US11013156B1
An EMI shielding film includes a flexible composite metal layer, a transparent insulating layer, and a conductive adhesive layer. The conductive adhesive layer is formed by removing a solvent from a conductive adhesive composition. The conductive adhesive composition includes an acrylate solution, a divalent acid ester solution, a plurality of conductive particles, and the solvent. The present disclosure further includes a method of manufacturing the EMI shielding film.
US11013149B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a front plate, a rear plate facing away from the front plate, and a side structure surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate, a heat dissipation member accommodated inside the housing, at least one antenna module disposed adjacent to the side structure or at least partially accommodated in the side structure, the at least one antenna module being disposed to be inclined or perpendicular relative to the front plate or the rear plate, and a fixing member coupled to and at least partially surrounding the antenna module. The fixing member may include a first heat transfer portion at least partially surrounding a rear face of the antenna module, and a second heat transfer portion disposed in contact with the heat dissipation member.
US11013148B2
An imaging apparatus includes an exterior component; an image sensor disposed inside the exterior component, the image sensor including a board; a sheet body attached to the image sensor to dissipate heat generated by the image sensors; an elastic body configured to support the sheet body; and a holder configured to hold the elastic body. The sheet body includes a heat receiver attached to the board of the image sensor; and a heat dissipating section attached to the elastic body. The elastic body is compressively deformable between the exterior component and the holder to compress the heat dissipating section against an inner surface of the exterior component.
US11013146B2
A method of installing an asymmetric heat pipe in a heat sink includes providing an asymmetric heat pipe with additional material on one side; forming a cavity in a base of the heat sink leaving additional base material on the component side of the heat sink; inserting the asymmetric heat pipe in the cavity; and removing the additional material on the asymmetric heat pipe and the additional base material on the heat sink to form a smooth and substantially uniform contact surface on the component side. An apparatus includes a component; a heat sink with a cavity; and a flattened heat pipe inserted into the cavity; wherein the heat sink and the heat pipe have a smooth and substantially uniform surface on the side proximal to the component and the heat pipe has a thickness which is substantially the same size on a component side and an opposite side.
US11013145B1
The vapor chamber includes a casing, a working fluid, a microchannel, and a wick. The casing includes an upper casing sheet and a lower casing sheet that face each other and are joined together at an outer edge so as to define an internal space therebetween. The microchannel is in the lower casing sheet and in communication with the internal space so as to form a flow path for the working fluid. The wick is in the internal space of the casing, and is in contact with the microchannel. The microchannel has a plurality of convexes that form the flow path, an area ratio of an area of the plurality of convexes to an entire area of the microchannel is 5% to 40% in a plan view of the vapor chamber, and a height of the plurality of convexes is 5 to 50 μm.
US11013142B2
Systems and methods for cooling an electronic image assembly are provided. A transparent panel forms a front portion of a housing for the electronic image assembly. The transparent panel is located forward of, and at least some distance from the electronic image assembly. An airflow pathway passes through the housing between said electronic image assembly and said transparent panel. An air circulation device forces air through the airflow pathway. At least one polarizer located at the transparent panel is configured to reduce solar energy entering said airflow pathway.
US11013140B1
Cable housing assemblies include frames and cable carriers slidably mounted to channels provided at edges of the frames. The cable carriers may house or support male or female connectors to the cables, which may be power or communications cables (e.g., Ethernet cables) that extend from the connectors within the cable carriers into the channels, and through voids within the frames to power sources or communications systems. The cable carriers are releasably inserted into channels at edges of the frames, and permitted to slide in either direction (e.g., up or down) to various positions within such channels, in order to make power or communications services available at such positions. When installed in association with a shelving unit, e.g., between a backerboard and shelves, the cable carriers may be used to provide power or communications services available to such shelves provided at any height within the shelving unit.
US11013136B2
A fixing device is used for fixing a circuit board and includes a carrier frame and a circuit board supporting structure. The carrier frame includes a guiding part and a guiding slot. The circuit board supporting structure includes a sliding part, and a supporting part and a positioning part which are disposed on the sliding part. The sliding part has a guided portion slidably engaged with the guiding part. The positioning part slides in the guiding slot and is adjustably fixed at a first position or a second position of the guiding slot, so that the fixing device can fix different circuit boards through the circuit board supporting structure. An electronic device fixing mount includes a structural frame, and a connector and the above fixing device which are disposed on the structural frame. A circuit board fixed on the fixing device can be connected with the connector.
US11013131B2
A shielding cover is provided. The shielding cover is adapted to be disposed on a circuit board and covers at least one electronic element. The shielding cover includes a cover body and a first spacer. The cover body includes a top sheet and a plurality of sidewalls, wherein a plurality of sidewall connecting portions are formed on the sidewalls. The first spacer includes a first spacer body, a first connection portion and a second connection portion, wherein the first connection portion and the second connection portion are formed on two ends of the first spacer body, and the first connection portion and the second connection portion are detachably connected to the sidewall connecting portions.
US11013120B2
A tape wiring board includes an insulating film on which a semiconductor chip is mounted and metal layers formed on both principal surfaces, respectively, of the insulating film. That one of the metal layers which is formed on a first surface that is one principal surface of the insulating film and on which the semiconductor chip is mounted has a first electrode that is placed near substantially the center of a region on the first surface where the semiconductor chip is mounted.
US11013119B2
A component carrier which includes a stack having at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, a deformed layer connected to and/or forming part of the stack and being bent so as to define accommodation volumes for components, and the components, wherein each of the components is accommodated in a respective one of the accommodation volumes.
US11013113B2
According to the present invention, a base material for a printed circuit board includes: an insulating base film; and a metal layer that is layered on at least one surface of the base film and that includes copper as a main component, wherein in a content per unit area in a region of 100 nm or less from an interface of the metal layer with the base film, Cr<0.1 mg/m2, and Ni<0.1 mg/m2, wherein an arithmetic mean roughness (Sa) of the surface of the base film on which the metal layer is layered is less than 0.10 μm.
US11013110B2
A receiver includes a stretchable circuit board having stretchability and a first antenna formed on a main surface of the stretchable circuit board, the first antenna being configured to stretch in accordance with the stretchable circuit board and configured to receive a signal transmitted from a transmitter installed in a living body.
US11013100B2
A method of accelerating charged particles in a plasma and an associated plasma accelerator and electromagnetic radiation source, the method including creating a region of non-uniform electric field within the plasma which propagates through the plasma; using the non-uniform electric field to accelerate a first plurality of charged particles in the direction of propagation of the region of non-uniform electric field; and once the accelerating first plurality of charged particles have propagated part-way through the plasma: adding a second plurality of charged particles to the plasma, such that the second plurality of charged particles propagates through the plasma, the second plurality of charged particles create a local distortion in the non-uniform electric field experienced by the accelerating first plurality of charged particles, and the local distortion in the non-uniform electric field propagates through the plasma with the accelerating first plurality of charged particles; and the method also including using the local distortion in the non-uniform electric field to accelerate the first plurality of charged particles in the direction of propagation of the region of non-uniform electric field.
US11013094B2
A method of lighting control includes detecting, by a control device, whether an AC power is available, where the availability of the AC power is controlled by a switch. The method further includes providing, by a driver, a driver power to a light source if the driver power was not provided to the light source when the AC power was last available. The driver generates the driver power from the AC power.
US11013091B2
Position indicating devices, systems and methods useable for signaling the positions of pedestrians or vehicles.
US11013089B2
The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for bulb detection for a lighting control system. The apparatus includes a lighting control module configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The apparatus includes a detector circuit positioned in the lighting control module. The detector circuit is configured to measure a response of the lighting circuit to the transmission of the quantity of electrical energy. The apparatus also includes a controller in electrical communication with the detector circuit. The controller is specially programmed to correlate the quantity of electrical energy transmitted to the lighting circuit to the response of the lighting circuit. The controller is further programmed to determine the bulb type of a bulb electrically coupled to the lighting circuit of the light fixture.
US11013085B2
A system and method for controlling a multiplicity of luminaries connected to a single wire pair. The luminaries contain minimum circuitry to allow dimming and color tuning by pulses on the wire pair without the need for a separate control wire or control communication bus or network. A single luminary can be color tuned to many different colors as well as dimmed and turned on and off. A driver module drives the wire pair and receives commands over a network The driver module contains a pulse generation circuit that generates and applies pulses to the two-wire output. The amplitude of some the pulses control color of the luminary by selecting different LEDs in the luminary to light, while other pulses control brightness.
US11013084B2
Self-identifying solid-state transducer (SST) modules and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, for example, an SST system can include a driver and at least one SST module electrically coupled to the driver. Each SST module can include an SST and a sense resistor. The sense resistors of each SST module can have at least substantially similar resistance values. The SSTs of the SST modules can be coupled in parallel across an SST channel to the driver, and the sense resistors of the SST modules can be coupled in parallel across a sense channel to the driver. The driver can be configured to measure a sense resistance across the sense resistors and deliver a current across the SSTs based on the sense resistance.
US11013083B2
An apparatus method for driving light emitting diodes (LEDs), comprising: receiving an alternating current input; producing a DC current having a voltage with an AC-DC boost power-factor correction stage, having a variable-frequency operation, and a set of switches controlled in dependence on the voltage to limit a peak LED current; and producing an LED drive current with a DC-DC power conversion stage having a set of switches to selectively pulse-width modulate the LEDs to control a brightness, wherein the set of switches in the AC-DC boost power-factor correction stage and the set of switches in the DC-DC power conversion stage are each controlled to switch at zero current.
US11013077B2
An LED driver has outputs to drive LEDs in groups of different colour temperatures. An input is configured to receive setpoint information, and a control device is configured to determine a combined LED setpoint intensity for the groups and a combined LED setpoint colour temperature for the groups, from the LED setpoint information. If the LED setpoint intensity is above a threshold, the control device operates the LED driver outputs to mix the LED group outputs to jointly achieve the LED setpoint intensity and the LED setpoint colour temperature. If the LED setpoint intensity is below the threshold, the control device selects a single LED group, operates the LED driver output associated with the selected LED group to drive that one LED group at the LED setpoint intensity, and operates the remaining LED driver outputs to drive the remaining LED groups at zero LED intensity.
US11013068B2
A multilayer heating body (1) includes a ceramic substrate (3), an electrode (4), heaters (5, 7), terminals (11, 13, 15, 17), and an electricity supply path (19). Through vias which constitute the electricity supply path include at least one combination of through vias α, β, γ, and δ which meets the following conditions (1) and (2). Condition (1): when the ceramic substrate is viewed from the front surface (3a) side toward the back surface (3b) side, the through via δ is located at a position where the through via δ overlaps the through via β, or in the vicinity of the through via β. Condition (2): when the ceramic substrate is viewed from the front surface side toward the back surface side, the through via γ is located at a position between the through via α and the through via δ, or located at a position where the through via γ overlaps the through via α, or in the vicinity of the through via α.
US11013065B2
The present invention discloses a downlink interference management method, applied to interference coordination between a serving base station of a cell serving at least one first user equipment and a neighboring-cell base station of the cell, including: obtaining, by the serving base station, downlink interference overload information, where the downlink interference overload information is used to indicate an interfered-with transmission resource of the first user equipment; and sending, by the serving base station, the downlink interference overload information to the neighboring-cell base station, so that the neighboring-cell base station performs interference coordination on the transmission resource. The downlink interference overload information sent by the serving base station to the neighboring-cell base station may instruct the neighboring-cell base station to perform interference coordination on the interfered-with transmission resource.
US11013058B2
Provided in embodiments of the present application are a wireless communication method and device. The method includes: determining, by a network device, a type of a discontinuous transmission (DRX) indication signal according to DRX configuration information, wherein the DRX indication signal is configured to indicate that a terminal device wakes up during an on duration of a DRX cycle; and according to the determined type of the DRX indication signal, sending by the network device the DRX indication signal to the terminal device.
US11013052B2
Methods and Systems for modifying or releasing a Multicast/Broadcast (MB) session for delivery of MB Data to a plurality of Electronic Devices (EDs) connected to a (Radio) Access Network (R)AN node is disclosed. The method includes receiving one or more triggers, and instructing the various network functions and (R)AN nodes to modify (or release) the MB session dependent on the received trigger.
US11013051B2
The present invention relates to a method for establishing or resuming a wireless communication connection in a wireless communication network. According to the method, a first message is transmitted from a first device to a second device. The first message includes a request for the second device to provide a data link layer communication forwarding between the first device and a base station. Furthermore, a connection between the first device and the base station is established or resumed via the data link layer communication forwarding of the second device.
US11013050B2
The wireless communication headset system is a private communication system. The wireless communication headset system comprises a wireless routing device, a plurality of communication stations, and a plurality of wireless communication links. The wireless communication headset system supports audio and text-based communication between the plurality of communication stations. The wireless communication headset system supports a broadcast model of communication. The wireless routing device establishes a wireless communication link selected from the plurality of wireless communication link with each individual communication station contained in the plurality of communication stations. The wireless routing device is a repeater that receives a message from any first individual communication selected from the plurality of communication stations and retransmits the message to each individual headset remaining in the plurality of headsets.
US11013033B2
A wireless communication device (alternatively, device) includes a processing circuitry configured to support communications with other wireless communication device(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. In some examples, the device includes a communication interface and a processing circuitry, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other wireless communication device(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. A device receives a request to send (RTS) from another device and replies with a clear to send (CTS) when the RTS includes a non-zero-valued network allocation vector (NAV) if one or more conditions make such a response permissible. The device processes other parameter(s) associated with other communications between other devices to determine if a CTS response is permissible even during the other communications between the other devices. If comparison of the other parameter(s) is/are favorably to certain condition(s), the device transmits the CTS.
US11013032B2
A wireless communication device includes a processor. The processor estimates a quality of a received signal that is transmitted from a source device. The processor determines a communication parameter for a next communication transaction based on an evaluation value that indicates a result of subtracting a second value from a first value, the first value being determined based on a coding rate and a data length of a data signal received from the source device, the second value being determined based on the data length, a modulation scheme and a quality of the data signal. The processor reports the communication parameter to the source device.
US11013027B2
The application provides a methods and devices for information transmission. The method includes that: a terminal device receives control signaling transmitted by a network device at a first time position; and the terminal device transmits a Scheduling Request (SR) and/or feedback information related to the control signaling to the network device according to the first time position, a second time position for transmitting the SR being at least partially overlapped with a third time position for transmitting the feedback information. The terminal device determines how to effectively transmit the information related to the control signaling and other information on the basis of time when the downlink control signaling is received, so that different information may still be effectively transmitted under the situation that Physical Uplink Control Channels (PUCCHs) of two different lengths exist.
US11013024B2
A method embodiment includes implementing, by a base station (BS), a grant-free uplink transmission scheme. The grant-free uplink transmission scheme defines a first contention transmission unit (CTU) access region in a time-frequency domain, defines a plurality of CTUs, defines a default CTU mapping scheme by mapping at least some of the plurality of CTUs to the first CTU access region, and defines a default user equipment (UE) mapping scheme by defining rules for mapping a plurality of UEs to the plurality of CTUs.
US11013020B2
In embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, i.e., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to NAN datapath scheduling and NAN pre-datapath operation setup and scheduling. The NAN datapath embodiments described herein provide a mechanism through which stations can communicate and provide services. In particular, embodiments described herein relate to the use of cancelable and non-cancelable further availability windows in conjunction with NAN communication.
US11013013B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device for selecting a beam in a wireless communication system which uses a plurality of antennas such as an array antenna. A method according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method for selecting a transmission beam in a transmission device of a wireless communication device comprising a transmission device having a plurality of transmission array antennas, and a receiving device having receiving array antennas in the same number as the number of transmission array antennas, and the method comprises the steps of: determining antenna pairs by measuring the transmission rate of each of the receiving array antennas of the receiving device, individually for each array antenna; determining the number of transmission array antennas and individual transmission-array-antenna modes so as to transmit data according to the service requirements of data whose transmission is required, when data transmission is required; and transmitting data through the determined transmission array antennas.
US11013007B2
An apparatus, method, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are disclosed. The method including identifying one or more potential times for beam switching within a payload of a symbol. The method also includes determining whether to switch a transmit beam early, a switching configuration, and a switching time based on the one or more potential times for beam switching. The method further includes switching the Tx beam early using the switching configuration and the switching time if deciding to switch the Tx beam early.
US11012993B2
In 5G, a high degree of automated management and control mechanisms can coordinate various radios in relatively close proximity, via a zone, or in a cluster. Reactive automation coupled with hybrid algorithms utilizing internal radio states and known or expected external events or entities can enable a smart proactive 5G automation. The smart proactive 5G automation can minimize signaling between the radios and provide a hybrid distributed and centralized model utilizing a radio access network intelligent controller to increase spectrum efficiencies. Additionally, the smart proactive 5G automation can provide new service opportunities that can be offered by service providers.
US11012975B2
A method of operating a terminal device and a plurality of network access nodes, wherein the method comprises: establishing first wake-up signalling configuration information for a first network access node; establishing second wake-up signalling configuration information for a second network access node; and monitoring for signalling transmitted by the first network access node in accordance with the first wake-up signalling format and monitoring for signalling transmitted by the second network access node in accordance with the second wake-up signalling format, and seeking to decode a subsequent paging message in response to detecting wake-up signalling in accordance with either the first wake-up signalling format or the second wake-up signalling format.
US11012971B2
The disclosure provides a paging method, a network device and a terminal device. The method includes that: a network device sends a paging message to a terminal device based on at least one network slice used by the terminal device. Accordingly, the network device pages the terminal device based on the network slice of the terminal device, which, compared with simultaneous paging of all network slices, may reduce a paging signaling overhead and avoid the terminal device frequently reading paging messages which do not belong to it.
US11012970B2
A method for processing radio frequency (RF) interference and an electronic device are provided. The method includes the following. Functional components in operating status are determined while an RF signal received by an RF circuit has signal strength lower than a preset threshold. For each functional component, an interference intensity to the RF circuit and a distance to the RF circuit are acquired. For each functional component, an interference value is acquired according to the interference intensity and the distance. A target functional component with an interference value meeting a preset condition is disabled.
US11012968B2
In cell-based wireless network systems supporting subscriber device communication, any movement of a cell's antenna may interrupt service. As cell sizes decrease and transmission frequencies increase, especially with 5G systems, cell transceivers that were once tower or building based are being mounted on smaller structures including the strand of a wired network infrastructure. However, smaller structures may be subject to movement due to weather, nearby traffic, surf, or other conditions. A cell apparatus, particularly one mounted on a structure subject to movement may include a motion detector to report motion of the cell apparatus. A wired or wireless network channel apart from the wireless network system may be used to transport movement data to a network service center or performance analysis server.
US11012957B2
The disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after a 4G communication system such as LTE. According to an embodiment, a method of a base station in a wireless communication system includes identifying, in a synchronization block to be generated, a resource to which a signal related to the synchronization block is not mapped, determining whether to map a specific signal to the identified resource, and transmitting, to a terminal, the synchronization block generated based on a result of the determination.
US11012953B2
A regenerative selective logarithmic detector amplifier (LDA) can have integrated FM demodulation capabilities. It can receive a wired or wireless FM modulated signal and amplify or demodulate it with high sensitivity, high skirt ratio and minimized noise when compared to the prior art. When used in conjunction with other circuits such as a PLL or mixer, it can improve interference rejection and frequency selectivity and be locked on a precise channel in frequency and phase. The LDA produces intermittent oscillations that are self-quenched when reaching a given threshold. It also embeds the circuitry to perform direct FM discrimination. FM demodulation process is completed by a simple analog or digital frequency to voltage converter. This plus the fact that the instantaneous regeneration gain is low-medium permit to detect signals of small amplitudes buried in the noise.
US11012942B2
Methods and systems in which a portable electronic device can be voice to activated are disclosed. The portable electronic device can be a multi-function electronic device. The voice activation can be robust and context sensitive. The voice activation can also be utilized without any preparatory user action with respect to the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device can also interact with a media system.
US11012938B2
A method for receiving a WUR signal by an STA, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: detecting a WUR preamble sequence included in a WUR PPDU through a WUR receiver of the STA, while a WLAN receiver of the STA is turned off; obtaining WUR data included in the WUR PPDU, on the basis of a timing synchronized through the WUR preamble sequence; and outputting a wake-up signal to the WLAN receiver through the WUR receiver of the STA if the WUR data is intended for the STA, wherein the WUR preamble sequence used for the synchronization corresponds to a signature sequence carrying specific information, and the specific information may include at least one of an SU/MU indicator indicating whether the WUR PPDU is for a single user (SU) or a multi-user (MU), and information on the bandwidth of the WLAN PPDU to be received after wake-up by the WLAN receiver.
US11012929B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that provide for identification, on a per-PLMN basis of a type of core network associated with each PLMN in a list of networks associated with a base station. A user equipment (UE) may receive the list of networks and, based at least in part on the type(s) of core network accessible via each PLMN and a capability of the UE, initiate a connection establishment with a PLMN and associated core network. In some cases, UEs that are not capable of connections with a first type of core network (e.g., a 5G core network) may be restricted from camping on a cell or PLMN that may provide only connections with the first type of core network (e.g., a 4G core network).
US11012923B2
During a communication technique, an access point provides a message that includes one or more public land mobile network identifiers of one or more cellular-telephone networks that are supported by the access point. Then, an electronic device, which received the message, provides a candidate list specifying one or more access points that support communication with a cellular telephone network to a radio node that is associated with this cellular-telephone network. By communicating with a wireless-local-area-network (WLAN) controller, the radio node validates the one or more access points, and selects a target access point based on performance feedback from the WLAN controller. Next, the radio node instructs the electronic device to associate with the target access point. Moreover, the radio node and the target access point establish a secure-communication pathway, which allows the radio node to communicate data to the electronic device via the access point using an LTE Wi-Fi aggregation protocol.
US11012902B2
Provided are a resource configuration method for switching, a network access point and a mobile station. The method comprises: a first network access point determining switching resource configuration information with a second network access point; the first network access point sending the switching resource configuration information to a mobile station; and the first network access point receiving switching indication information sent by the mobile station, wherein the switching indication information is used for indicating that the mobile station is to switch. In the embodiments of the present invention, by utilizing the feature that the movement of a mobile station has a predictable directionality, and by introducing the concept of a switching resource and coordinating the switching resource between network access points in advance, the switching resource can be used for switching when the mobile station needs switching, thereby reducing the switching interrupt time.
US11012896B2
A secondary base station (2) is configured to receive an SeNB addition request message from a second master base station (3) while providing a radio terminal (1) with a secondary cell group (SCG) for DC in cooperation with a first master base station. The SeNB addition request message indicates whether each of at least one bearer that has already been configured in the secondary base station (2) for DC with the first master base station (1) is to be kept at the secondary base station (2). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to performing a procedure for changing a master base station in Dual Connectivity (DC) by using existing inter-base station interface procedures and inter-base station signaling messages.
US11012894B1
In an example method, a base station determines that a UE is CSFB capable and that the base station is currently serving a relay on a first carrier of a plurality of carriers. The base station provides a coverage area on which to serve UEs, and the coverage area operates on the plurality of carriers. Based on at least the determining that the UE is CSFB capable and that the base station is currently serving the relay on the first carrier, the base station assigns the UE to operate on a carrier of the plurality of carriers other than the first carrier rather than having the UE operate on the first carrier on which the base station is currently serving the relay.
US11012893B2
The disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. A mobility management entity (MME) and a bearer management method of the MME during an X2 handover in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving, from a source base station, a response message related to a radio access bearer (RAB) of a network and including information indicating whether the X2 handover is triggered, starting a timer based on the response message, and resuming, based on an expiration of the timer, a procedure for managing the RAB of the network with a target base station.
US11012892B2
A resource obtaining method, apparatus, and system, wherein the method includes: when a first edge node receives a first resource obtaining request sent by a second edge node, and a first target resource is not locally cached, the first edge node may determine, using shared popularity information of the first target resource, whether the first target resource needs to be cached. The shared popularity information of the first target resource is determined by a quantity of obtaining requests for the first target resource that are received by the first edge node from the first edge node and another edge node. Therefore, it is determined, using the shared popularity information, whether the first target resource needs to be cached.
US11012889B2
A communication technique of fusing a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology and a system thereof are provided. The communication technique may be used for an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, health care, digital education, a retail business, a security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A method for defining media access control (MAC) sub-header structures suitable for a next generation mobile communication system and applying the MAC sub-header structures to provide a high data transmission rate and a low latency in the next generation mobile communication system is provided.
US11012885B2
Devices, systems, and methods are described herein for communicating data using an adjustable software defined radio. In one aspect, an ultra-narrowband communication device may include a radio frequency (RF) element and a computing element communicatively coupled to the RF element. The computing element, which may include at least one processor and memory, may define a software defined radio. The memory of the computing element may store instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, configure the communication device to at least one of transmit or receive data over at least two different ultra-narrowband channels using a first communication protocol. The software defined radio may be adjustable to operate at any of a variety of different ultra-narrowband channels responsive to a frequency band selection or allocation.
US11012872B1
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a polymorphic algorithm-based network slice orchestrator service is provided. The service may manage network slices based on radio access network performance metrics, core network performance metrics, network slice performance metrics, a machine learning framework, and polymorphic algorithms. The service may be applied to a multi-tier network. The service may include management of a data network access point of the network slice on a per-tier basis.
US11012870B2
A method in a mobile station (MS) and an MS in a wireless communication network are provided. The method includes detecting an intersystem change from an S1 mode to one of an A/Gb mode and an Iu mode, detecting that a routing area update (RAU) has failed detecting that a successful generic location updating procedure has not been performed since the detected intersystem change, and triggering an MM specific procedure based on detecting that the RAU has failed and the successful generic location updating procedure has not been performed. The MM specific procedure corresponds to a location area update (LAU).
US11012869B1
Provided are techniques for dynamic LIFI extenders routing. One or more geographic locations of a physical region are identified based on historical crowd density, historical network traffic, current crowd density, and current network traffic. For each of the one or more geographic locations and a plurality of mobile bots, a mobile bot of the plurality of mobile bots is sent to that geographic location at a specified time, where the mobile bot provides a dynamic Light Fidelity (LIFI) extender router that acts as a network access point, and users at that geographic location are associated with the mobile bot, where each of the users has a LIFI enabled mobile device that communicates with a network of devices by sending data to the dynamic LIFI extender router via LIFI.
US11012865B2
A method and system is provided for enabling spectrum sensing capability in a network having at least one primary user and a plurality of secondary users configured to communicate using a shared spectrum. The methods and systems include receiving values from sensors corresponding to received signal strength from a primary user in one or more frequencies of the shared spectrum. The values are used to interpolate at least one additional value between the sensors. A detection threshold is determined for sensing a signal transmitted from the primary user based on an acceptable amount of interference. The primary user is then determined to be transmitting in the one or more frequencies of the shared spectrum if any of the values received from the plurality of sensors or the at least one additional value interpolated along the path exceeds the detection threshold.
US11012857B1
A Fifth Generation Core (5GC) Long Term Evolution (LTE) network authenticates a wireless User Equipment (UE) for LTE data service using a 5GC Subscriber Concealed Identifier (SUCI). A Mobility Management Entity (MME) receives the 5GC SUCI and transfers the 5GC SUCI to a 5GC authentication system. The 5GC authentication system determines a 5GC Subscriber Permanent Identifier (SUPI) and authentication vector based on the 5GC SUCI. The 5GC authentication system transfers the 5GC SUPI and the 5GC authentication vector to the MME. The MME exchanges 5GC authentication data with the UE. The MME authenticates the UE based on the 5GC authentication vector and the 5GC authentication data. In response to the 5GC authentication, the MME initiates the LTE data service for the UE based on the 5GC SUPI.
US11012854B2
[Object] To provide a mechanism capable of suppressing confusion in communication using a local identifier. [Solution] A communication device includes a communication unit configured to receive a first signal addressed to another communication device including first information in which a local identifier which is used in a wireless local area network (LAN) and different from a global identifier is specified and transmit a second signal including second information in which the local identifier specified from the first information included in the received first signal is specified. A communication device includes a communication unit configured to receive a second signal including second information in which a local identifier which is used in a wireless local area network (LAN) and different from a global identifier is specified and transmit a third signal including third information in which the local identifier allocated by the communication device is specified.
US11012841B2
An example system comprising: a processing resource; and a memory resource storing machine readable instructions executable to cause the processing resource to: receive a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signal transmitted from a user device; generate, from the BLE signal, a BLE moving pattern of the user device, wherein the BLE moving pattern is generated at a different entity than an entity that transmits the BLE signal; track an object carrying the user device via visual information of the object such that a visual moving pattern of the object is generated from the tracking; determine the visual moving pattern matches the BLE moving pattern; and assign, responsive to the determination, an identity obtained from the user device to the object being tracked via the visual information.
US11012836B1
A system includes a first information exchange device associated with a first automobile, where the first information exchange device is configured to provide a first data set indicative of first information relating to the first automobile. The system includes a second information exchange device associated with a second automobile, where the second information exchange device is configured to provide a second data set indicative of second information relating to the second automobile. The system also includes one or more officiating components configured to, based on a determination that the first data set and the second data set meet a threshold data requirement, transmit a third data set indicative of third information relating to the first automobile to the second information exchange device, and a fourth data set indicative of fourth information relating to the second automobile to the first information exchange device.
US11012830B2
A communication device includes a modem and circuitry. The modem communicates with a cellular network that is linked to a data network to which one or more target servers are coupled. The circuitry is configured to hold a token that identifies the communication device for assignment to a selected service plan in a management server of the cellular network, to trigger, based on the token, an onboarding request to the management server for assigning the selected service plan to the communication device, and, after the selected service plan has been assigned to the communication device in the management server, to communicate with a target server, via the cellular network and over the data network, in accordance with the selected service plan.
US11012827B2
A mobile wireless device may transmit message content intended for a third party provider, to a server associated with the service, which forwards a message comprising the message content intended for the third party provider, to the third party provider. The message forwarded to the third party provider may be derived at least in part from a random number. The message forwarded to the third party provider may not be identical to a message transmitted by the mobile wireless device comprising the message content intended for the third party provider. The message transmitted by the mobile wireless device comprising the message content intended for the third party provider may include at least one information element which is not included in the message forwarded to the third party provider.
US11012820B2
Embodiments herein disclose e.g. a method performed by a network node (12,15) for managing positioning of a wireless device (10) in a wireless communications network. The network node, such as a location server determines whether to transmit positioning assistance data, to the wireless device (10) using unicast and/or using broadcast. The network node further triggers a transmission to the wireless device (10), of the positioning assistance data or an indication of the positioning assistance data for the wireless device (10) wherein the transmission is a unicast transmission and/or a broadcast transmission as determined.
US11012817B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to creating a cognitive heterogeneous ad hoc mesh network via generation and utilization of a participant table. Participant object transmit notification signals to inform other participants objects in line-of-sight of their position and movement. Mobile participants that receive these notification signals update a local version of the participant table. If the receiving mobile participant is responsible for forwarding participant table updates to the sending mobile participant, then the receiving mobile participant includes the received notification signal with the transmission of its next notification signal to propagate the participant table update to a stationary participant. The stationary participant can then transmit participant table updates to other mobile participants. If a stationary participant is not accessible or not functioning, the participants continue to propagate participant table changes when a responsible forwarding participant changes.
US11012816B2
Embodiments are disclosed for selecting locations for transmitting emergency beacons. In an embodiment, a method comprises: determining a current location of a mobile device in a geographic area; configuring a transmitter of the mobile device for device-to-device (D2D) communication; determining one or more candidate transmit locations for D2D communication, wherein each candidate transmit location is determined based at least in part on its elevation, proximity to a D2D device density location that is within a maximum communication distance from the candidate transmit location, and an availability of a trail or path to the candidate transmit location; receiving input selecting a particular candidate transmit location from the one or more candidate transmit locations; in accordance with the input, determining a route from the current location of the mobile device to the particular candidate transmit location; and presenting the route through an output device.
US11012811B2
An autonomous system with no Customer Network Investment is described, wherein the system is configurable to operate on in a band in addition to the LTE band. Such system allows the definition of hybrid operations to accommodate the positioning reference signals (PRS) of LTE and already existing reference signals. The system can operate with PRS, with other reference signals such as cell-specific reference signals (CRS), or with both signal types. As such, the system provides the advantage of allowing network operator(s) to dynamically choose between modes of operation depending on circumstances, such as network throughput and compatibility. The system further enables information collected at a network device to be processed at a locate server without involving any processing at the network device.
US11012802B2
A computing system that facilitates decoding a spherical harmonics (SH) representation of a three-dimensional sound signal to a binaural sound signal is described herein. The computing system generates a binaural sound signal based upon the SH representation, a tapering window function that is selected based on an SH encoding order of the SH representation, and a coloration compensation filter that incorporates the tapering window function. The computing system causes the binaural sound signal to be played over at least two speakers.
US11012797B2
A transcutaneous bone conduction device includes magnets secured to housing of an external portion of the device. The magnets can be disposed within the housing, or secured to an external surface thereof. The magnets are disposed about a shaft that delivers vibrational stimuli to a recipient so as to evenly deliver the stimuli.
US11012792B2
A hearing aid system (500) with active noise cancelling and a method for operating such a hearing aid system.
US11012790B2
A system and method for the manufacture of flipchip microelectromechanical system devices. A method comprises forming a cavity from a first surface of a rigid back through to a second surface of the rigid back, depositing an anisotropic conductive film over the first surface of the multilayer rigid back to conform to a contour of a microelectromechanical system device, positioning the a microelectromechanical system device over the cavity formed in the multilayered rigid back, and causing contact of the microelectromechanical system device with the anisotropic conductive film deposited over the first surface of the multilayer rigid back.
US11012786B2
A pre-distorted electrical excitation signal is generated for an acoustic transducer having an armature and a non-linear transfer characteristic by applying an electrical input signal (x) representative of a desired acoustic output to a computable non-linear function that is a function of the electrical input signal (x). When applied to an input of the transducer, the pre-distorted electrical excitation signal results in an improved acoustic output signal.
US11012782B2
A radial dome speaker is provided which emits sound up and out from low or no profile speakers, resulting in clear and true acoustics and allows direct driver exposure to the elements regardless of its orientation. The speaker is specially configured with a radial surround element which allows for self-cleaning and self-draining, even in outdoor environments.
US11012780B2
Various aspects include approaches for providing customized audio experiences in a speaker system. In some implementations, computer-implemented methods of controlling a plurality of customized audio experiences for a speaker system are disclosed. In other implementations, an at-home speaker system is configured for customized audio experiences.
US11012776B2
Controlling the volume of a Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA) by receiving radio frequency (RF) data associated with a user, identifying a location of a user relative to the VPA, creating a volume adjustment model using the data and VPA data, tracking movement of the user based on the data, and adjusting a volume of the VPA according to the volume adjustment model.
US11012775B2
An audio system, including at least one approximating circuit, the at least one approximating circuit configured to apply an approximated gain to the input signal, the least one approximating circuit outputting an approximated signal; a limiter configured to reduce a magnitude of the input signal by a gain determined by an amount the magnitude of the approximated filtered signal exceeds a predetermined threshold, the limiter outputting a limited input signal; a filter being respectively configured to receive the limited input signal and to respectively apply a filter gain, the filters outputting a plurality of filtered signals, wherein the approximated gain is substantially similar to the filter gain of one of the plurality of equalization filters; and a speaker array comprising a plurality of speakers, each speaker configured to receive a respective filtered signal of the plurality of filtered signals and to transduce the filtered signal to an audio signal.
US11012771B2
The present invention provides an earphone, including: an earphone base; an earphone plug, where the earphone plug is disposed on the earphone base; an eject pin configured to remove a card tray of a mobile terminal, where the eject pin is disposed in the earphone plug and the eject pin is connected to the earphone base by using a spring; and a pin controller, where the pin controller is connected to the earphone base, and the pin controller controls the eject pin to extend out of the earphone plug along an axial direction of the earphone plug or to retract into the earphone plug.
US11012764B2
An identity of a container coupled to a content level sensor device is received. A plurality of signal parameters associated with the container is identified. The signal parameters are transmitted to the content level sensor device, wherein the signal parameters are indexed according to a level of content in the container.
US11012762B2
A method for transmitting signals in a subsea environment includes determining that a quality of an acoustic signal is below a threshold. The acoustic signal travels from a first device, through water in the subsea environment, to a second device. A parameter of the first device, the second device, or both is then adjusted to improve the quality of the acoustic signal when the quality of the acoustic signal is below the threshold.
US11012758B2
Digital cross-marketing into digital channels is triggered by a cue message in a linear and non-linear television programming stream. The cue message provides advance warning to a local service provider about an upcoming break in the programming stream and also provides information about the break. In addition to triggering insertion of a local ad into the programming stream in accord with the instructions in the cue message, the cue message also initiates action to run one or more ads in other digital media. For example, the cue message may trigger ads in mobile media, Internet-based media, the Internet of Things, and other media.
US11012744B2
Systems and methods for generating a content score for a video that is indicative of how engaging the video is to viewers makes use of a modified completion rate factor. The modified completion rate factor indicates the percentage of viewers that played the video and that watched at least a predetermined number of second of the video. Other viewing factors may also be used to help generate the content score of the video.
US11012742B2
The present application discloses a video scrambling method and device with adaptive mode selection, a network camera and a readable storage medium, which are used for scrambling a video code stream. The video scrambling method with adaptive mode selection comprises: firstly acquiring a video code stream and determining the frame type of a current frame; and then scrambling, according to the frame type of the current frame, the data subjected to entropy decoding by using a scrambling method corresponding to the frame type. The video scrambling device with adaptive mode selection in the present application comprises a determination module and a scrambling module. According to the method and device of the present application, I-frames and P-frames are respectively scrambled, without changing the original coding standard format, effectively scrambling the video contents, and improving the security of video content information.
US11012741B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving decoded satellite signals, obtaining media channels from the decoded satellite signals, selecting a portion of the media channels for distribution to a plurality of media processors, encoding the portion of the media channels selected according to a satellite distribution protocol, such as a protocol that facilitates satellite switching, to generate satellite encoded content, formatting the satellite encoded content according to a transport protocol to generate formatted content, and providing the formatted content for distribution to the plurality of media processors via a communication network, such as a single wire communication network or other network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11012735B2
Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for switching streams in response to detecting a start trigger are presented. A program's start trigger indicating that the program is upcoming may be detected on a first stream, and in response to detecting the start trigger on the first stream, a second stream containing the program may be switched to. The program may be a video program. Segment triggers may be detected and may be used to selectively record and/or delete segments of the program according to a priority scheme. Multiple start triggers may be detected at decreasing time intervals. The existence of a recording conflict may be determined based on a program's start trigger and a user may be alerted of the recording conflict.
US11012727B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for predicting a user field-of-view change and determining transmission regions of immersive video (IV) content for an IV device are presented. A field-of-view change of a user device may be predicted. A transmission region in one or more video frames of the IV content may be determined based on the predicted change.
US11012726B2
A computer-implemented method of using video viewing activity data as input to an aggregation engine built on the Hadoop MapReduce framework which calculates second-by-second video viewing activity aggregated to the analyst's choice of (a) geographic area, (b) video server, (c) video content (channel call sign, video program, etc.), or (d) viewer demographic, or any combination of these fields, for each second of the day represented in the video viewing activity data. Also calculates overall viewing for use as a denominator in calculations. The source data may be extracted from a database defined according to the Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. Media Measurement Data Model defined in “Audience Data Measurement Specification” as “OpenCable™ Specifications, Audience Measurement, Audience Measurement Data Specification” document OC-SP-AMD-I01-130502 or any similar format. These metrics provide detailed data needed to calculate information on customer viewing behavior that can drive business decisions for service providers, advertisers, and content producers.
US11012715B2
This disclosure describes example techniques that a video coder (e.g., video encoder or video decoder) may utilize to determine a block vector for a chroma block where the partition trees for the chroma component and the luma component are different (e.g., decoupled partition trees).
US11012713B2
A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information and/or spatial information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. To compress the attribute and/or spatial information, the encoder is configured to convert a point cloud into an image based representation. Also, the decoder is configured to generate a decompressed point cloud based on an image based representation of a point cloud. In some embodiments, a bit stream structure may be used to communicate compressed point cloud data. The bit stream structure may include point cloud compression network abstraction layer (PCCNAL) units that enable use of groups of frames (GOFs), frame, and sub-frame signaling of patch information. Such a bit stream structure may permit low delay streaming and random access reconstruction of point clouds amongst other applications.
US11012704B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes prediction information for a first block in a current picture from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an inter prediction mode that determines a first motion vector for the first block from a motion vector predictor. Then, the processing circuitry constructs, in responses to the inter prediction mode, a candidate list of candidate motion vector predictors with an exclusion from a plurality of second blocks that require one or more operations to finalize second motion vectors for the second blocks during a motion vector derivation. Further, the processing circuitry determines, based on the candidate list of candidate motion vector predictors, the first motion vector for the first block, and then reconstructs the first block according to the first motion vector for the first block.
US11012694B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method to increase virtual machine density on a server system through adaptive rendering by dynamically determining when to shift video rendering tasks between the server system and a client computing device. In another embodiment, the adaptive rendering, using various parameters, can select one or more encoding and compression algorithms to use to prepare and process the video for transmission to the client computing device. In another embodiment, a video rendering system is disclosed that can adaptively alter how and where a video is rendered, encoded, and compressed.
US11012692B2
A method and an apparatus are provided for encoding and/or decoding digital images or video streams. The encoding apparatus includes a processor configured for reading at least a portion of an image (f), determining a rotation angle (θ) on the basis of the portion of the image (f), determining rotated transform matrix (V′) which is the result of a rotation of at least one basis vector of a Discrete Cosine Transform matrix (V) by the rotation angle (θ), computing transformed coefficients (f{circumflex over ( )}) on the basis of the pixel values contained in the portion of the image (f) and the rotated transform information (V′), outputting the transformed coefficients (f{circumflex over ( )}) to the destination.
US11012691B2
An image decoding method according to the present invention may include: a step for dividing a picture into a plurality of tiles; and a step for determining at least one slice on the basis of the plurality of tiles. Here, the step for dividing a picture into a plurality of tiles may include: a step for determining the width of a first tile column in the picture; and a step for determining the width of a second tile column neighboring the first tile column.
US11012689B2
Disclosed is an image decoding method using the correlation between color components to perform into prediction of chrominance components. Here, the image decoding method using the correlation between color components to perform intra prediction of chrominance components comprises the steps of: checking image data and a prediction mode in a bitstream; generating a prediction block according to a reconstructed prediction mode; determining compensation settings according to the size of a current block and the reconstructed prediction mode; compensating the prediction block according to the determined compensation settings; and reconstructing the current block by adding reconstructed image data to the prediction block.
US11012684B2
A method of testing a vehicular camera for a vehicular vision system includes providing a vehicular camera suitable for use on a vehicle, with the vehicular camera having a field of view. A collimator is provided that includes an optic and a target. The collimator is positioned in the field of view of the vehicular camera such that the camera images light that reflects off the target and passes through the optic. The target is angled or stepped relative to an image plane of the vehicular camera. Image data is captured with the vehicular camera, with the captured image data being representative of the angled or stepped target. The captured image data is processed, via an image processor, and a defocus of the vehicular camera is estimated based on processing by the processor of the captured image data of the angled or stepped target.
US11012683B1
Methods and systems including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a camera, an image in which the camera detected a particular event based on a first set of camera settings, determining, from the image, that the image is a false positive as the camera falsely detected the particular event, determining that a number of images uploaded by the camera that are false positives satisfies a camera setting generation criteria, and in response, generating a second set of camera settings and providing the second set of camera settings to the camera.
US11012679B2
In an image processing system having a plurality of image capturing units, it aims to be able to generate a wide-area image from a high-quality virtual viewpoint. In order to achieve such an object, first image data is obtained based on a captured image obtained by an image capturing device belonging to a first image capturing device group, second image data is obtained based on a captured image obtained by an image capturing device belonging to a second image capturing device group, information related to a position and a direction of a virtual viewpoint is obtained, and a virtual viewpoint image is generated based on the first image data, the second image data, and the information related to the position and the direction of the virtual viewpoint.
US11012674B2
An information processing apparatus for a system generates a virtual viewpoint image based on image data obtained by performing imaging from a plurality of directions using a plurality of cameras. The information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine a generation method for generating a virtual viewpoint image using the image data from among a plurality of generation methods depending on a situation of imaging using the plurality of cameras, and an output unit configured to output data in accordance with a result of the determination performed by the determination unit.
US11012671B2
An apparatus captures an image of an ID tag displaying printed ID information specific to a patient to acquire an ID-tag image, and acquires a color correction value from the ID-tag image. The color correction value is used to correct an image to be captured. The apparatus corrects a captured image of an affected area by using the color correction value.
US11012670B2
A device includes an illuminance information referring unit configured to refer to an illuminance information database that stores therein illuminance information indicating illuminance at each of positions in a lighting device installed place in which lighting devices are installed, an identification information acquiring unit configured to acquire identification information for identifying the lighting device installed place in which a vehicle travel, and a display controller configured to cause a projection device of a head-up display device to project a virtual image. The display controller is further configured to control luminance of the virtual image projected by the projection device in accordance with the illuminance information at each of the positions in the lighting device installed place based on the illuminance information referred to by the illuminance information referring unit and the identification information acquired by the identification information acquiring unit.
US11012657B2
A 360-degree image data processing method performed by a 360-degree video reception apparatus, the method including: receiving 360-degree image data, obtaining information on an encoded picture and metadata from the 360-degree image data, decoding a picture based on the information on the encoded picture, and rendering the decoded picture and an overlay based on the metadata, wherein the metadata includes overlay related metadata, wherein the overlay is rendered based on the overlay related metadata, and wherein the overlay related metadata include packing information of the overlay.
US11012648B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein to detect pixels exhibiting anomalous behavior in captured image frames. In some examples, temporal anomalous behavior may be identified, such as flickering pixels exhibiting large magnitude changes in pixel values that vary rapidly from frame-to-frame. In some examples, spatial anomalous behavior may be identified, such as pixels exhibiting values that deviate from an expected linear response in comparison with other neighbor pixels.
US11012643B2
A spectral imaging system comprises: a sequential optical system providing a temporal sequence of output light beams describing the scene; a color imager receiving the output light beams and responsively generating, for each output light beam, an image signal that is spatially resolved into a plurality of color channels. The system can also comprise an image processor that collectively process the image signals to construct a spectral image of the scene.
US11012642B2
A detecting apparatus includes a multi-tier 3D integrated ASIC comprising one or more analog tiers and one or more digital tiers, and a sensor bonded to the multi-tier 3D integrated ASIC. The detecting apparatus includes an electrical substrate and a group of FPGAs or custom data management ASICs. The detecting apparatus also includes a thermal management system, a power distribution system and one or more connectors to transfer data to a data acquisition system configured for radiation spectroscopy or imaging with zero suppressed or full frame readout.
US11012635B2
An optical device may include a pinhole array layer having pinhole array apertures therein. The pinhole array layer may have a first side to be directed toward incoming electromagnetic (E/M) radiation, and a second side opposite the first side. The optical device may also include image sensors. Each image sensor may include image sensing pixels adjacent the second side of the pinhole array layer. The optical device may also include mirrors. Each mirror may be associated with a respective image sensor and respective pinhole array aperture defining a camera. Each mirror may reflect incoming E/M radiation passing through the respective pinhole array aperture to the respective image sensor. A respective baffle may be between adjacent cameras.
US11012634B2
There is provided with an image pickup apparatus including a detection unit configured to perform a flicker detection operation to detect flicker based on a plurality of images captured by an image sensor, and a control unit configured to control the image sensor based on detected flicker information. The detection unit configured to perform first detection of the flicker detection operation at a time that is different from a time at which an image pickup preparation instruction is received and different from a time at which an image pickup instruction is received whilst live view images are displayed. In the case that a flicker is detected in the first detection, the control unit configured to control exposure of the image sensor in a charge accumulation period to reduce an influence of the flicker for live view display on display means after the first detection.
US11012633B2
An image capturing apparatus includes an image data acquirer configured to acquire pieces of image data at a plurality of relative movement positions to which an imaging surface of an imaging sensor is relatively moved with respect to an object light flux; an exposure changer configured to change an exposure when acquiring the pieces of image data at the plurality of relative movement positions; a dynamic range adjuster configured to adjust a dynamic range of the acquired pieces of image data; and an image data combiner configured to obtain composite image data of the pieces of image data, based on a positional shift amount between the pieces of image data and the dynamic range.
US11012628B2
A device for time delay and integration imaging comprises: an array of pixels being arranged in rows and columns extending in a first and second direction, respectively. Pixels may accumulate generated charges in response to received electro-magnetic radiation along each column. The rows comprise at least one lateral charge shifting row to selectively shift accumulated charges in a column to an adjacent column and a controller configured to receive at least two angle correction input values. Each angle correction input value is based on a received intensity of electro-magnetic radiation on a measurement line, wherein the at least two angle correction input values are acquired by measurement lines extending in directions defining different angles in relation to the second direction, wherein the controller is configured to, based on the received at least two angle correction input values, control activation of the at least one lateral charge shifting row.
US11012624B2
An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain first setting information including information related to a first specified area in an image and related to image analysis processing and second setting information including information related to a second specified area in the image and related to the image analysis processing of the same type as the first setting information, wherein the second setting information has been created before the first setting information, a determination unit configured to determine an overlapped area of the first and second specified areas on a basis of the first setting information and the second setting information, and a decision unit configured to decide processing to be executed with respect to at least one of the first setting information and the second setting information in accordance with a determination result of the determination unit.
US11012621B2
An imaging device includes a free-form lens having a shape in which (i) in a long-side direction of an imaging element, a resolution that changes along an optical axis long-side resolution curve, and the resolution that changes along a distant point long-side resolution curve in a position away from an optical axis, (ii) in a short-side direction, the resolution that changes along an optical axis short-side resolution curve, and the resolution that changes along a distant point short-side resolution curve in the position away from the optical axis, (iii) the distant point long-side resolution curve follows a shape of the optical axis long-side resolution curve, and has a higher resolution than the optical axis long-side resolution curve, and (iv) the distant point short-side resolution curve follows a shape of the optical axis short-side resolution curve, and has a higher resolution than the optical axis short-side resolution curve.
US11012615B2
A digital camera includes a detection unit, an operation history storage unit, an analysis unit, a determination unit, and a warning unit. The detection unit detects an imaging operation and a setting operation of a user as user operation information. The setting operation is an operation to set setting information of a first setting item and setting information of a second setting item selectable exclusively with respect to the setting information of the first setting item for setting items relating to imaging conditions. The analysis unit acquires normal operation information based on an imaging operation history and a setting operation history stored in the operation history storage unit. After the normal operation information is acquired, in a case where the user operation information is different from the normal operation information, the determination unit determines that the user is in the confused state. The warning unit issues a warning in a case where determination is made to be the confused state.
US11012607B2
An imaging apparatus capable of capturing an in-focus image while moving, and an image composition apparatus capable of generating a high detail composite image are provided. A camera 100 is mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle 10, and imaging is performed while moving. During imaging, a focusing mechanism included in the camera 100 is controlled, and a focus position is periodically scanned. In addition, during imaging, movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle 10 is controlled such that at least one scanning is performed during movement to a position shifted by an imaging range.
US11012604B2
An image-capturing device includes: a plurality of pixels, having a plurality of first electrodes provided upon one surface of a light reception unit that receives incident light, and a plurality of second electrodes provided upon another surface of the light reception unit; and an output unit that outputs a signal generated by the light reception unit upon receipt of the incident light, the light reception unit being sandwiched between the first electrodes, to which a voltage is applied, and the second electrodes.
US11012594B2
A system and method for correcting oversaturated pixels in far-infrared (FIR) images captured by a shutterless FIR camera. The method includes identifying oversaturated pixels based on a pixel value analysis of an input image; creating an oversaturated pixel mask of the input image, where the oversaturated pixel mask includes the identified oversaturated pixels and excludes pixels not identified as oversaturated pixels; and correcting the oversaturated pixels of the current image using the oversaturated pixel mask, based on a scene-based nonuniformity correction (SBNC).
US11012589B2
An image processing apparatus includes a first generation unit and a second generation unit. The first generation unit generates reduced original image data for forming a reduced image of an original image to be formed on the basis of print data. The second generation unit generates background-emphasized reduced image data for forming a reduced image in which a reduced background region is emphasized in the reduced image, and the reduced background region corresponds to a background region of an object included in the original image.
US11012585B2
An image processing apparatus includes a sensor and circuitry. The sensor is configured to read a visible spectrum and an invisible spectrum of an image. The circuitry is configured to separate the image read into a visible image and an invisible image and perform different image correction processes on the visible image and the invisible image, respectively.
US11012568B2
A system for providing chat-based customer callbacks, wherein a callback application server transmits prompts and receives requests for customer callbacks, an interaction manager determines agent availability and arranges callback handling, and a session management server initiates callbacks, and methods for providing chat-based customer callbacks using the system of the invention.
US11012562B1
Methods for ensuring relevant information sharing during public safety incidents include monitoring inputs associated with a public safety incident, determining that an input includes information important or critical to communicate to a responding public safety officer, accessing communications with the officer, determining that the input has not been communicated to the officer, and initiating action to communicate the input to the officer. The input may include audio or video input, or a note composed by a dispatcher or call taker representing information provided by a person reporting the incident or obtained through a database query. Initiating action to communicate the input to the officer may include providing an indication to a dispatcher that the input includes important or critical information not yet communicated to the officer, providing data to the officer's vehicle-mounted communication device, or providing an audible alert or audio message to the officer's hand-held communication device.
US11012560B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, relating to synthetic call status updates. In some implementations, a method includes determining, by a task manager module, that a triggering event has occurred to provide a current status of a user call request. The method may then determine, by the task manager module, the current status of the user call request. A representation of the current status of the user call request is generated. Then, the generated representation of the current status of the user call request is provided to the user.
US11012555B2
A method, computer system, and computer program product for processing a secure data phone request are provided. The embodiment may include receiving a plurality of user responses to one or more security questions. The embodiment may also include identifying, during a phone call, a request for sensitive information by a call participant. The embodiment may further include identifying a response within the plurality of received user responses that satisfies the identified request. The embodiment may also include transmitting the identified response to the call participant.
US11012545B2
An electronic device monitors audible output for media content being presented in its vicinity. It detects a volume change event within the monitored audible output. It obtains identification of the media content. Based on the identification, the device obtains a list of expected volume change events within the media content. It determines whether the detected volume change event correlates with one of the expected volume change events. In accordance with a determination that there is no correlation, the device determines that the detected volume change event comprises a volume change event from a user of the device. It analyzes the detected volume change event to determine user interest in the presented media content. The determined level of interest is sent to a server system. The device receives from the server system one or more recommendations based on the determined level of interest, and presents to the user the recommendations.
US11012538B2
Apparatuses and methods for tapping serial communications and transforming the serial data into a format appropriate for routable networks are significant for purposes of security and troubleshooting, especially in critical infrastructure networks. Communication taps should be completely passive such that any failure would not interrupt the serial communications. Furthermore, automatic determination of unspecified serial protocol frames allow general implementation across various networks, or across devices within a single network, without the need to customize for each implementation.
US11012537B2
Systems and methods for performing a process are provided. The methods include receiving, from a client, a request for an initiation of the process; transmitting, to a server, a request for executing the process; transmitting, to the client in response to the request, a first message that indicates that the process has been initiated; receiving, from the client, a request for a status of the process; transmitting, to the server, a query that relates to the status of an execution of the process; receiving a response to the query; and transmitting, to the client, a second message that indicates the status of the process.
US11012536B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for facilitating customized process flows at an event. A beacon generating device is positioned at the event and is configured to transmit information including a unique identifier associated with the beacon generating device. A user having a mobile communications device running an event management application detects the transmission and sends the detected unique identifier to an event management server. Alternatively, the user's mobile communications device generates and transmits a beacon that is detected by an event organizer device. The event management server returns information to allow the mobile communications device or the event organizer device to run an event-related process.
US11012535B2
Disclosed are various examples for client device migration. A web application is generated to migrate a client device from a first management service to a second management service. A request to migrate the client device from the first management service to the second management service is identified through the web application. An un-enrollment request is transmitted to un-enroll the client device from the first management service. An enrollment link is received, for the client device to enroll with the second management service. The web application redirects the client device to complete an enrollment of the client device with the second management service using the enrollment link.
US11012530B2
A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.
US11012528B2
Various systems, device and automated processes allow video streaming hosts or other server devices to submit their media access control (MAC) addresses to a backend address server operating on a wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet. Client devices attempting to subsequently contact the server device can contact the address to obtain the MAC address of the target server, thereby allowing the client device to locate and contact the server device using the obtained MAC address.
US11012524B2
A remote socket splicing system includes a first computing device and a second computing device that are coupled to a router device. A proxy system is coupled to the router device. The proxy system is configured to operate on a first connection with the first computing device through the first router device, and operate on a second connection with the second computing device through the first router device. The proxy system is also configured to send an instruction to perform a socket splicing operation to the first router device subsequent to operating on the first connection and the second connection. The first router device is configured to perform the socket splicing operation to provide a data path between the first computing device and the second computing device that does not include the proxy system.
US11012521B1
Techniques for defining and enforcing a set of rules that regulate network activity on a virtual network within a provider are described. An activity rule that regulates network activity on a virtual network within a provider network is received, the virtual network shared by a first customer of the provider network to allow other customers of the provider network to connect resource instances to the virtual network. Network activity data is received from a monitoring agent within the provider network, the network activity data relating to an activity of a first resource instance of a first other customer on the virtual network. The activity of the first resource instance is determined to violate the activity rule. The first resource instance is isolated from at least a portion of the virtual network.
US11012514B2
A hub is connected to first and second networks where first-type and second-type frames are transmitted following first and second communication protocols. The hub sequentially receives each of the first-type and second-type frames, and stores data in first and second reception buffers. If the destination of data stored in the first and second reception buffers is the first network, the hub stores the data in a first transmission buffer. If the destination is the second network, the hub stores the data in a second transmission buffer. If the first transmission buffer is a priority transmission buffer, the hub transmits priority data in the first transmission buffer with priority over non-priority data in the second transmission buffer, which is a non-priority transmission buffer.
US11012512B1
A host device comprises a processor coupled to a memory. The host device is configured, for each of a plurality of initiators of the host device from which write operations are sent to a storage system for processing, to repeatedly send to the storage system a command to obtain from the storage system write pressure information maintained by the storage system for that initiator, and responsive to the write pressure information obtained from the storage system for a corresponding one of the initiators indicating that the corresponding initiator is associated with a write pressure condition, to at least temporarily reduce a rate at which the write operations are sent from the corresponding initiator to the storage system. The operations of repeatedly sending the command, and at least temporarily reducing the rate, are illustratively performed by at least one multi-path input-output driver of a multi-path layer of the host device.
US11012509B2
A cloud computing server interface is described, the cloud computing server interface arranged to provide a platform for transferring data from, and updating the status of field devices for use in utilities monitoring. A cloud computing server interface comprising, a first data processing element arranged to communicate with a remote device having a remote device status; a first storage device having a first storage device status; and a second data processing element arranged to communicate with a second storage device having a second storage device status; wherein the first storage device is arranged to communicate with the first and second data processing elements; wherein the first data processing element is arranged to control data transfer from a remote device to the first storage device; wherein the second data processing element is arranged to control data transfer from the first storage device to a second storage device; wherein data transfer from the second data processing element to a second storage device is dependent upon a second storage device status; wherein data transfer from the second data processing element to a second storage device comprises utilities management data. The invention aims to achieve a simple, reconfigurable platform for updating the status of field devices, while enabling more efficient use of power for extending battery life.
US11012507B2
Techniques leveraging CPU flow affinity to increase throughput of a layer 2 (L2) extension network are disclosed. In one embodiment, an L2 concentrator appliance, which bridges a local area network (LAN) and a wide area network (WAN) in a stretched network, is configured such that multiple Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) tunnels are pinned to respective CPUs or cores, which each process traffic flows for one of the IPsec tunnels. Such parallelism can increase the throughput of the stretched network. Further, an L2 concentrator appliance that receives FOU packets is configured to distribute the received FOU packets across receive queues based a deeper inspection of inner headers of such packets.
US11012502B2
A method for operating an edge cloud computer when providing a computing power to at least one terminal, in particular, a transportation vehicle including detecting resource information at the edge cloud computer, transmitting resource information to the at least one terminal, and providing at least one portion of a computing capacity of the edge cloud computer to the at least one terminal depending on the resource information.
US11012501B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing distributed outsourced computing. In operation, a master node in a general distributed computing cluster monitors a network for computing resources. The general distributed computing cluster includes the master node and a plurality of slave nodes. The master node determines whether computing resources are available from one or more of the plurality of slave nodes. If it is determined that computing resources are available, the master node identifies the one or more of the plurality of slave nodes as an auxiliary master node. Further, the master node publishes information associated with one or more unfinished computing tasks dedicated to the master node to a blockchain for access by the one or more of the plurality of slave nodes for processing.
US11012486B2
Systems and methods for personalizing video playback are disclosed. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method, comprises: initiating, by a computing device, a video playing session of a video; recording, by the computing device, user initiated playback actions during the video playing session as playback event data; determining, by the computing device, context data based on content of the video, and saving the context data; determining, by the computing device, insights regarding the user playback event data utilizing the context data; and generating, by the computing device, one or more recommendations based on the insights.
US11012485B1
A computer system is provided that includes at least one processor configured to execute a host virtual machine configured to host a session with at least one client computer device. The host virtual machine includes an operating system having a multi-media framework for rendering media content. The at least one processor is further configured to execute a media application configured to access media content from a media source, process encoded media content from the media application using the multi-media framework, and execute a multi-media redirection module configured to intercept the encoded media content from being processed by a decoding module of the multi-media framework. The multi-media redirection module is configured to redirect the encoded media content to the at least one client computer device.
US11012477B2
Communications methods, apparatus and systems for detecting a status condition indicative of a failure of a media processing entity and providing media redirection to increase media resource function availability. One embodiment of the present invention is a method that includes directing, by a first Session Border Controller (SBC), a first media call flow of a first call through a first media content processing entity to a second SBC, detecting, at one of said first or second SBCs, a status condition indicative of a failure condition for the first media content processing entity, and redirecting, by the SBC that detects the status condition indicative of a failure condition, the first media call flow for the first call so that the first media call flow passes through a second media content processing entity instead of through the first media content processing entity without terminating the first call.
US11012473B1
A consolidated default security policy for a storage node is created by combining a system-wide default security policy with default security policies for multiple protocols and default security policies for multiple applications. The default security policies for protocols and applications include IKE parameters and parameter values. In response to receipt of an IKE request from a peer, the storage node obtains dynamically-assigned source and destination information and finds matching parameters and parameter values in the consolidated default security policy. The matching parameters and parameter values are used with the dynamically-assigned source and destination information to auto-generate a secure channel with the peer.
US11012468B2
In response to detected attempts to gain unauthorized access to user accounts of an online system, a security module of an online system applies an attack response policy to take actions in response to the attempts. Possible responses of the policy include reordering credential types requested by the online system during multi-factor authentication-enabled login, switching to a mode in which login requests are accepted but login is not permitted for the requesting user, and logging information about the login requests. Logged information may be applied to enhance the ability to prevent future unauthorized accesses, such as adding credential values to a list of common credential values and prohibiting users from associating those values with their accounts, or training a model based on the logged information to predict a probability that a given login request is unauthorized.
US11012463B2
For a plurality of hosts, observe first time-varying characteristics including network throughput, central processing unit (CPU) usage, and/or memory usage; second time-varying characteristics including software configuration; and time-invariant characteristics including hardware configuration, at a plurality of timestamps. Construct a restricted HMM configured to predict actual host states, wherein the first time-varying characteristics include observed variables. The current observed variables depend on current values of the hidden variables and prior timestamp distribution of the observed variables. The former in turn depend on prior timestamp values of the hidden variables, the time-invariant characteristics of the hosts. and current timestamp values of the second time-varying characteristics. Estimate parameters of the restricted HMM; run the restricted HMM with the estimated parameters for each of the hosts; analyze the results to identify at least one of the hosts which has a potential cybersecurity issue; and take at least one remedial action.
US11012456B2
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: obtaining hardware performance information concerning hardware deployed within a computing platform; obtaining platform performance information concerning the operation of the computing platform; obtaining application performance information concerning one or more applications deployed within the computing platform; and generating a holistic platform report concerning the computing platform based, at least in part, upon the hardware performance information, the platform performance information and the application performance information.
US11012447B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide secure communication among enterprise users utilizing social networking sites. A server computer may encrypt a post intended for a social networking site and forward the encrypted data or may save the post locally and send a placeholder to the social networking site. The server may receive a message from the social networking site containing the encrypted data or placeholder and determine that a recipient is authorized to view the original post. The server may then decrypt the data or retrieve the original post for servicing the request. In this way, authorized users of an enterprise can utilize social networking sites, which are independently owned and operated, to communicate with each other in a secure manner.
US11012443B2
Techniques and structures to provide dynamic deployment of access controls in a on-demand environment. A host electronic device may comprise one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device, the one or more processors configurable to receive, via a user interface, request to access one or more resources managed by the electronic device in the multi-user, on demand computing environment, the request comprising one or more request elements, determine whether a virtual access rule logic comprises one or more virtual access check rules which are anchored to the one or more request elements, and in response to a determination that the virtual access rule logic comprises one or more virtual access check rules which are anchored to the one or more request elements, apply the one or more virtual access check rules to the request. Additional subject matter may be described and claimed.
US11012441B2
Disclosed are hybrid authentication systems and methods that enable users to seamlessly sign-on between cloud-based services and on-premises systems. A cloud-based authentication service receives login credentials from a user and delegates authentication to an on-premises authentication service proxy. The login credentials can be passed by the cloud-based authentication service to the on-premises authentication service proxy, for instance, as an access token in an authentication header. The access token can be a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Web Token (JWT) token that is digitally signed using JSON Web Signature. Some embodiments utilize a tunnel connection through which the cloud-based authentication service communicates with the on-premises authentication service proxy. Some embodiments leverage an on-premises identity management system for user management and authentication. In this way, there is no need for a cloud-based system to separately maintain and manage a user identity management system and/or having to sync with an on-premises identity management system.
US11012435B2
A method and system of authenticating a user are provided. A request for a resource is received from a user device. A predefined number is received. A first number and a second number are created. A first discrete logarithm based on the first number and the predefined number is determined and sent to the user device, together with the second number. A second discrete logarithm is received from the user device. A first pass code is calculated via a third discrete logarithm, based on the second discrete logarithm, the first number, and the predefined number. A second pass code is received via a fourth discrete logarithm, based on the first discrete logarithm, the third number, and the predefined number. Upon determining that the first pass code is identical to the second pass code, the user device is allowed to access a resource associated with the computing device.
US11012429B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for remapping connections to tunnels selected based on a security level of the communications. A first network device may be in communication with a second network device via a plurality of communication tunnels. The plurality of communication tunnels may include an encrypted communication tunnel and an unencrypted communication tunnel. The first network device may receive a packet, the packet including header information and a payload. The first network device may determine whether the received packet is encrypted to meet a threshold level of security. The first network device may, responsive to determining that the packet is to meet the threshold level of security, communicate an identifier of the payload and the header information to the second network device via the encrypted communication tunnel, and communicate the payload to the second network device via the unencrypted communication tunnel.
US11012417B2
A packet gateway may protect TCP/IP networks by enforcing security policies on in-transit packets that are crossing network boundaries. The policies may include packet filtering rules derived from cyber threat intelligence (CTI). The rapid growth in the volume of CTI and in the size of associated CTI-derived policies, coupled with ever-increasing network link speeds and network traffic volume, may cause the costs of sufficient computational resources to be prohibitive. To efficiently process packets, a packet gateway may be provided with at least one probabilistic data structure, such as a Bloom filter, for testing packets to determine if packet data may match a packet filtering rule. Packet filtering rules may be grouped into subsets of rules, and a data structure may be provided for determining a matching subset of rules associated with a particular packet.
US11012414B2
The attack vectors for some denial-of-service cyber attacks on the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) are bad, bogus, or unregistered domain name DNS requests to resolve domain names that are not registered in the DNS. Some other cyber attacks steal sensitive data by encoding the data in bogus domain names, or domain names otherwise not registered in the DNS, that are transferred across networks in bogus DNS requests. A DNS gatekeeper may filter in-transit packets containing DNS requests and may efficiently determine if a request's domain name is registered in the DNS. When the domain name is not registered in the DNS, the DNS gatekeeper may take one of a plurality of protective actions. The DNS gatekeeper drops requests determined not to be legitimate, which may prevent an attack.
US11012411B2
A network interface device having a hardware module comprising a plurality of processing units. Each of the plurality of processing units is associated with its own at least one predefined operation. At a compile time, the hardware module is configured by arranging at least some of the plurality of processing units to perform their respective at least one operation with respect to a data packet in a certain order so as to perform a function with respect to that data packet. A compiler is provide to assign different processing stages to each processing unit. A controller is provided to switch between different processing circuitry on the fly so that one processing circuitry may be used whilst another is being compiled.
US11012406B2
A method, system and computer program product for automatic IP range selection is provided. The GUI accepts user input for a parent IP range and IP range size, from which is calculated an address space prefix that corresponds to the address space that has the available IP range size. If the user does not provide input, the GUI fields are dynamically populated with default values for IP range, address prefix, address space, IP range, and number of addresses, wherein the default values are retrieved from a system IP network configuration.
US11012405B2
Systems and methods for handling an address resolution probe. An illustrative method includes receiving, at a first device on a network, an address resolution message from a second device on the network, determining whether the address resolution message is an address resolution probe message, and in response to determining that the address resolution message is an address resolution probe message, transmitting the address resolution message to a third device on the network regardless of whether a binding for a destination internet protocol (IP) address included in the address resolution message is stored in a bindings table accessible to the first device.
US11012400B1
In accordance with one disclosed method, a first computing system may receive a message from an application hosted on a second computing system, the message being indicative of an event of the application. In response to receiving the message, the first computing system may generate a notification indicative of the event and send the generated notification to a client device. The first computing system may receive a response to the notification from the client device, and may process the response so as to cause the application to take an action responsive to the event.
US11012397B2
Systems and methods for enabling messages to be modified are disclosed. The system can enable messages that have already been sent, and even messages that have already been read, to be edited, recalled, or deleted. The system can identify incoming messages with message identifications (IDs) that are associated with previously sent or received messages, or “stored” messages, and modify the stored messages according to the content of the incoming messages. The system can include new SIP headers including X-EDIT-MessageID, X-RECALL-MessageID, and X-DELETE-MessageID. When an incoming message is received with a message ID associated with a stored message and/or one of the new commands, the receiving user equipment (UE) can replace the contents of the stored message with the contents of the incoming message or recall or delete the stored message.
US11012396B2
A data transaction processing system receives electronic data transaction request messages from client computers over a data communication network and groups a subset of the electronic data transaction request messages at varying intervals. The intervals may be dynamically determined and may be based on the volume and rate of the incoming electronic data transaction request messages. The data transaction processing system may preprocess the group of electronic data transaction request messages before forwarding the electronic data transaction request messages to a transaction processor, which processes the subset of electronic data transaction request messages in a non-chronological order.
US11012391B2
An email client includes a network interface, a hardware processor, a user interface, an identification module, a content email management module and one or both of a grouping module and bypass email handling module. The network interface communicates with at least one service provider email server. The identification module identifies content emails by analyzing email traffic in an email account established on the service provider's email server. Content email senders are classified as content providers. The content email management module obtains content emails. The grouping module groups content emails from each content provider for display as respective single content item. Optionally, a bypass email handling module implants content emails received over said bypass channel into an email account or accounts.
US11012379B2
A controller includes an extractor configurated such that, if plural talk rooms exist where information is portable and viewable by each of plural users and, when instruction information including a file and an instruction to execute processing for the file is posted, the processing associated with the posted instruction information is executable, and if a talk room where the instruction information is posted differs from a talk room where the processing associated with the instruction information is executed, a difference between the file before the processing and the file after the processing is extracted when the processing associated with the instruction information is executed.
US11012374B2
A computing device may include a memory and a processor cooperating with the memory and configured to generate connection leases for published resources selected by client devices. The connection leases may provide instructions for connecting the client devices to virtual computing sessions corresponding to the published resources. Each connection lease may include a published resource lease component unique to the selected published resource, and a common lease component shared by a plurality of different published resources.
US11012363B2
A method for correcting a packet of an Internet control message protocol (ICMP), during routing of a packet between a private and a public network having been processed by an application level gateway, includes reading a packet of an ICMP including a “need to fragment” message and the value of a maximum transmission unit defining the maximum size of data packets handled in a communication protocol used by a routing, calculating a value of a processing size by comparing a size of a packet not processed by the integrator of the application level gateway and a size of the same packet processed by the integrator, modifying the packet of an ICMP by overwriting the value of the maximum transmission unit with an actual maximum packet size value which depends on the value of the processing size, sending, to a transmitter having sent the non-processed packet, the packet of an ICMP.
US11012357B2
Embodiments described herein involve learning and distributing associations between groups and addresses. Embodiments include receiving, by a first route server associated with a first central control plane (CCP) of a first data center, a definition of a first group. Embodiments include learning, by the first route server, a first association between the first group and one or more addresses based on the definition of the first group. Embodiments include transmitting, by the first route server, the first association to a second route server in a second CCP of a second data center. Embodiments include receiving, by the first route server, from the second route server, a second association between the first group and one or more additional addresses. Embodiments include storing, by the first route server, the first association and the second association in a table and programming, by the first central control plane, the hypervisor based on the table.
US11012346B2
A communications system for providing data communication to a vehicle (10), the communications system comprising: a mobile transport layer proxy (150) located on the vehicle; a parent transport layer proxy (170) located remote from the vehicle; the mobile transport layer proxy being configured to: accept a transport layer connection with a host device (32, 33), the transport layer connection being addressed to a remote server (160); and communicate with the parent transport layer proxy via multiple paths using a multipath transport layer protocol to communicate on behalf of the host device whilst identifying as the mobile transport layer proxy; and the parent transport layer proxy being configured to: communicate with the mobile transport layer proxy using the multipath transport layer protocol; and communicate with the remote server whilst identifying as the parent transport layer proxy to communicate on behalf of the mobile transport layer proxy to permit the host device to communicate with the remote server.
US11012334B2
Techniques are described for determining connectivity to a network device to optimize performance for controlling operation of one or more network devices. A computing device may determine connectivity to a network device to send a request for information to the network device. The computing device can determine whether it has access to a network (e.g., a wireless network), which includes the network device. The computing device may determine whether it has authorization to communicate with the network device on the network. Authorization may be based on the registration of the network device to communicate with the computing device. When the computing device can access the network and when the computing is authorized to communicate with the network device, communication (e.g., a request) may occur using the network or by direct transmission to the network device. Otherwise, the computing device may communicate with the network device using a remote network.
US11012321B2
A server may determine, with respect to a user who has accessed the server, a user level within a hierarchy structure and a user group to which the user belongs. The server may determine, according to an authority that is set by a manager at a level higher than that of the user within the user group with respect to the user level of the user, a service level of a service that is to be provided to the user. The server may provide the service to the user according to the service level.
US11012317B2
An infrastructure monitor receives an indication of a fault on a first host computer of a plurality of host computers, wherein each of the plurality of host computers is associated with a different subset of a plurality of queues, and wherein each of the plurality of queues are serviced by a different subset of the plurality of host computers. The monitor identifies a first subset of the plurality of queues associated with the first host computer and determines a workload present on the first subset of the plurality of queues. The monitor further generates a single visualization to provide the indication of the fault on the first host computer, the first subset of the plurality of queues impacted by the fault, and the workload present on the first subset of the plurality of queues and causes presentation of the single visualization.
US11012315B2
Embodiments herein describe techniques for creating a lightweight snapshot of a network fabric without having to capture snapshots at a predefined interval. Instead, the snapshot system uses a data store to capture state changes to network objects in the network fabric. Because the data store captures these state changes (along with timestamps indicating when these changes occurred), the snapshot system can retroactively generate snapshots of the network fabric at any desired time. In one embodiment, the snapshot system includes an event detector that determines when to capture snapshots. Once an event is identified by the event detector, the snapshot system can use the historical changes in the data store to retroactively generate a first snapshot to capture the overall state of the network fabric before the event and a second snapshot to capture the overall state of the network fabric after the event.
US11012310B2
A container orchestration server stores pairing keys in association with container profiles. A container orchestration agent executing on an operating system instance instantiates a new container according to a particular container profile in response to an instruction from the container orchestration server and stores the pairing key as metadata associated with the container. An enforcement module detects the instantiation of the container and obtains the corresponding pairing key from the container orchestration agent. The enforcement module transmits the pairing key to a segmentation server for validation. If the segmentation server validates the key, the segmentation server determines a label set corresponding to the container profile associated with the pairing key and generates management instructions for the container based on the label set. The management instructions, when enforced by the operating system, controls communications between the container and other workloads in accordance with a segmentation policy.
US11012301B2
Notification and transfer of link aggregation group control in anticipation of a primary node reboot
A first information handling system may detect a reboot condition for the first information handling system. The first information handling system may transmit a first notification to a second information handling system, notifying the second information handling system that the first information handling system is going to reboot. The first information handling system may transmit a second notification to a third information handling system, instructing the third information handling system to age out old root information. The first information handling system may then reboot.
US11012293B2
Systems and methods for defining virtual machine fabric profiles of virtual machines. An exemplary embodiment can provide a virtual machine identifier, a virtual host channel adapter instance ID, and a virtual globally unique identifier. The virtual machine identifier, virtual host channel adapter instance ID, and virtual globally unique identifier can be mapped to each other so that the virtual host channel adapter instance ID, and virtual globally unique identifier can be retrieved through access to the virtual machine identifier. Further, a relationship can be created between a P_Key that defines an admin partition and the virtual globally unique identifier, where the relationship between the P_Key and the virtual globally unique identifier defines the virtual globally unique identifier as a member of the admin partition defined by the P_Key.
US11012292B2
A network control system that achieves high availability for forwarding state computation within a controller cluster by replicating different levels of table state between controllers of the controller cluster. To build a highly available controller cluster, the tables for storing the forwarding state are replicated across the controllers. In order to reduce network traffic between the controllers, fewer tables are replicated to slave controllers, which then recompute the forwarding state of the master controller in order to have a replicate copy of the master controller's forwarding state for possible failover. In other embodiments, more tables are replicated to minimize the recomputations and processor load on the slave controller. The network control system of some embodiments performs continuous snapshotting to minimize downtime associated with reaching a fixed point and replicating the state.
US11012280B2
In user terminal 20, control section 202 determines signal waveforms according to a signal-waveform switching pattern notified by control section 102 of base station 10, and indicates the signal waveforms to preprocessing section 205, signal detection section 207, and post-processing section 208 for each TTI. Configuration IDs are assigned to respective signal-waveform switching patterns, and signal waveforms that are to be transmitted in TTIs and that are specified by the TTI index are configured for each of the Configuration IDs. With this configuration, a plurality of signal waveforms whose symbol lengths are different from one signal waveform to another are used together while no symbol spans two adjacent TTIs.
US11012273B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for compensating for frequency-dependent I-Q imbalance. In some implementations, a radio receiver includes an in-phase mixer configured to generate an in-phase (I) signal and a quadrature mixer configured to generate a quadrature (Q) signal. A first analog-to-digital (A/D) converter is configured to generate first digital samples from one of the I signal and the Q signal. A second analog-to-digital (A/D) converter is configured to generate second digital samples from the other of the I signal and the Q signal. A compensation system includes a feedback loop configured to compensate for frequency-dependent I-Q imbalance based on results, for each of multiple of the first digital samples, of cross-correlation of the first digital sample with each of multiple of the second digital samples.
US11012260B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that continuously connects the processing system to a control plane of a wireless communication network, which includes equipment operating in at least one of the control plane or a user plane. Control information is received across the control plane indicating that client data is to be provided to a client device via the user plane. Responsive to receiving a control signal, an awake signal is sent to the client device. The client device, in response to the awake signal, being placed from an idle state to an active state. The idle state consumes a lower level of power than the active state. The client data is further provided to the client device over a premises communication network via a protocol stack of a client function. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11012259B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for preserving system contextual information in an encapsulated packet may include (1) receiving, at a computing device, a network packet from the network via a network adapter port, (2) encapsulating the received network packet with a tunnel header, where a network identifier field in the tunnel header comprises information identifying the network adapter port, (3) determine an outer Internet protocol (IP) address for the encapsulated network packet, where the destination IP address corresponds to a destination on the network, (4) addressing an outer header of the encapsulated network packet with the IP address, and (5) sending the encapsulated network packet toward the destination identified by the destination IP address. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11012257B2
A home side device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a UNI port for a communication line used by one or a plurality of communication devices in a user's home; an access processing unit that performs upstream access control and holds a management table of address information of the communication devices; a detecting unit that detects link states of the communication devices; and a control unit that performs a process of clearing the management table when a link-down of all of the communication devices has been detected.
US11012255B2
An electronic control unit (ECU) is provided. The ECU is connected to a first network in an onboard network system. The onboard network system includes the first network and a second network. In the first network, first-type frames are transmitted following a first communication protocol. In the second network, second-type frames are transmitted following a second communication protocol. The ECU generates first-type frames following the first communication protocol, and transmits the generated first-type frames to the first network. The ECU receives external information indicating state information of a device on the onboard network system received from another electronic control unit connected to the first network or the second network, or receives external information indicating information received from a communication module configured to communicate with the server via an external network.
US11012248B1
A power over Ethernet (PoE)-based redundant power management method manages a redundant power supply electrically connectable to plural network devices through plural twisted pairs respectively, so as to transmit first electricity and digital information to each network device. The redundant power supply receives a power demand message from, and is informed of the electric power needed by, each network device electrically connected to the redundant power supply. In response to determining the second electricity each such network device has been receiving is interrupted, the redundant power supply outputs to each such network device the corresponding first electricity equal to the electric power needed by the network device through a corresponding Ethernet port. In response to receiving a power-off request message from any such network device, the redundant power supply stops outputting to that network device the corresponding first electricity.
US11012246B2
A memory device includes a memory block comprises a plurality of bits, wherein at least a first bit of the plurality of bits presents an initial logic state each time it is powered on; a start-up circuit configured to power on and off the memory block N times, where N is an odd integer greater than 1, and wherein the at least first bit presents an initial state after each respective power cycle of the memory block; and an authentication circuit, coupled to the memory block, and comprising an election engine that is configured to elect an initial state that occurs (N+1)/2 or more times after N power cycles that are performed by the start-up circuit, as a majority initial logic state for the first bit.
US11012241B2
Validation of entitlements to software is provided with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) platform hierarchy private key created at manufacture of an information handling system and an associated public key. At initiation of an entitlement request, such as to install a software application, a verification signature associated with the request is verified by the TPM to ensure that the information handling system is entitled to run the software.
US11012239B2
Trusted client security factor-based authorizations. The techniques allow a server to authorize client requested operations to access a protected resource or service based on trusted client security factors that are obtained at client machines and provided to the server.
US11012237B1
Systems and methods for inter-service authentication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system may include a plurality of services and a cloud platform. The first service may generate a token comprising a first service identifier for communicating with a second service, and may request, from the cloud platform, a private key for the first service. The cloud platform may provide the private key to the first service. The first service may sign the token with the private key and may communicate a request to the second service with the signed token. The second service may retrieve the first service identifier and may request, from the cloud platform, a public key for the first service identifier. The cloud platform may provide the public key to the second service. The second service may validate the token using the public key, and may grant the request in response to the validation.
US11012236B1
A method of communicating through a less secure messaging system provides an option of masking messages sent from a second party to a first party so that they are unreadable when received by the first party. For some embodiments, it may be that they are visible, but unreadable, other embodiments, not visible. In either case, an authorization may be provided by the first party to make the masked messages readable messages, for many embodiments until a session rule makes the readable message a masked message again.
US11012228B2
An Internet of Things (IoT) blockchain interface system facilitates receiving and deploying events from an IoT gateway to a blockchain using the event stack. The system also provides an interface between events that may affect objects on the blockchain from IoT sensors. The system also serves to authenticate IoT events such as sensor data.
US11012222B2
A method for transmitting uplink signals, which include ACK/NACK signals, control signals other than the ACK/NACK signals, and data signals, is disclosed. The method comprises serially multiplexing the control signals and the data signals; sequentially mapping the multiplexed signals within a specific resource region in accordance with a time-first mapping method, the specific resource region including a plurality of symbols and a plurality of virtual subcarriers; and arranging the ACK/NACK signals at both symbols near symbols to which a reference signal of the plurality of symbols is transmitted. Thus, the uplink signals can be transmitted to improve receiving reliability of signals having high priority.
US11012214B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for transmitting muting information in a wireless communication system, and to an apparatus and a method for acquiring channel state using same. In an exemplary embodiment, muting information includes: a first data field, having a serving cell for receiving from peripheral cells in a multi-cell environment, at least one of a CSI-RS pattern, the number of CSI-RS antenna ports, a CSI-RS duty cycle, and CSI-RS transmission subframe offset information, and using same for expressing the cycle and the offset of muting subframes, which pertain to information on a resource block that can generate interference between the peripheral cells and CSI-RS; and a second data field for expressing a specific muting pattern, which must be muted within the muting subframes, having either 12 bits or 28 bits that display muting application in a bitmap format.
US11012213B2
A method for receiving a downlink signal by a user equipment (UE) from an eNB in a wireless communication system is disclosed. In detail, the method comprises the steps of receiving a downlink control channel from the eNB; and receiving, from the eNB, a downlink data channel and a front loaded reference signal for demodulation of the downlink data channel by using control information included in the downlink control channel, wherein resource elements of symbols to which a front loaded reference signal is received are identified by two multiplexing groups or three multiplexing groups, and the downlink control channel includes information on a multiplexing group, to which the front loaded reference signal is allocated, among the multiplexing groups, and information on the number of multiplexing groups, to which data are not allocated, among the multiplexing groups.
US11012205B2
Device to device (D2D) communication control is provided. A method comprises: allocating a pilot channel resource for at least one directional pilot signal associated with directional D2D communication; and sending information associated with the pilot channel resource. A respective pilot channel resource for a direction pilot signal can be allocated for each direction D2D communication, thereby providing a basis for better control of the D2D communication.
US11012192B2
Embodiments of this application provide a control information sending method and apparatus. A network device generates first control information for a first TB, where the first TB includes n code block (CB) groups, where N is a maximum quantity of CB groups included in the first TB; each CB group includes at least one CB; the first control information includes N control information fields, and the N control information fields are in correspondence with the maximum N CB groups included in the first TB; and a control information field i in the N control information fields is used to indicate whether a CB group corresponding to the control information field i is to be sent or received, and i∈[1, N]. In this way, a quantity of bits included in downlink control information can remain fixed, thereby reducing blind detection complexity of a terminal device.
US11012189B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises a receiver to receive the broadcast signals, a demodulator to perform demodulation on the received broadcast signals by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme, wherein the broadcast signals include at least one signal frame, wherein a signal frame includes a preamble and at least one sub-frame, a frequency de-interleaver to frequency de-interleave the demodulated broadcast signals by using a different interleaving sequence, wherein the different interleaving sequence is used for data at least one of the preamble and a sub-frame, wherein the different interleaving sequence is generated based on an interleaving sequence and a symbol offset, a frame parser to parse the at least one signal frame from the frequency de-interleaved broadcast signals and a decoder to decode service data in the parsed at least one signal frame.
US11012188B2
The present disclosure is related to an electronic device and communication method for non-orthogonal-resource based multiple access. An electronic device on a transmitting side in a communication system comprises a processing circuitry configured to determine information on codebook for non-orthogonal-resource based multiple access over a set of transmission resources, and interleave a plurality of occupied elements of at least two codewords of the same user equipment on the set of transmission resources, so as to reduce a correlation among a plurality of user equipments during the non-orthogonal-resource based multiple access.
US11012187B1
An optical transmitter for probabilistic shaping and symbol rate optimization includes one or more matcher elements, each configured to assign respective probabilities to symbols represented in received binary data dependent on a target probability distribution and to output a respective shaped bit sequence. The optical transmitter further includes a single systematic error correction encoder configured to add parity bits collectively across the shaped bit sequences and to output a combined shaped bit sequence including data representing the shaped bit sequences and the added parity bits. The optical transmitter also includes multiple mapping elements, each configured to generate a respective codeword for each symbol represented in a portion of the combined shaped bit sequence, a serial-to-parallel converter to provide portions of the combined shaped bit sequence to the mapping elements, and a multiplexer to combine binary data representing the codewords for transmission using subcarrier multiplexing.
US11012172B2
A relay device accumulates received frames that are not determined as a specific frame in a queue and transfers the frames accumulated in the queue one by one according to a predetermined rule. The relay device transfers a received frame that is determined as a specific frame priority to the frames accumulated in the queue without accumulating the specific frame in the queue.
US11012163B1
A computer-implemented method for adaptive near-field data acquisition during a sampling process; it includes measuring at least one of an amplitude and phase of a field using one or more probes, wherein the measuring is performed at a plurality of points; selecting, for each point of the plurality of points, a set of neighboring points; calculating a field variation to determine the presence of a strongly varying near-field pattern; for each location corresponding to each point of the plurality of points where a varying near-field pattern is determined after the calculating of the field variation, inserting one or more new points; and for each of said one or more new points, calculating a field variation to obtain a higher near-field resolution for said each location where a near-field variation is determined.
US11012162B2
A mixer circuitry comprises a mixer, a local oscillator (LO) leakage detector, a digital LO leakage cancellation controller and a DAC arrangement. The mixer is configured to mix a first LO signal having an LO frequency fLO with an intermediate frequency (IF) signal and generate an output signal, i.e. a wanted signal. The LO leakage detector measures the LO leakage at the output of the mixer in the presence of the wanted signal. Then in the digital LO leakage cancellation controller, a digital algorithm is run that automatically adjusts the LO leakage in the mixer by steering the digital-to-analog converter arrangement such that the intermediate frequency input signal level to the mixer is adjusted.
US11012159B2
A method of RF signal processing comprises receiving an incoming RF signal at each of a plurality of antenna elements that are arranged in a first pattern. The received RF signals from each of the plurality of antenna elements are modulated onto an optical carrier to generate a plurality of modulated signals that each have at least one sideband. The modulated signals are directed along a corresponding plurality of optical channels with outputs arranged in a second pattern corresponding to the first pattern. A composite optical signal is formed using light emanating from the outputs of the plurality of optical channels. Non-spatial information contained in at least one of the received RF signals is extracted from the composite signal.
US11012147B1
A multi-mode communication adapter system comprising: a mobile Earth station including: a flat panel antenna configured to receive a down-link satellite packet, a satellite Rx/Tx, coupled to the flat panel antenna, configured to decode the down-link satellite packet, a storage device, coupled to the satellite Rx/Tx, configured to store satellite data from the down-link satellite packet, an interface module, coupled to the storage device, configured to encode and transfer the satellite data as a cellular communication packet, a WiFi packet, or a combination thereof without accessing a local infrastructure; and a protective cover encloses the mobile Earth station in a protective flap, the protective cover including a cellphone holder configured to secure a smartphone and a hinge between the protective flap and the cellphone holder.
US11012143B2
Technology for a signal repeater is disclosed. The signal repeater can include a cellular signal amplifier configured to amplify signals for a wireless device. The signal repeater can include an integrated satellite transceiver coupled to the cellular signal amplifier and configured to communicate signals to one or more satellites. The integrated satellite transceiver can be used when cellular signals are unavailable.
US11012139B2
Adaptive multiplexing and transmit/receive diversity. A wireless device may include multiple antennas. A first set of antennas may be used for communication. One or more trigger conditions may be determined, and additional antennas may be activated for measurement. Based on the measurement(s), a second set of antennas may be selected and used for communication.
US11012135B2
The apparatus is configured to performing a beam scan operation. The beam scan operation may be part of an active beam scanning process. The apparatus is also configured to deactivate the beam scan process upon determining that the apparatus is in a first state corresponding to at least one of a first set of conditional states. The apparatus is configured to determine a state change of the apparatus. Additionally, the apparatus is configured to activating the beam scanning process upon determining that the apparatus is in a second state corresponding to at least one of a second set of conditional states different from the first set of states. The apparatus is also configured to performing the beam scan operation upon activating the beam scanning process.
US11012133B2
In some embodiments, a computing system maintains, in a memory, information on one or more terminal devices, a dictionary of beams and information on a spatial grid. The computing system maps each terminal device to the spatial grid based on up-to-date results of radio measurements and calculates, for each spatial element, a load caused by the one or more terminal devices based on the mapping. The computing system evaluates, for each combination of a beam and a terminal device, a reference signal received power, RSRP, based on results of the radio measurements. The computing system calculates a first map of expected spatial distribution of traffic based on the calculated loads and beam-specific second maps of expected RSRP based on the values of the RSRP. Finally, the computing system causes performing beamforming optimization based on the first map and second maps.
US11012129B2
There is provided mechanisms for transmission of reference signals. A method is performed by a terminal device. The terminal device comprises at least two physical antenna ports. Each physical antenna port is fed by its own power amplifier. The method comprises transmitting, in only the physical antenna port is fed by the power amplifier configured for highest total output power of all the power amplifiers, as many uplink reference signals as there are physical antenna ports in total.
US11012128B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a precoding matrix determining method and apparatus, to determine a stage-1 precoding matrix based on indication information that is of a spatial correlation matrix and that is fed back by a terminal, thereby implementing three-dimensional precoding based on a channel state and increasing a channel capacity. The method includes: sending, by a base station, a plurality of groups of first reference signals, where the plurality of groups of first reference signals are in a one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of dimensions of an antenna array, and each of the plurality of groups of first reference signals is used by a terminal to estimate spatial correlation matrix information in a corresponding dimension; receiving the spatial correlation matrix information fed back by the terminal based on the plurality of groups of first reference signals; and determining a stage-1 precoding matrix based on the spatial correlation matrix information.
US11012112B2
Various aspects described herein relate to techniques for managing resource allocation in wireless communications. In an aspect, the method includes identifying a system bandwidth for communications, identifying a downlink control information (DCI) format, determining one or more resource indication values (RIVs), and performing resource allocation based on the identified system bandwidth, the identified DCI format, and the one or more determined RIVs. The techniques described herein may apply to different communications technologies, including 5th Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) communications technology.
US11012109B2
A method and devices are disclosed that increase the range of active geo-location from the airborne measuring station as compared with known methods by increasing the effective receive sensitivity of the airborne measuring station. In one embodiment this may be accomplished by transmitting a predetermined ranging packet and correlating the raw received bit stream of the response packet with the predetermined bit stream. In one embodiment, the disclosed method applies to the reception of IEEE 802.11 direct sequence spread spectrum DSSS ACK and DSSS CTS packets in response to DSSS data null and DSSS RTS packets respectively, in the 2.4 GHz band.
US11012104B2
Apparatus and methods for calibrating radio frequency transmitters to compensate for common mode local oscillator leakage are provided herein. In certain configurations herein, a transmitter generates a radio frequency transmit signal based on mixing a baseband input signal with a local oscillator signal. The transmitter is calibrated to compensate for common mode local oscillator leakage. Thus, a common mode component of the local oscillator signal is reduced or eliminated from the radio frequency transmit signal, which provides a number of benefits, including lower levels of undesired emissions from the transmitter.
US11012095B2
A method of generating interleaved symbols in a multiplexed data steam for a satellite broadcasting application to a plurality of receivers, includes allocating a plurality of data programs to a plurality of primary multiplexers according to a load balancing scheme; encoding in each primary multiplexer a plurality of data programs according to a coding scheme at a predefined code rate for generating encoded frames; and generating super frames in each primary multiplexer.
US11012093B2
A high speed decoding algorithm that can decode all the information bits simultaneously at the same time, i.e., in parallel. The method of high speed decoding of polar codes includes the steps of transmitting data bits through a second part of communication channels, wherein a receiver is provided to set frozen bits as 0, apply Sc algorithm, and decode remaining bits in parallel.
US11012078B1
An IQ signal source (100) includes: a Q-VCO (3) having a first VCO (1) and a second VCO (2), the IQ signal source (100) outputting an I signal and a Q signal by electrically coupling the first VCO (1) and the second VCO (2) with each other; a first PLL (10) for comparing a frequency of the I signal or the Q signal with a frequency of a reference signal input from the outside of the IQ signal source (100) and outputting a voltage depending on a result of the comparison; and a second PLL (9) for detecting an IQ phase difference and outputting a voltage depending on the IQ phase difference. The IQ phase difference converges to 90 degrees in dependence on the output voltage of the first PLL (10) and the output voltage of the second PLL (9).
US11012074B1
An off chip driving circuit includes a decision circuit, a first compensation circuit, a second compensation circuit, a pull-up circuit and a pull-down circuit. The decision circuit is configured to output a first decision signal and a second decision signal according to a clock and an input data. The first compensation circuit is coupled to the decision circuit and configured to generate a first control signal in response to the first decision signal and the second decision signal. The second compensation circuit is coupled to the decision circuit and configured to generate a second control signal in response to the first decision signal and the second decision signal. The pull-up circuit is configured to be enabled in response to the first control signal. The pull-down circuit is configured to be enabled in response to the second control signal.
US11012070B2
An electronic device and a method of grip recognition of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes an antenna; a radio communication unit having a coupler; a memory; and a processor which is operatively connected to the radio communication unit and the memory. The memory comprises instructions, executable by the processor. The processor is configured to detect a first signal being transmitted and a second signal being received through the antenna using the coupler, calculate a reflection coefficient of the antenna based on the first signal and the second signal, determine at least one of a signal magnitude or a phase corresponding to the reflection coefficient, and determine whether the electronic device is being gripped based on the at least one of the signal magnitude or the phase.
US11012062B2
A bootstrap circuit including: a charge pump; a power unit including a bootstrap capacitor, wherein the bootstrap capacitor is charged using an output voltage of the charge pump; and a switch driver for generating a bootstrap signal based on a clock signal and an analog signal, wherein the analog signal is input to an analog switch, the switch driver for controlling the analog switch using the bootstrap signal, and including a first body switch connected between an input terminal and a body of the analog switch.
US11012058B2
A circuit includes a filter, a comparator, and converter. A first input of the comparator couples to the output of the filter. A second input of the comparator is configured to receive ramp signal. An input of the converter couples to the output of the comparator. The circuit also includes a dual minimum pulse generator having an input coupled to the output of the converter. The dual minimum pulse generator is configured to, responsive to an input pulse on the input of the dual minimum pulse generator having a pulse width less than a predetermined delay time period, generate a pulse on the first output of the dual minimum pulse generator that has a pulse width equal to a sum of the pulse width of the input pulse and the predetermined delay time period. A driver is coupled to the output of the dual minimum pulse generator.
US11012049B1
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator includes a resonant semiconductor structure, drive electrode, sense electrode and electrically conductive shielding structure. The first drive electrode generates a time-varying electrostatic force that causes the resonant semiconductor structure to resonate mechanically, and the first sense electrode generates a timing signal in response to the mechanical resonance of the resonant semiconductor structure. The electrically conductive shielding structure is disposed between the first drive electrode and the first sense electrode to shield the first sense electrode from electric field lines emanating from the first drive electrode.
US11012043B2
A system has an output and receives an input signal. An operational amplifier has an input, an output and an offset at the input. A switched capacitor network samples the input signal at a switched capacitor frequency. An autozeroing capacitor connected to the input of the operational amplifier captures the offset during an offset capture interval according to an autozeroing frequency. Chopping and autozeroing switches, connected between the autozeroing capacitor and the switched capacitor network, chop the sampled input signal according to a chopping frequency and autozero the captured offset according to the autozeroing frequency. De-chopping switches, connected between the output of the operational amplifier and the output of the system, operate on the output of the operational amplifier at the chopping frequency to chop the autozeroed captured offset and de-chop the chopped sampled input signal processed by the operational amplifier.
US11012038B2
A plurality of transmission lines (3b,3c) are connected to a transistor (1) and have different characteristic impedances. A plurality of open stubs (4a,4b) are connected to the plurality of transmission lines (3b,3c) respectively. A length of each open stub (4a,4b) is shorter than a length of each transmission line (3b,3c).
US11012029B2
A support basement adapted to support fixedly mounted or extensible and collapsible photovoltaic panels that comprises a plurality of triangular arrays (53) interconnected by tubular members (21) and constructed with links (54, 55) and radially extending tubular members (1). Profile members (24, 30, 84) extending longitudinally along each photovoltaic panel connect the profile frames (37, 39, 69) of the photovoltaic panels to underlying triangular arrays (53) by means of connector assemblies comprising bolts (10) and nuts (12). Adjustable connector assemblies comprising bolts (27) and nuts (29a, 29b) are used to connect bottom links (55) of triangular arrays (53) with profile members (41) based onto ground pillars (51). A retraction mechanism of the photovoltaic panels offering protection from adverse weather conditions and during night periods comprises sequentially connected X-configured assemblies with an elongate screw (72) rotatable within nuts (71) at the ends of a terminal X-configured assembly proximally to the protective housing (86).
US11012025B2
Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems provide for solar panel arrays that can be aesthetically pleasing to an observer. BIPV systems can be incorporated as part of roof surfaces as built into the structure of the roof, particularly as photovoltaic modules having the appearance of a plurality of roofing tiles that each have photovoltaic cells. Each photovoltaic module may include a metal backer, photovoltaic cells, and light transmissive top sheets adhered to both the metal backer and the photovoltaic cells. BIPV systems can also include non-photovoltaic modules that appear similar to photovoltaic modules, but do not collect solar energy.
US11012024B2
A roof integrated photovoltaic mounting system includes a plurality of aluminum rails mountable in horizontal spaced relationship on a roof for receiving courses of photovoltaic panels or photovoltaic tiles. The PV panels or tiles have an extruded attachment feature along their forward edge portions that defines a downwardly projecting forwardly facing hook. Panels or tiles are installed by placing each panel or tile on a pair of rails and sliding the panel or tile down until its forward facing hook engages beneath a rear facing tongue on a rail below. A PV panel or tile in a next lower course is installed by slipping its rear edge beneath the forward edge of a panel or tile in a next higher course. The panel is then hinged down about its rear edge until its forward edge portion engages a support rail below. The panel is then slid down until the hook of its attachment fixture engages beneath the tongue of the downslope rail. When the entire array is installed in this manner, the forward edges of the panels are held down by the hook and tongue engagements and the rear edges are held down by being underneath the forward edges of panels in a next higher course. The procedure is reversed to remove a panel for servicing or replacement. In the case of solar glass tiles, water troughs are installed on the rails underlying abutting ends of tiles in a course to collect rainwater and direct it onto the upper surface of a tile in a next lower course.
US11012015B1
A motor is disclosed. The motor includes a first end bell, a second end bell and a stator with a stator coil disposed between the first end bell and the second end bell. A rotor with a rotor shaft is disposed relative to the stator, the rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator and the rotor shaft extending through the first end bell. The second end bell includes a chamber, the chamber includes an electronic circuit and a connector. The connector is electrically coupled to the electronic circuit and configured to receive both a control signal and a power signal from an external source.
US11012013B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a control device including a drive circuit and a control circuit. The drive circuit includes a plurality of transistors and a current determination circuit. The plurality of transistors is electrically connected in parallel to each other between a first node and a second node. The first node is connected to a power supply circuit. The second node is connected to a DC motor. The current determination circuit determines a current flowing between the first node and the second node. The control circuit generates a control signal to control a number of transistors to be turned on among the plurality of transistors in accordance with the determined current. The drive circuit drives the DC motor using a current in response to the control signal.
US11012006B2
Described embodiments provide a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) vibration energy harvester. The energy harvester includes a buckled multi-layer beam that includes a plurality of stacked layers. The plurality of stacked layers includes at least one piezoelectric layer. Each one of the plurality of stacked layers has a determined stress level and a determined thickness. The determined stress level includes at least a compressive stress. The plurality of stacked layers achieves a desired total stress level of the beam to achieve substantial deformation of the beam in at least one direction when a proof mass is added to the beam. In response to applied external vibrations having a vibration frequency and an acceleration amplitude, the beam deflects and deforms to provide strain to the at least one piezoelectric layer, thereby generating an electrical charge to provide a continuous power output in response to the external vibrations.
US11012004B2
A vibration actuator includes a vibrator including a shaft, an output transmission member penetrated by the shaft, and configured to rotate about the axis of the shall, and a fixed member configured not to move relative to the shaft and configured to move relative to the output transmission member. The fixed member includes a base portion and a projection portion protruding from the base portion to the output transmission member side, the vibration actuator includes a pressure reception member between the base portion and the output transmission member in an axial direction of the shaft, and wherein the projection portion and the output transmission member are in contact with each other in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft, and the projection portion and the output transmission member are not in contact with each other in the axial direction of the shaft.
US11011996B2
An object of the present invention is to improve the reliability of a power converter against electromagnetic noise. A power converter according to the present invention includes: a power semiconductor circuit unit; a DCDC converter circuit unit; a first drive circuit board that outputs a drive signal to the power semiconductor circuit unit; a second drive circuit board that outputs a drive signal to the DCDC converter circuit unit; and a control circuit board that outputs a first control signal for controlling the first drive circuit board and a second control signal for controlling the second drive circuit board, in which the control circuit board is arranged at a position facing the second drive circuit board with the power semiconductor circuit unit and the DCDC converter circuit unit interposed therebetween, the first drive circuit board is arranged to be substantially parallel to an array direction of the control circuit board and the second drive circuit board, and the first drive circuit board has a relay wiring that relays the second control signal output from the control circuit board to the second drive circuit board.
US11011988B1
A DC/DC power converter and a method to convert an input voltage into an output voltage are presented. The power converter may have a first flying capacitor, a second flying capacitor, an inductor, and switching elements. It may control the switching elements such that the switching elements establish a first magnetizing current path from the input node, via the first flying capacitor, via the second flying capacitor, via the inductor, to the output node. The converter may control the switching elements to interrupt said first magnetizing current path after a pre-determined time interval. The converter may control the switching elements such that the switching elements establish a demagnetizing current path from a reference potential via the inductor to the output node. The converter may control the switching elements such that said demagnetizing current path is interrupted when a current through the inductor reaches a pre-determined threshold current value.
US11011976B2
A drive circuit includes a transient detector that includes a detector input to receive a loop error signal from a phased locked loop (PLL) and generates a transient detected output signal if a transient is detected in an alternating current (AC) input voltage. A controller includes a controller input to receive the transient detected output signal from the transient detector and a feedback input to sense the AC input voltage provided to a bridge circuit. The controller is configured to apply a PLL angle output signal from the PLL to control switch output signals to the bridge circuit if the transient detected output signal is not generated and configured to apply the AC input voltage sensed from the feedback input to control the switch output signals to the bridge circuit if the transient detected output signal is generated.
US11011973B2
A methods and systems for generating rectified signals are disclosed. For example, a system performing the methods includes a current source rectifier which has a plurality of switches configured to receive an input current from an AC voltage source and to receive a plurality of control signals. The switches are configured to produce a rectified output current based on the input current and the control signals. The system also includes a rectifier controller configured to receive a current sense signal indicative of the rectified output current and to generate the control signals based at least in part on the current sense signal, where the control signals cause the current source rectifier to attenuate at least one of a plurality of harmonic frequencies in the rectified output current.
US11011970B2
A gate drive circuit, which drives a gate of a first transistor, includes a first switch on a high potential side and a second switch on a low potential side connected in series at a second connection node between a high potential end and a low potential end of a series connection structure, constituted of a first voltage source and a second voltage source connected in series at a first connection node; and a third switch and an inductor connected in series between the first connection node and the second connection node. The gate of the first transistor can be electrically connected to the second connection node.
US11011968B2
A system for generating electrical energy by efficient movement of a specialized inductive medium that fulfills a need for new sources of electricity. The system for generating electrical energy by efficient movement of a specialized inductive medium includes an evacuated tube serving as a cathode disposed on a pipe, the evacuated tube contains a plurality of emulsified copper, the emulsified copper serves as the specialized inductive medium. The overall system includes a gear pump that moves the emulsified copper at high speed through the pipe where it is influenced by the magnet and the electric current is induced in the high-speed emulsified copper.
US11011961B2
A system for cooling an electric machine, including as components a stator and a rotor, wherein each component has a cooling circuit, the system including at least one regulator for regulating a volume flow of a coolant from a coolant reservoir and a control unit, wherein in each case an input of each cooling circuit is connected to at least one regulator for regulating the volume flow of the coolant from the coolant reservoir, wherein the control unit is adapted to set at least one regulator for regulating the volume flow of the coolant into the cooling circuit of a respective component, while taking into account at least one temperature of the respective component.
US11011951B2
A brushless electric motor system having integrated power stages, said electric motor system comprising a rotor, a stator, a plurality of power stages, and a cooling system comprising a substantially flat hollow main cool body arranged to support the flowing of a cooling medium inside said hollow main cool body for cooling said main cool body, a base cooling plate connected to a first flat surface of said hollow main cool body and to said plurality of power stages for transferring heat between said plurality of power stages and said base cool plate, heat resistance inserts connected to said base cooling plate and said plurality of electrically excitable coils for transferring heat between said plurality of coils and said base cooling plate wherein said heat resistance inserts provide for a thermal conductivity, thereby creating a thermal buffer such that said electrically excitable coils are cooled less compared to said power stages, by said cooling system.
US11011948B2
Various embodiments may include a rotor for a reluctance machine comprising: an essentially disc-shaped rotor body mounted on a rotor axis running through a rotor center point; and an alternating sequence of barrier regions and pole regions arrayed along a circumferential direction of the rotor body. Each barrier region includes a multiplicity of magnetic flux barriers spatially and materially separated without overlap. Within at least one barrier region, at least one magnetic flux barrier is arranged with a q axis and/or a figure axis rotated with respect to a q axis and/or figure axis of another magnetic flux barrier of the same barrier region.
US11011947B2
A stator includes a main yoke having a cylindrical shape with a bottom, an auxiliary yoke having a band shape arranged on an outer or inner circumferential wall surface of this main yoke, and a field magnet arranged inside the main yoke. The auxiliary yoke is arranged along a circumferential direction on the outer or inner circumferential wall surface of the main yoke. One end of the auxiliary yoke has at least one protrusion, and another end of the auxiliary yoke has at least one recess facing and engaging in a circumferential direction with the protrusion either on the inner or outer circumferential wall surface of the main yoke.
US11011946B2
A method for controlling a wireless power transmitter for charging a wireless power receiver may comprise the operations of: transmitting power for charging; receiving a first PRU dynamic signal indicating completion of charging, from the wireless power receiver, applying a beacon for detecting the wireless power receiver on the basis of a load change to a resonance circuit of the wireless power transmitter; receiving, from the wireless power receiver, a first advertisement signal including information indicating that charging is not requested; and ignoring the advertisement signal and maintaining application of the beacon.
US11011945B2
Disclosed are devices and methods for performing wireless charging of an electronic device and establishing a wired connection with the electronic device for data transfer. In some cases, a device includes a port that can supply power to charge the electronic device when a wired connection is detected between the device and the electronic device. The device can be configured such that the port does not supply power to the electronic device via wired connection when the device provides charging power to the electronic device wirelessly. Data transfer between the device and the electronic device can be performed via the port at the same time as wirelessly charging the electronic device.
US11011942B2
Flat antennas having two or more resonant frequencies for use in wireless power transmission systems
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for wireless power transmission. In one aspect, a wireless power transmission system includes an antenna component configured to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic waves, such as power waves, the antenna component having at least two conductive plates positioned on a same plane, where: (1) the at least two conductive plates form a monopole antenna configured to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic waves in a first frequency range, (2) the at least two conductive plates are positioned such that a gap exists between the at least two conductive plates, thereby forming a capacitor, and (3) the at least two conductive plates and the gap form a loop antenna configured to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic waves in a second frequency range.
US11011940B2
A radio frequency power system is provided that includes bias modules, a switch, a matching network, and a control module. The bias modules are configured to generate respectively DC bias voltages. The switch is configured to (i) receive current from the bias modules, and (ii) control flow of the current from the bias modules to generate a radio frequency bias voltage signal. The matching network is configured to (i) receive the radio frequency bias voltage signal, and (ii) based on the radio frequency bias voltage signal, supply at least a portion of a radio frequency output voltage signal to an electrode of a substrate support in a processing chamber. The control module is connected to the switch and configured to control a state of the switch based on the radio frequency output voltage signal to shape a waveform of the radio frequency bias voltage signal.
US11011937B2
A switching circuit is connected to an output side of a DC power supply, includes a low-side switch circuit and a high-side switch circuit, and generates high frequency power by switching of the low-side switch circuit and the high-side switch circuit. Snubber circuits are connected between both ends of the low-side switch circuit and both ends of the high-side switch circuit. The snubber circuits include series circuits including inductors and capacitors, and include diodes that are connected in parallel with the inductors.
US11011932B2
A mouse pad includes a wireless power transmission apparatus including at least a first transmission coil and a second transmission coil and configured to wirelessly transmit power to a mouse placed on the mouse pad; and a controller configured to directly receive determination information for selecting one transmission coil among the first transmission coil and the second transmission coil according to a movement of the mouse on the mouse pad from a power supply connected to the mouse pad, and enable the second transmission coil and disable the first transmission coil when the movement of the mouse indicates the mouse is moving on the mouse pad from the first transmission coil to the second transmission coil.
US11011920B2
An energy storage apparatus for engine start-up includes: an energy storage device, a first switch provided in a first energizing path to the energy storage device, a step-down circuit provided in a second energizing path to the energy storage device, and a controller. The controller turns the first switch on to discharge through the first energizing path at engine start-up, and turns the first switch off to select the second energizing path if an output voltage of a vehicle generator is higher than a predetermined voltage to cause the output voltage of the vehicle generator to be stepped down with the step-down circuit to charge the energy storage device.
US11011919B2
A system including a carrier having a plurality of receptacles configured to receive rechargeable, removable battery packs, an AC power input connector for connecting to an AC power supply, a power output connector, a discharge/charge mode switch for switching between (1) a charging mode of operation that charges the battery packs using electrical power input through at least one of the power input connectors and (2) a discharging mode of operation that outputs electrical power from the battery packs through the power output connector, the charge/discharge control module controlling a plurality of charging switches to provide a charging current to the battery packs and an inverter electrically connected to the power output connector for providing an AC output signal at the power output connector.
US11011918B2
A smart charging solution is provided. The smart charging solution includes a power supply, a power line connected to the power supply and at least one universal serial bus (USB) splitter module and/or wireless charging module. The smart charging solution further includes a cable compensation integrated circuit (IC) for improved output voltage stabilization and a locking mechanism for furniture installation.
US11011916B2
An energy storage system includes a first energy storage device having a first energy storage chemistry, a second energy storage device having a second energy storage chemistry different than the first energy storage chemistry, and a link device. The link device is configured to facilitate electrically coupling the second energy storage device to the first energy storage device, regulate a first power profile of first power provided by the first energy storage device to the second energy storage device such that the first energy storage device can selectively charge the second energy storage device, and regulate a second power profile of second power provided by the second energy storage device to the first energy storage device such that the first energy storage device can selectively draw power from the second energy storage device to increase a power capacity thereof.
US11011913B2
A dwelling power management system includes a smart power integrated node located at a dwelling and configured to transit information to and receive information from a remote server arrangement. The smart power integrated node selectively controls power applied to dwelling electrical power hardware components according to a recommended operating procedure (ROP). The system also includes a utility switch connected to the smart power integrated node, the utility switch configured to control distribution of electrical power received from a dwelling external power source. The smart power integrated node transmits dwelling power usage information and dwelling user preferences to the remote server arrangement that evaluates relevant information including dwelling power usage information and dwelling user preferences and dwelling external factors to develop an optimized ROP. The smart power integrated node operates according to the optimized ROP.
US11011897B2
An adjustable junction box is provided that allows a technician to selectively adjust the distance between an outer surface of the junction box and an outer surface of a stud to which the junction box is interconnected. A selectively-removable cover is also provided that allows an outlet, for example, to be interconnected to a power supply and later removed for inspection.
US11011896B2
A cable gland and methods for earthing, grounding, bonding, and electromagnetic capability with armored, metal-clad, and metallic-sheathed cable types. The cable gland comprises a gland body, a plurality of extensions, an elastomer seal, a compression member configured to rotate the plurality of extensions towards to the elastomer seal, and an earthing insert mounted in the gland body configured to electrically connect a cable to a neutral and/or grounded conductor. The cable gland is configured to provide an air-tight seal between the exterior of the cable and the elastomer seal through rotation of the plurality of extension upon the elastomer seal. The cable gland may include an o-ring and nut to secure the cable gland to a planar body. The earthing insert comprises a grounding spring in electrical communication with a metallic portion of the cable and a neutral and/or grounded conductor.
US11011894B2
A modular HVDC platform and a method for constructing the same are disclosed herein. The modular HVDC platform has a topside disposed on a structural jacket. The topside includes a first rectifier module, a second rectifier module, and a utility module. The first and second rectifier modules have equipment for converting AC power to DC power disposed therein. The utility module contains equipment for supporting the operations of the rectifier modules. Each of the rectifier modules and the utility modules can be fabricated and commissioned onshore prior to installation on the structural jacket at an offshore location.
US11011893B2
Embodiments of the disclosure can include systems and methods for providing a seismic support structure for electrical equipment, including low voltage or high voltage electrical equipment and power transmission equipment, to be supported above a surface, such as the ground or a foundation.
US11011887B2
A semiconductor laser diode is disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor laser diode includes a semiconductor layer sequence including an active layer having a main extension plane, configured to generate light in an active region during operation and configured to radiate the light via a light-outcoupling surface, wherein the active region extends from a rear surface opposite the light-outcoupling surface to the light-outcoupling surface along a longitudinal direction in the main extension plane and a continuous contact structure directly disposed on a surface of the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the contact structure comprises in at least a first contact region a first electrical contact material in direct contact with the surface region and in at least a second contact region a second electrical contact material in direct contact with the surface region, and wherein the first and second contact regions adjoin one another.
US11011886B2
A package structure of a directly modulated laser in a photonics module includes a thermoelectric cooler including multiple conductor traces formed in a cool surface. The package structure further includes a directly modulated laser (DML) chip having a first electrode being attached with the cool surface and a second electrode at a distance away from the cool surface. Additionally, the package structure includes an interposer having a plurality of through-holes formed between a first surface to a second surface. The first surface is mounted to the cool surface such that each through-hole is aligned with one of the multiple conductor traces and the second surface being leveled with the second electrode. Moreover, the package structure includes a driver disposed on the second surface of the interposer with at least a galvanically coupled output port coupled directly to the second electrode of the DML chip.
US11011883B2
A radio-frequency, RF, slab laser 10 with a Z-fold resonator cavity defined by an output mirror 32, a first fold mirror 34, a second fold mirror 36 and a rear mirror 30. The second fold mirror 36 is rotated by an adjustment angle away from the angle it would have if the mirrors were all plane mirrors and directed the round trip beam path by direct reflection. Moreover, the rear mirror 30 is rotated by an adjustment angle that is approximately twice the adjustment angle of the second fold mirror 36. These rotations of the rear mirror 30 and second fold mirror 36 suppresses parasitic mode paths that would otherwise exist.
US11011882B2
An ultrafast electro-optic laser makes a stabilized comb and includes: a comb generator that produces a frequency comb; a dielectric resonant oscillator; a phase modulator in communication with the dielectric resonant oscillator; an intensity modulator in communication with the phase modulator; an optical tailor in communication with the comb generator and that produces tailored light; a filter cavity in communication with the intensity modulator; a pulse shaper in communication with the filter cavity; a highly nonlinear fiber and compressor in communication with the pulse shaper; an interferometer in communication with the optical tailor and that produces a difference frequency from the tailored light; and an electrical stabilizer in communication with the interferometer and the comb generator and that produces the stabilization signal with a stabilized local oscillator cavity that produces a stabilized local oscillator signal that is converted into the stabilization signal and communicated to the dielectric resonant oscillator.
US11011877B2
The present invention provides safety power outlets having the form and size to fit standard electrical boxes. The present invention includes one or more switched sockets which are generally switched on by movement from a first position to a second position. The described movement is prevented by one or more locks configured to be unlocked by complete insertion of a plug's power blades into the socket. In addition, blade locks are provided to prevent removal of the plug once the movement from the first position to the second position has begun. The movements described herein are both linear and rotary. Embodiments adapted for use with an extension cord socket are also presented.
US11011876B2
Remote management of network interface peripheral cards uses physical pin reassignment and a dedicated management network. One or more physical pins in a connector may be dynamically redefined from an interface protocol to a different interface protocol. The dynamic redefinition allows existing input/output signals to be routed to the pins to provide remote management features.
US11011870B2
The present disclosure provides a first connector, a second connector and a connector assembly having the first connector and the second connector. The first connector comprises an insulating base, two first conductive members fixed on the insulating base, a first magnetic attraction ring sheathing the insulating base, and a switch assembly fixed in the insulating base. The second connector comprises an insulating body, two second conductive members fixed on the insulating body, a second magnetic attraction ring sheathing an outer circumference of the insulating body, and a cover further sheathing an outer circumference of the second magnetic attraction ring. The first connector and the second connector can achieve a function of 360 degree mating and charging. The first connector integrates charging function and switch function which can save one connector, save space and cost in a small electronic device, facilitates miniaturization of the electronic device.
US11011864B2
An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing, receptacle terminals, and a metallic shell. The insulated housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion outwardly extending from the base portion. The receptacle terminals are held in the base portion and disposed at the surface of the tongue portion. The metallic shell includes a receptacle cavity, the insulated housing is held in the receptacle cavity. An insertion opening is on a first end of the metallic shell, a stopping portion is inwardly bending on a second end of the metallic shell, and the stopping portion is extending to a surface of the base portion. When an electrical plug connector is inserted into the receptacle cavity, an end portion of the electrical plug connector is in contact with the stopping portion.
US11011863B2
An electrical connector including an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, and at least one grounding member is provided. The terminals and the grounding member are disposed in the insulating body. At least one grounding terminal among the terminals and the grounding member next to the grounding terminal form an integrally-molded structure. A portion of the grounding terminal and a portion of the grounding member are misaligned from each other along an arrangement direction of the terminals.
US11011856B2
A dual vertical beam cellular array is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a cellular array includes discrete radiators coupled in pairs and arranged in-line. The radiators are connected to hybrid couplers configured to sum the output from the pairs of discrete radiators. A first power distribution network is configured to receive a first output from the hybrid couplers and produce a first beam, and a second power distribution network configured to receive a second output from the hybrid couplers and produce a second beam. According to some embodiments, the first beam is a main beam with high gain and the second beam is a coverage beam with a large coverage area.
US11011853B2
A phased array includes a laminar substrate having both 1) a plurality of elements forming a patch phased array, and 2) a plurality of integrated circuits. Each integrated circuit is configured to control receipt and transmission of signals by the plurality of elements in the patch phased array. The integrated circuits also are configured to operate the phased array at one or more satellite frequencies—to transmit signals to and/or receive signals from a satellite. Each integrated circuit physically couples with one corresponding element so that incoming signals are received by the corresponding element in a first polarization, and outgoing signals are transmitted by the corresponding element in a second polarization. The phased array isolates the transmit signals from the receive signals by orienting the first and second polarizations differently.
US11011826B2
Example of a near-field electromagnetic induction (NFEMI) device, including: an NFEMI antenna, having a first conductive plate, a coil, a first signal feed connection, and a second signal feed connection; wherein the coil is configured to generate or respond to a magnetic field and is coupled to the first and second signal feed connections; wherein the first conductive plate is coupled to the first signal feed connection; and an electrical apparatus, having a ground plane, a first capacitor and a second capacitor; wherein the electrical apparatus is coupled to the first and second signal feed connections; wherein the first capacitor is coupled between the first signal feed connection and the ground plane; wherein the second capacitor is coupled between the second signal feed connection and the ground plane; and wherein the first conductive plate in combination with the ground plane is configured to generate or respond to an electrical field.
US11011825B2
An inclined antenna assembly and an electronic device including the antenna assembly are provided. The inclined antenna assembly and an electronic device include a communication circuit and a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) including a front face, a back face on which the communication circuit is disposed, and at least one side face having an inclined manner between the front face and the back face. According to various embodiments, the PCB may include one or more antennas formed on a region corresponding to at least one side face.
US11011815B2
A wave communication system includes an integrated circuit and a multilayered substrate. The multilayered substrate is electrically coupled to the integrated circuit. The multilayered substrate includes an antenna structure configured to transmit a circularly polarized wave in response to signals from the integrated circuit.
US11011800B2
A conductive module includes a first conductive member electrically connected to at least one electrode terminal of a battery module, a second conductive member electrically connected to the first conductive member and an electrical connection target, and an accommodation member accommodating the first and second conductive members. The accommodation member includes an accommodation body having a first accommodation chamber that accommodates the first conductive member and a second accommodation chamber that accommodates the second conductive member, a lid body closing an opening of the second accommodation chamber such that the second conductive member does not come out of the second accommodation chamber, and a hinge body rotating the lid body, a first holding mechanism holding a side of the lid body opposite to the hinge body at the closing position, and a second holding mechanism holding the hinge body side of the lid body at the closing position.
US11011799B2
A battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack includes one or more battery assemblies and a circuit board connected to the battery assemblies. The battery assembly includes first and second battery cells having the predetermined surfaces overlaid on each other. The first and second battery cells each have battery elements accommodated in a container thereof, and cathode terminals and anode terminals are provided at a same height as the predetermined surfaces at a same side. The cathode terminal and anode terminal of the first battery cell are adjacent respectively to the cathode terminal and anode terminal of the second battery cell.
US11011791B2
A method for producing an electrically driveable vehicle which has a sealed space for accommodating a high-voltage (HV) energy storage. A body structure delimits the space for accommodating the HV energy storage at least in an upward direction and which sealingly closes off the space at least in the upward direction and which has attachment points for the direct or indirect connection of at least one energy storage module. At least one energy storage module is connected to the body structure. A space for accommodating the HV energy storage is open at least in partial regions. An installation protection structure delimits the space for accommodating the HV energy storage in the downward direction and which sealingly closes off the space at least in the downward direction. The body structure is connected to the installation protection structure, whereby the space for accommodating the HV energy storage is sealingly closed.
US11011789B2
The present application provides a package sealing structure, a preparation method thereof and a flexible packaging battery. In a package peripheral region of the package sealing structure, the insulating heat sealing layers of the two layers of packaging film face each other and are melted into one body to form an insulating fusion layer which seals and bonds the two layers of the packaging film together. The insulating fusion layer is formed with an overflow portion that overflows from the package peripheral region of the package sealing structure to the outer end surfaces of the core metal layers of the two layers of packaging film and covers completely the outer end surfaces of the core metal layer of the two layers of packaging film, so that the outer end surfaces of the core metal layers are insulated from the peripheral environment.
US11011777B2
The present invention relates to a nitrogen-doped sulfide-based solid electrolyte for all-solid batteries. The a nitrogen-doped sulfide-based solid electrolyte for all-solid batteries includes a compound with an argyrodite-type crystal structure represented by the following Formula 1: LiaPSbNcXd [Formula 1] wherein 6≤a≤7, 3
US11011772B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack including a plurality of fuel cells positioned between opposing end plates, an anode manifold configured to direct anode gas into or out of the fuel cell stack, a cathode manifold configured to direct cathode gas into or out of the fuel cell stack, and at least one truss attached to an external surface of at least one of the cathode manifold or the anode manifold. The at least one truss is configured to reinforce the fuel cell system.
US11011757B2
A separator for a fuel cell, includes: a metal plate; a first electro-conductive resin layer formed on a first surface side of the metal plate; a second electro-conductive resin layer formed on a second surface side of the metal plate opposite to the first surface side; and a flow channel in which the metal plate and the first and second electro-conductive resin layers have a wavy shape in cross section.
US11011747B2
A lithium metal oxide powder for a cathode material in a rechargeable battery, consisting of a core and a surface layer, the surface layer being delimited by an outer and an inner interface, the inner interface being in contact with the core, the core having a layered crystal structure comprising the elements Li, M and oxygen, wherein M has the formula M=(Niz (Ni1/2 Mn1/2)y Cox)1-k Ak, with 0.15≤x≤0.30, 0.20≤z≤0.55, x+y+z=1 and 0
US11011741B2
A positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, includes: a lithium composite metal compound containing secondary particles formed by aggregation of primary particles; and a lithium-containing tungsten oxide, in which the lithium-containing tungsten oxide is present at least in interparticle spaces of the primary particles, and in a pore distribution of the positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries measured by a mercury intrusion method, a surface area of pores having a pore diameter in a range of 10 nm or more to 200 nm or less is 0.4 m2/g or more and 3.0 m2/g or less.
US11011740B2
A battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode includes LixAl2(OH)7-y.zH2O where 0.9
US11011738B2
Provided is a method for producing a negative electrode by using a negative electrode active material and ceramic particles, the method ensuring satisfactory coatability of the paste and high peel strength and hardness of the obtained negative electrode active material layer. The method for producing a negative electrode disclosed herein includes a step of coating a negative electrode paste including a negative electrode active material and ceramic particles on a negative electrode current collector; a step of drying the coated negative electrode paste to form a negative electrode active material layer; and a step of pressing the negative electrode active material layer. The ceramic particles have an aspect ratio of 1.5 or more and 20 or less. The ceramic particles have a short side length of ⅕ or less of an average particle diameter of the negative electrode active material. In the negative electrode paste, the ceramic particles are contained in an amount of 3% by mass to 20% by mass based on a total solid content of the negative electrode paste.
US11011728B2
A display device includes a first substrate having a display area and a non-display area around the display area, a light-emitting element in the display area and including a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and an emission member between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, a common voltage transfer line in the non-display area and electrically connected to the common electrode, a second substrate opposite the first substrate, and a sealant in the non-display area between the first substrate and the second substrate, the sealant surrounding the display area, wherein the common voltage transfer line includes a first portion overlapping the sealant and a second portion positioned between the sealant and the display area, and wherein the second portion has at least one opening or cut-out portion.
US11011723B2
The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising an hole injection layer and electron injection layer with zero-valent metal, and a method of manufacturing the same. In particular the present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising an anode layer, at least one electron transport layer, at least one electron injection layer, a cathode layer, and an emission layer, wherein the emission layer is arranged between the anode layer and the cathode layer, wherein the at least a first electron transport layer and the injection layer are arranged between the emission layer and the cathode layer, wherein the electron injection layer is arranged in direct contact to the first transport electron layer, wherein the first electron transport layer is arranged nearer to the anode layer and the electron injection layer is arranged nearer to the cathode layer, wherein at least the first electron transport layer comprises an organic phosphine matrix compound, and a first zero-valent alkali metal; and the electron injection layer comprises a second zero-valent metal of an alkaline earth metal and/or rare earth metal, and an alkali metal halide.
US11011713B2
The present disclosure provides a display module and an electronic apparatus. The display module includes: a flexible substrate having: a first surface configured to form a displaying structure, and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a protective part located on the second surface and having a supporting portion. The flexible substrate includes: a substrate body having a first subsurface which is a portion of the second surface corresponding to the substrate body; and a bent portion located at at least one side of the substrate body, bent towards the first subsurface of the substrate body, and having a second subsurface which is a portion of the second surface corresponding to the bent portion. The second subsurface is supported by the supporting portion such that a radius of curvature of the bent portion : is not less than a minimal radius of curvature which the flexible substrate is capable of withstanding.
US11011712B2
Platinum complexes suitable for use as phosphorescent emitters or as delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent emitters having the following structure:
US11011694B2
A tactile sense presenting device that includes a control unit, a driving unit, and a vibrating device. The vibrating device includes a diaphragm, a piezoelectric film that is bridged over the diaphragm and stretches and contracts in a planar direction, and spacers that are provided in a gap portion, in which the piezoelectric film and the diaphragm face each other, and are fixed to the diaphragm.
US11011686B2
Semiconductor light emitting device includes: substrate including main and back surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and bottom and top surfaces, wherein main surface includes first to fourth sides; first main surface electrode on main surface and including first base portion contacting the sides of the main surface, and die pad connected to first base portion; second main surface electrode disposed on the main surface and including second base portion contacting first and third sides of the main surface, and wire pad connected to second base portion; semiconductor light emitting element including first electrode pad and mounted on die pad; wire connecting first electrode pad and wire pad; first insulating film covering portion between first base portion and die pad; second insulating film covering portion between second base portion and wire pad and having end portions contacting main surface; and light-transmitting sealing resin.
US11011681B2
The present application discloses a light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor light-emitting element, a transparent element covering the semiconductor light-emitting element, an insulating layer which connects to the transparent element, an intermediate layer which connects to the insulating layer; and a conductive adhesive material connecting to the intermediate layer.
US11011680B2
A light-emitting device includes a semiconductor structure including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a via penetrating the second semiconductor layer and the active layer to expose a surface of the first semiconductor layer; a first electrode formed in the via and on the second semiconductor layer; a second electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer; and an insulating structure covering the first electrode, the second electrode and the semiconductor structure and including a first opening to expose the first electrode and a second opening to expose the second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode respectively include a metal layer contacting the insulating layer, the metal layer includes a material including a surface tension value larger than 1500 dyne/cm and a standard reduction potential larger than 0.3 V.
US11011651B2
Embodiments of the present invention include a tight pitch stack nanowire semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an active region including a blanket dielectric nanosheet. Further included are at least one fin formed on the blanket dielectric nanosheet. There is at least one gate structure formed over the at least one fin in the active region such that the blanket dielectric nanosheet forms an insulating layer between each of the at least one fin and the at least one gate structure, and a substrate such that each of the at least one fin and each of the at least one dummy gate are electrically isolated.
US11011647B2
A semiconductor device structure is disclosed. The semiconductor device structure includes a mesa extending above a substrate. The mesa has a channel region between a first side and second side of the mesa. A first gate is on a first side of the mesa, the first gate comprising a first gate insulator and a first gate conductor comprising graphene overlying the first gate insulator. The gate conductor may comprise graphene in one or more monolayers. Also disclosed are a method for fabricating the semiconductor device structure; an array of vertical transistor devices, including semiconductor devices having the structure disclosed; and a method for fabricating the array of vertical transistor devices.
US11011644B2
The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor, a thin film transistor array, and a method for detecting an object to be detected, wherein the thin film transistor is configured to detect a parameter of an object to be detected bound with a metal ion and includes an active layer, wherein: a carrier of the active layer without a metal element contained in the metal ion bound is of a first mobility, and a carrier of the active layer with the metal element bound is of a second mobility different from the first mobility.
US11011638B2
An integrated semiconductor device having a gate structure adjacent to a semiconductor body at a channel region, the channel region being positioned laterally between source/drain regions. Metal plugs are on the source/drain regions, and rectangular-shaped or trapezoidal-shaped plug caps are above and immediately adjacent to the metal plugs. A self-aligned metal filled contact (CA) is conductively coupled to one of the metal plugs on the source and drain regions, and a self-aligned metal filled contact (CBoA) is conductively coupled to the gate structure. The device further includes a low k dielectric layer that includes a continuous airgap having an inverted u-shape formed about the gate structure and breaks at about a portion of the gate structure including the self-aligned metal filled contact (CBoA). Also, methods for forming the device including the uniquely shaped continuous airgap are disclosed.
US11011633B2
A method and apparatus for use in improving linearity sensitivity of MOSFET devices having an accumulated charge sink (ACS) are disclosed. The method and apparatus are adapted to address degradation in second- and third-order intermodulation harmonic distortion at a desired range of operating voltage in devices employing an accumulated charge sink.
US11011631B2
A silicon carbide substrate has at least one of a first structure and a second structure. The first structure is such that a first impurity region is in contact with a second impurity region, a third impurity region is separated from a fourth impurity region by a second drift region, and the second impurity region has a width greater than a width of the fourth impurity region in a direction parallel to a first main surface. The second structure is such that the first impurity region is separated from the second impurity region by a first drift region, the third impurity region is in contact with the fourth impurity region, and the fourth impurity region has a width greater than a width of the second impurity region in the direction parallel to the first main surface.
US11011630B2
A semiconductor wafer is provided, which has a silicon wafer, a reaction suppressing layer, a stress generating layer and an active layer, the silicon wafer, the reaction suppressing layer, the stress generating layer and the active layer being disposed in an order of the silicon wafer, the reaction suppressing layer, the stress generating layer and the active layer, where the reaction suppressing layer is a nitride crystal layer that suppresses reaction between silicon atoms and group-III atoms, the stress generating layer is a nitride crystal layer that generates compressive stress, the active layer is a nitride crystal layer in which an electronic device is formed, and the semiconductor wafer further has, between the silicon wafer and the reaction suppressing layer, a SiAlN layer having silicon atoms, aluminum atoms and nitrogen atoms as main constituent atoms.
US11011628B2
A method of making a thin film transistor, the method includes: providing a semiconductor layer; arranging a first photoresist layer, a nanowire structure, a second photoresist layer on the semiconductor layer, wherein the nanowire structure includes a single nanowire; forming one opening in the first photoresist layer and the second photoresist layer to form an exposed surface, wherein a part of the nanowire is exposed and suspended in the opening; depositing a conductive film layer on the exposed surface using the nanowire structure as a mask, wherein the conductive film layer defines a nano-scaled channel, and the conductive film layer is divided into two regions, one region is used as a source electrode, and the other region is used as a drain electrode; forming an insulating layer on the semiconductor layer to cover the source electrode and the drain electrode, and locating a gate electrode on the insulating layer.
US11011621B2
A tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET) device is disclosed. A protrusion structure is disposed over the substrate and protrudes out of the plane of substrate. Isolation features are formed on the substrate. A drain region is disposed over the substrate adjacent to the protrusion structure and extends to a bottom portion of the protrusion structure as a raised drain region. A drain contact is disposed over the drain region and overlap with the isolation feature.
US11011616B2
Embodiments of the disclosure are in the field of advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, 10 nanometer node and smaller integrated circuit structure fabrication and the resulting structures. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first silicon fin having a longest dimension along a first direction. A second silicon fin having a longest dimension is along the first direction. An insulator material is between the first silicon fin and the second silicon fin. A gate line is over the first silicon fin and over the second silicon fin along a second direction, the second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the gate line having a first side and a second side, wherein the gate line has a discontinuity over the insulator material, the discontinuity filled by a dielectric plug.
US11011614B2
A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device and a method of forming the same are provided. The method includes forming a first III-V compound layer over a substrate. A second III-V compound layer is formed over the first III-V compound layer. The second III-V compound layer has a greater band gap than the first III-V compound layer. A third III-V compound layer is formed over the second III-V compound layer. The third III-V compound layer and the first III-V compound layer comprise a same III-V compound. A passivation layer is formed along a topmost surface and sidewalls of the third III-V compound layer. A fourth III-V compound layer is formed over the second III-V compound layer. The fourth III-V compound layer has a greater band gap than the first III-V compound layer.
US11011612B2
A semiconductor device, includes: a first semiconductor chip including a first semiconductor substrate; and a second semiconductor chip including a second semiconductor substrate, wherein the first semiconductor substrate has a first substrate main surface and a first substrate back surface facing opposite directions in a first direction, and includes a first region and a second region disposed on the first substrate main surface, wherein the first semiconductor chip includes: a first MOSFET of a first type structure formed to include the first region; and a control circuit formed to include the second region, wherein the second semiconductor chip includes a second MOSFET of a second type structure formed to include the second semiconductor substrate, and wherein the second type structure is different from the first type structure.
US11011611B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a conductive region made of silicon, germanium or a combination thereof. The semiconductor device structure also includes an insulating layer over the semiconductor substrate and a fill metal material layer in the insulating layer. In addition, the semiconductor device structure includes a nitrogen-containing metal silicide or germanide layer between the conductive region and the fill metal material layers.
US11011609B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type provided on the first semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region of the first conductivity type provided on the second semiconductor region, a first insulating part provided in the first semiconductor region, a first electrode provided in the first semiconductor region, the first insulating part disposed between the first electrode and the first semiconductor region, a second insulating part provided on the first electrode, a gate electrode provided on the second insulating part, a gate insulating part provided between the gate electrode and the second semiconductor region, and a second electrode provided on the second semiconductor region and on the third semiconductor region, and is electrically connected to the second semiconductor region, the third semiconductor region, and the first electrode.
US11011603B2
Semiconductor nanocrystals prepared using a mixture of organic ligands (e.g., oxoacids), as well as compositions, kits, and methods of using such semiconductor nanocrystals are disclosed.
US11011602B2
Circuits employing an adjacent low-k dummy gate to a field-effect transistor (FET) to reduce FET source/drain parasitic capacitance, and related fabrication methods. To reduce or mitigate an increase in the source/drain parasitic capacitance(s) of a FET, a dummy gate adjacent to an active gate of the FET is provided to have a low-k (i.e., low relative permittivity). In this manner, the relative permittivity (k) between the source/drain of the FET and an adjacent dummy gate and/or source/drain of another FET is reduced, thereby reducing the parallel plate capacitance of the FET(s). Reducing parasitic capacitance of the FET(s) may allow further reduced scaling of the circuit to offset or mitigate a lack of reduction or increase in parasitic capacitance as a result of reducing gate pitch in the circuit. As gate pitch is reduced in the circuit, it may not be possible to proportionally reduce gate size without sacrificing gate control.
US11011600B2
A semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a first passivation layer over the substrate; a second passivation layer over the first passivation layer; and a magnetic core in the second passivation layer; wherein the magnetic core includes a first magnetic material layer and a second magnetic material layer over the first magnetic material layer, the first magnetic material layer and the second magnetic material layer are separated by a high resistance isolation layer, and the high resistance isolation layer has a resistivity greater than about 1.3 ohm-cm.
US11011594B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area for displaying an image, a first thin film transistor in the display area and including a first semiconductor layer having a silicon semiconductor and a first gate electrode insulated from the first semiconductor layer, a first interlayer insulating layer covering the first gate electrode and having a first contact hole extending therethrough, and a second thin film transistor on the first interlayer insulating layer and including a second semiconductor layer having an oxide semiconductor and a second gate electrode insulated from the second semiconductor layer. A portion of the second semiconductor layer extends into a first contact hole and is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer.
US11011582B2
An example three-dimensional (3-D) memory array includes a first plurality of conductive lines separated from one other by an insulation material, a second plurality of conductive lines, and a plurality of pairs of conductive pillars arranged to extend substantially perpendicular to the first plurality of conductive lines and the second plurality of conductive lines. The conductive pillars of each respective pair are coupled to a same conductive line of the second plurality of conductive lines. A storage element material is formed partially around the conductive pillars of each respective pair.
US11011581B2
First elongated loop-shaped conductive material portions are formed over a substrate. A two-dimensional array of memory pillar structures is formed over the first elongated loop-shaped conductive material portions. Second elongated loop-shaped conductive material portions over the two-dimensional array of memory pillar structures. Each of the elongated loop-shaped conductive material potions includes a respective pair of line segments and a respective pair of end segments adjoined to ends of the respective pair of line segments. A moat trench that at least partially laterally encloses the two-dimensional array of memory pillar structures can be formed by performing an anisotropic etch process that removes parts of the first and second elongated loop-shaped conductive material portions, thereby separating each loop-shaped conductive material portion into two disjoined line segments.
US11011579B2
The disclosed technology relates generally to integrated circuit devices, and in particular to cross-point memory arrays and methods for fabricating the same. In one aspect, a memory device of the memory array comprises a substrate and a memory cell stack formed between and electrically connected to first and second conductive lines. The memory cell stack comprises a first memory element over the substrate and a second memory element formed over the first element, wherein one of the first and second memory elements comprises a storage element and the other of the first and second memory elements comprises a selector element. The memory cell stack additionally comprises a first pair of sidewalls opposing each other and a second pair of sidewalls opposing each other and intersecting the first pair of sidewalls. The memory device additionally comprises first protective dielectric insulating materials formed on a lower portion of the first pair of sidewalls and an isolation dielectric formed on the first protective dielectric insulating material and further formed on an upper portion of the first pair of sidewalls.
US11011572B2
A laminated structure is provided. The laminated structure includes a light-emitting layer including a light emitting diode. The laminated structure also includes a first layer including a first thin film transistor circuit. The laminated structure further includes a second layer including a second thin film transistor circuit. The second layer is located between the light-emitting layer and the first layer. The second thin film transistor circuit includes a channel region. The light emitting diode is at least partially overlapped with the first thin film transistor circuit and not overlapped with the channel region of the second thin film transistor circuit in a top view direction of the laminated structure.
US11011570B2
An imaging panel includes a photoelectric conversion layer on a side of one of surfaces of a substrate. Further, the imaging panel includes an electrode connected to one of surfaces of the photoelectric conversion layer, a bias line connected with the electrode, and a protection film that is made of a material resistant against an etching agent containing hydrofluoric acid, and covers side surfaces of the bias line.
US11011565B2
An apparatus according to the present invention in which a first substrate including a photoelectric conversion element and a gate electrode of a transistor, and a second substrate including a peripheral circuit portion are placed upon each other. The first substrate does not include a high-melting-metal compound layer, and the second substrate includes a high-melting-metal compound layer.
US11011554B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate, a method for fabricating the same, and a display panel. The array substrate comprises a substrate, first signal lines and touch electrode signal lines the substrate. The touch electrode signal lines intersect with the first signal lines. Each of the touch electrode signal lines includes a plurality of first sub-signal lines and a plurality of second sub-signal lines. The first sub-signal lines are arranged in a same layer as and insulated from the first signal line. Each of the second sub-signal lines run across one of the first signal lines and are electrically connected with the first sub-signal lines adjacent to said second sub-signal line through vias. The first sub-signal lines are arranged in a layer different from the second sub-signal lines.
US11011548B2
An electronic device includes a plurality of layers formed on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. The SOI substrate includes a support substrate, a buried insulating layer formed on the support substrate, and a silicon layer formed on the buried insulating layer. A membrane structure of the electronic device includes the plurality of layers, the buried insulating later and the silicon layer but does not include the support substrate. A passivation film covers an upper surface and a side surface of the membrane structure.
US11011540B2
Embodiments of a method for forming a three-dimensional (3D) memory device includes the following operations. First, a channel hole is formed in a stack structure of a plurality first layers and a plurality of second layers alternatingly arranged over a substrate. A semiconductor channel is formed by filling the channel hole with a channel-forming structure. The plurality of first layers is removed. A plurality of conductor layers is formed from the plurality of second layers. Further, a gate-to-gate dielectric layer is formed between the adjacent conductor layers, the gate-to-gate dielectric layer including at least one sub-layer of silicon oxynitride.
US11011539B2
Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and methods for forming the 3D memory devices are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a substrate, a first single-crystal silicon layer above the substrate, a first memory stack above the first single-crystal silicon layer, a first channel structure extending vertically through the first memory stack, and a first interconnect layer above the first memory stack. The first memory stack includes a first plurality of interleaved conductor layers and dielectric layers. The first channel structure includes a first lower plug extending into the first single-crystal silicon layer and including single-crystal silicon. The first interconnect layer includes a first bit line electrically connected to the first channel structure.
US11011527B2
Semiconductor device, static random access memory (SRAM), and their fabrication methods are provided. The semiconductor device includes a base substrate with first fins formed in adjacent device regions. An isolation structure is formed on the base substrate having a top lower than the first fins. The isolation structure includes a first region and a second region, on opposite sidewalls of a corresponding first fin. The first region is between the adjacent first fins. The isolation structure has a top in the first region higher than that in the second region. A first doped layer is formed in the first fin having a portion in the second region. A dielectric layer is formed over the base substrate and a first contact hole is formed in the dielectric layer to expose a top of the first doped layer and a sidewall surface of the first doped layer, in the second region.
US11011523B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to forming a capacitor column using a sacrificial material are described. An example method includes patterning a surface of a semiconductor substrate having: a first silicate material over the substrate, a first nitride material over the first silicate material, a sacrificial material over the first nitride material, a second silicate material over the sacrificial material, and a second nitride material over the second silicate material. The method further includes forming a column of capacitor material in an opening through the first silicate material, the first nitride material, the sacrificial material, the second silicate material, and the second nitride material. The method further includes removing the sacrificial material.
US11011522B2
The present application discloses a semiconductor device with nanowire plugs and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having first regions and second regions; a plurality of capacitor contacts positioned over the second regions, at least one of the capacitor contacts having a neck portion and a head portion over the neck portion, wherein an upper width of the head portion is larger than an upper width of the neck portion; a plurality of bit line contacts positioned over the first regions and a plurality of bit lines positioned over the bit line contacts; a plurality of capacitor plugs disposed over the capacitor contacts, wherein at least one of the plurality of capacitor plugs includes a plurality of nanowires, a conductive liner disposed over the nanowires, and a conductor disposed over the conductive liner; and a plurality of capacitor structures disposed respectively over the capacitor plugs.
US11011513B2
Embodiments of the invention include first and second devices formed on a substrate. The first device includes a bottom source or drain (S/D) region, a plurality of fins formed on portions of the bottom S/D region, a bottom spacer formed on the bottom S/D region, a dielectric layer, a gate, a top S/D region formed on each fin of a plurality of fins, and one or more contacts. The dielectric layer is disposed between the gate and the fin of the plurality of fins. The second device includes a bottom doped region, a channel formed the bottom doped region, a sidewall doped region of the channel, a gate coupled to the sidewall doped region, a top doped region, and one or more contacts. A junction is formed between the channel and the sidewall doped region. The cap layer is formed on the gate and the top doped region.
US11011511B2
An ESD protection device includes a substrate having an active fin extending in a first direction, a plurality of gate structures extending in a second direction at a given angle with respect to the first direction and partially covering the active fin, an epitaxial layer in a recess on a portion of the active fin between the gate structures, an impurity region under the epitaxial layer, and a contact plug contacting the epitaxial layer. A central portion of the impurity region is thicker than an edge portion of the impurity region, in the first direction. The contact plug lies over the central portion of the impurity region.
US11011506B2
A bonded assembly includes a memory die including a three-dimensional memory array located on a first single crystalline semiconductor substrate, and a logic die including a peripheral circuitry located on a second single crystalline semiconductor substrate and bonded to the memory die. The three-dimensional memory array includes word lines and bit lines. The logic die includes field effect transistors having semiconductor channels configured to flow electrical current along a channel direction that is parallel to the bit lines or word lines. Different crystallographic orientations are used for the first and second single crystalline semiconductor substrates. The crystallographic orientations of the first single crystalline semiconductor substrate are selected to minimize stress deformation of the memory chip, while the crystallographic orientations of the second single crystalline semiconductor substrate are selected to maximize device performance of the peripheral circuitry.
US11011504B2
An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body including a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region, a recess extending through the first semiconductor region, the recess having a bottom surface, where the second semiconductor region is exposed, and a blocking element arranged on the bottom surface, wherein the at least one recess has a first width and a second width parallel to the main extension plane of the semiconductor body, and the first width is smaller than the second width.
US11011495B2
A data processor is implemented as an integrated circuit. The data processor includes a processor die. The processor die is connected to an integrated voltage regulator die using die-to-die bonding. The integrated voltage regulator die provides a regulated voltage to the processor die, and the processor die operates in response to the regulated voltage.
US11011492B2
An ultrasonic transducer system is provided. The ultrasonic transducer system includes: a transducer mounting structure; a transducer, including at least one mounting flange for coupling the transducer to the transducer mounting structure; and a tuned resonator having a desired resonant frequency, the tuned resonator being integrated with at least one of the transducer mounting structure and the at least one mounting flange.
US11011485B2
A semiconductor package includes: a semiconductor chip including a passivation film disposed on an active surface and having a first opening exposing at least a portion of a connection pad and a protective film disposed on the passivation film, filling at least a portion in the first opening, and having a second opening exposing at least a portion of the connection pad in the first opening; an encapsulant covering at least a portion of the semiconductor chip; and the connection structure including an insulating layer having a via hole connected to the second opening to expose at least a portion of the connection pad, a redistribution layer, and a connection via connecting the connection pad to the redistribution layer while filling at least a portion of each of the via hole and the second opening. The second opening and the via hole are connected to have a stepped portion.
US11011480B2
Provided is a semiconductor device capable of improving relative accuracy of semiconductor elements and a yield of a semiconductor integrated circuit device. The semiconductor device includes a flat region formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, and having an outer peripheral shape formed by regional sides and regional chamfer portions; an outer peripheral region surrounding the flat region, and having a uniform height different from a height of the flat region; a plurality of semiconductor elements having similar shapes or the same shape, and formed on the flat region; and a wiring metal connecting the plurality of semiconductor elements via contact holes formed in a second insulating film on the semiconductor elements.
US11011476B2
The present disclosure is directed to a lead frame design that includes a copper alloy base material coated with an electroplated copper layer, a precious metal, and an adhesion promotion compound. The layers compensate for scratches or surface irregularities in the base material while promoting adhesion from the lead frame to the conductive connectors, and to the encapsulant by coupling them to different layers of a multilayer coating on the lead frame. The first layer of the multilayer coating is a soft electroplated copper to smooth the surface of the base material. The second layer of the multilayer coating is a thin precious metal to facilitate a mechanical coupling between leads of the lead frame and conductive connectors. The third layer of the multilayer coating is the adhesion promotion compound for facilitating a mechanical coupling to an encapsulant around the lead frame.
US11011466B2
Various semiconductor chip devices and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus is provided that includes a first redistribution layer (RDL) structure having a first plurality of conductor traces, a first molding layer on the first RDL structure, plural conductive pillars in the first molding layer, each of the conductive pillars including a first end and a second end, a second RDL structure on the first molding layer, the second RDL structure having a second plurality of conductor traces, and wherein some of the conductive pillars are electrically connected between some of the first plurality of conductor traces and some of the second plurality of conductor traces to provide a first inductor coil.
US11011463B2
Dielectric helmet-based approaches for back end of line (BEOL) interconnect fabrication, and the resulting structures, are described. In an example, a semiconductor structure includes a substrate. A plurality of alternating first and second conductive line types is disposed along a same direction of a back end of line (BEOL) metallization layer disposed in an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer disposed above the substrate. A dielectric layer is disposed on an uppermost surface of the first conductive line types but not along sidewalls of the first conductive line types, and is disposed along sidewalls of the second conductive line types but not on an uppermost surface of the second conductive line types.
US11011455B2
A method for providing an electronic package structure includes providing a substrate having a die pad having a die pad top surface and an opposing die pad bottom surface, leads laterally spaced apart from the die pad, and a substrate encapsulant interposed between the die pad and the leads and includes a substrate top surface and an opposing substrate bottom surface. The substrate encapsulant is provided such that the die pad and the leads protrude outward from the substrate bottom surface. The method includes providing an electronic device having opposing major surfaces and a pair of opposing outer edges. The method includes connecting the electronic device to the substrate such that one major surface of the electronic device is spaced apart from the die pad top surface and upper surfaces of the leads, and the outer edges overlap an opposing pair of the leads.
US11011444B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor package structure having a semiconductor die having an active surface, a conductive bump on the active surface, configured to electrically couple the semiconductor die to an external circuit, the conductive bump having a bump height, a dielectric encapsulating the semiconductor die and the conductive bump, and a plurality of fillers in the dielectric, each of the fillers comprising a diameter, wherein a maximum diameter of the fillers is smaller than the bump height.
US11011440B2
A semiconductor element bonding body including: a substrate, in which a concave portion is formed; and a semiconductor element placed in the concave portion to be mounted to the substrate. A portion of the substrate in which the concave portion is formed is made of Cu. The concave portion has a perimeter portion in which a level difference is formed, and the level difference has a height d of 20 μm or more and less than 50 μm. The concave portion has a bottom surface having a flatness degree of λ/8.7 μm or more and λ/1.2 μm or less when a wavelength λ of a laser is 632.8 nm. A metal film is formed on the semiconductor element, and the bottom surface of the concave portion and the metal film are bonded directly to each other.
US11011436B2
Whether a film on a peripheral portion of a substrate is appropriately removed is rapidly determined without depending on a kind of the film on the peripheral portion to be removed. An acquisition process S502 of acquiring information upon the kind of the film of the substrate; a selection process S503 of selecting a measurement setting corresponding to the acquired kind of the film from a table for measurement settings previously stored in a storage unit; a control process S504 of controlling an imaging unit 270 to image the peripheral portion of the substrate by using the measurement setting selected in the selection process are provided.
US11011435B2
An apparatus for inspecting a semiconductor die bonded on a top surface of a substrate uses an optical assembly including an image sensor and an optical system for conducting the inspection. The optical assembly is tilted at an oblique angle with respect to the top surface of the substrate, and is arranged such that its depth of focus is substantially perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate for inspecting at least one side wall of the semiconductor die.
US11011432B2
A method of forming vertical fin field effect transistors, including, forming a silicon-germanium cap layer on a substrate, forming at least four vertical fins and silicon-germanium caps from the silicon-germanium cap layer and the substrate, where at least two of the at least four vertical fins is in a first subset and at least two of the at least four vertical fins is in a second subset, forming a silicon-germanium doping layer on the plurality of vertical fins and silicon-germanium caps, removing the silicon-germanium doping layer from the at least two of the at least four vertical fins in the second subset, and removing the silicon-germanium cap from at least one of the at least two vertical fins in the first subset, and at least one of the at least two vertical fins in the second subset.
US11011403B2
An automatic clamping mechanism capable of automatically securing and releasing a wafer transport container to or from a manufacturing apparatus and having a small height dimension is provided at low cost. A wafer transport container is placed on a container placing table. A semiconductor wafer is loaded into the manufacturing apparatus main body from a wafer loading port while being placed on a container base part of the wafer transport container. An automatic clamping mechanism generates a press force component in a vertical direction at the wafer transport container and secures the wafer transport container to the container placing table by bringing claw parts of a plurality of clamping claws into contact with an inclined contact surface provided on a container lid part of the wafer transport container and pressing the inclined contact surface in a substantially horizontal direction.
US11011398B2
In equipment that supplies a processing liquid on a top surface of a substrate while holding the substrate horizontally in a chamber a generation status of fumes is determined. Specifically, an image of a predetermined imaging area in the chamber is captured. Then, the generation status of fumes in the chamber is determined based on luminance values of the captured image acquired by the capturing of an image. Accordingly, it is possible to quantitatively determine whether a generation status of fumes in a chamber is normal.
US11011394B2
A method for annealing a semiconductor die is provided. Information regarding layout of the semiconductor die is received. At least one annealing orbit on the semiconductor die is obtained according to the received information. An alignment procedure is performed on a plurality of alignment marks of the semiconductor die according to the received information. The semiconductor die is positioned according to the alignment marks. A laser beam with a first laser parameter is projected onto the positioned semiconductor die along the annealing orbit, so as to anneal a first portion of the positioned semiconductor die covered by the annealing orbit. The positioned semiconductor die is partially covered by the annealing orbit.
US11011380B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductive substrate. A donor-supply layer is over the semiconductive substrate. The donor-supply layer includes a top surface. A gate structure, a drain, and a source are over the donor-supply layer. A passivation layer covers conformably over the gate structure and the donor-supply layer. A gate electrode is over the gate structure. A field plate is disposed on the passivation layer between the gate electrode and the drain. The field plate includes a bottom edge. The gate electrode having a first edge in proximity to the field plate, the field plate comprising a second edge facing the first edge, a horizontal distance between the first edge and the second edge is in a range of from about 0.05 to about 0.5 micrometers.
US11011370B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming an ohmic electrode including Al on a semiconductor substrate; forming a SiN film covering the ohmic electrode; forming a first photoresist on the SiN film, the first photoresist having an opening pattern overlapping the ohmic electrode; performing ultraviolet curing of the first photoresist; forming an opening in the SiN film exposed through the opening pattern and causing a surface of the ohmic electrode to be exposed inside the opening; forming a barrier metal layer on the first photoresist and on the ohmic electrode exposed through the opening; forming a second photoresist in the opening pattern; performing a heat treatment on the second photoresist and covering the barrier metal layer overlapping the opening with the second photoresist; and etching the barrier metal layer using the second photoresist.
US11011367B2
A light-emitting tube array-type light source device includes: a plurality of light-emitting gas discharge tubes 11; and an electrode substrate 30 supporting the light-emitting gas discharge tubes in parallel on an upper surface thereof, the electrode substrate having a plurality of slits partially exposes a bottom surface of each light-emitting tube, thereby the light-emitting gas discharge tubes can be cooled through the slits.
US11011366B2
A broadband ultraviolet illumination source for a characterization system is disclosed. The broadband ultraviolet illumination source includes an enclosure having one or more walls, the enclosure configured to contain a gas, and a plasma discharge device based on a graphene-dielectric-semiconductor (GOS) planar-type structure. The GOS structure includes a silicon substrate having a top surface, a dielectric layer disposed on the top surface of the silicon substrate, and at least one layer of graphene disposed on a top surface of the dielectric layer. A metal contact may be formed on the top surface of the graphene layer. The GOS structure has several advantages for use in an illumination source, such as low operating voltage (below 50 V), planar surface electron emission, and compatibility with standard semiconductor processes. The broadband ultraviolet illumination source further includes electrodes placed inside the enclosure or magnets placed outside the enclosure to increase the current density.
US11011365B2
A mass spectrometry system and a working method and an application thereof, and a sampling device. The mass spectrometry system includes an ion source, a sampling device and a mass spectrometer. The sampling device includes: a guide rail; a support adapted to move on the guide rail; a bearing member made from a hydrophobic material with two ends being fixed to the support; a plurality of containers for containing samples arranged on the support; a plurality of transport members made from a hydrophilic material and including a first portion provided on the bearing member and a second portion connected to the first portion and extending into each container; adjacent transport members being not in contact; and a drive module configured to drive the support to move on the guide rail such that a central axis of an exit port of the ion source passes through the first portion.
US11011364B2
An apparatus configured to produce an image charge/current signal representative of trapped ions undergoing oscillatory motion. The apparatus includes: an electrostatic ion trap configured to trap ions such that the trapped ions undergo oscillatory motion in the electrostatic ion trap; an image charge/current detector configured to obtain an image charge/current signal representative of trapped ions undergoing oscillatory motion in the electrostatic ion trap, wherein the electrostatic ion trap configured to trap ions such that the image charge/current signal in the time domain repeats, for ions of a given mass/charge ratio m, at a frequency fsig(m) [Hz] with a signal period Tsig(m) [s]. The image charge/current detector includes one or more pickup electrodes configured to obtain the image charge/current signal. The one or more pickup electrodes are arranged to detect two signal pulses caused by ions having the given mass/charge ratio m within each signal period Tsig(m). The one or more pickup electrodes are further arranged such that the time separation Δtsep(m) between the two signal pulses caused by ions having the given mass/charge ratio m within each signal period Tsig(m) is approximately equal to 2p+1/2.n.fsig(m) so as to suppress a predetermined nth harmonic within the image charge/current signal, where n is an integer that is 1 or more, and where p is an integer that is 0 or more.
US11011357B2
Methods and apparatus for processing substrates with a multi-cathode chamber. The multi-cathode chamber includes a shield with a plurality of holes and a plurality of shunts. The shield is rotatable to orient the holes and shunts with a plurality of cathodes located above the shield. The shunts interact with magnets from the cathodes to prevent interference during processing. The shield can be raised and lowered to adjust gapping between a target of a cathode and a hole to provide a dark space during processing.
US11011356B2
Implementations of the present disclosure relate to a sputtering target for a sputtering chamber used to process a substrate. In one implementation, a sputtering target for a sputtering chamber is provided. The sputtering target comprises a sputtering plate with a backside surface having radially inner, middle and outer regions and an annular-shaped backing plate mounted to the sputtering plate. The backside surface has a plurality of circular grooves which are spaced apart from one another and at least one arcuate channel cutting through the circular grooves and extending from the radially inner region to the radially outer region of sputtering plate. The annular-shaped backing plate defines an open annulus exposing the backside surface of the sputtering plate.
US11011343B2
Provided herein are approaches for increasing operational range of an electrostatic lens. An electrostatic lens of an ion implantation system may receive an ion beam from an ion source, the electrostatic lens including a first plurality of conductive beam optics disposed along one side of an ion beam line and a second plurality of conductive beam optics disposed along a second side of the ion beam line. The ion implantation system may further include a power supply in communication with the electrostatic lens, the power supply operable to supply a voltage and a current to at least one of the first and second plurality of conductive beam optics, wherein the voltage and the current deflects the ion beam at a beam deflection angle, and wherein the ion beam is accelerated and then decelerated within the electrostatic lens.
US11011339B2
A 4G magnetron is disclosed. The magnetron may include an anode, having a cylindrical member and anode vanes disposed within the cylindrical member which define resonant cavities therebetween, and a dispenser cathode, suitable for heating and located coaxially within said anode. The magnetron may operate in a temperature range of about 850-1050 C. The magnetron may include conductive cooling. The magnetron may comprise inventive anode and cathode structures. A method for preparing a plurality of magnetron tubes substantially simultaneously is further provided.
US11011337B2
Systems and methods for obtaining fast, spin-polarized electrons from an edge or tip or cusp of a target material, e.g., a sharp GaAs crystal edge or tip, or a cusp, which naturally incorporates optical reversibility. A source of fast spin-polarized electrons may include a target material including a sharp tip or tip portion or a sharp edge or a cusp, the tip or tip portion including at least two intersecting edges, and a pulsed light source configured to emit one or more light pulses focused on the sharp tip or tip portion or the sharp edge or the cusp to thereby induce emission of spin-polarized electrons from the sharp tip or tip portion or the sharp edge or the cusp of the target material.
US11011334B2
An electromagnetic switch for a starting device of an internal combustion engine may include a coil carrier having a carrier wall enclosing a cavity, a coil winding, a piston, and a ferromagnetic bypass body. During operation, the coil winding may provide a magnetic field within the cavity. The piston may be disposed in a passive position and may be adjusted axially in a direction of a core. The coil winding may have a coil wire which may be wound around the carrier wall in a first winding direction and an opposing second winding direction. The ferromagnetic bypass body may surround the cavity and may be arranged radially between the cavity and the coil winding. In the passive position of the piston, the bypass body may axially overlap the axial gap. At least one winding of the second winding section may axially overlap the bypass body.
US11011330B2
A keyboard device includes a membrane circuit board, a base plate and a key structure. The base plate is located under the membrane circuit board. The key structure includes a lever structure, a resilience element or an interference structure. While the keycap is depressed, the lever structure, the resilience element or the interference structure collides with a keycap of the key structure, the base plate or a connecting element of the key structure. Consequently, the operating sound is generated, and the operating feedback is provided to the user.
US11011325B2
A push button switch may include a housing, an operation unit, and, a lock lever unit. A lever body of the lock lever unit may have a locking portion capable of locking one end of a long jig in an extending direction. The housing may have a fulcrum projection that contacts an intermediate portion of the jig having the one end locked to a locking portion when the lever body is moved using the jig, and serves as a rotation fulcrum of the jig.
US11011319B2
An electronic component includes an electronic element that includes a lead portion, a sealing body that seals the electronic element in a state where an end portion of the lead portion is exposed, a first current collector that is formed on the sealing body and is connected to the end portion, and a first terminal that includes a first portion which is sealed in the sealing body and is connected to the first current collector.
US11011315B2
Disclosed herein is a thin film capacitor that includes a capacitive insulating film having first and second through holes, a first metal film provided on one surface of the capacitive insulating film, and a second metal film provided on the other surface of the capacitive insulating film. The first and second metal films are made of different metal materials from each other. The first metal film is divided into a first area positioned outside the first space and a second area positioned inside the first space. The second metal film is divided into a third area positioned outside the second space and a fourth area positioned inside the second space. The third area is connected to the second area through the first through hole. The fourth area is connected to the first area through the second through hole.
US11011314B2
A ceramic electronic device includes: a multilayer structure having a parallelepiped shape in which each of dielectric layers and each of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked and are alternately exposed to two end faces; and a cover layer provided on at least one of an upper face and a lower face of the multilayer structure, a main component of the cover sheet being same as the main component of the plurality of dielectric layers, wherein tensile stress remains along a first direction on a surface of the cover layer, wherein the first direction is a direction in which the two end faces face with each other, wherein the tensile stress on a center side in a second direction is larger than the tensile stress on the two side faces side, wherein the second direction is a direction in which the two side faces face with each other.
US11011301B2
One object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic coupling coil component having a high coupling coefficient between coils of different lines and facilitating insulation between the coils. A coil component according to one embodiment includes: an insulator body including first insulating layers and second insulating layers stacked together in a lamination direction; first conductive patterns formed on the first insulating layers; and second conductive patterns formed on the second insulating layers. The insulator body includes a first end region, a second end region, and an intermediate region positioned between the first end region and the second end region. The first end region includes the first insulating layers only, the second end region includes the second insulating layers only, and the intermediate region includes the first insulating layers and the second insulating layers arranged alternately in the lamination direction.
US11011300B2
An electronic component is mounted on a circuit board such that a mounting surface of an element body to which a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode are exposed is directed toward the circuit board. A coil is formed of a spiral coil in which a plurality of coil conductor layers arranged in a direction perpendicular to a first side surface and a second side surface orthogonal to the mounting surface are connected in series. Then, an intermediate point between a lowest point closest to the mounting surface and an uppermost point farthest from the mounting surface in an inner circumference of the coil is offset from the center of the element body in a direction perpendicular to the mounting surface toward the opposite side to the mounting surface.
US11011296B2
A surface mounted inductor is equipped with a coil formed by winding a conductive wire, and a formed body in which the coil is sealed with a sealing material that mainly contains metal magnetic powder and a resin. The coil is embedded so that surfaces of lead-out ends are exposed on surfaces of the formed body. The resin at portions of surfaces of the formed body where external terminals are formed is removed, and the metal magnetic powder and a plating layer forming the external terminals are joined to each other, thereby connecting the external terminals and the lead-out ends of the coil.
US11011278B1
A method for facilitating epidemiologic surveillance for a target disease such as Covid-19 includes a step of using an optical identifier such as a barcode or a numerical code to rapidly report de-identified test results to a central database. A rapid test device may be based on a direct flow point-of-care device comprising a porous membrane with at least one recombinant antigen applied thereto and procedural control. The recombinant antigen may comprise an epitope for detecting the target disease marker. The first optical identifier may be applied to the device and facilitate remote communication of the test results without the use of any specialized equipment.
US11011276B2
A method for establishing a computer-aided data interpretation model for immune diseases by immunomarkers and visualization is revealed. First combine a plurality of immunomarkers into an immunomarker panel. Then collect test data of a plurality of subjects measured by the immunomarker panel, and disease diagnosis information of the subjects for establishment of an immunomarker-panel testing database. Next new subjects are tested by the immunomarker panel. The data obtained and the corresponding information in the immunomarker-panel testing database are processed by unsupervised machine learning algorithm to get a computer-aided data interpretation model showing comparison of case distribution patterns. The method provides real-time analysis of multiple data to medical professionals for their reference. Thereby the correctness, the timeliness and the reproducibility of the interpretation result for the diagnosis and treatment of immune diseases are all improved.
US11011272B2
A system and a method for remotely controlling a medical device based on image data are disclosed. The system includes a medical device, an image sensor, and a remote caregiver interface. The medical device includes a controller coupled to a communication network. The image sensor is coupled to the communication network and is configured to capture image data. The remote caregiver interface is coupled to the communication network and is configured to display the image data for viewing by a user, receive a selected remote control function from the user, and transmit an input signal corresponding to the selected remote control function to the controller of the medical device to execute the selected remote control function based on the input signal.
US11011271B2
The invention relates generally to various systems, tools and methods for acquiring diagnostic information, including medical information, for a user, transmitting the information to a remote location, assessing the information, and transmitting resulting diagnosis and treatment information to the user and/or a third party for subsequent action. The present invention provides consumer and user-friendly telemedicine systems and procedures which enable health services and/or diagnosis to be provided at a distance remotely.
US11011269B2
A system and method for automatic coding of medical claims, so as to minimize or eliminate possible human error and oversight that is common with prior art solutions.
US11011266B2
A health provider matching service is provided to match patients to health providers based on a semantic relationship graph of data associated with conditions of patients. Using natural language processing, the service identifies terms describing symptoms, treatments, and health providers associated with a condition. The service then identifies semantic relations among the terms and probability distributions of the terms to generate a semantic relationship graph. Quality information of therapists is combined with machine learning techniques to identify features that are used to distinguish high quality and low quality providers. Based on the semantic relationship graph and the derived quality information, the service matches a patient to a health provider suitable to treat the particular needs of the patient. The service also handles social, behavioral, or emotional issues for which medications are not appropriate.
US11011262B2
A method for gathering information relating to the use of a continuous passive motion device can include receiving usage information from a continuous passive motion device processing unit. The usage information can include at least one duration of time that the continuous passive motion device was used. The method can also include storing the usage information such that the usage information is available within a historical dataset. Additionally, the method can include displaying at least a portion of the usage information from the historical dataset on a graphical user interface.
US11011258B1
Data processing and compression of healthcare information may be performed by mapping the attributes of healthcare data from a standard healthcare coding to one or a few encoded bytes to greatly reduce the data storage and transmission requirements, facilitating the use of healthcare data storage and transmission in disconnection, intermittent, or low-bandwidth environments. The disclosed compression can facilitate the movement of large amounts of patient information using relatively low storage capability devices.
US11011256B2
A computing platform configured to receive and process an on-demand real-time patient-specific data analysis order is provided. The computing platform can receive an order, determine the viability of the order, and then perform the desired analysis based on parameters provided within the order. As part of the analysis, the computing platform can mine one or more data sources to collect data relevant to the ordered diagnostic. Once the data is collected, the computing platform can analyze the data according to one or more pre-programmed algorithms. The selection of which algorithms to apply to the data set can be determined by the type of on-demand real-time patient-specific data analysis ordered. The on-demand real-time patient-specific data analysis in some examples can be ordered using an external ordering user interface.
US11011255B1
In one embodiment, a system is provided. The system includes a memory device for storing templates; and a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory device, to select a template in view of user input. The template includes one or more embedded data fields associated with a study. A query comprises a tree of operators in view of the embedded data fields is derived. The set of operators being adapted to evaluate events data stored in a longitudinal database. Results corresponding to the query are generated by applying at least one operator of the tree of operators to the events data. The results including a time series of outcomes related to the events data. Thereafter, the template is populated with a least a portion of the results for presentation in connection with the study.
US11011251B1
A method of verifying a hard post package repair (hPPR) includes steps as follows. A predetermined data background is written into a partial array of a volatile memory. First data are read out from a target row of the partial array of the volatile memory. The volatile memory is commanded to perform the hPPR on the target row. The predetermined data background is written into the partial array of the volatile memory anew after the hPPR has been performed. Second data are read out from a target row of the partial array of the volatile memory. The first data are compared with the second data to verify whether the hPPR fails.
US11011237B2
A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of conductive layers, a semiconductor layer, and charge accumulating sections; and a control circuit that executes an erase operation. The erase operation includes an erase mode that executes a first erase flow. The first erase flow includes: a first write operation in which a first program voltage is applied to the plurality of conductive layers; a first erase operation that is executed after the first write operation, and in which, while a first voltage is applied to a first conductive layer, a voltage higher than the first voltage is applied to the second conductive layer; and a second erase operation that is executed after the first erase operation, and in which, while the first voltage is applied to a second conductive layer, a voltage higher than the first voltage is applied to the first conductive layer.
US11011226B2
Systems, integrated circuits, and methods to utilize access signals to facilitate memory operations in scaled arrays of memory elements are described. In at least some embodiments, a non-volatile memory device can include a cross-point array having resistive memory elements and line driver. The line driver can be configured to access a resistive memory element in the cross-point array.
US11011222B2
Various implementations described herein refer to an integrated circuit having an array of bitcells coupled between at least one pair of bitlines including a first bitline and a second bitline that is a complement of the first bitline. The integrated circuit may include at least one pair of ancillary lines disposed adjacent to the at least one pair of bitlines, and the at least one pair of ancillary lines include a first ancillary line disposed adjacent to the first bitline and a second ancillary line disposed adjacent to the second bitline. The integrated circuit may include multiple pairs of passgates coupled between the at least one pair of bitlines and the at least one pair of ancillary lines.
US11011219B2
The present disclosure provides a method for refreshing a memory array. The method includes the following steps: generating a plurality of target row records respectively for a plurality of banks; generating a plurality of row address records based on the plurality of target row records; and performing a row-hammer-refreshing process based on the plurality of row address records.
US11011217B1
Control circuitry may operate to refresh memory banks and determine that a memory bank was not refreshed within a threshold time duration from the current time. The control circuitry may extend a duration of an operational mode in response to determining that the memory bank was not refreshed within the threshold time duration. In response to extending the duration of the operational mode, the control circuitry may refresh the second memory bank without refreshing the first memory bank.
US11011212B1
Methods, systems, and devices for delay calibration oscillators for a memory device are described. In some examples, a memory device may include a delay chain operable (e.g., for a calibration operation) in a ring oscillator configuration that includes a pulse generator. The pulse generator may be configured to output a pulse signal responsive to a transition of an input signal. By generating a pulse signal in a feedback loop of a ring oscillator, the ring oscillator may support a cycle that does not rely on both a first transition propagation pass (e.g., a rising edge propagation) and a responsive, opposite transition propagation pass (e.g., a falling edge propagation) through the delay chain, which may support a ring oscillator cycle time (e.g., period) that more closely represents aspects of the delay chain that are meant to be calibrated.
US11011211B2
A semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of memory cells and a plurality of bit lines connected thereto, a plurality of sense amplifier units respectively connected to the plurality of bit lines, and a cache memory connected to the plurality of sense amplifier units. Each sense amplifier unit includes a sense node and a latch in which data transferred onto the sense node from a corresponding bit line is latched. First data latched in a first sense amplifier unit among the plurality of sense amplifier units is transferred to the cache memory, and second data latched in a second sense amplifier unit among the plurality of sense amplifier units is transferred to the sense node of the first second sense amplifier unit. Thereafter, the second data is latched in the first sense amplifier unit and transferred to the cache memory.
US11011210B2
A memory layout structure, which is provided with multiple source lines between active areas, each source line has multiple branches electrically connecting with the active areas at opposite sides in alternating arrangement. Multiple word lines traverse through the active areas to form transistors. Multiple storage units are disposed between the word lines on the active areas in staggered array arrangement, and multiple bit lines electrically connect with all storage units on a corresponding active area, wherein each storage cell includes one of the storage unit, two of the transistors respectively at both sides of the storage unit, and two branches of the source line.
US11011204B2
A system, according to one embodiment, includes: a processor, and logic that is integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor. Moreover, the logic is configured to: detect, by the processor, a change in a resistance value of at least one of a plurality of detector structures, for identifying a defect on a magnetic medium. Each of the detector structures includes a pair of conductive layers separated by an insulating material. However, none of the detector structures include an operable reader for reading data from a magnetic medium. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.
US11011199B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device including a disk, a head, and a controller configured to, when writing a first servo sector, a second servo sector, and a third servo sector in the order described according to a second route varying in a radial direction of the disk with respect to a first route, adjust first timing used to write the second servo sector next to the first servo sector, and adjust second timing used to write the third servo sector next to the second servo sector.
US11011198B1
A tape drive may arrange timing-based-servo marks into a timing-based-servo pattern. The timing-based-servo pattern may be at least one M-pattern. The tape drive may select the at least one M-pattern. The tape drive may match at least two timing-based-servo marks in the at least one M-pattern. The tape drive may determine, from the matching, whether an alignment of the at least two timing-based-servo marks is demonstrative of tape-creep.
US11011191B2
An apparatus comprises a slider having an air bearing surface (ABS), a leading edge, and a trailing edge opposing the leading edge. A writer having a write pole is situated at or near the ABS. A near-field transducer (NFT) is situated at or near the ABS and between the write pole and the leading edge of the slider. An optical waveguide is configured to couple light from a laser source to the NFT. A contact sensor is situated between the write pole and the trailing edge. The contact sensor comprises a first ABS section situated at or near the ABS, a second ABS section situated at or near the ABS and spaced apart from the first ABS in a cross-track direction by a gap, and a distal section extending away from the ABS and connecting the first ABS section with the second ABS section.
US11011183B2
At a communication server, a first computer device and a second computer device are connected to a collaborative support session configured to support audio communications, screen sharing, and control of the first computer device by the second computer device. Screen sharing video image content is converted to a text sequence with timestamps. A text log with timestamps is generated from the text sequence. Using a command-based machine learning model, a sequence of commands and associated parameters, with timestamps, are determined from the text log. Audio is analyzed to produce speech-based information with timestamps. The command sequence is time-synchronized with the speech-based information based on the timestamps of the command sequence and the timestamps of the speech-based information. A knowledge report for the collaborative support session is generated. The knowledge report includes entries each including a timestamp, commands and associated parameters, and speech-based information that are time-synchronized to the timestamp.
US11011178B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for detecting replay attacks in voice-based authentication systems. In one embodiment, audio is captured via an audio input device. It is then verified that the audio includes a voice authentication factor spoken by a user. If it is determined that the audio includes unexpected environmental audio in addition to the voice authentication factor that has been verified, one or more actions may be performed.
US11011174B2
There are disclosed methods and systems for determining a speaker of a set of registered users associated with a voice-controllable device. The method is executable by an electronic device configured to execute a Machine Learning Algorithm (MLA). The method comprises executing the MLA to determine a first probability parameter indicative of the speaker of the user utterance being one of the set of registered users; executing a user frequency analysis to generate, for each given one of the set of registered users, a second probability parameter the being an apriori frequency based probability; generating, for the electronic device, for each given one of the set of registered users an amalgamated probability based on the first probability and the second probability associated therewith; selecting the given one of the set of registered users as the speaker of the user utterance based on the amalgamated probability value.
US11011171B2
Implementations set forth herein relate to initializing performance of an automated assistant routine and/or dismissing an alarm pre-emptively according to satisfaction of one or more conditions. A condition can be satisfied by a user acknowledging the alarm when the alarm is going off, or causing the alarm to be dismissed prior to a time at which the alarm was scheduled for. The user can cause the alarm to be dismissed pre-emptively by interacting with the automated assistant prior to the time the alarm was scheduled for and/or interacting with a device, which is known to the automated assistant, prior to the time that the alarm was scheduled for. In this way, actions that cause an alarm to be dismissed can be recognized and used to initialize other processes, such as an automated assistant routine, thereby reducing a number of inputs needed from a user.
US11011168B2
This application is directed to a speaker device having a rounded enclosure. The rounded enclosure includes two housing elements that are coupled to each other and have a substantially continuous transition. The rounded enclosure has a circular cross section defined by a first radius. A first housing element includes and extends past the circular cross section, and a second housing element has a second maximum radius that is smaller than the first radius. A speaker unit and a circuit board are arranged within the rounded enclosure. The circuit board is electrically coupled to the speaker unit. At least a portion of the first housing element includes perforations configured to enable transmission of sound generated by the speaker unit out of the speaker device. The second housing element has a power connector that is electrically coupled to the circuit board and is configured to receive power from an external power supply.
US11011157B2
Techniques are disclosed for generating ASR training data. According to an embodiment, impactful ASR training corpora is generated efficiently, and the quality or relevance of ASR training corpora being generated is increased by leveraging knowledge of the ASR system being trained. An example methodology includes: selecting one of a word or phrase, based on knowledge and/or content of said ASR training corpora; presenting a textual representation of said word or phrase; receiving a speech utterance that includes said word or phrase; receiving a transcript for said speech utterance; presenting said transcript for review (to allow for editing, if needed); and storing said transcript and said audio file in an ASR system training database. The selecting may include, for instance, selecting a word or phrase that is under-represented in said database, and/or based upon an n-gram distribution on a language, and/or based upon known areas that tend to incur transcription mistakes.
US11011150B2
A method for eliminating noises collected by an electronic device when voice recordings are being taken detects whether the electronic device is in a voice recording mode. A first acquiring device is controlled to acquire the speaking voices of at least one user, when determining that the electronic device is in the voice recording mode. A determination is made as to whether the speaking voices of at least one user acquired by the first acquiring device include noises produced by the vibration device, and eliminating noises produced by the vibration device, when the speaking voices of at least one user acquired by the first acquiring device include the noises produced by the vibration device.
US11011142B2
In a goggle apparatus, an opening portion is formed, and in a state where an information processing apparatus is attached to the goggle apparatus, a touch operation can be performed on a third area different from a first area and a second area of a touch screen. Then, a left-eye image is displayed in the first area of the touch screen, and a right-eye image having parallax with the left-eye image is at least displayed in the second area of the touch screen. If a touch operation is performed on a position in the third area of the touch screen, a process is executed.
US11011130B2
A circuit device includes a driving circuit and an output capacitor. The output capacitor includes a first MIM capacitor element including a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a first insulating layer, and a second MIM capacitor element including a third metal layer, a fourth metal layer, and a second insulating layer. The first metal layer and the fourth metal layer are electrically coupled to the capacitor drive node, and the second metal layer and the third metal layer are electrically coupled to the voltage output node. The second metal layer is positioned at the third metal layer side with respect to the first metal layer, and the third metal layer is positioned at the second metal layer side with respect to the fourth metal layer.
US11011128B1
The present invention teaches a GOA circuit driving method and a GOA circuit driving device. Through the configuration of a buffer capacitor electrically connected to the level shift IC, the level shift IC connects to the buffer capacitor and switches to the transition level during shifting the target clock signals from high to low level or from low to high level. Through the buffer capacitor, the present invention is able to keep the transition level always equal to one half of the sum of the low voltage and the high voltage, thereby maximizing reduction of power consumption and feedthrough effect of the GOA circuit.
US11011121B2
A multiview backlight includes a first array active emitters configured to provide a first plurality of directional light beams and a second array of active emitters configured to provide a second plurality of directional light beams. The second array of active emitters is interleaved between active emitters of the first array of active emitters. Further, directional light beams of each of the first and second directional light beam pluralities have directions corresponding to view directions of a multiview display. A multiview display further includes an array of light valves configured to modulate the directional light beams to display a multiview image. An image resolution of the multiview image is configured to be dynamically selectable according to operational mode.
US11011116B2
A display device comprises a display panel and a timing controller. The timing controller supplies gate timing signals to a gate driver as a sequence of clock pulses that sequentially select different ones of the display lines for receiving the data signals during the vertical active periods and for receiving a sensing signal during the vertical blanking intervals. The clock pulses have a first timing during the vertical active periods and the clock pulses have a second timing during the vertical blanking intervals in which the second timing is different than the first timing.
US11011115B1
A method, an equipment, and a system of electrical detecting and adjusting TFTs are provided. The method includes steps of: obtaining a gate-source voltage ratio of each sub-pixel of a display device; detecting an output voltage of each driving TFT in a predetermined sampling time to obtain a detecting voltage; obtaining a constant value K according an input voltage of each driving TFT and the detecting voltage in the predetermined sampling time; adjusting the constant value K of each compensating sub-pixel in sequence according to a gate-source voltage ratio of a standard sub-pixel, a constant value K of the standard sub-pixel, and a gate-source voltage ratio of the compensating sub-pixel to obtain a compensating factor; and adjusting a pixel voltage of each compensating sub-pixel according to its compensating factors to obtain an adjusted pixel voltage.
US11011107B2
A pixel circuit includes a compensation module, a resetting module, a writing module, a driver module, a light emission enabling module, and a light emitting device. The resetting module is configured to reset the driver module and the light emitting device; the compensation module performs threshold voltage compensation on the driver module; the writing module is configured to write, to the driver module, a data voltage that is output by a data line; the light emission enabling module is configured to provide a voltage of a first supply voltage end to the driver module; the driver module is configured to provide, under action of the voltage output by the first supply voltage end, a drive current to the light emitting device; and the light emitting device is configured to emit light based on the drive current. The pixel circuit is configured to drive to display a subpixel.
US11011105B2
A pixel circuit includes a light-emitting device, a first transistor, a second transistor, a first capacitor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a fifth transistor. The first transistor and the fourth transistor are controlled by a light-emitting signal. The third transistor and the fifth transistor are controlled by a scan signal. The light-emitting device, the first transistor, the second transistor, the fourth transistor, and the fifth transistor are serially connected between a system high voltage and a system low voltage. The third transistor is coupled between a data signal and a control terminal of the first transistor. The first capacitor is coupled between a control terminal and a downstream terminal of the second transistor. The fifth transistor is coupled between the downstream terminal of the second transistor and a charging reference voltage. A current of the charging reference voltage is less than a current of the system low voltage.
US11011104B2
An image display device includes pixels each of which includes subpixels including a first subpixel and a second subpixel. The first subpixel includes a first light-emitting element configured to emit isochromatic light and a first wavelength conversion layer provided over the first light-emitting element to emit red light. The second subpixel includes a second light-emitting element configured to emit the isochromatic light and a second wavelength conversion layer provided over the second light-emitting element to emit green light. The pixels includes at least one pixel which includes a defective subpixel. A drive circuit is configured to drive the subpixels based on data of an image signal such that the pixels reproduces the data of the image signal. The drive circuit is configured to drive the first subpixel and the second subpixel based on the position data and data of red and green luminances.
US11011101B2
A method of controlling a display device is disclosed including receiving a plurality of sub-pixel values for a target pixel among a plurality of pixels of an image frame, wherein the sub-pixel values of the target pixel comprise red, green, and blue sub-pixel values; calculating a pixel-based boosting ratio corresponding to the target pixel according to the sub-pixel values of the target pixel; and adjusting at least one of a plurality of backlight duties associated with the target pixel and the plurality of sub-pixel values of the target pixel according to the pixel-based boosting ratio.
US11011091B2
An array substrate, a display panel, a display device, an operating method, and a manufacturing method are disclosed. The array substrate includes a wiring structure formed on a base substrate, and the wiring structure includes a common electrode line for connecting a common electrode, and a plurality of signal lines. The plurality of signal lines include at least one pair of signal lines, and the pair of signal lines include a first signal line and a second signal line. The first signal line is disposed on a first side of the common electrode line and is configured to transmit a driving signal for a gate driving circuit. The second signal line is disposed on a second side of the common electrode line and is configured to transmit an inverted signal of the driving signal.
US11011088B2
A shift register unit, a driving method, a gate drive circuit and a display device are provided. The shift register unit includes: an input sub-circuit used to control an electric potential of the pull-up node, an output sub-circuit used to input a first clock signal from a first clock signal terminal to the output terminal, a pull-down control sub-circuit used to control an electric potential of the pull-down node, a pull-down sub-circuit used to control electric potentials of the pull-up node and the output terminal, a first reset control sub-circuit used to control an electric potential of the second control node under control of the first control node and a reset signal from the reset signal terminal and a reset sub-circuit used to control the electric potential of the pull-up node. The shift register unit improves the noise reduction efficiency at the output terminal.
US11011083B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a first display region, a second display region, and a third display region between the first display region and the second display region; and a display panel driving circuit configured to drive the display panel, wherein the display panel driving circuit drives the first display region, the second display region, and the third display region in a full pixel-row driving manner when an image is displayed on the first display region, the second display region, and the third display region, and wherein the display panel driving circuit drives the first display region in the full pixel-row driving manner and drives the third display region in a partial pixel-row driving manner when the image is displayed only on the first display region and the third display region.
US11011082B2
A safety device includes a body configured for attachment to a structure. The body has a first layer and a second layer. The body is washable, reusable, and attachable to varying surface compositions. An indicia is formed in the first layer, the indicia providing visual stimuli for persons with impaired depth perception.
US11011081B1
A transparent display case assembly for displaying planar cards includes a panel that has a plurality of planar cards that are positionable thereon. A plurality of clips is provided and each of the clips is coupled to the panel. Each of the clips is biased to abut the panel to grip a respective one of the planar card. Each of the clips is urgeable away from the panel to facilitate the document to be put into or taken out of the clips. A frame is provided that has a pair of grooves therein for slidably engaging the panel. The frame has a viewing opening and a back wall, and the viewing opening is open into an interior of the frame such that the panel is visible through the viewing opening.
US11011079B2
A method for making labels comprising providing a plastic substrate layer and a paper substrate layer. The paper substrate layer comprises a printed display information sheet, wherein the printed display information sheet comprises a plurality of display information tags arranged in an array. The plastic substrate layer is coupled to each of the rows of display information tags within a first portion of the display information tags to form a composite substrate row. A first line of perforations is cut into a width of the composite substrate at one or more first spaced intervals, a length of the first spaced intervals being defined by a length of the display information tags. A a second line of perforations is cut into a width of the composite substrate at one or more second spaced intervals, a length of the second spaced intervals being defined by a height of the display information tags.
US11011078B2
Methods for providing real-time, three-dimensional (3D) augmented reality (AR) feedback guidance to a user of a medical equipment system to achieve improved diagnostic or treatment outcomes in the use of the medical equipment. The methods involve providing real-time position-based 3D AR feedback and real-time outcome-based 3D AR feedback to the user via an augmented reality user interface (ARUI). The feedback may be provided to the user via a head mounted display (HMD).
US11011074B2
The problem is solved by an information processing system including: a standard data acquirer that acquires registered standard data on work; a work data acquirer that acquires work data on a worker performing the work; a determiner that determines whether or not a difference between the standard data acquired by the standard data acquirer and the work data acquired by the work data acquirer is a threshold value or more; a generator that generates an instruction image regarding correction of the work according to the difference when the difference is determined to be the threshold value or more by the determiner; and a displayer that displays the instruction image generated by the generator on a display unit of a display device worn by the worker to display the instruction image superimposed on a real space.
US11011072B2
Games and systems for playing those games are described that are non-consequential, intuitively educational, reflective, and physically-interactive. The games can be played by players at a variety of skill levels and ages, using a set of unique cards and signs that direct the players to interact with one another and the game in ways that promote mental and physical development.
US11011070B2
A virtual-immersion computer that provides webpages to facilitate virtual immersion. The system uses a media-streamer computer processor for broadcasting media comprising a simulation-video stream, an audio stream, a radio-transmission-stream. The media is structured within a web frame of webpages by the processor and an audio frame, a picture frame, and/or a video with audio frame.
US11011067B2
A shadow fairytale projector for providing images of a fairytale, comprises: a head part having a first lens module which protrudes from an outer side surface; a slit part where a perforated hole overlapping with the first lens module is formed, where the slit part comprises a first engagement rotation module for rotating a pack inserted into the pack slit and a film formed inside the pack, a fixing protrusion module for fixing the pack, and a discriminant protrusion module; and a body part which comprises a drive module connected to the first engagement rotation module to drive the first engagement rotation module, a control module, a speaker module connected to the control module to receive the sound signal and generate sound, and a battery for applying electrical energy to the drive module, the control module, and the speaker module.
US11011065B2
A method for managing the display of an aircraft flight profile may be carried out by an electronic management device intended to be connected to a set of at least one terrain data base. Each terrain data base may have a respective resolution. The method may include selecting at least one resolution, as well as the terrain data base associated with each selected resolution. The method may further include generating data for displaying the flight profile and using each terrain data base selected. The method may also include where each resolution is selected according to a width of a corridor associated with a respective portion of the flight profile.
US11011064B2
In one embodiment, example systems and methods related to vehicle platooning are provided. Vehicles are equipped with a vehicle platooning system that allows the vehicles to exchange messages related to vehicle platooning. When a following vehicle desires to follow a leading vehicle, the following vehicle sends a request to the leading vehicle, and the leading vehicle sends the following vehicle information such as its current speed. The following vehicle may then use the information, along with sensor data such as images of the rear of the leading vehicle, to follow the leading vehicle from a following distance. When the leading vehicle desires to change lanes, the leading vehicle sends a message to the following vehicle to determine if the following vehicle is able to change lanes. If the following vehicle determines that it can change lanes (i.e., the lane is clear from other vehicles or objects), the following vehicle can send a message to the leading vehicle indicating that it can change lanes. The leading and following vehicles may then change lanes at approximately the same time.
US11011062B2
A target pedestrian who is present within a range of a predetermined distance from a roadway is detected. Whether or not the target pedestrian has gazed at a crossing destination and whether or not the target pedestrian has performed a safety confirmation regarding vehicles traveling on the roadway are determined based on a gaze direction of the target pedestrian. As a result, when the target pedestrian has performed one action of either of gazing at the crossing destination and the safety confirmation, and then performed the other action within a predetermined amount of time, the target pedestrian is detected as a pre-crossing pedestrian who has an intention to cross the roadway. Consequently, a pedestrian who is attempting to cross the roadway can be accurately detected at a stage before the pedestrian actually starts crossing.
US11011051B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automating bulk location-based actions in response to disaster events. A system obtains data defining zones related to different geographic locations and configures a set of preferences for each zone. One of the preferences is a command for responding to an event. The system detects a disaster event and determines that a location affected by the event is related to a zone defined at the system. The system obtains sensor data generated by a sensor in the zone that is connected to a monitoring system for the zone. The system generates an alert based on the sensor data and the command and provides the alert to a client device of an entity that manages properties in the zone. The alert provides an assessment of how the disaster event affects items at properties in the zone.
US11011047B2
A system for automatically disarming an intrusion detection system protecting a premises and having at least an armed state of operation and a disarmed state of operation, the system for automatically disarming the intrusion detection system including an intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer operable for receiving an indication of activation of an armed state of operation of the intrusion detection system; and a registered mobile communicator proximity detector communicating with the intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer and operable, responsive to receiving the indication of activation of the armed state of operation by the intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer for ascertaining at least a subset of a multiplicity of registered mobile communicators which are located in a vicinity of the premises during an activation time of the armed state of operation and for deactivating the subset of the multiplicity of registered mobile communicators.
US11011042B2
A wearable device includes: a sensing circuit and a processing circuit, wherein the sensing circuit is arranged to generate a wearing information output in each of a plurality of detecting periods, and the processing circuit is arranged to inform a wearing status indicative of a status of wearing the wearable device according to wearing information outputs generated in the plurality of detecting periods.
US11011038B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatus, and computer readable medium for managing a removal code of a tag includes providing information associating the tag with a merchandise item, wherein the information includes a removal code for removing the tag from the merchandise item, receiving, from a requesting device, a request for the removal code, authenticating the request, and transmitting, in response to successfully authenticating the request, the removal code to the requesting device, wherein the removal code is configured to be transmitted by the requesting device to the tag to remove the tag from the merchandise item.
US11011032B2
Provided is a tactile information supply module. The tactile information supply module includes a receiver for receiving message information from the outside, a controller for converting the message information into a tactile signal, and an operator for providing tactile information to a user based on the tactile signal, wherein the operator includes at least one tactile sensation provider comprising magnetic particles and a matrix material, and wherein the tactile sensation provider is transformed in response to an external magnetic field to provide the tactile information.
US11011022B2
A gaming machine comprises a symbol selector for selecting a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols for display during play of a base game, the set of symbols including a plurality of non-configurable symbols and a plurality of configurable symbols; a random number generator for generating random prize values; a value assigner for assigning a generated random prize value to each selected configurable symbol; and an outcome evaluator for monitoring play of the base game, wherein a feature game is triggered in response to a trigger event, the trigger event comprising a predefined number of the plurality of configurable symbols being selected by the symbol selector for display. During the feature game, the symbol selector is further configured to 1) hold the selected configurable symbols that comprise the trigger event on the display; 2) remove at least one of the selected non-configurable symbols from the display; and 3) replace any removed non-configurable symbol with another symbol selected from the set of symbols.
US11011020B2
Gaming systems and methods that enables the exchange of monetary currency for a greater amount of virtual currency based on a first exchange rate for use by a player via the gaming system, and the exchange of virtual currency back to monetary currency based on second and third exchange rates, and in certain instances with a virtual currency usage fee. In various embodiments, the first exchange rate, the second exchange rate, the third exchange rate, and/or the virtual currency usage fee may vary based on one or more different factors such as but not limited to casino driven factors.
US11011015B2
Various embodiments are provided for personalized acoustical optimization in gaming system. The gaming system facilitates creation of a personal audio preference profile for a player and stores that profile. Responsive to the player initiating game play at an electronic gaming machine, the gaming system communicates the personal audio preference profile to the electronic gaming machine for use during the game play at the electronic gaming machine.
US11011010B2
A gaming machine island includes a plurality of electronic gaming machines and one or more pedestals upon which the gaming machines are positioned and supported. A support stanchion supports one or more components associated with the gaming machines. The support stanchion has a first anchor end, a second coupling end, and a stanchion body extending therebetween. The first anchor end is coupled to a supporting structure different from the one or more pedestals. A counter-balanced hinging mechanism is coupled to the second coupling end of the support stanchion and at least one monitor frame. The counter-balanced hinging mechanism has first and second arm linkage assemblies that permit the monitor frame to pivot. At least one bias member is coupled to the first and second arm linkage assembly. The at least one bias member applies a variable amount of force to maintain the monitor frame stationary in intermediate positions.
US11011001B2
For configuring and installing access control devices at an installation site, configuration data for unidentified access control devices of the installation site is stored (S10) in a cloud-based computer system (1). The cloud-based computer system (1) receives (S2) a registration assigning the installation site to a media identifier stored in a setup media device. A particular one of the access control devices (4) at the installation site reads (S40) the media identifier stored in the setup media device (5). The media identifier from the particular access control device (4) is received (S5) in the cloud-based computer system (1). In the cloud-based computer system (1), the particular access control device (4) is mapped to one of the unidentified access control devices of the installation site. The configuration data of the mapped access control device is transmitted (S80) from the cloud-based computer system (1) to the particular access control device (4).
US11010999B2
The systems and methods provided herein use a rolling voice identifier in a multi-factor authentication system to avoid the security problems present in prior voice activated control systems. By implementing a rolling voice identifier in an access control platform, users may no longer need to be concerned with being overheard or recorded when providing voice authentication commands to an access control platform because the rolling voice identifier that the user will be prompted to speak will be specific to the particular instance of control of an access control platform. An access control platform is a platform that controls operation of a movable barrier by, for example, controlling the state of a movable barrier using a remote control. An access control platform may cause a movable barrier to become opened, closed, locked, or unlocked to permit or prevent access to a physical space by a physical object.
US11010988B2
Method, system and product for automatic parking payment and policy detection. One method comprises detecting a parking event, querying a parking policy database to obtain a parking policy for the parking location, wherein the parking policy indicates that the parking location is a paid parking spot; and initiating, either automatically or semi-automatically, a parking payment service for parking of the vehicle in the parking location based on the parking policy, wherein said initiating is performed by the mobile device. Another method comprises detecting a parking exit event, wherein the exit parking event is associated with a parking location that is a paid parking location; automatically determining whether a parking payment service is being used by the user for the paid parking location; and stopping the parking payment service for the paid parking location.
US11010979B2
One or more computer processors generate an augmented reality overlay. One or more processors generate an overlay image that includes a tangible content that is within a field of view of an imaging device. The one or more processors generate a shape in the overlay image that is fixed to a set of coordinates, wherein a border of the shape encompasses a tangible content that is included within a field of view of an imaging device. The one or more processors displays the overlay image using an image display device, wherein the shape is displayed as a visible object with a fixed position and orientation.
US11010974B2
Described are systems and methods for dynamically generating advertisements for presentation in an application executing on a client device, such as an application executing on a smart phone or tablet of a user. The described systems and methods select content items of specific content types based on determined user preference for content types as well as the device capabilities and access permissions of the application through which the advertisement is to be presented.
US11010972B2
In a system for determining intent of a detected virtual contact between a user and a virtual object in a virtual reality environment, contact maybe detected between a designated selection device, manipulated by the user, and the virtual object. It may then be determined whether or not the detected contact between the designated selection device and the virtual object is intention. Determination of whether or not the detected contact is intentional may be based on at least one of an approach direction of the virtual contact with the virtual object, an approach velocity of the virtual contact with the virtual object, or an approach acceleration of the virtual contact with the virtual object.
US11010971B2
An invention is provided for affording a real-time three-dimensional interactive environment using a depth sensing device. The invention includes obtaining depth values indicating distances from one or more physical objects in a physical scene to a depth sensing device. The depth sensing device is configurable to be maintained at a particular depth range defined by a plane so that objects between the particular depth range and the depth sensing device are processed by the depth sensing device, wherein the particular depth range establishes active detection by the depth sensing device, as depth values of objects placed through the particular depth range and toward the depth sensing device are detected and depth values of objects placed beyond the particular depth range are not detected. The objects placed through the particular depth range are rendered and displayed in a virtual scene based on geometric characteristics of the object itself.
US11010960B2
A method for rendering volume radiographic image content of a subject forms a volume image. The method extracts a first image slice from the volume image, then modifies the extracted first image slice by defining two or more spatial frequency bands from the image slice data and applying one or more viewer adjustments to the image slice data, wherein the one or more viewer adjustments condition the image data to enhance image content in at least one of the defined spatial frequency bands. A set of display rendering parameters is generated according to the two or more frequency bands and according to viewer adjustments made for the first image slice. A second image slice is extracted from the volume image. The generated set of display rendering parameters is applied to the second image slice to render an adjusted image slice and the adjusted image slice is displayed.
US11010958B2
A method of generating an image of a subject in a scene includes obtaining a first image and a second image of a subject in a scene, each image corresponding to a different respective viewpoint of the subject, each image being captured by a different respective camera, where at least some of the subject is occluded in the first image and not the second image by virtue of the different viewpoints, obtaining camera pose data indicating a pose of a camera for each image, re-projecting, based on the difference in camera poses associated with each image, at least a portion of the second image to correspond to the viewpoint from which the first image was captured, and combining the re-projected portion of the second image with at least some of the first image so as to generate a composite image of the subject from the viewpoint of the first image, the re-projected portion of the second image providing image data for at least some of the occluded part or parts of the subject in the first image.
US11010952B1
A representation of a surface of one or more objects is positioned in a virtual space is obtained in a computer animation system. Thereafter, a guide curve specification of a guide curve in the virtual space relative to the surface is received. Thereafter, the computer animation system computes a first set of tangent vector values for differentiable locations along the guide curve and computes a second set of tangent vector values for nondifferentiable locations along the guide curve. Using the first set and second set, the computer animation system computes a third set of tangent vector values for locations on the surface other than locations along the guide curve and computes a tangent vector field over the surface from at least the first set of tangent vector values, the second set of tangent vector values, and the third set of tangent vector values.
US11010948B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for navigation using visual inputs. One of the systems includes a mapping subsystem configured to, at each time step of a plurality of time steps, generate a characterization of an environment from an image of the environment at the time step, wherein the characterization comprises an environment map identifying locations in the environment having a particular characteristic, and wherein generating the characterization comprises, for each time step: obtaining the image of the environment at the time step, processing the image to generate a first initial characterization for the time step, obtaining a final characterization for a previous time step, processing the characterization for the previous time step to generate a second initial characterization for the time step, and combining the first initial characterization and the second initial characterization to generate a final characterization for the time step.
US11010941B1
A matched array technology system and method for displaying in a two-dimensional array the structured interactions between management and a plurality of employees in an organization. Axes contain proxy values of employee and manager expectations scaled to yield a matched array and an alignment vector containing cells representing target alignment between employee and manager expectations. A scatter plot of multiple employee positions portrays the pattern of talent alignment and distribution, representing the talent architecture for the organization. The talent architecture is characterized by multiple static and dynamic metrics that identify normative opportunities to improve organization alignment, and measure organization talent management performance, especially in relation to the reference and general alignment vectors of the array.
US11010933B2
A method and system for presentation of risks comprising using standardized two colored risk rating symbols in a graphical user interface of a client representing risks, wherein main colors representing risk level/rating is used as fill colors of the standardized two colored risk rating symbols. The method and system is further be arranged for detecting if a risk is close to another risk level/rating and displaying the standardized two colored risk rating symbol of a risk with a borderline color in another color than the main color, and if there is no close other risk level/rating displaying the standardized two colored risk rating symbol of a risk with a borderline color in the same color as main fill color or without borderline color.
US11010930B2
A method for pre-processing point clouds comprising large amounts of point data. The method comprises converting the points' coordinates to Morton indices, sorting the Morton indices and sequentially determining intervals based on predefined criteria, which intervals define the leaf nodes and form the basis and starting point for the generation of a tree index structure comprising the leaf nodes, nodes, branches and nodes connecting the branches. Point data contained within a node or sub-trees of a node are quantizable.
US11010923B2
The invention relates to a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for encoding multicamera views. The method comprises determining a most probable viewing direction (MPVD) in a content; finding the location of the most probable viewing direction (MPVD) on all available views (View 1-View 8) of the content; defining one or more central locations for each available view (View 1-View 8); determining how the central locations cover the most probable viewing direction (MPVD) on each available view (View 1-View 8), and applying encoding to each view accordingly.
US11010918B2
An apparatus for angle-based localization of a position on a surface of an object includes an orientation sensor configured to be arranged in a known relationship relative to a position, to be identified, on a surface of an object at at least one measurement time and to capture angle information items in respect of the current orientation thereof at the measurement time, and a programmable device, with a processor and a memory, wherein the memory contains instructions and at least one assignment prescription for the object with the surface, where angle information items are assigned associated positions on the surface of the object, and wherein the instructions cause the programmable device to receive the angle information items captured at the measurement time by the orientation sensor and to establish the position to be identified by an assignment to the captured angle information items on the basis of the assignment prescription.
US11010914B2
An image processor includes an accepting unit that accepts designation of at least part of a three dimensional microscope image data, and an image generator that generates three dimensional magnified image data based on the designation. In the image processor, the image generator may sequentially output a first magnified image based on at least part of data of the three dimensional magnified image data, and a second magnified image based on the at least part of data of the three dimensional magnified image data which has at least part of data different from the first magnified image.
US11010905B2
Techniques described herein provide efficient object detection and tracking in video images, such as may be used for real-time camera control in power-limited mobile image capture devices. The techniques include performing object detection on a first subset of frames of an input video, detecting an object and object location in a first detection frame of the first subset of frames, and tracking the detected object on a second subset of frames of the input video after the first detection frame.
US11010904B2
A break recommendation method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include detecting a deviation between a current cognitive state of the user and a past cognitive state of the user during a predetermined amount of time for a document type based on a change in an eye gaze movement and a facial and emotional expression and recommending that the user takes a break from viewing the document for a predetermined amount of time based on the deviation being greater than a predetermined threshold value, where the deviation is related to the user viewing the document and the document type of the document.
US11010898B2
Processes and techniques are disclosed to identify regions of suspected malignancy and their localization within a body part or organ. These methods rely on the analysis of infrared images to identify thermal abnormalities using image post-processing techniques, numerical modeling, iterative solutions methodology or a digital library. The methods utilize noninvasive, non-radiative and no contact infrared imaging that can be used for breast cancer screening for improved prognosis.
US11010891B2
There are provided a medical image processing apparatus, an endoscope apparatus, a diagnostic support apparatus, and a medical service support apparatus capable of detecting red blood cells using an endoscope image. A medical image processing apparatus includes: a medical image acquisition unit that acquires short wavelength medical images, which are medical images including a subject image and which are obtained by imaging a subject with light in a shorter wavelength band than a green wavelength band; and a red blood cell detection unit that detects red blood cells using the short wavelength medical images. The light in the short wavelength band is, for example, light in a blue band or a violet band of a visible range. The red blood cell detection unit detects, for example, a high-frequency, granular, and high-density region as red blood cells.
US11010887B2
A system for inspecting objects includes an imaging assembly, a detection module, an analysis module, and a memory. The imagining assembly can be a borescope that enters an unlit, closed conduit to inspect objects that are components of a turbine engine. Using an artificial light source to illuminate the conduit and one or more objects of the turbine engine, the borescope can obtain a video image of the one or more objects of the turbine engine. The video image can be used to determine a rank of distress for the one or more objects.
US11010885B2
One or more semiconductor wafers or portions thereof are scanned using a primary optical mode, to identify defects. A plurality of the identified defects, including defects of a first class and defects of a second class, are selected and reviewed using an electron microscope. Based on this review, respective defects of the plurality are classified as defects of either the first class or the second class. The plurality of the identified defects is imaged using a plurality of secondary optical modes. One or more of the secondary optical modes are selected for use in conjunction with the primary optical mode, based on results of the scanning using the primary optical mode and the imaging using the plurality of secondary optical modes. Production semiconductor wafers are scanned for defects using the primary optical mode and the one or more selected secondary optical modes.
US11010884B2
The disclosure relates to a method, device and system for detecting a crack in a display of an electronic device. The method comprises: locating the electronic device in front of a reflective surface; aligning the electronic device to an alignment position relative to the reflective surface; generating an image on the display through instructions executed on a processor operating on the device; capturing a reflected image shown in the reflective surface of the image with a camera; processing the reflected image to identify a line in the image through instructions executed on the processor; and determining whether the line represents a crack in the display through instructions executed on the processor.
US11010882B2
A single composite image is generated by selecting a pixel value for each pixel in any one of a plurality of captured images having been consecutively captured. A motion vector between at least two captured images among the plurality of captured images is calculated. Correction processing is performed, based on a motion vector corresponding to a pixel of interest in the composite image, on the pixel of interest or a pixel near the pixel of interest. The correction processing is performed by updating, using a bright pixel value, a pixel value of at least one pixel in a group of pixels associated with a path from the pixel of interest to a pixel indicated by the motion vector corresponding to the pixel of interest.
US11010876B2
An image processing system includes: a weight determination circuitry configured to determine a band containing important information from among a group of images, which are acquired by a plurality of sensors, and to express a degree of importance of the band as a weight; a calculation circuitry configured to calculate, using the weight, an amount calculated based on a gradient of an image based on a gradient of each image, that is calculated based on the group of images, in order to restrict a gradient of an output image; and an image optimization circuitry configured to compose the output image using the amount calculated based on the gradient of the image.
US11010870B2
Embodiments relate to two stage multi-scale processing of an image. A first stage processing circuitry generates an unscaled single color version of the image that undergoes noise reduction before generating a high frequency component of the unscaled single color version. A scaler generates a first downscaled version of the image comprising a plurality of color components. A second stage processing circuitry generates a plurality of sequentially downscaled images based on the first downscaled version. The second stage processing circuitry processes the first downscaled version and the downscaled images to generate a processed version of the first downscaled version. The unscaled single color high frequency component and the processed version of the first downscaled version of the image are merged to generate a processed version of the image.
US11010867B2
Electronic devices are often equipped with a camera for capturing video content and/or a display for displaying video content. However, amateur users often capture video content without regard to composition, framing, or camera movement, resulting in video content that can be jarring or confusing to viewers. There is a need to automate the processing and presentation of video content in an aesthetically pleasing manner. The embodiments described herein provide a method of automatically cropping video content for presentation on a display.
US11010866B2
A circuit device (100) includes a coordinate transform circuit (20) and a mapping processing circuit (30). The coordinate transform circuit (20) performs coordinate transformation from an input coordinate (IXY1) to an output coordinate (QXY1). The mapping processing circuit (30) generates a second image (IMG2) to be displayed in a display panel for displaying an image in a curved screen display by performing mapping processing on a first image (IMG1) that is input based on the output coordinate (QXY1). The coordinate transform circuit (20) performs the coordinate transformation from the input coordinate (IXY1) to the output coordinate (QXY1) by performing computation processing using a second or more order polynomial representing the coordinate transformation.
US11010860B2
An existing metadata set that is specific to a color volume transformation model is transformed to a metadata set that is specific to a distinctly different color volume transformation model. For example, source content metadata for a first color volume transformation model is received. This source metadata determines a specific color volume transformation, such as a sigmoidal tone map curve. The specific color volume transformation is mapped to a color volume transformation of a second color volume transformation model, e.g., a Bézier tone map curve. Mapping can be a best fit curve, or a reasonable approximation. Mapping results in metadata values used for the second color volume transformation model (e.g., one or more Bézier curve knee points and anchors). Thus, devices configured for the second color volume transformation model can reasonably render source content according to received source content metadata of the first color volume transformation model.
US11010856B2
A server includes a virtual machine to execute a remote graphics generation protocol. Execution of the remote graphics generation protocol determines a protection label to be inserted within a bitmap that is to be transmitted for display on a client machine associated with the virtual machine, and determines at least one optimization technique to be performed on the bitmap. A determination is made on if the at least one optimization technique, if performed, alters the at least one protection label when inserted within the bitmap. The protection label is inserted within the bitmap.
US11010834B2
A system for processing trading orders comprises an optimizer module operable to receive a first trading order and a second trading order. The optimizer module is further operable to receive market data associated with at least one market center. The optimizer module is further operable to determine whether to transmit the second trading order to the at least one market center prior to transmitting the first trading order to the at least one market center, the determination based at least in part on the market data.
US11010833B2
A method for generating a prediction of a latency of a transaction processing system includes: sampling a first plurality of messages from a database that stores data indicative of messages previously processed by the transaction processing system including a characteristic and a processing time of each previously processed message; generating latency tables based upon the characteristics and the processing times of the sampled first plurality of messages; determining a characteristic of each of a second plurality of messages being processed by the transaction processing system; selecting, for each of the second plurality of messages, a latency table from the plurality of latency tables based upon the respective determined characteristic; simulating a processing time for each of the second plurality of messages based upon the respective selected latency table; and generating a latency prediction for the transaction processing system based upon the simulated processing times for the second plurality of messages.
US11010831B1
A system and computer-implemented method of identifying multiple mortgage ready properties using computer technology and/or machine learning algorithms or artificial intelligence. The method includes receiving, via one or more processors, information from a customer approved for a mortgage about preferences for a real estate property and accessing, at a memory coupled to one or more processors, a computer file and/or memory location/address to retrieve a plurality of mortgage ready real estate properties meeting one or more of the customer preferences information. The method further includes transmitting, via the one or more processors, the plurality of real estate properties meeting one or more of the customer preferences information to the customer.
US11010824B2
A battery reservation device (10) includes an input acceptance component (11), a battery number acquisition component (12), and a rental number and capacity calculator (15). The input acceptance component (11) inputs from the user information related to the total power amount of the battery packs (1) that is desired to be rented. The battery number acquisition component (12) acquires information related to the number of battery packs (1) that are installed in a vehicle (20). The rental number and capacity calculator (15) calculates the number and capacity of the battery packs (1) that are rentable at each battery station (30) on the basis of information related to the number of battery packs (1) acquired by the battery number acquisition component (12) and the total power amount of the battery packs (1) inputted to the input acceptance component (11).
US11010822B2
A computer process enables a target window associated with a first domain to receive a message from a child window associated with a second domain. The message is passed using an iframe that is created within the target window. The process may, for example, be used to relay information entered by a user into the child window to the target window.
US11010814B2
A method including coordinating displaying a personalized list of recommended items on a graphical user interface of a user electronic device of a user. Coordinating displaying can occur after applying a first set of rules to historical sales data available to a retailer to detect a personal replenishment cycle for an item of a set of items purchased by the user. The personal replenishment cycle for the item purchased by the user can comprise an estimated time period of how often the user purchases the item. The historical sales data can comprise a record of the user purchasing the item on one or more dates. Coordinating displaying further can occur after applying a second set of rules to identify if the user has stopped purchasing the item. Coordinating displaying also can occur after applying a third set of rules to the personal replenishment cycle for the item to identify the personalized list of recommended items for the user to consider replenishing. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11010804B1
A method and apparatus for a commerce platform coordinating a purchase of a product sold by a merchant system through a third party application are described. The method may include receiving a notification from the third party application requesting to purchase a product from within the third party application, wherein the notification comprises an identifier for the product and an identifier for the merchant system that sells the product. The method may also include a product checkout interface having an appearance consistent with an appearance of a user interface of the third party application, and transmitting the product checkout interface generated by the commerce platform to a user device executing the third party application causing the third party application to render the product checkout interface within at least a portion of the user interface of the third party application.
US11010802B2
Among other things, a central server maintains information representative of requests communicated through the Internet from devices at request locations. Each of the requests represents a proposed reservation for services to be managed by devices at delivery locations.
US11010794B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for employing supervised machine learning methods with activities and attributes of viewers with truth as input, to produce models that are utilized in determining probabilities that an unknown viewer belongs to one or more demographic segment categories. Using these models for processing viewer behavior, over a period of time a database of known categorized viewers is established, each categorized viewer having a probability of belonging to one or more segment categories. These probabilities are then used in bidding for online advertisements in response to impression opportunities offered in online media auctions. The probabilities are also used in predicting on-target impressions and GRPs (Gross Rating Points) in advance of online advertising media campaigns, and pricing those campaigns to advertiser/clients. Strategies are also disclosed for fulfilling a campaign when an available inventory of known categorized viewers is not adequate to fulfill a campaign in a required runtime.
US11010793B1
A computer-executable method, a computer system and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided for determining profile data of a user of a promotion application program on a mobile computing device. The method includes receiving, from a promotion application program running on a mobile computing device, an indication of one or more additional application programs installed on the mobile computing device. The method also includes programmatically determining a characteristic of a first application program within the one or more additional application programs, and based on the characteristic of the first application program, programmatically generating a first profile data characteristic of a user of the mobile computing device.
US11010791B1
A targeted advertisement system may include influencer computers each associated with a respective content influencer and configured to receive respective influencer content associated with a given product for purchase. The targeted advertisement system may also include a remote server coupled to each of the influencer computers. The remote server may be configured to obtain purchaser data associated with a plurality of purchasers and generate targeted advertisement content based upon the influencer content. The remote server may also be configured to send the targeted advertisement content to respective purchaser computers of the corresponding purchasers along with an associated digital promotion and based upon the purchaser data.
US11010786B1
An influence system for predicting advertisement impact for audience selection. An advertising probe campaign is operated by sending an advertisement to each entity in a treatment group of entities. A control group of entities which excludes the treatment group entities is selected and no campaign advertising content is sent to the treatment group entities. An influence model is created by comparing features of the treatment group converters to features of the control group converters. An individual frequency cap is selected for each entity that is a candidate for the advertising campaign based on a result of applying the influence model to the features of the candidate entity. The entity may be selected to receive an advertisement based on the individual frequency cap. Some embodiments are integrated with a real time bidding (RTB) exchange and a bid response may be configured based on the results of applying the influence model.
US11010785B2
Automatic recommendation of digital offers to an offer provider based on historical transaction data
According to an embodiment, a data processing system for managing electronic offers comprises: a memory storing a set of historical transaction records pertaining to past consumer transactions and a set of offer data relating to an offer provider; and a logic module adapted to automatically suggest an offer to the offer provider based on at least a subset of the historical transaction records and at least a subset of the offer data, the offer being targeted at a consumer. In an embodiment, the electronic offer is suggested in response to a request for a receipt made by the consumer. In an embodiment, the electronic offer is automatically approved by the offer provider and is included in a transaction receipt transmitted to a data processing system associated with the consumer.
US11010780B2
A method includes receiving, by a warehouse server, flash sale data file from a retail-type server. The method further includes storing, by the warehouse server, the flash sale data file in a database that functions as a virtual warehouse of flash sales. The method further includes interpreting, by the warehouse server, the information of the flash sale data file to determine flash sale parameters. The method further includes determining, by the warehouse server, whether a computing device has customer-device data that corresponds to the flash sale parameters. The method further includes, when the computing device has the customer-device data that corresponds to the flash sale parameters, generating, by the warehouse server, a customer specific coupon regarding the flash sale. The method further includes transmitting, by the warehouse server, the customer specific coupon to the computing device.
US11010776B1
A novel system for performing valuations of file system objects include a processor configured to execute code and memory configured to store data and the code. The code includes an accumulator configured to accumulate secondary data associated with said file system objects, a data aggregator configured to arrange the secondary data in the memory, and a value generator configured to generate an object value indicative of the value of at least one of the file system objects to a particular entity. In a particular embodiment, the value generator creates a record in a valuation database to associate the object value with the at least one of the file system objects.
US11010773B2
Obtaining statistical information for network-accessible data stores while preserving user anonymity
The present invention generally relates to techniques for obtaining value latent in elementary pieces of data that are (i) human-related, and (ii) transferable on a network to be amplified and commoditized by enabling multiple similar such elementary pieces of data to be combined into value-added statistical products, generating revenue through the selling of access to the statistical products, and then distributing the revenue in measure to holders of dividend-yielding shares of the statistical products. The technique employs measures for statistical-disclosure control so that individuals associated with the elementary pieces of data remain anonymous.
US11010772B2
Sales Forecasting using Browsing Ratios and Browsing Durations is described. In one or more implementations, browsing ratios representative of how much users visited webpages associated with a product or service, and browsing durations representing how much time users spent visiting the webpages associated with the product or service are determined. Based on the determined browsing ratios and browsing durations, a sales forecast of the product or service can be accurately determined.
US11010768B2
A system is provided that extracts attribute values. The system receives data including unstructured text from a data store. The system further tokenizes the unstructured text into tokens, where a token is a character of the unstructured text. The system further annotates the tokens with attribute labels, where an attribute label for a token is determined, in least in part, based on a word that the token originates from within the unstructured text. The system further groups the tokens into text segments based on the attribute labels, where a set of tokens that are annotated with an identical attribute label are grouped into a text segment, and where the text segments define attribute values. The system further stores the attribute labels and the attribute values within the data store.
US11010767B2
A system comprises at least one computer device in communication with one or more server computers. The system converts unstructured text into usable order details, and uses instant messaging to notify recipients of the order details. The notices include electronic web links that launch a web interface that generates an editable, pre-populated electronic order ticket based on the order details. Submission of the electronic order ticket launches an auction during which the recipients may respond with offers to fulfill to the electronic order ticket. If after the auction more than one response is needed to fill the electronic order ticket, the system automatically allocates how and in which order the responses will be used to fill the electronic order ticket. If the electronic order ticket is not completely filled after the auction, the electronic order ticket is submitted to one or more additional exchanges for further filling.
US11010764B1
A zero-step authentication system and method which uses wireless mobile devices to automatically make payments in a secure manner without requiring the customer to handle his or her mobile device. The system and method use a payment facilitation device at the business location which automatically detects and recognizes registered mobile devices, displays a photo of the customer to a business employee for identity confirmation, and automatically deducts payments for purchases from a pre-authorized customer account. The customer account is managed by a payment processing server, which stores the customer account data, makes appropriate deductions, sends confirmation of deductions to the customer's mobile device, and automatically refills the customer's account by making pre-authorized charges to the customer's banking institution.
US11010763B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for transmitting push notification data to a computing device, the push notification data being processable by the computing device to display a push notification, receiving biometric data, the biometric data being provided from user input responsive to the push notification, determining that a user providing the user input is authenticated at least partially based on the biometric data, and inducing execution of a transaction in response to determining that the user is authenticated.
US11010755B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for efficiently provisioning mobile devices with personalization data. For some embodiments, a method is disclosed comprising receiving a request for provisioning comprising device information for a mobile device and user authentication information for a user, generating a partial personalization script, an activation script, and a deletion script using the device information, sending the partial personalization script, the activation script, and the deletion script to an application provider computer, wherein the application provider computer initiates execution of the partial personalization script on the mobile device, authenticating the user authentication information, and sending an activation message to the application provider computer, wherein the application provider computer initiates execution of the activation script.
US11010753B2
The ELECTRONIC WALLET CHECKOUT PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“EWCP”) transform customer purchase requests triggering electronic wallet applications via EWCP components into electronic purchase confirmation and receipts. In one implementation, the EWCP receives a merchant payment request, and determines a payment protocol handler associated with the merchant payment request. The EWCP instantiates a wallet application via the payment protocol handler. The EWCP obtains a payment method selection via the wallet application, wherein the selected payment method is one of a credit card, a debit card, a gift card selected from an electronic wallet, and sends a transaction execution request for a transaction associated with the merchant payment request. Also, the EWCP receives a purchase response to the transaction execution request, and outputs purchase response information derived from the received purchase response.
US11010748B2
A BLUETOOTH low energy mobile payments system may comprise a BLE beacon that is deployed at a merchant location. The BLE beacon may be associated with a specific merchant terminal. The BLE beacon may be configured to broadcast a unique beacon ID that is detectable by a user device. The user device may be configured to communicate the beacon ID to a payment system. In response to receiving the beacon ID, the user device may initiate a payment between a user and a merchant, via a user device and a merchant terminal.
US11010745B1
A system for receiving cash deposits at a point of sale includes a processor; a product inventory database; a communication interface; a product inventory item reader; and a purchase instrument reader. The processor is configured to receive a product code from the product inventory item reader; access the product inventory database to recognize the product code as a deposit product code; receive signals indicating an amount of a deposit associated with the deposit product code; receive signals from the purchase instrument reader identifying an account for the deposit; and send signals to a transaction processing network via the communication interface to thereby effect the deposit of the amount into the account.
US11010740B1
In some examples, a payment processing system may receive, from a plurality of merchant computing devices associated with a plurality of merchants, respectively, transaction data of transactions performed between the plurality of merchants and a plurality of customers. Based at least on the transaction data, the payment processing system may provide financing to an account of a first merchant, the financing including repayment terms for repayment of the financing. In addition, the payment processing system may determine that the first merchant is predicted to have a change in sales during an upcoming time period. Based on the predicted change in sales, the payment processing system may determine updated repayment terms for repayment of the financing from the first merchant, and may apply the updated repayment terms for repayment of the financing.
US11010726B2
An information processing system, a control method and a non-transitory storage medium through which emotional values of objects can be numerically expressed based on an interaction between the objects are provided. The information processing system includes a detection unit that detects information related to an interaction between a first object and a second object; and a generation unit that is capable of generating an emotion value of the first object and an emotion value of the second object on the basis of the information related to the interaction.
US11010713B2
Methods, systems, and devices disclosed herein may be collectively referred to as a “platform.” A platform consistent with embodiments herein may be used by individuals or companies to track an amount of liquid poured from at least one liquid container. The platform may comprise a tracking device and a computing hub in operative bi-directional communication. The device that may be configured to a liquid dispensing container such as, but not limited to, a bottle. The device may be configured to receive a liquid from the container and transfer the liquid through a chamber within the device. As the liquid is transferred through the device, a computing element and sensing component integrated within the device may be configured to track an amount of liquid dispensed through the device. A communications module may then communicate the data with the hub.
US11010712B2
A low cost, highly reliable system and method for tracking re-usable textile inventory movement is disclosed. The system is adapted for use within a commercial linen processing facility and its customers' facilities suitable for linen or apparel service providers where the linen processing facility company owns, maintains, and leases the inventory used by its customers. The system and method are also suitable for customers who own their own linens and apparel and outsource the laundering. The system employs radio frequency identification (RFID) tags inserted permanently into a pre-determined fraction (e.g., some number less than 100%) of the textile products. In conjunction with scanning equipment and computer software, the system can provide information on inventory movement, use, abuse, durability, and loss. In order to determine the optimal target fraction for each inventory item a number of variables are considered.
US11010706B1
Systems and methods which facilitate return shipment of items, such as to provide for the return of goods from a purchaser to a merchant, are shown. Embodiments provide shipping management functionality for managing return requests, processing of return requests, authorizing returns, tracking of the processing of a return request, and/or tracking of return shipments. A shipping management system of embodiments operates to make shipping functionality and/or information utilized with respect to return shipments, which may not otherwise be readily available to the return shipper, conveniently accessible for use by the return shipper. Embodiments provide for some or all return shipping fees to be borne by the merchant rather than the return shipper.
US11010691B1
Data is classified using semi-supervised data. A decomposition is performed to define a first decomposition matrix that includes first eigenvectors of a weight matrix, a second decomposition matrix that includes second eigenvectors of a transpose of the weight matrix, and a diagonal matrix that includes eigenvalues of the first eigenvectors. Eigenvectors are selected from the first eigenvectors to define a reduced decomposition matrix. A linear transformation matrix is computed as a function of the first decomposition matrix, the reduced decomposition matrix, the diagonal matrix, and a penalty matrix. When a rank of the linear transformation matrix is less than a number of rows of the penalty matrix, a classification matrix is computed by updating a gradient of a cost function. When the rank of the linear transformation matrix is equal to the number of rows of the penalty matrix, the classification matrix is computed using a dual formulation.
US11010689B2
Techniques that facilitate semantic and time series analysis using machine learning are provided. In one example, a system includes a data analysis component, a prediction component and a learning component. The data analysis component that establishes one or more relationships between one or more elements of semantic data, including one or more time series identifiers, and one or more elements of time series data in a relationship database. The prediction component generates one or more advisory outputs, wherein generation of the one or more advisory outputs is performed in response to a trigger event. A learning component that determines the one or more relationships in the relationship database, wherein determination of the one or more relationships is based on information indicative of whether the advisory outputs satisfy a defined criterion.
US11010688B2
Systems and methods for predicting feature values in a matrix are disclosed. In example embodiments, a server accesses a matrix, the matrix having multiple dimensions, one dimension of the matrix representing features, and one dimension of the matrix representing entities. The server separates the matrix into multiple submatrices along a first dimension, each submatrix including all cells in the matrix for a set of values in the first dimension. The server provides the multiple submatrices to multiple machines. The server computes, using each machine, a correlation between values in at least one second dimension of the matrix and a value for a preselected feature in the matrix, the correlation being used to predict the value for the preselected feature based on other values along the at least one second dimension. The server provides an output representing the computed correlation.
US11010684B2
This application concerns quantum computing, and in particular to structures and mechanisms for providing topologically protected quantum computation. In certain embodiments, a magnetic tunnel barrier is controlled that separates Majorona zero modes (“MZMs”) from an edge area (e.g., a gapless edge) of a quantum spin hall system. In particular implementations, the magnetic tunnel barrier is formed from a pair of magnetic insulators whose magnetization is held constant, and the magnetic tunnel barrier is tuned by controlling a gate controlling the electron density around the magnetic insulator in the QSH plane, thereby forming a quantum dot. And, in some implementations, a state of the quantum dot is read out (e.g., using a charge sensor as disclosed herein).
US11010679B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for autonomous computing replacing or augmenting a human user of computer programs, where access to internal operations of the computer program is not used. An application controller can use the display output of a computer program to determine a current state of the computer program, using the disclosed embodiments. For example, identity of menu options of the computer program can be determined from image frames obtained from the display output of the computer program and used to determine the current state of the computer program. The application controller can provide input commands to the computer program to execute the computer program from the current state to a destination state.
US11010677B2
An event management system generates and displays an event schedule for an attendee. An initial order of the event schedule is based on (a) events already completed by the attendee, (b) events to be completed by the attendee to meet an event completion target, and (c) a set of ordering rules associated with the set of events to be completed by the attendee. The event management system may include an interface for modifying the event schedule in accordance with the set of ordering rules. The interface may include an initial set of events, in an initial order with respect to a timeline. The event management system may receive user input including a proposed modification to the initial order of the events. The event management system may or may not permit the proposed modification based on the set of ordering rules.
US11010674B2
Methods and systems are provided for implementing axiomatic control of an automorphic dynamical system. An automorphic system architecture for a dynamical system may apply ergodic techniques for axiomatically describing networked computing environments of vast dimensions comprised of a plurality of disparate information resources, processors, memory, storage, analog and digital sensors (as examples) and presenting this plurality of information sources as a singular automorphic resource through a time series. An example system may further implement dynamic axiomatic control and modification of operational parameters, without human intervention, incorporating data from a variety of sources and platforms and over multiple dimensions of context associated with those data.
US11010649B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for generating dynamic machine readable codes. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that enables the analysis of user information for the generation of the dynamic machine readable code. In response to the analysis, using middleware on a multi-tier system, user information is embedded onto the dynamic machine readable code. The embedded user information can be captured during the transaction enabling the presentation of customized content which can be used to provide a user friendly interface for the transacting while detecting incorrect account usage. In another embodiment, in conjunction with the dynamic machine readable code, additional user and/or device features are captured during the processing of a transaction such that the combination facilitate fraudulent activity detection.
US11010648B2
An image processing apparatus performs a first generation process generating first partial print data by a first color conversion process using a first profile corresponding to a first direction, and a second generation process generating second partial print data using a second color conversion process using a second profile. When a color difference is smaller than a reference, the apparatus sets a printing direction to the first direction, and outputs the first partial print data to a print execution unit for printing the first partial print data while the main scan moves in the first direction. When the color difference is larger than or equal to the reference, the apparatus sets the printing direction to the second direction, and outputs the second partial print data to the print execution unit for printing the second partial print data while the main scan moves in the second direction.
US11010641B2
A mobile computing device receives an image from a camera physically located within a vehicle. The mobile computing device inputs the image into a convolutional model that generates a set of object detections and a set of segmented environment blocks in the image. The convolutional model includes subsets of encoding and decoding layers, as well as parameters associated with the layers. The convolutional model relates the image and parameters to the sets of object detections and segmented environment blocks. A server that stores object detections and segmented environment blocks is updated with the sets of object detections and segmented environment blocks detected in the image.
US11010639B2
An angularly-dependent reflectance of a surface of an object is measured. Images are collected by a sensor at different sensor geometries and different light-source geometries. A point cloud is generated. The point cloud includes a location of a point, spectral band intensity values for the point, an azimuth and an elevation of the sensor, and an azimuth and an elevation of a light source. Raw pixel intensities of the object and surroundings of the object are converted to a surface reflectance of the object using specular array calibration (SPARC) targets. A three-dimensional (3D) location of each point in the point cloud is projected back to each image using metadata from the plurality of images, and spectral band values are assigned to each value in the point cloud, thereby resulting in a multi-angle spectral reflectance data set. A multi-angle surface-specific signature (MASS) is fitted to the multi-angle spectral reflectance data set, and the multi-angle surface-specific signature of the object and the surroundings of the object are stored into a spectral database. The spectral database is mined to find one or more of spatial and temporal anomalies in the plurality of images and patterns and correlations of the multi-angle surface-specific signature.
US11010635B2
A method for processing electronic data includes the steps of transforming the electronic data to a matrix representation including a plurality of matrices; decomposing the matrix representation into a series of matrix approximations; and processing, with an approximation process, the plurality of matrices thereby obtaining a low-rank approximation of the plurality of matrices.
US11010628B2
New intra planar modes are introduced for predicting digital video data. As part of the new intra planar modes, various methods are offered for predicting a first sample within a prediction unit, where the first sample is needed for referencing to when processing the new intra planar modes. And once the first sample is successfully predicted, the new intra planar modes are able to predict a sample of video data within the prediction unit by processing a bi-linear interpolation of four previously reconstructed reference samples.
US11010626B2
A system for generating a confidence value for at least one state in the interior of a vehicle, comprising an imaging unit configured to capture at least one image of the interior of the vehicle, and a processing unit comprising a convolutional neural network, wherein the processing unit is configured to receive the at least one image from the imaging unit and to input the at least one image into the convolution-al neural network, wherein the convolutional neural network is configured to generate a respective likelihood value for each of a plurality of states in the interior of the vehicle with the likelihood value for a respective state indicating the likelihood that the respective state is present in the interior of the vehicle, and wherein the processing unit is further configured to generate a confidence value for at least one of the plurality of states in the interior of the vehicle from the likelihood values generated by the convolutional neural network.
US11010616B2
A system and method for semantic segmentation using hybrid dilated convolution (HDC) are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: receiving an input image; producing a feature map from the input image; performing a convolution operation on the feature map and producing multiple convolution layers; grouping the multiple convolution layers into a plurality of groups; applying different dilation rates for different convolution layers in a single group of the plurality of groups; and applying a same dilation rate setting across all groups of the plurality of groups.
US11010612B2
An information generation device comprises a processor that acquires sensor information indicating a measurement result of a detection target area from each of a plurality of sensors having the detection target area that is common to the plurality of sensors, that determines whether or not each of the plurality of sensors detects an object existing in the same predetermined area on the basis of a plurality of pieces of the sensor information acquired, and that generates first display information for separately displaying the object that is detected by each of the plurality of sensors in a case where a determination result is positive and a predetermined condition for determining whether or not a plurality of the objects detected by the plurality of sensors are the same object is not satisfied, and generates second display information for displaying the object detected by each of the plurality of sensors in a display style different from a display style of the first display information in a case where the determination result is positive and the predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11010611B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a method for photographing VR content by a computing device. The method includes: obtaining first position and first rotation of a VR display device; obtaining a photographing parameter including a distance between a virtual camera and a target object displayed in the display device; calculating second position of the camera according to the first position and the photographing parameter, and second rotation of the camera according to the first rotation; calculating a real-time direction of the camera according to the second position and the second rotation; and recording, according to the real-time direction of the camera, image information including the target object photographed by the camera. The embodiments of this application further provide a computing device for providing a universal photographing manner in VR applications, and the photographing manner is not limited to photographing functions of the VR applications.
US11010604B2
A CPU acquires bibliographic information of attached documents listed in an application document and bibliographic information given in each of the attached documents. If the application document or any of the attached document linked to the application document are in the form of image data, the CPU recognizes character information from the image data. Once the CPU determines the levels of agreement between bibliographic information in the application document and the corresponding bibliographic information in the individual attached documents, the CPU reports the bibliographic information in the application document, the corresponding bibliographic information in the attached documents, and the levels of agreement between these bibliographic information.
US11010601B2
An intelligent assistant device is configured to communicate non-verbal cues. Image data indicating presence of a human is received from one or more cameras of the device. In response, one or more components of the device are actuated to non-verbally communicate the presence of the human. Data indicating context information of the human is received from one or more of the sensors. Using at least this data one or more contexts of the human are determined, and one or more components of the device are actuated to non-verbally communicate the one or more contexts of the human.
US11010600B2
A face emotion recognition method based on dual-stream convolutional neural network uses a multi-scale face expression recognition network to single frame face images and face sequences to perform learning classification. The method includes constructing a multi-scale face expression recognition network which includes a channel network with a resolution of 224×224 and a channel network with a resolution of 336×336, extracting facial expression characteristics at different resolutions through the recognition network, effectively combining static characteristics of images and dynamic characteristics of expression sequence to perform training and learning, fusing the two channel models, testing and obtaining a classification effect of facial expressions. The present invention fully utilizes the advantages of deep learning, effectively avoids the problems of manual extraction of feature deviations and long time, and makes the method provided by the present invention more adaptable. Moreover, the present invention improves the accuracy and productivity of expression recognition.
US11010582B2
The present invention relates to a TFT panel type fingerprint recognition sensor comprising: a total reflection unit for totally reflecting light emitted from a light source; a photodiode for detecting light reflected through the total reflection unit; and a TFT panel for processing voltage output from the photodiode so as to perform imaging.
US11010577B1
A system and method of scanning a machine-readable indicia may include, in response to determining that the scan engine module is in an engaged state and electrically connected to a computer, communicating the decoded data to the computer via a wired communications channel. Otherwise, in response to determining that the scan engine module is in a released state and wirelessly connected to the computer, communicate the decoded data to the computer via a wireless communications channel. The scan engine module may be configured to operate autonomously from the mobile computer to be able to scan machine-readable indicia, decode the machine-readable indicia to generate decoded data, and store the decoded data. In response to the machine-readable indicia being electrically connected to the mobile computer, the machine-readable indicia may be batched uploaded to the mobile computer.
US11010563B2
In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for assisting with task completion are provided. A natural language input may be received. A natural language processing engine may be applied to the natural language input. A primary task associated with the natural language input may be identified. A plurality of subtasks for completing the primary task may be identified from the natural language input. A determination may be made from the natural language input that the primary task or one of the plurality of subtasks is more important than other tasks. The primary task and the plurality of subtasks may be added to a list of tasks in a task completion application. An indication of importance may be associated in the task completion application in association with the task or subtask that is determined to be more important.
US11010560B2
Methods and systems for natural language processing include generating respective feature vectors, for each word in an input, based on sequences of input words of different respective lengths. The respective feature vectors for each word in the input are combined to form a combined vector for each word. A hidden state is determined for each word in the input based on the combined vector. The hidden states for all words in the input are combined to form a multi-resolution context vector. A natural language processing action is performed using the multi-resolution context vector.
US11010558B2
This disclosure relates to configuration tools for interactive agents, sometimes referred to as bots, chatbots, virtual robots, or talkbots. Such interactive agents utilize slots for organizing and storing data received as inputs and displayed as outputs. These slots can be configured such that a slot is temporary and does not persist beyond its source dialog. Slots can also be configured such that a slot is pre-populated with information contain in incoming passed parameters.
US11010552B2
Embodiments relate to a type of expression based on a particular theme. An aspect includes acquiring, by an electronic apparatus, from text data for learning, a subset of the text data associated with the particular theme and with particular time period information. Another aspect includes extracting text data containing negative information from the acquired subset of the text data. Another aspect includes extracting a word or phrase having a high correlation with the extracted text data or a word or phrase having a high appearance frequency in the extracted text data from the extracted text data. Yet another aspect includes determining that the extracted word or phrase is the type of expression based on the particular theme.
US11010546B2
A method for narrating a table using at least one narration template, wherein the table is extracted from a data source is provided. The method may also include performing structural analysis on the extracted table. The method may further include selecting a structural template based on the structural analysis of the extracted table. Additionally, the method may include selecting a narration template based on the selected structural template. The method may further include narrating the extracted table based on the selected narration template and displaying a narrative output of the extracted table.
US11010544B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing data in a grid. In one example approach, a method comprises importing data from a data source to a range of cells in a grid, where the range of cells is specified by a notation input associated with the grid, and where the notation input includes a key specifying the data source and security information associated with the data source.
