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US11509185B2	Electrical machine The present disclosure describes an electrical machine. The Electrical machine includes a stator, a rotor, a winding fitted to the rotor, and an apparatus for supplying electrical energy to the winding. The apparatus includes a slip ring and a brush assembly including a brush holder and a brush. The slip ring and the brush assembly are arranged in a housing. An annular gap is disposed between the slip ring and the housing. The housing is fluidically substantially sealed in relation to an exterior, and a flow path of air is routed through the housing in a closed arrangement. The housing includes a housing part fluidically connected to the annular gap via a first flow opening and a second flow opening. A flow section of the flow path is routed through the housing part, and leads from the first flow opening to the second flow opening.
US11509184B2	Electric motor with housing fixed to end face of stator core A feed axis motor includes a front-side housing fixed to an end face of a stator core. The stator core is formed of a material with iron as a main component. The front-side housing is formed of a material with aluminum as a main component. The stator core and the front-side housing are coupled with each other at a welding mark generated by laser welding. The welding mark extends in a circumferential direction so as to cover a line of contact between the stator core and the front-side housing. The welding mark seals the boundary portion between the stator core and the front-side housing.
US11509181B2	Armature having a core leg position fixing member for reducing thermal stress This armature has a core leg portion fixing member that is provided in a slot so as to overlap with a part at a position different from a position in an axial direction corresponding to a joint portion, and that includes a first fixing layer for fixing an armature core and a leg portion.
US11509180B2	Stator In this stator, a first coil portion, a second coil portion, a third coil portion, and a fourth coil portion each include a one-side coil part that is disposed so as to extend over a first slot and a third slot, and an other-side coil part that is disposed so as to extend over a second slot and a fourth slot.
US11509179B2	Axial field rotary energy device having PCB stator and variable frequency drive An axial field rotary energy device or system includes an axis, a PCB stator and rotors having respective permanent magnets. The rotors rotate about the axis relative to the PCB stator. A variable frequency drive (VFD) having VFD components are coupled to the axial field rotary energy device. An enclosure contains the axial field rotary energy device and the VFD, such that the axial field rotary device and the VFD are integrated together within the enclosure. In addition, a cooling system is integrated with the enclosure to cool the axial field rotary energy device and the VFD.
US11509157B2	Charging management chip for charging battery based on switching charging and direct charging, and operating method of charging management chip A charging management chip includes a switching charging circuit and a direct charging circuit. The switching charging circuit receives charging power, and passes through the charging power to a first node, and charges a battery according to a switching charging method and controls generation of a system voltage provided to an electronic system. The direct charging circuit receives the charging power applied to the first node via an input node, and charges the battery according to a direct charging method by providing the charging power to an output node based on a switching circuit therein. The switching charging circuit charges the battery through a first charging path including an inductor arranged outside the charging management chip, and the direct charging circuit charges the battery through a second charging path through which the charging power transferred to the output node is directly provided to the battery.
US11509154B1	System for establishing a primary function display in an electrical vertical takeoff and landing aircraft A system for establishing a primary function display for an electrical vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The system further includes a plurality of sensors that detects at least a metric and generates at least a datum based on the at least a metric. Specifically, state of charge is at least generated based on the performance metric of an energy source. The system further includes a display to show the at least a datum. The system further includes a controller that receives the at least a datum and generates a visual to the pilot.
US11509151B2	Charging stand with swivel jack An appliance charging stand is provided, including a housing with an upper portion defining a receptacle for an appliance, a base connected to the upper portion and having a peripheral edge. A swiveling jack defines a power cord connection socket and is rotatably secured between the upper portion and the base to swivel about a vertical axis between a first position and a second position.
US11509142B2	Electrical power system An electrical power system includes: a solar battery panel; a first electrical power conversion device; a secondary battery; and a second electrical power conversion device. The first electrical power conversion device and the second electrical power conversion device selectively execute a first mode in which the first electrical power conversion device performs MPPT control on the solar battery panel and the second electrical power conversion device performs the charging-discharging control and a second mode in which the first electrical power conversion device performs output limit control to restrict output electrical power from exceeding a predetermined output limiter value and the second electrical power conversion device performs MPPT control on the solar battery panel.
US11509140B1	Solar augmenter This invention presents an electronically configurable architecture where the plurality of photovoltaic panels can be connected to deliver the maximum power output. This architecture provides maximum power point to the maximum number of photovoltaic panels by connecting them in parallel. Under-rated panels are dynamically coupled with over-rated or maximum-rated panels in a series-connected architecture to utilize the under rated power in the final delivery. Notable efficiency improvements may be observed in contrast to the prevailing optimization with minimum power drop out architecture. The architectural modifications are proposed with bi-stable electromagnetic changeover contacts to minimize the power dissipation in control side. Moreover the rearrangement in connection architecture is proposed to be communicated on instance and regular basis through SMS and SPI protocol for easy fault diagnosis by the service personnel from the proposed data mining firmware.
US11509126B2	Wiring structure with movement mechanism A wiring structure (10) includes: a fixed member (14); a movable member (12) which moves rectilinearly with respect to the fixed member (14); a wire material (16) which connects the movable member (12) and the fixed member (14); a movable guide (18) over which the wire material (16) is stretched and which can move rectilinearly with respect to the fixed member (14); and a movement mechanism (20) which causes the movable guide (18) to move, in conjunction with the rectilinear movement of the movable member (12), rectilinearly in a direction in which the loosening or tightening of the wire material (16) caused by the rectilinear movement of the movable member (12) is offset.
US11509125B1	Adjustable in-ground utilities box assembly An adjustable in-ground box assembly is configured to form a protective enclosure for an in-ground utilities device. The adjustable in-ground box assembly includes an outer box and an inner box. A reinforced vertical interior fastener panel is formed with a wall of the outer box, and includes a number of pre-formed outer box fastener holes arranged in spaced apart vertical columns. The inner box includes a number of inner box fastener holes arranged in a horizontal row. The height of the in-ground box assembly is vertically adjusted by aligning the inner box fastener holes with horizontally-situated outer box fastener holes at a selected height on the vertical fastener panel. The tilt of the in-ground box assembly is adjusted by aligning the inner box fastener holes with selected diagonally-situated outer box fastener holes.
US11509124B2	Conductor spacer assembly with locking feature Conductor spacer assemblies are disclosed that can be easily and rapidly clamped to parallel electrical conductors suspended between supports, and that can be easily and rapidly secured together with an automatically actuated fastener assembly. The conductor spacer assembly includes an upper spacer body that is coupled to a lower spacer body and an automatically actuated fastener assembly that facilitates quick and safe installation of the conductor spacer assemblies.
US11509114B2	Quantum cascade laser system with angled active region A QCL may include a substrate, an emitting facet, and semiconductor layers adjacent the substrate and defining an active region. The active region may have a longitudinal axis canted at an oblique angle to the emitting facet of the substrate. The QCL may include an optical grating being adjacent the active region and configured to emit one of a CW laser output or a pulsed laser output through the emitting facet of substrate.
US11509111B2	All-solid-state high-power slab laser based on phonon band edge emission A kind of all-solid-state high-power slab laser based on phonon band-edge emission, which is comprised of a pumping source, a focusing system, a resonant cavity and a self-frequency-doubling crystal; the said self-frequency-doubling crystal is a Yb-doped RECOB crystal cut into slab shape along the direction of the crystal's maximum effective nonlinear coefficient of its non-principal plane; by changing the cutting direction of the crystal, the phase matching of different wavelengths is realized, thus realizing laser output at the band of 560-600 nm; the said pumping source is a diode laser matrix with a wavelength of 880 nm-980 nm; the input cavity mirror and the output cavity mirror are coated with films to obtain laser output at the band of 560-600 nm; the two large faces of the said self-frequency-doubling crystal is cooled by heat sink and located between the input cavity mirror and the output cavity mirror.
US11509106B2	Punchdown tool A punchdown tool for fitting wires into connectors including a housing with a front side, a back side, a front end, a rear end opposite the front end, a leading surface on the front end, and an interior defined between the front and back sides. The punchdown tool also includes a drive mechanism with a hammer, an anvil, and a drive spring. The drive mechanism is positioned in the interior of the housing adjacent the front end. The punchdown tool further includes a circuit board positioned in the interior of the housing adjacent the rear end with a controller. The punchdown tool also includes a light positioned on the leading surface of the housing that is electrically coupled to the controller and at least one battery positioned in the interior of the housing for supplying power to the light and the circuit board.
US11509100B2	High density receptacle A connector assembly includes an insulative housing, first and second conductive ground wafers (see e.g., 661 and 663) and a plurality of grounding links. The insulative housing has a plurality of conductive signal terminals disposed therein (see e.g., 662). The insulative housing has opposite side surfaces and a plurality of openings therein extending between the side surfaces. The second ground wafer is spaced from and parallel to the first ground wafer. The grounding links are electrically connected to one of the ground wafers and extend towards another of the ground wafers and extend through the openings in the housing.
US11509094B2	Connector and connector assembly Provided is a housing including a bottom wall, a front-end wall, side walls, and a mating space. Each of the side walls includes a locking protrusion configured to engage with a counterpart locking protrusion locking protrusion of a counterpart housing when the counterpart housing is inserted into the mating space. Each of the side walls also includes an auxiliary-metal-fixture mounting portion configured to be loaded with an auxiliary metal fixture having a bottom end that is to be fixed to a surface of a board. The terminal is configured to be loaded in the front-end wall, and includes a connection part having a bottom end that is to be fixed to the surface of the board. The bottom wall has a surface facing the surface of the board, slanted surfaces are formed respectively on the left side edge and the right side edge of the surface of the bottom wall so that each slanted surface extends, in the front-to-rear direction of the sidewall, towards the outer side of the housing with a gradually widening gap with the surface of the board.
US11509069B2	Distributed on-package millimeter-wave radio Embodiments described herein generally relate to phased array antenna systems or packages and techniques of making and using the systems and packages. A phased array antenna package may include a distributed phased array antenna comprising (1) a plurality of antenna sub-arrays, which may each include a plurality of antennas, (2) a plurality of Radio Frequency Dies (RFDs), each of the RFDs located proximate and electrically coupled by a trace of a plurality of traces to a corresponding antenna sub-array of the plurality of antenna sub-arrays, and (3) wherein each trace of the plurality of traces configured to electrically couple an antenna of the plurality of antennas to the RFD located proximate the antenna, wherein each trace of the plurality of traces is configured to transmit millimeter wave (mm-wave) radio signals, and wherein the plurality of traces are each of a substantially uniform length.
US11509047B2	Series-connected antenna structure A series-connected antenna structure is provided. The series-connected antenna structure includes an insulating substrate, a first connecting line, two first antennas, a second connecting line, two second antennas, and a load point. Two sub-antennas of one of the two first antennas are electrically coupled to a main section of the first connecting line, and two sub-antennas of another one of the two first antennas are respectively and electrically coupled to two subordinate sections of the first connecting line. Two sub-antennas of one of the two second antennas are electrically coupled to a main section of the second connecting line, and two sub-antennas of another one of the two second antennas are respectively and electrically coupled to two subordinate sections of the second connecting line. Each of the two second antennas and each of the two first antennas face opposite directions.
US11509044B2	Antenna device for vehicle There is provided an antenna device for a vehicle capable of suppressing interference in a case where a plurality of antennas which receive signals in different frequency bands are close to one another. The antenna device for the vehicle includes a patch antenna and a capacitance loading element which are installed away from each other on an antenna base section which is attachable to a vehicle. The capacitance loading element is a part of an antenna capable of receiving a different use frequency band from which of the patch antenna, to form a three-dimensional shape in which a pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in a predetermined direction are connected to each other via a linear connection conductor extending in a width direction of the antenna base section, and in the capacitance loading element, a length of a folded portion of each of the linear conductors is a non-resonant length of the patch antenna.
US11509036B2	In-glass high performance antenna Disclosed is an antenna including a radiating element, a co-planar ground plane element and a transmission line extending across at least a portion of the radiating element and the ground plane element. The transmission line includes a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer has a portion of a first major surface adjacent to the ground plane and a second major surface opposite and separated from the first surface. A shield is formed on the second major surface. At least one via extends through the dielectric layer to connect the shield to the ground plane. A feed line extends longitudinally through the dielectric layer from a feed point at a proximal end of the transmission line towards a distal end of the transmission line, the feed line being shielded along a portion of its length extending across the ground plane element by the shield with the distal end of the transmission line lying in register with the radiating element and coupling the feed line to the radiating element.
US11509035B2	Waveguide antenna with integrated temperature management An illustrative example embodiment of an antenna device includes a substrate, a plurality of antenna elements supported on the substrate, an integrated circuit supported on one side of the substrate, and a metallic waveguide antenna situated against the substrate. The metallic waveguide antenna includes a heat dissipation portion in a thermally conductive relationship with the integrated circuit. The heat dissipation portion is configured to reduce a temperature of the integrated circuit.
US11509030B2	Dielectric filter and communications device This application provides an example dielectric filter and an example communications device. The dielectric filter includes a dielectric block. At least two resonant through holes that are parallel to each other are provided in the dielectric block. The resonant through hole is a stepped hole. The stepped hole includes a large stepped hole and a small stepped hole that are arranged coaxially and that are in communication. The small stepped hole passes through a first surface of the dielectric block. The large stepped hole passes through a second surface of the dielectric block. A stepped surface is formed between the large stepped hole and the small stepped hole. The surfaces of the dielectric block are covered with conductor layers. The conductor layers cover the surfaces of the dielectric block and inner walls of the large stepped hole and the small stepped hole. A conductor layer of the inner wall of the large stepped hole is short-circuited with a conductor layer of the second surface. A conductor layer of the inner wall of the small stepped hole is short-circuited with a conductor layer of the first surface. A loop gap that does not cover the conductor layers is provided on the stepped surface. The loop gap is arranged around the small stepped hole.
US11509027B2	Battery A battery includes an electrode layer, a counter electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer between the electrode layer and the counter electrode layer. The solid electrolyte layer has a first region containing a first solid electrolyte material and a second region containing a second solid electrolyte material. The first region is within a region where the electrode layer and the counter electrode layer face each other. With respect to the first region, the second region is positioned on an outer peripheral side of the region where the electrode layer and the counter electrode layer face each other, and is in contact with the first region. A second density, which is the density of the second solid electrolyte material in the second region, is higher than a first density, which is the density of the first solid electrolyte material in the first region.
US11509023B2	Battery wiring module Provided is a battery wiring module that allows module-side terminals to be easily mounted to a housing. The battery wiring module includes module-side terminals that are electrically connected to bus bars connecting battery terminals of a plurality of battery cells; wires with ends on one side connected to the module-side terminals; and a housing for accommodating the wires and the module-side terminals. The housing includes a plurality of terminal accommodating portions for accommodating the module-side terminals. The terminal accommodating portions include insertion ports into which the module-side terminals are partially inserted, and recesses that are located upstream of the insertion ports in a direction in which the module-side terminals are inserted and that are lower than terminal seat surfaces on which the module-side terminals can be placed.
US11509021B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the separator includes an inorganic filler layer which includes a first filler layer containing phosphate salt particles and a second filler layer disposed on the first filler layer and containing inorganic particles more heat resistant than the phosphate salt particles, and the BET specific surface area of the phosphate salt particles is in the range of not less than 5 m2/g and not more than 100 m2/g.
US11509014B2	Battery rack and power storage apparatus including the same A battery pack includes a base plate forming a bottom surface; a main frame combined to the base plate and extending in a height direction to form a wall structure for supporting both side portions of the plurality of battery modules; and a top plate combined to an upper portion of the main frame to form a ceiling, wherein at least one of the top plate and the base plate is provided in a plate body shape including a bead.
US11509010B2	Rotatable terminal plate housing assemblies and methods thereof Embodiments described herein generally relate to a battery pack assembly. The battery pack assembly includes a plurality of housing segments and a plurality of battery cells. The plurality of housing segments are coupled to one another. Each one of the plurality of housing segments includes a terminal receiving portion. The terminal receiving portion has a pair of end walls, a pair of side walls and a floor. A terminal connector is positioned within the terminal receiving portion. The terminal connector has a pair of openings. Each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells has a terminal side. A pair of terminals are positioned on the terminal side of each of the plurality of battery cells. Each one of the plurality of housing segments are configured to be rotated with respect to an adjacent housing segment between a use position and a maintenance position.
US11509008B2	Heat exchanger with thermoelectric module and system for managing heat of battery including same A heat exchanger with a thermoelectric module according to the present disclosure includes: a first heat exchanger including a first heat sink provided with a first base plate and first heat dissipation pins, a first thermoelectric module located over the first heat sink and performing heat absorption and heat dissipation, a plate-shaped first cooling plate located over the first thermoelectric module and having a flow channel through which coolant flows, and a first cover covering top of the first cooling plate; and a second heat exchanger having the same structure as the first heat exchanger and located under the first heat exchanger to be symmetrical with the first heat exchanger.
US11509006B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes a plurality of cells, a refrigerant pipe, a plurality of cooling members, and a restraining unit. Each of the cooling members includes a plate-shaped portion interposed between the cells, and a contact portion jutting out from between the cells and contacting the refrigerant pipe. The restraining unit includes a pair of restraining members and a support member supporting the pair of restraining members, the pair of restraining members restraining opposite ends of the plurality of cells arranged with the plurality of cooling members interposed. The cooling members include one or more first cooling members and one or more second cooling members, the one or more second cooling members having a heat capacity higher than the one or more first cooling members and having a greater contact area with the refrigerant pipe than the one or more first cooling members.
US11509005B2	Battery pack including separator between secondary batteries A battery includes a plurality of secondary batteries, a casing including a lower case and an upper case, and a plurality of separators interposed between corresponding secondary batteries. Each separator includes a first stopper in a lower part, a second stopper in an upper part, and a cooling passage between the secondary batteries and between the first stopper and the second stopper. The casing includes a face opposing the lateral faces of the secondary battery and including an opening opposing the cooling passage.
US11509004B2	Battery module The present disclosure relates to a battery module that has a filling portion transformed into a structure in which a battery cell is supported such that swelling pressure generated when swelling occurs is offset without an additional control, or a structure in which the battery cell is efficiently cooled.
US11509003B2	Cooling structure for power storage stack and cooling system for power storage stack A cooling structure includes a power storage stack including power storage cells, first and second end plates, a refrigerant supply path for supplying refrigerant, and first paths each provided in a clearance between two of the adjacent power storage cells. The first end plate is configured to form a second path communicating with the refrigerant supply path in a clearance between a first end of the power storage stack and the first end plate. The second end plate is configured to form a third path communicating with the refrigerant supply path in a clearance between a second end of the power storage stack and the second end plate. The power storage stack is cooled to have a temperature distribution in which the power storage cells disposed on the second end side have temperatures higher than the temperatures of the power storage cells disposed on the first end side.
US11508999B2	Lithium-ion batteries recycling process It is provided a process for recycling lithium ion batteries comprising shredding the lithium-ion batteries and immersing residues in an organic solvent; feeding the shredded batteries residues in a dryer producing a gaseous organic phase and dried batteries residues; feeding the dried batteries residues to a magnetic separator removing magnetic particles; grinding the non-magnetic batteries residues; mixing the fine particles and an acid producing a metal oxides slurry and leaching said metal oxides slurry; filtering the leachate removing the non-leachable metals; feeding the leachate into a sulfide precipitation tank; neutralizing the leachate; mixing the leachate with an organic extraction solvent; separating cobalt and manganese from the leachate using solvent extraction and electrolysis; crystallizing sodium sulfate from the aqueous phase; adding sodium carbonate to the liquor and heating up the sodium carbonate and the liquor producing a precipitate of lithium carbonate; and drying and recuperating the lithium carbonate.
US11508996B2	Vehicular battery charger, charging system, and method A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
US11508989B2	Solid electrolyte film for all-solid state secondary battery, solid electrolyte sheet for all-solid state secondary battery, positive electrode active material film for all-solid state secondary battery, negative electrode active material film for all-solid state secondary battery, electrode sheet for all-solid state secondary battery, all-solid state secondary battery, and method for manufacturing all-solid state secondary battery Provided are an inorganic solid electrolyte material including a sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte and an electron-insulating inorganic material that coats a surface of the sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte, is solid at 100° C., and fuses at a specific temperature, a slurry using the same, a solid electrolyte film for an all-solid state secondary battery, a solid electrolyte sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, a positive electrode active material film for an all-solid state secondary battery, a negative electrode active material film for an all-solid state secondary battery, an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, an all-solid state secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing an all-solid state secondary battery.
US11508988B2	Lithium anode device stack manufacturing Metal electrodes, more specifically lithium-containing anodes, high performance electrochemical devices, such as secondary batteries, including the aforementioned lithium-containing electrodes, and methods for fabricating the same are provided. In one implementation, an anode electrode structure is provided. The anode electrode structure comprises a current collector comprising copper, a lithium metal film formed on the current collector, a copper film formed on the lithium metal film, and a protective film formed on the copper film. The protective film is a lithium-ion conducting film selected from the group comprising lithium-ion conducting ceramic, a lithium-ion conducting glass, or ion conducting liquid crystal.
US11508984B2	Thin film pattern layer battery systems A battery assembly can be formed on a base layer provided on a substrate, with a thin film battery stack including an anode layer, a cathode layer, and an electrolyte layer between the anode and cathode layers. The thin film battery stack can be attached to a pattern film layer with holes for electrical connection to the anode and cathode layers.
US11508980B2	Systems and methods for distributed fault management in fuel cell systems A distributed fault management system includes at least one sensor associated with a fuel cell system and at least one first fault management computing device coupled to the at least one sensor. The at least one first fault management computing device is configured to receive data associated with a first fault condition. The at least one first fault management computing device is further configured to generate a resolution to the first fault condition and transmit at least one resolution command signal to at least one second fault management computing device. The at least one resolution command signal configures the at least one second fault management computing device to use the resolution to resolve a second fault condition in a similar manner.
US11508959B2	Battery electrode comprising lithium-coated metallic material, and method for manufacturing same A lithium coating method includes: coating an oxide layer having lithiophilic properties on a metal material by heating the metal material at a certain temperature; and coating a lithium layer on the oxide layer by bringing the metal material coated with the oxide layer into contact with molten lithium.
US11508957B2	Electrode, secondary battery, battery pack, vehicle and stationary power source An electrode comprises a current collector; and an active material-containing layer having active materials on the current collector. The active material-containing layer has a first surface contacting the current collector and a second surface which is opposite side of the first surface. At least one part of the second surface is covered by a compound containing Zn. When an image of the second surface is taken by Scanning Electron Microscope, the image is divided into 100 blocks, a ratio of existence of blocks having hexagonal platelet shaped compound containing Zn to the 100 blocks is calculated, and the ratio of existence of blocks is calculated with respect to 10 images, an average of the ratio of existence of blocks with respect to the 10 images is 20% or less (including 0).
US11508954B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and positive electrode active material A non aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and a non aqueous electrolyte, and the positive electrode active material includes a positive electrode active material particle containing a lithium transition metal compound, and a coating portion coating at least a part of a surface of the positive electrode active material particle. The coating portion contains a lithium ionic conductor containing lithium, a phosphoric acid group, and yttrium. The lithium ionic conductor includes a region A in which a ratio of yttrium is relatively rich and a region B in which the ratio of yttrium is relatively poor.
US11508953B2	Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, lithium secondary battery comprising the same, and method of preparing the negative electrode A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which includes a negative electrode active material layer formed on a negative electrode collector, and a coating layer formed on the negative electrode active material layer and which includes lithium metal and metal oxide, a lithium secondary battery including the same, and a method of preparing the negative electrode.
US11508952B2	Secondary battery, battery pack, and vehicle According to one embodiment, provided is a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a niobium-titanium composite oxide having fluorine atoms on at least part of a surface the niobium-titanium composite oxide. An abundance ratio AF of fluorine atoms, an abundance ratio ATi of titanium atoms, and an abundance ratio ANb of niobium atoms on a surface of the negative electrode according to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy satisfy a relationship of 3.5≤AF/(ATi+ANb)≤50.
US11508950B2	Electrode sheet manufacturing method and electrode sheet manufacturing apparatus A method of manufacturing an electrode sheet by using an electrode sheet manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the electrode sheet includes a feeding step of feeding out a sheet body from a roll on which the sheet body is wound, the sheet body including an active layer containing a catalyst laminated on a support layer, and a cutting step of forming the electrode sheet by punching the sheet body by pressing a cutting blade from a side of the support layer against the sheet body that was fed out in the feeding step.
US11508940B2	Display device with optical pattern layer A display device includes a light emitting element layer, and an optical pattern layer disposed on the light emitting element layer. The optical pattern layer includes a first pattern layer having a base part and protruding parts, and a second pattern layer having a refractive index less than a refractive index of the first pattern layer to scatter light incident to the optical pattern layer and minimize reduction in front efficiency, thereby providing an improved display quality of a side viewing angle.
US11508929B2	Conductor and method of manufacturing the same A conductor includes a plurality of metal nanostructures and an organic material, where a portion of the organic material surrounding each of the metal nanostructures is selectively removed, and the conductor has a haze of less than or equal to about 1.1, a light transmittance of greater than or equal to about 85% at about 550 nm, and a sheet resistance of less than or equal to about 100 Ω/sq. An electronic device includes the conductor, and a method of manufacturing a conductor includes preparing a conductive film including a metal nanostructure and an organic material, and selectively removing the organic material from the conductive film using a cluster ion beam sputtering.
US11508928B2	Self-luminous element and self-luminous display panel A self-luminous element includes: a pixel electrode; a light-emitting layer that is disposed above the pixel electrode and includes a light-emitting material; a first functional layer that is disposed on the light-emitting layer and includes a metal fluoride; a second functional layer that is disposed on the first functional layer and includes a first organic material having at least one of electron transport properties and electron injection properties; and a counter electrode that is disposed above the second functional layer. The second functional layer does not include at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and rare earth metals that reduce the metal fluoride.
US11508927B2	Organic electroluminescence device, preparation method thereof and display apparatus An organic electroluminescence device, a preparation method thereof, and a display apparatus, the organic electroluminescence device including an organic light emitting layer which includes a host material, a sensitizer material, and a resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescent material, where the host material is a wide bandgap material, and the sensitizer material is a thermally activated delayed fluorescent material. The singlet state energy level of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent material falls between the singlet state energy level of the wide bandgap material and the singlet state energy level of the resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescent material. The triplet state energy level of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent material falls between the triplet state energy level of the wide bandgap material and the triplet state energy level of the resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescent material.
US11508922B2	Display device including elastic member A display device including a display panel having a folding area and a bending area, a support member disposed on a bottom surface of the display panel and including a plurality of openings formed in the folding area, an elastic member disposed on a bottom surface of the support member and overlapping the openings in the folding area, and a first adhesive member disposed between the support member and the elastic member.
US11508918B2	Display panel having moisture-blocking structure and method of manufacturing the display panel The disclosure provides a display panel and a method of manufacturing same. In the display panel, an organic light-emitting structural layer and an encapsulating structural layer are formed on a pixel defining layer and covers an entire surface of a through hole. The through hole is defined before the organic light-emitting structural layer and the encapsulating structural layer covers the surface of the through hole. Therefore, the encapsulating structural layer covers an interior lateral wall of the through hole, which prevents atmospheric moisture from invading into gaps between layers of an OLED device from the through hole and eroding a metal layer and an organic light-emitting layer in a display region.
US11508915B2	Condensed cyclic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device including the same: wherein, in Formulae 1, Y11 is a group represented by Formulae 2-1 to 2-3 and Y12 is a group represented by Formulae 3-1 to 3-5, 4-1, or 4-2 as described herein.
US11508898B2	Piezoelectric devices fabricated in packaging build-up layers Piezoelectric devices are described fabricated in packaging buildup layers. In one example, a package has a plurality of conductive routing layers and a plurality of organic dielectric layers between the conductive routing layers. A die attach area has a plurality of vias to connect to a microelectronic die, the vias connecting to respective conductive routing layers. A piezoelectric device is formed on an organic dielectric layer, the piezoelectric device having at least one electrode coupled to a conductive routing layer.
US11508895B2	Reducing dissipation and frequency noise in quantum devices using a local vacuum cavity A device includes: a substrate including a superconductor quantum device, the superconductor quantum device including a superconductor material that exhibits superconducting properties at or below a corresponding critical temperature; a cap layer bonded to the substrate; and a sealed cavity between the cap layer and the substrate.
US11508891B2	Method of manufacturing light-emitting module A method of manufacturing a light-emitting module according includes providing an intermediate structure, the intermediate structure including a board, and a plurality of light sources, and forming first and second wirings on an upper surface of the intermediate structure. The first wiring includes first extending portions and first connecting portions. The second wiring includes second extending portions and second connecting portions. The forming of the first and second wirings includes forming the first extending portions and the first connecting portions and the second extending portions, forming an insulating member covering at least the first connecting portions while at least a portion of each of the second extending portions is exposed from the insulating member, and forming the second connecting portions on or above a part of the insulating member positioned on or above the first connecting portions of the first wiring.
US11508889B2	Light emitting device including light emitting unit arranged in a tube A light-emitting device includes a carrier with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a light-emitting unit disposed on the first surface and configured to emit a light toward but not passing through the first surface. When emitting the light, the light-emitting device has a first light intensity above the first surface, and a second light intensity under the second surface, a ratio of the first light intensity to the second light intensity is in a range of 2˜9.
US11508888B2	Light-emitting device assembly with emitter array, micro- or nano-structured lens, and angular filter A light-emitting device assembly includes an emitter array of light-emitting elements, a transparent substrate, a structured lens, and an angular filter. The emitter array emits from its emission surface output light that is transmitted through the substrate, and enables selective activation of and emission from individual elements or subsets of elements of the array. The structured lens is formed on or in the substrate, and comprises micro- or nano-structured elements resulting in an effective focal length less than an effective distance between the structured lens and the emission surface. The angular filter is positioned on or in the substrate or on the emission surface and exhibits decreasing transmission or a cutoff angle with increasing angle of incidence.
US11508881B2	Light emitting module and method of manufacturing the same A light emitting module includes: a plurality of light emitting elements each having a primary light emitting surface and a lateral surface; a plurality of wavelength conversion members arranged respectively on the primary light emitting surfaces of the plurality of light emitting elements; and a lightguide plate having a first primary surface and a second primary surface and arranged continuously on the plurality of wavelength conversion members so that the second primary surface faces the plurality of wavelength conversion members, wherein the lightguide plate includes a plurality of recessed portions located on the second primary surface, and a lateral surface of at least one of the plurality of wavelength conversion members is partially in contact with an inner lateral surface of at least one of the plurality of recessed portions.
US11508878B2	Method of producing a layer stack and layer stack A method of producing a layer stack includes a) forming a first layer having a first material composition on a substrate, b) performing intermediate processing of the substrate with the first layer, c) forming an additional layer having a second material composition, the first material composition and the second material composition differing from each other by at most 10% by weight, at least locally directly on the first layer and d) applying a second layer at least in places directly onto the additional layer.
US11508868B2	Avalanche photodiode structure A germanium based avalanche photo-diode device and method of manufacture thereof. The device including: a silicon substrate; a lower doped silicon region, positioned above the substrate; a silicon multiplication region, positioned above the lower doped silicon region; an intermediate doped silicon region, positioned above the silicon multiplication region; an un-doped germanium absorption region, position above the intermediate doped silicon region; an upper doped germanium region, positioned above the un-doped germanium absorption region; and an input silicon waveguide; wherein: the un-doped germanium absorption region and the upper doped germanium region form a germanium waveguide which is coupled to the input waveguide, and the device also includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and the first electrode extends laterally to contact the lower doped silicon region and the second electrode extends laterally to contact the upper doped germanium region.
US11508863B2	Semiconductor component and method for singulating a semiconductor component having a pn junction A a semiconductor component (1a, 1b) having a front side and an opposite rear side and also side surfaces, and also at least one emitter (2a, 2b) and at least one base (3a, 3b), wherein a pn junction (4a, 4b) is formed between emitter (2a, 2b) and base (3a, 3b) and the emitter (2a, 2b) extends parallel to the front and/or rear side. At least one side surface is a passivated separating surface (T), at which a separating surface passivation layer (6a, 6b) is arranged, which has stationary charges having a surface charge density at the separating surface (T) with a magnitude of greater than or equal to 1012 cm-2. A method for singulating a semiconductor component (1a, 1b) having a pn junction is also provided.
US11508856B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a photosensitive element, an insulating region, and a quench element. The photosensitive element includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type on the first semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region of a second conductivity type on the second semiconductor region, and a fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type around the second and third semiconductor regions. An impurity concentration of the first conductivity type in the second semiconductor region is higher than that in the first semiconductor region. An impurity concentration of the second conductivity type in the fourth semiconductor region is lower than that of the third semiconductor region. The insulating region is around the first and fourth semiconductor regions. The quench element is electrically connected to the third semiconductor region.
US11508853B2	Vertical bipolar transistor device A vertical bipolar transistor device includes a heavily-doped semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor epitaxial layer, at least one doped well, an isolation structure, and an external conductor. The heavily-doped semiconductor substrate and the doped well have a first conductivity type, and the first semiconductor epitaxial layer has a second conductivity type. The first semiconductor epitaxial layer is formed on the heavily-doped semiconductor substrate. The doped well is formed in the first semiconductor epitaxial layer. The isolation structure, formed in the heavily-doped semiconductor substrate and the first semiconductor epitaxial layer, surrounds the first semiconductor epitaxial layer and the at least one doped well. The external conductor is arranged outside the first semiconductor epitaxial layer and the doped well and electrically connected to the first semiconductor epitaxial layer and the doped well.
US11508828B2	Selective silicon etch for gate all around transistors Horizontal gate-all-around devices and methods of manufacturing same are described. The hGAA devices comprise a trimmed semiconductor material between source regions and drain regions of the device. The method includes selectively isotropically etching semiconductor material layers between source regions and drain regions of an electronic device.
US11508823B2	Low capacitance low RC wrap-around-contact A field effect transistor is provided. The field effect transistor includes a first source/drain on a substrate, a second source/drain on the substrate, and a channel region between the first source/drain and the second source/drain. The field effect transistor further includes a metal liner on at least three sides of the first source/drain and/or the second source/drain, wherein the metal liner covers less than the full length of a sidewall of the first source/drain and/or the second source/drain. The field effect transistor further includes a metal-silicide between the metal liner and the first source/drain and/or the second source/drain, and a conductive contact on the metal liner on the first source/drain and/or the second source/drain, wherein the conductive contact is a conductive material different from the conductive material of the metal liner.
US11508809B2	Semiconductor device and preparation method thereof The present disclosure discloses a semiconductor device and a preparation method thereof. The semiconductor device includes: an N+ substrate, a plurality of openings opening toward a back surface formed in the N+ substrate; an N− epitaxial layer formed on the N+ substrate, the N− epitaxial layer including: an active area epitaxial layer including a plurality of P++ area rings and a plurality of groove structures, wherein single groove structure is formed on single P++ area ring; a terminal area epitaxial layer including an N+ field stop ring and a plurality of P+ guard rings; a Schottky contact formed on the active area epitaxial layer, a passivation layer formed on the terminal area epitaxial layer, and ohmic contacts formed on the back surface of the N+ substrate and in the plurality of openings.
US11508798B2	Display device having circular, oval, polygonal frame with opening in bending portion In an organic electroluminescence (EL) display device, a display region and a first frame region are defined in a substantially circular shape or a substantially oval shape, and in a bending portion, an opening is formed in an inorganic layered film, and a frame flattening film is provided to fill the opening. An end portion of the opening on the display region side is formed along an arc of the first frame region on the bending portion side.
US11508797B2	Display device including island-shaped inorganic films A display device includes: a resin substrate; a TFT layer; a bending portion; at least one inorganic film forming the TFT layer; an interlayer insulating film forming the TFT layer; and a plurality of wires forming the TFT layer, wherein the at least one inorganic film and the interlayer insulating film include an opening disposed at the bending portion, the at least one inorganic film includes a plurality of island-shaped inorganic films remaining in the opening, each of the plurality of wires overlaps a corresponding island-shaped inorganic film among the plurality of island-shaped inorganic films, and the display device includes a metal layer in a form of islands disposed between each of the plurality of wires and the corresponding island-shaped inorganic film overlapping each of the plurality of wires, the metal layer being in contact with each of the plurality of wires.
US11508791B2	OLED display panel and display device The present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel and a display device. Because, in this structure, a light transparency area is included in an electronic device display area, external light passes through the light transparency area and enters a camera. Thus, the camera can be directly positioned under the display panel without the need of forming a hole, thus solving the problems existing in prior art where the electronic device display area cannot display images due to formation of the hole. Full screen display is achieved.
US11508787B2	Display device A display device, an electronic device, or a lighting device that is unlikely to be broken is provided. A flexible first substrate and a flexible second substrate overlap with each other with a display element provided therebetween. A flexible third substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the first substrate, and a flexible fourth substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the second substrate. The third substrate is formed using a material softer than the first substrate, and the fourth substrate is formed using a material softer than the second substrate.
US11508783B2	Method for fabricating memory device A method for fabricating memory device is provided. The method includes forming a transistor on a substrate. Further, a contact structure is formed on a source/drain region of the transistor. A conductive layer is formed on the contact structure. Four memory structures are formed on the conductive layer to form a quadrilateral structure.
US11508781B2	Integrating circuit elements in a stacked quantum computing device A stacked quantum computing device including: a first chip including a superconducting qubit, where the superconducting qubit includes a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) region, a control region, and a readout region, and a second chip bonded to the first chip, where the second chip includes a first control element overlapping with the SQUID region, a second control element displaced laterally from the control region and without overlapping the control region, and a readout device overlapping the readout region.
US11508768B2	Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus capable of improving sensitivity while suppressing deterioration of color mixing. The solid-state imaging device includes a substrate, a first photoelectric conversion region in the substrate, a second photoelectric conversion region in the substrate, a trench between the first photoelectric conversion region and the second photoelectric conversion region and penetrates through the substrate, a first concave portion region that has a plurality of concave portions provided on a light receiving surface side of the substrate, above the first photoelectric conversion regions, and a second concave portion region that has a plurality of concave portions provided on the light receiving surface side of the substrate, above the second photoelectric conversion region. The technology of the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a backside illumination solid-state imaging device and the like.
US11508767B2	Solid-state imaging device and electronic device for enhanced color reproducibility of images A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; a lens disposed above a first light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element; and a plurality of columnar structures disposed on a surface parallel to the first light incident surface that is located between a second light incident surface of the lens and the first light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element. The columnar structure includes at least one of silicon, germanium, gallium phosphide, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, hafnium oxide, indium oxide, tin oxide, niobium pentoxide, magnesium oxide, tantalum pentoxide, titanium pentoxide, titanium oxide, tungsten oxide, yttrium oxide, zinc oxide, zirconia, cerium fluoride, gadolinium fluoride, lanthanum fluoride, and neodymium fluoride.
US11508763B2	Method for manufacturing array substrate, array substrate and display device The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an array substrate, an array substrate, and a display device. By first forming holes in a first thin film transistor, then simultaneously performing hydrogen supplementation on the first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor, and then forming holes in the second thin film transistor, the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor can be repaired and compensated in different degrees by hydrogen supplementation.
US11508759B2	Method of manufacturing flexible array substrate, flexible array substrate, and flexible display device A method of manufacturing a flexible array substrate, a flexible array substrate, and a flexible display device are disclosed. The method of manufacturing the flexible array substrate is implemented by using silver nanowire to form an electrically conductive pattern on a flexible substrate. In this manner, using the silver nanowire to replace metal or indium tin oxide as conventionally used to form the electrically conductive pattern can reduce trace resistance, increase panel transmittance, improve bending resistance of the flexible array substrate, avoid line breaks in products, improve production yield, and reduce manufacturing costs of products.
US11508758B2	Display panel and display The present disclosure discloses a display panel which includes a substrate and plurality of insulating layers disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of metal routings, and includes a display region and a first non-display region at left and right sides of the display region, and a display, the plurality of metal routings being at the first non-display region and insulated from each other, and at least adjacent two of the metal routings being positioned on different layers of the insulating layers. An interval between adjacent metal routings on different insulating layers in a horizontal direction can be reduced through the above wiring manner, thereby reducing a space occupied by the first non-display region.
US11508753B2	Embedded ferroelectric FinFET memory device Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a ferroelectric memory device. The ferroelectric memory device includes a pair of source/drain regions disposed in a substrate. A gate dielectric is disposed over the substrate and between the source/drain regions. A gate electrode is disposed on the gate dielectric. A polarization switching structure is disposed on the gate electrode. A pair of sidewall spacers is disposed over the substrate and along opposite sidewalls of the gate electrode and the polarization switching structure.
US11508751B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes an active fin on a substrate, a gate electrode and intersecting the active fin, gate spacer layers on both side walls of the gate electrode, and a source/drain region in a recess region of the active fin at at least one side of the gate electrode. The source/drain region may include a base layer in contact with the active fin, and having an inner end and an outer end opposing each other in the first direction on an inner sidewall of the recess region. The source/drain region may include a first layer on the base layer. The first layer may include germanium (Ge) having a concentration higher than a concentration of germanium (Ge) included in the base layer. The outer end of the base layer may contact the first layer, and may have a shape convex toward outside of the gate electrode on a plane.
US11508745B2	Three-dimensional memory device having a shielding layer and method for forming the same Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices having a shielding layer and methods for forming the 3D memory devices are disclosed. In an example, a method for forming a 3D memory device is disclosed. A peripheral device is formed on a substrate. A first interconnect layer including a first plurality of interconnects is formed above the peripheral device. A shielding layer including a conduction region is formed above the first interconnect layer. A second interconnect layer including a second plurality of interconnects is formed above the shielding layer. The conduction region of the shielding layer covers an area of the first and second plurality of interconnects in the first and second interconnect layers. A plurality of memory strings each extending vertically above the second interconnect layer are formed.
US11508737B2	SRAM cell and logic cell design An embodiment is an integrated circuit structure including a static random access memory (SRAM) cell having a first number of semiconductor fins, the SRAM cell having a first boundary and a second boundary parallel to each other, and a third boundary and a fourth boundary parallel to each other, the SRAM cell having a first cell height as measured from the third boundary to the fourth boundary, and a logic cell having the first number of semiconductor fins and the first cell height.
US11508735B2	Cell manufacturing A semiconductor device includes a first Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) array including a first SRAM cell and a second SRAM array including a second SRAM cell. The first SRAM cell includes a first pull-down (PD) device including a single fin N-type FinFET. The single fin N-type FinFET includes a first gate dielectric having a first thickness. The second SRAM cell includes a second PD device including a multiple fin N-type FinFET. The multiple fin N-type FinFET includes a second gate dielectric having a second thickness. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness.
US11508732B2	Semiconductor devices having air spacer A semiconductor device includes bit line structures disposed on a substrate, each bit line structure comprising a bit line and an insulating spacer structure, buried contacts which fill lower portions of spaces between bit line structures in the substrate, and landing pads which fill upper portions of the spaces, extend from upper surfaces of the buried contacts to upper surfaces of the bit line structures, and are spaced apart from each other by insulating structures. A first insulating structure is disposed between a first landing pad and a first bit line structure. The first insulating structure includes a sidewall extending along a sidewall of the first landing pad toward the substrate. In a direction extending toward the substrate, the sidewall of the first insulating structure gets closer to a first sidewall of the first bit line structure.
US11508730B2	Memory devices with vertical channels Memory devices may include a source region, channels, a gate insulation layer pattern, a selection gate pattern, a first gate pattern, a second gate pattern and a drain region. The source region may include first impurities having a first conductivity type at an upper portion of a substrate. The channels may contact the source region. Each of the channels may extend in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate. The selection gate pattern may be on sidewalls of the channels. The first gate pattern may be on the sidewalls of the channels. The first gate pattern may be a common electrode of all of multiple channels. The second gate patterns may be on the sidewalls of the channels. The drain region may include second impurities having a second conductivity type that is different from the first conductivity type at an upper portion of each of the channels.
US11508729B2	Semiconductor die with decoupling capacitor and manufacturing method thereof The present application provides a semiconductor die with decoupling capacitors and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor die. The semiconductor die includes first bonding pads, second bonding pads, bond metals and decoupling capacitors. The first bonding pads are coupled to a power supply voltage. The second bonding pads are coupled to a reference voltage. The bond metals are disposed on central portions of the first and second bonding pads. The decoupling capacitors are disposed under the first and second bonding pads, and overlapped with peripheral portions of the first and second bonding pads. The decoupling capacitors are in parallel connection with one another. First terminals of the decoupling capacitors are electrically connected to the first bonding pads, and second terminals of the decoupling capacitors are electrically connected to the second bonding pads.
US11508728B2	Semiconductor memory device, method of driving the same and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell transistors arranged along a common semiconductor layer. Each of the plurality of memory cell transistors comprises a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region formed in the common semiconductor layer; a gate stack formed on a portion of the common semiconductor layer between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region; and an electrical floating portion in the portion of the common semiconductor layer, a charge state of the electrical floating portion being adapted to adjust a threshold voltage and a channel conductance of the memory cell transistor. The plurality of memory cell transistors connected in series with each other along the common semiconductor layer provide a memory string.
US11508724B2	Composite power element A composite power element includes a substrate structure, an insulation layer, a dielectric layer, a MOSFET, and a Zener diode. The MOSFET is formed in a transistor formation region of the substrate structure. The Zener diode is formed in a circuit element formation region of the substrate structure, and includes a Zener diode doping structure that is formed in the substrate structure and is covered by the insulation layer. The Zener diode doping structure includes a first P-type doped region and a first N-type doped region that is formed on an inner side of the first P-type doped region. The Zener diode further includes a Zener diode metal structure that is formed on the dielectric layer and sequentially passes through the dielectric layer and the insulation layer to be electrically connected to the first P-type doped region and the first N-type doped region.
US11508720B2	Memory device including alignment layer and semiconductor process method thereof A memory device includes a well, a first gate layer, a second gate layer, a doped region, a blocking layer and an alignment layer. The first gate layer is formed on the well. The second gate layer is formed on the well. The doped region is formed within the well and located between the first gate layer and the second gate layer. The blocking layer is formed to cover the first gate layer, the first doped region and a part of the second gate layer and used to block electrons from excessively escaping. The alignment layer is formed on the blocking layer and above the first gate layer, the doped region and the part of the second gate layer. The alignment layer is thinner than the blocking layer, and the alignment layer is thinner than the first gate layer and the second gate layer.
US11508707B2	Semiconductor package with dummy MIM capacitor die A semiconductor package including at least one functional die; at least one dummy die free of active circuit, wherein the dummy die comprises at least one metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor; and a redistribution layer (RDL) structure interconnecting the MIM capacitor to the at least one functional die.
US11508706B2	Light-emitting module A light-emitting module includes: a lightguide plate having a main surface and including a plurality of unit regions including at least one first unit region and a plurality of second unit regions, the lightguide plate including a plurality of first recesses in the main surface; a plurality of light sources provided at the main surface, each of the light sources being located in the first recess so as to correspond to one of the unit regions; and a light-transmitting member provided in the first recess of each of the unit regions. In the second unit regions, an optical axis of the light sources is coincident with a center of the first recess. In the first unit region, the optical axis of the light source is offset from the center of the first recess, and an upper surface of the light-transmitting member has a first receding part.
US11508700B2	Left and right projectors for display device Disclosed herein are display devices having a left projector and a right projector. According to certain embodiments, a display device includes a first display package having a first LED die, a second LED die, a third LED die, and a first backplane die that is electrically connected to the first LED die, the second LED die, and the third LED die. Each of the first LED die, the second LED die, and the third LED die is symmetric about a first plane that is parallel to an emission direction of the first LED die and perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the first LED die. The first backplane die is symmetric about a second plane that is parallel to the emission direction of the first LED die and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the first LED die.
US11508685B2	Stacked semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the substrate, and a second semiconductor chip disposed on a top surface of the first semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes a conductive pattern disposed on the top surface of the first semiconductor chip and a first protective layer covering the top surface of the first semiconductor chip and at least partially surrounds the conductive pattern. The second semiconductor chip includes a first pad that contacts a first through electrode on a bottom surface of the second semiconductor chip. A second protective layer surrounds the first pad and covers the bottom surface of the second semiconductor chip. A third protection layer fills a first recess defined in the second protective layer to face the inside of the second protective layer. The first protective layer and the third protective layer contact each other.
US11508663B2	PCB module on package Aspects of the disclosure provide a printed circuit board (PCB) system that includes an integrated circuit (IC) package, a first PCB and a PCB module. The IC package has a package substrate and an IC chip that is coupled to a top surface of the package substrate. The first PCB is configured to electrically couple with first contact structures that are disposed on a bottom surface of the package substrate. The PCB module includes a second PCB and one or more electronic components electrically coupled to the second PCB. The PCB module is configured to electrically couple with second contact structures that are disposed on the top surface of the package substrate.
US11508660B2	Molded power delivery interconnect module for improved Imax and power integrity A semiconductor package including a molded power delivery module arranged between a package substrate and a semiconductor chip and including a plurality of input conductive structures and a plurality of reference conductive structures, wherein the input conductive structures alternate between the plurality of reference conductive structures, wherein the input conductive structure is electrically coupled with a chip input voltage terminal and a package input voltage terminal, wherein each of the plurality of reference conductive structures are electrically coupled with a semiconductor chip reference terminal and a package reference terminal.
US11508659B2	Interconnect structure in semiconductor device and method of forming the same A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode extending in a first direction in a first layer over an active region, a first conductive line extending in the first layer adjacent to the gate electrode, a first power rail extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a second layer over the first layer, a second conductive line arranged in a third layer over the second layer, and a conductive via extending through the first power rail and electrically connecting the second conductive line to one of the gate electrode and the first conductive line. The conductive via is electrically insulated from the first power rail.
US11508648B2	Coupling mechanisms for substrates, semiconductor packages, and/or printed circuit boards Techniques directed to forming and using coupling mechanisms for substrates, semiconductor packages, and/or printed circuit boards are described. One technique includes forming a substrate (205) comprising: first and second interconnect pads (213A, 213B) in or on a build-up layer (203); and first and second interconnects (211A, 211B) on the first and second interconnect pads (213A, 213B). The first interconnect pad (213A) can be located at a lower position than the second interconnect pad (213B) with regard to a z-position. The techniques described herein can assist with minimizing or eliminating solder ball bridge defects (SBBDs) that may be creating during performance of coupling technique (e.g., a reflow process, etc.).
US11508645B2	Modular technique for die-level liquid cooling An integrated circuit assembly including a first die including a device side and a backside opposite the device side; and a second die including a plurality of fluidly accessible channels therein, wherein the second die is coupled to a backside of the first die. A method of fabricating an integrated circuit assembly including coupling a first die to a second die, wherein the first die includes a device side and an opposite backside, wherein the device side includes a plurality of integrated circuits and wherein the second die includes a plurality of fluidly accessible channels therein.
US11508639B2	System in package (SiP) semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes an interconnect structure having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, and including a redistribution pattern and a vertical connection conductor, a first semiconductor chip disposed for a first inactive surface to oppose the first surface, a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first surface of the interconnect structure and disposed for the second inactive surface to oppose the first surface; a first encapsulant encapsulating the first and second semiconductor chips, a backside wiring layer disposed on the first encapsulant, a wiring structure connecting the redistribution pattern to the backside wiring layer, a heat dissipation member disposed on the second surface and connected to the vertical connection conductor.
US11508630B2	Thin film analyzing device and thin film analyzing method A thin film analyzing device includes a processing and analyzing chamber for performing processing and analyzing of a subject having a thin film on a substrate. The processing and analyzing chamber includes a sample holder arranged to hold the subject, an X-ray irradiation source arranged to irradiate the subject with X-rays, a fluorescent X-ray detector configured to detect fluorescent X-rays which are emitted from the subject, a diffracted/reflected X-ray detector configured to detect reflected X-rays and diffracted X-rays which are emitted from the subject, and a substrate remover arranged to remove the substrate.
US11508629B2	Nitride semiconductor laminate, method for manufacturing nitride semiconductor laminate, method for manufacturing semiconductor laminate, and method for inspecting semiconductor laminate There is provided a nitride semiconductor laminate, including: a substrate; an electron transit layer provided on the substrate and containing a group III nitride semiconductor; and an electron supply layer provided on the electron transit layer and containing a group III nitride semiconductor, wherein a surface force A of the electron supply layer acting as an attractive force for attracting a probe and a surface of the electron supply layer when measured using the probe consisting of a glass sphere with a diameter of 1 mm covered with Cr, is stronger than a surface force B of Pt when measured under the same condition, and an absolute value \|A−B\| of a difference between them is 30 μN or more.
US11508627B2	Method of metal gate formation and structures formed by the same A method includes: providing a substrate; forming a first pair of source/drain regions in the substrate; disposing an interlayer dielectric layer over the substrate, the interlayer dielectric layer having a first trench between the first pair of source/drain regions; depositing a dielectric layer in the first trench; depositing a barrier layer over the dielectric layer; performing an operation on the substrate; removing the barrier layer from the first trench to expose the dielectric layer subsequent to the operation; and depositing a work function layer over the dielectric layer in the first trench.
US11508622B2	Semiconductor device structure with tapered contact and method for forming the same Semiconductor device structures are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate and a first fin structure protruding from the substrate. The semiconductor device structure further includes a gate stack formed across the first fin structure and a first source/drain structure formed over the first fin structure adjacent to the gate stack. The semiconductor device structure further includes a contact structure formed over the first source/drain structure and a dielectric structure formed through the contact structure. In addition, a bottom surface of the contact structure is wider than a top surface of the contact structure.
US11508618B2	Multicolor self-aligned contact selective etch Methods of forming and processing semiconductor devices which utilize the selective etching of aluminum oxide over silicon oxide, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide or zirconium oxide are described. Certain embodiments relate to the formation of self-aligned contacts for metal gate applications.
US11508616B2	Electrical connection for semiconductor devices In one example, a method includes performing a first etching process to pattern a dielectric layer and expose a contact etch stop layer, performing a second etching process to remove the etch stop layer and expose a top surface of an underlying feature, performing a third etching process to laterally recess the etch stop layer, and depositing a conductive material over the underlying feature to create a conductive feature in direct contact with the underlying feature.
US11508605B2	3D semiconductor memory device and structure A 3D semiconductor device including: a first single crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors and a first metal layer, where a second metal layer is disposed atop the first metal layer; a plurality of logic gates including the first metal layer and first transistors; a plurality of second transistors disposed atop the second metal layer; a plurality of third transistors disposed atop the second transistors; a top metal layer disposed atop the third transistors; and a memory array including word-lines, where the memory array includes at least four memory mini arrays, where each of the mini arrays includes at least two rows by two columns of memory cells, where each memory cell includes one of the second transistors or one of the third transistors, and where one of the second transistors is self-aligned to one of the third transistors, being processed following a same lithography step.
US11508588B2	Substrate treatment device and substrate treatment method A substrate treatment device according to an embodiment includes: a liquid treatment part configured to supply a liquid onto a substrate to form a liquid film remaining in a liquid state on the substrate; an imaging part configured to capture an image of a front surface of the substrate, on which the liquid film remaining in the liquid state is formed; a determination part configured to determine a quality of a formation state of the liquid film based on the captured image of the substrate; and a post-treatment part configured to treat the substrate on which the liquid film is formed, when the determination part determines that the formation state of the liquid film is good.
US11508578B2	Process for preparing a support for a semiconductor structure A process for preparing a support comprises the placing of a substrate on a susceptor in a chamber of a deposition system, the susceptor having an exposed surface not covered by the substrate; the flowing of a precursor containing carbon in the chamber at a deposition temperature so as to form at least one layer on an exposed face of the substrate, while at the same time depositing species of carbon and of silicon on the exposed surface of the susceptor. The process also comprises, directly after the removal of the substrate from the chamber, a first etch step consisting of the flowing of an etch gas in the chamber at a first etching temperature not higher than the deposition temperature so as to eliminate at least some of the species of carbon and silicon deposited on the susceptor.
US11508572B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A method includes forming a dummy gate structure over a wafer. Gate spacers are formed on either side of the dummy gate structure. The dummy gate structure is removed to form a gate trench between the gate spacers. A gate dielectric layer is formed in the gate trench. A gate electrode is formed over the gate dielectric layer. Forming the gate dielectric layer includes applying a first bias to the wafer. With the first bias turned on, first precursors are fed to the wafer. The first bias is turned off. After turning off the first bias, second precursors are fed to the wafer.
US11508570B2	SiC film structure A SiC film structure for obtaining a three-dimensional SiC film by forming the SiC film in an outer circumference of a substrate using a vapor deposition type film formation method and removing the substrate, the SiC film structure including: a main body having a three-dimensional shape formed of a SiC film and having an opening for removing the substrate; a lid configured to cover the opening; and a SiC coat layer configured to cover at least a contact portion between the main body and an outer edge portion of the lid and join the main body and the lid.
US11508564B2	Ion pumps and ion pump elements An ion pump includes an evacuateable envelope having a chamber. A first and a second cathode are disposed within the chamber and spaced apart from one another. An anode is spaced apart from and between the first and second cathodes. The anode has an anode body with a textured surface that defines capture regions for fixing material sputtered from the first and second cathodes and controlling size of sputter depositions shed from the anode.
US11508559B2	Portable plasma device The present disclosure relates to a portable plasma device which is convenient to carry and has excellent performance and is capable of simply, uniformly, and locally treating an inner surface of a microstructure such as a microwell plate by easily adjusting a plasma flame.
US11508557B2	Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus having an insulating plate A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a process chamber. An insulating plate divides an interior space of the process chamber into a first space and a second space and thermally isolates the first space from the second space. A gas supplier is configured to supply a process gas to the first space. A radiator is configured to heat the first space. A stage is disposed within the second space and the stage is configured to support a substrate.
US11508551B2	Detection and correction of system responses in real-time A detection and correction method for an electron beam system are provided. The method includes emitting an electron beam towards a specimen; modulating a beam current of the electron beam to obtain a beam signal. The method further includes detecting, using an electron detector, secondary and/or backscattered electrons emitted by the specimen to obtain electron data, wherein the electron data defines a detection signal. The method further includes determining, using a processor, a phase shift between the beam signal and the detection signal. The method further includes filtering, using the processor, the detection signal based on the phase shift.
US11508539B2	Voltage readings using high voltage resistor across vacuum interrupter A switch assembly including a switch and a high impedance element used for energy harvesting purposes that are connected to a power line and assembly electronics. The high impedance element has higher impedance than the switch so that current flows through the switch from the power line when the switch is closed and through the high impedance element from the power line when the switch is open. The switch assembly also includes a current sensing device, such as a current sensing resistor, electrically coupled in series with the high impedance element and the electronics. By measuring the current flow using the current sensing device, it is possible to infer the voltage across the high impedance element since its impedance is known. This voltage can be used to provide point on wave closing of the switch and to determine the line voltage magnitude.
US11508532B2	Devices and methods including polyacetylenes Embodiments described herein relate to compositions, devices, and methods for storage of energy (e.g., electrical energy). In some cases, devices including polyacetylene-containing polymers are provided.
US11508529B2	Anodes containing spherical powder and capacitors Anodes made from powder, such as tantalum powder, that is highly spherical is described. Methods to make the anodes are further described.
US11508521B2	Metal terminal-equipped electronic component and method for producing metal terminal- equipped electronic component A metal terminal-equipped electronic component includes: an electronic component having a terminal electrode; a conductive cloth member joined to the terminal electrode as a metal terminal; and a cushioning member supporting the electronic component and the cloth member, in which the cloth member is joined to at least a mounting surface of the cushioning member and a joint surface of the cushioning member to which the electronic component is joined, and the terminal electrode of the electronic component is joined to the cloth member on the joint surface of the cushioning member.
US11508516B2	Wireless charging module and electronic device thereof The present disclosure is related to a wireless charging module and an electronic device thereof. The wireless charging module includes a base, at least one magnetic shielding sheet, and a coil. The base includes at least two metal melting regions. Each metal melting region includes an opening, and a blocking region disposed at the opening. The magnetic shielding sheet is disposed on the base. The magnetic shielding sheet partially exposes the two metal melting regions and the openings. The coil is disposed on the magnetic shielding sheet. The coil includes two leads. The two leads are respectively disposed on the two metal melting regions. The two leads are disposed in the blocking regions and the openings. The electronic device includes the wireless charging module and a power supply. The wireless charging module is electrically connected to the power supply.
US11508511B2	Coil device A coil device includes a pair of first core and second core, a third core, and a pair of first coil and second coil. The third core is disposed next to the first core or the second core. The pair of first coil and second coil is each disposed between any two of the first core, the second core, and the third core next to each other. Plate surfaces of the first coil and the second coil are opposed to each other. Each of the first coil and the second coil is partly exposed in a lateral direction of the first core, the second core, or the third core.
US11508509B2	Liquid cooled magnetic element A magnetic element. In some embodiments, the magnetic element includes a first electrically conductive coil, having a first annular surface and a second annular surface; a second electrically conductive coil, having a first annular surface and a second annular surface; and a spacer between the first electrically conductive coil and the second electrically conductive coil; a fluid inlet; and a fluid outlet. The spacer may have a first face, the first face being separated from the first annular surface of the first electrically conductive coil by a first gap; and a fluid path may extend from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet through the first gap.
US11508505B2	Superconducting coil having spiral structure for current limiter Provided is a superconducting coil having a spiral structure for a current limiter. The coil includes: a first superconducting tape, a second superconducting tape, and an insulating isolation layer, where the first superconducting tape and the second superconducting tape have spiral structures, an end of the first superconducting tape at a spiral center is connected to an end of the second superconducting tape at the spiral center, the instating isolation laser is filled between the first superconducting tape and the second superconducting tape, and a spacing between the first superconducting tape and the second superconducting tape gradually increases from the spiral center to an outer spiral periphery.
US11508497B2	Communication cable and wire harness A communication cable includes two-core communication wires, a drain wire, and a metal foil collectively covering the two-core communication wires and the drain wire. The two-core communication wires are twisted, and the metal foil is wound around the two-core communication wires with an adhesion strength of 1.21 MPa or more. Preferably, the two-core communication wires are twisted with a twist pitch of 20 mm or more and 60 mm or less. The communication cable further may include a restraint formed of a resin coating extruded around the metal foil or a resin film laterally wound around the metal foil.
US11508495B2	Method of preparing epoxy coated bus bars for use in electrical distribution equipment An automated process for producing exposed electrical contact areas on the conductor part of an epoxy coated bus bar. When the epoxy coating is in the glassy state, one can safely and economically, preferably via automated apparatus, put the epoxy into the rubbery state by positioning the bar and applying localized heat at a select area of the coating; monitoring the heating to above the glass transition temperature of the epoxy, bringing cutting tools into contact with the epoxy for cutting and removing the rubbery coating away from the bus bar, and cooling the bus bar to bring adjacent coating back to the glassy state, thereby leaving an exposed electrical contact area of conductor on the bus bar with little or no surface damage.
US11508494B2	Dielectric composition and electronic component A dielectric composition contains a complex oxide represented by a composition formula of BixZnyNbzO1.75+δ. x+y+z=1.00. x<0.20. 0.20≤y≤0.50. 0.25≤x/z. A dielectric composition contains a complex oxide represented by a composition formula of BixZnyNbzO1.75+δ. x+y+z=1.00. 0.20≤y≤0.50. 1.5
US11508489B2	Geologic disposal of uranium waste products Steel and/or copper spherical capsules are specifically engineered and manufactured for housing uranium waste products. The uranium waste products are placed within the spherical capsules. Human-made cavern(s) and/or substantially lateral wellbore(s) are constructed for receiving the uranium waste containing spherical capsules. The human-made cavern(s) and/or the substantially lateral wellbore(s) are deeply located in specific types of geologic rock formations thousands of feet below the Earth's surface. These uranium waste containing spherical capsules are loaded from the Earth's surface into the human-made cavern(s) and/or into the substantially lateral wellbore(s). The emplaced spherical capsules are surrounded by an immersive protective medium within the given human-made cavern(s) and/or within the substantially lateral wellbore(s). The given human-made cavern(s) and/or the given substantially lateral wellbore(s), with the uranium waste containing spherical capsules, are sealed off.
US11508486B2	Multi-node, cyclic nuclear fusion reactor with single-cycle, charged cathode A controlled fusion process is provided that can produce a sustained series of fusion reactions: a process that (i) uses a substantially higher reactant density of the deuterium and tritium gases by converging cationic reactants into the higher reaction density at a target cathode rather than relying on random collisions, the converging producing a substantially higher rate of fusion and energy production; (ii) uses a substantially lower input of energy to initiate the fusion; (iii) can be cycled at a substantially higher cycle frequency; (iv) has a practical heat exchange method; (v) is substantially less costly to manufacture, operate, and maintain; and, (vi) has a substantially improved reaction efficiency as a result of not mixing reactants with products.
US11508481B2	Machine-learned hormone status prediction from image analysis An analytics system uses one or more machine-learned models to predict a hormone receptor status from a H&E stain image. The system partitions H&E stain images each into a plurality of image tiles. Bags of tiles are created through sampling of the image tiles. The analytics system trains one or more machine-learned models with training H&E stain images having a positive or negative receptor status. The analytics system generates, via a tile featurization model, a tile feature vector for each image tile a test bag for a test H&E stain image. The analytics system generates, via an attention model, an aggregate feature vector for the test bag by aggregating the tile feature vectors of the test bag, wherein an attention weight is determined for each tile feature vector. The analytics system predicts a hormone receptor status by applying a prediction model to the aggregate feature vector for the test bag.
US11508477B2	Surgery system, contactless control panel for surgery system, and control method A surgery system includes a contactless control panel, an infrared camera, a computer and a display. The contactless control panel includes control areas which are arranged in a predetermined pattern and are coated with infrared reflective material to reflect infrared radiation. The infrared camera captures an infrared image of the control areas. The computer performs image recognition on the infrared image, determines, based on the predetermined pattern stored in advance and a result of the image recognition, which one of the control areas is masked, and generates a device control signal based on a function corresponding to the one of the control areas that is determined to be masked. The display device displays images based on the device control signal.
US11508476B2	Infusion devices and methods Medical devices, systems, and methods related thereto a glucose monitoring system having a first display unit in data communication with a skin-mounted assembly, the skin-mounted assembly including an in vivo sensor and a transmitter. The first display unit and a second display unit are in data communication with a data management system. The first display unit comprises memory that grants a first user first access level rights and the second display unit comprises memory that grants a second individual second access level rights.
US11508475B2	Method for assigning a medical device from a data network to a location as well as device for a data network A method, assigning a medical device from a data network to a location, includes: receiving a group message, having a medical device data network address; providing a first data set, indicating network addresses of active network components; and sending request messages to active network components, indicating a data network address thereof and data network address of the medical device. An acknowledgment message from a defined active network component indicates the data network address and a port identity thereof and data network address of the medical device. A second data set is provided indicating an assignment of tuples of active component data network addresses and port identities to locations. The medical device is assigned a location based on the second data set, the data network address of the defined active component and the indicated port identity. An assignment data set is provided indicating an assignment of medical device to assigned location.
US11508473B2	System and method for labeling a therapeutic value to digital content based on meta-tags Disclosed is a system and method for labeling digital content based on intended psycho-emotional effect on a viewer in order to provide an advisory prior to viewing comprising the steps of: uploading or stream-initiating a digital content by a viewer; selecting at least one intended psycho-emotional effect from the content based on scraped meta-data tags of the content; and overlaying a digital nutrition label to the digital content corresponding to the scraped psycho-emotional effect from the content, wherein the overlaid label displays at least one of an effect or triggered neurotransmitter associated with the effect in order to provide an advisory to the viewer prior to viewing the labeled digital content.
US11508467B2	Aggregation, partitioning, and management of healthcare data for efficient storage and processing Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for aggregating, partitioning, and storing healthcare data. Healthcare data is collected from various disparate healthcare data sources. The data is aggregated into batches of the same type of data. From here, the data is partitioned according to the data's originating healthcare data source. The aggregated and partitioned healthcare data is then stored in a long term storage data store. This system of storing healthcare data allows for efficient retrieval and processing by computing solutions that need access to batches of healthcare data. The system also reduces costs associated with storing data as duplicate storage is eliminated.
US11508466B2	Methods, systems, and devices for determining multi-party collocation Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for analyzing amounts of time spent by clinicians caring for patients. Clinician locations, patient locations, patient data, and clinician electronic health record activity may be used to facilitate generation of one or more predictive models. Such predictive models will provide, among other things, a decision support tool for scheduling patient-clinician appointments to minimize, at least partially, patient wait times.
US11508450B1	Dual time domain control for dynamic staggering Aspects of a storage device including a memory and a controller are provided. The memory can include memory dies that draw a current from a current source during a program operation. The controller may monitor for an alarm signal from the memory dies on a first common channel between the controller and the memory dies. The alarm signal indicates that a corresponding memory die is entering an operational state that draws a peak current from the current source for the program operation. The controller can receive, from the memory dies, one or more alarm signals on the first common channel within a predetermined threshold time. The controller can transmit a postpone signal on a second common channel to the memory dies based on the one or more alarm signals received within the predetermined threshold time.
US11508448B2	Memory system including memory device and operating method thereof A memory system including a memory device suitable for performing, in stages, a program loop including a program operation and a program verification operation on each page within a memory block selected among a plurality of memory blocks, updating a maximum number of program loops for the selected memory block by comparing a number of program loops on each page, which are performed until the program verification operation is processed as a pass on the page, with a current maximum number of program loops for the selected memory block, and storing the updated maximum number of program loops for the selected memory block as program pass information of the selected memory block; and a controller suitable for managing the selected memory block as a bad block based on the program pass information of the selected memory block.
US11508445B2	Capacitive-coupled non-volatile thin-film transistor strings in three dimensional arrays Multi-gate NOR flash thin-film transistor (TFT) string arrays are organized as three dimensional stacks of active strips. Each active strip includes a shared source sublayer and a shared drain sublayer that is connected to substrate circuits. Data storage in the active strip is provided by charge-storage elements between the active strip and a multiplicity of control gates provided by adjacent local word-lines. The parasitic capacitance of each active strip is used to eliminate hard-wire ground connection to the shared source making it a semi-floating, or virtual source. Pre-charge voltages temporarily supplied from the substrate through a single port per active strip provide the appropriate voltages on the source and drain required during read, program, program-inhibit and erase operations. TFTs on multiple active strips can be pre-charged separately and then read, programmed or erased together in a massively parallel operation.
US11508443B2	Nonvolatile memory device including a peripheral circuit to verify a program operation A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, and a peripheral circuit that performs a program operation of repeatedly performing a program loop. The program loop includes performing a program by applying a program voltage to memory cells selected from the plurality of memory cells, and a first verify by applying a plurality of verify voltages to the selected memory cells. The peripheral circuit completes the program operation in response to a success of the first verify, performs a second verify by applying an additional verify voltage different from the plurality of verify voltages to the selected memory cells, and determines the program operation has failed in response to a failure of the second verify.
US11508440B1	Periodic write to improve data retention A nonvolatile memory control method includes a step of writing, repeatedly to a nonvolatile memory cells. The method continues with detecting when writing reaches a writing threshold value. Upon reaching the writing threshold, the method continues with driving a charge to at least one parasitic area intermediate at least two charge storage areas of the nonvolatile memory cells to improve data retention in at least one of the at least two charge storage areas of the nonvolatile memory cells.
US11508434B2	Semiconductor memory device and method for operating the same There are provided a semiconductor memory device and a method for operating the same. The semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array with a plurality of memory cells programmed to a plurality of program states; a peripheral circuit configured for performing a program operation on selected memory cells among the plurality of memory cells through a plurality of program loops; a current sensing circuit for determining a verify result of each of the plurality of program states by performing an individual state current sensing operation on the selected memory cells among the memory cells; and a control logic for controlling the current sensing circuit to perform the individual state current sensing operation, based on a number of program loops, among a plurality of program loops, that are performed.
US11508425B2	Memory cell array of programmable non-volatile memory A memory cell of a memory cell array includes a well region, a first doped region, a second doped region, a first gate structure, and a storage structure. The first doped region and the second doped region are formed in the well region. The first gate structure is formed over a first surface between the first doped region and the second doped region. The storage structure is formed over a second surface and the second surface is between the first surface and the second doped region. The storage structure is covered on a portion of the first gate structure, the second surface and an isolation structure.
US11508423B2	Noise shielding circuit and chip A chip includes a processor, a memory, and a storage controller of the memory. There is an access path between the processor and the storage controller, and the processor reads data from or writes data into the memory by using the storage controller through the access path. The chip further includes a shielding circuit. The shielding circuit is configured to shield a signal on the access path when the processor is powered off.
US11508420B2	Memory device, memory system, and operation method of memory device A memory device includes a driver that drives a data line connected with an external device, an internal ZQ manager that generates an internal ZQ start signal, a selector that selects one of the internal ZQ start signal and a ZQ start command from the external device, based on a ZQ mode, a ZQ calibration engine that generates a ZQ code by performing ZQ calibration in response to a selection result of the selector, and a ZQ code register that loads the ZQ code onto the driver in response to a ZQ calibration command from the external device.
US11508419B2	Page buffer and memory device including the same A memory device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cell strings, and a plurality of bit lines connected to at least one of the plurality of memory cell strings; and a plurality of page buffers connected to the plurality of bit lines, wherein each of the plurality of page buffers includes a plurality of latches sharing one data transfer node and exchanging data with each other through the data transfer node; and a pass transistor setting a connection between the data transfer node and another data transfer node of another page buffer.
US11508405B1	Magnetic recording media with plasma-polished pre-seed layer or substrate Magnetic recording media including a soft magnetic underlayer (SUL) formed over a plasma-polished substrate or pre-seed layer. In some examples, the substrate or pre-seed layer is plasma-polished using an inert gas such as krypton so that the roughness of the surface on which the SUL is deposited is reduced. The roughness reduction can lead to improved crystallographic texture within subsequently deposited media films, and consequently, to increased recording performance of the media. In particular, media signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), linear recording density, and areal recording density or areal density capacity (ADC) can be improved. In one aspect, a carbon deposition/etching apparatus may be modified to polish the substrate or pre-seed layer with krypton or other inert gases, rather than be used to deposit carbon overcoat.
US11508396B2	Acquiring speech features for predicting emotional severity of adverse events on individuals Systems and methods of related to a voice-based system used to determine the severity of emotional distress within an audio recording of an individual is provided. In one non-limiting example, a system comprises a computing device that is configured to receive an audio sample that includes an utterance of a user. Feature extraction is performed on the audio sample to extract a plurality of acoustic emotion features using a base model. Emotion level predictions are generated for an emotion type based at least in part on the acoustic emotion features provided to an emotion specific model. An emotion classification for the audio sample is determined based on the emotion level predictions. The emotion classification comprises the emotion type and a level associated with the emotion type.
US11508386B2	Audio coding method based on spectral recovery scheme An inventive concept relates to an audio coding method to which CNN-based frequency spectrum recovery is applied. An inventive concept transmits a part of frequency spectral coefficients generated in transform coding to a decoder and the decoder recovers the frequency spectral coefficient not transmitted. Furthermore, the signs of frequency spectral coefficient are transmitted from an encoder to the decoder depending on a sign transmission rule.
US11508383B2	Method for operating content and electronic device for implementing same Various embodiments provide an electronic device and a method therefor, the electronic device comprising: a voice recognition unit; a memory; a display; and a processor functionally connected to the voice recognition unit, the memory or the display, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire password information for the content selected by a user, when the voice information of a user recognized by the voice recognition unit includes a hidden command; request the user to articulate the obtained password information; and encrypt the content based on the received voice information according to the request. In addition, other embodiments are possible.
US11508379B2	Asynchronous ad-hoc distributed microphone array processing in smart home applications using voice biometrics Voice biometrics scoring is performed on received asynchronous audio outputs from microphones distributed at ad hoc locations to generate confidence scores that indicate a likelihood of an enrolled user speech utterance in the output, a subset of the outputs is selected based on the confidence scores, and the subset is spatially processed to provide audio output for voice application use. Alternatively, asynchronous spatially processed audio outputs and corresponding biometric identifiers are received from corresponding devices distributed at ad hoc locations, audio frames of the outputs are synchronized using the biometric identifiers, and the synchronized frames are coherently combined. Alternatively, uttered speech associated with respective ad hoc distributed devices is received and non-coherently combined to generate a final output of uttered speech. The uttered speech is recognized from respective spatially processed outputs generated by the respective devices using biometrics of talkers enrolled by the devices.
US11508370B2	On-board agent system, on-board agent system control method, and storage medium An on-board agent system includes: a plurality of agent functional units, each of the plurality of agent functional units being configured to provide a service including outputting a response using voice to an output unit according to an utterance of an occupant of a vehicle; and a common operator configured to be shared by the plurality of agent functional units and provided in the vehicle, wherein, when an operation is executed on the common operator with an operation pattern set to correspond to each of the plurality of agent functional units, an agent functional unit corresponding to the operation pattern of the executed operation is activated.
US11508367B2	Dialogue system and dialogue processing method A dialogue system includes: a storage configured to store a parameter tree including at least one parameter used for performing an action; a speech input device configured to receive speech from a user; an input processor configured to apply a natural language understanding algorithm to the received speech to generate a speech recognition result; a dialogue manager configured to determine an action corresponding to the received speech based on the speech recognition result, to retrieve a parameter tree corresponding to the action from the storage, and to determine additional information needed to perform the action based on the retrieved parameter tree; and a result processor configured to generate a dialogue response for requesting the additional information.
US11508364B2	Electronic device for outputting response to speech input by using application and operation method thereof An artificial intelligence (AI) system is provided. The AI system simulates functions of human brain such as recognition and judgment by utilizing a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning, etc. and an application of the AI system. A method, performed by an electronic device, of outputting a response to a speech input by using an application, includes receiving the speech input, obtaining text corresponding to the speech input by performing speech recognition on the speech input, obtaining metadata for the speech input based on the obtained text, selecting at least one application from among a plurality of applications for outputting the response to the speech input based on the metadata, and outputting the response to the speech input by using the selected at least one application.
US11508359B2	Using backpropagation to train a dialog system Techniques described herein use backpropagation to train one or more machine learning (ML) models of a dialog system. For instance, a method includes accessing seed data that includes training tuples, where each training tuple comprising a respective logical form. The method includes converting the logical form of a training tuple to a converted logical form, by applying to the logical form a text-to-speech (TTS) subsystem, an automatic speech recognition (ASR) subsystem, and a semantic parser of a dialog system. The method includes determining a training signal by using an objective function to compare the converted logical form to the logical form. The method further includes training the TTS subsystem, the ASR subsystem, and the semantic parser via backpropagation based on the training signal. As a result of the training by backpropagation, the machine learning models are tuned work effectively together within a pipeline of the dialog system.
US11508356B2	Method and apparatus for recognizing a voice Disclosed are a speech recognition method and a speech recognition device, in which speech recognition is performed by executing an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or a machine learning algorithm provided therein. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the speech recognition method includes buffering an inputted spoken utterance, determining whether a preset wake-up word is present in the spoken utterance by comparing the buffered spoken utterance to the preset wake-up word, and in response to the preset wake-up word in the spoken utterance, activating a speech recognition function and isolating, from the spoken utterance, a spoken sentence as a voice command without the wake-up word, and processing the spoken sentence and outputting a processing result.
US11508352B2	Method and system for noise suppression Aspects of the invention are directed towards a system and method for noise suppression. One or more embodiments of the invention describe the method comprising steps of receiving noise by a microphone and deriving a noise signal from the noise, the noise produced by a fan of a fire/smoke detection unit while drawing air and detecting the speed of the fan of the fire/smoke detection unit. The method further describes steps of amplifying the noise signal by the amplifier received from the microphone and producing an anti-phase noise signal by shifting a phase of the amplified noise signal received from the amplifier wherein the anti-phase noise signal is dependent on the detected speed of the fan. The method further describes steps of outputting the anti-phase noise signal through a speaker to suppress the noise produced by the fan of the fire/smoke detection unit while drawing the air.
US11508349B2	Noise reduction method and apparatus for on-board environment, electronic device and storage medium A noise reduction method and apparatus for an on-board environment, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided, which are applicable to a field of computer technology, and particularly to a field of audio processing. The noise reduction method for an on-board environment includes: receiving an interference signal in the on-board environment and receiving a sound signal in the on-board environment, the interference signal comprising a vibration signal of a vehicle; and performing noise reduction processing on the sound signal in the on-board environment to obtain a noise-reduced signal; wherein, the noise reduction processing comprises cancelling the interference signal from the sound signal in the on-board environment.
US11508346B2	Miniature ultrasonic transducer package A package design for a micromachined ultrasound transducer (MUT) utilizing curved geometry to control the presence and frequency of acoustic resonant modes is described. The approach consists of reducing in number and curving the reflecting surfaces present in the package cavity to adjust the acoustic resonant frequencies to locations outside the band of interest. The design includes a cavity characterized by a curved geometry and a MUT mounted to a side of a substrate facing the cavity with a sound emitting portion of the MUT facing an opening in the substrate. The substrate is disposed over an opening of the cavity with the substrate oriented such that the MUT located within the cavity.
US11508340B2	System and method for generating a 2D image using mammography and/or tomosynthesis image data The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.
US11508331B1	Image uniformity compensation device The disclosure provides an image uniformity compensation device. The image uniformity compensation device includes a local pre-compensation circuit, a chromaticity uniformity compensation circuit, a local post-compensation circuit, and a luminance uniformity correction circuit. A local pre-conversion performed by the local pre-compensation circuit includes the following. An image frame is divided into multiple regions, and each of the regions is converted from an optical non-linear domain to an optical linear domain to generate a corresponding region in multiple regions of a converted frame. A local post-conversion performed by the local post-compensation circuit includes the following. An image frame is divided into multiple regions, and each of the regions is converted from the optical linear domain to the optical non-linear domain to generate a corresponding region in multiple regions of a converted frame.
US11508329B2	Color control method and apparatus of a to-be-displayed object, measurement device, and medium Provided are a color control method and apparatus of a to-be-displayed object, a measurement device, and a medium. The method includes: acquiring to-be-displayed object information of the to-be-displayed object, and generating a corresponding to-be-displayed object interface according to the to-be-displayed object information; configuring color information of the to-be-displayed object interface based on a preset to-be-displayed object color mapping frame, where the to-be-displayed object color mapping frame is used for configuring a mapping relationship between the color information and the to-be-displayed object information of the to-be-displayed object on a current display interface; and displaying the to-be-displayed object information of the to-be-displayed object interface according to the configured color information.
US11508325B2	Pixel structure, method of driving the same and display device The present disclosure provides a pixel structure, a method of driving the same and a display device. The pixel structure includes gate lines, data lines, and a plurality of subpixels arranged in an array form. Subpixels in each row correspond to two gate lines. Each data line corresponds to the subpixels in two adjacent columns, and each data line is arranged between the two adjacent columns of subpixels. Among the subpixels in each row, three adjacent subpixels are in different colors and forms a complete pixel unit. Among the subpixels in each column, three adjacent subpixels are in different colors and forms the complete pixel unit. Among the subpixels in two adjacent columns, the subpixels in two adjacent rows form two complete pixel units each including three subpixels, and two of the three subpixels are shared by the two pixel unit.
US11508313B2	Display device having a plurality of display regions with different driving frequencies and driving method thereof A display device includes a display panel including pixels connected to data lines and scan lines, a data driving circuit which drives the data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives the scan lines, and a driving controller divides the display panel into first and second display regions, controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit to drive the first display region at a first driving frequency and to drive the second display region at a second driving frequency lower than the first driving frequency, and sets third driving frequencies respectively corresponding to horizontal lines in a boundary region, which is defined by a portion of the second display region adjacent to the first display region, during a multi-frequency mode. Each of the third driving frequencies has a frequency level between the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency.
US11508311B2	Display driver circuit, display module, method for driving display, and electronic device An electronic device includes a display including a first display area and a second display area. The electronic device further includes a main controller configured to send a first clock signal separately to a first display driver circuit and a second display driver circuit. The first display driver circuit is configured to receive the first clock signal and to output a first GOA clock signal to the display. The first GOA clock signal is generated based on the first clock signal. The second display driver circuit is configured to receive the first clock signal, and is further configured to output a second GOA clock signal to the display. The second GOA clock signal is generated based on the first clock signal.
US11508308B2	Display apparatus and method of operating the same A display apparatus includes a display panel, a scan driver, a data driver and a timing controller. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels that are connected to a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines having different lengths. The scan driver apply a plurality of scan signals to the plurality of scan lines. The data driver apply a plurality of data voltages to the plurality of data lines, and receive a plurality of sensing data that represent operating characteristics of all of the plurality of pixels from a plurality of sensing lines. The timing controller controls operations of the scan driver and the data driver, generates output image data considering the operating characteristics of all of the plurality of pixels and supply the output image data to the data drive.
US11508306B2	Display apparatus comprising different types of thin film transistors and method for manufacturing the same A display apparatus can include a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor, the first thin film transistor has a bottom gate structure, the second thin film transistor has a top gate structure, and an s-factor value of the first thin film transistor is smaller than an s-factor value of the second thin film transistor.
US11508304B2	Display panel, method for driving the display panel and display device Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels and at least one multivoltage supply circuit; where each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element; and the pixel circuit includes an initialization circuit, a data writing circuit, a drive circuit, a threshold compensation circuit, a first light-emission control circuit and a storage circuit; where the first light-emission control circuit controls the drive circuit to generate a drive current which flows into the light-emitting element in a light emission stage; and the at least one multivoltage supply circuit supplies a reset signal to a first terminal of the storage circuit in the initialization stage and a first stage and supplies a first power signal to the first terminal of the storage circuit in a second stage.
US11508289B2	Pixel driving circuit, method of driving the same and display device The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit, a method of driving the same and a display device. The pixel driving circuit includes a light-emission time control sub-circuitry, a first energy storage sub-circuitry, a first resetting sub-circuitry, a first light-emission control sub-circuitry, a time control data write-in sub-circuitry and a data control sub-circuitry. The time control data write-in sub-circuitry controls a time control data line to be electrically connected to a second end of the first energy storage sub-circuitry under the control of a first gate driving signal. The light-emission time control sub-circuitry controls a first end of the light-emission time control sub-circuitry to be electrically connected to a second end of the light-emission time control sub-circuitry.
US11508277B2	Display driving system, display module, method for driving display screen, and electronic device An electronic device includes a display screen, where the display screen includes a first display region and a second display region, and a display driving system including a first emission (EM) signal output end configured to send a first EM signal to the display screen, where the display driving system further includes a second EM signal output end configured to send a second EM signal to the display screen, where the first EM signal controls the first display region to display an image in a first time period, and the second EM signal controls the second display region not to display an image in the first time period.
US11508276B2	Adaptive user interface display size for curved display edges In aspects of adaptive user interface display size for curved display edges, a wireless device has a display screen with curved display edges to display a user interface that includes selectable elements, which are selectable to initiate respective device application actions. The wireless device implements a display control module that can determine a display size of the user interface effective to prevent the selectable elements of the user interface from being displayed within a curved display edge of the display screen. The display control module can then resize the user interface according to the determined display size, and initiate to display the user interface on the display screen, where at least a portion of the user interface is displayable within the curved display edges of the display screen and without the selectable elements of the user interface being displayed within the curved display edge of the display screen.
US11508256B2	Perspective selection for a debriefing scene Debriefing a session from a user in a system. During the session, while the user performs actions on one or more tangible instruments of the system, dynamic data is logged in relation to the system along a session timeline. The dynamic data covers the actions of the user on tangible instrument(s). A graphical user interface depicting a debriefing scene, related to the session, is displayed from a first point of view starting at a first time within the session timeline. The debriefing scene is generated starting at the first time from at least a first image feed. Upon detection of a predetermined event in the dynamic data at a second time along the session timeline, a second point of view different from the first point of view is defined and the debriefing scene is generated therefrom after the second time using at least a second image feed.
US11508246B1	Autonomous air taxi separation system and method An autonomous airspace system for urban air mobility monitors flight separation for compliance with a safe separation distance. A reference formation airspace is established for a reference air taxi based on minimum longitudinal, lateral and vertical parameters. When penetration of the reference formation airspace is detected, a penetration airspace is established based on a deformation of the reference formation airspace caused by the penetrating air taxis. A centroid of the penetration airspace is determined and a target separation to the centroid is supplied to the air taxi to reestablish safe separation. The extent of separation is also safely contained by the presence of virtual air taxis whose positions on the periphery of the penetrated airspace serve to limit potential penetration of surrounding air taxi air spaces.
US11508244B2	Method, computer program product, system and craft for collision avoidance The present disclosure relates to a method for determining an action for collision avoidance in a craft. The method (100) comprises obtaining (110) object data comprising three-dimensional object data points (420); obtaining (120) state data of the craft (260); determining (140) at least one set of manoeuvre paths (410a,b,c) for the craft (260) based on the obtained craft state data; determining (150) a set of distance thresholds (421) for the three-dimensional object data points (420) based on the object data; comparing (160) each set of manoeuvre paths (410a,b,c) with the object data and the set of distance thresholds (421), wherein the set of manoeuvre paths (410a,b,c) is identified as a colliding set of manoeuvre paths (410a,b,c) when each path of the set of manoeuvre paths (410a,b,c) is at least partially within the corresponding distance threshold (421) of at least one three-dimensional object data point (420); and determining (170) an action upon identification of at least one colliding set of manoeuvre paths (410a,b,c).
US11508240B2	Method for identifying sirens of priority vehicles and warning a hearing-impaired driver of the presence of a priority vehicle Disclosed is a device for identifying sirens of priority vehicles and for warning a hearing-impaired driver of a motor vehicle of a presence of at least one priority vehicle in an environment of his vehicle, including at least one sound receiver, a computing unit for analyzing the audio recording and a unit for comparing the frequencies of the audio recording with frequencies previously stored in storage of the computing unit as being associated with a siren of a given priority vehicle, and for doing so for each type of priority vehicle, and at least one visual and/or vibratory element for warning the driver when a presence of a priority vehicle is detected in an environment of the motor vehicle.
US11508239B2	Road-side detection and alert system and method An alert system and method comprising at least one alert beacon having one or more sensors (e.g., LiDAR sensor). The alert beacon further including a processor operable to poll the LiDAR sensor for a predefined number of beta readings in response to receiving an initial reading from the LiDAR sensor indicating a vehicle is within a predefined distance away from the alert beacon. The processor further being operable to calculate an average distance and an average velocity for the vehicle in response to receiving the predefined number of beta readings when the vehicle is within the predefined distance from the alert beacon. The processor also being operable to activate an audible alert and a visual alert when the average distance is below a distance threshold and the average velocity exceeds a velocity threshold in response to calculating the average distance and the average velocity.
US11508236B2	Devices and methods for recognizing driving behavior based on movement data Electronic devices and methods for recognizing driving behavior are provided. The electronic devices may perform the methods to obtain first electronic signals encoding movement data associated with the electronic device from the at least one sensor at a target time point; operate logic circuits to determine whether the first electronic signals encoding movement data meets a precondition; and upon the first electronic signals encoding movement data meeting the precondition, send second electronic signals encoding movement data within a predetermined time period associated with the target time point to a remote server.
US11508235B2	Road lighting Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed in which one or more light sources, a detector, a processor and a controller are configured such that light from the one or more light sources improves the ability of a human or automated motor vehicle driver to identify and avoid pedestrians. The one or more light sources may provide spot illumination to moving objects or pedestrians on a road surface, with the spot illumination following the moving object or pedestrians along the portion of the road surface. The one or more light sources may project images on the ground or on other surfaces. The light source may be carried by a pedestrian or on personal transport used by a pedestrian. The light sources may be stationary and provide lighting for a pedestrian street crossing.
US11508220B2	Gaming system and method with matching image feature Gaming systems and methods for providing a game and/or game feature in which images are divided in parts to form symbols or symbol parts, with the symbol parts being included in separate reels or groups from which they are randomly selected for display on a game screen, such as an array or grid formed by rows and columns. A winning or award outcome is determined based on the random game results displaying a completed image formed of the randomly displayed matching symbol parts.
US11508217B2	Gaming system for presenting class II games A gaming system particularly configured to present a Class II bingo game such as bingo includes a game host, at least two player hosts, and a sentinel. The sentinel receives a request for a bingo card purchase from a player of a player interface and upon authorizing the player request transmits the request to one of the player hosts. The player host then makes a bingo card purchase with the game host and plays a bingo card provided by the game host in relation to a set of called bingo balls. The outcome of the play of the bingo card is provided to the sentinel and the game outcome is displayed as an alternative entertaining display at the player's player interface.
US11508214B2	Simulcast pari-mutuel gaming machine with casino and lottery styled wagers for continuous play An gaming machine for and method of par-mutuel wagering that allows individuals to continuously place multiple casino and lottery styled pari-mutuel wagers on simulcast live and/or recorded pari-mutuel race events. The gaming machine includes a display screen to provide a graphic display of a plurality of pari-mutuel gaming options to a player, and a selection device operable by the player to select at least one of the pari-mutuel gaming options displayed on the screen, the selection device operable by the player to input a wager corresponding to the selected at least one pari-mutuel gaming option. The gaming machine has the ability to be linked to a network of gaming machines in pari-mutuel and/or other wagering venues.
US11508197B2	Secure transport container An apparatus includes a controller configured to initiate attachment of a first locking bar of a transport container to a first anchor point of a structure by adjusting the first locking bar from a first unlocked state to a first locked state. The controller is also configured to confirm a locking of the first locking bar to the first anchor point. The controller is further configured to, in response to confirming the locking, initiate a release of a second locking bar of the transport container from a second anchor point by adjusting the second locking bar from a second locked state to a second unlocked state.
US11508196B2	Inventory tracking scaled locking canister An inventory tracking scaled locking canister has a housing, a closure, a commodity container positioned within the housing and releasably sealed within the housing by the closure through an electrically disengageable magnetic locking mechanism, at least one weight sensor, a processing unit, a biometric sensor, a digital display, a data storage unit, a wireless communication device, a power source, and a GPS module. The commodity container may have multiple nested frames with perforations that allow smaller byproducts of the contents of the central frame to be separated from the bulk of the contents. The weight of each frame is measured individually through one or more load cells. The biometric sensor prevents unauthorized access to the commodity container. The processing unit facilitates data collection, storage, and transmittal through the wireless communication device to a remote server. The GPS module tracks the location of the canister in case of theft.
US11508190B2	Apparatus for cleaning engine deposits An apparatus for cleaning a combustion engine is disclosed wherein a cable is coupled to an on-board diagnostic port on the vehicle, and a service hose with a misting nozzle adapter is coupled to a first port on a vehicle. A controller monitors data from the on-board diagnostic port on a vehicle, where the data preferably includes the engine rpm, the catalytic convertor temperature, the engine coolant temperature, the MAF, and the MAP. The controller monitors information from the cleaning apparatus, and the information is processed to adjust the dispensing of the cleaning solution. The adjustment of the cleaning solution can vary the rate, volume, pressure, pulse interval, flow pattern, and duration of the solution in the engine.
US11508187B2	Pupil detection device A pupil detection device includes: a filter weight learner configured to generate a target image on the basis of pupil coordinate data acquired from a learning image and learn weights of a plurality of filters in order to generate a filtered image, by filtering the learning image using the plurality of filters, that is within a predetermined reference range of the target image; a split image generator configured to generate a pupil region split image for an input image using the plurality of filters having the learned weights; and a pupil coordinate detector configured to remove noise of the pupil region split image, select at least one of a plurality of pixels from which noise is removed, and detect pupil coordinates.
US11508181B2	Optical biometric imaging device and method of operating an optical biometric imaging device Method for determining image reconstruction parameters in an optical biometric imaging device comprising a plurality of microlenses forming a microlens array and an image sensor arranged to receive light having passed through the microlenses, the method comprising: by the image sensor, capturing a plurality of sub-images together representing an image of a biometric object in contact with a sensing surface of the biometric imaging device, each sub-image corresponding to a respective microlens; and determining a demagnification factor based on at least a subset of the plurality of sub-images.
US11508180B2	Adaptive readout from a global shutter optical biometric sensor The present invention relates to an optical biometric sensor comprising: a read-out circuitry controllable for converting analog sensing signals to digital signals, the analog sensing signals being indicative of an image acquired by an image sensor comprising an array of photodetectors; and a timing circuitry configured to control the read-out circuitry to provide digital signals based on a present data transfer capacity on a data transfer bus configured to transfer data indicative of the digital signals from the optical biometric sensor to a host device.
US11508178B2	Fingerprint sensor and display device including the same A fingerprint sensor includes a substrate, a sensor pixel disposed on the substrate and including a light sensing element through which a sensing current flows according to an amount of incident light, a light-blocking conductive layer disposed on the sensor pixel and including a plurality of holes, a first fingerprint pad disposed on the substrate, and a conductive connector connected to the first fingerprint pad and to which a predetermined voltage is applied. The light-blocking conductive layer is electrically connected to the conductive connector.
US11508177B2	Display panel including light shield layer and optical processing film, manufacturing method thereof and display device A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a photosensitive sensor; a light shield layer disposed on a sensing side of the photosensitive sensor and including at least one first opening and at least one second opening, the first opening and the photosensitive sensor are overlapped with each other in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the display panel, so that light running through the first opening is irradiated to the photosensitive sensor; and an optical processing film disposed in a region of the light shield layer close to the second opening and on at least a portion of a surface of the light shield layer away from the photosensitive sensor, and a light reflectivity of the optical processing film is less than a light reflectivity of the light shield layer.
US11508175B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a display panel including a base substrate and a plurality of pixels disposed on a front surface of the base substrate to display an image, a cover panel in which an opening part is defined, a fingerprint sensor spaced by a predetermined gap from the cover panel and accommodated in the opening part, and an adhesive member accommodated in the opening part and disposed between the fingerprint sensor and the display panel, and the opening part includes a side surface having a step.
US11508171B2	Dynamic detection of cross-document associations Systems and methods are configured to generate a set of related document objects for a predictive entity and/or to generate an optimal document sequence for a set of related document objects. In one embodiment, a set of related document objects for a predictive entity is generated by processing entity metadata features associated with the predictive entity using an entity-document correlation machine learning model, and an optimal document sequence is generated for the set of related document objects by processing the set of related document objects using a document sequence optimization machine learning model.
US11508168B2	Systems and methods for specimen interpretation Systems, methods, devices, and other techniques using machine learning for interpreting, or assisting in the interpretation of, biologic specimens based on digital images are provided. Methods for improving image-based cellular identification, diagnostic methods, methods for evaluating effectiveness of a disease intervention, and visual outputs useful in assisting professionals in the interpretation of biologic specimens are also provided.
US11508166B2	Method and system for providing information about objects in refrigerator A method of providing information about an object in a refrigerator is provided. The method includes: obtaining, using a camera, an image of a plurality of objects stored in the refrigerator; displaying the image on a display of the refrigerator; receiving a first user input indicating a first object from among the plurality of objects included in the image; and displaying a substitute image of the first object on the display based on the first user input.
US11508151B2	Systems and methods for depicting vehicle information in augmented reality Systems and methods are provided for depicting information about a vehicle in augmented reality. An exemplary method may include determining identification information of a vehicle based on input received from a client device and obtaining, from an information source, vehicle information based on the identification information. The method may also include analyzing the vehicle information using an artificial intelligence engine and extracting vehicle history data from the vehicle information based on the analysis. The method may also include identifying a portion of the vehicle associated with the vehicle history data and providing instructions, based on the vehicle history data, to an augmented reality-enabled device to superimpose an indicator on a visual representation of the vehicle at a location corresponding to the portion of the vehicle.
US11508148B2	Automatic makeup transfer using semi-supervised learning The present disclosure relates to systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer readable medium for automatically transferring makeup from a reference face image to a target face image using a neural network trained using semi-supervised learning. For example, the disclosed systems can receive, at a neural network, a target face image and a reference face image, where the target face image is selected by a user via a graphical user interface (GUI) and the reference face image has makeup. The systems transfer, by the neural network, the makeup from the reference face image to the target face image, where the neural network is trained to transfer the makeup from the reference face image to the target face image using semi-supervised learning. The systems output for display the makeup on the target face image.
US11508146B2	Convolutional neural network processing method and apparatus A convolutional neural network (CNN) processing method and apparatus. The apparatus may select, based on at least one of a characteristic of at least one kernel of a convolution layer or a characteristic of an input of the convolution layer, one operation mode from a first operation mode reusing a kernel, of the at least one kernel, and a second operation mode reusing the input, and perform a convolution operation based on the selected operation mode.
US11508144B2	Method and device for object detection The present disclosure provides an object detection method and an object detection device. The object detection device includes: a heterogeneous processor and a memory, the heterogeneous processor including: a processing unit and a programmable logic unit, wherein the programmable logic unit is configured to receive a to-be-detected image, perform feature extraction on the to-be-detected image, and write an extracted feature into the memory; the processing unit is configured to read the feature from the memory, perform target object detection according to the feature, and output a detection result to the programmable logic unit; and the programmable logic unit is further configured to receive the detection result, generate prompt information according to the detection result, and output the prompt information.
US11508138B1	Systems and methods for a 3D home model for visualizing proposed changes to home The following relates generally to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and artificial intelligence (AI). In some embodiments, a system: receives LIDAR data generated from a LIDAR camera; measures a plurality of dimensions of a room of the home based upon processor analysis of the LIDAR data; builds a 3D model of the room based upon the measured plurality of dimensions; receives an indication of a proposed change to the room; modifies the 3D model to include the proposed change to the room; and displays a representation of the modified 3D model.
US11508131B1	Generating composite stereoscopic images A system, method or compute program product for generating composite images. One of the systems includes a capture device to capture an image of a physical environment; and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by one or more processors of the system, to cause the one or more processors to: obtain an image of the physical environment as captured by the capture device, identify a visually-demarked region on a surface in the physical environment as depicted in the image, process the image to generate a composite image of the physical environment that includes a depiction of a virtual object, wherein a location of the depiction of the virtual object in the composite image is based on a location of the depiction of the visually-demarked region in the image, and cause the composite image to be displayed for a user.
US11508125B1	Navigating a virtual environment of a media content item Systems and techniques are provided for switching between different modes of a media content item. A media content item may include a movie that has different modes, such as a cinematic mode and an interactive mode. For example, a movie may be presented in a cinematic mode that does not allow certain user interactions with the movie. The movie may be switched to an interactive mode during any point of the movie, allowing a viewer to interact with various aspects of the movie. The movie may be displayed using different formats and resolutions depending on which mode the movie is being presented.
US11508106B2	Display control device, communication device, display control method, and recording medium An disclosure includes: moving image acquisition unit configured to acquire moving image data obtained through moving image capturing of at least a mouth part of an utterer; a lip detection unit configured to detect a lip part from the moving image data and detect motion of the lip part; a moving image processing unit configured to generate a moving image enhanced to increase the motion of the lip part detected by the lip detection unit; and a display control unit configured to control a display panel to display the moving image generated by the moving image processing unit.
US11508104B2	Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method, and storage medium A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain a measurement value related to the shape of a heart valve in medical image data. The processing circuitry is configured to cause a display to display a numerical value related to the shape of an artificial valve to be placed for the heart valve.
US11508095B2	Hierarchical point cloud compression with smoothing A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute for the point cloud. To compress the attribute information, multiple levels of detail are generated based on spatial information. Also, attribute values are predicted based on the level of details. A decoder follows a similar prediction process based on level of details. Also, attribute correction values may be determined to correct predicted attribute values and may be used by a decoder to decompress a point cloud compressed using level of detail attribute compression. In some embodiments, an update operation is performed to smooth attribute correction values taking into account an influence factor of respective points in a given level of detail on attributes in other levels of detail.
US11508092B2	Edge-based crop yield prediction Implementations are described herein for edge-based real time crop yield predictions made using sampled subsets of robotically-acquired vision data. In various implementations, one or more robots may be deployed amongst a plurality of plants in an area such as a field. Using one or more vision sensors of the one or more robots, a superset of high resolution images may be acquired that depict the plurality of plants. A subset of multiple high resolution images may then be sampled from the superset of high resolution images. Data indicative of the subset of high resolution images may be applied as input across a machine learning model, with or without additional data, to generate output indicative of a real time crop yield prediction.
US11508091B2	Calibration device for imaging device, monitoring device, work machine and calibration method A calibration device for an imaging device includes an imaging data acquisition unit that acquires imaging data of a known external target installed at a known position outside a work range of work equipment, the imaging data being obtained by imaging of at least one imaging device provided in a work machine including the work equipment, an external target position acquisition unit that acquires a position of the known external target, and a calibration unit that calibrates the imaging device based on the position of the known external target, which is acquired by the external target position acquisition unit, and the imaging data of the known external target, which is acquired by the imaging data acquisition unit.
US11508090B2	Methods for calibrating offset of optical center using kinematic mount Systems and methods are provided for calibrating camera and measuring offsets for reducing distortions on images. The calibrating includes aligning an on-board image sensor and a lens barrel using a kinematic mount and affixing the onboard image sensor and the lens barrel to assemble a camera. The kinematic mount provides a predetermined number of degrees of freedom in aligning the on-board image sensor and the lens barrel. A device embeds the camera. The measuring includes receiving the camera in the kinematic mount and measuring an opposing pair of offset values as measured optical centers from the lens optical axis to the image sensor pointing reference at yaw orientations of the camera at 0 degree and 180 degrees. The method determines a total offset value by taking an average of the pair and canceling the rotationally symmetrical error. The method uses the offset value for reducing distortions on images by de-warping.
US11508088B2	Method and system for performing automatic camera calibration A system and method for performing automatic camera calibration is provided. The system receives a calibration image, and determines a plurality of image coordinates for representing respective locations at which a plurality of pattern elements of a calibration pattern appear in a calibration image. The system determines, based on the plurality of image coordinates and defined pattern element coordinates, an estimate for a first lens distortion parameter of a set of lens distortion parameters, wherein the estimate for the first lens distortion parameter is determined while estimating a second lens distortion parameter of the set of lens distortion parameters to be zero, or is determined without estimating the second lens distortion parameter. The system determines, after the estimate of the first lens distortion parameter is determined, an estimate for the second lens distortion parameter based on the estimate for the first lens distortion parameter.
US11508083B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An image processing apparatus comprises a calculation unit configured to obtain, for a pixel of interest in a boundary portion of a specific region in a captured image bounding a non-specific region, a direction vector to the non-specific region, a selection unit configured to select one of pixels in the boundary portion that are adjacent to the pixel of interest, as a selected pixel based on the direction vector of the pixel of interest, and a generation unit configured to generate information indicating a direction from the pixel of interest to the selected pixel as information indicating a contour corresponding to the specific region.
US11508079B2	Parallelism in disparity map generation Input images are partitioned into non-overlapping segments perpendicular to a disparity dimension of the input images. Each segment includes a contiguous region of pixels spanning from a first edge to a second edge of the image, with the two edges parallel to the disparity dimension. In some aspects, contiguous input image segments are assigned in a “round robin” manner to a set of sub-images. Each pair of input images generates a corresponding pair of sub-image sets. Semi-global matching processes are then performed on pairs of corresponding sub-images generated from each input image. The SGM processes may be run in parallel, reducing an elapsed time to generate respective disparity sub-maps. The disparity sub-maps are then combined to provide a single disparity map of equivalent size to the original two input images.
US11508078B2	Point cloud annotation for a warehouse environment A system is provided for automatic identification and annotation of objects in a point cloud in real time. The system can automatically annotate a point cloud that identifies coordinates of objects in three-dimensional space while data is being collected for the point cloud. The system can train models of physical objects based on training data, and apply the models to point clouds that are generated by various point cloud generating devices to annotate the points in the point clouds with object identifiers. The solution of automatically annotated point cloud can be used for various applications, such as blueprints, map navigation, and determination of robotic movement in a warehouse.
US11508077B2	Method and apparatus with moving object detection A processor-implemented method of detecting a moving object includes: estimating a depth image of a current frame; determining an occlusion image of the current frame by calculating a depth difference value between the estimated depth image of the current frame and an estimated depth image of a previous frame; determining an occlusion accumulation image of the current frame by adding a depth difference value of the occlusion image of the current frame to a depth difference accumulation value of an occlusion accumulation image of the previous frame; and outputting an area of a moving object based on the occlusion accumulation image.
US11508076B2	Learning rigidity of dynamic scenes for three-dimensional scene flow estimation A neural network model receives color data for a sequence of images corresponding to a dynamic scene in three-dimensional (3D) space. Motion of objects in the image sequence results from a combination of a dynamic camera orientation and motion or a change in the shape of an object in the 3D space. The neural network model generates two components that are used to produce a 3D motion field representing the dynamic (non-rigid) part of the scene. The two components are information identifying dynamic and static portions of each image and the camera orientation. The dynamic portions of each image contain motion in the 3D space that is independent of the camera orientation. In other words, the motion in the 3D space (estimated 3D scene flow data) is separated from the motion of the camera.
US11508074B2	Sensor data generating device An input interface is configured to receive at least one sensor signal corresponding to information of the exterior of the vehicle sensed by at least one sensor. A processor is configured to, based on the sensor signal, generate: a first data corresponding to first information sensed in a first area; and a second data corresponding to second information sensed in a second area located outside the first area. An output interface is configured to output the first data and the second data independently from one another.
US11508072B2	Smart phones for motion capture A series of smart phones are mounted in respective tripods to capture motion of a person wearing markers, such as marker balls or reflectors. The videos from the phones are stripped of objects other than the markers and the videos of the markers are combined to render a 3D motion capture structure that may be applied to an image of a VR icon to cause the VR icon to move as the person originally moved.
US11508066B2	Systems and methods to process electronic images for continuous biomarker prediction Systems and methods are disclosed for processing digital images to predict at least one continuous value comprising receiving one or more digital medical images, determining whether the one or more digital medical images includes at least one salient region, upon determining that the one or more digital medical images includes the at least one salient region, predicting, by a trained machine learning system, at least one continuous value corresponding to the at least one salient region, and outputting the at least one continuous value to an electronic storage device and/or display.
US11508059B2	Methods and systems for detecting a centerline of a vessel This application disclosures a method and system for detecting a centerline of a vessel. The method may include obtaining image data, wherein the image data may include vessel data; selecting two endpoints of the vessel based on the vessel data; transforming the image data to generate a transformed image based on at least one image transformation function; and determining a path of the centerline of the vessel connecting the first endpoint of the vessel and the second endpoint of the vessel to obtain the centerline of the vessel based on the transformed image. The two endpoints of the vessel may include a first endpoint of the vessel and a second endpoint of the vessel.
US11508058B2	System and method for evaluating impacts of defects in printed images A system and method evaluate defects in printed images. A target image, which has been captured of a printed image, is processed to identify defects, where present, which do not occur in a source image from which the printed image was generated. A trained classification model predicts a defect class for respective regions of the target image, each of the defect classes being drawn from a predefined set of defect classes. For at least one of the identified defects, a measure of severity of the defect is determined, such as a size of the defect. A decision on the acceptability of the printed image is made, based on the measure of severity of the at least one defect and the predicted defect class of a respective one of the regions in which the defect occurs.
US11508055B2	Systems and methods for calibrating image capturing modules A system and method for calibrating a machine vision system on the undercarriage of a rail vehicle while the rail vehicle is in the field is presented. The system enables operators to calibrate the machine vision system without having to remove the machine vision system from the undercarriage of the rail vehicle. The system can capture, by a camera of an image capturing module, a first image of a target. The image capturing module and a drum can be attached to a fixture and the target can be attached to the drum. The system can also determine a number of lateral pixels in a lateral pitch distance of the image of the target, determining a lateral object pixel size based on the number of lateral pixels, and determining a drum encoder rate based on the lateral object pixel size. The drum encoder rate can be programmed into a drum encoder.
US11508054B2	Systems and methods for utilizing machine-assisted vehicle inspection to identify insurance buildup or fraud A remotely-controlled (RC) and/or autonomously operated inspection device, such as a ground vehicle or drone, may capture one or more sets of imaging data indicative of at least a portion of an automotive vehicle, such as all or a portion of the undercarriage. The one or more sets of imaging data may be analyzed based upon data indicative of at least one of vehicle damage or a vehicle defect being shown in the one or more sets of imaging data. Based upon the analyzing of the one or more sets of imaging data, damage to the vehicle or a defect of the vehicle may be identified. The identified damage or defect may be compared to a claimed damage or defect to determine whether the claimed damage or defect occurred.
US11508043B2	Method and apparatus for enhanced anti-aliasing filtering on a GPU A method for reducing abasing artefacts in an output image may include obtaining a plurality of input images captured by a plurality of cameras, each camera having a different field of view of an environment surrounding a vehicle, wherein the plurality of input images are mapped to the output image to represent the environment, from a predefined virtual point of view. The method may further include for each pixel position in the output image, obtaining a first pixel density value corresponding to a first output pixel position in the output image; and upon determining that the first pixel density value is higher than a threshold, calculating a first output brightness value corresponding to the first output pixel position based at least on a plurality of brightness values corresponding to a plurality of neighboring pixels of a corresponding position in a first input image of the plurality of input images.
US11508040B2	Techniques for cascade filtering of points of interest in point clouds Techniques for cascade filtering of a set of points of interest (POIs) in a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system is described. The method includes performing a series of cascaded filtering of a set of points of interest (POIs) in a first point cloud and a second point cloud of the LiDAR system. The method also includes calculating at least a first metric over at least the POI and to make a decision with respect to the second point cloud, and extracting at least one of range and velocity information based on the second point cloud.
US11508032B2	Bayer matrix image sensor The invention relates to an image sensor comprising: •an optical system (2a) for receiving an optical signal; •a Bayer matrix (4) located on the image focal plane of the optical system (2a), the Bayer matrix (1) comprising: a reference optical filter (B1) configured to eliminate or attenuate, in the received optical signal, a first band of wavelengths and to allow through, in the received optical signal, a second band length of wavelengths, and also eight optical filters adjacent to the reference optical filter (B1); •a phase mask (2c, 22, 28) arranged on a pupil (2b) of the optical system (2a) and configured to selectively project at least 98% of the energy of the optical signal carried in the first band of wavelengths and 98% of the energy of the optical signal carried in the second band of wavelengths on the reference optical filter (B1) and on at least one adjacent optical filter, which is configured to allow through, in the received optical signal, the first band of wavelengths.
US11508031B2	Warping data A method of warping data includes the steps of providing a set of target coordinates x∈N, calculating, by a warping engine, source coordinates x′∈N for the target coordinates x∈N, requesting, by the warping engine, data values for a plurality of source coordinates from a cache, and computing, by the warping engine, interpolated data values for each x in a neighborhood of x′ from the data values of the source coordinates returned from the cache. Requesting data values from the cache includes notifying the cache that data values for a particular group of source points will be needed for computing interpolated data values for a particular target point, and fetching the data values for the particular group of source points when they are need for computing interpolated data values for the particular target point.
US11508016B1	Determining a resource for a place based on three-dimensional coordinates that define the place Receiving a dataset and parsing from the dataset an XP coordinate value on an x-axis, a YP coordinate value on a y-axis, and a ZP coordinate value on a z-axis all within a domain having 3-dimensional features. The x-axis and y-axis are perpendicular and define a horizontal earthbound main surface. The ZP coordinate value is on the z-axis perpendicular to the horizontal earthbound main surface. The XP, YP and ZP define a place associated with a 3-dimensional feature. Stored resource rules for places in the domain are accessed that indicate a first resource if the ZP has a first value, and a second resource if the ZP has a second value. One of the resource rules that applies to the place is identified based on XP, YP and ZP. A resource for the dataset is determined by applying the identified rule. The resource is caused to be transmitted.
US11508014B1	Structural characteristic extraction using drone-generated 3D image data A structural analysis computing device may generate a proposed insurance claim and/or generate a proposed insurance quote for an object pictured in a three-dimensional (3D) image. The structural analysis computing device may be coupled to a drone configured to capture exterior images of the object. The structural analysis computing device may include a memory, a user interface, an object sensor configured to capture the 3D image, and a processor in communication with the memory and the object sensor. The processor may access the 3D image including the object, and analyze the 3D images to identify features of the object—such as by inputting the 3D image into a trained machine learning or pattern recognition program. The processor may generate a proposed claim form for a damaged object and/or a proposed quote for an uninsured object, and display the form to a user for their review and/or approval.
US11508010B2	Automatic assignment of locations to mobile units via a back-end application computer server A back-end application computer server may access a location data store containing information about a set of locations to be visited, including location identifiers and location coordinates. The computer server may then prioritize the locations to be visited. A mobile unit data store may contain information about a set of mobile units, including mobile unit identifiers, mobile unit location coordinates, and mobile unit communication addresses. The computer server may then automatically assign each location to a mobile unit based on the location coordinates, the mobile unit location coordinates, at least one geo-fence, and said prioritization. Indications of assigned locations may be transmitted to each mobile unit via the associated mobile unit communication address, and electronic messages may be exchanged to support an interactive user interface display associated with assignments of locations to mobile units. According to some embodiments, the back-end computer server facilitates collection of location information from mobile devices.
US11508008B2	Apparatus and methods for detection, monitoring, and delay in a computer network Computing apparatus detects and monitors rapid changes in a computer network. The computing apparatus implements delays and other actions to ameliorate potentially adverse effects in the computer network caused by such changes.
US11508006B1	Digital property collateral protection Systems and methods for digital property collateral protection are disclosed. For example, a pre-underwriting analysis may be performed to ascertain the quality of a given borrower and the intellectual property associated with the borrower. If the borrower passes the pre-underwriting analysis, an underwriting analysis including an intellectual property valuation may be performed. If the borrower passes the underwriting analysis and the terms of a loan and insurance policy are otherwise agreed upon, a lender may issue a loan to the borrower with the intellectual property as collateral, and an insurer may issue an insurance policy to the lender to insure against covered events.
US11508001B2	Dynamic checkout page optimization using machine-learned model In an example embodiment, a method for processing payments made via an electronic payment processing system is provided. An example method includes obtaining training data from a data source. The training data relates to prior purchases made via the electronic payment processing system, wherein the data source includes, in some examples, only a checkout page in a purchase transaction funnel. Features associated with a negative user action in relation to prior purchases are identified. A machine learning algorithm produces a dynamic transactional behavior score indicative of a probability that a purchase will invoke a negative user action.
US11507996B1	Catalog item selection based on visual similarity Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for catalog item selection based on visual similarity are disclosed. A similarity detection system selects candidate items for an unavailable item in a catalog. The candidate items are selected from one or more item categories in which the unavailable item is classified. The system determines respective similarity scores for at least some of the candidate items with respect to the unavailable item. For a particular candidate item, the similarity score is determined based at least in part on a visual similarity between an image of the unavailable item and an image of the particular candidate item. The system selects, from the candidate items, a set of visually similar items to the unavailable item based at least in part on the similarity scores. The visually similar items are available to the user.
US11507983B2	Privacy-based content tracker A computing device is configured to generate a content reference for content displayed on a webpage. An encrypted reference is generated for the content reference. The content is provided, with the content reference, to a client device. A website is provided for the client device upon selection of the content by a user input on the webpage. The website includes an offering and related offerings associated with the content. In accordance with a web action received from the website, a logical table is updated with an entry associated with the encrypted reference. The update may be associated with a credit or a charge based at least in part on the web action for the offering or the related offerings.
US11507979B2	Method and apparatus for providing network information Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for processing an advertising request message, including, receiving an advertising request message from a mobile device, determining if an advertising exchange server associated with the advertising request is permitted to receive enhanced information associated with the mobile device if a service provider is permitted to provide location information associated with the mobile device responsive to determining that the advertising exchange server associated with the advertising request is permitted to receive the enhanced information, responsive to determining that the service provider is permitted to provide location information, adding location information associated with the mobile device to a header of the advertising request message, and transmitting the advertising request message to the advertising exchange server. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11507977B2	Methods and systems for presentation of media collections with automated advertising Systems, devices, media, instructions, and methods are provided for presentation of media collections with automated advertising. In one embodiment, display time data associated for a first plurality of content elements and a first advertising element as displayed on a first device are used in adjusting a presentation order for a second content collection comprising a second plurality of content elements and at least a second advertising element, where a placement of the second advertising element within the presentation order is based on the display time data. In some embodiments, a ratio of advertising to content elements is targeted over time for a user based on user interactions with various content and advertising elements.
US11507968B2	Method and system for presence detection Techniques for detecting and presenting rewards for presence are disclosed. Presence of a mobile device within a building is detected based on a plurality of triggers including a degradation of a first signal and a concurrent improvement of a second signal. The triggers are identified by a client-side application of the mobile device or a corresponding server-side processor with which the client-side application is in communication and from which the client-side application is configured to automatically receive available rewards. In response to detecting presence within the building, the server-side processor determines that a user of the mobile device is eligible for a reward, and the reward is provided to the user via the client-side application at the mobile device.
US11507963B2	Method and device of analysis based on model, and computer readable storage medium The disclosure discloses a method and device of analysis based on a model, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: training various pre-determined models based on a preset number of customer information samples; combining the various trained models into a compound model according to a pre-determined combining rule, and after customer information to be analyzed is received, inputting the customer information to be analyzed into the compound model to output an analysis result. According to the disclosure, by the use of the compound model combined by the various models for analysis and prediction, the advantages of different models can be combined. Compared with a single model for prediction, the compound model effectively improves the accuracy of a prediction result.
US11507954B2	Systems and methods for conducting transactions using a surrogate pin System and methods for conducting transactions using a surrogate PIN are disclosed. In one embodiment, at a mobile payment platform comprising at least one computer processor, a method for conducting a transaction may include: (1) receiving an identification of a debit-based payment instrument from an electronic wallet; (2) receiving, from a payment switch, a token for the debit-based payment instrument and a limited use key; (3) associating the token and limited use key with the debit-based payment instrument; and (4) providing the token and limited use key to a digital payment platform for transacting. A surrogate PIN may be provided to a debit payment network from one of the payment switch and a digital payment platform for an issuer.
US11507938B1	Prepaid card funding for single transaction A computer-implemented method for prepaid card funding for a single transaction includes receiving, from a client, a request for funding a single transaction using a payment vehicle, providing funds for the single transaction with the payment vehicle, notifying the client that the funds are available for the single transaction with the payment vehicle, receiving notification from the client that the single transaction with the payment vehicle has been completed, and unloading remaining funds from the payment vehicle, such that no funds remain with the payment vehicle.
US11507927B2	System for processing retail clinic claims A method for electronically determining patient medical treatment eligibility, coverage, copayment amount and insurer billing, by: (a) a patient requesting medical treatment at a retail clinic; (b) the patient presenting a health insurance card at the retail clinic; (c) the retail clinic transmitting patient health insurance card information to a centralized adjudication facility; (d) the retail clinic transmitting medical treatment information to the centralized adjudication facility; (e) the centralized adjudication facility determining patient medical treatment coverage, eligibility and copayment amount (f) transmitting the patient medical treatment coverage, eligibility and copayment amount from the centralized adjudication facility to the retail clinic; (g) the patient purchasing the medical treatment by paying the retail clinic the copayment amount, (h) transmitting a bill to the health care insurance provider; and (i) thereby informing the retail clinic clinician to sell the medical treatment to the patient. By simultaneously billing the patient and the insurer, the present invention provides a system that processes the sale of the medical treatment as a sales transaction.
US11507925B1	Food service management for food-associated events from calendar application A calendar application server, a computer-readable storage medium, and a corresponding method for food service management for food-associated events within the context of a calendar application are described herein. The computer-readable storage medium includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by processor(s), cause the processor(s) to associate food services with a food-associated event within a calendar application in response to user commands received via an event UI functionality provided by the calendar application, to connect with any of the food services via corresponding APIs in response to user commands received via the event UI functionality provided by the calendar application, to generate food service data for the food-associated event in response to user interaction(s) with any of the food services via corresponding APIs provided within the context of the calendar application, and to reconcile the food service data with food-associated event data corresponding to the food-associated event within the calendar application.
US11507924B1	Brainwave compatibility A system and method for identifying individuals that compatibly contribute to high-performing teams is disclosed. Teams may range in size and complexity from a two-person team of roommates to many hundreds in a commercial product development team. Candidates for new or existing teams are identified by matching brainwave response of candidates to the brainwave signature of high-performing, compatible teams. The stimuli of stimulus datasets are rapidly presented to candidates and sensed by any of the five human senses. The signature of a team type is a set of brainwave response characteristics extracted from one or more high-performing, compatible exemplar teams presented with the stimulus dataset and is also distinctly different from other team types or the general population. Closeness of fit between a candidate's brainwave response and the signature of the exemplar team provides an indication of the likely compatible fit and contribution of a candidate to a high-performing team.
US11507909B2	Offender electronic monitoring program compliance assessment and program revision An electronic monitoring device and system uses a wearable monitoring device in conjunction with an associated smartphone's location services to track a person's location. Cameras or biometric sensors associated with the smartphone allow incremental responses to apparent violations by requiring the wearer to check-in using a photograph, biometric data, GPS location, and other relevant information. The system optimizes compliance by tracking KPIs and using predictive analytics to adjust compliance programs as they apply to client throughout the system.
US11507907B2	Multi-computer processing system with machine learning engine for optimized forecasting Systems for optimized forecasting are provided. In some examples, data associated with strategy of one or more business units may be received. The strategy data may include identification of projects or goals. In some examples, industry trend data may be received and may include data associated with in-demand job skills and the like. An instruction to capture user data may be transmitted to one or more user devices of an employee user. The instruction may cause activation of one or more sensors or data capture devices. The captured user data may be received and analyzed to determine a competency of the user. Based on the strategy data, industry data and determined competency, one or more deficiencies between the resources needed to meet the business unit strategy data and the available resources may be identified. Based on the identified deficiency, one or more actions for execution may be identified and executed.
US11507906B2	Ride-sharing safety system Methods, systems, and apparatus for a ride-sharing system. The ride-sharing system includes a ride-sharing platform. The ride-sharing platform includes a memory that is configured to store a driver profile and a processor that is coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to obtain a start location, a destination location and a rider profile. The processor is configured to determine a rider vulnerability score based on the rider profile and determine a route risk score based on the current location, the destination location and an expected route. The processor is configured to determine a driver risk score based on the driver profile. The processor is configured to generate a ride-share risk score based on the ride vulnerability score, the route risk score and the driver risk score and provide the ride-share risk score to a user device.
US11507902B2	System and method for vehicle project tracking A method includes receiving first location information of a first vehicle, and associating the first vehicle with a first project. The method also includes receiving second location information from a second vehicle, and associating the second vehicle with a second project. The method further includes providing, to an electronic device, instructions to output a user interface that includes a map, and a first visual indicia displayed on the map at a first location corresponding to the first location information, where the first visual indicia indicates that the first vehicle is associated with the first project. The user interface further includes a second visual indicia displayed on the map at a second location corresponding to the second location information, where the second visual indicia indicates that the second vehicle is associated with the second project, and is different from the first visual indicia.
US11507900B2	User attribute information verification method and system, computer device, and storage medium The present application relates to a user attribute information verification method and system, a computer device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring a task to be assigned, and generating an assignment indicator according to the task to be assigned; uploading the task to be assigned to a sharing platform; receiving information to be verified returned by the sharing platform, wherein the information to be verified comprises user information and a task identifier; acquiring a verification configuration file, wherein the verification configuration file comprises sc a user attribute and an attribute verification record; evaluating the user information according to the user attribute and the attribute verification record to obtain a verification result of the user information; and generating, when the verification result reaches the assignment indicator corresponding to the task to be assigned, prompt information representing that the verification of the user information is passed, wherein the prompt information is used to instruct the sharing platform to assign the task to be assigned to a corresponding user terminal. By means of the method, efficiency of user information verification can be improved, thereby reducing labor and time costs.
US11507899B2	Farming data collection and exchange system Embodiments of the present invention provide a passive relay device for farming vehicles and implements, as well as an online farming data exchange, which together enable capturing, processing and sharing farming operation data generated during combined use of the farming vehicle and farming implement at a farming business. The farming operation data includes detailed information about individual farming operations, including without limitation the type of farming operation, the location of the farming operation, the travel path for the farming operation, as well as operating parameters and operating events occurring while the farming operation is performed.
US11507896B2	Method and system for spatial-temporal carpool dual-pricing in ridesharing Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for carpool dual-pricing in ridesharing are provided. An exemplary method comprises: obtaining a machine-learning model trained to generate a probability for a carpool request from a rider to convert to a trip based at least on a pair of price adjustment multipliers applied to the carpool request; determining one or more Key Performance Indicator (KPI) models based on the machine-learning model; constructing an optimization model based on the KPI models, the optimization model comprising a plurality of pairs of price adjustment multipliers as decision variables; and determining optimal values of the plurality of pairs of price adjustment multipliers for the plurality of pricing units by solving the optimization model based on a plurality of historical carpool requests.
US11507887B2	Model interpretability using proxy features In one embodiment, a service identifies a set of attributes associated with a first machine learning model trained to make an inference about a computer network. The service obtains labels for each of the set of attributes, each label indicating whether its corresponding attribute is a probable cause of the inference. The service maps input features of the first machine learning model to those attributes in the set of attributes that were labeled as probable causes of the inference. The service generates a second machine learning model in part by using the mapped attributes to form a set of input features for the second machine learning model, whereby the input features of the first machine learning model and the input features of the second machine learning model differ.
US11507886B2	Vectorization of structured documents with multi-modal data Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving structured data including a set of columns and a set of rows, determining, for each column, a column width defining a number of characters, providing, for each row, a set of padded values, each padded value corresponding to a column and including a value and one or more padding characters, the value and the one or more padding values collectively having a length equal to a respective column width, defining a set of strings by, for each row, concatenating padded values in the set of padded values to provide a string, and training the ML model by providing, for each string in the set of strings, an embedding as an abstract representation of a record of a respective row and processing the embedding through an attention layer of the ML model.
US11507876B1	Systems and methods for training machine learning models to classify inappropriate material Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can be configured to acquire at least one instance of positive training data based at least in part on at least one source. A set of supplemental positive training data can be generated based at least in part on the at least one instance of positive training data. A machine learning model can be trained to identify inappropriate material based at least in part on the set of supplemental positive training data.
US11507871B2	Systems and methods for quantum processor topology Topologies for analog computing systems may include cells of qubits which may implement a tripartite graph and cross substantially orthogonally. Qubits may have an H-shape or an l-shape, qubits may change direction within a cell. Topologies may be comprised of two or more different sub-topologies. Qubits may be communicatively coupled to non-adjacent cells by long-range couplers. Long-range couplers may change direction within a cell. A cell may have two or more different type of long-range couplers. A cell may have shifted qubits, more than one type of inter-cell couplers, more than one type of intra-cell couplers and long-range couplers.
US11507863B2	Feature determination for machine learning to suggest applications/recipients Systems and methods can suggest applications for use by a user of a computing device. The suggestions can be provided on a user interface for the user to select. A suggestion engine can use historical user interactions and contextual data to derive features for a machine learning mode. The machine learning model can determine which application to suggest according to the current context. Multiple models, such as a pattern model and a heuristics model, may be user to generate features for the machine learning model based in user interactions.
US11507858B2	Rapid predictive analysis of very large data sets using the distributed computational graph using configurable arrangement of processing components A system for predictive analysis of very large data sets using a distributed computational graph that intelligently combines processing of a current data stream with the ability to retrieve relevant stored data in such a way that conclusions or actions may be drawn in a predictive manner. The system has a pipeline construction module that allows a user to construct a streaming analytic workflow using modular building blocks, each of which represents either an environmental orchestration stage or a data processing stage of a streaming analytic workflow, and has a pipeline processing module that receives a data stream and constructs a directed computational graph by processing the data stream through the streaming analytic workflow. The directed computational graph is used to analyze the data stream.
US11507855B2	Generating action suggestions based on a change in user mood In aspects of generating action suggestions based on a change in user mood, a computing device implements an action generation module that generates action suggestions. The action generation module analyzes sensor data from sensors to determine a current user state associated with a user. The action generation module also analyzes environment data received from Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices to determine a current environment context associated with the user. The action generation module can detect a change in a user mood based on a comparison of the current user state with user history data that includes user state parameters and environment context parameters that indicate the user mood. The action generation module can analyze the user history data to determine the user state parameters and/or the environment context parameters that correlate to the change in the user mood, and generate an action suggestion that is intended to modify the current user state.
US11507849B2	Weight-coefficient-based hybrid information recommendation Historical behavioral information of a user is retrieved, where the historical behavioral data includes data associated to operations performed by the user on a server. Recommended information sets are determined based on the historical behavioral information. A plurality of weight coefficients are generated for the plurality of recommended information sets. A recommendation list is determined based on the plurality of weight coefficients. It is determined whether the recommendation list satisfies a recommendation condition. If the recommendation list satisfies the recommendation condition, a recommendation based on the recommendation list is transmitted to the user device.
US11507846B2	Representing a neural network utilizing paths within the network to improve a performance of the neural network Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are computing systems that imitate a human brain by learning to perform tasks by considering examples. By representing an artificial neural network utilizing individual paths each connecting an input of the ANN to an output of the ANN, a complexity of the ANN may be reduced, and the ANN may be trained and implemented in a much faster manner when compared to an implementation using fully connected ANN graphs.
US11507844B2	Asynchronous evaluation strategy for evolution of deep neural networks The technology disclosed proposes a novel asynchronous evaluation strategy (AES) that increases throughput of evolutionary algorithms by continuously maintaining a queue of K individuals ready to be sent to the worker nodes for evaluation and evolving the next generation once a fraction Mi of the K individuals have been evaluated by the worker nodes, where Mi<
US11507842B2	Learning method, learning apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing learning program A learning method implemented by a computer, includes: creating an input data tensor including a local dimension and a universal dimension by partitioning series data into local units, the series data including a plurality of elements, each of the plurality of elements in the series data being logically arranged in a predetermined order; and performing machine learning by using tensor transformation in which a transformation data tensor obtained by transforming the input data tensor with a transformation matrix is outputted using a neural network, wherein the learning includes rearranging the transformation matrix so as to maximize a similarity to a matching pattern serving as a reference in the tensor transformation regarding the universal dimension of the input data tensor, and updating the matching pattern in a process of the machine learning regarding the local dimension of the input data tensor.
US11507841B2	Hardware accelerator for natural language processing applications The present disclosure advantageously provides a hardware accelerator for a natural language processing application including a first memory, a second memory, and a computing engine (CE). The first memory is configured to store a configurable NLM and a set of NLM fixed weights. The second memory is configured to store an ANN model, a set of ANN weights, a set of NLM delta weights, input data and output data. The set of NLM delta weights may be smaller than the set of NLM fixed weights, and each NLM delta weight corresponds to an NLM fixed weight. The CE is configured to execute the NLM, based on the input data, the set of NLM fixed weights and the set of NLM delta weights, to generate intermediate output data, and execute the ANN model, based on the intermediate output data and the set of ANN weights, to generate the output data.
US11507833B2	Image recognition apparatus An image recognition apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to perform positional detection and identification for the target in each of the frame images, and extract a first target having an ambience change feature with priority over a second target that does not have the ambience change feature. The ambience change feature is a feature about a positional change of the target that is exhibited when the ambience is photographed from a moving object. The positional change is a positional change of the target identified in common among the frame images.
US11507823B2	Adaptive quantization and mixed precision in a network A method of adaptive quantization for a convolutional neural network, includes at least one of receiving an acceptable model accuracy, determining a float value multiply accumulate for the layer based on a float value weight and a float value input, quantizing the float value weight at multiple weight quantization precisions, quantizing the float value input at multiple input quantization precisions, determining a multiply accumulate at multiple multiply accumulate quantization precisions based on the weight quantization precisions and the input quantization precisions, determining multiple quantization errors based on differences between the float value multiply accumulate and the multiple multiply accumulate quantization precisions and selecting one of the multiple weight quantization precisions, one of the multiple input quantization precisions and one of the multiple multiply accumulate quantization precisions based on the predetermined acceptable model accuracy and the multiple quantization errors.
US11507822B2	Scalable artificial intelligence model generation systems and methods for healthcare Systems and methods to generate artificial intelligence models with synthetic data are disclosed. An example system includes a deep neural network (DNN) generator to generate a first DNN model using first real data. The example system includes a synthetic data generator to generate first synthetic data from the first real data, the first synthetic data to be used by the DNN generator to generate a second DNN model. The example system includes an evaluator to evaluate performance of the first and second DNN models to determine whether to generate second synthetic data. The example system includes a synthetic data aggregator to aggregate third synthetic data and fourth synthetic data from a plurality of sites to form a synthetic data set. The example system includes an artificial intelligence model deployment processor to deploy an artificial intelligence model trained and tested using the synthetic data set.
US11507815B2	Scaling half-precision floating point tensors for training deep neural networks A graphics processor is described that includes a single instruction, multiple thread (SIMT) architecture including hardware multithreading. The multiprocessor can execute parallel threads of instructions associated with a command stream, where the multiprocessor includes a set of functional units to execute at least one of the parallel threads of the instructions. The set of functional units can include a mixed precision tensor processor to perform tensor computations. The functional units can also include circuitry to analyze statistics for output values of the tensor computations, determine a target format to convert the output values, the target format determined based on the statistics for the output values and a precision associated with a second layer of the neural network, and convert the output values to the target format.
US11507811B2	Electronic device for encoding event indicated by spatial-temporal input signals and operating method thereof An electronic device includes first to n-th cells (‘n’ is an integer of 2 or more) that receive spatial-temporal input signals that indicate an event unit in a time window, a summation circuit that sums first to n-th cell signals recorded in the first to n-th cells for each of first to m-th unit times (‘m’ is an integer of 2 or more) dividing the time window to generate first to m-th summation signals, and an encoding circuit that compares each of the first to m-th summation signals with a threshold value to encode the spatial-temporal input signals into a code of the event unit.
US11507807B2	Audio signal processing device, audio signal processing method, and control program An audio signal processing device includes a neural network circuit that includes an input layer including input units, an intermediate layer, and an output layer including output units, an input section that executes simultaneous inputting of, at each of unit time intervals, each of pieces of unit data of consecutive sampling units in an input signal data string generated through sampling based on an audio signal string into each of the input units on a one-to-one basis, one of the pieces of unit data input into one of the input units at one of the unit time intervals being input into another of the input units at another of the unit time intervals in the simultaneous inputting at each of the unit time intervals, and an output section that outputs, in accordance with the simultaneous inputting over a plurality of the unit time intervals that are consecutive, a computation result at each of the unit time intervals, the computation result being based on pieces of data output from the output units at each of the unit time intervals.
US11507804B2	Device and method for calculating convolution in a convolutional neural network A processor for computing at least one convolution layer of a convolutional neural network is provided, in response to an input event, the convolutional neural network comprising at least one convolution kernel, the convolution kernel containing weight coefficients. The processor comprises at least one convolution module configured to compute the one or more convolution layers, each convolution module comprising a set of elementary processing units for computing the internal value of the convolution-layer neurons that are triggered by the input event, each convolution module being configured to match the weight coefficients of the kernel with certain at least of the elementary processing units of the module in parallel, the number of elementary processing units being independent of the number of neurons of the convolution layer.
US11507796B2	Method and system for sharing avatars through instant messaging application A method for sharing avatars is provided, which includes: receiving, from a first user terminal, an avatar share request to share a first avatar including a first set of avatar components, with a second user terminal; creating a first temporary avatar by copying the first set of avatar components; associating the first temporary avatar with first link information; and transmitting the first link information to the second user terminal.
US11507793B2	Apparatus for managing baggage, a method for managing baggage and a baggage management system The purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for managing baggage and a method for managing baggage with which improved usability can be obtained. In order to solve the problem, an apparatus for managing baggage is provided with: a reader unit which reads tag information of a wireless tag attached to a baggage; a storage unit in which the tag information read by the reader unit is stored; and a control unit which makes a determination of a forgotten baggage by comparing the tag information stored in the storage unit with tag information newly read by the reader unit.
US11507787B2	Model agnostic contrastive explanations for structured data A method, system, and computer program product, including generating a contrastive explanation for a decision of a classifier trained on structured data, highlighting an important feature that justifies the decision, and determining a minimal set of new values for features that alter the decision.
US11507784B2	Device and method of digital image content recognition, training of the same A device for and computer implemented method of image content recognition and of training a neural network for image content recognition. The method comprising collecting a first set of digital images from a database, the first set of digital images is sampled from digital images assigned to a many shot class; creating a first training set comprising the collected first set of digital images; training a first artificial neural network comprising a first feature extractor and a first classifier for classifying digital images using the first training set; collecting first parameters of the trained first feature extractor, collecting second parameters of the trained classifier, determining third parameters of a second feature extractor of a second artificial neural network depending on the first parameters, determining fourth parameters of a second classifier for classifying digital images of the second artificial neural network.
US11507781B2	Methods and systems for automatic generation of massive training data sets from 3D models for training deep learning networks Disclosed are systems and methods for generating large data sets for training deep learning networks (DLNs) for 3D measurements extraction from 2D images taken using a mobile device camera. The method includes the steps of receiving a 3D model of a 3D object; extracting spatial features from the 3D model; generating a first type of augmentation data for the 3D model, such as but not limited to skin color, face contour, hair style, virtual clothing, and/or lighting conditions; augmenting the 3D model with the first type of augmentation data to generate an augmented 3D model; generating at least one 2D image from the augmented 3D model by performing a projection of the augmented 3D model onto at least one plane; and generating a training data set to train the deep learning network (DLN) for spatial feature extraction by aggregating the spatial features and the at least one 2D image.
US11507778B2	System and method for automated learning from sensors A computer-implemented method includes receiving first inputs associated with a first modality and second inputs associated with a second modality; processing the received first and second inputs with convolutional neural networks (CNN), wherein a set of first weights are used to handle the first inputs and a second set of weights are used to handle the second inputs; determining a loss for each of the first and the second inputs based on a loss function that applies the first set of weights, the second set of weights, and a presence of a co-occurrence; generating a shared feature space as an output of the CNNs, wherein a distance between cells associated with the first inputs and the second inputs in the shared feature space is determined based on the loss associated with each of the first inputs and the second inputs; and based on the shared feature space, providing an output.
US11507776B2	Image recognition method for detection tasks based on single convolutional neural network and image recognition system thereof An image recognition method, including: obtaining an image to be recognized by an image sensor; inputting the image to be recognized to a single convolutional neural network; obtaining a first feature map of a first detection task and a second feature map of a second detection task according to an output result of the single convolutional neural network, wherein the first feature map and the second feature map have a shared feature; using an end-layer network module to generate a first recognition result corresponding to the first detection task from the image to be recognized according to the first feature map, and to generate a second recognition result corresponding to the second detection task from the image to be recognized according to the second feature map; and outputting the first recognition result corresponding to the first detection task and the second recognition result corresponding to the second detection task.
US11507773B2	Large-scale similarity search with on-chip cache Systems, apparatuses and methods may store a plurality of classes that represent a plurality of clusters in a cache. Each of the classes represents a group of the plurality of clusters and the plurality of clusters is in a first data format. The systems, apparatuses and methods further modify input data from a second data format to the first data format and conduct a similarity search based on the input data in the first data format to assign the input data to at least one class of the classes.
US11507767B2	System and method for document processing Embodiments of the present invention are directed to document processing, and more particularly to systems and methods that can utilize relative positions between the content of the document and a decodable indicia affixed to the document. In one embodiment, indicia reading terminals are provided that include an imaging module for capturing a frame of image data of a document. The document can include one or more decodable indicia such as a form barcode and various content fields, which delineate particular content of the document. The form barcode can include information respecting the form design and form design data. This information can be used to process the content of the document such as by providing coordinates or similar location and positioning metrics for use in processing the content of the document. In one example, the frame of image data is analyzed to identify the form barcode, from which the relative location of the content fields can be discerned without extensive processing of the frame of image data.
US11507766B2	Method and apparatus for processing encoded pattern, storage medium, and electronic apparatus A method for processing an encoded pattern, a storage medium, and an electronic device are disclosed in this application. An electronic device acquires a first encoded pattern to be recognized, the first encoded pattern being a pattern obtained after predefined information is encoded therein. The electronic device increases resolution of the first encoded pattern through a target model to obtain a second encoded pattern, the target model being obtained through training by using a predetermined third encoded pattern as an input and a predetermined fourth encoded pattern as an output, the third encoded pattern being obtained by decreasing resolution of the fourth encoded pattern, the third and the first encoded patterns being encoded in the same manner. Finally, the electronic device decodes the second encoded pattern using a code recognition module to obtain the predefined information. This application resolves the technical problem that an encoded pattern cannot be accurately recognized.
US11507761B2	Performing complex multiply-accumulate operations In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a device is described. The device includes at least two memristive cells. Each memristive cell includes a memristive element to store one component of a complex weight value. The device also includes a real input multiplier coupled to the memristive element to multiply an output signal of the memristive element with a real component of an input signal. An imaginary input multiplier of the device is coupled to the memristive element to multiply the output signal of the memristive element with an imaginary component of the input signal.
US11507757B2	Systems and methods for generating dynamic conversational responses based on historical and dynamically updated information Methods and systems disclosed herein collect user data in real-time and organize them (e.g., using collaborative filtering) into groups (e.g., clusters). The system then determines statistical distributions of observed real-time intents (e.g., based on actual selections made by users) for each group. The system then merges this distribution with existing model predictions (e.g., a model trained on historical training data) to balance between historical and dynamically updated information.
US11507743B2	System and method for automatic key phrase extraction rule generation A method, system, and non-transitory processor-readable storage medium for automatic key phrase rule generation for automatic key phrase extraction including: receiving a corpus sample including a plurality of documents containing text, receiving a plurality of identified key phrases which relate to a topic of the text of at least one corresponding document; assigning a part-of-speech to each word in the corpus sample; generating a part-of-speech pattern from each identified key phrase; and generating key phrase rules.
US11507742B1	Log parsing using language processing Methods and systems for parsing log records. A method involves receiving a log record including data regarding a network device's operation and providing the log record to a natural language processing model. The natural language processing model may analyze the log record to identify items in the log record and relationships between items in the log record.
US11507741B2	Document tracking through version hash linked graphs Embodiments of the invention provide the ability to track document versioning. Before executing an open operation on a first document version, a first before-hash is generated. After executing the open operation, a first after-hash is generated. Before executing a save operation, the first before-hash is acquired, and after execution (resulting in a second document version), a second after-hash of the second document version is generated. A version hash linked graph (VHLG) is generated and includes document nodes for the different document versions where each node includes a hash of that document version, a user-application node corresponding to the user or application that executed the operations, and edges connecting the nodes (e.g., that identify the operation and/or the document lineage) Based on the VHLG, a full history of a document is provided.
US11507732B1	Web browsing A method for grouping of multiple tabs in a web browser includes displaying a plurality of tabs by the web browser. Each tab has separate webpage content associated therewith. Two or more webpages are grouped into at least one category based on semantics of corresponding webpage content. Two or more tabs associated with the two or more grouped webpages are merged into a single tab. The single tab represents the grouped webpages. An aggregated view of contents associated with the grouped webpages is generated and displayed in a single browser window associated with the single tab. The aggregated view has two or more portions. Each portion of the aggregated view concurrently displays content of a corresponding grouped webpage.
US11507720B1	Systems and methods for signal observability rating This disclosure relates to signal observability rating. In an example, a method can include propagating a clock signal through a respective module of a circuit design in a forward and backward direction, evaluating clock signal propagation results for the respective module based on a forward and backward clock signal propagation of the clock signal to compute an observability rating for a data signal to be processed by the respective module during formal verification, and updating a current observability rating of the respective property for the data signal to the computed observability rating.
US11507712B2	Generating an image for a building management system Methods, devices, and systems for generating an image for a building management system are described herein. One device includes using a computing device to import floor plan objects from computer-aided design (CAD) drawings of a building and applying a design language associated with a building management system to the floor plan objects imported from the CAD drawings. Once the design language has been applied to the floor plan objects, an image of the building is generated for use in the building management system.
US11507699B2	Processor with private pipeline An example private processing pipeline may include: a masked decryption unit to perform a masked decryption operation transforming input data into masked decrypted data; a masked functional unit to produce a masked result by performing a masked operation on the masked decrypted data; and a masked encryption unit to perform a masked encryption operation transforming the masked result into an encrypted result.
US11507696B2	Restricting plug-in application recipes Techniques for restricting plug-in application recipes (“PIARs”) are disclosed. A PIAR management application receives a PIAR restriction via an authenticated user of the PIAR management application. The PIAR restriction is applicable to certain users of the PIAR management application. The PIAR restriction identifies functionality of the PIAR management application that would otherwise be available to a user of the PIAR management application if the user had an active account for a particular plug-in application that, once linked to that user in the PIAR management application and associated with a particular PIAR, would be capable of supplying at least part of the functionality. The PIAR management application stores the PIAR restriction, including information to block the restricted functionality. Based on the PIAR restriction, the PIAR management application blocks the restricted functionality. Many different types of functionality may be restricted, in various ways.
US11507689B2	Medical data communication apparatus, server, medical data communication method and medical data communication program A medical data communication apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire medical data of a subject output from a medical device from the medical device, the medical device being connected for communication with the medical data communication apparatus without an external network intervening therebetween; a modification unit configured to modify the medical data based on a modification instruction received from a server, the server being connected for communication with the medical data communication apparatus through an external network, the modification instruction being for modifying specific information in the medical data; and an output unit configured to output the medical data modified by the modification unit to the external network based on a request from the server.
US11507688B1	Methods and systems for tracking and regulating the availability of syndicated data items across multiple communication channels including online and offline channels The present disclosure provides methods and systems for method for regulating access to syndicated data across multiple communication channels, including online and offline channels. A syndicated data item may be activated upon performance or completion of a user activity (e.g., online user activity, offline user activity, etc.). A syndicated data item may have one or more expiration conditions, wherein after expiration, the syndicated data item becomes unavailable for activation. The systems and methods may simultaneously or substantially simultaneously, in real-time or in near real-time, assess the expiration status of a syndicated data item delivered to a user across multiple communication channels, including online and offline channels.
US11507684B2	κ-anonymization device, method, and program A k-anonymization device includes: a list creation unit 1 that creates, based on generalization hierarchies about attribute values of attributes of a database, lists of values, each being obtained by generalizing each attribute value of each attribute of the database to each generalization level of the corresponding generalization hierarchy, and codes representing the values; a search unit 3 that searches for a node with k-anonymity of a lattice structure in parallel by determining whether a generalized database obtained by generalizing the database to generalization levels corresponding to each node of the lattice structure has k-anonymity based on the generalized database represented by the codes, which is obtained by referring to the created lists; and an output unit 4 that outputs a generalized database obtained by generalizing the database to generalization levels corresponding to a node with k-anonymity, which was found by the search, of the lattice structure.
US11507680B2	System and method for access control using network verification A system for controlling access includes a computing device, configured to: determine a first identifier associated with a first access point being used by the computing device to access a network; determine first access control data associated with the first identifier and a first application executing on the computing device; and control access to data over the network by the first application based on the first access control data.
US11507676B2	Selectively sharing data in unstructured data containers Systems and methods for selectively sharing of portion of unstructured data containers/documents based on security attributes or policies used to encrypt/decrypt data within the unstructured data containers using standard encryption schemes are provided herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a key generation authority to generate encryption keys based on a selected cryptographic security scheme and one or more security attributes or security policies; an encryption service to selectively encrypt one or more data subgroups using the one or more public keys and based on one or more security attributes or security policies assigned to the one or more data subgroups with the unstructured data containers; and a decryption service to decrypt the one or more data subgroups within unstructured data containers using the one or more secret keys and the one or more public keys.
US11507674B2	Quantifying privacy impact This document relates to evaluating privacy impact for organization risk management. For example, quantifiable methods are provided by way of a privacy impact model to calculate a relative value for privacy impact can be used to calculate risk and prioritize risk mitigations and take corrective actions.
US11507669B1	Characterizing, detecting and healing vulnerabilities in computer code An example process includes identifying, by one or more processing devices, a location in computer code that is subject to vulnerability, where the location corresponds to a memory access that is repeatable and that operates on a particular type of variable; and performing processes, by one or more processing devices, to heal the vulnerability. The memory access may be part of a system-to-system or a user-to-system interaction that is repeatable.
US11507657B2	Systems and methods for implementing a machine learning approach to modeling entity behavior Systems and methods are provided for implementing a machine learning approach to modeling entity behavior. Fixed information and periodically updated information may be utilized to predict the behavior of an entity. By incorporating periodically updated information, the system is able to maintain an up-to-date prediction of each entity's behavior, while also accounting for entity action with respect to ongoing obligations. The system may generate behavior scores for the set of entities. In some embodiments, the behavior scores that are generated may indicate the transactional risk associated with each entity. Using the behavior scores generated, a user may be able to assess the credit riskiness of individual entities and instruct one or more individuals assigned to the entities to take one or more actions based on the credit riskiness of the individual entities.
US11507655B1	Automatic and predictive source code generation A design inspector tool generates secure source code related to stencils and design elements of an architecture diagram. The design inspector tool may retrieve source code from a source code repository that includes source code that is relevant to the stencils and design elements implemented by the design inspector tool. When or after a user modifies the source code, the design inspector tool feeds contextual information associated with the stencils and the design elements into a trained machine learning logic. The trained machine learning logic processes the contextual information to retrieve contextually relevant auto complete secure code suggestions from the source code repository. The contextually relevant auto complete source code suggestions may be presented to the user as an option for replacing or augmenting the modified source code.
US11507651B2	Method for authorizing operation permissions of form-field values A method for authorizing operation permissions of form-field values is disclosed in the present invention, including a step of authorizing operation permissions of form-field values and a step of selecting a grantee; the step of authorizing operation permissions of form-field values includes: S1: selecting a form to be authorized, and displaying fields in the form that need operation permission control; and S2: authorizing the operation permissions to each value of the fields respectively, where the grantee is one or more roles, the role is an independent individual rather than a group or class, one role can only be related to a unique user during the same period, and one user is related to one or more roles. The present invention can achieve respective authorization for the operation permissions of form-field values, and improves the fineness of system management. In this method, multiple authorized roles can be selected at the same time to batch authorization, thus improving the authorization efficiency. In addition, this method supports template authorization. Two methods are combined, so that the authorization efficiency of operation permissions of form-field values in a system is greatly improved.
US11507643B2	Licensing in the cloud At least one machine readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed by a system cause the system to send a unique identifier to a license server, establish a secure channel based on the unique identifier, request a license for activating an appliance from a license server over the secure channel, receive license data from the license server over the secure channel; determine whether the license is valid, and activate the appliance in response to a determination that the license data is valid.
US11507642B2	Configurable input blocks and output blocks and physical layout for analog neural memory in deep learning artificial neural network Configurable input blocks and output blocks and physical layouts are disclosed for analog neural memory systems that utilize non-volatile memory cells. An input block can be configured to support different numbers of arrays arranged in a horizontal direction, and an output block can be configured to support different numbers of arrays arranged in a vertical direction. Adjustable components are disclosed for use in the configurable input blocks and output blocks.
US11507637B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for linking accounts To optimize content of a webpage in a manner that depends on whether or not a user has linked accounts to each other. The solving means is an information processing apparatus including a storage unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The storage unit stores information regarding a first account of each of a plurality of users and first content and second content to be placed on a webpage. The communication unit communicates with a user terminal of the user. The control unit sends a webpage on which the first content is placed to the user terminal in a case where the control unit receives a display request of the webpage from the user terminal and where the display request includes information indicating that a second account of the user has been linked to the first account and sends a webpage on which the second content is placed to the user terminal in a case where the control unit receives the display request of the webpage from the user terminal and where the display request includes information indicating that the second account has not been linked to the first account or does not include the information indicating that the second account of the user has been linked to the first account.
US11507630B2	System and method for transmitting submissions associated with web content Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure enable real-time communication between a first user and a second user regarding web content, and enable the second user to receive a submission of at least some of the web content from the first user.
US11507626B2	Method and apparatus for processing database configuration parameter, computer device, and storage medium A method of processing a database configuration parameter, performed by a computer device, is provided. The method includes: (a) obtaining a current configuration parameter of a database; (b) determining a current database state indicator value corresponding to the current configuration parameter; (c) generating, by using a parameter adjustment model, parameter adjustment data based on the current database state indicator value; (d) adjusting the current configuration parameter based on the parameter adjustment data, to obtain a new configuration parameter; (e) updating the current configuration parameter to the new configuration parameter; and (f) repeating operations (b)-(e) until an adjustment termination condition is met, to obtain the updated current configuration parameter as a recommended configuration parameter upon adjustment termination.
US11507625B2	Query generation system, search system, and non-transitory computer readable medium A query generation system includes a database and a processor. The database stores information to be searched, the information being associated with features having multiple types of expressions. The processor is configured to, when a character string to be used to search the database is input without constraint on a type of expression, apply a first dictionary to a character string having a first type of expression, which is included in the input character string, to generate a query for a search from the character string having the first type of expression.
US11507624B2	Method and system for providing query suggestions based on user feedback Methods, systems and programming for providing query suggestions based on user feedback. In one example, a prefix of a query is first received. An input including a prefix of a query is received from a user in a search session. A plurality of query suggestions are fetched based on the prefix of the query. Rankings of the plurality of query suggestions are determined based, at least in part, on the user's previous interactions in the search session with respect to at least one of the plurality of query suggestions. The at least one of the plurality of query suggestions has been previously provided to the user in the search session. The plurality of query suggestions are provided in the search session based on their rankings as a response to the input.
US11507622B2	System and method for automatically managing storage resources of a big data platform There is provided a computer-implemented method for automatically managing storage resources of a distributed file system comprising: obtaining actual past storage usage data of a first directory from a plurality of directories of the distributed file system to a current time; detecting, a space quota limit for the first directory and associated with a pre-defined expected future time; determining from the actual past storage usage data, projected storage usage data of the first directory over a future time period; obtaining an aggregated correction coefficient providing an indication of aggregated projected storage usage needs of remaining other directories relative to the first directory; in response to determining an expected value of the projected storage usage data at the expected future time is inconsistent with the space quota limit, adjusting the space quota limit to a new quota limit based on the expected value weighted by the aggregated correction coefficient.
US11507621B1	Methods and systems for generating communications associated with optimization codes This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for generating a communication associated with an optimization code. Generating a communication may include generating an optimization code, which may include (i) receiving a first data associated with one or more of a first computing device and a first computing device user; (ii) generating at least two confirmation codes, including one or more of a verification code, a consistency code, and an activity code, which may be associated with a comparative accuracy of the first data, a comparative consistency of the first data, and a comparative activity of the first data, respectively; and (iii) generating an optimization code which may be based, at least in part, on the at least two confirmation code and associated with a relative predictability of the first data.
US11507590B2	Techniques for in-memory spatial object filtering Techniques are introduced herein for maintaining geometry-type data on persistent storage and in memory. Specifically, a DBMS that maintains a database table, which includes at least one column storing spatial data objects (SDOs), also maintains metadata for the database table that includes definition data for one or more virtual columns of the table. According to an embodiment, the definition data includes one or more expressions that calculate minimum bounding box values for SDOs stored in the geometry-type column in the table. The one or more expressions in the metadata maintained for the table are used to create one or more in-memory columns that materialize the bounding box data for the represented SDOs. When a query that uses spatial-type operators to perform spatial filtering over data in the geometry-type column is received, the DBMS replaces the spatial-type operators with operators that operate over the scalar bounding box information materialized in memory.
US11507582B2	Event-driven internet of things (IoT) abstraction using rules Event-driven Internet of Things (IoT) abstraction using rules is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a network computing device that provides an IoT management (IoTM) service is communicatively coupled to an IoT device. The IoTM service receives multiple rules, each of which comprises an event identifier that identifies an event that the IoT device is capable of emitting, and an action identifier that identifies an action to be performed by the IoTM service (e.g., a command to be issued to the IoT device or an operation to be performed by the IoTM service). Upon receiving a first event emitted by the IoT device, the IoTM service identifies a first rule of the plurality of rules based on a first event identifier of the first rule that matches the first event. The IoTM service then executes a first action, wherein a first action identifier of the first rule identifies the first action.
US11507580B2	Methods and apparatus to partition data Methods and apparatus to partition data are disclosed. An example apparatus to partition panelist data includes an indicator matrix generator to determine an indicator matrix including panelist vectors for panelists based on panelist data associated with the panelists, a first one of the panelist vectors for a first one of the panelists to indicate whether the first one of the panelists: has a first characteristic, meets a first criterion based on the first characteristic and a second characteristic, has a third characteristic, and meets a second criterion based on the third characteristic and a fourth characteristic. The example apparatus further includes a matrix reducer to reduce the indicator matrix to a set of unique panelist vectors that represent partitions of the panelist data, the partitions of the panelist data to utilize less storage capacity than the panelist data.
US11507578B2	Delaying exceptions in query execution A method includes receiving a query expression indicating an expression evaluation for performance upon output of a filtering operator. An operator execution flow indicating performance of the filtering operator serially after the expression evaluation is generated, and execution of this operator execution flow is facilitated by generating an exception column indicating an exception value generated for each of a set of rows based on performing the expression evaluation. The filtering operator of the operator execution flow can be applied by identifying a subset of the set of rows that meet filtering parameters of the filtering operator. When the exception value of at least one row in the subset indicates an error condition, execution of the operator execution flow is aborted. When the exception value of every row in the subset indicates no error, the subset of the set of rows is outputted and execution of the operator execution flow continues.
US11507576B2	Method and system to efficiently analyze and improve database queries A computer based agent may employ a variety of techniques including machine learning to analyze queries to a database, improve the queries to a database and make the improved queries available to new and old user through a user interface.
US11507568B2	Event stream processing system, event stream processing method, event stream processing program An event stream processing system having a processor, wherein the processor registers a temporary object when the object of an event message is unregistered in response to the event message from an event generating device, stores the event message in a pending manner, and Issues an error message. The processor converts the temporary object to a permanent object in response to an automatically-issued event generation message in response to the error message, updates state of the object with state value of the held event message, and executes plug-in corresponding to the updated state.
US11507564B2	Database and system architecture for analyzing multiparty interactions An analytics engine (AE) computing system for analyzing and evaluating data in real-time associated with a performance of parties interacting within a multi-party interaction is provided. The AE system is configured to receive interaction data from a data validation (DV) computing device, retrieve contextual data from a contextual data source, determine a task identifier, and calculate a task score. The AE system is also configured to retrieve normalization model data from a normalization database, compare a plurality of normalization rules to the validated interaction data and the contextual data, and determine at least one normalization factor applies to the task score. The AE system is further configured to normalize the task score based on the at least one normalization factor, calculate an aggregate score using the normalized task score, and store the validated interaction data, the normalized task score, and the aggregate score in an analysis database.
US11507561B2	Off-line log system Introduced are systems and methods that enable modification of logs in multiple off-line databases. Multiple off-line devices can mistakenly associate different respondents with the same identification (ID) unique to the system. When the multiple off-line devices synchronize with each other, or synchronize with a server hosting the central database, the software running on the off-line devices, or on the server detects that the modified logs come from different respondents, and the software assigns two different IDs unique to system to the logs. In another embodiment, multiple off-line devices can mistakenly associate the same respondent with two different IDs unique to the system. When the multiple off-line devices synchronize with each other or with the server, the software running on the off-line devices, or the server detects that the modified logs come from the same respondent, and the software assigns the logs to the same ID unique to system.
US11507560B2	Mutable data ingestion and storage Systems and techniques are provided for mutable data ingestion and storage. Data for a database may be received at a computing device. New data from the data for the database may be stored as a mutable data chunk. The data for the database may be determined to include updated data for a previously stored mutable data chunk. The updated data may be applied to the previously stored mutable data chunk to update the previously stored mutable chunk. A second previously stored mutable data chunk may be determined to have been initially stored a specified amount of time ago. In response to determining that the second previously stored mutable data chunk was initially stored the specified amount of time ago, the second previously stored mutable data chunk may be caused to become an immutable data chunk.
US11507557B2	Dynamic sampling of streaming data using finite memory Method and system are provided for dynamic sampling of streaming data using finite memory. The method includes configuring a number of data points required in a sample of incoming streaming data and providing memory slots in a memory reservoir for the number of data points, with the memory slots each configured to store a position index and signal data pair for a data point, and each memory slot having a filtering thread configured to determine whether an index and signal data pair of the incoming streaming data should be stored in the memory slot. The filtering threads are configured to dynamically repopulate the memory slots for the number of data points with index and signal data pairs at increasing arrival intervals in the stream of streaming data as the incoming streaming data arrives.
US11507523B1	Timing control for data transfer across a data interface Systems and methods for time control for a data interface between a source device and a receiving device are provided. In one example, a method can include performing a capture time sweep process at the receiving device. The capture time sweep process includes performing a plurality of test data transfers at the receiving device at a plurality of different capture time settings. The method can include determining a capture time window based at least in part on the capture time sweep process. The capture time window can be defined as a duration between a first capture time and a second capture time. The method can include determining a selected capture time between the first capture time and the second capture time. The method can include controlling data transfer across the data interface based at least in part on the selected capture time.
US11507519B2	Data compression and encryption based on translation lookaside buffer evictions A processing system selectively compresses cache lines at a cache or at a memory or encrypts cache lines at the memory based on evictions of entries mapping virtual-to-physical address translations from a translation lookaside buffer (TLB). Upon eviction of a TLB entry, the processing system identifies cache lines corresponding to the physical addresses of the evicted TLB entry and selectively compresses the cache lines to increase the effective storage capacity of the processing system or encrypts the cache lines to protect against vulnerabilities.
US11507518B2	Logical-to-physical mapping using a flag to indicate whether a mapping entry points to [[for]] sequentially stored data Methods, systems, and devices for compressed logical-to-physical mapping for sequentially stored data are described. A memory device may use a hierarchical set of logical-to-physical mapping tables for mapping logical block address generated by a host device to physical addresses of the memory device. The memory device may determine whether all of the entries of a terminal logical-to-physical mapping table are consecutive physical addresses. In response to determining that all of the entries contain consecutive physical addresses, the memory device may store a starting physical address of the consecutive physical addresses as an entry in a higher-level table along with a flag indicating that the entry points directly to data in the memory device rather than pointing to a terminal logical-to-physical mapping table. The memory device may, for subsequent reads of data stored in one or more of the consecutive physical addresses, bypass the terminal table to read the data.
US11507509B2	Memory system, memory controller and method for operating memory system for determining whether to perform direct write based on reference write size A memory system may transfer a reference write size for a memory device to a host, and, when receiving, from the host, a write request for first data having a size corresponding to a multiple of the reference write size, may directly write the first data to the memory device without caching the first data in a write cache.
US11507507B2	System and method of backing up data from a volatile memory medium to a non-volatile memory medium In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may: determine that a power loss to an information handling system (IHS) has occurred; utilize one or more batteries to power the IHS; enable a predicable latency mode of a non-volatile memory medium of the IHS to enter a deterministic window; transfer data from a volatile memory medium of the IHS to a data repository of a namespace of the non-volatile memory medium; determine that power is provided to the IHS; in response to determining that power is provided to the IHS, transfer the data from the data repository to the volatile memory medium; and after transferring the data from the data repository to the volatile memory medium, disable the predicable latency mode of the non-volatile memory medium to exit the deterministic window of the non-volatile memory medium.
US11507505B2	Active-active storage system and address assignment method A method of labeling logic number units in a storage system results in the use of the same label for related LUNs in different storage arrays. A first storage array includes a first source logical unit number LUN, the second storage array includes a first target LUN, and the first source LUN and the first target LUN are a pair of active-active LUNs. The first storage array sends an assignable-address set of selectable labels for the first source LUN to the address assignment apparatus. The second storage array sends an assignable-address set of selectable labels for the first target LUN to the address assignment apparatus. The address assignment apparatus selects a label that is in both assignable-address sets of the first source LUN and first target LUN, and assign that selected label to both LUNs. Thereafter, the address assignment apparatus sends the selected label to the first storage array and the second storage array for identifying both the first source LUN and the first target LUN.
US11507504B2	Memory sub-system for decoding non-power-of-two addressable unit address boundaries A system generating, using a first addressable unit address decoder, a first addressable unit address based on an input address, an interleaving factor, and a number of first addressable units. The system then generating, using an internal address decoder, an internal address based on the input address, the interleaving factor, and the number of first addressable units. Generating the internal address includes: determining a lower address value by extracting lower bits of the internal address, determining an upper address value by extracting upper bits of the internal address, and adding the lower address value to the upper address value to generate the internal address. Using an internal power-of-two address boundary decoder and the internal address, the system then generating a second addressable unit address, a third addressable unit address, a fourth addressable unit address, and a fifth addressable unit address.
US11507503B1	Write barrier for remembered set maintenance in generational Z garbage collector During execution of garbage collection, an application receives a first request to overwrite a reference field of an object, the object comprising a first reference and the first request comprising a memory address at which the reference field is stored, and a second reference to be written to the reference field. Responsive to receiving the first request, the system determines a current remembered set phase, and loads the first reference. The application determines that remembered set metadata of the first reference does not match the current remembered set phase. Responsive to that determination, the application adds an entry to a remembered set data structure, modifies the second reference to include the current remembered set phase as the remembered set metadata, and stores the modified second reference to the reference field. In subsequent writes to the reference field, the application refrains from adding to the remembered set data structure.
US11507499B2	System and method for facilitating mitigation of read/write amplification in data compression The system can receive data to be written to a non-volatile memory in the distributed storage system. The received data can include a plurality of input segments. The system can assign consecutive logical block addresses (LBAs) to the plurality of input segments. The system can then compress the plurality of input segments to generate a plurality of fixed-length compressed segments, with each fixed-length compressed segment aligned with a physical block address (PBA) in a set of PBAs. The system compresses the plurality of input segments to enable an efficient use of storage capacity in the non-volatile memory. Next, the system can write the plurality of fixed-length compressed segments to a corresponding set of PBAs in the non-volatile memory. The system can then create, in a data structure, a set of entries which map the LBAs of the input segments to the set of PBAs. This data structure can be used later by the system when processing a read request including a LBA.
US11507498B2	Pre-computation of memory core control signals An apparatus including a memory structure comprising non-volatile memory cells and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to output Core Timing Control (CTC) signals that are used to control voltages applied in the memory structure. In one aspect, information from which the CTC signals may be generated is pre-computed and stored. This pre-computation may be performed in a power on phase of the memory system. When a request to perform a memory operation is received, the stored information may be accessed and used to generate the CTC signals to control the memory operation. Thus, considerable time and/or power is saved. Note that this time savings occurs each time the memory operation is performed. Also, power is saved due to not having to repeatedly perform the computation.
US11507492B1	Applying a hierarchical proof to formal verification based path sensitization The present disclosure relates to a method for electronic design verification. Embodiments may include identifying a plurality of higher level instances along an electronic design path from a source to a destination. Embodiments may further include analyzing inter-instance path information associated with the plurality of higher level instances included in the electronic design path from source to destination. Analyzing may include ignoring information included within the plurality of higher level instances. Embodiments may further include determining, based upon, at least in part, inter-instance path information whether data is unable to propagate from the source to the destination.
US11507490B2	Throughput estimation device and throughput estimation system The throughput estimation device 10 comprises a storage 11 which stores tuples, each including an evaluation formula and parameter data, and a calculation device constructing unit 12 which constructs a calculation device according to a configuration including data associated with software processes, data associated with hardware resources, data associated with interconnections between a software process and a hardware resource, and the tuples, wherein the calculation device inputs a load vector describing input information load to the software processes, and outputs a result value.
US11507480B2	Locality based quorums Disclosed are various embodiments for distributing data items within a plurality of nodes. A data item that is subject to a data item update request is updated from a master node to a plurality of slave notes. The update of the data item is determined to be locality-based durable based at least in part on acknowledgements received from the slave nodes. Upon detection that the master node has failed, a new master candidate is determined via an election among the plurality of slave nodes.
US11507478B2	Method for operating a redundant automation system Method for operating a redundant automation system to control a technical process, wherein a second fail-safe subsystem is operated redundantly in relation to a first fail-safe subsystem, and wherein the faulty second fail-safe subsystem is used, where synchronization data is initially buffered in the second subsystem, and in the event that no errors are identified, the first fail-safe subsystem sends an error-free message to the second fail-safe subsystem to acknowledge the error-free message with an error free acknowledgment and process the initially buffered synchronization data.
US11507464B2	System and method to implement a guided resolution of a non-booting information handling system A method of instructing a user prior to a boot-up process of an information handling system may include, with an embedded controller (EC) of the information handling system, executing a guided diagnostic flow module to: determine that a power-on process has been initiated at the information handling system; determine whether the EC detected a power sequencing timeout during boot up; and determine at which power rail boot-up has hung during the power-on process; and where the EC either determines that the power sequencing timeout has occurred, determining a fault at an issue-experiencing hardware component operatively coupled to the determined power rail. The method may further include sending a message from the EC to a timing controller (TCON) of a display panel of the information handling system, to initiate a guided diagnostic flow, the guided diagnostic flow including: providing, at the display panel via the TCON, diagnostics steps from flash memory as instructions to the user of the information handling system to guide the user to perform a manual manipulation of the issue-experiencing hardware component of the information handling system to address the fault.
US11507463B2	System and method for consolidated BIOS-level event logging Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for identifying, during a particular boot of an information handling system, basic input/output system (BIOS)-level events, each BIOS-level event associated with a different BIOS log event source; for each BIOS-level event: creating, by a respective driver computing module associated with the BIOS-level event, event data for the BIOS-level event; calling, by the respective driver computing module associated with the BIOS-level event, a dispatcher protocol to provide the event data associated with the respective driver computing module to a dispatcher computing module; placing, by the dispatcher computing module, each of the event data in a temporary data store, wherein each of the event data is unaltered; and creating, by the dispatcher computing module, a database log of the event data, including aggregating each of the event data to generate a sequence of events related to the particular boot of the IHS.
US11507460B2	Memory controller, memory system including the same, and method of operating the memory controller A memory controller for controlling a memory operation of a memory device includes: an error correction code (ECC) circuit configured to detect an error of first read data read from the memory device and correct the error; an error type detection logic configured to write first write data to the memory device, compare second read data with the first write data, detect an error bit of the second read data based on a result of the comparing, and output information about an error type identified by the error bit; and a data patterning logic configured to change a bit pattern of input data to reduce an error of the second read data based on the information about the error type.
US11507458B2	Storage management method, device, and computer program product A storage management technique involves: selecting a first disk from a plurality of disks in a storage system as an anchor disk; allocating a first backup slice from the plurality of disks to a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) associated with the first disk, the first RAID including at least a slice allocated from the first disk; and if it is detected that there is an inaccessible disk in the plurality of disks, determining a backup slice for a slice of the inaccessible disk based on the allocation of the first backup slice to the first RAID, for use in data reconstruction of the inaccessible disk. This can ensure that a backup slice can always be successfully determined for slices of an inaccessible disk without introducing additional time complexity.
US11507456B2	Memory module, error correction method of memory controller controlling the same, and computing system including the same A memory module includes first memory chips, each having a first input/output width, and configured to store data, a second memory chip having a second input/output width and configured to store an error correction code for correcting an error in the data, and a driver circuit configured to receive a clock signal, a command, and an address from a memory controller and to transmit the clock signal, the command, and the address to the first memory chips and the second memory chip. An address depth of each of the first memory chips and an address depth of the second memory chip are different from each other.
US11507447B1	Supervised graph-based model for program failure cause prediction using program log files Described are computer-implementable method, system and computer-readable storage medium for supervised graph-based model for prediction of program failure using program log files. Using log file from a running program application, a log file graph is created. Node-level labels are adding to the log file graph, where the labels include an indication of first failure. The node-level labeled log file graph is processed by a graph neural network (GNN) and predictions are provided as to program cause of failure or first failure indication of other log file graphs based on the GNN processed node-level labeled log file graph.
US11507442B2	Method and system for determining maturity level of a cloud computing service Systems and methods are disclosed that evaluate maturity or readiness of services of a cloud infrastructure client instance. Service maturity may be defined based on certain predetermined maturity criteria, which may evaluate certain corresponding service parameters of the service, such as a software component status of a service, a hardware component status of the service, and/or an error status of the service. In some embodiments, the definition of service maturity may be customized by a user. For example, the user may adjust, add, or remove the maturity criteria. The systems and methods may determine the service parameters of the service, and determine the maturity of the service by applying the maturity criteria to the determined service parameters. The service maturity may then be output (e.g., displayed or sent) to the user.
US11507438B1	Systems and methods for processing digital experience information In one implementation, systems and methods are provided for processing digital experience information. A computer-implemented system for processing digital experience information may comprise a central data location. The central data location may comprise a connector that may be configured to receive information belonging to a category from an information source; an event backbone that may be configured to route the information received by the connector based on the category; a translator that may be configured to transform the received information into a common data model; and a database that may be configured to store the received information. The event backbone may be further configured to send information to the connector from the event backbone and the database based on one or more criteria.
US11507431B2	Resource allocation for virtual machines A system and method include reception of a request to create a virtual machine associated with a requested number of resource units of each of a plurality of resource types, determination, for each of the plurality of resource types, of a pool of available resource units, random selection, for each of the plurality of resource types, of the requested number of resource units from the pool of available resource units of the resource type, and allocation of the selected resource units of each of the plurality of resource types to the virtual machine.
US11507421B2	Information handling system and method to allocate peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bus resources Information handling systems (IHSs) and methods are provided herein to allocate Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) bus resources to a plurality of PCIe slots according to various PCIe bus resource allocation option settings. At least one host processor is included within the IHS for executing program instructions to detect a PCIe bus allocation option setting selected from a plurality of options provided in a boot firmware setup menu; determine if the PCIe bus allocation option setting has changed since the IHS was last booted; and allocate PCIe bus resources to the plurality of PCIe slots according to the detected PCIe bus allocation option setting. The plurality of options provided in the boot firmware setup menu include at least an auto detect option, which when selected, enables the at least one host processor to automatically detect unused PCIe slots and reallocate PCIe bus resources to used PCIe slots.
US11507414B2	Circuit for fast interrupt handling A circuit for fast interrupt handling is disclosed. An apparatus includes a processor circuit having an execution pipeline and a table configured to store a plurality of pointers that correspond to interrupt routines stored in a memory circuit. The apparatus further includes an interrupt redirect circuit configured to receive a plurality of interrupt requests. The interrupt redirect circuit may select a first interrupt request among a plurality of interrupt requests of a first type. The interrupt redirect circuit retrieves a pointer from the table using information associated with the request. Using the pointer, the execution pipeline retrieves first program instruction from the memory circuit to execute a particular interrupt routine.
US11507411B1	Jitter-tolerant distributed two-phase commit (2PC) systems A method of ensuring atomicity of transactions across a plurality of active hosts in a distributed environment, is provided. The method generally includes receiving, from a client, a second request to commit a second transaction subsequent to receiving a first request to commit a first transaction; assigning a second prepare identifier (ID) to the second transaction, wherein the second prepare ID assigned to the second transaction is greater than a first prepare ID assigned to the first transaction; transmitting, to the plurality of active hosts, instructions to prepare for committing the second transaction, the instructions including the second prepare ID; receiving, from each host, an acknowledgement indicating successful preparation for committing the second transaction; and transmitting, to the plurality of active hosts, instructions to commit the second transaction prior to receiving, from each host, an acknowledgement indicating successful preparation for committing the first transaction.
US11507410B2	Methods and apparatus to manage monitoring agents Methods and apparatus to manage a dynamic deployment environment including one or more virtual machines. A disclosed example involves: (a) automatically scanning the virtual machines in the deployment environment to identify a service installed on any of the virtual machines; (b) automatically determining whether the identified service corresponds to a service monitoring rule; (c) when the service corresponds to the service monitoring rule, automatically determining whether a monitoring agent identified by the service monitoring rule is installed on the virtual machines on which the service is installed; (d) when the monitoring agent identified by the service monitoring rule is not installed on the virtual machines on which the service is installed, automatically installing the monitoring agent on the virtual machines on which the service is installed; and (e) when the monitoring agent identified by the service monitoring rule is installed on the virtual machines on which the service is installed, automatically configuring the monitoring agent to monitor the service in accordance with the service monitoring rule on the virtual machines on which the service is installed, wherein (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) are repeatedly performed without human intervention.
US11507405B2	Energy management of a computing deployment with guaranteed end-to-end performance Techniques for managing energy use of a computing deployment are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can establish a performance model for one or more components of the computing deployment, where the performance model models a relationship between one or more tunable parameters of the one or more components and an end-to-end performance metric, and where the end-to-end performance metric reflects user-observable performance of a service provided by the computing deployment. The computer system can further execute an algorithm to determine values for the one or more tunable parameters that minimize power consumption of the one or more components, where the algorithm guarantees that the determined values will not cause the end-to-end performance metric, as calculated by the performance model, to cross a predefined threshold. The computer system can then enforce the determined values by applying changes to the one or more components.
US11507404B2	Virtualized remote direct memory access Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to receive a remote direct memory access (RDMA) message from a first virtual machine located on a first network element, determine that the RDMA message is destined for a second virtual machine that is located on the first network element, and use a local direct memory access engine to process the RDMA message, where the local direct memory access engine is located on the first network element. In an example, the electronic device can be further configured to determine that the RDMA message is destined for a third virtual machine on a second network element, wherein the second network element is different than the first network element and use an other device acceleration driver to process the RDMA message instead of the local direct memory access engine.
US11507400B2	Method and system for providing real-time remote assistance to a user System and method of providing real-time remote assistance to a user is disclosed. In one embodiment, an assistance system, upon receiving a request from the user, captures holographic information of one or more objects associated with a task to be performed by the user. The assistance system further transmits the holographic information to an expert, wherein the expert is identified based on one or more skills required to perform the task. Further, assistance system receives one or more brain signals associated with the expert while the expert is interacting with a virtual simulation of the one or more objects to perform the task. Further the assistance system provides real-time remote assistance to the user by generating execution commands for the user in real-time based on a plurality of features associated with performing the task extracted from the one or more brain signals received from the expert.
US11507395B2	Generating plug-in application recipe extensions Techniques for generating plug-in application recipe (PIAR) extensions are disclosed. A PIAR management application discovers a particular data type within one or more data values for a particular field of a plug-in application, where the particular data type is (a) different from a data type of the particular field as reported by the plug-in application and (b) narrower than the data type of the particular field while complying with the data type of the particular field. The PIAR management application identifies one or more mappings between (a) the particular data type and (b) one or more data types for fields accepted by actions of plug-in applications. The PIAR management application presents a user interface including one or more candidate PIAR extensions based on the mapping(s). Based on a user selection of a candidate PAIR extension, the PIAR management application executes a PIAR that includes the selected PIAR extension.
US11507388B2	Storage device enumeration in information handling systems Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for identifying storage devices of an IHS, wherein a BIOS of the IHS is associated with a first enumeration order of the storage devices; enumerating the storage devices such that a particular storage device of the storage devices is enumerated as the first enumerated storage device for both the BIOS and an OS of the IHS, including: determining that an OS installation mode is enabled, and in response, i) exposing only the particular storage device, and ii) disabling the remaining storage devices to; determining that a LUN is set by the BIOS as the first enumerated storage device, including setting an unique identifier (UID) for the particular storage device, and in response fetching data associated with the LUN based on the UID; parsing the LUN data; assigning, based on the parsing, the LUN as the first enumerated storage device.
US11507379B2	Managing load and store instructions for memory barrier handling A front-end portion of a pipeline includes a stage that speculatively issues at least some instructions out-of-order. A back-end portion of the pipeline includes one or more stages that access a processor memory system. In the front-end (back-end), execution of instructions is managed based on information available in the front-end (back-end). Managing execution of a first memory barrier instruction includes preventing speculative out-of-order issuance of store instructions. The back-end control circuitry provides information accessible to the front-end control circuitry indicating that one or more particular memory instructions have completed handling by the processor memory system. The front-end control circuitry identifies one or more load instructions that were issued before the first memory barrier instruction was issued and are ordered after the first memory barrier instruction, and causes at least one of the identified load instructions to be reissued after the first memory barrier instruction has been issued.
US11507377B2	Arithmetic processing circuit and arithmetic processing method An arithmetic processing circuit includes an fetch unit configured to generate fetch addresses, an address table configured to store a branch address and a first tag for each of a plurality of indexes, the indexes being a first bit string extracted from a fetch address by including at least one bit among instruction address bits whose values vary within one fetch line, the first tag being a second bit string situated at higher bit positions than the first bit string, an upper tag storage unit configured to store a second tag situated at higher bit positions than the first tag, and a branch determination unit configured to supply to the fetch unit the branch address retrieved from the address table, upon determining that the first tag retrieved from the address table and the second tag in the upper tag storage unit match respective portions of the fetch address.
US11507368B2	Spoofing a processor identification instruction Embodiments of processors, methods, and systems for a processor core supporting processor identification instruction spoofing are described. In an embodiment, a processor includes an instruction decoder and processor identification instruction spoofing logic. The processor identification spoofing logic is to respond to a processor identification instruction by reporting processor identification information from a processor identification spoofing data structure. The processor identification spoofing data structure is to include processor identification information of one or more other processors.
US11507367B2	Firmware update method and firmware update system thereof A firmware update method and a firmware update system thereof includes the steps of: executing a setting process, which includes writing a first identification code into a memory module, and setting a firmware update file on a firmware providing end to make the firmware update file include a second firmware image file and a second identification code and executing a determining process, which includes receiving the firmware update file and determining whether the firmware update file conforms to a custom structure according to the first identification code. If it does not, then prohibiting the firmware update image file from updating a computer system, and if it does, replacing a first firmware image file with the second firmware image file and writing the second firmware image file into the memory module of the computer system along with the second identification code.
US11507363B2	Methods and systems for packaging and deployment of applications in a multitenant platform Systems, methods and computer program products for providing a multi-tenant application execution environment that provides an object metadata service for managing application configuration in the multi-tenant environment. In one embodiment, a system has an application manager, a bundle manager, and a deployment manager. The application manager captures application metadata for a corresponding version of an application and defines a corresponding bundle which contains metadata that configures the version of the application. The bundle manager validates each bundle and stores the validated bundle in a bundle library in a data storage device. The deployment manager retrieves a master schema and one or more of the bundles from the bundle library and installs the retrieved master schema and the retrieved bundles, generating a tenant schema which is accessible by a corresponding tenant of the multi-tenant environment that has subscribed to the version of the application.
US11507347B2	Full adder, chip and computing device Full adder, a chip and a computing device are disclosed. A full adder includes: a plurality of primary logic cells and at least one secondary logic cell, wherein an output terminal of each primary logic cell is at least connected to an input terminal of a first secondary logic cell in the at least one secondary logic cell. The plurality of primary logic cells includes: a first primary logic cell, a second primary logic cell and a third primary logic cell respectively configured to generate a first intermediate signal, a second intermediate signal and a carry-related signal based on a first input signal, a second input signal and a carry input signal input to the full adder. Furthermore, the first secondary logic cell is configured to generate a sum output signal of the full adder based on the first intermediate signal, the second intermediate signal and the carry-related signal.
US11507346B1	Intelligent text and voice feedback for voice assistant A method for text feedback includes: receiving, by a controller, an utterance from a user; determining, by an automatic speech recognition engine of the controller, a plurality of speech recognition results based on the utterance from the user, wherein the speech recognition results include probable commands; determining, by the automatic speech recognition engine of the controller, a plurality of confidence scores for each of the plurality of speech recognition results; determining, by the controller, a text characteristic for each of the plurality of probable commands as a function of the confidence scores for each of the plurality of speech recognition results; and commanding, by the controller, a display to show text corresponding to each of the plurality of probable commands with the text characteristic determined by the controller.
US11507343B2	Group coordinator selection A first playback device may include at least one battery, a network interface, at least one processor, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium. The program instructions may be executable by the at least one processor such that the first playback device is configured to (i) receive an instruction to operate as a group coordinator of a synchrony group, (ii) determine a value of a battery state variable of the at least one battery, (iii) based on the value of the battery state variable of the at least one battery, select a second playback device from one or more other members of the synchrony group to operate as the group coordinator of the synchrony group, and (iv) cause the second playback device to operate as the group coordinator of the synchrony group.
US11507333B2	Method of controlling information processing apparatus and communication apparatus A control method includes transmitting, based on reception of a predetermined operation a first command to cause a communication apparatus to search for a predetermined access point using at least one communication channel including a communication channel used by the predetermined access point among a plurality of communication channels available for use by the communication apparatus and without using at least one other communication channel other than the at least one communication channel among the plurality of communication channels available for use by the communication apparatus, the predetermined access point being connected to an information processing apparatus at least when the predetermined operation is received.
US11507324B2	Using feedback for adaptive data compression A hub device or edge device implements adaptive data compression. The model training service analyzes the received data. A machine learning model of the hub device receives time-series data from one or more data sources and classifies respective portions of the time-series data as respective patterns. A data compressor at the hub device generates compressed data by applying different compression techniques to the respective portions of the time-series data according to a mapping of the compression techniques to the respective patterns. The hub device then transmits the compressed data to an endpoint for processing (e.g., another device that uses the compressed data). The hub device receives feedback for the compressed data. In response to the feedback, the hub device changes one or more of the compression techniques that are mapped to the respective patterns.
US11507322B2	Memory controller and storage device including the same There are provided a memory controller and a storage device including the same. The memory controller includes: a command storage including a first read command queue and a second read command queue; a command generation controller configured to provide an erase command, a suspend command, a resume command, and output a scheduling event signal after the resume command is output; and a command schedule controller configured to: search for a first physical address group, reorder a output sequence of the first read command queue, and provide a command to perform the read command based on the second read command queue.
US11507321B1	Managing queue limit overflow for data storage device arrays Systems and methods for managing queue limit overflow for data storage device arrays are described. Host storage connections are allocated by host connection identifier and storage device processing queues are allocated by completion connection identifier through a connection virtualization layer. Storage commands may be directed to a processing queue based on the host connection identifier. Responsive to determining that the processing queue has reached its queue depth limit, another processing queue is determined for receiving the storage command without indicating processing queue overflow to the host device.
US11507306B2	Recording apparatus that records data using file system, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor A recording apparatus that is capable of preventing degradation of a writing speed of management information under recording without increasing the recording preparation time when a plurality of files are recorded simultaneously. The recording apparatus includes a memory and a processor that function as a recording unit that records a file in a recording medium, and a controller that controls so as to record a directory entry of a file in a designated sector in the recording medium. The recording medium consists of blocks each of which includes a plurality of pages, allows to write data in a page unit, allows to erase data in a block unit, and allows to access a page corresponding to a sector designated by a sector number. When a plurality of files will be recorded, the controller controls so that directory entries of the plurality of files will be recorded in a same sector.
US11507303B2	User controlled data-in for lower and middle page in MLC-fine QLC memories Aspects of a storage device including a memory and a controller are provided. The memory includes non-volatile memory and volatile memory. The controller may determine whether first data is available at a system-level memory location during a first programming stage of a two-stage programming sequence. The controller may read the first data from the system-level memory location when the page data is available at the system-level memory location. Alternatively, the controller may read the first data from the non-volatile memory when the page data is not available at the system-level memory location. Thus, the controller may perform a first programming operation associated with the first programming stage using the first data, thereby improving memory programming performance of the storage device.
US11507297B2	Efficient management of optimal read levels for flash storage systems Tuning information associated with a storage device of a plurality of storage devices is received. One or more characteristics associated with the storage device are determined. The tuning information and the one or more characteristics are provided to the plurality of storage devices, wherein providing the tuning information causes a set of the plurality of storage devices to apply the tuning information based on the one or more characteristics.
US11507283B1	Enabling host computer systems to access logical volumes by dynamic updates to data structure rules A data storage manager may manage storage locations for blocks of a storage volume. The blocks of the storage volume may be assigned to a logical volume exposed to a computing instance supported by a host. Furthermore, the data storage manager may also generate and maintain a set of rules that specify the locations of blocks of the storage volume, and provides the set of rules to the host. The set of rules may be included in a data structure enabling the host to access the blocks based at least in part on the information included in the set of rules.
US11507280B2	Maintenance operations in a DRAM A system includes a memory controller and a memory device having a command interface and a plurality of memory banks, each with a plurality of rows of memory cells. The memory controller transmits an auto-refresh command to the memory device. Responsive to the auto-refresh command, during a first time interval, the memory device performs refresh operations to refresh the memory cells and the command interface of the memory device is placed into a calibration mode for the duration of the first time interval. Concurrently, during at least a portion of the first time interval, the memory controller performs a calibration of a data interface circuit of the memory device. The auto-refresh command may specify an order in which memory banks of the memory device are to be refreshed, such that the memory device sequentially refreshes a respective row in the plurality of memory banks in the specified bank order.
US11507273B2	Data reduction in block-based storage systems using content-based block alignment A method of data reduction in a block-based data storage system includes selecting a starting position in a block based on a deterministic function of block data content. Then for an unaligned block beginning at the selected starting position, a block digest (e.g., block hash) is generated and compared with stored block digests of stored data blocks. If there is a match, and the stored block matches the unaligned block, then a reference to the stored block is stored in place of the unaligned block, and otherwise the unaligned block and a corresponding digest are stored. The storing of references to already stored blocks, without the constraint of observing aligned-block boundaries, realizes increased savings of physical storage space.
US11507272B2	Controller for performing garbage collection operation based on performance ratio and memory system including the same A memory system which is capable of dynamically adjusting the frequency of performing a garbage collection operation based on a performance ratio. The memory system includes: a memory device including a plurality of storage spaces; and a controller controlling the memory device, wherein the controller determines a performance ratio, which is ratio of performance of a garbage collection operation to a total performance of the memory system, for securing free storage space in the memory device based on a performance requirement of the memory system and the free storage space, schedules the garbage collection operation based on the performance ratio, and performs the garbage collection operation according to the schedule, wherein the total performance indicates a sum of a performance of all operations performed in the memory system.
US11507269B2	Technologies for indicating third party content and resources on mobile devices Methods, systems, and storage media are provided for accessibility services to assist users with disabilities in using touch-based interfaces and graphical user interfaces (GUIs). A client system generates and renders a GUI of a client application that comprises one or more graphical objects. The client system operates a service to identify graphical objects that refer or link to advertisements or other third party resources. The service applies a protective measure to the identified graphical objects, which prevent user inputs (e.g., “taps”) from being accepted by the client system. The protective measure may include a distinguishing effect to visually distinguish the protective measure from other graphical objects in the GUI. The user may remove the protective measure by performing a predefined gesture. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11507268B2	Method for validating at least one datum entered on a terminal, corresponding computer program product, device and terminal A method for validating at least one datum entered on a terminal. Such a method includes: detecting at least one contact on a touch entry element of the terminal, the at least one contact defining: the at least one datum entered on said terminal; and a contact area on the touch entry element; detecting, after the detection of at least one contact, at least one displacement movement of another contact on the touch entry element, the at least one displacement movement defining an erasure area on the touch entry element; and validating the at least one entered datum when the erasure area at least partially covers the contact area.
US11507267B2	Force sensing system and method A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.
US11507266B1	Media capture based on media specifications Techniques for media capture based on media specifications are described and are implementable to enable media content to be captured and/or obtained in compliance with particular media specifications. The described implementations, for example, utilize specified media specifications (e.g., media constraints) to be utilized as part of a media capture process. For instance, default media capture settings of a media capture device are modified to enable the media capture device to capture an instance of media content that complies with specific media specifications.
US11507260B2	Electronic album apparatus, method for operating electronic album apparatus, and operation program utilizing display cell enlargement A plurality of display cells (CL) are arranged in a grid form on an album screen (14). In each display cell (CL), an image (P) in one frame is arranged, and the size of the display cell (CL) is changed to be an integer multiple of a reference size in units of the reference size. A cell enlargement instruction for enlarging the display cell (CL) is accepted through a gesture of tracking the album screen (14) with a finger. In accordance with a track (TR) of the finger (F), an enlargement area is determined. The display cell (CL) that is an enlargement target and the image (P) are enlarged in accordance with the determined enlargement area.
US11507257B2	User interfaces for reporting incidents In some embodiments, an electronic device displays user interfaces for viewing information about and/or for reporting information about incidents of different types associated with a (e.g., physical) location.
US11507255B2	Portable multifunction device with animated sliding user interface transitions In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display. The computer-implemented method includes: displaying a home menu comprising a plurality of application launch icons; detecting activation of any respective application launch icon; and, in response to detecting the activation, displaying a first animation of a transition from display of the home menu to display of an application that corresponds to the activated application launch icon. The first animation comprises expanding an image of the application.
US11507247B2	Systems and methods for treating tissue with radiofrequency energy A system for controlling operation of a radiofrequency treatment device to apply radiofrequency energy to tissue to heat tissue to create lesions without ablating the tissue. The system includes a first treatment device having at least one electrode for applying radiofrequency energy to tissue, a controller including a connector to which a first treatment device is coupled for use, and a generator for applying radiofrequency energy to the electrodes. The controller controls application of energy so that the tissue is thermally treated to create lesions but preventing thermal treatment beyond a threshold which would ablate the tissue.
US11507240B2	Touch sensor A touch sensor comprises a first electrode, a second electrode arranged spaced apart from the first electrode, and an insulator arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is energized, and an energy difference exists between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a stressed electrode. When the stressed electrode is not stressed, no electrical signal is generated, and when the stressed electrode is stressed, the stressed electrode deforms at a stressed point and changes the distance between the stressed point and the other electrode to generate a tunneling current, and the touch sensor generates the electrical signal according to whether the tunneling current is generated. Therefore, the invention solves a limitation of the conventional touch sensor in touching and provides good touching sensitivity.
US11507236B2	Sensor patterns for capacitive imaging sensors in touch displays A sensor pattern for capacitive sensing includes a first electrode and a multitude of second electrodes capacitively coupled to the first electrode. The first electrode includes a strip extending in a vertical direction across the sensor pattern. The multitude of second electrodes include a first subset and a second subset. The first subset of the multitude of second electrodes is arranged in a first column, the first column extending in a vertical direction. The second subset of the multitude of second electrodes is arranged in a second column, the second column extending in the vertical direction. The first subset and the second subset of the multitude of electrodes are disposed adjacent to the first electrode on opposing sides of the first electrode.
US11507234B2	Touch substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device A touch substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The touch substrate includes: a basal substrate; a first touch electrode, a black matrix, and a second touch electrode located on a first surface of the basal substrate; an orthographic projection of the first touch electrode on the basal substrate and an orthographic projection of the second touch electrode on the basal substrate at least partially overlap with each other; the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode are insulated from each other; in an overlapping area of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode, the black matrix is located between the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode.
US11507229B2	Molded body for electronic function, method for manufacturing the same, and operation device using molded body for electronic function A molded body for an electronic function includes a first film in which one surface thereof constitutes an external appearance surface, a second film in which an electronic component is mounted on a surface thereof facing a surface of the first film opposite to the external appearance surface, and a first resin that fills a space between the first film and the second film. The first resin has a cavity, and the cavity is filled with a second resin, and the electronic component is disposed in the cavity and surrounded by the second resin.
US11507222B2	Displaying base plate and displaying device A displaying base plate and a displaying device, wherein the displaying base plate includes a displaying region, a binding region, and a fanout region located between the displaying region and the binding region, the fanout region includes a touch-controlling lead wire, a data lead wire, and at least one shielding wire located between the touch-controlling lead wire and the data lead wire, the at least one shielding wire includes a first shielding wire, and the first shielding wire is earthed or is connected to a constant electric potential.
US11507209B1	Stylus pen A stylus pen includes a hollow pen tube, a circuit board, a pen core body, a stopping member, and a positioning assembly. The hollow pen tube extends along an axial direction and includes a pen tip end and a pen tail end. The circuit board includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is provided with a trigger element. The second surface faces the pen tail end. The stopping member is disposed in a pen tip chamber and adjacent to the first surface. The positioning assembly is disposed in a pen body chamber and includes a wedge-shaped fixing base and a limiting member. The wedge-shaped fixing base has an inclined surface. The limiting member is assembled on the inclined surface and abuts against the second surface, so that the first surface leans against the stopping member.
US11507208B2	External user interface for head worn computing Aspects of the present invention relate to external user interfaces used in connection with head worn computers (HWC).
US11507206B2	Force-sensing input device Examples are disclosed that relate to touch-sensitive input devices, systems, and methods for providing user input to a computing device. In one example, a touch-sensitive input device comprises an elongated body and a plurality of force-sensing elements spaced along a length of the body. The touch-sensitive input device also comprises a wireless communication subsystem configured to communicatively couple the input device to the computing device and provide signals from the plurality of force-sensing elements to the computing device.
US11507205B2	Smart mouse for an information handling system Systems and methods are disclosed for a smart mouse that may include transmitting, by the mechanical switch of the smart mouse, a signal to a microcontroller unit of the smart mouse in response to a movement of the smart mouse caused by a user, the movement causing the mechanical switch to be in a closed position, the signal indicating that the mechanical switch is in the closed position; receiving, by the microcontroller unit, the signal indicating that the mechanical switch is in the closed position; and in response to receiving the signal: causing, by a power switch of the smart mouse, at least one battery of the smart mouse to provide power to an optical unit of the smart mouse, the provided power causing the optical unit to be in an on state, the on state of the optical unit causing the smart mouse to be electrically enabled for use.
US11507204B2	Selecting virtual objects in a three-dimensional space Systems and methods for interacting with virtual objects in a three-dimensional space using a wearable system are disclosed. The wearable system can be programmed to permit user interaction with interactable objects in a field of regard (FOR) of a user. The FOR includes a portion of the environment around the user that is capable of being perceived by the user via the AR system. The system can determine a group of interactable objects in the FOR of the user and determine a pose of the user. The system can update, based on a change in the pose or a field of view (FOV) of the user, a subgroup of the interactable objects that are located in the FOV of the user and receive a selection of a target interactable object from the subgroup of interactable objects. The system can initiate a selection event on the target interactable object.
US11507203B1	Body pose estimation using self-tracked controllers In one embodiment, a computing system may determine a pose of a controller held by a user based on sensor data captured by the controller. The system may determine positions of a first set of keypoints associated with a first portion of a body of the user based on images captured by the controller cameras and (2) the controller pose. The system may determine a pose of a headset worn by the user based on sensor data captured by the headset. The system may determine positions of a second set of keypoints associated with a second portion of the body of the user based on images captured by the headset cameras and (2) the pose of the headset. The system may determine a full body pose of the user based at least on the positions of the first set and the second set of keypoints.
US11507202B2	3-D input device A 3D input device, in particular a mobile 3D input device, has a housing and an input element arranged within the housing. The input element has at least a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The 3D input device has a sensor device. The input element is movable relative to the housing in six components. The sensor device detects the movements and/or the positions of the input element relative to the housing. The first side of the input element or the second side of the input element or the first side and the second side of the input element are together configured in such a way that a user can complete a movement of the input element along the six components via an action on the input element. A mobile device and a 3D remote-control each have at least one such 3D input device.
US11507199B2	Pseudo-differential phase measurement and quality factor compensation A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a driver configured to drive the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor with a plurality of driving signals, each driving signal of the plurality of driving signals having a respective driving frequency, and a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to measure a first value of a physical quantity associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor in response to a first driving signal of the plurality of driving signals, wherein the first driving signal has a first driving frequency; measure a second value of the physical quantity associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor in response to a second driving signal of the plurality of driving signals, wherein the second driving signal has a second driving frequency; measure a third value of the physical quantity associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor in response to the first driving signal; measure a fourth value of the physical quantity associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor in response to the second driving signal; determine a first difference between the third value and the first value; determine a second difference between the fourth value and the second value; and based on the first difference and the second difference, determine if a change in a resonant property of the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor has occurred, and determine if a change in a quality factor of the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor has occurred.
US11507196B2	Method and device for controlling display content on an output means of a vehicle Content on a display of a vehicle is controlled based on a degree of automation of a driving state of the vehicle and at least one further state variable of the vehicle or of a passenger.
US11507194B2	Methods and devices for hand-on-wheel gesture interaction for controls Methods, devices, and processor-readable media for hand-on-wheel gesture controls are described. A steering wheel is virtually segmented into a plurality of radial segments. Each segment is assigned a semantic meaning. Control commands related to control functions are mapped to different virtual segments of the steering wheel. When a user performs a gesture on the steering wheel, the system recognizes the gesture and selects a control function based on the location of the hand relative to the steering wheel. In various embodiments, on-wheel hand gestures, on-wheel hand location, and voice commands may be used in various combinations to enable a user to perform a wide selection of functions using a small number of unique commands.
US11507193B2	Methods and systems for creating virtual and augmented reality Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. The system may comprise an image capturing device to capture one or more images, the one or more images corresponding to a field of the view of a user of a head-mounted augmented reality device, and a processor communicatively coupled to the image capturing device to extract a set of map points from the set of images, to identify a set of sparse points and a set of dense points from the extracted set of map points, and to perform a normalization on the set of map points.
US11507192B2	Gesture acquisition system The present invention relates to a gesture acquisition system, comprising a finger posture acquisition device, the finger posture acquisition device comprising a main acquisition module which is located below a palm and synchronously swings with the palm, the main acquisition module being configured to acquire finger postures. In the gesture acquisition system, the main acquisition module of the finger posture acquisition device is arranged below a palm. In this way, the angle of view and the position of the main acquisition module are fixed relative to the palm. Thus, for a same gesture, it is recognized by images captured from a fixed angle. The recognition time is reduced, the recognition accuracy is improved, and the computation for background deletion is eliminated.
US11507191B2	Remote control of applications Techniques for remote control of applications are described. A method according to an aspect of the disclosure comprises receiving, from an input processing unit, one ore more commands for performing one or more operations of an application instance; identifying, through checking pairing information, the application instance paired with the input processing unit; and sending to the identified application instance, the received one or more commands.
US11507186B2	Liquid crystal elastomer-based touchpad systems and methods with rich haptic feedback for precision operation A touchpad for use in an infotainment system and a method of use is provided. The touchpad comprises a bottom layer comprising processing circuitry configured to control operation of a plurality of tactile pixels. The tactile pixels are disposed in a tactile pixel layer on top of the bottom layer. Each tactile pixel comprises a top plate having a plurality of vertices and a support strut coupled to each vertex, each strut comprising a liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) hinge disposed between a first rigid portion and a second rigid portion.
US11507178B2	Cognitive platform including computerized elements Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for generating a quantified indicator of cognitive skills in an individual. In certain configurations, the apparatus, systems, and methods can be implemented for enhancing cognitive skills in an individual.
US11507171B2	Electronic device and control method An electronic device includes a first body, a second body coupled to the first body, a trigger device, and a processing device. The trigger device is configured to generate a trigger instruction based on a trigger operation. The trigger device is placed in an area that is responsive to a movement of the first body relative to the second body. The processing device is configured to switch the electronic device from a first state to a second state in response to the trigger instruction. A power consumption state of the first state is different from a power consumption state of the second state.
US11507167B2	Controlling operating voltage of a processor In an embodiment, a processor includes a core domain with a plurality of cores and a power controller having a first logic to receive a first request to increase an operating voltage of a first core of the core domain to a second voltage, to instruct a voltage regulator to increase the operating voltage to an interim voltage, and to thereafter instruct the voltage regulator to increase the operating voltage to the second voltage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11507165B2	Intelligent power module A system for power management of an electronic device. The system comprises a programmable system microcontroller; power ports configured to sink or source electrical power; and a programmable power multiplexor connected between the power ports and the system microcontroller. The system further comprises bi-directional load switches connected between the power port and a bi-directional voltage convertor, and configurable to allow electrical power to flow through the bi-directional load switch. The bi-directional voltage convertor converts a first voltage supplied by the bi-directional load switch to a second voltage and supplies power at the second voltage to the electronic device or external device through the power ports. The programmable system microcontroller controls the direction in which each bi-directional load switch allows power to flow and the second voltage, such that the system sinks or sources power at each of the power ports according to programming of the system microcontroller.
US11507160B2	Device charger with accessory bays A device charger with accessory bays is described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive an indication, from a device charger coupled to the IHS, that an accessory has been ejected from the device charger; and in response to the indication, connect to the accessory.
US11507155B2	Heat pipe with support post A heat pipe including a vapor line having a flow path through which a working fluid vapor flows, wherein the vapor line includes walls opposite to each other across the flow path, and a support post disposed in the flow path and spaced apart from the walls, wherein the walls are made of a plurality of metal layers stacked one over another, and the support post is made of a single seamless member having the same thickness as the walls.
US11507145B2	Hinge device and electronic apparatus A hinge device includes a shaft that is rotatable around the axis, and a torque imparting portion configured to impart a rotational torque to rotation of the shaft. The torque imparting portion includes: a ring having a shaft insertion hole through which the shaft is inserted with rattling, the ring covering a part of an outer circumferential face of the shaft in the axis direction; an elastic member that biases the ring in the axis direction from a position displaced from the axis of the shaft; and an adjuster configured to adjust a force that the elastic member biases the ring.
US11507139B2	Wearable device for assisting body movement A wearable device for assisting a human body movement according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sensor including an inner electrode arranged at a center of an arbitrary circle, a plurality of outer electrodes arranged at regular intervals in a circumferential direction at positions spaced apart from the inner electrode in a radial direction so as to be arranged on a circumference of the circle, and a plurality of deformation elements disposed between the inner electrode and each of the outer electrodes and formed of a material whose resistance is changed by deformation; a controller configured to apply different control signals to an actuator according to a combination of different resistance values of the deformation elements of the sensor; and the actuator operating based on the control signals of the controller.
US11507137B2	Foldable electronic device including display protection structure An electronic device is provided, which includes a first housing; a second housing; a hinge structure connecting the first housing and the second housing in a foldable manner; a flexible display that includes a first region facing the first housing, a second region facing the second housing, and a folding region facing the hinge structure; a protective cap including a protrusion that projects outward from the hinge structure; and a blocking member that is disposed between the flexible display and the protective cap to be supported by the protrusion in the folding region and is made of a material having elasticity.
US11507133B2	Configurable all-in-one modular desktop computing system A modular desktop computing system includes a display stand chassis having a display stand base, a display stand support member extending from the display stand base and including a display device mounting subsystem, and a display stand cover removeably coupled to the display stand support member to define a computing module housing between the display stand support member and the display stand cover. A display device is removeably mounted to the display device mounting subsystem. A computing module is located in the computing module housing. The computing module includes a computing module chassis removeably positioned in the computing module housing and housing: a processing system coupled to the display device, and a memory system coupled to the processing system. The memory system includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide for the display of images on the display device.
US11507130B2	Distributing a global counter value in a multi-socket system-on-chip complex Apparatuses, systems, and methods for distributing a global counter value in a multi-socket SoC complex. In exemplary aspects, an apparatus comprises a first system-on-a-chip (SoC) in a first socket and a second SoC in a second socket. The apparatus further comprises a reset circuit coupled to the first SoC and the second SoC, a reset synchronization circuit coupled to the reset circuit, the first SoC, and the second SoC, and a global counter clock signal coupled to the reset synchronization circuit, the first SoC, and the second SoC. The reset synchronization circuit is configured to generate a global counter reset signal in response to a reset signal received from the reset circuit and to distribute the global counter reset signal to the first SoC and the second SoC substantially simultaneously.
US11507128B1	Low on-time control for switching power supply An electronic device has a modulator circuit, a pulse adjustment circuit, and a pulse generator circuit. The modulator circuit generates a comparator output signal based on a sensed inductor current signal of a power converter, an error amplifier output voltage signal, and a ramp signal to regulate an output voltage signal of the power converter. The pulse adjustment circuit generates an adjusted pulse signal based on the comparator output signal and the error amplifier output voltage signal, and to generate an adjusted clock signal based on an input clock signal and the error amplifier output voltage signal. The pulse generator circuit generates a switching control signal to control a transistor of the power converter based on the adjusted pulse signal and the adjusted clock signal.
US11507123B2	Constant voltage circuit A constant voltage circuit includes a depletion transistor having a drain, a gate, and a source, the drain connected to a first power supply terminal, and the gate connected to the source, a voltage division circuit connected between the first power supply terminal and an output terminal, a first enhancement transistor having a drain connected to the source of the depletion transistor, a source connected to the output terminal, and a gate connected to an output terminal of the voltage division circuit, a second enhancement transistor having a source connected to the first power supply terminal, a drain connected to the output terminal, and a gate connected to the drain of the first enhancement transistor, and a pull-down element having one end connected to the output terminal and the other end connected to a second power supply terminal.
US11507112B2	Control of a transportation vehicle A control system for a transportation vehicle comprises a sensor vehicle that has at least one sensor for scanning an environment, wherein the sensor vehicle is configured to move autonomously to the detected transportation vehicle, and a control unit for controlling the transportation vehicle on the basis of sensor data from the at least one sensor.
US11507111B2	Autonomous vehicle fleet management for improved computational resource usage Systems and methods for evaluating and deploying fleets of autonomous in operational domains are described. A computing system may obtain data indicative of one or more capabilities of at least one autonomous vehicle, data indicative of vehicle service dynamics in an operational domain over a period of time, and determining a plurality of resource performance parameters respectively for a plurality of autonomous vehicle fleets associated with potential deployment in the operational domain. Each autonomous vehicle fleet can be associated with a different number of autonomous vehicles The resource performance parameter for each autonomous vehicle fleet can be based at least in part on the one or more capabilities of the at least one autonomous vehicle and the vehicle service dynamics in the operational domain. The computing system can initiate an action associated with the operational domain based at least in part on the plurality of resource performance parameters.
US11507110B2	Vehicle remote assistance system, vehicle remote assistance server, and vehicle remote assistance method A vehicle remote assistance system including: a remote assistance example database in which a past assistance request situation and a remote assistance content made by a remote operator are stored in association with each other, and a server. The server is configured to, upon receipt of a remote assistance request from an autonomous vehicle, determine whether or not a remote assistance request situation of the autonomous vehicle is similar to the past assistance request situation stored in the remote assistance example database, based on a position of the autonomous vehicle transmitting the remote assistance request and an external environment around the autonomous vehicle; and the server is configured to, when the server determines that the remote assistance request situation is similar to the past assistance request situation, transmit the remote assistance content corresponding to the past assistance request situation to the autonomous vehicle in substitution for the remote operator.
US11507103B2	Method, system and apparatus for localization-based historical obstacle handling A method of obstacle handling for a mobile automation apparatus includes: obtaining an initial localization of the mobile automation apparatus in a frame of reference; detecting an obstacle by one or more sensors disposed on the mobile automation apparatus; generating and storing an initial location of the obstacle in the frame of reference, based on (i) the initial localization, and (ii) a detected position of the obstacle relative to the mobile automation apparatus; obtaining a correction to the initial localization of the mobile automation apparatus; and applying a positional adjustment, based on the correction, to the initial position of the obstacle to generate and store an updated position of the obstacle.
US11507100B2	Robot delivery system A system for delivering an article from a first location to a second location with a robot having a closeable transport container for housing the article during transport. A closeable recipient container is provided at the second location for receiving the article. At least one computer configured to navigate the robot over an outdoor transportation network between locations is provided. The robot has a robot article transport mechanism controlled by the at least one computer for removing the article from the transport container and the recipient container has a recipient article transport mechanism for moving the article inside the recipient container.
US11507096B2	Method and system for controlling movement of a device Methods and systems are disclosed for controlling device movement based on a movement command. Issues on accurately controlling movement of a device such as a programmable robot and rover are addressed by first determining a command type of the movement command, followed by determining specific types of controllers for a high-level controller and a low-level controller based on the determined command type. When the command type is a linear movement, a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller is used at the high-level controller and a Proportional/Proportional-Integral (PPI) controller is used at the low-level controller to accurately control a target distance. When the command type is an angular movement, the PPI controller is used at the high-level controller and the PID controller is used at the low-level controller to accurate control the end-heading of the device.
US11507080B2	Portable aircraft controller devices and systems A portable computerized device for an aircraft control system includes an input system for inputting commands, a device display for displaying information on the computerized device, a processor, a wireless communication module, and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions configured to cause the processor to perform a method. The method can include detecting whether the portable computerized device is in a cockpit state such that the portable computerized device is in and/or docked to an aircraft cockpit or if the portable computerized device is in a remote state such that the portable computerized device is not in an aircraft cockpit or is not docked to an aircraft cockpit. If the portable computerized device is determined to be in a remote state, the method includes operating the remote device in a remote mode. If the portable computerized device is determined to be in a cockpit state, the method includes operating the device in a local mode.
US11507079B2	Active safety control system Systems and methods are disclosed for determining, and displaying, the regulatory compliance status of a motorized vehicle, a driver of a motorized vehicle, or a non-vehicle machine. An authorized agent, such as a law enforcement officer, can perform a remotely-initiated safe stop of a motorized vehicle to prevent a high-speed chase. A system management center can receive, store, and transmit regulatory compliance records indicating the regulatory compliance status of drivers, motorized vehicles, and non-vehicle machines. A motorized vehicle can detect, and report, a driver “tail-gating” the motorized vehicle. The regulatory compliance history of drivers, motorized vehicles, and non-vehicle machines can be queried by authorized users.
US11507069B2	Automated model building and updating environment Methods and systems for building and maintaining model(s) of a physical process are disclosed. One method includes receiving training data associated with a plurality of different data sources, and performing a clustering process to form one or more clusters. For each of the one or more clusters, the method includes building a data model based on the training data associated with the data sources in the cluster, automatically performing a data cleansing process on operational data based on the data model, and automatically updating the data model based on updated training data that is received as operational data. For data sources excluded from the clusters, automatic building, data cleansing, and updating of models can also be applied.
US11507059B1	System and computer-implemented method for seamless consumption of automations A system and a method for accessing at least one automation from an automation store are provided. The method comprises receiving a user input indicative of selection of at least one automation for accessing from a plurality of automations displayed in the automation store, and automatically uploading, in response to receiving the user input, the selected automation to a personal workspace of the user from the automation store. The automations are accessed via one or more Application Programming Interface (API) calls directed to an automation cloud server. Further, the method comprises generating a notification indicative of upload of the selected automation for accessing the automation. The uploaded automation is displayed in a software robot assistant associated with the user. Furthermore, the method comprises displaying the generated notification in an application interface associated with the automation store and displaying the selected automation in the personal workspace in the application interface.
US11507058B2	Method for ascertaining a rough trajectory from a specified contour The invention relates to a method for ascertaining a rough trajectory from a specified contour for controlling a machine tool which has at least two mutually redundant drive devices for carrying out superimposed movements, wherein the contour is determined by a contour function which is defined in portions at least by contour nodal points P0-Pn+1 with ascending indices and contour portion functions p0-pn assigned to the contour nodal points P0-Pn+1 and has a contour starting nodal point P0, wherein the rough trajectory is determined by a rough trajectory function which is defined in portions by rough trajectory nodal points Q0 to Qn+1 with ascending indices and has a rough trajectory starting nodal point Q0, wherein the rough trajectory starting nodal point Q0 is equated to the contour starting nodal point P0 and then in a first iteration step, on the basis of the contour nodal points Pj to Pn+1, the index value k of which is greater than or equal to the index value j of the respective rough trajectory starting nodal point that contour nodal point Pk which has the smallest possible index value k and the distance of which from the rough trajectory starting nodal point Qj still just satisfies a specified distance condition is ascertained, and in a second iteration step, a respective following rough trajectory nodal point Qj+1 which follows the respective rough trajectory starting nodal point Qj and lies on a connecting line between Qj and Pk or between Qj and a centroid of the portion contour Pj to Pk is ascertained.
US11507052B2	System and method of voxel based parametric specification for manufacturing a part A method and apparatus for manufacturing a part. The part is designed using a CAD system to generate a CAD part model of the part. Features of the part are identified from the CAD part model of the part. A parametric specification of the part is generated using the features of the part. The parametric specification of the part is saved as a parametric part model. The parametric part model is used to fabricate the part.
US11507049B2	Method for detecting abnormity in unsupervised industrial system based on deep transfer learning The present invention discloses a method for detecting abnormity in an unsupervised industrial system based on deep transfer learning. Labeled machine sensor sequence data from a source domain and unlabeled sensor sequence data from a target domain are used in the present invention to train an industrial system abnormal detection model with good generalization ability, and the industrial system abnormal detection model is trained and tested to finally generate a trained industrial system abnormity discrimination model. Using the model, received machine sensor sequence data can be analyzed and whether a machine is abnormal is discriminated.
US11507047B2	Tool path compensation device A tool path compensation device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a tool path acquisition unit which acquires tool path information that specifies a tool path on which a tool machining a workpiece moves by way of a plurality of command points through which the tool should pass; a tool shape acquisition unit which acquires tool shape information that specifies a shape of the tool; a target shape acquisition unit which acquires target shape information specifying a target shape after machining of the workpiece; and a density adjustment unit which adjusts a density of the command points, so that the density of the command points becomes larger as curvature of the target shape increases.
US11507044B2	Abnormality diagnosis apparatus and abnormality diagnosis method An abnormality diagnosis apparatus includes: a friction identification unit that calculates a friction parameter that is a parameter used for calculation of frictional force of a power transmission mechanism connected to a motor; a model torque calculation unit that calculates model torque by performing a process of calculating an estimated value of torque of the motor by using a set value calculated in advance and the friction parameter; and an abnormality determination unit that diagnoses whether the power transmission mechanism is abnormal, on the basis of a result of comparison between the model torque and a motor torque detected by a motor torque detection unit.
US11507041B1	Systems and methods for boosting resiliency of a power distribution network Systems and methods for boosting resiliency of a power distribution network (PDN) are provided. A distributed energy resource (DER) hosting process can be used to boost network resiliency through the use of locally installed DER systems that can be operated, dispatched, and/or controlled as individual power plants. A unique critical infrastructure (CI) ranking scheme can be used to prioritize CIs to be optimally located close to the DER while increasing the DER hosting capacity of the network.
US11507040B2	Remotely controlling a hydraulic system In one aspect, a system (110) for performing an action is disclosed. In one arrangement and embodiment, the system (110) comprises: a tool (118) operable to perform at least the action; a controller (122); storage (124) storing electronic program instructions for controlling the controller (122); and an input/output means (126). In one form, the controller (122) is operable, under control of the electronic program instructions, to: receive input via the input means; process the input, and on the basis of the processing, control the tool to perform the action. In one embodiment, the action comprises a hydraulic tuning action in respect of a system, such as a hydraulic pump (114), comprising a hydraulic circuit.
US11507039B2	Techniques for on-body fabrication of wearable objects In various embodiments, a wearable object engine generates wearable objects. The wearable object engine represents a digital design of a wearable object as toolpaths. In operation, the wearable object engine generates visual guidance that indicates a portion of the design based on the toolpaths, a configuration associated a nozzle of a fabrication device, and a configuration associated with a portion of a human body. The wearable object engine causes the visual guidance to be displayed on the portion of the human body. As the nozzle moves over the portion of the human body, the nozzle extrudes fabrication material that forms the portion of the wearable object directly on the portion of the human body. Advantageously, a designer may control the nozzle to fabricate the wearable object while receiving visual guidance based on the digital design.
US11507038B2	Quality control method and computing device utilizing method In a quality control method applied in manufacturing, product information of a product is obtained. Manufacturing parameters corresponding to the product information are queried. The manufacturing parameters are input into a product quality prediction model which is trained to obtain the value of at least one quality inspection of each product. If such quality inspection value is not equal to a standard value or is not within a standard value range, an incorrect manufacturing parameter is identified from all the manufacturing parameters applicable to each product, the incorrect manufacturing parameter being output when identified.
US11507030B2	Timepiece, method for controlling timepiece, and storage medium A timepiece including a GPS receiver that receives a radio wave from a positioning satellite, a time counter that performs a time count operation, and a processor, the processor being configured to: corrects a time count of the time counter in accordance with time and date information included in the radio wave from the positioning satellite received by the GPS receiver; acquires a temperature in the timepiece; acquires a voltage of a battery; and controls a receive operation at the GPS receiver in accordance with the temperature and the voltage.
US11507027B2	Illuminated time-passage indicator A time-passage indicator device can comprise a housing, a plurality of light elements located inside the housing, a window comprising an inner and an outer surface, and a processor that controls the plurality of light elements. Some devices also contain a touch sensor, and the processor controls the light elements based upon signals from the touch sensor. The window can be attached to the housing and diffuses or scatters the light from the plurality of light elements. The light elements can emit light through the window forming an illuminated region viewable by a user. The processor can control the light elements such that the illuminated region changes to indicate the passage of time. The illuminated region can be viewable from all angles between 10 degrees and 90 degrees, where the angle of 90 degrees corresponds to a normal viewing angle.
US11507026B2	Miniature atomic clock with pulse mode operation A miniature atomic clock with pulse mode operation. The clock includes: a local oscillator; a dual-frequency laser source; a pulsing element to pulse the output signal from the source according to a Ramsey-type interrogation sequence having pulses with duration T1 separated by intervals with duration T2; an alkaline vapour microcell; a photodiode; a feedback control loop for controlling the microwave frequency of the local oscillator; and a feedback control loop for controlling the optical frequency of the source by using a pulse control block receiving the output signal from the photodiode and the interrogation sequence, and providing a correction signal to the source. During the period T1, the block extracts an error signal from the output signal received from the photodiode and generates the correction signal from the error signal. During the period T2, the block resets the error signal to zero and generates the correction signal by extrapolation.
US11507016B2	Developing apparatus A developing apparatus includes a developer carrying member configured to carry developer, and a developer supply member configured to supply the developer to the developer carrying member, the developer supply member including a shaft, first and second driving members disposed at a first end and a second end of the shaft, respectively, and a toner supply unit disposed between the first end and the second end of the shaft, wherein the first driving member receives a driving force for rotating the developer supply member, and the second driving member outputs the driving force, and wherein the second driving member is mounted to the shaft without play in a rotational direction of the developer supply member with respect to the shaft.
US11507011B2	Partial reverse clutch assembly A partial reverse clutch assembly comprises a frame, a coupling member, a corrugated swing body, and a cam body. The frame mounts an input gear and an output gear, and, a coupling member that is disposed between input and output gears couple the input gear to the output gear to transmit a motorized rotational drive in a first direction. The swing body is coupled between the input gear and the coupling member and comprises a projecting swing arm. The cam body abuts and defines a sliding contact between the swing body and the coupling member, where a reversal of the motorized rotational drive oppositely rotates the output gear in engagement with the swing arm in a second direction. The cam body is displaced upon contact with the swing body during the rotation in the second direction to decouple the coupling member between the input gear and the output gear.
US11507001B2	Image forming apparatus including a plurality of heat generating elements An image forming apparatus is operable in a first small-sheet printing in which power is supplied to the first heat generating element and the second heat generating element and in a second small-sheet printing in which power is supplied to the first heat generating element and the third heat generating element. A first power ratio, which is a proportion of power supplied to the first heat generating element to power supplied to the second heat generating element in the first small-sheet printing, is higher than a second power ratio, which is a proportion of power supplied to the first heat generating element to power supplied to the third heat generating element in the second small-sheet printing.
US11506995B2	Developing device and image forming apparatus A developing device includes a transporting member that transports a developer in an axial direction while rotating, a developing unit that hands over the developer to an image holder, on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, while rotating, and develops the electrostatic latent image, a pumping unit that has a rotation member rotating in a circumferential direction, pumps the developer transported by the transporting member with a magnetic force, and supplies the pumped developer to the developing unit by releasing the developer in a tangential direction of the rotating rotation member, and a changing unit that changes a flowing direction of the developer, which is released in the tangential direction of the rotating rotation member and is to be supplied to the developing unit.
US11506988B2	Electrophotographic photosensitive member, electrophotographic image forming apparatus, and method of producing electrophotographic photosensitive member Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member, which has high abrasion resistance and is resistant to being deeply flawed. Specifically, provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a support and a surface layer formed on the support, wherein the surface layer comprises at least inorganic particles having pores in surfaces thereof, wherein at least a resin in the surface layer penetrates the pores, and wherein when vibration having a frequency of 0.5 Hz is applied to the surface layer at 28° C., the loss tangent tan δ of the dynamic viscoelasticity of the surface layer is from 0.005 to 0.05.
US11506985B2	Semiconductor apparatus and method of operating the same for preventing photomask particulate contamination A method for preventing photomask contamination includes generating a first electric field from an electrostatic chuck to attract a charged particle onto the electrostatic chuck, controlling the first electric field to detach the charged particle from the electrostatic chuck, and generating a second electric field below the electrostatic chuck to attract the charged particle.
US11506982B2	Prism-mask for angled patterning applications Embodiments disclosed herein include a lithographic patterning system and methods of using such a system to form a microelectronic device. The lithographic patterning system includes an actinic radiation source, a stage having a surface for supporting a substrate with a resist layer, and a prism with a first surface over the stage, where the first surface has a masked layer and is substantially parallel to the surface of the stage. The prism may have a second surface that is substantially parallel to the first surface. The first and second surfaces are flat surfaces. The prism is a monolithic prism-mask, where an optical path passes through the system and exits the first surface of the prism through the mask layer. The system may include a layer disposed between the mask and resist layers. The mask layer of the prism may pattern the resist layer without an isolated mask layer.
US11506975B2	Photoresist material, method of fabcricating same, and color filter substrate A photoresist material, a method of fabricating the same, and a color filter substrate are described. The photoresist material has an oligomer segment having a chemical structural formula of: wherein a value of n is 1 to 2.
US11506973B2	Imprint apparatus, imprinting method, and article manufacturing method An imprint apparatus that forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold having a pattern formation area. The imprint apparatus includes a mold measurement unit configured to measure a position of the pattern formation area of the mold, a light modulation element configured to control an intensity distribution of irradiation light applied to the substrate, an irradiation light measurement unit configured to measure a position of the irradiation light, and a control unit configured to control the position of the irradiation light with respect to the position of the pattern formation area based on a measurement result of the position of the pattern formation area by the mold measurement unit and a measurement result of the position of the irradiation light by the irradiation light measurement unit.
US11506971B2	Pellicle and method of using the same A pellicle includes a frame. The frame includes a check valve, wherein the check valve is configured to permit gas flow from an interior of the pellicle to an exterior of the pellicle; and a bottom surface of the frame defines only a single recess therein. The pellicle further includes a gasket configured to fit within the single recess.
US11506970B2	Method of forming photomask The present disclosure provides a photomask and a method of forming a photomask, in which the photomask may obtain an optimized uniformity via a simplified process flow. The photomask includes a plurality of stair-like patterns parallel disposed with each other, wherein each of the stair-like patterns includes a plurality of first right angles at one side and a plurality of second right angle at another side opposite to the side, and each of the first right angles and each of the second right angles are not in a same vertical axis.
US11506965B1	Illumination system and projection device An illumination system providing an illumination light beam is provided. The excitation light beam passes beside a central region from a first side of the wavelength conversion wheel and then exits from a second side and is transmitted to the first mirror. The first mirror reflects the excitation light beam to the central region on the second side. A non-conversion reflection region of the wavelength conversion wheel reflects the excitation light beam, or a wavelength conversion reflection region of the wavelength conversion wheel converts the excitation light beam into a converted light beam and reflects the converted light beam. The excitation light beam or the converted light beam that is reflected is transmitted to the light homogenizing element. The light homogenizing element homogenizes the excitation light beam and the converted light beam to form the illumination light beam. A projection device is proposed, too.
US11506963B2	Systems for controlling laser projector and mobile terminals The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal and a system for controlling a laser projector. The system includes a first drive circuit, a second drive circuit, a watchdog timer, a microprocessor, and an application processor. The first drive circuit is configured to output an electrical signal to the laser projector. The second drive circuit is configured to supply power to the first drive circuit. The microprocessor is configured to send a first predetermined signal to the watchdog timer. The application processor is configured to send a second predetermined signal to the watchdog timer. The watchdog timer is configured to power off the second drive circuit, in response to that the watchdog timer does not read the first predetermined signal or the second predetermined signal.
US11506962B2	Illumination system and projection device An illumination system and a projection device are provided. The illumination system includes multiple laser light source units, a light splitting element, a wavelength conversion module, and a filter module. The laser light source units include first and second laser light source units, respectively configured to provide first and second beams. The light splitting element is located on transmission paths of the first and second beams. When the wavelength conversion module rotates synchronously with the filter module, in a first period of time, the first beam is transmitted to the filter module via the light splitting element and then reflected to a wavelength conversion region via a first color filter region of the filter module, and the second beam is transmitted to the wavelength conversion region via the light splitting element. The first and second beams are converted to a converted beam, which is transmitted to the filter module.
US11506959B2	Optical element adjusting mechanism, optical element adjusting system, and projection device An optical element adjusting mechanism is provided, including a frame, a carrier, and an optical element. The frame includes a plurality of first positioning portions. The carrier includes a hollow body, a first axial portion connected to the hollow body, and a plurality of second positioning portions connected to the hollow body. The hollow body is connected to the frame through the first axial portion. The plurality of second positioning portions are disposed corresponding to the plurality of first positioning portions. The optical element is fixed on the hollow body. The plurality of second positioning portions are fixed to the plurality of first positioning portions through a plurality of adhesives. An optical element adjusting system and a projection device are also proposed. The optical element adjusting mechanism, the optical element adjusting system, and the projection device quickly, easily, and accurately adjust a rotation angle of the optical element.
US11506957B2	Optical module and projection apparatus The invention provides an optical module and a projection apparatus. The optical module includes a base, a first frame, an optical element, and at least one first driving assembly. The first frame is disposed in the base and includes a first body and a pair of first shaft portions, the first shaft portion extending outward from the first body, and the first body including a pair of first inner folded edges. The optical element is disposed between the pair of first inner folded edges. The first driving assembly and the optical element abut against two opposite sides of one of the first inner folded edges, respectively, and the first driving assembly is configured to drive the first body to swing relative to the base by taking the first shaft portion as a rotating shaft.
US11506945B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel including an active matrix substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a color filter substrate in a stated order, the active matrix substrate including a first substrate, and a first electrode and second electrodes stacked with an insulating layer in between, the second electrodes arranged in the respective sub-pixels, the color filter substrate including a second substrate, a color filter, and a third electrode, either the first electrode or the second electrodes arranged with electrical connection over the sub-pixels, each of the sub-pixels provided with an optical opening, the third electrode not superimposed with at least a portion of each of the optical openings in a plan view and arranged with electrical connection, a control circuit configured to switch between application of alternating voltage and application of constant voltage to the third electrode.
US11506940B2	Transmittance-variable device and use thereof A transmittance-variable layer and a transmittance-variable device including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a transmittance-variable device includes a polarization layer and a transmittance-variable layer disposed on the polarization layer, wherein the transmittance-variable layer includes a first base layer disposed on the polarization layer and a spacer fixed on a surface of the first base layer opposite to the polarization layer, and a second base layer facing the first base layer and spaced apart from the first base layer by the first spacer, wherein the first spacer maintains a gap between the first and second base layers, and a first light modulating material disposed in the gap.
US11506939B2	Directional display apparatus A switchable privacy display comprises a spatial light modulator (SLM), a first switchable liquid crystal (LC) retarder and first passive retarder arranged between a first pair of polarisers and a second switchable LC retarder and second passive retarder arranged between a second pair of polarisers. Each switchable LC retarder comprises a homeotropic alignment layer and a homogeneous alignment layer. In privacy mode, on-axis light from the SLM is directed without loss, whereas off-axis light has reduced luminance to reduce the visibility of the display to off-axis snoopers. The display may achieve privacy operation in landscape and portrait orientations. Further, display reflectivity may be reduced for on-axis reflections of ambient light, while reflectivity may be increased for off-axis light to achieve increased visual security. In public mode, the liquid crystal retardance is adjusted so that off-axis luminance and reflectivity are unmodified. The display may be switched between day-time and night-time operation.
US11506938B2	Lighting unit with laminate structure A lighting unit includes a glass laminate structure including a base layer formed from a first glass composition with a refractive index nbase and a surface layer fused to a surface of the base layer and formed from a second glass composition with a refractive index nsurface. The surface layer includes a high refractive index region with a refractive index nhigh and a low refractive index region with a refractive index nlow. nbase and nsurface satisfy the equation \|nsurface−nbase≥0.001, nhigh is greater than or equal to nbase 1, and nlow is less than nbase. The high refractive index region is optically coupled to the base layer such that at least a portion of light propagating through the base layer leaks out of the base layer and into the high refractive index region. A display device or a luminaire can include the lighting unit.
US11506934B2	Light-emitting device and planar light source A light-emitting device includes a wiring board, a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the wiring board, a light-reflecting member covering a lateral surface of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements, a plurality of light-transmitting layers each located above an emission surface of a corresponding one of the plurality of light-emitting elements, a plurality of light-reflecting layers disposed on the plurality of light-transmitting layers, respectively, a light-diffusing layer disposed above the plurality of light-reflecting layers and the light-reflecting member, and a low-refractive-index layer located between the light-reflecting member and the light-diffusing layer, around each pair of one of the plurality of light-transmitting layers and one of the light-reflecting layers, and having a refractive index lower than that of the plurality of light-transmitting layers. Each of the plurality of light-reflecting layer has a width in a cross-sectional view thereof which is equal to or greater than that of a corresponding one of the plurality of light-transmitting layers.
US11506928B2	Display device with a plurality of light guides in a one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of displays A display device having a curved display surface is provided and includes a front plate, a plurality of display panels each of which is boned to the front plate; a plurality of light guide plates disposed facing the respective display panels; a plurality of light sources configured to cause light to be incident on the light guide plates; and a light diffusion film between the display panels and the light guide plates, wherein the light diffusion film faces the respective display panels and the respective light guide plates.
US11506923B2	Driver circuit A display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of standard pixel units, and a plurality of dummy pixel units. A plurality of first conductor patterns and a plurality of shield blocks of a shield pattern layer are arranged in an array above the substrate. Each of the standard pixel units includes one of the first conductor patterns and a first shield block of the shield blocks. The first shield blocks and the first conductor patterns are overlapped, respectively. Each of the dummy pixel units includes a second shield block of the shield blocks. The second shield blocks and the first conductor patterns are not overlapped. A first edge of the substrate is spaced apart from a second edge of one of the standard pixel units adjacent to the dummy pixel units by a first distance. The first distance is within a range from 50 μm to 3000 μm.
US11506917B2	Optical device for forming a distribution of a three-dimensional light field An optical device for forming a distribution of a three-dimensional light field comprises: an array of individually addressable unit cells; each unit cell in the array of unit cells comprising a stack including: at least one electrode; and a resonance defining layer, comprising at least a phase change material, PCM, layer, wherein the resonance defining layer is patterned to define a geometric structure dimensioned for defining a wavelength-dependent in-plane resonance of an electromagnetic wave; wherein the at least one electrode causes a phase change of the phase change material based on receiving a control signal to alter a wavelength-dependency of resonance in the resonance defining layer for controlling the optical property of the unit cell; wherein unit cells in the array of unit cells are separated such that the PCM layer of a unit cell is separated from the PCM layer in an adjacent unit cell.
US11506915B2	Light modulation device A light modulation device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a light modulation device includes a first polymer film substrate, a second polymer film substrate, an active liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second polymer film substrates, wherein the active liquid crystal layer is capable of switching between a first orientation state and a second orientation state different from the first orientation state under an applied voltage, the first and second polymer film substrates have an in-plane retardation of 4,000 nm or more for light having a wavelength of 550 nm, a ratio of an elongation (E1) in a first direction to an elongation (E2) in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of 3 or more, and wherein an angle formed by the first directions of the first and second polymer film substrates is in a range of 0 degrees to 10 degrees.
US11506911B2	Applications of the shapeless (Entropic) alphabet A variety of applications exploiting the Shapeless language where the geometry of letters is immaterial; their size and proximity deliver their message. These applications span rescue effort, industrial practice, painting, food preparation, authentication of documents, etc. Shapeless language is computer readable and very robust.
US11506908B2	Optical device An optical device including a holder and a light transmissive plate is provided. The holder includes a first frame and a second frame connected to each other, and the first frame is located inside the second frame. A light transmissive plate is disposed inside the first frame and has a surface. The first frame has at least one inner surface and includes at least one surface supporting part, and the surface supporting part extends along a direction from the inner surface of the first frame to the center of the first frame, and the surface of the light transmissive plate is at least partially supported by the surface supporting part of the first frame. The surface supporting part is non-continuously distributed along the inner surface of the first frame. The disclosure further provides a projector including the optical device.
US11506903B2	Wearable near-to-eye display with unhindered primary field of view An optical apparatus has an electroluminescent display energizable to emit image-bearing light along an optical axis. A reflective polarizer reflects light of a first polarization state and transmit light of a second polarization state orthogonal to the first polarization state. A quarter wave plate in the path of transmitted light of the second polarization state imparts retardance to conveyed light. A curved, partially reflective surface transmits incident light. An exit lens directs light from the curved, partially reflective surface to an exit pupil, with an eye relief of less than the focal length of an eye, wherein the optical apparatus forms an image with a field of view exceeding 40 degrees horizontally and 20 degrees vertically. The optical apparatus is configured for seating directly against the face of the viewer, to form the image peripheral to a primary field of view.
US11506896B2	Optical device and method for driving the same An optical device is disclosed. The optical device includes a first lens having a first surface and a plurality of side surfaces; a first display device disposed on a first side surface of the side surfaces of the first lens; and a first active mirror disposed in the first lens. The first active mirror is tilted at a first angle during a first period and is tilted at a second angle during a second period.
US11506890B2	Adjustment of luminance within an augmented reality scene One embodiment provides a method, including: producing, using one or more optical engines of an augmented reality display, an augmented reality scene; determining, using at least one sensor, a location of a gaze of the user on the augmented reality display; identifying, based upon the location of the gaze, at least one object a user is viewing; and adjusting, based upon identification of the at least one object, luminance within the augmented reality scene. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11506881B2	Method of imaging an object and a sample holder for use in an optical microscope A system and method of imaging an object uses a plasmonic layer as a sample holder defining a periodic array of sub-micron structures adjacent the object. The sample holder is exposed to a first portion of light that is transmitted through either the plasmonic layer but not the object, or the plasmonic layer and a first section of the object, and a second portion of the light that is transmitted through the plasmonic layer and at least a second section of the object. The light interacts with at least the plasmonic layer and the first portion of the transmitted light characterizes one or more first surface plasmon resonance peaks and the second portion of the transmitted light characterizes one or more second surface plasmon resonance peaks that are wavelength shifted from the first surface plasmon resonance peaks by the object affecting plasmons propagating within the plasmonic layer.
US11506878B2	Confocal scanner, microscope system, and confocal microscope A confocal scanner mounted on a microscope includes a linear light source configured to emit linear light, a linear detector including a linear detection unit detecting incident light for each line, and a moving mechanism configured to translationally move the linear light source and the linear detector with respect to the microscope. The linear light source and the linear detector are disposed so as to have a positional relationship in which the linear light source and the linear detector correspond to each other within an imaging surface at conjugate positions with respect to a focal plane of the microscope.
US11506875B2	Surgical microscope with at least one beam path switching device A surgical microscope for generating an image of an object region includes an eyepiece and an objective conjointly defining a viewing beam path, an image capturing device and a beam path switching device for out-coupling image information. The switching device is switchable between a first switching state wherein light in the viewing beam path is split into a first component along a first beam path to the eyepiece at an intensity IT1 and a second component along a second beam path to the image capturing device at an intensity IT2 and a second switching state wherein the light in the viewing beam path is deflected into the second beam path to the image capturing device at an intensity IU. The switching device includes a beam splitter movable in and out of the viewing beam path and a deflecting element movable into and out of the viewing beam path.
US11506874B2	Optical imaging systems and formation of co-oriented and co-directional images in different fields of view of the same Optical imaging systems configured to image object space in multiple fields-of-view (FOVs)—front and lateral FOVs—and form corresponding images that are co-oriented and co-directional regardless of mutual repositioning of the object and imaging systems. Images formed with such optical systems in which FFOV— and LFOV-image portions are co-directional. Co-directionality of formed images is achieved due to direct imaging with a system utilizing a specific involute reflective surface or as a result of radial spatial redistribution of irradiance of an initial image(s), formed with a system devoid of an involute reflective surface, while maintaining aspect ratios of dimensions of corresponding pixels of initial and transformed images. Methodology of transformation of images utilizing radial redistribution of image irradiance.
US11506860B2	Focusing device A focusing device includes a fixing base, a screw rod, a focusing gear, a height adjusting ring, and a focusing ring. A first through hole is defined in the fixing base, the screw rod with a first thread is movably mounted on the fixing base. The focusing gear is also mounted on the fixing base and defines a third through hole corresponding to the first through hole. An outer wall of the focusing gear has an engaging portion meshing with the first thread. The focusing ring is movably received in the third through hole and located on a side of the height adjusting ring away from the fixing base. The height adjusting ring can adjust a distance between the focusing ring and a lens module to avoid distortion of an optical lens in any circumstances during focusing.
US11506853B2	Cable management system for fiber optic trays A cable management system includes a support having a stem and an arm that extends from the stem. The arm includes a channel having a plurality of openings. A locking sled is slidable from a locked position to an unlocked position within the channel. The locking sled has a plurality of locking grooves that align with the plurality of openings. Fiber optic trays are mounted to the arm, and each fiber optic tray has at least one hinge inserted through an opening on the arm and a locking groove on the locking sled. The fiber optic trays are pivotable with respect to the arm when the hinges are in the unlocked portion, and the fiber optic trays are fixed with respect to the arm when the hinges are in the locked portion.
US11506851B1	Cables having buffer elements formed with two-dimensional fillers Cables having buffer elements formed with two-dimensional fillers are described. A cable may include at least one optical fiber, and a buffer element may be formed around the at least one optical fiber. The buffer element may be formed from a material that includes a polypropylene-containing polymeric resin, a filler added to the polymeric resin that includes a plurality of two-dimensional particles, and an amphiphilic compatabilizer. A jacket may be formed around the at least one optical fiber and the buffer element.
US11506844B2	Fiber optic connector and method of assembling the same The present invention discloses a fiber optic connector comprises: a ferrule assembly; a spring seat provided behind the ferrule assembly; and a spring provided between the ferrule assembly and the spring seat. The spring seat has a receiving chamber having an insertion port through which a portion of the ferrule assembly is inserted into the receiving chamber; wherein the ferrule assembly is pre-assembled into the receiving chamber of the spring seat in a way that the ferrule assembly is held to be movably engaged with the spring seat. The spring is fitted and compressed in the receiving chamber. As a result, the ferrule assembly, the spring seat and the spring are pre-assembled into an integral assembly before being inserting into a connector housing. All components of the connector except for the housing may be smoothly pulled through a small long pipe as a whole. After being pulled through the pipe, all components of the connector except for the housing may be easily and quickly inserted into the housing as a whole at one time.
US11506842B2	Systems and methods for efficient coupling between integrated photonic waveguides and electro-optic resonator An optical coupling device is described herein. The optical coupling device comprises a first waveguide and a second waveguide that are formed on a common substrate, and a resonator that is positioned out of plane with the two waveguides. The resonator and waveguides are positioned such that light traveling in each of the waveguides evanescently couples to the resonator but not to the other of the waveguides. The optical coupling device can be used in connection with improving linewidth of a laser source for a lidar sensor. In another example, the optical coupling device can be used in connection with wavelength division multiplexing.
US11506840B2	Back end of line process integrated optical device fabrication An integrated optical device fabricated in the back end of line process located within the vertical span of the metal stack and having one or more advantages over a corresponding integrated optical device fabricated in the silicon on insulator layer.
US11506799B2	Radiation detector, and method for producing radiation detector A radiation detector has a photoelectric conversion element array having a light receiving unit and a plurality of bonding pads; a scintillator layer stacked on the photoelectric conversion element array; a resin frame formed on the photoelectric conversion element array so as to pass between the scintillator layer and the bonding pads away from the scintillator layer and the bonding pads and so as to surround the scintillator layer; and a protection film covering the scintillator layer and having an outer edge located on the resin frame; a first distance between an inner edge of the resin frame and an outer edge of the scintillator layer is shorter than a second distance between an outer edge of the resin frame and an outer edge of the photoelectric conversion element array; the outer edge and a groove are processed with a laser beam.
US11506797B1	Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for a multi-source reckoning system Method, systems, and computer-readable media containing instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause it to receive data from an inertial measurement unit, including GPS data, velocity data, and bearing data, receive data from a digital magnetic compass, including bearing data, receive data from a Doppler sensor, including velocity data and distance data, determining whether GPS location data is in consensus with a previous derived multi-source reckoning system location, determining a consensus distance value from a weighted average of data from the inertial measurement unit and the Doppler sensor, determine a consensus heading value from a weighted average of data from the inertial measurement unit and the digital magnetic compass, determine a consensus geolocation value from a weighted average of data from the inertial measurement unit and the previous derived multi-source reckoning system location, and determine a derived multi-source reckoning system location.
US11506796B2	Method, apparatus and mobile device for extending real-time kinematic positioning during reference data outage A method includes processing reference data and positioning signals to determine a first position of a rover station for a first instance in time. A first pseudo-range measurement of a frequency and a first carrier phase measurement of the frequency are calculated. The method also includes detecting an inability to receive the reference data and generating virtual reference data based on the reference data, the position of the rover station, the first pseudo-range measurement, and the first carrier phase measurement. A second pseudo-range measurement of the frequency and a second carrier phase measurement of the frequency are calculated. The method further includes processing the virtual reference data, the positioning signals, the second pseudo-range measurement and the second carrier phase measurement, based on the detected inability to receive the reference data, to determine a second position of the rover station for a second instance in time.
US11506792B2	Position detection system, sensor terminal, and position detection method A position detection method to be executed by a computer, the position detection method includes transmitting, by a sensor terminal, a signal obtained by performing capture processing on a satellite signal from a satellite of a search target according to an order of the satellites of the search targets; calculating, by a calculation device, a position of the sensor terminal based on a signal transmitted by the sensor terminal; and determining a satellite having a highest discovery probability based on a specific estimation method for second and subsequent search targets, using an index which is reflected larger as the discovery probability of other satellites is higher or lower, in a case where the first satellite is captured when a first search target is determined.
US11506790B2	Time-resolved contrast imaging for LIDAR A system and method of LIDAR imaging to overcome scattering effects pulses a scene with light pulse sequences from a light source. Reflected light from the scene is measured for each light pulse to form a sequence of time-resolved signals. Time-resolved contrast is calculated for each location in a scene. A three-dimensional map or image of the scene is created from the time-resolved contrasts. The three-dimensional map is then utilized to affect operation of a vehicle.
US11506789B2	Imaging device and endoscope [Object] To acquire distance information concerning a living tissue through an endoscope with higher accuracy irrespective of the diameter of the endoscope. [Solution] An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: a ranging light source section configured to output ranging light for measuring a distance at a predetermined timing; an image sensor on which an image of the imaging target is formed; a ranging light image sensor on which optical feedback of the ranging light from the imaging target is imaged; a branch optical system configured to coaxially branch incident light into three types of optical paths different from one another; and a distance information calculating section configured to calculate distance information concerning the imaging target on a basis of a result of detection of the optical feedback. In the branch optical system, a first optical path among the three types of optical paths is used as an optical path configured to guide the ranging light whose applied position on the imaging target has been controlled to the imaging target, a second optical path is used as an optical path configured to form an image of the imaging target on the image sensor, and a third optical path is used as an optical path configured to image the optical feedback on the ranging light image sensor. The distance information calculating section calculates a spaced distance to the imaging target by a Time Of Flight method on the basis of the result of detection of the optical feedback.
US11506786B2	Laser detection and ranging Systems and methods herein provide for Laser Detection and Ranging (Lidar). One Lidar system includes a laser operable to generate laser light. The system also includes a transmitter operable to rotate at a first rate, and to transmit the laser light along a first path from the Lidar system to a target. The system also includes a receiver operable to rotate at the first rate, and to receive at least a portion of the laser light along a second path from the target. The first and second paths are different. The system also includes a processor operable to calculate a range and an angle to the target using an angular displacement between the second path and the receiver that arises from the first rate of rotation for the transmitter and the receiver.
US11506774B2	Sub-carrier modulated terahertz radar The present invention is the sub-carrier modulated terahertz radar that modulates a main-carrier signal in the terahertz frequency band, which is generated from a resonant tunneling diode (RTD), by a sub-carrier signal in a gigahertz frequency band whose frequency varies periodically, irradiates a frequency-modulated irradiation light to a target, detects and demodulates a reflected light from the target, mixes a demodulated signal with the sub-carrier signal, performs a Fourier transform on a mixed signal, and measures a distance from an irradiation position to the target by using a Fourier-transformed frequency signal.
US11506754B2	Radar based pattern code identification A method for close-range detection, includes transmitting, via a radar transceiver, radar signals to detect an object. The method also includes determining whether the object includes a pattern code based on reflections of the radar signals received by the radar transceiver. In response to determining that the object includes the pattern code, the method includes identifying range information about a range between the electronic device and the pattern code. The method further includes selecting, based on the range information, one or more signals from the reflections of the radar signals that are reflected off of the pattern code. Additionally, the method includes identifying, based on the one or more signals, information about the pattern code.
US11506752B2	ID ambiguity reduction An emitter ID ambiguity reduction system includes a Mission Data File Ambiguity Resolution matrix that contains both a) the INTEL-based emitter parameters data necessary to break emitter-by-emitter ambiguities, and b) the action(s) the Electronic Warfare (EW) system is to take to collect that data. Control software is triggered via either external command or per Mission Data File information (such as that contained in the Ambiguity Resolution Matrix). The emitter ID ambiguity reduction system includes Data collection hardware and firmware and Data Analysis OFP software algorithm(s).
US11506751B2	Method and system for detection by long integration of kinetically grouped recurring samples Upon each new detection, called pivot detection, by a radar system, the method includes the steps consisting of: grouping together, with the pivot detection, grouped detections, defined as detections that belong to a sweep preceding the sweep of the pivot detection and that have a non-nil probability according to a grouping criterion; filtering the grouped detections so as to keep only detections that are kinematically strictly coherent with the pivot detection, by: initializing a histogram, each dimension of which is a temporal variation of a coordinate measured by the radar system; computing a potential value interval for each coordinate of the pivot detection and each grouped detection; computing a minimum temporal variation and a maximum temporal variation for the or each coordinate from potential value intervals of the pivot detection and each grouped detection; incrementing the set of classes of the histogram whose index along each dimension is located between the computed minimum and maximum temporal variations; and detecting a target once at least one class of the histogram reaches a predefined value.
US11506740B2	Test apparatus which tests semiconductor chips A test apparatus includes a motherboard including a first surface. The test apparatus further includes a handler including a second surface facing the first surface of the motherboard. The test apparatus additionally includes an adapter board disposed between the first surface of the motherboard and the second surface of the handler. The test apparatus further includes a first sensor mounted on the adapter board and senses data about temperature of the adapter board. The test apparatus additionally includes a wireless transceiver mounted on the adapter board and transmits, in real time, the sensed data.
US11506736B2	Reinforcement of a superconducting magnet coil A superconducting magnet assembly with a reinforced coil region (3) having a layered conductor coil assembly (10) forming cylindrical conductor layers (11, . . . ), each having plural circular conductor turns (12) centered around and aligned along the axis of cylindrical symmetry (z). The reinforced coil region further includes a layered corset coil assembly (20) having an inner radius bigger than an outer radius of the layered conductor coil assembly (10), and a corset sheet assembly (30) including a foil element forming a corset sheet (31, . . . ). A cross section of the corset sheet with any plane perpendicular to the z-axis forms a segmented circle centered around the z-axis, the radius of which is bigger than that of one of the conductor layers and smaller than that of another of the conductor layers. In addition, the segmented circle covers at least 90% of a full circle but has at most four segments. The assembly provides mechanical reinforcement against radial magnetic forces.
US11506734B2	Arrangement of adjacent layer structures for a magnetoresistive magnetic field sensor, magnetoresistive magnetic field sensor and method for producing An arrangement of at least two adjacently arranged layer structures is provided for a magnetoresistive magnetic field sensor. Each layer structure has at least one antiferromagnetic layer, and a first ferromagnetic layer with a first magnetic moment. Exchange coupling is present between the antiferromagnetic layer and the first ferromagnetic layer. A second ferromagnetic layer with a second magnetic moment is included, wherein the second ferromagnetic layer is antiparallel coupled to the first ferromagnetic layer via a non-magnetic coupling layer arranged between the first and second ferromagnetic layers. The magnetisation of the corresponding first and corresponding second ferromagnetic layers of the adjacently arranged layer structures differs from one another, and in particular is of substantially mutually opposed orientation. Also provided is a magnetoresistive magnetic field sensor with such an arrangement of layer structures and a method for producing the arrangement of layer structures and the magnetoresistive magnetic field sensor.
US11506732B2	XMR sensors with serial segment strip configurations Embodiments relate to xMR sensors, including giant magnetoresistive (GMR), tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) or anisotropic magnetoresistive (AMR), and the configuration of xMR strips within xMR sensors. In an embodiment, an xMR strip includes a plurality of differently sized and/or differently oriented serially connected portions. In another embodiment, an xMR strip includes a varying width or other characteristic. Such configurations can address discontinuities associated with conventional xMR sensors and improve xMR sensor performance.
US11506731B2	Motor and rotary transformer with shared magnetic core An integrated hybrid rotary assembly is configured to provide power, torque and bi-directional communication to a rotatable sensor, such as a lidar, radar or optical sensor. A common ferrite core is shared by a motor, rotary transformer and radio frequency communication link. This hybrid configuration reduces cost, simplifies the manufacturing process, and can improve system reliability by employing a minimum number of parts. The assembly can be integrated with the sensor unit, which may be used in vehicles and other systems.
US11506714B2	Setup time and hold time detection system and detection method A setup time and hold time detection system including a monitoring unit and a processing unit. The monitoring unit is configured to detect multiple setup times and multiple hold times of multiple test circuits through a source clock signal. The processing unit is configured to record multiple setup times and multiple hold times as multiple detection data. The processing unit is further configured to select a first part of the detection data as multiple first detection data to establish an estimation model. The processing unit is further configured to select a second part of the detection data as multiple second detection data, and compare the second detection data and multiple estimation results generated by the estimation model to obtain an error value of the estimation model.
US11506712B2	Modular wireless communication device testing system Arrangements and techniques for testing mobile devices within a test module. The test modules are portable and may be stacked to provide a modular testing system. A pulley system may be used to move an actuator arm horizontally in the X and Y directions. The actuator arm may be moved vertically in the Z direction such that a tip may engage a touchscreen of a mobile device being tested or a user interface element of the mobile device.
US11506703B2	Apparatus and method and computer program product for verifying memory interface The invention introduces a method for verifying memory interface, performed by a processing unit, to include: driving a physical layer of a memory interface to pull-high or pull-low a signal voltage on each Input-Output (IO) pin thereof to a preset level according to a setting; obtaining a verification result corresponding to each IO pin from the memory interface; and storing each verification result in a static random access memory (SRAM), thereby enabling a testing host to obtain each verification result of the SRAM through a test interface. The testing host may examine each verification result to know whether any unexpected error has occurred in signals on the IO pins of the memory interface.
US11506698B2	System and method for electrostatic alignment and surface assembly of photonic crystals for dynamic color exhibition A system and method are disclosed of electrostatic alignment and surface assembly of photonic crystals for dynamic color exhibition. The method includes: dispersing a plurality of photonic crystal chains into a solution; placing the solution of the plurality of photonic crystal chains in a container; and assembling and aligning the plurality of photonic crystal chains in the solution by a local charge build up on a surface of the container to exhibit color.
US11506695B2	Calibration of the external resistance value in the power sourcing equipment of a POE system A calibration operation determines a resistance of a sense resistor in a POE system. A voltage measurement is taken with a first current flowing through the sense resistor. A second voltage measurement is taken with a second current flowing through the resistor. A resistance value of the sense resistor is determined based on a voltage difference between the first and second voltage measurements and a current difference between the first current and the second currents.
US11506687B2	Method of forming a semiconductor device In one embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device may include forming a sense resistor to receive a high voltage signal and form a sense signal that is representative of the high voltage signal. An embodiment of the sense resistor may optionally be formed overlying a polysilicon resistor. The method may also have an embodiment that may include forming a plurality of capacitors in parallel to portions of the sense resistor wherein the plurality of capacitors are connected together in series.
US11506673B2	Measurement of bilirubin concentration in blood samples A method for measuring bilirubin concentration in a sample includes preparing a sensing element, where the sensing element may include a plurality of carbon dots, adding the sample to the sensing element, where the sample may include a plurality of bilirubin molecules, obtaining a first grayscale image of the sensing element under ultra-violet (UV) irradiation, irradiating visible light with a wavelength between 470 nm and 490 nm on the sensing element, obtaining a second grayscale image of the sensing element under ultra-violet (UV) irradiation, calculating a light intensity difference by calculating a difference between a first average light intensity of the first grayscale image and a second average light intensity of the second image, and determining the bilirubin concentration based on a correlation between the bilirubin concentration and the light intensity difference.
US11506667B2	Serologic test for therapy control of HPV16 positive carcinoma A method for therapy control of HPV16 positive carcinoma, an antibody for use in the corresponding diagnostic method as well as a test for performing the method. In particular, a serologic method for monitoring the development of the amount of antibodies in samples, which were taken from a patient before and after the treatment of a HPV16 positive carcinoma over a predetermined period of time. In addition, an immunologic test in the form of a kit, with which the method can be performed.
US11506664B1	Methods for detecting and treating cholangiocarcinoma Disclosed herein is a novel compound of formula (I) for detecting circulating cancerous cells, particularly, cholangio-cancerous cells, from a biological sample, wherein, R1 and R2 are independently H, or —SO3M; and M is a monovalent cation selected from the group consisting of sodium ion, potassium ion, lithium ion or ammonium ion. Also disclosed herein is a method of treating and detecting cholangio-cancerous cells from a biological sample of a subject suspected of having cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). The method includes steps of, contacting the biological sample with a magnetic bead pre-coated with the compound of formula (I); detecting a complex formed between the magnetic bead and the biological sample in an immunoassay; and administering to the subject an effective amount of a chemotherapeutic agent to ameliorate symptoms associated with the CCA.
US11506662B2	Detection, identification, and purification of degradative and non-degradative enzymes in biological samples Provided are methods of identifying, visualizing and purifying proteases from a complex biological sample.
US11506656B2	Automated camera-based optical assessment system and method Automated camera-based optical assessment involves color assessment of a physical object using conventional and inexpensive computer hardware such as a smartphone. A specially-configured test card includes a body supporting a reagent pad configured to change to an expected color in response to an enzymatic reaction, and an imaging key adjacent the reagent pad. The imaging key includes color fields including at least one field of the expected color. The hardware captures an image of the test card, and processes the image to identify the reagent pad and color fields, to process a brightness calibration target, to determine color values for the reagent pad and color fields, to calibrate the color values as a function of brightness and/or color by comparison to the brightness and color calibration targets, and to identify a color field most closely matching the reagent pad's color to determine a corresponding test result.
US11506652B2	Compositions and methods of cell attachment Compositions, devices and methods are described for improving adhesion, attachment, and/or differentiation of cells in a microfluidic device or chip. In one embodiment, one or more ECM proteins are covalently coupled to the surface of a microchannel of a microfluidic device. The microfluidic devices can be stored or used immediately for culture and/or support of living cells such as mammalian cells, and/or for simulating a function of a tissue, e.g., a liver tissue, muscle tissue, etc. Extended adhesion and viability with sustained function over time is observed.
US11506651B2	Method for evaluating mixing effect of CO2 oil-displacing and mixing agent and method for screening CO2 oil-displacing and mixing agent Provided in the present invention a method for evaluating the mixing effect of a CO2 oil-displacing and mixing agent, characterized in measuring the volume expansion of a CO2-oil interface when pressure is gradually increased, drawing a mixed-phase percentage-pressure curve (δ-P curve), and evaluating the mixing effect of the CO2 oil-displacing and mixing agent by means of comparing the characteristics of the δ-P curve. Further provided in the present invention is a method for initially screening a CO2 oil-displacing and mixing agent.
US11506650B2	Method for automatic quantitative statistical distribution characterization of dendrite structures in a full view field of metal materials The invention belongs to the technical field of quantitative statistical distribution analysis for micro-structures of metal materials, and relates to a method for automatic quantitative statistical distribution characterization of dendrite structures in a full view field of metal materials. According to the method based on deep learning in the present invention, dendrite structure feature maps are marked and trained to obtain a corresponding object detection model, so as to carry out automatic identification and marking of dendrite structure centers in a full view field; and in combination with an image processing method, feature parameters in the full view field such as morphology, position, number and spacing of all dendrite structures within a large range are obtained quickly, thereby achieving quantitative statistical distribution characterization of dendrite structures in the metal material. The method is accurate, automatic and efficient, involves a large amount of quantitative statistical distribution information, and is statistically more representative as compared with the traditional measurement of feature sizes of dendrite structures in a single view field.
US11506649B2	Method for estimating hydrogen absorption behavior, device for estimating hydrogen absorption behavior, and program for estimating hydrogen absorption behavior To estimate penetration behavior of hydrogen up until hydrogen content reaches saturation even if load stress on steel is equal to or higher than threshold stress. A hydrogen penetration behavior estimation device includes a first measurement data input unit adapted to input first measurement data concerning variation of hydrogen content with time up until hydrogen content in steel-to-be-estimated reaches saturation when measurements are taken by applying such stress to the steel that no hydrogen embrittlement fracture occurs; a second measurement data input unit adapted to input second measurement data concerning variation of hydrogen content in the steel-to-be-estimated with time up until the steel fractures when measurements are taken by applying such stress to the steel that hydrogen embrittlement fracture occurs; a ratio calculation unit adapted to calculate increases in hydrogen contents in an initial stage of measurement and calculate a ratio of the second measurement data to the first measurement data in terms of increase in hydrogen content; and a saturated hydrogen content calculation unit adapted to multiply saturated hydrogen content based on the first measurement data by the ratio and designate the product as saturated hydrogen content of the steel-to-be-estimated, the saturated hydrogen content being reached upon application of such stress that hydrogen embrittlement fracture occurs.
US11506648B2	Detection method for quality grade of traditional Chinese medicine Disclosed is a detection method for quality grade of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), including: detecting the levels of quality control index components of TCM and efficacy-related in vitro activity by establishing a correlation between principal components of TCM and in vitro activity; determining the state of sample cluster by principal component analysis; constructing a logistic regression model of quality grade versus index components and bioactivity and establishing corresponding grade detection formulas of Chinese medicinal materials by fitting a large number of sample data for Chinese medicinal materials from different places of origin and batches. The method of the present invention realizes the mathematical expression of a standard for quality difference of TCM, and provides a feasible solution for the industrialized evaluation of quality grades of Chinese medicinal materials or herbal slices finally.
US11506645B2	Device with deuterium lamp and liquid chromatograph The device is provided with a lamp lighting unit configured to perform an operation for lighting a deuterium lamp by controlling a lamp drive unit and a heater drive unit, an abnormality determination unit configured to determine, in a prescribed sequence, whether or not a voltage or a current detected by a lamp voltage detection unit, a lamp current detection unit, a heater voltage detection unit, and a heater current detection unit is abnormal, and an abnormality cause identification unit configured to identify, in a case the voltage or the current is determined to be abnormal by the abnormality determination, the cause of the abnormality, based on the timing at which the abnormality determination unit determines that the voltage or the current is abnormal.
US11506638B2	Contactless odometer A contactless odometer system can include a sensor array. The sensor array can include a plurality of sensing elements adjacent to a target surface and configured to receive signals based on a distance separating the sensing element from the adjacent surface and a defect present below the adjacent surface of the target. The system can also include a controller configured to receive the signals from first and second locations within the target and to generate first and second defect maps corresponding to the first and second locations. The controller can identify overlapping portions of first and second defect maps and can determine a translation distance in at least one direction. Related methods of determining a distance traveled by a contactless odometer system are also provided.

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