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US11445710B2	Antibody producing non-human animals Described are transgenic, non-human animals comprising a nucleic acid encoding an immunoglobulin light chain, whereby the immunoglobulin light chain is human, human-like, or humanized. The nucleic acid is provided with a means that renders it resistant to DNA rearrangements and/or somatic hypermutations. In one embodiment, the nucleic acid comprises an expression cassette for the expression of a desired molecule in cells during a certain stage of development in cells developing into mature B cells. Further provided is methods for producing an immunoglobulin from the transgenic, non-human animal.
US11445701B1	Grooming table side guards The grooming table side guard is configured for use with a companion animal. The grooming table side guard comprises a pedestal, a bridge lift, and a counter. The bridge lift attaches the counter to the pedestal. The counter forms an elevated horizontal surface on which the companion animal is placed for grooming. The bridge lift is a mechanical structure used to change the elevation of the counter. The pedestal forms the link in the load path that transfers the load of the bridge lift and the pedestal to a supporting surface. The counter further comprises a plurality of telescopic drawers. Each of the plurality of telescopic drawers forms a barrier along the perimeter of the counter that prevents the companion animal from falling off of the counter.
US11445697B2	Pet bed A pet bed for supporting an animal. The pet bed has a flexible cushion substrate and/or a peripheral support, and optionally a cover pad adapted to conform to a top surface of the flexible cushion substrate and/or peripheral support.
US11445696B2	Bed system A bed system is disclosed. The bed system may include a perimeter support and associated bedding and may be used by a person or an animal. The bedding may include an upper cavity to receive the support and a lower portion configured with a perimeter zipper. By closing the zipper, the support transitions from a linear configuration to an arc-shaped configuration defining the perimeter of the bed. The inner region of the bed comprises soft ruffled material formed by the gathered lower portion.
US11445667B2	Plant cultivation device and greening apparatus thereof A plant cultivation device and a greening apparatus thereof are provided. The plant cultivation device includes a fixing member which includes a first channel, a shared channel and a plurality of first through-holes. The first through-hole is connected with the first channel and the shared channel, and passes through an upper surface of the fixing member. Both the first through-hole and the shared channel are stack-up with each other, and the first through-hole is located above the shared channel. The shared channel is configured to fill with a cultivation medium,and the first channel is configured to store water flowing from the shared channel by the first through-hole when too much water is stored in the shared channel. The present disclosure can optimize a growing environment of plants.
US11445666B2	Stackable self-watering planter with removable riser A planter and planter stack are described. The planter includes a planter pot configured to be nestable with other such planter pots. The planter pot includes a base, a planter sidewall integrally formed on the base and extending upwards towards a rim, and a hollow support pillar formed on the base and extending substantially vertically upwards with a drain opening at the top of the hollow support pillar in communication with an exterior side of the base. The planter further includes a removable riser configured to be nestable with other such removable risers. The removable riser includes a plate supported by an interior of the planter sidewall by an interference fit, and an aperture configured to accept a corresponding hollow support pillar.
US11445655B2	Cutting unit for an agricultural working machine, and method for adjusting a cutting unit A cutting unit for an agricultural working machine and a method for adjusting the cutting unit are disclosed. The cutting unit comprises a support body, a cutting device on the support body, a front suspension arranged on the support body on a first half of the cutting unit and has at least one wheel that rotates about a front axle and a rear suspension on the support body on a second half of the cutting unit and has at least two wheels that rotate about a rear axle, the front suspension and the rear suspension being rotatable about a respective rotary axis relative to the support body so that the front and rear suspensions can each be transferred between a transport position and a working position. The front suspension and the rear suspension, when in their respective working position, are moved relative to the support body between a high position and a low position.
US11452241B2	Liquid submersion cooled server module assemblies and server systems that include the server module assemblies A server system formed by a first group of liquid submersion cooled servers, which are part of one or more server module assemblies mounted on the rack. A first power shelf is mounted on the rack and is electrically connected to the first group of liquid submersion cooled servers to provide electrical power to the first group. In addition, a second group of liquid submersion cooled servers, which are part of one or more server module assemblies is also mounted on the rack below the first group. A second power shelf is mounted on the rack below the first group and below the first power shelf, and the second power shelf is electrically connected to the second group of liquid submersion cooled servers to provide electrical power to the second group.
US11452240B2	Power transfer apparatus, power transmission apparatus, power reception apparatus, and power transfer system A power transfer apparatus capable of effectively cooling heat generated by wireless power transfer includes: a power transmission coil for performing wireless power transfer; and a heat-dissipating plate for cooling the power transmission coil, the heat-dissipating plate including heat-dissipating members or the like which are divided by gaps along the radial direction of a winding plane of a copper thin-film wire constituting the power transmission coil.
US11452239B2	Method for enhancing boiling performance of chip surface The present invention relates to a method for enhancing boiling performance of chip surface comprising steps of mounting a heat pipe directly above the surface of the chip, and forming a porous structure for increasing the vaporization core on an upper surface of the heat pipe. Performing an enhancing treatment in boiling of the upper surface of the heat pipe by mounting the heat pipe directly above the chip makes a temperature field of the boiling surface uniform, increases the boiling area and vaporization core, strengthens the boiling heat transfer, and reduces the core temperature of the chip.
US11452236B2	Housing for an electric or electronic device A housing includes a cup-shaped, plastic housing case; a cooling channel guided in the housing case for fluid cooling of an electric or electronic device situated in an interior of the housing case; and a planar shielding body integrated into the housing case and traversing walls of the housing case for shielding from electromagnetic radiation. The shielding body is a metallic wire cage or trough. The cooling channel is a metallic tubing. The shielding body and the cooling channel are connected to form a frame-like, pre-assembled assembly. The pre-assembled assembly, consisting of the shielding body and the cooling channel, is extrusion-coated with a plastic or encapsulated in a plastic to form the housing case.
US11452230B2	Rack-mountable shippable network-attached computing device A network-attachable rack-mountable computing device is housed within a shippable enclosure and is configured to mount in a rack. The device may be initialized (e.g., prepared to receive data, and an updateable electronic shipping display set to a shipping destination) by a service provider and shipped, in accordance with a displayed destination address, as a self-contained shipping unit. The device may be coupled with other devices via coupling mechanisms included in an enclosure of the device and may be mounted in a rack at a destination via mounting brackets included in the enclosure of the device. The device may be installed onto a network at the destination and loaded with data. When the device is received back at the service provider, the data is transferred from the device to a service provider storage facility, wiped of data, and prepared to be sent out again.
US11452226B2	Robot with through-hole to receive pin A robot comprises: an outer body in which a pin through-hole is formed; a cover from which a pin passing through the pin through-hole protrudes and in which a protrusion is formed at one side of the pin; and a stopper disposed at an outer circumference of the pin, wherein the stopper comprises: a protrusion contact surface on which the protrusion is contacted and caught; and an outer body contact surface that is contacted and caught by a periphery of the pin through-hole in the outer body.
US11452211B2	Embedded circuit board and method of manufacturing same The invention, which relates to the technical field of inductance embedding, specifically discloses an embedded circuit board. The embedded circuit board includes: at least layer of sub-body, where preset positions of the sub-bodies are provided with through slots; and an inductance element embedded within the slots and configured to be spaced apart from sidewalls of the slots. In the above manner, it is possible to make the embedded circuit board of the present application structurally compact, highly integrated, widely applicable, and safe and reliable.
US11452208B2	Electronic devices packaged on wing boards Example implementations relate to an electronic device packaged on a wing board. For example, an implementation includes a base board having a planar signal interface to couple parallelly to a signal interface segment of a system board. The example implementation also includes a plurality of wing boards to scale in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the base board. An electronic device is packaged on each of the wing boards. A flexible circuit flexibly links at least one of the wing boards to the base board and has a signal path to communicatively couple the planar signal interface and an electronic device packaged the wing board.
US11452197B2	Shock wave visualization for extreme ultraviolet plasma optimization A method for monitoring a shock wave in an extreme ultraviolet light source includes irradiating a target droplet in the extreme ultraviolet light source apparatus of an extreme ultraviolet lithography tool with ionizing radiation to generate a plasma and to detect a shock wave generated by the plasma. One or more operating parameters of the extreme ultraviolet light source is adjusted based on the detected shock wave.
US11452191B2	Warning light control method A warning light control method includes the steps of: accepting multiple warning lights to receive a start command to set up Flash Mode and numbering each warning light sequentially starting from 1, and using Flash Mode number to synchronously set ID Number of each warning light; setting the ID Number of a predetermined warning light as Starter and the remaining ID Numbers as Receivers; the warning light of Starter receiving Start Command from Control Bus through cable, and sending Data, Clock Pulse and ID Information from Data Bus, and selecting one for flashing by Flash Mode; warning lights of Receivers get Data, Clock Pulse and ID Information from Data Bus through cables thereof, and warning lights of Receivers and Starter are flashing synchronously or asynchronously; whether Control Bus of Starter and Receivers has received Change ID Command.
US11452187B2	System and method for an end-user scripted (EUS) customized effect from a rendered web-page A method for controlling at least one light-emitting peripheral device (LEPD) for an immersive effect comprising the steps of: layering at least one of a static, inert, or dynamic content from a web-browser page further comprising an interface configured for at least one of script input for custom lighting effects or standard lighting effect requests via a standard user-interface input; rendering the web-browser page to an off-screen buffer visualized as at least a two-dimensional effects plane; applying a geo-positional transform and scaling of virtual LEPD's within the effects plane and capturing at least a region of the rendered webpage; and controlling a light effect emitted from the at least one LEPD corresponding to the effects plane transformed/scaled virtual LEPD and captured region of the rendered web-browser page.
US11452186B1	LED driver with rectified voltage monitor Methods and systems for improved dimming of LED based illumination devices are described herein. An AC input voltage provided to an LED driver is rectified and the rectified signal is monitored by a Rectified Voltage Monitor (RVM) circuit. The RVM circuit generates a low voltage monitor signal indicative of the shape and peak voltage of the rectified signal. The monitor signal and the rectified signal are communicated to a power converter of the LED driver. The controller of the power converter employs the monitor signal to maintain efficiency and stability of the LED driver over an extended range of AC input voltage. The instantaneous voltage of the rectified signal is divided-down, and the peak value of the divided-down rectified signal is captured and stored on one or more capacitive elements. In another aspect, the peak voltage stored on one or more capacitive elements is less than 100 Volts.
US11452185B2	Lighting apparatus The lighting apparatus includes a LED module, a constant current source, a bridge rectifier, a silicon-controlled rectifier, a wireless module and a detector. The lighting apparatus receives an alternating current power to generate a light. The constant current source provides a driving current to the LED module. The bridge rectifier converts the alternating current power of a first frequency to a direct current power with a second frequency. The second frequency is two times of the first frequency. The silicon-controlled rectifier is connected to the alternating current power and the bridge rectifier for adjusting the direct current power with a chopping signal. The wireless module receives an external control signal. The detector generates a dimming control signal supplied to the constant current source to adjust the driving current according to both the external control signal and the chopping signal.
US11452173B2	Remote radio head, beamforming method and storage medium Provided a Remote Radio Head (RRH) with multiple antennas generating a plurality of analog beams in a wireless communication system serving at least one user terminal, including a metric calculator that calculates at least one metric representing a traffic demand as a function of spatial direction by using at least a signal of each Radio Frequency chain and a beam former that generates analog beams directed towards a spatial direction determined based on the calculated at least one metric.
US11452168B2	Resource management, access control and mobility for grant-free uplink transmission Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a connection release message, the connection release message including a resource indicator indicating that a set of resources are to be used for grant-free uplink transmissions by the UE while operating in a disconnected state. The UE may transition from a connected state to a disconnected state based at least in part on the connection release message. The UE may perform, while operating in the disconnected state, the grant-free uplink transmissions using the set of resources.
US11452165B2	Discontinuous reception techniques with non-uniform cycle durations Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for configuring discontinuous reception (DRX) cycles within a DRX time period at a user equipment (UE). DRX configurations may provide that different DRX cycles have non-uniform cycle durations within the DRX time period. Such non-uniform cycle durations may provide DRX ON-durations that are aligned with a periodicity of downlink traffic to the UE in which the downlink traffic may be unaligned with timing boundaries used for wireless communications between the UE and a base station, such as slot boundaries or symbol boundaries.
US11452164B2	Time interval between two subsequent transmission occasions of a periodic resource allocation A base station transmits a radio resource control message. The radio resource control message comprises a periodicity parameter indicating a number of symbols for a periodic resource allocation. A downlink control information indicating activation of the periodic resource allocation is transmitted. The downlink control information comprises one or more fields indicating a numerology. The numerology indicates a symbol duration. Transport blocks are received via resources associated with the periodic resource allocation. A time interval between two subsequent transmission occasions of the periodic resource allocation is determined based on the symbol duration and the number of symbols.
US11452162B2	Session management method, mobility management functional entity and session management functional entity The present disclosure provides a session management method, a mobility management functional entity and a session management functional entity. The session management method includes: judging, by a mobility management functional entity, whether a UE has moved out of an allowed area; when the UE has moved out of the allowed area, determining, by the mobility management functional entity, a management message for a session of the UE; and transmitting, by the mobility management functional entity, the management message to a session management functional entity for serving the UE. The management message is adopted to trigger the session management functional entity to manage the session of the UE.
US11452150B2	Information processing device, information processing method, transmitter, transmission method, receiver, reception method The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a transmitter, a transmission method, a receiver, and a reception method which can provide setting information necessary for each receiver. An information processing device of one aspect of the present technology holds non-common setting information that is not common setting information among setting information used in transmitters for setting for transmitting information in association with identification information of the respective transmitters. In addition, the information processing device transmits, to a receiver that has received identification information transmitted from a predetermined transmitter using common setting information that is setting information common in the plurality of transmitters, the non-common setting information associated with the identification information received by the receiver. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a communication system in which data is transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver through unidirectional communication.
US11452147B2	Horizontal embedded architecture for system of systems (SoS) and internet of everything (IoE) Example implementations described herein are directed to an embedded edge device and edge/cloud system configured to facilitate seamless connectivity between multi-domain assets for system of system and internet of everything applications. Through the use of a novel horizontally scalable embedded architecture for embedded edge device that can be connected to multi-domain assets to enable seamless connectivity between them, the example implementations can facilitate wireless connections across multi-domain assets to allow overall system of systems and internet of everything applications to improve quality of life.
US11452140B2	Random access method, user equipment and base station The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a random access method, including: acquiring configuration information, transmitting a first message including a preamble and an uplink shared channel according to the configuration information, and receiving a second message including contention resolution information from a base station.
US11452135B2	Method and device for transmitting and receiving PPDU on basis of FDD in wireless LAN system A method and a device for transmitting and receiving a PPDU on the basis of an FDD in a wireless LAN system are presented. Particularly, an AP transmits a trigger frame to a first STA and a second STA. The AP transmits a first downlink (DL) PPDU to the first STA on the basis of the trigger frame. The AP transmits a second DL PPDU to the second STA on the basis of the trigger frame. The AP receives a first uplink (UL) PPDU from the second STA on the basis of the trigger frame. The trigger frame includes bandwidth information of a primary channel and a secondary channel. The first DL PPDU is transmitted through the primary channel. The second DL PPDU and the first UL PPDU are transmitted through the secondary channel. The first and second DL PPDU are simultaneously transmitted. The first UL PPDU is received after a preset period after the second DL PPDU is transmitted.
US11452134B2	Channel access method and device, storage medium, terminal, and base station A channel access method and device, a storage medium, a terminal, a terminal, and a base station are provided. The method comprises: receiving configuration information, the configuration comprising configuration information of at least one available bandwidth configured to perform an LBT operation, and the at least one available bandwidth is a portion of bandwidth of a carrier; performing the LBT operation on the at least one available bandwidth indicated by the configuration information to listen to a channel; and when the LBT operation on any one of the at least one available bandwidth succeeds, performing uplink data transmission on the available bandwidth to access the channel. By providing the method where LBT is achieved based on a portion of bandwidth of a carrier on an unlicensed band, the UE may better meet OCB requirements for transmitted signals on the unlicensed band in the NR system.
US11452129B2	Method and apparatus for latency reduction of device to device (D2D) message in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed for latency reduction of device-to-device message in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes the UE receiving a grant on a first interface wherein the grant indicates resource for transmitting scheduling information and resources for data transmission on a second interface. The method also includes the UE transmitting a first scheduling information on the second interface in a first specific timing interval and transmits a second scheduling information on the second interface in a second specific timing interval, wherein the timing difference between the second specific timing and the first specific timing is indicated by the grant, and wherein the first scheduling information indicates a first timing offset between the first scheduling information transmission and the data transmission, and the second scheduling information indicates a second timing offset between the second scheduling information transmission and the data transmission, and the first timing offset is different from the second timing offset.
US11452124B2	Uplink channel scheduling to retain channel occupancy for unlicensed wireless spectrum A technique includes receiving, by a user device, a configuration of a set of one or more resources for an uplink channel to be used for transmission by the user device in a slot prior to a short physical uplink control channel of the slot; receiving, by the user device, a downlink control information including a downlink assignment for a downlink channel; identifying, by the user device based on the downlink assignment, a resource of the set of one or more resources for the uplink channel, and a physical uplink control channel; and transmitting, by the user device, a signal via the identified resource for the uplink channel, prior to the short physical uplink control channel of the slot.
US11452123B2	Uplink control information multiplexing with dynamic physical uplink shared channel skipping Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for sending uplink control information. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving an uplink grant for transmission on a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs), the plurality of PUSCHs being located on different component carriers (CCs); identifying one or more PUSCHs of the plurality of PUSCHs on which uplink control information (UCI) can be transmitted in a slot; assigning PUSCH data to the one or more identified PUSCHs on which the UCI can be transmitted before assigning PUSCH data to remaining PUSCHs of the plurality of PUSCHs; and transmitting the UCI and the PUSCH data in the slot on the assigned PUSCHs.
US11452113B2	Method and base station for CSG aware scheduling in wireless network This disclosure provides a method for CSG aware scheduling in a wireless network. The method includes determining, by a base station, a priority for each of CSG users and N-CSG users in a time domain based on a plurality of parameters. Further, the method includes changing, by the base station, the priority for each of the CSG users and the N-CSG users using a weight value. Further, the method includes allocating, by the base station, RBs to the CSG users and the N-CSG users based on the changed priority for each of the CSG users and the N-CSG users.
US11452100B2	Low latency wireless protocol for audio and gaming A wireless communication method and protocol for wireless RF transmission of data, e.g. audio data, with low latency. The method involves a fixed part (FP) serving as synchronization master, and one or more portable parts (PP) being synchronization slaves. The FP performs scanning between a set of supported channels within one limited frequency band, such as within an ISM band. Further, the FP performs collecting measures of RF interference level on at least a plurality of the supported channels in response to the scanning, preferably using own interference level measurement and by collecting RSSI data from the PP for the supported channels. In response to these measures of RF interference level, the FP executes a selection algorithm for selecting and re-selecting first and second different frequencies for respective first and second duplex RF bearers from the set of supported channels to select the channels with least RF interference. Finally, the FP transmits, in one frame of such as 1 ms to 3 ms length, the same data packet on both of said first and second duplex RF bearer frequencies to the PP. This provides a roboust and low latency wireless interface suitable for Human Interface Devices and audio devices, e.g. for gaining equipment.
US11452096B2	Methods and systems for coexistence with licensed entities using beam steering Systems, methods, and devices for conducting wireless communication are provided. One method includes identifying a location of a device and obtaining spectrum usage data from a database. The spectrum usage data indicates a licensed entity licensed within an area including the location of the device to communicate across a first sub-band of frequencies within a frequency band, and one or more transmission characteristics of the transmissions of the licensed entity. The method further includes determining beam steering characteristics for wireless transmissions of the device within the frequency band using the spectrum usage data. The beam steering characteristics are determined using the transmission characteristics for the licensed entity and configured to reduce interference with the transmissions of the licensed entity within the frequency band caused by the wireless transmissions of the device. The method further includes conducting wireless transmissions over the frequency band using the beam steering characteristics.
US11452095B2	Terminal and communication method A DCI receiving unit receives downlink control information (DCI) indicative of allocation of an uplink (UL) signal of a first TTI (long TTI) or an uplink signal of a second TTI (sTTI) having a shorter TTI length than the first TTI; a transmission power determination unit determines transmission power of the uplink signal of the first TTI and transmission power of the uplink signal of the second TTI; and a transmitting unit transmits the uplink signal of the first TTI and the uplink signal of the second TTI by using the determined transmission power on the basis of the downlink control information. The transmission power determination unit reserves desired transmission power for the uplink signal of the second TTI in the first TTI in a case where decoding of the downlink control information indicative of allocation of the uplink signal of the second TTI to be transmitted within the first TTI (e.g., a subframe) is completed before start of transmission of the uplink signal of the first TTI.
US11452077B2	Wireless network resource allocation method employing generative adversarial reinforcement learning A wireless network resource allocating method comprises: initializing a generator network G and a discriminator network D; performing resource allocation; training weights of the generator network G and the discriminator network D; and implementing wireless network resource allocation.
US11452074B2	Method and device used in node for wireless communication The disclosure provides method and device used in node for wireless communications. A first node receives first information, the first information indicating a first symbol set; transmits a first signaling in a first symbol group; and transmits a first radio signal in a second symbol group; the first symbol group belongs to the first symbol set; the first signaling indicates the second symbol group; at least one multicarrier symbol in the second symbol group belongs to the first symbol set, and at least one multicarrier symbol in the second symbol group does not belong to the first symbol set; a first bit sequence is used to generate the first radio signal, and the first bit sequence comprises a first bit sub-sequence and a second bit sub-sequence. The present disclosure offers an effective solution to dealing with the impact of a dynamic slot format on sidelink transmission in NR system.
US11452073B2	Systems and methods for automatically assigning voice communication channels to employees in quick service restaurants Systems and methods for assigning voice communication channels used by a crew of employees using communication devices are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups; receive user input that identifies employees, automatically determine sets of communication channel assignments per communication device, between communication channels and subsets of communication groups; configure communication devices according to the determined assignments; and facilitate packet-based communication, using the communication channels, between the communication devices.
US11452049B2	Power sharing method and apparatus This application provides a power sharing method and apparatus. The method includes: estimating a first transmit power based on a traffic volume of terminal devices to be scheduled in a first carrier in a first scheduling period, where the first transmit power is a transmit power required in the first carrier to schedule the to-be-scheduled terminal devices in the first scheduling period; and estimating a second transmit power based on the first transmit power and an initially configured transmit power of the first carrier, where the second transmit power is a remaining transmit power of the first carrier in the first scheduling period. According to the power sharing method and apparatus provided in this application, a remaining transmit power of a carrier in a scheduling period is estimated based on the traffic volume of the to-be-scheduled terminal devices, thereby improving accuracy of transmit power sharing.
US11452043B2	Power enhancement techniques for vehicle-to-pedestrian wireless communication systems Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a wake up time period corresponding to a wake up cycle, transmit a message that includes an identifier of the UE within a first resource pool during a first portion of the wake up time period based on the wake up cycle, and monitor for a paging signal from a vehicle UE during a paging occasion of the wake up time period based on transmitting the message. A vehicle UE may identify a wake up configuration for a wake up time period, receive, within a first portion of the wake up time period, a message within a resource pool that includes the identifier of the UE. The vehicle UE may transmit a paging signal within a paging occasion of the wake up time period.
US11452041B2	UE and base station PAPR report A configuration for optimized UE power efficiency based on a PAPR report. The apparatus establishes a connection with a base station. The apparatus transmits, to the base station, a PAPR report indicating one or more parameters to adjust the PAPR of each ADC of the UE. The apparatus receives, from the base station, a downlink signal based on the PAPR report of the UE.
US11452033B2	Variable wireless beaconing based on system context A processor determines whether an information handling system is in a first state and directs a wireless data communication interface to provide a first connection beacon at a first rate based upon the information handling system being in the first state. The processor further determines whether the information handling system is in a second state and directs the first wireless data communication interface to provide the first connection beacon at a second rate based upon the information handling system being in the second state.
US11452017B2	Transmission configuration indication (TCI) state/beam determination for NR dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications for connecting, by a user equipment (UE), to a source cell via a first transmission configuration indication (TCI) state; connecting, by the UE, to a target cell via a second TCI state during a handover from the source cell to the target cell; determining, by the UE, whether a first transmission using the first TCI state overlaps in time with a second transmission using the second TCI state; and performing, by the UE, TCI selection between the first beam and the second TCI state based at least in part on the determination of whether the first transmission using the first TCI state overlaps or does not overlap with the second transmission using the second TCI state.
US11452010B2	Methods, systems, and devices for call session management via dynamic control of dual connectivity in a network Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data relating to a user equipment, where the user equipment is communicatively coupled to a first network node, and where the first network node employs a first radio access technology, determining whether there is an initiation of a call session for the user equipment to be facilitated by the first network node, determining, according to the data relating to the user equipment and responsive to determining that there is an initiation of a call session, a probability that the call session will become disconnected, and controlling connectivity between the user equipment and a second network node based on the probability that the call session will become disconnected, wherein the second network node employs a second radio access technology. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11452007B1	Wireless communication handovers for non-third generation partnership project (non-3GPP) access nodes A wireless communication network hands-in inbound User Equipment (UE) from a source communication network to a non-Third Partnership Project (non-3GPP) access node. In the wireless communication network, a Network Exposure Function (NEF) receives inbound UE context from the source communication network. An Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) detects when the inbound UE attaches to the non-3GPP access node to hand-in from the source communication network and responsively transfers a UE context request for the inbound UE to the NEF. The NEF transfers the inbound UE context to the AMF in response to the UE context request. The AMF transfers network signaling to one or more network functions to serve the inbound UE based on the inbound UE context.
US11452006B2	UE based fast return to 5G Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that allow the user equipment (UE) that initiated single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) handover during an active voice session from 5G new radio (NR) to 3G legacy system to effectively transition back from 3G legacy systems to 5G NR systems after conclusion of the active voice session. In one example, the UE may override radio resource control (RRC) connection release with evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) frequency information that may direct the UE to camp in E-UTRAN cell (LTE cell). In another example, the UE, as a local policy or configuration, may override the UTRAN cell information when the UE is registered in next generation radio access network (NR) cell as 5G capable UE.
US11451998B1	Systems and methods for communication system resource contention monitoring The disclosed method may include (1) detecting, by a communication resource of a communication system, an event indicative of traffic congestion in the communication resource, where the communication resource services one or more traffic flows, and where at least one of the traffic flows causes the event, (2) sampling, by the communication resource, in relation to detecting the event, status data indicating a current status of the communication resource during each of a plurality of time intervals, (3) transmitting, by the communication resource, to a receiving device external to the communication resource to control the communication system, at least one of (a) at least a portion of the status data that is associated with the at least one of the traffic flows or (b) control information for the at least one of the traffic flows based on that status data. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11451997B2	Systems and methods for a self-organizing network based on user equipment information A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to determine network slices for a plurality of user equipment (UE) devices associated with a base station wherein a particular network slice identifies a particular service category or a UE device attribute category associated with particular ones of the plurality of UE devices, determine a distribution of network slices for the base station based on the determined network slices for the plurality of UE devices, and determine an adjustment for an optimization parameter based on the distribution of network slices for the base station. The computer device may be further configured to adjust the optimization parameter for the base station based on the determined adjustment, wherein adjusted optimization parameter is used by the base station to manage data traffic associated with the plurality of UE devices.
US11451984B2	Resource management method, resource management system and workload scheduling apparatus for network slicing A resource management method, a resource management system, and a workload scheduling apparatus for network slicing are provided. In the method resource management, a service request related to an application type of a terminal device is received. A monitoring report of the terminal device is obtained according to the service request. The monitoring result relates to a condition of the radio resource used by the terminal device. A usage situation of a slicing resource is analyzed based on the slicing resource requested by the service request and the monitoring report to predict a predicted arrangement result of the slicing resource. The slicing resource requested by the service result is arranged according to the predicted arrangement result to transmit a corresponding setting configuration to the radio access network. The setting configuration serves to adjust the slicing resource. Accordingly, the request of the service and the current condition are fulfilled.
US11451975B2	Signal distribution system with integrated base transceiver station An communication system is disclosed which improves upon known distributed antenna systems and known signal distribution systems which rely on bidirectional amplifiers. The disclosed communication system incorporates an integrated base transceiver station into remote units or bidirectional amplifiers provided proximate a coverage area, where the coverage area is remote or closed off from a base coverage area for a distant signal source such as a base transceiver station.
US11451953B2	Methods, network function nodes and computer readable media for event subscription management The present disclosure provides methods for event subscription management in a network comprising a set of NF nodes, and corresponding NF nodes. The method comprises receiving a subscription request of an event for a user from an event subscriber, in response to receipt of the subscription request, transmitting, to a second network function node, a query request for querying whether the event for the user has been subscribed; and if a response to the query request from the second network function node indicates that the event for the user has been subscribed, transmitting, to the second network function node, an updating request for updating a subscriber list of the event for the user by the second network function node to include the event subscriber into the subscriber list. The present disclosure further discloses a corresponding method which comprises receiving a query request from a first network function node for querying whether an event for a user has been subscribed, in response to reception of the query request, checking whether an indicator indicating the event for the user has been subscribed has been set, and transmitting a check result to the first network function node. The present disclosure further provides corresponding computer readable medium.
US11451947B2	System, information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium storing a program In response to receiving an acquisition request for acquiring wireless connection information from an external apparatus, it is determined whether or not a sensor for detecting a nearby object has detected an object. If it is determined that the sensor has detected an object, the wireless connection information is transmitted to the external apparatus. If it is determined that the sensor has not detected an object, the wireless connection information is not transmitted to the external apparatus.
US11451946B2	Method for establishing wireless communication connection, and device A method includes a first device and sends a network scanning request to a second device over a short-range wireless communication connection between the first device and the second device; the first device receives a scanning result that is of at least one first wireless signal and that is sent by the second device; and the first device sends a wireless connection request to at least one third device based on a wireless signal scanning result to establish a wireless connection to the at least one third device, where the wireless signal scanning result includes the scanning result of the at least one first wireless signal.
US11451944B2	In-vehicle communication system Examples disclosed herein relate to illustrate an in-vehicle communication system having wireless extension devices, such as an active repeater or an edge reflectarray device. The wireless extension devices operate in coordination to redirect signals within a vehicle.
US11451940B2	Data transmission terminal, data transmission method, and recording medium In a data transmission terminal, a processor is configured to determine whether or not a change greater than or equal to a predetermined amount has occurred between values represented by multiple pieces of first sensor data stored on a memory when a state of communication has shifted from a normal state to a disconnected state. The processor is configured to classify the multiple pieces of the first sensor data as changed data and unchanged data when the processor determines that the change has occurred. The processor is configured to transmit the changed data to the external terminal by using a communicator. The processor is configured to transmit the unchanged data to the external terminal by using the communicator after the changed data are transmitted to the external terminal.
US11451938B2	Power outlet having availability notification An electrical receptacle including an outlet and an electronic process. The outlet is configured to receive an electrical device. The electronic processor is configured to output a signal when the outlet receives the electrical device. Wherein the signal is received by a notification control unit, the notification control unit configured to determine an availability of the electrical outlet based on the signal, and output information corresponding to the availability of the electrical receptacle, wherein the information is included in a map accessed by at least one selected from a group consisting of a computer, a smart phone, and a tablet.
US11451937B2	Complex computing network for improving establishment and streaming of audio communication among mobile computing devices Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for improving establishment and broadcasting of communication among mobile computing devices. For example, a method comprises determining a first user accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the first user; determining a second user accesses the mobile application on a second mobile device of the second user; and initiating the audio conversation between the first user and the second user, wherein the audio conversation is streamed to a third user who accesses the mobile application on a third mobile device of the third user.
US11451936B2	Method for forming group of Bluetooth devices A method for forming a group from a plurality of Bluetooth devices includes forming one subgroup with some of the plurality of Bluetooth devices; and, with respect to Bluetooth mediating devices that are at least some of the plurality of Bluetooth devices belonging to the subgroup, forming, by the Bluetooth mediating device, one lower subgroup having the subgroup as an upper subgroup thereof, together with the plurality of Bluetooth devices which do not yet belong to any subgroup.
US11451927B2	Positioning method, positioning apparatus, server, and computer-readable storage medium To perform positioning by a computing device, a position request transmitted by a terminal is received. The positioning request includes target access point information obtained by the terminal. Then a plurality of first geographic grids related to a location of the terminal is determined based on the target access point information. A positioning sequence of the plurality of first geographic grids is determined according to access point information corresponding to the plurality of first geographic grids and the target access point information. The positioning sequence indicates distances between the plurality of first geographic grids and the terminal. The location of the terminal is then determined based on the positioning sequence of the plurality of first geographic grids and location information of the plurality of first geographic grids.
US11451923B2	Location based audio signal message processing At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to modifying audio content using location specific spatial impulse responses.
US11451922B1	Head-mounted speaker array The described implementations of a head-mounted speaker array apparatus (“HMSAA”) include speaker arrays having one or more speakers that, when the HMSAA is worn on the head of a listener, are positioned forward of the pinna of each ear of the listener. For example, the HMSAA may include a first speaker array that is coupled to a frame that, when worn by a listener, positions the first speaker array forward of a first pinna of a first ear of the listener. A second speaker array may also be coupled to the frame at a position that, when the frame is worn by the listener, the second speaker array is positioned forward of a second pinna of the second ear of the listener.
US11451914B2	System and method for hybrid in-person and remote audio/visual conference broadcasting A hybrid in-person and remote audiovisual conference broadcasting system provides a centrally controlled system for managing and broadcasting the audiovisual data collected from mobile devices both in humanly perceptible proximity of an in-person public-address system and beyond humanly perceptible proximity to the in-person public-address system. In an exemplar embodiment, a moderator controls requests from various participant members to broadcast audio or video from their personal mobile device to the other group members. Some members may be in proximity to an in-person public address system where they may for example be able to hear amplified audio and see live projected or otherwise presented video. In this exemplar embodiment, remote users not in proximity to the in-person public address system may also participate by for example listening to and viewing the broadcast audiovisual data on their personal mobile devices. Both in-person/local users and remote users may request to be selected for broadcasting to all users.
US11451908B2	Network microphone devices with automatic do not disturb actuation capabilities Embodiments disclosed herein include networked microphone devices (NMD) determining whether a Do Not Disturb (DND) feature should be activated, in response to determining that the DND feature should be activated, activating the DND feature. In some embodiments, the NMD determines whether to activate the DND feature based on various configuration and operational states. And in some embodiments, activating the DND feature includes activating the DND feature includes activating the DND feature at one or more additional NMDs based on the configuration and operational state of the NMD and the one or more additional NMDs.
US11451903B2	System for reducing vibrations in loudspeaker A speaker device is disclosed. The speaker device includes a speaker enclosure structure including a speaker. The speaker is an electro-mechanical component, which in operation generates sound waves by deflection of a speaker membrane and in collaboration with the speaker enclosure structure. The speaker device further includes a speaker device housing. The speaker device housing is an outer shell of the speaker device and may accommodate additional electronic components required for operation of the speaker or for other purposes. The speaker enclosure structure is mechanically coupled to the speaker device housing. The speaker device further includes at least one coupling element, wherein the speaker enclosure structure is mechanically coupled to the speaker device housing by the at least one coupling element, the coupling element having a vibration damping structure configured to inhibit mechanical vibrations being transmitted through the coupling element.
US11451902B1	Speaker with vented resonator Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices having speakers with vented resonators. A vented resonator may have a resonator chamber and a channel that fluidly couples a front volume of the speaker with the resonator chamber. A vent such as a barometric vent may be disposed in a wall of the resonator chamber that separates the resonator chamber from the back volume of the speaker. The barometric vent may thus allow airflow from the front volume to the back volume via the resonator chamber, and prevent fluid flow from the front volume to the back volume via the resonator chamber.
US11451899B2	Bluetooth earphone system, and earphone case for storing and charging Bluetooth earphones An earphone case for storing and charging Bluetooth (BT) earphones includes: an earphone container for accommodating a pair of BT earphones; a BT circuit for communicating with the pair of BT earphones through BT communication after the pair of BT earphones is taken out; a microphone for receiving outside sound to generate a microphone signal after the pair of BT earphones is taken out; an audio circuit for generating an audio signal according to the microphone signal and providing the audio signal for the pair of BT earphones through the BT circuit in a predetermined mode; a user interface for generating a control signal according to user control after the pair of BT earphones is taken out, and providing the control signal for the pair of BT earphones through the BT circuit; and a control circuit for controlling the interaction between the earphone case and the pair of BT earphones.
US11451895B2	Eyewear accommodating headset Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support. An example headset may comprise an ear cup with two or more distinct sections that differ in one or more characteristics. A first section is adaptively configured to accommodate a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset, and a second section is configured to maintain contact with a temple of the wearer of the headset. The different sections may comprise different foams (or different parts of foam, each with different characteristics). The characteristics may comprise hardness and/or density. Another example headset may comprise an ear cup with a divot that accommodates the temple piece of the eyeglasses.
US11451894B2	Ear cup structure An ear cup structure including an ear cup shell, a cover, a discharge hole, a speaker, and a guide channel is provided. The ear cup shell has at least a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space spaced from each other, and the second accommodating space has a second opening. The cover covers the second opening of the second accommodating space. The discharge hole is formed between the ear cup shell and the cover. The speaker is disposed in the second accommodating space, thereby dividing the second accommodating space into a front chamber and a rear chamber. The guide channel is communicated with a peripheral side of the rear chamber and is disposed between the rear chamber and the discharge hole. An airflow produced by the speaker in the rear chamber flows through the guide channel and is discharged to an external environment from the discharge hole.
US11451893B2	Integrated acoustic coupler for professional sound industry in-ear monitors An integrated acoustic coupler for use in sound engineering testing of an IEM (in-ear monitor). The integrated acoustic coupler comprises an integrated coupler body having an input, a first chamber and an output port. The input defines an IEM seat defined by a foam member and into an which an IEM may be inserted to define an air-tight seal between the foam and the IEM. The first chamber is in fluid communication with the IEM seat and interconnected with at least one second chamber via a passageway configured for creating compliance and impedance to simulate a human ear. The output port is configured for electronically interconnecting to an XLR cable and outputting a signal from an IEM under test to a mixer or audio analyzer.
US11451889B2	Reconfigurable computing pods using optical networks with one-to-many optical switches Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an apparatus for generating clusters of building blocks of compute nodes using an optical network. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data specifying requested compute nodes for a computing workload. The data specifies a target arrangement of the nodes. A subset of building blocks of a superpod is selected. A logical arrangement of the subset of compute nodes that matches the target arrangement is determined. A workload cluster of compute nodes that includes the subset of the building blocks is generated. For each dimension of the workload cluster, respective routing data for two or more OCS switches for the dimension is configured. One-to-many switches are configured such that a second compute node of each segment of compute nodes is connected to a same OCS switch as a corresponding first compute node of a corresponding segment to which the second compute node is connected.
US11451881B2	Method for using viewing paths in navigation of 360 degree videos Systems and methods are described for displaying 360-degree video using a viewing direction and/or a viewpoint position that is determined based on a user-selected level of automation. If full automation is selected by the user, the viewing direction and/or viewport position is determined by a defined viewing path. If partial automation is selected, the viewing direction and/or viewport position is determined by user input in combination with the defined viewing path. For example, a high-pass-filtered version of the user input may be added to the defined viewing path to obtain a partially-automated viewing direction and/or viewpoint position. Example systems and methods may be implemented using a head-mounted display (HMD).
US11451879B2	Controlling playout of advertisement content during video-on-demand video streaming on an end-user terminal A method (100) of controlling playout of advertisement content during video-on-demand video streaming on an end-user client terminal comprising steps of: receiving (110) advertisement content from an advertisement server; receiving (112) video-on-demand, VoD, content from a content delivery network; obtaining (114) network quality metrics between the end-user terminal and the content delivery network; predicting (116) whether a stalling event will occur during playout of VoD content within a prediction time window based on the network quality metrics; and playing out (118) received VoD content and received advertisement content, wherein playout of advertisement content within the prediction time window is dependent on a result of the prediction.
US11451877B2	Optimizing media fingerprint retention to improve system resource utilization Provided are devices, computer-program products, and methods related to removing redundant data associated with frames. For example, a method can include storing a plurality of reference data sets in a reference database, where a reference data set is associated with a media segment. The method can further include receiving, by a server, cue data for a frame. The cue data includes a plurality of pixel data samples from the frame, and the frame is associated with an unidentified media segment. The method can further include identifying an absence of a pixel data sample from the cue data for the frame, and matching the cue data for the frame to a reference data set. The matching can include using a previous pixel data sample from a previous frame. The previous pixel data sample corresponds to the pixel data sample absent from the frame, and the reference data set is associated with a media segment. The method can further include determining the unidentified media segment is the media segment.
US11451876B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for video output brightness adjustment Systems and methods are operable to increase brightness output from a display. An exemplary embodiment detects a predefined user action of a remote control, and then increases brightness of a currently presented image that is being presented on the display in response to detecting the predefined user action so that an ambient lighting level in the vicinity of the display is increased.
US11451873B2	Attracting user attention to advertisements One or more videos are presented to a user. The videos include a plurality of hidden artifacts. The videos also include advertisements. The user looks for the hidden artifacts in the videos. Whenever the user finds the hidden artifacts in one of the videos, the user selects locations in the videos that correspond to the hidden artifacts. A computing device performs different actions depending on which ones of the hidden artifacts the user is able to find. For example, the computing device can provide different rewards to the user depending on which ones of the hidden artifacts the user is able to find.
US11451869B2	5G media streaming network capability discovery and expression Systems and methods for media processing and streaming is provided, a method is performed by at least one processor for managing capabilities of a media streaming network. The method includes receiving a capability request from an external application server: transmitting an internal capability request to at least one streaming application server; receiving capability information from the at least one streaming application server; creating a capability list based on the capability information; and transmitting the capability list to the external application server.
US11451856B2	Providing visual content editing functions A method of adjusting visual content. The method comprises selecting, on a client terminal, visual content, extracting visual content data pertaining to the visual content, forwarding a request which includes the visual content data to a network node via a network, receiving, in response to the request, a list of a plurality of visual content editing functions from the network node, presenting, on the client terminal, the plurality of visual content editing functions to a user, receiving a selection of at least one member of the list from the user, adjusting the visual content using the at least one member, and outputting, the adjusted visual content.
US11451855B1	Voice interaction with digital signage using mobile device A digital signage system allows a person to use the person's own mobile device as a voice input device to the digital signage system and also can leverage the person's mobile device in other ways such as by accepting other inputs from the mobile device, providing various outputs to the mobile device, or utilizing communication capabilities of the mobile device.
US11451844B2	Assigning synthetic respondents to geographic locations for audience measurement Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to assign respondents to geographic locations for audience measurement are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein are to determine a set of constraints based on aggregate values of demographic features associated with respective ones of the geographic locations. Disclosed example apparatus are also to construct a model to return probabilities that respective ones the respondents are associated with the respective ones of the geographic locations, the model to have a set of parameters, respective ones of the parameters to be associated with respective ones of the constraints. Disclosed example apparatus are further to evaluate the model based on values of the set of parameters and values of the demographic features for a first one of the respondents to determine a set of probabilities that the first respondent is to be assigned to respective ones of the geographic locations.
US11451840B2	Trellis coded quantization coefficient coding An example device includes processing circuitry configured to determine a first state of a data structure, the first state representing a first quantizer applied to a previously quantized or inverse quantized value of a previous transform coefficient of residual data for a block of the video data and update the data structure to a second state according to the first state and a parity of a partial set of syntax elements representing a partial set of a plurality of coefficient levels for the previous transform coefficient. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a second quantizer to be used to quantize or inverse quantize a current value of a current transform coefficient according to the second state of the data structure and quantize or inverse quantize the current value of the current transform coefficient using the second quantizer.
US11451839B1	System and method for client side compression in a content management environment Embodiments of content management systems in which compression and decompression may be performed at the client in cases where the client device or application may be capable of such compression and decompression while still allowing compression to be performed at the content management system when client devices or applications are unable to perform such compression or decompression are disclosed.
US11451835B2	Method and device for entropy coding and decoding using mapping of matching relationship parameters An image coding method and apparatus and an image decoding method and apparatus are provided by the present invention. The image coding method includes: implementing matching coding for pixels of an input video image to obtain one or more matching relationship parameters, herein the matching relationship parameters are parameters used in a process of constructing predicted values and/or reconstructed values of the pixels in the image; mapping the matching relationship parameters to obtain mapped values of the matching relationship parameters; and performing entropy coding on the mapped values of the matching relationship parameters. The present invention addresses the problem existing in the conventional art which is caused by the direct implementation of entropy coding for matching relationship parameters and achieves a good data compression effect through entropy coding.
US11451834B2	Method and apparatus for cross-component filtering Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus including processing circuitry for video decoding. The processing circuitry decodes coded information of a chroma coding block (CB) from a coded video bitstream. The coded information indicates that a cross-component filter is applied to the chroma CB and indicates a chroma subsampling format and a chroma sample type. The processing circuitry determines a filter shape of the cross-component filter based on at least one of the chroma subsampling format and the chroma sample type. The processing circuitry generates a first intermediate CB by applying a loop filter to the chroma CB and generates a second intermediate CB by applying the cross-component filter having the determined filter shape to the corresponding luma CB. The processing circuitry determines a filtered chroma CB based on the first intermediate CB and the second intermediate CB.
US11451829B2	Method and apparatus for video coding An apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry configured to receive a split direction syntax element, a first index syntax element, and a second index syntax element that are associated with a coding block coded with a triangular prediction mode. The coding block can be partitioned into two triangular prediction units according to a split direction indicated by the split direction syntax element. The first and second index syntax elements can indicate a first merge index and a second merge index to a merge candidate list constructed for the two triangular prediction units. The coding block can be reconstructed according to the split direction, the first merge index, and second merge index.
US11451819B2	Clipping of updated MV or derived MV Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes motion prediction based on updated motion vectors generated using two-step inter-prediction, are described. Methods for clipping of updated MV or derived MV are described. An exemplary method for video coding includes: determining original motion information for a current block; updating original motion vectors of the original motion information for the current block based on a refining method; clipping the updated motion vectors to be within a range; and performing a conversion between the current block and a bitstream representation of a video including the current block, based on the clipped updated motion vectors.
US11451815B2	Image coding method and image coding apparatus An image coding method includes: selecting a first picture from plural pictures; setting a first temporal motion vector prediction flag which is associated with the first picture and is a temporal motion vector prediction flag indicating whether or not temporal motion vector prediction is to be used, to indicate that the temporal motion vector prediction is not to be used, and coding the first temporal motion vector prediction flag; coding the first picture without using the temporal motion vector prediction; and coding a second picture which follows the first picture in coding order, with referring to a motion vector of a picture preceding the first picture in coding order being prohibited.
US11451811B2	Method and apparatus for video coding Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. An apparatus includes processing circuitry that obtains a gate flag for each of at least one constraint information group in constraint information signaled in a coded video bitstream. Each gate flag indicates whether a constraint information group of the at least one constraint information group corresponding to the respective gate flag is present in the constraint information. The constraint information is for a subset of coding blocks in the coded video bitstream. Whether the constraint information group of the gate flag is present in the constraint information is determined based on the gate flag. The constraint information group includes at least one constraint flag for the subset of coding blocks. Prediction information for the subset of coding blocks is determined based on whether the constraint information group of the gate flag is present in the constraint information.
US11451809B2	Method and apparatus for video coding An apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry can be configured to receive data of a current block coded with an intra block copy (IBC) mode in a bitstream. A block vector of the current block can be determined based on a history-based block vector prediction (HBVP) table that includes one or more entries each corresponding to a previously decoded block. Each entry can include a block vector of the corresponding previously decoded block and a location of the corresponding previously decoded block. The current block can be reconstructed based on the determined block vector of the current block.
US11451808B2	Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, and image decoding apparatus According to an embodiment, an image coding method is for coding an image including a luminance component and color difference components. The method includes acquiring a reference image; and generating a predicted image by interpolating the luminance component and the color difference components in the reference image according to a motion vector. If a size of a block, which is designated as a unit of the interpolation, is equal to or smaller than a predetermined first threshold value, the generating includes inhibiting a bi-directional prediction, and performing only a uni-directional prediction to generate the predicted image according to the motion vector.
US11451799B2	Transmission bit-rate control in a video encoder A video encoder receives a minimum number of bits (MIN) and a maximum number of bits (MAX) to be used to encode a segment of a sequence of image frames, the segment including a set of pictures contained in the sequence of image frames. The video encoder encodes the set of pictures using a total number of bits greater than the minimum number of bits (MIN), and not exceeding the maximum number of bits (MAX). Thus, the transmission bit-rate of the video encoder can be constrained to lie within a maximum and minimum rate. In an embodiment, the constraints are enforced over relatively short time intervals.
US11451796B2	Video processing method and apparatus for signaling using palette mode The present disclosure provides systems and methods for signaling and using a palette mode in video processing. According to certain disclosed embodiments, an exemplary video processing method includes: receiving a first palette entry for palette coding a target coding unit (CU); determining whether the target CU is part of a single-tree slice; determining whether the target CU is coded with separate luma and chroma trees; and in response to the target CU being determined to be part of a single-tree slice and be coded with separate luma and chroma trees, decoding a first component of the target CU based on the first palette entry, and decoding a second component of the target CU based on a default palette entry.
US11451795B2	Supplemental enhancement information including confidence level and mixed content information This application relates to video encoding and decoding, and specifically to tools and techniques for using and providing supplemental enhancement information in bitstreams. Among other things, the detailed description presents innovations for bitstreams having supplemental enhancement information (SEI). In particular embodiments, the SEI message includes picture source data (e.g., data indicating whether the associated picture is a progressive scan picture or an interlaced scan picture and/or data indicating whether the associated picture is a duplicate picture). The SEI message can also express a confidence level of the encoder's relative confidence in the accuracy of this picture source data. A decoder can use the confidence level indication to determine whether the decoder should separately identify the picture as progressive or interlaced and/or a duplicate picture or honor the picture source scanning information in the SEI as it is.
US11451789B2	Systems and methods for signaling buffering period information in video coding A method of decoding video data includes: receiving a buffering period message; parsing a first syntax element in the buffering period message, wherein the first syntax element plus one specifies a maximum number (M) of temporal sublayers for which coded picture buffer removal delay and coded picture buffer removal offset are indicated in the buffering period message; and parsing a second syntax element in the buffering period message, in a case that a value of the first syntax element is greater than a threshold value, wherein the second syntax element specifies whether decoded picture buffer output time offsets are present for temporal sublayer representations.
US11451788B2	Rate control for low latency video encoding and transmission A video encoding system in which pixel data is decomposed into frequency bands prior to encoding. The frequency bands for a slice of a frame may be buffered so that complexity statistics may be calculated across the frequency bands prior to encoding. The statistics may then be used by a rate control component in determining quantization parameters for the frequency bands for modulating the rate in the encoder for the current slice. The quantization parameters for the frequency bands may be calculated jointly to optimize the quality of the displayed frames after decoder reconstruction and wavelet synthesis on a receiving device. Information about one or more previously processed frames may be used in combination with the statistics for a current slice in determining the quantization parameters for the current slice.
US11451787B2	Method and apparatus for video encoding and decoding A video coding method is provided. The method includes obtaining an input video frame, obtaining a sampling parameter corresponding to the input video frame, determining downsampling information according to the sampling parameter, and encoding the input video frame according to the downsampling information to obtain encoded data corresponding to the input video frame, where determining the downsampling information includes: in response to determining the input video frame includes a B-frame, selecting a first downsampling proportion for the B-frame; and in response to determining the input video frame includes a P-frame, selecting a second downsampling proportion for the P-frame, the second downsampling proportion is lower than the first downsampling proportion, and the first and the second downsampling proportions are part of the downsampling information.
US11451778B2	Adjusting quantization/scaling and inverse quantization/scaling when switching color spaces Innovations in adaptive encoding and decoding for units of a video sequence can improve coding efficiency when switching between color spaces during encoding and decoding. For example, some of the innovations relate to adjustment of quantization or scaling when an encoder switches color spaces between units within a video sequence during encoding. Other innovations relate to adjustment of inverse quantization or scaling when a decoder switches color spaces between units within a video sequence during decoding.
US11451771B2	Moving-image decoder using intra-prediction, moving-image decoding method using intra-prediction, moving-image encoder using intra-prediction, moving-image encoding method using intra-prediction, and computer readable recording medium A moving-image decoder includes a decoding means configured to decode a bitstream representing a moving image including a block encoded using intra-prediction, an inverse processing means configured to generate difference values in pixels of the block by inverse-quantizing and inverse-transforming a level value of the block obtained from a result of decoding, an intra-prediction means configured to generate predicted values of pixels of the block according to intra-prediction based on pixel values of reconstructed blocks around the block, and a reconstruction means configured to reconstruct the block on the basis of the generated difference values and the generated predicted values, wherein the intra-prediction means is configured to generate a reference line for use in the intra-prediction by synthesizing a plurality of lines of the reconstructed blocks around the block.
US11451769B2	Method and device for MPM list generation for multi-line intra prediction A method of and device for controlling multi-line intra prediction using a non-zero reference line. The method includes determining whether an intra prediction mode of a first neighboring block of a current block is an angular mode, determining whether an intra prediction mode of a second neighboring block of the current block is an angular mode, and generating a Most Probable Mode (MPM) list of the current block.
US11451768B2	Method for image processing and apparatus for implementing the same A method of processing an image divided into a plurality of pixel blocks which are processed according to a processing sequence is provided, which comprises, for a current pixel block: determining an application area comprising a set of pixels in blocks preceding the current block in the processing sequence; performing a gradient analysis on at least one pixel of the application area; selecting at least two intra prediction video coding modes among a plurality of intra prediction video coding modes usable for processing the current pixel block, wherein at least one of the selected intra prediction video coding modes is selected based on the gradient analysis; determining a plurality of predictors of the current pixel block based on the at least two selected intra prediction video coding modes; and generating a predictor of the current pixel block based on the determined plurality of predictors.
US11451766B1	Device and method for controlling communication of information An electronic device is provided that may include an output to present audio/video (AV) content, and a memory to store executable instructions. The electronic device can also provide a communications interface configured to communicate with a network resource, and one or more processors. The one or more processors when implementing the executable instructions are configured to obtain a camera characteristic related to a camera of a remote electronic device, and identify a condition present in the environment of interest of the remote electronic device based on the camera characteristic. The one or more processors are also configured to undertake a remedial action based on the condition identified.
US11451762B2	Head-mounted viewable device and eye-tracking system for use in head-mounted viewable device A head-mounted viewable device includes a display configured to display and project a virtual scene image to a user's eye, a VR optical lens configured to construct an optical path between the display and the user's eye for allowing a virtual scene image being observed by the user's eye, and an eye-tracking system configured to detect a sight direction of the user's eye and adjust a display position of the virtual scene image based on the detected sight direction. The eye-tracking system includes at least one light source configured to project the detection light and a receiving module configured to receive the reflected detection light reflected to determine the sight direction of the user's eye. The receiving module is positioned at a side of the VR optical lens and arranged to face towards the user's eye such that the detection light reflected by the user's eye is directly received by the receiving module.
US11451754B2	Display and method of constructing same A display system and a method of forming a display are disclosed. A beam is formed from a first substantially flat substrate, a sidewall is formed from a second substantially flat substrate, and a panel is formed from a third substantially flat substrate. The beam includes a first slot, the sidewall is joined to an end of the beam and includes a second slot, and the panel includes an interior portion and first and second tabs extending outwardly from the interior portion. The first tab is inserted into the first slot and the second tab is inserted into the second slot to secure the panel to the beam and the sidewall.
US11451753B2	Light source module and projector A light source module configured to provide an illumination light beam is provided. The light source module includes first, second, third and fourth light source components and a heat sink structure. The first light source component emits red light. The second light source component emits first green light. The third light source component emits first blue light. The fourth light source component emits second blue light towards the second light source component. The second light source component converts the second blue light into second green light. The illumination light beam includes the red light, the first green light, the first blue light, and the second green light. The heat sink structure is connected to the first light source component and is connected to one of the second light source component and the fourth light source component. In addition, a projector having the light source module is also provided.
US11451750B2	Event generation based on user feedback by doorbell camera system A method for generating an event, which is performed by a doorbell camera system disclosed in the present disclosure may include acquiring video of a visitor, outputting the acquired video of the visitor to a user, learning the user's feedback on the visitor, storing information of the visitor and a learning result of the user's feedback on the visitor, and generating an event based on the information of the visitor and the learning result of the user's feedback.
US11451748B2	Bandwidth based licensing scheme for video, audio and/or multimedia content Methods and apparatus are provided for licensing service providers to process video, audio and/or multimedia content using a video processing device. A license key indicative of a license for an amount of bandwidth is generated. The license key is used at the video processing device to enforce the license based on whether there is sufficient licensed bandwidth available to accommodate a newly created output transport stream. If there is sufficient licensed bandwidth available, processing of the newly created output transport stream is allowed. If there is insufficient licensed bandwidth available, processing of the newly created output transport stream is denied. The service providers are charged a license fee to use the video processing equipment based on the licensed bandwidth.
US11451745B2	Conference device with multi-videostream control A conference device comprising a first image sensor for provision of first image data, a first image processor configured for provision of a first primary videostream and a first secondary videostream based on the first image data, an intermediate image processor in communication with the first image processor and configured for provision of a field-of-view videostream and a region-of-interest videostream, wherein the field-of-view videostream is based on the first primary videostream, and the region-of-interest videostream is based on the first secondary videostream, and an output processor configured to determine first image control data based on the field-of-view videostream and transmit the first image control data to the first image processor, wherein the first image processor is configured for provision of the first secondary videostream based on the first image control data.
US11451740B1	Video-image-interpolation apparatus and method for adaptive motion-compensated frame interpolation A video-image-interpolation apparatus is provided, which includes at least three image-layering circuits, at least three motion-estimation circuits, a motion-estimation-filtering circuit, a motion-compensated frame-interpolation circuit, and a display-control circuit. Each motion-estimation circuit performs motion estimation on a reference image-layer sequence and a reference subtitle-layer sequence that are generated from an input video signal by each image-layering circuit. The motion-estimation-filtering circuit adaptively determines the motion-estimation circuit having the smallest motion error. The motion-compensated frame-interpolation circuit performs motion compensation to generate one or more interpolated image-layer images and one or more interpolated subtitle-layer images according to the motion vectors calculated by the motion-estimation circuit having the smallest motion error, and superimposes the one or more interpolated image-layer images and the one or more interpolated subtitle-layer images to generate interpolated images. The display-control circuit performs frame-rate conversion on the reference images and the interpolated images to obtain an output video signal.
US11451736B2	Data segment service Aspects of the disclosure relate to the delivery of media content over a network. Specifically, aspects are directed to identification and/or extraction of a selected data such as a video clip from content and providing identifying information to a user to retrieve, view, and/or share the selected video clip. Aspects described herein provide the ability to identify a starting point and stopping point of a video clip on a media gateway device and generate a URL that can be used and/or shared in order to access the selected video clip. The URL may identify a stored media clip, or may contain information from which a video clip can be recreated.
US11451733B2	Optoelectronic device for reducing signal reset number and frame time An optoelectronic device is provided. The optoelectronic device includes a photodetector including a light-absorption region, 2N control contact layers electrically coupled to the light-absorption region, and 2N readout contact layers electrically coupled to the light-absorption region, wherein N is a positive integer larger than or equal to 2.
US11451732B2	Photoelectric conversion apparatus, imaging system, and moving body A photoelectric conversion apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit, a transistor configured to process a signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit, and an analog-to-digital conversion circuit. The apparatus further includes a first semiconductor substrate on which the photoelectric conversion units and the transistors of the plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, a second semiconductor substrate on which a plurality of circuit blocks is two-dimensionally arranged, a bonding portion configured to electrically connect the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, and a wiring arranged between the first semiconductor substrate and the bonding portion. The wiring is connected to the transistors of the plurality of pixels and configured to supply a control signal to the transistors of the plurality of pixels.
US11451710B2	Adaptive panoramic video streaming using composite pictures Innovations in stream configuration operations and playback operations for adaptive streaming of panoramic video are described. The innovations include features of adaptive streaming of panoramic video with composite pictures. For example, a stream configuration tool splits an input picture of panoramic video into multiple sections and creates multiple composite pictures. A composite picture includes one of the sections as well as a low-resolution version of the input picture. A playback tool reconstructs one or more composite pictures. Under normal operation, the playback tool can use the reconstructed section(s) of the composite picture(s) to render high-quality views of the panoramic video. If the view window dramatically changes, however, or if encoded data for a section is lost or corrupted, the playback tool can use the low-resolution version of the input picture to render lower-quality details for views of the panoramic video, without disruption of playback.
US11451698B2	Medical system and control unit In a case where a plurality of imaging apparatuses is used for a surgery, the appearance is regulated between images captured by the respective imaging apparatuses. According to the present disclosure, a medical system is provided, the medical system including a plurality of surgical imaging apparatuses and a control unit to which each of the surgical imaging apparatuses is connected, the control unit including a signal processing unit that links images captured by the respective surgical imaging apparatuses. With this configuration, in a case where a plurality of imaging apparatuses is arranged for a surgery, it becomes possible to regulate the appearance between images captured by the respective imaging apparatuses.
US11451692B2	Systems and methods for secure video devices Systems and methods for secure video devices are provided. A video device includes a privacy module that can be automatically or manually activated to obscure the field of view of the video device. The video device also includes a visual indicator for indicating when the camera has been activated, in order to alert individuals within view of the camera that the camera is active. The system can automatically detect when a privacy breach occurs (e.g., if an unauthorized user gains access to the camera) and can automatically activate the privacy module in response to the detected privacy breach in order to obscure the field of view of the camera and maintain the privacy of individuals within the field of view of the camera.
US11451684B2	Processor having a plurality of cores and a controller that switches power states based on cores state An apparatus includes a control unit that switches a power state between first and second power states, the first power state being a state where one of a plurality of cores is usable and the other cores are unusable, the second power state being a state where the plurality of cores is unusable. Based on reception of the predetermined signal in a case where the apparatus is in the second power state, the control unit causes the apparatus to transition from the second power state to the first power state, and under a first condition to be met after the transition to the first power state in a case where the apparatus is in the first power state, the control unit causes the apparatus to transition from the first power state to the second power state.
US11451678B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and recording medium define a folding lines to process user information in accordance with a position and a size of area in a template An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device to perform image formation and circuitry. The circuitry acquires, from a memory, a template image defining a user information area in which user information is input, acquires the user information based on a user input operation, processes the user information in accordance with a position and a size of the user information area, generates a combined image in which the user information is combined with the template image acquired from the memory, and instructs the image forming device to form the combined image on a sheet.
US11451674B2	Printing system, control method thereof, and storage medium for verifying print results in a plurality of sheet discharged destinations of different type In a system that verifies a print detect in a printed sheet, inconsistency between the sheet side at the time of reference image registration and that at the time of verification processing is prevented from occurring without imposing complicated work on a user. An image on a sample sheet is registered in advance as a reference image in association with the sheet side and at the same time, the sheet discharge setting for the sample sheet is stored. Verification is performed by matching the sheet side associated with the reference image and the verification-target side of the printed sheet based on the sheet discharge setting stored as a sheet discharge setting in the print processing.
US11451655B1	System and method of use for vehicular occupant safety The invention is a system and use method for providing safety to living occupants inside a closed, locked vehicle, such as a child or a pet left inside, or a driver who has become incapacitated after parking but while still inside the closed, locked vehicle.
US11451642B1	Econtent aggregation for socialization A system, method, and computer program product for content aggregation is provided. The method includes enabling content tracking of each of the plurality of electronic device users for content viewed, streamed and/or stored by the electronic device users on electronic devices, receiving in real time content tracking information and device information, storing the content tracking information and the device information and the user information, aggregating active content stored during the storing across all of the plurality of electronic device users and determining a degree of user-to-user content overlap from the aggregating, and providing an application feature to each of the plurality of electronic device users displaying a number and demographics of other active users engaged with content that is the same as content engaged by each of the plurality of electronic device users.
US11451629B2	Distributed metadata management method for distributed file system The embodiments of the present disclosure discloses a distributed metadata management method for a distributed file system. A specific mode of carrying out the method includes: receiving a request to access a target metadata, wherein the request is sent by a first client, the request carries an ID of the target metadata, the ID consists of an area ID of the target metadata and an index ID of the target metadata; receiving the area ID returned by the first client; parsing the area ID and routing to a first target partition; finding the target metadata in the first target partition based on the index ID; and returning the target metadata to the first client. This method stores metadata in each partition of the server cluster.
US11451627B2	System and method for content management with intelligent data store access across distributed stores A configuration object is provided to configure a server. The configuration object can include storage node information for a first set of storage nodes available to a server. The configuration object determines, from the storage node information, a second set of storage nodes for inclusion in a map. The configuration object maps each storage node in the second set of storage nodes to a different index value in a set of index values. The configuration object receives an object identifier for a first object, transforms the object identifier into a resulting index value in the set of index values and, based on a determination that a first storage node is mapped to the resulting index value in the map, selects the first storage node as a target storage node for servicing a request to perform a first operation with respect to the first object.
US11451618B2	Universal voice assistant Described are systems and methods for enabling voice interaction with appliances, services (e.g., media streaming services, gaming services, news feed services, social platform services, etc.), and the like by way of appropriate supplied apps (also referred to as “skills,” “actions,” or the like) which may be presented or downloaded to a smart device having associated therewith one or more cloud-based voice service platforms.
US11451616B2	Terminal emulation over HTML A method for converting data between two data transfer protocols is described. The method includes receiving first HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) enabled data from a first computer system. The method also includes converting the first HTTP-enabled data obtained from the first computer system to first remote terminal session data. The method also includes sending the first remote terminal session data to a second computer system via a remote terminal session.
US11451613B2	Server for providing media files for download by a user and the corresponding system and method A server for providing media files for download by a user with an operating system in which the user is created, a media table stored in a memory, in which at least a first media ID is assigned to a first media file and a second media ID is assigned to a second media file, an identification table stored in a memory, in which an identifier that can be assigned to an identification carrier is stored and assigned to the user, and an assignment table stored in a memory, wherein the first media ID and/or the second media ID can be assigned, in the allocation table, to the identifier and the first media ID is not assigned to the identifier, with a program routine provided on the server, with which the user changes the allocation table and assigns the first media ID to the identifier in the allocation table.
US11451612B2	Network address resolution A content delivery method, and related apparatus, that involves the operations of receiving a request for a content resource including at least one embedded resource with a tag. Upon identification of the tag, using at least one delivery parameter to generate a modified embedded resource. Embedding the modified embedded resource in a content resource, such as an HTML document. Delivering, such as in response to request from a browser, the content resource with the modified embedded resource.
US11451611B1	Remote asset notification A system for providing remote monitoring of assets is disclosed. The system provides secure communication with one or more assets and receive operational data from the one or more assets. The system generates a graphical user interface that be used for selection of inputs from the one or more assets and specification of conditions to be applied to inputs for generation of alerts. The system can receive a selection of one or more asset outputs and two or more conditions. The conditions are applied to the selection of one or more assets to generate alerts when at least one of the conditions is satisfied.
US11451609B2	Technologies for accelerated HTTP processing with hardware acceleration Technologies for accelerated HTTP message processing include a computing device having a network controller. The computing device may generate an HTTP message, frame the HTTP message to generate a transport protocol packet such as a TCP/IP packet or QUIC packet, and pass the transport protocol packet to the network controller. The network controller compresses the HTTP header of the HTTP message, encrypts the compressed HTTP message, and transmits the encrypted message to a remote device. The network controller may segment the transport protocol packet into multiple segmented packets. The network controller may receive transport protocol packets that include encrypted HTTP message. The network controller decrypts the encrypted HTTP message to generate a compressed HTTP message, decompresses the HTTP message, and steers the HTTP message to a receive queue based on contents of an HTTP header. The network controller may coalesce multiple transport protocol packets. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11451600B2	System and method for providing an ethernet interface In one embodiment, an apparatus includes n electrical communication channels, m optical communication media interfaces, and a plurality of muxes. The plurality of muxes are configured to receive an information stream. The information stream is carried over the n electrical communication channels and the m optical communication media interfaces. The plurality of muxes are further configured to transform the information stream from v virtual lanes. Each virtual lane includes a plurality of data blocks from the information stream and an alignment block, wherein v is a positive integer multiple of the least common multiple of m and n, v is greater than n, and n is equal to m.
US11451598B1	Systems and methods for digital media storage Systems and methods for creating automatic digital representations of events may include (1) transmitting a preview segment of a recommended media item to a user's device for presentation within a media consumption interface presented within a display element of the device, (2) receiving, from the device, an indication that the user has selected a user-selectable save element presented in association with the preview segment within the media consumption interface, and (3) in response to receiving the indication, adding a full-length version of the recommended media item to a digital container maintained for the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11451593B2	Persistent co-presence group videoconferencing system Disclosed is a system for connecting to an online meeting room with multiple people. A first client device of a first user initiates a connection to the online meeting room. After the connection has been initiated, the first client device starts receiving video data and audio data from one or more client devices of one or more other users connected to the online meeting room. While connected to the online meeting room, the first client device displays a video stream based on the received video data from the one or more client device of the one or more other users connected to the online meeting. Upon receiving a request from a second user to start a conversation with the first user, the first client device plays an audio stream based on the audio data received from the client device of the second user.
US11451592B2	Method and apparatus for user communication in live stream room, device and storage medium A method for user communication in a live stream room, apparatus, electronic device and medium are provided. An implementation of the method may include: in response to a request for creating a discussion group from a primary user, determining target secondary users from other participants in the live stream room except the primary user; sending an invitation message to the target secondary users for inviting the target users to join the discussion group; and creating the discussion group, with the primary user and a target secondary user who confirms joining as members of the discussion group, and associating thereto a user identification of the primary user, a user identification of a target secondary user who confirms joining, and an identification of the discussion group, to conduct an inner-group discussion among the members of the discussion group on the basis of the discussion group.
US11451590B2	Systems and methods for determining access outcomes using access request scoring Resources can be secured by a resource security system. The resource security system can determine whether to grant or deny access to resources using authorization information in an access request. The resource security system can also determine whether the access request is legitimate or fraudulent using risk scoring models. A score transformation table can be used to provide consistency in the risk level for a particular score over time. The score transformation table can be based on a target score profile and a precision format (e.g., integer or floating point). The score transformation table can dynamically adapt based on the trending top percent of risk and can account for changes in the distribution of scores over time or by weekday. The scores can be used to determine an access request outcome. Access to the resource can be accepted or rejected based on the outcome.
US11451584B2	Detecting a remote exploitation attack A method of protecting a computer system against remote exploitation attacks performed over a network to which the computer system is connected. The method includes: a) identifying a network connection that is not associated with a successful authentication and which carries a traffic level in excess of a predefined threshold; b) reporting the identified network connection as a real or potential remote exploitation attack; and c) taking an action or actions to mitigate against the real or potential remote exploitation attack.
US11451570B1	Computer system security scan A testing computer system communicates with a cloud computing platform coupled to one or more target computer systems. The testing computer system receives a list of target computer systems from the cloud computing platform, generates respective test payloads for a set of the target systems, and sends the test payloads to the set of target systems. Each respective test payload is useable by its respective target system to perform a security scan of the target system and send test results to the testing computer system and includes instructions that cause the test payloads to be deleted after the security scan is performed. The testing computer system receives test results generated by the set of target systems and evaluates the test results to determine whether any of the set of target systems is implicated in a security breach.
US11451566B2	Network traffic anomaly detection method and apparatus A network traffic anomaly detection method and apparatus is provided. The method includes: acquiring network flows generated by a network monitoring node within a set period of time; for any one of attributes in the network flows, aggregating the network flows at a set time interval according to the attribute to generate N time sequences with respect to the attribute; determining N samples to be detected corresponding to the network flows according to the N time sequence, calculating respective angular dissimilarity degrees between a first time sequence and N−1 second time sequences corresponding to a first attribute in the other N−1 samples to be detected, and determining a first detection result with respect to the first time sequence; and determining whether each of the samples to be detected is an abnormal data stream according to a detection result.
US11451564B1	Systems and methods for threat disruption A method for disrupting a detected cyberthreat can include receiving a request, the request identifying suspected malicious content; identifying one or more indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with the content; enriching the request with the IOCs; verifying the request; and reporting the verified request and the one or more IOCs to a disruption network.
US11451562B2	Recommending signals to monitor in a fraud prevention application A system, method and computer-readable medium for recommending signals to monitor in a fraud prevention application, including a server including an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to calculate a similarity score for one or more clients, and, for one or more signals, determine, for each of the one or more clients, a signal weight associated with the signal. The electronic processor is also configured to multiply the signal weight by the similarity score associated with the client to generate a weighted similarity score and generate a total similarity score and, for each signal, a total weighted similarity score. The electronic processor is configured to, for each signal, generate a recommendation score based on the total weighted similarity score for the signal and the total similarity score for the signal and, based on the recommendation scores, generate one or more recommended signals for a first client.
US11451560B2	Systems and methods for pre-configuration attestation of network devices Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for measurement of trustworthiness of network devices prior to their configuration and deployment in a network. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for pre-configuration of network devices includes receiving, at a dynamic host configuration server, a first request from a network device for configuration data, the configuration data including at least an IP address; sending, by the dynamic host configuration server, a second request to the network device for attestation information; verifying, by the dynamic host configuration server, the network device based on the attestation information; and assigning, by the dynamic host configuration server, the configuration data to the network device upon verifying the network device.
US11451553B2	Sensor-based human authorization evaluation A resource-access management system detects whether a user is authorized to access resources. The system may include a user device being configured to include a sensor that detects sensor data associated with the user. Further, the system includes a client qualification engine that determines whether or not a client is authorized to access the resources by comparing the sensor data with a plurality of patterns for evaluating whether or not the user is an authorized user. User scores are generated based on the compared sensor data and the plurality of patterns. Further, a composite score corresponding to the user is generated using the sensor data, plurality of patterns, and one or more additional criteria. Whether the user is granted access to the resources, presented with unauthorized user tests, or blocked from access to the resources depends on the composite score and threshold values.
US11451543B2	Securing digital data transmission in a communication network A method for securing transmission of digital data in a communication network comprising a central station or a terminal and at least one device monitored by the central station via the communication network. The at least one device is configured to produce and to transmit a digital data stream to the central station or terminal. The at least one device further comprises a secure non-volatile memory for storing at least device specific information. The at least one device forms a data block based on at least the device specific information stored in the secure memory. The data block thus formed may compose additional data to be merged with the digital data stream produced by the at least one device. A modified digital data stream results from this merging operation and is transmitted by the at least one device to the central station or terminal.
US11451538B2	Methods and systems of authenticating of personal communications A system for authenticating an individual's location activity includes a mobile communications device connected to a network and in electronic communication with at least one other computer. The mobile communications device is configured to authenticate the individual's presence at a location using biometric data entered by the individual. The mobile communications device has applications stored thereon to access location information for the mobile communications device using a GPS application stored on the mobile communications device and to access time information for the mobile communications device from a clock application stored on the mobile communications device. The mobile communications devices creates a digital signature that authenticates an individual's location activity by storing an encrypted digital certificate comprising a hash calculation using the biometric data, a validation key generated by authenticating the biometric data, the location information, and the time information.
US11451533B1	Data cycling The disclosed systems and techniques enable data cycling operations for an aliasing system to refresh first and second copies of aliases maintained by an aliasing server and a server that interacts with end-user devices (e.g., an enterprise server). More generally, the disclosed systems and techniques enable an enterprise system to use alias addresses (e.g., email addresses, phone numbers) for users while avoiding storing and managing the users' personal addresses. For example, the enterprise system may forward personal addresses (e.g., received from a user) to a relay or aliasing server configured to generate alias addresses (e.g., alias email addresses or alias phone numbers) based on the personal addresses. The aliasing server may operate as a “middle man” that receives emails, phone calls, or text messages directed to the alias addresses and that forwards the messages to the personal addresses (when appropriate).
US11451532B2	Behavioral biometrics and machine learning to secure website logins A system that uses a client's behavioral biometrics—mouse dynamics, keystrokes, and mouse click patterns—to create a Machine Learning (ML) based customized security model for each client/user to secure website log-ins. The ML model can differentiate the user of interest from an impersonator—human or non-human (robot). The model collects relevant behavioral biometric data from the client when a new account is created by the client/user on a website or when the client initially logs-in to the website. The collected biometric data are used to train an ensemble of ML-based classifiers—a Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) classifier, a Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier, and an Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost) classifier—in the model. The trained versions of these classifiers are polled to give an optimal prediction in real-time (while the user is logging in). As a result, real-time fraud detection can be accomplished without impacting the log-in performance of the website.
US11451528B2	Two factor authentication with authentication objects Representations of authentication objects are provided for selection via an interface. An authentication object may be generated to include information obtained from one or more sensors of a device. A selected authentication object may contain information sufficient for authentication with a corresponding system. The interface may provide multiple representations of authentication objects that are usable with different service providers. The interface, executed by a first device, may be configured to authenticate a second device.
US11451518B2	Communication device, server device, concealed communication system, methods for the same, and program A communication device includes a signature encryption unit that encrypts input information with a secret key and transmits the information to a server device if the communication device belongs to a group, and a signature decryption unit that downloads, from the server device, encrypted n−1 pieces of the input information transmitted from other communication devices and decrypts the encrypted n−1 pieces of input information with the secret key if the communication device belongs to a group. The communication device transmits session key generation information to the server device via the signature encryption unit, generates a session key using n−1 pieces of session key generation information acquired via the signature decryption unit and session key generation information of the communication device, transmits a cipher text encrypted with the session key via the signature encryption unit to the server device, and decrypts n−1 cipher texts acquired via the signature decryption unit with the session key.
US11451514B2	Optimizing rules for configuring a firewall in a segmented computer network An enforcement module receives management instructions from a segmentation server for enforcing a segmentation policy. The management instructions include one or more rules specifying one or more groups of workloads that a workload executing on the operating system instance is permitted to communicate with according to certain communication constraints, and membership information specifying workload identifiers for workloads in each of the groups. An optimization module processes the management instructions to reduce the number of rules and the number of workload groups to which the rules apply, thereby simplifying the firewall configuration. The enforcement module then configures a firewall according to the optimized rules to enforce the segmentation policy. The optimization process beneficially improves performance of the firewall and thereby enables more efficient enforcement of the segmentation policy utilizing fewer computing resources.
US11451509B2	Data transmission method and computer system A data transmission method includes determining that a first network address segment overlaps with a second network address segment, and creating at least two subnets on a virtual private cloud (VPC). The first network address segment is a network address segment of a subnet in which a target server is located, and configured to run on the VPC. The first network address segment belongs to a network address segment of the VPC. The second network address segment is a network address segment of a subnet in which a first electronic device is located. A network address segment of one of the at least two subnets on the VPC does not overlap with the first or second network address segment. Network interfaces in the at least two subnets are configured to sequentially forward a data packet being transmitted between the target server and the first electronic device at least two times.
US11451497B2	Use of machine-learning models in creating messages for advocacy campaigns An advocacy system uses trained machine learning models to create messages that are sent to advocates or policymakers to achieve desired outcomes for an organization. Desired outcomes can include, for example: an advocate sending a message to a policymaker or legislative representative advocating in favor or the organization's position on an issue; a policymaker acting or voting in favor of the organization's position on an issue; or an advocate making a financial contribution to the organization. The machine learning models can be configured to select possible message characteristics or features that the system will include/use in creating/sending messages to/for individual senders and recipients. The machine learning models can be trained based on message characteristics, personal profile characteristics of senders/recipients, and outcomes from previously sent messages. Personal profile characteristics of senders/recipients can indicate correlations between certain message characteristics and certain outcomes of sending messages.
US11451496B1	Intelligent, personalized, and dynamic chatbot conversation The disclosed technology is generally directed to chatbot conversation management. In one example of the technology, a generic model associated with a first property associated with a chatbot manager is received. The generic model is generated based on machine learning. A refined model that is associated with the first property is generated based on the generic model and a first plurality of phrases. A first conversation is held between a chatbot and an end user. Upon determining that the value of the first property for the end user is not stored in the database, via the chatbot, during the first conversation, the refined model is used to dynamically ask questions to the end user to determine a value of the first property for the end user. In a second conversation between the chatbot and the end user, the value of the first property for the end user is referenced.
US11451492B2	Methods, systems, and apparatuses for enhanced parallelism of time-triggered ethernet traffic using interference-cognizant network scheduling Methods, systems, and apparatuses for scheduling a plurality of Virtual Links (VLs) in a Time-Triggered Ethernet (TTE) network by pre-processing, by a scheduling algorithm implemented by a Network Scheduling Tool (NST), VL information prior to initiating a scheduling procedure by, detecting VL information associated with VLs that having common physical resources that include a common direction of a switching port or an egress end system port; and storing the VL information associated with the set of VLs for retrieval by the NST to parse a VL list for scheduling to determine one or more conflicting VLs in functionalities with a VL that is to be scheduled by a first pass that attempts favoring scheduling a VL into a bin when previously scheduled VLs fail to exhibit conflicts; and a second pass that attempts to resolve at least one conflict exhibited in the scheduling procedure by offsetting a transmit time.
US11451479B2	Network load distribution device and method A network load balancing apparatus has a data buffer provided to each communication path of transfer destinations of a received packet and being associated with a virtual function, determines a destination virtual function based on a field value of the received packet, determines a communication path of a transfer destination of a packet to be subject to priority control based on a first hash value calculated using the field value, determines a communication path of a transfer destination of a packet to be subject to load balancing control, to match a preset load balancing situation of the data buffer, based on a second hash value based on the first hash value, and transmits the packet to a data buffer corresponding to the destination virtual function and the communication path of the transfer destination.
US11451460B1	Condition-based management of shared mobile edge computing for 5G or other next generation network A mobile edge computing system can utilize a server to host and partition user equipment data for a local area network. For example, a first mobile device can send partition data to the service, wherein the partition data is representative criteria associated with which data should be associated with a particular business entity. After the criteria is established, the server can enforce the criteria upon any mobile device that is within a defined geographic location subject to the criteria. When the criteria are enforced, the server device can determine how much data has been utilized against an account of the business entity.
US11451440B1	Sharing configuration resources for network devices among applications In an example, a method includes receiving, by a network management system (NMS), a configuration request comprising first configuration data for a network device, the first configuration data defining a data structure comprising a first property/value pair; generating, by the NMS from the first configuration data, a corresponding first path/value pair for the first property/value pair, wherein a path of the first path/value pair uniquely identifies the first path/value pair in an associative data structure; modifying, by the NMS, the associative data structure based on the first path/value pair; generating, by the NMS, from the associative data structure, a configuration resource comprising second configuration data for the network device, the second configuration data comprising a second property/value pair that corresponds to the first path/value pair; and sending, by the NMS, the second configuration data to the network device to modify a configuration of the network device.
US11451437B2	Systems and methods for automatically provisioning smart devices A system may provision a smart device to allow the smart device to communicate using a network and use at least one service of a management platform. A device identifier of the smart device may be stored in a data store accessible to the management platform. The smart device may send a message to the management platform that includes the device identifier, and in some implementations other information such as location information. The management platform may determine that the smart device has been provisioned, for example based on the device identifier or other information, and provide a service to the smart device from the management platform.
US11451427B2	Method and apparatus of NR RMSI CORESET configuration in MIB Configuring control information comprises determining a frequency offset including an RB and RE level frequency offset, where the frequency offset is determined based on a lowest RE of an SS/PBCH block and a lowest RE of CORESET for RMSI, jointly configuring, using a first field of 4 bits, the RB level frequency offset with a multiplexing pattern of the SS/PBCH block and the CORESET, a BW of the CORESET, and a number of symbols for the CORESET for a combination of a SCS of the SS/PBCH block and a SCS of the CORESET, configuring using a second field of the 4 bits generating an MIB including the RB level frequency offset and the RE level frequency offset; and transmitting, to a UE, the MIB over a PBCH.
US11451426B2	Method and terminal for transmitting feedback signal in wireless communication system One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for transmitting, by a receiving terminal, a feedback signal to a transmitting terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by the receiving terminal, a reference signal from the transmitting terminal; and transmitting, by the receiving terminal, the feedback signal for the reference signal to the transmitting terminal, wherein the feedback signal is transmitted on the basis of compensation for a phase change that occurs when the reference signal is received.
US11451405B2	On-demand emergency management operations in a distributed computing system Various methods and systems are provided for providing on-demand emergency management. On-demand emergency management includes emergency management operations (e.g., certificate update operations or managed-secrets rollover operations) for accelerated deployment and expedited installation of certificates or secrets. In operation, a host secret manager on a host machine communicates with client secret managers on virtual machines running the host machine, to provide expedited installation of secrets on the virtual machines. During the certificate update operations, the host secret manager communicates the certificate update secret package having a new secret state to a client secret manager that installs the new certificate state on the virtual machine. And, during managed-secrets rollover operations, based on accessing a managed-secrets rollover secret package having a notification-based new secret state, the host secret manager polls a dSMS service, and communicates with a client secret manager, such that client secret manager installs the new secret on the virtual machine.
US11451398B2	Management of interoperating machine learning algorithms A computer implemented method of validating use of a computing resource by a an executing requester software module from a plurality of discrete software modules, the method including validating a characteristic of the requester software module; generating a first transaction defining criteria for consumption of the computing resource by the requester software module, the first transaction being encrypted with a private key from a public key/private key pair and being added as part of a block of transactions to a blockchain data structure; generating a subsequent encrypted transaction corresponding to a request of the requester software module to consume the computing resource, the subsequent transaction referring to the first transaction, wherein the subsequent transaction is validated by a transaction miner computing component from a plurality of miners by authenticating the transaction using the public key and verifying compliance with the criteria defined in each transaction.
US11451395B2	Methods for optical image encryption and decryption based on biological information Image encryption and decryption methods based on biological information. The encryption method includes: obtaining the biological information; using the chaotic mapping method to preprocess the biological information to construct the first chaotic biological phase plate and the second chaotic biological phase plate; obtaining the original image to be encrypted and use the first chaotic biological phase plate and the second chaotic biological phase plate to determine the reconstructed optical encrypted image based on the discrete cosine transform method, and Fresnel transform method; and inputting reference light that interferes with the encrypted image of the reproduction light to determine the encrypted image. The invention can reduce the information amount of the key, improve the efficiency of storage and transmission, and improve security.
US11451394B2	Efficient hands free interaction using biometrics Methods and systems for performing demographics filtering based on biometric information are disclosed. An access terminal can capture a biometric instance corresponding to a user, such as a fingerprint scan, iris scan, etc. The access terminal can determine demographics information from the biometric instance, such as the age, biological sex, or ethnicity of the user. The access terminal can compare the demographics information to demographics information stored on a group of mobile devices corresponding to a group of users, in order to identify candidate user mobile devices. Once candidate user mobile devices are identified, the access terminal can perform a biometric match between the biometric instance corresponding to the user and biometric instances stored on the candidate user mobile devices. Once a biometric match and the corresponding mobile device are determined, the access terminal can conduct a further interaction with the mobile device.
US11451386B2	Method and system for many-to-many symmetric cryptography and a network employing the same Many-to-many cryptographic systems and methods are disclosed, and a network employing the same, including numerous industry applications. The embodiments of the present invention can generate and regenerate the same symmetric key from a random token. The many-to-many cryptographic systems and methods include two or more cryptographic modules being in communication with each other and may be located at different physical locations. The cryptographic modules are configured to encrypt and/or decrypt data received from other cryptographic modules and to provide encrypted and/or decrypted data to other cryptographic modules. Each cryptographic module includes a key generator configured to use two or more inputs to reproducibly generate the symmetric key and a cryptographic engine configured to use the symmetric key for encrypting and decrypting data. Corresponding methods, and network employing the same, are also provided.
US11451385B2	Biometric public key system providing revocable credentials A device generates a biometric public key for an individual based on both the individual's biometric data and a secret S, in a manner that verifiably characterizes both while tending to prevent recovery of either. The biometric data has a Sparse Representation and is encoded in a manner to include a component of noise, such that it is challenging to identify which locations are actually encoded features. Accordingly, the biometric data are encoded as a vector by choosing marker at locations where features are present and, where features are not present, choosing noisy data. The noisy data may be chaff bit values selected collectively from a group of (a) random values and (b) independent and identically distributed values. The biometric public key may be later used to authenticate a subject purporting to be the individual, using a computing facility that need not rely on a hardware root of trust.
US11451383B2	Communication systems and methods A communication system is provided that includes a first quantum key distribution device and a communication device. The first quantum key distribution device is configured to be coupled to a second quantum key distribution device over a quantum channel and to generate a quantum key based on a quantum state transmitted along the quantum channel. The communication device is communicatively connected to the first quantum key distribution device within a network. The communication device is configured to receive the quantum key from the first quantum key distribution device and transmit the quantum key to an end device in the network via a classical link to enable the end device to use the quantum key for encrypting and/or decrypting messages communicated through the network.
US11451377B2	In-vehicle gateway and key management device When updating a key to guarantee security, updating the key during decryption of update data causes an ECU to stop functioning due to a decryption failure. Therefore, an in-vehicle gateway or a key management device of the present invention includes: an update data acquisition unit that receives, from outside a vehicle, update data encrypted with a predetermined key; a key acquisition unit that receives a key from outside the vehicle; a key storage unit in which the key received by the key acquisition unit is stored; and a decryption unit that decrypts the update data acquired by the update data acquisition unit based on the key stored in the storage unit, in which the update data acquisition unit transmits a key acquisition request signal after completion of decryption of the update data by the decryption unit.
US11451376B2	Systems and methods for secure communication There is presented a method, a computing device and a computing system for establishing secure communication between computing devices. A method for a first computing device to establish trusted communication with a second computing device comprises the first computing device sending a request to create a secure channel to the second computing device, the request comprising a first cryptographic element and a device identifier. The first computing device receives a channel identifier from the second computing device in response to the request, and a notification over a secure channel using the device identifier, the notification comprising a channel identifier and a second cryptographic element. The first computing device compares the channel identifier received in the response to the request and the channel identifier received in the notification and, if the first computing device determines that the two channel identifiers match, the first computing device deriving a secret key using the first cryptographic element and the second cryptographic element.
US11451375B2	System, method and apparatus for privacy preserving inference The disclosed systems, and methods are directed to a method for Privacy Preserving Inference (PPI) comprising receiving a first set of matrix information from a client device, generating kc−1 matrices by operating a first CSPRNG associated with the server with kc−1 seeds, computing inferences from the set of kc matrices, generating a matrix Ss, generating ks−1 random matrices, computing a matrix Yks in accordance with the inference matrix Y, the matrix Ss and the ks−1 random matrices, transmitting a second set of matrix information to the client device, the second set of matrix information includes ks−1 seeds corresponding to the ks−1 random matrices and the matrix Yks, receiving a matrix U from the client device, and computing an inference value y from the matrix U.
US11451373B2	Dynamic management of user identifications An example operation may include one or more of authenticating a user, by a first system node, based on a first set of user credentials, computing, by the first system node, a second set of user credentials for a second system node, testing the second system node, by the first system node, to determine if the second system node has a user with the second set of the user credentials, and responsive to the second system node not having the user with the second set of the user credentials, creating a user with the second set of the user credentials.
US11451370B2	Secure probabilistic analytics using an encrypted analytics matrix Provided are methods and systems for performing a secure probabilistic analytic using an encrypted analytics matrix. An example method includes acquiring, by a client, an analytic, analytic parameters associated with the analytic, and a homomorphic encryption scheme including a public key for encryption and a private key for decryption. The method further includes generating, using the encryption scheme, an analytic matrix based on the analytic and analytic parameters, and sending the analytic matrix and the encryption scheme to at least one server. The method includes generating, by the server and based on the encryption scheme, set of terms from a data set, evaluating the analytic matrix over the set of terms to obtain an encrypted result, and estimating a probabilistic error of the encrypted result. The method further includes sending, by the server, the encrypted result and the probabilistic error to the client where the encrypted result is decrypted.
US11451365B2	Communications device and method of communications Methods for communications and of communication device involve determining a half-duplex communications mode for a communications device, and in response to determining the half-duplex communications mode for the communications device, disabling an echo canceller of the communications device and determining a time-division multiplex (TDM) communications schedule over a point-to-point communications link. In response to disabling the echo canceller and determining the TDM communications schedule over the point-to-point communications link, data transmission is conducted over the point-to-point communications link according to the TDM communications schedule without echo cancellation at the communications device. The TDM communications schedule specifies non-overlapping transmission time slots for different communications devices and a silent period for echo fade-out between consecutive transmission time slots of the non-overlapping transmission time slots.
US11451362B2	Systems and methods for non-cellular wireless access using logical entity IDS in a hyper cell System and method embodiments are provided for non-cellular wireless access. In an embodiment, a method for non-cell grid based radio access in a radio access network includes determining, by a controller, a group of transmit points (TPs) to assign to a logical entity; assigning, by the controller, a logical entity identifier (ID) to the logical entity, wherein the logical entity ID identifies the logical entity through which a user equipment (UE) communicates with the radio access network; and causing, by the controller, at least one of the TPs in the logical entity to send signals to the UE.
US11451361B2	System and method for reporting signal quality information A wireless user equipment (UE) may employ any of various mechanisms for reporting signal quality measurements to a wireless network. The UE may impose a time delay between measurement and reporting, based on a delay parameter K. The UE may average measurements obtained at different measurement instances. The UE may employ any of various schemes for prioritizing transmission of one type of report over another, when temporal collisions occur between different types of report. The UE may employ a differential report that includes a state for indicating that a beam is not workable. The UE may employ a beam index that includes a state for indicating an invalid beam. A base station may receive a signal quality report and determine workability of a beam, e.g., by triggering a report of channel state information.
US11451358B2	Medium access control (MAC) signaling for reference signal activation and quasi co-location indication in wireless communication networks Techniques are provided to control the activation of resource sets via medium access control (MAC) signaling. In some aspect, a radio network node generates a MAC message comprising a first field indicating whether a second field is present, or absent, in the MAC message, the second field identifying one or more resource sets among a plurality of resource sets which are to be activated or deactivated, and a third field comprising quasi co-location (QCL) information. The radio network node then transmits the MAC message to a wireless device.
US11451353B2	Communication method of reference signal and non-transitory storage medium A communication method includes: determining a radio resource for a second communication node to send a reference signal; and receiving the reference signal sent by the second communication node using the radio resource; where the radio resource includes a time domain resource, and where determining the radio resource for the second communication node to send the reference signal includes: determining, by the first communication node, the time domain resource according to the following parameters: a period of the reference signal, and a slot offset of the reference signal.
US11451351B2	Method for transmitting and receiving downlink data channel and device therefor Disclosed is a method by which a terminal receives a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises: receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for scheduling the PDSCH; acquiring, from the PDCCH, rate matching information for the PDSCH; and receiving the PDSCH at a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs) on the basis of the rate matching information, wherein the rate matching information is identically used for the plurality of TTIs.
US11451346B2	Communication device, infrastructure equipment and methods A communications device configured to receive data transmitted as encoded data packets from an infrastructure equipment of a wireless communications network. Each of the encoded data packets are transmitted as a control signal component and a data signal component. The control signal component carries control information for detecting and decoding the data signal component in which the encoded data carried by the encoded data packet is transmitted. As part of the ARQ-type protocol, at least the control signal component may be re-transmitted. By including with the control information carried by the retransmitted control signals an indication of at least a temporal location of the data signal component, which has already been transmitted and received in a buffer of a receiver, an improvement in a use of communications resource can be provided and also in some embodiments an improvement in a likelihood of correctly detecting and decoding an encoded data packet.
US11451337B2	Media access control for punctured/aggregated communication channels in WLAN A first communication device receives one or more physical layer (PHY) data units, which include a plurality of media access control (MAC) layer data units, from a second communication device via a communication channel that includes a first frequency segment and a second frequency segment separated by a gap in frequency, including simultaneously i) receiving a first MAC layer data unit via the first frequency segment of the communication channel, and ii) receiving a second MAC layer data unit via the second frequency segment of the communication channel. The first communication device generates acknowledgement information for the plurality of MAC layer data units, and transmits the acknowledgment information to the second communication device via one or both of i) the first frequency segment and ii) the second frequency segment.
US11451333B2	TBS determination with multiple base graphs Systems and methods are disclosed herein for determining and using a Transport Block Size (TBS) when two or more Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) base graphs can be used for LPDC coding. In some embodiments, a method comprises determining a Transport Block Size (TBS) for a transport block communicated between a network node and a wireless device via a physical channel transmission using a formula such that code block segmentation of the transport block results in equal sized code blocks independent of which of two different LDPC base graphs is used for the code block segmentation. The method further comprises transmitting or receiving the transport block according to the determined TBS.
US11451328B2	Method for determining slot format of user equipment in wireless communication system and user equipment using the same A method of determining a slot format in a wireless communication system, where the method is performed by a user equipment (UE) and includes: receiving, from a network, slot format information informing a first slot format for a plurality of normal symbols that are arranged within a period of time, wherein each of the plurality of normal symbols includes a normal cyclic prefix (CP). The method further includes: based on the received slot format information informing the first slot format, determining a second slot format for a plurality of extended symbols that are arranged within the period of time, wherein each of the plurality of extended symbols includes an extended CP.
US11451324B2	Bit selection for hybrid automatic repeat requests Methods, systems, and devices related to wireless communication are described. A method of wireless communication includes determining respective starting points of data, in accordance with Polar encoding, that are associated with each Redundancy Version (RV) of a plurality of RVs and selecting data for transmission in accordance with at least one of the plurality of RVs.
US11451313B2	Detection method and user equipment Disclosed is a method for detecting radio link failure (RLF) and user equipment (UE). The UE is configured with multiples pairs of beams, each pair of beams comprising a transmitting beam used by a base station (BS) to transmit a signal and a corresponding receiving beam used by the UE to receive the signal. The method includes: in a lower layer, measuring the quality of a reference signal received through a receiving beam in each pair of beams and transmitted by a BS using a transmitting beam corresponding to the receiving beam, to serve as the channel quality for the multiple transmitting beams included in the multiple pairs of beams; determining whether the channel quality for the multiple transmitting beams meets a first condition; if so, transmitting to an upper layer an Out-Of-Sync (OOS) indication information, such that the upper layer determines if, according to the OOS indication information, RLF has occurred. As such, the present invention enables detection of RLF in a multi-beam scenario.
US11451301B2	Light source backup method, apparatus, and system This application provides an example light source switching apparatus. The apparatus includes first and second multi-mode interference (MMI) couplers, and a phase modulator. The first MMI coupler includes four ports, where first and second ports are located on one side, and third and fourth ports are located on the other side. The second MMI coupler includes three ports, where fifth and sixth ports are located on one side, and a seventh port is located on the other side. The first and the second ports connect to the fifth and the sixth ports, respectively, to form two connections. The phase modulator is disposed on one of the two connections, and the seventh port connects to an optical modulator. Both the third and the fourth ports connect to a light source emitting continuous light, and the phase modulator selects one of the two light sources for output from the seventh port.
US11451299B2	Passive optical network device A passive optical network device comprising a casing, printed circuit board, and fiber optic transceiver system is provided. The fiber optic transceiver system comprises a fiber optic components device, fiber optic transceiver, and RF connector. During operation, the fiber optic components device converts optical signals from the fiber optic transceiver to digital signals, and then transmits the converted digital signals to external electronic systems via the hot-pluggable transceiver connection interface. The fiber optic components device converts digital signals from the external electronic systems to optical signals, and then transmits the optical signals to other external electronic systems via the fiber optic transceiver. The RF connector transmits RF signals from additional external electronic systems to the external electronic systems via the hot-pluggable transceiver connection interface. The RF connector transmits digital signals from the external electronic systems to the additional external electronic systems via the hot-pluggable transceiver connection interface.
US11451296B2	Transmitting and receiving symbols via unipolar signals A method of transmitting data via a unipolar signal comprises allocating a symbol to one or more signals among a plurality of signals, applying pulse shaping to the plurality of signals to obtain a plurality of filtered signals, wherein the filtered signals are orthogonal signals, and transmitting the sum of the filtered signals as a unipolar signal, wherein the transmitted signal is a weighted sum of the filtered signals. The data can be recovered at the receiver by applying a plurality of orthogonal matched filters to the received unipolar signal to obtain a plurality of filtered signals, and performing symbol detection on the plurality of filtered signals to determine the received symbol. Apparatus for transmitting and receiving unipolar signals are also disclosed.
US11451292B2	Time division multiple access optical subcarriers A transmitter can include a laser operable to output an optical signal; a digital signal processor operable to receive user data and provide electrical signals based on the data; and a modulator operable to modulate the optical signal to provide optical subcarriers based on the electrical signals. A first one of the subcarriers carriers carries first TDMA encoded information and second TDMA encoded information, such that the first TDMA encoded information is indicative of a first portion of the data and is carried by the first one of the subcarriers during a first time slot, and the second TDMA encoded information is indicative of a second portion of the data and is carried by the first one of the subcarriers during a second time slot. The first TDMA encoded information is associated with a first node remote from the transmitter and the second TDMA encoded information is associated with a second node remote from the transmitter. A second one of the subcarriers carries third information that is not TDMA encoded, the third information being associated with a third node remote from the transmitter. A receiver and system also are described.
US11451286B2	Communication method and communications device thereof This application provides a communication method. The communication method includes: obtaining, by the database network element, training data, where the training data includes service transmission data and network data; sending, by the database network element, the training data to the data analytics network element; and receiving, by the database network element, first information from the data analytics network element, where the first information includes a first feature index list set, a service identifier corresponding to each feature index list in the first feature index list set, and a DNN corresponding to the service identifier.
US11451282B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink data in wireless communication system Disclosed herein are a method and a device for transmitting a message in an initial access procedure by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. According to the present disclosure, a UE may transmit to a base station capability information associated with transmission power of the UE and the information may include a subset including at least one transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) supported by the UE. The UE may receive first control information for transmitting a message associated with an initial access and the control information may include a TPMI used for the UE to transmit the message. Thereafter, the UE may transmit to the base station the message by using transmission power determined based on the TPMI and the transmission power may be determined according to whether the TPMI is included in the at least one TPMI.
US11451271B2	Methods and apparatus for enhanced dynamic allocation for directional transmission Methods and apparatus are described herein for dynamic allocation of multiple channels and data streams for multi-channel transmission and multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO). For example, a station (STA) may receive an enhanced poll (EPoll) frame that includes a time offset, a channel offset and antenna/sector settings from an access point (AP). The STA may transmit, based on the received EPoll frame, an enhanced service period request (ESPR) frame that includes a MIMO control field and a multi-channel control field. The MIMO control field may indicate whether the STA supports MIMO transmission. The multi-channel control field may indicate whether the STA supports multi-channel transmission. Upon transmitting the ESPR frame, the STA may receive an enhanced grant frame from the AP. The enhanced grant frame may include an antenna configuration and a multi-channel allocation to enable the STA to perform the MIMO transmission and the multi-channel transmission.
US11451267B2	Transreceiving method and apparatus applying beam diversity in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication technique converging a 5G communication system with IoT technology to support a higher data transmission rate in a beyond-4G system. The present disclosure, based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology, can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail industry, and security and safety-related services). Disclosed in the present invention are a transreceiving method and an apparatus to which beam diversity is applied.
US11451261B2	Asynchronous stream mote Asynchronous stream generation and processing techniques are described that support implementation of an asynchronous stream mote in which one or more analog sensor signals are used to generate one or more asynchronous streams. On-device operations processing of the one or more asynchronous streams may be performed before transmission of the result(s) to other system components (e.g., peer motes or higher-level system components).
US11451260B2	Methods and devices for device-to-device communications A terminal device includes a controller configured to identify a data hopping sequence for a first superframe including a plurality of frames, and a transceiver configured to switch hopping frequencies over the plurality of frames according to a data hopping sequence that excludes one or more hopping frequencies scheduled for use by a synchronization hopping sequence in one or more superframes immediately succeeding the first superframe.
US11451254B2	Communication device A communication device according to an embodiment includes an oscillator, a first signal generation circuit, a first insulation element, a first receiving circuit, and a first output circuit. The oscillator is configured to output a first carrier signal when at least one of a plurality of input signals that are externally input is at a first logic level. The first carrier signal and a first input signal among the input signals are input to the first signal generation circuit. The first signal generation circuit is configured to generate a first signal when the first input signal changes from a second logic level to the first logic level, output a first modulated signal based on the first signal, and thereafter output a second modulated signal based on the first carrier signal.
US11451247B2	Decoding signals by guessing noise Devices and methods described herein decode a sequence of coded symbols by guessing noise. In various embodiments, noise sequences are ordered, either during system initialization or on a periodic basis. Then, determining a codeword includes iteratively guessing a new noise sequence, removing its effect from received data symbols (e.g. by subtracting or using some other method of operational inversion), and checking whether the resulting data are a codeword using a codebook membership function. This process is deterministic, has bounded complexity, asymptotically achieves channel capacity as in convolutional codes, but has the decoding speed of a block code. In some embodiments, the decoder tests a bounded number of noise sequences, abandoning the search and declaring an erasure after these sequences are exhausted. Abandonment decoding nevertheless approximates maximum likelihood decoding within a tolerable bound and achieves channel capacity when the abandonment threshold is chosen appropriately.
US11451233B2	Pulse width modulator with reduced pulse width An integrated circuit includes a pulse width modulator. The pulse width modulator includes a multiplexer that receives a plurality of data delay signals. Each of the data delay signals is based on a data signal and a respective clock phase signal. The multiplexer includes a first multiplexer stage and a second multiplexer stage. The first multiplexer stage receives all of the data delay signals and has a relatively large delay. The second multiplexer stage receives to output signals from the first multiplexer stage and has a relatively small delay. The second multiplexer stage outputs a pulse width modulation signal that can have a pulse width corresponding to the offset between two adjacent clock phase signals.
US11451227B2	Control circuitry for power semiconductor switches using control signal feedback An apparatus includes a power semiconductor switch, a driver circuit configured to drive a control terminal of the power semiconductor switch, and a control circuit configured to apply a control signal to the driver circuit responsive to a comparison of a reference voltage to a voltage at the control terminal of the semiconductor switch. In some embodiments, the power semiconductor switch may include a field effect transistor (FET), such as a wide bandgap silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET. The control terminal may include a gate terminal of the FET, and the voltage at the control terminal may include a gate voltage.
US11451224B2	Single-pole double-throw switch circuit with type-c interface, analog switch chip, and electronic device The present invention provides a single-pole double-throw switch circuit with a Type-C interface, an analog switch chip and an electronic device, which can generate a reverse bias voltage across a first diode, so that a capacitance value of a PN junction can be significantly reduced after the reverse bias voltage is applied to the PN junction. Further, a ground capacitance corresponding to a COM point when the first diode is turned off can be effectively reduced, avoiding the reduction of a bandwidth of a digital path due to excessive capacitance. It can be seen that the present invention can realize a large size of a first field effect transistor and a high bandwidth of the digital path simultaneously, thereby facilitating the simultaneous improvement of the THD performance of an analog audio path and the bandwidth of the digital path, and avoiding conflicts between the two.
US11451216B1	Power on and power down reset circuit A power on and power down reset circuit includes a reference voltage generation module, a monitoring voltage generation module, and a voltage comparator. The reference voltage generation module is utilized to generate a reference voltage with a first PMOS transistor, a second PMOS transistor, a third PMOS transistor, a first NMOS transistor, a second NMOS transistor, a third NMOS transistor, a first resistance, and a second resistance. The monitoring voltage generation module is utilized to generate a monitoring voltage. The voltage comparator is utilized to generate a reset voltage by comparing the reference voltage to the monitoring voltage. Thus, the power on and power down reset circuit can achieve the effect of power savings and decreasing error rate of the reset voltage.
US11451213B2	5G n79 Wi-Fi acoustic triplexer circuit An RF triplexer circuit device using modified lattice, lattice, and ladder circuit topologies. The devices can include four resonator devices and four shunt resonator devices. In the ladder topology, the resonator devices are connected in series from an input port to an output port while shunt resonator devices are coupled to the nodes between the resonator devices. In the lattice topology, a top and a bottom serial configurations each includes a pair of resonator devices that are coupled to differential input and output ports. A pair of shunt resonators is cross-coupled between each pair of a top serial configuration resonator and a bottom serial configuration resonator. The modified lattice topology adds baluns or inductor devices between top and bottom nodes of the top and bottom serial configurations of the lattice configuration. These topologies may be applied using single crystal or polycrystalline bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators.
US11451211B2	Gallium nitride structure, piezoelectric element, method of manufacturing piezoelectric element, and resonator using piezoelectric element A gallium nitride structure that includes: a substrate; a gallium nitride layer opposed to the substrate and containing gallium nitride as a main component thereof; and a first electrode between the gallium nitride layer and the substrate. The first electrode includes at least one hafnium layer containing a single metal of hafnium as a main component thereof, and the at least one hafnium layer is in contact with the gallium nitride layer.
US11451207B1	Common mode filter A common mode filter is disposed on a circuit board. A signal layer of the circuit board has a differential signal wire pair. The common mode filter has a slot structure and a filtering frequency adjusting device. The slot structure is formed on a reference voltage layer of the circuit board, wherein the slot structure surrounds the differential signal wire pair. The filtering frequency adjusting device is disposed on a corner part of the slot structure, wherein the filtering frequency adjusting device includes at least one of at least one capacitor and at least one inductor, and is disposed on the circuit board across the differential signal wire pair.
US11451201B1	Differential diode-based variable impedance modules The present invention is directed to electrical circuits. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a variable impedance module with a first capacitor coupled to a first input terminal and the second capacitor coupled to a second input terminal. A diode bridge is connected between the input capacitors. The anodes of the top diodes are connected to a supply through a resistor, and the cathodes of the lower diodes are connected to a high-impedance current source. A third capacitor is connected between these two nodes.
US11451196B1	Dynamic comparator and circuit system using the same A dynamic comparator includes a differential amplifier stage, a switching unit and a switching charge storage unit. The switching charge storage unit includes a plurality of switching transistors, and a charge storage capacitor electrically connected to the plurality of switching transistors. When an operational mode of the dynamic comparator is switched from a comparison state to a reset state, a voltage on one of a first terminal and a second terminal of the charge storage capacitor is increased from a half of the system voltage to a system voltage, so as to implement a charge recycle effect. The dynamic comparator of the present invention can have lower power consumption and lower charge-discharge current.
US11451194B2	Automatic frequency shift compensation (AFSC) in resonant tank circuits over the process variation A low noise amplifier that may include a first input port, a second input port, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first variable capacitor, a second variable capacitor, an inductor, a bias circuit, a tuning circuit, a first output circuit having a first output, a second output circuit having a second output; wherein the first input port is electrically coupled to a first end of the second variable capacitor, to a first end of the first capacitor, to an input of the first output circuit, and to a first port of the inductor; wherein the second input port is electrically coupled to a second end of the first variable capacitor, to a second end of the second capacitor, to an input of the second output circuit, and to a second port of the inductor; wherein a first port of the first varactor is electrically coupled to a second end of the first capacitor; wherein a second port of the second varactor is electrically coupled to a first end of the second capacitor; wherein the bias circuit is configured to supply a bias voltage to a third port of the inductor; and wherein the tuning circuit is configured to control a capacitance of the first varactor and a capacitance of the variable capacitor.
US11451189B1	Method for improving mechanical integrity of crystalline silicon solar cells The method of the present invention improves mechanical integrity of a crystalline silicon solar cell having an exposed layer of n-type silicon. A solution of electrically-conductive nanowires in an inert liquid is sprayed onto the exposed layer in order to form a grid pattern of the nanowires on the exposed layer after the inert liquid dries or evaporates.
US11451187B2	Systems and methods for solar panel mounting Systems and methods for mounting solar panels include a curb assembly coupled to a top surface of a roof. An end of a solar panel rests on a portion of the assembly. An astragal is located with a portion of the astragal extending over the edge of the solar panel. A fastener is engaged through the astragal and the curb assembly such that a portion of the astragal contacts and compressively engages the top surface of the supported solar panel edge, whereby the solar panel is mounted to the roof.
US11451183B2	Apparatus and method for detecting BLDC motor overload The present disclosure provides a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor overload detection apparatus. The BLDC motor overload detection apparatus includes a measurer for measuring an electrical angle of the BLDC motor, a determiner for determining whether a difference between the electrical angle measured by the measurer and a mechanical angle of the BLDC motor, estimated through current supplied to the BLDC motor, is within a predetermined range, and a driving controller for control of driving of the BLDC motor according to whether the BLDC motor stalls, determined by the determiner.
US11451178B2	Motor drive operation at light load conditions A system includes a motor-driven component, a motor configured to operate the motor-driven component, and a motor drive circuit configured to power the motor. The motor drive circuit includes at least one complementary stage, where each stage includes a first transistor and a second transistor. During operation of the motor drive circuit, the first transistor is switched on when the second transistor is switched off. The system includes a controller communicatively coupled to the motor drive circuit. A load condition associated with the component is monitored. Based on the load condition, the controller determines whether the component is operating at a light load condition. If the component is operating at the light load condition, a switching frequency of each of stages is changed from a first switching frequency to a second switching frequency, which is less than the first switching frequency.
US11451175B2	Early fault detection and mitigation for electric motors A control system for an electric motor includes a power input calculating module configured to calculate power input to the electric motor. A power output calculating module is configured to calculate power output by the electric motor. A power loss calculating module is configured to calculate power loss in the electric motor based on the power input and the power output. A fault module is configured to compare the power loss in the electric motor to one or more predetermined power loss thresholds and to selectively alter operation of the electric motor based on the comparison.
US11451170B2	System and method for managing transient power disruptions on ESP motor drives A system for the resilience of an electric submersible pumping system to a transient power interruption includes a power backup connected to the variable speed drive of the pumping system. A method for controlling the electric submersible pump during the transient power interruption includes connecting a variable speed drive to a power source, charging one or more rechargeable batteries within the power backup, and connecting the power backup to the variable speed drive. The method continues with the steps of operating the motor with the variable speed drive, detecting a disruption in AC power from the power source to the variable speed drive, and applying power from the power backup to the variable speed drive to operate the motor during the transient interruption in electrical power.
US11451165B2	Control processing method for inverter device having H5 topological structure The present disclosure discloses a control processing method for an inverter device having an H5 topological structure. The control processing method includes: when a power grid supplies power normally, using a unipolar H5 PWM modulation mode to enable the inverter device to work in a grid-connected power generation mode; when the power grid supplies power abnormally or the power grid is in outage for a short time, using a unipolar H5 PWM constant-voltage modulation mode to enable the inverter device to work in an off-grid power generation mode; and when the power grid is in outage for a long time, using an H5-1 PWM constant-voltage modulation mode to enable the inverter device to work in an emergency SPS power generation mode.
US11451161B2	Power switcher, power rectifier, and power converter including cascode-connected transistors A power switcher includes a first normally-off transistor that switches between interrupting and not interrupting a current path between first and second electrodes according to a drive voltage input to a first control electrode, a second normally-on transistor cascode-connected to the first transistor and including a second control electrode to which the second electrode of the first transistor is connected, a control voltage generator that generates a control voltage in accordance with a voltage between the first and second electrodes of the first transistor, and a drive voltage generator that generates a drive voltage equal to or lower than a withstand voltage of the first transistor in accordance with the control voltage.
US11451160B2	Image display apparatus Disclosed is an image display apparatus including: a display; and a power supply configured to supply power to the display; wherein the power supply comprises a converter including at least one switching element and configured to output direct-current (DC) power by converting a level of input power based on a switching operation of the at least one switching element, and wherein, a first mode where the at least one switching element performs a switching operation continuously or a second mode where the at least one switching element stops the switching operation are performed according to a load at an output terminal of the converter. Accordingly, power consumption required to display an image may be reduced.
US11451159B2	Three-phase system and distributed control method thereof Disclosed are three-phase system and distributed control method. The three-phase system comprises three-phase circuits, of which each phase circuit including at least one power conversion cell; and at least three phase controllers for controlling each phase circuit, respectively, each phase controller including a communication interface through which the at least three phase controllers are in communications connection with each other; wherein the phase controllers of each phase circuit is configured for regulating bridge arm voltages of the at least one power conversion cell in the phase circuit by receiving signals sent from the phase controllers of other two phase circuits through the communication interface. The three-phase system and the distributed control method of the invention solve problems of balance of three-phase current and stabilization of three-phase DC voltages by coordination among the three phases. Thanks to the invention, the three phases can be independently controlled to improve control flexibility.
US11451148B2	Voltage-regulating circuit and regulated power-supply module A voltage-regulating circuit comprising: a voltage regulator, a switch, a first comparing circuit for comparing the amplitude deviation between the input voltage and the output voltage to a first threshold, a second comparing circuit for comparing the amplitude of the output voltage to a second threshold, and a control circuit for commanding the switch to open or close depending on the comparisons made by the first comparing circuit and by the second comparing circuit. Also disclosed is a regulated power-supply module comprising such a voltage-regulating circuit.
US11451144B2	Power supply unit for aerosol inhaler A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply; a first DC/DC converter; a second DC/DC converter; and a circuit board. As viewed from a first direction perpendicular to a surface of the circuit board on which the first DC/DC converter and the second DC/DC converter are mounted, at least a portion of the circuit board includes: a connection portion; a first portion extending from the connection portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a second portion extending from the connection portion in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The first DC/DC converter is mounted on the first portion, and the second DC/DC converter is mounted on the second portion.
US11451138B2	Driver circuit and corresponding methods Driver circuits are disclosed having a high-side switch and a low-side switch. A pre-charging circuit is provided to pre-charge the low-side switch. In other implementations, methods are disclosed which involve precharging a low-side switch.
US11451128B2	Floating-ground isolated power supply for an electronic converter The invention is an electronic power system (1) for energy conversion, comprising at least one electronic amplifier driver circuit (10), at least one floating-ground isolated power supply (11) and at least one digital computation unit (2) for generating control signals (12). The invention more specifically relates to a floating-ground isolated power supply (11) from control signals (12).
US11451127B2	Driver circuit for switching converters, corresponding converter and method A driver circuit includes an input node to receive an input signal for conversion at the output node of a converter, a driver node to provide to a switching power circuit stage in the converter a pulse-width modulated drive signal having an active time, first and second active time generation paths, and a selector circuit coupled to the first and second active time generation paths. The circuit is operable selectively in a first and a second operational mode wherein the driver node receives the pulse-width modulated drive signal having a first active time value generated in the first active time generation path, or a second active time value generated in the second active time generation path. The second active time generation path includes an active time generator network to provide a second active time value with the second active time value adaptively variable to match the first active time value.
US11451118B2	Conductor arrangement and transportable electrical drive device The invention relates to a conductor assembly for transmitting electrical power in a mobile system, in particular in a land, air or water vehicle, comprising an inner conductor (1) and an outer conductor (3) coaxially arranged thereto, which are electrically insulated from each other by means of an insulation layer (2).
US11451113B2	Electrical power generating apparatus An electrical power generating apparatus with one or more platforms, securely positioned on a surface, for example, highways are disclosed. The platform is comprised of one or more cavities, configured to receive push force to rotating force conversion systems and one or more generators. The platform further comprises a plurality of protrusions, configured to move upward and downward via a reset member via a plurality of apertures on a top portion of the platform. At least one protrusion is connected to the push force to rotating force conversion system. The generators are coupled to a shaft that is rotated by the push force to rotation force conversion system and configured to generate electrical power when an external force is applied on at least any one of a protrusion by a moving object. The generated electric power is transferred to an electric power grid and electric storage devices using conductors.
US11451102B2	Rotary electric machine A rotary electric machine including a rotor including a rotor core; permanent magnets to be embedded in the rotor core; and a one end-side end plate configured to support one end side of the rotor core. The rotor core has rotor refrigerant passages through which refrigerant for cooling the permanent magnets flows in an axial direction of the shaft. The one end-side end plate has an end plate refrigerant passage communicating with the rotor refrigerant passages. The end plate refrigerant passage has refrigerant reservoirs, each projecting to an outer side in a radial direction of the shaft.
US11451089B2	Charger antenna unit, charger device, and device to be charged A charger for charging a device to be inductively charged is described, comprising an excitation coil made of an electrical conductor wound around a toroidal core to excite a magnetic field inside the toroidal core, the toroidal core having an air-gap between two end-faces of the toroidal core, wherein the two end-faces are facing each other, and the winding density of the excitation coil along the toroidal length of the toroidal core is higher in the vicinity of the respective end-faces as compared to the remaining parts of the toroidal core.
US11451088B2	Automatic detection of distributed energy resources system parameters A method determines the topology of a DERs system having a plurality of assets, where at least one of the assets is a controllable asset. The method injects a power signal at a given frequency from a controllable asset into the DERs system. The voltage at each of the plurality of assets is measured, and the magnitude of perturbation of the voltage at the given frequency is determined for each of the plurality of assets. The method then constructs the topology of the DERs system as a function of the differences of the magnitude of perturbations of each of the plurality of assets.
US11451084B2	Electronic device for harvesting power from at least one power source and method for operating the same Disclosed are electronic devices including a polymer including a ferroelectric and quantum dots disposed in the ferroelectric, at least one solar cell configured to receive light through the polymer and to convert the light into electrical energy, and a battery configured to be charged with the electrical energy from the at least one solar cell.
US11451078B2	Electric tool power supply having vehicle starting function The present disclosure discloses an electric tool power supply having a vehicle starting function. The electric tool power supply comprises a power supply component, a first output interface, and a second output interface. The power supply component is configured to store and provide electrical energy. The first output interface is electrically coupled to the power supply component. The power supply component is configured to provide operating voltage for an electric tool through the first output interface when the electric tool power supply is installed on the electric tool. The second output interface is electrically coupled to the power supply component. The power supply component is configured to output instantaneous large-current to a starter of a vehicle through the second output interface when the electric tool power supply is installed on the vehicle, so as to start the starter.
US11451077B2	Electronic equipment, charger and charging method An electronic equipment, a charger and a charging method are provided. The charging method includes that: a processor determines a type of a charger coupled with a physical charging interface through a communication control chip; when the charger is a preset charger, the processor sets a direct charging control switch into an ON state, and controls the charger to perform charging according to a first charging mode; and when the charger is not the preset charger, the processor sets the direct charging control switch into an OFF state, and performs charging through charging chips according to a second charging mode.
US11451076B2	Earpiece charging case detection A system with an earpiece that comprises a rechargeable earpiece power source and a case that is configured to interface with the earpiece in an earpiece power source charging configuration and comprises a case power source that is configured to recharge the earpiece power source. A detection circuit, located in part in the earpiece and in part in the case, includes at least one earpiece electrical contact that is configured to electrically couple to at least one case electrical contact when the earpiece is interfaced with the case in the earpiece power source charging configuration. The detection circuit is configured to detect, using the earpiece and case electrical contacts, whether the earpiece is interfaced with the case in the earpiece power source charging configuration, even if one of the earpiece power source and the case power source does not have power.
US11451074B2	Wireless charging method and apparatus thereof An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a wireless charging coil disposed inside the housing, a fan disposed inside the housing and in proximity to the coil, a temperature sensor disposed inside the housing and in proximity to the coil, a wireless charging circuit having the coil and configured to transmit power wirelessly to an external device via the coil, and a control circuit electrically connected to the fan, the temperature sensor, and the wireless charging circuit. The control circuit may be configured to receive a signal from the external device, receive data related to a temperature of the coil from the temperature sensor, and control the fan at least partially on the basis of at least one of the signal and the data.
US11451070B2	Charging circuit, electronic device, charging method and charging device A charging circuit includes: an interface, a plurality of batteries connected in series, a first charging portion which is connected to the interface and is connected in series with the plurality of batteries, a second charging portion which is connected to the interface and is connected in series with at least one battery, and a first switching circuit which is connected with the second charging portion and is configured to switch a conducting state between the second charging portion and the at least one battery connected in series with the second charging portion, wherein when the first charging portion is in a charging state and the second charging portion is connected with the at least one battery, the charging circuit is switched to an asynchronous charging mode.
US11451060B1	Consistent power delivery via power delivery limits A method for delivering power to a grid. The method may include receiving a prediction of power generation for a renewable energy source (RES), receiving power level requirements of the grid, and receiving length of power delivery requirements of the grid. The method may further include determining a power delivery limit based on the prediction of power generation, the power level requirements, and the length of power delivery requirements. The method may further include delivering power to the grid according to the power delivery limit from the RES and an energy storage system (ESS) electrically coupled to the RES.
US11451057B2	Systems and methods for controlling electrical power systems connected to a power grid A method for controlling an electrical power system connected to a power grid includes receiving a reactive power command and a measured reactive power and generating a reactive power error signal based on a difference between the reactive power command and the measured reactive power. Further, the method includes receiving, via a reactive power regulator, the reactive power error signal. Moreover, the method includes generating, via the reactive power regulator, a voltage command based on the error signal. The method also includes generating, via a droop control, a voltage droop signal. In addition, the method includes generating a voltage error signal as a function of the voltage droop signal and at least one of the voltage command or a measured terminal voltage. Thus, the method further includes generating, via a voltage regulator, a reactive current command based on the voltage error signal.
US11451053B2	Method and arrangement for estimating a grid state of a power distribution grid A method estimates a grid state of an electrical power distribution grid having a multiplicity of network sections, in which a central computer arrangement is used to receive measured values from measuring devices. A state estimation device is used to make a prediction of a future grid state, wherein a voltage and a phase angle are respectively ascertained for each network section, and in that a naive Bayes method is used for the prediction.
US11451045B2	Automotive auxiliary unit with an electronic protection unit An automotive auxiliary unit includes an electronic protection unit. The electronic protection unit includes an inverse-polarity protection unit having a semiconductor switch, and an overcurrent protection unit which detects a voltage drop at the semiconductor switch of the inverse-polarity protection unit so as to determine a present current level.
US11451044B2	Automated self testing of power grid transformer protection systems Systems and method for automated self-testing of a protective device for a transformer are disclosed. One system includes a protection circuit electrically connected to a transformer neutral, the transformer electrically connected to a power grid, the protection circuit may include a DC blocking component, a switch assembly, and a spark gap assembly each positioned in parallel between the transformer neutral and ground, a switch assembly. The system may further include various testing circuits configured within the protection circuit and switches which when actuated inject a signal to test various components in the protective device.
US11451042B2	Method for identifying a fault event in an electric power distribution grid sector A method for identifying a fault event in an electric power distribution grid sector including one or more electric loads and having a coupling node with a main grid, at which a grid current adsorbed by said electric loads is detectable. The method allows determining whether a detected anomalous variation of the grid current, adsorbed at the electric coupling node, is due to the start of a characteristic transitional operating period of an electric load or is due to an electric fault.
US11451032B2	Water resistant box for power outlet A water resistant box includes a front cover, a base for accommodating a power outlet receptacle, and a cable passage cover. The base is coupled to the front cover. The cable passage cover is pivotally coupled to the base, configured to pivot to an open position when the water resistant box is in use and pivot to a closed position when the water resistant box is not in use. The water resistant box can protect power outlets against water when used ins outdoor or wet conditions. It also makes the box easier to use and solves the problem of parts being misplaced.
US11451024B2	Wiring member integrated built-in component A wiring member integrated door resin component includes a built-in component (for example, a door resin component) and a wiring member. The built-in component is a component having a wiring member housing groove in one main surface and incorporated into a box-like member to partition an inner side and outer side of the box-like member. The wiring member is held by the built-in component in a state where at least a part thereof in an extension direction is housed in the wiring member housing groove.
US11451023B2	Disconnect system for an auxiliary side ramp for a modular cable protector An auxiliary side ramp for use with modular cable protectors includes a number of tool engagement features. A tool can be used to removably engage these tool engagement features and allows a user to exert an upward force to disengage the edge connectors on adjacent auxiliary side ramps, and also disengage the auxiliary side ramp from the underlying cable protector. For example, the tool engagement features can be slots in the top surface of the auxiliary side ramp with undercuts adjacent to the lower ends of the slots. A tool with vertical rods is manually inserted into the slots to disengage the cable protectors. Horizontal projections at the bottom of the vertical rods engage the undercuts in the slots, and allow the user to disengage adjacent auxiliary side ramps by lifting upward on the tool.
US11451022B2	Explosion-protected device An explosion-protected device (1) comprises a deformable interior body (20) that comprises at least one line channel (30, 31) extending along a longitudinal axis (L) through the interior body (20) for a line. The line extends through the at least one line channel (30, 31). The interior body (20) is encompassed by a housing (2). The housing (2) is divided into an incoming section (3), an outgoing section (4) as well as a middle section (5) disposed between the incoming section (3) and the outgoing section (4). A spring element (25) is provided which is disposed in the middle section (5) and exerts pressure onto the interior body (20).
US11451012B2	Emitter array that includes inhomogeneous emitter distribution to flatten a beam profile of the emitter array A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array may comprise a first subset of VCSELs of a plurality of VCSELs, and a second subset of VCSELs of the plurality of VCSELs. One or more first beams to be emitted by the first subset of VCSELs, when the VCSEL array is powered, and one or more second beams to be emitted by the second subset of VCSELs, when the VCSEL array is powered, may have different patterns of areas of energy intensity. The different patterns of areas of energy intensity may include respective areas of high energy intensity and respective areas of low energy intensity.
US11451007B2	Driving circuit and an optical transmitter including the same A driving circuit includes an input circuit slice configured to convert a data signal into a first data signal and a second data signal having different DC components. The driving circuit also includes a driver slice configured to output driving current at an output node by generating push current or pull current according to the first data signal and the second data signal, wherein a magnitude of the push current or the pull current is variable.
US11451002B2	Cable stripping device A device for stripping a cable is provided. The device includes an extraction chamber and a pusher mounted with an ability to move in the extraction chamber between a rest position and a deployed position. A distal end of the extraction chamber is closed by a flange including a slot. The pusher pushes on the cable in order to press the cable against the slot in the flange.
US11451000B2	Cable processing apparatus A crimping cassette for a crimping device of a cable processing apparatus includes a crimping tool having stationary and movable tool parts configured to act together in a crimping operation of the crimping device. The crimping cassette further includes a holding device having at least two claws for attaching to a mounting part in a mounting area of the claws, the mounting part being directly or indirectly fixed to the stationary tool part. The holding device has a locked closed position in which the claws are firmly clamped to the mounting part; an unlocked closed position in which the claws loosely grip the mounting part for allowing an adjustment movement of the stationary tool part within a spatially limited adjustment range; and an open position in which the claws release the mounting part such that the stationary tool part is separable from the holding device.
US11450999B2	Separable articulating power and data interface Connector inserts and connector receptacles that have a small form factor and where when a connector insert and connector receptacle are mated, the connector insert can rotate and articulate relative to an electronic device housing the connector receptacle. The connector receptacle can be connected to components in the electronic device through a flexible circuit board having an amount of slack or excess length to allow the connector receptacle and the connector insert to rotate relative to the connected components. A bearing supporting the connector receptacle can articulate about an axis to allow the connector receptacle and connector insert to articulate relative to the connected components. The bearing can further support a locking mechanism to lock the connector insert in place in the connector receptacle.
US11450992B2	Plug load management system with load identification The present disclosure relates to a plug load management system having automatic and dynamic load detection, meaning it has the ability to identify devices that are plugged into outlets of a building and determine the location of the plug load down to the specific outlet. When a device is moved, the plug load management system can determine this change and update accordingly.
US11450985B2	Connector with integrated seal retainer and secondary terminal lock A connector assembly includes a connector body defining a terminal cavity configured to receive a terminal therein and extending along a longitudinal mating axis. The connector assembly also includes a compliant seal peripherally surrounding the connector body. The connector assembly further includes a retainer that peripherally surrounds a portion of the connector body and is movable to a first position in which the retainer inhibits movement of the seal along the mating axis and allows insertion of the terminal within the terminal cavity. The retainer is further movable from the first position to a second position in which the retainer inhibits movement of the seal along the mating axis while also inhibiting removal of the terminal from the terminal cavity. A method of assembling a connector is also presented.
US11450979B2	Receptacle connector with alignment features A receptacle connector includes a housing having a mating end for mating with a plug connector and a mounting end for mounting to a circuit board. The housing has side walls and end walls with contacts in contacts arrays along both side walls. The contacts have mating ends and terminating ends. The housing has a card slot open at the mating end for receiving plug connector defined by interior surfaces of the side walls. The mating ends of the contacts are exposed in the card slot for mating electrical connection with the plug connector. The housing has alignment tabs extending inward into the card slot from the interior surface for aligning the plug connector within the card slot.
US11450978B2	High voltage contact system This disclosure provides a method and apparatus for connecting wires and interlocking wires to an electrical component. More specifically, an electrical connector that includes an insulative housing, two electrical contacts, and two interlocking contacts is disclosed. In an embodiment, each electrical contact includes a female end, a press-fit end, and a transition portion. The transition portion is designed such that the first female end and the first press-fit end may be properly aligned depending on the application. The transition portion also provides support and stability to the electrical contacts when they are disposed within the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes four contact recesses. In an embodiment, the electrical connector allows for the safe, efficient, re-usable, and reliable connection for connecting high-voltage wires to a corresponding sensitive electrical component (e.g., a printed circuit board).
US11450973B1	All metal wideband tapered slot phased array antenna An all metal wideband tapered slot phase array antenna includes: a ground plate; and a plurality of antennas arranged on the ground plate, wherein each of the antennas includes radiators configured to face each other with respect to a center line, forming an inclined surface that starts from the ground plate and decreases in width in an exponential manner, and having a non-uniform thickness.
US11450972B2	Power distribution network, liquid crystal antenna and communication device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a power distribution network, a liquid crystal antenna including the power distribution network, and a communication device including the liquid crystal antenna. The power distribution network is configured to be used in a liquid crystal antenna and includes a plurality of cascaded power distributors. Each of the plurality of cascaded power distributors comprises a first microstrip line, a transmission medium region and a reference electrode. A tangent value of a dielectric loss angle of a transmission medium in the transmission medium region is smaller than a tangent value of a dielectric loss angle of a liquid crystal in the liquid crystal antenna.
US11450964B2	Antenna assembly with a conductive cage An apparatus is disclosed for an antenna with a conductive cage. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a ground plane with at least one opening. The apparatus also includes at least one antenna assembly with at least one radiating element, at least one feed via, and a conductive cage. The radiating element is implemented on a first plane that is substantially parallel to the ground plane. The feed via is connected to the at least one radiating element and is configured to connect to at least one transmission line through the opening. The conductive cage includes at least three ground vias, which are connected to the ground plane at positions that are distributed around the opening. Lengths of the at least three ground vias extend a portion of a distance between the ground plane and the radiating element.
US11450962B1	Multiplexed ultra-wideband radiating antenna element An antenna element includes a radiator element, a plurality of feed circuits and a multiplexing interface. The radiator element can transceive radio-frequency (RF) signals. The feed circuits, which include impedance and multiplexing features, are realized on multiple feed locations of the radiating element feed slot. The multiplexing interface is electrically coupled to the plurality of feed circuits and can multiplex a number of sub-band signals associated with the feed circuits. The multiplexing interface can provide a high isolation between the feed circuits.
US11450950B2	Enclosure with integrated lifting mechanism for antennas An antenna assembly has a main body configured to receive an antenna, and an uninterrupted top cap attached to the main body. The uninterrupted top cap has an outer surface. A lifting assembly is attached to at the outer surface of said top cap without penetrating the cap. Accordingly, the uninterrupted cap forms an unbroken whole. The uninterrupted cap is continuous without any through-holes or other perturbances or features that extend through the cap or otherwise might allow fluid to pass through the cap into an interior of the main body.
US11450949B2	Antenna structure and electronic device comprising antenna An electronic device capable of radiating signals toward a plurality of planes is provided, and includes a housing including a first plate and a second plate facing away from the first plate, and an antenna structure positioned in the housing. The antenna structure includes a first printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a first surface facing a first direction, a second PCB that includes a second surface facing a second direction different from the first direction, a flexible PCB (FPCB) that is extended between a first periphery of the first PCB and a second periphery of the second PCB, a first conductive pattern that is formed in the first PCB or on the first surface, a second conductive pattern that is formed in the second PCB or on the second surface, and a wireless communication circuit that is mounted on the first PCB and/or the second PCB.
US11450948B2	Antenna device An antenna device includes: a planar antenna; and a metal body arranged a predetermined distance above the planar antenna, wherein the metal body is shifted in a predetermined direction with respect to the planar antenna, wherein the metal body is a metal plate and/or a parasitic element. The antenna device further includes an antenna which corresponds to a frequency band different from that of the planar antenna and a holder configured to maintain the predetermined distance between the planar antenna and the metal body, wherein the antenna is arranged in the predetermined direction.
US11450947B2	Antenna module Provided is an antenna module for increasing a recognition area by using a metal deco or a deco panel of a portable terminal as an auxiliary radiator of a radiation pattern for near field communication. The provided antenna module includes: a metal deco disposed on a rear side of a portable terminal; and a radiation pattern connected to the metal deco, in which the metal deco is spaced at both ends by means of a slit, and one end is configured to be directly connected with one end of a radiation pattern so as to act as an auxiliary radiator of the radiation pattern.
US11450943B2	Tiered chassis with antenna cavity An example device may comprise a metallic chassis having a tiered surface comprising an upper face, a connecting face, and a lower face. The connecting face may be arranged between the upper face and the lower face such that the upper face and the connecting face define a raised area. The device may also comprise an antenna cavity formed in the raised area and having an opening in the upper face and the connecting face.
US11450920B2	Temperature and spark reduction device An electrochemical assembly includes a case defining an interior region, an electrochemical cell, a device, and a pressure relief valve. The electrochemical cell is disposed within the interior region. The device includes a spreader component. The spreader component includes a polymer matrix and an additive embedded in the polymer matrix. The additive includes an endothermic phase change material, a flame retardant material, an intumescent material, or any combination thereof. The device defines a device outlet. The pressure relief valve has a valve inlet fluidly connected to the interior region and a valve outlet fluidly connected to the device. The pressure relief valve is configured to transfer a gas from the interior region to the device when a pressure in the interior region exceeds a predetermined pressure. The spreader component is configured to be in fluid communication with the gas and direct the gas to the device outlet.
US11450899B2	Method for determining battery pack temperature and state of charge Disclosed is a battery system comprising a battery pack having a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells each having a cell temperature; a battery management system coupled to the battery pack and designed to obtain temperature plurality of temperatures from the battery pack wherein the battery management system is configured to output a single battery pack temperature value. Further disclosed is a battery system comprising a battery pack having a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells each having a cell state of charge; a battery management system coupled to the battery pack and designed to obtain a plurality of state of charges from the battery pack, wherein the battery management system is configured to output a single battery pack state of charge value.
US11450896B2	Battery pack, power tool system, and charging system A battery pack includes a housing of a first material, a cell assembly, and a cell support of a second material. The cell assembly is disposed in the housing and includes a plurality of cell units. The cell unit includes a positive electrode of the cell unit and a negative electrode of the cell unit. The cell support is configured to support at least the cell assembly. The cell support is at least disposed at two ends of the cell assembly and at least part of the cell support encapsulates the positive electrode of the cell unit and the negative electrode of the cell unit. The first material is different from the second material.
US11450883B2	Enhanced solid closo-borane electrolytes for batteries A solid-state electrolyte is presented that is a combined salt of an alkali metal or alkali earth metal closo-borate and alkali metal or alkali earth metal conductivity enhancing anion salt. The combined salt allows significantly higher conductivities in the solid state than the included alkali metal or alkali earth metal closo-borate. The combined salt can be prepared by mechanical combination or combination in solution. The salts can be used in solid-state electrochemical devices.
US11450875B2	Fuel cell with corrosion resistance A fuel cell is provided that includes a cell stack having a plurality of unit cells stacked in a first direction. An enclosure is disposed to surround the cell stack and includes an inlet that suctions external air and an outlet that discharges air that has been suctioned through the inlet and has circulated in the space between the cell stack and the enclosure. An insulating member is disposed to extend in the first direction in the space between an outer surface of the cell stack and an inner surface of the enclosure. The insulating member divides the space into a plurality of spaces and has an aperture formed therein to provide communication between the divided plurality of spaces, and an air intake member configured to suction air discharged from the outlet.
US11450834B2	Display device including an adhesive bonded polarization plate A display device includes: multiple layers including a display element layer, the multiple layers including a sealing layer for covering the display element layer; and a polarization plate attached to a first layer and a second layer of the multiple layers with an adhesive layer. The multiple layers includes inorganic films and organic films. All of the inorganic films are disposed to avoid an edge area that is at least a part of a peripheral portion of the resin substrate. The polarization plate has an edge above the edge area of the resin substrate. The first layer is disposed to avoid the edge area of the resin substrate. The first layer at an edge has an upper surface sloping downward toward the edge area. The second layer has a portion in the edge area of the resin substrate and between the resin substrate and the adhesive layer.
US11450831B2	Display device with input sensing member and resin layer therein A display device includes a display panel that includes a substrate, a display layer disposed on the substrate, and a thin-film encapsulation layer that covers the display layer; an input sensing member that includes a base layer and sensing electrodes disposed on the base layer, wherein the base layer faces the substrate of the display panel; and a resin layer disposed between the thin-film encapsulation layer and the base laver. The display device includes an opening area and a display area that at least partially surrounds the opening area. A side surface of the substrate that at least partially surrounds the opening area has a shape in a thickness direction of the substrate that differs from a shape in the thickness direction of a side surface of another part of the substrate.
US11450826B2	Light emitting device, method of manufacturing same and display device including same A light emitting device includes: a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a quantum dot, an electron auxiliary layer disposed between the emissive layer and the second electrode and including a plurality of nanoparticles, and a polymer layer between a portion of the second electrode and the electron auxiliary layer, wherein the nanoparticles include a metal oxide including zinc, wherein the second electrode has a first surface facing a surface of the electron auxiliary layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the polymer layer is disposed on a portion of the second surface and a portion of the surface of the electron auxiliary layer, and wherein the polymer layer includes a polymerization product of a thiol compound and an unsaturated compound having at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds.
US11450825B2	Flexible display panel and manufacturing method thereof A flexible display panel and a manufacturing method which is capable of removing a non-display area without damaging a display element layer, the flexible display panel includes a flexible substrate which includes a display area and a peripheral area outside of the display area, a display element layer disposed on the flexible substrate, and a neutral plane balancing layer disposed on the display element layer in the peripheral area, wherein the peripheral area of the flexible substrate in which the neutral plane balancing layer is disposed is folded towards a rear side of the display area along a first bending line, and the neutral plane balancing layer overlaps the first bending line.
US11450819B2	Heterocyclic compound and organic light-emitting element including same The present specification relates to a heterocyclic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
US11450815B2	Hole transporting material, method of manufacturing same and organic electroluminescent device A hole transporting material is disclosed, and has a structural formula as shown in a formula (A): wherein R group of the hole transporting material is one of a carbazole group and a derivative group thereof, a diphenylamine group and a derivative group thereof, a phenoxazine group and a derivative group thereof, and an acridine group and a derivative group thereof. The hole transporting material is synthetized to have a suitable energy level and a high mobility by using an acridine structure as a core. An organic electroluminescent device based on the hole transporting material has high luminous efficiency.
US11450813B2	Organic optoelectronic diode and display device Provided are an organic optoelectronic diode and a display device, the organic optoelectronic diode including a cathode and an anode facing each other; at least one organic layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the organic layer includes a composition for an organic optoelectronic device including a first compound for an organic optoelectronic device represented by a combination of Chemical Formula 1 and Chemical Formula 2, and a second compound for an organic optoelectronic device represented by Chemical Formula 3; and a dopant having a maximum emission wavelength of 570 nm to 750 nm. The detailed descriptions of Chemical Formula 1 to Chemical Formula 3 are the same as that defined in the specification.
US11450806B2	Composition for organic optoelectronic element, organic optoelectronic element, and display device The present invention relates to: a composition for an organic optoelectronic element, containing at least one first compound represented by chemical formula 1, at least one second compound among compounds represented by chemical formula 2 and compounds composed of combinations of moieties represented by chemical formula 3 and moieties represented by chemical formula 4, and at least one third compound represented by chemical formula 5; an organic optoelectronic element comprising the same; and a display device comprising the organic optoelectronic element. Chemical formulas 1 to 5 are as described in the specification.
US11450802B1	Thermally sensitive ionic redox transistor A thermally sensitive ionic redox transistor comprises a solid channel, a solid reservoir layer, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the channel and the reservoir layer. A conductance of the channel is varied by changing the concentration of ions such as oxygen vacancies in the channel layer. Ionic conductivity of the gate, electrolyte, and channel layers increase with increasing temperature. Ion or vacancy transport between the channel and the reservoir layer across the electrolyte layer occurs in response to applying a voltage between the channel and the reservoir layer when the device is heated to an elevated temperature. When the device is cooled below the elevated temperature, the ions are trapped in one or more of the layers because the materials lose their ionic conductivity. A state of the redox transistor can be read by measuring the conductance of the channel.
US11450801B2	Method of manufacturing piezoelectric element, method of manufacturing oscillatory wave motor, method of manufacturing optical apparatus, and method of manufacturing electronic apparatus Provided is a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element in which, at a time when the piezoelectric element is manufactured, a piezoelectric material is prevented from being exposed to a temperature higher than a Curie temperature thereof to be depolarized, to thereby significantly decrease piezoelectric properties. The method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element includes a first step of arranging a plurality of electrodes on a piezoelectric material, electrically short-circuiting two or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes, and subjecting the piezoelectric material to heat treatment, and a second step of, after the first step, electrically opening the short circuit of the two or more electrodes at a time when a temperature of the piezoelectric material decreases to less than a temperature of the piezoelectric material at a time of the heat treatment.
US11450799B2	Micron-scale monocrystal film The invention provides a micron-scale monocrystal film. The micron-scale monocrystal film includes 1) a substrate layer, and 2) a micron-scale monocrystal film layer located on the substrate layer, wherein a transition layer is interposed between the substrate layer and micron-scale monocrystal film layer, and the transition layer may include a first transition layer disposed adjacent to the substrate layer and a second transition layer disposed adjacent to the micron monocrystal film layer, wherein the transition layer may include H and an element from at least one kind of plasma gas used during the plasma bonding of the substrate layer and the micron-scale monocrystal film layer.
US11450795B2	Light-emitting module and surface-emitting light source including a plurality of wiring formations between two terminals A light-emitting module according to an embodiment includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, light-guiding plates each having a light-exiting surface, and a wiring layer connected to electrodes of the plurality of light-emitting elements on a surface opposite to the light-exiting surface. The wiring layer includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a first wiring pattern connecting the first terminal and the second terminal, a second wiring pattern connecting the first terminal and the second terminal, a third wiring pattern disposed between the first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern to connect the first terminal and the second terminal, a fourth wiring pattern connecting the first to third wiring patterns in parallel, the fourth wiring pattern being connected to the first terminal, and a fifth wiring pattern connecting the first to third wiring patterns in parallel, the fifth wiring pattern being connected to the second terminal.
US11450793B2	Semiconductor structure with nanoparticles and light emitting device having a phosphor material with nanoparticles A semiconductor structure, a method for producing a semiconductor structure and a light emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor structure includes a plurality of discrete encapsulated semiconductor nanoparticles and a plurality of discrete semiconductor free nanoparticles, wherein the discrete encapsulated semiconductor nanoparticles and the discrete semiconductor free nanoparticles form an agglomerate.
US11450791B2	LED assembly for omnidirectional light applications An LED bulb with an LED assembly, including a substrate having a first top surface, longer side surface and shorter side surface; a mount disposed on the first top surface, having a first inner side surface and second inner side surface facing the first inner side surface; a plurality of LED chips on the first top surface, arranged between the first and second inner side surfaces, having a second top surface; an electrode plate formed on the mount, electrically connected to the plurality of LED chips with a third top surface which does not extend beyond the shorter side surface in a top view; and a phosphor layer covering the plurality of LED chips, mount, and electrode plate, without covering the side surfaces; and a cover covering the LED assembly. The third top surface is higher than the second top surface in an elevation based on the first top surface.
US11450788B2	Semiconductor device In an embodiment, disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor structure which comprises a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer; a first electrode which is electrically connected to the first conductive semiconductor layer; and a second electrode which is electrically connected to the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein an area ratio between an area of an upper surface of the second conductive semiconductor layer and an area of an outer surface of the active layer is 1:0.0005 to 1:0.01.
US11450783B2	Selective emitter solar cell and method for preparing same A method for preparing a selective emitter solar cell includes: forming a textured surface with a plurality of protrusions in the first regions and the second regions of the surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein each protrusion has a cross-sectional shape that is trapezoidal or trapezoid-like in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate; performing a diffusion treatment on at least part of protrusions to form a first doped layer, and forming a first oxide layer above the first regions; re-etching the surface of the semiconductor substrate by using the first oxide layer as a mask, to etch each protrusion in the second regions to form a pyramid structure, such that the first doped layer in the second regions is etched to form a second doped layer with a doping concentration lower than a doping concentration of the first doped layer.
US11450781B2	Tm2+luminescent materials for solar radiation conversion devices A solar radiation conversion device is described that uses a luminescent Tm2+ inorganic material for converting solar radiation of at least part of the UV and/or visible and/or infrared solar spectrum into infrared solar radiation, preferably the infrared solar radiation having a wavelength of around 1138 nm; and, a photovoltaic device for converting at least part of the infrared solar radiation into electrical power.
US11450779B2	Optically gated transistor light detector An apparatus, system, and method for detecting light having a specified or first wavelength. The apparatus includes a substrate that generates charge separation in the presence of light having the first wavelength. An active material is deposited onto the substrate. The active material is configured to conduct current in the presence of light having a second wavelength. Two electrodes are connected to the active material. Light having the second wavelength is constantly applied to the active material and the current is monitored via the electrodes. The active material will conduct zero or minimal current via the electrodes if the substrate does not generate charge separation. Detection the presence of light having the first wavelength may be detected upon the detection of current via the two electrodes. The first wavelength may be non-visible light and the second wavelength may be visible light.
US11450778B2	Ag-doped photovoltaic devices and method of making A doped photovoltaic device is presented. The photovoltaic device includes a semiconductor absorber layer or stack disposed between a front contact and a back contact. The absorber layer comprises cadmium, selenium, and tellurium doped with Ag, and optionally with Cu. The Ag dopant may be added to the absorber in amounts ranging from 5×1015/cm3 to 2.5×1017/cm3 via any of several methods of application before, during, or after deposition of the absorber layer. The photovoltaic device has improved Fill Factor and PMAX at higher Pr(=Isc*Voc product) values, e.g. about 160 W, which results in improved conversion efficiency compared to a device not doped with Ag. Improved PT may result from increased Isc, increased Voc, or both.
US11450775B2	Solar cell and method for producing same The present disclosure provides a solar cell and a method for producing same. The solar cell includes: a substrate; a first passivation film, an anti-reflection layer and at least one first electrode formed on a front surface of the substrate; and a tunneling layer, a field passivation layer and at least one second electrode formed on a rear surface. The field passivation layer includes a first field passivation sub-layer and a second field passivation sub-layer; a conductivity of the first field passivation sub-layer is greater than a conductivity of the second field passivation sub-layer, and a thickness of the second field passivation sub-layer is smaller than a thickness of the first field passivation sub-layer; either the at least one first electrode or the at least one second electrode includes a silver electrode, a conductive adhesive and an electrode film that are sequentially formed in a direction away from the substrate.
US11450774B2	Semiconductor device including two or more adjustment regions A semiconductor device with an enhanced semiconductor characteristics that is useful for power devices. A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor region; a barrier electrode arranged on the semiconductor region; and two or more adjustment regions of barrier height that are on a surface of the semiconductor region and arranged between the semiconductor region and the barrier electrode, the adjustment regions are configured such that barrier height at an interface between the adjustment regions and the barrier electrode is higher than barrier height at an interface between the semiconductor region and the barrier electrode.
US11450773B2	Thin film transistor, method of fabricating thin film transistor, and display apparatus having thin film transistor A thin film transistor is provided. The thin film transistor includes a base substrate; a first target layer on the base substrate; a first insulating layer on a side of the first target layer away from the base substrate; an intermediate layer on a side of the first insulating layer away from the first target layer; a second insulating layer on a side of the intermediate layer away from the first insulating layer; and a second target layer on a side of the second insulating layer away from the intermediate layer. The first target layer is electrically connected to the second target layer. The intermediate layer is one of a gate electrode and an active layer, and the first target layer and the second target layer together constitute another one of the gate electrode and the active layer.
US11450772B2	Fin field-effect transistor device and method A method includes forming a first fin protruding above a substrate, the first fin having a PMOS region; forming a first gate structure over the first fin in the PMOS region; forming a first spacer layer over the first fin and the first gate structure; and forming a second spacer layer over the first spacer layer. The method further includes performing a first etching process to remove the second spacer layer from a top surface and sidewalls of the first fin in the PMOS region; performing a second etching process to remove the first spacer layer from the top surface and the sidewalls of the first fin in the PMOS region; and epitaxially growing a first source/drain material over the first fin in the PMOS region, the first source/drain material extending along the top surface and the sidewalls of the first fin in the PMOS region.
US11450768B2	High voltage field effect transistor with vertical current paths and method of making the same A field effect transistor for a high voltage operation can include vertical current paths, which may include vertical surface regions of a pedestal semiconductor portion that protrudes above a base semiconductor portion. The pedestal semiconductor portion can be formed by etching a semiconductor material layer employing a gate structure as an etch mask. A dielectric gate spacer can be formed on sidewalls of the pedestal semiconductor portion. A source region and a drain region may be formed underneath top surfaces of the base semiconductor portion. Alternatively, epitaxial semiconductor material portions can be grown on the top surfaces of the base semiconductor portions, and a source region and a drain region can be formed therein. Alternatively, a source region and a drain region can be formed within via cavities in a planarization dielectric layer.
US11450762B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device is an IGBT of a trench-gate structure and has a storage region directly beneath a p−-type base region. The semiconductor device has gate trenches and dummy trenches as trenches configuring the trench-gate structure. An interval (mesa width) at which the trenches are disposed is in a range of 0.7 μm to 2 μm. In each of the gate trenches, a gate electrode of a gate potential is provided via a first gate insulating film. In each of the dummy trenches, a dummy gate electrode of an emitter potential is provided via a second gate insulating film. A total number of the gate electrode is in a range of 60% to 84% of a total number of the dummy electrodes.
US11450755B2	Electronic device including at least one nano-object An electronic device is provided, including a transistor and a substrate surmounted by first through third elements, the second element being arranged between the first and the third elements and including a nano-object, a transistor channel area being formed by part of the nano-object, a first end of the nano-object being connected to the first element by a first electrode including a first part forming a first continuity of matter and a second part formed on the first part, a second end of the nano-object being connected to the third element by a second electrode including a first part forming a second continuity of matter and a second part formed on the first part, such that a lattice parameter of the second part is suited to a lattice parameter of the first part to induce a stress in the nano-object along a reference axis.
US11450746B2	Semiconductor device, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, inverter circuit, drive device, vehicle, and elevator A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a first electrode; a second electrode; and a silicon carbide layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and includes a first silicon carbide region of n-type; and a second silicon carbide region disposed between the first silicon carbide region and the first electrode, in contact with the first electrode, containing an at least one element selected from the group consisting of sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), and tungsten (W), and containing at least one first atom of the at least one element, the first atom being bonded to four silicon atoms.
US11450744B2	Transition-metal oxides-coated hydrogen-terminated diamond surface and uses thereof The present invention provides a conducting material comprising a carbon-based material selected from a diamond or an insulating diamond-like carbon, having a hydrogen-terminated surface and a layer of tungsten trioxide, rhenium trioxide, or chromium oxide coating said hydrogen-terminated surface. Such conducting materials are useful in the fabrication of electronic components, electrodes, sensors, diodes, field effect transistors, and field emission electron sources.
US11450728B2	Organic light emitting diode display and manufacturing method thereof A display device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer; a gate electrode overlapping the semiconductor layer; a common voltage line disposed on a same layer as the gate electrode; a common voltage line anti-oxidation layer disposed on the common voltage line; an interlayer insulating layer; source and drain electrodes disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; and a common voltage applying electrode disposed on a same layer as the source electrode and the drain electrode. The common voltage applying electrode is connected to the common voltage line through a first contact hole formed in the interlayer insulating layer, the common voltage line anti-oxidation layer includes an opening overlapping the common voltage line, the interlayer insulating layer is disposed in the opening, a width of the opening is smaller than a width of the common voltage line, and the first contact hole is disposed in the opening in a plan view.
US11450713B2	High resolution low power consumption OLED display with extended lifetime Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
US11450707B2	Light emission device A light emission device includes: a wiring board; a plurality of light-emitting elements being disposed on the wiring board and electrically connected to a wiring layer of the wiring board; a first light diffusing member being disposed on the wiring board, the first light diffusing member having a plurality of throughholes and containing a light-diffusive material, each of the plurality of light-emitting elements being disposed in a corresponding one of the plurality of throughholes; a plurality of second light diffusing members covering the plurality of light-emitting elements and being disposed in the plurality of throughholes, each second light diffusing member containing a light-diffusive material, such that a content ratio of the light-diffusive material in each second light diffusing member is higher than a content ratio of the light-diffusive material in the first light diffusing member; and a wavelength converting member.
US11450699B2	Image sensor comprising pixels for preventing or reducing the crosstalk effect The present disclosure concerns an image sensor comprising a set of pixels, wherein each pixel of the set comprises a first and a second element, the first element comprising a photodiode module unit, and the second element being an element for filtering color and focusing incident light into said first element. The image sensor further comprises at least two consecutive pixels from the set of pixels, for which first elements are put side by side, and wherein the image sensor comprises a gap between second elements of said at least two consecutive pixels.
US11450695B2	Method for manufacturing back surface incident type semiconductor photo detection element A semiconductor substrate including a first main surface and a second main surface opposing each other is provided. The semiconductor substrate includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type. The semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of planned regions where a plurality of second semiconductor regions of a second conductivity type forming pn junctions with the first semiconductor region are going to be formed, in a side of the second main surface. A textured region is formed on surfaces included in the plurality of planned regions, in the second main surface. The plurality of second semiconductor regions are formed in the plurality of planned regions after forming the textured region. The first main surface is a light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US11450694B2	Display apparatus and electronic device A highly reliable display apparatus is provided. In an EL display apparatus including a specific pixel having a function of adding data, a storage node is provided in the pixel, and first data can be held in the storage node. In the pixel, second data is added to the first data through capacitive coupling, whereby third data can be generated. A light-emitting device operates in accordance with the third data. In the pixel, a light-emitting device that requires a high voltage for light emission or a light-emitting device to which application of a high voltage is preferred is provided.
US11450682B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device comprises: a semiconductor substrate comprising a first and a second surface; a first and a second electrode provided on a first surface side; a third and a fourth electrode provided on a second surface side; a first through-electrode connected to the first and the third electrode; a second through-electrode connected to the second and the fourth electrode; and a first insulating layer comprising a first and a second portion. The semiconductor substrate comprises: a first impurity region of N type facing a surface of the first through-electrode via the first portion; a second impurity region of N type facing a surface of the second through-electrode via the second portion; and a third impurity region of P type provided between the first and the second impurity region.
US11450678B2	Split gate (SG) memory device and novel methods of making the SG-memory device One illustrative integrated circuit (IC) product disclosed herein includes a selection gate electrode and a first gate insulation layer positioned above a substrate and a memory gate electrode positioned above the substrate and adjacent the selection gate electrode, wherein the memory gate electrode comprises a bottom surface and first and second opposing sidewall surfaces. This embodiment of the IC product also includes a plurality of layers of insulating material, wherein a first portion of the layers of insulating material is positioned between the first gate insulation layer and the first opposing sidewall of the memory gate electrode, a second portion of the layers of insulating material is positioned between the bottom surface of the memory gate electrode and the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a third portion of the layers of insulating material is positioned on the second opposing sidewall of the conductive memory gate electrode.
US11450666B2	Semiconductor devices including two-dimensional material and methods of fabrication thereof According to embodiments of the present disclosure, two-dimensional (2D) materials may be used as nanosheet channels for multi-channel transistors. Nanosheet channels made two-dimensional (2D) materials can achieve the same drive current at smaller dimensions and/or fewer number of channels, therefore enable scaling down and/or boost derive current. Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a solution of P-type and N-type balancing in a device without increasing footprint of the device.
US11450665B2	Semiconductor structure with self-aligned backside power rail The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure that includes a substrate having a frontside and a backside; an active region extruded from the substrate and surrounded by an isolation feature; a gate stack formed on the front side of the substrate and disposed on the active region; a first and a second source/drain (S/D) feature formed on the active region and interposed by the gate stack; a frontside contact feature disposed on a top surface of the first S/D feature; a backside contact feature disposed on and electrically connected to a bottom surface of the second S/D feature; and a semiconductor layer disposed on a bottom surface of the first S/D feature with a first thickness and a bottom surface of the gate stack with a second thickness being greater than the first thickness.
US11450651B2	LED device and light emitting apparatus including the same A LED device includes multiple LED chips each including opposite first and second surfaces, a side surface, and an electrode assembly disposed on the second surface and including first and second electrodes. The first surface of each of the LED chips is a light exit surface. The LED device further includes an electric circuit layer assembly disposed on the second surfaces of the LED chips and having opposite first and second surfaces and a side surface. The first surface is electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. The LED device further includes an encapsulating layer enclosing the LED chips and the electric circuit layer assembly to expose the second surface of the electric circuit layer assembly.
US11450636B2	Semiconductor device including resistor element A semiconductor device includes a first pad defined on one surface of a first chip; a second pad defined on one surface of a second chip which is stacked on the first chip, and bonded to the first pad; a first resistor element defined in the first chip, and coupled to the first pad; and a second resistor element defined in the second chip, and coupled to the second pad.
US11450630B2	Coupling of integrated circuits (ICS) through a passivation-defined contact pad Components may be placed on an active side of a wafer as part of wafer-level chip scale packaging (WLCSP) for use in electronic devices. Pad layouts for the components on an active side of a wafer may be passivation-defined by forming a conductive terminal over a first dielectric layer and a forming a passivating, second dielectric layer over the conductive terminal. Openings formed in the second dielectric layer define component contacts to the conductive terminal and circuitry on the wafer coupled to the conductive terminal. Trenches may be used between pairs of contact pads to further reduce issues resulting from short circuits and/or underfills. A conductive pad may further be deposited in the opening to form underbump metallization (UBM) for coupling the component to the wafer.
US11450625B2	System and method for physically detecting counterfeit electronics A system for inspecting or screening electrically powered device includes a signal generator inputting a preselected signal into the electrically powered device. There is also an antenna array positioned at a pre-determined distance above the electrically powered device. Apparatus collects RF energy emitted by the electrically powered device in response to input of said preselected signal. The signature of the collected RF energy is compared with an RF energy signature of a genuine part. The comparison determines one of a genuine or counterfeit condition of the electrically powered device.
US11450624B2	Semiconductor die including diffusion barrier layers embedding bonding pads and methods of forming the same Semiconductor devices can be formed over a semiconductor substrate, and interconnect-level dielectric material layers embedding metal interconnect structures can be formed thereupon. In one embodiment, a pad-connection-via-level dielectric material layer, a proximal dielectric diffusion barrier layer, and a pad-level dielectric material layer can be formed. Bonding pads surrounded by dielectric diffusion barrier portions can be formed in the pad-level dielectric material layer. In another embodiment, a layer stack of a proximal dielectric diffusion barrier layer and a pad-and-via-level dielectric material layer can be formed. Integrated pad and via cavities can be formed through the pad-and-via-level dielectric material layer, and can be filled with bonding pads containing dielectric diffusion barrier portions and integrated pad and via structures.
US11450623B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of semiconductor chips each including a first main electrode on a top surfaces and including a second main electrode and a control electrode on a bottom surface; a first common main electrode connected to the first main electrodes; a printed board including a control wiring part and a main wiring part provided on a bottom surface of an insulating layer, and a common control electrode and a second common main electrode provided on a top surface of the insulating layer and electrically connected to the control wiring part and the main wiring part; projection electrodes bonding the control electrodes to the control wiring part; projection electrodes bonding the second main electrodes to the main wiring part; and a sealing member sealing the semiconductor chips and exposing the first common main electrode, the common control electrode, and the second common main electrode.
US11450622B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package provided herein includes a wiring substrate, a semiconductor component, conductor terminals, a bottom stiffener and a top stiffener. The wiring substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The semiconductor component is disposed on the first surface of the wiring substrate. The conductor terminals are disposed on the second surface of the wiring substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor component through the wiring substrate. The bottom stiffener is disposed on the second surface of the wiring substrate and positioned between the conductor terminals. The top stiffener is disposed on the first surface of the wiring substrate. The top stiffener is laterally spaced further away from the semiconductor component than the bottom stiffener.
US11450621B2	Housing for a converter, output stage of a converter having such a housing, converter, and aircraft having a converter A housing is provided for an output stage with power semiconductors of a modular converter. The housing includes a stretchable hood arranged on the base plate. The housing further includes a metallic lattice formed in or on the hood and forming a Faraday cage, wherein the hood is configured to be stretchable so as to enlarge the volume enclosed by the hood in the event of an explosion of a power semiconductor as a result of the explosion energy, without destroying the hood. An output stage, a converter, and an aircraft are also provided.
US11450617B2	Transmission line structures for III-N devices IC structures that include transmission line structures to be integrated with III-N devices are disclosed. An example transmission line structure includes a transmission line of an electrically conductive material provided above a stack of a III-N semiconductor material and a polarization material. The transmission line structure further includes means for reducing electromagnetic coupling between the line and charge carriers present below the interface of the polarization material and the III-N semiconductor material. In some embodiments, said means include a shield material of a metal or a doped semiconductor provided over portions of the polarization material that are under the transmission line. In other embodiments, said means include dopant atoms implanted into the portions of the polarization material that are under the transmission line, and into at least an upper portion of the III-N semiconductor material under such portions of the polarization material.
US11450604B2	Staircase structure in three-dimensional memory device and method for forming the same Embodiments of 3D memory devices having staircase structures and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a memory array structure and a staircase structure in an intermediate of the memory array structure. The staircase structure includes a plurality of stairs extending along the lateral direction, and a bridge structure in contact with the first memory array structure and the second memory array structure. The plurality of stairs includes a stair above one or more dielectric pairs The stair includes a conductor portion on a top surface of the stair and in contact with and electrically connected to the bridge structure, and is electrically connected to at least one of a first memory array structure and a second memory array structure of the memory array structure through the bridge structure. Along a second lateral direction, a width of the conductor portion is unchanged.
US11450602B2	Hybrid method for forming semiconductor interconnect structure The present disclosure provides a method for forming semiconductor structures. The method includes providing a device having a substrate, a first dielectric layer over the substrate, and a first conductive feature over the first dielectric layer, the first conductive feature comprising a first metal, the first metal being a noble metal. The method also includes depositing a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer and covering at least sidewalls of the first conductive feature; etching the second dielectric layer to form a trench; and forming a second conductive feature in the trench. The second conductive feature comprises a second metal different from the first metal.
US11450601B2	Assemblies comprising memory cells and select gates Some embodiments include an assembly having a memory stack which includes dielectric levels and conductive levels. A select gate structure is over the memory stack. A trench extends through the select gate structure. The trench has a first side and an opposing second side, along a cross-section. The trench splits the select gate structure into a first select gate configuration and a second select gate configuration. A void is within the trench and is laterally between the first and second select gate configurations. Channel material pillars extend through the memory stack. Memory cells are along the channel material pillars.
US11450595B2	Semiconductor package device with integrated inductor and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an interconnect structure, and a permalloy device. The interconnect structure is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The interconnect structure includes a conductive coil. The conductive coil includes horizontally-extending metal lines, and vertically-extending vias electrically connecting the metal lines. The permalloy device is disposed in the interconnector structure and wound around by the conductive coil and insulated by the conductive coil, wherein the permalloy device and the conductive coil in combination define an inductor, and the permalloy device serves as a magnetic core of the inductor.
US11450592B2	Semiconductor package with a plurality of chips having a groove in the encapsulation A semiconductor device according to the disclosure includes a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, a first metal plate provided on an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip, a second metal plate provided on an upper surface of the second semiconductor chip and a sealing resin covering the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip, the first metal plate and the second metal plate, wherein a groove is formed in the sealing resin, the groove extending downwards from an upper surface of the sealing resin, the first metal plate includes, at an end facing the second metal plate, a first exposed portion exposed from a side face of the sealing resin forming the groove, and the second metal plate includes, at an end facing the first metal plate, a second exposed portion exposed from a side face of the sealing resin forming the groove.
US11450586B2	Heat dissipation structure, semiconductor packaging device, and manufacturing method of the semiconductor packaging device A semiconductor packaging device includes a wiring board, a working chip, a heat-dissipating metal lid and a silicon thermal conductivity element. The working chip is mounted on the wiring board, and in-built with an working circuit therein. The silicon thermal conductivity element is thermally coupled to the working chip and the heat-dissipating metal lid, and is electrically isolated from the working circuit and the wiring board.
US11450585B2	On-die thermal management for VLSI applications Apparatus and methods are provided for managing operations of a semiconductor chip. In an exemplary embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor chip that may comprise a temperature sensor, a thermal heater, a processor and thermal control logic. The thermal control logic may be configured to: determine that a first temperature read-out from the temperature sensor reaches a first temperature threshold value, turn on the thermal heater, determine that a second temperature read-out from the temperature sensor reaches a second temperature threshold value that is lower than the first temperature threshold value, suspend functions of the processor, determine that a third temperature read-out from the temperature sensor reaches the first temperature threshold value, resume the functions of the processor, determine that a fourth temperature read-out from the temperature sensor reaches a third temperature threshold value that is higher than the first temperature threshold value and turn off the thermal heater.
US11450583B2	Semiconductor packages Provided is a stacked semiconductor package including a package base substrate including a plurality of signal wires and at least one power wire, wherein a plurality of top downsurface connecting pads and a plurality of bottom surface connecting pads are on a top surface and a bottom surface of the package base substrate, respectively; and a plurality of semiconductor chips that are sequentially stacked on the package base substrate and are electrically connected to the top surface connecting pads, the plurality of semiconductor chips including a first semiconductor chip that is a bottommost semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip that is on the first semiconductor chip, wherein the signal wires are arranged apart from a portion of the package base substrate, the first portion that overlaps a first edge of the first semiconductor chip, the first edge overlapping the second semiconductor chip in a vertical direction.
US11450570B2	Single diffusion cut for gate structures The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a single diffusion cut for gate structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a plurality of fin structures; a plurality of gate structures extending over the plurality of fin structures; a plurality of diffusion regions adjacent to the each of the plurality of gate structures; a single diffusion break between the diffusion regions of the adjacent gate structures; and a liner separating the single diffusion break from the diffusion regions.
US11450567B2	Package component with stepped passivation layer A method includes forming a first conductive feature, depositing a passivation layer on a sidewall and a top surface of the first conductive feature, etching the passivation layer to reveal the first conductive feature, and recessing a first top surface of the passivation layer to form a step. The step comprises a second top surface of the passivation layer. The method further includes forming a planarization layer on the passivation layer, and forming a second conductive feature extending into the passivation layer to contact the first conductive feature.
US11450562B2	Method of bottom-up metallization in a recessed feature A method of metallization includes receiving a substrate having a recess formed therein. The recess has a bottom and sidewalls, and a conformal liner is deposited on the bottom and sidewalls of the recess. The conformal liner is removed from an upper portion of the recess to expose upper sidewalls of the recess while leaving the conformal liner in a lower portion of the recess covering the bottom and lower sidewalls of the recess. Metal is deposited in a lower portion of the recess to form a metallization feature including the conformal liner in the lower portion of the recess and the metal.
US11450548B2	Wafer processing method A wafer processing method includes a wafer providing step of placing a polyolefin or polyester sheet on an upper surface of a substrate for supporting a wafer and placing the wafer on an upper surface of the sheet in a condition where a back side of the wafer is exposed upward, a thermocompression bonding step of setting the wafer placed through the sheet on the substrate in an enclosed environment, next evacuating the enclosed environment, and next heating the sheet as applying a pressure to the wafer, thereby uniting the wafer through the sheet to the substrate by thermocompression bonding, a back processing step of processing the back side of the wafer supported through the sheet to the substrate, and a separating step of separating the wafer from the sheet bonded to the substrate.
US11450544B2	Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing system, and substrate processing method An object of the present invention is to improve a substrate processing apparatus using the CARE method. The present invention provides a substrate processing apparatus for polishing a processing target region of a substrate by bringing the substrate and a catalyst into contact with each other in the presence of processing liquid. The substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit configured to hold the substrate, a catalyst holding unit configured to hold the catalyst, and a driving unit configured to move the substrate holding unit and the catalyst holding unit relative to each other with the processing target region of the substrate and the catalyst kept in contact with each other. The catalyst is smaller than the substrate.
US11450540B2	Apparatus and method for treating substrate An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a housing having a treatment space therein, a plate that supports the substrate in the housing, a heating unit having a heating wire that is provided inside the plate and that heats the substrate, a main temperature sensor that directly measures temperatures of the plate, and an auxiliary temperature sensor that measures temperatures of the heating wire.
US11450539B2	Substrate processing systems, apparatus, and methods with factory interface environmental controls Electronic device processing systems including environmental control of the factory interface are described. One electronic device processing system has a factory interface having a factory interface chamber, a load lock apparatus coupled to the factory interface, one or more substrate carriers coupled to the factory interface, and an environmental control system coupled to the factory interface and operational to monitor or control one of: relative humidity, temperature, an amount of oxygen, or an amount of inert gas within the factory interface chamber. In another aspect, purge of a carrier purge chamber within the factory interface chamber is provided. Methods for processing substrates are described, as are numerous other aspects.
US11450537B2	Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing method includes (a) forming a recess on a workpiece by partially etching the workpiece; and (b) forming a film having a thickness that differs along a depth direction of the recess, on a side wall of the recess. Step (b) includes (b-1) supplying a first reactant, and causing the first reactant to be adsorbed to the side wall of the recess; and (b-2) supplying a second reactant, and causing the second reactant to react with the first reactant thereby forming a film.
US11450526B2	Cyclic spin-on coating process for forming dielectric material The present disclosure is generally related to semiconductor devices, and more particularly to a dielectric material formed in semiconductor devices. The present disclosure provides methods for forming a dielectric material layer by a cyclic spin-on coating process. In an embodiment, a method of forming a dielectric material on a substrate includes spin-coating a first portion of a dielectric material on a substrate, curing the first portion of the dielectric material on the substrate, spin-coating a second portion of the dielectric material on the substrate, and thermal annealing the dielectric material to form an annealed dielectric material on the substrate.
US11450524B2	Substrate processing apparatus, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and recording medium There is provided a technique that includes a process chamber in which a process is performed to a substrate, the process including forming a film containing a main element, a first nozzle configured to supply a precursor containing the main element to the substrate in the process chamber, and a second nozzle configured to supply a reactant to the substrate in the process chamber. The first nozzle includes a first ceiling hole provided at a ceiling portion of the first nozzle and opened in a vertical direction, and a plurality of first side holes provided at a side portion of the first nozzle and opened in a horizontal direction. An opening area of the first ceiling hole is larger than an opening area of each of the plurality of first side holes.
US11450518B2	Mass spectrometer and chromatograph mass spectrometer A mass spectrometer includes: a target compound input receiving section for receiving an input of one or more target compounds; a measurement execution section for reading MRM measurement conditions, including a plurality of MRM transitions, respectively corresponding to the one or more target compounds from a storage section, and measuring the sample under the MRM measurement conditions; a measured multi-MRM spectrum creation section for creating a measured multi-MRM spectrum indicating an intensity of product ions as a mass peak on a graph having mass-to-charge ratios of the product ions on one axis, the intensity of the product ions acquired by measuring the sample; and a similarity degree calculation section for obtaining for each of the target compounds, a degree of similarity between standard multi-MRM spectrum stored in the storage section and the measured multi-MRM spectrum.
US11450517B2	Separating ions in an ion trap A method is disclosed comprising: trapping ions in an ion trap (40); applying a first force on the ions within the ion trap in a first direction, said force having a magnitude that is dependent upon the value of a physicochemical property of the ions; applying a second force on these ions in the opposite direction so that the ions separate according to the physicochemical property value as a result of the first and second forces; and then pulsing or driving ions out of one or more regions of the ion trap.
US11450506B2	Pattern enhancement using a gas cluster ion beam A method of processing a substrate includes loading the substrate on a substrate holder. The substrate includes a major surface and a feature disposed over the major surface. The feature has a first width along an etch direction. The method includes exposing portions of the major surface and changing the first width of the feature to a second width along the etch direction by etching a first portion of the sidewalls of the feature with a gas cluster ion beam oriented along a beam direction.
US11450503B2	X-ray tube and x-ray imaging apparatus An X-ray tube and an X-ray imaging device are disclosed. The X-ray tube comprises: a glass envelope; a cathode assembly, accommodated inside the glass envelope; and a core column structure, connected to the glass envelope and the cathode assembly, such that the cathode assembly is sealed inside the glass envelope. The core column structure comprises: a metal flat plate, wherein the cathode assembly is fixed to the metal flat plate; and a sealing bead, wherein the sealing bead is arranged in the metal flat plate, and an electrically conductive support rod connected to the cathode assembly passes through two ends of the sealing bead. The X-ray tube enables generated heat to be rapidly transferred to a cooling medium via thermally conductive metal to improve heat dissipation efficiency.
US11450498B2	Relay A relay, including a first fixed contact, a second fixed contact, a movable contact piece having first and second movable contacts, a contact piece holding unit configured to hold the movable contact piece, a magnet for arc extinguishing, and a debris suction unit configured to exert a magnetic force to suck debris, is disclosed. A first contact position between the first fixed contact and the first movable contact is located between the magnet for arc extinguishing and the contact piece holding unit in a longitudinal direction of the movable contact piece. The debris suction unit is disposed so that the first contact position does not overlap a region between the debris suction unit and the contact piece holding unit. A magnet force exerted by the debris suction unit in the contact piece holding unit is larger than a magnetic force exerted by the magnet in the contact piece holding unit.
US11450497B2	Electromagnetic switch device for starter Provide an electromagnetic switch device for a starter, by which a winding fluctuation of a plurality of coils, of which wire diameters are different from each other, is prevented, which can be downsized and can be produced with a low cost. A bobbin, at which winding portions are separated by using a first flange portion which includes a first notch portion, second notch portions, and third notch portions, by which coils are led out, and a first separation wall and a second separation wall, which include the second notch portions and the third notch portions, by which coils are led out, is included, and a main aspiration holding coil, a sub-aspiration holding coil, and a resistance coil, of which wire diameters are different from each other, which are respectively wound around a first winding portion, a second winding portion, and a third winding portion, which are separated, are provided.
US11450489B2	Small electronic device The present invention provides a small electronic device including an actuation component that operates using an electromagnetic force, a power storage device, and a case in which the actuation component and the power storage device are stored, in which the power storage device is formed of a non-magnetic body.
US11450487B2	Humic acid-based supercapacitors A supercapacitor electrode comprises a mixture of graphene sheets and humic acid. The humic acid occupies 0.1% to 99% by weight of the mixture and the graphene sheets are selected from a pristine graphene material having essentially zero % of non-carbon elements, or a non-pristine graphene material having 0.001% to 5% by weight of non-carbon elements. The non-pristine graphene is selected from graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, graphene fluoride, graphene chloride, graphene bromide, graphene iodide, hydrogenated graphene, nitrogenated graphene, chemically functionalized graphene, or a combination thereof. The mixture has a specific surface area greater than 500 m2/g.
US11450486B2	Electrolytic capacitor having a tantalum anode A wet tantalum electrolytic capacitor containing a cathode, fluidic working electrolyte, and anode formed from an anodically oxidized sintered porous tantalum pellet is provided. The pellet is formed from a pressed tantalum powder. The tantalum powder is formed by reacting a tantalum oxide compound, for example, tantalum pentoxide, with a reducing agent that contains a metal having an oxidation state of 2 or more, for example, magnesium. The resulting tantalum powder is nodular or angular and has a specific charge that ranges from about 11,000 μFV/g to about 14,000 μFV/g. Using this powder, wet tantalum electrolytic capacitors have breakdown voltages that ranges from about 250 volts to about 400 volts. This makes the electrolytic capacitors ideal for use in an implantable medical device.
US11450484B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor In a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes, in a plane including a center portion in a length direction, and a stacking direction and a width direction of a first dielectric ceramic layer, where a thickness at a center portion in the stacking direction is T1, a thickness at an end of the first dielectric ceramic layer in the width direction is T2, and respective thicknesses between an end of a first internal electrode layer in the length direction not connected to a second external electrode, and the second external electrode, and between an end of the second internal electrode layer in the length direction not connected to the first external electrode, and the first external electrode is T3, a difference in thickness between T1 and T2 is within about 10% of T1, and a thickness of T3 is greater than T1 and T2 and a difference thereof is about 10% or more of T1 and T2.
US11450474B2	Coil component A coil component includes a body having one surface and another surface opposing each other, opposing end surfaces each connecting the one surface and the other surface to each other, and opposing side surfaces each connecting the end surfaces to each other. An internal insulating layer is embedded in the body, and a coil portion is disposed on at least one surface of the internal insulating layer and includes the first and second lead-out portions. The body has a recess disposed in each end surface of the body to expose the first and second lead-out portions. First and second external electrodes each include a connection portion disposed in the recess to be connected to a respective one of the first and second lead-out portions, and each include a pad portion disposed on the one surface of the body. A filling portion fills the recess and covers the connection portion.
US11450463B2	Programmable permanent magnet actuator and a magnetic field generation apparatus and method A programmable permanent magnet actuator, a magnetic field generation apparatus and a method of controlling thereof. The actuator has a first body that is a ferromagnetic material, a second body that is a single magnetized ferromagnet and a magnetic field generation device associable to the second body to generate a magnetic field in proximity with the second body. The actuator also has a controller adapted to control the magnetic field generation device to generate a controlled magnetic field. The controlled magnetic field is adapted to modify a magnetization of the second body such as to produce with the second body a required magnetic field to move one of the first or the second body with respect to one another according to a desired position or a desired torque. The desired position or the desired torque is maintained even after the application of the controlled magnetic field. The apparatus has a permanent magnet that has an intrinsic coercivity (Hci) value that is greater than 200 kA/m and a remanence (Br) value that is greater than 0.4 Tesla. The apparatus also has a magnetic field generation device associated to the permanent magnet and a controller connected to the magnetic field generation device. The controller is adapted to control the magnetic field generation device to produce a controlled magnetic field to variably modify a magnetization of the permanent magnet in order to produce a desired variable magnetic field and influence the electrically charged or magnetized material when placed in the desired variable magnetic field.
US11450449B2	Method for stripping part of a shielding foil of a sheathed cable and foil removing device for stripping part of a shielding foil of a sheathed cable from the sheathed cable at a predetermined breaking point A method for stripping a part of a shielding foil of a sheathed cable includes the following steps: provide the sheathed cable with the shielding foil that has a predetermined breaking point running along a circumference of the shielding foil; bend a subarea of the sheathed cable with the shielding foil in a first direction to apply a tearing stress at the predetermined breaking point that tears the shielding foil on a part of the circumference of the shielding foil; move a first part of the sheathed cable in an elliptical, particularly circular, movement to apply the tearing stress across essentially the entire circumference of the shielding foil, so that the shielding foil tears at the predetermined breaking point across the entire circumference of the shielding foil; and remove from the sheathed cable the part of the shielding foil that was stripped from the sheathed cable.
US11450448B2	Use of a linear octafluorobutene as a dielectric compound in an environmentally safe dielectric-insulation or arc-extinction fluid The present invention relates to the use of a linear octafluorobutene as a dielectric compound in an environmentally safe dielectric-insulation or arc-extinction fluid for an apparatus for the generation, the transmission, the distribution and/or the usage of electrical energy.
US11450422B1	Artificial intelligence health support architecture A system for providing artificial intelligence health support for people that renders specific, targeted treatment for the people and tracks those treatments includes multiple programs, multiple goals, and multiple missions. The multiple goals and the multiple missions may be combined in various ways to configure various of the multiple programs for multiple different people. The goals may be configured by priority and focus. Specific, targeted treatment may then be rendered and tracked for the multiple different people in association with the respective programs that have been configured for those respective people.
US11450419B1	Medication security and healthcare privacy systems Medication security and healthcare privacy analytics systems are described that enable users to search for and process stored healthcare environment data. The medication security and healthcare privacy analytics systems receive and correlate data from a plurality of data sources, including medication dispensing systems, healthcare employee records, and patient records, including user behavior or interaction data with the foregoing data sources. The medication security and healthcare privacy analytics systems include graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that enable users to select elements to filter the processed healthcare environment data and generate visualizations of filtered datasets. The visualizations are created using datasets generated by clustering algorithms and can indicate those users from a plurality of users whose interactions with various systems are anomalous (e.g., indicative of unexpected or non-customary user behavior).
US11450399B2	Memory array test method and system A method of testing a non-volatile memory (NVM) array includes heating the NVM array to a target temperature. While the NVM array is heated to the target temperature, a current distribution is obtained by measuring a plurality of currents of a subset of NVM cells of the NVM array, each NVM cell of the NVM array is programmed to one of a logically high state or a logically low state, and first and second pass/fail (P/F) tests on each NVM cell of the NVM array are performed. A bit error rate is calculated based on the current distribution and the first and second P/F tests.
US11450398B2	Method of testing slave device of inter-integrated circuit bus A method of testing a slave device of an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus is provided. The method includes the following steps: (A) starting a first read operation or a first write operation of the slave device, the first read operation or the first write operation including a sub-operation of sending a command, an acknowledgement signal, data, an address or a control byte to the slave device; (B) sending a start command or an end command to the slave device after or during the sub-operation; (C) after step (B), performing a second read operation or a second write operation on the slave device; and (D) after step (C), determining whether the second read operation or the second write operation is correctly performed.
US11450388B2	Dynamic trim selection based on operating voltage levels for semiconductor devices and associated methods and systems Dynamic trim selection based on operating voltage levels for semiconductor devices and associated methods and systems are disclosed. Certain semiconductor devices are expected to operate under two or more operating voltage levels. In some embodiments, the semiconductor device can be characterized to determine optimum timing and/or voltage conditions across multiple operating voltage levels. Consequently, multiple sets of timing and/or voltage conditions can be identified depending on the operating voltage levels, which can be stored in a non-volatile memory (NVM) array of the semiconductor device. During operation, the semiconductor device can determine the operating voltage level currently supplied to the semiconductor device and select one of the timing and/or voltage conditions stored in the NVM array such that the semiconductor device can operate with the optimum timing and/or voltage conditions that has been predetermined for the semiconductor device operating under the operating voltage level.
US11450384B2	Distinct chip identifier sequence utilizing unclonable characteristics of resistive memory on a chip Stochastic or near-stochastic physical characteristics of resistive switching devices are utilized for generating data distinct to those resistive switching devices. The distinct data can be utilized for applications related to electronic identification. As one example, data generated from physical characteristics of resistive switching devices on a semiconductor chip can be utilized to form a distinct identifier sequence for that semiconductor chip, utilized for verification applications for communications with the semiconductor chip or utilized for generating cryptographic keys or the like for cryptographic applications.
US11450382B2	Memory cell state in a valley between adjacent data states A memory cell can have a state in a valley between adjacent data states. A determination can be made whether a state of a memory cell is in a valley between adjacent distributions of states associated with respective data states. A signal indicative of a data state of the memory cell and whether the state of the memory cell is in the valley can be transmitted.
US11450378B2	Apparatuses and methods of power supply control for threshold voltage compensated sense amplifiers Apparatuses including threshold voltage compensated sense amplifiers and methods for compensating same are disclosed. An example threshold voltage compensated sense amplifier according to the disclosure includes circuits, such as a first transistor having a first conductivity type coupled to a first node and a second node; a second transistor having a second conductivity type coupled to the first node and at third node; a plurality of transistors coupled to the second node and further configured to receive a power supply voltage; and a control circuit configured to provide a plurality of control signals to the plurality of transistors. The control circuit provides the plurality of control signals indicative of a first drive strength in a first memory operation and further provides the plurality of signals indicative of a second drive strength in a second memory operation.
US11450372B2	Purgeable memory mapped files A device implementing purgeable memory mapped files includes at least one processor configured to receive a first request to store a first data object in volatile memory in association with a copy of the first data object stored in non-volatile memory, the first request indicating to lock the copy in the non-volatile memory. The processor is further configured to provide for storing the first data object in the volatile memory, and lock the copy stored in the non-volatile memory. The processor is further configured to receive a second request associated with clearing a portion of the non-volatile memory, provide an indication that a second data object is available for deletion from the non-volatile memory when the first data object is locked, and provide an indication that the first data object is available for deletion from the non-volatile memory when the first data object has been unlocked.
US11450370B2	Ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FeFET) memory A memory device includes a plurality of memory cells. Each memory cell includes a multi-gate FeFET that has a first source/drain terminal, a second source/drain terminal, and a gate with a plurality of ferroelectric layers configured such that each of the ferroelectric layers has a respective unique switching E-field.
US11450365B2	Input/output circuit, operation method of the input/output circuit and data processing system including the input/output circuit An input/output circuit including: an input circuit configured to load differential input data to setup nodes based on a data strobe clock; an output circuit configured to compare and amplify the data loaded to the setup nodes, and output differential output data; and a voltage retention circuit configured to retain the setup nodes at voltage levels corresponding to the differential output data, based on the data strobe clock and the differential output data.
US11450359B1	Memory write methods and circuits Various implementations provide systems and methods for writing data to memory bit cells. An example implementation includes a write circuit that couples both a bitline and a complementary bitline to power (VDD) by positive-channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistors. By using PMOS transistors instead of NMOS transistors at the applicable nodes, such implementations may avoid a voltage drop between VDD and the bitlines, thereby allowing the bitlines to reach a substantially full VDD voltage level when appropriate. Additionally, various implementations avoid dynamic nodes that share charge across NMOS transistors, thereby allowing a given bitline to reach a substantially full VDD voltage level when appropriate. Accordingly, some implementations may experience higher levels of writability and static noise margin than other implementations.
US11450347B2	Data group playback device and system and method for same The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method for reproducing data in groups. According to the apparatus, system and method for reproducing data in groups, some piece of data of sound source data that is already being reproduced through a specific terminal or external speaker is input through a microphone and compared with the entire data of the sound source data, thus to identify a current reproduction point, and synchronize the reproduction point with sound source data being played externally, thereby reproducing the sound source data at the same time.
US11450343B2	Magnetic disk device and information management method According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a first disk having a first user data region and a first system area, a second disk having a second user data region and a second system area, a first head that writes data to the first disk, a second head that writes data to the second disk, a first actuator having the first head, a second actuator having the second head, a first controller that controls the first disk, the first head, and the first actuator, and a second controller that controls the second disk, the second head, and the second actuator, wherein the first controller records first information related to the first head and the first disk in the second system area.
US11450334B2	Systems and methods for filtering unwanted sounds from a conference call using voice synthesis To filter unwanted sounds from a conference call, a first voice signal is captured by a first device during a conference call and converted into corresponding text, which is then analyzed to determine that a first portion of the text was spoken by a first user and a second portion of the text was spoken by a second user. If the first user is relevant to the conference call while the second user is not, the first voice signal is prevented from being transmitted into the conference call, the first portion of text is converted into a second voice signal using a voice profile of the first user to synthesize the voice of the first user, and the second voice signal is then transmitted into the conference call. The second portion of text is not converted into a voice signal, as the second user is determined not to be relevant.
US11450331B2	Personal audio assistant device and method A wearable accessory for delivery of personalized audio service includes a first microphone for capturing sound, a first speaker for playing media, a logic circuit for creating a personalized Head Related Transfer Function (HRTF) to enhance listening experience of the media, a communication module for accessing the Internet and to provide access to the media in response to capturing the sound, and a memory storage unit for storing information related to the captured sound. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11450328B2	Apparatus and method for encoding or decoding a multichannel signal using a side gain and a residual gain An apparatus for encoding a multi-channel signal having at least two channels, has: a downmixer for calculating a downmix signal from the multi-channel signal; a parameter calculator for calculating a side gain from a first channel of the at least two channels and a second channel of the at least two channels and for calculating a residual gain from the first channel and the second channel; and an output interface for generating an output signal, the output signal having information on the downmix signal, and on the side gain and the residual gain.
US11450307B2	Text-to-speech synthesis system and method A method, computer program product, and computer system for text-to-speech synthesis is disclosed. Synthetic speech data for an input text may be generated. The synthetic speech data may be compared to recorded reference speech data corresponding to the input text. Based on, at least in part, the comparison of the synthetic speech data to the recorded reference speech data, at least one feature indicative of at least one difference between the synthetic speech data and the recorded reference speech data may be extracted. A speech gap filling model may be generated based on, at least in part, the at least one feature extracted. A speech output may be generated based on, at least in part, the speech gap filling model.
US11450306B2	Systems and methods for generating synthesized speech responses to voice inputs by training a neural network model based on the voice input prosodic metrics and training voice inputs The system trains a model to provide information used to provide a synthesized speech response to a voice input. The model takes as input prosodic information that may include pitch, note, duration, prominence, timbre, rate, and rhythm, for example. The system receives a plurality of voice inputs, each associated with prosodic metric, as well as a plurality of responses, each also associated with prosodic metrics. The system trains the model based on the plurality of voice inputs, the plurality of responses, the prosodic metrics of the voice inputs, and the prosodic metrics of the responses such that the model outputs information used to generate the response. The model may also take as input user profile information, emotion metrics, and transition information to generate output. The output of the training model may be used by the system to provide synthesized speech responses having relevant prosodic character to received voice inputs.
US11450301B2	Music generator Techniques are disclosed relating to determining composition rules, based on existing music content, to automatically generate new music content. In some embodiments, a computer system accesses a set of music content and generates a set of composition rules based on analyzing combinations of multiple loops in the set of music content. In some embodiments, the system generates new music content by selecting loops from a set of loops and combining selected ones of the loops such that multiple ones of the loops overlap in time. In some embodiments, the selecting and combining loops is performed based on the set of composition rules and attributes of loops in the set of loops.
US11450286B2	Apparatus and methods for driving displays An apparatus for driving an electro-optic display may comprise a first switch designed to supply a voltage to the electro-optic display during a first driving phase, a second switch designed to control the voltage during a second driving phase and a resistor coupled to the first and second switches for controlling the rate of decay of the voltage during the second driving phase.
US11450282B2	Display device A display device includes: a dummy data unit connected to one end portion of a data line, where the dummy data unit supplies a dummy data signal to the data line; a sensing unit connected to an opposing end portion of the data line, where the sensing unit determines a load of the data line based on the dummy data signal supplied thereto through the data line; and a timing controller which controls a supply timing of a data signal to be supplied to the data line, based on the load.
US11450279B2	Display device The embodiments relate to a display device that includes an input terminal through which a feedback voltage of a high-potential driving voltage is received from a display panel. An output terminal is included through which a high reference voltage and a low reference voltage generated on the basis of the feedback voltage are output. A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) includes at least one capacitor connected between the input terminal and the output terminal.
US11450276B2	Display device and method of controlling pixel circuit A display device includes a pixel circuit and a control circuit configured to control the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element, and a driving thin-film transistor configured to control the amount of current to the light-emitting element. The control circuit is configured to apply a stress current higher than a maximum current for the light-emitting element to display images to the driving thin-film transistor but not to supply current to the light-emitting element in a period other than light-emitting periods of the light-emitting element to display an image.
US11450274B2	Display panel, driving method of display panel, and display device Disclosed are a display panel, a driving method of the display panel, and a display device. A switching module of a pixel circuit in the display panel includes a first transistor and a second transistor. A second electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first electrode of the second transistor at a first node. A second electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of a driving transistor at a second node. The driving transistor is configured to provide a driving current for a light emitting module according to a potential of the second node in a light emitting phase. An input end of each potential adjustment module is electrically connected to the second node of one pixel circuit, and an output end of each potential adjustment module is electrically connected to the first node of at least one pixel circuit.
US11450267B2	Brightness compensation apparatus and method for pixel point Brightness compensation method and apparatus for pixel point are provided. The compensation method includes measurement processes of N times, N≥2. Each measurement process includes: obtaining images displayed on the display screen under different gray-scale signals, and extracting brightness of pixel points in the images; calculating difference parameters between brightness of the pixel points and brightness of the reference pixel point under the different gray-scale signals; fitting the difference parameters of the pixel points with initial brightness of the pixel points under the different gray-scale signals, to obtain initial brightness-difference parameter curves of the pixel points; calculating compensation parameters of the pixel points; during an (i)th measurement process, i=2 to N, images displayed on the display screen under the different gray-scale signals are obtained by compensating the initial brightness of the pixel points under the different gray-scale signals based on the compensation parameters obtained during an (i−1)th measurement process.
US11450263B2	Method of operating source driver, display driving circuit, and method of operating display driving circuit A method of operating a source driver, a display driving circuit, and a method of operating the display driving circuit are provided. The method of operating the source driver including a receiver, includes determining a parameter value of the receiver for optimizing a receiving of the receiver, through training, and transmitting the parameter value to a timing controller external to the source driver. The method of operating the source driver further includes, based on an abnormal state occurring in the receiving of the receiver, receiving the transmitted parameter value from the timing controller, and optimizing the receiving of the receiver based on the received parameter value.
US11450260B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device includes a set period setting unit for setting, as a set time, a time for which a set period elapses from a time at which a first area included in an input image is detected as a still area, and a gain generator for gradually decreasing an initial level of a gain value down to a saturation level having a lowest value of the gain value from the set time. The set period setting unit differently sets the saturation level of the gain value and a final level of the gain value, corresponding to grayscale values of the first area and a load value of the input image. The load value is an average value of grayscale values of an entirety of an area of the input image.
US11450254B2	Data driving device and data processing device operating in low power mode A data driving device and a data processing device may reduce the amount of consumed power by being standing by for data transmission or data reception in a low-power mode.
US11450248B2	Image display device and image display method An image display device includes a use aspect information acquisition unit that acquires use aspect information regarding an equipment use aspect, an early period mode setting unit that sets a parameter related to processing or operation executed at a time of image display on the basis of the acquired use aspect information and causes image display operation to be executed as an early period mode, a later period mode setting unit that, in response to determination that it is the mode change timing, resets a parameter related to processing or operation executed at a time of image display and causes image display operation to be executed as a later period mode, and a timing determination unit that determines the mode change timing.
US11450246B2	Mobile product manufacturing demonstration, apparatus and method A mobile product manufacturing demonstration, apparatus and method is intended to cut through the clutter and rise above the noise of typical marketing language and tactics, replacing the same with demonstrable, real-world demonstrations of how a producer is making a difference in terms of environmentally conscious manufacturing and good environmental stewardship. The mobile product manufacturing demonstration, apparatus and method includes a vehicle for transportation between rural townships and urban centers which itself is preferably battery powered, hydrogen powered, or powered by some other environmentally friendly mechanism. On board is a plurality of display stations which allow the public to interact with and/or manipulate materials used in the recycling and/or manufacturing process. Thus, the consumers will be able to see, hear, and feel (through touch and/or manipulation) how the products are made from recycled or recyclable materials.
US11450243B2	Tri-directional mounting bracket, system, and method A tri-directional bracket, system, and method is for displaying information is disclosed. The bracket includes a set of sides connected to each other defining a generally triangular prism, a first end cap connected to the set of sides at a first end, a second end cap, connected to the set of sides at a second end, a stop cap connected to the set of sides, positioned between the first end and the second end, and a guide connected to the set of sides, positioned between the stop cap and the second end cap. A handle is connected to the first end cap. A 360-degree viewing angle defined by the set of sides. A set of displays is connected to the tri-directional bracket and a computing device is connected to the set of displays to display information. The bracket is then connected to a mounting structure, such as a tripod.
US11450242B1	Pop-out flag for a retail shelf edge A pop-out flag for use along a retail shelf edge is printed on a sheet, with information on the front and back sides of the flag being printed without having to duplex the sheet through the printer. When the flag is removed from the sheet it folds onto itself so that an adhesive trim portion of the front and back sides of the flag come into contact with one another. The pop-out design also allows the liner to remain with the face stock to add necessary stiffness to the flag. A pair of concave, arcuate-shaped reliefs along the fold line permit the flag to fold flat onto itself so that the adhesive trim portion contains no voids or bubbles where the two sides of the flag contact one another.
US11450238B2	Conversion key generation apparatus, encrypted text conversion apparatus, decryption apparatus, encrypted text conversion system, conversion key generation method, encrypted text conversion method, decryption method, and program A transformation key generation apparatus has key generation means for receiving a decryption key sks of a first public key encryption scheme Σs and a public key pkd of a second public key encryption scheme Σd, and generating a transformation key utks→d for transforming first ciphertext cts of the first public key encryption scheme Σs into second ciphertext tct of the second public key encryption scheme Σd by using a probabilistic circuit or function secret sharing.
US11450228B2	Pointer for focused reading Various embodiments of a pointer for focused reading of a word or character are disclosed. For example, the pointer may include a frame, a reading pane defined inside the frame, a marker formed on the frame for pointing to a particular location of the reading pane, and an elongated handle attached to the frame at a non-zero angle.
US11450225B1	Machine grading of short answers with explanations An example method embodying the disclosed technology comprises: digitally storing Teacher models and a Student model at a server computer; training each model with a corpus of unlabeled training data using Masked Language Modeling; fine-tuning each Teacher model for an ASAG task with labeled ground truth data; executing each Teacher model to generate and digitally store a respective set of class probabilities on an unlabeled task-specific data set for the ASAG task; further training the Student model by a linear ensemble of the Teacher models using KD; receiving, at the server computer, digital input comprising a target response text and a corresponding target reference answer text; programmatically inputting the target response text and the corresponding target reference answer text to the Student model, thereby outputting a corresponding predicted binary label; displaying correction data indicating the corresponding predicted binary label in a GUI; and, optionally, displaying explainability data in the GUI.
US11450218B2	Real-time aircraft turbulence sensing, reporting, and mapping system and method for enhancing passenger safety and comfort Systems and methods are disclosed for periodic real-time reporting of in-flight turbulence experienced by aircraft using the existing Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) messaging system. The invention includes both broadcast to and reception from other aircraft and ground stations using the ADS-B system. Systems and methods for displaying the received turbulence reports on a cockpit display system are also disclosed. The disclosed systems and methods accomplish the objectives of the invention on a non-interference basis with existing ADS-B system functionality by utilizing currently reserved message types and/or unused data fields for the turbulence reporting. The invention is applicable to both 1090ES and 978 UAT ADS-B systems.
US11450215B2	Motion planning method and system for aircraft, in particular for load-carrying and/or people-carrying VTOL aircraft A motion planning method and system for aircraft, in particular for separately electrically driven, load-carrying and/or people-carrying multicopters, includes: a motion preliminary planning unit that executes a preliminary planning algorithm using a computer on the ground or on board an aircraft in question, by which algorithm a reference trajectory, emergency trajectories are determined at intervals along the reference trajectory and confidence intervals are determined along the reference trajectory, which confidence intervals specify a spatial volume in which to maneuver without a pre-planned path but that the aircraft can't leave or is able to leave only at predefined locations; a data store in which parameters of the reference trajectory, parameters of the confidence intervals and parameters regarding a permissible deviation of the aircraft from the reference trajectory are stored on the aircraft according to instructions of the motion preliminary planning unit; a real-time control unit on the aircraft for the real-time motion planning using the parameters and the confidence intervals and using system data of the aircraft recorded by sensors; and an actuation apparatus that actuates flight control/regulation apparatuses of the aircraft using control/regulation signals derived from the real-time motion planning, wherein the flight control/regulation apparatuses of the aircraft are actuatable such that the aircraft is moved or is able to be moved either a) along the reference trajectory or b) along a real-time trajectory within a confidence interval or along an emergency trajectory with a given or required deviation from the reference trajectory.
US11450210B2	Facial recognition technology for improving driver safety Methods for performing operations for improving driver safety across a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. A plurality of safety events pertaining to a driving of a fleet of vehicles by a plurality of drivers are detected. A subset of the events is identified. The subset corresponds to one or more safety events of the plurality of safety events involving one or more vehicles of the fleet of vehicles to which drivers have not been assigned. A user interface is generated for presentation on a client device, the user interface including an interactive user interface element for accessing the subset of the events. One or more user interface elements are provided for accepting or rejecting recommendations for assignments of one of the plurality of drivers to each of the vehicles. The recommendations are generated based on an application of a machine-learned model to images of faces captured.
US11450209B2	Vehicle and method for controlling thereof A vehicle outputs a driving sound generated based on the driver's preference rather than outputting a uniform driving sound. The vehicle includes a sensor that acquires at least one of a facial image, an audio signal, and a biometric signal. A database stores a plurality of sound sources classified according to driver information. A controller calculates the driver information based on at least one of the facial image, the audio signal, and the biometric signal, selects any one of the plurality of sound sources stored in the database based on the calculated driver information, generates a driving sound based on the selected sound source, and operates a speaker to output the generated driving sound.
US11450200B2	Method for implementing quality alarms in an energy management system remote terminal Methods for creating high quality alarms raise EMS operator awareness to abnormal conditions in monitored assets across multiple sites in a single EMS software platform. An embodiment includes steps for accessing an alarm designer software tool that contains a library of alarm definitions and the ability to create new alarm definitions, clone and edit existing alarm definitions, lock alarm definitions and delete alarm definitions. Applicable data is defined using channel attributes identifying which channel or channels associated with the multiple monitored sites are to be evaluated for alarming conditions. The alarm frequency, trigger conditions, pending open duration, close conditions, and pending close duration are also defined. Alarms can trigger upon one or more channels' behavior over periods of time and conditional relationships between multiple channels. Close conditions for an alarm can be, but are not required to be, the resolution of the trigger conditions.
US11450190B2	Proximity detection to avoid nearby subjects A proximity detection apparatus for avoidance of nearby subjects includes an article, a detector, an alert device and a controller. The article is for a user. The detector is configured to generate a detected value in response to sensing infrared radiation emitted from a subject in a vicinity of the article. The alert device is configured to generate an alert in response to a control signal. The controller is in communication with the detector and the alert device. The controller is configured to set a first predetermined value associated with a proximity condition of an unacceptable proximity range, configured to determine when the detected value exceeds the first predetermined value, and generate the control signal to the alert device to present the alert to inform the user that the subject is within the unacceptable proximity range.
US11450187B2	Image capturing apparatus, method of controlling image processing apparatus, recording medium, and image capturing system An image capturing apparatus comprises a plurality of movable image capturing units, a detection unit configured to detect positions of the respective image capturing units, and a generation unit configured to generate video data in which videos obtained by the image capturing units are laid out based on a detection result of the detection unit. The generation unit sets a positional relationship in the video data between at least two videos obtained by at least two image capturing units out of the image capturing units to coincide with a positional relationship between the at least two image capturing units.
US11450183B1	Sports headgear signaling system A headgear-based sports signaling system which includes a controller capable of transmitting electronic signals to receivers mounted in or on sports headgear, and wherein the receivers control lights or other displays in or on the sports headgear to signal events that have occurred during game play. In some configurations, the controller is a whistle with airflow detection which transmits signals to the headgear when airflow is detected in the whistle.
US11450182B2	Gaming system and method with bingo or keno game determined based on a sporting event Gaming systems and methods which utilize the results of a sporting event to determine an outcome of a bingo game.
US11450181B2	Boost stage with metamorphic graphical element In an electronic gaming device, a boost stage uses a metamorphic graphical element. The boost stage starts when predetermined condition such as a “near-miss” condition occurs and provides an additional opportunity to satisfy a trigger condition for a supplemental feature. The metamorphic graphical element indicates how many times the predetermined condition has occurred since the supplemental feature was last triggered. When the boost stage starts, the state of the metamorphic graphical element can advance to a higher state value, visually indicating the additional opportunity to satisfy the trigger condition for the supplemental feature. For the boost stage, if the previous result (associated with the predetermined condition) is enhanced enough to satisfy the trigger condition, the supplemental feature is triggered and the metamorphic graphical element is reset. Otherwise, the boost stage finishes but the advanced state value of the metamorphic graphical element is maintained.
US11450175B2	Systems and methods for ticket and cashless merchant discount offers Provided are systems for providing ticket and cashless discount offers. As system includes a processor circuit that receives, from a player, a request for a cashout that corresponds to a cash balance held by the player at the end of a gaming session. A cashout bonus status that corresponds to the player and to the gaming session is determined. A bonus portion that is based on the cashout bonus status and the cash balance is determined. The system transmits an offer message to the player. The offer message includes an offer to allocate the bonus portion and the cash balance to be spent with a predefined vendor that is associated with a game provider. If the player accepts the offer, the bonus portion and at least a portion of the cash balance are transferred to an account that is associated with the player and the predefined vendor.
US11450172B2	Amusement system for skill-based games and methods directed to the same Systems and methods for a skill-based games are provided with the present disclosure. A plurality of targets each are displayed and moved about a playfield shown on a display of an amusement system according to one or more non-random, learnable sequences or patterns. Upon receipt of an input at one or more of player controls of a player station of the amusement system, a game play is initiated and an object is directed along the playfield from the player station. If the object engages a target of the plurality of targets, the game play is ended and it is determined whether a threshold criterion for obtainment of the target has been met. An award is distributed to the player station if the threshold criterion for obtainment of the target has been met. Other aspects also are described.
US11450171B2	Kiosk for storing and distributing baked product and associated systems and methods The present technology is directed to a kiosk for storing, displaying, and distributing a plurality of baked products. The kiosk may include, for example, a housing defining a chamber therein and configured to receive a plurality of baked products. The kiosk may include one or more sensors configured to analyze the individual baked products to determine one or more baked unit parameters and adjust one or more baking inputs based on the measured parameters.
US11450169B2	Vending machine A vending machine with a curved exterior shape is disclosed. Some embodiments of the vending machine are circular in design, and include a transparent upper housing that allows customers to see into the interior of the vending machine. Products for vending may be stored in a non-transparent lower housing. A centrally-located product delivery system transports products for vending from the lower housing to delivery portals located on the upper housing. The product delivery system is able to move along a vertical line and rotate through the horizontal plane and can deliver products from any portion of the lower housing to any delivery portals located on the upper housing.
US11450168B2	Product accommodating device An automatic vending machine is provided with a storage compartment or the like having a thermally insulating construction in which a number of product columns for accommodating products aligned side-by-side in one column are provided in different levels in such a way that the most downstream products in each product column are aligned side-by-side in a vertical direction, and an in-compartment fan for cooling an internal atmosphere of the storage compartment or the like by blowing air that has been cooled by means of an evaporator disposed in the storage compartment or the like, wherein the automatic vending machine is also provided with a control unit which drives the in-compartment fan for a predefined time if the internal temperature of the storage compartment or the like reaches to or above a predefined reference temperature in a state in which driving of a freezer and of the in-compartment fan are stopped.
US11450156B2	Device and method for controlling sound signal of vehicle, and device of outputting sound signal An apparatus includes: a driving route calculator configured to obtain vehicle information about a vehicle and calculate a driving path of the vehicle; an object detector configured to detect an object near the vehicle or the driving path of the vehicle using one or more sensors mounted on the vehicle, and obtain object information on the object; and an acoustic signal processor configured to control a frequency and a volume of an acoustic signal based on the vehicle information and the object information, and transmit the acoustic signal to a speaker mounted on the vehicle.
US11450151B2	Detecting attempts to defeat facial recognition A device may select an individual that is a candidate for authentication by facial recognition. The device may identify a facial area of the individual and an area of exposed skin of the individual. The device may obtain a first temperature associated with the facial area of the individual and a second temperature associated with the area of exposed skin of the individual. The device may determine, based on the first temperature and the second temperature, whether an appearance of the facial area of the individual is likely altered by a face-altering technology. The device may selectively perform facial recognition on the facial area of the individual based on whether the appearance of the facial area of the individual is likely altered by the face-altering technology.
US11450144B2	Devices having system for reducing the impact of near distance viewing on myopia onset and/or myopia progression The present invention is directed to a system that may be incorporated into currently available electronic devices such as laptops, cell-phones and tablets, that help the user to maintain a viewing distance that is safe for the eyes. In order to avoid near-point stress on the eyes which may lead to the onset of myopia and/or accelerate the progression of myopia, especially in children or young adults, the system of the present invention monitors viewing distance and automatically distorts the image and/or text display into a format that is unreadable, for example, through blurring or pixilation, when the device is too close to the viewer. Alternatively, the system may automatically turn off the display when the device is too close and turn the display on when the device is at the proper viewing distance.
US11450143B2	Real/fake fingerprint recognition device, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium A real/fake fingerprint recognition device includes a light source, a detector, and a processor. The light source is configured to provide a first color light and a second color light to a fingerprint. The detector is configured to receive a first reflect light corresponding to the first color light, and receive a second reflect light corresponding to the second color light. The processor is configured to establish a first image and a second image according to the first reflect light and the second reflect light respectively, and determine whether the fingerprint is a real fingerprint according to the first image and the second image.
US11450139B2	Protective film for OLED display with fingerprint recognition system A protective film covers the surface of a cover member in an OLED display with a fingerprint recognition system. The protective film includes a base layer with an in-plane retardation value of 25 nm or less. A hard coat layer may be formed on a surface of the base layer. The surface is a surface farther from the cover member.
US11450135B2	Fingerprint detection apparatus and display apparatus A fingerprint detection apparatus comprising: an insulating substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arrayed in a detection region of the insulating substrate, each of the photoelectric conversion elements configured to output a signal in accordance with light incident on each of the photoelectric conversion elements; first switching element, each corresponding to each of the photoelectric conversion elements and including a first semiconductor made of oxide semiconductor; a plurality of gate lines coupled with the first switching elements and extending in a first direction; a plurality of signal lines coupled with the first switching elements and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a gate line drive circuit including a second switching element that includes a second semiconductor made of polycrystalline silicone, the gate line drive circuit being provided in a peripheral region outside the detection region and configured to drive the gate lines.
US11450133B2	Ultrasonic sensing device and display device including the same An ultrasonic sensing device includes: a sensing layer between a driving electrode and a sensing electrode, a double-gated first transistor connected to a selection line and the sensing electrode, and may further include a sensed voltage storing capacitor having an electrode on the same layers as the first transistor. The configuration as a double gated transistor of a pixel sensor and the placement of one of the capacitor electrodes on the same layer can each reduce the size of the pixel sensor. The ultrasonic sensing device may be utilized as a proximity sensor or a fingerprint recognition sensor.
US11450131B2	Electronic device An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire line-of-sight information relating to a line of sight of a user; a display control unit configured to execute control to display a captured image on a display surface; a tracking unit configured to detect an object in the image so as to track the object; and a setting unit configured to set a tracking target of the tracking unit, wherein the setting unit resets the tracking target based on the line-of-sight information and a tracking history of an object that is the tracking target in a case where the object stops being detected.
US11450126B1	Systems and methods for automatically extracting canonical data from electronic documents Described herein is a computer-implemented method for automatic extraction of canonical data from an electronic document. The method comprises classifying a first text rectangle in an electronic document as a label and a second text rectangle as a value using a first machine learning algorithm. A first probability score of a likelihood of the first text rectangle corresponding to a first canonical category is determined using a second machine learning algorithm. A second probability score of a likelihood of the second text rectangle corresponding to a first canonical category is determined using a third machine learning algorithm. A relative spatial position of the second text rectangle relative to the first text rectangle is calculated. Based on the relative spatial position, the first probability score, and the second probability score, the first text rectangle, and the second text rectangle are classified into the first canonical category.
US11450125B2	Methods and systems for automated table detection within documents Methods and systems for detecting tables within documents are provided. The methods and systems may include receiving a text of the document that includes a plurality of words depicted in the document image. Feature sets may be calculated for the words and may contain one or more features of a corresponding word of the text. Candidate table words may then be identified based on the features vectors, and may then be used to identify a table location within the document image. In some cases, the candidate table words may be identified using a machine learning model.
US11450122B2	Methods and systems for defect inspection and review Systems and methods for detecting defects are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, a method of performing image processing includes acquiring one or more images of a sample, performing first image analysis on the one or more images, identifying a plurality of first features in the one or more images, determining pattern data corresponding to the plurality of first features, selecting at least one of the plurality of first features based on the pattern data, and performing second image analysis of the at least one of the plurality of first features. Methods may also include determining defect probability of the plurality of first features based on the pattern data. Selecting the at least one of the plurality of first features may be based on the defect probability.
US11450121B2	Label-free digital brightfield analysis of nucleic acid amplification An optical readout method for detecting a precipitate (e.g., a precipitate generated from the LAMP reaction) contained within a droplet includes generating a plurality of droplets, at least some which have a precipitate contained therein. The droplets are imaged using a brightfield imaging device. The image is subject to image processing using image processing software executed on a computing device. Image processing isolates individual droplets in the image and performs feature detection within the isolated droplets. Keypoints and information related thereto are extracted from the detected features within the isolated droplets. The keypoints are subject to a clustering operation to generate a plurality of visual “words.” The word frequency obtained for each droplet is input into a trained machine learning droplet classifier, wherein the trained machine learning droplet classifier classifies each droplet as positive for the precipitate or negative for the precipitate.
US11450115B1	Office safety control system A computer system is provided. The computer system includes a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to provide office safety controls. The at least one processor is further configured to perform computer vision analysis on an image of a shared resource to determine safety related conditions associated with the shared resource, the safety related conditions including a count of people using the shared resource and timing of the use of the shared resource, and update analytics associated with the shared resource based on the determined safety related conditions. The at least one processor is further configured to maintain a notification subscription associated with a user, the notification subscription including user specified safety parameters related to the shared resource, and generate a notification regarding the shared resource, the generation based on a comparison of the updated analytics and the user specified safety parameters.
US11450110B2	Content-modification system with use of multiple fingerprint data types feature In one aspect, a method includes receiving first query fingerprint data representing first content channeled through a portion of a content-distribution system. The method also includes detecting a first match between the received first query fingerprint data and first reference fingerprint data representing a modifiable content-segment. The method also includes responsive to detecting the first match, performing a first action. The method also includes receiving second query fingerprint data representing content received by a content-presentation device. The method also includes detecting a second match between the received second query fingerprint data and second reference fingerprint data representing second content transmitted by the content-distribution system, where the second content is a modified version of the first content. The method also includes responsive to detecting the second match, performing a second action that is different from the first action.
US11450088B2	Method of detecting biometric feature A method of detecting biometric feature with an electronic device and the method includes the following steps. Firstly, a detection region is provided on the electronic, the electronic device includes a plurality of first sensor units and a plurality of second sensor units. Then, a first scanning light is generated in the detection region, and the first scanning light is sensed by the plurality of first sensor units. Next, a second scanning light is generated in the detection region, and the second scanning light is sensed by the plurality of second sensor units. Finally, a biometric feature is determined.
US11450082B2	Method and system for aligning and classifying images In one embodiment, L dimensional images are trained, mapped, and aligned to an M dimensional topology to obtain azimuthal angles. The aligned L dimensional images are then trained and mapped to an N dimensional topology to obtain 2N vertex classifications. The azimuthal angles and the 2N vertex classifications are used to map L dimensional images into 0 dimensional images.
US11450080B2	Image processing method and apparatus, and storage medium An image processing method and apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: detecting a target object in a current video frame of a target video stream, to obtain a current detection region for the target object; adjusting the current detection region according to a historic detection region corresponding to the target object in a historic video frame of the target video stream, to obtain a determined current detection region; performing key point positioning on the target object based on the determined current detection region, to obtain a first set of key points; and performing stabilization on locations of the key points in the first set according to locations of key points in a second set corresponding to the target object in the historic video frame, to obtain current locations of a set of key points of the target object in the current video frame.
US11450078B2	Generating height maps from normal maps based on virtual boundaries The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating and providing a height map of a three-dimensional digital model based on a normal map of the three-dimensional digital model. For example, the disclosed systems can generate a height map from a normal map by utilizing a Poisson model based on Dirichlet boundary conditions. The disclosed systems can determine the Dirichlet boundary conditions for a virtual boundary of a gradient map corresponding to a given normal map by imposing pure Neumann boundary conditions for the virtual boundary. Based on the Dirichlet boundary conditions, the disclosed systems can utilize a Poisson model to determine height values for pixels of a gradient map corresponding to pixels of a given normal map.
US11450075B2	Virtually trying cloths on realistic body model of user A method for generating a body model of a person wearing a cloth includes receiving an user input related to a person, wherein the user input comprises at least one image or photograph of the person, wherein at least one image of the person has face of the person, using a human body information to identify requirement of the other body part/s, receiving at least one image or photograph of other human body part/s based on identified requirement, processing the image/s of the person with the image/s or photograph/s of other human body part/s using the human body information to generate a body model of the person, wherein the body model represent the person whose image/photograph is received as user input, and the body model comprises face of the person, receiving an image of a cloth according to shape and size of the body model of the person, and combining the body model of the person and the image of the cloth to show the body model of the human wearing the cloth. The human body information comprises at least one of orientation of face of the person in the image of the person, orientation of body of the person in the image of the person, skin tone of the person, type of body part/s shown in the image of person, location and geometry of one or more body parts in image of the person, body/body parts shape, size of the person, weight of the person, height of the person, facial feature information, or nearby portion of facial features, or combination thereof. The facial feature information comprises at least one of shape or location of at least face, eyes, chin, neck, lips, nose, or ear, or combination thereof.
US11450069B2	Systems and methods for a SaaS lens to view obfuscated content In some aspects, a method for using a transparent window to augment an application includes establishing a transparent window to be displayed in synchronization over a first window of an application on a client device. The content of the application in the first window is viewable through the transparent window. The method further includes detecting, by the transparent window, one or more encoded portions of content of the application being displayed in the first window, and displaying, by and in the transparent window, a decoded form of the one or more encoded portions of the content of the application displayed in the first window.
US11450068B2	Method and device for processing image, and storage medium using 3D model, 2D coordinates, and morphing parameter A first three-dimensional (3D) model of a target in a 3D space is acquired based on a first two-dimensional (2D) image including the target. A 3D morphing parameter is acquired. The first 3D model is transformed into a second 3D model based on the 3D morphing parameter. First 2D coordinates are acquired by mapping the first 3D model to a 2D space. Second 2D coordinates are acquired by mapping the second 3D model to the 2D space. A second 2D image including a morphed target is acquired by morphing the target in the first 2D image based on the first 2D coordinates and the second 2D coordinates.
US11450066B2	3D reconstruction method based on deep learning 3D reconstruction method based on deep learning includes the following steps: (1) The potential vector constrained in the input image is used to reconstruct the complete 3D shape of the target, and the mapping between the part and the complete 3D shape is learned, then the 3D reconstruction of a single depth image is realized. (2) Learn the intermediate feature representation between the 3D real object and the reconstructed object to obtain the target potential variables in step (1). (3) The voxel floating value predicted in step (1) is transformed into binary value by using the limit learning machine to complete high-precision reconstruction.
US11450065B2	Methods and systems for three-dimensional model sharing Examples of the disclosure describe systems and methods for decomposing and sharing 3D models. In an example method, a first version of a virtual three-dimensional model is displayed via a display of a wearable head device. A request is made to a host device for data associated with a second version of the virtual three-dimensional model, wherein the second version of the virtual three-dimensional model comprises a constituent part. It is determined whether the first version of the virtual three-dimensional model comprises the constituent part. In accordance with a determination that the first version of the virtual three-dimensional model does not comprise the constituent part, a request is made to the host device for data associated with the constituent part. The second version of the virtual three-dimensional model is displayed, via the display of the wearable head device. In accordance with a determination that the first version of the virtual three-dimensional model comprises the constituent part, a request is not made to the host device for data associated with the constituent part.
US11450054B2	Method for operating a character rig in an image-generation system using constraints on reference nodes A character rig may be representable as a data structure specifying a plurality of articulated character parts, an element tree specifying relations between character parts, and a set of constraints on the character parts. After receiving rotoscoping movement input data corresponding to attempted alignments of movements of at least some of the character parts with elements moving in a captured live action scene, a rotoscoping constraints may be received. The rotoscoping constraint may include at least a first constraint on the character rig other than a second constraint specified by the data structure of the character rig, Thereafter, rig movement inputs for a second set of character parts distinct from the first set of character parts may be accepted and the character rig may be moved according to the rig movement inputs while constrained by the rotoscoping constraints.
US11450047B2	Systems and methods for sharing image data edits Aspects presented herein include systems and methods for editing images (still or video images). In embodiments, edit information is captures and associate with an edited image (e.g., a “remix” image). The remix image and its associated edit information may be readily shared with other users. In embodiments, users can see the creator's editing steps used to achieve the end result via interactive “cards” that may be displayed with the remix image. In embodiments, a player application uses the captured edit information to allow users to “replay” some or all of those edits on an image. The remix-replay embodiments provide: (1) unique ways for capturing edits and parameter adjustments for being applied onto a different image; (2) unique ways for observing how the image was edited for learning how to replicate edits; and (3) unique ways for applying some or all of those edits during editing.
US11450046B1	Digital graphics uploading, dialoguing, and commenting system and method of use of the same A digital graphics uploading, dialoguing, and commenting system is disclosed. The digital graphics uploading, dialoguing, and commenting system may provide a social forum upon which various artists may present their work for the purpose of soliciting diverse commentary by enabling other users to add their own dialogue or express their own comments on the existing dialogue. Unique to the system may be the ability to enable a user to search the database of digital media files using various parameters, such as keywords or categories, as assigned by the artist or editor, for viewing or further editing. In this way, a user may apply their own perspectives or interpretations to the available digital media, to express a position or opinion to a wider audience of potential viewers. Moreover, the present system allows business owners to initiate tasks for other users to engage, and compensate those users for their work.
US11450043B2	Element association and modification Systems and methods for design element association and modification are provided. An example method for editing elements in multiple artboards includes receiving an isolation session-initiation user input that identifies a first design element arrangement on a first artboard in a workspace on a user interface. The method also includes, responsive to receiving the isolation session-initiation user input, identifying a second artboard in the workspace based on the second artboard including a second design element arrangement that is associated with the first design element arrangement, and updating the user interface to display the first artboard and the second artboard within an isolation session. As an example updating the user interface may include displaying the first design element arrangement and the second design element arrangement using a first style, and displaying other portions of the first artboard and the second artboard using a second style.
US11450040B2	Display control device and display system A display control device includes a front image acquiring portion configured to acquire front images by a front camera that images a front of a vehicle traveling on a traveling lane, a lane line position calculation portion configured to calculate a position of a lane line separating the traveling lane and an adjacent lane adjacent to the traveling lane based on movement of the vehicle in a period from a point at which the front image is acquired by the front camera, a movement track calculation portion configured to calculate a movement track of the vehicle, a map creating portion configured to create a map, and a display control portion configured to display, a synthesized image in which a pseudo lane line image corresponding to the lane line is superimposed onto a rear side image acquired after the movement of the vehicle by a rear side camera based on the map.
US11450035B2	Authoring and optimization of accessible color themes Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to computer storage, methods, and systems for the optimization of accessible color themes. Systems and methods are disclosed that leverage the use of confusion lines to identify and highlight relationships between colors that may be inaccessible (e.g., indistinguishable) for a person with a vision impairment, such as a color vision deficiency. In some embodiments, a graphical user interface is provided that, based on a selection of colors in a color wheel, visually indicates curves of confusion for each color in the selection of colors. Each curve of confusion visually indicates a confusion of colors for a type of vision impairment, such as a CVD.
US11450024B2	Mixed depth object detection A method includes obtaining a point cloud captured by a depth sensor, and image data captured by an image sensor, the point cloud and the image data representing a support structure bearing a set of objects; obtaining an image boundary corresponding to an object from the set of objects; determining a portion of the point cloud corresponding to the image boundary; selecting, from the determined portion, a subset of points corresponding to a forward surface of the object; and generating a three-dimensional position of the object based on the forward surface.
US11450022B2	Voting space-based loop closure detection A method for detecting a loop closure is described. A device accesses pose information and a three-dimensional map of feature points generated by a visual inertia system of the device. The device splits the pose information into a translational part and a rotational part. The device limits the translational part to two-dimensional coordinates and estimates two-dimensional information of the limited translational part based on an accumulator voting space. The device determines an updated pose of the device based on the estimated two-dimensional information, the rotational part, and the three-dimensional map. The pose information is updated with the updated pose.
US11450020B2	Information processing apparatus, method for processing information, and computer program [Problem] Presented are an information processing apparatus, a method for processing information, and a computer program that can control information output adaptively to positional information and directional information of each user. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including an information acquisition unit acquiring positional information of a first place with which first information is associated and positional information and directional information of each of a plurality of first users and an output controller controlling output of the first information by a first output unit carried by each of the first users based on the positional information of the first place and the positional information and the directional information of each of the first users.
US11450013B2	Method and apparatus for obtaining sample image set A method for acquiring a sample image set, includes: acquiring a plurality of frame images continuously shot for a shooting scene; determining, as a reference image, one frame of a plurality of frame images, and determining, as non-reference images, remaining ones of the plurality of frame images other than the one determined as the reference image; performing a format conversion on the reference image and the non-reference images to obtain a format-converted reference image and format-converted non-reference images, and performing a noise addition processing on the format-converted reference image and each non-reference image respectively; aligning each noise-added non-reference image with a noise-added reference image to obtain an aligned non-reference image; annotating the format-converted reference image with pixel information to obtain a non-noise-added reference image; and acquiring the sample image set, the sample image set including the aligned non-reference image, the noise-added reference image, and the non-noise-added reference image.
US11450011B2	Adaptive item counting algorithm for weight sensor using sensitivity analysis of the weight sensor A system includes a weight sensor and a weight server. The weight sensor generates a signal indicative of a weight of at least one of an item. The weight server detects an event corresponding to a weight change on the weight sensor when a quantity of the item is removed from the weight sensor. The weight server determines the item quantity by calculating a result of dividing the weight change over a unit weight of the item. If the result is within a threshold range from an integer that is closest to the result, the weight server determines that a quantity of the item with the amount of the integer is removed from the weight sensor. If the result is not within the threshold range from the integer, the weight server uses weight change patterns of historically observed signals to determine item quantity that was removed from the weight sensor.
US11450003B2	Medical imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method Provided is a technology for extracting an image of a target plane from 2D or 3D image data acquired by a medical imaging apparatus with a small amount of computation and at high speed. A plane of a target plane including a predetermined structure is extracted from image data of a subject. A region of the predetermined structure included in the plane is detected by applying a learning model learned using learning data including a target plane for learning including an image of the structure and a region-of-interest plane for learning obtained by cutting out and enlarging a partial region including the structure in the target plane for learning to a plurality of planes obtained from the image data, and the plane of the target plane is extracted based on the detected region of the predetermined structure.
US11450001B2	Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method, and x-ray CT apparatus A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires image data including image data of a blood vessel of a subject. The processing circuitry performs analysis related to the blood vessel by using the image data, and specifies a region of interest in the blood vessel based on a result of the analysis. The processing circuitry performs fluid analysis on a region other than the region of interest at a first accuracy, and performs fluid analysis on the region of interest at a second accuracy that is higher than the first accuracy.
US11449992B2	Method and system for teledentistry images A method (300) for obtaining one or more oral images (90) using an imaging device or system (100, 200) includes: (i) obtaining (320), using an imager, an oral image; (ii) extracting (330), by a controller, one or more features from the oral image, wherein the extracted one or more features comprises at least an image quality feature and an object recognition feature; (iii) determining (340), by a decision module of the controller, whether the one or more extracted features satisfy a predetermined feature threshold; (iv) providing (350) feedback to a user regarding the obtained oral image if the one or more extracted features does not satisfy the predetermined feature threshold, or authorizing (370) transmission of the oral image to a dental professional if the one or more extracted features satisfy the predetermined feature threshold; and (v) transmitting (380), if transmission is authorized, the obtained oral image to a dental professional.
US11449987B2	Image analysis of epithelial component of histologically normal prostate biopsies predicts the presence of cancer A method of detecting the presence of a prostate cancer in a human subject comprising the steps of (a) obtaining a histologically normal prostate tissue sample from the patient and (b) quantifying the epithelial thickness or gland lumen roundness of the tissue, wherein an increase in epithelial thickness or a decrease in gland lumen roundness indicates the presence of prostate cancer or a prostate cancer field defect.
US11449979B2	Measuring a pattern There is provided a method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a system for measuring a pattern. The method can include (a) obtaining an electron image of an area of a sample, the area comprises the pattern, the electron image comprises multiple lines; each line comprises information obtained by moving an electron beam over a scan line; (b) generating a converted image by applying a noise reduction kernel on the electron image, the noise reduction kernel has a width that represents a number of consecutive lines of the electron image; the width is determined based on relationships between analysis results obtained when using noise reduction kernels of different widths; and (c) analyzing the converted image to provide a pattern measurement.
US11449973B2	Enhanced extended depth of focusing on biological samples A system and method for constructing a digital composite image of a three-dimensional biological sample. The system includes an optical system that captures images of cells and tissue presented on a specimen slide. The system systematically acquires a stack of images at different segments across the specimen slide. For each segment, the system dynamically calculates an optimal focal plane. Once an optimal focal plane is determined for each of the stacks of images, the system generates a composite image by copying the sharpest objects from each of the optimal focal planes.
US11449966B2	Real-time video ultra resolution A computer-implemented method for increasing the image resolution of a digital image is provided. The method includes performing bicubic upsampling of the digital image to generate a base high-resolution (HR) image. The digital image is converted from a red-green-blue (RGB) color space to a Luma (Y), Chroma Blue Difference (Cb), and Chroma Red Difference (Cr) (YCbCr) color space to generate a low-resolution (LR) residual image. A plurality of convolutional layers of a neural network model is applied to the LR residual image to convert it to a plurality of HR residual sub-images corresponding to the digital image. An HR image corresponding to the digital image is generated using the base HR image and the plurality of HR residual sub-images.
US11449964B2	Image reconstruction method, device and microscopic imaging device Provided are an image reconstruction method, a device and a microscopic imaging device. The method includes calculating a gray value at each fiber center in a fiber bundle (04) in a reconstructed image according to a gray value at a center position of each fiber, determined in one or more sample images; performing a spatial interpolation using the gray value at the fiber center to obtain gray values of other pixel points in the fiber bundle (04) in the reconstructed image, so as to form the reconstructed image. This image reconstruction method greatly accelerates the speed of image reconstruction, and is helpful to remove the grating (022) and fiber bundle (04) cellular grid residues in the reconstructed image and improve the imaging quality of the reconstructed image.
US11449960B2	Neural network based identification document processing system A system processes images of documents, for example, identification documents. The system transforms an image of a document to generate an image that represent the document in a canonical form. For example, if the input image has a document that is tilted at an angle with respect to the sides of the image, the system modifies the orientation of the document to show the document having sides aligned with the sides of the image. The system stores user accounts that include user information including images. The system generates a graph of nodes that represent user accounts with edges determined based on similarity scores between user accounts. The system determines connected components of user accounts, such that each connected component represents user accounts that have a high likelihood of being duplicates.
US11449955B2	Information processing method and apparatus The present disclosure discloses an information processing method performed at a computer server that is communicatively connected to a plurality of mobile terminals. The computer server receives a sharing request sent by a first terminal, where the sharing request carries a page link used to be linked to an information presentation page and an identifier of a first user currently logging into. The computer server then generates, according to the page link and the first user identifier, a sharing link used to be linked to the information presentation page and sends the sharing link to a second terminal of a second user identifier in a user relation chain of the first user identifier. Next, the computer server allocates virtual goods to the first user identifier according to a preset policy when it is determined that the second mobile terminal displays the information presentation page according to the sharing link.
US11449951B1	Intelligent secure automation of claim preemptive subrogation An approach is provided for automatically performing claim preemptive subrogation. An intelligent agent in an artificial intelligence system is activated. An occurrence of a vehicular event is detected. Using the intelligent agent, a mesh network of devices positioned within an environment surrounding the vehicular event is established. Property, event, and environmental data describing the vehicular event is collected and stored in a blockchain node. A smart contract is established on the blockchain node. The smart contract provides authorized parties with an access to the stored property, event, and environmental data. Based on the stored property, event, and environmental data and rule(s), a preemptive subrogation is performed by determining a cause of the vehicular event.
US11449948B2	Method for subscribing insurance policies from geolocated mobile devices with contracting on a distributed database A system for subscribing insurance policies from geolocated mobile devices, that uses geolocation to allow customers to select a suitable policy and finalize a purchase thereof, the system enabling selection of a policy from a plurality of policies categorized or automatically suggested according to user preferences, reservation of special contractual conditions, entering of necessary documents from a mobile device, and purchasing of policies online from the mobile device, the system including a mobile application that operates on the mobile device and a central infrastructure that includes user and insurance policy databases, a policy-position element generator, and a generator of insurance proposals, based on machine learning algorithms.
US11449947B2	Subrogation case management Methods, apparatus and systems for managing subrogation cases are described. In one example aspect, a method for facilitating automated subrogation case processing includes transmitting a query that includes information indicative of an incident associated with a member to a database; receiving a response to the query indicative of associated medical information for the member; retrieving, based on the received response, medical claims associated with the member; computing a first probability value for each retrieved medical claim, the first probability indicating a relatedness of the medical claim to the incident; determining, for each retrieved medical claim, whether the medical claim is related to the incident by comparing the first probability value with a first predefined threshold; computing a second probability value indicating whether all medical claims related to the incident are present; and generating a final determination for the incident by comparing the second probability value with a second predefined threshold.
US11449946B1	Hub for automated recovery after a critical event in shared mobility services Systems and methods are disclosed for using a hub to automate recovery after a critical event during shared mobility services. One method may include, receiving, by a computing device and from a user device, a notification of a critical event during a shared mobility service; receiving natural language input associated with a first aspect of the critical event; parsing the natural language input and identifying a first value corresponding to the first aspect; determining, based on the first value, a second aspect (e.g., severity of damage) of the critical event; requesting the user device to send images of the second aspect; after receiving the images, determining a second value corresponding to the second aspect; generating, by the computing device and via a user interface of the user device, a representation of the critical event; receiving, from the user device, an approval of the representation; and generating a damage assessment.
US11449945B1	Item inventory and item replacement Methods, systems, computer program products, and apparatus relating to an item inventory and item replacement are provided. In one embodiment a method for automatic processing of an insurance claim is provided. The method comprises (a) receiving one or more item indicators, each item indicator associated with an item in an insurance claim for an insured party; (b) for a particular item indicator of the one or more item indicators, automatically identifying an item listing associated with the particular item indicator from an item inventory, the item listing identified based at least in part on the particular item indicator; and (c) indicating the item listing as a replacement item for the particular item. Indicating the item listing as a replacement item for the particular item comprises adding the item listing to an electronic shopping cart.
US11449938B2	Methods and systems for tracking unspent transaction output (UTXO) tokens in a distributed ledger technology-based network Tracking and clawing back unspent transaction output (UTXO) tokens mechanism are disclosed for distributed ledger technology-based networks (DLTNs) operating a UTXO-based token transaction model (which can include blockchain networks). Some embodiments comprise receiving a request to transfer a UTXO token in a DLTN operating a UTXO-based token transaction model. Further, the embodiments can include determining that a clawback list includes the genesis token identifier and barred token identifiers of UTXO tokens barred from being transferred on the DLTN. In addition, the embodiments can include determining whether the clawback list includes any of the ancestral token identifiers of the UTXO token and generating an instruction regulating the transfer of the UTXO token in the DLTN based on the determining whether the clawback list includes any of the ancestral token identifiers. Such techniques improve the security and functionality of DLTNs such as a blockchain network.
US11449929B2	Multi-tenant broker-branded online auction system A method and system of executing an online auction is presented. The system includes broker/agent-designed auction interfaces that have property listings, and displays select ones of the property listings from multiple brokers on a multi-tenant auction list user interface. Each of the property listings on the auction list user interface includes a link which, upon activation, launches the broker-designed auction interface where bids may be submitted.
US11449924B2	System for location based product identification A system using a mobile device and computing device connected to a network includes an item list database containing information relating to gift items of interest, and a merchant database containing information on merchant geolocations and inventories. The mobile device uses geolocation identification software utilizing GPS technology to pinpoint the mobile device's geolocation. The computing device compares the mobile device's geolocation to the merchant geolocations and compares the merchant inventories with the items of interest. If a merchant located within a threshold proximity of the mobile device has as item of interest in its inventory, the computing device sends an alert over the network to the mobile device indicating information relating to the merchant and item of interest offered for sale.
US11449923B2	Tag for order fulfillment Methods, devices, and systems for a tag for order fulfillment are described herein. One or more embodiments include a number of tags each associated with a corresponding inventory bin of a warehouse, each tag configured to broadcast unique identification information, and a mobile device configured to receive, from a database, order information including identification information of one of the number of tags and a type and a quantity of an item of an inventory bin of the warehouse corresponding to the tag, and scan for identification information of the tag.
US11449919B2	Commodity recommendation method and commodity recommendation device A commodity recommendation method and a commodity recommendation device are disclosed. The commodity recommendation method includes receiving location information of a user to whom the commodity is to be recommended, performing commodity recommendation according to the location information of the user to whom the commodity is to be recommended, and sending the recommended commodity information to the user to whom the commodity is to be recommended. This location-based commodity recommendation method can more accurately meet user requirements while improve the convenience of shopping.
US11449913B2	Prepaid bundled health, dental, and veterinary services with virtual payment distribution Apparatus and associated methods relate to presenting for selection services comprising at least one bundled set of healthcare services to be performed separately by respective providers, determining a bundle price for the at least one bundled set of healthcare services, and in response to receiving payment in an amount of the bundle price, generating a purchase data record selectively redeemable to receive each of the at least one bundled set of healthcare services, and assigning a unique confirmation number generated for the purchase data record. One or more service of the bundled set may be a dental or veterinary service. The bundle price may be based on a location or time at which at least one service will be performed and may be determined using a user's remaining insurance deductible. Payment may be disbursed to multiple providers of the bundled set of healthcare services. A payment may be virtual funds.
US11449906B1	Dynamic augmenting relevance rankings using data from external ratings sources In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for dynamically augmenting relevance rankings using data from external ratings sources.
US11449905B2	Third party customized content based on first party identifer Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for providing content. A method includes: receiving a first request for filling a slot on a first publisher page, the request including an encrypted publisher cookie; providing content responsive to the request; upon receipt of an indication that a user interacted with the content, creating and providing a content serving system cookie; linking the received encrypted publisher cookie with the content serving system cookie; receiving a second, different request for content in association with rendering a second, different publisher page, the second, different request including an encrypted publisher cookie associated with the second different publisher page and the previously provided content serving system cookie; linking the received encrypted publisher cookie associated with the second, different publisher page with the encrypted publisher cookie associated with the first publisher page; and using the linkings to determine content to deliver.
US11449904B1	System and device for generating a check-in image for a geographic location Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium are described for operating servers and mobile devices. A mobile device may send a template request including a geographic location to a server device. Based on the received geographic location, the server device may match the template request with a template tagged with a usage location matching the received geographic location. The server device may provide the mobile device with the template wherein the mobile device may combine the template with an image captured at the geographic location. The mobile device may provide the server device with the modified image for distribution to other mobile devices.
US11449903B2	Methods and systems for implementing automated bidding models A system may include an aggregate model comprising a plurality of modules, a monitoring dashboard in communication with the aggregate model, and a search-marketing campaign manager in communication with the aggregate model, the monitoring dashboard, and a search engine entity. Additionally, the system may include a bidding interface in communication with the aggregate model and a search engine entity and/or a monitoring dashboard configured to generate model adjustment data. The search-marketing campaign manager may be configured to determine trend data, measured marketing indicators, or both, from one or more of marketing data or historical data.
US11449902B1	Automated submission for solicited application slots Systems, methods, and computer-readable media (transitory and non-transitory) are provided herein for automated submission for solicited application slots. In various embodiments, a digital component source process executing on a first computing system may determine a device identifier associated with an application slot to be populated with digital component(s). The application slot may be solicited by a digital component liaison process executing on the first computing system or a second computing system. The digital component source process may retrieve application slot attainment parameter(s) associated with the device identifier. The application slot attainment parameter(s) may be generated based on location ordinal(s) associated with the device identifier. The digital component source process may determine, based on the retrieved application slot attainment parameters, a submission to populate the application slot with a particular digital component item. The digital component source process may provide the submission to the digital component liaison process.
US11449897B1	Protected audience selection Protected audience selection system. Media consumption histories of browsers which have converted are received at a modeling system where targeting of browsers is prohibity. A model is built by determining a frequency of each respective media consumption event among the histories and comparing each determined frequency of a respective media consumption event to a frequency of the respective media consumption event among a population of browsers without the conversion event. The model is sent to a targeting system which excludes conversion events. A description of the conversion event is received at the targeting system. A history of a targetable browser is received at the targeting system. The model is applied to the history of the targetable browser at the targeting system, where conversion events have been excluded from the history. Advertising content is sent to the targetable browser according to a result of applying the model.
US11449890B2	Information system, card device, terminal device, and server device [Problem] To assist a user to use a card with which the user can receive a beneficial reward. [Solution] An information system including: a store information storage unit in which one or more pieces of store information are stored, each piece of store information including a store identifier that identifies a store, and two or more pieces of card information each including a card identifier that identifies a card that is available at the store and reward information regarding a reward that is to be gained when the card is used; a store specifying information accepting unit that accepts store specifying information that specifies a store at which a card is used; an owned-card specifying information acquisition unit that acquires owned-card specifying information that specifies two or more cards owned by a user; a reward-related information acquisition unit that uses two or more pieces of reward information included in card information regarding two or more cards corresponding to two or more pieces of card information included in store information regarding a store specified by the store specifying information, out of two or more cards specified by the owned-card specifying information, to acquire reward-related information related to reward information regarding two or more cards that the user can use at the store; and a reward-related information output unit that outputs the reward-related information.
US11449882B2	System and method for assortment planning with interactive similarity and transferable demand visualization A system and method are disclosed for interactive product assortment planning and visualization by receiving product attribute values for items of a product assortment is disclosed. Embodiments include displaying icons on an interactive visualization, connecting the icons with transferable demand links, identifying items to be removed from a product assortment, and transporting items among one or more supply chain entities.
US11449878B2	System and method of notifying user near point of sale location of available rewards at the point of sale location Systems and methods for a point of sale reward system are provided. The system notifies users proximate to a point of sale location of rewards available for redemption specific to that user at that specific point of sale location.
US11449875B1	Organizational and personal identity verification and validation Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for an intelligent dashboard that allows interested parties to verify and validate relevant information on enterprises and their representatives. A servicing entity may provide an enterprise with a dashboard that includes select fields corresponding to information predicted to be useful to clients of the enterprise based on commercial characteristics of the enterprise and its client base. Fields may be populated with information previously available to the servicing entity, and with supplemental information acquired (manually or automatically) from the enterprise or from third party data sources. The enterprise may impose restrictions on which information is to be available to which clients, and the servicing entity may generate a code for use by clients to access the dashboard or certain information. The dashboard can allow clients to track the location of a representative and help validate the identify of a representative arriving at a client's location.
US11449871B2	Passing a trusted transaction signal A trusted transaction signal is passed from a merchant to an account provider. A merchant receives a payment account association with a transaction between a customer and the merchant, and determines a level of risk for the transaction. If the customer is unknown to the merchant, the trust level is determined to be a default trust level. If the customer is known to the merchant, then a risk assessment determines whether the trust level is the default trust level, or a second, greater, trust level. A transaction notification is sent to the account provider. When the trust level is the default level, the notification includes a merchant ID that identifies the merchant and signifies the default trust level for the transaction. When the trust level is the greater level, the notification includes a different merchant ID that also identifies the merchant, but represents the second trust level for the transaction.
US11449869B2	Method and system for facilitating payment based on facial recognition One embodiment described herein provides a payment-processing apparatus. The payment-processing apparatus can include a facial-information-collection module configured to collect facial information of a customer, a first communication interface configured to communicate with a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, and a second communication interface configured to communicate with a remote computing device and send the collected facial information to the remote computing device, thereby allowing the remote computing device to identify a customer account based on the collected facial information.
US11449862B2	System and method using interaction token A communication device may receive input from a user and initiate generation of an interaction token in response. This interaction token can be used by the communication device in order search for a specific resource provider computer from among one or more resource provider computers, and to initiate a resource transfer between the user and a specific resource provider, mediated by a token provider computer.
US11449858B2	Management, authentication and activation of a data carrier A method in a system comprising at least one portable data carrier, an authentication server and at least one reading device of at least one service provider which is couplable to the authentication server. The data carrier is adapted to communicate contactlessly with the reading device and comprises a security marking which can be read contactlessly by the reading device and on the basis of which the data carrier can be authenticated by the authentication server. The method comprises the step of equipping the data carrier with a data-carrier management marking that encodes a piece of data-carrier management information and readable contactlessly by a portable terminal. The method includes contactlessly reading out the data-carrier management marking by a portable terminal, transferring the data-carrier management information encoded in the data-carrier management marking to the authentication server, and managing the data carrier in the system employing the data-carrier management information.
US11449854B1	Establishing consent for cardless transactions using short-range transmission A method for processing a cardless payment includes receiving, by a first mobile device, a signal from a second mobile device using a short-range wireless transmission protocol. A value for the received signal strength indication of the signal between the first mobile device and the second mobile device can be determined. The process can include determining that the first mobile device and the second mobile device are in proximity based on the received signal strength indication. Consent to enter into a payment transaction can be established upon a determination that the devices are in proximity to one another.
US11449849B2	Method and system for providing pay-as-you-go virtual consultation for professional services One embodiment provides a method comprising generating a first graphical user interface (GUI) for display on an electronic device. The first GUI comprises data indicative of at least one professional service available for selection. The method comprises receiving, from the electronic device, a request to initiate a professional service selected from the first GUI. The method further comprises generating a second GUI for display on the electronic device. The second GUI comprises a customized questionnaire for collecting information relevant to the professional service selected. The method further comprises receiving, from the electronic device, user responses to the customized questionnaire, and initiating an analysis of the user responses. A communication indicative of the analysis is forwarded to the electronic device.
US11449848B2	Offline transaction implementation method and apparatus An offline transaction implementation method includes: determining, by a payment server in response to a request of a user for registering with a credit transaction service of a merchant, whether credit information of a user account meets a condition, provisioning the credit transaction service of the merchant for the user account when determining that the credit information of the user account meets the condition, and sending account information of the user to a merchant transaction management system; guiding, by the merchant transaction management system after receiving the account information, the user to input a biometric characteristic, and after collecting the biometric characteristic input by the user, storing a binding relationship between the biometric characteristic and the account information into a registered user library of the merchant, prompting the user that the registration succeeds, and controlling a gate of the merchant's store to open for allowing entry of the user.
US11449847B2	Computing system for sharing networks providing virtual bill account features and related methods A computing device may include a memory and a processor configured to cooperate therewith to operate a virtual share exchange (VSE) platform by establishing member sharing accounts on the VSE platform for respective members of the VSE platform for sharing payment of member healthcare bills across a plurality of the member sharing accounts, establishing healthcare provider accounts on the VSE platform for healthcare providers issuing the member healthcare bills, and receiving member healthcare bills issued by the healthcare providers and establishing a virtual bill account on the VSE platform for each member healthcare bill submitted for payment sharing. The virtual bill account may be externally addressable through a routing number and a unique account number associated therewith. The processor may further electronically transfer funds between the sharing accounts and to the healthcare provider that issued the member healthcare bill using the externally addressable routing number and unique account number.
US11449846B2	Personalized automatic teller machine Computer implemented systems and methods are provided for an automatic teller machine. In some embodiments, an automatic teller machine may comprise a touch-sensitive display, one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to receive authentication data associated with a user, retrieve user profile information based on the authentication data, determine user interface attributes based on the user profile information; and generate an automatic teller machine interface based on the user profile information.
US11449840B1	System and method for facilitating payment for a third party's application subscription A system, apparatus, and methods are provided for facilitating payment for a third party's use of an application by a current user. The current user, or payor, initiates the process within the application by selecting one or more recipients. The system that hosts the application then determines which of the third parties are eligible. A target recipient may be ineligible because her application subscription never expires, because it doesn't expire within a threshold period of time, or for some other reason. The system identifies the target recipients that are eligible, and the payor may configure the gift payment (e.g., by choosing a duration of the subscription). The payor then chooses a method of electronic payment and, depending on the method selected, may redeem a coupon with the application host system, or the process may complete automatically. The payor and/or the recipient(s) may be notified of successful activation of the subscription(s).
US11449832B2	Systems and methods for obtaining data annotations Systems and methods are provided for obtaining data annotations from a crowdsourced group of individuals. The individuals can be provided with a set of data describing damage to an item and a variety of annotations can be applied to the data. In a variety of embodiments, multiple individuals can review the same claim and a final claim outcome can be determined based on the multiple reviews. In many embodiments, machine classifiers can process the set of data to identify particular features within the data. Scoring data can be generated, based on annotations provided by other individuals and/or machine classifiers that reflects the adjuster's skill at identifying features within the data and annotating the data. Claims can be assigned to individuals based on the score assigned to the individual.
US11449816B2	System and method for workflow management A workflow management system for managing the storage, retrieval, and transport of items in a warehouse includes a voice-directed mobile terminal. The system also includes a server computer in communication with the voice-directed mobile terminal. The server computer includes a tasking module for transmitting task data to the voice-directed mobile terminal. The server computer also includes a workflow-analysis module for generating, based at least in part upon an analysis of workflow dialog between the voice-directed mobile terminal and the user, performance data relating to the performance of tasks associated with the storage, retrieval, and/or transport of the items.
US11449797B1	Secure machine learning workflow automation using isolated resources An indication of training artifacts for a machine learning model to be trained with an input data set having an access restriction is obtained. A representation of a software execution environment containing the artifacts is deployed to a computing platform within an isolated resource group which satisfies the access restriction. A trained version of the machine learning model is generated at the computing platform, and transferred outside the isolated resource group.
US11449766B2	Invitation behavior prediction method and apparatus, and storage medium In a method for invitation behavior prediction, group behavior feature information of a first user of a group is obtained. In addition, group relationship feature information of a second user is obtained. Further, group architecture information of the group, the group behavior feature information of the first user, and the group relationship feature information of the second user are input to an invitation prediction model, to obtain a target member user and a candidate invitation user of the target member user. The invitation prediction model is obtained by training the invitation prediction model based on a plurality of sample groups in a training set, and group relationship feature information of associated users of member users in the plurality of sample groups. Invitation prediction information is sent to the target member user to prompt the target member user to add the candidate invitation user to the group.
US11449756B2	Method to balance sparsity for efficient inference of deep neural networks A system and method that provides balanced pruning of weights of a deep neural network (DNN) in which weights of the DNN are partitioned into a plurality of groups, a count of a number of non-zero weights is determined in each group, a variance of the count of weights in each group is determined, a loss function of the DNN is minimized using Lagrange multipliers with a constraint that the variance of the count of weights in each group is equal to 0, and the weights and the Lagrange multipliers are retrained by back-propagation.
US11449751B2	Training method for generative adversarial network, image processing method, device and storage medium The present disclosure provides a training method for generative adversarial network, which includes: extracting a first-resolution sample image from a second-resolution sample image; separately providing a first input image and a second input image for a generative network to generate a first output image and a second output image respectively, the first input image including a first-resolution sample image and a first noise image, the second input image including the first-resolution sample image and a second noise image; separately providing the first output image and a second-resolution sample image for a discriminative network to output a first discrimination result and a second discrimination result; and adjusting parameters of the generative network to reduce a loss function. The present disclosure further provides an image processing method using the generative adversarial network, a computer device, and a computer-readable storage medium.
US11449748B2	Multi-domain service assurance using real-time adaptive thresholds Techniques for adaptive thresholding are provided. First and second data points are received. A plurality of data points are identified, where the plurality of data points corresponds to timestamps associated with the first and second data points. At least one cluster is generated for the plurality of data points based on a predefined cluster radius. Upon determining that the first data point is outside of the cluster, the first data point is labeled as anomalous. A predicted value is generated for the second data point, based on processing data points in the cluster using a machine learning model, and a deviation between the predicted value and an actual value for the second data point is computed. Upon determining that the deviation exceeds a threshold, the second data point is labeled as anomalous. Finally, computing resources are reallocated, based on at least one of the anomalous data points.
US11449746B2	Behavioral biometric feature extraction and verification Behavioral verification of user identity includes building a deep neural network for keystroke-based behavioral verification of user identity. The building includes receiving recorded keystroke events, each such recorded keystroke event including (i) an indication of whether the recorded keystroke event is a key press or a key release, (ii) a key identifier of the respective key pressed or released, and (iii) a timestamp of the recorded keystroke event. The building further includes performing pre-processing of the recorded keystroke events to provide data structures representing sequential key events for processing by a deep neural network to extract local patterns, and training the deep neural network using the data structures. The method also includes providing the trained deep neural network for keystroke-based behavioral verification of user identity based on determinate vectors output from the trained deep neural network.
US11449744B2	End-to-end memory networks for contextual language understanding A processing unit can extract salient semantics to model knowledge carryover, from one turn to the next, in multi-turn conversations. Architecture described herein can use the end-to-end memory networks to encode inputs, e.g., utterances, with intents and slots, which can be stored as embeddings in memory, and in decoding the architecture can exploit latent contextual information from memory, e.g., demographic context, visual context, semantic context, etc. e.g., via an attention model, to leverage previously stored semantics for semantic parsing, e.g., for joint intent prediction and slot tagging. In examples, architecture is configured to build an end-to-end memory network model for contextual, e.g., multi-turn, language understanding, to apply the end-to-end memory network model to multiple turns of conversational input; and to fill slots for output of contextual, e.g., multi-turn, language understanding of the conversational input. The neural network can be learned using backpropagation from output to input using gradient descent optimization.
US11449743B1	Dimensionality reduction for statistical modeling Methods and a system for generating and employing dimensionality-reduction for generating statistical models. Traditionally, constructing models used for statistical analysis has been a laborious process requiring significant amounts of analyst input and processing time. Embodiments of the inventions address the above problem by providing an efficient method for pre-screening variable to automatically prune the dimensionality of the input space to a tractable size while retaining the most predictive power possible.
US11449738B2	Neuromorphic memory management system and method thereof Provided are a system and method for managing a neuromorphic memory. The system includes a memory having a multi-dimensional lattice structure, a prescience estimator (PSE) configured to separately estimate memory use of two or more data sets and determine a sequence of inputting the two or more data sets to the memory, and a prescience manager (PSM) configured to allocate memory regions in which the two or more data sets will be stored according to estimation results of the PSE, store the data sets, and perform learning and inference.
US11449733B2	Neural network learning method and device for recognizing class The present disclosure provides a neural network training device for recognizing a class of an object included in an image based on an artificial intelligence (AI) system and an application thereof, the neural network training method including: acquiring, by using a first learning network model trained based on source training images respectively included in at least one class, feature information of a query image included in a class different from the at least one class; obtaining a generated image from the feature information of the query image by using a second learning network model acquiring feature information of the obtained generated image by using the first learning network model; and updating weights of layers respectively included in the first and second learning network models, based on a difference between the feature information of the query image and the feature information of the generated image and on a difference between the query image and the generated image.
US11449728B2	Method of optimization of operating a convolutional neural network and system thereof There are provided a system and method of optimization of operating a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), the method including: for each given layer of the CNN, obtaining at least one input feature map, retrieving an index of one or more filters in the given layer; generating one or more output feature maps corresponding to the one or more filters, including: for each given block, querying the index to find a number of selected filters meeting a predetermined criterion related to respective inner products between the selected filters and the given block, applying the selected filters on the given block to obtain a number of output values for a given output position in a number of output feature maps corresponding to the number of selected filters, and filling in the given output position in the rest of output feature maps with a value of zero, thereby reducing the computational cost of operating the CNN.
US11449725B2	Antenna device and IC card having the same Disclosed herein is an antenna device that includes a substrate, a conductor pattern formed on the substrate, and a magnetic sheet formed on the substrate. The conductor pattern includes a spiral or loop-shaped antenna coil and a spiral or loop-shaped coupling coil connected to the antenna coil and having a diameter smaller than that of the antenna coil. The antenna coil overlaps the magnetic sheet. The magnetic sheet has a first opening at a position overlapping the coupling coil such that an inner diameter area of the coupling coil completely overlaps the first opening in a plan view.
US11449722B2	Printing device to skew media A printing device to skew print media in accordance with pre-determined offsets, in order to assist a user to delineate the print media of successive print jobs.
US11449716B2	Model training using partially-annotated images Methods and systems for training a model labeling two or more organic structures in an image. One method includes receiving a set of training images including a first plurality of images and a second plurality of images. Each of the first plurality of images including a label for a first subset of the two or more organic structures and each of the second plurality of images including a label for a second subset of the two or more organic structures, the second subset being different than the first subset. The method also includes training the model using the first plurality of images, the second plurality of images, and a label merging function mapping a label included in the first plurality of images to a label included in the second plurality of images.
US11449715B2	Sequential learning maintaining a learned concept An apparatus receives, at a discriminator within a generative adversarial network, first generation data from a first generator within the generative adversarial network, where the first generator has performed learning using a first data group. The apparatus receives, at the discriminator, a second data group, and performs learning of a second generator based on the first generation data and the second data group where the first generation data is handled as false data by the discriminator.
US11449709B2	Domain restriction of neural networks through synthetic data pre-training A neural network is trained to focus on a domain of interest. For example, in a pre-training phase, the neural network in trained using synthetic training data, which is configured to omit or limit content less relevant to the domain of interest, by updating parameters of the neural network to improve the accuracy of predictions. In a subsequent training phase, the pre-trained neural network is trained using real-world training data by updating only a first subset of the parameters associated with feature extraction, while a second subset of the parameters more associated with policies remains fixed.
US11449701B2	Non-transitory computer readable medium storing image processing program, image processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an image processing program causes a computer to function as: a processing unit that performs image processing on an image; and a control unit that controls the processing unit to execute first processing on a target image of the first processing instructed by a user and controls the processing unit to execute second processing corresponding to the first processing on a similar image that is similar to the target image.
US11449696B2	Alternative illuminator assembly and mobile imaging apparatus for improved direct part marking reading Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an alternative illuminator assembly and corresponding imaging assemblies utilizing the alternative illuminator assembly. The alternative illuminator assembly may provide alternative illuminations from those produced by an imager engine, such that the alternative illuminations may provide specific illuminations at specific illumination angles to illuminate a field of view for a desired purpose. In an example context, the alternative illuminator assembly provides one or more alternative illuminations for improving the likelihood of successfully reading specific direct part marking indicias of various types. Embodiments are provided using overlapping subassemblies that enable a small form factor assembly that can fit into mobile apparatus chasses, for example within conventional cell phone housings of around 7 millimeters. The alternative illuminator assembly may be provided together with a small form factor imaging engine, having one or more imager, to improve the direct part marking reading capabilities of the multi-sensor imaging apparatus.
US11449690B2	Card reader and control method therefof A card reader may be structured to perform at least one of reading of magnetic data recorded in a card and writing of magnetic data to the card. The card reader may include a metal detection sensor structured to detect a foreign matter including metal, a judgment part configured to compare an output of the metal detection sensor with a predetermined threshold value to determine whether abnormality has occurred or not, and an abnormality determination part configured to obtain a difference between a reference value and an output of the metal detection sensor in a case that the judgment part determines that the abnormality has occurred to determine as the foreign matter in a state that the difference is within a stable determination width.
US11449685B2	Compliance graph generation Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for generating a compliance graph based on a compliance rule to implement in a software program product for determining user compliance. To generate a compliance graph, an encoder receives a compliance rule in a source language and generates a set of corresponding vectors. The decoder, which has been trained using verified training pairs and synthetic data, generates a sequence of operations based on the vectors from the encoder. The sequence of operations is the used to build a graph in which each operation is a node in the graph and each node is connected to at least one other node in the same graph or a separate graph.
US11449675B2	Selective deep parsing of natural language content Mechanisms are provided to perform selective deep parsing of natural language content. A targeted deep parse natural language processing system is configured to recognize one or more triggers that specify elements within natural language content that indicate a portion of natural language content that is to be targeted with a deep parse operation. A portion of natural language content is received and a pre-deep parse scan operation is performed on the natural language content based on the one or more triggers to identify one or more sub-portions of the natural language content that contain at least one of the one or more triggers. A deep parse is performed on only the one or more sub-portions of the portion of natural language content that contain at least one of the one or more triggers, while other sub-portions of the portion of natural language content are not deep parsed.
US11449610B2	Threat detection system There is provided a method of detecting a threat against a computer system. The method includes monitoring installation and operation of multiple different versions of the same application in a computer system; analysing evolutionary changes between the behaviours of the different versions of the same application; detecting and monitoring a new version of the same application in a computer system; monitoring the behavior of the computer system to detect one or more procedures of the monitored application that do not match expected behaviors of the monitored application on the basis of the analysis; and upon detection of one or more procedures not matching the expected behaviors of the monitored application, identifying the monitored application as malicious or suspicious.
US11449598B2	Method and system for securing user access, data at rest, and sensitive transactions using biometrics for mobile devices with protected local templates Biometric data are obtained from biometric sensors on a stand-alone computing device, which may contain an ASIC, connected to or incorporated within it. The computing device and ASIC, in combination or individually, capture biometric samples, extract biometric features and match them to one or more locally stored, encrypted templates. The biometric matching may be enhanced by the use of an entered PIN. The biometric templates and other sensitive data at rest are encrypted using hardware elements of the computing device and ASIC, and/or a PIN hash. A stored obfuscated Password is de-obfuscated and may be released to the authentication mechanism in response to successfully decrypted templates and matching biometric samples. A different de-obfuscated password may be released to authenticate the user to a remote or local computer and to encrypt data in transit. This eliminates the need for the user to remember and enter complex passwords on the device.
US11449593B2	Protected article management Tracking, identifying and article management systems and methods for reliably and repeatedly determining one or more physically uncopiable attribute instances (of the same or varying types) from or inherent in an article of manufacture, using the selected physical uncopiable attribute(s) to produce an unforgeable identity for the article, and then integrating that unforgeable identity into computer-based tracking systems in a way that permits the tracking system to track and monitor articles for which identity information is known. Applications include documents, fashion accessories, artwork, and other objects.
US11449590B2	Device and method for user authentication on basis of iris recognition Provided are a user authentication device and method based on iris recognition. The user authentication method includes: acquiring an image of a user's left and right eyes; extracting a pupil image and an iris image from the image; obtaining a first iris feature by analyzing the iris image; obtaining a second iris feature by analyzing the iris image and the pupil image; obtaining a similarity score based on the first iris feature, the second iris feature, and prestored reference iris data; and determining whether to approve user authentication based on the similarity score.
US11449580B2	Server apparatus and license management system A server apparatus includes a total amount obtaining unit that obtains a total amount of use permitted according to a contract in a service used by plural users, an upper limit value obtaining unit that obtains an upper limit value of use of the service for each of the plural users, and a changing unit that changes, in a case where a user having a use amount of the service likely to exceed the upper limit value exists among the plural users, the upper limit value of the user to be increased within a range of the total amount.
US11449576B2	Convolution operation processing method and related product Embodiments of this application provide a convolution operation processing method and a related product. The integrated chip includes a control unit, at least one convolutional processing element, an input cache, and an output cache. The control unit loads a sectioned convolution kernel and sectioned convolution input data into the input cache, the sectioned convolution kernel being generated by sectioning a convolution kernel and including a plurality of convolution kernel segments, and the sectioned convolution input data being generated by sectioning convolution input data and including a plurality of convolution input data segments; and the at least one convolutional processing element performs a sectioned convolution operation on the sectioned convolution kernel and the sectioned convolution input data to obtain a sectioned convolution result, and stores the sectioned convolution result into the output cache.
US11449575B2	Solution search device and program for a Boolean satisfaiablity problem A solution search device includes a variable value calculation circuit provided for each variable in a conjunctive-normal-form logical expression of an instance of the Boolean Satisfiability problem (SAT) and calculates a value of the variable; and a notification path that notifies another variable value calculation circuit of the value, in which each of the variable value calculation circuit includes a positive-side variable value calculation circuit that calculates a value of a target variable making all clauses including a target variable having no negation among clauses of the logical expression be true, a negative-side variable value calculation circuit that calculates the value of the target variable making all clauses including a target variable having negation among clauses of the logical expression be true, and a current value calculation circuit that calculates the value of the target variable based on the value of the target variable calculated by the positive- side variable value calculation circuit.
US11449570B2	Data caching method and apparatus A data caching method comprises: after receiving a data request sent by a client, determining a remaining valid cache duration of cache data corresponding to the data request; determining whether the remaining valid cache duration is greater than a preset update threshold value; and if the remaining valid cache duration is less than or equal to the update threshold value, updating the cache data through a database.
US11449563B2	User driven clipping based on content type A digital content clipping system receives an indication that a first web page has been accessed by a first user, and determines that the first web page has a first content type that is selected from a plurality of content types. While the first web page is being accessed by the first user, the digital content clipping system provides the user with a plurality of clipping options based on the first content type.
US11449561B1	System and method for event-based searching on social media An event-based social media search platform includes a database for storing event data associated with user-created events for a plurality of users. The platform analyzes event data from different user-created events to determine when user-created events have event data in common. The platform alerts associated users of related events and facilitates communications between users to confirm that the user-created events are the same or related events. The platform can associate event data and users of related events in the database. Events can be published via social media platforms to assist users in finding other users who share common events.

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