencies of each of the plurality of modes; and a state evaluation step for evaluating the member to be tested by comparing the acquired actual measurement state evaluation data and all the state evaluation data of the state evaluation database. |
| US11187669B2 |
Field measurement of soil element concentration
In an embodiment, a system for measuring soil element concentration in a field in real time is disclosed. The system comprises an extraction apparatus coupled to a mobility component configured to move the system in the agricultural field. The extraction apparatus configured to receive a plurality of soil samples successively from a soil probe coupled to the mobility component, when the mobility component is operating. The extraction apparatus containing an extractant solution that is a solvent of the soil samples. In addition, the extraction apparatus comprising a mixer that is configured to mix the soil samples with the extractant solution, thereby forming a solution mix. The system also comprises a chemical sensor coupled to the extraction apparatus, the chemical sensor configured to measure a concentration level of a soil element in the solution mix. Furthermore, the system comprises a processor coupled to the chemical sensor, the processor configured to calculate a concentration level of the soil element in each of the plurality of soil samples after the soil sample is received by the extraction apparatus and before a successive soil sample is received by the extraction apparatus. |
| US11187664B2 |
Devices and methods for detecting elements in a sample
Devices and methods are disclosed for identifying compounds using spectra generated by X-rays at two different voltage levels. |
| US11187652B2 |
Method and spectrometer apparatus for investigating an infrared absorption of a sample
A method of investigating a sample (1) having an absorption within an infrared spectral range of interest, comprises the steps of creating measuring light (2) with a light source device (10), wherein the measuring light (2) includes wavelengths covering the infrared spectral range, directing the measuring light (2) through the sample (1) to a detector device (20) with a plurality of detector units (21), each of which comprising an infrared sensitive sensor section (22) and an associated metamaterial resonator section (23) having a specific spectral resonance line (3), wherein the spectral resonance lines (3) of the resonator sections (23) have different frequencies within the infrared spectral range, wherein the measuring light (2) is transmitted through the sample (1) to the resonator sections (23) and subsequently sensed by the sensor sections (22), wherein an output of each of the sensor sections (22) depends on the absorption of the sample (1) at the frequency of the spectral resonance line (3) of the associated resonator section (23), and providing at least one absorption characteristic of the sample (1) on the basis of the output of the sensor sections (22), wherein the sample (1) is arranged for providing near field coupling of electronic states of the sample (1) and photonic resonator states of the resonator sections (23), wherein, for each of the resonator sections (23), a resonance line attenuation is created, which is determined by a complex refractive index of the sample (1) at the frequency of the spectral resonance line (3) of the resonator section (23), and the output of each of the sensor sections (22) is determined by the resonance line attenuation of the associated resonator section (23). Furthermore, a spectrometer apparatus (100) for investigating a sample (1) is described, which has an absorption within an infrared spectral range of interest. |
| US11187648B2 |
Two-stage photo-acoustic excitation sensing systems and methods
A system and a method for sensing an object using two-stage photo-acoustic excitation are provided herein. The method may include: scanning the object at a first resolution by alternately and repeatedly photo-acoustically exciting and sensing each of multiple first regions on the object to yield multiple first outputs; determining, based on the multiple first outputs, at least one first region of the multiple first regions that includes at least one zone and a specific depth of the at least one zone below a surface of the object; scanning the first region that includes the at least one zone at a second resolution by alternately and repeatedly photo-acoustically exciting and sensing each of multiple second regions in the at least one first region thereof to yield multiple second outputs; and determining, based on at least one of the multiple second outputs, specified parameters of the at least one zone. |
| US11187644B2 |
Method and system for determining total count of red blood cells in peripheral blood smear
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for determining Total Count (TC) of RBCs in a Peripheral Blood Smear (PBS). The system receives a plurality of images from the monolayer of the PBS. Further, the system extracts, segments and identifies RBCs in each of the plurality of images using deep learning models. The system computes a value of each variable of a set of variables for each of the plurality of images. The set of variables includes foreground non-pallor area, density of RBCs, cell count, cell count ratio, foreground area and foreground hole-filled area. Furthermore, the system computes statistical parameters for each variable, over the plurality of images. The statistical parameters are provided as an input to supervised learning model, to determine TC of RBCs. Thus, the TC estimation system provides an efficient and robust method for estimating TC of RBCs using plurality of images of the PBS. |
| US11187630B2 |
Method for preparing analytical sample, analysis method, and kit for preparing analytical sample
A method for preparing an analytical sample for analyzing a glycan contained in a sample includes: performing a first reaction so that when sialic acid is linked to the glycan, sialic acid of a first linkage type is lactonized and modification different from lactonization is performed on sialic acid of a second linkage type different from the first linkage type; performing a second reaction to ring-open a lactone formed in the first reaction; and performing the first reaction again. |
| US11187628B2 |
Inspection apparatus and inspection system
To measure an internal state of an engine, for example, the engine oil consumption conveniently and correctly, an inspection apparatus of the present invention for inspecting the internal state of the engine by using an exhaust gas of the engine including engine oil includes a data storage unit that stores content information about a plurality of elements contained in the engine oil, a data acceptance unit that accepts analysis information about a plurality of elements contained in the exhaust gas, and an inspection unit that compares the content information about the engine oil with the analysis information to inspect the internal state of the engine. |
| US11187613B2 |
Opto electrical test measurement system for integrated photonic devices and circuits
An optical testing circuit on a wafer includes an optical input configured to receive an optical test signal and photodetectors configured to generate corresponding electrical signals in response to optical processing of the optical test signal through the optical testing circuit. The electrical signals are simultaneously sensed by a probe circuit and then processed. In one process, test data from the electrical signals is simultaneously generated at each step of a sweep in wavelength of the optical test signal and output in response to a step change. In another process, the electrical signals are sequentially selected and the sweep in wavelength of the optical test signal is performed for each selected electrical signal to generate the test data. |
| US11187612B1 |
Optical element surface alteration to correct wavefront error
Methods and mechanisms for correcting a wavefront error in an optical element are disclosed. A wavefront error that is downstream of an optical element in an optical path is determined. A refractive index prescription that reduces the wavefront error is determined. A beam of energy is directed at a surface of the optical element in accordance with the refractive index prescription to alter the surface to change an index of refraction at multiple locations on the surface. |
| US11187605B2 |
Sealing glass geometries for sensitivity enhancement of thick-film piezoresistive pressure sensors
A pressure sensor assembly, which includes a pressure sensing element having a diaphragm, a plurality of piezoresistors connected to the diaphragm, and at least one layer of sealing glass connected to the diaphragm. The pressure sensor assembly also includes a base, a layer of sealing glass is connected to the base, and is configured to maximize the sensitivity of the plurality of piezoresistors via tailoring the side surfaces of the glass surface to control the deformable diaphragm. The layer of sealing glass includes a first recess portion, and a second recess portion formed as part of the layer of sealing glass on the opposite side of the layer of sealing glass as the first recess portion. One of the plurality of piezoresistors is partially surrounded by the first recess portion, and another of the plurality of piezoresistors is partially surrounded by the second recess portion. |
| US11187603B2 |
Variable reluctance measurement technology for drilling risers and riser towers
The invention involves utilizing variable reluctance measurement technology (“VRMT”) sensors to monitor forces and stresses on drilling risers and riser towers. The tension monitoring system described herein includes an optimized configuration of variable reluctance measurement technology sensors, wherein the sensors have increased wire turns around each end of their C-cores or alternatively are mounted on mechanical amplifiers or both. An array of optimized variable reluctance measurement technology sensors can be configured at multiple points on a riser system. The VRMT sensors may be integrally attached to the risers or flexible joints for the risers, or may be installed on existing riser or flexible joint systems. |
| US11187595B2 |
Distributed optical temperature sensor
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for detecting a rate of change of temperature in the environment around a sensing optical fibre at a position along the fibre, in which a time varying coherent Rayleigh backscatter interference signal is detected using probe light backscattered within the sensing fibre from the position. A spectral density profile is calculated which represents frequency components in time variations of the interference signal. One or more properties of a feature of the spectral density profile are then used to determine the rate of change of temperature. The feature may be, for example, a decline in the spectral density profile with increasing frequency, or a peak in the spectral density profile. |
| US11187592B2 |
Thermocouple arrangement and method for measuring temperatures
A thermocouple arrangement comprising: a first thermocouple including a first thermoelement and a second thermoelement coupled at a first junction, the first junction subject to a first temperature, the second material different from the first material; a second thermocouple including a third thermoelement and a fourth thermoelement coupled to the third thermoelement at a second junction connected to the first thermoelement, the second junction arranged at a second portion subject to a second temperature, the fourth material different from the third material; and a third thermocouple including a fifth thermoelement and a sixth thermoelement coupled to the fifth thermoelement at a third junction connected to the second thermoelement, the third junction arranged at the second portion exposed to the second temperature, the fifth material different from the third material and the fourth material, the sixth material different from the third material, the fourth material, and the fifth material. |
| US11187579B2 |
Optical device
In an optical device, an elastic support unit includes a pair of levers which face in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction, a pair of first torsion support portions which are connected between the levers and the base, a pair of second torsion support portions which are connected between the pair of levers and the movable unit, and a first link member that bridges the levers. The levers and the first link member define a light passage opening. Each of connection positions between the levers and the first torsion support portions is located on a side opposite to the movable unit with respect to the center of the light passage opening in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. A maximum width of the light passage opening in the second direction is defined by a gap between the levers in the second direction. |
| US11187578B1 |
Single-photon detection method and apparatus
A single-photon detection method and apparatus. The single-photon detection method detects a single photon using a single-photon detection apparatus, and includes generating an output signal through a photon detector by receiving a light signal as an input, generating a negative voltage comparison result through a negative voltage comparator by receiving the output signal as an input, and generating a photon detection result based on the negative voltage comparison result. |
| US11187573B1 |
Connected scale device
A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property includes a connected scale device that is configured to receive a package, determine a weight of the package, and after determining the weight of the package, arm the connected scale device, and a monitoring control unit that is configured to receive, from the connected scale device, data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, and based on receiving the data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, communicate, to a user device of a resident of the property, a notification indicating that the connected scale device received the package. |
| US11187569B2 |
Fluid characteristic sensor, sensor system, and method
A sensor includes a planar T-resonator and an oscillator. The planar T-resonator can be a branched T-resonator with at least two symmetrical branches coupled to a stub. The oscillator has an input coupled to the planar T-resonator and an output. The oscillator has a negative resistance within a predetermined frequency range. The oscillator can be configured so that it has an input phase approximately equal to a phase of the planar T-resonator over a majority of the predetermined frequency range. |
| US11187566B2 |
Safety incident detection and reporting through a connected EVC (electronic volume corrector)
Safety monitoring systems and methods include a mesh communications network and an EVC (Electronic Volume Corrector) installed in one or more gas distribution components and/or industrial metering components in a gas distribution station and/or an industrial metering station. A group of sensors can be configured, which includes, for example, a gas leak sensor, a pressure transducer, a temperature transducer, an intrusion sensor and/or other types of sensors. Such sensors can be located within the gas distribution station and/or industrial metering station. The sensors communicate wirelessly with the EVC and the gas distribution and/or industrial metering components through the mesh communications network. |
| US11187563B2 |
Method of detecting fluid flows, corresponding device and computer program product
A method includes: receiving, from a plurality of sensors, detection signals indicative of fluid flow, the fluid flow having a direction and a speed, the plurality of sensors having respective mutual positions and distances between pairs of sensors in the plurality of sensors; determining, as a function of the detection signals, a first detection sensor in the plurality of sensors detecting the fluid flow prior to other sensors in the plurality of sensors; determining time delays between detection of the fluid flow by a first sensor and by a second sensor in each pair of sensors in the plurality of sensors; and determining a fluid flow velocity vector indicative of the direction and the speed of the fluid flow as a function of the mutual positions and distances between the pairs of sensors in the plurality of sensors and the time delays. |
| US11187543B2 |
State-based autonomous-vehicle operations
The present disclosure is directed to state-based autonomous-vehicle operations. In particular, the methods, devices, and systems of the present disclosure can: determine, based at least in part on one or more actions of a passenger associated with a trip of an autonomous vehicle, a current state of the trip from amongst a plurality of different predefined states of the trip; identify, based at least in part on the current state of the trip, one or more computing devices associated with the passenger; generate, based at least in part on the current state of the trip, data describing one or more interfaces for display by the computing device(s) associated with the passenger; and communicate, to the computing device(s) associated with the passenger, the data describing the interface(s) for display. |
| US11187542B2 |
Trajectory time reversal
An apparatus and methods provide trajectory data for a geographic area. Multiple probe data sets are received or identified from one or more mobile devices. The probe data sets include time values in a first sequence associated with location values in the first sequence. At least one of the probe data sets is modified to reverse the location values such that the modified probe data set includes time values in a first sequence associated with location values in a second sequence. A location clustering algorithm is performed on the plurality of probe data sets and the modified probe data set based on the location values. |
| US11187540B2 |
Navigate, track, and position mobile devices in GPS-denied or GPS-inaccurate areas with automatic map generation
This invention is directed to a method for mapping and positioning. The method has at least three steps. The first step calls for receiving sensor data based on location and a path of movement of a mobile device. The second step calls for generating, based on the sensor data, a path estimate and a location measurement vector (LMV), wherein the LMV includes one or more measurements at each of the locations from the sensor data from each of the locations. The third step entails generating, based on the sensor data, the path estimate, and the LMV, one or more unique path features. |
| US11187531B2 |
Multicore fiber optic gyro
Disclosed are systems and methods that utilize multicore optical fibers for gyro coil winding. Particularly, the use of multicore fiber enables inherent thermal stability without the need for complex, tedious, and costly winding patterns. Enabling the use of level winding techniques eliminates the need for complex quadrupole winding patterns. This simplicity lends itself to advancements towards full automation of winding coils for multicore fibers, without sacrificing performance. This, in turn increases the production rate and overcomes current barriers to fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) market expansion. In accordance with the embodiments, multicore fiber can be utilized in various gyro coil winding techniques, including: level winding; Interrupted Level Wind (ILW); and Dual Axis Symmetric (DAS) winding. Furthermore, each of the multicore fiber gyro coil winding patterns can incorporate a multicore shuffle bridge. The multicore shuffle bridge is designed to provide multiple features, such as facilitating the rotation of mating cores. |
| US11187530B2 |
Optical gimbal
In an example, an optical gimbal is described, the optical gimbal comprising: a pulse generator configured to generate at least two coherent beam splitting pulses; a first optical beam director configured to tilt the vector of the beam splitting pulses by an angle θ; an atom source configured to allow the beam splitting pulses to manipulate trapped atoms within the atom source; a processor configured to receive the angle θ, and control the pulse generator and the beam director; a detector coupled to the atom source configured to measure a final population of the atoms in different states. |
| US11187524B2 |
High contrast structured light patterns for QIS sensors
A structured-light pattern for a structured-light system includes a base light pattern that includes a row of a plurality of sub-patterns extending in a first direction. Each sub-pattern is adjacent to at least one other sub-pattern, and each sub-pattern is different from each other sub-pattern. Each sub-pattern includes a first number of portions in a sub-row and a second number of portions in a sub-column. Each sub-row extends in the first direction and each sub-column extends in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. Each portion may be a first-type portion or a second-type portion. A size of a first-type portion is larger in the first direction and in the second direction than a size of a second-type portion in the first direction and in the second direction. In one embodiment, a first-type portion is a black portion and the second-type portion is a white portion. |
| US11187522B2 |
Measuring apparatus and method for positioning and aligning retroreflectors in a distribution of retroreflectors of a measuring apparatus
A measuring apparatus for determining object data of at least one test object includes at least one distribution of retroreflectors. The retroreflectors are arranged on the measuring apparatus. The distribution has at least so many retroreflectors that at least three retroreflectors are observable at at least three spatially different observation locations in at least 90% of all possible spatial orientations of the measuring apparatus. A distance range of the observation locations is 0.1 m to 30 m. Each of the retroreflectors has a maximum acceptance angle. Each of the retroreflectors has a diameter of 1 mm to 50 mm. The retroreflectors are arranged such that, for each of the observation locations, a minimum spacing of measured retroreflector distances of the observable retroreflectors is 0.1 mm to 50 mm. |
| US11187516B2 |
Angle measuring device
An angle measuring device includes first and second component groups and a bearing. The first component group includes a scale element having first and second graduations. The second component group has a first modular unit, having a position sensor, a second modular unit, having first to sixth position transducers, and a compensation coupling. To determine the relative angular position between the component groups, the first graduation is scannable with the aid of the position sensor. Using the first to third position transducers, the first graduation or a further graduation disposed on the scale element is scannable to determine a displacement of the scale element in a plane. Using the fourth to sixth position transducers, the second graduation is scannable to determine tilting of the scale element about a tilting axis, the position sensor being situated in a torsionally stiff but axially and radially flexible manner relative to the position transducers. |
| US11187502B1 |
Methods and devices for cleaning firearm barrels
Herein we describe barrel-cleaning cartridges which can be loaded into a firearm and then fired to perform the task of cleaning the barrel of said firearm. The barrel-cleaning cartridges include a propellant, a flexible textile that assumes a general cup shape within the cartridge, and a particulate obturating media, some of which is encircled by the flexible textile. These components combine to form a good gas seal and to clean the barrel of a firearm, including elements of the barrel having variations in diameter. The obturating media comprises particles having an average particle size greater than 212 microns, and an average specific gravity greater than 1.1, and a hardness of less than 7 on the Mohs scale. |
| US11187496B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving the aim of a weapon station, firing a point-detonating or an air-burst projectile
The method and apparatus for a remote weapon station or incorporated into manually-aimed weapons. The methodology requires use of a muzzle velocity sensor that refines the aiming of the second and subsequent fires or volleys fired from weapon systems. When firing the first volley a weapon uses an estimated velocity and, at firing, the muzzle velocity of a projectile is measured. When firing the second volley a weapon's fire control calculates an aiming point using the measured velocity of the first volley. |
| US11187491B2 |
Tactical pen weapon
A highly concealable handheld tactical pen weapon having the appearance and aesthetics of a pen-like instrument but which contains a hinging element which allows a rear ring-like element to rotate up to almost one hundred eighty degrees to the main body of the pen. The articulating ring provides a finger hold which allows the weapon to be used more effectively in a thrusting movement. |
| US11187485B2 |
Modular firearm muzzle attachment system
A modular firearm muzzle attachment system provides for customizing muzzle attachment characteristics by assembling selectable muzzle attachment components corresponding to desired characteristics. The system includes a plurality of internal connectors engageable together in series in a selectable order to form an internal assembly having a conduit defined by channels extending through each internal connector coupled together to form the internal assembly. Each of the internal connectors is individually structured to have associated characteristics. Each of a plurality of shrouds is couplable to a selectable one of the internal connectors of the internal assembly such that the internal assembly extends through the plurality of shrouds to define a muzzle attachment configured for coupling to a firearm. |
| US11187479B2 |
Firearm and components therefor
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to semi-automatic, automatic, and bolt-action firearms and components for such firearms. |
| US11187476B2 |
Charging handle
Embodiments are directed toward a charging handle for a firearm. The charging handle preferably has a base, a shaft, a latch, and left and right levers pivotably coupled to the base by respective pivot pins and configured to disengage the latch from an upper receiver. The base preferably defines four substantially vertical mating surfaces. The entirety of each of the first and third mating surfaces contacts the left lever when pulled rearward. The entirety of each of the second and third mating surfaces contacts the right lever when pulled rearward. The third mating surface is preferably disposed at an acute angle to the first mating surface as measured forward and outward from the third mating surface. The fourth mating surface is preferably disposed at an acute angle to the second mating surface as measured forward and outward from the fourth mating surface. Accordingly, stress on the pivot pins is relieved. |
| US11187474B2 |
Compact shotgun, multipurpose mount, and trigger assembly
A compact shotgun, a trigger assembly that could be used with such compact shotgun or other firearms, and an adapter and multipurpose mount that could be used with firearms or other devices are all disclosed. Each element has separate utility and combined utility in forming a combined under-mounted shotgun and long gun assembly. |
| US11187473B1 |
Firearm
A firearm includes a barrel having a breech end and a vent path through the barrel downstream from the breech end. A receiver is engaged with the breach end of the barrel and defines a chamber. A latch is connected to the receiver, and an actuator is downstream from the vent path and operably engaged with the latch. A bolt is at least partially inside the chamber. The bolt has a locked position in which the latch is engaged with the bolt to prevent the bolt from moving away from the breech end of that barrel and a released position in which the latch is not engaged with the bolt. |
| US11187471B2 |
Heat exchanger for severe service conditions
A heat exchanger for severe temperature and fluid flow conditions in one configuration includes a first longitudinal shell, a second longitudinal shell, and a transverse shell extending transversely between the longitudinal shells. The longitudinal shells may be parallel to each other. The shells are fluidly coupled directly together to form a common shell-side space between an inlet and outlet tubesheet. A generally U-shaped assembly of shells is thus formed. The tube bundle has a complementary U-shaped configuration comprising a plurality of tubes which extend through the longitudinal and transverse shells between the tubesheets. An expansion joint fluidly couples each longitudinal shell to one of the tubesheets. The shell-side inlet and outlet nozzle may be fluidly coupled to the expansion joints for introducing and extracting the shell-side fluid from the heat exchanger. In another configuration, the heat exchanger may be L-shaped with tube bundle of the same configuration. |
| US11187467B2 |
Heat exchange system and method of assembly
A method of constructing a coil wound heat exchange module and transporting and installing the coil wound heat exchange module at a plant site, such as an natural gas liquefaction plant. A module frame is constructed and attached to a heat exchanger shell prior to telescoping of a coil wound mandrel into the shell. The module frame includes a lug and two saddles that remain attached to the shell throughout the process and when the heat exchanger is operated. The lug and saddles are constructed and located to stabilize the shell during construction, telescoping and transport (when in a horizontal orientation), and when the shell is installed at the plant site (in a vertical orientation). The lugs and saddles are adapted to allow for thermal expansion and contraction of the shell when it is transitioned from ambient to operating temperature and vice versa. |