US11728693B2
Described herein are embodiments of apparatuses and methods for optimizing pairing of a wireless power transmission system (WPTS) with a wireless power receiver client (WPRC) in a localized system. A current WPTS-WPRC pairing and at least one alternate WPTS-WPRC pairing are assessed and the WPTS-WPRC pairing is updated based on associated pairing quality metrics. In this way, a system of many WPTSs and WPRCs will approach an Epsilon equilibrium such that no WPRC would be significantly better served by being paired with a different WPTS.
US11728691B2
A wireless power system may include wireless power transmitting devices, wireless power receiving devices, and wireless power transmitting and receiving devices. The devices in the wireless power system may exchange packets in order to transfer various types of data. The data may be transmitted using in-band communication (e.g., amplitude-shift keying modulation or frequency-shift keying modulation). The devices may use locally assigned addresses to communicate with any other device in the wireless power system. Even if a first device is not inductively coupled to a second device, the locally assigned addresses may identify an inductive coupling path from the first device to the second device that includes at least one intervening device. The first device may therefore communicate with the second device using in-band communication packets that are relayed by at least one intervening device.
US11728687B2
A device for inductively charging an electronic accessory includes a first portion, a second portion, and a spacer. The first portion includes a first transmission coil in a first plane where the first transmission coil is configured to generate a first magnetic field, and the second portion includes a first transmission coil in a second plane where the second transmission coil is configured to generate a second magnetic field. The spacer is positioned between the first transmission coil and the second transmission coil and between the first plane and the second plane. The spacer material magnetically insulates the second transmission coil from the first magnetic field.
US11728681B2
A cart power supply device includes a power supply resonance circuit, a notification element, a current detection circuit, and a control circuit. The power supply resonance circuit includes a power supply coil that can be electromagnetically coupled to a power reception coil mounted on a shopping cart or the like. The current detection circuit detects a current flowing through the power supply resonance circuit. The control circuit supplies an alternating current to the power supply resonance circuit at a first level and operates the notification element in a first mode when the detected current is less than a first threshold. The control circuit supplies the alternating current at a second level when the detected current is greater than the first threshold and operates the notification element in a second mode.
US11728672B2
A safety procedure is provided for a vehicle having high-current components and high-voltage components, in particular in a hybrid or electric vehicle. In the event of a crash, in addition to a physical separation of a battery from a HV intermediate circuit, the HV intermediate circuit is discharged.
US11728659B2
A power management and selection system for a class 8 tractor trailer, directs excess solar and vehicular charge capacity to an auxiliary load by measuring available charge capacity from a reefer power system including a reefer battery, solar panel and charge controller for moderating solar power to the reefer batter, and measuring available charge capacity from a cab vehicle power system including a propulsion system battery and alternator. Charge logic, in a selector configured for switching charge capacity to the auxiliary load, determines which of the reefer power system and cab vehicle power system has the most potential excess charge capacity, and directs the determined excess charge capacity to the auxiliary load, while the measured available charge capacity remains sufficient for powering the respective reefer power system or cab vehicle power system.
US11728656B2
A system for balancing voltages in solar substrings in a first solar panel includes an inductive balancer circuit. The inductive balancer circuit includes a first power level pair and a second power level pair each coupled to the solar substring, and including: a pair of switches arranged in series; a pair of capacitors arranged in series and connected in parallel to the first pair of switches; and an inductor arranged between the first pair of switches and the first pair of capacitors. The system further includes a controller coupled to the inductive balancer circuit and configured to: oscillate states of the pair of switches at a duty cycle; balance voltages across the first power level pair and the second power level pair; and generate a total voltage output that is a multiple of a nominal operating voltage of a most-illuminated solar substring.
US11728652B2
A regulation process of an electrical distribution network that comprises a main power source, among one or more electrical sources, configured to impose on the network the voltage and frequency of a power circulating on the network to which one or more loads are connected. The process includes, in the event of a variation of one of the frequency or the voltage detected on the network, during a primary regulation, one adjustment step by the main source of the other between the frequency and the voltage, to maintain constant the ratio voltage/frequency.
US11728651B1
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for optimizing loading of battery inverters. A system may include a plurality of inverters configured to output power to a load; a switching system connected to the plurality of inverters; a plurality of energy storage units selectively coupled to the plurality of energy storage units by the switching system; and a controller. The controller can be configured to determine a required power for the load; determine a number of the plurality of inverters to provide the required power; determine a switching position for the switching system based on the determined number of the plurality of inverters, the switching position corresponding to power delivery by a set of the plurality of inverters; and send a control signal to the switching system to connect one or more of the plurality of energy storage units with the set of the plurality of inverters.
US11728650B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a power system of a wind turbine. The power system comprises first and second parallel connected DC-to-AC converters and at least one transformer, where each transformer comprises a primary section connected to a power line, and where the at least one transformer comprises first and second secondary sections connected to outputs of the respective first and second DC-to-AC converters. The method comprises providing a reactive correction reference, changing first and second reactive powers generated by the respective first and second DC-to-AC converters according to the reactive correction reference, so that one of the first and second reactive powers is increased while the other is decreased with amounts corresponding to the reactive correction reference so that the first and second reactive powers are unequal.
US11728649B2
Disclosed is a reactance-injecting module and its method of use to balance the currents among the phases of polyphase electric power transmission lines or to manage power flow among alternate paths, where the reactance-injecting module has high-speed, dedicated communication links to enable the immediate removal or reduction of injected reactance from all phases of a phase balancing cluster when a fault is detected on any one of the multiple phases. The reactance-injecting module may communicate information on a detected fault to the other reactance-injecting modules of the phase balancing cluster within 10 microseconds after the fault is detected to allow the phase balancing cluster to eliminate injected reactance from all phases within a time that is short compared to a cycle of the alternating current, such as 1 millisecond after the fault is detected. This provides extremely fast neutralization of injected reactance to minimize interference with fault localization analyses.
US11728642B2
In one embodiment, a protection circuit in a semiconductor device includes first and second transistors including gates electrically connected to a first node, and connected in series to each other between the first and second lines, third and fourth transistors including gates electrically connected to a second node between the first and second transistors, and connected in series to each other between the first and second lines, and a fifth transistor including a gate electrically connected to a third node between the third and fourth transistors, and provided between the second node and the second line. The protection circuit further includes an arithmetic circuit configured to perform calculation using a first signal received from the second node to output a second signal, and a sixth transistor configured to receive the second signal to output a control signal to the arithmetic circuit.
US11728637B2
A device, preferably a plug-in module, for communication between a controller and a field device. The device includes contacts, wherein a first subset of the contacts is electrically conductively connected or connectable to the controller and a second subset of the contacts is electrically conductively connected or connectable to the field device. The apparatus further includes a circuit having an input electrically conductively connected to the first subset of the contacts and an output electrically conductively connected to the second subset of the contacts. The circuit includes a voltage-limiting unit adapted to limit a voltage at the output, and a current-limiting unit adapted to limit a current between the input and the output and to interrupt the current when the voltage-limiting unit responds.
US11728636B2
An assembly of a flat flexible electrical conductor and a supporting device that quickly and easily supports an intermediate portion of a flat flexible electrical conductor on a support surface. The flat flexible electrical conductor includes a plurality of electrically conductive traces supported on an electrically non-conductive insulator. The electrically non-conductive insulator has an opening extending therethrough. The supporting device includes a head portion and a shaft portion. The head portion includes first and second flanges disposed on opposite sides of the flat flexible electrical conductor and an intermediate portion that extends through the opening of the electrically non-conductive insulator.
US11728633B2
A cable system is provided which is configured with both electric wires and a fluid conduit running through the axial passage of a surrounding flexible sheath of the cable. The system allows for communication of electricity over the wires for electrical circuits and concurrent communication of a fire ignition suppressant fluid or gas through the fluid conduit, to all points in an electric circuit using the cable. One or both of a dye or scent can be included in the ignition suppressant fluid.
US11728628B2
A shutter mechanism for a camera of an electronic device can include a slider mechanism that enables the shutter mechanism to operate between an open state in which a lens of the camera is exposed and a closed state that blocks the lens of the camera. The slider mechanism comprises a one or more slider appendages that operate the shutter mechanism between the open state and the closed state. Each of the one or more slider appendages slide along a horizontal axis in relation to a horizontal axis corresponding to the lens of the camera.
US11728623B2
A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) is provided that includes a mesa structure disposed on a substrate. The mesa structure defines an emission axis of the VCSEL. The mesa structure includes a first reflector, a second reflector, and a cascaded active region structure disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector. The cascaded active region structure includes a plurality of cascaded active region layers disposed along the emission axis, where each of the cascade active region layers includes an active region having multi-quantum well and/or dots layers (MQLs), a tunnel junction aligned with the emission axis, and an oxide confinement layer. The oxide confinement layer is disposed between the tunnel junction and MQLs, and has an electrical current aperture defined therein. The mesa structure defines an optical window through which the VCSEL is configured to emit light.
US11728613B2
An amplifier operable with an electric drive signal can amplify signal light having a signal wavelength. A laser diode has an active section with input and output facets. The facets are in optical communication with the signal light and are configured to pass the signal light through the laser diode. The active section is configured to generate pump light in response to injection of the electrical drive signal into the active section. The pump light has a pump wavelength different from the signal wavelength. A doped fiber doped with an active dopant is in optical communication with the signal light and is in optical communication with at least a portion of the pump light from the laser diode. The pump wavelength of the pump light is configured to interact with the active dopant of the fiber and thereby amplify the signal light.
US11728609B2
A crimping tool, for attaching at least one wire to a connector, includes a housing, a first handle coupled to the housing, and a second handle coupled to the housing and movable relative to the first handle. The crimping tool also includes a working head coupled to the housing opposite the first and second handles. The working head includes an upper wall, an end wall, and a gap defined between the upper wall and the end wall. The crimping tool also includes a punch assembly slidable along the working head toward the end wall in response to movement of the second handle toward the first handle. The punch assembly is visible through the gap as the punch assembly slides toward the end wall.
US11728605B2
The present invention discloses a rotary electrical connection assembly. The rotary electrical connection assembly includes: a fixed part disposed fixedly and a rotating part disposed rotatably relative to the fixed part. The rotating part is provided with at least two rotary contacts. In the rotary electrical connection assembly provided in the present invention, provided that more groups of the rotary contacts and the fixed contacts are disposed, at least some of the contacts may be disposed at different radial positions corresponding to the same axial position without additionally occupying an axial dimension space, and therefore the increase of an axial dimension of a device may be avoided, and miniaturization of the device is facilitated.
US11728594B2
A connector includes: a contact batch that is composed of two or more groups of contacts; an inner shield that electrically separates the two or more groups of contacts from each other; a body in which the contact batch and the inner shield are press-fitted and fixed; and a shell that covers the contact batch, the inner shield, and the body.
US11728590B2
An optical transceiver, attachable and detachable along a first direction with respect to an apparatus, includes an optical module having a first surface intersecting the first direction and first and second sleeves extending from the first surface in a direction of the optical transceiver, a housing extending along the first direction and accommodating the optical module, and first and second receptacles connected to the first and second sleeves and aligned according to deviations of the first and second sleeves on the first surface from first and second reference positions, respectively. An accommodating part on one end of the housing along the first direction accommodates the first and second receptacles which are fixed to the housing via a conductive resin filled between the housing and the first and second receptacles.
US11728578B2
An antenna array includes one or more substrates and four individual antennas in a slant formation to improve radiation pattern independence. In various embodiments, a novel slanted antenna array configuration is disclosed where one of the four antennas is orthogonal to two of the remaining three antennas. In some embodiments, two separate substrates and a tapered dielectric spacer are used to provide a larger variety of slant formations.
US11728573B2
A method for producing a layer of a device for electromagnetic radiation absorption, includes: providing a ply of powder material in the layer to be produced of the device; providing a predefined concentration distribution of particles for electromagnetic radiation absorption in the layer; providing a first binder and a second binder for the powder materials, wherein the first binder includes particles for the absorption of electromagnetic radiation, wherein the second binder includes a lower concentration of identical and/or different particles than the first binder; determining a mixing ratio between the first binder and the second binder for every position in the layer; selecting a position of the layer; mixing the first and second binder according to the mixing ratio for the selected position; wetting the powder material at the selected position using the mixed first and second binders; and repeating selecting, mixing, and wetting to produce the layer.
US11728565B2
The present invention relates to a board assembly used for a base station antenna and a base station antenna including such a board assembly. The board assembly includes a first circuit board (3) and a second circuit board (4), and the first circuit board and the second circuit board are spaced apart from each other. The first circuit board has a plurality of first electrical connectors, the second circuit board has a plurality of second electrical connectors, and the first electrical connectors and the second electrical connectors are electrically connected by a plurality of coaxial cable assemblies (5). Each coaxial cable assembly extends between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and includes a coaxial cable, a first corresponding electrical connector matching the first electrical connector on a first end of the coaxial cable, and a second corresponding electrical connector matching the second electrical connector on a second end opposite to the first end on the coaxial cable. The board assembly can have stable electrical performance, especially radio frequency signal transmission performance.
US11728564B2
A thin, flexible antenna module is provided for use in a smartphone. When the antenna module is assembled in the smartphone, the antenna module provides an MST antenna and an NEC antenna. For this, the antenna module includes a flexible PCB containing coils and further includes a magnetic sheet engaged with flexible PCB. The flexible PCB and the magnetic sheet are attached to each other to form a single body.
US11728559B2
A polymer composition comprising a semiconductive material distributed within a polymer matrix is provided. The semiconductive material includes inorganic particles and an electrically conductive material, the inorganic particles having an average particle size of from about 0.1 to about 100 μm and an electrical conductivity about 500 μS/cm or less. The polymer matrix contains at least one thermoplastic high performance polymer having a deflection under load of about 40° C. or more. The polymer composition exhibits a dielectric constant of about 4 or more and a dissipation factor of about 0.3 or less, as determined at a frequency of 2 GHz.
US11728555B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a memory, a processor, and a rectangular waveguide coupled to the memory and the processor so that the memory and the processor communicate with each other via the rectangular waveguide.
US11728552B2
The present disclosure provides a phase shifter, an antenna including the phase shifter, and a control method of the phase shifter. The phase shifter includes a first base substrate; a plurality of microstrip lines arranged on the first base substrate and configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave signal and apply a common voltage; a dielectric layer arranged on a side of the plurality of microstrip lines away from the first base substrate; and a plurality of separate voltage control layers correspondingly arranged with the plurality of microstrip lines respectively on a side of the dielectric layer away from the first base substrate. The separate voltage control layers are configured to apply a control voltage. A dielectric constant of the dielectric layer varies with the control voltage applied to the voltage control layers and the common voltage applied to the microstrip lines.
US11728548B1
An electrochemical cell having one or more electrodes with TMCCC materials introduces improved performance by including a special separator having ceramics and/or a discrete multilayer construction. TMCCC materials with no surface modifications, and existing electrolytes with no composition modifications are combined with a different grade of separator to improve cell performance.
US11728544B2
Provided are separators for use in batteries and capacitors comprising (a) at least 50% by weight of an aluminum oxide and (b) an organic polymer, wherein the aluminum oxide is surface modified by treatment with an organic acid to form a modified aluminum oxide, and wherein the treatment provides dispersibility of the aluminum oxide in aprotic solvents such as N-methyl pyrrolidone. Preferably, the organic acid is a sulfonic acid, such as p-toluenesulfonic acid. Also preferably, the organic polymer is a fluorinated polymer, such as polyvinylidene fluoride. Also provided are electrochemical cells and capacitors comprising such separators.
US11728536B2
A storage battery container is provided with an air supply part having an air supply port provided to the bottom surface, a variable heat dissipation device that balances accumulated heat inside the storage battery, and an air discharge part of a rear surface having an air discharge port correspondingly provided to a heat release part of the variable heat dissipation device. The air supply part puts the air supply port in an open state when power is being supplied, and puts the air supply port in a closed state when the power supply stops. The air discharge part puts the air discharge port in an open state when the variable heat dissipation device is actuated, and puts the air discharge port in a closed state when the actuation of the variable heat dissipation device stops.
US11728535B2
According to several aspects of the present disclosure, a battery module housing cooling assembly is disclosed. The battery module housing cooling assembly can include an endwall including a first polymer plate and a second polymer plate that define a slot therebetween. At least one of the first polymer plate or the second polymer plate define a channel therein that is configured to receive a coolant fluid, and the slot is configured to receive an electrical connector. The battery module housing cooling assembly can also include a cooling plate defining a first connection port and a second connection port, wherein the first connection port and a second connection port are configured to provide the coolant fluid to the channel.
US11728530B2
The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery sub module including the same. The lithium secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly; a plastic case which houses the electrode assembly and includes a gas barrier layer; and a pouch film cover which seals the plastic case having the electrode assembly housed therein, such that it is possible to achieve a battery having a significantly increased thickness so as to increase the capacity thereof without structural limitation, secure durability of the battery due to having excellent resistance to permeability, and improve productivity due to a decrease in an occurrence of poor insulation. Thereby, the lithium secondary battery sub module including the lithium secondary battery may have a high energy density and may be formed in a compact shape with reduced manufacturing costs.
US11728528B2
Articles containing electrodes and current collectors arranged such that at least one electrode can be electronically isolated from other components of the article and/or an electrochemical device, and associated systems and methods, are provided. In some cases, the articles contain substrates for which a change in volume of the substrate causes at least one electrode to become electronically isolated from other components of the article and/or an electrochemical device. In certain cases, heating the substrate causes the change in volume of the substrate.
US11728519B2
The secondary battery includes: a square battery case; and a wound electrode body accommodated in the battery case. The wound electrode body has a positive electrode sheet and a negative electrode sheet overlapping with each other to be wound about a winding axis to have a rectangular shape when seen from a winding axis direction. The wound electrode body has corner parts positioned at four corners of the wound electrode body when seen from the winding axis direction. The positive electrode sheet has a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode active material layer. The negative electrode sheet has a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer. Folding grooves are formed along the winding axis direction at portions of the positive electrode active material layer or portions of the negative electrode active material layer that are positioned at the corner parts.
US11728509B2
Novel, rechargeable magnesium/magnesium sulfide batteries are disclosed therein, having energy density competitive with lithium batteries, high cycle life, land lower cost. Production method of stabilized MgS is also described, as well as various cells' constructions.
US11728508B2
Provided is a lithium secondary battery including an anode including a silicon-based anode active material; a cathode; and an electrolyte, the electrolyte including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and a conjugated diene compound.
US11728506B2
A device for charging and discharging a battery cell capable of suppressing a swelling phenomenon of a terrace portion of a battery cell during a formation process of the battery cell includes first and second plates configured to receive a battery cell therebetween and to press two surfaces of the battery cell; first and second grippers connected to the first and second plates, respectively, the first and second grippers protrude to face each other and configured to contact a lead region of the battery cell; and first and second pressing pads positioned inward of the first and second grippers, the first and second pressing pads being configured to contact a terrace region of the battery cell. A method of charging and discharging a battery cell using the same is also provided.
US11728503B2
A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell stack, a plurality of accessories, a plurality of maintenance components, and a frame. The frame has a three-dimensional structure having an internal space. The fuel cell stack and the accessories are fixed to the frame in a state where they are accommodated in the internal space. In a plan view of the fuel cell module, the maintenance components are fixed to the frame in a state where the maintenance components are placed in an external space formed on one side from the frame from among external spaces formed outside the internal space.
US11728494B2
An electrochemical cell unit comprises a first electrochemical cell comprising a first oxidant electrode and a first fuel electrode, and a second electrochemical cell comprising a second oxidant electrode and a second fuel electrode. An interconnect interposed between the first electrochemical cell and the second electrochemical cell. The interconnect comprises an interconnect main body defining a longitudinal channel along a longitudinal axis thereof. The interconnect main body includes a plurality of corrugations defining a plurality of fuel channels on a first surface of the interconnect main body facing the first electrochemical cell, and a plurality of oxidant channels on a second surface of the interconnect main body facing the second electrochemical cell. Each of the plurality of fuel channels and the plurality of oxidant channel positioned around the longitudinal channel.
US11728493B1
An improved or advanced electrically conductive selectively gas permeable anode flow field (SGPFF) design, allowing for efficient removal of CO2 perpendicular to the active area near the location where it is formed in the catalyst layer. The anode plate design includes two mating flow fields (an anode gaseous flow field, and an anode liquid flow field) separated by a semi-permeable separator. The separator comprises a hydrophobic semi-permeable separator for CO2 diffusive gas transport from the liquid side (with acid, water, and CO2) to the gaseous side (allowing for CO2 removal to the atmosphere).
US11728487B2
Conducting coatings disposed on a metal member. The conducting coatings may have a desired texture and provide homoepitaxial or heteroepitaxial coating of an electrodeposited layer. A conducting coating may be formed by applying a shear force during deposition of the conducting coating. The conducting coatings may be used in anodes of various electrochemical devices. A conducting coating, which may be part of an electrochemical device, may have an electrochemically deposited layer disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the conducting coating. The electrochemically deposited layer may be reversibly electrochemically deposited.
US11728481B2
A method of producing a positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the method includes preparing nickel-containing composite oxide particles having a ratio 1D90/1D10 of a 90% particle size 1D90 to a 10% particle size 1D10 in volume-based cumulative particle size distribution is 3 or less; mixing the composite oxide particles and a lithium compound to obtain a first mixture; subjecting the first mixture to a first heat treatment at a first temperature and a second heat treatment at a second temperature higher than the first temperature to obtain a first heat-treated product; and subjecting the first heat-treated material to a dispersion treatment.
US11728479B2
[Problem] Provided is a silicon oxide-based negative electrode material capable of avoiding, as much as possible, decreased battery performance resulting from a heterogeneous distribution of a Li concentration. [Solution] Provided is a powder having an average composition of SiLixOy wherein 0.05
US11728476B2
Silicon particles for active materials and electro-chemical cells are provided. The active materials comprising silicon particles described herein can be utilized as an electrode material for a battery. In certain embodiments, the composite material includes greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight silicon particles, the silicon particles having an average particle size between about 10 nm and about 40 μm, wherein the silicon particles have surface coatings comprising silicon carbide or a mixture of carbon and silicon carbide, and greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of one or more types of carbon phases, wherein at least one of the one or more types of carbon phases is a substantially continuous phase.
US11728472B2
A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which is an example of embodiments, comprises a negative electrode core body and a negative electrode mixture layer provided on the surface of the negative electrode core body. The negative electrode mixture layer includes graphite and fibrous carbon. The BET specific surface area of the graphite included in the first region is smaller than the BET specific surface area of the graphite included in the second region. In addition, the average length of the fibrous carbon included in the first region is longer than the average length of the fibrous carbon included in the second region.
US11728470B2
A negative electrode for an electrochemical cell of a secondary lithium metal battery is manufactured by a method in which a precursor solution is applied to a major surface of a lithium metal substrate to form a precursor coating thereon. The precursor solution includes an organophosphate, a nonpolar organic solvent, and a lithium-containing inorganic ionic compound dissolved therein. At least a portion of the nonpolar organic solvent is removed from the precursor coating to form a protective interfacial layer on the major surface of the lithium metal substrate. The protective interfacial layer exhibits a composite structure including a carbon-based matrix component and a lithium-containing dispersed component. The lithium-containing dispersed component is embedded in the carbon-based matrix component and includes a plurality of lithium-containing inorganic ionic compounds, e.g., lithium phosphate (Li3PO4) and lithium nitrate (LiNO3).
US11728466B2
A secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly comprising radical units in which first and second electrodes are alternately laminated with a separator therebetween and a separation film surrounding the radical units to be repeatedly laminated, wherein the electrode assembly comprises a protection unit laminated on an outermost separation film disposed on the uppermost end or lowermost end of the separation film, the protection unit has a structure comprising a second protection electrode, a separator, and a first protection electrode which are successively laminated from the outermost separation film disposed on the uppermost end or lowermost end of the electrode assembly, the second protection electrode has a cross-sectional coating structure comprising a second collector and a second electrode active material portion coated with a second electrode active material on an inner surface of the second collector, and the inner surface is a surface facing a center of the electrode assembly.
US11728465B2
A display device including a light emitting diode chip, including: a light emitting structure which includes a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer interposed between the first and second conductive semiconductor layers; a second electrode which is electrically connected to the second conductive semiconductor layer; an insulation unit which is disposed to cover a part of the top surface of the second electrode and side surfaces of the light emitting structure; and a second fixed part which covers the top surface of the insulation unit and is electrically connected to the second electrode, and at least a part of which extends to the side surfaces of the light emitting structure.
US11728461B2
A single light emitting diode (LED) structure includes an array of spaced discrete light emitting zones separated by isolation areas. Each emitting zone includes an epitaxial structure configured to emit an emitting light having a particular wavelength over an effective emission area. In addition, the effective emission area for each emitting zone can be geometrically defined and electrically configured to provide a desired light intensity. For example, each effective emission area can have a selected size and spacing depending on the application and light intensity requirements. Each emitting zone also includes a wavelength conversion member on its effective emission area configured to convert an emitting wavelength of the emitting light to a different color. The single (LED) structure can include multiple colors at different zones to produce a desired spectra or design. The single (LED) structure can also include a substrate for supporting the array, and the substrate can include one or more light shielding holes located between each emitting zone.
US11728460B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for reducing the pitch between light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in an array of LEDs. According to an aspect of the invention, a method includes forming a plurality of stacks of layers on a surface of a semiconductor, with a p contact at an interface between each stack and a p-type layer of the semiconductor. The semiconductor is etched to form a plurality of mesa shapes corresponding to the plurality of stacks. A dielectric is formed on at least a portion of each mesa shape and at least a portion of each stack. A reflector is formed on at least a portion of the dielectric and at least a portion of the semiconductor to provide an n contact at an interface between the reflector and an n-type layer of the semiconductor. The reflector is physically separated from the p contact for each stack.
US11728457B2
The present invention relates to a nano-scale light-emitting diode (LED) element for a horizontal array assembly, a manufacturing method thereof, and a horizontal array assembly including the same, and more particularly, to a nano-scale LED element for a horizontal array assembly that can significantly increase the number of nano-scale LED elements connected to an electrode line, facilitate an arrangement of the elements, and implement a horizontal array assembly having a very good electric connection between an electrode and an element and a significant high quantity of light when a horizontal array assembly having the nano-scale LED elements laid in a length direction thereof and connected to the electrode line is manufactured, a manufacturing method thereof, and a horizontal array assembly including the same.
US11728455B2
A method of producing photovoltaic cells with the μ-tandem architecture based on crystalline silicon substrates and quantum dots, ensuring both effective and stable operation of the entire tandem system as well as high absorption in the spectral range from UV to MIR and operation in scattered and incident light conditions at different angles, acting as an anti-reflective layer. A further purpose of the invention is to develop a new structure of a μ-tandem photovoltaic cell based on microcrystalline silicon (Si) layers and a layer of nanometric semiconductor structures with a core-shell architecture such that the resulting structures work as a tandem cell with the characteristics of micro-cells, connected together in its lower part.
US11728452B2
A solar cell module comprising a plurality of solar cells mounted on a flexible support, the support comprising a conductive layer on the top surface thereof divided into two electrically isolated portions—a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion. Each solar cell comprises a front surface, a rear surface, and a first contact on the rear surface and a second contact on the front surface. Each one of the plurality of solar cells is placed on the first conductive portion with the first contact electrically connected to the first conductive portion so that the solar cells are connected through the first conductive portion. A second contact of each solar cell is then connected to the second conductive portion by a respective interconnect.
US11728451B2
A solar module includes a laminate structure having at least two solar cells. Each of the solar cells has an individual reinforcement laminated to one face of each of the solar cells. The solar cells are spaced apart from each other and the individual reinforcements are spaced apart from each other such that a gap is defined between each of the solar cells. The solar module includes flexible conductors that extend through the gap between the solar cells and electrically connect the solar cells to each other.
US11728447B2
In a semiconductor device, a first package is provided with a first substrate under which a semiconductor chip configured to output a signal and a first wiring electrically connected to the semiconductor chip are arranged. A second package is provided with a second substrate above which a processing circuit configured to process the output signal, a second wiring electrically connected to the processing circuit, and an encapsulant configured to seal the processing circuit are arranged, the semiconductor chip and the encapsulant being arranged to face each other in a non-contact manner. A connection portion electrically connects the first wiring and the second wiring.
US11728445B2
A solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, an emitter formed on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, a back surface field formed on a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first electrode connected to the emitter, a second electrode connected to the back surface field, and a second pad electrode connected to the second electrode, wherein the second electrode and the second pad electrode are spaced apart from each other in the first direction so as to form a spacer therebetween.
US11728440B2
A Schottky diode includes an upper region having a first doping concentration of a first conductivity type, the upper region disposed above the SiC substrate and extending up to a top planar surface. First and second layers of a second conductivity type are disposed in the upper region adjoining the top planar surface and extending downward to a depth. Each of the first and second layers has a second doping concentration, the depth, first doping concentration, and second doping concentration being selected such that the first and second layers are depleted of carriers at a zero bias condition of the Schottky diode. A top metal layer disposed along the top planar surface in direct contact with the upper region and the first and second layers is the anode, and bottom metal layer disposed beneath the SiC substrate is the cathode, of the Schottky diode.
US11728437B2
A semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer including a crystalline region over an insulating surface, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer covering the oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode layer, and the drain electrode layer, and a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer in a region overlapping with the crystalline region. The crystalline region includes a crystal whose c-axis is aligned in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the oxide semiconductor layer.
US11728431B2
Semiconductor devices and methods are provided. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a first gate-all-around (GAA) transistor that includes a first plurality of channel members, and a second GAA transistor that includes a second plurality of channel members. The first plurality of channel members has a first pitch (P1) and the second plurality of channel members has a second pitch (P2) smaller than the first pitch (P1).
US11728430B2
Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a fin structure including a stress structure and a semiconductor region that are sequentially stacked on a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a field insulation layer on a portion of the fin structure. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode on the fin structure. Moreover, the stress structure includes an oxide.
US11728428B2
A method of forming a fin structure that includes forming a plurality of fin structures from a bulk semiconductor substrate and forming a dielectric spacer on a sidewall of each fin structure in the plurality of fin structure. A semiconductor spacer is formed on a sidewall of the dielectric spacer. A dielectric fill is formed in the space between the adjacent fin structures. The semiconductor spacer and a portion of the fin structures that is present below a lower surface of the dielectric spacer are oxidized. Oxidizing a base portion of the fin structures produces a first strain and oxidizing the semiconductor spacer produces a second strain that is opposite the first strain.
US11728421B2
A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type. A pillar is provided in the semiconductor layer and has a second conductivity type that is different than the first conductivity type. A first trench gate is provided in the pillar proximate to a first vertical edge of the pillar. A second trench gate is provided in the pillar proximate to a second vertical edge of the pillar, the second vertical edge being on an opposing side of the pillar of the first vertical edge. A first electrode is provided over a first side of the semiconductor layer. A second electrode is provided over a second side of the semiconductor layer.
US11728415B2
A method of forming an alignment contact includes: providing a III-nitride substrate; epitaxially growing a first III-nitride layer on the III-nitride substrate, wherein the first III-nitride layer is characterized by a first conductivity type; forming a plurality of III-nitride fins on the first III-nitride layer, wherein each the plurality of III-nitride fins is separated by one of a plurality of first recess regions, wherein the plurality of III-nitride fins are characterized by the first conductivity type; epitaxially regrowing a III-nitride source contact portion on each of the plurality of III-nitride fins; and forming a source contact structure on the III-nitride source contact portions.
US11728414B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device comprises forming a fin structure; forming a source/drain structure in the fin structure; and forming a gate electrode over the fin structure. The source/drain structure includes Si1−x−yM1xM2y, where M1 includes Sn, M2 is one or more of P and As, 0.01≤x≤0.1, and 0.01≤y≤0.
US11728413B2
A semiconductor device and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a fin structure disposed on the substrate, a source/drain (S/D) region disposed on the fin structure, and a gate structure disposed on the fin structure adjacent to the S/D region. The gate structure includes a gate stack disposed on the fin structure and a gate capping structure disposed on the gate stack. The gate capping structure includes a conductive gate cap disposed on the gate stack and an insulating gate cap disposed on the conductive gate cap. The semiconductor device further includes a first contact structure disposed over the gate stack. A portion of the first contact structure is disposed within the gate capping structure and is separated from the gate stack by a portion of the conductive gate cap.
US11728397B2
Examples of an integrated circuit with an interconnect structure and a method for forming the integrated circuit are provided herein. In some examples, the method includes receiving a workpiece that includes an inter-level dielectric layer. A first contact that includes a fill material is formed that extends through the inter-level dielectric layer. The inter-level dielectric layer is recessed such that the fill material extends above a top surface of the inter-level dielectric layer. An etch-stop layer is formed on the inter-level dielectric layer such that the fill material of the first contact extends into the etch-stop layer. A second contact is formed extending through the etch-stop layer to couple to the first contact. In some such examples, the second contact physically contacts a top surface and a side surface of the first contact.
US11728395B2
Some embodiments include an integrated transistor having an active region comprising semiconductor material. The active region includes a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region and a channel region between the first and second source/drain regions. A conductive gating structure is operatively proximate the channel region and comprises molybdenum. The integrated transistor may be incorporated into integrated memory, such as, for example, DRAM, FeFET memory, etc. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies and devices, such as, for example, integrated transistors, integrated memory, etc.
US11728391B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. A method includes providing a workpiece having a semiconductor structure; depositing a two-dimensional (2D) material layer over the semiconductor structure; forming a source feature and a drain feature electrically connected to the semiconductor structure and the 2D material layer, wherein the source feature and drain feature include a semiconductor material; and forming a gate structure over the two-dimensional material layer and interposed between the source feature and the drain feature. The gate structure, the source feature, the drain feature, the semiconductor structure and the 2D material layer are configured to form a field-effect transistor. The semiconductor structure and the 2D material layer function, respectively, as a first channel and a second channel between the source feature and the drain feature.
US11728390B2
An oxide semiconductor film contains In, Ga, and Sn at respective atomic ratios satisfying formulae (1) to (3): 0.01≤Ga/(In+Ga+Sn)≤0.30 . . . (1); 0.01≤Sn/(In+Ga+Sn)≤0.40 . . . (2); and 0.55≤In/(In+Ga+Sn)≤0.98 . . . (3), and Al at an atomic ratio satisfying a formula (4): 0.05≤Al/(In+Ga+Sn+Al)≤0.30 . . . (4).
US11728386B2
A semiconductor device of embodiments includes a silicon carbide layer including an element region and a termination region around the element region, the termination region having first straight-line portions extending in a first direction, second straight-line portions extending in a second direction, and corner portions between the first straight-line portions and the second straight-line portions, the termination region including a second-conductivity-type second silicon carbide region having a dot-line shape with first dot portions and first space portions surrounding the element region, an occupation ratio of the first dot portions is larger in the corner portions than in the first straight-line portions, and a second-conductivity-type third silicon carbide region having a dot-line shape with second dot portions and second space portions surrounding the second silicon carbide region, an occupation ratio of the second dot portions is lager in the corner portions than in the first straight-line portions.
US11728384B2
Semiconductor structures and methods for forming the same are provided. The method includes forming a well region in a substrate and forming an anti-punch through region in a top portion of the well region. The method further includes forming a barrier layer over the anti-punch through region and alternately stacking first semiconductor material layers and second semiconductor material layers over the barrier layer. The method further includes patterning the first semiconductor material layers, the second semiconductor material layers, the barrier layer, and the anti-punch through region to form a fin and removing the first semiconductor material layers and the barrier layer to expose the anti-punch through region. The method further includes forming a gate wrapping around the second semiconductor material layers.
US11728380B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a bipolar transistor structure with a sub-collector on a substrate, a first collector region on a first portion of the sub-collector, a trench isolation (TI) on a second portion of the sub-collector and adjacent the first collector region, and a second collector region on a third portion of the sub-collector and adjacent the TI. A base on first collector region and a portion of the TI. An emitter is on a first portion of the base above the first collector region. The base includes a second portion horizontally displaced from the emitter in a first horizontal direction, and horizontally displaced from the second collector region in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction.
US11728378B2
The present specification discloses a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing same. In one implementation, the method may include: providing a semiconductor structure, wherein the semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a gate structure disposed on the substrate, initial spacer layers on side surfaces of two sides of the gate structure, and a first inter-layer dielectric layer covering the gate structure and the initial spacer layers; and the substrate includes a source and a drain respectively located on the two sides of the gate structure; etching the first inter-layer dielectric layer to form a source contact hole and a drain contact hole that expose a part of the initial spacer layer; removing the exposed part of the initial spacer layer to expose the side surface of the gate structure; forming a spacer structure layer on the exposed side surface of the gate structure; forming a source contact member and a drain contact member in the contact holes; selectively removing at least a part of the spacer structure layer to form an air gap; and forming a second inter-layer dielectric layer covering the air gap. In the present invention, an air gap spacer structure can be formed and parasitic capacitance is reduced.
US11728377B2
A semiconductor device, including a substrate of a first conductivity type, an active region and a termination structure portion formed on a front surface of the substrate, and a plurality of regions of a second conductivity type formed concentrically surrounding the periphery of the active region in the termination structure portion. Each region has a higher impurity concentration than one of the regions adjacent thereto on an outside thereof. The plurality regions include first and second semiconductor regions, and an intermediate region sandwiched between, and in contact with, the first and second semiconductor regions, and a third semiconductor region. The intermediate region includes a plurality of first subregions and a plurality of second subregions that are alternately arranged along a path in parallel to a boundary between the active region and the termination structure portion, the second subregions having a lower impurity concentration than the first subregions.
US11728369B2
A method for forming contacts applied to a CMOS image sensor includes: forming a transmission gate structure; performing source and drain ion implantation processes to form source and drain; forming auxiliary sidewalls on the outer sides of the gate sidewalls, the material of the auxiliary sidewalls being the same as the material of the adjacent gate sidewalls; sequentially forming a silicide block layer, a contact etch stop layer and an interlayer dielectric layer; defining source and drain contact regions; performing etching processes to remove the interlayer dielectric layer and the contact etch stop layer corresponding to the source and drain contact regions sequentially; etching the silicide block layer by adopting a predetermined etching selection ratio to form source and drain contacts, wherein the etching rate of the silicide block layer is higher than the etching rate of the auxiliary sidewalls in the process of etching the silicide block layer.
US11728355B2
An imaging device capable of image processing is provided. The imaging device can retain analog data (image data) obtained by an image-capturing operation in a pixel and perform a product-sum operation of the analog data and a predetermined weight coefficient in the pixel to convert the data into binary data. When the binary data is taken in a neural network or the like, processing such as image recognition can be performed. Since enormous volumes of image data can be retained in pixels in the state of analog data, processing can be performed efficiently.
US11728352B2
The present disclosure provides a driving substrate including: a flexible substrate base, a plurality of thin film transistors on the flexible substrate base and a first conductive pattern layer on a side of the thin film transistors distal to the flexible substrate base. The first conductive pattern layer includes: a plurality of first connection terminals in the display region and a plurality of signal supply lines in the bendable region. A first number of first connection terminals are electrically coupled to first electrodes of the plurality of thin film transistors. The plurality of signal supply lines are coupled to a second number of first connection terminals other than the first number of first connection terminals. At least one inorganic insulating layer including a hollowed-out pattern in the bendable region is between the first conductive pattern layer and the flexible substrate base.
US11728346B2
A device including a III-N material is described. In an example, the device has a terminal structure with a central body and a first plurality of fins, and a second plurality of fins, opposite the first plurality of fins. A polarization charge inducing layer including a III-N material in the terminal structure. A gate electrode is disposed above and on a portion of the polarization charge inducing layer. A source structure is on the polarization charge inducing layer and on sidewalls of the first plurality of fins. A drain structure is on the polarization charge inducing layer and on sidewalls of the second plurality of fins. The device further includes a source structure and a drain structure on opposite sides of the gate electrode and a source contact on the source structure and a drain contact on the drain structure.
US11728343B2
A semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a division pattern, and a second transistor sequentially stacked on a substrate. The first transistor includes a first gate structure, a first source/drain layer at each of opposite sides of the first gate structure, and first semiconductor patterns spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction. Each of the first semiconductor patterns extends through the first gate structure and contacts the first source/drain layer. The division pattern includes an insulating material. The second transistor includes a second gate structure, a second source/drain layer at each of opposite sides of the second gate structure, and second semiconductor patterns spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction. Each of the second semiconductor patterns extends through the second gate structure and contacts the second source/drain layer. The first source/drain layer does not directly contact the second source/drain layer.
US11728336B2
Embodiments are provided for a capacitive array including: a first row of alternating first fingers and second fingers formed in a first conductive layer, wherein each first and second finger has a uniform width in a first direction and a uniform length in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first row of alternating first and second fingers include a same integer number of first fingers and second fingers, and the first and second fingers are interdigitated in the first direction; and a first compensation finger formed in the first conductive layer at an end of the first row of alternating first and second fingers nearest a first outer boundary of the capacitive array, the first compensation finger configured to have an opposite polarity as a neighboring finger on the end of the first row.
US11728331B2
In a general aspect, a semiconductor device can include a semiconductor region, an active region disposed in the semiconductor region, a termination region disposed on the semiconductor region and adjacent to the active region, and a resistor disposed in the termination region. The resistor can include a trench, a conductive material disposed in the trench, and a first cavity separating the trench from the semiconductor region. A portion of the first cavity can be disposed between a bottom of the trench and the semiconductor region. The resistor can further include a second cavity separating the trench from the semiconductor region.
US11728329B2
A semiconductor device includes: a capacitor disposed over a substrate including a lower electrode, a dielectric layer, and an upper electrode; and a discharge structure spaced apart from the capacitor, connected to the upper electrode of the capacitor, and suitable for discharging, to the substrate, a charge induced from a plasma process for forming the upper electrode of the capacitor.
US11728321B2
An optoelectronic component and a manufacturing method are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip, a housing having a top side and two protrusions on the top side projecting beyond the top side and a transparent structure, wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor chip is arranged between the protrusions, and wherein the transparent structure is at least partially arranged on the top side of the housing between the protrusions and partially above the optoelectronic semiconductor chip.
US11728318B1
A method for assembling an LED apparatus using an epitaxial layered structure comprising a first-type doped semiconductor layer, a second-type doped semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the doped semiconductor layers. The method involves depositing a conductive layer adjacent to and in ohmic contact with the first-type doped semiconductor layer. After forming a pattern masked layer on the conductive layer to expose one or more unprotected mask regions, the unprotected mask region(s) are processed to form a micropixellated structure having micropixel contact areas that are electrically isolated from each other. The method further involves placing a first contact pad over the micropixellated structure to overlap the micropixel contact areas and form a first electrode shared by a set of micro-LEDs. The micropixellated structure is also electrically coupled to a second contact pad that forms a second electrode shared by the set of micro-LEDs.
US11728306B2
A method of selectively transferring micro devices from a donor substrate to contact pads on a receiver substrate. Micro devices being attached to a donor substrate with a donor force. The donor substrate and receiver substrate are aligned and brought together so that selected micro devices meet corresponding contact pads. A receiver force is generated to hold selected micro devices to the contact pads on the receiver substrate. The donor force is weakened and the substrates are moved apart leaving selected micro devices on the receiver substrate. Several methods of generating the receiver force are disclosed, including adhesive, mechanical and electrostatic techniques.
US11728303B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a base layer having a first side for forming memory cells and a second side that is opposite to the first side. The semiconductor device includes a stack of alternating word line layers and insulating layers that is positioned over the first side of the base layer, where the stack includes a first region and a second region. A channel structure extends through the first region of the stack in a vertical direction and further extends into the base layer from the first side. A plurality of connection structures are formed over the second side of the base layer and include a first connection structure that is coupled to the channel structure.
US11728293B2
Mobile phones and other mobile devices communicate wirelessly by transmitting and receiving RF signals. Transmitters and receivers in wireless devices process RF signals in certain frequency ranges or bands. Signals in other frequencies can be blocked or filtered out by, for example, a lumped-element circuit or a lumped-element filter consisting of passive electrical components such as inductors, capacitors, and resistors. A passive component device, or integrated passive device, is one example of a lumped-element filter fabricated with passive components on a die. In a mobile device, a passive component device and one or more integrated circuits or other chips used for signal processing are interconnected by being mounted on (i.e., coupled to) a metallization structure or package substrate in a chip module or multi-chip module. The demand for miniaturization of hand-held mobile devices drives a need for reducing the sizes of chip modules that are inside a mobile device.
US11728289B2
An electronic device includes a magnetic assembly with a multilevel lamination or metallization structure having a core layer, dielectric layers and conductive features formed in metal layers on or between the dielectric layers in respective planes of orthogonal first and second directions and stacked along an orthogonal third direction. The conductive features include first and second patterned conductive features forming first and second windings, first and second conductive capacitor plates, and first and second conductive field plates, in which the first conductive capacitor plate is between the first conductive field plate and the core layer along the third direction and the second conductive capacitor plate is between the second conductive field plate and the core layer along the third direction.
US11728285B2
A method of manufacturing a carrier for semiconductor device packaging is provided. The method includes forming a carrier having a plurality of plateau regions separated by a plurality of channels. The carrier is configured and arranged to support a plurality of semiconductor die during a packaging operation. The plurality of channels is filled with a material configured to control warpage of the carrier.
US11728284B2
A method for forming a chip package structure is provided. The method includes forming a dielectric layer over a redistribution structure. The redistribution structure includes a dielectric structure and a plurality of wiring layers in or over the dielectric structure. The method includes forming a first conductive bump structure and a shield bump structure over the dielectric layer. The first conductive bump structure is electrically connected to the wiring layers, and the shield bump structure is electrically insulated from the wiring layers. The method includes bonding a first chip structure to the redistribution structure through the first conductive bump structure. The first chip structure is electrically insulated from the shield bump structure, and the first chip structure extends across a first sidewall of the shield bump structure.
US11728283B2
A package substrate may include a plurality of stacked insulation layers, a plurality of RDLs and a pair of impedance patterns. The RDLs may be arranged between the insulation layers. The impedance patterns may be arranged on an upper surface of at least one of the insulation layers. The impedance patterns may have an insulation length corresponding to a summed length of thicknesses of at least two insulation layers among the plurality of the insulation layers. Thus, a dummy conductive pattern may not be arranged between the impedance patterns and the RDL so that only the insulation layer may exist between the impedance patterns and the RDL. As a result, the insulation length of the impedance patterns may correspond to the summed length of the thicknesses of the at least two insulation layers.
US11728279B2
Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a pad with high strength and bondability. In some embodiments, an integrated chip comprises a substrate, an interconnect structure, a pad, and a conductive structure. The interconnect structure adjoins the substrate and comprises wires and vias. The wires and the vias are stacked between the pad and the substrate. The conductive structure (e.g., a wire bond) extends through the substrate to the pad. By arranging the wires and the vias between the pad and the substrate, the pad may be inset into a passivation layer of the interconnect structure and the passivation layer may absorb stress on the pad. Further, the pad may contact the wires and the vias at a top wire level. A thickness of the top wire level may exceed a thickness of other wire levels, whereby the top wire level may be more tolerant to stress.
US11728272B2
A device structure may include an interconnect-level dielectric material layer located over a substrate, a first metal interconnect structure embedded in the interconnect-level dielectric material layer and including a first metallic barrier liner and a first metallic fill material portion, and an overlying dielectric material layer. An opening in the overlying dielectric material layer may be formed entirely within an area of the first metallic barrier layer and outside the area of the first metallic fill material portion to reduce plasma damage. A second metal interconnect structure contacting a top surface of the first metallic barrier liner may be formed in the opening. An entirety of a top surface the first metallic fill material portion contacts a bottom surface of the overlying dielectric material layer.
US11728268B2
A semiconductor device includes a transistor on a substrate, a first metal layer that is on the transistor and includes a lower wire electrically connected to the transistor, and a second metal layer on the first metal layer. The second metal layer includes an upper wire that is electrically connected to the lower wire and includes a via structure in a via hole and a line structure in a line trench. The via structure includes a via portion that is in the via hole and is coupled to the lower wire, and a barrier portion that vertically extends from the via portion to cover an inner surface of the line trench. The barrier portion is between the line structure and an insulating layer of the second metal layer. The barrier portion is thicker at its lower level than at its upper level.
US11728267B2
A semiconductor memory device is provided that includes a plurality of memory blocks, arranged in a second direction, that are spaced from a semiconductor substrate in a first direction intersecting with a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a first wiring that is farther from the semiconductor substrate than the plurality of memory blocks in the first direction; a second wiring that is closer to the semiconductor substrate than the plurality of memory blocks in the first direction; a first contact; a first transistor with a first active region disposed in the semiconductor substrate, the second wiring being electrically connected to a first memory block among the plurality of memory blocks via the first transistor; and a second transistor where the second wiring being electrically connected to a second memory block among the plurality of memory blocks via the second transistor.
US11728262B2
A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure and methods of forming the same for reducing the accumulation of external stress at the corners of the conductor layers are disclosed herein. An exemplary device includes a substrate that includes an active semiconductor device. A stack of dielectric layers is disposed over the substrate. A lower contact is disposed over the stack of dielectric layers. A passivation layer is disposed over the lower contact. A MIM structure is disposed over the passivation layer, the MIM structure including a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer disposed over the first conductor layer, and a third conductor layer disposed over the second conductor layer. A first insulator layer is disposed between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. A second insulator layer is disposed between the second conductor layer and the third conductor layer. One or more corners of the third conductor layer are rounded.
US11728256B2
A method includes forming a redistribution structure, which formation process includes forming a plurality of dielectric layers over a carrier, forming a plurality of redistribution lines extending into the plurality of dielectric layers, and forming a reinforcing patch over the carrier. The method further includes bonding a package component to the redistribution structure, with the package component having a peripheral region overlapping a portion of the reinforcing patch. And de-bonding the redistribution structure and the first package component from the carrier.
US11728255B2
An interposer including a base layer, a redistribution structure on a first surface of the base layer and including a conductive redistribution pattern, a first lower protection layer on a second surface of the base layer, a lower conductive pad on the first lower protection layer, a through electrode connecting the conductive redistribution pattern and the lower conductive pad, a second lower protection layer on the first lower protection layer, including a different material than the first lower protection layer, and contacting at least a portion of the lower conductive pad, and an indentation formed in an outer edge region of the interposer to provide a continuous angled sidewall extending entirely through the second lower protection layer and through at least a portion of the first protection layer.
US11728249B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: an integrated circuit die; a first dielectric layer over the integrated circuit die; a first metallization pattern extending through the first dielectric layer to electrically connect to the integrated circuit die; a second dielectric layer over the first metallization pattern; an under bump metallurgy extending through the second dielectric layer; a third dielectric layer over the second dielectric layer and portions of the under bump metallurgy; a conductive ring sealing an interface of the third dielectric layer and the under bump metallurgy; and a conductive connector extending through the center of the conductive ring, the conductive connector electrically connected to the under bump metallurgy.
US11728241B2
A driver board assembly includes first and second substrates, one or more power device assemblies and a cooling manifold. At least one jet impingement assembly is formed on a first surface of the first substrate and includes an impingement receiving portion that is at least partially circumferentially surrounded by a plurality of fluid microchannels that extend radially from the impingement receiving portion along the first surface. The second substrate is bonded onto the first substrate. The second substrate surface has a recess. The plurality of receiving contours are etched within the first surface of the first substrate. The one or more power device assemblies are bonded into the recess of the second substrate. A first cooling surface of the cooling manifold is bonded to the first surface such that the first cooling surface bonds within the plurality of receiving contours within the first surface of the first substrate.
US11728226B2
A deposition system provides a feature that may reduce costs of the sputtering process by increasing a target change interval. The deposition system provides an array of magnet members which generate a magnetic field and redirect the magnetic field based on target thickness measurement data. To adjust or redirect the magnetic field, at least one of the magnet members in the array tilts to focus on an area of the target where more target material remains than other areas. As a result, more ion, e.g., argon ion bombardment occurs on the area, creating more uniform erosion on the target surface.
US11728222B2
A fin including a bottom portion, a first sacrificial layer disposed over the bottom portion, a first semiconductor layer disposed over the first sacrificial layer, a second sacrificial layer disposed over the first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer disposed over the second sacrificial layer, is formed. The second semiconductor layer protrudes from a first insulating layer. A dummy gate is formed over the second semiconductor layer. A sidewall spacer layer is formed on side faces of the dummy gate. A first dielectric layer is formed over the dummy gate and the sidewall spacer layer. The dummy gate is removed, thereby forming a gate space. The first insulating layer is etched in the gate space, thereby exposing the first semiconductor layer and the first and second sacrificial layers. The first and second sacrificial layers are removed. A gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer are formed.
US11728221B2
A method includes forming a gate stack over a semiconductor region, and forming a first gate spacer on a sidewall of the gate stack. The first gate spacer includes an inner sidewall spacer, and a dummy spacer portion on an outer side of the inner sidewall spacer. The method further includes removing the dummy spacer portion to form a trench, and forming a dielectric layer to seal a portion of the trench as an air gap. The air gap and the inner sidewall spacer in combination form a second gate spacer. A source/drain region is formed to have a portion on an outer side of the second gate spacer.
US11728211B2
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The semiconductor device structure includes a device, a first conductive structure disposed over the device, and the first conductive structure includes a first sidewall having a first portion and a second portion. The semiconductor device structure further includes a first spacer layer disposed on the first portion, a second conductive structure disposed adjacent the first conductive structure, and the second conductive structure includes a second sidewall having a third portion and a fourth portion. The semiconductor device structure further includes a second spacer layer disposed on the third portion, and an air gap is formed between the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure. The second portion, the first spacer layer, the fourth portion, and the second spacer layer are exposed to the air gap.
US11728202B2
The present disclosure relates to an element pickup device, a method for manufacturing the same and a method for using the same. The element pickup device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate oppositely disposed; a spacing part located between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the spacing part is spaced apart from each other to define a flow channel for liquid; and an element pickup part including an opening located in the second substrate and in communication with the flow channel.
US11728197B2
A wafer bonding apparatus including a first stage having a first surface and being configured to hold a first wafer on the first surface; a second stage having a second surface and being configured to hold a second wafer on the second surface facing the first surface; a first target image sensor on an outer portion of the first stage; a second target image sensor on an outer portion of the second stage; and a target portion on the first or second stage, the target portion having a target plate fixedly installed and spaced apart from the first or second target image sensor by a predetermined distance, wherein, in an alignment measurement of the first and second stages, the first and second stages are movable so that the first and second target image sensors face each other and the target plate is between the first and second target image sensors.
US11728192B2
An optical inspection is performed to detect potential defects within integrated circuit devices and a first electron-based inspection of less than all of the potential defects is performed to identify primary actual defects. A process window of manufacturing parameter settings used to manufacture the integrated circuit devices is identified and the integrated circuit devices manufactured using the manufacturing parameter settings inside the process window have less than a threshold number of the primary actual defects. To identify additional actual defects a second electron-based inspection is performed that is limited to selected ones of the potential defects in the integrated circuit devices that were manufactured using the manufacturing parameter settings inside the process window but were uninspected in the first electron-based inspection.
US11728190B2
A system for thinning a substrate includes a chuck and a first liquid supply unit. The chuck includes a base portion and a frame portion disposed on the base portion, where the substrate is configured to be placed on a carrying surface of the chuck. The first liquid supply unit extends along sidewalls the frame portion and the base portion, an outlet of the first liquid supply unit is disposed next to the carrying surface of the chuck, the first liquid supply unit delivers a first liquid from a bottom of the chuck to the outlet, and the first liquid discharges from the outlet to cover a sidewall of the substrate.
US11728176B2
A treatment method is provided that includes an embedding step of embedding an organic film in an undercoat film in which a depression is formed; and an etching step of performing etching, after the embedding step, until at least a portion of a top of the undercoat film is exposed.
US11728171B2
A semiconductor process system etches gate metals on semiconductor wafers. The semiconductor process system includes a machine learning based analysis model. The analysis model dynamically selects process conditions for an etching process. The process system then uses the selected process conditions data for the next etching process.
US11728167B2
A hardmask structure including a plurality of hardmask layers is formed on a target layer in a first area and a second area, a first photoresist pattern in the first area and a second photoresist pattern in the second area are formed, a reversible hardmask pattern including a plurality of openings is formed by transferring shapes of the first and second photoresist patterns to a reversible hardmask layer that is one of the plurality of hardmask layers, a gap-fill hardmask pattern is formed by filling some of the plurality of openings formed in the first area with a gap-fill hardmask pattern material, and a feature pattern is formed in the target layer by transferring a shape of the gap-fill hardmask pattern to the target layer in the first area and a shape of the reversible hardmask pattern to the target layer in the second area.
US11728153B2
A multipole ion guide includes a plurality of electrodes disposed about a longitudinal axis of the device so as to define an ion transmission volume for transmitting ions along a length of the device between opposite inlet and outlet ends. An electronic controller is operably connected to an RF power source and to at least some of the electrodes and is configured to apply at least an RF potential to the electrodes. During use the electrodes generate an RF-only field along a first portion of the device and an axial DC field along a second portion of the device. Ions are focused radially inward toward the longitudinal axis of the device by the RF-only field within the first portion of the device prior to and/or subsequent to experiencing the axial DC field within the second portion of the device.
US11728148B2
A dissociation device fragments a precursor ion, producing at least two different product ions with overlapping m/z values in the dissociation device. The dissociation device applies an AC voltage and a DC voltage creating a pseudopotential that traps ions below a threshold m/z including the at least two product ions. The dissociation device receives a charge reducing reagent that causes the trapped at least two product ions to be charge reduced until their m/z values increase above the threshold m/z set by the AC voltage. The increase in the m/z values of the at least two product ions decreases their overlap. The at least two product ions with increased m/z values are transmitted to another device for subsequent mass analysis by applying the DC voltage to the dissociation device relative to a DC voltage applied to the other device.
US11728144B2
An edge ring that is placed on an electrostatic chuck of a substrate processing apparatus so as to surround a periphery of a substrate is provided. Multiple contact portions are provided on a lower surface of the edge ring, and each of the contact portions is of a ring shape. Each of the contact portions is in line contact with a mounting surface of the electrostatic chuck.
US11728143B2
Process kits, processing chambers, and methods for processing a substrate are provided. The process kit includes an edge ring, a sliding ring, an adjustable tuning ring, and an actuating mechanism. The edge ring has a first ring component interfaced with a second ring component that is movable relative to the first ring component forming a gap therebetween. The sliding ring is positioned beneath the second ring component of the edge ring. The adjustable tuning ring is positioned beneath the sliding ring. The actuating mechanism is interfaced with the lower surface of the adjustable tuning ring and configured to actuate the adjustable tuning ring such that the gap between the first and second ring components is varied. In one or more examples, the sliding ring includes a matrix and a coating, the matrix contains an electrically conductive material and the coating contains an electrically insulting material.
US11728139B2
A method and apparatus for substrate etching are described herein. A processing chamber described herein includes a source module, a process module, a flow module, and an exhaust module. An RF source may be coupled to the chamber and a remote plasma may be generated in the source module and a direct plasma may be generated in the process module. Cyclic etching processes described may use alternating radical and direct plasmas to etch a substrate.
US11728129B2
A method of determining a distortion of a field of view of a scanning electron microscope is described. The method may include: providing a sample including substantially parallel lines extending in a first direction; performing scans across the field of view of the sample along respective scan-trajectories extending in a scan direction; the scan direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction; detecting a response signal of the sample caused by the scanning of the sample; determining a distance between a first line segment of a line and a second line segment of the line, whereby each of the first line segment and the second line segment are crossed by scan trajectories, based on the response signal; performing the previous step for multiple locations within the field of view; and determining the distortion across the field of view, based on the determined distances at the multiple locations.
US11728117B2
An apparatus includes: a high-voltage module including: a current interrupter; an actuation system coupled to the current interrupter; a sensor system; and a terminal configured to electrically connect to an external electrical device. The apparatus also includes: a user interface; and an electrically insulating assembly between the user interface and the high-voltage module. In operational use, the user interface is grounded and the high-voltage module is at a system voltage.
US11728105B2
The invention is related to an apparatus comprising a switch configured to variably connect a device circuit of an electronic device to a battery, a cutout control circuit connected to the switch and comprising a supply power input and a cutout activation input, wherein the cutout control circuit is configured to turn the switch on when a supply voltage is connected to the supply power input. The invention is further related to a drug delivery device for delivering at least one drug agent comprising an apparatus of the aforementioned kind, a charging connector for a drug deliver device of the aforementioned kind, and a method for manufacturing a drug delivery device of the aforementioned kind.
US11728100B2
A polyolefin porous film is provided, the film comprising a polyethylene-based resin, wherein a weight average molecular weight of the polyethylene-based resin is 450,000 or less, and a content of a high molecular weight component having a molecular weight of 1,000,000 or more in the polyethylene-based resin is 2 to 11% by mass.
US11728096B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers, and external electrodes on surfaces of the laminate. A silane coupling agent layer is on at least a mounting surface among surfaces of the laminate. The silane coupling agent layer is made of a fluorine-based silane coupling agent, and a silane coupling agent concentration on the mounting surface is about 0.1 or higher and about 365 or lower and is higher than a silane coupling agent concentration on a counter surface opposing the mounting surface, or the silane coupling agent layer is made of a carbon-based silane coupling agent, and a silane coupling agent concentration on the mounting surface is about 0.91 or higher and about 38.10 or lower and is higher than a silane coupling agent concentration on a counter surface opposing the mounting surface.
US11728089B2
A coil component includes a body; a wound coil disposed in the body, and having a plurality of turns and first and second lead-out portions exposed to the surfaces of the body; a noise removing portion spaced apart from the wound coil, and including a pattern portion having a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart from each other and forming an open loop, and a third lead-out portion connected to the pattern portion and exposed to one surface of the body; an insulating layer disposed between the wound coil and the noise removing portion; and first to third external electrodes disposed on the surfaces of the body, spaced apart from one another, and connected to the first to third lead-out portions, respectively, wherein one of the plurality of turns of the wound coil has a line width greater than a thickness thereof.
US11728076B2
Method of producing laminated amorphous alloy ribbon holding spool and method of producing iron core
A method of producing a laminated amorphous alloy ribbon holding spool. The method includes providing amorphous alloy ribbon holding spools, each of which is wound with a single layer amorphous alloy ribbon, unwinding the single layer amorphous alloy ribbon from each of the amorphous alloy ribbon holding spools, making the single layer amorphous alloy ribbon travel with a laser being radiated thereto, to thereby simultaneously prepare single layer amorphous alloy ribbons having laser irradiation mark formed thereon, laminating the single layer amorphous alloy ribbons having the laser irradiation mark formed thereon to, thereby prepare a laminated amorphous alloy ribbon, and winding up the laminated amorphous alloy ribbon on a spool.
US11728074B2
This invention relates to magnetocaloric materials comprising alloys useful for magnetic refrigeration applications. In some embodiments, the disclosed alloys may be Cerium, Neodymium, and/or Gadolinium based compositions that are fairly inexpensive, and in some cases exhibit only 2nd order magnetic phase transitions near their curie temperature, thus there are limited thermal and structural hysteresis losses. This makes these compositions attractive candidates for use in magnetic refrigeration applications. Surprisingly, the performance of the disclosed materials is similar or better to many of the known expensive rare-earth based magnetocaloric materials.
US11728067B2
Magnet wire with flexible corona resistant enamel insulation may include a conductor and a multi-layer insulation system formed around the conductor. The insulation system may include a basecoat formed from first polymeric enamel insulation, a midcoat formed from second polymeric enamel insulation, and a topcoat formed from third polymeric enamel insulation. The midcoat may include a filler containing silica dioxide and chromium oxide dispersed in a base polyamideimide material. Additionally, the magnet wire may exhibit few or no cracks in the topcoat when the wire is bent 180 degrees around a 4 mm mandrel.
US11728064B2
A radiation therapy device includes an electron beam source (EBS) for generating an electron beam and a steering device for directing the electron beam. A target is disposed a predetermined distance from the EBS and is positioned to intercept the electron beam. The target element generates x-ray photons upon the impact of electrons with the target. A focusing lens is coupled to and spaced from the target by no more than 10 mm, and is positioned to receive x-ray photons generated by the target. The focusing lens focuses the x-ray photons to a focal point. The radiation therapy device can also include targets configured to generate x-ray beams for tomosynthesis. A method for performing radiation therapy is also disclosed.
US11728061B2
An underground ventilated system for storing nuclear waste materials. The system includes a storage module having an outer shell defining an internal cavity and an inner shell. A majority of the height of the outer shell may be disposed below grade. The outer shell may include a hermetically sealed bottom. First and second canisters are positioned in lower and upper portions within the cavity respectively in vertically stacked relationship. A centering and spacing ring assembly is interspersed between the first and second canisters to transfer the weight of the upper second canister to the lower first canister. The assembly may include centering lugs which laterally restrain the first and second canisters in case of a seismic event. A natural convection driven ventilated air system cools the canisters to remove residual decay heat to the atmosphere. In one non-limiting embodiment, the shells are made of steel.
US11728059B2
A transport or storage container holding radioactive waste and a body of water is dried by the steps of first draining or pumping out the body of water and thereby leaving residual water in the container. Then at least one solid drying agent is introduced into an interior the container for removing from the interior of the container for removing the physically or chemically bonded residual water. The solid drying agent is an alkaline earth salt, particularly an alkaline earth oxide.
US11728058B2
Systems and methods of transferring nuclear fuel from fuel pools having size and/or weight limitations to a storage or transport cask are disclosed. A canister containing spent nuclear fuel is inserted into a transfer cask. A shielding sleeve is then placed around the transfer cask. A lifting device simultaneously lifts the transfer cask and the shielding sleeve over a storage cask and the spent fuel is transferred from the transfer cask to the storage or transport cask.
US11728050B2
Control rod drives include linearly-moveable control elements inside an isolation barrier. Control rod drives move the control element through secured magnetic elements subject to magnetic fields. Induction coils may generate magnetic fields and be moveable across a full stroke length of the control element in the reactor. A motor may spin a linear screw to move the induction coils on a vertical travel nut. A control rod assembly may house the magnetic elements and directly, removably join to the control element. The control rod assembly may lock with magnetic overtravel latches inside the isolation barrier to maintain an overtravel position. Overtravel release coils outside the isolation barrier may release the latches to leave the overtravel position. Operation includes moving the induction coils with a linear screw to drive the control element to desired insertion points, including full insertion by gravity following de-energization. No direct connection may penetrate the isolation barrier.
US11728048B2
A reactor unit cell is disclosed including a graphite moderator structure, a heat pipe positioned in the graphite moderator structure, and a fuel assembly positioned in the graphite moderator structure. The fuel assembly comprises at least one fuel rod. Each fuel rod comprises a beryllium-oxide sleeve and nuclear fuel positioned in the beryllium-oxide sleeve.
US11728047B2
The known fully ceramic microencapsulated fuel (FCM) entrains fission products within a primary encapsulation that is the consolidated within a secondary ultra-high-temperature-ceramic of Silicon Carbide (SiC). In this way the potential for fission product release to the environment is significantly limited. In order to extend the performance of this fuel to higher temperature and more aggressive coolant environments, such as the hot-hydrogen of proposed nuclear rockets, a zirconium carbide matrix version of the FCM fuel has been invented. In addition to the novel nature to this very high temperature fuel, the ability to form these fragile TRISO microencapsulations within fully dense ZrC represent a significant achievement.
US11728044B2
Carbide-based fuel assembly includes outer structural member of ceramic matrix composite material, the interior surface of which is lined in higher temperature regions with an insulation layer of porous refractory ceramic material. Continuous insulation layer extends the length of the fuel assembly or separate insulation layer sections have a thickness increasing step-wise along the length of the fuel assembly from upper (inlet) section towards bottom (outlet) section. A fuel element positioned inward of the insulation layer and between support meshes has a fuel composition including HALEU and the form of a plurality of individual elongated fuel bodies or one or more fuel monolith bodies containing coolant flow channels. Fuel assemblies are distributively arranged in a moderator block, with upper end of the outer structural member attached to an inlet for propellant and lower end of the outer structural member operatively interfaced with a nozzle forming a nuclear thermal propulsion reactor.
US11728039B2
Embodiments include methods and systems for determining a sensitivity of a patient's blood flow characteristic to anatomical or geometrical uncertainty. For each of one or more of individuals, a sensitivity of a blood flow characteristic may be obtained for one or more uncertain parameters. An algorithm may be trained based on the sensitivities of the blood flow characteristic and one or more of the uncertain parameters for each of the plurality of individuals. A geometric model, a blood flow characteristic, and one or more of the uncertain parameters of at least part of the patient's vascular system may be obtained for a patient. The sensitivity of the patient's blood flow characteristic to one or more of the uncertain parameters may be calculated by executing the algorithm on the blood flow characteristic of at least part of the patient's vascular system, and one or more of the uncertain parameters.
US11728031B2
In an embodiment, an electronic device includes a display screen, a memory circuit, and computing circuitry, which is coupled to the display screen and to the memory circuit, and which is configured to cause the display screen to display icons that are each related to respective data regarding a patient at a medical facility, to retrieve, from the memory, the respective data in response to a user of the electronic device selecting, via the display screen, a corresponding one of the displayed icons, and to cause the display screen to display the retrieved respective data.
US11728030B2
Methods of treatment and diagnosis using facilitated communication of health information from a patient device to a physician device are provided herein. Methods include improved dissemination and management of health information data while safeguarding patient privacy. A patient may initiate a tele-medicine session for treatment using a portable user device of the patient, after which a physician may request a set of data through the patient device relevant to the treatment. In response, the device of the patient identifies a subset of the data set requested by the physician that is authorized by the patient for release to the physician. The system further facilitates display of differing types of information on a user interface of the physician's device to facilitate improved treatments and diagnostics, health information collection and patient follow-up.
US11728026B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to controlling the build of a three-dimensional model of a cardiac chamber. More specifically, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can be used to rewind a portion of a construction of a three-dimensional model of the cardiac chamber.
US11728023B2
A ventilator system is capable of displaying complex information patterns in a GUI, thereby allowing a clinician to get subtract complex information from multiple parameters inputs.
US11728017B2
A system for physiologically informed therapeutic provisions includes a computing device configured to receive, from a remote device operated by a user, a conditional datum wherein the conditional datum contains a description of a current bodily complaint. The computing device is further configured to identify a plurality of antidotal therapeutic provisions, using a therapeutic clustering model wherein the therapeutic clustering model utilizes a conditional datum as an input and outputs antidotal therapeutic provisions. The computing device is further configured to locate a user biological extraction wherein the user biological extraction contains at least an element of user physiological data. The computing device is further configured to generate a compatibility model, wherein the compatibility model utilizes the antidotal therapeutic provisions and the user biological extraction as an input and outputs compatible antidotal therapeutic provisions.
US11728013B2
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for accessing, managing, and exchanging patient information across a plurality of providers that may have various discrete medical record systems, including, but not limited to medical facilities, clinics, ambulatory emergency health systems, and other providers (e.g., heterogeneous healthcare providers). In various embodiments, the system receives a request from a requesting party for one or more records of a particular patient. In response, in one or more embodiments, the system identifies what information (if any) the requester is authorized to receive, retrieves the information the requester is authorized to receive from various discrete medical record systems, then normalizes and aggregates the retrieved information. In a particular embodiment, the system also denormalizes the data (e.g., converts the data to the local format and terms of the requester) before transmitting the retrieved data to the requester.
US11728009B2
The disclosure provides methods and systems for designing and synthesizing probes to capture a representative sample of genomic variants of a target genome from a sample. The methods include providing a multiple sequence alignment (MSA), designing a plurality of representative subsequences, and optionally synthesizing a nucleic acid probe. The designing step can comprise designating a plurality of intervals in the MSA, shifting start positions for each MSA subset, clustering the aligned subsequences within each adjusted subset, and determining a representative sequence for each reduced MSA subset. The disclosure also encompasses methods of isolating a plurality of nucleic acid variants of a targeted genomic subregion from a sample using the disclosed probe design, as well as the probe compositions themselves.
US11728005B2
Systems, methods and apparatus to implement bipolar read retry. In response to a determination that a first result of reading a set of memory cells using a first magnitude of read voltage is erroneous, a second magnitude of read voltage, greater than the first magnitude, is identified for the bipolar read retry. In the retry, a controller uses voltage drivers to apply, to the set of memory cells, first voltages of the second magnitude in a first polarity to obtain a second result of reading the set of memory cells and, after the second result is generated and in parallel with decoding the second result, apply second voltages of the second magnitude in a second polarity, opposite to the first polarity.
US11728003B2
Methods and apparatuses for a system error-correction code function are presented. The apparatus includes a memory configured to communicate with a host via at least one data connection and at least one non-data connection. The memory includes a memory array. The memory array includes a first portion and a second portion. The memory is further configured to, in a first mode, store and output data in the first portion and the second portion of the memory array. The first portion is addressable by a first address, and the second portion is addressable by a second address. The memory is further configured to, in a second mode, receive ECC of the data from the host via the at least one non-data connection, store the data in the first portion of the memory array, and store the ECC of the data in the second portion of the memory array based on the first address.
US11728000B1
A system for testing memory includes logic that is configured to perform various normal memory operations (e.g., erase, read and write operations) on a memory device and to determine operational parameters associated with the memory operations. As an example, the amount of time to perform one or more memory operations may be measured, a number of errors resulting from the memory operations may be determined, or a number of memory cells storing noisy bits may be identified. One or more of the operational parameters may then be analyzed to determine whether they are in a range expected for counterfeit or defective memory. If so, the logic determines that the memory under test is counterfeit or defective and provides a notification about such determination.
US11727996B2
A storage device can reorganize a sequentially performed calibration task and delegate various steps of the task to multiple memory planes. By utilizing a characteristic that provides for similar memory device responses across multiple planes, the calibration task processed on one memory plane can be applied to another memory plane within the device. In this way, partial calibration data may be generated across a plurality of memory planes, and subsequently pooled together to generate a unified calibration data that can be utilized on each of the plurality of planes to do a full calibrated read on memory devices, thus reducing the amount of time needed to perform a calibrated read. Reduced times for calibrated reads allows for increased resolution of threshold valley scans, increased lifespan of the storage device, improved read times, and also provides for data write methods to use less memory during intermediate multi-pass programming steps.
US11727995B2
A semiconductor memory device includes: first conductive layers; second conductive layers; a first semiconductor layer disposed between the first conductive layers and the second conductive layers; a charge storage layer that includes a first part disposed between the plurality of first conductive layers and the first semiconductor layer and a second part disposed between the plurality of second conductive layers and the first semiconductor layer; and a first wiring electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer. The semiconductor memory device is configured such that a read operation and a first operation performed before the read operation are performable. In the first operation: a first voltage is supplied to the first wiring; and a second voltage smaller than the first voltage is supplied to an n-th second conductive layer counted from the one side in the first direction.
US11727993B2
A three dimensional stacked nonvolatile semiconductor memory according to an example of the present invention includes a memory cell array comprised of first and second blocks. The first block has a first cell unit which includes a memory cell to be programmed and a second cell unit which does not include a memory cell to be programmed, and programming is executed by applying a program potential or a transfer potential to word lines in the first block after the initial potential of channels of the memory cells in the first and second cell units is set to a plus potential. In the programming, the program potential and the transfer potential are not applied to word lines in the second block.
US11727986B2
Stochastic or near-stochastic physical characteristics of resistive switching devices are utilized for generating data distinct to those resistive switching devices. The distinct data can be utilized for applications related to electronic identification. As one example, data generated from physical characteristics of resistive switching devices on a semiconductor chip can be utilized to form a distinct identifier sequence for that semiconductor chip, utilized for verification applications for communications with the semiconductor chip or utilized for generating cryptographic keys or the like for cryptographic applications.
US11727985B2
A method of operating a resistive memory device to increase a read margin includes applying a write pulse to a memory cell such that the memory cell is programmed to a target resistance state, and applying a post-write pulse to the memory cell to increase a resistance of the memory cell that is in the target resistance state, the post-write pulse being applied as a single pulse having at least n stepped voltage levels, n being an integer equal to or more than 2, and an n-th stepped voltage level of the post-write pulse is set to be lower than a minimum threshold voltage level of the target resistance state that is changed by an (n−1)-th stepped voltage level of the post-write pulse.
US11727983B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes multiple two-transistor (2T) memory cells. Each of the multiple 2T memory cells includes: a p-channel field effect transistor (PFET) including a charge storage node and a read channel portion, an n-channel field effect transistor (NFET) including a write channel portion that is directly coupled to the charge storage node of the PFET; a single bit line pair coupled to the read channel portion of the PFET; and a single access line overlapping at least part of each of the read channel portion and the write channel portion.
US11727982B2
Systems, among other embodiments, include topologies (data and/or control/address information) between an integrated circuit buffer device (that may be coupled to a master, such as a memory controller) and a plurality of integrated circuit memory devices. For example, data may be provided between the plurality of integrated circuit memory devices and the integrated circuit buffer device using separate segmented (or point-to-point link) signal paths in response to control/address information provided from the integrated circuit buffer device to the plurality of integrated circuit buffer devices using a single fly-by (or bus) signal path. An integrated circuit buffer device enables configurable effective memory organization of the plurality of integrated circuit memory devices. The memory organization represented by the integrated circuit buffer device to a memory controller may be different than the actual memory organization behind or coupled to the integrated circuit buffer device. The buffer device segments and merges the data transferred between the memory controller that expects a particular memory organization and actual memory organization.
US11727980B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for single-ended global and local input/output architecture. A conventional memory may use local input/output (LIO) and global input/output (GIO) lines which are paired and carry complimentary signals. The present disclosure includes single ended LIO and GIO architecture where a single LIO couples a single GIO between a read/write amplifier and bit line as part of an access operation. This may reduce a footprint of the memory device.
US11727979B2
Methods of operating a memory device are disclosed. A method may include asserting, at a semiconductor device, an internal signal in response to receipt of a command. The method may also include holding the internal signal in an asserted state for at least a predetermined time duration upon assertion of the internal signal. Further, the method may include generating an enable signal based on the internal signal and a clock signal. Associated devices and systems are also disclosed.
US11727976B2
A semiconductor device including a capacitor, with a memory film isolating a first electrode from a contact, formed over a transistor and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate; a capacitor over the gate stack, the capacitor including a first electrode extending along a top surface of the gate stack, the first electrode being U-shaped; a first ferroelectric layer over the first electrode; and a second electrode over the first ferroelectric layer, a top surface of the second electrode being level with a top surface of the first ferroelectric layer, and the top surface of the first ferroelectric layer and the top surface of the second electrode being disposed further from the semiconductor substrate than a topmost surface of the first electrode.
US11727964B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to arithmetic operations in memory are described. The arithmetic operations may be performed using bit strings and within a memory array without transferring the bit strings to circuitry external to the memory array. For instance, sensing circuitry that can include a sense amplifier and a compute component can be coupled to a memory array. A controller can be coupled to the sensing circuitry and can be configured to cause one or more bit strings to be transferred from the memory array to the sensing circuitry. In addition to the arithmetic operations, the sensing circuitry can also perform a logical operation using the one or more bit strings.
US11727961B2
The present disclosure relates to electronic devices that include a composition that actively generates a gaseous oxidizing agent component within the interior gas space of the electronic device. The present disclosure also relates to electronic devices that include a container that includes a gaseous oxidizing agent component in a manner that the gaseous oxidizing component can transfer from the container to the interior gas space of the electronic device. The present disclosure also involves related methods.
US11727959B2
An acquisition section 104 acquires a plurality of sets of content data and stores the plurality of sets of content data in a content storage section 132. An editing processing section 110 generates a stream of continuous data obtained by temporally concatenating a plurality of sets of content data. An opening image generation section 114 generates, for each content, a set of opening image data. A clipping processing section 116 clips at least a portion of a set of content image data. A concatenating section 118 generates an edited set of image data obtained by temporally concatenating the set of opening image data and a clipped set of content image data.
US11727955B2
Techniques for generating action recommendations for a data tape system based on a media drive calibration are disclosed. A system receives a request to perform an operation including an exchange between a data tape and a media drive. If the system determines that the operation is a data tape validation operation, the system determines whether the media drive is calibrated. If the calibration value of the media drive does not meet a threshold, the system performs a calibration procedure. The system may calibrate the media drive or replace the media drive with a calibrated media drive. The system performs the validation operation. Based on a validation result, a data tape quality value, and the media drive calibration value, the system generates a recommended action for a data tape.
US11727951B2
Disclosed are a display apparatus, a voice acquiring apparatus and a voice recognition method thereof, the display apparatus including: a display unit which displays an image; a communication unit which communicates with a plurality of external apparatuses; and a controller which includes a voice recognition engine to recognize a user's voice, receives a voice signal from a voice acquiring unit, and controls the communication unit to receive candidate instruction words from at least one of the plurality of external apparatuses to recognize the received voice signal.
US11727947B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using audio watermarks with key phrases. One of the methods includes receiving, by a playback device, an audio data stream; determining, before the audio data stream is output by the playback device, whether a portion of the audio data stream encodes a particular key phrase by analyzing the portion using an automated speech recognizer; in response to determining that the portion of the audio data stream encodes the particular key phrase, modifying the audio data stream to include an audio watermark; and providing the modified audio data stream for output.
US11727945B2
Methods for generating an object based audio program which is renderable in a personalizable manner, e.g., to provide an immersive, perception of audio content of the program. Other embodiments include steps of delivering (e.g., broadcasting), decoding, and/or rendering such a program. Rendering of audio objects indicated by the program may provide an immersive experience. The audio content of the program may be indicative of multiple object channels (e.g., object channels indicative of user-selectable and user-configurable objects, and typically also a default set of objects which will be rendered in the absence of a selection by a user) and a bed of speaker channels. Another aspect is an audio processing unit (e.g., encoder or decoder) configured to perform, or which includes a buffer memory which stores at least one frame (or other segment) of an object based audio program (or bitstream thereof) generated in accordance with, any embodiment of the method.
US11727943B2
The present disclosure relates to time-domain stereo parameter encoding methods and apparatus. One example time-domain stereo parameter encoding method includes determining a channel combination scheme for a current frame, determining a time-domain stereo parameter of the current frame based on the channel combination scheme for the current frame, and encoding the determined time-domain stereo parameter of the current frame, where the time-domain stereo parameter includes at least one of a channel combination ratio factor or an inter-channel time difference.
US11727942B2
Systems and methods may generate, by a computer, a voice model for an enrollee based upon a set of one or more features extracted from a first audio sample received at a first time; receive at a second time a second audio sample associated with a caller; generate a likelihood score for the second audio sample by applying the voice model associated with the enrollee on the set of features extracted from the second audio sample associated with the caller, the likelihood score indicating a likelihood that the caller is the enrollee; calibrate the likelihood score based upon a time interval from the first time to the second time and at least one of: an enrollee age at the first time and an enrollee gender; and authenticate the caller as the enrollee upon the computer determining that the likelihood score satisfies a predetermined threshold score.
US11727936B2
Systems and methods for optimizing voice detection via a network microphone device (NMD) based on a selected voice-assistant service (VAS) are disclosed herein. In one example, the NMD detects sound via individual microphones and selects a first VAS to communicate with the NMD. The NMD produces a first sound-data stream based on the detected sound using a spatial processor in a first configuration. Once the NMD determines that a second VAS is to be selected over the first VAS, the spatial processor assumes a second configuration for producing a second sound-data stream based on the detected sound. The second sound-data stream is then transmitted to one or more remote computing devices associated with the second VAS.
US11727932B2
Methods, apparatuses, computer-readable media, and systems for using voice (e.g., voice commands) to control a plurality of network devices via a motion sensing control device are provided. A control device can detect movement (e.g., a gesture) associated with the control device. The control device can initiate a either a direct or a proxy communication session with a remote computing device. The communication session can be established and maintained for a predefined period such that data associated with a command can be immediately transmitted to the remote computing device. Thus, data associated with the command can be transmitted over the already established communication session to the remote computing device. The remote computing device can provide a response to the control device and/or transmit a command code associated with the voice command to one or more devices intended to be controlled.
US11727912B1
A system configured to perform deep adaptive acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) to improve audio processing. Due to mechanical noise and continuous echo path changes caused by movement of a device, echo signals are nonlinear and time-varying and not fully canceled by linear AEC processing alone. To improve echo cancellation, deep adaptive AEC processing integrates a deep neural network (DNN) and linear adaptive filtering to perform echo and/or noise removal. The DNN is configured to generate a nonlinear reference signal and step-size data, which the linear adaptive filtering uses to generate output audio data representing local speech. The DNN may generate the nonlinear reference signal by generating mask data that is applied to a microphone signal, such that the reference signal corresponds to a portion of the microphone signal that does not include near-end speech.
US11727911B2
A device for reducing airborne and structure-borne sound has a flow channel with a flow channel wall (22, 22′, 22″) and at least one resonator chamber (40, 40′, 40″) adjacent the flow channel wall (22, 22′, 22″). The flow channel wall is formed by a sound absorber (30, 30′, 30″) at least in a part bordering the resonator chamber (40, 40′, 40″). The sound absorber (30, 30′, 30″) is covered towards the resonator chamber (40, 40′, 40″) by an acoustically reflecting inner wall (42, 42′, 42″) of the resonator chamber with at least one wall aperture (44, 44′, 44″). Openings (32, 32′, 32″) completely covers the wall aperture (44, 44′, 44″) of the inner wall (42, 42′, 42″) of the resonator chamber such that sound waves flowing through the flow channel must pass the sound absorber (30, 30′, 30″) to enter the resonator chamber (40, 40′, 40″).
US11727906B1
A system and method to generate and implement digital tuning files based on p-smooth number sequences for use with a digital musical instrument is provided. A p-smooth number sequence is generated and a subset of p-smooth numbers from the sequence is chosen as a musical octave of musical note frequencies. Each note within the octave is designated as a tonic, and each tonic is used to generate additional musical octaves and corresponding musical note notations. The musical octaves and corresponding musical note notations are stored into the digital memory of the digital musical instrument, and the instrument's native musical note mappings are remapped to the musical octaves and corresponding musical note notations from the digital file.
US11727902B2
Cymbal mounting systems, devices, components, accessories and related methods are provided. The mounting systems mount a cymbal on a mounting post. The systems include a cymbal mount comprising a sleeve portion elongated along a length configured to extend through a mounting aperture of the cymbal, and comprising a top portion, a bottom portion, and an inner cavity extending from the bottom end along at least a portion of the length configured to mount on the mounting post of the cymbal stand. An outer surface of the sleeve portion varies in maximum cross-sectional size along the length thereof. The systems also include at least one resilient support ring comprising an inner through hole of a cross-sectional size that is smaller than at least a portion of that of the outer surface of the sleeve portion such that the support ring applies a compressive force thereto when mounted thereon.
US11727897B2
Methods, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology that detects an immediate flip request associated with a current frame of a video signal and generates a modified frame in response to the immediate flip request, wherein the modified frame includes a plurality of scanlines containing transition content associated with the current frame and the successive frame. The technology may also send the modified frame to the display.
US11727896B2
An apparatus, a method, and a control program stored in a non-transitory recording medium, for controlling display, each of which: displays one or more contents in a displayable area of a display, in response to an operation received from a first user; determines a part of the displayable area hidden by the first user, as a blind spot area for a second user, the second user locating farther from the display than the first user; detects a written content written in the blind spot area; determines at least one related content related to the written content that is detected, from the one or more contents displayed on the display; and controls the display to display the written content written in the blind spot area, and the related content related to the written content, in a part of the displayable area other than the blind spot area.
US11727876B2
A display device includes a first pixel region including a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of first gate control lines coupled to the first pixels, and a second pixel region spaced apart from the first pixel region. The second pixel region includes a plurality of second pixels and a plurality of second gate control lines coupled to the second pixels. The display device further includes a first non-pixel region disposed between the first pixel region and the second pixel region, and a first coupling line disposed in the first non-pixel region. The first coupling line commonly couples at least two first gate control lines and at least two second gate control lines.
US11727870B2
Disclosed herein is a display device including: a pixel array portion; a drive portion; and a power source wiring; the pixel array portion, at least a part of the drive portion configured to drive the pixel array portion and the power source wiring are forming a panel, the pixel array portion including scanning lines disposed in rows, signal lines disposed in columns, and pixels disposed in matrix in portions where the scanning lines and the signal lines cross each other, respectively, the drive portion including a scanner portion configured to drive the pixels in a line-sequential manner through the scanning lines, and a signal portion configured to supply a video signal to each of the signal lines in correspondence to the line-sequential drive, so that an image is displayed on the pixel array portion.
US11727857B2
Active control of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and LED packages within LED displays is disclosed. LED packages are disclosed that include a plurality of LED chips that form at least one LED pixel for an LED display. Each LED package may include an active electrical element that is configured to receive a control signal and actively maintain an operating state, such as brightness or grey level while other LED packages are being addressed. Active electrical elements may include active circuitry that includes one or more of a driver device, a signal conditioning or transformation device, a memory device, a decoder device, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device, a thermal management device, and a detection device, among others. In this regard, each LED pixel of an LED display may be configured for operation with active matrix addressing.
US11727853B2
A shift register unit, a gate driving circuit, a display device, and a driving method are disclosed. The shift register unit includes a blanking unit, a first transmission circuit and a first input-output unit. The blanking unit is configured to charge a pull-up control node in response to a compensation selection control signal and input a blanking pull-up signal to a blanking pull-up node. The first transmission circuit is electrically connected to the blanking pull-up node and the first pull-up node; and the first input-output unit includes a first leakage preventing structure, the first leakage preventing structure is electrically connected to the first pull-up node and a first leakage preventing node respectively, and the leakage preventing structure is configured to control a level of the first leakage preventing node under the control of the level of the first pull-up node to prevent the first pull-up node from leaking.
US11727837B2
A self-monitoring method of a display and a display are disclosed. The self-monitoring method of a display includes: inputting a first image test signal including a predetermined image test signal; acquiring a display parameter of the predetermined image test signal; dividing at least one frame of image outputted into a plurality of areas, in which the plurality of areas of the image include a predetermined area and a remaining area; acquiring a first display parameter of the predetermined area; comparing the display parameter of the predetermined image test signal with the first display parameter, determining whether or not an image displayed by the display is matched with the first image test signal to acquire a first match result; and determining whether or not display abnormality presents in the display based on the first match result. The method can determine whether or not display abnormality presents in the display.
US11727835B2
A pixel circuit includes a light emitting element including a first electrode and a second electrode, a first switching element including a control electrode, a second switching element, a third switching element, a sensing resistor and a fourth switching element. The first switching element applies a first power voltage to the first electrode of the light emitting element. The second switching element applies a data voltage to the control electrode of the first switching element. The third switching element senses a signal of the first electrode of the light emitting element. The sensing resistor includes a first end connected to the second electrode of the light emitting element and a second end which receives a second power voltage. The fourth switching element senses a signal of the second electrode of the light emitting element.
US11727832B2
A system and method for displaying advertisements on utility poles is provided. In one aspect, the system allows users to generate revenue by placing advertisements on utility poles. The system generally comprises a display, display mount, processor operably connected to the display, power supply, and non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and having instructions stored thereon. The user interface allows users to choose content that may be presented via the displays. Chosen content is transferred to the displays by the processor over a network. The displays may be grouped in ways that allow users to control multiple displays at once. Various permission levels may be used to limit which displays users have access too, allowing various degrees of control for each display of the system.
US11727828B2
A training system uses a physical model of a head and neck with a first tracker, a second tracker on a physical laryngoscope model, a third tracker on a physical endotracheal tube model, and a fourth tracker on a VR goggle; the system uses the trackers to determine positions of the physical models. A simulation system has corresponding digital 3D models of a laryngoscope, an endotracheal tube, and an airway, the airway including 3D models of surfaces of tongue, epiglottis, larynx, pharynx, and trachea. The physical model locations are registered to the digital models. In embodiments, the physical laryngoscope model has sensors measure strain or pressure along its blade and the simulation system has instructions to distort the digital 3D model of the airway according to readings of the sensors. The system can render the digital 3D model viewed from the VR goggle or a camera of the laryngoscope.
US11727827B2
Implementations relate to anatomical models and surgical training. In some implementations, an anatomical training model includes a base portion and a top portion that form a hollow space between the base portion and top portion. A plurality of holes are positioned in the top portion. The model includes a plurality of cannula supports, where each cannula support is aligned with one or more corresponding holes in the top portion.
US11727826B2
A resuscitation training device attaches to an air delivery ventilation device to determine if there is a proper mask seal between a live training subject or a training manikin. A pressure sensor attached to the resuscitation training device provides instant feedback to determine if there is a proper seal. The resuscitation training device includes a tubular member having an air metering orifice in fluid communication with the mask and the pressure sensor.
US11727824B2
This invention relates to a system for teaching computer programming comprising a robot farm, a plurality of remote computing devices and a server. The robot farm comprises a plurality of pods, each housing a robot and having a video camera to capture live video of the robot in the pod. The computing devices are each associated with a robot and transmit control commands to the robot to cause the robot to carry out an action and in return receive live video footage of the robot. The server communicates with the robots, the video cameras and the plurality of remote computing devices to relay control commands from the computing devices to the robots and live video from the video cameras to the computing devices. The computing devices further comprise a user interface having panes, including a programming pane for receipt of control commands, and a video feed pane for displaying video feed of the robot.
US11727822B2
A method for guiding installation of an accessory device in a low voltage switching device having one or more mounting locations for one or more accessory devices using guided mounting means including an image acquisition device, a display, and processing means executing a guided mounting program for guiding installation of the accessory device in the low voltage switching device. The method includes: acquiring an image of the low voltage switching device and displaying it on the display; identifying the low voltage switching device; displaying in an augmented reality view one or more points of interest of the low voltage switching device by superimposing possible accessory device mounting locations to the image of the low voltage switching device; displaying information concerning possible accessory devices installable in the low voltage switching device; selecting one of the possible accessory devices and identifying in an augmented reality view one or more possible mounting locations of the selected accessory device in the low voltage switching device or selecting one of the possible accessory device mounting locations and identifying in an augmented reality view one or more accessory devices installable in the selected mounting location; and displaying information concerning a mounting procedure of a selected accessory device in a selected mounting location of the low voltage switching device.
US11727818B1
A method, executed by a processor, includes the processor receiving signals information from a device located on a departing airplane; verifying an identification of the airplane and identifying an expected departure sequence of aircraft surface states; monitoring and identifying additional signals information received from the mobile device, including comparing the additional signals information to known data; logging the additional signals information, and processing the additional signals information, and determining the logged data corresponds to events indicative of an aircraft surface state; sending an aircraft surface state reached message to Local and Center flight management; and executing a statistical routine and providing statistical data from the execution relating to an occurrence of upcoming aircraft surface state event and sending the statistical data with the aircraft surface state message.
US11727814B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for sending a flight plan for execution by a drone, where the flight plan is adapted to a flight controller of the drone. Receiving flight data from the drone while the drone is executing the flight plan. Determining a modification to the flight plan based on the flight data received from the drone. Sending the modification to the flight plan to the drone while the drone is executing the flight plan, such that the drone executes the flight plan as modified by the modification.
US11727808B2
Presented are intelligent electronic footwear and apparel with controller-automated features, methods for making/operating such footwear and apparel, and control systems for executing automated features of such footwear and apparel. A method for automating a collaborative operation between an intelligent electronic shoe (IES) and an intelligent transportation management (ITM) system includes receiving, via a detection tag attached to the IES shoe structure, a prompt signal from a transmitter-detector module communicatively connected to a traffic system controller of the ITM system. In reaction to the received prompt signal, the detection tag transmits a response signal to the transmitter-detector module. The traffic system controller uses the response signal to determine a location of the IES's user, and the current operating state of a traffic signal proximate the user's location. The traffic system controller transmits a command signal to the traffic signal to switch from the current operating state to a new operating state.
US11727802B2
A transportation system includes a traveling route, vehicles, and a service management device. The service management device includes a timetable generator that generates a timetable for each of the vehicles, and a communication device that is configured to receive passenger information at least from the vehicles or stops. The timetable generator calculates a boarding and alighting time estimate of the vehicle at the stop based on at least the passenger information such that a higher average speed of the vehicle between the stops and a longer dwell time of the vehicle at the stop are set for a longer boarding and alighting time estimate.
US11727801B2
The present disclosure relates to a vehicular electronic device including a power supply configured to supply power, an interface configured to receive HD map data on a specific area and data on the location of a vehicle from a server through a communication device, and at least one processor configured to continuously generate electronic horizon data on a specific area based on the high-definition (HD) map data in the state of receiving the power, wherein, upon determining, based on the data on the location of the vehicle, that the traveling lane of the vehicle located at an intersection is different from a lane corresponding to a main path included in the electronic horizon data, the at least one processor changes the electronic horizon data based on the traveling lane.
US11727789B2
The present disclosure provides details of a system and method for a communication device for guards in a controlled environment. The communication device is established based on a wireless infrastructure in the controlled environment, receiving wireless positioning signals to calculate and determine the real-time location of personnel carrying the device. The indoor wireless positioning can be combined with other available positioning methods to provide highly accurate positioning information of the personnel. The communication device detects and records activities of the personnel during a period of time, and is controlled by the control center. The status of personnel is monitored by control center. Meanwhile, the communication device has AR functions that allow physical objects and augmented reality element to be displayed to the personnel at the same time. The personnel can thus have improved awareness of the surrounding environment and can respond to various potential dangers more effectively.
US11727787B2
A system, device and processes that can provide a user with a way to prevent the loss or misplacement of their eyeglass frames (or other item) in the situation in which the eyeglasses (or other item) has been taken off and placed on a table, or otherwise left behind, etc. Embodiments of the invention incorporate a wireless communications technology, such as a Bluetooth module or similar functional module that is embedded into the eyeglass frame during manufacture and is therefore an integral part of the frame. In the case of an item other than eyeglass frames, the Bluetooth module may be embedded into a clasp, link, setting, or a part of a device (such as a laptop computer).
US11727782B2
A rescue system includes: a plurality of movable bodies each equipped with a camera; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of movable bodies. The rescue system identifies a protection target, based on information acquired by the camera. The server is configured to (a) define a search area to be searched for the protection target, (b) acquire positional information about the plurality of movable bodies and select, from movable bodies located within the search area, at least one movable body to be used for searching for the protection target, the movable body being selected as a selected movable body, and (c) output, to the selected movable body, a search command for searching for the protection target.
US11727778B2
A thermographic detector device for a fire alarm control system is described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a thermography camera configured to capture a thermal image within a field of view of the thermographic detector device, a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to detect a fault associated with the thermographic detector device, wherein the fault includes at least one of a field of view fault, an operating parameter fault, and an internal fault, generate a fault signal upon detecting the fault, and provide a notification of the fault using the fault signal.
US11727776B2
Example implementations include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium comprising executing a diagnostic tool locally at a control panel; and providing, by the diagnostic tool, via a display of the control panel, information related to a signal strength of a connection between the control panel and at least one device configured to communicate with the control panel over the connection.
US11727769B2
A sensor system includes an actuator, an accelerometer coupled with the actuator, a rigid member, a transducer, and one or more processors. The actuator generates motion. The accelerometer outputs an acceleration signal responsive to at least the motion of the actuator. The rigid member extends from a first end coupled with the accelerometer to a second end. The transducer is coupled with the second end of the rigid member. The transducer can be configured to couple with a load, and can output a force signal responsive to at least a portion of the motion of the actuator transmitted to the transducer via the rigid member. The one or more processors determine a mechanical impedance of the load based at least on the acceleration signal and the force signal.
US11727766B2
A gaming funds transaction device is disclosed that includes a user interface device, and in some embodiments a keypad section having input keys and a display, by which a gamer may obtain a gaming ticket with value added using a credit or debit card. The gaming funds transaction device may have a communication link to a financial institution or another validation service to obtain validation of a request to charge a credit or debit card. The user interface device may be connected to an input and printing section by a flexible arm, or may be an integrated component.
US11727760B1
Mechanisms for wagering comprising: receiving bet information describing bets, wherein the bet information includes a bet amount and a bet position on a game wheel for each bet; determining a payout amount for each bet; receiving first wheel spin information including a first wheel stop position for a first spin of the game wheel; determining that the first wheel stop position is one of at least one multiplier position on the game wheel having a multiplier value, and applying the multiplier value to the payout amount for each bet; receiving final wheel spin information including a final wheel stop position for a final spin of the game wheel; and determining that the final wheel stop position is one of non-multiplier positions on the game wheel, and causing payouts to be made to each of the bets having a bet position matching the final wheel stop position.
US11727759B2
An electronic gaming system is capable of providing players with customized subsets of side bets. The system can provide, by the user interface, the player with a player-selectable set of side bets; receive, from the player through the user interface, a selection of a subset of the player-selectable set of side bets for the player to use in a gaming session, with a number of side bets in the subset selected by the player being less than a number of side bets in the player-selectable set of side bets; initiate the gaming session comprising a side bet placed on an enabled side bet; determine an outcome of the gaming session relative to the enabled side bet; and adjust a value of an electronic record associated with an account of the player to reflect the outcome of the gaming session.
US11727756B2
A system and method for managing a computer-implemented online game provides dynamically variable rewards to incentivize player interaction with sponsored content presented within the game. The particular reward offered to incentivize player interaction with particular sponsored content (e.g., a particular advertisement) can be dynamically variable based on the attributes of the player, thus providing user-specific custom rewards for interaction with sponsored content. Properties of incentive rewards that may be dynamically variable can include a custom type of in-game asset or resource, and/or a custom amount of a particular in-game asset or resource.
US11727755B2
A marketing bonus system and method for use in one or more casino establishments for awarding a prize to a player who is a member of a loyalty program and has a player card in active use at an eligible electronic gaming machine. The marketing bonus system and method randomly selects a player for an award. It may be configured to offer multiple bonuses across the floor of a casino or other gaming establishment at any given time. Players are notified prior to a bonus being awarded so that they may insert their card into an electronic gaming machine on the casino floor in the area where the bonus is active and be eligible to win. Awards are offered to eligible players at electronic gaming machines such as slot machines and video poker machines, but may also be offered on other types of devices that are in active use such as general purpose computing devices connected to the system over a network such as the internet.
US11727753B2
Gaming systems and methods that offer side bets in a multi-hand game.
US11727748B2
Embodiments of the invention include a gaming device that has a video display. When the player initiates the game, an animation is shown. If the game had a losing outcome, the animation is very short and allows the player to quickly try for a win. If instead the game has a winning outcome the gaming device spins reels or otherwise shows the player how much he or she has one. The animation may also indicate progress toward a mystery jackpot or a group mystery jackpot.
US11727746B2
A vending machine system for loading and dispensing pre-baked unpackaged food including a fixed cartridge disposed in a refrigerator of a vending machine, and a transport cartridge adapted to removably attach to the fixed cartridge, the transport cartridge operable for holding trays of unpackaged food and loading the trays of unpackaged food from the transport cartridge into the fixed cartridge, wherein, when the transport cartridge is removably attached to the fixed cartridge, a front opening of the transport cartridge aligns with a front opening of the fixed cartridge, and wherein the rack of the transport cartridge aligns with the conveyor system of the fixed cartridge such that trays of unpackaged food within the transport cartridge can simultaneously be transitioned from the rack to the conveyor system.
US11727741B2
A method for controlling a reader communicating with a user terminal using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), comprising: transmitting a first advertising packet to the user terminal; performing a first authentication with the user terminal that has received the first advertising packet; discovering service of the user terminal by the reader that has transmitted the first advertising packet after the first authentication is performed; obtaining a first service data from the user terminal in response to the discovering service; discovering characteristic of the user terminal based on the first service data; and obtaining a first characteristic data from the user terminal in response to the discovering characteristic.
US11727738B2
A building campus with an integrated smart environment can provide frictionless access control and device management services among other benefits. A method for providing frictionless access control includes maintaining a directory of individuals associated with the building, receiving identity information related to an individual seeking authorization to enter an access point in the building from at least one access control device, identifying the individual by comparing the identity information to the directory, identifying a user device associated with the individual using the directory, sending an authorization request to the user device, and authorizing the individual to enter the access point upon completion of the authorization request. A system for providing device management services includes registering devices from different manufacturers to a directory and authorizing one or more users to access and monitor parameters associated with each device.
US11727728B2
A method for monitoring a person performing a physical exercise based on a sequence of image frames showing an exercise activity of the person. The method includes extracting, based on the sequence of image frames, for each image frame a set of body key points using a neural network, the set of body key points being indicative of a posture of the person in the image frame; deriving, based on a subset of the body key points in each image frame, at least one characteristic parameter indicating a progression of a movement of the person; detecting a start loop condition by evaluating the time progression of the at least one characteristic parameter, said start loop condition indicating a transition from a start posture of the person to the movement of the person when performing the physical exercise, wherein a loop of exercising encompasses one single repetition of the physical exercise; detecting an end loop condition by evaluating the time progression of at least one of the characteristic parameters, said end loop condition indicating a transition from the movement of the person when performing the physical exercise to an intermediate posture, wherein, as a result, the start of the loop and the end of the loop are determined; and deriving the time period for a single loop of the physical exercise based on the start of the loop and the end of the loop and evaluating the time period.
US11727725B2
A technique and system for counting the number of repetitions of approximately the same action in an input video sequence using 3D convolutional neural networks is disclosed. The proposed system runs online and not on the complete video. It analyzes sequentially blocks of 20 non-consecutive frames. The cycle length within each block is evaluated using a deep network architecture and the information is then integrated over time. A unique property of the disclosed method is that it is shown to successfully train on entirely synthetic data, created by synthesizing moving random patches. It therefore effectively exploits the high generalization capability of deep neural networks. Coupled with a region of interest detection mechanism and a suitable mechanism to identify the time scale of the video, the system is robust enough to handle real world videos collected from youtube and elsewhere, as well as non-video signals such as sensor data revealing repetitious physical movement.
US11727718B2
This application relates to a laptop computer. The laptop computer includes a base portion pivotally coupled to a lid portion is described. The laptop computer includes a display assembly carried by the lid portion, where the display assembly includes a light-transmissive cover, a display layer overlaid by the light-transmissive cover, a display stack electrically coupled to and overlaid by the display layer, and a light pattern recognition module adjacent to the display stack and overlaid by the display layer. The light pattern recognition module includes (i) a light pattern projector that projects a light pattern directly through the display layer.
US11727716B2
An information processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image, a first detection unit configured to detect a specific object from the image, a second detection unit configured to detect a part of the specific object from the image, an exposure determination unit configured to determine a first exposure amount with respect to the specific object detected by the first detection unit, and to determine a second exposure amount with respect to the part of the specific object detected by the second detection unit, and a parameter determination unit configured to determine a parameter regarding at least one of the first detection unit, the second detection unit, and the exposure determination unit.
US11727706B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for extracting content based on image analysis. A method may include receiving content including at least an image depicting a coupon; converting the received content into a larger image including the image depicting the coupon; determining, utilizing one or more neural networks, the image depicting the coupon within the larger image, wherein determining the image depicting the coupon comprises: segmenting a foreground bounding box including the image depicting the coupon from background image portions of the image; cropping the larger image based on the bounding box, wherein the cropped image consists of the image depicting the coupon; determining text included in the cropped image; and extracting information included in the coupon based on the determined text.
US11727698B2
An example method of detecting an element using an autonomous vehicle includes the following operations: using a sensor on the autonomous vehicle to capture image data in a region of interest containing the element, where the image data represents components of the element; filtering the image data to produce filtered data having less of an amount of data than the image data; identifying the components of the element by analyzing the filtered data using a deterministic process; and detecting the element based on the components.
US11727694B2
A system and a method for automatic assessment of comparative negligence of vehicle(s) involved in an accident. The system receives one or more of a video input, an accelerometer data, a gyroscope data, a magnetometer data, a GPS data, a Lidar data, a Radar data, a radio navigation data and a vehicle state data for vehicle(s). The system automatically detects an occurrence of an accident and its timestamp. The system then detects an accident type of the accident, and a trajectory of the vehicle(s) based on the received data for the detected timestamp. A scenario of the accident is generated and compared with a parametrized accident guideline to generate a comparative negligence assessment for the vehicle(s) involved in the accident.
US11727682B2
A method of monitoring a cooking process using an over-the-range appliance mountable over a cooktop appliance includes obtaining an image of a cooking utensil that is positioned on the cooktop appliance and is performing a cooking process. The method further includes determining that a lid is required for the cooking process, e.g., based on a recipe being run as a software application on the over-the-range appliance. The image may be analyzed using artificial intelligence techniques to determine that the lid is not present when required, and responsive action may be implemented, e.g., by turning off the cooktop appliance or providing a user notification.
US11727679B2
Automatic terrain evaluation of landing surfaces, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A representative method includes receiving a request to land a movable object and, in response to the request, identifying a target landing area on a landing surface based on at least one image of the landing surface obtained by the movable object. The method can further include directing the movable object to land at the target landing area.
US11727671B1
Provided are methods for efficient and optimal feature extraction, which can include identifying observations that satisfy a predetermined configuration of metrics. Some methods described also include extracting feature values of a respective metric from the identified observations and determining parameters for feature extraction based on the feature values extracted from the identified observations and a respective label of the identified observations. Systems and computer program products are also provided.
US11727667B2
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions executable by a computer is provided. The computer readable instructions cause the computer to obtain first image data composing a first image and second image data composing a second image; specify first edge pixels in the first image and second edge pixels in the second image using the first image data and the second image data, respectively; specify a first feature point and a second feature point corresponding to each other using an algorithm different from an algorithm to specify the first edge pixels and the second pixels; determine pixels located in vicinity to the first feature point and pixels located in vicinity to the second feature point as first usable pixels and second usable pixels, respectively; and using the first usable pixels and the second usable pixels, determine positional relation between the first image and the second image.
US11727664B2
Systems and methods for adaptively determining a region of interest (ROI) are disclosed herein. An example device includes an imaging assembly and a controller. The imaging assembly captures image data comprising pixel data from a plurality of pixels. The controller calculates a contrast value for each pixel of the plurality of pixels, generates a histogram of contrast values, calculates an area under the curve of the histogram, and determines a contrast value threshold to delineate between high-contrast value pixels and low-contrast value pixels. The controller also identifies a ROI within the image data by locating a region within the image data that (i) satisfies a pre-determined size threshold and (ii) contains a largest number of high-contrast value pixels relative to all other regions that satisfy the pre-determined size threshold, and adjusts imaging parameters of the imaging assembly based on the ROI to capture at least one subsequent image.
US11727660B2
Systems and methods for local augmented reality (AR) tracking of an AR object are disclosed. In one example embodiment a device captures a series of video image frames. A user input is received at the device associating a first portion of a first image of the video image frames with an AR sticker object and a target. A first target template is generated to track the target across frames of the video image frames. In some embodiments, global tracking based on a determination that the target is outside a boundary area is used. The global tracking comprises using a global tracking template for tracking movement in the video image frames captured following the determination that the target is outside the boundary area. When the global tracking determines that the target is within the boundary area, local tracking is resumed along with presentation of the AR sticker object on an output display of the device.
US11727659B2
A method for processing a three-dimensional (3D) image includes acquiring a frame of a color image and a frame of a depth image, and generating a frame by combining the acquired frame of the color image with the acquired frame of the depth image. The generating of the frame includes combining a line of the color image with a corresponding line of the depth image.
US11727649B2
Methods and devices are disclosed for intra-operative viewing of pre- and intra-operative 3D patient images.
US11727644B2
An immersive content presentation system and techniques that can detect and correct lighting artifacts caused by movements of one or more taking camera in a performance area consisting of multiple displays (e.g., LED or LCD displays). The techniques include capturing, with a camera, a plurality of images of a performer performing in a performance area at least partially surrounded by one or more displays presenting images of a virtual environment. Where the images of the virtual environment within a frustum of the camera are updated on the one or more displays based on movement of the camera, and images of the virtual environment outside of the frustum of the camera are not updated based on movement of the camera. The techniques further include generating content based on the plurality of captured images.
US11727639B2
An electronic device and method for shape refinement of a 3D mesh reconstructed from images is disclosed. A set of images of an object is acquired and used to estimate a first 3D mesh of a head portion of the object. A first set of operations is executed on the first 3D mesh to generate a second 3D mesh. The first set of operations includes a removal of one or more regions which are unneeded for head-shape estimation and/or a removal of one or more mesh artifacts associated with a 3D shape or a topology of the first 3D mesh. A 3D template mesh is processed to determine a set of filling patches which corresponds to a set of holes in the second 3D mesh. Based on the second 3D mesh and the set of filling patches, a hole filling operation is executed to generate a final 3D mesh.
US11727636B2
Three-dimensional (3D) mesh segmentation techniques are described. In one example, a geometry segmentation system determines a vertex direction for each vertex in a 3D mesh. A segment generation module is then employed to generate segments (e.g., as developable geometries) from the 3D mesh. To do so, a vertex selection module selects an initial vertex having an associated vertex direction. A face identification module then identifies a face in the 3D mesh using that initial vertex and at least one other vertex. A segment determination module compares the vertex direction associated with the initial vertex with a normal determined for the face. If the vertex direction is orthogonal to the normal (e.g., within a threshold amount), the face is added to the segment, and sets another one of the vertices of the face as the initial vertex and the process repeats.
US11727623B2
Rendering systems that can use combinations of rasterization rendering processes and ray tracing rendering processes are disclosed. In some implementations, these systems perform a rasterization pass to identify visible surfaces of pixels in an image. Some implementations may begin shading processes for visible surfaces, before the geometry is entirely processed, in which rays are emitted. Rays can be culled at various points during processing, based on determining whether the surface from which the ray was emitted is still visible. Rendering systems may implement rendering effects as disclosed.
US11727620B2
An apparatus and method for efficient image reprojection in a virtual reality system. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a sensor interface to collect motion data from one or more sensors during a virtual reality session; graphics circuitry to execute graphics program code to render an image frame during the virtual reality session; a processor to generate motion transform data using the motion data, the motion transform data specifying how the image frame is to be adjusted prior to display; a reprojection engine to perform an in-line reprojection of the frame using the motion transform data to generate a reprojected image frame; and display circuitry to display the reprojected frame.
US11727614B2
The present disclosure describes systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for detecting user interactions to edit a digital image from a client device and modify the digital image for the client device by using a web-based intermediary that modifies a latent vector of the digital image and an image modification neural network to generate a modified digital image from the modified latent vector. In response to user interaction to modify a digital image, for instance, the disclosed systems modify a latent vector extracted from the digital image to reflect the requested modification. The disclosed systems further use a latent vector stream renderer (as an intermediary device) to generate an image delta that indicates a difference between the digital image and the modified digital image. The disclosed systems then provide the image delta as part of a digital stream to a client device to quickly render the modified digital image.
US11727613B2
A system may comprise a transport device for moving at least one object, wherein at least one substantially planar surface of the object is moved in a known plane locally around a viewing area, wherein the substantially planar surface of the object is occluded except when the at least one substantially planar surface passes by the viewing area, at least one 2D digital optical sensor configured to capture at least two sequential 2D digital images of the at least one substantially planar surface of the at least one object that is moved in the known plane around the viewing area, and a controller operatively coupled to the 2D digital optical sensor, the controller performing the steps of: a) receiving a first digital image, b) receiving a second digital image, and c) stitching the first digital image and the second digital image using a stitching algorithm to generate a stitched image.
US11727602B2
A resolution is determined for a picture (10) by repeating determination of a first and second signal power of a first and a second residual signal and a power ratio of the first and second signal powers until the power ratio (γ) exceeds a threshold value (T). An input signal is initially set as pixel values of the picture (10). The first residual signal is representative of a difference between the input signal and a half-band filtered version thereof and the second residual signal is representative of a difference between a resampled signal and a half-band filtered version thereof. The resampled signal is a downsampled and half-band filtered version of the input signal. The input signal is set as the resampled signal if γ≤T. The resolution is then determined based on a resolution of the set input signal when γ>T.
US11727594B2
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for object modeling using augmented reality. An object modeling mode for generating three-dimensional models of objects is initiated by one or more processors of a device. The processors of the device detect an object within a field of view. Based on a position of the object, the processors select a set of movements forming a path for the device relative to the object and cause presentation of at least one of the movements. The processors detect a set of object surfaces as portions of the object are positioned in the field of view. In response to detecting at least a portion of the object surface, the processors modify a graphical depiction of a portion of the object. The processors then construct a three-dimensional model of the object from the set of images, depth measurements, and IMU readings collected during the reconstruction process.
US11727587B2
System and method for rendering virtual objects onto an image.
US11727585B2
Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit that acquires a first captured image, a second captured image, and a distance to a subject, and a derivation unit that derives an imaging position distance which is a distance between the first imaging position and the second imaging position, on the basis of a plurality of pixel coordinates for specifying a plurality of pixels of more than three pixels which are present in the same planar region as an emission position irradiated with the directional light beam on the real space and correspond to the position on the real space in each of the first captured image and the second captured image which are acquired by the acquisition unit, emission position coordinates which are derived on the basis of the distance acquired by the acquisition unit, a focal length of an imaging lens, and dimensions of imaging pixels.
US11727574B2
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and implementations for creating 3-dimensional (3D) representations exhibiting geometric and surface characteristics of brain lesions are disclosed. 2D and/or 3D MM images of the brain may be acquired. Brain lesions and other abnormalities may be identified and isolated with each lesion serving as a region of interest (ROI). Saved ROI may be converted into stereolithography format, maximum intensity projection (MIP) images, and/or orthographic projection images. Data corresponding to these resulting 3D brain lesion images may be used to create 3D printed models of the isolated brain lesions using 3D printing technology. Analysis of the 3D brain lesion images and the 3D printed brain lesion models may enable a more efficient and accurate way of determining brain lesion etiologies.
US11727569B2
Training a CNN with pseudo ground truth for CT artifact reduction is described. An estimated ground truth apparatus is configured to generate an estimated ground truth image based, at least in part, on an initial CT image that includes an artifact. Feature addition circuitry is configured to add a respective feature to each of a number, N, copies of the estimated ground truth image to create the number, N, initial training images. A computed tomography (CT) simulation circuitry is configured to generate a plurality of simulated training CT images based, at least in part, on at least some of the N initial training images. An artifact reduction circuitry is configured to generate a plurality of input training CT images based, at least in part, on the simulated training CT images. A CNN training circuitry is configured to train the CNN based, at least in part, on the input training CT images and based, at least in part, on the initial training images.
US11727562B2
A computer-implemented image analysis method and system. The method comprises: quantifying one or more features segmented and identified from a medical image of a subject; extracting clinically relevant features from non-image data pertaining to the subject; assessing the features segmented from the medical image and the features extracted from the non-image data with a trained machine learning model; and outputting one or more results of the assessing of the features.
US11727559B2
A computer implemented method, a data processing system and a computer program product to determine a likelihood of pneumothorax of a patient, the method including assessing a digital image of a chest x-ray of the patient, applying a standard detection pipeline to the digital image, applying a confounding factor detector to the digital image, and applying a high-resolution detection pipeline to the digital image.
US11727558B2
Some aspects of the technology described herein relate to configuring an ultrasound device to perform a three-dimensional ultrasound imaging sweep, and displaying ultrasound images and segmented portions of the ultrasound images as the ultrasound images are collected during the three-dimensional ultrasound imaging sweep. Certain aspects relate to displaying an ultrasound image collected by an ultrasound device and configuring the ultrasound device to perform a three-dimensional ultrasound imaging sweep based on the ultrasound image collected by the ultrasound device.
US11727555B2
A method includes receiving, by a computer system, a video of a visible state of a component of a generator, the generator powering at least a portion of a rig equipment system at a wellsite. The computer system can determine an operational parameter based on the visible state of the component of the generator imaged in the video, and can transmit the operational parameter to an output device.
US11727549B2
A method of filtering a target pixel in an image forms, for a kernel of pixels comprising the target pixel and its neighbouring pixels, a data model to model pixel values within the kernel; calculates a weight for each pixel of the kernel comprising: (i) a geometric term dependent on a difference in position between that pixel and the target pixel; and (ii) a data term dependent on a difference between a pixel value of that pixel and its predicted pixel value according to the data model; and uses the calculated weights to form a filtered pixel value for the target pixel, e.g. by updating the data model with a weighted regression analysis technique using the calculated weights for the pixels of the kernel; and evaluating the updated data model at the target pixel position so as to form the filtered pixel value for the target pixel.
US11727547B2
Systems and methods for testing visible chemical reactions of a reagent are provided. In one implementation, the method may include receiving from an image sensor associated with a mobile communications device an image of a reagent with a plurality of colored test reagent pads in proximity to a colorized surface having a plurality of colored reference elements of differing shades. The method further includes using the differing shades of the plurality of colored reference elements to determine local illumination conditions. Thereafter, the method includes using the determined local illumination conditions and an analysis of a depiction of the plurality of colored test reagent pads in the image to determine an extent of a chemical reaction on the reagent. Then the method includes causing the mobile communications device to provide to the user an indication that the testing of the reagent is complete.
US11727545B2
The image processing apparatus generates recording image data by image capturing through an image capturing optical system, and adds information to the recording image data. When the image capturing optical system is an anamorphic optical system, the apparatus adds, to the recording image data, information on a compression rate of the anamorphic optical system, and information indicating a center position of the anamorphic optical system in each of frame images constituting the recording image data.
US11727544B2
An apparatus includes a support, a first camera, and second camera, and a processor. The support is configured to be mounted to a head of a user. The first camera is mounted on the support and positioned to capture a first image of a face of the user. The second camera is mounted on the support and positioned to capture a second image of the face of the user that is non-overlapping with the first image. The processor is mounted to the support and programmed to stitch the first image and the second image together to construct an image of the face of the user.
US11727542B2
Super resolution and color motion artifact correction in a pulsed hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor. The method includes detecting motion across two or more sequential exposure frames, compensating for the detected motion, and combining the two or more sequential exposure frames to generate an image frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of: electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 513 nm to about 545 nm, from about 565 nm to about 585 nm, from about 900 nm to about 1000 nm, an excitation wavelength of electromagnetic radiation that causes a reagent to fluoresce, or a laser mapping pattern.
US11727536B2
A method of video decoding performed in a video decoder includes receiving compressed geometric data corresponding to a three dimensional (3D) space. The method further includes generating a resolution occupancy map. The method further includes reconstructing a point cloud using the compressed geometric data and the resolution occupancy map. The method further includes performing a smoothing operation on one of the (i) reconstructed point cloud and (ii) the generated resolution occupancy map.
US11727534B2
In an aspect for generating device-specific OCT image, one or more processors may be configured for receiving, at a unified domain generator, first image data corresponding to OCT image scans captured by one or more OCT devices; processing, by the unified domain generator, the first image data to generate second image data corresponding to a unified representation of the OCT image scans; determining by a unified discriminator, third image data corresponding to a quality subset of the unified representation of the OCT image scans having a base resolution satisfying a first condition and a base noise type satisfying a second condition; and processing, using a conditional generator, the third image data to generate fourth image data corresponding to device-specific OCT image scans having a device-specific resolution satisfying a third condition and a device-specific noise type satisfying a fourth condition.
US11727533B2
A method for generating a super resolution image may comprise up-scaling an input low resolution image; determining a directivity for each patch included in the up-scaled image; selecting an orientation-specified neural network or an orientation-non-specified neural network according to the directivity of the patch; applying the selected neural network to the patch; and obtaining a super resolution image by combining one or more patches output from the orientation-specified neural network and the orientation-non-specified neural network.
US11727525B2
Methods and apparatus for merging tasks in a graphics pipeline in which, subsequent to a trigger to flush a tag buffer, one or more tasks from the flushed tag buffer are generated, each task comprising a reference to a program and plurality of fragments on which the program is to be executed, wherein a fragment is an element of a primitive at a sample position. It is then determined whether merging criteria are satisfied and if satisfied, one or more fragments from a next tag buffer flush are added to a last task of the one or more tasks generated from the flushed tag buffer.
US11727510B2
A computing system, includes: a non-transitory memory; processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to execute instructions to perform operations including: detecting a vehicle at a first location, executing instructions local to the first location by one or more edge processors to determine vehicle specific parameters that identify the vehicle; determining the vehicle is associated with a user account stored in a computerized vehicle management system; in response to the determining that the vehicle is associated with the user account, and transmitting instruction to a first display at the first location to present a user-tailored menu generated by using the edge processors to access a machine learning computer model based on data obtaining from the user account.
US11727497B2
Systems and methods are provided for vehicle navigation. In one implementation, a system may comprise an interface to obtain sensing data of an environment of the host vehicle. A processing device may be configured to determine a planned navigational action for the host vehicle; identify, from the sensing data, a target vehicle in the environment of the host vehicle; predict a distance between the host vehicle and the target vehicle that would result if the planned navigational action was taken; determine a host vehicle braking distance based on a braking capability, acceleration capability, and speed of the host vehicle; determine a target vehicle braking distance, based on a speed and braking capability of the target vehicle; and implement the planned navigational action when the predicted distance of the planned navigational action is greater than a safe longitudinal distance being calculated based on the host vehicle and target vehicle braking distances.
US11727489B2
An electronic exchange platform configured to: receive respective list of approved Buyside participants for each of a plurality of marketmaking orders; receive a respective marketmaking order for a side of trades on the financial instrument from each of the plurality of Sellside participants; peg a price for the received marketmaking orders to a price relative to and multiple ticks behind a best price on the side in an order book; present market information to Buyside participants identifying marketmaking orders for which the Buyside participants are approved; receive a contra order from a Buyside participant that is approved to trade with a subset of the plurality of marketmaking orders, in which the contra order identifies preferred Sellside participants; distribute the contra order; and determine new best bid and offer in response to the distribution; and adjust remaining marketmaking offers to retain peg in response to determining new best bid or offer.
US11727479B2
A system and method for computer vision driven applications in an environment that can include collecting image data across an environment; maintaining an environmental object graph from the image data whereby maintaining the environmental object graph is an iterative process that includes: classifying objects, tracking object locations, detecting interaction events, instantiating object associations in the environmental object graph, and updating the environmental object graph by propagating change in at least one object instance across object associations; and inspecting object state for at least one object instance in the environmental object graph and executing an action associated with the object state. The system and method can be applied to automatic checkout, inventory management, and/or other system integrations.
US11727470B2
A customer places an order of items to be purchased with an online concierge system. The online concierge system provides the order to a picker who shops for the items at a retailer and delivers them. The online concierge system requests an image of a receipt of the order from the picker. The online concierge system performs image processing on the image of the receipt and uses machine learning and optical character recognition to determine the actual amounts purchased of items. The online concierge system charges the customer based on the actual amounts purchased of each item.
US11727462B2
A computer system for recommending merchants to a candidate cardholder is provided. The computer system includes a memory device in communication with a processor. The processor is programmed to receive transaction information for a plurality of cardholders from a payment network. The transaction information includes data relating to purchases made by the cardholders at a plurality of merchants, the purchases satisfying a first criteria. The processor receives candidate cardholder preference information for at least one of the merchants input by the candidate cardholder. The computer system determines a merchant rank for each merchant based on the received transaction information and the candidate cardholder preference information, and determines a neutral merchant rank for each merchant based on the received transaction information and neutral cardholder preferences of the plurality of cardholders. The computer system also determines a merchant score for each of the plurality of merchants by comparing the merchant rank to the neutral merchant rank.
US11727457B2
A system and method for the management of services offered to subscribers by service providers are provided. A service management component manages service plan options that are provided by one or more service providers and that are made available to subscribers. The service management component processes requests from one or more service provider components to dynamically update service plan information. Such requests may include requests to add or delete service plans, add or delete features to a service plan, add or delete rule sets associated with a service plan, and the like. In this embodiment, the service management component maintains various data stores associated with available service plans and with current subscriber information that facilitate a mapping of updated service plan options to subscribers. Accordingly, the service management component manages a framework that allows the management of the mapping information.
US11727446B2
The present invention enables detection of a sponsorship credit display segment in a broadcast program with higher precision. A sponsorship credit display detection device 100 according to the present invention includes: a related phrase storage unit 120 that stores related phrases included in announcement of a sponsorship credit display and related to the sponsorship credit display, in association with estimation periods; a voice recognition unit 140 that performs voice recognition on an audio signal of the broadcast program; a related phrase detection unit 150 that detects a stored related phrase from results of the voice recognition; a sponsorship credit display segment estimation unit 160 that, using an appearance time of the detected related phrase as a start point, estimates a period corresponding to the estimation period stored in association with the detected related phrase as a sponsorship credit display segment; and a detection unit 170 that, among estimated sponsorship credit display segments, detects a segment that continues for at least a predetermined time period as a sponsorship credit display segment.
US11727439B2
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for recommending contextually relevant promotions to consumers in order to facilitate their discovery of promotions that they are likely to purchase from a promotion and marketing service.
US11727426B2
A method of responding to a criterion-based request for information collected from users meeting the criterion while complying with a user-requested privacy requirement. In one embodiment a request is received for data comprising facial or audio expressions for users who meet the criterion. A program monitors activities indicative of user attention or user reaction based on face tracking, face detection, face feature detection, eye gaze determination, eye tracking, audio expression determination, or determination of an emotional state. When a user requests a high level of privacy, the timestream data collected for the user is aggregated with timestream data collected for other users into a statistical dataset by processing the timestreams to ensure the high level of privacy in the statistical dataset which is provided to a content provider without providing data collected for the user who has requested the high level of privacy.
US11727420B2
Product demand forecasting accuracy utilizes partitional clustering of time series data with dynamic time warping. The product demand forecasting disclosed herein is particularly suited to forecasting product demand for products with limited sales data. Time-series sales data of a producs (or group of products) with limited sales data (e.g. a sparse or no time series of sales data) are dynamically time warped with sales data of products, or groups of products, having extensive sales data (e.g., an extensive time series of sales data) to determine a clustering model with an optimal number of clusters and a prototype time series for each cluster in the model. The prototype time series for the cluster in which the product (or group of products) with limited sales data lies is utilized as its product demand forecast.
US11727410B2
An email-based e-commerce system is disclosed with additional features for added security. The system may include security features for email based e-commerce providing added assurance to customers of a higher level of protection than generally required. These security features enhance the password reset function without requiring a password, generate confirmations on outside messaging systems and implement an oversight management tool for authorizing transactions. The methods and apparatus described herein may enhance security by designing a system that can confirm payments through a separate non-email based media. The e-commerce system may send alerts or requests for confirmation in a variety of media to ensure a secure payment process. The methods and apparatus described herein may expand the list of individuals that may request or approve payments based on a single account registered by a single credit card holder. A single user may receive requests from registered sub-customers for payments by email.
US11727408B2
A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method providing biometric detection of coercion of a user. The system may detect a trigger event associated with a potential transfer of funds and may receive user biometric data. The system may determine, based on stored user biometric data and the detected user biometric data, a confidence level that the stored user biometric data is indicative of biological information representative of a user being in a stressed state. The system may initiate one or more precautionary safety measures.
US11727404B2
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of systems and methods for facilitating a transaction for the purchase of a product through an unattended vendor. One exemplary method includes capturing a facial image of a user and identifying the user based on the captured facial image. The method then includes compiling a pre-authorization request including credential associated with an account for the user and a first amount and, upon receipt of an approval of the request, manipulating a locking mechanism coupled to a container associated with the unattended vendor to permit access by the user to products included in the container. The method further includes capturing an image of a product removed from the container, identifying the product based on the image, and compiling an authorization request for purchase of the product based on the credential and a second amount associated with the price of the removed product.
US11727401B1
The present invention generally relates to the use of a stable value digital asset to pay dividends for securities and other financial instruments tied to a blockchain.
US11727398B2
Example embodiments relate to methods of proving digital assets. The method includes identifying users on an asset transaction platform. The method includes generating a snapshot for each identified user at a first time. Each snapshot includes a user identity and user assets amount for the user at the first time. The user assets amount is a total amount of digital assets held by the user on the asset transaction platform at the first time. The method includes transforming each snapshot into a string combined hash value. Each string combined hash value is generated by hashing one of the snapshots of the user identity and the user assets amount for the first time. The method includes generating a merkle tree. The merkle tree includes a leaf node for each of the string combined hash values. The method includes performing an audit process of the asset transaction platform for the first time.
US11727395B1
A method performed by a processor of a financial institution computing system includes authorizing an account holder to execute transactions in an MBC from a financial account of the account holder that includes funds in a fiat currency. A transaction request is received, including a request to transfer a first amount of funds from the financial account to a recipient. The first amount is defined in MBC. The financial account is debited by a second amount, which is an amount of fiat currency equivalent to the first amount of MBC. A service call is transmitted to the MBC partner. The service call includes instructions to create a temporary account to hold the MBC, to exchange the second amount from fiat currency to MBC, to credit the temporary account with the funds exchanged to MBC, and to transfer the first amount in MBC from the temporary account to the recipient.
US11727392B2
The MULTI-PURPOSE VIRTUAL CARD TRANSACTION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“WIP”) transform wallet in proxy card generation requests and purchase inputs via WIP components into wallet in proxy card generation notifications and wallet in proxy card-based transaction purchase notifications. In one implementation, the WIP server may receive a transaction authentication request associated with a proxy payment identifier, and then determine that the proxy payment identifier is associated with an electronic wallet. The WIP sever may further obtain a payment identifier associated with the electronic wallet, and authenticate the transaction using the obtained payment identifier associated with the electronic wallet.
US11727391B2
Computer-implemented methods and systems for validating tokens for blockchain-based cryptocurrencies
A computer-implemented method of determining the validity of a token (T) associated with a quantity of cryptocurrency is provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: a second user (B) receiving, over a communications network, a first transaction comprising a transfer of the token (T) from a first user (A) to the second user (B), querying a peer-to-peer distributed ledger to determine whether an authenticated transaction associated with the token (T) can be identified, wherein the authenticated transaction comprises a previous transaction associated with the token (T) and wherein the token (T) has been authorised and responsive to identifying an authenticated transaction, determining that the token (T) is valid. In some embodiments, the method comprises: a second user: receiving, over a communications network, a first transaction comprising a transfer of the token from a first user to the second user; querying a title registry database to determine if a second transaction comprising a transfer of the token is recorded in the title registry database; and responsive to determining that the second transaction is recorded in the title registry database, determining that the token is valid.
US11727388B1
Methods and systems of managing payment cards are disclosed. A financial institution computing system includes a token database storing a plurality of tokens and token information, a network interface circuit enabling the financial institution computing system to exchange information over a network; and a token management circuit. The token management circuit enables a graphical user interface on a customer device over the network that can be used to generate new token requests, re-provision token requests, and management requests. The management requests enable and disable tokens, such that transactions against a payment card account using an enabled token are completed, and transactions against the payment card account using a disabled token are denied.
US11727383B2
There are provided systems and methods for automatic synchronization of a device for transaction processing based on geo-fenced locations. A merchant may geo-fence an area corresponding to the merchant's location where a user may visit to purchase an item. The merchant may provide multiple transaction processing and payment options at the merchant location, including payment applications with a mobile communication device. A payment provider may detect the location of the user and determine that the user's location matches the merchant's location through the geo-fenced area for the merchant. The payment provider may then configure a payment process for the user to utilize at the merchant location using payment mechanisms accepted at the merchant location. Where multiple merchants are located nearby, the payment provider may utilize additional known information for the user to select the most likely merchant for the user.
US11727371B2
Provided is a security key input system using a one-time keypad. The security key input system may include: a keypad input unit configured to output a security keypad including one or more null keys each having no identification mark written thereon, and receive a security key from a user; a control unit comprising a one-time keypad generator configured to generate a one-time keypad; an input terminal comprising an NFC recognition unit configured to provide the one-time keypad generated by the one-time keypad generator to an output terminal through NFC with the output terminal contacted with the input terminal; a display module; an NFC recognition module configured to receive the one-time keypad from the input terminal through the NFC recognition unit; and the output terminal comprising a controller configured to output the one-time keypad received from the NFC recognition module through the display module.
US11727365B2
There are provided systems and methods for a carbon neutral blockchain protocol for resolving carbon offsetter payments for cryptocurrency transactions. A service provider, such as an online transaction processor, may provide a green wallet and network protocol that provides carbon offsetting fees and payments to carbon offsetters in order to account for carbon emissions and usage when processing cryptocurrency transactions on a blockchain network protocol. A green wallet may be provided, which allows registration of carbon offsetters and use of green addresses to cause cryptocurrency to be processed in a green transaction. A user's digital wallet may sign an initial cryptocurrency transaction and provide the fee to the green wallet. The green wallet may then resolve the cryptocurrency transaction by further signing the transaction and transmitting the fee to a digital wallet of the carbon offsetter over another cryptocurrency processing network.
US11727362B2
Road maintenance activities are subject to data analytics. Data regarding a road can be received from a variety of sources including vehicle mounted sensors and network accessible services. A road treatment recommendation, such as plowing or treatment material distribution, can be automatically determined or inferred based on received data. The treatment recommendation can be conveyed to a service center or driver to facilitate road maintenance.
US11727354B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for automatic packaging determination comprising a memory storing instructions and at least one processor performing steps comprising: receiving an order comprising at least one item; searching a data store to determine a tag, volume, and weight associated with each item; sorting the items into groups based on the tags of the items; performing an optimization process for each group of items having the same tag by: creating a data structure representing a first package of the group; iteratively simulating packing a largest remaining item of the group into the first package, wherein if the simulating determines that a threshold is exceeded: creating an additional data structure representing an additional package, and iteratively simulating packing a largest remaining item until all items of the group are packed into a package; and generating at least one list of items for the data structures representing packages.
US11727345B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for scoring candidate routes. One of the methods includes obtaining a predictive model trained on training examples from trip log data, wherein each training example has feature values from a particular trip and a value of a dependent variable that represents an outcome of a portion of the particular trip, wherein the features of each particular trip include values obtained from one or more external data feed sources that specify a value of a sensor measurement at a particular point in time during the trip. Sensor values from one or more external data feed sources of a sensor network are received. Feature values are generated using the sensor values received from the one or more external data feed sources. A predicted score is computed for each route using the feature values for the candidate route.
US11727342B2
Methods and systems for prescription drug shipping selection are provided. In one embodiment, a shipping temperature for a prescription drug may be identified. A forecast temperature may be determined for a shipping origin and a forecast temperature may be determined for a shipping destination. One or more potential packing configurations capable of achieving the shipping temperature between the shipping origin and the shipping destination may be determined. A shipping cost for each of the one or more potential packing configurations may be calculated. Packaging materials and labor cost may additionally be considered. Other methods and systems are described.
US11727338B2
An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a value of one or more parameters which vary with actions of a user; accessing an artificial intelligent agent configured to use one or more trained machine learning models selected, from a plurality of differently trained machine learning models, based on the obtained value of one or more parameters, the plurality of differently trained machine learning models being configured to provide respective outputs; providing content composed by the user as an input to the artificial intelligent agent to cause generation of feedback to the user on the content composed by the user, the feedback being dependent on the artificial intelligent agent; controlling a submission based on the content composed by the user; and causing the feedback to be provided to the user.
US11727332B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods provide long term scheduling at a plurality of retail stores including storing a forecasted data over at least eight weekly scheduling periods; determining based on the forecasted data a first baseline hours demand value for each day of a week for each job function of a first set of job functions at a particular retail store; determining based on the forecasted data a second baseline hours demand value for each day of the week for each job function of a second set of job functions at the particular retail store; based on the first and second baseline hours demand values, automatically generating a plurality of fixed schedules for a set of task resources at each of the plurality of retail stores; accessing a first fixed schedule associated with the first task resource; and displaying the first fixed schedule.
US11727330B2
In response to receiving a text describing a news event, a centralized information provider applies semantic rules to the text to determine to which client attributes the text corresponds. The centralized information provider retrieves, from an electronic database, (i) identifiers for multiple clients, (ii) a set of client attributes for each of the clients, and (iii) for each of the clients, an identifier of a respective service provider. The centralized information provider then generates a metric of relevance of the news event for each of the clients, based on the client attributes of the client and the client attributes to which the text was determined to correspond. The centralized information provider transmits, to at least one service provider, an electronic alert message descriptive of the news event and an indication of a set of clients of the service provider for distribution to some or all of the set of clients.
US11727328B2
A machine learning (ML) process can include teaching, with a teaching set, a first ML algorithm to generate one or more machine-predicted results. One or more weights can be generated based on the one or more machine-predicted results and the teaching set. A second ML algorithm can be generated based on the one or more weights. Via the second ML algorithm, one or more machine-learned results can be generated. A description of one or more candidates can be received. Based on the one or more machine-learned results, a respective likelihood of interest in a CCG class of positions for each of the one or more candidates can be generated. A respective communication can be transmitted to each of a subset of the one or more candidates open to the respective likelihood of interest in the CCG class of positions for the subset above a threshold.
US11727322B2
A method can include receiving scheduled tasks associated with subsystems of a wellsite system wherein the scheduled tasks are associated with achievement of desired states of the wellsite system; transmitting task information for at least a portion of the scheduled tasks to computing devices associated with the subsystems; receiving state information via the wellsite system; assessing the state information with respect to one or more of the desired states; based at least in part on the assessing, scheduling a task; and transmitting task information for the task to one or more of the computing devices associated with the subsystems.
US11727320B2
Transaction-enabled methods for providing provable access to a distributed ledger with a tokenized instruction set for polymer production processes are described. A method may include accessing a distributed ledger comprising an instruction set for a polymer production process and tokenizing the instruction set. The method may further include interpreting an instruction set access request and providing a provable access to the instruction set. The method may further include providing commands to a production tool of the polymer production process and recording the transaction on the distributed ledger.
US11727315B2
Systems and methods for providing a dosage on a device comprising an electronic circuit, an input device, and a display screen. The method includes receiving an input signal of a user indicating an input directed to a patient sex and patient status selected from the group comprising new patient, returning patient and booster patient. If the patient sex is female, an effective estradiol dosage and an effective testosterone dosage are determined using dosage calculation methods selected based on the patient status and additional female input parameters. If the patient sex is male an effective testosterone dosage is determined using dosage calculation methods selected based on the patient status and additional male input parameters.
US11727309B2
Techniques for estimating runtimes of one or more machine learning tasks are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can regard a system that can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise an extraction component that can extract a parameter from a machine learning task. The parameter can define a performance characteristic of the machine learning task. Also, the computer executable components can comprise a model component that can generate a model based on the parameter. Further, the computer executable components can comprise an estimation component that can generate an estimated runtime of the machine learning task based on the model. The estimated runtime can define a period of time beginning at an initiation of the machine learning task and ending at a completion of the machine learning task.
US11727307B2
A method, system, and device for controlling energy storage devices are provided, the method including receiving a trained machine learning model from a centralized machine learning system, recording temporal data for a respective energy storage device, periodically transmitting the temporal data to the machine learning system, performing a mode prediction for controlling the energy storage device using the trained machine learning model and the temporal data, and sending a control signal to the energy storage device to operate in the predicted mode. The machine learning system aggregates the temporal data transmitted by each agent and uses the aggregated temporal data to update the machine learning model. By using aggregated temporal data, less data is needed from an individual energy storage device so that when a new energy storage device joins the machine learning system, the new energy storage device can benefit from increased performance with less computation.
US11727303B2
In an approach for precipitation detection, a processor trains a first machine learning model for detecting precipitation in a region using a first training set of data including a plurality of historical data from a plurality of mobile devices collected in the region and a plurality of quantitative precipitation estimation data. A processor trains a second machine learning model for detecting a location of a mobile device in the region using a second training set of data including both historical indoor and outdoor data from the plurality of mobile devices collected. A processor receives a current data from the mobile device. A processor determines whether the mobile device is located indoor or outdoor based on the current data. A processor compares the current data against a threshold set in the first machine learning model to indicate precipitation. A processor determines whether the current data exceeds the threshold.
US11727302B2
A method and apparatus for building a conversation understanding system based on artificial intelligence, a device and a computer-readable storage medium. In embodiments of the present disclosure, it is feasible to obtain the training feedback information provided by conversation service conducted by the user and the basic conversation understanding system, then according to the training feedback information, perform adjustment processing for a service state of the basic conversation understanding system, to obtain an adjustment state of the basic conversation understanding system. It is possible to perform data merging processing according to the training feedback information and the adjustment state of the basic conversation understanding system, to obtain model training data for building the model conversation understanding system. This method does not require persons to participate in annotation operations of the training data, exhibits simple operations and a high correctness rate, improving the efficiency and reliability of the conversation understanding system.
US11727301B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving a dataset, the dataset including a plurality of data values, clustering data values of the plurality of data values into a plurality of input feature clusters in input feature space, training a local multi-task Gaussian process (MTGP) for each input feature cluster to provide optimized hyper-parameters in hyper-parameter space, an optimized hyper-parameter being provided for each input feature cluster, merging data values based on the optimized hyper-parameters, and distances between hyper-parameter clusters in the hyper-parameter space to provide a plurality of merged data values, and providing a LL-MTGP model based on the merged data values.
US11727299B2
In a general aspect, user requests for access distributed quantum computing resources in a distributed quantum computing system are managed. In a general aspect, a job request for accessing a quantum computing resource is received. The job request includes a user id and a program. On authentication of a user associated with the job request, a job identifier is assigned to the job request, and a particular quantum computing resource is selected for the job request. The job request is individualized based on user permissions and pushed onto a queue to be processed for execution by the quantum computing resource.
US11727296B2
Materials, products, methods of use and fabrication thereof are disclosed. The materials are particularly well suited for application in products such as superconducting devices and quantum computing, due to ability to avoid undesirable effects from inherent noise and decoherence. The materials are formed from select isotopes having zero nuclear spin into a single crystal-phase film or layer of thickness depending on the desired application of the resulting device. The film/layer may be suspended or disposed on a substrate. The isotopes may be enriched from naturally-occurring sources of isotopically mixed elemental material(s). The single crystal is preferably essentially devoid of structural defects such as grain boundaries, inclusions, impurities and lattice vacancies.
US11727294B2
A quantum information processing system comprises a light source, a detector, at least one spatial light modulator and at least one optical lens. The light source is configured to provide a beam of entangled photons. The at least one optical lens is configured to project the resultant beam onto the spatial light modulator, either by direct imaging or by performing a full or partial optical Fourier transform. Said spatial light modulator includes a plurality of discrete pixels and is configured to select one or more of the plurality of discrete pixels to generate a resultant beam from said beam of entangled photons. The resultant beam from said spatial light modulator is projected onto the detector. For optical computation, such as search algorithms, the configuration and projections are repeated to find the optimal solution.
US11727280B2
A compact generative neural network can be distilled from a teacher generative neural network using a training network. The compact network can be trained on the input data and output data of the teacher network. The training network train the student network using a discrimination layer and one or more types of losses, such as perception loss and adversarial loss.
US11727279B2
A method and apparatus for performing anomaly detection by using a neural network are provided. The apparatus is configured to extract input features of an input data signal, obtain output features of the neural network by processing the input features through the neural network, obtain an error based on the input features and the output features, and determine whether the input data signal indicates an abnormal signal based on the error and a threshold.
US11727271B2
Embodiments of the invention include a vehicle telematics system that obtains vehicle bus data for a time period, determines identification information regarding a vehicle platform using a machine learning process on the vehicle bus data, and obtains a set of communication data for communicating with at least one vehicle module on the vehicle bus based on the identified vehicle platform.
US11727264B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a neural network used to select actions to be performed by an agent interacting with an environment. One of the methods includes obtaining data identifying (i) a first observation characterizing a first state of the environment, (ii) an action performed by the agent in response to the first observation, and (iii) an actual reward received resulting from the agent performing the action in response to the first observation; determining a pseudo-count for the first observation; determining an exploration reward bonus that incentivizes the agent to explore the environment from the pseudo-count for the first observation; generating a combined reward from the actual reward and the exploration reward bonus; and adjusting current values of the parameters of the neural network using the combined reward.
US11727256B2
A hardware accelerator that is efficient at performing computations related to a neural network. In one embodiment, the hardware accelerator includes a first data buffer that receives input data of a layer in the neural network and shift the input data slice by slice downstream. The hardware accelerator includes a second data buffer that receives kernel data of the layer in the neural network and shift the kernel data slice by slice downstream. The hardware accelerator includes a first input shift register that receives an input data slice from the first data buffer. The first input shift register may correspond to a two-dimensional shift register configured to shift values in the input data slice in x and y directions. The hardware accelerator includes a second input shift register that receives a kernel data slice from the second data buffer. A multiplication block performs convolution of the input and kernel data.
US11727255B2
Systems and methods for edge assisted real-time object detection for mobile augmented reality are provided. The system employs a low latency offloading process, decouples the rendering pipeline from the offloading pipeline, and uses a fast object tracking method to maintain detection accuracy. The system can operate on a mobile device, such as an AR device, and dynamically offloads computationally-intensive object detection functions to an edge cloud device using an adaptive offloading process. The system also includes dynamic RoI encoding and motion vector-based object tracking processes that operate in a tracking and rendering pipeline executing on the AR device.
US11727254B2
Techniques in advanced deep learning provide improvements in one or more of accuracy, performance, and energy efficiency. An array of processing elements performs flow based computations on wavelets of data. Each processing element has a compute element and a routing element. Each compute element has memory. Each router enables communication via wavelets with nearest neighbors in a 2D mesh. A compute element receives a wavelet. If a control specifier of the wavelet is a first value, then instructions are read from the memory of the compute element in accordance with an index specifier of the wavelet. If the control specifier is a second value, then instructions are read from the memory of the compute element in accordance with a virtual channel specifier of the wavelet. Then the compute element initiates execution of the instructions.
US11727253B2
A neural network system includes an array circuit and a gate circuit. The array circuit generates output data based on first input data, by a plurality of memory cells. The gate circuit outputs a select signal, based on defect information which is obtained based on the output data. A target memory cell, which is activated in response to the select signal, from among the plurality of memory cells is trained based on second input data, and the defect information is associated with a defect included in the plurality of memory cells.
US11727251B2
A system for monitoring an environment may include an input device for monitoring and capturing pattern-based states of a model of the environment. The system may also include a thalamobot embodied in at least a first processor in communication with the input device. The thalamobot may include at least one filter for monitoring captured data from the input device and for identifying at least one state change within the captured data. The system may also include at least one critic and/or at least one recognition system. The at least one filter forwards said at least one state change to the critic and/or recognition system. Novel schemes are introduced to allow processors to interconnect themselves into brain-like structures that contemplate both the environment and the model thereof, unifying disparate data into discoveries. The significance of such discoveries is recognized either through neural activation patterns or the topologies of interconnecting neural modules.
US11727245B2
Methods and apparatuses are described for unstructured computer text is analyzed for masking of confidential information using artificial intelligence. A client device generates a message comprising unstructured computer text including confidential information. A server trains a word embedding model using the unstructured text. The server generates a multidimensional vector for each word in the unstructured text, generates a mapping table comprising a predetermined set of words corresponding to confidential information from the unstructured text, and determines one or more neighboring words in the trained word embedding model using the predetermined set of words. The server updates the mapping table to incorporate the one or more neighboring words and executes rules on the unstructured text that filter out one or more words, and applies the updated mapping table to match words in the updated mapping table with words in the filtered text and mask the matching words in the unstructured text.
US11727241B2
A method and system for replacing a first wireless node in an IoT system includes determining, by the first wireless node, that the first wireless node needs imminent replacement. The determination may be made, for example, based on a battery of the first wireless node being below a threshold level. The first wireless node initiates a discovery protocol for a second wireless node installed in proximity to the first wireless node, the second wireless node installed to replace the first wireless node. Upon discovery of the second wireless node, the first wireless node transmits a configuration file to the second wireless node, which the second wireless node copies to a storage of the second wireless node. The second wireless node configures itself to operate as a replacement for the first wireless node in the IoT system, based at least in part on the copied configuration file.
US11727237B2
This disclosure relates to a communication system where a user can use a smart phone to scan a tag, such as a QR code, to retrieve a weblink. The weblink is unique and associated with the location of the tag, which may also be the location of an unpersonalised device, such as a video projector or other A/V equipment. Therefore, when the mobile phone connects to the weblink, the webserver can retrieve information associated with this particular unique code. This information is now specific to the location of the tag and may even include information about the unpersonalised device. The operator receives the information when the communication channel is established and therefore knows exactly what the subject of the call will be. Further, the call can be automatically routed to the most appropriate operator without audio menus to be navigated by the user.
US11727236B2
An image forming system is provided. The image forming system comprises an image forming unit configured to execute a print job and form an image on a supplied sheet; and an inspection unit configured to inspect quality of the image formed in the sheet, wherein the inspection unit does not set a sheet discharged by the image forming unit without being used for the print job to a target of inspection.
US11727231B2
An encoded information reading (EIR) terminal can comprise a microprocessor, a memory, and an EIR device including a two-dimensional imager. The EIR device can be configured to output raw message data containing an encoded message and/or outputting a decoded message corresponding to an encoded message. The EIR terminal can be configured, responsive to acquiring an image containing decodable indicia, to pre-process the acquired image and transmit the pre-processed image to an external decoding computer for decoding the decodable indicia.
US11727228B2
A code reader may include a light source configured to illuminate a target area in which items are to be located for reading machine-readable indicia associated with the items, an image sensor configured to capture an image of the target area, an illumination drive circuit in electrical communication with the light source, and an image capture circuit. The image capture circuit may be configured to (i) enable and disable the image sensor to capture an image of the target area during the high illumination and a portion(s) of the low illumination of the target area, and (ii) read an image captured by the image sensor. The illumination drive signals may cause the illumination drive circuit to generate a high illumination drive signal to cause the light source to produce a high illumination, and generate a low illumination drive current to cause said light source to produce a low illumination.
US11727226B2
A method of a digital identity system generating a sharing token for authenticating a bearer to a validator, wherein a data store of the digital identity system holds a plurality of attributes of the bearer, the method comprising implementing by the digital identity system the following steps: receiving at the digital identity system from a bearer an electronic sharing token request, wherein the token request identifies at least one of the bearer's attributes in the data store selected for sharing with a validator; in response to the electronic token request, generating a sharing token, which is unique to that request, for presentation by the bearer to a validator; associating with the unique sharing token at the digital identity system the identified at least one bearer attribute; and issuing to the bearer the unique sharing token; and wherein later presentation of the unique sharing token to the digital identify system by a validator causes the at least one bearer attribute associated with the sharing token to be rendered available to the validator by the digital identity system.
US11727224B1
This disclosure is directed to techniques for determining respective locations of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags distributed within a materials handling facility using planogram data that indicates respective item locations of items in the facility. In some examples, the techniques utilize item-identifying carts that automatically identify items that the users place in their carts as they move around a facility. Upon identifying an item, the identity of the item may be provided from the cart to one or more servers, along with an indication of an RFID tag detected by an RFID reader mounted to the cart. Upon receiving the identity of the item and the indication of the RFID tag, the servers may access the planogram data for the facility to determine an item location of the item within the facility and may associate this item location as the location of the RFID tag.
US11727223B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to language translation systems for head-worn computers.
US11727201B2
A system and method for transferring annotations associated with a media file. An annotation associated with a media file is indexed to a first instance of that media file. By comparing features of the two instances, a mapping is created between the first instance of the media file and a second instance of the media file. The annotation can be indexed to the second instance using the mapping between the first and second instances. The annotation can be processed (displayed, stored, or modified) based on the index to the second instance.
US11727194B2
An association of one or more renditions of external content items with a document is provided. A user may create a document, and may select to insert a piece of external content into the document. When the user selects to insert the external content into the document, a URL of the location where the content resides may be associated with the document. Other asset data may also be associated with the content item, such as public copyright license information and other relevant information, and may encoded into the document. When the document is shared, the asset data may also be provided. Accordingly, the consuming application software may be enabled to follow the URL and utilize other asset data to retrieve the content item.
US11727192B2
Methods and systems disclosed herein relate generally to systems and methods for analyzing various stroke properties determined from strokes inputted by a user to generate a new glyph set for rendering type characters. A font-generating application receives, via a stroke input on a typographic layer presented on a user interface, strokes that trace a visual appearance of a glyph set comprising one or more glyphs. The font-generating application determines stroke properties for the strokes. The font-generating application constructs a new glyph set from the stroke properties. The font-generating application applies the new glyph set to render, on a user interface, one or more type characters that match a visual appearance of the new glyph set.
US11727186B2
A circuit design in a hierarchical description is analyzed. The analysis comprises identifying electrical properties of circuit blocks in the circuit design. Circuit components of the circuit design are associated with geometric elements of a layout design. Then instances of each of the circuit blocks are classified into groups of instances based on the electrical properties. Rule checking is performed on one or more groups in the groups of instances for each of the circuit blocks by analyzing geometric elements associate with components of one instance for each of the one or more groups.
US11727183B2
A method (of fabricating a power grid (PG) arrangement in a semiconductor) includes: forming a first layer including conductive lines (C_1st lines) which include interspersed alpha C_1st lines and beta C_1st lines designated correspondingly for first and second reference voltages; and forming a second layer over the first layer, the second layer including segments (C_2nd segments) which include interspersed alpha C_2nd segments and beta C_2nd segments designated correspondingly for the first and second reference voltages; and, relative to the first direction, each beta C_2nd segment being substantially asymmetrically between corresponding adjacent ones of the alpha C_2nd segments.
US11727179B2
A transmission path design assistance system assisting in the design of a transmission path with different reflection specification values for each frequency is obtained. The transmission path design assistance system includes: an acquisition unit to acquire reflection specification values of a reflection characteristic of a transmission path to be designed and a constraint of characteristic impedance distribution of the transmission path; and a computation processing unit including: a reflection characteristic calculation unit to calculate the reflection characteristic from inputted characteristic impedance distribution; a reflection characteristic modification unit to modify, on the basis of the reflection specification values acquired by the acquisition unit, the reflection characteristic calculated by the reflection characteristic calculation unit; a characteristic impedance distribution calculation unit to calculate characteristic impedance distribution from the reflection characteristic modified by the reflection characteristic modification unit; and a characteristic impedance distribution modification unit to modify, on the basis of the constraint acquired by the acquisition unit, the characteristic impedance distribution calculated by the characteristic impedance distribution calculation unit and output it to the reflection characteristic calculation unit.
US11727176B2
Methods for using shut-in pressures to determine uncertainties in a hydraulic fracturing process in a shale reservoir are described. Data commonly collected during multistage fracturing is used to calculate propped fracture height and induced stresses, as well as other variables, in the presence of horizontal stress anisotropy. These variables can then be incorporated into reservoir simulations to perform fracturing monitoring, forecast hydrocarbon recoveries, or modify fracturing plans.
US11727175B2
A technique for designing circuits including receiving a data object representing a circuit for a first process technology, the circuit including a first sub-circuit, the first sub-circuit including a first electrical component and a second electrical component arranged in a first topology; identifying the first sub-circuit in the data object by comparing the first topology to a stored topology, the stored topology associated with the first process technology; identifying a first set of physical parameter values associated with first electrical component and the second electrical component of the first sub-circuit; determining a set of performance parameter values for the first sub-circuit based on a first machine learning model of the first sub-circuit and the identified set of physical parameters; converting the identified first sub-circuit to a second sub-circuit for the second process technology based on the determined set of performance parameter values; and outputting the second sub-circuit.
US11727171B2
In some embodiments, techniques for creating a fabricable segmented design for a physical device are provided. A computing system receives a design specification. The computing system generates a proposed segmented design based on the design specification. The computing system determines one or more fabricable segmented designs based on the proposed segmented design. The computing system determines an overall fabrication loss value based on the one or more fabricable segmented designs. The computing system backpropagates a gradient of the overall fabrication loss value to create an updated design specification.
US11727168B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for proactive vehicle maintenance scheduling based on one or more digital twin simulations. A method includes generating a digital twin of a vehicle. The method includes receiving digital data recorded by a sensor and describing the vehicle as it exists in a real-world and one or more historical journeys of the vehicle in the real-world. The method includes updating the digital twin of the vehicle based on the digital data describing the vehicle so that the digital twin is consistent with a condition of the vehicle as it exists in the real-world. The method includes executing a simulation based on the digital twin and the one or more historical journeys. The method includes estimating a component of the vehicle that fails at a future time based on the simulation. The method includes scheduling a reservation to repair the component before the future time.
US11727165B2
A pressure-resistant hull for a submersible, includes unit hulls, reinforcing ribs, connecting channels, and closure heads. A plurality of unit hulls are provided, and are sequentially strung together spiralling upward or spiralling downward, the closure heads being arranged on the unit hulls at the first position and the last position respectively, an observation window being provided on each unit hull respectively, adjacent two unit hulls in a horizontal direction being respectively connected by means of a reinforcing rib, and at least two connecting channels being provided between adjacent two rings of the unit hulls in the vertical direction. The design method includes using a spiral joining structure to facilitate organic adjustment of the number of unit hulls, thus having better utilization of space and aiding to greatly expand the space. The sensitivity of the limit load to defects is low, increasing axial rigidity, improving the overall pressure-resistive ability.
US11727162B2
A method for maintaining a physical asset based on recommendations generated by analyzing operational data and a composite model of a plurality of models representing the physical asset includes constructing, by a computing device, using a port-reduced static condensation reduced basis element approximation of at least a portion of a partial differential equation, the composite model. The computing device analyzes an error indicator associated with at least one model within the composite model to determine that the error indicator exceeds a tolerance level and increases a number of basis functions in the port-reduced static condensation reduced basis element approximation accordingly. The computing device receives first operational data associated with at least one region of the physical asset and updates the composite model. The computing device provides a recommendation for maintaining the physical asset, based upon the updated composite model.
US11727160B2
A computer product for generating a digital 3D model for use in a dental component based on a digital 3D model of the dental component showing a shape of the teeth and a digital 3D representation of a pre-prepared set of teeth showing the region for which the dental component is intended, the product causing a system to generate a digital 3D combined model representing a target dental situation when the dental component is arranged at the teeth, where the instructions are configured for digitally replacing one or more teeth of the digital 3D representation of the pre-prepared set of teeth with the digital 3D model of the dental component by digitally removing the one or more teeth of the digital 3D representation of the pre-prepared set of teeth and adding the digital 3D model of the dental component to the digital 3D representation of the pre-prepared set of teeth.
US11727158B2
A device for protecting an electronic system, such as an integrated circuit, the device incorporating a pulse transformer including a ferrite sheet or layer with low magnetic losses that covers a surface of the electronic system and that is encircled by two coils that are located a distance away from each other, one of these coils, the transmission coil, being connected to a transmission stage for transmitting electrical pulses, and the other of these coils, the reception coil, being connected to a reception stage, the whole thing being connected to and controlled by a microcontroller.
US11727156B2
An in-line security device to transfer cryptographic key material, the device comprising: a first connector configured to connect, via wire, with a host device; a second connector configured to connect, via wire, with a data storage device; a pass-through circuit between the first connector and the second connector to facilitate data communication between the host device and the data storage device; and a communication interface to send cryptographic key material to the data storage device via the second connector.
US11727155B2
Computer code embedded in an electronic component (e.g., a processor, a sensor, etc.) of a medical device, such as a dialysis machine, can be authenticated by comparing a metadata signature derived from the computer code of the electronic component to a key derived from a pre-authenticated code associated with the electronic component. The metadata signature can be derived by running an error-check/error-correct algorithm (e.g., SHA256) on the computer code of the electronic component. A use of the metadata signature enables detection of any unauthorized changes to the computer code as compared to the pre-authenticated code.
US11727148B2
Methods and apparatus to assign demographic information to panelists are disclosed. An apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to at least: generate decoy database proprietor identifiers based on probability density functions; after querying a database proprietor using panelist database proprietor identifiers and the decoy database proprietor identifiers: access (a) demographic information corresponding to the panelist database proprietor identifiers and first ones of the decoy database proprietor identifiers that are associated with subscribers to the database proprietor, and (b) errors indicating that second ones of the decoy database proprietor identifiers are not associated with the subscribers to the database proprietor; and regenerate the probability density functions based on the panelist database proprietor identifiers and the first ones of the decoy database proprietor identifiers that are associated with the subscribers to the database proprietor; and assign the panelist database proprietor identifiers to panelists based on the demographic information obtained from the database proprietor.
US11727140B2
Disclosed herein is a system configured to collect and maintain user data within a first party silo while allowing third party data consumers to use the user data in accordance with explicit input from users. The system provides a user with transparency and control with regard to data use by displaying graphical user interfaces configured to receive input indicating whether the user allows or prevents third party data consumers to use his or her data. The system exposes an API that enables the third party data consumers to submit a data query. The system uses the data query to internally analyze a user data set. User data is included in the user data set in accordance with the input. The system is configured to provide, via the API, a result of the analysis to the third party data consumer that submitted the data query without providing the user data set.
US11727139B2
Row-level security (RLS) may provide fine-grained access control based on flexible, user-defined access policies to databases, tables, objects, and other data structures. A RLS policy may be an entity or object that defines rules for row access. A RLS policy may be decoupled or independent from any specific table. This allows more robust and flexible control. A RLS policy may then be attached to one or more tables. The RLS policy may include a Boolean-valued expression.
US11727137B2
Methods and systems are provided to efficiently update account profiles based on a predicted likelihood of use, including by ranking the account profiles according to the likelihood of use. The disclosed system can considerably improve the processing time to update account profiles with the most recent information available, including new access requests. An authentication platform receives a plurality of new access requests, including request data and account identifiers associated with account profiles. The request data is transmitted to a prediction engine that determines a ranking of the account identifiers based on a predicted likelihood of use during a next time interval. A profile batch scheduler retrieves a first set of access requests based on the ranking. The system updates a first set of account profiles based on the ranking, and stores the updated account profiles for use by the authentication platform.
US11727122B2
Systems and methods for endpoint context-driven, dynamic workspaces are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) of a workspace orchestration service, the IHS comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that cause the IHS to: receive initial context information from a local management agent; produce a first workspace definition based upon the initial context information, where the local management agent is configured to instantiate a first workspace based upon the first workspace definition; receive updated context information from the local management agent; and in response to the updated context information being noncompliant with attributes of the first workspace definition, select a second workspace definition, where the updated context information complies with the attributes of the second workspace definition, and the local management agent is configured to instantiate a second workspace based upon the second workspace definition.
US11727116B2
Introduced here are technologies for securely booting a network access device or a satellite device. A network-accessible server system may receive a boot request that includes a boot certificate to identify the network access device. The network-accessible server system may determine that the boot certificate corresponds with a verified boot certificate listed on a boot certificate registry. The network-accessible server system may determine that a geographical location of the network access device and a user electronic application executing on an electronic device are within a predetermined range. The network-accessible server system may distribute a digital certificate to the network access device based on determining that the boot certificate corresponds with any verified boot certificate listed on the boot certificate registry and determining that the geographical location of the network access device and the user electronic application executing on the electronic device are within the predetermined range.
US11727113B1
Systems and methods for computer security are provided by a processor programmed to: receive an Internet file and produce a cryptographic hash of the Internet file; compare the cryptographic hash to external malware databases and external antiviral databases for a malicious file match to determine the Internet file's status that is based upon a weighted consensus algorithm derived from the external malware databases and the external antiviral databases; check if the Internet file's status determination matches the internal malicious software database Internet file's status and update the internal malicious software database based upon the Internet file's status determination if a threshold for the weighted consensus algorithm is exceeded; and train a machine learning algorithm using the Internet file's status determination to create a labelled data set based upon the Internet file's status determination, and provide a report via the input/output device based upon the Internet file's status determination.
US11727110B2
An apparatus comprises: processing circuitry to perform data processing in one of a plurality of security domains including at least a secure domain and a less secure domain, and memory access checking circuitry to check whether a memory access is allowed depending on security attribute data indicating which domain is associated with a target address. In response to a given change of program flow from processing in the less secure domain to a target instruction having an address associated with the secure domain: a fault is triggered when the target instruction is an instruction other than a gateway instruction indicating a valid entry point to the secure domain. When the target instruction is said gateway instruction, a stack pointer verifying action is triggered to verify whether it is safe to use a selected stack pointer stored in a selected stack pointer register.
US11727108B2
Systems and methods for identifying and remedying password insecurities are disclosed. The systems and methods include crawling websites to identify popular cultural terms and saving the cultural terms in a backend system. The cultural terms can include names of celebrities, politicians, movies, and the like. An identification system receives a password and compares the received password to the cultural terms using a similarity score. If the number of similarities is above a predetermined threshold, or if the number of differences is below a predetermined threshold, the identification system denies the password. A recommendation system can generate a suggested password, which can also be compared to the cultural terms. The systems and methods also provide the ability to calculate a similarity score if the cultural terms or passwords are saved in an encrypted or hashed format.
US11727103B2
The present disclosure generally relates to visually varying an image using parallax image layers, and more specifically, relates to visually varying presentation of an access right displayed on a mobile device to enhance verification of access to resources. The variation of multiple layers of an image may be based on sensor data detected at the mobile device.
US11727102B2
There are described computer-implemented methods of obtaining a user input. A first such method comprises: (a) providing access to video content, the video content representing a user interface including a plurality of elements for selection by a user; (b) playing a first portion of the video content to the user; (c) detecting a first user interaction occurring in response to the played first portion of the video content; and (d) determining a first element selected by the user based on one or more properties of the detected first user interaction. A second such method comprises: (a) providing access to one or more frames of pre-generated video content encoded in compressed video format; (b) displaying to a user initial video content encoded in compressed video format, the initial video content being based on one or more frames of the pre-generated video content, and the initial video content representing a plurality of graphical elements for selection by a user; (c) detecting a first user interaction occurring in response to the displayed initial video content; (d) determining a first graphical element selected by the user based on one or more properties of the detected first user interaction; (e) in response to the first user interaction, generating new video content encoded in compressed video format based on one or more frames of the pre-generated video content and the one or more properties of the first user interaction; and (f) displaying the new video content to the user. There are also described corresponding apparatuses, computer programs, and computer-readable media.
US11727081B2
The present disclosure relates to a statement presentation system. The statement presentation system may include a computer-readable storage medium that may be configured to store executable modules. The computer-readable storage medium may include a statement browser that may be configured to receive a statement file and present a statement. The computer-readable storage medium may also include a statement generation engine that may be configured to modify the statement file, and generate a modified statement file. The statement generation engine may extract data from a data source based on the modified statement file, and operate the extracted data. The operation may be conducted by loadable operation code, a loadable operation library file, or a loadable operation tool. The statement generation engine may render the operated data and display the rendered data on the statement browser in the form of a statement.
US11727078B2
An apparatus is provided for management of client devices for maintenance of a structural product. The apparatus is caused to receive device manifest reports that include information about the client devices and digital content hosted by respective library apps on the client devices. The apparatus is caused to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) to visually summarize the information, with the GUI embodied as a dashboard with a layout of software widgets. And the apparatus is caused to send the dashboard to an administrative device for display. This causes execution of the layout of software widgets on the dashboard at the administrative device to access the information from the content management platform, produce respective infographics to visually summarize the client devices and the digital content hosted by the respective library apps, based on the information, and display the respective infographics in the dashboard at the administrative device.
US11727069B2
A method may include, in an initial virtual machine session for a user running on a virtual machine at a virtualization server, loading a roaming user profile for the user, generating a user search index database for the user, and indexing the roaming user profile in the user search index database. The method may further include, in a subsequent virtual machine session for the user running on the virtualization server, roaming the user search index database to the subsequent virtual machine session as part of the roaming user profile.
US11727068B2
Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for implementing a customizable intent driven action triggering system. The system retrieves, for at least a first intent, a corresponding list of actions. The system provides, to a first client device associated with a first user account, a first graphical user interface (GUI) identifying the first intent, the list of actions, and for at least the first action in the list of actions, a corresponding user-selectable option configurable to indicate whether the first action is activated for the first intent in association with the first user account. The system processes a first request received from the first client device in association with the user-selectable option, where the first request indicates that the first action is activated for the first intent in association with the first user account. The system updates user account specific settings associated with the first user account such that the user account specific settings indicate that the first action is activated for the first intent. Responsive to detecting the first intent in a second request received in association with the first user account, the system executes activated actions associated with the first intent according to the user account specific settings.
US11727067B2
Provided is a system, method, and apparatus for automatically preparing documents for a multi-national organization, such as preparation of international documents, regulatory filings, tax document preparation or financial reports. The method includes generating a document preparation workflow based on multi-national organization data for the multi-national organization, the document preparation workflow including a sequence of nodes based on multi-national organization data and rules data, the multi-national organization data including at least one multi-national organization chart and transactions associated with the multi-national organization, configuring at least one node of the sequence of nodes by identifying at least one role associated with the at least one node of a plurality of roles, and executing the document preparation workflow by automatically performing a plurality of actions associated with the sequence of nodes based on the multi-national organization data and the rules data.
US11727063B2
A system includes reception of a database query, the query comprising a first query statement to insert rows of a source table into a target table, generation a second query statement and a third query statement based on the first query statement, the second query statement to insert rows of a first partition of the source table into the target table and the third query statement to insert rows of a second partition of the source table into the target table, generation of a first query operator executable to perform the second query statement, generation of a second query operator executable to perform the third query statement, transmission of the first executable query operator to a second database server node storing the first partition of the source table, and transmission of the second executable query operator to a third database server node storing the second partition of the source table.
US11727062B1
Embodiments described herein provide a mechanism that encodes a text document into a geometric graph, where the nodes of the graph represent bits of text from the document and the edges of the graph represent relationships among the bits of text as laid out on a page of the document. Each node of the graph is encoded into a vector representation that contains information of the node and the local sub-graph (including the node and all edges branching out from the node). In this way, the vector representations of the document contain information of the inner-relationship between words, sentences and paragraphs of the document, instead of just mapping the text in the document as a string of input tokens to a vector representation.
US11727056B2
A method for driving-related object detection, the method may include receiving an input image by an input of an object detector; and detecting, by an object detector, objects that appear in the input image. The detecting includes searching for (i) a first object having a first size that is within a first size range and belongs to a four wheel vehicle class, (ii) a second object having a second size that is within a second size range and belongs to a subclass out of multiple four wheel vehicle subclasses, (iii) a pedestrian, and (iv) a two wheel vehicle; wherein a maximum of the first size range does not substantially exceed a minimum of the second size range.
US11727055B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and a method for generating a summary based on trip information. The program and method include operations for: determining that one or more criteria associated with a user correspond to a trip taken by the user during a given time interval; retrieving a plurality of visual media items generated by a client device of the user during the given time interval; determining location information for the plurality of visual media items; automatically generating a trip graphic to represent the trip based on the plurality of visual media items generated by the user during the given time interval and the determined location information; and causing the trip graphic to be displayed on the client device.
US11727050B2
Systems and methods are described for providing an interface and implementing rules and metrics received from the interface regarding the selection of sponsored content networks that provide sponsored content items. This may include providing mediation code to a publisher for inclusion in publisher content provided to a user device, the mediation code associated with a table of sponsored content networks, receiving an image of a sponsored content item and a sponsored content network identifier from the user device, analyzing the image of the sponsored content item, the analysis generating extracted image data from the sponsored content item, categorizing the sponsored content item based on the extracted image data and the sponsored content network identifier, receiving an instruction to filter the sponsored content networks exceeding a metric based on a category, and updating the table of sponsored content networks to remove a particular sponsored content network.
US11727048B2
Methods, systems, and media for presenting recommended content based on social cues are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for presenting recommended content is provided comprising: receiving a query associated with a user; generating a list of relevant media content items based on the query; selecting items for presentation to the user based on social relevance scores based on social connections of the user that have consumed a relevant item and contextual relevance scores for each item; causing the selected items to be presented to the user; and indicating that a particular item was consumed by a particular social connection.
US11727045B2
Techniques for identifying video and/or audio content are presented. An identification management component (IMC) groups users determined to be at least potentially be watching the same content based on first content fingerprints associated with respective content viewed by the users on communication devices, and a defined matching criterion. IMC facilitates identifying the content associated with the group of users based on first content fingerprints associated with the group of users and first reference content fingerprints. IMC receives a second content fingerprint associated with a communication device of a user in the group, sends the second content fingerprint to a third-party identification component for comparison with second reference content fingerprints, and receives content identification information in response. IMC identifies the content for the group of users based on the content identification information and/or the content identification made based on the first content fingerprints associated with the group.
US11727043B2
Systems, methods, and computer-program products are described for determining current location information which includes determining whether an object is moving by comparing the current location information with previous location information. Future location information is calculated and a point of interest is filtered using the future location information. A media asset is then matched to the filtered point of interest and a current score is determined for the matched media asset. Determining a current score includes determining a window in which the matched media asset is geographically relevant to the future location information, and updating the matched media asset score when the future location information changes. An ordered playlist is dynamically generated according to the future location information by repeatedly prioritizing and sequencing matched media assets according to the current score for each matched media asset, and matched media assets are played or displayed in the ordered playlist.
US11727039B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for implementing a low-latency data stream monitoring system. The data stream monitoring system may obtain raw data from a data source as soon after the data is generated, and may classify the data according to different topics. The topics may be published in a publish-subscribe messaging model, and data enrichment systems may subscribe to the topics to receive data for enrichment. The data enrichment systems may supplement or replace the raw data with additional information, and may further classify or reclassify the enriched data into different topics. The enriched data may then be published to an alert generation system, which may apply various criteria to the enriched data to determine that alerts should be generated, generate the alerts, and publish or transmit the alerts to client devices. Individual data streams, topics, enrichments, criteria, and alarms may be added, removed, or modified as required.
US11727033B1
Systems and methods for presenting CRM data. Users may configure what to display on a custom report and how to arrange and display the content (e.g., size, color, theme), so that they can visualize the CRM data the way they want. A data visualization interface may be used to generate the custom report, and may use HTML to specify the CRM data to be displayed and their location on the custom report according to user configuration. The data visualization interface may use JavaScript for specifying the objects and fields users want to query to obtain the CRM data to fill up the custom report. An API may communicate with the JavaScript in the data visualization interface and then query data and objects in the CRM to get a result set. The API may be a unified API which may work across multiple platforms and query various types of database, e.g., iOS, Windows, and the browser for Salesforce online. Users may edit the CRM data displayed in the custom report.
US11727030B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for automatically detecting hot areas in heat map visualizations. One example method includes identifying a two-dimensional heat map. The identified two-dimensional heat map is converted to a one-dimensional heat map. Cells of the one-dimensional heat map are clustered using a density-based clustering algorithm to generate at least one dense region of cells. A mean value of cells in each dense region is calculated and the dense regions are sorted by mean value in descending order. An approach for identifying hot areas is selected and the selected approach is used to identify at least one dense region as a hot area of the one-dimensional heat map.
US11727028B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for data wrangling. For instance, the method may include: determining one or more data operations to be performed on a multi-dimensional dataset; determining at least one operation type associated with the one or more data operations to be performed; dividing the multi-dimensional dataset into a plurality of sub-tables based on the operation type; providing the plurality of sub-tables to a data wrangling process, the one or more data operations being performed on each of the plurality of sub-tables in parallel to determine a processed plurality of sub-tables; and determining, based on the processed plurality of sub-tables, a finished multi-dimensional dataset. The data wrangling process may process sub-tables (e.g., change-only columns/rows) of tables of the multi-dimensional dataset and/or process sub-tables in parallel for data operations that are not related.
US11727026B2
An apparatus includes a display, a memory, and a hardware processor. The processor accesses a database that includes initial assumptions, current assumptions, values of a life insurance policy over time, transactions, and payments. The processor displays on a first region of the display a baseline curve, a historical performance curve, and an in-force curve. The processor further displays on various other regions of the display a series of points representing the transactions, a current policy value, a first link to download a first file, a second link to display the current assumptions, a third link to download a second file, a fourth link to display the initial assumptions, a fifth link to open an in-force illustrator used to generate an illustration, a sixth link to create or update a new baseline, a seventh link to display the payments, and an eighth link to display the transactions.
US11727017B2
A method and system for code introspection in a multi-tenant architecture. The method includes receiving a query for code introspection from an entity, retrieving context for the entity that sent the query, retrieving raw code information based on the query, filtering the raw code information based on the context, and returning the filtered code information.
US11727007B1
A computer-implemented method is disclosed including operations of receiving a request to store a representation of a machine learning model in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, validating the representation of the machine learning model, storing the representation of the machine learning model, receiving a query from a web-based programming application, the query including a sequence of operators, parsing the query to detect and identify each operator within the sequence of operators, converting the query to directed acyclic graph (DAG) and providing the DAG to a distributed processing engine configured to execute the DAG. The computer-implemented method includes further operations of, prior to converting the query to the DAG, altering the query to improve efficiency of execution of the DAG. Altering the query may include at least one of consolidating at least two operators, applying a filter operation to an operator, or applying a projection to the operator.
US11727006B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for aggregation and management of cloud storage among a plurality of providers via file fragmenting to provide increased reliability and security. In one implementation, fragments or blocks may be distributed among a plurality of cloud storage providers, such that no provider retains a complete copy of a file. Accordingly, even if an individual service is compromised, a malicious actor cannot access the data. In another implementation, fragments may be duplicated and distributed to multiple providers, such that loss of communications to any one provider does not result in inability to access the data. This implementation may be combined with error correction techniques to allow recovery, even with loss of multiple providers. File synchronization may also be faster in these implementations by dividing reading and writing operations among multiple providers.
US11727000B2
In certain embodiments, resource usage in a data retrieval process may be reduced. In some embodiments, a graph query related to a data request may be obtained. The graph query may be transformed into a query set based on a graph data model and patterns of the graph query. Upon generation, the query set may include queries and query operators linking the queries, where the query operators include a first query operator linking first and second queries of the queries or other query operators. Prior to execution of the first and second queries, a satisfiability issue may be predicted, where the satisfiability issue is related to combining results derived from the first and second queries. Based on the prediction, the first query operator may be removed from the query set to update the query set. The updated query set may be executed to satisfy the graph query.
US11726997B2
Multiple stage filtering may be implemented for natural language query processing pipelines. Natural language queries may be received at a natural language query processing system and processed through a query language processing pipeline. The query language processing pipeline may filter candidate linkages for a natural language query before performing further filtering of the candidate linkages in the natural language query processing pipeline as part of generating an intermediate representation used to execute the natural language query.
US11726996B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems and methods for analyzing query comments for identifying potential software bugs. In an example, a data platform obtains query comments associated with a query. Based on determining that the query comments include a reference to a software bug of the data platform, the data platform generates a software-bug alert based on the query comments, and transmits the software-bug alert to an endpoint.
US11726993B1
Systems and methods for cryptographically-secure queries using filters generated by multiple parties
Systems and methods are disclosed that receive data at an electronic computing device. A first algorithm can be applied to the phrases to generate masked versions of the phrases. The masked versions can be cryptographically secured using a second algorithm and a cryptographic key. The second algorithm and cryptographic key can be used to generate a secured versions of the phrases. A filter representative of the data can be generated using the secured versions of the phrases.
US11726987B2
A technique involves normalizing identification of users (e.g., different customer organizations) across disparate local systems (e.g., different electronic platforms that provide different products and/or services). Such normalization of user identification enables a provider to accurately ascertain a particular user of multiple disparate local systems even when the multiple disparate local systems identify that user using different identification schemes. Accordingly, the provider is able to offer enhanced support to that user across the multiple disparate local systems. For example, with such normalization of user identification, the provider may employ a single authentication system across the various local systems thus enabling the user to authenticate via the same authentication process regardless of which local system the user attempts to access. As another example, the provider may collect data among the disparate local systems and apply analytics to identify optimization opportunities for the user that could not be otherwise be conveniently determined.
US11726986B2
A write request is transmitted from a client to a metadata server (“MDS”), wherein the write request comprises an object identifier associated with a data object. An object store location for an object store is received from the MDS. A conditional write request is transmitted to the object store using the object store location, wherein the conditional write request includes the object identifier and the data object. A metadata response is received from the object store. The metadata response is determined to contain an object designator. A commit request is transmitted to the MDS, wherein the commit response includes the object designator.
US11726979B2
Techniques for determining a chronological order of transactions executed in relation to an object stored in a storage system are disclosed. A transaction history, stored in association with an object, includes information identifying transactions executed in relation to the object. A transaction history manager obtains information describing a state machine from a data repository. The state machine defines a finite set of states that may be assumed by objects stored in the storage system. The state machine specifies transaction types that may be executed from each state. Based on the state machine, the messaging service determines a sequence of states assumed by the object. The messaging service determines a particular transaction that is executable from each state assumed by the object. Hence, the messaging service determines a chronological order of the transactions stored in the transaction history.
US11726977B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for inserting a dynamic element into electronic content using a client application. The dynamic element includes a key and a corresponding value, the key and the value of the dynamic element stored in a database of a dynamic element management system (DEMS). The method performed by the DEMS includes: receiving a dynamic element insertion request from the client application; identifying and forwarding one or more keys corresponding to one or more suggested dynamic elements to the client application for rendering the one or more keys on a user interface of a client device; receiving indication of selection of a key from the one or more keys; retrieving a value of the dynamic element corresponding to the selected key from the database; and communicating the value of the dynamic element to the client application for rendering in line with the electronic content.
US11726971B2
A method comprising, by a processor and memory circuitry, obtaining a plurality of data comprising one or more groups of data, obtaining a data structure usable to determine, for at least a first data type and a second data type, a given data type which is adapted to represent at least both data of the first and second data types for their storage, for at least one given group of data which comprises one or more subsets of data S1 to SN: for each subset of data S1 to SN, determining a data type which is adapted to represent said subset of data for its storage, and using the given data type of each subset of data S1 to SN and the data structure to determine a common data type which is adapted to represent data belonging to subsets of data S1 to SN for their storage.
US11726965B2
Systems and methods are described herein to enable the automated and/or user-guided creation, collection, and curating of digital content items that represent a user's experiences, personality, interactions, and legacy. A digital trustee may be assigned to control access to the content after the death of the user. A user may create a death file with content items to be handled in a specific (e.g., user specified) manner after the death of the user. For example, the contents of the death file may be released to a family member or deleted by the system entirely.
US11726964B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to management of databases in different server environments. In particular, various aspects of this disclosure relate to correction, synchronization, and/or migration of databases between different database servers. A feed file that is rejected from loading in a database associated with a source server may prioritized in a destination server. A feed file hierarchy of the rejected feed file may be determined and the destination server may process loading of the rejected feed file to a database based on the determine feed file hierarchy. Any corrections applied at the destination server may also be applied at the source server.
US11726958B2
The present teaching generally relates to detecting providing pre-validated data buckets for online experiments. In a non-limiting embodiment, user activity data representing user activity for a first plurality of user identifiers may be obtained. A first set of values and a second values, representing first and second user engagement parameters, respectively, may be generated for each user identifier based on the user activity data. A first ranking and a second ranking may be determined for the first and second sets, respectively. A first exclusion range including a first number of values to be removed from the first and second sets may be determined. A homogenous value set may be generated by removing the first number of values from the first and second sets, where each value from the homogenous value set corresponds to a user identifier available to be placed in a data bucket for an online experiment.
US11726954B1
Aspects related to a resource-constrained system are described herein that can provide object storage services after a service interruption is resolved, even if all of the transactions that were pending and incomplete prior to the service interruption have not yet been recovered and/or executed. For example, file systems implemented by computing systems of the resource-constrained system may treat each file or directory as a separate object. Thus, a transaction directed to one file may not affect the file's directory or other files in the directory. As a result, the resource-constrained system can achieve read-after-write consistency without first recovering and executing the pending, incomplete transactions. Instead, read-after-write consistency for an object can be achieved simply by completing any pending, incomplete transaction directed to that object. Accordingly, the resource-constrained system can provide object storage services to user devices immediately after the service interruption is resolved, thereby resulting in fast crash recovery times.
US11726948B2
A system for reading stored data may include one or more Ethernet drives and a controller, both configured to communicatively connect to a host device. The controller may receive a first read command from the host device, determine a first drive among the one or more Ethernet drives using the first read command and a mapping table, translate the first read command into a second read command, and send the second read command to the first drive. Responsive to receiving the second read command, the first drive may send a first remote data transfer instruction to the host device independent of the controller. The first remote data transfer instruction may include stored data read from the first drive to cause the host device to write the stored data read from the first drive to one or more memory buffers in the host device indicated by the second read command.
US11726927B2
Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems and methods for providing and using hints in data packets to perform memory transaction optimization processes prior to receiving one or more data packets that rely on memory transactions. The systems and methods can include receiving, from a device connected to the root complex across a PCIe-compliant link, a data packet; identifying from the received device a memory transaction hint bit; determining a memory transaction from the memory transaction hint bit; and performing an optimization process based, at least in part, on the determined memory transaction.
US11726921B2
Apparatus and method for managing metadata in a data storage device such as a solid-state drive (SSD). The metadata are stored in combined (combo) pages in a non-volatile memory (NVM) each having first and second level map entries. The second level map entries provide a logical-to-physical address translation layer for user data blocks stored to the NVM, and the first level map entries describe the second level map entries in the combo page. A global map structure is accessed to identify a selected combo page in the NVM associated with a pending access command. The first and second level map entries are retrieved from the combo page, and the second level map entries are used to identify a target location for the transfer of user data blocks to or from the NVM.
US11726917B2
A method includes recording a first set of consecutive memory access deltas, where each of the consecutive memory access deltas represents a difference between two memory addresses accessed by an application, updating values in a prefetch training table based on the first set of memory access deltas, and predicting one or more memory addresses for prefetching responsive to a second set of consecutive memory access deltas and based on values in the prefetch training table.
US11726915B2
A processing system includes a first set of one or more processing units including a first processing unit, a second set of one or more processing units including a second processing unit, and a memory having an address space shared by the first and second sets. The processing system further includes a distributed coherence directory subsystem having a first coherence directory to support a first subset of one or more address regions of the address space and a second coherence directory to support a second subset of one or more address regions of the address space. In some implementations, the first coherence directory is implemented in the system so as to have a lower access latency for the first set, whereas the second coherence directory is implemented in the system so as to have a lower access latency for the second set.
US11726907B2
A memory system having an interconnect configured to receive commands from a system to read data from and/or write data to a memory device. The memory system also has a bridge configured to receive the commands from the interconnect, to manage ECC data and to perform address translation between system addresses and physical memory device addresses by calculating a first ECC memory address for a first ECC data block that is after and adjacent to a first data block having a first data address, calculating a second ECC memory address that is after and adjacent to the first ECC block, and calculating a second data address that is after and adjacent to the second ECC block. The bridge may also check and calculate ECC data for a complete burst of data, and/or cache ECC data for a complete burst of data that includes read and/or write data.
US11726902B1
In an embodiment, a method includes receiving information identifying an input bot for testing. The method also includes detecting a functionality performed by the input bot. The method also includes creating a plurality of inputs for simulation of the functionality of the input bot. The method also includes executing the input bot a plurality of times using a same sample of actions. The method also includes checking for consistency of at least one of behavior and output for the same sample of actions. The method also includes executing the input bot a plurality of times using different samples of actions. The method also includes generating an execution plan for the input bot. The method also includes automatically validating the input bot, where the validation results in an automated determination of whether the input bot is defective.
US11726901B2
A system includes a processor in communication with a memory, a virtual machine running on the processor, and an application executing within the virtual machine. The virtual machine is associated with at least one testing tool configured to transform a plurality of application classes of the application, such that each respective class of the plurality of application classes is configured to track its respective usage. The testing tool is further configured to test the application with a plurality of tests, and while testing the application, map which respective classes of the plurality of application classes are used by respective tests. Additionally, the testing tool is configured to determine which class(es) is used by which tests (e.g., a subset of tests). Responsive to a first class being modified, the testing tool is configured to retest the application with the subset of tests.
US11726900B2
A test case selection system and method uses a test selection model to select test cases from a library of test cases to be used for quality assurance (QA) testing of a software application to maximize the chances of finding bugs from executing the selected test cases. The test case selection model may be a machine learning based regression model trained using outcomes of previous QA testing. In some case, the test case selection system may provide periodic and/or continuous refinement of the test case selection model from one QA testing run to the next. The model refinements may include updating weights associated with the test case selection model in the form of a regression model. Additionally, the test case selection system may provide performance analytics between a test case selection model-based selection of test cases and random selection of test cases.
US11726898B1
Monitoring and troubleshooting tools provide the capability to visualize different levels of a client's application that is deployed as a suite of independent but cooperating services (e.g., as microservices of a microservices-based architecture), collect values of monitored or tracked metrics at those different levels, and visualize values of the metrics at those levels. For example, metrics values can be generated for teams of the microservices.
US11726891B1
The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for detecting and/or isolating any causes of defective and/or partially defective IoT device or individual sensor device(s). In embodiments the present invention generally relates to fixing, replacing, and/or troubleshooting IoT devices and/or individual sensor device(s) that are defective and/or partially defective.
US11726887B2
The data storage system according to certain aspects can implement table level database restore. Table level database restore may refer to restoring a database table and its related data without restoring the entire database. The data storage system may use table metadata index to implement table level restore. A table metadata index may be created for each table, e.g., during a backup of the database. The table metadata index for a table can include any type of information for restoring the table and its related data. Some examples of the type of information included in the table metadata index include the following: container for the table, table backup location, system data, table index, table relationships, etc. Table metadata index can make the restoring of tables fast and efficient by packaging information that can be used to restore a table and its related data in an easily accessible manner.
US11726885B2
A method, apparatus, and system for managing file level restore agents is provided. The operations comprising: determining a computing resource usage level at a data protection appliance; determining whether the computing resource usage level at the data protection appliance is below a first threshold; in response to determining that the computing resource usage level at the data protection appliance is below a first threshold, assigning a new file level restore-associated job to a first tier file level restore agent for performance; and in response to determining that the computing resource usage level at the data protection appliance is not below a first threshold, assigning the new file level restore-associated job to a second tier file level restore agent for performance.
US11726884B2
The system for backing up data comprises an input interface configured to receive an input set of files. The system for backing up data additionally comprises a processor configured to add modified objects to a list of modified objects in the set of files, and, in the event it is determined to provide the list of modified objects to a backup process, provide the list to the backup process.
US11726882B2
An SCP data mirroring system includes a chassis housing a central processing system and an SCP subsystem. The SCP subsystem includes an SCP memory system with different priority storage queues each storing a copy of data provided by the central processing system, along with an SCP communication system and an SCP data storage subsystem. During a first time period, the SCP data storage subsystem retrieves a first copy of the data from a first storage queue in the SCP memory system and transmits it via the SCP communication system and through a network for storage on first storage device(s). During a subsequent second time period, the SCP data storage system retrieves a second copy of the data from a lower priority second storage queue in the SCP memory system and transmits it via the SCP communication system and through the network for storage on second storage device(s).
US11726879B2
An information handling system includes a first memory and a baseboard management controller. The first memory stores a first firmware partition and a second firmware partition. The baseboard management controller includes a second memory. The baseboard management controller begins execution of a DM-Verity daemon, and performs periodic patrol reads of the first firmware partition. The baseboard management controller detects one or more block failures in the first firmware partition, and stores information associated with the one or more block failures in a message box of the second memory. In response to the entire first firmware partition being scanned, the baseboard management controller switches a boot partition from the first firmware partition to the second firmware partition, and initiates a reboot of the information handling system.
US11726875B1
A method includes receiving, by a storage unit of a set of storage units of a storage network, a write request regarding an encoded data slice, where the write request includes a slice payload and a corresponding revision level of the encoded data slice. The method further includes determining whether the corresponding revision level of the encoded data slice is a next revision level. The method further includes generating a write response message that includes a status message for the encoded data slice based on the determining whether the corresponding revision level of the encoded data slice is the next revision level, where when the corresponding revision level is the next revision level, the status message includes an operation succeeded message. The method further includes sending the write response message to a computing device of the storage network.
US11726866B2
Methods, systems, and devices for spare substitution in a memory system are described. A controller may, as part of a background operation, assign a spare bit to replace a bit of a code word and save an indication of the spare bit assignment in a memory array. The code word may include a set of bits that each correspond to a respective Minimum Substitution Region (MSR) within a memory medium that retains the code word. An MSR corresponding to the bit to be replaced may include a quantity of erroneous bits relative to a threshold. The controller may, during a read operation, identify the spare bit in a first portion of the code word, determine the bit to be replaced based on accessing the memory array, and replace the bit with the spare bit concurrently with receiving a second portion of the code word.
US11726855B1
Controlling access to an ERST, including: triggering, in response to an occurrence of an error, a SMI; adjusting, in response to the SMI and by a SMM RAS handler module, a slate of an access gate from a locked state to an unlocked state, the access gate controlling access to an ERST storage region; generating, by an OS MCE handler, an error record based on the error; accessing, by the OS MCE handler, an ACPI ERST to identify instructions for storing the error record at the ERST storage region; triggering, in response to the instructions and by the OS MCE handler, an additional SMI; determining, in response to the additional SMI and by a SMM handler, that the access gate is in the unlocked state; in response to determining that the access gate is in the unlocked state: storing, by the SMM handler, the error record at the ERST.
US11726847B2
In some examples, a computing device may receive a user request and may determine a user jurisdiction associated with the received user request. Based at least on a request type and the user jurisdiction, the computing device may select a first policy file from among a plurality of policy files, the plurality of policy files preconfigured for respective different combinations of at least the request type and the user jurisdiction to contain at least one data action for instructing at least one respective target subsystem to perform the at least one data action in response to a respective user request. In addition, the computing device may send, based on a data action included in the first policy file, at least one instruction to at least one target subsystem.
US11726841B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to enabling access transaction systems to accept different communication protocols. In some embodiment, an access device receives, from a portable device, an indication that a transaction is to be performed by exchanging transaction information between the portable device and a remote computer, wherein the remote computer is configured to communicate using a first communication protocol. Next, the access device determines that the portable device is configured to communicate using a second communication protocol. The access device then converts communications between the portable device and the remote computer from the second communication protocol to the first communication protocol to assist the portable device and the remote computer in exchanging the transaction information.
US11726837B2
In some examples, thermal aware optimization logic determines a characteristic (e.g., a workload or type) of a wavefront (e.g., multiple threads). For example, the characteristic indicates whether the wavefront is compute intensive, memory intensive, mixed, and/or another type of wavefront. The thermal aware optimization logic determines temperature information for one or more compute units (CUs) in one or more processing cores. The temperature information includes predictive thermal information indicating expected temperatures corresponding to the one or more CUs and historical thermal information indicating current or past thermal temperatures of at least a portion of a graphics processing unit (GPU). The logic selects the one or more compute units to process the plurality of threads based on the determined characteristic and the temperature information. The logic provides instructions to the selected subset of the plurality of CUs to execute the wavefront.
US11726825B2
A computing system is provided, including a processor configured to identify a plurality of measurement sequences that implement a logic gate. Each measurement sequence may include a plurality of measurements of a quantum state of a topological quantum computing device. The processor may be further configured to determine a respective estimated total resource cost of each measurement sequence of the plurality of measurement sequences. The processor may be further configured to determine a first measurement sequence that has a lowest estimated total resource cost of the plurality of measurement sequences. The topological quantum computing device may be configured to implement the logic gate by applying the first measurement sequence to the quantum state.
US11726823B2
An electronic device includes a master processor, and processors operatively coupled to the master processor. The master processor processes a task including subtasks using the processors. Each processor is assigned to at least one subtask of the subtasks to process at least one subtask. The master processor groups the subtasks into groups in consideration of execution dependencies among the subtasks, regardless of which processor of the processors is to process at least one subtask, compare a number of the groups and a number of the processors to generate a comparison result, generate worker threads, wherein a number of the worker threads depends on the comparison result, and process the subtasks using the processors through the worker threads.
US11726821B2
An electronic apparatus includes: a memory; a storage; and a processor, wherein: the electronic apparatus is configured to execute a plurality of processes as data of the plurality of processes is loaded into the memory based on execution of at least one program stored in the storage, the processor is configured to: identify a function currently running among a plurality of functions providable by the electronic apparatus, and based on a relationship between the plurality of processes and the identified function, terminate at least one process among the plurality of running processes, and allow a storage area of the memory loaded with the data of the terminated process to be available for another process.
US11726820B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for defining an affined OS-thread on each core of a multicore microprocessor, thus defining a plurality of affined OS-threads; executing a sequentially-activated polling thread on each of the affined OS-threads, wherein the sequentially-activated polling thread is configured to detect waiting IO activity on IO interfaces associated with the affined OS-threads; and if waiting IO activity is detected, activating one or more X-threads on a specific affined OS-thread that is associated with a specific IO interface on which the waiting IO activity was detected.
US11726813B2
A client access network includes a cluster of servers. The cluster of servers includes a boot node, an administrator node, a computing node, and a storage node. The client access network further includes a plurality of segregated subnetworks. The plurality of segregated subnetworks includes a boot subnetwork, an administration subnetwork, a public subnetwork, and a private subnetwork. The client access network further includes at least one hardware security module, a dedicated subnet in operable communication with the at least one hardware security module and each of the plurality of segregated subnetworks, and a router in operable communication with the at least one hardware security module and each of the cluster of servers. The router is further configured to route traffic among the plurality of segregated subnetworks and the dedicated subnet.
US11726798B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for provisioning client devices. A configuration file previously installed on the computing device can be read. The configuration file can contain a provisioning address. Then, a user account is automatically created using a predefined username and credential stored in the configuration file. Next, an enrollment request can be sent to the provisioning address to enroll the computing device with a provisioning service using the user account. In response, an enrollment response can be received from the provisioning service. The computing device can then be configured based upon the enrollment response.
US11726796B2
Techniques related to hosted client management comprising providing a hosted client instance over a network interface for communicatively coupling with a remote client device, the hosted client instance including a first application component for performing a first plurality of actions associated with the hosted client instance and a second application component for performing a second plurality of actions, monitoring, by the first application component, the second application component for an event associated with the second application component, determining that the event impacts the first application component based on one or more dependency tables associated with the second application component, and displaying, in a user interface of the first application component, information related to the event.
US11726795B2
Apparatuses and methods related to concurrently measuring and executing images. An apparatus for concurrently measuring and executing images can include a memory device, a first processing resource and a second processing resource. The first processing resource can execute instructions stored in the memory device to execute a first portion of an image responsive to measuring the first portion of the image and execute a second portion of the image responsive to measuring the second portion of the image. The second processing resource can execute instructions stored in the memory device to measure the first portion of the image and measure the second portion of the image concurrently with an execution of the first portion of the image by the first processing resource.
US11726793B2
Embodiments described herein provide an apparatus comprising a plurality of processing resources including a first processing resource and a second processing resource, a memory communicatively coupled to the first processing resource and the second processing resource, and a processor to receive data dependencies for one or more tasks comprising one or more producer tasks executing on the first processing resource and one or more consumer tasks executing on the second processing resource and move a data output from one or more producer tasks executing on the first processing resource to a cache memory communicatively coupled to the second processing resource. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11726789B1
Embodiments of a multithreaded processor and a method of assigning blocks of register files for hardware threads of multithreaded processors are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a multithreaded processor with a register file that provides registers for T hardware threads, the register file being organized as a set of B blocks, where each of the B blocks contains N registers and where B is greater than or equal to T, configuring assignments of the B blocks to the T hardware threads such that at least one of the B blocks of the register file and not more than R/N of the B blocks of the register file is assigned to each of the T hardware threads, where R is the number of registers defined by the instruction set architecture of the multithreaded processor and where R/N is an integer, thereby the multithreaded processor supports the T hardware threads with the register file that has less than T×R registers, and executing machine instructions on the multithreaded processor, where register numbers in the machine instructions are translated into register file addresses using the configured assignments.
US11726784B2
Systems, devices, and methods related to a Deep Learning Accelerator and memory are described. An edge server may be configured on a local area network to receive sensor data of a person, such as a patient in a hospital or care center. The edge server may be implemented using an integrated circuit device having: a Deep Learning Accelerator configured to execute instructions with matrix operands; and random access memory configured to store first instructions of an Artificial Neural Network executable by the Deep Learning Accelerator and second instructions of a server application executable by a Central Processing Unit. An output of the Artificial Neural Network with the sensor data as input may identify a condition of the person, based on which the server application generates an alert, causing a central server to request intervention of the detected or predicted condition for the person.
US11726772B2
The disclosed technology relates to solutions for improving a firmware update mechanism and in particular, for improving a firmware update mechanism of a power distribution board by utilizing different boot procedures. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for receiving, at a microcontroller, a firmware update, wherein the firmware update is transmitted by a computer powered by a power distribution board associated with the microcontroller, initiating, by the microcontroller, a warm boot procedure using the firmware update, and marking the warm boot procedure as successful if a message received from the computer indicates that the firmware update is successful. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for determining a power reset of the computer, initiating, by the microcontroller, a cold boot procedure using the firmware update, and marking the firmware update as proven if the message from the computer indicates that the firmware update is successful. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US11726771B2
An update control device determines whether or not an update of an update target ECU is to be completed within stop time from when a vehicle temporarily stops until the vehicle starts traveling, when a response indicating that the update can be executed is given from an in-vehicle ECU having dependency with the update target in-vehicle ECU.
US11726762B2
A method (50) of and a server (19) and network node or client devices (3, 5) communicatively interconnected in a network (1) and arranged for over-the-air, OTA, data upgrade or update of client devices. In the event of a timeout (54) at the server (19) waiting for a response or request message from a selected OTA client (5) during an ongoing OTA data upgrade, the OTA server (19) checks whether a network address change (51) of the selected OTA client (5) caused the OTA server to timeout.
US11726747B2
In some embodiments, a method for generating a random bit is provided. The method includes generating a first random bit by providing a random number generator (RNG) signal to a magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) cell. The RNG signal has a probability of about 0.5 to switch the resistive state of the MRAM cell from a first resistive state corresponding to a first data state to a second resistive state corresponding to a second data sate. The first random bit is then read from the MRAM cell.
US11726743B2
A technique is described for merging multiple lists of ordinal elements such as keys into a sorted output. In an example embodiment, a merge window is defined, based on the bounds of the multiple lists of ordinal elements, that is representative of a portion of an overall element space associated with the multiple lists. Lists of elements to be sorted can be placed into one of at least two different heaps based on whether they overlap the merge window. For example, lists that overlap the merge window may be placed into an active or “hot” heap, while lists that do not overlap the merge window may be placed into a separate inactive or “cold” heap. A sorted output can then be generated by iteratively processing the active heap. As the processing of the active heap progresses, the merge window advances, and lists may move between the active and inactive heaps.
US11726734B2
A mobile device communicates content to an external presentation device, such as a display device, for display or other presentation at the external presentation device. The mobile device identifies an impairment of a user of the mobile device. One or more configuration settings for a user interface of the external presentation device are determined based on the impairment of the user. These configuration settings are, for example, an indication of a particular audio level, an indication to perform text to speech, an indication of a particular type of color blindness, and so forth. The configuration settings are communicated to the external presentation device, allowing the external presentation device to be configured for or adapted to the impairment of the user.
US11726726B2
A method for configuring, via a website, a computing device to communicate with a printer is described. The method includes creating, via the website, a printer definition for the printer. The printer definition includes a network address, a reference to a printer driver, and a reference to a printer profile. The method also includes sending an install uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with the printer definition. The method further includes receiving an indication that the install URI has been activated by the computing device. The method additionally includes sending an installer to the computing device. The installer installs the printer driver and configures the computing device to communicate with the printer using the network address, the printer driver and the printer profile.
US11726722B2
A memory system includes a first memory device including a plurality of first memory blocks each including a plurality of first memory cells stacked in a direction perpendicular to a substrate; and a memory controller configured to control a memory operation of the first memory device. The memory controller is configured to select and operate any one of different control schemes for each of the first memory blocks based on a number of first not-open (N/O) strings included in each of the first memory blocks, respectively.
US11726714B2
Methods, systems, and devices related to content-addressable memory for signal development caching are described. In one example, a memory device in accordance with the described techniques may include a memory array, a sense amplifier array, and a signal development cache configured to store signals (e.g., cache signals, signal states) associated with logic states (e.g., memory states) that may be stored at the memory array (e.g., according to various read or write operations). The memory device may also include storage, such as a content-addressable memory, configured to store a mapping between addresses of the signal development cache and addresses of the memory array. In various examples, accessing the memory device may include determining and storing a mapping between addresses of the signal development cache and addresses of the memory array, or determining whether to access the signal development cache or the memory array based on such a mapping.
US11726712B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The non-volatile memory includes first and second memory areas. The controller is configured to, when receiving a write command from the host, determine a write method. The controller is configured to, when a first method is determined, write the data to the first memory area. The controller is configured to, when a second method is determined, write the data to the second memory area. The first method is a write method of writing the data to a physical address associated with the logical address designated in the write command. The second method is a write method of writing the data to a physical address designated by the controller.
US11726710B2
The technology disclosed herein pertains to a system and method for storing data on a storage media using both down-track super parity and cross-track super parity. Specifically, a method disclosed herein provides for generating down-track super parity values for data on the plurality of tracks and storing the down-track super parity values on a down-track super parity row of the storage block and generating cross-track super parity values for data on the plurality of rows and storing the cross-track super parity values on a cross-track upper parity track, wherein the cross-track super parity value for any given row is generated by inputting the data on the given row into an exclusive-OR (XOR) gate.
US11726703B2
Various embodiments described herein provide for extending a size of a memory unit of a memory device, such as a codeword of a page of the memory device, where the memory device can be included by a memory system. In particular, some embodiments implement extending (e.g., increasing) the size of a memory unit (e.g., codeword) to store more data, such as more host data (e.g., user data) and protection data (e.g., parity data), within the memory unit while using a memory unit storage slot (e.g., codeword storage slot in a page) that is smaller in size than the extended memory unit.
US11726698B2
Data traffic comprising data packets communicated between a memory sub-system and a host system is monitored by a processing device at the memory sub-system. Data packets are classified according to packet type. Log data comprising a frequency and latency information associated with each packet type is generated. The log data is stored in a memory component of the memory sub-system.
US11726697B2
One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for synchronous replication. For example, synchronous replication relationships are established between a first storage object (e.g., a file, a logical unit number (LUN), a consistency group, etc.), hosted by a first storage controller, and a plurality of replication storage objects hosted by other storage controllers. In this way, a write operation to the first storage object is implemented in parallel upon the first storage object and the replication storage objects in a synchronous manner, such as using a zero-copy operation to reduce overhead otherwise introduced by performing copy operations. Reconciliation is performed in response to a failure so that the first storage object and the replication storage objects comprise consistent data. Failed write operations and replication write operations are retried, while enforcing a single write semantic. Dependent write order consistency is enforced for dependent write operations, such as overlapping write operations.
US11726694B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device. A memory controller controlling a memory package including a plurality of memory dies each including a plurality of memory blocks, the plurality of memory blocks controlled in units of super blocks each including at least one memory block selected from each of the plurality of memory dies includes a reclaim information storage storing reclaim information including read counts and migration level information related to the read counts, and a read reclaim controller migrating data stored in a target block having a read count exceeding a threshold count, and victim blocks selected according to the reclaim information to another super block different from a super block to which the target block belongs, wherein the victim blocks include memory blocks whose migration level information is the highest among memory blocks included in memory dies different from a memory die including the target block.
US11726693B2
An electronic device includes a memory, an input-output memory management unit (IOMMU), a processor that executes a software entity, and a page migration engine. The software entity and the page migration engine perform operations for preparing to migrate a page of memory that is accessible by the at least one IO device in the memory, the software entity and the page migration engine set migration state information in a page table entry for the page of memory based on the operations being performed. When the operations for preparing to migrate the page of memory are completed, the page migration engine migrates the page of memory in the memory. The IOMMU uses the migration state information in the page table entry to control one or more operations of the IOMMU.
US11726690B2
A memory device includes a memory array comprising a first number of planes, a second number of independent plane driver circuits, wherein the second number is less than the first number, and a plane selection circuit to couple the second number of independent plane driver circuits to the first number of planes of the memory array. The memory device further includes control logic, to perform receive a first read command and identify, among the first number of planes, a first plane to which the first read command is directed. The control logic further configures the plane selection circuit to couple a first independent plane driver of the second number of independent plane drivers to the first plane and causes the first independent plane driver to perform a first read operation corresponding to the first read command on the first plane.
US11726688B2
A storage system communicates with a host system and includes a storage device including storage medium divided into a plurality of blocks including high reliability blocks and reserve blocks, and a controller. The controller provides the host system with block information identifying the high reliability blocks among the plurality of blocks, receives a block allocation request from the host system, wherein the block allocation request is defined with reference to the block information and identifies at least one high reliability block to be used to store metadata, and allocates at least one high reliability block to a meta region in response to the block allocation request. The controller includes a bad block manager that manages an allocation operation performed in response to the block allocation request, and a repair module that repairs an error in metadata stored in one of the high reliability blocks.
US11726681B2
A method for converting an electronic flash storage device having a byte addressable storage (ByAS) and a block addressable flash storage (BlAS) to a single byte addressable storage includes receiving, by a host, a request for memory allocation from the ByAS, the receiving being from a first application among of a plurality of applications running on a processor; deallocating, by the host, a least relevant page allocated to at least one second application among the plurality of applications; moving, by the host, a content to the BlAS at a first BlAS location, the content related to the least relevant page, the moving based on the deallocation; allocating, by the host, the least relevant page to the first application; and updating, by the host, a cache metadata and a page lookup table of the first application and the at least one second application based on the deallocation and allocation.
US11726677B2
Disclosed is a storage device which includes an interface circuit that exchanges data with a host device, and a power management unit that supplies a power to the interface circuit. The interface circuit includes a first input terminal receiving a first signal from the host device, a second input terminal receiving a second signal complementary to the first signal from the host device, a receive module processing the first signal and the second signal, a squelch circuit detecting levels of the first signal and the second signal, and a reference clock detector detecting whether a reference clock for operating the storage device is received. The power management unit selectively supplies a power to the squelch circuit based on a result of the detection by the reference clock detector.
US11726658B2
Techniques involve: determining a first group of storage disks, a use rate of each storage disk of the first group of storage disks exceeding a first threshold, the first group of storage disks comprising a first group of storage blocks corresponding to a first redundant array of independent storage disk (RAID); allocating a second group of storage blocks corresponding to a second RAID from a second group of storage disks, the second group of storage blocks having the same size as that of the first group of storage blocks, a use rate of each storage disk of the second group of storage disks being under a second threshold; moving data in the first group of storage blocks to the second group of storage blocks; and releasing the first group of storage blocks from the first group of storage disks. Thus, use rates of the storage disks become more balanced.
US11726653B2
A method for displaying aerial images includes detecting a capacitive response of a non-contact gesture made by a user proximate to a touch sensing enabled display screen, and in response to detecting the non-contact gesture, displaying one or more images in a three-dimensional (3D) space proximate to the display screen.
US11726652B2
A touch sensor system includes touch sensors, drive-sense circuits (DSCs), memory, and a processing module. A DSC drives a first signal via a single line coupling to a touch sensor and simultaneously senses, when present, a second signal that is uniquely associated with a user. The DSC processes the first signal and/or the second signal to generate a digital signal that is representative of an electrical characteristic of the touch sensor. The processing module executes operational instructions (stored in the memory) to process the digital signal to detect interaction of the user with the touch sensor and to determine whether the interaction of the user with the touch sensor compares favorably with authorization. When not authorized, the processing module aborts execution of operation(s) associated with the interaction of the user with the touch sensor. Alternatively, when authorized, the processing module facilitates execution of the operation(s).
US11726651B2
An occupant detection system and method may include a user interface and at least one sensor to determine if there is an occupant in the vehicle. In one embodiment, the system and method use capacitive sensing sensors embedded into a cushion and/or back of seats in a vehicle. The capacitive sensor sends a sense signal to a controller and the controller would recognize various conditions such as an empty seat or a seat occupied by a person or animal. It could also determine if there was a child seat in a position on a vehicle seat and if there is a child in the child seat.
US11726650B2
A data communication a system including: a stylus including a pen point electrode; a sensor controller; and a host processor. The stylus of data communication system is configured to transmit a pen signal with an electric field by capacitive coupling between the pen point electrode and a sensor electrode group; report, by the sensor controller, a position of the stylus in an operation surface to the host processor in response to detection of the pen signal by the sensor electrode group; supply, by the host processor, data to the sensor controller; and transmit, by the sensor controller, the data to the stylus in a stylus detection period in which the pen signal that is detected by the sensor electrode group indicates that the stylus is present within a predetermined distance from the operation surface.
US11726648B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, a collaboration engine is configured to display shared digital assets consistently across displays. The collaboration engine receives container metadata generated based on a first location and first size of a digital asset within a first scaled workspace displayed on a first display. In response, the collaboration engine computes a second location and second size of the digital asset based on the container metadata and the size of a second scaled workspace. Finally, the collaboration engine configures the second device to display the digital asset within the second scaled workspace based on the second location and the second size. Notably, the container metadata correlates to the appearance of the digital asset on the first display, and the appearance of the digital asset on the second display correlates to the container metadata. Consequently, the appearance of the digital asset is consistent across the displays.
US11726645B2
A display apparatus and a display method thereof are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, a display method of a display apparatus includes: displaying a plurality of display items corresponding to a plurality of content items comprising a first display item displayed in a first region and remaining display items; displaying the first display item using a first display scheme and displaying the remaining display items using a second display scheme; and in response to sensing a user interaction for moving the display items, changing the display scheme of the first display item while moving the first display item in a direction corresponding to the user interaction, displaying the first display item using the second display scheme and changing the display scheme of second display items of the removing to the first region among the rest display items to the first display scheme.
US11726632B2
A building management system includes a remote rules server and a local rules server. The local rules server is located at a customer site, and includes a standard rules database and a custom rules database. The standard rules database stores standard rules and the custom rules database stores user-created rules. The local rules server is configured to allow a customer to create a new user-created rule and send the new user-created rule to the remote rules server. The remote rules server is configured to receive the new user-created rule and provide the new user-created rule to one or more other local rules servers located at one or more other customer sites.
US11726628B2
A detecting device includes a plurality of drive electrodes extending in a first direction and arrayed in a second direction, a detection electrode facing the drive electrodes in a direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, a drive circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the drive electrodes, and a detector configured to detect proximity of an object to a detection region provided with the detection electrode based on an output from the detection electrode generated according to capacitance generated between the drive electrodes and the detection electrode due to the drive signal.
US11726617B2
An electrostatic coordinate input device includes a finger detection unit that detects a proximity position of a finger of an operator on an operation surface by a capacitive sensing method; and a correction unit that, in a case where two proximity positions corresponding to two fingers are detected by the finger detection unit, corrects the two proximity positions so as to increase a distance between the two proximity positions.
US11726609B2
A touch-sensitive apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a touch-sensitive element comprising an array of electrodes having a first electrode and a second electrode, the second electrode spatially intersecting the first electrode at an intersection point; and measurement circuitry configured to: measure the mutual capacitance at the intersection point of the first and second electrodes; measure the self-capacitance of the first electrode, and measure the self-capacitance of the second electrode; and processing circuitry configured to: determine the presence of a touch on the touch-sensitive element on the basis of a comparison of the measured mutual capacitance at the intersection point to a first threshold and on the basis of a combination of the measured self-capacitance of the first electrode and the measured self-capacitance of the second electrode being greater than or equal to a second threshold.
US11726606B2
A touch control method applied in a touch device, the touch display working during a plurality of display frames, a first-type blank period being between each two adjacent display frames, and each of the plurality of display frames comprising at least one second-type blank period and at least one third-type blank period; the touch detection method comprising: detecting a touch operation of a first touch object in at least one of the first-type blank period; judging whether a second touch object being detected in the at least one second-type blank period; and according to a result of the judging, detecting the touch operation of the first touch object or/and the second touch object in at least parts of the at least one third-type blank period. A driver and a touch display device is also provided.
US11726602B2
Embodiments generally relate to a method for facilitating the cleaning of a touch screen display. The method comprises receiving data from the touch screen display, the data relating to at least one touch event recorded on the touch screen display within a predetermined time period; determining at least one touch metric based on the data; comparing the touch metric to a predetermined threshold value; in response to determining that the touch metric exceeds the predetermined threshold, sending a notification message to a staff computing device, the staff computing device being external to the touch screen display; and in response to receiving a response to the notification message, initiating a cleaning procedure.
US11726599B2
There is provided a touch force sensor including a first drive electrode, a second drive electrode and a receiving electrode. The first drive electrode is used to form a first capacitance with the receiving electrode. The second drive electrode is used to form a second capacitance with the receiving electrode. The receiving electrode shields the first drive electrode such that when a conductor approaches the receiving electrode, only the second capacitance is changed but the first capacitance is not changed. The first capacitance is changed only when the conductor gives a force upon the receiving electrode.
US11726593B2
A touch panel and a touch display device with the same are disclosed. A touch panel is disclosed in which at least one layer of a first insulating layer is disposed on the display panel, first touch electrodes are disposed on the first insulating layer, at least one second insulating layer is disposed on a first touch electrode, second touch electrodes are disposed on the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer is disposed on the second insulating layer on which the second touch electrodes are disposed, each of the first touch electrodes and each of the second touch electrodes overlap each other, and a refractive index of at least one of the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer is different from that of the other insulating layers, thereby improving the visibility of the touch display device.
US11726578B1
Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for navigating through a shared artificial reality environment. Various aspects may include receiving an indication of a virtual object in the shared artificial reality environment. Aspects may also include receiving an input gesture indicative of a navigation command associated with the virtual object. Aspects may also include determining at least one type of the input gesture comprising flexion and extension, pronation and supination, or radial and ulnar. Aspects may also include determining a control method. Aspects may include determining a scrolling parameter. Aspects may include identifying the navigation command based on the type of the input gesture, the control method, and the scrolling parameter. Aspects may include applying the navigation command to the virtual object.
US11726577B2
Systems, methods and non-transitory computer-readable media for triggering actions based on touch-free gesture detection are disclosed. The disclosed systems may include at least one processor. A processor may be configured to receive image information from an image sensor, detect in the image information a gesture performed by a user, detect a location of the gesture in the image information, access information associated with at least one control boundary, the control boundary relating to a physical dimension of a device in a field of view of the user, or a physical dimension of a body of the user as perceived by the image sensor, and cause an action associated with the detected gesture, the detected gesture location, and a relationship between the detected gesture location and the control boundary.
US11726573B2
A method for providing haptic feedback includes sensing a user's input through a display panel, determining haptic feedback corresponding to the input, and controlling a voltage applied to each of the plurality of actuators to provide the determined haptic feedback to a location where the input is sensed, wherein the controlling of the voltage applied to each of the plurality of actuators includes adjusting the voltage applied to each of the plurality of actuators to reduce the magnitude of radiation noise of the panel due to excitation of the plurality of actuators and to uniformize the magnitude of the noise for each location of the panel.
US11726570B2
In some examples, an electronic device includes a tip pressure sensor to capture tip pressure data based on a writing surface. In some examples, the electronic device includes a processor to produce a classification of the writing surface based on the tip pressure data via a machine learning model. In some examples, the electronic device may include a haptic device to control haptic feedback based on the classification.
US11726564B2
An optical system includes an eye-tracker and a head-mounted display for providing accurate eye-tracking in interactive virtual environment. The eye-tracker includes a sensor module captures one or multiple eye images of a user. The head-mounted display includes a processor and a display for presenting the user interface. The processor provides a user interface which includes one or multiple UI elements based on one or multiple gaze points of the user which are computed based on the one or multiple eye images, acquires the distance between an estimated gaze point of the user and each UI element, acquires the score of each UI element based on the distance between the estimated gaze point and each UI element, and sets a specific UI element with a highest score as the target UI element associated with the estimated gaze point of the user.
US11726562B2
In some implementations, a method includes: obtaining first input data while presenting a computer-generated reality (CGR) environment from the perspective of a first character associated with a first time slice within predetermined content; determining whether or not the first input data satisfies first performance criteria associated with the first character for the first time slice within the predetermined content; and, in response to determining that the first input data satisfies the first performance criteria associated with the first character for the first time slice within the predetermined content, updating the CGR environment from the perspective of the first character associated with a second time slice within the predetermined content.
US11726559B2
A method comprises displaying an image of an environment on a graphical user interface, the environment including personnel elements visible in the image, detecting a gaze of a user directed at an image of a first personnel element corresponding to a first information conveyor of a plurality of information conveyors, changing a state of the first information conveyor corresponding to the first personnel element from a passive state to a listening state in response to detecting that the gaze is directed at the image of the first personnel element, wherein the first information conveyor includes a first audio output device, receiving audio information through an audio input device, and when the state of the first information conveyor is changed to the listening state, controlling an output operation, wherein the output operation includes directing the received audio information as an audio output through the first audio output device.
US11726556B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for providing virtual environments that are responsively adaptable to users' characteristics. Embodiments provide for identifying a virtual action to be performed by a virtual representation of a patient within a virtual environment. The virtual action corresponds to a physical action by a physical limb of the patient in the real-world. In embodiments, the virtual action is required to be performed to a first target area within the virtual environment. Embodiments determine that the patient has at least one limitation that limits the patient performing the physical action. A determination of whether the patient has performed the physical action to at least a physical threshold associated is made. The virtual environment is caused to adapt in order to allow the virtual action to be performed in response to the determination that the patient has performed the physical action to the physical threshold.
US11726542B2
In an embodiment, an electronic circuit includes: a supply management circuit for receiving an input supply voltage and providing a first supply voltage; and a main circuit configured to: when the input supply voltage becomes higher than a first threshold, cause the electronic circuit to transition into an initialization state in which an oscillator is enabled and configuration data is copied from an NVM to configuration registers, and then to transition into a standby state in which the oscillator is disabled and content of the configuration registers is preserved by the first supply voltage, and, upon reception of a wakeup event, cause the configuration data from the configuration registers to be applied to the first circuit, and cause the electronic circuit to transition into an active state in which the first oscillator is enabled and the first circuit is configured to operate based on the configuration data.
US11726536B2
A method for increasing power supply voltage in an information handling system in a normal mode with a first peak voltage comprises, in response to receiving a request for a higher peak voltage, an embedded controller (EC) receiving information associated with the application including a request for power at a higher peak voltage, a housekeeping IC communicating a signal to a PWM IC to increase voltage supplied to the information handling system to the higher peak voltage, the PWM IC converting from the PSU to the higher peak voltage and starting a timer with a defined time period. If no additional requests for operating at the higher peak voltage are received before the time period expires, the PWM IC communicates a signal that power will stop being supplied at the higher peak voltage, and the information handling system returns to operating in the normal mode at the first peak voltage.
US11726535B2
Providing power to a server includes a switch with power sourcing equipment (PSE) and a server with a network interface controller (NIC) the PSE to transfer power to the NIC of the server via a network cable to change configuration settings prior to the server booting from a stand-by mode.
US11726534B2
An in-vehicle computing apparatus in an intelligent vehicle and an intelligent vehicle, where the in-vehicle computing apparatus includes two stacked mainboards, and a radiator that is disposed between the two mainboards and configured to dissipate heat for the two mainboards, and a sealing plate connected to the radiator and disposed on a side that is of each mainboard and that is away from the radiator, where each sealing plate and the radiator seal a corresponding mainboard between the sealing plate and the radiator.
US11726529B2
A thermal management device with electromagnetic (EM) shielding includes a fin pack with a plurality of channels. The fin pack has an upper and lower surface. The fin pack has a pack length, pack height, and pack width. The fin pack has fins are oriented connecting the upper surface to the lower surface. The plurality of channels extends from a first end toward a second end. A first channel of the plurality of channels is adjacent the upper surface, and a second channel of the plurality of channels is adjacent the lower surface.
US11726516B2
A load control system for controlling an electrical load in a space of a building occupied by an occupant may include a controller configured to determine the location of the occupant, and a load control device configured to automatically control the electrical load in response to the location of the occupant. The load control system may include a mobile device adapted to be located on or immediately adjacent the occupant and configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The load control device may be configured to automatically control the electrical load when the mobile device is located in the space. The load control system may further comprise an occupancy sensor and the load control device may automatically control the electrical load when the occupancy sensor indicates that the space is occupied and the mobile device is located in the space.
US11726510B2
Systems and methods as described herein may take a variety of forms. In an example, a circuit includes a first voltage stepdown module and a second voltage stepdown module. The first voltage stepdown module has a supply voltage and a first reference voltage as inputs, and an intermediate stepped down voltage as an output, the intermediate stepped down voltage being electrically coupled to a feedback input of the first voltage stepdown module. The second voltage stepdown module includes a low-dropout voltage regulator having the intermediate stepped down voltage and a second reference voltage as inputs and a target voltage as an output.
US11726508B2
Methods of powering a radio that is mounted on a tower of a cellular base station are provided in which a direct current (“DC”) power signal is provided to the radio over a power cable and a voltage level of the output of the power supply is adjusted so as to provide a substantially constant voltage at a first end of the power cable that is remote from the power supply. Related cellular base stations and programmable power supplies are also provided.
US11726489B1
Provided is a tangible, non-transitory, machine readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors of a robotic device effectuate operations including capturing, with a camera of the robotic device, spatial data of surroundings of the robotic device; generating, with the one or more processors of the robotic device, a movement path based on the spatial data of the surroundings; capturing, with at least one sensor of the robotic device, at least one measurement relative to the surroundings of the robotic device; obtaining, with the one or more processors of the robotic device, the at least one measurement; and inferring, with the one or more processors of the robotic device, a location of the robotic device based on the at least one measurement.
US11726486B2
An agricultural machine includes a swath information acquiring module, a first determining module to determine a traveling path of an automatic operation based on a position of a swath, a setting module to set a work continuation width based on the traveling path, a second determining module to determine, when there is a manual operation by a worker during the automatic operation, whether the agricultural machine during the manual operation is within the work continuation width, and an executing module to execute the automatic operation. The executing module restores the agricultural machine to the traveling path after a termination of the manual operation and continues the automatic operation when the agricultural machine is within the work continuation width, and cancels the automatic operation when the agricultural machine is determined to be not within the work continuation width.
US11726483B2
An apparatus for detecting an inclination angle includes a processor configured to input an image generated by a camera into a first classifier that has been trained to detect a two-wheeler, thereby detecting an object region including the two-wheeler in the image; rotate the object region by predetermined different angles to define characteristic regions as respective rotated regions; cut out the characteristic regions from the image; and detect a width of the two-wheeler in each of the characteristic regions and detects a rotation angle relative to the image as the inclination angle of the two-wheeler to the normal of the ground, based on rotation angles of the respective characteristic regions relative to the image and widths of the two-wheeler in the respective characteristic regions, the rotation angle minimizing the width of the two-wheeler.
US11726477B2
Systems and methods for forecasting trajectories of objects. The method includes obtaining a prediction model trained to predict future trajectories of objects. The prediction model is trained over a first prediction horizon selected to encode inertial constraints in a predicted trajectory and over a second prediction horizon selected to encode behavioral constraints in the predicted trajectory. The method also include generating a planned trajectory of an autonomous vehicle by receiving state data corresponding to the autonomous vehicle, receiving perception data corresponding to an object, predicting a future trajectory of the object based on the perception data and the prediction model, and generating the planned trajectory of the autonomous vehicle based on the future trajectory of the object and the state data.
US11726470B2
A method of continuously determining a measure of quality for a control device of a technical device or for a system model of a technical system, from an input variable and an output variable. Time series of the input variable and the output variable are acquired up to a time step. A discrete ARMAX model structure is adapted for the ascertained, corresponding time series of the input variable and output variable, in order to determine a first set of parameters for modeling the time series of the input variable and a second set of parameters for modeling the time series of the output variable. The measure of quality is determined for the time step as a function of the first and the second set of parameters.
US11726469B2
A method for calculating a remaining useful life of an apparatus comprises the following steps. Time-series of previous runs and a current run of the apparatus are provided containing data of sensors configured to monitor parameters of the apparatus. An error occurs when a parameter breaches a threshold. Cumulative counts of errors occurring during a run are calculated. A linearly decreasing remaining useful life is calculated for previous runs. Breakdowns of the apparatus are mapped in an error space. Each dimension of the error space refers to one type of an error. The breakdown points are mapped at coordinates which represent cumulative error counts at the time of the breakdowns. A test point representing cumulative error counts of the current run is mapped. At least two nearest breakdown points to the test point are identified. The remaining useful life of the apparatus is calculated based on the nearest breakdown points.
US11726465B2
A semiconductor fabrication facility (FAB) is provided. The FAB includes a group of processing tools. The FAB also includes a number of sampling tubes connecting the group of processing tools. In addition, the FAB includes a sampling station which includes a connection port, a valve manifold box and a controller. The valve manifold box is used for switching a gas sample from one of the processing tools to the connection port. The controller is sued for controlling the connection of the valve manifold box and the sampling tubes. The FAB further includes a metrology module. The metrology module is connected to the connection port of the sampling station and is used to perform a measurement of a parameter related to the gas sample.
US11726460B2
A method and associated system, includes implementing a controller, configured to communicate, over a communication network, with a plurality of highly-versatile field devices coupled to the controller. The method and system also include configuring the network to facilitate communication of traffic over an advanced physical layer (APL) medium. One or more APL power switches are configured to provide connectivity to other devices and each includes a power supply to provide power via the medium. One or more APL field switches, each receiving power from a power switch, are configured to distribute both communication signals and power signals to field devices communicatively coupled to a respective field switch. The method further includes configuring a network resource management component to manage network resources to facilitate communication over the network of traffic that includes both managed traffic, of which the management component is aware, and unmanaged traffic, of which the management component is not aware.
US11726456B2
There is provided a substrate processing system, including: a plurality of substrate processing apparatuses; a first control part installed in each of the plurality of substrate processing apparatuses and configured to transmit a first apparatus data from each of the plurality of substrate processing apparatuses; a second control part configured to receive the first apparatus data from each of the plurality of substrate processing apparatuses, generate a priority data of each of the plurality of substrate processing apparatuses based on the first apparatus data, and transmit the priority data to the first control part; and a display part configured to display the priority data thereon.
US11726455B2
Interface arrangement for connecting at least one control device to a plurality of field instruments
An interface arrangement for connecting at least one control device to a plurality of field instruments, includes: a carrier board having a plurality of signal channels, and a connector designed for electrical and mechanical connection to a second, complementary connector of a signal processing device, being arranged between a first and a second connecting device of each signal channel. Each signal channel has an electrical interface which is designed for releasable connection of respective surge protection modules, each interface electrically connected to an electrical resistor and to a surge arrester which is arranged at least partially on and/or in the carrier board and is designed for arresting surge voltages and/or surge currents which may occur.
US11726453B2
A creation device for creating an instruction for controlling a second industrial machine with a first industrial machine to execute a predetermined operation includes processing circuitry that obtains templates corresponding to operations respectively, control display of a template corresponding to an operation selected from the operations in a creation screen, and create an instruction for the operation selected from the operations based on the operation with respect to the template displayed in the creation screen.
US11726440B2
A process control system includes a process controller level including at least one process controller, and an input/output (I/O) module level including at least one I/O module. The process controller level and the I/O module level are communicatively coupled. and each include control logic comprising control hardware or algorithm blocks. The control logic in the process controller level and the I/O module level are configured to execute and exchange data to perform process control for a process run by the process control system in a distributed fashion across the process controller level and the I/O module level.
US11726432B2
There is provided a holographic projector comprising a processing engine, spatial light modulator (403B), light source (401B) and light-receiving surface (405B). The processing engine outputs a computer-generated diffractive pattern defining a propagation distance to an image plane. The spatial light modulator displays the computer-generated diffractive pattern. The light source illuminates the spatial light modulator at an angle of incidence (theta) greater than zero. The light-receiving surface receives spatially-modulated light from the spatial light modulator. The light-receiving surface is substantially parallel to the spatial light modulator (alpha-theta). The light-receiving surface is separated from the spatial light modulator by the propagation distance defined by the computer-generated diffractive pattern.
US11726430B2
An image forming apparatus includes a cooler and a heater. The heater includes a heat generation unit, which includes resistive heat generators arranged in a longitudinal direction of the heater, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first conductor that connects the resistive heat generators in parallel with each other to the first electrode, and a second conductor that connects the resistive heat generators in parallel with each other to the second electrode. The first and second conductors are connected to at least one of the resistive heat generators on a first longitudinal end side of the heater from a center of the resistive heat generator in the longitudinal direction of the heater. A cooling ability of the cooler to a second longitudinal end side of the heater opposite the first longitudinal end side of the heater is greater than that to the first longitudinal end side of the heater.
US11726420B2
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit for transferring a toner image onto a sheet, a fixing device for fixing the image, the fixing device including a heating member including a heat generating element and electrodes on both sides of the heat generating element in a sheet conveyance direction and connected to the heat generating element, and a pressure element for pressing against the heating member, and a controller for controlling an adjustment mechanism so that a distance between the heating member and the pressure element becomes a first distance during a fixing process and a second distance larger than the first distance during temperature raising of the heating member, which is conducted before the fixing process.
US11726416B1
A hierarchical printhead design supports multiple print modes. A first print mode uses a first subset of light sources having a first spacing. A second print mode uses a second subset of light sources having a second spacing which is less than the first spacing. Image data for lines of image data are sequentially loaded into the printhead, wherein if the specified print mode is the first print mode, image data for a first group of light sources corresponding to the first subset are loaded, and if the specified print mode is the second print mode, image data for the first group of light sources are first loaded, and then image data for a second group of light sources corresponding to the light sources in the second subset that are not in the first subset are loaded.
US11726394B2
A novel spatial light modulator (SLM) includes a cover glass, and modulation layer, and a plurality of pixel mirrors, and separates unwanted, reflected light from desired, modulated light. In one embodiment, a geometrical relationship exists between the cover glass and the pixel mirrors, such that light that reflects from the cover glass is separated from light that reflects from the pixel mirrors and is transmitted from the SLM. In one example, one of the cover glass or the pixel mirrors is angled with respect to the modulation layer. In another example embodiment, the cover glass has a particular thickness, which introduces destructive interference between light that reflects from the top and bottom surfaces of the cover glass. In another embodiment antireflective coatings are disposed between optical interfaces of the SLM. In another embodiment, light from the SLM is directed through an optical filter to remove unwanted light.
US11726393B2
A camera module includes: a lens module including a plurality of lenses disposed along an optical axis; a housing accommodating the lens module; and a reflection module disposed in front of the lens module, and including a reflective member configured to change an optical path, and a holder in which the reflective member is mounted. The reflection module is rotatably disposed on a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the optical axis. A first position sensor configured to sense a position change of the reflection module with respect to the first axis is disposed in the housing. A second position sensor configured to sense a position change of the reflection module with respect to the second axis is disposed in the housing. A sensitivity of the first position sensor is different from a sensitivity of the second position sensor.
US11726389B2
Provided are a lens device, an imaging apparatus, an optical member, an imaging method, and an imaging program that are used to acquire multispectral images having a good image quality. According to one aspect, a lens device includes: an imaging optical system that includes a lens forming an optical image of a subject; and an optical member that is disposed near a pupil of the imaging optical system in a state where an optical axis of the optical member coincides with an optical axis of the imaging optical system, and includes a frame that includes a plurality of aperture regions, a plurality of optical filters that are disposed in at least one of the plurality of aperture regions and include two or more optical filters transmitting light having at least some wavelength ranges different from each other, and a plurality of polarizing filters that are disposed in at least one of the plurality of aperture regions and have different polarization directions. The amount of light emitted from the imaging optical system is changeable in the plurality of aperture regions.
US11726384B1
Low power and/or low footprint optical communication technologies that support short to medium range exoatmospheric communications and provide bidirectional communication with nearly spherical coverage.
US11726379B2
Described herein are liquid crystal (LC) assemblies that are dimmable and techniques for manufacturing LC assemblies. In some embodiments, an LC assembly includes a Guest-Host (GH) liquid crystal layer containing nematic liquid crystals, dye molecules, and a chiral dopant. The GH liquid crystal layer is located between a pair of substrates. The LC assembly is a film assembly, with each of the substrates including a flexible film and a conductive layer formed on the flexible film. The substrates are separated by spacers that define a cell gap. The GH liquid crystal layer is configured to transition the LC assembly between darkened and lightened states depending on the voltage across the conductive layers. The flexible films allow the LC assembly to conform to the surface of a window or other rigid surface to which the LC assembly is attached. The LC assembly can be attached via a liquid or film-based adhesive.
US11726373B2
An object of the present invention is to decrease the resistance of a power supply line, to suppress a voltage drop in the power supply line, and to prevent defective display. A connection terminal portion includes a plurality of connection terminals. The plurality of connection terminals is provided with a plurality of connection pads which is part of the connection terminal. The plurality of connection pads includes a first connection pad and a second connection pad having a line width different from that of the first connection pad. Pitches between the plurality of connection pads are equal to each other.
US11726365B1
An illumination assembly includes one or more light sources and an optical assembly. The one or more light sources is configured to provide illumination light. The optical assembly includes a first optical component, a second optical component, and a third optical component. The first optical component, the second optical component, and the third optical component are positioned so that the illumination light is (i) received by the first optical component, (ii) transmitted through the first optical component toward the second optical component, (iii) reflected at the second optical component toward the third optical component, (iv) reflected at the third optical component toward the second optical component, and (v) transmitted through the second optical component. A method of providing illumination using an optical assembly is also disclosed.
US11726358B2
A system, apparatus, and method include a first display device having a first set of pixels adapted to output light; a second display device having a second set of pixels adapted to output light; a first transparent plate spaced apart from each of the first display device and the second display device. The first transparent plate includes a first set of photonic crystal structures arranged in a first direction and adapted to deviate a first path of the light transmitted from the first and second set of pixels at a first angle. A second transparent plate is spaced apart from the first transparent plate and includes a second set of photonic crystal structures arranged in a second direction different from the first direction and adapted to deviate a second path of the light transmitted through the first transparent plate at a second angle to create a third path of light.
US11726336B2
An optical device includes a substrate, a plurality of optical elements positioned on the substrate, and one or more switchable cells. A respective optical element of the plurality of optical elements is configured to redirect light having a first polarization and transmit light having a second polarization orthogonal to the first polarization. The plurality of optical elements includes a first optical element located on a first region of the substrate and a second optical element located on a second region of the substrate. A respective switchable cell of the one or more switchable cells includes optically anisotropic molecules. The one or more switchable cells include a first switchable cell located on a first cell location of the substrate between the first region and the second region of the substrate. Also disclosed are a display device including the optical device and a method performed by the optical device.
US11726326B1
An optical device includes an optical assembly having a first end and a second end, the optical assembly including a first optical component and a second optical component, the first optical component having at least a first optical surface, a second optical surface, and a third optical surface that are non-parallel to one another. The first optical surface is curved and extends between the first end and the second end. A first polarization selective redirector is located between the first optical component and the second optical component, and a first polarization rotating redirector is disposed at the second end.
US11726317B2
A head-mounted, near-eye display system comprises a stack of waveguides having integral spacers separating the waveguides. The waveguides may each include diffractive optical elements that are formed simultaneously with the spacers by imprinting or casting. The spacers are disposed on one or more major surfaces of the waveguides and define a distance between immediately adjacent waveguides. Adjacent waveguides may be bonded using adhesives on the spacers. The spacers may fit within indentations of overlying waveguides. In some cases, the spacers may form one or more walls of material substantially around a perimeter of an associated waveguide. Vent holes may be provided in the walls to allow gas flow into and out from an interior volume defined by the spacers. Debris trapping structures may be provided between two walls of spacers to trap and prevent debris from entering into the interior volume.
US11726314B2
A deformable mirror has a mirror front face and a mirror back exposed surface. An elastomeric support structure is connected to the mirror back exposed surface. The elastomeric support structure includes a multitude of microchannels wherein the microchannels have a closed end located proximate the mirror back exposed surface and an open end located away from the mirror back exposed surface. A fluid pressure source is connected to the open end of the microchannels. A power source and control system are connected to the fluid pressure source.
US11726312B2
A layered hinge design providing an improved shock and vibration performance for a two-axis MEMS Micromirror featuring combs drive actuation with independent drive and control for rotating the Micromirror along two-axis of rotation. The two-axis MEMS Micromirror is fabricated using Double SOI wafer as the primary starting material. In addition, a plurality of actuation voltages are driven via conductive layers forming one or more hinges allowing the Micromirror to rotate along the two-axis of rotation. The layered hinge design achieves set angles that are highly stable over time and provides a robust and reliable micromirror that is easy to drive with multiple DC voltages, and moderately insensitive to temperature, shock and vibration.
US11726305B2
A converter lens according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a converter lens that has a negative refractive power and increases a focal length of an entire system. The converter lens includes a front group having a positive refractive power and a rear group having a negative refractive power, and the front group is a lens unit having a combined refractive power having a maximum positive refractive power in a case where the combined refractive power is obtained by combining a refractive power of each lens in order from the lens closest to an object toward an image side. At this time, a focal length of the front group, a focal length of the converter lens, and a lateral magnification of the converter lens when the converter lens is disposed on an image side of a master lens are determined as appropriate.
US11726287B2
Fiber optic splice closures adapted to house a large number of fiber splices. The closure holds a splice assembly including a support frame that supports two stacks of splice trays. The splice assembly can be inverted to access the second stack of splice trays. The support frame can also define one or more fiber organizing areas within the splice closure.
US11726286B2
The embodiments described herein are directed to a fiber optic cable and a fiber optic adapter housing. The cable comprises a connector body that houses a plurality of fiber portions. The connector body has a face comprising a plurality of rows of apertures for exposing respective ends of the fiber portions. Each aperture of a particular row are diagonally offset from nearest aperture(s) of an adjacent row. The housing comprises first slots having a first orientation and opposing second slots having a second orientation. The first slots are configured for the insertion of cables having the first orientation, and the second slots are configured for the insertion of cables having the second orientation. Such a configuration enables a shuffle function, where a device coupled to a cable inserted into a first slot is communicatively coupled to other devices each connected to a respective cable inserted into a respective second slot.
US11726284B2
A telecommunications enclosure extender couples a first telecommunications enclosure to a second telecommunications enclosure. The extender has enlarged heads that mount at seal arrangement mounting locations of the first and second telecommunications enclosures.
US11726279B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are described that provide improved networking communication systems and associated adapters. An example networking communication adapter includes an adapter housing defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end is configured to engage an Octal Small Form Factor Pluggable (OSFP) connector, and the second end is configured to receive a Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable Double Density (QSFP-DD) transceiver therein. The networking communication adapter further includes an inner connector positioned within the adapter housing. In an operational configuration in which the first end engages the OSFP connector and the second end receives the QSFP-DD transceiver, the inner connector operably connects the QSFP-DD transceiver with the OSFP connector such that signals may pass therebetween.
US11726278B2
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to transmit laser energy to a first hollow-core transmission medium of a board, and to detect laser energy from a second hollow-core transmission medium of the board using a photodiode of the communication interface. A system can include a communication interface configured to be coupled to a chip carrier, the communication interface including a laser emitter configured to transmit laser energy to a first hollow-core transmission medium of a board, and a photodiode configured to detect laser energy communicated from a second hollow-core transmission. The system can further include the chip carrier and the board, as well as one or more alignment features to position the laser emitter and the photodiode over inputs of the first and second hollow-core transmission mediums, and an optically clear resin optionally between the communication interface and the board.
US11726261B2
Many embodiments in accordance with the invention are directed towards waveguides implementing birefringence control. In some embodiments, the waveguide includes a birefringent grating layer and a birefringence control layer. In further embodiments, the birefringence control layer is compact and efficient. Such structures can be utilized for various applications, including but not limited to: compensating for polarization related losses in holographic waveguides; providing three-dimensional LC director alignment in waveguides based on Bragg gratings; and spatially varying angular/spectral bandwidth for homogenizing the output from a waveguide. In some embodiments, a polarization-maintaining, wide-angle, and high-reflection waveguide cladding with polarization compensation is implemented for grating birefringence. In several embodiments, a thin polarization control layer is implemented for providing either quarter wave or half wave retardation.
US11726252B2
A self-lit display panel includes a photonic integrated circuit payer including an array of waveguides and an array of out-couplers for out-coupling portions of the illuminating light through pixels of the panel. The self-lit display panel may include a transparent electronic circuitry layer backlit by the photonic integrated circuit layer; the two layers may be on a same substrate or on opposed substrates defining a cell filled with an electro-active material. The configuration allows for chief ray engineering, zonal illuminating, and separate illumination with red, green, and blue illuminating light.
US11726249B2
An optical element includes an optical surface configured to receive light at a predetermined wavelength in a range from about 400 nm to about 1000 nm. The optical surface is defined by a vertical axis and a horizontal axis defining four Cartesian quadrants sequentially numbered in a counter-clockwise direction. A first longitudinal section of the optical surface is centered on the vertical axis and a second longitudinal section of the optical surface is centered on the horizontal axis. The first and second longitudinal section each extend across opposite edges of the optical surface and have a same substantially uniform retardance for substantially normally incident light. The optical element includes four discrete retarder sections. Each retarder section is disposed on a respective Cartesian quadrant of the optical surface and has a retardance difference from the substantially uniform retardance of the optical surface that is greater than zero.
US11726241B2
Disclosed is an improved diffraction structure for 3D display systems. The improved diffraction structure includes an intermediate layer that resides between a waveguide substrate and a top grating surface. The top grating surface comprises a first material that corresponds to a first refractive index value, the underlayer comprises a second material that corresponds to a second refractive index value, and the substrate comprises a third material that corresponds to a third refractive index value. According to additional embodiments, improved approaches are provided to implement deposition of imprint materials onto a substrate, which allow for very precise distribution and deposition of different imprint patterns onto any number of substrate surfaces.
US11726240B2
The present disclosure provides a component, such as a MEMS mirror or other generally disc-shaped component, having a variable mesh pattern across a backside surface thereof. The variable mesh includes ribs having a first thickness near a center portion or axis of rotation of the components, and a second narrower thickness at portions farther from the center or axis of rotation.
US11726239B2
A multilayer thin film that reflects an omnidirectional structural color including a multilayer stack. The multilayer stack includes a reflector layer; a selective absorber layer extending over the reflector layer; an absorbing layer extending over the first layer; and a dielectric layer extending over the second layer. The multilayer thin film reflects a single narrow band of visible light when exposed to broadband electromagnetic radiation, the single narrow band of visible light having a center wavelength greater than 550 nm, and a visible full width at half maximum (FWHM) width of less than 200 nm. A color shift of the reflected single narrow band of visible light is less than 50 nm when the multilayer stack is exposed to broadband electromagnetic radiation and viewed from angles between 0 and 45 degrees relative to a direction normal to an outer surface of the multilayer thin film.
US11726238B2
Reflective stacks including heat spreading layers are described. In particular, reflective stacks including polymeric multilayer reflectors. Heat spreading layers may include natural or synthetic graphite or copper.
US11726237B2
To provide a light diffuser plate that can control an anisotropic shape of diffused light. The light diffuser plate includes a base material, and a group structure including a plurality of convexities or concavities provided on at least one main surface of the base material and having anisotropic shapes extended in a common direction. The plurality of convexities or concavities are arranged randomly and densely on the main surface of the base material. A boundary between adjacent ones of the plurality of convexities or concavities includes a plurality of curved lines having curvatures different from each other.
US11726235B2
Embodiments are disclosed for an optical waveguide display configured for use with a near-eye display (NED) device. In an embodiment the waveguide display includes a light-transmissive substrate and an optical coupling element configured to input light rays to the substrate or output light rays from the substrate, the optical coupling element configured to deflect a plurality of wavelengths of an incident light ray collinearly for propagation within the light-transmissive substrate through total internal reflection (TIR). The optical coupling element can include a pattern of nano-structures that collectively form a metasurface on the substrate.
US11726234B2
An optical device includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The optical device includes a substrate. The optical device also includes a first meta-structure disposed on the substrate and has a plurality of first peripheral pillars in the second region. The optical device further includes a second meta-structure disposed on the substrate and has a plurality of second peripheral pillars corresponding to the plurality of first peripheral pillars. Each of the second peripheral pillars has a first shifting distance with respect to a corresponding first peripheral pillar in the direction extending from the center of the optical device to the edge of the optical device.
US11726209B2
A system and a method for removing artifacts from a 3D coordinate data are provided. The system includes one or more processors and a measuring device. The one or more processors are operable to receive training data and train the 3D measuring device to identify artifacts by analyzing the training data. The one or more processors are further operable to identify artifacts in live data based on the training of the processor system. The one or more processors are further operable to generate clear scan data by filtering the artifacts from the live data and output the clear scan data.
US11726206B2
A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor is described herein. The LiDAR sensor can comprise a fiber optic ending, a laser assembly, and one or more processors. The fiber optic ending can comprise a fiber optic cable terminated by a reflector. The laser assembly can emit a chirp signal to detect an object in an environment. A portion of the chirp signal can be diverted to the fiber optic ending. The one or more processors construct a profile of the chirp signal based on the diverted portion of the chirp signal. The one or more processors determine a best fit curve based on the profile of the chirp signal and one or more parameters associated with the best fit curve. A frequency offset between an emitted chirp signal and a returned chirp signal can be computed based on the best fit curve and the one or more parameters. Based on the frequency offset, the one or more processors can determine a range of the object.
US11726204B2
Embodiments describe a solid state electronic scanning LIDAR system that includes a scanning focal plane transmitting element and a scanning focal plane receiving element whose operations are synchronized so that the firing sequence of an emitter array in the transmitting element corresponds to a capturing sequence of a photosensor array in the receiving element. During operation, the emitter array can sequentially fire one or more light emitters into a scene and the reflected light can be received by a corresponding set of one or more photosensors through an aperture layer positioned in front of the photosensors. Each light emitter can correspond with an aperture in the aperture layer, and each aperture can correspond to a photosensor in the receiving element such that each light emitter corresponds with a specific photosensor in the receiving element.
