US11664515B1
The present invention provides a methanol solid oxide fuel cell and a power generation system comprising the same, wherein the fuel cell is a tubular SOFC cell stack, the tubular SOFC cell stack comprises a plurality of tubular SOFC single cells, and a side wall of an inner pipe of the tubular SOFC single cell at a fuel inlet is of a porous layer structure; an inner wall of the inner pipe is coated with a methanol pyrolysis catalyst layer, and the thickness of the catalyst layer gradually increases along a moving direction of the fuel in the inner pipe. The methanol solid oxide fuel cell can effectively relieve carbon deposition of the anode of the methanol SOFC, and can ensure that the temperature of the whole cell is more uniform and the cell performance is more stable.
US11664513B2
A system for sensing a fuel cell of a vehicle may include: an analog digital converter (ADC) configured to receive a voltage of a fuel cell stack; a calculation unit configured to calculate a total number of cells of the fuel cell stack; and a control unit configured to acquire a voltage per a unit cell of the fuel cell stack based on output values of the ADC and the calculation unit.
US11664500B2
The present invention relates to a range of halide organic salts and their use in a cathode of an electrical cell and in batteries. Elemental halides have attracted intense interest as promising electrodes for energy storage. However, they suffer from a number of inherent physicochemical drawbacks, including the volatility of iodine, the corrosiveness of liquid bromine. The salts of the present invention may serve as a cathode matched with a zinc anode avoiding these issues.
US11664499B2
Provided is a lithium secondary battery including: a positive electrode plate which is a lithium complex oxide sintered plate; a negative electrode layer; a separator; an electrolytic solution; and a pair of exterior films having outer peripheral edges sealed with each other to form an internal space that accommodates the battery elements, wherein the portions of the negative electrode layer and the separator corresponding to the outer extension of the battery is deviated toward the positive electrode plate side from the portions of the negative electrode layer and the separator corresponding to the body of the battery.
US11664495B2
This application provides a negative electrode plate, a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus. The negative electrode plate includes a negative current collector and a plurality of active substance layers on the negative current collector. The plurality of active substance layers include at least a first active substance layer and a second active substance layer. The first active substance layer includes a first negative active substance, and the second active substance layer includes a second negative active substance. A ratio of gram capacity of the negative active substance of the first active substance layer to thickness of the first active substance layer is 3.5-10.0. A ratio of gram capacity of the negative active substance of the second active substance layer to thickness of the second active substance layer is 6.5-23.0.
US11664492B2
An electrode using a carbon nanotube as a conductive material, and excellent in resistance characteristics is provided. An electrode for a secondary battery herein disclosed has a collector, and an active material layer formed on the collector. The active material layer includes an active material and a carbon nanotube. At least a part of the surface of the carbon nanotube is coated with a material including an element with a lower electronegativity than that of carbon.
US11664481B2
A display device includes a carrier, a substrate unit, a plurality of light emitting elements and a circuit unit. The carrier has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other, and a peripheral surface interconnecting the top and bottom surfaces. The substrate unit is disposed on one side of the peripheral surface of the carrier. The light emitting elements are spacedly disposed on the top surface of the carrier. The circuit unit includes a plurality of circuit modules that are disposed on the substrate unit and that are electrically connected to the light emitting elements. Each of the circuit modules includes a switch control circuit and a driving circuit that are configured to control the light emitting elements.
US11664473B2
Provided are a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) pixel structure and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, provided are a SPAD pixel structure and a method of manufacturing the same, including an additional PN junction in a vertical or horizontal direction to increase photon detection efficiency and thus improve the sensitivity in an imaging device.
US11664470B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a photodiode with an integrated, light focusing elements and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a trench photodiode comprising a domed structure; and a doped material on the domed structure, the doped material having a concave underside surface.
US11664469B2
The present invention relates to a solar cell having an edge collecting electrode and a solar cell module comprising the same, the solar cell being capable of preventing a cell crack phenomenon caused by an interconnector and improving an adhesive characteristic of the interconnector by dividing a planar area of the solar cell into a main area and an edge area and positioning the outermost contact point of the interconnector at a boundary between the main area and the edge area, and being capable of improving carrier collecting efficiency by arranging, in the edge area, the edge collecting electrode and the branched electrode which are physically separated from the interconnector.
US11664467B2
A solar cell and a photovoltaic module including the same are provided. The solar cell includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a first passivation stack disposed on the first surface and including a first oxygen-rich dielectric layer, a first silicon-rich dielectric layer, a second oxygen-rich dielectric layer, and a second silicon-rich dielectric layer that are sequentially disposed in a direction away from the first surface, wherein an atomic fraction of oxygen in the first oxygen-rich dielectric layer is less than an atomic fraction of oxygen in the second oxygen-rich dielectric layer; a tunneling oxide layer disposed on the second surface; a doped conductive layer disposed on a surface of the tunneling oxide layer; and a second passivation layer disposed on a surface of the doped conductive layer.
US11664466B2
A semiconductor device includes: a conductive semiconductor substrate in which a trench is formed on the first main surface; a plurality of conductive layers, each of which is either a first conductive layer or a second conductive layer, which are laminated on one another along a surface normal direction of a side surface of the trench; and dielectric layers arranged between a conductive layer closest to the side surface of the trench among the plurality of conductive layers and the side surface of the trench, and between the plurality of corresponding conductive layers. The first conductive layer is electrically insulated from the semiconductor substrate, and the semiconductor substrate that electrically connects to the second conductive layer inside the trench electrically connects to the second electrode.
US11664458B2
A vacuum channel transistor having a vertical gate-all-around (GAA) architecture provides high performance for high-frequency applications, and features a small footprint compared with existing planar devices. The GAA vacuum channel transistor features stacked, tapered source and drain regions that are formed by notching a doped silicon pillar using a lateral oxidation process. A temporary support structure is provided for the pillar during formation of the vacuum channel. Performance of the GAA vacuum channel transistor can be tuned by replacing air in the channel with other gases such as helium, neon, or argon. A threshold voltage of the GAA vacuum channel transistor can be adjusted by altering dopant concentrations of the silicon pillar from which the source and drain regions are formed.
US11664449B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device involves providing a semiconductor wafer having an active layer of a first conductivity type. First and second gates having first and second gate polysilicon are formed on the active layer. A first mask region is formed on the active layer. Between the first and second gates, using the first mask region, the first gate polysilicon, and the second gate polysilicon as a mask, a deep well of a second conductivity type, a shallow well of the second conductivity type, a source region of the first conductivity type, and first and second channel regions of the second conductivity type, are formed. In the active layer, using one or more second mask regions, first and second drift regions of the first conductivity type, first and second drain regions of the first conductivity type, and a source connection region of the second conductivity type, are formed.
US11664444B2
A method, for making a semiconductor device, includes forming a first fin over a substrate. The method includes forming a dummy gate stack on the first fin. The method includes forming a first gate spacer along a side of the dummy gate stack. The first gate spacer includes a first dielectric material. The method includes forming a second gate spacer along a side of the first gate spacer. The second gate spacer includes a semiconductor material. The method includes forming a source/drain region in the first fin adjacent the second gate spacer. The method includes removing at least a portion of the second gate spacer to form a void extending between the first gate spacer and the source/drain region.
US11664439B2
Embodiments of the disclosure are in the field of advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, 10 nanometer node and smaller integrated circuit structure fabrication and the resulting structures. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a fin. A gate dielectric layer is over the top of the fin and laterally adjacent the sidewalls of the fin. A gate electrode is over the gate dielectric layer over the top of the fin and laterally adjacent the sidewalls of the fin. First and second semiconductor source or drain regions are adjacent the first and second sides of the gate electrode, respectively. First and second trench contact structures are over the first and second semiconductor source or drain regions, respectively, the first and second trench contact structures both comprising a U-shaped metal layer and a T-shaped metal layer on and over the entirety of the U-shaped metal layer.
US11664437B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate with first and second areas, a first trench in the first area, and first and second PMOS transistors in the first area and the second area, respectively. The first transistor includes a first gate insulating layer, a first TiN layer on and contacting the first gate insulating layer, and a first gate electrode on and contacting the first TiN layer. The second transistor includes a second gate insulating layer, a second TiN layer on and contacting the second gate insulating layer, and a first TiAlC layer on and contacting the second TiN layer. The first gate insulating layer, the first TiN layer, and the first gate electrode are within the first trench. The first gate electrode does not include aluminum. A threshold voltage of the first transistor is smaller than a threshold voltage of the second transistor.
US11664432B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a layout optimization for radio frequency (RF) device performance and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a first active device on a substrate; source and drain diffusion regions adjacent to the first active device; and a first contact in electrical contact with the source and drain diffusion regions and which is spaced away from the first active device to optimize a stress component in a channel region of the first active device.
US11664428B2
An object is to provide a nonpolar or semipolar GaN substrate having improved size and crystal quality. A self-standing GaN substrate has an angle between the normal of the principal surface and an m-axis of 0 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less, wherein: the size of the projected image in a c-axis direction when the principal surface is vertically projected on an M-plane is 10 mm or more; and when an a-axis length is measured on an intersection line between the principal surface and an A-plane, a low distortion section with a section length of 6 mm or more and with an a-axis length variation within the section of 10.0×10−5 Å or less is observed.
US11664422B2
A semiconductor device including a plurality of nanosheet transistor channels adjacent to a source/drain. An inner spacer located between each of the plurality of nanosheet transistor channels and the inner spacer wraps around the end of each of the plurality of nanosheet transistors. The source/drain is in contact with the inner spacer and each of the plurality of nanosheet transistor channels. A gate surrounding each of the plurality of nanosheet transistor channels and an electrical contact connected to the source/drain. An ultra low-k spacer located between the gate and the source/drain. The ultra low-k spacer reduces the parasitic capacitance of the nanosheet transistor.
US11664413B2
A semiconductor device may include: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a multilayer stack that is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes a seed layer and a high-k dielectric layer, wherein each of the seed layer and the high-k dielectric layer may have a rocksalt crystal structure, and wherein the high-k dielectric layer may exhibit a dielectric constant (k) of fifty (50) or higher.
US11664409B2
A light emitting diode (LED) stack for a display including a substrate, a first LED stack disposed on the substrate, a second LED stack disposed on the first LED stack, a third LED stack disposed on the second LED stack, a first color filter interposed between the first LED stack and the second LED stack, and a second color filter interposed between the second LED stack and the third LED stack, in which the second LED stack and the third LED stack are configured to transmit light generated from the first LED stack to the outside, and the third LED stack is configured to transmit light generated from the second LED stack to the outside.
US11664407B2
Pixelated-LED chips and related methods are disclosed. A pixelated-LED chip includes an active layer with independently electrically accessible active layer portions arranged on or over a light-transmissive substrate. The active layer portions are configured to illuminate different light-transmissive substrate portions to form pixels. Various enhancements may beneficially provide increased contrast (i.e., reduced cross-talk between pixels) and/or promote inter-pixel illumination homogeneity, without unduly restricting light utilization efficiency. In some aspects, an underfill material with improved surface coverage is provided between adjacent pixels of a pixelated-LED chip. The underfill material may be arranged to cover all lateral surfaces between the adjacent pixels. In some aspects, discontinuous substrate portions are formed before application of underfill materials. In some aspects, a wetting layer is provided to improve wicking or flow of underfill materials during various fabrication steps. Other technical benefits may additionally or alternatively be achieved.
US11664404B2
An image sensor includes a first semiconductor substrate provided with a pixel, including a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light to generate an electric charge, an accumulation unit that accumulates the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, and a transfer unit that transfers the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit, and a second semiconductor substrate provided with a supply unit for the pixel, the supply unit supplying the transfer unit with a transfer signal to transfer the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit.
US11664402B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate having a first face and a second face by processing the first face of the semiconductor substrate, the trench including a first portion and a second portion located between the first portion and a plane including a first face, filling an insulator in the second portion such that a space remains in the first portion and the trench is closed, and forming a plurality of elements between the first face and the second face, wherein the space and the insulator form element isolation.
US11664391B2
To provide a light-emitting device in which variation in luminance among pixels caused by variation in threshold voltage of transistors can be suppressed. The light-emitting device includes a transistor including a first gate and a second gate overlapping with each other with a semiconductor film therebetween, a first capacitor maintaining a potential difference between one of a source and a drain of the transistor and the first gate, a second capacitor maintaining a potential difference between one of the source and the drain of the transistor and the second gate, a switch controlling conduction between the second gate of the transistor and a wiring, and a light-emitting element to which drain current of the transistor is supplied.
US11664382B2
A memory device includes at least one semiconductor layer having a double PN junction, and an anode and a cathode which simultaneously contact the semiconductor layer, wherein a junction between the semiconductor layer and the anode is a Schottky junction, and a junction between the semiconductor layer and the cathode is an Ohmic junction. In addition, a capacitor-less memory device includes at least one semiconductor layer including a double PN junction, a control gate which contacts the semiconductor layer, and an anode and a cathode which simultaneously contact the semiconductor layer, wherein a junction between the semiconductor layer and the anode is a Schottky junction, and a junction between the semiconductor layer and the cathode is an Ohmic junction. Methods of operating the memory device and the capacitor-less memory device are also disclosed.
US11664378B2
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a semiconductor fin having a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width substantially less than the first width. The first portion has a first surface, the second portion has a second surface, and the first and second surfaces are connected by a third surface. The third surface forms an angle with respect to the second surface, and the angle ranges from about 90 degrees to about 130 degrees. The structure further includes a gate electrode layer disposed over the semiconductor fin and source/drain epitaxial features disposed on the semiconductor fin on opposite sides of the gate electrode layer.
US11664367B2
A protection device includes a first inductive element connecting first and second terminals and a second inductive element connecting third and fourth terminals. A first component includes a first avalanche diode connected in parallel with a first diode string, anodes of the first avalanche diode and a last diode in the string being connected to ground, cathodes of the first avalanche diode and a first diode in the string being connected, and a tap of the first diode string being connected to the first terminal. A second protection component includes a second avalanche diode connected in parallel with a second diode string, anodes of the second avalanche diode and a last diode in the string being connected to ground, cathodes of the second avalanche diode and a first diode in the string being connected, and a tap of the second diode string being connected to the third terminal.
US11664364B2
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor structure, a second semiconductor structure, a through semiconductor via, and an insulation layer. The first semiconductor structure includes a first circuit layer and a first main bonding layer in the first circuit layer and substantially coplanar with a front face of the first circuit layer. The second semiconductor structure includes a second circuit layer on the first circuit layer and a second main bonding layer in the second circuit layer, and topologically aligned with and contacted to the first main bonding layer. The through semiconductor via is along the second semiconductor structure and the first and second main bonding layer, and extending to the first circuit layer. The insulation layer is positioned on a sidewall of the through semiconductor via.
US11664350B2
A structure includes core substrates attached to a first side of a redistribution structure, wherein the redistribution structure includes first conductive features and first dielectric layers, wherein each core substrate includes conductive pillars, wherein the conductive pillars of the core substrates physically and electrically contact first conductive features; an encapsulant extending over the first side of the redistribution structure, wherein the encapsulant extends along sidewalls of each core substrate; and an integrated device package connected to a second side of the redistribution structure.
US11664346B2
A semiconductor package includes semiconductor chips on a package substrate, and a dummy pad disposed between and the semiconductor chips and overlapping at least a portion of the semiconductor chips. The dummy pad being disposed on the package substrate and in a space between the package substrate and the semiconductor chips.
US11664345B2
A semiconductor package element includes a die, a passive layer, a conductive structure and an encapsulation layer. The die includes a first surface, a second surface and a third surface. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The third surface is connected between the first surface and the second surface. The passive layer is disposed on the first surface and formed with a hole. The conductive structure is electrically coupled to the die through the hole. The encapsulation layer covers the first surface and the third surface of the die, wherein the passive layer is embedded in the encapsulation layer, a portion of the conductive structure is embedded in the encapsulation layer, and the other portion of the conductive structure protrudes from an etched surface of the encapsulation layer, the etched surface is formed by plasma etching.
US11664343B2
A semiconductor package may include: a base layer; first to Nth semiconductor chips (N is a natural number of 2 or more) sequentially offset stacked over the base layer so that a chip pad portion of one side edge region is exposed, wherein the chip pad portion includes a chip pad and includes a redistribution pad that partially contacts the chip pad and extends away from the chip pad; and a bonding wire connecting the chip pad of a kth semiconductor chip among the first to Nth semiconductor chips to the redistribution pad of a k−1th semiconductor chip or a k+1th semiconductor chip when k is a natural number greater than 1 and the bonding wire connecting the chip pad of the kth semiconductor chip to a pad of the base layer or the redistribution pad of the k−1th semiconductor chip when k is 1.
US11664339B2
A package structure and a manufacturing method are provided. The package structure includes a first circuit layer, a first dielectric layer, an electrical device and a first conductive structure. The first circuit layer includes a first alignment portion. The first dielectric layer covers the first circuit layer. The electrical device is disposed on the first dielectric layer, and includes an electrical contact aligning with the first alignment portion. The first conductive structure extends through the first alignment portion, and electrically connects the electrical contact and the first alignment portion.
US11664331B2
A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package comprises a first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the second substrate, and a stiffener extending from an upper surface of the first substrate to an upper surface of the second substrate, the stiffener not being in contact with the first semiconductor chip, wherein a first height from the upper surface of the first substrate to an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip is greater than a second height from the upper surface of the first substrate to an uppermost surface of the stiffener.
US11664329B2
A weight optimized stiffener for use in a semiconductor device is disclosed herein. In one example, the stiffener is made of AlSiC for its weight and thermal properties. An O-ring provides sealing between a top surface of the stiffener and a component of the semiconductor device and adhesive provides sealing between a bottom surface of the stiffener and another component of the semiconductor device. The stiffener provides warpage control for a lidless package while enabling direct liquid cooling of a chip or substrate.
US11664326B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes processing a first substrate including a first align mark and a first structure, processing a second substrate including a second align mark and a second structure, orientating the first substrate and the second substrate such that the first structure and the second structure face each other, and controlling alignment between the first structure and the second structure by using the first align mark and the second align mark to couple the first structure with the second structure.
US11664322B2
A multi-stacked package-on-package structure includes a method. The method includes: adhering a first die and a plurality of second dies to a substrate, the first die having a different function from each of the plurality of second dies; attaching a passive device over the first die; encapsulating the first die, the plurality of second dies, and the passive device; and forming a first redistribution structure over the passive device, the first die, and the plurality of second dies, the passive device connecting the first die to the first redistribution structure.
US11664316B2
A semiconductor device may include a first semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a first circuit layer provided on the first surface of the first semiconductor substrate, a connection pad provided on the second surface of the first semiconductor substrate, and a first penetration via and a second penetration via penetrating the first semiconductor substrate and at least a portion of the first circuit layer. The first penetration via and the second penetration via may be provided in a first penetration hole and a second penetration hole, respectively. Each of the first and second penetration holes may include a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. A width of the first portion of the first penetration hole may be smaller than a width of the first portion of the second penetration hole.
US11664315B2
A structure including a first die, a second die, a first insulating encapsulant, an interconnection die, and a second insulating encapsulant is provided. The first die includes a first bonding structure. The first bonding structure includes a first dielectric layer and a first conductive pad embedded in the first dielectric layer. The second die includes a second bonding structure. The second bonding structure includes a second dielectric layer and a second conductive pad embedded in the second dielectric layer. The first insulating encapsulant laterally encapsulates the first die and the second die. The interconnection die includes a third bonding structure. The third bonding structure includes a third dielectric layer and third conductive pads embedded in the third dielectric layer. The second insulating encapsulant laterally encapsulates the interconnection die. The third bonding structure is in contact with the first bonding structure and the second bonding structure.
US11664314B2
A foundation portion and a conductive base portion disposed on the foundation portion are formed on a temporary support, a semiconductor element electrically connected to the base portion is disposed on a side of the temporary support on which the foundation portion and the base portion are formed, and an insulating layer coming into a state of burying the foundation portion, the base portion, and the semiconductor element is formed on the temporary support. Subsequently, surfaces of the foundation portion and the insulating layer on a side of the temporary support are exposed by removing the temporary support, and the exposed foundation portion is further removed, thereby disposing the base portion in a state of being more recessed than the surface of the insulating layer. An external connection terminal is formed on the exposed base portion to manufacture the semiconductor package.
US11664308B2
A semiconductor device includes: a first conductive structure having sidewalls and a bottom surface, the first conductive structure extending through one or more isolation layers formed on a substrate; and an insulation layer disposed between at least one of the sidewalls of the first conductive structure and respective sidewalls of the one or more isolation layers, wherein the first conductive structure is electrically coupled to a second conductive structure through at least the bottom surface.
US11664307B2
A multi-voltage domain device includes a semiconductor layer including a first main surface, a second main surface arranged opposite to the first main surface, a first region including first circuity that operates in a first voltage domain, a second region including second circuity that operates in a second voltage domain different than the first voltage domain, and an isolation region that electrically isolates the first region from the second region in a lateral direction that extends parallel to the first and the second main surfaces. The isolation region includes at least one deep trench isolation barrier, each of which extends vertically from the first main surface to the second main surface. The multi-voltage domain device further includes at least one first capacitor configured to generate an electric field laterally across the isolation region between the first region and the second region.
US11664302B2
A bottom side interposer provides a structurally balanced chip carrier module to reduce thermal warp and increase package robustness. The bottom side interposer is attached to the bottom of a chip carrier which carries semiconductor chips on the top side of the chip carrier. The top side of the chip carrier typically includes a top side interposer between the semiconductor chips and the chip carrier. The bottom side interposer has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is similar to the chips and top side interposer, or tailored to have a CTE intermediate to the chips and the chip carrier. Pads on the bottom side interposer may be plated or fitted with solder balls to complete the module so the module can be connected to a printed circuit board.
US11664301B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device package. The semiconductor device package includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate. The substrate has a through opening extending between the first surface of the substrate and the second surface of the substrate. The semiconductor device package also includes a conductive pad in the through opening and approximal to the second surface of the substrate. The conductive pad has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface of the conductive pad. The semiconductor device package also includes a conductive pillar in contact with the first surface of the conductive pad. The second surface of the conductive pad protrudes from the second surface of the substrate. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device package is also disclosed.
US11664300B2
A device may include a first package and a second package where the first package has a warped shape. First connectors attached to a redistribution structure of the first package include a spacer embedded therein. Second connectors attached to the redistribution structure are fee from the spacer, the spacer of the first connectors keeping a minimum distance between the first package and the second package during attaching the first package to the second package.
US11664299B2
A mounting board includes an electrode pad and an insulating protective film on an insulating resin layer. In a plan view, the electrode pad includes first and second sides running parallel in a first direction. The insulating protective film includes an opening including first and second regions adjoining each other in the first direction. The first region lies over the electrode pad to expose part of the electrode pad. The second region exposes part of the insulating resin layer. The first region is defined by third and fourth sides that are between the first and second sides in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and run parallel in the first direction. The maximum dimension of the second region in the second direction is greater than the distance between respective ends of the third and fourth sides at which the first region adjoins the second region.
US11664292B2
A semiconductor package may include a package substrate, an interposer, a logic chip, at least one memory chip and a heat sink. The interposer may be located over an upper surface of the package substrate. The interposer may be electrically connected with the package substrate. The logic chip may be located over an upper surface of the interposer. The logic chip may be electrically connected with the interposer. The memory chip may be located over an upper surface of the interposer. The memory chip may be electrically connected with the interposer and the logic chip. The heat sink may make thermal contact with the upper surface of the logic chip to dissipate heat in the logic chip.
US11664290B2
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a substrate, a die site on the substrate to couple with a die, a die side component site on the substrate to couple with a die side component, and a raised barrier on the substrate between the die and die side component sites to contain underfill material disposed at the die site, wherein the raised barrier comprises electroplated metal. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11664285B2
An electronic package assembly includes a glass substrate including an upper glass cladding layer, a lower glass cladding layer, a glass core layer coupled to the upper glass cladding layer and the lower glass cladding layer, where the upper glass cladding layer and the lower glass cladding layer have a higher etch rate in an etchant than the glass core layer, a first cavity positioned within one of the upper glass cladding layer or the lower glass cladding layer, and a second cavity positioned within one of the upper glass cladding layer or the lower glass cladding layer, a microprocessor positioned within the first cavity, and a micro-electronic component positioned within the second cavity.
US11664282B2
Methods for manufacturing a display device are provided. A representative method includes: providing a substrate, the substrate having an insulating layer with an opening and having a metal layer under the opening, wherein a part of the metal layer does not serves as a portion of a thin film transistor; providing a carrier substrate supporting a plurality of light emitting diodes; conducting a testing to the plurality of LEDs on the carrier substrate; transferring at least one of the plurality of LEDs from the carrier substrate to the opening of the substrate; and fixing the at least one of the plurality of LEDs to the substrate.
US11664277B2
According to claim 1, the invention relates to a method for providing at least one solid-body layer (4). The solid-body layer (4) is separated from a solid body (1). The method according to the invention preferably has the steps of: producing a plurality of modifications (9) in the interior of the solid body (1) using laser beams in order to form a separation plane (8), compressive stresses being produced in the solid body (1) by the modifications (9); separating the solid-body layer (4) by separating the remaining solid body (1) and the solid-body layer (4) along the separation plane (8) formed by the modifications (9), wherein at least parts of the modifications (9) which produce the compressive stresses remain on the solid-body layer (4), and enough modifications (9) are produced that the solid-body layer (4) is separated from the solid body (1) on the basis of the modifications (9) or an external force is introduced into the solid body (1) in order to produce additional stresses in the solid body (1), said external force being so great that the stresses cause a crack to propagate along the separation plane (8) produced by the modifications; and producing a metal layer on the surface exposed by the separation of the solid-body layer (4) from the solid body (1) in order to at least partly, preferably greatly and particularly preferably completely, compensate for a deformation of the solid-body layer (4) produced by the compressive stresses of the remaining modification parts or at feast partly, preferably greatly or completely, compensate for the compressive stresses.
US11664276B2
A semiconductor die includes a substrate having a semiconductor surface layer bon a front side with active circuitry including at last one transistor therein and a back side. The sidewall edges of the semiconductor die have at least one damage region pair including an angled damage feature region relative to a surface normal of the semiconductor die that is above a damage region that is more normal to the surface normal of the die as compared to the angled damage feature region.
US11664275B2
There is provided a technique that includes: loading a substrate having a metal film composed of a single metal element formed on a surface of the substrate into a process chamber; generating reactive species by plasma-exciting a processing gas containing hydrogen and oxygen; and modifying the metal film by supplying the reactive species to the substrate, wherein in the act of modifying the metal film, the metal film is modified such that a crystal grain size of the metal element constituting the metal film is larger than that before performing the act of modifying the metal film.
US11664274B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include edge placement error mitigation processes and structures fabricated with such processes. In an embodiment, a method of fabricating an interconnect layer over a semiconductor die comprises forming a patterned layer over a substrate, disposing a resist layer over the patterned layer and patterning the resist layer to expose portions of the patterned layer. In an embodiment, overlay misalignment during the patterning results in the formation of edge placement error openings. In an embodiment, the method further comprises correcting the edge placement error openings, and patterning an opening into the substrate after correcting edge placement error openings.
US11664270B2
An apparatus is provided which includes: a first stack including a lower, a middle, and an upper layer of conductive material with insulator layers therebetween, and a second stack including the middle and upper layers with one of the insulator layers therebetween. In an example, a first of the insulator layers has a lower breakdown voltage than a second of the insulator layers. The apparatus further includes a first via over the first stack, wherein the first via is in contact with a pair of the lower, middle and upper layers that have the first of the insulator layers therebetween. The apparatus further includes a second via over the second stack, wherein the second via extends through the upper layer and is in contact with the middle layer. In an example, the second via is isolated from a sidewall of the upper layer by a spacer.
US11664269B2
The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device including a device substrate, a thinned device die with a device region over the device substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The device region includes an isolation portion, a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion, and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion with a contact layer and an active section. The contact layer resides over the BEOL portion, the active section resides over the contact layer, and the isolation portion resides over the contact layer to encapsulate the active section. The first mold compound resides over the device substrate, surrounds the thinned device die, and extends vertically beyond the thinned device die to define an opening over the thinned device die and within the first mold compound. The second mold compound fills the opening and directly connects the isolation portion of the thinned device die.
US11664260B2
In an embodiment, a system includes: an orientation sensor configured to detect an orientation fiducial on a bevel of a wafer; a pedestal configured to rotate the wafer to allow the orientation sensor to detect the orientation fiducial and place the orientation fiducial at a predetermined orientation position; and a defect sensor configured to detect a wafer defect along a surface of the wafer while rotated by the pedestal.
US11664255B2
A gripper arrangement adapted for gripping a cleanroom container, such as a FOUP, FOSB or reticle container and a method therefore, includes: a gripper adapted to grip the cleanroom container; a lifting unit comprising a first motor for lifting the gripper; at least one cord connecting the gripper with the lifting unit, wherein the at least one cord is driven by the first motor; a second motor for rotating at least a portion of the gripper with respect to the lifting unit around the vertical axis; wherein the gripper comprises engagement elements and the lifting unit comprises complementary engagement elements adapted to engage with the engagement elements for preventing a rotation around the vertical axis of the gripper with respect to the lifting unit; wherein the gripper comprises an upper gripper element and a lower gripper element; wherein the lower gripper element is adapted for supporting the top flange of the cleanroom container; and the lower gripper element comprises an opening that can be passed over the upper flange of the cleanroom container and at least one recess formed at least partially around the opening for accommodating the upper flange of the cleanroom container.
US11664251B2
Various embodiments of a spray measurement system having a jig device that allows measuring spray output of one or more spray nozzles and determine spray distribution patterns of the spray nozzles are disclosed.
US11664247B2
Exemplary substrate processing system may include a chamber body that defines a processing region. The systems may include a liner positioned atop the chamber body. The liner may include first disconnect members. The systems may include a faceplate that is positioned atop the liner. The systems may include a support disposed within the chamber body. The support may include a plate comprising a heater. The plate may include second disconnect members. The support may include a shaft coupled with the plate. The support may include a dynamic plate disposed about the shaft below the plate. The support may include metallic straps that couple the plate with the dynamic plate. The dynamic plate may include inner disconnect members and outer disconnect members. Inner disconnect members may be engageable with second disconnect members in a transfer position. Outer disconnect members may be engageable with first disconnect members in a process position.
US11664244B2
A ceramic heater includes a ceramic plate in which inner circumferential side and outer circumferential side resistance heating elements are built in; and a cylindrical shaft joined to a rear surface of the ceramic plate. The long hole extends from a start point of the ceramic plate to a terminal position of the outer circumferential portion of the ceramic plate. The entrance portion of the long hole is a long groove. The long groove is provided to extend from the start point to an extended area. Terminals are provided at positions other than the long groove and in a shaft inside area.
US11664238B1
The present invention relates to methods of delayering a semiconductor integrated circuit die or wafer. In at least one aspect, the method includes exposing a die or wafer to plasma of an etching gas and detecting exposure of one or more metal layers within the die. In one aspect of the invention, the plasma of the etching gas is non-selective and removes all materials in a layer at about the same rate. In another aspect of the invention, two different plasmas of corresponding etching gases are employed with each plasma of the etching gas being selective, thus necessitating the sequential use of both plasmas of corresponding etching gases to remove all materials in a layer.
US11664232B2
A structure comprising a substrate and a component which forms involatile metal etch products is plasma etched. A structure comprising a substrate and a component which forms involatile metal etch products is provided. The structure is positioned on a support within a chamber having a first gas inlet arrangement comprising one or more gas inlets and a second gas inlet arrangement comprising one or more gas inlets. The structure is etched by performing a first plasma etch step using a first etch process gas mixture which is only introduced into the chamber through the first gas inlet arrangement. The structure is further etched by performing a second plasma etch step using a second etch process gas mixture which is only introduced into the chamber through the second gas inlet arrangement.
US11664229B2
A method and apparatus for nitride capping of titanium materials via chemical vapor deposition techniques is provided. The method includes forming a titanium nitride layer upon a titanium material layer formed on a substrate. The titanium nitride layer is formed by exposing the titanium material layer to a hydrogen-rich nitrogen-containing plasma followed by exposing the titanium material layer to a nitrogen-rich nitrogen-containing plasma. The titanium nitride layer is then exposed to an argon plasma followed by exposing the titanium nitride layer to a halide soak process.
US11664224B2
A display panel includes: a base substrate; a circuit layer on the base substrate; and a display element layer on the circuit layer, wherein the circuit layer includes an active layer on the base substrate and containing boron and fluorine; a control electrode on the active layer; and a control electrode insulation layer between the active layer and the control electrode, wherein the active layer includes: a core layer in which a concentration of the boron is greater than a concentration of the fluorine; and a surface layer on the core layer and in which a concentration of the fluorine is greater than a concentration of the boron.
US11664211B2
A light emitting sealed body includes: a housing containing light-emitting gas in an internal space; a first window portion which is provided to the housing and on which first light that is laser light for maintaining a plasma generated in the light-emitting gas is incident; a second window portion provided to the housing and from which second light that is light from the plasma is emitted; and a getter portion including a getter material and disposed in an irradiation region of the first light inside the housing.
US11664205B2
Described herein is a technique capable of cleaning a surrounding structure of a substrate placing surface in an apparatus. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber in which a substrate is processed; a substrate mounting plate provided with a substrate non-placing surface and a plurality of substrate placing surfaces; a rotator configured to rotate the substrate mounting plate; a plasma generator configured to generate plasma such that a plasma density over the substrate non-placing surface is higher than a plasma density over the plurality of the substrate placing surfaces; a process gas supplier configured to supply a process gas into the process chamber; a cleaning gas supplier configured to supply a cleaning gas into the process chamber; and a heater placed below the substrate mounting plate.
US11664198B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a conductive mounting table, a conductive member, and a first insulating member. The conductive mounting table has a mounting portion on which a substrate is mounted and a stepped portion positioned lower than the mounting portion. The conductive member is disposed on the stepped portion and extends outward over an outer periphery of the mounting table. Further, a first insulating member is disposed on or above an upper surface of the conductive member.
US11664195B1
Systems and methods for material processing using wafer scale waves of precisely controlled electrons in a DC plasma is presented. The anode and cathode of a DC plasma chamber are respectively connected to an adjustable DC voltage source and a DC current source. The anode potential is adjusted to shift a surface floating potential of a stage in a positive column of the DC plasma to a reference ground potential of the DC voltage/current sources. A control loop can be activated throughout various processing steps to maintain the surface floating potential of the stage to the reference ground potential. A signal generator referenced to the ground potential is capacitively coupled to the stage to control a surface potential at the stage for provision of kinetic energy to free electrons in the DC plasma.
US11664192B2
An ion source with a target holder for holding a solid dopant material is disclosed. The ion source comprises a thermocouple disposed proximate the target holder to monitor the temperature of the solid dopant material. In certain embodiments, a controller uses this temperature information to vary one or more parameters of the ion source, such as arc voltage, cathode bias voltage, extracted beam current, or the position of the target holder within the arc chamber. Various embodiments showing the connections between the controller and the thermocouple are shown. Further, embodiments showing various placement of the thermocouple on the target holder are also presented.
US11664191B2
According to one aspect of the present invention, an electron beam irradiation apparatus includes a photoelectric surface configured to receive irradiation of excitation light on a side of a front surface, and generate electron beams from a side of a back surface; a blanking aperture array mechanism provided with passage holes corresponding to the electron beams and configured to perform deflection control on each of the plurality of electron beams passing through the passage holes; and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust at least one of an orbit of transmitted light that passes through at least one of arrangement objects including the photoelectric surface, the blanking aperture array mechanism, and the limit aperture substrate up to the stage and reaches the stage, among an irradiated excitation light, and an orbit of the electron beams, wherein the arrangement objects shield at least a part of the transmitted light.
US11664187B2
An apparatus comprising a beam emitter to emit a beam comprising electrons, ions or laser-light photons toward a target substrate. A motion sensor to detect mechanical vibrations of the target substrate. The motion sensor is mechanically coupled to the target substrate, a processor coupled to an output of the motion sensor. The processor is to generate a vibration correction signal proportional to the mechanical vibrations detected by the motion sensor, and beam steering optics coupled to the processor. The beam steering optics are to deflect the beam according to the vibration correction signal to compensate for the mechanical vibrations of the target substrate.
US11664183B2
A system and method for extending the life of a cathode and repeller in an IHC ion source is disclosed. The system monitors the health of the cathode by operating using a known set of parameters and measuring the bias power used to generate the desired extracted beam current or the desired current from the arc voltage power supply. Based on the measured bias power, the system may determine whether the cathode is becoming too thin, and may take a corrective action. This corrective action may be to alert the operator; to operate the IHC ion source using a predetermined set of parameters; or to change the dilution used within the IHC source. By performing these actions, the life of the cathode may be more than doubled.
US11664179B2
The present invention refers to a detachable knob that can be easily and quickly detached and attached repeatedly from a switchgear. The detachable knob includes: a knob housing configured to be manually rotated about a rotation axis “X”, and anchoring means placed inside the knob housing. A plunger is arranged inside the housing and is axially displaceable along the rotation axis “X”, wherein the plunger is configured to bring the anchoring means from their engaged position to their disengaged position and vice versa. The plunger is axially displaceable relative to the anchoring means between two stable axial positions at axis “X”, namely: a pushed-down position in which the plunger remains stable and force the anchoring means to their engaged or to their disengaged position, and a release position in which the plunger remains stable and in which the anchoring means are in the other position.
US11664174B2
A flexible energy storage device with a redox-active polymer hydrogel electrolyte is provided. The flexible energy storage device can include a pair of electrodes separated by the redox-active polymer hydrogel electrolyte. The redox-active polymer hydrogel electrolyte can include a polymer hydrogel, charge balancing anions and redox-active transition metal cations at least one selected from the group consisting of vanadium, chromium, manganese, cobalt, and copper. The flexible energy storage device may retain greater than 75% of an unbent specific capacitance when bent at an angle of 10° to 170°.
US11664171B2
The present application discloses stilbene derivative compounds and phenyl-benzofuran compositions, useful in the manufacture of dye-sensitized solar cells and other similar technology.
US11664165B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include a monolithic body and interleaved first and second pluralities of electrodes extending from the first and second ends, respectively, of the monolithic body towards opposite ends of the monolithic body. A first margin distance and a second margin distance may be formed, respectively, between the electrodes and the opposite ends of the monolithic body. First and second external terminations may be respectively disposed along the first end and second end of the monolithic body and respectively connected with the first and second plurality of electrodes. A margin ratio between a length of the monolithic body and the first margin distance and/or second margin distance may be less than about 10. At least one of the first external termination or the second external termination may include a conductive polymeric composition.
US11664160B2
A power semiconductor device has a substrate on which power semiconductor switches are arranged and has a circuit board which includes conductive first plug-in connection contacts, a capacitor, a capacitor holding element that includes a reception device for receiving the capacitor, a temperature sensor for the capacitor, a temperature sensor holding element that has a plug-in region for conductive second plug-in connection contacts. There are temperature sensor connecting lines which electrically connect the temperature sensor and the second plug-in connection contacts to one another, at least one section of a temperature sensor connecting line being configured as a conductor track on the temperature sensor holding element, the second plug-in connection contacts forming an electrically conductive plug-in connection with the first plug-in connection contacts.
US11664152B2
An electronic component includes an element body including two end surfaces opposite to each other and a bottom surface connected between the two end surfaces. A coil is provided in the element body and an external electrode is provided in the element body. In a first cross-section intersecting with the two end surfaces and the bottom surface of the element body, the external electrode has a first portion extending along a first surface that is one of the end surface and the bottom surface of the element body. The coil is disposed such that an outer circumferential edge of the coil faces the first surface of the element body. A shortest distance between the outer circumferential edge of the coil and the first surface of the element body is smaller than a minimum width of the first portion in a direction orthogonal to the first surface.
US11664144B2
Presented are a single coil apparatus and a method of forming. An exemplary apparatus includes solenoid assembly. The solenoid assembly includes a core tube extending along a longitudinal axis. The solenoid assembly further includes a first magnet and a second magnet located outside the core tube, the first magnet spaced along the longitudinal axis from the second magnet, and an excitation coil disposed radially outward of the first magnet and the second magnet.
US11664138B2
A composite cable includes a signal transmission cable including a pair of signal lines being arranged parallel to each other in a cable longitudinal direction and contacting to each other and a shield layer covering the pair of signal lines together, a pair of power supply lines being arranged contacting to each other and contacting to the shield layer, a collective braided shield covering around a cable core composed of the signal transmission cable and the pair of power supply lines collectively, a sheath covering around the collective braided shield. The collective braided shield is configured closely contacting to the shield layer in accordance with an outer shape of the shield layer.
US11664131B2
A nuclear reactor includes a vessel having an outer wall and vessel bottom, and an enclosure delimited by a cylindrical inner wall disposed inside the vessel such that the inner wall and outer wall define a circuit with an annular cross-section. A support element is located adjacent the bottom of the enclosure to hold control elements of the core. A flow diffusion element is positioned between the support element and the vessel bottom and has a circular flat surface portion including disc shaped orifices of the same diameter. The space between the flat portion and the vessel bottom forms an unobstructed mixing zone to allow uniform distribution of flow rates of fluid circulated through the enclosure.
US11664124B2
Systems and methods for remote medical care are described. In some embodiments, a system may include a case that houses one or more of a display, a microphone, a camera, a plurality of medical devices, and a computing device. In some embodiments, the computing device may be configured to communicate with one or more of the display, the microphone, the camera, and the plurality of medical devices. In some embodiments, the display may be coupled to a lid of the case by a support arm that is pivotable relative to the lid to allow a position of the display to be adjusted.
US11664121B2
A medical data cluster processing system, including: a cluster initiator device and cluster participant devices that have signal connection with each other. The cluster initiator device sends model data and medical data to at least two cluster participant devices; the cluster participant devices receive the model data and the medical data from the cluster initiator device, process the medical data based on the model data to obtain second processing data, and sends the second processing data to the cluster initiator device; and the cluster initiator device receives the second processing data sent from the at least two cluster participant devices, and comprehensively processes the second processing data to obtain a medical data processing result. A medical data processing method and a medical data cluster processing method are also provided.
US11664120B1
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided to reduce return of prescriptions to stock. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may reduce return of prescriptions to stock based on a predictive model. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may reduce return of prescriptions to stock based on a response of a patient to a notification that a prescription has been received for the patient.
US11664116B2
Disclosed is a method, a computer readable storage medium and an apparatus for processing medical image data. Input medical image data is received at a data processing system, which is an artificial intelligence-based system. An identification process is performed at the data processing system on the input medical image data to identify a volume of interest within which an instance of a predetermined anatomical structure is located. First and second determination processes are performed at the data processing system to determine, respectively, first and second anatomical directions for the instance of the anatomical structure that are defined relative to the coordinate system of the input medical image data. Output data relating to the first and second anatomical directions is output from the data processing system.
US11664110B2
A method for administering stimulations to a sleeping subject is provided. The method includes obtaining brain wave data generated based on brain wave activity of the subject over a predetermined time frame and determining a spectral power ratio of a spindle band to delta and theta bands of the brain wave data at a time within the predetermined time frame. The spectral power ratio and brain wave data are sent to the input of a pretrained deep neural network to generate a probability score that sleep spindles are being detected in the brain wave activity. The method may continue to obtain brain wave data and analyze the data using the pretrained deep neural network. A determination that sleep spindles are detected may be made when the probability score is above a predetermined threshold score for a predetermined threshold period of time.
US11664102B2
A method and apparatus for pharmacy fulfillment and verification of non-sterile compounding. A system includes an entry node, the entry node including at least a processor, a memory and an input/output device, the memory including at least an operating system and an order entry process, and a pharmacy fulfillment and verification of non-sterile compounding system, the entry node communicatively linked to the pharmacy fulfillment and verification of non-sterile compounding system, the pharmacy fulfillment and verification of non-sterile compounding system including a set of components, the set of components including at least a formulating component, a fabrication component and a dispensing component.
US11664100B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for predicting the time to vaginal delivery of an infant. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining patient data characterizing a patient, comprising automatically querying a database storing one or more electronic medical records of the patient; generating a model input to a delivery time machine learning model based on the patient data characterizing the patient; processing the model input using the delivery time machine learning model, in accordance with values of a set of model parameters of the delivery time machine learning model, to generate a prediction for the time to vaginal delivery of the infant; and generating a notification that indicates the prediction for the time to vaginal delivery of the infant.
US11664089B2
The technology disclosed generates a reference array of variant data for locations that are shared between read results which are to be compared, and generates hashes over a selected pattern length of positions in the reference array to independently produce non-unique window hashes for base patterns in the read results. It then selects for comparison window hashes that occur less than a ceiling number of times and compares the selected window hashes to identify common window hashes between the read results. It then determines a similarity measure for the read results based on the common window hashes.
US11664081B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for a programmable memory array. A programmable memory system includes an array of programmable memory bit cells. A memory bit cell of the array includes a first transistor of a first type controlled by a bit line, a second transistor of a second type responsive to a first word line and a second word line via a logic gate, and a third transistor of the second type responsive to the word line. The first word line is positioned substantially perpendicular to the bit line, and the second word line is positioned substantially parallel to the bit line. The first word line is activated via an X portion of an address. While the second word line is activated via a Y portion of the address.
US11664072B2
A search pattern is generated based on an input search word comprising a first sequence of bits. The search pattern comprises a representation of the input search word and a representation of an inverse of the input search word. The search pattern is provided as input to search lines of a ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) block. A subset of the search lines is set to a logical high state based on a first portion of the input search word being designated as don't-care bits. The search pattern causes at least one string in the CAM block to be conductive and provide a signal in response to a data entry stored on the string comprising a second portion of the input search word that excludes the don't-care bits. A location of the data entry is determined and output.
US11664068B2
A singled ended current sense amplifier circuit including an input stage having a bitline node, a sense node and a feedback circuit comprising a feedback inverter configured to provide an amplified voltage from the bitline node. The feedback inverter may include first and second NMOS transistors serially connected to a feedback node and first and second PMOS transistors serially connected to the feedback node. The feedback circuit may include a third NMOS transistor having a gate terminal connected to the feedback node and a drain terminal connected to the sense node. The input stage may include a third PMOS transistor operating as a current source to generate a sense current which flows in a current sensing path between the sense node and the bitline node. The input stage may act as a regulator to keep the voltage at the bitline node constant.
US11664067B2
An integrated circuit device outputs a sequence of differently delayed calibration data timing signals to a DRAM component via a data-signal timing line as part of a timing calibration operation and then stores a delay value, based on at least one of the calibration data timing signals, that compensates for a difference in signal propagation times over the data-signal timing line and a command/address-signal timing line. After the timing calibration operation, the integrated circuit device outputs write data to the DRAM component and outputs a write data timing signal, delayed according to the delay value, to via the data-signal timing line to time reception of the first write data within the DRAM.
US11664065B2
The invention provides a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and an operation method thereof. The DRAM includes a memory cell array, a temperature sensor, and a refresh logic circuit. The temperature sensor senses a temperature of the DRAM. The refresh logic circuit enters a tRFC based on a refresh command issued by a memory controller to perform an automatic refresh operation on at least one memory cell row of the memory cell array. In a temperature-controlled refresh mode, the refresh logic circuit correspondingly adjusts a number of a plurality of tRAS periods in the tRFC according to a temperature sensing result of the temperature sensor. In a fine granularity refresh mode, the refresh logic circuit correspondingly adjusts the number of the tRAS periods in the tRFC according to a granularity specified by the memory controller.
US11664056B2
The invention relates to a method, and an apparatus for accessing to data in response to a power-supply event. The method, performed by a flash controller, includes steps for: reading a plurality of physical pages of data in a current block from a flash module during a sudden power off recovery procedure; determining whether a power-supply event has occurred according to an error correction result corresponding to read physical pages; reconstructing a first flash-to-host mapping (F2H) table to include physical-to-logical mapping (P2L) information from the 0th page to a page before a last valid page in the current block when the power-supply event has occurred; and programming the reconstructed first F2H table into a location of the flash module.
US11664054B2
A cartridge is provided and includes tape-shaped magnetic recording medium; and cartridge memory; wherein cartridge memory includes communication unit that communicates with recording/reproducing device in state where cartridge is loaded on recording/reproducing device; storage unit; and control unit that stores, reads, and transmits information, wherein information includes manufacturing information of cartridge and adjustment information for adjusting a tension applied to the tape-shaped magnetic recording medium in a longitudinal direction of tape-shaped magnetic recording medium thereof, tape-shaped magnetic recording medium has a plurality of servo bands, and wherein a temperature expansion coefficient α of the tape-shaped magnetic recording medium satisfies 6 ppm/° C.≤α≤8 ppm/° C.
US11664052B2
A tape cartridge for use in cleaning a head assembly of a tape drive includes a cartridge housing and a tape that is retained within the cartridge housing. The tape includes a cleaning section having a tape surface and an abrasive coating that is coupled to the tape surface. The tape has a tape thickness of between approximately three microns and seven microns. The abrasive coating has a surface roughness of at least approximately two nanometers.
US11664051B1
A recording head has a near-field transducer proximate a media-facing surface of the recording head. A waveguide overlaps and delivers light to the near-field transducer. Two subwavelength focusing mirrors are at an end of the waveguide proximate the media-facing surface. The subwavelength mirrors are on opposite crosstrack sides of the near-field transducer and separated from each other by a crosstrack gap. The subwavelength focusing mirrors each include a core having a first edge exposed at the media-facing surface. The core formed of a core material that is resistant to mechanical wear and corrosion, such as a dielectric or robust metal. A liner covers a second edge of the core facing the near-field transducer. The liner includes a plasmonic metal that is different than the core material, such as Au or Al.
US11664048B2
An apparatus, in accordance with one approach, includes a receiving area configured to receive a plurality of tape spool pairs. A drive mechanism is configured to selectively drive the tape spool pairs. A magnetic head configured to perform data operations on magnetic recording tapes of the tape spool pairs is also present. A positioning mechanism is configured to selectively align the magnetic head to a selected one of the tape spool pairs. An engagement mechanism is configured to create a relative movement between the magnetic head and the magnetic recording tape of the selected tape spool pair for engaging the magnetic recording tape with the magnetic head. A controller is configured to instruct the drive mechanism to drive the selected tape spool pair during performance of data operations on the selected tape spool pair, and to instruct the drive mechanism to drive a second tape spool pair for performing a second operation on the second tape spool pair while the data operations are being performed.
US11664042B2
A head-worn audio device is provided with a circuit for voice signal enhancement. The circuit comprises at least a plurality of microphones, arranged at predefined positions, where each microphone provides a microphone signal. The circuit further comprises a directivity pre-processor and a blind source separation processor. The directivity pre-processor is connected with the plurality of microphones to receive the microphone signals and being configured to provide at least a voice signal and a noise signal. Directivity pre-processing increases the mutual independence of the signals provided to the blind source separation processor and thus improves processing by blind source separation. The blind source separation processor receives at least the voice signal and the noise signal, and is configured to conduct blind source separation on at least the voice signal and the noise signal to provide at least an enhanced voice signal with reduced noise components.
US11664037B2
Methods of encoding and decoding a speech signal using a neural network model that recognizes sound sources, and encoding and decoding apparatuses for performing the methods are provided. A method of encoding a speech signal includes identifying an input signal for a plurality of sound sources; generating a latent signal by encoding the input signal; obtaining a plurality of sound source signals by separating the latent signal for each of the plurality of sound sources; determining a number of bits used for quantization of each of the plurality of sound source signals according to a type of each of the plurality of sound sources; quantizing each of the plurality of sound source signals based on the determined number of bits; and generating a bitstream by combining the plurality of quantized sound source signals.
US11664036B2
A processor for processing an audio signal has: an analyzer for deriving a window control signal from the audio signal indicating a change from a first asymmetric window to a second window, or indicating a change from a third window to a fourth asymmetric window, wherein the second window is shorter than the first window, or wherein the third window is shorter than the fourth window; a window constructor for constructing the second window using a first overlap portion of the first asymmetric window, wherein the window constructor is configured to determine a first overlap portion of the second window using a truncated first overlap portion of the first asymmetric window, or wherein the window constructor is configured to calculate a second overlap portion of the third window using a truncated second overlap portion of the fourth asymmetric window; and a windower for applying the first and second windows or the third and fourth windows to obtain windowed audio signal portions.
US11664032B2
Multi-agent input coordination can be used to for acoustic collaboration of multiple listening agents deployed in smart devices on a premises, improving the accuracy of identifying requests and specifying where that request should be honored, improving quality of detection, and providing better understanding of user commands and user intent throughout the premises. A processor or processors such as those in a smart speaker can identify audio requests received through at least two agents in a network and determine at which of the agents to actively process a selected audio request. The identification can make use of techniques such as location context and secondary trait analysis. The audio request can include simultaneous audio requests received through at least two agents, differing audio requests received from different requesters, or both.
US11664031B2
Implementations of the subject technology provide systems and methods for multi-mode voice triggering for audio devices. An audio device may store multiple voice recognition models, each trained to detect a single corresponding trigger phrase. So that the audio device can detect a specific one of the multiple trigger phrases without consuming the processing and/or power resources to run a voice recognition model that can differentiate between different trigger phrases, the audio device pre-loads a selected one of the voice recognition models for an expected trigger phrase into a processor of the audio device. The audio device may select the one of the voice recognition models for the expected trigger phrase based on a type of a companion device that is communicatively coupled to the audio device.
US11664030B2
An information processing method includes receiving first text information, which is generated according to a speech, input through a first input device; receiving audio information recorded by a second input device, wherein the audio information is generated and recorded according to the speech; performing speech recognition on the audio information to obtain second text information; and presenting the first text information and the second text information. A correspondence relationship exists between content in the first text information and content in the second text information.
US11664029B2
A method to transcribe communications includes the steps of obtaining a plurality of hypothesis transcriptions of a voice signal generated by a speech recognition system, determining consistent words that are included in at least first and second of the plurality of hypothesis transcriptions, in response to determining the consistent words, providing the consistent words to a device for presentation of the consistent words to an assisted user, and presenting the consistent words via a display screen on the device, wherein a rate of the presentation of the words on the display screen is variable.
US11664027B2
Disclosed is a portable communication device, including a display, at least one microphone, a memory, and a processor operably connected to the display, the at least one microphone and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to display guide information, via the display, in response to a user input, the guide information including a first display object related to guide a user voice input for generation of a new voice command and a second display object related to at least one application executed by the new voice command via the portable communication device, receive audio data corresponding to the first display object from a user through the at least one microphone, generate the new voice command corresponding to the audio data, and store, in the memory, the new voice command corresponding to the received audio data and mapping information indicating that the new voice command and the at least one application are mapped.
US11664018B2
A dialogue system includes a Speech to Text (STT) engine configured to convert a user speech into a spoken text; a learning-based dialogue engine configured to determine a user intention corresponding to the spoken text; a storage configured to store learning data used for learning of the dialogue engine; and a controller configured to determine an actual user intention based on at least one of context information or an additional user speech, match a spoken text failing to determine the user intention with the actual user intention when the dialogue engine fails to determine the user intention corresponding to the spoken text, and the dialogue engine may perform learning using the spoken text stored in the storage and the actual user intention.
US11664015B2
A method for searching content having same voice as a voice of a target speaker from among a plurality of contents includes extracting a feature vector corresponding to the voice of the target speaker, selecting any subset of speakers from a training dataset repeatedly by a predetermined number of times, generating linear discriminant analysis (LDA) transformation matrices using each of the selected any subsets of speakers repeatedly by a predetermined number of times, projecting the extracted speaker feature vector to the selected corresponding subsets of speakers using each of the generated LDA transformation matrices, assigning a value corresponding to nearby speaker class among corresponding subsets of speakers, to each of projection regions of the extracted speaker feature vector, generating a hash value corresponding to the extracted feature vector based on the assigned values, and searching content having a similar hash value to the generated hash value among the contents.
US11664002B2
An active noise control device includes a determination unit configured to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in an acceleration sensor based on a direct-current component of a reference signal acquired by the acceleration sensor attached to a vehicle, and a control unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that an abnormality has occurred in any of a plurality of the acceleration sensors, stop generation of the control signal based on the reference signal acquired by the acceleration sensor that has been determined to have the abnormality, and stop updating a filter coefficient of an adaptive filter configured to perform the filtering process on the reference signal acquired by the acceleration sensor that has been determined to have no abnormality.
US11663998B2
An apparatus, method, and computer-readable storage medium that generate a harmonized musical piece. The method includes receiving a chord selection including a musical key and a scale selection, generating, within a digital audio work session, a chord progression sequence based on the received chord selection, in response to a detected chord selection change, modifying the chord progression sequence to include a chord progression corresponding to the chord selection change, setting the chord progression sequence as a master sequence, in response to detecting a second progression sequence within the digital audio work session, transmitting an identifier to the second progression sequence setting it as a slave sequence, and establishing a synchronized communication link between the master and the slave sequences such that changes made in the master sequence are automatically effectuated in the slave sequence, and combining the master sequence and the slave sequence to form a composed musical piece.
US11663983B2
Techniques are disclosed for lighting displays such as those associated with electrophoretic display (EPD) devices such as e-readers or any other display technologies or applications. In an embodiment, an EPD device is provided with a number of internal LEDs or other suitable light source generally disposed along at least a portion of the display perimeter. The light can be activated in situations where the available ambient light is inadequate for viewing the display. Light from the light source is distributed across the display, and in some embodiments, can be adjusted to provide a desired degree of brightness. The light can be turned on or off via an existing single press-button or otherwise tactile, physical user interface that serves multiple functions. This user interface can be readily found and engaged by the user without the benefit of sight.
US11663973B1
External compensation of display panels may employ measurement or sensing circuitry configured to measure the output of a pixel and compensate for variations. Due to effects from the sensing circuitry, a mismatch between a target current and the actual current in the pixel may occur. Systems and methods that compensate for the effects from sensing circuitry and reduce or mitigate the mismatch are described. Systems and methods described herein include compensation circuitry that is capable of employing correction factors to compensate for the effects due to the presence of sensing circuitry. Methods for determining the correction factor are also described.
US11663966B2
A display device includes a display unit, a degradation compensator and a data driver. The display unit includes first and second pixels disposed in first and second regions, respectively. The degradation compensator generates a first compensated grayscale value by compensating a first grayscale value for the first pixel based on a first degradation curve and generates a second compensated grayscale value by compensating a second grayscale value for the second pixel based on a second degradation curve, where the first and second degradation curves define luminance reduction rates according to accumulated usage time of the first and second pixels, respectively. A data driver generates first and second data signals based on the first and second compensated grayscale values, respectively, and supplies the first and second data signals to the first and second pixels, respectively. A transmittance of the second region is greater than a transmittance of the first region.
US11663964B2
A display panel comprises two driver modules, each of which is provided with a driver chip in a first direction. Each driver chip drives a portion of a GOA circuit in a second direction. That is, a first driver chip drives a first GOA circuit, and a second driver chip drives a second GOA circuit. The first GOA circuit and the second GOA circuit are disconnected at a particular location on the display panel.
US11663962B2
Provided are a display panel, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element; where the pixel circuit includes a drive module, a data writing module, a light emission control module, and a bias module; where the drive module is configured to provide the light-emitting element with a drive current and includes a drive transistor; the data writing module is connected to a source of the drive transistor and configured to selectively provide the drive module with a data signal; the light emission control module is configured to selectively allow the light-emitting element to enter a light-emitting stage; the bias module is connected between a drain of the drive transistor and the light emission control signal line.
US11663958B2
A display substrate includes: a pixel circuit including: a switching transistor connected between a first terminal of a compensation capacitor and a data line; and a pixel transistor connected between a second terminal of the compensation capacitor and a first voltage line, the pixel transistor to receive a test voltage; and a test transistor including: a test gate terminal to receive a test signal; a test source terminal electrically connected to the first voltage line; and a test drain terminal electrically connected to the data line.
US11663955B2
A pixel circuit, a drive method, a display substrate, and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting device, a current supply sub-circuit, and a time control sub-circuit. The current supply sub-circuit is connected to a scanning signal terminal, a data signal terminal, a light emitting control terminal, a first power voltage terminal, the time control sub-circuit, and the light emitting device, and is configured to receive a data voltage of the data signal terminal and provide a drive current for the light emitting device. The time control sub-circuit is connected to the scanning signal terminal, a time length signal terminal, a second power voltage terminal, a direct current control signal terminal, and a direct current voltage terminal, and is configured to receive a time length voltage of the time length signal terminal and a direct current voltage input by the direct current voltage terminal.
US11663952B2
A display device include a substrate on which a plurality of first sub-pixels disposed in first columns and a plurality of second sub-pixels disposed in second columns are defined; a plurality of data lines disposed on one sides of the plurality of first sub-pixels and the other sides of the plurality of second sub-pixels; and a plurality of parking voltage lines disposed between the plurality of first sub-pixels and the plurality of second sub-pixels, wherein the plurality of parking voltage lines are configured to be electrically connected to some of the plurality of data lines. Accordingly, by applying the same parking voltage to the parking voltage lines and the data lines during a blank frame, flicker can be reduced.
US11663949B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a driving circuit, and the driving circuit includes N-level shift registers cascaded with each other, where N is greater than or equal to two. A shift register of the N-level shift registers includes: a third control unit, configured to control a signal of a fourth node, the third control unit receives a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal, the first voltage signal is a high-level signal, and the second voltage signal is a low-level signal; and a fourth control unit, configured to generate an output signal, the fourth control unit receives a third voltage signal and a fourth voltage signal, and the third voltage signal is a high-level signal, and the fourth voltage signal is a low-level signal.
US11663946B2
A driving chip includes a data channel block including a plurality of data channels, a scan channel block disposed in a first direction from the data channel block and including a plurality of scan channels, a data pad block disposed outside the data channel block and the scan channel block in the first direction and including a plurality of data pads which respectively receive a data signal from the plurality of data channels, and a scan pad block disposed outside the data channel block and the scan channel block in the first direction, disposed outside the data pad block in a second direction crossing the first direction and including a plurality of scan pads which respectively receive a scan signal from the scan channels.
US11663944B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes an array substrate and at least two driving units. The array substrate includes a peripheral region and a display region, the peripheral region surrounds the display region, the array substrate further includes a peripheral grounding line, and the peripheral grounding line is located in the peripheral region and surrounds the display region. The at least two driving units are located on at least one side of the array substrate, the driving unit includes at least two grounding pins, a grounding pin of at least one of the driving units is connected to the peripheral grounding line, and each of at least one grounding pin of one of two adjacent driving units is electrically connected to a corresponding grounding pin of the other adjacent driving unit.
US11663942B1
An optical subsystem of a near-eye display system provides for projecting light of a virtual image of image content to an eye location, and provides for collecting light of the virtual image onto an exit pupil on a surface proximate to an outer surface of an eye when at the eye location. A subpupil modulator within an aperture in cooperation with the optical subsystem provides for forming a plurality of subpupils on a curved surface within the exit pupil, and provides for less than all of the light of the virtual image associated with one or more less than all of the plurality of subpupils to be projected to the eye location.
US11663940B2
The present disclosure relates to a display assembly, a display device and a driving method. The display assembly includes: a display panel provided with a plurality of pixel islands distributed in an array, any one of the pixel islands including sub-pixels continuously arranged along a set direction; and a lens layer arranged on a light exit surface of the display panel and including lenses arranged along the set direction. A lenticular lens pitch is not greater than a size of an opening of each pixel island in the set direction, and along the set direction, a sub-pixel pitch in each of the pixel islands is smaller than a half of the lenticular lens pitch. The lenticular lens pitch is equal to a sum of a size of each lenticular lens in the set direction and a distance between two adjacent ones of the plurality of lenticular lenses.
US11663933B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a flexible display panel, a panel roller, wherein the flexible display panel is wound around or unwound from the panel roller, a main frame extending in a longitudinal direction of the panel roller, wherein the panel roller is coupled to the main frame, an elongated frame member extending in the longitudinal direction of the panel roller, wherein the elongated frame member is spaced apart from the panel roller and the main frame, and a sub frame coupling the elongated frame member with the main frame, wherein the sub frame is coupled to the main frame.
US11663926B2
A method of operating a food categorization engine includes extracting features from each text description of a training food data set to generate a feature set. The feature set is analyzed to determine sets of food categorization features that correlate to one or more food categories, wherein the sets of food categorization features are defined by a plurality of category vectors. Individual words and/or characters of a text description of a food item received from a user are then analyzed in order to generate a numerical vector representative thereof. The numerical vector is multiplied by a matrix defined by the plurality of category vectors. One or more food categories with which to associate the received food item are automatically selected based at least in part on the multiplication, and the data record associated with the food item is amended to include the selected food categories.
US11663924B2
A method for live streaming is provided. The method includes: displaying an online tutorial portal of a target service in a live-streaming room of an anchor account; in response to a trigger operation on the online tutorial portal, sending an online tutorial request to a server to request the anchor account to provide an online tutorial for the target service; in response to approval of the anchor account for the online tutorial request, acquiring video data by recording a current screen of a first terminal; displaying, in the live-streaming room of the anchor account, the current screen of the first terminal based on the video data; playing, in response to receiving audio data of the anchor account, the audio data of the anchor account; and acquiring audio data of a first account corresponding to the first terminal, and sending the audio data of the first account to the server.
US11663921B2
A flight trajectory multi-objective dynamic planning method, which belongs to the field of air traffic management, comprises: acquiring a route network structure, a flight segment length, flight level configurations of each flight segment and flow control information in an available airspace of a flight first, establishing a flight trajectory multi-objective dynamic planning model by taking a minimum fuel consumption, a shortest flight time and a minimum number of flight level changes as objectives, further designing a solving algorithm of the flight trajectory multi-objective dynamic planning model, and finally solving the model to form a plurality of strategies of flight trajectory multi-stage decision.
US11663905B2
A system, method, and apparatus for controlling a plurality of devices are provided. The system includes a remote control device comprising a processor configured to generate a carousel zone comprising at least a subset of graphical icons of a plurality of graphical icons, determine a first target device and a second target device from the plurality of devices, generate a first user interface based on the first target device, the first user interface associated with a first set of commands, in response to a user input, generate a second user interface based on the second target device, the second user interface associated with a second set of commands, control the first target device based on the first set of commands, and control the second target device based on the second set of commands.
US11663902B2
Methods and systems for configuring communication at a premises are described. A network device at a premises may be configured to use a first communication mode and a second communication mode. The network device may receive data from a device located at the premises. The network device may transmit the data using the first communication mode or the second communication mode based on configuration data, which may be received from a computing device located external to the premises.
US11663896B2
A system for detecting placement or misplacement of an object includes a wireless tag; a first electronic device (“FED”) associated with the tag to automatically detect signals from the tag, determine a position of the FED, transmit the position and status to an external electronic device or network (“EED”) in response to the status indicating that the tag and the FED are within a predetermined range, and transmit the position and status to the EED in response to the status indicating that the tag and the FED are outside of the predetermined range; and a second electronic device (“SED”) that is unassociated with the tag to automatically detect signals from the tag, determine a position of the SED, determine an identifier for the tag using the signals, and transmit the position of the SED and the identifier to the EED.
US11663892B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a cloud-based video monitoring system comprising a camera and a network video recorder (NVR). During operation, the camera stores in a buffer last predetermined temporal segment of a video. The camera also stores a first video file in a local storage corresponding to an event detected by the camera. This first video file is non-overlapping with a second video file corresponding to the event and this second video file is stored in the NVR. The camera generates a third video file by pre-pending last predetermined temporal segment of a video prior to the event to the first video file and sends the third video file to the NVR.
US11663890B2
Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for Artificial Intelligence (AI) theft prevention and recovery, such as by utilizing image object analysis to identify and report pilfering-type cargo or materials theft events.
US11663886B2
A computer-implemented method for demonstrating a personalized automated teller machine (ATM) presentation to a user may include: obtaining transaction data of the user via a device associated with the user; obtaining, via the one or more processors, geographic data of the user based on the transaction data; generating, via the one or more processors, ATM data based on the geographic data of the user; obtaining, via the one or more processors, user feedback data based on the ATM data, wherein the user feedback data comprises a selection of an ATM of the list of the ATMs; transmitting, to the selected ATM of the list of the ATMs, presentation data based on the transaction data and the user feedback data; and demonstrating, via the selected ATM of the list of the ATMs, the personalized ATM presentation to the user based on the presentation data.
US11663883B2
A system that allows a user to set threshold preferences for wager limits and the amount of time a wager is placed to allow the user to authenticate or identify themselves when the thresholds are exceeded to reconfirm that the user wishes to place a wager. The system compares the wagers placed by the user to thresholds inputted by the user. If the wager parameters exceed the inputted thresholds, the wagering network reconfirms the wager with the user by requesting a means of authentication to ensure that it is the user placing the wager and determining if the user wants to place the wager and that it was not placed in error.
US11663874B1
A system includes a cassette structured to manage a plurality of bills, a first sensor structured to provide denomination information, a bill storage component, and a picker system structured to traverse the bill storage component. The system also includes memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to determine the denomination of the plurality of bills, generate a bill list, receive a transaction request indicating a specific denomination for dispensing, identify a storage position of a target bill from the bill list, and cause the picker system to traverse the bill storage component to the storage position of the target bill to retrieve the target bill for dispensing.
US11663870B2
Disclosed systems and methods relate to a smart access control device in a security system for monitoring an area. According to embodiments, a method can include receiving, by the smart access control device, from one or more sensors in the area, sensor data about the area. The method can also include analyzing the received sensor data and generating an alert for a user about the area based on the analyzed sensor data. The method can further include transmitting, by the smart access control device, a first signal comprising the alert to a monitoring server of the security system. Moreover, the method can include enabling, by the smart access control device, a person requesting access to the area to enter identification information and granting access to the area to the person based on the received identification information that is evaluated by the user.
US11663869B2
An access control method of a door operating device that communicates with a user terminal, the access control method may comprise determining a distance between the door operating device and the user terminal based on a received signal strength corresponding to a transmitted signal from at least one of the door operating device and the user terminal; determining whether the distance between the door operating device and the user terminal is within a first distance; establishing a communication connection between the door operating device and the user terminal when the distance between the door operating device and the user terminal is within the first distance; determining whether the distance between the door operating device and the user terminal is within a second distance; and obtaining open authentication information when the distance between the door operating device and the user terminal is within the second distance.
US11663868B1
When attending an event at a venue, the attendee typically presents ticket information that is scanned by a venue scanner. The process associated with scanning can be dispensed with, which can improve attendee experiences, reduce costs associated with managing a venue, as well as other advantages. For example, instead of scanning a ticket at a point of ingress to the venue, a device of the user can self-scan the ticket, and then present indicia that indicates this process has occurred. The indicia can be presented to a guest services representative, who can verify that a valid ticket was redeemed by merely observing the indicia and without scanning.
US11663867B2
An access device is provided for use in an access control system. The access device includes a processor having control of a door lock, and a communication module connected to the processor. The processor is able to receive a reservation certificate presented by a portable terminal through the communication module. The processor activates the door lock when the current reservation certificate has been presented and disables an alarm system when the current reservation certificate has been presented.
US11663866B2
Examples associated with service kiosk access are described. One example includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing processor executable instructions that, when executed, control a processor to detect a specified condition resolvable by in-person service at a service kiosk that includes a set of compartments. Each compartment is adapted to store an electronic device in a manner that provides a data connection to the electronic device while restricting communications involving the electronic device to the data connection. The instructions further control the processor to generate a request for technician support responsive to detecting the specified condition. The instructions further control the processor to authenticate that a technician is physically present at the service kiosk. The instructions further control the processor to grant physical access to compartments associated with the specified condition.
US11663865B2
A key information sharing system includes a delivery device that delivers key information as first information for a control device equipped in an object and a user terminal that receives the first information delivered from the delivery device. The delivery device adds second information that allows the first information to be transferred between the user terminal and a third-party terminal without the delivery device, to the first information to be delivered to the user terminal. The user terminal transmits the first information to the third-party terminal in response to an input operation by a user, when the user terminal receives the first information to which the second information has been added.
US11663864B2
A system according to one embodiment includes a first computing device comprising ultra-wideband communication circuitry, and a second computing device comprising ultra-wideband communication circuitry configured to communicate with the ultra-wideband communication circuitry of the first computing device to determine the angle and distance of the first computing device relative to the second computing device.
US11663861B2
A vehicle data system may include an onboard diagnostic port configured to receive a request for a threshold relating to a vehicle parameter, the threshold indicating a limit in a standard operating range of the vehicle parameter, and a processor configured to receive the request for the threshold, receive vehicle data from at least one vehicle component, and apply a filter to the vehicle data to generate a tuned threshold for the requested threshold based on an initial value and the vehicle data.
US11663852B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein use a first machine learning architecture and a second machine learning architecture where the first machine learning architecture executes on a first processor and receives a first image representing a mouth of a user, determines user feedback for outputting to the user based on a first machine learning model, and outputs the user feedback for capturing a second image representing the mouth of the user. The second machine learning architecture executes on a second processor and receives the first image and the second image, and generates a 3D model of at least a portion of a dental arch of the user based on the first image and the second image where the 3D model is generated based on a second machine learning model of the second machine learning architecture.
US11663851B2
An implicit bias monitoring system is provided. The system receives sensor data including video and audio that are captured during an interaction between a first individual and a second individual. The system determines a set of attributes associated with the interaction based on the received sensor data, the set of attributes comprising at least one of race and gender of the second individual. The system detects an implicit bias based on a combination of the determined set of attributes and a bias profile. The system generates an alert based on the detected implicit bias.
US11663849B1
A system and method for better matching of two digital fingerprints when the two digital fingerprints are acquired under different conditions that uses the set of points of interest of the first and second digital fingerprints to perform the matching. A transform pyramiding process is performed using the first and second set of points of interest and a hierarchy of transforms to determine if the first and second set of points of interest are true matches despite the different conditions.
US11663848B2
The present invention includes a device for controlling rolling shutter timing, the device including: a first Gate-On-Array (GOA) driving unit configured to generate a reset signal for resetting an image sensor in a unit of a gate line; a second GOA driving unit configured to generate a scan signal for scanning the image sensor in the unit of the gate line; and a timing controller configured to control generation timing of the reset signal and the scan signal. According to the device and the method of controlling rolling shutter timing based on GOA, it is possible to satisfy a bezel-less edge level of a display panel of a smart phone, expand a fingerprint recognition area to a large area by rapidly reading a fingerprint location area, freely control an exposure time, and reduce occurrence of a delay time.
US11663840B2
A method and system are provided for removing noise from document images using a neural network-based machine learning model. A dataset of original document images is used as an input source of images. Random noise is added to the original document images to generate noisy images, which are provided to a neural network-based denoising system that generates denoised images. Denoised images and original document images are evaluated by a neural network-based discriminator system, which generates a predictive output relating to authenticity of evaluated denoised images. Feedback is provided backpropagation updates to train both the denoising and discriminator systems. Training sequences are iteratively performed to provide the backpropagation updates, such that the denoising system is trained to generate denoised images that can pass as original document images while the discriminator system is trained to improve the accuracy in predicting the authenticity of the images presented.
US11663838B2
A method of using a machine learning model to output a task-specific prediction may include receiving a digitized cytology image of a cytology sample and applying a machine learning model to isolate cells of the digitized cytology image. The machine learning model may include identifying a plurality of sub-portions of the digitized cytology image, identifying, for each sub-portion of the plurality of sub-portions, either background or cell, and determining cell sub-images of the digitized cytology image. Each cell sub-image may comprise a cell of the digitized cytology image, based on the identifying either background or cell. The method may further comprise determining a plurality of features based on the cell sub-images, each of the cell sub-images being associated with at least one of the plurality of features, determining an aggregated feature based on the plurality of features, and training a machine learning model to predict a target task based on the aggregated feature.
US11663836B2
A system and method for error estimation in an eye gaze tracking system in a vehicle may include an operator monitoring system providing measured eye gaze information corresponding to an object outside the vehicle and an external object monitoring system providing theoretical eye gaze information and an error in the measured eye gaze information based upon the measured eye gaze information and the theoretical eye gaze information.
US11663834B2
A traffic signal recognition method and a traffic signal recognition device acquire a result sequence consisting of a plurality of determination results in time-series order obtained by determining a display state of a traffic signal based on a plurality of images of a traveling direction of a vehicle, set a first threshold as a number threshold if a specific determination result which is a latest determination result among the determination results is a determination result of a permission display that allows a passage of the stop line corresponding to the traffic signal, set a second threshold smaller than the first threshold as the number threshold if the specific determination result is other than a determination result of the permission display, and output the specific determination result if a number of determination results identical to the specific determination result is greater than the number threshold.
US11663826B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for data processing and video cover generation. The method for video cover generation comprises: receiving a video for processing, a processing request for the video, and a video cover generation condition; segmenting the video based on the processing request to obtain a sequence of target clips; scoring target clips in the sequence of target clips based on a pre-configured algorithm to obtain scores for the target clips; after weighting the scores of target clips satisfying the video cover generation condition, weighting the scores of target clips associated with a video category of the video; and generating, based on a weighting process result, a personalized video cover attracting more user attention.
US11663821B1
A system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) security system comprising a network interface and a processing circuit, where the network interface is structured to facilitate data communication with a UAV and a user device via a network, and the processing circuit comprising a processor and a memory where the processing circuit is structured to deploy the UAV from a UAV base, guide the UAV along a route within or near a provider location, receive monitoring data associated with the provider location and its surroundings from the UAV where the monitoring data is based on ultra-wideband (UWB) data and radio-frequency identification (RFID) data, identify a foreign object based on the monitoring data, and provide a notification to the user device regarding the foreign object.
US11663818B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an initial input in a first modality from a first user from a client system associated with the first user, determining one or more intents corresponding to the initial input by an intent-understanding module, generating one or more candidate continuation-inputs based on the one or more intents, where the one or more candidate continuation-inputs are in one or more candidate modalities, respectively, and wherein the candidate modalities are different from the first modality, and sending instructions for presenting one or more suggested inputs corresponding to one or more of the candidate continuation-inputs to the client system.
US11663814B2
The present disclosure advantageously provides a system and a method for skipping recurrent neural network (RNN) state updates using a skip predictor. Sequential input data are received and divided into sequences of input data values, each input data value being associated with a different time step for a pre-trained RNN model. At each time step, the hidden state vector for a prior time step is received from the pre-trained RNN model, and a determination, based on the input data value and the hidden state vector for at least one prior time step, is made whether to provide or not provide the input data value associated with the time step to the pre-trained RNN model for processing. When the input data value is not provided, the pre-trained RNN model does not update its hidden state vector. Importantly, the skip predictor is trained without retraining the pre-trained RNN model.
US11663810B2
An identification device configured to acquire a collation fixed image of a part of a region where a fixed pattern is formed, and a collation amorphous image of a part of a region where an amorphous pattern formed when the fixed pattern is formed on a region different from the region where the fixed pattern is formed, of a collation molded article; refer to a storage unit that stores, as a registered image in advance for a mold, a fixed image and an amorphous image pair of a part of a region where a fixed and an amorphous pattern are formed, of each of plural molded articles formed using the mold; specify a mold that forms the collation molded article using the registered fixed and collation fixed images, and identify whether the collation amorphous image matches the registered amorphous image of any of the registered images corresponding to the mold.
US11663797B2
A method of generating garment images embellished with a personalization art image is disclosed. Creating a garment type, based on a business user input including receiving information related to garment parts available options in colors, fabrics, lighting conditions, camera viewpoints poses related to the garment, generating a garment part image for each distinct combination of garment part fabric, garment part color, lighting condition, camera viewpoint and pose, storing each garment image, receiving a selection of available customization windows corresponding to the garment, and displaying to an end-user, a user selected garment image, embellished with a selected personalization art located in a selected customization window.
US11663795B2
A streaming-based VR multi-split system and method are provided. The system includes a control system, a manipulation terminal and at least one experience terminal. The control system includes a streaming media server, a streaming coding and decoding interaction module and a VR platform. The streaming decoding and interaction processing module is configured to receive a video stream sent by the streaming coding and decoding interaction module, collect interaction data at one side of the manipulation terminal in real time, and transmit the interaction data to the streaming coding and decoding interaction module. The streaming coding and decoding interaction module sends a video picture code of the VR platform to the manipulation terminal, and pushes the video stream corresponding to the interaction data to the streaming media server. A presentation picture corresponding to an operation of the experience terminal is acquired by the streaming media server.
US11663783B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for using augmented reality with the internet of things. An augmented reality experience may be provided based on an operation of an object. Operation status information of a detected object may be obtained and a visual effect may be determined based on the operation status information. An object may be controlled using augmented reality. Operation status information of a detected object may be obtained and a control option may be determined based on the operation status information. A visual effect may be determined based on the control option and a user input regarding the control option may be obtained. A control information configured to effectuate a change in the operation of the object may be transmitted to the object.
US11663779B2
In various embodiments, a stylization subsystem automatically modifies a three-dimensional (3D) object design. In operation, the stylization subsystem generates a simplified quad mesh based on an input triangle mesh that represents the 3D object design, a preferred orientation associated with at least a portion of the input triangle mesh, and mesh complexity constraint(s). The stylization subsystem then converts the simplified quad mesh to a simplified T-spline. Subsequently, the stylization subsystem creases one or more of edges included in the simplified T-spline to generate a stylized T-spline. Notably, the stylized T-spline represents a stylized design that is more convergent with the preferred orientation(s) than the 3D object design. Advantageously, relative to prior art approaches, the stylization subsystem can more efficiently modify the 3D object design to improve overall aesthetics and manufacturability.
US11663762B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to facilitating region of interest preservation. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a region of interest preservation score using adaptive margins is determined. The region of interest preservation score indicates an extent to which at least one region of interest is preserved in a candidate image crop associated with an image. A region of interest positioning score is determined that indicates an extent to which a position of the at least one region of interest is preserved in the candidate image crop associated with the image. The region of interest preservation score and/or the preserving score are used to select a set of one or more candidate image crops as image crop suggestions.
US11663761B2
Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for converting a diagram into a digital diagram format. A diagram is received as an image file and a plurality of recognition stages produce a final diagram based on predicted information from one or more of the recognition stages. The plurality of recognition stages including a shape detection stage for detecting a plurality of shapes and at least one arrow detection stage in which arrows are detected as relations between pairs of shapes. The final diagram is generated based on the predicted information and is converted into the digital diagram format compatible with a diagram modeling language.
US11663753B1
A method for generating productivity maps is provided. The method includes receiving a user input including boundaries of a geographical area and a date range; selecting, from databases of earth observation providers, based on a first criterion concerning a cloud amount, a first plurality of first images corresponding to the date range and covering at least partially the geographical area; selecting, from the first plurality of first images, based on a second criterion concerning the cloud amount, a second plurality of second images; determining, based on the second plurality of second images and a statistical criterion, a value of a vegetation index for a pixel in the geographical area to generate a plurality of values of the vegetation index; dividing, based on the plurality of values of the vegetation index, the geographical area into a set of clusters; and generating a map featuring the set of clusters.
US11663747B2
Provided is an artificial intelligence (AI) decoding apparatus includes: a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, the processor is configured to: obtain AI data related to AI down-scaling an original image to a first image; obtain image data corresponding to an encoding result on the first image; obtain a second image corresponding to the first image by performing a decoding on the image data; obtain deep neural network (DNN) setting information among a plurality of DNN setting information from the AI data; and obtain, by an up-scaling DNN, a third image by performing the AI up-scaling on the second image, the up-scaling DNN being configured with the obtained DNN setting information, wherein the plurality of DNN setting information comprises a parameter used in the up-scaling DNN, the parameter being obtained through joint training of the up-scaling DNN and a down-scaling DNN, and wherein the down-scaling DNN is used to obtain the first image from the original image.
US11663738B2
A method for transferring a gait pattern of a first user to a second user to simulate augmented reality content in a virtual simulation environment is described. In one aspect, the method includes identifying a gait pattern of a first user operating a first visual tracking system in a first physical environment, identifying a trajectory from a second visual tracking system operated by a second user in a second physical environment, the trajectory based on poses of the second visual tracking system over time, modifying the trajectory from the second visual tracking system based on the gait pattern of the first user, applying the modified trajectory in a plurality of virtual environments, and generating simulated ground truth data based on the modified trajectory in the plurality of virtual environments.
US11663737B2
An information processing apparatus includes a captured image acquisition unit that acquires an image captured by imaging a device including plural markers. A marker image coordinate specification unit specifies a representative coordinate of each marker image from the captured image, and a position and posture derivation unit derives position information and posture information of the device using the representative coordinates of the marker images. The marker image coordinate specification unit specifies a first boundary box surrounding a region within which pixels having a first luminance or more continuously appear, specifies a second boundary box surrounding a region within which pixels having a second luminance or more continuously appear in the first boundary box, the second luminance being higher than the first luminance, and derives a representative coordinate of each marker image based on pixels in the first or second boundary box in response to the number of specified second boundary boxes.
US11663734B2
Systems and methods are provided that include a plurality of sensors, communicatively coupled to one another, to periodically transmit positional location information. A digital image capture device, communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors, may capture an image of a scene which includes at least one of the plurality of sensors. A processor, communicatively coupled to the digital capture device, may determine a measurement of a least one object in the captured image of the scene, where the measurement of the at least one object is based at least in part on the positional location information received by the digital image capture device at the time that the image of the scene is captured. A display device, communicatively coupled to the processor, may display the determined measurements of the at least one object.
US11663733B2
A method includes obtaining a reference image and a target image each representing an environment containing moving features and static features. The method also includes determining an object mask configured to mask out the moving features and preserves the static features in the target image. The method additionally includes determining, based on motion parallax between the reference image and the target image, a static depth image representing depth values of the static features in the target image. The method further includes generating, by way of a machine learning model, a dynamic depth image representing depth values of both the static features and the moving features in the target image. The model is trained to generate the dynamic depth image by determining depth values of at least the moving features based on the target image, the object mask, and the static depth image.
US11663732B2
A system and method for using images from a commodity camera for object scanning, reverse engineering, metrology, assembly, and analysis are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes a mobile imaging system to: enable a user to align an object to be analyzed on a turntable with a stencil; issue commands, by use of a data processor, to the turntable for automatic rotation of the turntable and the object thereon to a particular orientation for a camera of a mobile imaging device; capture a plurality of images of the object being analyzed at different automatic rotations of the turntable; upload the plurality of images of the object to a server via a network interface and a data network; and cause the server to generate a three dimensional (3D) model of the object from the plurality of images of the object.
US11663727B2
Described herein are neural network-based systems, methods and instrumentalities associated with cardiac assessment. An apparatus as described herein may obtain electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) information associated with a human heart and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) information associated with the human heart, and integrate the ECGI and MRI information using a machine-learned model. Using the integrated ECGI and MRI information, the apparatus may predict target ablation sites, estimate electrophysiology (EP) measurements, and/or simulate the electrical system of the human heart.
US11663723B2
An image segmentation system to perform operations that include causing display of an image within a graphical user interface of a client device, receive a set of user inputs that identify portions of a background and foreground of the image, identify a boundary of an object depicted within the image based on the set of user inputs, crop the object from the image based on the boundary, and generate a media item based on the cropped object, wherein properties of the media object, such as a size and a shape, are based on the boundary of the object.
US11663720B2
A method for evaluating a gastrointestinal tract may include characterizing one or more disease parameters using objective measures obtained from imaging data of a gastrointestinal tract. The one or more disease parameters reflect a measure of at least one of lesions, ulcers, bleeding, stenosis, and vasculature. The method may also include using the one or more characterized disease parameters to classify a disease state.
US11663718B2
A method for interpreting an input image by a computing device operated by at least one processor is provided. The method for interpreting an input image comprises storing an artificial intelligent (AI) model that is trained to classify a lesion detected in the input image as suspicious or non-suspicious and, under a condition of being suspicious, to classify the lesion detected in the input image as malignant or benign-hard representing that the lesion is suspicious but determined to be benign, receiving an analysis target image, by using the AI model, obtaining a classification class of a target lesion detected in the analysis target image and, when the classification class is the suspicious, obtaining at least one of a probability of being suspicious, a probability of being benign-hard, and a probability of malignant for the target lesion, and outputting an interpretation result including at least one probability obtained for the target lesion.
US11663710B2
The image processing device includes an imaging unit that images a subject and a distance map acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a distance distribution of the subject as map data. The distance map acquisition unit acquires map data with an image deviation amount or a defocused amount related to a captured image or distance map data in conformity with a TOF scheme or an imaging plane phase difference detection scheme of using a pupil division type image sensor. An image processing unit generates data of a texture image in which a low-frequency component of a captured image is inhibited and combines the data of the texture image and the map data acquired by the distance map acquisition unit to generate image data in which a distance distribution of a subject is expressed.
US11663707B2
A method for image processing, which comprises the following steps: Generating a first histogram from a first image; Calculating a first parameter profile from the first image indicative of the quality of the first image; Adjusting the first parameter profile to generate a second parameter profile; Using the second parameter profile to generate a statistical distribution via a statistical distribution generator, wherein the statistical distribution is characterized by at least three parameters; Using the statistical distribution to perform a histogram specification to the first histogram of the first image to generate a second histogram; Generating a second image based on the first image and the second histogram.
US11663704B2
Examples are disclosed relating to applying an analytical geometric projection that has been modified by an amplitude function. One example provides a computing device comprising a logic subsystem and a storage subsystem holding instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive an image of a scene as acquired by an image sensor, apply a mapping to the image of the scene that maps pixels of the image to projected pixels on an analytical projection that is modified by an amplitude function such that the analytical projection achieves a higher zoom effect on pixels closer to a center of the image compared to pixels closer to an edge of the image, thereby obtaining a corrected image, and output the corrected image.
US11663701B2
This disclosure presents a method and computer program product to denoise a ray traced scene. An apparatus for processing a ray traced scene is also disclosed. In one example, the method includes: (1) generating filtered scene data by filtering modified scene data from original scene data utilizing a spatial filter, and (2) providing a denoised ray traced scene by adjusting the filtered scene data utilizing a temporal filter. The modified and adjusted scene data can be sent to a rendering processor or system to complete rendering to generate a final scene.
US11663699B2
Provided is an image restoration apparatus and method. The image restoration apparatus may store an image restoration model including a convolutional layer corresponding to kernels having various dilation gaps, and may restore an output image from a target image obtained by rearranging a compound eye vision (CEV) image by the image restoration model.
US11663692B2
Multiple single lens distortion regions and one or more boundary regions may be determined within an image. Individual single lens distortion regions may have pixel displacement defined by a single lens distortion and individual boundary regions may have pixel displacement defined by a blend of at least two lens distortions. Multiple lens distortions may be simulated within the image by shifting pixels of the image input positions to output positions based on locations of pixels within a single lens distortion region and the corresponding single lens distortion or within a boundary region and a blend of corresponding lens distortions.
US11663690B2
A video processing method includes: decoding apart of a bitstream to generate a decoded frame, where the decoded frame is a projection-based frame that includes projection faces in a projection layout; and remapping sample locations of the projection-based frame to locations on the sphere, where a sample location within the projection-based frame is converted into a local sample location within a projection face packed in the projection-based frame; in response to adjustment criteria being met, an adjusted local sample location within the projection face is generated by applying adjustment to at least one coordinate value of the local sample location within the projection face, and the adjusted local sample location within the projection face is remapped to a location on the sphere; and in response to the adjustment criteria not being met, the local sample location within the projection face is remapped to a location on the sphere.
US11663687B2
Methods and systems for establishing and solving an optimization problem involving trade-offs in a container delivery system (e.g., trade-offs at least between prioritizing crane movement and prioritizing the wait time for trucks that have already arrived in a port) are described. According to some aspects of the described techniques, a cost function of the optimization problem reflects both of these concerns (e.g., a cost function is described that penalizes crane movement, rewards clearing of containers, etc.). Among other advantages, the methods and systems described may result in increased port operation efficiency, improved container flow, etc.
US11663681B2
Energy usage of a plurality of appliances is measured using a single meter. A pattern of energy usage with respect to the plurality of appliances is determined dependent upon the measured energy usage, appliance details of the plurality of appliances, and usage hours of the plurality of appliances. The pattern is provided to a user of the appliances.
US11663675B1
Systems and methods relating to improving the experience of gig-economy workers are disclosed, with particular reference to gig-economy work involving vehicle use. Such systems and methods include automatically monitoring and evaluating activities such as driving during performance of gigs, as well as providing recommendations based thereupon. Gig-related activities may be automatically detected based upon data provided by a mobile device associated with the gig-economy worker, thereby automatically generating a record of such activities for the worker. Telematics data indicative of movement of a vehicle may be collected and analyzed to detect gig-economy activities. During or after performance of gig-economy work, data automatically collected may be used to generate and present recommendations or education points to the gig-economy worker.
US11663672B2
Disclosed are apparatus, systems, computer readable media, or methods wherein user interface user interactions may be electronically logged and stored based on various inputs and outputs of data from the user interface forming a digital chain of events and interactions (e.g., a blockchain). An interaction logging system is disclosed including a user tracking or logging engine configured to derive session data and user interface data storing the same into interaction tracking chains or blockchains. A validation blockchain may co-exist with a session blockchain that may be formed independently and include version data of user interface software acting as a secure verifiable history of the versions of the user interface. In a session block of the session blockchain, a pointer may be stored with the session data, wherein the pointer indicates a particular block on the validation blockchain that may assist in the validation of information stored in the session blockchain.
US11663665B2
The disclosed embodiments generally relate to a slicer order quantity reduction tool. An example method for reducing a quantity of a slicer order includes calculating a collective quantity associated with available ones of a plurality of child orders; comparing the collective quantity and a reduction amount received in connection with a quantity reduction request for the slicer order; and determining, when the comparison indicates that the available ones of the child orders have insufficient quantity to meet the reduction amount, whether inflight ones of the plurality of child orders collectively have sufficient quantity to make up a shortfall of the available ones of the child orders.
US11663659B2
Systems and methods for assessing a credit exposure risk are provided. The methods include collecting credit facility data from at least one credit lender server device; determining, based on the credit facility data, at least one feature vector that is associated with at least one credit borrower device; applying at least one escalation rule to the feature vector; determining whether the at least one feature vector satisfies the applied escalation rule; and when the at least one feature vector is determined as not satisfying the applied escalation rule, performing an escalation action with respect to an entity associated with the credit borrower device.
US11663656B2
The invention relates to a system and method that implements a customer account automation framework. A mobile device or system comprises: a memory that accesses customer profile data, customer transaction data and payment rules data; and a computer processor, coupled to the memory, programmed to: identify one or more rules, each rule comprising an event and an action, wherein the one or more rules comprise one of: notification, confirmation and automation and an associated device; receive one or more rule suggestions automatically generated based on customer behavior and transaction data; receive one or more sponsored rule suggestions automatically generated based on sponsor data; accept at least one suggested rule, wherein the suggested rule comprises a corresponding event and a corresponding action; detect an occurrence of the event; and automatically perform the action.
US11663655B2
Disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for improving the accuracy of online banking systems. In various embodiments, the system includes a user device capturing receipt information from one or more e-commerce application and a server device for associating captured receipt information with transaction data. The system may include a browser extension for facilitating automatic capture of receipt information and a matching module for associating receipt information with transaction data. In various embodiments, transactions displayed in transaction statements within an online banking application are augmented with item level data including product name, price, and vendor for each product included in a transaction.
US11663648B2
Systems and methods for managing a multi-listing combined offer are provided. A networked system receives an indication to add a combination of items from multiple sellers into a virtual cart. In response, the networked system causes presentation of a user interface showing a combination of items from multiple sellers. The networked system receives, from the buyer, a buyer offer price for the combination of items. In response, the networked system accesses, from a data storage, item information for each item of the combination of items, whereby the item information includes a seller identifier, an original item price, and shipping cost for each item. The networked system then generates, based on the accessed item information and the buyer offer price, a split offer price for each seller, whereby the split offer price is a split of the buyer offer price. The split offer price is then presented to each corresponding seller.
US11663643B2
Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing information regarding a product that is unique to a geographical region. In one or more embodiments a method may include determining a location of a user, receiving information indicative of one or more products unique to a particular geographical region corresponding to the determined location of the user, wherein each of the one or more products are offered for sale in the particular region by one or more merchants, and providing information about at least one of the products and about a merchant, from the one or more merchants, offering that product for sale in the geographical region.
US11663642B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving at least a first query color, and searching an electronic catalog including a plurality of product images for the first query color to determine a similarity measure between the first query color and a product image of a plurality of product images. The similarity measure may be determined by determining a Euclidean distance between values in a three-dimensional color space for the first query color and a target color of the product image, and determining the similarity measure between the query color and the product image by determining a sum of the similarity measures from all target colors on the product image, weighted by the coverage of each target color. The search results may be transmitted based on the searching of the electronic catalog including the plurality of product images for the first query color.
US11663638B2
An e-commerce system and method for presenting product information to a viewer, where a video feed and product information associated with a product that relates to the content in the video feed can be displayed or presented to the viewer on one or more remote display devices.
US11663634B2
A framework for online media distribution of media content that includes streaming video, and tracking of the media content and consumer engagement with the streaming video, is configured to disseminate programs that include media content for display on a publisher site, where the streaming video is embedded thereon. The framework allows consumers to interact with advertisers by engaging with the media content directly. The framework also enables video streaming capabilities on any affiliate network that connects publishers and advertisers, so that the distribution of media content is agnostic and independent of the affiliate networks' platforms. The framework reconciles all actions in such an end-to-end journey by integrating syntaxes of different systems from consumer to advertiser.
US11663628B2
A method of displaying media content on a display screen of a communication device. The method includes receiving an indication of a state transition of a first Activity of an application program being executed on a processor of the communication device. The processor, in response to the indication, executes program code in order to monitor a memory state of the operating system so as to determine a user interface state associated with the first Activity. The processor further determines whether the first Activity is finishing based at least in part on the user interface state. Upon determining the first Activity is finishing, the processor causes the media content to be displayed upon further determining that a predetermined condition associated with the communication device exists.
US11663622B2
Probing data comprising terminal identifier data is received by a broadcast device, the terminal identifier data identifying terminals that are located within a predetermined distance of the broadcast device. The probing data is uploaded by the broadcast device to a server. An information pushing condition is matched by the server based on the terminal identifier data. Information corresponding to an information pushing condition matching the terminal identifier data is pushed by the server to the broadcast device. The received corresponding information is broadcast by the broadcast device.
US11663618B2
A system, computer program product, and method for activation-based marketing are presented. In one embodiment, the system includes one or more data storage devices configured to store demographic data, healthcare utilization data, and response data associated with a target individual. The system may include a server coupled to the one or more data storage devices. The server may be suitably programmed to determine a life stage associated with a target individual, determine an attitudinal segment associated with the target individual, and determine a response model associated with the target individual. The server may assign the target individual to at least one of a predetermined set of segmentation groups in response to the life stage, the attitudinal segment, and the response model associated with the individual. The system may generate a personalized communication modality tailored to the target individual in response to the segmentation group assigned to the target individual.
US11663614B2
In general, the subject matter described in the specification can be embodied in methods, systems and program products for an improved review system with location-verified reviews. The system verifies a user's location using one or more available sources, such as geographic location by global positioning system (GPS), cellular localization systems, or wireless local area network (WLAN). The user confirms the business or attraction at the current geographic location that the user would like to review. The system then accepts a review of the business or attraction at the current geographic location. The review is indexed for retrieval. Preferably, the system includes a delay before indexing a review, wherein the management of the business or attraction is notified of the review so that it can respond to any complaints in the review before it is made available for retrieval.
US11663612B2
This disclosure is directed to receiving a request for attesting security of a device, determining to approve the request based on attestation data associated with the device, generating a ticket having validity conditions, and sending the ticket to the device to enable the device to receive payment data from a second device.
US11663610B2
A method and system of providing a service node within a blockchain network. The method includes storing, in a memory of a processing server, a blockchain comprised of a plurality of blocks, wherein each block is comprised of at least a block header and one or more data values, wherein the one or more data values included in a most recent block includes at least one data point associated with services or functions of at least a first service node; receiving, by a receiving device of the processing server, a request from a second service node for the list of services or functions of the at least a first service node within the blockchain network; and validating, by the processing server, the request from the second service node for the list of services or functions of the at least a first service node within the blockchain network.
US11663609B2
The present disclosure relates to the enforcement of a smart contract execution hierarchy on a blockchain. A method includes receiving a submission of a first smart contract to be appended to a blockchain, comparing a priority value of the first smart contract to a priority value of a second smart contract previously appended to the blockchain, determining based on the comparison that the first smart contract has a lower priority than the second smart contract, comparing the terms of the first smart contract to the terms of the second smart contract, determining at least one of an overlap and a conflict between the terms of the first smart contract and the terms of the second smart contract, resolving any terms of the first smart contract that are determined to overlap or conflict with the terms of the second smart contract, and appending the resolved first smart contract to the blockchain.
US11663600B2
A method for authorization of multiple transactions using a single authentication process is described. The method includes determining that a user is an authorized user based on user credentials associated with the user; authorizing a transaction device identified by the authorized user for future electronic transactions with one or more restrictions; and providing previously stored payment card information associated with a user account of the authorized user for electronic transactions initiated at the authorized transaction device in accordance with the one or more restrictions.
US11663592B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that verifies user access to accounts. One example method involves: receiving a request to access a feature of a first account; obtaining, from a data repository, one or more transactions of a first account; obtaining, from the data repository, one or more transactions of a second account; matching at least one of the one or more transactions of the first account to at least one of the one or more transactions from the second account; generating a first verification of ownership of the first account by a user based on the matching at least one of the one or more transactions of the first account to the at least one of the one or more transactions from the second account; and enabling the user to access the feature of the first account based on the first verification of ownership.
US11663564B1
Methods and systems are disclosed for transactions with a private digital currency. The private e-currency may be backed by a financial institution, managed using a blockchain, and only available for transactions with members of a network associated with the financial institution. The members may include mobile wallets, merchants and ATM's. A mobile wallet may register with the network and receive an amount of the private e-currency from the financial institution. The mobile wallet may establish a connection with a payment recipient such as another wallet, an ATM or a merchant, and receive a payee address. The mobile wallet may send a transaction request to the blockchain for payment to the payee address of a payment amount of the private e-currency, so that the payment recipient can, using a blockchain, confirm or deny the transaction request.
US11663546B2
Computer tool determines target feedstock for a refinery, process complex, or plant. The tool receives a dataset of market conditions and preprocesses the data based on properties of the plant. Using the preprocessed data and machine learning, the tool trains predictive models. Each predictive model calculates a breakeven value of a candidate feedstock for the given plant under an individual market condition. Different predictive models optimize for different market conditions. A trained predictive model is selected based on a current market condition. The tool applies the selected predictive model and determines whether a candidate feedstock is a target feedstock for the refinery under the current market condition.
US11663544B2
A method of early warning and risk assessment of incidents in a multi-tenant cloud environment is provided. The method includes: capturing a plurality of data metrics; automatically generating derived features from the plurality of captured data metrics; automatically selecting risk assessment features from the derived features and the captured data metrics; and predicting the risk of an incident in the multi-tenant cloud environment within a specified time window in the future and one or more possible root causes of the incident by applying the newly selected risk assessment features to a trained risk assessment model. The trained risk assessment model has been trained using machine learning techniques to predict the risk of an incident in the multi-tenant cloud environment within a specified time window in the future, provide an explanation of possible root causes of the incident, and assign a strength level to each possible root cause.
US11663541B2
A building energy system includes equipment operable to consume, store, or generate one or more resources, a utility connection configured to obtain, from a utility provider, a first resource subject to a load-following-block rate structure and provide the first resource to the equipment, and a controller. The controller provides an objective function indicating a total value of purchasing the first resource from the utility provider over a plurality of time steps. The objective function includes a first term representing a load-following-block of the first resource from the utility provider as being sourced from a first supplier at a fixed rate and a second term representing a remainder of the first resource from the utility provider as being sourced from a second supplier at a variable rate. The controller controls the equipment based on a result of an optimization of the objective function.
US11663539B2
A vehicle ride-sharing assist system includes a terminal including a user interface and a terminal processing unit; an action information managing server; and a ride-sharing managing server configured to create an operation schedule based on a desired ride-sharing condition, which includes at least one of a departure place, a departure time, an arrival place, and an arrival time of each user, transmitted from the terminal processing unit. The ride-sharing managing server is configured to set a recommended ride-sharing condition, which includes at least one of the departure place, the departure time, the arrival place, and the arrival time suitable for each user, based on the action information and transmit the recommended ride-sharing condition to the terminal processing unit. The terminal processing unit is configured to cause the user interface to display the recommended ride-sharing condition on receiving the recommended ride-sharing condition from the ride-sharing managing server.
US11663537B1
Computer-implemented systems and methods generate dynamic and interactive user interfaces. In one embodiment, a computerized system includes a user interface and at least one processor configured to receive data related to at least a first request of a department, receive data related to positioning of a plurality of employees of the department, and data indicative of equipment in the possession of the plurality of employees, generate an assignment for at least one employee based on the received data, provide for display at the at least one user interface, an interactive graphical user interface indicative of the assignment to the at least one employee, the graphical user interface including elements for indicating a status of the assignment. The at least one processor monitors whether the assignment has been accepted, and determines whether the assignment has been completed, based in part on interaction with the graphical user interface.
US11663524B2
The disclosed systems and methods are directed to a computer-implemented method for use in designing a service. In at least one embodiment, a method includes designing a service with one or more generic virtual network functions (VNFs), where the generic VNFs are defined independent of vendor sourcing information. One or more trained machine learning (ML) models are used to identify VNFs available from VNF vendors that may source one or more VNFs similar to the generic VNFs. The service is implemented using VNFs provided by one or more VNF vendors, where the VNFs provided by the one or more VNF vendors have network functionality generating similar to the one or generic VNFs.
US11663523B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for a machine learning platform that generates a library of components to generate machine learning models and machine learning applications. The machine learning infrastructure system allows a user (i.e., a data scientist) to generate machine learning applications without having detailed knowledge of the cloud-based network infrastructure or knowledge of how to generate code for building the model. The machine learning platform can analyze the identified data and the user provided desired prediction and performance characteristics to select one or more library components and associated API to generate a machine learning application. The machine learning can monitor and evaluate the outputs of the machine learning model to allow for feedbacks and adjustments to the model. The machine learning application can be trained, tested, and compiled for export as stand-alone executable code.
US11663509B2
A method for managing data includes obtaining a request for a machine learning (ML) pipeline selection from a client, wherein the request comprises a training dataset and a domain of the training dataset, and in response to the request: identifying a set of ML pipelines based on the domain, obtaining runtime statistics for the set of ML pipelines using the domain and at least a portion the training dataset, generating, using a user preference model, an ordering of the set of ML pipelines based on the runtime statistics and user preferences, and presenting the ordering, the runtime statistics, and a notification based on the ordering to the client.
US11663505B2
A shift-left analysis system receives information regarding an application implemented by one or more microservices. The system determines a microservice performance metric based on a performance prediction model for each microservice of the application. The system outputs an application performance metric for the application based on the microservice performance metrics determined for the one or more microservices of application.
US11663497B2
A method includes accessing a subject entity and a subject relation of a focal platform and accessing a knowledge graph representative of control performance data. Further, the method includes computing a set of ranked target entities that cause the subject entity based on the subject relation or are an effect of the subject entity based on the subject relation. Computing the set of ranked target entities is performed using relational hops from the subject entity within the knowledge graph performed using the subject relation and reward functions. The method also includes transmitting the set of ranked target entities to the focal platform. The set of ranked target entities is usable for modifying a user interface of an interactive computing environment provided by the focal platform.
US11663487B2
A method includes: generating a refine image having a maximized correct label score of inference from an incorrect image from which an incorrect label is inferred by a neural network; generating a third map by superimposing a first map and a second map, the first map indicating pixels to each of which a change is made in generating the refine image, of a plurality of pixels of the incorrect image, the second map indicating a degree of attention for each local region in the refine image, the each local region being a region that has drawn attention by the neural network; and specifying a set of pixels that cause incorrect inference in the incorrect image by calculating a pixel value of the third map for each set of pixels, wherein the map generating processing adjusts the second map based on appearance frequency of each degree of attention.
US11663482B2
A method identifies a text region in an electronic document. The method determines that the text region includes a candidate text portion that is a candidate for applying a formatting suggestion based on a comparison of the text region with predetermined patterns. The method identifies a stored text record that corresponds to the candidate text portion. The method confirms whether the formatting type is appropriate for the candidate text portion based on individual word matches between the candidate text portion and the stored text record. The method notifies a user of the electronic document of the formatting suggestion according to the formatting type.
US11663478B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for characterizing activity in a recurrent artificial neural network. In one aspect, a method for identifying decision moments in a recurrent artificial neural network includes determining a complexity of patterns of activity in the recurrent artificial neural network, wherein the activity is responsive to input into the recurrent artificial neural network, determining a timing of activity having a complexity that is distinguishable from other activity that is responsive to the input, and identifying the decision moment based on the timing of the activity that has the distinguishable complexity.
US11663474B1
Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to computing enabled devices and/or systems, and may be generally directed to devices, systems, methods, and/or applications for learning a device's operation in various circumstances, storing this knowledge in a knowledgebase (i.e. neural network, graph, sequences, etc.), and enabling autonomous operation of the device.
US11663470B2
An accelerating boot time system includes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to pre-store a boot process to be performed on the first boot. The processor is configured to directly read the boot process from the memory and execute the boot process when the first boot is performed. Also, the processor executes a monitoring process to monitor a plurality of hardware usage rates of the plurality of devices each time the device is powered up, and inserts the hardware usage rates into a machine learning algorithm to determine whether a particular process supported by the devices is abnormal.
US11663464B2
A system for operating a floating-to-fixed arithmetic framework includes a floating-to-fix arithmetic framework on an arithmetic operating hardware such as a central processing unit (CPU) for computing a floating pre-trained convolution neural network (CNN) model to a dynamic fixed-point CNN model. The dynamic fixed-point CNN model is capable of implementing a high performance convolution neural network (CNN) on a resource limited embedded system such as mobile phone or video cameras.
US11663463B2
A location-sensitive saliency prediction neural network generates location-sensitive saliency data for an image. The location-sensitive saliency prediction neural network includes, at least, a filter module, an inception module, and a location-bias module. The filter module extracts visual features at multiple contextual levels, and generates a feature map of the image. The inception module generates a multi-scale semantic structure, based on multiple scales of semantic content depicted in the image. In some cases, the inception block performs parallel analysis of the feature map, such as by parallel multiple layers, to determine the multiple scales of semantic content. The location-bias module generates a location-sensitive saliency map of location-dependent context of the image based on the multi-scale semantic structure and on a bias map. In some cases, the bias map indicates location-specific weights for one or more regions of the image.
US11663458B2
A method of operating a neuromorphic system is provided. The method includes applying voltage signals across input lines of a crossbar array structure, the crossbar array structure including rows and columns interconnected at junctions via programmable electronic devices, the rows including the input lines for applying voltage signals across the electronic devices and the columns including output lines for outputting currents. The method also includes correcting, via a correction unit connected to the output lines, each of the output currents obtained at the output lines according to an affine transformation to compensate for temporal conductance variations in the electronic devices.
US11663455B2
A resistive random-access memory cell includes a well region, a first doped region, a second doped region, a third doped region, a first gate structure, a second gate structure and a third gate structure. The first gate structure is formed over the surface of the well region between the first doped region and the second doped region. The second gate structure is formed over the second doped region. The third gate structure is formed over the surface of the well region between the second doped region and the third doped region. A first metal layer is connected with the first doped region and the third doped region. A second metal layer is connected with the conductive layer of the first gate structure and the conductive layer of the third gate structure.
US11663449B2
Techniques and mechanisms for providing a logical state machine with a spiking neural network which includes multiple sets of nodes. Each of the multiple sets of nodes is to implement a different respective state, and each of the multiple spike trains is provided to respective nodes of each of the multiple sets of nodes. A given state of the logical state machine is implemented by configuring respective activation modes of each node of the corresponding set of nodes. The activation mode of a given node enables that node to signal, responsive to its corresponding spike train, that a respective state transition of the logical state machine is to be performed. In another embodiment, the multiple spike trains each represent a different respective character in a system used by data evaluated with the spiking neural network.
US11663445B2
A server communicating with a dishwasher is disclosed. The server communicating with a dishwasher, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a communication unit for communicating with one or more dishwashers; a memory for storing learning results obtained using a plurality of failure causes and operation information corresponding to each of the plurality of failure causes; and a processor for receiving operation information of a particular dishwasher among the one or more dishwashers from the particular dishwasher, and acquiring the cause of a failure occurring in the particular dishwasher by using the operation information of the particular dishwasher and the learning results, wherein the learning results include relational parameters corresponding to the relationships between the plurality of failure causes and the operation information.
US11663440B1
A radio frequency identification (RFID) switch tag exemplarily includes: a housing; a detachable card including: a booster antenna, and at least one ultra-high frequency RFID module uncoupled to the booster antenna when the detachable card is detached from the housing; and a coupling coil, configured to couple the booster antenna with one of the at least one ultra-high frequency RFID module when the detachable card is attached to the housing. The RFID switch tag may have complete functions, the RFID switch tag is detachable and convenient in use, and the RFID switch tag can be applied in various scenarios.
US11663437B2
A light emitting apparatus recognition system includes a light emitting apparatus, an image capturing apparatus, a recognition apparatus, and an electromagnetic wave emitting element. The light emitting apparatus includes a light source that blinks on the basis of identification information unique to the light emitting apparatus and an electromagnetic wave receiving element. The image capturing apparatus captures an image of light emitted by the light source of the light emitting apparatus. The recognition apparatus recognizes the light emitting apparatus on the basis of the light appearing in the image captured by the image capturing apparatus. The electromagnetic wave emitting element emits an electromagnetic wave from the image capturing apparatus or a vicinity of the image capturing apparatus. The electromagnetic wave receiving element receives the electromagnetic wave emitted by the electromagnetic wave emitting element.
US11663430B2
An image formation apparatus includes a communication unit, a controller, an operation unit, and an image forming device. The communication unit is configured to receive, as a printing job, a printing setting and printing data. The printing setting includes a size corresponding to one of a longitudinal-feed envelope and a lateral-feed envelope, but does not designate which of the longitudinal-feed and lateral-feed envelopes undergoes printing. The raster image generator is configured to generate a raster image corresponding to the longitudinal-feed envelope and a raster image corresponding to the lateral-feed envelope in accordance with the printing data. The operation unit is configured to display a screen that receives a selection between the longitudinal-feed and lateral-feed envelopes to receive the selection made by a user. The image forming device is configured to perform printing with the raster image corresponding to the longitudinal-feed or lateral-feed envelope selected.
US11663425B2
A vehicle window includes a first glass pane, a transponder having an antenna and a control unit for communicating with a reader, wherein the control unit includes a memory for storing identification data. A reflector is associated with and spaced apart from the transponder for increasing an antenna gain of the antenna, wherein the reflector is implemented as a transparent, electrically conductive coating and/or as a metallic ring.
US11663417B2
Provided are a data processing method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method include: acquiring pending word vectors; acquiring multi-head attention vectors based on the pending word vectors, the multi-head attention vectors including first and second multi-head attention vectors; acquiring, based on the first multi-head attention vector, a first hidden semantic representation corresponding to the sentence; acquiring, based on the second multi-head attention vector, a second hidden semantic representation corresponding to the target word; acquiring a classification feature vector, based on the first and second hidden semantic representations; and acquiring, based on the classification feature vector, a sentiment polarity category of the sentence, and performing a sentiment classification on the sentence.
US11663415B2
The following relates generally to voice assisted healthcare. In some embodiments, a digital assistant receives audio data, and determines an intent from the audio data. The digital assistant may then match the determined intent to a flow of a set of flows, where the set of flows may include at least one of: (i) submitting a prescription, (ii) refilling a prescription, (iii) changing a pickup location, (iv) requesting a status update for a prescription, or (v) initiating a pharmacy chat session. The matched flow of the set of flows may then be executed.
US11663414B2
The present disclosure relates to different techniques of controlling an agricultural system, as for example a controlled agricultural system, an agricultural light fixture and a method for agricultural management. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to an agricultural system, which comprises a plurality of processing lines for growing plants of a given plant type, wherein a first processing line in the plurality of processing lines is configured to move a first plurality of plants through the agricultural system along a route; and apply a first growth condition to the first plurality of plants to satisfy a first active agent parameter for the first plurality of plants.
US11663408B1
Implementations of the disclosure are directed to OCR error correction systems and methods. In some implementations, a method comprises: obtaining, at a computing device, optical character recognition (OCR) text extracted from a document image, the text comprising a token; searching, at the computing device, based on a token bigram determined from the token and a mapping between words in a corpus and a corpus bigram set comprised of unique bigrams from the beginning or ending of the words in the corpus, the corpus for a best word to replace the token; and replacing, at the computing device, the token with the best word.
US11663406B2
A method, a computing device, and a non-transitory machine-readable medium for detecting personal information. Terms that are of interest are extracted from a corpus of raw text that has been extracted from a collection of documents. For each of the terms, a surrounding sentence is extracted to form a target sentence to thereby form a plurality of target sentences. The surrounding sentence includes at least one reference to a data subject. A matrix of feature information is generated for each of the target sentences to form a plurality of matrices. A neural network model is trained, using the matrices as input, to compute an output that indicates a likelihood of a given sentence containing personal information.
US11663401B1
A system configures, executes, and monitors document workflows executing using workflow engines executing on cloud platforms. The system generates a platform independent document workflow specification that describes a document workflow configured for execution on any of a plurality of workflow engines, each workflow engine executing on a cloud platform. The system compiles the platform independent document workflow specification to generate a platform specific document workflow specification configured for execution on a target workflow engine executing on a target cloud platform. A document workflow orchestration runtime executes and monitors the execution of the platform specific document workflow specification.
US11663399B1
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for generating published reports with position mapping identification and template carryover reporting. The present invention is configured to establish a reporting and analytics platform for a user interface and receive, from the user interface, a single-selection input referencing a set of system identification values associated with a first set of data in the reporting and analytics platform. in response to receiving the single-selection input, they system can display a plurality of functional options for the set of system identification values on the user interface. The system may then receive, from the user interface, a selection of a selected functional option of the plurality of functional options, and assigns the selected functional option to the system identification values across the platform. The system then applies the selected functional option to the first set of data in the reporting and analytics platform.
US11663394B2
In implementations of systems for generating instances of variable fonts, a computing device implements a similarity system to receive input data describing attribute values of glyphs of an input font. The similarity system generates a custom instance of a variable font by modifying a value of a registered design axis of the variable font based on the attribute values. A similarity score is determined that describes a visual similarity between the custom instance of the variable font and the input font. The similarity system identifies an additional design axis of the variable font based on the similarity score and generates an instance of the variable font that is visually similar to the input font by modifying a value of the additional design axis.
US11663389B2
Generating a circuit layout is provided. A circuit layout associated with a circuit is received. A parallel pattern recognition is performed on the circuit layout. Performing the parallel pattern recognition includes determining that there is a parallel pattern in the circuit layout. In response to determining that there is a parallel pattern in the circuit layout, a cell swap for a first cell associated with the parallel pattern with a second cell is performed. After the cell swap for the first cell, engineering change order routing is performed to connect the second cell in the circuit layout. An updated circuit layout having the second cell is provided.
US11663387B2
Process for determining defects in cells of a circuit is provided. A layout of a circuit is received. The layout comprises a first cell and a second cell separated by a boundary circuit. Bridge pairs for the first cell and the second cell is determined. The bridge pairs comprises a first plurality of boundary nodes of the first cell paired with a second plurality of boundary nodes of the second cell. Bridge pair faults between the bridge pairs are modeled. A test pattern for the bridge pair faults is generated.
US11663386B2
A hardware monitor arranged to detect out-of-bounds violations in a hardware design for an electronic device. The hardware monitors include monitor and detection logic configured to monitor the current operating state of an instantiation of the hardware design and detect when the instantiation of the hardware design implements a fetch of an instruction from memory; and assertion evaluation logic configured to evaluate one or more assertions that assert a formal property that compares the memory address of the fetched instruction to an allowable memory address range associated with the current operating state of the instantiation of the hardware design to determine whether there has been an out-of-bounds violation. The hardware monitor may be used by a formal verification tool to exhaustively verify that the hardware design does not cause an instruction to be fetched from an out-of-bounds address.
US11663376B2
A computer program product comprising: accessing a model of a building, wherein the model is comprised of a plurality of assemblies, wherein the assemblies are comprised of a plurality of members; detecting the assemblies which are identified as floor joists, wherein the floor joist is identified by the specific members and member internal interfaces and the member properties; analyzing the floor joists to determine if a floor joist has an external interface with another floor joist; isolating the floor joists and the plurality of members; and analyzing each of the members of the floor joists which have external interfaces with other members, wherein the interface is analyzed to determine if the interface is conflicting, wherein a conflicting interface is one where the actual values of the members are inconsistent with a required value.
US11663375B2
The present disclosure provides, in various embodiments, technology for configuration of a digital twin for a building or other facility via BIM (Building Information Modelling) data extraction and asset register mapping. This is particularly relevant for the purposes of increasing efficiency and reducing risks of data errors in the context of configuring a digital twin interface for a building. Also described herein is technology configured to provide data flow management for defining of digital records representing building infrastructure based on building information modelling data. This is particularly relevant for the purposes of increasing efficiency and reducing risks of data errors in the context of configuring a digital twin interface for a building.
US11663374B2
An apparatus includes a processor to: present prompts guiding selection of first subset terms for estimation of variants of an experiment design based on a model thereof, and second subset terms for estimation using Bayesian modification; monitor for selections of term; in response to each change in the first subset terms, determine whether all first subset terms can be estimated based on the model; in response to the first subset including too many terms, present an indication of too many terms being selected for estimation based on the model; in response to the first subset including fewer terms than can be estimated based on the model, present an indication that more terms could be selected for estimation based on the model; and for each variant of the experiment design, estimate each first subset term based on the model, and estimate each second subset term using Bayesian modification.
US11663369B2
During operation, the system uses N sensors to sample an electromagnetic interference (EMI) signal emitted by a target asset while the target asset is running a periodic workload, wherein each of the N sensors has a sensor sampling frequency f, and wherein the N sensors perform sampling operations in a round-robin ordering with phase offsets between successive samples. During the sampling operations, the system performs phase adjustments among the N sensors to maximize phase offsets between successive sensors in the round-robin ordering. Next, the system combines samples obtained through the N sensors to produce a target EMI signal having an EMI signal sampling frequency F=f×N. The system then generates a target EMI fingerprint from the target EMI signal. Finally, the system compares the target EMI fingerprint against a reference EMI fingerprint for the target asset to determine whether the target asset contains any unwanted electronic components.
US11663368B2
A point of sale (POS) device includes a flexible member with two exposed conductive areas that are part of a tamper detection circuit. While a recess receives a screw, the screw passes through apertures in the flexible member and in a conductive gasket, and the conductive gasket connects the two exposed conductive areas to one another, closing the tamper detection circuit. Adhesives affix the flexible member to the screw and the conductive gasket to the recess opening so that removing the screw from the recess separates the conductive gasket from the two exposed conductive areas, opening the tamper detection circuit.
US11663352B2
Examples of a system for usage control of a personal data are described. The system may obtain an input image including a first face of a person. Further, the system may compute a usage control matrix based on the input image, at least one usage control function, and a predefined criteria. The pre-defined criteria may be associated with at least one of: a data usage policy, a face matching probability related to matching of the face present in the input image, and a face recognition probability related to a recognition of an identity of the person. Furthermore, by using the input image and the usage control matrix, the system may transform the input image to a usage-controlled image. Furthermore, the system may verify a matching of the face present in the input image with a second face present in the usage-controlled image. Furthermore, the system may recognize an identity of the person in the input image and provide a feedback indicative of a failure to verify the identity of the person from the usage-controlled image.
US11663351B2
A system includes a plurality of information processing devices configured to manage, in a distributed manner, meta information indicating access authority for directories having a hierarchical structure for accessing a file, wherein at least one of the plurality of information processing devices is configured to: receive an access request to the file; respond with a confirmation result of the access authority according to confirmation of the access authority of an access request source from a higher directory of the file to the file based on the meta information; and in response to determining that creating of an access right confirmation history of the confirmation result of the access authority of the access request source from the higher directory to the file based on an access history for the file is to be performed, create the access right confirmation history in association with identification information of the access request source.
US11663348B2
An example operation may include one or more of receiving a data file submitted by a node, the data file comprising information about an event-driven process for a chain of nodes, retrieving an entitlement mode of the data file from a data block that is stored among a hash-linked chain of data blocks on a distributed ledger, determining access rights of the data file with respect to another node in the chain of nodes based on the retrieved entitlement mode of the data file, and transmitting information about the event-driven process to the other node based on the determined access rights of the other node.
US11663338B2
Various examples are provided related to automated security analysis of baseband firmware. In one example, a system includes a wireless front end and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the wireless front end and a target device. The processing circuitry can generate mutated packets based upon a device state of the target device; provide the mutated packets for transmission to the target device; receive feedback information from the target device in response to reception of the mutated packets; and identify a firmware flaw associated with the target device in response to the feedback information. In another example, a method includes generating mutated packets based upon a device state of a target device; transmitting the mutated packets to the target device; receiving feedback information from the target device in response to reception of the mutated packets; and identifying a firmware flaw associated with the target device using the feedback information.
US11663332B2
Techniques are provided for tracking a virus footprint in data copies. Data copies can be made in a variety of ways, like with snapshots, backups, replications, and simple copies. As copies of files that have not been scanned since they were last modified are made, these copies can be kept track of, and associated with the original file. When the original file is later scanned and found to be clean or infected, this information can be propagated through the copies.
US11663327B2
A controller emulator, coupled to an interface that exposes the controller emulator to inputs from external sources, provides one or more control signals to a process simulator and a deep learning process. In response, the process simulator simulates response data that is provided to the deep learning processor. The deep learning processor generates expected response data and expected behavioral pattern data for the one or more control signals, as well as actual behavioral pattern data for the simulated response data. A comparison of at least one of the simulated response data to the expected response data and the actual behavioral pattern data to the expected behavioral pattern data is performed to determine whether anomalous activity is detected. As a result of detecting anomalous activity, one or more operations are performed to address the anomalous activity.
US11663319B1
An interactive identity verification system for gathering, identifying, authenticating and registering biometric data of a consumer verified through government agencies while monitoring, tracking, analyzing, storing and distributing dynamic biometric data to ensure access to the secured system remains authorized via monitoring of consumer data and to control authorized access to participating computer systems and programs. Consumer identity is verified with markers gathered from biometric detection and collection devices provided within the system, correlated with unique personal information and geo-location coordinates allowing authorized access to a secure computer system. Dynamic monitoring of consumer biometric data is required to guarantee online identity verification while operating under an alias or avatar to maintain public anonymity, participate in marketing incentive programs and increase security. The system provides for a registered consumer to use multiple registered computer devices while the central repository interfaces dynamically with specific markets to distribute stored data within the system.
US11663318B2
A computer-based system and method for securing passwords, including: obtaining, by an authentication service, a plurality of public keys, each associated with one of a plurality of devices associated with a user; generating, by the authentication service, a password for the user; sending, by the authentication service, the password to a password management entity; encrypting, by the authentication service, the password with each of the public keys, thus generating a plurality of encrypted passwords, each encrypted with one of the public keys and associated with a device of the plurality of devices; and deleting the password by the authentication service.
US11663311B2
According to some aspects, disclosed methods and systems may include determining, by an electronic device, a value associated with a first parameter configured to dynamically change, and displaying, via a user interface, an object corresponding to the value associated with the first parameter. The methods and systems may also include receiving, via the user interface, an input intended to unlock the electronic device, unlocking the electronic device if the received input interacts with the object in a predefined manner, and maintaining the electronic device in a locked state if the received input does not interact with the object in the predefined manner.
US11663299B2
Implementations of the present application propose a method and apparatus for preventing rollback of firmware of a data processing device, and a data processing device. The method includes: enabling a boot loader (BootLoader) to read a current value of a predetermined bit in a one-time programmable memory (eFuse); determining whether the current value and a legal value written into the one-time programmable memory after the latest updating of the firmware of the data processing device satisfy a preset relationship; in response to determining that the current value and the legal value satisfy the preset relationship, enabling the boot loader to call an operating system kernel of the data processing device, and in response to determining that the current value and the legal value do not satisfy the preset relationship, enabling the boot loader not to call the operating system kernel of the data processing device. According to the implementations of the present application, rollback of the firmware can be prevented based on a variety of ways in a link-by-link mode.
US11663295B2
Methods and systems for generating synthetic microstructure images of material with desired features
The disclosure generally relates to methods and systems for generating synthetic microstructure images of a material with desired features. Conventional techniques that make use of unsupervised deep generative models has no control on the generated microstructure images with specific, desired set of features. The present disclosure generates the synthetic microstructure images of the material with desired feature, by using a variational autoencoder defined with a style loss function. In the first step, the variational autoencoder is trained to learn latent representation of microstructure image of the material. In the second step, some of the dimensions of learned latent representation is interpreted as physically significant features. In the third and last step, the latent representation required for getting the desired features is appropriately sampled based on the interpretation to generate the synthetic microstructure images of the material with desired features.
US11663292B2
An analytics engine is provided for industrial automation applications. The engine may be modular, and may be instantiated upon receipt of a data structure, such as containing annotated data from or relating to a monitored and/or controlled machine or process. The module may be data-driven so that it is instantiated only as needed, upon receipt of the input data structure. The module then carries out analysis on the data, and outputs a data structure that can be used for further analysis, or directly by other modules for modeling, classification, optimization and/or control.
US11663277B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving multiple resources, each resource including electronic media content. For each resource, a computing system identifies one or more entities that are associated with the resource. For at least one pair of identified entities, the system determines a quantity of resources in which each entity of the pair is associated. The system determines, based on the quantity of resources, an occurrence of an event that is associated with a particular pair of entities. The system generates a representation that corresponds to the event and based on the resources in which each entity of the pair of entities is associated. The system provides, for output to a user device, the representation that corresponds to the event.
US11663267B2
Systems and methods for generating a playlist of audio content for a vehicle are disclosed. An audio input is received at a vehicle entertainment system of the vehicle while an audio content item is currently played by the vehicle entertainment system. The audio input includes an audio command trigger and an audio playlist command. In response to detecting the audio command trigger in the audio input, the audio input is parsed to determine the audio playlist command. A metadata associated with the audio content item is determined. In response to determining the audio playlist command, the audio content item is caused to be added to an audio content playlist of a third-party service based on the metadata of the audio content item.
US11663253B2
Various embodiments are described which leverage techniques for breaking down critical ideas from an inputted phrase into concepts in order to provide a response that is more relevant to the inputted phrase. In this regard, concepts and/or concept patterns are utilized with information retrieval searching to provide more relevant and concise documents in response to an inputted phrase. In addition, concepts and/or concept patterns are utilized with respect to assessing information (e.g., documents) available in a knowledge base and building appropriate pre-defined responses to an inputted phrase.
US11663251B2
A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed. The method includes extracting at least one identifier from a formula in a document and extracting text passages in the document that contain the identifier(s). The method also includes selecting an identifier and extracted text passages containing the identifier, as well as generating identifier-passage pairs for the selected text passages and the identifier. Further, the method includes submitting the identifier-passage pairs to a question answering (QA) model, which generates candidate answers from the selected text passages. A definition of the identifier is then selected from the candidate answers.
US11663245B2
Partial initial construction of a deferred object model. This is done using a map that correlates positions of a hierarchically structured definition and corresponding hierarchical positions within an object model. The map is accessed and used to initially construct a deferred object model that even leaves some of the deferred objects unpopulated. The map is used to determine which parts of the hierarchical object definition no longer need to be parsed in order to construct this initial form of the deferred object model. If a request for an object is detected at some point after the initial construction, and that requested object is not represented even in deferred form in the deferred object model, the system uses the map to find the position of the corresponding object definition in the hierarchical object definition. At that point, the system parses that position, and constructs the object.
US11663243B2
An information handling system for managing detection of objects includes a storage and a processor. The storage is for storing an encoder; a critical class classifier; a general classifier; and a decoder. The processor obtains data that may include one or more of the objects; encodes the data using the encoder to obtain encoded data; obtains a critical class classification for the encoded data using the critical class classifier; obtains a general classification for the encoded data using the general classifier; conditions the encoded data to obtain conditioned encoded data; decodes the conditioned encoded data using the decoder to obtain reconstructed data; makes a determination that the reconstructed data and the critical class classification indicate that the data is an unknown classification; classifies the data as being an unknown classification based on the determination; and performs an action set based on the unknown classification of the data.
US11663233B2
A technique of managing virtual volumes includes receiving, by a storage system, instructions to create specified virtual volumes in the storage system, the instructions including virtual volume metadata that identifies virtual machines to which the specified virtual volumes are assigned, and providing a database that associates such virtual volumes with the virtual machines identified by the virtual volume metadata. The technique further includes performing a storage activity on a virtual machine by identifying, from the database, multiple virtual volumes that the database associates with the virtual machine and performing the storage activity on all of the identified virtual volumes together as a group.
US11663231B2
A method for sharing access to data from a cloud-based analytics engine may include receiving, at a first client, a message from a second client. The message may include an image of a data presentation and metadata associated with the data presentation. The first client may respond to a selection of the image of the data presentation by accessing the cloud-based analytics engine to retrieve, based on the metadata associated with the data presentation, data associated with the data presentation. The data presentation may generated for display at the first client based on the data retrieved from the cloud-based analytics engine. The data presentation displayed at the first client may be interactive to enable an application of one or more modifications to the data presentation displayed at the first client. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also provided.
US11663227B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving, at a first data intake and query system, a query that includes an indication to process data managed by another data intake and query system. The first data intake and query system identifies a second data intake and query system that manages the data to be processed and generates a subquery for execution by the second data intake and query system, generates instructions for one or more worker nodes to receive and process results of the subquery from the second data intake and query system, and instructs the worker nodes to provide results of the processing to the first data intake and query system.
US11663222B2
Systems and methods are described for providing contextual search results. The system may receive a search query during presentation of a video. If the query is ambiguous, the system accesses some of the frames of the video. The frames are analyzed to identify a performed action depicted in the frames. The system retrieves a keyword related to the identified action. The ambiguous query is augmented with the keyword. The augmented search query is used to search for and output relevant search results.
US11663220B1
A system analyzes periodically collected data associated with entities, for example, users, servers, or systems. The system determines anomalies associated with populations of entities. The system excludes anomalies from consideration to increase efficiency of execution. The system may rank the anomalies based on relevance scores. The system determines relevance scores based on various factors describing the sets of entities. The system may present information describing the anomalies based on the ranking. The system may use a machine learning based model for predicting likelihoods of outcomes associated with sets of entities. The system generates alerts for reporting the outcomes based on the predictions.
US11663216B2
A data exchange that provides historical data indexed by date is provided. The data exchange may include a raw data layer, a model data layer, a delta staging layer, a delta database and a plurality of workspaces. The raw data layer may be a landing zone for raw data records. The model data layer may include modeled data records. The delta staging layer may be a landing zone for changed data. The changed data may correspond to changes made to the data records. The delta database may be divided into partitions. Each partition may hold data records that changed during a given time period. A plurality of data records may be continuously transferred from the raw data layer to both the model data layer and the delta staging layer. Once, during a predetermined time period, the contents of the delta staging layer may replace the contents of a partition.
US11663210B2
An embodiment of a data pattern analysis optimizer includes a time sequence data memory, an estimator, a grouping unit, and a time sequence pattern extractor. The time sequence data memory stores a plurality of time sequence data made from items in time order. The estimator estimates the upper limit of the total number of types of time sequence patterns present in the time sequence data at a rate higher than a minimum support level, based on a respective rate of presence of each item, wherein each of the time sequence patterns present in the time sequence data is a predefined number of items. In case that the estimated upper limit exceeds an upper limit of the number of types of time sequence patterns as a maximum processing load to a computer, the grouping unit groups a plurality of time sequence data into sub-groups, based on a group of items having the increased number of items and gives the estimator instructions to perform estimation. The time sequence pattern extractor gives the computer instructs to extract the time sequence patterns for each of the sub-groups, in case that the estimated upper limit does not exceed the upper limit of the number of time sequence patterns.
US11663209B2
A distributed computer system for delivering data to client-side application(s) is provided. The system includes a database configured to store immutable data blocks, a data distribution entity configured to split source-data into immutable data blocks and metadata. The data distribution entity is configured to replicate and store the data blocks on different storage nodes(s) of the database. The metadata comprises values referencing the data blocks for a key-value database call. The system further comprises a data fetching/delivering entity with a fuse-daemon configured to form a quorum read request for data block(s) out of a client-side request for a certain data range. The quorum-read request is a bundle of parallel requests to different storage nodes. The fuse-daemon is configured to fetch the data blocks delivered in the fastest response and to discard the rest. The fuse-daemon generates a virtual file comprising the corresponding range of data from the fetched data blocks.
US11663203B2
Optimizing database statements using a query compiler including receiving, by a query compiler from a client computing system, a state specification of a graphical user interface; compiling, by the query compiler, a database statement from the state specification, including: optimizing the database statement by repositioning, within the database statement, a limit clause such that the limit clause is processed by the database before at least one join clause; and sending, by the query compiler, the optimized database statement to a database on a cloud-based data warehouse.
US11663200B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for storing an object onto a first or second page. An embodiment operates by receiving the object and determining that the first page has sufficient unused space for storing at least one byte of the object. Thereafter, a data block of the object is created to comprise at least one byte of the object. The data block is then stored on the first page or the second page, and a location of the object's first data block is recorded. Thereafter, a pointer corresponding to the location of the object's first data block for loading the object is provided.
US11663196B2
In one example, a method includes receiving, at a cloud storage site, chunks that each take the form of a hash of a combination that includes two or more salts and a file object, and one of the salts is a retention salt shared by the chunks, monitoring a time period associated with the retention salt, when the time period has expired, removing the chunks that include the retention salt, and depositing the removed chunks in a deleted items cloud store.
US11663194B2
In one example, a method includes receiving, at a cloud storage site, chunks that each take the form of a hash of a combination that includes two or more salts and a file object, and one of the salts is a retention salt shared by the chunks, monitoring a time period associated with the retention salt, when the time period has expired, removing the chunks that include the retention salt, and depositing the removed chunks in a deleted items cloud store.
US11663193B2
A method can include obtaining target data corresponding to a link. The method can include determining, based on the target data, that the link is valid. The method can include obtaining, in response to the determining that the link is valid, source data corresponding to the link. The method can include determining, by comparing the target data to the source data, a degree of relevance between the target data and the source data. The method can include determining, based on the degree of relevance, that the link is incorrect. The method can include generating, in response to the determining that the link is incorrect, a corresponding notification. The method can include initiating a transfer of the notification to a user device.
US11663192B2
Techniques for efficiently maintaining consistency of data items across storage partitions are disclosed using a hierarchical multi-level hash tree. Copies of a data item may be associated with corresponding attributes that are used to generate hash values for the data item. Hash values of the attributes may then be used to label nodes in a multi-level hash tree. Differences between the replicated copies of a data item may be quickly identified by comparing hash values associated with successively lower peer nodes in corresponding hash trees. Once identified, systems may update versions of a data item that are no longer current.
US11663180B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for an end to end control automation workflow using a distributed network. The data segregation layer may assimilate data from a variety of enterprise sources. A trust engine may validate the data from enterprise sources against enterprise security standards. The system may use a distributed network to validate the data from the various sources and populate a distributed hash table. The distributed network may be a Holochain® framework. The system may include an automation layer that uses robotic processing automation scripts to validate data against a system of record and flag exceptions. The automation layer may provide data to a user interface layer. The user interface may include an interactive dashboard for presenting a range of detailed reports.
US11663179B2
A simulated dataset is queried for regression by validating a structured query language (SQL) statement, determining a pattern type of the SQL statement, reconstructing the SQL statement according to a predetermined process for the pattern type, creating a mutated SQL statement for querying a simulated dataset, and validating the mutated SQL statement. The simulated dataset is based on a confidential dataset having the confidential elements removed or replaced.
US11663177B2
A method and/or system of extracting a table having data in a plurality of rows from a Not Only Structured Query Language (NoSQL) database to a different type of database that includes: scanning all the rows in a desired table in the NoSQL database and producing a list of column families and associated column names; creating a schema for a new table having a table catalog of new column names using a Java Script Object Notation (JSON) structure to extract the columns names from the list of column families; reading and extracting at least a portion of the data from the desired table in the NoSQL database into the new table having the table catalog of new columns names; associating a creation timestamp with the new table; and saving the new table having the table catalog of new column names to the different database.
US11663174B2
A manager file system (MFS) runs as a user space file system. The MFS, implemented using an OS process, exposes a mount point as a communication endpoint to the single process. Mounting, unmounting, and changing configuration of individual database file systems (DBFSs) are done by overloading extended attributes on the mount point. The MFS services all DBFSs mounted at different mount points registered to the single process of the MFS and ensures optimal resource utilization among the DBFSs in the single process while guaranteeing resource isolation. Multiple MFSs may be created to manage sets of DBFSs.
US11663172B2
Cascading payload replication to target compute nodes is disclosed. Cascading payload replication can be accomplished using a two-stage operation for a replication operation. In the first stage, a plan is generated and distributed for the replication operation. The plan includes an assignment of compute nodes to tree nodes in a tree hierarchy. In the second phase, the payload is distributed according to the plan. The plan is different for at least two replication operations. Thus, the cascading payload replication is adaptable to changing target compute nodes and provides for load balancing.
US11663169B2
Methods and systems are provided for automatically generating asset records that are stored and maintained at a database system of a cloud-based computing system. Asset information can be acquired for assets from sources regarding the assets or a representation of the assets. The asset information can be processed to detect assets and analyzed to determine an asset type for each detected asset. For each detected asset, based on an asset type of that detected asset, pertinent header information for that detected asset can be extracted (e.g., asset information and data for that detected asset, associated properties of each detected asset, etc.). An asset record for each detected asset can then be generated, and then stored at the database system, for example, as a row in an asset object of the database system, where each asset record for each detected asset includes pertinent header information for that detected asset.
US11663164B2
A technique performs file-based time series management. The technique involves initiating a recordation operation that records a source-provided time series in rows of a row-formatted file. The technique further involves, after the recordation operation is initiated, encountering a conversion event. The technique further involves, in response to encountering the conversion event, performing a conversion operation that converts the source-provided time series recorded in the rows of the row-formatted file into a file-provided time series and saving the file-provided time series in columns of a column-formatted file.
US11663155B2
The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for realizing USB communication; the method includes: step S1, when receiving a command sent by a host computer, a device determines a type of the command and returns enumerated general information of the device to the host computer if the command is an enumerating command, go back to step S1; if the command is a setting report command, the device acquires response data according to the setting report command and stores the response data, go back to step S1; if the command is a getting report command, the device selects a corresponding report size according to a size of current response data, acquires a second report identification corresponding to the report size, generates return data according to the acquired second report identification and the current response data and sends the return data to the host computer, go back to step S1.
US11663150B2
A fault tolerant system includes a primary virtual machine and a secondary virtual machine. The primary virtual machine includes a synchronizing information generator and a first interrupt blocker. The synchronizing information generator executes bytecode and outputs synchronizing information based on information related to the executed bytecode. The first interrupt blocker blocks an interrupt inputted from an external location. The secondary virtual machine includes a synchronous execution unit that executes the bytecode based on the synchronizing information and a second interrupt blocker that blocks the interrupt. When the interrupt is acquired, the synchronizing information generator executes the bytecode based on the interrupt. The first interrupt blocker outputs the interrupt to the synchronizing information generator when the interrupt is inputted during execution of an instruction, included in the bytecode, to accept the interrupt.
US11663131B2
An operating method of a system-on-chip includes outputting a prefetch command in response to an update of mapping information on a first read target address, the update occurring in a first translation lookaside buffer storing first mapping information of a second address with respect to a first address, and storing, in response to the prefetch command, in a second translation lookaside buffer, second mapping information of a third address with respect to at least some second addresses of an address block including a second read target address.
US11663127B2
Techniques for managing a storage system involve flushing a target page in a cache device to a persistent storage device of the storage system. The techniques further involve releasing a resource storing a page descriptor of the target page to a resource pool. The resource pool is configured to provide resources to store page descriptors of pages to be flushed in the cache device. The techniques further involve: if it is determined that an auxiliary descriptor of the target page is located at a tail of a queue of auxiliary descriptors of the pages to be flushed, removing the auxiliary descriptor of the target page from the queue. The auxiliary descriptors of the pages to be flushed are configured to describe the page descriptors of the pages to be flushed. Accordingly, the page flushing performance of the storage system can be improved, thereby improving the input/output performance.
US11663118B2
In some examples, a device includes a set of data storage elements, wherein each data storage element of the set of data storage elements is associated with a respective valid address vector, and wherein a bit flip in any bit of any of the valid address vectors leads to one of a set of invalid address vectors not associated with any of the set of data storage elements. The device also includes a decoder configured to receive a first address vector as part of a request and to check whether the first address vector corresponds to one of the valid address vectors or to one of the invalid address vectors. The decoder is also configured to select an associated data storage element in response to receiving the request and in response to determining that the first address vector corresponds to one of the valid address vectors.
US11663117B2
A method of executing an A/B testing service comprises deploying an instance of the A/B testing service between a client device and an A/B testing server and receiving by the A/B testing service from the A/B testing server a software development kit (SDK) key for a client device, the SDK key indicating an A/B testing environment to be associated with the instance. The method further comprises, in response to receiving the SDK key: storing data associated with the A/B testing environment in memory of the client device; providing a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) application programming interface (API) associated with the instance of the A/B testing service to one or more applications associated with the A/B testing environment; and executing, by a processing device, commands between the client device and the one or more applications on behalf of the A/B testing environment.
US11663108B1
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that includes a storage component that stores data and a processor. The processor may install an application using a portion of the storage component, partition the portion of the storage component from a remaining portion of the storage component, and execute the application via the portion of the storage component.
US11663094B2
Examples provided herein describe a method for reducing recovery time for an application. For example, a first physical processor of a computing device may monitor, based on a first application instance of the application running in a first mode, for failure detection of the first application instance running on a first computing device. The first physical processor may determine that the first application instance is to be changed from the first mode to a second mode. Based on the determination, the first physical processor may validate that a second application instance can run in the first mode by performing a data integrity compliance check. Responsive to validating that the second application instance can run in the first mode, the first physical processor may facilitate running of the second application instance in the first mode.
US11663090B2
A method for recovery of missing or extra data using a bloom filter includes: storing a plurality of transaction messages, each including a transaction value; generating a bloom filter of the transaction messages, the bloom filter being generated using a number of hash rounds and with a size at least double the number of transaction messages; generating a recover message including the number of transaction messages, the number of hash rounds, the size, and the generated bloom filter; transmitting the recover message to a consensus node; receiving a response message from the consensus node, the response message including at least one additional transaction message; and inserting the at least one additional transaction message into the plurality of transaction messages.
US11663083B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include receiving one or more input/output (IO) requests at a storage array from a host device. Furthermore, the IO requests can include at least one data replication and recovery operation. In addition, the host device's connectivity access to a recovery storage array can be determined. Data replication and recovery operations can be performed based on the host device's connectivity to the recovery storage array.
US11663080B1
Techniques for rebuilding data in a data storage system are provided. A method includes: (a) identifying (i) a first set of degraded Ubers that contain no portions reserved for direct writing and (ii) a second set of degraded Ubers that contain at least one portion reserved for direct writing. Direct writing is a process that writes blocks to long-term storage prior to mapping those blocks in a metadata mapping structure. An Uber is a set of adjacent stripes across a respective Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) array of the data storage system, and a degraded Uber is an Uber that includes at least one failed drive within its RAID array. The method further includes (b) initiating a rebuild of the first set of degraded Ubers; and (c) delaying a rebuild of each degraded Uber of the second set until all pending direct writes to blocks of that degraded Uber have been mapped by the metadata mapping structure.
US11663079B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include receiving a request for a segment of data. The requested segment data is one of a plurality of segments of data in a stripe of data. A failure to decode the requested segment is detected. Each of the plurality of segments in the stripe other than the requested segment are read. Reading each segment includes reading raw encoded data and attempting to decode the raw encoded data, the result of reading each segment including decoded data when decoding is successful and the raw encoded data when decoding fails. A combined result of each read is generated. The combining includes combining decoded data for segments that were successfully decoded and the raw encoded data for segments for which decoding failed. A statistical model for the requested segment is updated using the combined result. The requested segment is decoded using the updated statistical model.
US11663075B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus to selectively implement single-error correcting (SEC) operations or single-error correcting and double-error detecting (SECDED) operations, without noticeably impacting die size, for information received from a host device. For example, a host device may indicate that a memory system is to implement SECDED operations using one or more communications (e.g., messages). In another example, the memory system may be hardwired to perform SECDED for certain options. The memory system may adapt circuitry associated with SEC operations to implement SECDED operations without noticeably impacting die size. To implement SECDED operations using SEC circuitry, the memory system may include some additional circuitry to repurpose the SEC circuitry for SECDED operations.
US11663064B1
Disclosed herein are systems and method for generating a guest Operating System (OS) crash dump. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, obtaining information about a guest physical memory and a state of a guest CPU, determining guest page tables including a data structure for mapping between the guest physical memory and guest virtual pages using registers of the guest CPU, identifying an interrupt handler and determining an address of the interrupt handler using the guest page tables and the registers of guest CPU, finding a location of a kernel image in memory by scanning virtual addresses backward starting from the interrupt handler until a beginning of an executable kernel module is found, identifying and fetching debug symbols, determining system task descriptors using the debug symbols, determining debugger relevant data using the debug symbols, and generating the crash dump header using the system task descriptors and the debugger relevant data.
US11663059B2
In the subject matter described herein, a method, device and computer program product for controlling the projector are proposed. According to the method, the application for controlling the project can be started. The application can determine the operation mode by determining whether the current host device is the projector or a terminal device for controlling the projector. Once the operation mode of the application is determined, the method can control the projector based on the operation mode and via the application service operating on the projector. The application service can provide an interface for controlling a device driver of the projector.
US11663056B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that detects a tensor operation in an application, wherein the tensor operation has an unspecified tensor input size, determines the input tensor size at runtime, and selects a partition configuration for the tensor operation based at least in part on the input tensor size and one or more runtime conditions. In one example, the technology searches a lookup table for the input tensor size and at least one of the runtime condition(s) to select the partition configuration.
US11663053B2
Disclosure is made of methods, apparatus and system for clustering processes for use by a cloud platform. Process clustering may include receiving traffic data transmitted and received between each pair of processes in a set of processes. A matrix may be generated based on the traffic data, the matrix including a row and a column for each process in the set of processes. The matrix may be hierarchically clustered based on the traffic data, the hierarchical clustering outputting a plurality of clusters, each cluster including one or more processes in the set of processes. The plurality of clusters may then be merged into a set of merged clusters of processes.
US11663051B2
Embodiments are provided for providing workflow pipeline optimization in a computing environment. Execution of a workflow containing dependencies between one or more subject nodes and one or more observer nodes may be dynamically optimized by determining a wait time between successive executions of the workflow for the one or more observer nodes.
US11663049B2
A multi-layer technology stack includes a sensor layer including image sensors, a device layer, and a cloud layer, with interfaces between the layers. A method to curate different custom workflows for multiple applications include the following. Requirements for custom sets of data packages for the applications is received. The custom set of data packages include sensor data packages (e.g., SceneData) and contextual metadata packages that contextualize the sensor data packages (e.g., SceneMarks). Based on the received requirements and capabilities of components in the technology stack, the custom workflow for that application is deployed. This includes a selection, configuration and linking of components from the technology stack. The custom workflow is implemented in the components of the technology stack by transmitting workflow control packages directly and/or indirectly via the interfaces to the different layers.
US11663047B2
A compute system that includes an Internet of things (IoT) device is provided. The IoT device includes a common services interface (CSI) to create a self-managing network of devices with other nodes comprising the CSI.
US11663043B2
A system comprises a processor coupled to a plurality of memory units. Each of the plurality of memory units includes a request processing unit and a plurality of memory banks. The processor includes a plurality of processing elements and a communication network communicatively connecting the plurality of processing elements to the plurality of memory units. At least a first processing element of the plurality of processing elements includes a control logic unit and a matrix compute engine. The control logic unit is configured to access data from the plurality of memory units using a dynamically programmable distribution scheme.
US11663036B2
A parallel processing unit (PPU) can be divided into partitions. Each partition is configured to operate similarly to how the entire PPU operates. A given partition includes a subset of the computational and memory resources associated with the entire PPU. Software that executes on a CPU partitions the PPU for an admin user. A guest user is assigned to a partition and can perform processing tasks within that partition in isolation from any other guest users assigned to any other partitions. Because the PPU can be divided into isolated partitions, multiple CPU processes can efficiently utilize PPU resources.
US11663029B2
Provided is a resource allocation determination method for a VM/container, volume, and the like created as a new VM/container or volume without exceeding an upper limit of a computer resource of a node in an HCI environment. In order to determine allocation of at least one of a virtual machine, a container, and a volume in a system of the HCI environment, a use state of a computer resource shared by a virtual machine and a storage controller operating on each node is managed, and an allocation destination node of the new virtual machine, container, or volume is determined based on the use state without exceeding an upper limit of a computer resource of the allocation destination node.
US11663021B2
A basic input/output system provides an interface for a core aggregation layout that identifies a grouping of processor cores into core aggregations, wherein each of the core aggregations is associated with a maximum allowable C-state. A processor may monitor an information handling system during operation of an application to gather data associated with latency sensitivity of the application, update the core aggregation layout based on the data gathered during the operation of the application, and pin a thread for execution to one of the processor cores based on the latency sensitivity of the application and the maximum allowable C-state.
US11663016B2
An integrated circuit including configurable multiplier-accumulator circuitry, wherein, during processing operations, a plurality of the multiplier-accumulator circuits are serially connected into pipelines to perform concatenated multiply and accumulate operations. The integrated circuit includes a first memory and a second memory, and a switch interconnect network, including configurable multiplexers arranged in a plurality of switch matrices. The first and second memories are configurable as either a dedicated read memory or a dedicated write memory and connected to a given pipeline, via the switch interconnect network, during a processing operation performed thereby; wherein, during a first processing operations, the first memory is dedicated to write data to a first pipeline and the second memory is dedicated to read data therefrom and, during a second processing operation, the first memory is dedicated to read data from a second pipeline and the second memory is dedicated to write data thereto.
US11663012B1
Disclosed herein are systems and method for detecting coroutines. A method may include: identifying an application running on a computing device, wherein the application includes a plurality of coroutines; determining an address of a common entry point for coroutines, wherein the common entry point is found in a memory of the application; identifying, using an injected code, at least one stack trace entry for the common entry point; detecting coroutine context data based on the at least one stack trace entry; adding an identifier of a coroutine associated with the coroutine context data to a list of detected coroutines; and storing the list of detected coroutines in target process memory associated with the application.
US11663010B2
A system and method for a virtual processor base/virtual execution context arrangement. The disclosed arrangement utilizes chiplets comprising core logic and defined instruction sets. The chiplets are adapted to operate in conjunction with one or more active execution contexts to enable the execution of particular processes. In particular, the defined instruction sets includes a instructions for processor debugging. The system and method support the compartmentalization of such debugging instructions so as to provide enhanced processor and process security.
US11663004B2
An instruction to perform converting and scaling operations is provided. Execution of the instruction includes converting an input value in one format to provide a converted result in another format. The converted result is scaled to provide a scaled result. A result obtained from the scaled result is placed in a selected location. Further, an instruction to perform scaling and converting operations is provided. Execution of the instruction includes scaling an input value in one format to provide a scaled result and converting the scaled result from the one format to provide a converted result in another format. A result obtained from the converted result is placed in a selected location.
US11663003B2
An apparatus and method are described for performing efficient Boolean operations in a pipelined processor which, in one embodiment, does not natively support three operand instructions. For example, in one embodiment, a processor comprises: a set of registers for storing packed operands; Boolean operation logic to execute a single instruction which uses three or more source operands packed in the set of registers, the Boolean operation logic to read at least three source operands and an immediate value to perform a Boolean operation on the three source operands, wherein the Boolean operation comprises: combining a bit read from each of the three operands to form an index to the immediate value, the index identifying a bit position within the immediate value; reading the bit from the identified bit position of the immediate value; and storing the bit from the identified bit position of the immediate value in a destination register.
US11662998B2
In various embodiments, a process for detecting duplicated code patterns in visual programming language code instances includes analyzing a repository of graph based visual programming language code instances and detecting a similar code portion pattern duplicated among a group of graph based visual programming language code instances included in the repository of graph based visual programming language code instances including by using an index and tokenizing a flow corresponding to at least one graph based visual programming language code instance in the group of graph based visual programming language code instance. The process includes visually indicating elements belonging to the detected similar code portion pattern within a visual representation of at least one of the group of graph based visual programming language code instances.
US11662995B2
Systems and methods of conducting a dialogue sequence between at least two user devices using one or more provider applications that facilitates a dialogue sequence between the at least two user devices are disclosed. A method includes sending to first and second user devices authorizations to enable the first and second user devices to conduct first and second portions of a dialogue sequence, respectively. The method includes receiving, from the first user device, second code that supplements first code associated with a provider application to produce first updated code, the first updated code adapting the provider application to be able to facilitate the dialogue sequence between the first and second user devices. The method includes determining that the second user device satisfies criteria associated with the dialogue sequence and sending, to the second user device, third code that facilitates the second portion of the dialogue sequence.
US11662994B1
A system and method for managing a population of devices and in particular, software updates and version control of applications across the population includes permitting a first device to receive an update from a publisher and generating an update manifest that is propagated to other devices in the population. Applications within a population of devices are selectively disabled and enabled to prevent multiple update versions of the same application across the population.
US11662991B2
A vehicle-mounted device upgrade method and a related device. The method may be applied to a vehicle-mounted system, a vehicle-mounted control device and one or more to-be-upgraded vehicle-mounted devices, and the method may include: obtaining, by the vehicle-mounted control device, a vehicle-mounted upgrade package, where the vehicle-mounted upgrade package includes a plurality of upgrade files, and each upgrade file is used to upgrade at least one to-be-upgraded vehicle-mounted device; performing, by the vehicle-mounted control device, security verification on the plurality of upgrade files; and sending, by the vehicle-mounted control device, a target upgrade file to a target to-be-upgraded vehicle-mounted device that is to be upgraded by using the target upgrade file, where the target upgrade file is an upgrade file on which security verification succeeds in the plurality of upgrade files. According to this application, the vehicle-mounted device can be securely and efficiently upgraded.
US11662990B2
Representative embodiments enable a software application to access wireless services provided by a mobile network operator (MNO). According to some embodiments, a method can be implemented at a mobile device, and include (1) receiving, from a software application management entity, an installation package that includes: (i) first information for installing a software application, and (ii) second information for an electronic Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) to be utilized by the software application to access the wireless services provided by the MNO, (2) utilizing the first information to install the software application on the mobile device, and (3) in response to receiving a request to launch the software application, causing the software application to execute on the mobile device, where: (i) the software application utilizes the eSIM to access wireless services provided by the MNO, and (ii) the wireless services are restricted in accordance with parameters associated with the eSIM.
US11662975B2
A method for teleconference includes receiving a first media stream that carries a first audio, and a second media stream that carries a second audio, and receiving a first audio weight for weighting the first audio and a second audio weight for weighting the second audio. The first audio weight and the second audio weight are different from each other and determined based on at least one of (i) content of the first audio and content of the second audio or (ii) received customization parameters. The method further includes generating a mixed audio by combining a weighted first audio based on the first audio weight and a weighted second audio based on the second audio weight.
US11662970B2
Systems and methods for providing a remote interactive experience are provided. The systems and methods may include computer executable code stored in a non-transitory memory and run on a processor. The remote interactive experience may be provided via a digital platform. The platform may provide management of a shared browser. The shared browser may be shared by a plurality of participant devices. The platform may store the shared browser in a cloud-based location. The shared browser may thus be cloud-based. The platform may enable the plurality of participant devices to access the cloud-based shared browser. The platform may receive, as input, actions performed to each of the plurality of participant devices. The actions may include at least one of an action list that includes: a follow command (which instructs a participant device to replicate the remote interactive experience of a host device) a present command (which instructs a group of participant devices to replicate the remote interactive experience of a host device) a cursor movement, a window-sizing, a window-positioning, and a file navigation performed to the shared browser.
US11662961B2
Delivery form information on a print product is acquired, position information indicating a position of quality inspection on the print product is generated in accordance with the acquired delivery form information, and quality report data including the position information is generated.
US11662959B2
An estimated temperature adjustment time, the number of times of temperature adjustments, and so on for printing jobs in a current print sequence are displayed together with an estimated print time, and the print sequence can be changed so as to decrease the number of times of temperature adjustments.
US11662957B2
An image forming device includes a receiver and a switcher. The receiver receives data for executing a function of storing specific data in a preset private box. The switcher switches between first and second register modes when the function to be executed by using the data received by the receiver is copied into the image forming device. The first register mode is a mode in which a private box is manually registered in the image forming device. The second register mode is a mode in which a private box is automatically registered in the image forming device.
US11662955B2
Direct memory access data path for RAID storage is disclosed, including: receiving, at a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) controller, a request to write data to be distributed among a plurality of storage devices; computing parity information based at least in part on the data associated with the request; causing the parity information to be stored on a first subset of the plurality of storage devices; and causing the data associated with the request to be stored on a second subset of the plurality of storage devices, wherein the plurality of storage devices is configured to obtain the data associated with the request directly from a memory that is remote to the RAID controller, and wherein the data associated with the request does not pass through the RAID controller.
US11662942B2
A memory storage system comprising a non-volatile semiconductor memory device comprising a memory array and a plurality of buffers, and a controller in communication with the plurality of buffers. The controller is configured to issue a command to the non-volatile semiconductor memory device specifying a subset of n buffers of the plurality of buffers in which to transfer a data payload relating to the command.
US11662941B2
Methods and systems for increasing reliability of a data storage device are disclosed. During fabrication runs of a non-volatile memory (NVM) die, such as a NAND, there may be a number of memory cells designated as erase cells. When one or more erase cells are physically adjacent to programmed memory cell, electrical effects of the erase cell may cause a bit to flip in the adjacent good memory cell. To mitigate this effect, an LDPC engine is used to generate additional parity bits for the erased bit/cells. When a host requests data from the NVM, the parity bits may be used to correct additional errors because of the erased state to programmed state bit flips.
US11662936B2
A system and method comprising: receiving a request to write data stored at a first range of a first volume to a second range of a second volume, where first metadata for the first range of the first volume is associated with a range of physical addresses where the data is stored in the storage system; and responsive to receiving the request: creating second metadata for the second range of the second volume, wherein the second metadata is associated with the range of physical addresses where the data is stored in the storage system; and associating the second volume with the second metadata.
US11662932B2
Systems and method for providing tier selection for data based on a weighted flash fragmentation factor. A weighted flash fragmentation factor is determined indicating a severity of fragmentation in a non-volatile storage based on a logical block address range in a logical-to-physical mapping table for data from a host device to be stored in the tiered data storage system. The factor is shared with the host device to determine a tier selection. The data is stored according to the tier selection based on the factor.
US11662929B2
A method includes: storing a first data extent on a physical medium, wherein the physical medium is divided into a plurality of storage blocks, wherein each of the storage blocks has a size that is different than a size of the first data extent, further wherein the first data extent is stored to a first block of the plurality of storage blocks; generating a descriptor for the first data extent, wherein the descriptor indicates that the first data extent starts within the first block of the plurality of blocks and indicates an offset from the beginning of the first block at which the first data extent starts; and storing the descriptor within the first block.
US11662903B2
In embodiments of the present invention, a virtual phone is provided which includes a touch screen mounted on an enclosure that includes a processor, memory, wireless communication port, and a power port. The virtual phone further includes a software application executing on the processor to control image display on the touch screen and emulate features of a handheld device presented in the image in response to a user touching a presented feature. The virtual phone further includes a configuration of a user-specific handheld device that is derived from the user-specific handheld device is stored in a memory that is accessible to the processor; wherein the virtual phone presents a visual representation of the user-specific handheld device on the touch screen based on the configuration.
US11662900B2
Systems and methods for control of application actions using a modification trigger to visually modify an electronic document are disclosed. A computing device, such as a mobile computing device having a touchscreen display, can display an electronic document having a first portion and a second portion. Initially upon displaying the electronic document, the computing device displays the first portion and the second portion may lie out of view, not displayed. A user can swipe along a scroll direction, causing the second portion to be displayed. The second portion can include or otherwise be associated with a modification trigger. Upon receiving a gesture on the second portion, the modification trigger performs actions, including, for example, subscribing to a series of electronic documents and minimizing the visual display of the electronic document.
US11662890B2
A method of transmitting mobile device battery data, comprises: displaying a graphical user interface on a user's mobile device to receive battery data sharing permissions for the mobile device; receiving, via the graphical user interface, the permissions; calling a battery application program interface; receiving, from the battery application program interface, battery data of the user's mobile device; and transmitting the received battery data to another mobile device based on the received permissions.
US11662885B2
The present disclosure relates to a digital experience system that non-intrusively obtains valuable user feedback by strategically prompting users for feedback during a user's journey of a digital content experience. For example, in one or more embodiments, the digital experience system detects when various discrete touchpoints are triggered throughout a user's journey. In response to detection a triggered touchpoint, the digital experience system can provide the user with a prompt from a template of prompts. In this manner, the digital experience system can receive valuable and meaningful feedback from users without disrupting the user's digital content experience. Indeed, the digital experience system enhances the content experience for the user by providing prompts to the user throughout the user's journey of the content experience.
US11662872B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for a first media sharing platform to incorporate context of a post from a second media sharing platform into a first user interface of the first media sharing platform. A system includes a processor that receives, via a post displayed in a second user interface of the second media sharing platform, a user request pertaining to a media content item referenced in the post in the second user interface identifying the media content item and comprising post content associated with the media content item and a first plurality of user interface (UI) elements. The processor provides one or more first UI elements of the first plurality of UI elements and the post content from the second user interface for presentation within the first user interface. Upon a selection of one of a second plurality of UI elements presented separately from the media player in the first user interface, the processor causes the user to be returned to the second user interface of the second media sharing platform and to be presented with the post, the post content and the one or more first UI elements in the second user interface.
US11662864B2
A display device includes a first non-folding area and a second non-folding area, a display panel disposed in the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, a leveling layer on the display panel in the first non-folding area, a protection window on the leveling layer in the first non-folding area, and a transmission control layer on the display panel in the second non-folding area. A thickness of the transmission control layer is substantially equal to a sum of a thickness of the leveling layer and a thickness of the protection window.
US11662856B2
Examples are disclosed relating to computing devices and methods for performing capacitive touch detection in rotatably coupled displays. In one example, a method comprises: in a first display, providing a first signal at a first frequency to a first drive electrode in a first frequency region abutting a first non-coupled side opposite to a first coupled side. Other signals at other frequencies are provided to other drive electrodes in other frequency regions. In a second display, a second signal at the first frequency is provided to a second drive electrode located in a different first frequency region abutting a second coupled side opposite to a second non-coupled side. The other frequency regions of the first display are positioned between the first frequency region and the different first frequency region, thereby spatially separating the first frequency region from the different first frequency region.
US11662854B2
A method for improving flexibility of a circuit board, e.g., comprising a touch-based sensor, and reducing manufacturing costs by eliminating routing around a border of the touch-based sensor is presented herein. The method comprises forming an array of touch sensors on a first side of the circuit board, in which portions of the circuit board located between three edges of the circuit board and a border of the array of touch sensors exclude traces; and forming first traces between respective second traces in a singular direction on a second side of the circuit board, in which the first traces are electrically coupled, using a first group of vias, to respective rows of the array of touch sensors, and the second traces are electrically coupled, using a second group of vias, to respective columns of the array of touch sensors.
US11662853B2
A display device includes a controller, a frame, a display panel, an FPC and a force sensing structure; wherein the FPC is disposed on a back side of the display panel and electrically connected to the display panel, and the back side of the display panel is a side opposite to a light-emitting surface of the display panel; the force sensing structure is disposed on the FPC and electrically connected to the controller by the FPC; and the frame is disposed on a side, distal from the display panel, of the FPC, and a specified distance exists between the frame and the force sensing structure.
US11662848B2
A display device includes a display unit comprising a plurality of pixels. A touch sensing unit is disposed on the display unit and comprises a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes. A touch driver supplies a touch driving signal to the driving electrodes through a plurality of driving lines and receives a touch sensing signal from the sensing electrodes through a plurality of sensing lines. During a first horizontal period of one frame period, the touch driver supplies a touch driving signal having a first pulse width to a first partial portion of the driving lines and supplies a touch driving signal having a second pulse width smaller than the first pulse width to a second partial portion of the driving lines that is different from the first partial portion of the driving lines.
US11662840B2
An electronic pen includes a housing, a core body having a front end that protrudes from an opening in a side of the housing, and a coupling member housing one or more components of the electronic pen. The housing includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion separated in an axial direction of the housing. The first housing portion includes an opening arranged such that the front end of the core body protrudes outside while the first housing portion is electrically separated from the core body. A protrusion portion formed on an outer peripheral surface of the coupling member electrically separates the first and second housing portions. One side of the cylindrical coupling member in the axial direction with respect to the protrusion portion is fitted to the first housing portion, and another side in the axial direction is fitted to the second housing portion.
US11662832B1
Features described herein generally relate to enhancing functionality of electronic devices. Particularly, a notification is received from a wearable device that includes a position of the wearable device within an area, a determination is made that the wearable device is located within a predetermined distance from a controllable device, a graphical user interface page that includes buttons is sent to the wearable device, an indication that a button of the buttons has been activated is received from the wearable device, and a command signal that includes an instruction is sent to the controllable device. In this way, functionality of electronic devices can be extended with wearable devices.
US11662829B2
Techniques for modifying a garment based on gestures are presented herein. An access module can access a first set of sensor data from a first sensor, and a second set of sensor data from a second sensor. A garment simulation module can generate a three-dimensional (3D) garment model of a garment available for sale draped on an avatar based on the first set of sensor data and the second set of sensor data. A display module can cause a presentation, on a display of a device, of the 3D garment model draped on the avatar. Additionally, the garment simulation module can determine a modification gesture associated with the 3D garment model draped on the avatar based on the first set of sensor data and the second set of sensor data. Furthermore, the garment simulation module can modify the 3D garment model based on the determined modification gesture.
US11662828B2
A method for identifying an object, an optical sensing apparatus and a system are provided. A controller of the system drives multiple light sources of the optical sensing apparatus to emit the multiple light beams with different beam angles, controls a light sensor to sense the lights reflected by the object, and performs the method for identifying the object. In the method, the light sensor is used to sense a first light emitted by a first light source with a first beam angle reflected by the object, and sense an intensity of the reflected first light. The light sensor is also used to sense a second light emitted by a second light source with a second beam angle reflected by the object and sense another intensity of the reflected second light. Therefore, the object can be identified by integrating information of the intensities obtained by the light sensor.
US11662822B1
Systems and methods for generating pseudo haptic feedback for a virtual widget are disclosed. The method includes computing, from a force profile of the virtual widget, a virtual displacement value based on a force value and a type of the virtual widget. The force profile describes a user's perception of physical characteristics of the virtual widget. The method generates a visual haptic feedback based on the virtual displacement value and the type of the virtual widget. Further, in response to the force value, the method may display on a display screen the visual haptic feedback.
US11662803B2
The present disclosure provides a control method. The method includes when an electronic device is in a first operating mode and has an abnormal situation, switching the electronic device to a second operating mode, to process the abnormal situation in the second operating mode; and when the electronic device has returned to normal, switching the electronic device to the first operating mode. Power consumption and/or available system resource of the electronic device in the first operating mode are less than power consumption and/or available system resource of the electronic device in the second operating mode.
US11662802B2
A task management method and device where the method includes determining, according to a foreground task, a first scenario corresponding to the foreground task, searching for at least one background task corresponding to the first scenario when the first scenario corresponding to the foreground task is in a first list, where the first list includes a scenario in which task limitation is allowed, and performing limitation processing on the at least one background task corresponding to the first scenario, where the limitation processing refers to processing for reducing system resource usage.
US11662799B2
An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory device configured to store process information and to output the process information to the outside; and a host configured to read the process information from the semiconductor memory device, and to select one of a plurality of operation modes depending on the process information so as to be set to an operation mode of the semiconductor memory device. The plurality of operation modes may define one or more of power consumption of the semiconductor memory device or a response characteristic of the semiconductor memory device.
US11662790B2
The transmission device with external power includes a first USB type-C connector, a second USB type-C connector, a power transmission cable, a data transmission cable and a switching unit. The first USB type-C connector and the second USB type-C connector are connected to the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The power transmission cable is connected to the first USB type-C connector and the second USB type-C connector, so that the first electronic device supplies power to the second electronic device through the power transmission cable according to charging information of the second electronic device. The switching unit is connected to a power input end and the second USB type-C connector through the power transmission cable. When the first electronic device supplies power to the second electronic device, the switching unit is turned on and the power input end supplies power to the second electronic device.
US11662774B2
An electronic device includes a substrate, a touch layer and a cover window layer. The touch layer includes a plurality of touch units on the substrate. The cover window layer is disposed on the touch layer, wherein the cover window layer includes a plurality of structures disposed on the substrate. At least one of the touch units partially overlaps with at least two of the structures of the cover window layer, and at least one of the structures is directly touchable from outside.
US11662768B2
A display cover to housing interface system includes a display screen fronted by a display cover having front and obverse faces and a distal edge between the faces around a circumference thereof (i.e., edge thickness), and also an outer housing that provides support for the display cover. A portion of the display cover distal edge or thickness is fully exposed to outside, such that the display cover is exposed and substantially visible when viewed directly from the front and at least one side while installed. The display cover can be glass, while the housing is metal. A protective layer located between the housing and display cover protects the display cover from the housing. Various support components hold the display cover in place, and can include magnets and/or a stabilizer assembly affixed along a bottom edge of the display cover and adapted to couple to a bottom chin of the housing.
US11662755B2
An apparatus for generating a steady state positive voltage (PVS) signal and a steady state negative voltage (NVS) signal is presented. The apparatus includes a bias signal generation module for generating a steady state reference voltage signal (RVS) based on a varying supply voltage signal (VDD), the RVS having a voltage level less than the PVS. The apparatus further includes a positive signal generation module (PSGM) generating the PVS, the PSGM including a first capacitor, the PSGM employing the first capacitor to generate a portion of the PVS based on the RVS. The apparatus further includes a negative signal generation module (NSGM) generating the NVS, the NSGM including a second capacitor, the NSGM employing the second capacitor to generate a portion of the NVS based on the RVS.
US11662746B2
A system, a method, and a computer program product for generating maneuver data for a vehicle are disclosed herein. The system comprises at least one non-transitory memory configured to store computer program code instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the computer program code instructions to obtain direction share data from at least one mobile device, wherein the direction share data comprises immediate route data and immediate direction data associated with the corresponding at least one mobile device, determine localized direction share data for the at least one mobile device from the direction share data, wherein the localized direction share data indicates location, exact lane and direction of the corresponding at least one mobile device, and generate the maneuver data for the vehicle, based on the localized direction share data and map data, using at least one machine learning model.
US11662743B2
Robot localization or mapping can be provided without requiring the expense or complexity an “at-a-distance” sensor, such as a camera, a LIDAR sensor, or the like. Adjacency-derived landmark features can be used and non-unique landmark features can be accommodated. Uncertainty in robot pose can be tracked and compared to an adaptive threshold, and non-dock and docks based localization behavior can be controlled based on the uncertainty, the adaptive threshold, one or more other thresholds, and the accessibility of available differently oriented landmark features, such as perpendicularly oriented straight wall segments landmark features. Available features can be sorted according to a quality metric, and path planning and navigation techniques are also included for helping obtain successful wall-following and localization observations.
US11662742B2
A method capable of appropriately estimating (specifying) a self-position of a mobile object while appropriately correcting an estimated value of a self-position by an SLAM algorithm is provided. In a self-position estimation method, an actual self-position of a mobile object 1 is specified (fixed) from self-positions estimated by a plurality of algorithms. The plurality of algorithms includes an SLAM algorithm (12) and an algorithm (11) different from the SLAM algorithm. A correction processing unit 16 intermittently corrects an estimated value of a self-position obtained by the SLAM algorithm in accordance with any one self-position out of an estimated value of a self-position obtained by an algorithm other than SLAM and a specified self-position.
US11662735B2
The invention relates to a method for updating a control model for automatic control of at least one mobile unit. A central control unit generates a detection task and transmits same to the mobile unit. The mobile unit comprises sensors, and the detection task comprises conditions for detecting sensor data sets by means of the sensors. The mobile unit detects the sensor data sets by means of the sensors using the detection task, generates transmission data using the detected sensor data sets, and transmits the transmission data to the central control unit. The central control unit receives the transmission data and generates an updated control model using the received transmission data. The system according to the invention for updating a control model for automatic control of at least one mobile unit comprises a central control unit by means of which a detection task may be generated and transmitted to the mobile unit. The mobile unit comprises sensors, and the detection task comprises conditions for detecting sensor data sets by means of the sensors. The sensor data sets may be detected by means of the sensors of the mobile unit using the detection task, transmission data may be generated using the detected sensor data sets, and the transmission data may be transmitted to the central control unit. In doing so, the central control unit may receive the transmission data, and an updated control model may be generated using the received transmission data.
US11662731B2
Systems and methods described herein relate to controlling a robot. One embodiment receives an initial state of the robot, an initial nominal control trajectory of the robot, and a Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence bound between a modeled probability distribution for a stochastic disturbance and an unknown actual probability distribution for the stochastic disturbance; solves a bilevel optimization problem subject to the modeled probability distribution and the KL divergence bound using an iterative Linear-Exponential-Quadratic-Gaussian (iLEQG) algorithm and a cross-entropy process, the iLEQG algorithm outputting an updated nominal control trajectory, the cross-entropy process outputting a risk-sensitivity parameter; and controls operation of the robot based, at least in part, on the updated nominal control trajectory and the risk-sensitivity parameter.
US11662729B2
A submersible inspection drone used for inspection of liquid cooled electrical transformers can include a number of separate cameras for imaging the internal structure of the transformer. The submersible can be configured to communicate to a base station using a wireless transmitter and receiver. The cameras on the submersible can be fixed in place and can be either static or motion picture cameras. The submersible can include an input/output selector capable of switching between the camera images, either through commanded action of a user or through computer based switching. In one form the input/output selector is a multiplexer. The base station can be configured to display images from the cameras one at a time, or can include a number of separate viewing portals in which real time images are displayed. The base station can include a demultiplexer synchronized to the multiplexer of the submersible.
US11662726B2
Apparatuses and methods for movement control of a device are disclosed. The apparatus comprises memory for storing information of patterns covering sectors of the area indicating whether the patterns have at least one item relevant to movement in the area. The information has been configured based on determination of at least one pattern that has at least one item relevant to movement in the area, division of the determined at least one pattern into smaller patterns, determination of at least one of the smaller patterns with at least one item relevant to movement in the area, and repeat of the division until predefined smallest pattern size is reached. A processor is configured to determine whether a search path between first and second locations extends through at least one pattern having at least one item relevant to movement in the area, and to selectively use a path finding algorithm to determine a path of movement within at least one pattern with relevant items through which the search path is determined to extend.
US11662721B2
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for routing one or more autonomous vehicles to minimize a density of autonomous vehicles and passengers passing through network areas with oversubscribed bandwidth. The method includes one or more processors determining a bandwidth requirement of a first autonomous vehicle. The method further includes determining respective bandwidth requirement for one or more additional autonomous vehicles utilizing a wireless network. The method further includes determining a total bandwidth capacity of one or more nodes of the wireless network. The method further includes determining routing instructions from a current location of the first autonomous vehicle to a destination of the first autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the bandwidth requirement of the first autonomous vehicle and the total bandwidth capacity of the one or more nodes of the wireless network.
US11662714B2
A control system configured to control safety-critical and non-safety-critical processes and/or plant components includes: a non-safety controller module, at least one safety controller module, and at least one condition monitoring module. The non-safety controller module is configured to control the non-safety-critical processes and/or the non-safety-critical plant components. The at least one safety controller module is configured to control the safety-critical processes and/or the safety-critical plant components. The at least one condition monitoring module is configured to perform fail-safe condition monitoring and to collect monitoring data. The non-safety controller module is configured to receive the collected monitoring data from the condition monitoring module and to pass the collected monitoring data to the safety controller module. The safety-controller module is configured to evaluate the monitoring data based on safety conditions.
US11662705B2
A tool monitoring device and method for using a tool monitoring device, the tool monitoring device including a housing configured to couple with an exterior surface of a tool, one or more sensors positioned within the housing and configured to measure one or more properties of the tool over a period of time, a communication interface configured to transmit data from the tool monitoring device to one or more external devices, the transmitted data being generated based at least in part on the measured one or more properties of the tool over the period of time, and a power source configured to provide power to the one or more sensors and the communication interface.
US11662699B2
An upper-arm computer pointing apparatus, comprising: at least one orientation measurer, deployable on at least one area of an upper arm of a user, configured to measure orientation of the upper arm, at least one pressure meter, deployable on at least one area of the upper arm, configured to measure pressure applied by muscle of the upper arm, a computer processor, associated with the orientation measurer and pressure meter, configured to derive control data from the measured orientation and pressure, and a data transmitter, associated with the computer processor, configured to transmit the control data to a computing device.
US11662697B2
An equipment regulation method is disclosed. The equipment regulation method includes: collecting first environmental data of current environment in a space; determining an environment scene state of the current environment in the space according to the first environmental data; and controlling one or more equipment in the space according to the environment scene state of the space. An equipment regulation device is further provided.
US11662695B2
An information handling system manages operation of an infrared time of flight sensor to provide accurate and timely user presence and absence detection through monitoring of the time of flight distance detection for indications of object velocity that validates or invalidates a transition between the user presence and user absence states. An integrated sensor hub in a central processing unit stores distances received from the infrared time of flight sensor in a distance table in association with a time stamp of the distance measurement. During monitoring of distances received from the infrared time of flight sensor, if the integrated sensor hub detects a user absence or presence, validation of the transition is performed by analyzing the stored distances to determine a vector of velocity at the state transition.
US11662691B2
A wearable device can include an electronic device and a band for securing the electronic device to the user. The electronic device can detect an identification of the band, which can serve as an input to initiate actions performed by the electronic device. For example, a type, model, color, size, or other characteristic of a band can be determined and used to select a corresponding action performed by the electronic device. Identification of the band can be performed by components of the electronic device that also serve other purposes. Existing sensors, communication elements, and/or detectors can be used to detect and identity a band provided to the electronic device. The electronic device can respond to the identification of a particular band by performing particular functions, such as changing an aspect of a user interface or altering settings of the electronic device.
US11662688B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a body of the image forming apparatus; a first inclined portion that is inclined upward from one side surface toward another side surface of the body of the image forming apparatus; a second inclined portion that is inclined downward from an inner end portion of the first inclined portion toward the one side surface; multiple cooled parts that are disposed in a space between the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion and that are disposed to be spaced from each other in a direction from the one side surface to the other side surface; a first wall member that is disposed above the first inclined portion and that has a first ventilation part; and a second wall member that is disposed below the second inclined portion and that has a second ventilation part.
US11662687B2
In a cartridge structure employing an inclinable coupling member engaging with a rotational force transmitting portion of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the coupling member is unable to engage with the rotational force transmitting portion of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus when the mounting and dismounting direction and the developing/spacing direction relative to the electrophotographic image forming apparatus of different from each other. Under the circumstances, a coupling lever contacting and retracting relative to the coupling member in interrelation with the mounting and dismounting operation of a developing cartridge B1, and a coupling spring for the coupling lever to apply an urging force to the coupling member are provided.
US11662684B2
A cartridge couplable to a printing apparatus may include a driver coupler movable in a first direction toward an engaging position to engage with a power driver of the printing apparatus to drive the cartridge and a power transfer member including a power transfer part to transfer power moving the driver coupler in the first direction toward the engaging position, as the power transfer part moves in a second direction different from the first direction.
US11662673B2
A toner container includes a toner accommodating body, a nozzle in fluid communication with the toner accommodating body, and a shutter configured to open and close the opening of the nozzle. A projection is positioned at an end portion of the toner container in a direction of the rotational axis, the projection having an inner peripheral surface facing towards the rotational axis. When the toner container is oriented such that the toner accommodating body is above the nozzle, the nozzle is above the projection, and the projection is at a bottommost side of the toner container, (i) the opening of the nozzle is positioned such that toner may be discharged from a lateral side of the toner container that is above the bottommost side, (ii) the projection includes (ii-i) a first surface facing downward, (ii-ii) a second surface facing downward, and (ii-iii) a third surface facing upward, with the first surface, the second surface, and the third surface being positioned outside the inner peripheral surface of the projection and inside the opening of the nozzle in the direction perpendicular to the rotational axis, (iii) the first surface extends such that a distance in the direction of the rotational axis from the first surface to the toner accommodating body decreases along the first surface in the first rotational direction, (iv) the second surface extends such that a distance in the direction of the rotational axis from the second surface to the toner accommodating body decreases along the second surface in the first rotational direction, (v) a distance, measured along a line that is perpendicular to the rotational axis, from the rotational axis to at least a part of the first surface is less than a distance, measured along a line that is perpendicular to the rotational axis, from the rotational axis to a part of the second surface that is closest from the rotational axis, and (vi) at least a part of the third surface is above an uppermost part of the second surface.
US11662672B2
A powder conveying device includes: a conveying nozzle, provided with a powder receiving opening; an open/close member to open/close the powder receiving opening; a flange provided to the open/close member; a biasing member to bias the open/close member; and a container setting section to which a part of a powder container is to be fit. The powder container includes: a conveyor to convey the powder from a second end of the powder container to a first end; a container opening protruding from the first end; a nozzle receiving opening into which the conveying nozzle is to be inserted; and a butting portion provided in the container opening, to butt against the flange. When the powder container is attached to the powder conveying device, the container opening is fitted to the container setting section, and the flange and the biasing member are housed in an inner space of the container opening.
US11662669B2
An apparatus for measuring a height of a substrate for processing in a lithographic apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first sensor for sensing a height of the substrate over a first area. The apparatus also comprises a second sensor for sensing a height of the substrate over a second area. The apparatus further comprises a processor adapted to normalize first data corresponding to a signal from the first sensor with a second sensor footprint to produce a first normalized height data, and to normalize second data corresponding to a signal from the second sensor with a first sensor footprint to produce a second normalized height data. The processor is adapted to determine a correction to a measured height of the substrate based on a difference between the first and second normalized height data.
US11662666B2
A method for controlling a lithographic apparatus configured to pattern an exposure field on a substrate including at least a sub-field, the method including: obtaining an initial spatial profile associated with a spatial variation of a performance parameter associated with a layer on the substrate across at least the sub-field of the exposure field; and decomposing the initial spatial profile into at least a first component spatial profile for controlling a lithographic apparatus at a first spatial scale and a second component spatial profile for controlling the lithographic apparatus at a second spatial scale associated with a size of the sub-field, wherein the decomposing includes co-optimizing the first and second component spatial profiles based on correcting the spatial variation of the performance parameter across the sub-field.
US11662655B2
Provided is a rod lens array including a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged rod lenses. The rod lens array can be provided in a state of being easily mounted in lighting devices for HUD, and the like. The rod lens array includes: a rod lens portion in which a plurality of rod lens elements including a first light guide member is two-dimensionally arranged; an emission portion in which a plurality of curved elements including the first light guide member is two-dimensionally arranged so as to correspond, respectively, to a plurality of rod lens elements on an emission side; and a connection portion in which a connection element including the first light guide member two-dimensionally extends so as to integrally connect the plurality of curved elements to the plurality of rod lens elements.
US11662652B2
A projector, including a body, a light source, a light valve, a projection lens, and a lens adjustment module, is provided. The light source and the light valve are disposed in the body, and the projection lens is movably disposed on the body. The lens adjustment module includes a driven structure connected to the projection lens, a guiding member and a rotating member connected to the guiding member. The guiding member is disposed on the body to be rotatable along an axis of rotation and has a closed ring guiding rail. The driven structure is slidably disposed at the closed ring guiding rail and is configured to move relative to the guiding member along a closed ring path defined by the closed ring guiding rail. A normal direction of a surface where the closed ring path is located is not parallel to the axis of rotation.
US11662650B2
An optical element driving mechanism has an optical axis and includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, a driving portion, and an elastic element. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving portion drives the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The elastic element connects the fixed portion and the movable portion.
US11662649B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus with a camera. A shutter is positioned horizontally in front of the lens of the camera. The shutter is configured to move in front of a lens of the camera and is further configured to move orthogonally to the horizontal axis so as to at least partially obscure the lens of first camera in a closed shutter position. The apparatus further includes a motor positioned horizontally behind the front of the lens of the camera. The motor is configured to move the shutter orthogonally to the horizontal axis between the closed shutter position and an open shutter position.
US11662641B2
A display panel includes at least one first electrode, a plurality of second electrodes opposite to the at least one first electrode, and a plurality of microcapsules disposed between the at least one first electrode and the plurality of microcapsules. Each microcapsule includes a plurality of charged first particles of a first color and a plurality of charged light-emitting particles. Charge polarity of the plurality of first particles is opposite to charge polarity of the plurality of light-emitting particles, and the first color is different from a color of light emitted by the plurality of light-emitting particles.
US11662640B2
Electro-optical device with interlayer insulating layers and contact holes, and electronic apparatus
In an electro-optical device, a transistor includes a semiconductor layer extending in a second direction so as to overlap with a scanning line in plan view. A second contact hole for electrically connecting the scanning line with a gate electrode of the transistor is provided in a second interlayer insulating layer provided in a layer between the scanning line and the transistor. The second contact hole includes a first hole portion extending along the second direction on both sides of the semiconductor layer in plan view, and a second hole portion protruding from the first hole portion toward the semiconductor layer and extending along a first direction.
US11662635B2
Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate, and a backlight module, wherein the array substrate includes a substrate and a photoelectric sensing device, the substrate is provided with a fingerprint recognition region, and an orthographic projection of the photoelectric sensing device on the substrate is within the fingerprint recognition region. The color filter substrate is disposed opposite to the array substrate, the backlight module is disposed on a side, distal from the array substrate, of the film substrate, and light emitted from the backlight module is capable of passing through the fingerprint recognition region.
US11662629B2
Liquid crystal light control device, and method of manufacturing liquid crystal light control device
Liquid crystal is prevented from leaking out into a terminal hole in a liquid crystal injection process, and the productivity of a liquid crystal light control device is improved. A liquid crystal light control device according to the present technology includes a plurality of liquid crystal layers, terminals provided for respective electrodes disposed to face each other across the liquid crystal layers, and terminal holes formed above the terminals, and an injection mark of a liquid crystal for the liquid crystal layer is formed on a back face side which is a face on a side opposite to a face that has been opened by the terminal hole.
US11662624B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a backlight unit and a display device using the backlight unit comprising a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on a substrate and each having a flip chip structure. A reflector is disposed between the plurality of light emitting elements and includes a plurality of grooves each having a predetermined size on an upper surface of the reflector. A transparent sheet is disposed on the reflector and the plurality of light emitting elements and includes a plurality of optical path changing patterns disposed at positions overlapping the plurality of light emitting elements on an opposite side of a surface of the transparent sheet adjacent to the plurality of light emitting elements and each having a central region thicker than an outer region.
US11662622B2
A display device includes a display unit, and a backlight module. The display unit includes a display area and a peripheral area. The peripheral area surrounds the display area. The backlight module is disposed corresponding to the display unit. The backlight module includes a circuit board that has a surface. The circuit board includes a plurality of light emitting units, and a plurality of edge units.
US11662619B1
An electronic device includes a display module, a protection cover, a light shielding layer on a bottom surface of the protection cover, a light source on the display module, a light guide plate on the display module and adjacent to the light source, a touch sensitive film above the light guide plate and having a first opening, a first optical adhesive between the touch sensitive film and the protection cover and having a second opening overlapping and communicated with the first opening, and a light shielding element having a portion overlapping the first and second openings. The light shielding element is located on the display module, extends to said portion of the light shielding layer, and is configured to block light passing through the light guide plate, the touch sensitive film, and the first optical adhesive in a non-visible area.
US11662615B2
A novel foldable display device or an electronic device using the same, e.g., a portable information processor or a portable communication information device, is provided. A foldable display device of which a display panel can be folded n times (n≥1, and n is a natural number) at a curvature radius of greater than or equal to 1 mm and less than or equal to 100 mm is obtained. The display device can be miniaturized by being foldable. In addition, in the state where the flexible display panel is opened, display which is unbroken and continuous over a plurality of housings is possible. The plurality of housings can store a circuit, an electronic component, a battery and the like inside as appropriate, and the thickness of each housing can be small.
US11662612B2
An acousto-optic system may include a laser source, and an AOM coupled to the laser source and having an acousto-optic medium and transducer electrodes carried by the medium. The acousto-optic system may also include an interface board with a dielectric layer and signal contacts carried by the dielectric layer, and connections coupling respective signal contacts with respective transducer electrodes. Each connection may include a dielectric protrusion extending from the AOM, and an electrically conductive layer on the dielectric protrusion for coupling a respective transducer electrode to a respective signal contact.
US11662605B2
A flexible temple for eyeglasses has a temple body which has a fork-shaped end adapted to form a slot within which a slider can slide in contrast with the action of an elastic component. The elastic component is accommodated in a preloaded condition in the slider.
US11662603B2
The three-dimensional image display apparatus includes: a housing; a light source unit which is mounted in the housing, and emits light; a single light transfer unit which is disposed in the housing to face the light source unit, and refracts, diffracts, or reflects the light emitted from the light source unit; and an image display unit which forms, as an image, the light refracted, diffracted, or reflected by the light transfer unit.
US11662601B2
An optical system can include a receiver secured to a first optical component and a flexure arrangement secured to a second optical component. The flexure arrangement can include a plurality of flexures, each with a free end that can extend away from the second optical component and into a corresponding cavity of the receiver. Each of the cavities can be sized to receive adhesive that secures the corresponding flexure within the cavity when the adhesive has hardened, and to permit adjustment of the corresponding flexure within the cavity, before the adhesive has hardened, to adjust an alignment of the first and second optical components relative to multiple degrees of freedom.
US11662599B2
The invention provides an illumination system and a projection device with the illumination system. The illumination system is configured to provide an illumination beam, and includes a coherent light source, a first and a second optical module, a first and a second diffuser element. A coherent beam emitted by the coherent light source is focused on a first position through the first optical module, and the first diffuser element is located at or near the first position. The coherent beam from the first diffuser element is focused on a second position through the second optical module. The second diffuser element is located on a transmission path of the coherent beam from the second optical module, and located at or near the second position. The coherent beam sequentially passes through the first diffuser element, the second optical module and the second diffuser element to form the illumination beam.
US11662598B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a beam coherence eliminating element. The optical medium material of the element comprises microcrystalline glass, wherein microcrystalline particles therein have a size of 0.1-1000 nm and are distributed randomly. As the crystals in the microcrystalline glass can change the phase of light beams, the microcrystalline glass can change the phase of the light beams randomly, thereby eliminating the coherence of the beams. The crystal size of the microcrystalline glass is small, and thus does not affect the transmission efficiency of light beams. The element of the present invention has a simple structure and is convenient to use, and can be added in the process of beam transmission to easily eliminate beam coherence.
US11662591B1
An optical subsystem for use in a display system or an imaging system comprises a plurality of reflective surfaces collectively arranged to provide variable control of device-internal path lengths of light coming to an imaging sensor or traveling a path to an eye of a viewer. The optical subsystem can be used to provide multiple images concurrently at different apparent depths as perceived by the user.
US11662586B2
A wearable display system includes an eyepiece stack having a world side and a user side opposite the world side. During use, a user positioned on the user side views displayed images delivered by the wearable display system via the eyepiece stack which augment the user's field of view of the user's environment. The system also includes an optical attenuator arranged on the world side of the of the eyepiece stack, the optical attenuator having a layer of a birefringent material having a plurality of domains each having a principal optic axis oriented in a corresponding direction different from the direction of other domains. Each domain of the optical attenuator reduces transmission of visible light incident on the optical attenuator for a corresponding different range of angles of incidence.
US11662584B2
A waveguide display includes a waveguide, an input coupler configured to couple display light into the waveguide, and a surface-relief grating on the waveguide and configured to couple the display light out of the waveguide towards an eyebox of the waveguide display on a first side of the waveguide. The surface-relief grating is formed in a plurality of grating layers having uniform or non-uniform thickness profiles. The plurality of grating layers is characterized by a refractive index modulation that increases and then decreases as the distance of the grating layer from the waveguide increases.
US11662581B2
A head mounted display (HMD) system employs a holographic element in the optical path of the HMD to direct light to a user's eye. The HMD includes a micro-display, a lightguide, and a holographic element coupled to the lightguide. The holographic element is coupled to a polarization film, and together the element and film reflect and transmit light of different polarities in a specified pattern to assist the lightguide in directing light to the user's eye. For example, the hologram and polarization film can be configured to pass R-polarized light and reflect L-polarized light, thereby directing light from the waveguide along a specified path.
US11662580B2
A terminal device sends first information to a cloud device, where the first information indicates a posture and a location of the terminal device at a first moment. Then, the terminal device receives information about a first field of view image from the cloud device, where the first field of view image is a field of view image corresponding to the posture and the location of the terminal device at the first moment. The terminal device displays an image within a field of view range of the terminal device at a second moment based on the information about the first field of view image and a posture change and a location change of the terminal device from the first moment to the second moment.
US11662569B2
An optical processing turntable and a projection device are provided. The optical processing turntable has a first mass center and a height. The optical processing turntable includes a substrate and a driving component. The substrate has a second mass center. The driving component is disposed on the substrate to drive the substrate to rotate. The driving component has a locking surface. A distance between the locking surface and one of the first mass center and the second mass center relatively far from the locking surface is less than or equal to ⅔ of the height. The invention can effectively reduce the vibration and noise of the optical processing turntable during high-speed operation, and can increase the operating life of the optical processing turntable.
US11662568B2
A liquid lens system includes first and second liquids disposed within a cavity. An interface between the first and second liquids defines a variable lens. A common electrode is in electrical communication with the first liquid. A driving electrode is disposed on a sidewall of the cavity and insulated from the first and second liquids. A controller supplies a common voltage to the common electrode and a driving voltage to the driving electrode. A voltage differential between the common voltage and the driving voltage is based at least in part on at least one of: (a) a first reference capacitance of a first reference electrode pair disposed within the first portion of the cavity and insulated from the first liquid or (b) a second reference capacitance of a second reference electrode pair disposed within the second portion of the cavity and insulated from the first liquid and the second liquid.
US11662567B2
An image capturing assembly is provided and includes an image sensing device, a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a lens assembly. The image sensing device includes an electrical connecting component. The first circuit board includes a first contact. The image sensing device is mounted on the first circuit board, and the electrical connecting component is electrically connected to the first contact. The second circuit board includes a second contact. The second circuit board is affixed with the first circuit board and perpendicular to the first circuit board, and the second contact is electrically connected to the first contact, so that the second contact is electrically connected to the electrical connecting component by the first contact. The lens assembly is assembled with the image sensing device. Furthermore, a related endoscope is provided.
US11662566B2
An objective lens for an endoscope includes only four lens groups as lens groups, and the four lens groups consist of a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, a negative third lens group, and a positive fourth lens group that are arranged in this order from an object side. The first lens group is fixed and the second and third lens groups are moved during focusing on an object positioned at the nearest point from an object positioned at the farthest point. The objective lens for an endoscope satisfies a predetermined conditional expression related to a focal length of an entire system and a focal length of the third lens group.
US11662565B2
A microscope system 1 includes an eyepiece 104, an objective 102 that guides light from a sample to the eyepiece 104, and a tube lens 103 that is disposed on a light path between the eyepiece 104 and the objective 102 and forms an optical image of the sample on the basis of light therefrom. The microscope system 1 further includes a projection apparatus 133 that projects first and second projection images onto an image plane on which the optical image is formed, in a manner such that the first and second projection images are capable of being distinguished from each other. The first projection image is based on an analysis result provided by a computer for the digital image data of the sample. The second projection image is based on an input operation performed by a user and includes at least input information provided by the user.
US11662562B2
A tunable filter may include an input focusing optic, an output focusing optic, a linearly-varying filter located at a back focal plane of the input focusing optic and a front focal plane of the output focusing optic, an input angular scanning component located at a front focal plane of the input focusing optic configured to receive an input beam, and an output angular scanning component located at a back focal plane of the output focusing optic. The input focusing optic may receive the input beam from the input angular scanning component and direct the input beam to the linearly-varying filter, where a position of the input beam on the linearly-varying filter is selectable based on an angle of the input angular scanning component. The output focusing optic may receive a filtered beam from the linearly-varying filter and direct the filtered beam to the output angular scanning component.
US11662561B2
Systems and methods can be employed for trans-tympanic membrane access to the middle ear for delivery of a therapeutic agent, for example, to the round window niche adjacent to the cochlea under direct visualization. The systems and methods can also be used to improve accessibility and visualization for various otological surgical procedures, such as, but not limited to, cholesteatoma removal, tympanic membrane repair and ossicular chain repair.
US11662555B2
The disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens, which includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens and an eighth lens which are provided in sequence from an object side to an imaging side along an optical axis, the first lens has a positive refractive power, and an object-side surface of the first lens is a convex surface; the second lens has a negative refractive power; the third lens has a positive refractive power; the fourth lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, an object-side surface of the fourth lens is a concave surface and an imaging-side surface is a convex surface; the fifth lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power; the sixth lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, and an object-side surface of the sixth lens is a convex surface; the seventh lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power; and the eighth lens has a negative refractive power.
US11662525B1
An optical system includes a light module, an optical element on a first grating coupler, and a second grating coupler. The light module emits three beams from different positions. The optical element is below the light module and is configured to change incident angles of the three beams and to focus the three beams at the same region of the first grating coupler. The first grating coupler is below the optical element and is configured to couple the three beams into a light-guide substrate. The light-guide substrate is connected to the first grating coupler and is configured to transmit the three beams. The second grating coupler is connected to the light-guide substrate and is configured to enable the three beams departing from the light-guide substrate after the three beams have traveled the same optical path.
US11662523B2
Structures including an edge coupler and methods of forming a structure including an edge coupler. The structure includes a waveguide core over a dielectric layer and a back-end-of-line stack over the dielectric layer and the waveguide core. The back-end-of-line stack includes a side edge and a truncated layer that is overlapped with a tapered section of the waveguide core. The truncated layer has a first end surface adjacent to the side edge and a second end surface above the tapered section of the waveguide core. The truncated layer is tapered from the first end surface to the second end surface.
US11662520B2
A fiber-to-fiber system for multi-layer ferroelectric on insulator waveguide devices is described. The system comprises a fiber-to-chip coupler that couples light from a standard optical fiber to multi-layer ferroelectric on insulator waveguides. The multi-layer ferroelectric on insulator waveguides are integrated with electrodes to implement an optical device, an electro-optical device, or a non-linear optical device, such as an electro-optical modulator, with microwave and optical waveguide crossings compatible with packaging. A second fiber-to-chip coupler outputs the light from the multi-layer ferroelectric on insulator device to a standard optical fiber.
US11662516B2
Embodiments described herein relate to methods for fabricating waveguide structures utilizing substrates. The waveguide structures are formed having input coupling regions, waveguide regions, and output coupling regions formed from substrates. The regions are formed by imprinting stamps into resists disposed on hard masks formed on surfaces of the substrates to form positive waveguide patterns. Portions of the positive waveguide patterns and the hard masks formed under the portions are removed. The substrates are masked and etched to form gratings in the input coupling regions and the output coupling regions. Residual portions of the positive waveguide patterns and the hard masks disposed under the residual portions are removed to form waveguide structures having input coupling regions, waveguide regions, and output coupling regions formed from substrates.
US11662514B2
An electronic device is disclosed, including: a glass plate including a first region and a second region extending from the first region to form a curved surface, wherein at least one predetermined first pattern is formed within at least a portion of the first region, a light emitter disposed adjacent to the second region of the glass plate and configured to emit light from the second region along the first region, a molded pattern layer disposed on the glass plate, the molded pattern layer including second patterns oriented as to face the glass plate, and a support film layer disposed on the molded pattern layer and configured to guide a path of the emitted light from the light emitter to an interior of the molded pattern layer.
US11662508B2
In some implementations, an optical assembly comprises an optical cavity; one or more detectors; and an optical component having an input face and an output face configured to receive an input beam to the input face and to produce one or more primary output beams, and a plurality of secondary output beams from the output face, the secondary output beams resulting from multiple internal reflections within the optical component. At least one of the input face is not perpendicular to the input beam or the output face is not perpendicular to the one or more primary output beams. Each primary output beam is transmitted through the optical cavity perpendicular to at least one surface of the optical cavity, and directed to a respective one of the one or more detectors. Each detector is arranged to exclude at least a portion of each secondary output beam.
US11662499B2
A foreign object detecting device includes: an input unit to which a detection signal is inputted from a sheet-type pressure sensor; a sensor information processing unit configured to, based on the detection signal, generate sensor information indicating an area in a detection area of the pressure sensor to which a pressure is being applied; and a judgement unit configured to compare the sensor information and basic layout information indicating a predetermined area in the detection area to which a pressure is applied, to thereby judge whether a foreign object is present in the detection area.
US11662473B2
An electronic device, method and system for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) are herein disclosed. The electronic device includes an antenna configured to receive a satellite vehicle (SV) signal, and a processor configured to determine a carrier-to-noise density ratio (CNO) of the SV signal, compare the determined CNO of the SV signal with a threshold, and identify whether the SV signal is a true SV signal or a false SV signal when the determined CNO is less than the threshold.
US11662471B2
A water vapor observation device includes a water vapor index acquisition module which acquires a water vapor index calculated based on radio wave intensities of at least two frequencies out of radio waves received by a microwave radiometer, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) precipitable water vapor acquisition module which acquires a GNSS precipitable water amount calculated based on an atmospheric delay of a GNSS signal received by a GNSS receiver, a correlation data generation module which generates correlation data between the water vapor index and the GNSS precipitable water amount based on the water vapor index and the GNSS precipitable water amount at a plurality of time points during a predetermined period, and a precipitable water vapor calculation module which calculates a precipitable water amount based on the correlation data from the water vapor index obtained based on the microwave radiometer.
US11662470B2
A GNSS data collection system includes a pole mounted GNSS receiver and inclination sensors. The range pole has an adjustable length and an integrated electronic measurement device to capture and provide length data. A data collection module provides a data collection graphical user interface (GUI) visible on a hand-held data collector computer. The data collector computer is communicably coupled to the GNSS receiver and/or the electronic measurement device and receives three-dimensional location data, the length data, and inclination data for the range pole in real-time. The inclination data and height of the range pole are used to calculate and display horizontal distance and direction to level the GNSS receiver.
US11662469B2
A LiDAR point cloud that includes two candidate clusters for merging is received. At a first phase, a distance between the two clusters is determined. If the distance is greater than a threshold, the candidate clusters are not merged. Otherwise, an additional point cloud is received for each cluster at different times. A motion characteristic is determined for each cluster. If the motion characteristic for each cluster is close (indicating that the objects are moving at the same speed), then the clusters are merged. Otherwise the clusters are not merged. The motion characteristic for a cluster can be determined by performing an alignment operation using the point cloud received for the cluster, and using the error associated with the alignment operation as the motion characteristic for the cluster. The decision to merge clusters is based on raw point cloud data, which can take place early in the tracking cycle.
US11662466B2
A laser distance measuring device and a method of use thereof are described. The laser distance measuring device can include an emitting unit (4), a reflecting mirror (3), an emitting lens (2), a receiving lens (1), and a receiving unit (8); the laser distance measuring device can further include: at least one spectroscope (7) provided between the receiving lens (1) and the receiving unit (8), which is arranged successively on the same optical propagation path; at least one spectrum receiving unit (9) arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the spectroscope (7). The technical solution has a wider measurement range and is adaptable to measured targets in different distances; a multiplicity of feedbacks and adjustments is not necessary, and the acquirement of the measurement data can be achieved in a short time, therefore the operating time is saved.
US11662463B2
The present invention provides an improved lidar apparatus (11) that can scan a surrounding volume without requiring the rotation or other movement of any component other than a scanning mirror (17). The apparatus (11) comprises: a receiving lens (16) having an optical axis; the scanning mirror (17) that is angled to the optical axis of the receiving lens (16) and controlled to rotate about the optical axis of the receiving lens; at least one stationary laser source (12) that is positioned to emit light along an associated emission beam path (14) to be reflected by the scanning mirror (17) along an associated scanning beam path (18); and at least one detector (19), associated with a laser source (12) and positioned to receive light from said laser source (12) that is reflected by external objects and returned through the receiving lens (16) via the scanning mirror (17). The apparatus (11) is characterised in that the emission beam path (14) is located at an angle to the optical axis of the receiving lens (16). Embodiment of the invention comprise a plurality of laser sources (12) such that the apparatus can scan a 3D volume surrounding the apparatus (11) whilst holding each source stationary. The present invention also provides an improved method of lidar scanning that utilises any apparatus (11) according to the present invention.
US11662462B2
The present disclosure provides a proximity sensor. The proximity sensor includes: a substrate including a main surface; a light emitter and a light receiver disposed on the main surface; a resin disposed on the main surface, enclosing the light emitter and the light receiver, and including a boundary surface spaced apart from the main surface; a first crosstalk alleviator disposed on the boundary surface and including a first inclined surface; and a second crosstalk alleviator disposed on the boundary surface and including a second inclined surface.
US11662461B2
A computer implemented method is provided for generating a dynamic occupancy grid in front of a host vehicle. An indicator is detected for the course of a lane of a road in front of the host vehicle, and a base area is determined based on the detected indicator, wherein the base area is restricted to a region of interest in front of the host vehicle. A plurality of cells is defined by dividing the base area in order to form the occupancy grid. For each cell of the occupancy grid, it is determined whether the cell is occupied at least partly by a detectable object.
US11662451B2
A radar (30) is an FMCW radar. A determination unit (901) of the radar (30) executes at least one program of an attenuation determination program (324a), which determines whether an abnormal attenuation is present in a beat signal (S305), and a frequency characteristic determination program (325a), which determines whether an anomaly is present in a frequency characteristic of the beat signal (S305). The radar (30) can determine whether the beat signal (S305) is abnormal by software by executing the attenuation determination program (324a) and the frequency characteristic determination program (325a).
US11662444B1
The LiDAR system includes a coherent receiver disposed in a reference path. The coherent receiver includes a 90° optical hybrid to receive a portion of an optical beam along the reference path and a local oscillator (LO) signal to generate multiple output signals. The coherent receiver includes a first photodetector to receive a first and a second output signal to generate a first mixed signal, and a second photodetector to receive a third and a fourth output signal to generate a second mixed signal. The LiDAR system further includes a processor to combine the first mixed signal and the second mixed signal to generate a combined reference signal to suppress a negative image of a reference beat frequency signal to estimate a phase noise of the optical source to determine range and velocity information of the target.
US11662428B2
A radar system and method for maintaining radar performance of radar system in jammed environment are provided. The radar system has main antenna arrangement for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves. Main antenna arrangement includes at least one main antenna element and at least one main electronics module for transmitting and/or receiving signals to/from at least one main antenna element. The system has auxiliary antenna arrangement for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves, auxiliary antenna arrangement includes at least one auxiliary antenna element and at least one auxiliary electronics module for transmitting and/or receiving signals to/from the at least one auxiliary antenna element. System has a controller connected to main antenna arrangement and to auxiliary antenna arrangement. Controller is configured to transmit first radar waveform from main antenna element, and transmit second radar waveform from auxiliary antenna element.
US11662427B2
A radar system, apparatus, architecture, and method are provided for generating a transmit reference or chirp signal to produce a plurality of transmit signals having different frequency offsets from the transmit reference signal for encoding and transmission as N radio frequency encoded transmit signals which are reflected from a target and received at a receive antenna as a target return signal that is down-converted to an intermediate frequency signal and converted by a high-speed analog-to-digital converter to a digital signal that is processed by a radar control processing unit which performs fast time processing steps to generate a range spectrum comprising N segments which correspond, respectively, to the N radio frequency encoded transmit signals transmitted over the N transmit antennas.
US11662426B2
A maritime radar system is provided, comprising a transmitter, a receiver, and one or more processors arranged to provide range and azimuth discrimination of a detection area by performing a delay/Doppler analysis of the echo of a single beam transmitted by the transmitter and received by the receiver.
US11662421B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a positioning measurement request from a network entity, the positioning measurement request including a request to receive and/or to transmit a plurality of positioning reference signals from and/or to one or more transmission-reception points (TRPs) using the same receive (RX) beam and/or transmit (TX) beam, attempts, in response to reception of the positioning measurement request, to use the same RX beam and/or TX beam to receive and/or to transmit the plurality of positioning reference signals to perform positioning measurements, and provides a positioning measurement report to the network entity in response to the positioning measurement request, the positioning measurement report indicating using the same RX beam and/or the same TX beam and/or a degree of success with using the same RX beam and/or the same TX beam.
US11662418B2
The present invention relates to a blind area tracking method and apparatus for a directional antenna and a motion tracking system. The method includes: acquiring a position and a velocity of a tracking target relative to the directional antenna; determining, according to the position and the velocity, whether the tracking target is located in a tracking blind area of the directional antenna; and driving, in a preset blind area guidance mode and when the tracking target is located in the tracking blind area, the directional antenna to rotate. The method may help switch to a corresponding blind area guidance mode when an unmanned aerial vehicle enters a tracking blind area, to implement all-the-way tracking of a tracking target without temporarily losing the tracking target within the tracking blind area. In this way, a better tracking effect is ensured.
US11662412B2
According to some aspects, a method of suppressing noise in an environment of a magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The method comprising estimating a transfer function based on multiple calibration measurements obtained from the environment by at least one primary coil and at least one auxiliary sensor, respectively, estimating noise present in a magnetic resonance signal received by the at least one primary coil based at least in part on the transfer function, and suppressing noise in the magnetic resonance signal using the noise estimate.
US11662411B2
Techniques are described for controlling a fleet of MR-scanner systems by means of a user interface. Each MR scanner system in the fleet of MR scanner systems comprises a hardware layer having a plurality of electronically controllable components and mechanical components to perform an MR measurement and capture MR-scanner raw data, a Measurement And Reconstruction System (MARS) computing unit configured to implement a measurement framework using a sequence to calculate real-time instructions and transmit these instructions to the components of the hardware layer for controlling the MR-scanner system, and a communication interface for communicating with an external device. Each MR scanner system has system attributes, which are transmitted to the external device via the communication interface.
US11662410B2
In a method for recording diffusion-weighted measurement data, using a MR system with diffusion weightings with two+ different b-values, diffusion directions and diffusion weightings with the associated b-values to be used for the desired recordings are loaded, a sequence of recordings of measurement data to be recorded consecutively are determined by sorting the diffusion directions and diffusion weightings to be recorded based on their associated b-value, such that the b-value of a recording of measurement data is less than the b-value of the immediately preceding recording of measurement data by no more than a predetermined threshold value, and the recordings are recorded based on the determined sequence. By arranging diffusion encodings for the desired recordings to be used consecutively, abrupt discontinuities in the b-values used chronologically are prevented, thereby eddy current effects from preceding recordings have time to abate in the case of recordings with small b-values.
US11662407B2
In a method and system for the generation of measurement data required k-space is read out in the readout direction in k-space rows such that at least a first k-space row of the k-space rows does not cover the k-space to be read out in the readout direction in full and at least a second k-space row of the k-space rows covers the k-space to be read out in locations in the readout direction at which the first k-space row does not cover the k-space to be read out. Measurement data that is missing in the k-space is completed in this way on the basis of recorded echo signals stored as measurement data.
US11662406B2
According to one embodiment, a MRI apparatus determines a first time during which a subsidiary power supply is capable of supplying power to a cooling device based on a capacity of the subsidiary power supply when power outage of a main power supply occurs, and determines a second time needed to demagnetize a superconducting magnet based on an excitation current of the superconducting magnet and a temperature of the superconducting magnet. The MRI apparatus determines starts ramp-down of the superconducting magnet after a third time based on the first time and the second time has elapsed from initiation of power outage of the main power supply.
US11662404B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a magnetic resonance system and a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, and a pre-scanning method. The apparatus includes: a signal output unit used to generate and output a pulse signal; a radio-frequency amplifier used to amplify the pulse signal; a signal processing unit used to transmit, to a transmit coil of the magnetic resonance system, the signal amplified by the radio-frequency amplifier, receive and adjust a phase of the feedback signal, and output the phase-adjusted feedback signal to the signal output unit; and a determination unit used to acquire amplitude values of the feedback signal at different phases, and determine a forward power and/or a reverse power according to the amplitude values of the feedback signal at the different phases.
US11662396B2
A power receiving apparatus includes a determination unit and a display unit. The determination unit determines whether or not each of a power transmitting apparatus and a cable connected to the power receiving apparatus meets a predetermined condition relating to safety of power transmission. The display unit displays first information indicating that the power transmitting apparatus does not meet the predetermined condition in a case where the power transmitting apparatus does not meet the predetermined condition. The display unit displays second information indicating that the cable does not meet the predetermined condition in a case where the cable does not meet the predetermined condition.
US11662394B2
An apparatus for smart frequency selection in a ground monitor apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an energy measurement circuit that measures an energy level at a test frequency in an equipment grounding conductor between a load and a power source and an energy comparator that compares the measured energy level with an energy threshold. The apparatus includes a continuity signal circuit that injects a continuity signal with a frequency at the test frequency in the equipment grounding conductor at an energy level above the energy threshold in response to the energy comparator determining that the measured energy level is below the energy threshold. The continuity signal is an indicator for continuity of the equipment grounding conductor between the power source and load.
US11662392B2
A method may comprise storing a first service provider record associated with a first project located at a first geographic location, receiving a request for project identifiers located within a section of a geographic area, providing a subset of the first set of the one or more project identifiers to be displayed on a second map the first user device, receiving a selected project of the project identifiers, providing a project page indicating categorical identifiers associated with the first project indicating at least some work performed, a link to at least one service professional's profile page, an opinion review and an insight review, receiving a selection of the link to the at least one service professional's profile page, and providing, a profile page of the at least one service professional, the profile page including contact information of the at least one service professional.
US11662384B2
The present disclosure relates to a motor malfunction monitoring device, and a drive motor for oilfield operations including: a signal acquisition module configured to acquire operation data of the drive motor, wherein the signal acquisition module comprises a vibration signal acquisition unit and/or an electrical signal acquisition unit, the vibration signal acquisition unit comprises one or more vibration sensors mounted at a component to be detected of the drive motor during use and provided for detecting transverse vibration and/or longitudinal vibration, and/or the electrical signal acquisition unit comprises a voltage sensor and a current sensor for detecting a voltage and a current of the drive motor, respectively; a data storage module storing therein a database of normal operation spectrums created when the drive motor runs normally; and a signal analysis module configured to extract an acquired operation data spectrum of the operation data acquired, compare the acquired operation data spectrum with a respective normal operation data spectrum in the database of normal operation spectrums to obtain a similarity, and determine that the drive motor fails when the similarity is less than a predetermined threshold.
US11662371B2
Semiconductor devices, and in particular semiconductor devices for improved resistance measurements and related methods are disclosed. Contact structures for semiconductor devices are disclosed that provide access to resistance measurements with reduced influence of testing-related resistances, thereby improving testing accuracy, particularly for semiconductor devices with low on-resistance ratings. A semiconductor device may include an active region and an inactive region that is arranged along a perimeter of the active region. The semiconductor device may be arranged with a topside contact to provide access for resistance measurements, for example Kelvin-sensing resistance measurements. Related methods include performing resistance measurements from a topside of the semiconductor device, even when the active region of the semiconductor device forms a vertical contact structure.
US11662368B2
A sensor probe includes a body having first and second channels that are spaced apart and extend through the body approximately parallel to each other. A first end of a Rogowski coil is fixed within the first channel. The Rogowski coil passes through the second channel and loops back to the first channel where a second end of the Rogowski coil is selectively insertable into the first channel opposite the first end of the Rogowski coil. A non-contact sensor coupled to the body is positioned between the first and second channels to measure a parameter of an insulated conductor situated within the loop formed by the Rogowski coil. The size of an interior region within the loop is selectively adjustable by sliding movement of the Rogowski coil within the second channel.
US11662363B2
A test socket assembly includes a contactor body having one or more compliant interconnects, and a socket opening sized and configured to receive a device under test therein. The test socket assembly further includes a lead frame assembly disposed within the contactor body and electrically coupled with the one or more compliant interconnects, and one or more antennas at least partially disposed within the contactor body, the one or more antennas configured to directly and wirelessly communicate to the device under test when the device is disposed within the socket opening.
US11662362B2
Various implementation described herein are directed to a method for identifying a blockage in a pitot-static system. A pressure signal is received. Pressure fluctuations in the pressure signal are identified. A determination is made as to whether a blockage has occurred in the pitot-static system based on the identified pressure fluctuations.
US11662359B2
The present invention measures jump heights using an IMU sensor module slipped in a pocket of a removable side ankle mount clip placed over any low, mid or high tops ankle athletic running shoe. A micro-processor in the IMU sensor module converts analog jump height data collected with real time digital signal processing to digital data sent to specialized algorithms loaded in a RF paired smartphone to refine the digital data to accurately calculate the height of the jump. The clip has two downward spaced legs joined by a curved arch at the top with a first leg being flexible and fitting snugly against a wearer's ankle below the fibula bone with the curved arch resting over the shoe's collar. The second leg has a foot extending outwardly from the curved arch to form a pocket with a top opening to receive and snugly hold the module.
US11662357B2
This automated analysis device is provided with a plurality of analysis units for analyzing a specimen, a buffer portion which holds a plurality of specimen racks on which are placed specimen containers holding the specimen, a sampler portion which conveys the specimen racks held in the buffer portion to the analysis units, and a control portion which, when performing a process to deliver the specimen racks to the plurality of analysis units, outputs synchronization signals to all the plurality of analysis units, wherein the analysis unit performs a delivery process starting from the synchronization signal, and the analysis unit performs a delivery process starting from the synchronization signal.
US11662355B2
An iterative methodology and system (which can also be represented in software), with the option for continual improvement, for the interactive capture, merger, comparison, analysis, cloning and manipulation of anything in the unique universe medium or multiple universes mediums, be it real, virtual or imagined, including thought (of organic or non-organic or other nature), in real time or non-real time, where anything also includes anything infinitely small (or a small base volume of space known as a Senserom), to infinitely large (or a large encapsulating Senseroom volume known as a Senseverse) and can include multiple universes and Senserooms themselves impacting each other, static or dynamic changing over time periods, including the past, present and future. The full set of these infinite Senseroms and Senserooms is considered the Senseverse, which contains anything and/or everything real, virtual and imagined.
US11662347B2
A method for the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) based on an interfacial process of antigen-antibody molecular recognition, specifically between anti-Ro52 and Ro52 protein, in a piezoelectric resonator, for application in the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases such as SLE.
US11662337B2
This productivity evaluation method is for evaluating productivity of a chemical substance in a process comprising a first step of obtaining gas from a waste material and a second step of synthesizing a chemical substance from the gas obtained in the first step in the presence of a catalyst, said method including: a first carbon mass calculation stage of calculating mass of carbon contained in the waste material, a second carbon mass calculation stage of calculating mass of carbon contained in the chemical substance produced in said process, and a productivity evaluation stage of evaluating the productivity of the chemical substance based on values of the mass of carbon which are calculated in the first carbon mass calculation stage and the second carbon mass calculation stage.
US11662333B2
A system for filtering ions includes first and second surfaces extending along first and second perpendicularly arranged directions, an ion channel between the surfaces configured to receive an ion stream, and first and second electrode arrays associated with the first and second surfaces, respectively. The first and second electrode arrays include a first plurality of electrodes arranged along the first direction and a second plurality of electrodes arranged along the second direction. A controller is configured to apply a first voltage signal to the first plurality of electrodes, which are configured to generate a drive potential traveling along the first direction, and a second voltage signal to the electrode arrays, which are configured to generate an electric potential. The drive and electric potentials are configured to direct ions having mobilities in a first range along a first path and ions having mobilities in a second range along a second path.
US11662327B2
Sensors are configured to capture measurement data representing dissolved oxygen (DO) measurements of an environment and capacitance measurements of a medium of the environment. A memory includes computer-executable instructions. One or more processors are communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to carry out operations comprising: generating, using first measurement data captured by the one or more sensors, a model based on a relationship between the first set of DO measurements and the first set of capacitance measurements; receiving, from the one or more sensors, second measurement data; predicting, using the model and based on the new capacitance measurement, an expected DO measurement; determining whether to use the expected DO measurement or the new DO measurement; and controlling, a valve to cause the determined oxygen input amount to flow into the environment based on the expected DO measurement.
US11662326B2
The present invention provides a method for calculating the liquid-solid interface morphology during growth of the ingot. The method comprises providing a wafer, selecting plural sampling locations on the wafer and detecting electrical resistivity at the plural sampling locations, calculating height differences between the sampling locations based on the detected electrical resistivity, and illustrating the morphology of the liquid-solid interface based on the calculated height differences. The method of the invention has advantages including easy operation and low cost.
US11662321B2
Systems and methods for scatter correction of x-ray images are provided. A scatter image of an object can be corrected using partial-scatter free images acquired using an aperture plate. The plate is positioned between an object and a radiation detector and includes apertures in a grid. The original x-rays pass through the apertures and scattered x-rays can be blocked by the aperture plate. The aperture plate can be moved to different positions, allowing partial scatter-free images to be acquired at each position of the aperture plate. A full scatter-free image can be generated by combining partial scatter-free images. The scatter and scatter-free images can be further used to train scatter correction models.
US11662313B2
A microfluidic device includes a substrate having an electromagnetic wave transmission property, a lid member facing the substrate and being separated from the substrate such that a flow channel is formed between the substrate and the lid member, a light absorption layer which is placed in the flow channel and absorbs an electromagnetic wave, and a microwell array formed on the substrate and having plural microwells that are open to the flow channel to receive a target of analysis.
US11662306B2
A supercritical carbon dioxide state monitoring and control system based on infrared spectrum characteristic analysis. The system includes: a test section for carbon dioxide to pass through; an infrared light source emitting a detection beam to the carbon dioxide passing through the test section; an infrared spectrometer receiving and analyzing the detection beam passing through the carbon dioxide; and a pressure control module controlling pressure of the carbon dioxide at a set value. In addition, the system also includes a temperature control module capable of monitoring and adjusting temperature of the supercritical carbon dioxide. The supercritical carbon dioxide state monitoring and control system may monitor and control a state of the carbon dioxide at an inlet of an apparatus under an actual operation condition in a Brayton cycle system, which improves working performance of the apparatus in the Brayton cycle system, thereby improving overall efficiency of the Brayton cycle system.
US11662299B2
A method for measuring the adhesive strength of a hemostatic tissue patch. Two patches are attached to facing surfaces with a side that would normally seal tissue exposed. Liquid is placed on one of the patches to activate the hemostatic agent, the patches held together long enough to adhere to one another, and then pulled apart. The force necessary to detach them is measured, thereby providing a determination of the adhesive strength of the patch. In contrast to literature methods, the inventive method provides excellent reproducibility.
US11662298B1
An accelerated life testing (ALT) system for the pressurization of corrosive media, such as seawater, at high pressures and at elevated temperatures (up to about 70° C.) for extended periods of time. The interior of a pressure vessel is coated in an inert ceramic/epoxy coating that provides adequate corrosion protection from the corrosive media. A fabric reinforced nitrile diaphragm separates the corrosive media from hydraulic actuating media, such as oil. The hydraulic actuating media is pressurized, which deforms the diaphragm into the corrosive media, thereby increasing the pressure. The diaphragm and supplementary flouroelastomer seals isolate the corrosive media from pressure generating, monitoring, and safety equipment. The temperature of the entire vessel and contents is maintained by complete immersion in a heated, filtered water bath. The system is particularly useful for ALT experiments on components intended for sea floor and long term deep ocean environment operations at about 6000 psi (41.4 MPa).
US11662297B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for flow cytometrically sorting a sample with particles, such as cells, based on order of identification. Methods according to certain embodiments include introducing the sample into a flow cytometer; flowing the introduced sample in a flow stream; irradiating the sample in the flow stream with a light source; detecting light from cells in the sample flowing in the flow stream; identifying phenotypes of cells in the sample flowing in the flow stream based on one or more data signals generated from the detected light; and dynamically sorting into partitions cells of the sample that have a phenotype of a collection of predetermined phenotypes based on order of identification. Systems for practicing the subject methods are also provided. Non-transitory computer readable storage mediums are also described.
US11662295B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for identifying one or more components of a sample in a flow stream using a dynamic algorithm (e.g., a machine learning algorithm). Methods according to certain embodiments include detecting light from a sample having particles in a flow stream, generating a data signal of parameters of the particles from the detected light, generating an image based on the data signal, comparing the image with one or more image classification parameters and classifying one or more components of the image using a dynamic algorithm that updates the image classification parameters based on the classified components in the image. Systems and integrated circuit devices programmed for practicing the subject methods, such as on a flow cytometer, are also provided.
US11662294B2
Provided is a fan filter unit with which the performance of a HEPA filter can be measured at multiple points with ease and in a short time. The fan filter unit has a first HEPA filter, a second HEPA filter, and exhaust means installed between the first HEPA filter and the second HEPA filter. The first HEPA filter, the second HEPA filter, and the exhaust means are integrated by a housing.
US11662290B2
A process for evaluating rheological characteristics of an injectable gel including measuring the flexibility, wherein the flexibility is evaluated by measuring the strain at the crossover point of the amplitude sweep. The process may include subjecting an injectable gel to oscillating mechanical stresses to determine G′ and G″ as a function of strain (γ) in an amplitude sweep, determining the crossover point as the point at which G′ and G″ have the same value, determining the strain γcross at the crossover point, and determining the flexibility of the injectable gel as γcross or proportional to γcross. Further, a method of comparison of dermal fillers by measuring their flexibility and a method of evaluation of dermal filler behavior in human skin by measuring the flexibility.
US11662285B2
The invention relates to a device for ascertaining mechanical properties, for example, the natural frequency, the damping or the natural vibration mode of a test specimen containing ferromagnetic material components, in particular a brake pad for a motor vehicle. An electromagnetic actuator, in particular an electromagnet, is provided for exerting a magnetic attractive force onto the test specimen so that the actuator exerts a force impulse that imparts the test specimen with vibrations whose spectrum of vibration contains at least one natural frequency vibration of the test specimen.
US11662280B2
This invention relates generally to characterizing bioaerosols and, more particularly, to a system for recovering, quantifying, identifying, and assessing the metabolic activities of bioaerosols based on their major biopolymer profiles (lipids, carbohydrate and protein) and more specific their genetic materials (DNA/RNA), such as airborne viruses, bacteria, fungi and pollens.
US11662276B2
The present disclosure belongs to the field of automobile chassis suspension system tests, and provides fatigue test equipment for an automobile chassis simulation road test. The fatigue test equipment can simultaneously test the simulation road test fatigue durability of automobile chassis parts such as the wheel and suspension system and the like, ensures that a test state of the tested wheel and suspension system is close to a real automobile state, and simulates and reproduces a load which an automobile chassis bears in the real road running process in a laboratory.
US11662273B2
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of tests of wheels and automobile chassis suspension systems, and provides a universal suspension and test equipment for an automobile chassis simulation road test. A simulated dashpot is movably connected to a simulated shock absorption tower; a simulated steering link and a simulated lower control arm are both movably connected to a backboard; and the simulated dashpot, the simulated steering link, and the simulated lower control arm are all assembled with corresponding mounting holes in a steering knuckle. Simulated parts with adjustable lengths and positions are used to replace an original vehicle's dashpot, steering link and lower control arm of a suspension, so that by means of adjusting lengths and angles of all the parts of the test suspension, the universal suspension can be applicable to the spatial hard point requirements of most current Macpherson suspensions.
US11662264B2
A pressure measuring apparatus for measuring a jetting pressure of a liquid jetted from a nozzle includes a plate including: a first surface facing the nozzle; and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a pressure sensor configured to detect a discharge position and the discharge pressure at the discharge position of the liquid and generate a signal based on the discharge pressure; and electrical components including a controller configured to receive the signal and collect data regarding the discharge pressure. The pressure sensor is provided on the first surface of the plate and the electrical components are provided on the second surface of the plate.
US11662260B2
Methods and apparatus for linear inductive torque sensing that may include transmitting an AC magnetic field with a transmit coil toward a conductive target and receiving a field reflected by the conductive target with a receive coil, wherein the conductive target comprises first and second targets positioned with respect to each other and each shaped to linearly increase or decrease an amount of conductive area of the conductive target due to relative movement of the first and second targets which changes an amount of the field reflected by the conductive target. A signal from the receive coil can be processed to determine a relative position of the first and second targets corresponding to an amount of torque on an elongate member connected to the first and second targets. In other embodiments, a change in inductance of the transmit coil is measured to determine relative target position.
US11662255B2
The present disclosure relates to a device for determining and/or monitoring the temperature of a medium, comprising a temperature sensor with a temperature-sensitive sensor element which is placed in electrical contact by means of at least a first connection line and a second connection line, wherein the first connection line is divided into a first section and a second section, wherein the first section which faces the sensor element is composed of a first material, and wherein the second section which faces away from the sensor element is composed of a second material which differs from the first material, wherein the second connection line is composed of the second material, and wherein the first section of the first connection line and at least one part of the second connection line form a first difference temperature sensor in the form of a thermocouple.
US11662240B2
A variable rate air metering system is provided. The system includes seed meter cartridges, each having a housing, a meter wheel, and a variable speed electric motor operatively connected to the seed meter cartridge. The seed meter cartridges provide flowable material to distribution manifolds, which are configured to distribute flowable material to multiple row outputs for deposition into a field. A control system is configured to control operation of the distribution manifolds for enabling/disabling dispersement of flowable material to row units. The control system is also configured to adjust the dispersement rate of flowable material by the seed meter cartridges in association with the opening/disabling the dispersement of flowable material to row outputs.
US11662238B2
The invention relates to a device for metering a granular or grainy material in a distributor machine, comprising a housing; an inlet opening which is formed on the housing and through which a granular or grainy material can be introduced in the housing for metering; an outlet opening which is formed on the housing and through which the granular or grainy material can be discharged out of the housing after metering; a metering space which is formed in the housing in such a way that granular or grainy material in the housing can be moved from the inlet opening via the metering space to the outlet opening; a metering wheel which is arranged in the metering space on a drive shaft, and which is configured to meter the granular or grainy material supplied via the inlet opening; a mounting opening which is formed on the housing and via which the metering wheel can be exchangeably mounted in the metering space; and a mounting component which is detachably arranged in the mounting opening in a mounted position, and this in turn is arranged at least partially welded onto the housing, wherein the mounting component has a receiving unit for detachably receiving the metering wheel, in such a way that the metering wheel received on the receiving unit is mounted on the drive shaft when arranging the mounting component in the mounted position, and in such a way that, when detaching the mounting component from the mounted position, the metering wheel is forcibly detached from the drive shaft (6), such that the metering wheel can be removed from the metering space in this way and can be detached from the housing together with the mounting component. A distributor machine is also provided for distributing a granular or grainy material, such as seeds, fertiliser or grit.
US11662236B2
A sensor device includes a substrate having a front surface and an opposing back surface. The back surface defines an indented region having an indented surface. The substrate defines a bottom port extending between the front surface and the indented surface. The sensor further includes a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) transducer mounted on the front surface of the substrate over the bottom port. The sensor also includes a filtering material disposed on the indented surface and covering the bottom port. The filtering material provides resistance to ingression of solid particles or liquids into the sensor device. The filtering material is configured to provide high acoustic permittivity and have low impact on a signal-to-noise ratio of the sensor device.
US11662232B2
A sensor package including a metal carrier and a sensor chip arranged on the metal carrier and having a first sensor element. In an orthogonal projection of the sensor chip onto a surface of the metal carrier, at least two edge sections of the sensor chip are free of overlap with the surface of the metal carrier. The sensor chip is designed to detect a magnetic field induced by an electric current flowing through a current conductor.
US11662231B2
The present teaching relates to method and system for an assembly for protecting a sensor. The assembly includes a first structure having a rectangular prism and connected with a truncated tube, wherein the rectangular prism and the truncated tube have parallel longitudinal axes and the tube is truncated to yield a cross section having a norm that forms an angle with the longitudinal axis of the truncated tube and a second structure of a trapezoid prism having a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axes and with the first structure embedded therein. The second structure has a slanted surface in the front that meets the cross section of the truncated tube and has the norm of the cross section.
US11662229B2
The present invention relates to an optical fiber BOCDA sensor. A purpose of the present invention is to provide an optical fiber BOCDA sensor which uses two phase codes to control a correlation peak position, thereby further simplifying control design and device configuration and improving spatial resolution to enhance a sensing performance and detection accuracy in comparison with the prior art.
US11662220B2
A method for delivering information to a user terminal is provided. The method includes obtaining user data. The user data may include a plurality of user activity locations and corresponding user activity time. The method may further include identifying a first position and a second position based on the user activity locations and the user activity time, selecting a travel path based on the first position and the second position, determining a user activity area based on the selected travel path, and sending content to the user terminal based on the user activity area.
US11662215B2
Embodiments described herein relate to anonymizing of trajectories of mobile devices through the introduction of gaps between sub-trajectories. Methods may include: receiving a set of probe data points defining a trajectory; identifying a temporal length range of sub-trajectories; receiving a mode, where the mode is established based on a preceding set of probe data points defining a trajectory, where the mode includes an indication of whether to generate a sub-trajectory or a gap from the beginning of the received set of probe data points; and establishing at least one sub-trajectory including a sub-set of the set of probe data points, where the at least one sub-trajectory is established to satisfy the temporal length range of sub-trajectories.
US11662213B2
Methods and apparatus for assessing coordinate data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a processor to receive coordinate data relating to a desired path and task of a vehicle. The processor of the example apparatus to determine if the coordinate data satisfies a threshold. The processor of the example apparatus to determine if the coordinate data is compatible with a positioning system of the vehicle. The processor of the example apparatus to authorize operation of the vehicle to traverse the desired path based on the coordinate data.
US11662209B2
The invention discloses a preferable short arc initial orbit determining method based on Gauss solution cluster, and belongs to the astrodynamics field, including: grouping the observation data, using Gauss method to obtain the target state vector at the corresponding time point for each group of data, forming a solution set of preliminary estimation; dividing the solution set of preliminary estimation into a position component vector solution set and a velocity component vector solution set for clustering to obtain a position component vector solution cluster and a velocity component vector solution cluster; based on the position component vector solution cluster and the velocity component vector solution cluster, generating a two-dimensional trajectory solution set; evaluating each of the two-dimensional trajectories by using a trajectory optimal method, calculating the number of root of orbits corresponding to the optimal two-dimensional trajectory, thereby completing determination of initial orbit.
US11662205B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gyroscope includes a driving mass and a driving circuit that operates to drive the driving mass in a mechanical oscillation at a resonant drive frequency. An oscillator generates a system clock that is independent of and asynchronous to the resonant drive frequency. A clock generator circuit outputs a first clock and a second clock that are derived from the system clock. The drive loop of the driving circuit including an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit that is clocked by the first clock and a digital signal processing (DSP) circuit that is clocked by the second clock.
US11662198B2
An inspection apparatus, including: an optical system configured to provide a beam of radiation to a surface to be measured and to receive redirected radiation from the surface; and a detection system configured to measure the redirected radiation, wherein the optical system includes an optical element to process the radiation, the optical element including a Mac Neille-type multilayer polarizing coating configured to produce a reduced chromatic offset of the radiation.
US11662194B2
A method for determining measurement points of an adapted measurement path for measuring a measurement object includes determining measurement points of an ideal measurement path. The method includes determining target measurement points of at least one guide path, which differs from the ideal measurement path. The method includes capturing actual measurement points along the at least one guide path using a coordinate measuring device. The method includes determining deviations between the target measurement points and the actual measurement points of the at least one guide path. The method includes determining the measurement points of the adapted measurement path by changing the measurement points of the ideal measurement path based on the deviations.
US11662193B2
A tape measure including a reinforced or coated tape measure blade is provided. The reinforcement layer is thicker than the metal inner layer of the tape blade. The reinforcement layer provides a reinforced tape blade such that the elongate tape blade may have a pinch load threshold of greater than 30 lbs. and/or a pinch height at break of less than 1.5 mm.
US11662191B2
A spring damper system for a pyrotechnic time delay may comprise: a piston; a firing pin; a hydraulic chamber, a portion of the piston disposed in the hydraulic chamber; and a first spring configured to compress in response to a time delay sequence being initiated, the piston configured to translate axially in the first axial direction in response to the first spring returning axially towards a neutral state, the first engagement end and the second engagement end configured to release in response to exiting the channel, and the firing pin configured to translate in the second axial direction in response to a second spring returning towards a second neutral state.
US11662186B2
A captive piston projectile (40) comprising a payload housing (43), a piston assembly attached to the payload housing (43), and actuation means (46) for urging the piston assembly from a stowed configuration to an extended configuration. The piston assembly comprises a tubular piston member (41) attached around the periphery of the payload housing (43), the attachment optionally being in the form of a circumferential groove (42) within which the piston member (41) can slide. This provides increased thrust whilst maintaining payload volume. Particularly suited to use with barrelled weapons, and also relates to a method of manufacture.
US11662183B1
A system carried on a satellite in orbit around the earth is configured to detect an object on a collision or near collision course with the satellite, to determine that the object is a hostile attacker and, if so, to timely deploy one or more countermeasures to defeat, deflect, or destroy such an attacker autonomously.
US11662179B2
A method of evaluating camouflage for a specified area of responsibility, the method includes calculating an apparent spectrum of the camouflage at far field with respect to an observer; calculating an apparent spectrum of the specified area of responsibility at far field with respect to the observer; calculating a difference between the apparent spectrum of the camouflage with the apparent spectrum of the area of responsibility; and comparing the difference to a predetermined threshold, thereby determining suitability of the camouflage for the specified area of responsibility.
US11662175B1
A recoil assembly for a rifle includes a baseplate comprising a baseplate body extending longitudinally along a central axis from a proximal end to a distal end, the baseplate body defining an opening extending along the central axis and configured to receive an end of a recoil spring guide rod. A latch plate extends up from the top surface of the baseplate body, the latch plate defining a charging handle opening a catch surface for a charging handle latch. In use, the recoil baseplate can be received in an aperture defined in the upper receiver of a rifle, where one or more recoil spring guide rods are received in the opening in the baseplate body. A charging handle can be slidably received through the charging handle opening and charging handle aperture of the upper receiver.
US11662165B1
A firearm magazine sleeve, having a sleeve assembly. The sleeve assembly has a sleeve forward wall, a sleeve aft wall having an aft top edge, first and second sleeve lateral walls, a bottom edge, a sleeve lip, and a sleeve internal face. The sleeve assembly further has top walls. The top walls have first and second top lateral walls, a top forward wall, a top aft wall, corners, an interior edge, and a top edge, whereby the top walls extend from the sleeve lip to the top edge. The top walls extend from the sleeve lip to form a perimeter, which encapsulate a magazine tube assembly and prevent the magazine tube assembly from flexing or deforming from impact forces. The sleeve assembly mounts onto the magazine tube assembly and secures onto the a magazine base assembly.
US11662163B2
A bolt action AR rifle can be prepared using a standard AR lower assembly and coupling it to a bolt action upper assembly. The bolt action upper assembly has a bolt action receiver containing a bolt. The method of forming a bolt action AR rifle can include: providing the bolt action upper receiver assembly; providing the standard AR lower AR receiver assembly having a pivot pin and takedown pin; inserting the pivot pin into the pivot pin receiver hole; pivoting the bolt action upper receiver assembly at the pivot pin until the takedown pin is aligned with the takedown pin receiver hole; and inserting the takedown pin into the takedown pin receiver hole.
US11662161B2
A heat conduction device includes a heat source portion, a temperature control surface, and heat transfer portions. The heat source portion is configured to generate at least hot heat or cold heat. The temperature control surface is sectioned into a plurality of temperature control sections, and at least some of the plurality of temperature control sections are disposed away from the heat source portion. The plurality of heat transfer portions connect the heat source portion and the plurality of the temperature control sections to transfer heat between the heat source portion and the plurality of temperature control sections. The plurality of temperature control sections are separated from each other based on a distance from the heat source portion.
US11662158B2
The invention relates to a heat exchanger plate (10) of a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger plate (10) comprising two faces (12, 13) extending between two lateral edges and two longitudinal edges (15) of said heat exchanger plate (10). The heat exchanger plate (10) comprises at least an opening (16) extending from a first face (12) to a second face (13) of the heat exchanger plate (10). The opening (16) is delimited by a collar (17) that is arranged around the opening (16). The heat exchanger plate (10) comprises at least a dimple (18) protruding above at least one of the faces (12, 13). Said dimple (18) comprises at least a flat area (19) and a sloped area (20), said sloped area (20) being interposed between the collar (17) and the flat area (19).
US11662153B2
In order to reduce the adverse effect from a thermal medium splashing as a result of a vapor chamber bursting, this protective structure is provided with a perforation member comprising an end section that: comprises an upper surface and a lower surface; either comes into contact with a first surface, which is either the upper surface or the lower surface, or is located near the first surface, before a flat vapor chamber in contact with an electronic component is overheated by heat from the electronic component; and breaks an outer member of the vapor chamber and penetrates into the interior when the vapor chamber is overheated by the heat.
US11662150B2
A heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine includes a heat exchanger body having a first surface and a second surface oriented at least partially at an oblique angle relative to the first surface. The heat exchanger body defines a plenum extending between the first and second surfaces. Furthermore, the heat exchanger body defines a fluid passage extending through the second surface such that the fluid passage is in fluid communication with the plenum. The fluid passage, in turn, includes first and second portions. The first portion intersects the plenum at an intersection and defines a line of projection extending normal to the second surface. The second portion defines a line of projection extending normal to the first surface. The fluid passage further includes a curved portion extending from the first portion to the second portion.
US11662149B2
A layered diffuser-channel heat exchanger may comprise a plurality of fluid channel layers and a plurality of diffuser fin layers interleaved with the plurality of fluid channel layers. Each fluid channel layer of the plurality of fluid channel layers may have a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a fluid channel located between the first surface and the second surface.
US11662148B2
In a heat exchanger, each of a plurality of heat exchange members includes: a flat pipe; and a heat transfer plate integrated with the flat pipe along a longitudinal direction of the flat pipe. A width direction of each of the flat pipes intersects with a direction in which the plurality of heat exchange members are arranged side by side. Each of the heat transfer plates includes an extending portion extending outward in the width direction of each of the flat pipes from at least one of one end of a corresponding one of the flat pipes in the width direction and another end of the corresponding one of the flat pipes in the width direction. Each of the flat pipes has one or more flat pipe bent portions, each forming a groove extending along the longitudinal direction of the flat pipes.
US11662147B2
A dual fluid heat exchange system is presented that provides a stable output temperature for a heated fluid while minimizing the output temperature of a cooled fluid. The heated and cooled fluids are brought into thermal contact with each other within a tank. The output temperature of the warmed fluid is maintained at a stable temperature by a re-circulation loop that connects directly to the mid portion of the tank such that the re-circulated fluid flow primarily warms only a re-circulation section of the tank. The other, lower flow rate, section of the tank may be positioned so that it has a cooler temperature and thus serves to increase the efficiency of the heat exchange by extracting extra heat energy out of the cooled fluid before it leaves the tank. Alternatively, the low flow rate section of the tank may be warmer than the re-circulated section, and thus allow the re-circulated section to be cooler than the output temperature of the warmed fluid.
US11662146B2
Modular air cooled condenser apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example mechanical draft modular air cooled condenser includes a first condenser bundle panel, a second condenser bundle panel, a third condenser bundle panel, and a fourth condenser bundle panel. The example condenser also includes a fan positioned to create a draft to flow over the first, second, third, and fourth condenser bundle panels.
US11662137B2
A refrigerator includes at least one hinge assembly configured to hinge a door to a cabinet. The at least one hinge assembly includes a mounting block coupled to, and that extends at least partially along, the door. A hinge bracket is coupled to the cabinet. The hinge bracket is coupled to a top panel of the cabinet and includes an upward extending flange that spans a width of the cabinet and that is coplanar with a front panel of the door. A hinge pin is disposed between the mounting block and the hinge bracket and is coupled thereto such that the entirety of the hinge pin is external to the door and is positioned between the door and the hinge bracket.
US11662135B2
A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet including a storage compartment, a cool air supply means configured to operate to supply cool air to the storage compartment, a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the storage compartment, and a controller configured to control an output of the cool air supply means based on a difference between a set temperature and a current temperature sensed by the temperature sensor and increase or decrease in temperature of the storage compartment sensed by the temperature sensor at a predetermined time interval.
US11662132B2
The present disclosure provides cryogenic storage systems and methods of using the cryogenic storage systems. A cryogenic storage system of the present disclosure may comprise a cryogenic tank with an inner door and an outer door, and a robot apparatus located adjacent to the cryogenic tank. The cryogenic tank may store multiple racks such that at most a single rack is removable through the inner door or the outer door. The cryogenic tank may store the multiple racks in multiple groups of racks comprising a first group of racks located at a first radial distance and a second group of racks located at a second radial distance that is greater than the first radial distance. The robot apparatus may selectively open and close the inner or outer doors, and insert or withdraw the single rack into or out of the cryogenic tank through the inner door or the outer door.
US11662129B2
An icemaker appliance and a method for making clear ice are provided. The icemaking apparatus includes a cabinet forming an ice storage compartment. A reservoir is provided within the ice storage compartment. A liquid supply conduit is configured to supply liquid to the reservoir. An ice mold is configured to freeze liquid at the ice mold. A nozzle is configured to dispense the liquid from the reservoir to the ice mold. A controller is configured to execute instructions that perform operations. The operations include dispensing, from a body of liquid at the reservoir, a flow of liquid toward the ice mold; freezing, at the ice mold, a first portion of the flow of liquid received from dispensing the flow of liquid to the ice mold; providing, to the reservoir, a second portion of the flow of liquid dispensed toward the ice mold; and providing, from the liquid supply conduit to the reservoir, a supply of liquid after dispensing the flow of liquid toward the ice mold.
US11662123B2
A pneumatically driven cryogenic refrigerator operating primarily on the Gifford-McMahon (GM) cycle is switched from cooling to heating by a switch valve between a rotary valve and a drive piston that causes the displacer to reciprocate. The rotary valve has ports at two radii, one that cycles flow to the displacer and a second that cycles flow to the drive piston. Two ports cycle flow to the top of the drive piston, the “cooling” port optimizes the cooling cycle and the “heating” port provides a good heating cycle. A switch valve that changes the flow from one port to the other can be linearly or rotary actuated. The rotary valve does not reverse direction.
